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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

S pc c1ai organs
that bear the bur
dens of mother
hood. 1t cures
? all weakness, in
Examination and
ration. 1t
banishes morning
squeamishuess
and other diseom-
forts. 1t insures
a healthy, bounc-
ing baby. Thou
sands of once bar
rem houles HESS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
Rouncing the Baby.

A fond mother once asked
the witty Charles Lamb
"how he liked babies y"
The suffering wit promptly
responded: "Boi - boi -
boiled, madam "
Fortunately for the world,
most men and women love
babies, and the horne that is
without one is never truly
nanny The old bachelors
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

l. GraphophoneS, Gramaphones. Records,
Banios. Mandollus. Guitars, Comets. Acoords-
ons Harmonious, Music Boxes, Rolls, Drums,
Harps, Cases, Strings, Trimmings. Instruction
books. Sheet Music and all Musical Merchau-
disc. Call and get your moneys worth" e..
c HALVES, 45i Congress- street, successor to
Chandler. mar34
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

We will send our highest grade grnt4' or
ladies' 1899 Acme King Bicycle 30 ANY address
on easy condtiors for only Sl.00-thc condt
tons include the distributing OF LOCO small cir.
eulars, which you can do in three hours. send
no none For full particulars how to get our
best bicy Gle for Sl,00 and few hours work, cut
this notice out and mail to us. SEAKs. kuE-
EuCh & Co. Cycle Dept. CHICAGO. marld2m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
OIAMOHDS-IhSTALL MENTS.

I'VE have large assortment of Diamond
W Rings. Fins. Ear Ring, and Scarf Pins.
all good quality and perfect. This m very
EASY way to buy Diamond We make the
payments SO easy that you will not miss the
mney. MCKINNEY, the Jeweler, Monument
Snu,re feb9tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

TOR SALE-Boot and Shoe Store in large.
Il enterprising village on line OF railroad IN
this state Carries first class stock. has good
village and country trade. Fine store and best
location In town. The owner wishes 10 change
business and viii sell At bargain. A rare 0p-
portunity for the right man with moderate
capital Address. SHOE STORE, T. o. Box
$50 Portland Me- maril-2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

NOR SALE--1s0 yards best quality Brussels
IL carpet little used; l trpllcate mirror.
large size; IL dozen ladies' dress forms; y
dozen children's clothing forms. hAShELL
& JOINS, Lancaster building Monument
sQiIdrc. "a y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

NOR SALE-Aiodern out-ot-town residence.
situated nine miles from Portland, beautl-
fully located, sloplng TO the south, IN the pretty
town of Windham; ten large rooms and bath In
main house finished in cypress. hot water
heat. two large ireplaces large; attractive
veranda, with magnificent lawns large, spac-
house Of seven rooms for gardener; elegant
we'll, with u. S. windmill; can be lighted by
electricity forty acres OF fertile land IN good
state Of cultivation. neatly surrounded by wire
fences This property is in every way new,
modernly equipped and arranged. and can only
be apprec iated by seeing 1t ~ person. the new
will RIM within twenty rods OF this property.
For further particulars apply to GEORGE-C.
CANNELL. First National Bank Building.
Portland. Me. 21-tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
CLOCK REPAIRING.

~ L have made speciality of clock repairing
w for years and are perfectly familiar with
il In all OF It's branches Our prices are reason
able. Drop us postal and VS. Will call for your
clock and return 1t wnen done without extra
charge. MCKINNEY, the Jeweler, Monument
Square, Portland. janl2dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

NOR SALE OR 70 LET-House, stable and
store at West Gorham; two tenement
house-store Is good stand for Keeping
groceries, Sc. Chance for clothing m2nuiac-
tory on second floor WIN exchange for city
property If desired Apply to JOHN :. IE01-
TOR, .93 Exchange StreetI or 10 EDWARD
HASTY. u Green street. Portland. tnarl-u
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

MONEY TO LOAN on first and second mort
VI cages on real estate, life insurance poll
ces and notes or any good security. Real es-
tate bought. sold and exchanged. IS - IN
change street. |. 7. BUTLER. mar22R
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
LOST AND FOUND.

EOUND-If the lady that rode In my sleigh
l. from Forest Avenue, Woodiords, one day
last week, and left at corner of Preble and Con-
gress streets will call at 10 Spring street,
Woodfords, she can have the pocketbook she
dropped in the sleigh. feb2Sdtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

I1OR SALE Very desirable II story housa
containing Is rooms and baths. divded fol
Two families, finely located on Congress St,
Munioy Hill. Apply TO A. {. LIBBY Il Co.,
Il IL Exchange ST. is-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

MONEY LOANED on FIRST and second mort
nj CAGES real estate, lie insurance policies,
notes, bonds and good. collateral security.
Notes discounted; rate of interest per cent "A
wear and upwards, according TO security. w.
p. CARR. room ., second foor OXFORD Build
ing 1S5Middle street marlSdlm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

DEAL ESTATE--A party that owns sere-a
h very central building lots al Wooufords
close TO Forest Avenue. would like to meet
party with capital who win build one or Two
modern houses thereon to sell. Address. BOX
1856, WOOdtOrds. l,-2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

MEN AND WOMEN HELP furnished for ho,
WI tells. restaurants, boarding houses ana
private families. ! have better class oil help
on hand and more to choose from than can DC
ployment office for the past sixteen years !;
chefs. coachmeu. gardeners and farm hands
especially. MRS. n. IL. PALMER. $50 u con
greSs st. zi-i
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

WE WILL BUY household goods or store
w fixtures of any description, or will re-
ceiye the same at our auction rooms for
sale On commission. G0SS Is WILSON,
Auctlonecrs, Is Free street. febS-tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

EUR SALE Nicely furnished lodging house
of IA rooms cheap for cash. Address MRS.
H., AZ East Springfield St. Boston, Mass
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

Coh SALE Or TO LET-Jewelers safe.
one large fire proof safe. with burglar
PROOF chest Dimensions 80 by a by - Inches
Suitable for i.weler or broker Call at {. H.
LAMSoN'S. 20J IL Middle st. n1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

EOR SALE, or viii exchange for city proper
ty finely located farm In New Gloucester.
1875 acres good AM, substantial buildings, /
mile TO Maine Central or Grand Trunk stations
a valuable milk faruI Inquire JOHN WELLS,
93 Exchange ST.. Portland. Me. maTlG-t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

FOR SALE--farms at all prices and gooe
bargains, hou.es and house lots I'm Port
In and Deerinpl add ton, South Portland
knightville, Cape Elizabeth and Peaks Island
cottages at eaks island and Falmouth Fore
side. Vow IS the time TO buy good investments
N. $. GARDINER, SO Exchange 81. 2l-i
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

EOR SA LE--Cash business of general mer
chandise. gross receipts about twelve
thousand year. Well fitted store for sale OF
twenty miles from Portland. A hBe location
small capital required. Address A. b., Press
office, Portland, Maine. 2it
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
MHsCELLAHEOUe.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

ESTABLISHED business house desires to ex-
T. tend It's business N Maine, wants rella-
weekly salary and good yearly income. Ad-
dress +. o. Box 3l33. Boston, Mass. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

MORTGAGES NEGOTIATKD.---We have
vi funds OF clients to invest in first mortgages
ON real estate security at per cent interest re-.
We make a specially OF placing loans Oh clty
and Suburban property Apply real Es!sSe
Once, First National Bank Building FRED-
ERICk y. VAIL. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

EARM FOR SALE-one OF the best stock
farms In Cumberland Co.. situated in town
OF Cumberland, 10 miles from Portland. com,
prisng about 800 acres divided into fields.
pastures and wood lots under high state OF
cultivation. Nice orchard of $50 trees. Build
ings consBt OF 142 story house with ell, IL
rooms house heated with hot water also run
mug water In house, stable and barn; all the
bSldlngs In perfect repair will sell all together
or cut up IN lots. For full Information write ct
fords, Me- 2a-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
A THOUSAND RINGS

To select from. Diamonds, Opals, Peal.
Rubys and all other precious stones, Engage
stent and Wedding Rings speciality. Largest
mock In the city. MCKINNEY, the Jeweler
Monument Square. marchl9dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

Forty words inserted under this head
one weok for 70 cents. cash In advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

WANTED-A young man of good habits t.
w do general work on Little Diamond
Island; one used to the water preferred. in
quire, A. NJ. SMITH. ASSESSOR office. 20-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

HOUSES---frederick :. Vail has the largest
IL list of houses for sale and to let of any
real estate office In Portland. His specia ty
Is negotiating mortgages. collecting rents. and
the general care of property. ONCE, First Ma
tional Bank Building. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

ITO LET-Desirable tenemenis of five six and
Il seven rooms centrally located. Price SO,
S1l and So per month. BY j. e. WOODMAN,
80 Exchange street. col
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23
WANTED-MALE help.

VVANTED-Man of good address TO sell
w stock for a corporation; must furnish AL
references and give bond. For further parti-
cuiars address with stamp LOCK BOX, 3l6,
lewiston Me 2O-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-23

no LET-Good desirable rents on the follow
L Ing streets: Carleton, Cumberland, Dan
FORTH State Wescott, Ellsworth and Spruce
S.. with all modern improvements. and IA
Clifton ST., Woodfords. n. =. GARDINER. SO
Exchange ST., 63 Market st. 21-1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24

1t was early in the morning, says the
Detroit Free Press. The racket and bang
of the printing presses came floating
through the open window and the veteran
reporter lighted a cigar and settled down
to wait for daylight so that he could go
to sleep. One of the younger men was
about to put a book which he had been
reading into his desk.
What is it?' inquired the veteran re-
porter.
'One of Victor Hugo's stories," was the
answer. ~
Victor Hugo. Hum"
Don't you admire him?'
Eyes sir. / take off my hat to Victor.
He was one of the greatest space writers
that the world has produced. Those
French novelists had the art down fine"
But L never read anywhere that he
was space writer. He never wrote for
so much a column"
How do you know he never did? Didn't
he have to be paid for his work the same
as anybody else, whether it was by the
column or the pager
Still, you can't be sure"
ooh, yes. can. I can tell 1t by the
style. I have been In the business toe
long to be fooled. It's a common thing
to find a lot of sentences, each paragraph
ed all by itself, like this:
:" The night was dark
" "A slender ray of light shot across the
water
=" Tt proceeded from a boat
4" The boat came noiselessly up stream.
Suddenly the light was extinguished.
q" Then came a piercing Shrek
That's merely a popularity of style -
said the younger man.
Maybe it is" answered the veteran re-
porter But yon can't make me believe
that anybody ever wrote that way unless
he was a space writer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24
ROYALTY ON THE PENSION LIST.

A petition is to be presented to Congress,
praying for a pension for the Princess
Kaiulani, who was heiress apparent to the
throne of Hawaii when Queen Liliuokalani
was deposed by Dole and others assisted
by the United States government with
force of arms. 1t is understood that ex-
President Dole and other prominent citi-
zens of Hawaii have signed the petition to
Congress in behalf of the ex-royal half
breed, whose father is an Englishman who
went fortune hunting in the South Sea
Islands. The ex-Queen. also, is a petit
toner for the bounty of the United States,
in the way of a pension, or at least COM
pensation for her lands which were conhs-
Gated at the time of the revolution.
If we are 10 go into the imperial colonial
business. like England. why would it not
be a good idea to do it right? England
has any number of grandees-princes ra-
jahs, sultans. nawabs. akhoonds and the
llke--on her pension list. They may not
all appear as out-and-out pensioners, but
in effect that is what they are. They get
pay for what they have been, or might
have been had not the march of progress
and civilization cut short their careers.
The English pension list, therefore, is
quite swellf' Petty kings and princes and
other potentates touch elbows on it. Shall
we not have something of the kind? 1t
would give eclat to our pension list to
have a princess, and possibly an ex-queen,
upon it, II really does not make any diff
ference that one of them is a half-breed.
the daughter of an Englishman, while the
other is a fat brown woman, so dark that
she is often 'referred to as a negro. They
are of royal blood; they have worn titles.
which really belonged to them; il would
be very imperialistic to have royal per-
sons dependent upon our taxpayers for
support. OF course It does not make any
difference about the taxpayers, whether
they would like it or not. Imperialism
never bothers itself about the taxpayers.
And then, again, there is this view to be
taken of the case of these ex-royaI Kan
| akas: We virtually took their property
away from them, without agreement or
valuable confederation. We robbed them
of their blrthright, or aided and abetted
Dole in doing it. Shall we make amends.
ana add glory to our imperialistic career.
by putting them on the pension list?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24
DENLY. Wrong Hat.

Col. Charles DENLY. the former minister
to China, and member of the war commits
sion, sat chatting with group of gentle
men in the lobby of the Arlington Hotel
last night, says the Washington CORE
spondenee of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
when one of the walters approached him
with the question, Colonel, did you get
the wrong hat when you left the dining
room9
Certainly" said Col. DENLY. 'I have
had the wrong hat for week. Some fell
low carried off my old hat last week and
left new one in its pace, 1t provoked
me, for that old hat had a hole in the
top burned by a cigar. I could always
identify my hat by the hole, and then it
looked as though it might be bullet hole,
the result of the war. But that hat is
gone and l have had the wrong hat ever
since"
But, colonel, have you the same wrong
hat?" persisted the waiter. There's a
man over at the desk who thinks you
have his hat"
The ex-minister took off his hat looked
it over critically and then handed 1t TO the
waiter with the comment: 1T is another
wrong hat; an old hat like the first, but it
has no hole in it, But where is my hat
Has the other fellow got iI?''
Il think, colonel" said the waiter with
diffidence, your hat is in your room. You
didn't wear a hat when you came down
to dinner"
And so he hadn't. He left his hat in his
room to guard against further exchange
and then took the first hat on the rack
when he came out of the dining room.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24

The remarkably elastic corporation laws
of New Jersey are responsible for a new
company of almost unlimited power. It
is the American Car Company, capital
$50 100000. Its charter gives the company
the right to engage in the manufacture
and sale of about everything made of iron
or steel. Under it the company can engage
in any hardware or iron or steel manu-
featuring business, from the making of a
cambria needle to an ocean steamship. Its
principal business is stated to be to man
ufacture and sell steel cars and car
wheels, but the charter specifically names
some forty or fifty other branches of man
ufacturing, including steam pipe, gas pipe,
mining machinery. lumber mill machinery,
agricultural machinery, etc. The docu-
ment even says the corporation may en-
gauge in stock and bond operations. and
buying and selling real estate. The sec
rotary of state received fee of $4,000 for
registering the certificate of this corpora
ton; and it may be that the receipt of
such fees by the New Jersey officials has
a good deal to do with the retention on the
statute books of such remarkably lax cor
poration laws.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24

Three years ago the state of Minnesota
launched a scheme of bounty paying for
domestic products, in a law paying
bounties for the production of beet sugar.
AS a very natural outcome, other indus
tries of the state are now begging for
bounties. The iron manufacturers begged
for a bounty on pig iron. and the COM
PLEASANT legislators were about to give
them fifty cents on the ton, when a mes
sage from the Governor respecting the
sugar bounty held them up. The bounty
policy is a bad one all the way through,
for state or nation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24
DEMEY,s PROMOTION.

Dewey may not be SO fortunate as TO get
the rank OF admiral during this Congress.
The Senate passed the bill reviving the
grade of admiral very promptly. but Mr..
Boutelle, the chairman of the House naval
committee, says that he will not report the
bill TO the House unless the grade of vice
admiral Is revived ostensibly for the bene-
fit of Sampson. There is not much prob
ability that Congress would agree TO the
revival of the grade OF vice admiral for the
benefit of Sampson. because a strong belief
exists in that body that injustice has been
done Schley, in putting Sampson ahead Of
him in nominating them TO the rank of
rear admiral. The nomination of neither
Sampson nor Schley has yet been con-
firmed, and neither will be, in all prob
ability, until the Senate becomes salts
fed that a wrong has not been done Sen
ley in putting Sampson several numbers
ahead of him.
It is unfortunate that this Sampson
Schley controversy should have arisen. 1t
threatens to keep back Dewey's promo
ton, as well as those of Sampson and
schley, and also to introduce in the navy
a feeling that Congress cannot always
be depended upon to do Justice to officers
of the navy in the matter of distributing
rewards The Sampson Schley controver-
sy is a rather curious one. It is said that,
as a rule, the officers of the navy sus-
tain the Secretary of the Navy in honor
ing Sampson above schley. and yet 1t is
a fact that the great majority of the peo-
pie are on the side of Schley.
The statement of the Secretary of The
Navy. giving his reasons for putting Samp-
son ahead of schley, seemed to contain
satisfactory reasons for his course, and
there is no doubt that the secretary be-
lieved that the facts were just as he stated
them, but the letter of Schley to the Sen
ate committee on naval affairs throws en-
tirely new light on the situation. 1t
shows that he had been commended by
Sampson for what the secretary condemn
secretary made his statement he was ig-
norant of some very important facts.
The outlook is that the controversy will
be continued to the end of this Congress.
In that event Admiral Dewey will have to
wait for his promotion, although in no re-
spect concerned in the controversy. 1t is
difficult to understand the justice OF the
course which Chairman Boutelle is pur-
suing. However anxious he may be to
have Sampson raised to the rank of vice
admiral he ought not to use Dewey to ac-
complish his object. Let Sampson stand
on his own merits. If he is entitled to the
rank which Mr.. Boutele wants him TO
have he will get it without depending upon
Dewey 10 drag him up with him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24
ANXIOUS FOR THE EXPERIMENT.

Indications are cropping out that the Gu
bans are getting impatient for the oppor-
tunity to try the experiment of sef-gov-
eminent And the Porto Ricans, for that
matter. seem to be equally anxious to take
charge of their own affairs. Having
freed them from Spanish rule they have
apparent no further use for u.s. If, how
ever, Cuba, after getting her independence,
should be menaced by a foreign power,
she would be prompt enough to cali on us
TO protect her.
Gen. Ludlow in Havana and Gen. Henry
in Porto Rico are having considerable
trouble with the civil authorities. In
Porto Rico, Gen. Henry has been com
PEELED to dismiss about ALI Of the high off,
Gals that he first installed in Office. In
the beginning they seemed to desire to
keep on good terms with the military au-
thorites, but as soon as they were permit
ted to exercise authority without report
ing promptly to the governor general they
began TO promote the interests of a polit-
ical faction, with the view of relieving the
island of military rule. In fact. they be-
gan to ignore Gen. Henry altogether. Of
course that condition of affairs could not
be permitted, and so there was cutting
off of official heads.
There is a strong movement In Cuba to
have the experiment of government in
augurated at once. The first thing to be
done, of course is to disband the Cuban
army, and the next Is to have our army
withdraw. Besides patriotic influences
there may be two selfish ones at work TO
bring about the establishment of an indie
pendent government in Cuba at the earliest
possible moment One is exerted by
those who want to grab all the franchises
of value which an independent government
would have at its disposal, and the other
is exerted by those who want the island an
nexed to the United States, and who be-
heve that if the experiment of self-gov-
ernment'were tried at once il would prove
a quick failure, and that annexation would
follow Immediately. OF course there are
many Cubans who are anxious for the es-
Establishment of an Independent government
at once from purely patriotic motives, but
the most of them no doubt. are content
! to await the pleasure of this government
What they want more than anything else
is a stable government and as light taxa
ton as possible.
1t is quite certain that our government
will not be in haste to set up an ndepend-
ent government in Cuba. 1t will clear the
way first for such a government, so that
the experiment will be a fair one In the
meantime there will appear in the public
prints all sorts of statements from all
kinds of people intended to force our gov
eminent to act before ii is ready to do So
A little delay, however. will do the cause
of Cuba no harm. And delay need not
cause Cubans any uneasiness. The Amer
lean people will keep their promise to give
| independence to Cuba.