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The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
PORTLAND THEATRE.

The Eiroy Stock company 81 cosssfully
presented "Poiioe Patrol" yesterday
afternoon to good house and last night
"a Midnight Alarm" pleased large
house. This play Ia one OF the N ost plsar
ing performances ever presented by q
rspertoirs company and last night was
no exception to tbs rule. The comedy
situations gave an opportunity to the
mem srs of the Elroy company 60 prove
that the entire cast Is the mot versatile
ever scan at chsAp prices and every mem
her Of this organization sssmsd to be At
ease In either dramatic or comedy roles.
Mr.. J. Hnrvey Ccok and Miss Church In
the leading roles hast night were prime
favorites and the success that is attend
ing their efforts is surely deserved.
This after noon for the last time the
great ami original drama IAN Actors
Rom auce" will be presented tonight that
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
popular military drama "Sortherr
Lights" win be presented.
CULHANE, CHACE s. wESToN'S
MINSTRELS.

1t may not be generally known, said
Mr.. VIII e. Culhans OF the Minstrel hrm
OF Culhans. Chsce and Weston. that In
our establish uent OF true and lsgiti-
mate basis for negro MINISTRIES. we have
gone to the very root Of the subject.
Spectacular minstrelsy is no novelty, great
numbers are not always an advantage
you oan uss only about 80 many men.
At Portland theatre next Monday and
TUESDAY. Seats ola sale tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
CANDIDATE FOX BISHOP.

The l.,.>. Percy C. Weber, who recent
y conducted the mission in:Christ
church, this city, 10 being very promi-
nentiy brought forward In conn ction
with the bishopriu made vacant BY the
death OF the ,amentsd Bishop Nicely. 1t
is said that some parishoners Of Christ
church, Biddsford and Trinity church.
Saoo, are snthus iAstic supporters of MIR.
Weber. The election Of bishop will take
placs on December - In ths Cathedral
In Portland II iddeford Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
TO FLAVoRlTHE TURKEY.

Thank giving turkey will be eaten
with more relish by the guests and mem
beers Of your household II the turkey
dressing Is Favored with the famous
Bells Spiosd Seasoning 90 fAvorably
known to Now Eaelsnd cooks for q gen
Grafton past
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24

the signatory parties, although 1t Is still
possible that the execution Of the docu-
IN snt may OCCUR In London.
The second treaty Is between Great
Britain and Germany ard Is longer than
the frst, covering the rights and interests
In the Tonga and Solomon islands, and
other settlements brought about By the
Samoan partition. The United States
does not sign this treaty and is only ipdi-
rsctiy concerned. 1t is understood that
this collateral treaty has already been sx
scutsd In Berlin. and that the signing or
the trilatsrsi treaty will bring to a close
the negotiations for the division of the
Is aida.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
WAY DOWN EAST.

Welcome n ews indeed Ii the announce
ment that WAY Down Fast" will be seen
e. the Jefferson for one week, commence
ing on Monday evening. This Is the
same great play by Lottie Blair Parker,
elaborated by Joseph Grismer that Gre
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
SUBURBAN nARPEAlAG.
Forest Avenue Sidewalk
About Completed.
KsOdfords Congregational Church
Entertainment.
Higgins Corner Having a
Boom.
Funeral OF Henry Lewis ut
Westbrook.

There was q brilliast musacal ~ the
residence of Dr. and Mrs. A. p. Topiin
on Deering avenue Wednesday evening,
at which there was Q large attsndancsN
The affair was given under the suspioss
of the Ladies' Guild Of Trinity chapel.
A good entertainment was given and she
members Of the guild furnishsd refresh
msuts.
FORREST AVENUE SIDEWALK.
The work on the brick sidewalk being
laid on the eAsterly side Of Forsst svenus
10 nearly completed Ths walk has been
built % far % the ball grounds and the
snnd foundation In bsing laid nov Is far
- II will be possible that the work may
be resumed - early ~ possible next
spring.
PIPPA PASSES.
Miss Agnes n. Stafford gave ~ almost
psrfsct recital Of Browning's poem,
"PippA Passss," at the Woodfords Con-
Rrsgntional church last evening. The
songs Of Pip, were sung by Miss Clsn-
entine varney OF Portland. The church
was nearly filed by the audience. The
next entertainment In the course VIII be
. lecture IN japan. the Younesss In
the Family Of Nations" by DR.. n. l..
Gordon of Kiota. Japan, Thursday evs-
ntag, December II.
j. r. Grant ana family expect to iosvs
this week for an extended trip In the
eastsrn part Of the state.
Business 10 booming In the vicinity OF
Higgins Corner. Another new street
has been opened jun beyond Racket
and several new houses are now In course
Of construction and more are to ts
erected. The houses beins built here are
all first olass and are finished In many
di fferant etx Las Of Arohiteoture.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24

hartley McCullum - 'The Squire"
atsd decided sensation In New York.
where IL rem aimed for seven month"; at
the Manhattan theatre IL will be givsn
In this city under the personal direction
of Mr.. william A. Brady with sterling
.sf, careful attention to detsils. hand
some scenery and with all the realism
that svinosd its success elsewhere.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
FOOD FAIR.

Madame Flower who recorded such Q
success In Boston Is we'll known through
out New EnglAnd whore she has appeared
before large and enthusiastic audiences
She Ia known rs ths breEzs Melba. 1t
will be her last appearances In Portland
and those who haze never heard her
ought to take this opportunity rs when
her engagement with the management OF
the Food Fair lie ended she leaves for Au-
stralia. where she first appeared three
years ago In all the principal theatres and
music halls. Shs will also appear at the
Paris Exposition. Madam Flower will
sing every afternoon and sveaing at the
Food Fair In City hall and win render
all her latest ballads.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24
THE AMERICAN GIRL.

At Portland theatre, two:.matinees and
two nights commencing Wednesday, No
vember goth. A. @ Soammon's latest and
rreatest success. 1.-THE American Girl, !"
BY II. Grattan Donnslly, author Of
Darkest hussia," Natural 6as," and
many other popular attractions will be
presented. The company includes many
we'll known actors Of merit. including
George r. Hail, Miss Frankie st. John,
and others. Many high GLASS speoialties
are introduced, making tbs performance
one of the most enjoyable to be seen hare
this season.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24

When you want pair of Shoes, Rubber Boots or any
thing pertaining to first class line just give US CALL we
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24

Our Hat Department is now stocked with desira BILE
line goods for cold weather and you
by looking over
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-24

0uRAD. ISOURE

don't As cold weather
this
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
NBlAckheAPdsp -

About this time one of the most IA
nous OF sea robbers was harassinQ the
Atlantic coast Of North America, and
from New England to the West Indies
he was known as the great pirate
Blackboard" This man, whose real
name was Teach, was a terrible fellow
in appearance as well as acts. He wore
long, heavy black beard, which it was
his fancy to separate into tails, each
one tied with colored ribbon, and
often tucked behind his ears. Some of
the writers Of that day declared that
the sight Of this beard would create
more terror in any port of the American
seaboard than would the sudden ap-
pearance of fiery comet. Across his
brawny breast he carried a sort of
sling, in which hung not less than three
pairs of pistols in leathern holsters,
and these, in addition to his cutlass and
= knife or two in his belt, made him
a most formidable-looking fellow. In
the early part Of the eighteenth century
Blackboard made his headquarters in
one of the inlets on the North Carolina
coast, and there he ruled a. absolute
ling, for the settlers in the vicinity
seemed to be a. anxious to obliee him
as the captains of the merchantmen
were anxious to keep out of his way.
Frank 3. Stockton, in st. Nicholas.
London will soon become the ideal
home of the poor man. Lord Rowton, the
well-known private secretary of the late
Lord Beaconsfield, is extending in every
direction in the vast British metropo-
lis his eminently successful scheme Of
cheap hotels, built and run on the
same lines as the Mills hotels in this
city. And now Sir Thomas Upton has
made arrangements to follow suit, by
establishing all over London restau-
rants Of an analogous character, where
substantial and good meals can be OBJ
tanned for cost price. It is not pro-
posed to run these restaurants at . loss,
but neither il it intended to run them
At . prodt.-N. Y. Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27

Life ON . new AOrA A.ce HoAt.
On these boats the mems life iS about
the same as in the land companies. Two
men are kept ON watch at all times
one "house-watch" and the other
"deck-watch." The house-watchman
keeps track Of the alarms and special
calls, and the going and coming OF
members of the company to and from
meals, and has charge of the "house
journal" The deck-watch sees that
other boats do not run into the vessel,
and also keeps sharp lookout for fires
along the river. In the summer, when
there are few fires, position on the
fire-boat is pleasant berth, for there
is plenty OF outdoor life and sunshine; !;
but in winter, when a keen nor'wester
is blowing, and every bit of spray
freezes hard wherever it strikes, the
land companies no doubt have the ad-
vantage. Fighting fire along the water
front in mid-winter has all the dangers
and the suffering of fire-duty ashore;
and climbing up the sides of the vessels
and upon wharfs and piers, getting
lines into position, when every bit of
surface is covered with a thick coating
of ice, is risky business; but, as one OF
the crew of the Zophar Mills remarked
philosophically: "You have to take it
as it comes-the fat and the lean to-
eether,"-Charles T. Hill, in St. Mich
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
FUNERAL FLOWER TRADE.
How Business in This Peculiar Line
IL Dr1mmed Up by an 1At~r-
pFisiAG PennsylvaA1a.

Travelling men who pass through
East Pennsylvania cities when looking
over the local newspapers are frequent
ly surprised at the quantity of flowers
which are mentioned in the published
accounts of funerals Of people not in
public life. In many Of the cities the
business of drumming up the funeral
flower trade is quite scientifically done.
A funeral flower trade drummer told
the other day Of his mode Of operations,
says the New York Sun.
ITO get early information of deaths
I stand in with the obituary reporters
of the daily papers. They cover all the
undertakers in the town. get all the
deaths up to two p. m. aud then get out
to business. OF course, in these busy
days most people haven't time to go to
greenhouses for flowers. Hundreds of
people are willing to send some dead
friend nice token of remembrance,
but many don't think of it, and the
others haven't the time. Now, make
When l hear of a man dying get the
names of his near relatives, lodge asso-
ciates, business connections, if any, etc.
l have sample books of bouquets,
crosses, crescents, anchors, stars,
sickles. harps, Tyres. hearts, gates ajar,
doves, sheaves Of wheat, clusters of
lilies, wheels with broken spokes, pill
lows, pedestals and many other set
pieces. have price lists Of these and
of cut flowers, roses at 80 much per
dozen-in fact, anything people are
likely to want. I call on the friends of
the dead person, ask if they wish to
order anything and promise to deliver
the goods on the morning Of the day
of the funeral, fresh and handsome,
with their cards attached, all in proper
and satisfactory shape.
II make out complete list of the
offerings, with full description of
flowers, with names of flowers correctly
spelled, all typewriter, and give it to
he reporters. Then my customers see
their names in the papers as having
kindly sent in a beautiful floral dona-
ton, so when call next day to collect
my bill they cheerfully pay. I never
lose anything"
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27

Hood dissass Ohlseoa1s
SAa be cured ~
AUDYAH, thsUea1
vsgstabls remedy fss
the blood and nsrvsa
NUDYAN viii 60
nah hsbSood and g1vo
II bank it, healthy, red
color. TAs blood being
h . Dooe esudition,
noae ol Tie segans u
~ bedy ass properly
AsartsAel. HUB.
YAu yin sauso he
Mood - booouso para
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-27
GREEN SICKNESS

Il rather sommsa dissass and Il net With
aAsnsss yssns women. Is 10 caused fEsa a
lApovesisheA oeoditi0n q the blsod. Being q
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

AS early as 1916, Napoleon,
in speaking of the East India
Company and the ultimate eff
fects of combinations, said: ga
company places great advan-
tages in the hands of few in
dividuals, who may attend very
we'll to their own interests, while
they neglect those of the mass.
Thus every company soon dc
generates into an oligarchy. It
is always the friend Cf power to
which it is ready to lend every
assistance. In this point Of
view companies were exclusive
ly suited to old times and old
systems. Unrestricted com
merce on the contrary is favor
able to the interests Of all class
es. It excites imagination and
rouses the activity OF people.
It is the identical quality that
naturally leads to Independence.
In this respect it is most in uni
son with our modern system.
After the treaty of Amiens, by
which France regained her In
dian possessions, [ had this
grand question discussed before
me at great length. I heard
both statesmen and commercial
men and my final opinion was in
favor Of free competition and
against companies "
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

It will be pretty hard for any
reasonable person to believe
that the republican party is in
favor Of abolishing the trusts.
The republican majority in con
gress voted down the PROPOSE
ton to put everything on the
free list that was manufactured
and controlled by monopolies.
The bone and sinew of the re-
publican party has been the
great trusts. They have furnish
ed the bulk of the republican
campaign funds, and in 1896
they were the sources from
which Mark Hanna raised his
gigantic corruptio fund with
which he succeeded in thwart-
ing the will of the people.
Arizona Star.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

A discovery which, il is claim
ed, solves the problem of cir
.cnmventing old age bas been
made public by Prof. Josph r.
HaWley and Alexander G.
Winser, of the Chicago Chemi-
cal School. The return Of
youth is produced by hypoder
mic injections of the lymphat tic
fluids Of animals, particularly
young goats. The theory IS
that, if the mineral deposits
which accumulate in the bone il
the process of life can be re-
placed by the life cells in the
lymphatic glands of goats, d :
terioratian of the bones will be
prevented, and youth will be
retained in the system much
longer, and life prolonged, per
haps doubled
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

Henry 0. Ravemeyer, Presi-
dent OF the American Sugar Re
fining Company, one of the most
powerful trusts in the conntry,
is entitled to the credit Of being
honest and truthful, at least.
In testifying before the indus
trial commission at Washington
few days since, in regard to
trusts, their origin and what
fosters them, used the following
language:
In fact the tariff bill clutches
the people by the throat and
then the governors and the at
torneys-general Of the Southern
states take action, not against
the cause, but against the ma
chinery which the pe0p-e en-
ploy to rifle the peoples pock-
cts.
The true communism of pelf
is the customs tariff bill. It
says to the people: Here is the
law we have enacted for your
robbery, Do not complain Of it.
Keep up your clatter while the
voters on the tariff bill take ad-
vantage Of the noise TO enact
laws that cause your impover-
ishment, and thus contribute to
the greed and avarice Of the few.
In answer to the question::
Could you have organized the
sugar trust under any tariff sys
TEN except the protective tariff
then in etTect?" HIS answer was
direct and to the point No, sir.
we could not have effected the
organization under any but the
protective system.
Notwithstanding this direct
and positive statement from one
who has taken advantage and
proftted by class legislation en-
acted by the republican party,
there are thousands and thous-
ands Of men who have been i'm
poyerished by the same law,
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22
According to reports furnish

According to reports furnish
ed by a censored agercy, the
American forces have driven the
F'ilipinos ali around the island
of Luzon, and the last impor-
tant engagement took place
within sight of the spot where
Dewey first landed about one
year ago. The driving game
has commenced again, and will
be leisurely followed up, regard
less of the loss Of life or the ex-
penditure Of money. 1t is cost
ly work -Christianizing and civ
ilizing ignorant barbarians, in
capable of self-government.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22
A republican party has alres

A republican party has already
been formed in Porto Rico. One
of the planks in this so-called
republican platform denounces
"the high tariff on agricultural
implements and the excessive
customs duties on the products
of the soil" Strange as this
sounds, it is really no stranger
than to hear trusts denounced
from republican sources, when
the trusts are the outgrowth of
republicanism and trusts are the
main support OF the republican
party,-Prescott Courier.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22
The Wages Of Labor.

Gold standard organs are
making a parade of the increase
of wages in a few factories,
citing such incidents as proof
that prosperity has struck the
wage workers as we'll as the
monopolists. Who will be
fooled? Not the men who are
out Of employment; not the men
working for less than enough
70 keep body and soul together
decently; not any intelligent
observer of the course Of events.
After Cleveland, Rothschild &
Go. S panic in 1885 wages every
where were cut, and when times
failed to get better under the
gold cure treatment then ad-
ministered by congress at the
dictatiOn OF Wall streets agent,
Grover Cleveland, wages were
cut again and again. During
the campaign Of 1895 nearly all
Of the great employers of labor,
under pressure from the usurers,
stated to their hands that if
Bryan should be elected they
would have to reduce wages
more or close down. But that
Mckinley s success meant stady
work and a restoration Of the
wage scale Of 1892. Thousands
Of Bryan men il the large cities
voted for Mckinley under the
deadly fear OF starvation due to
such threats by the bosses, and
that was what elected the gold
bug ticket. Everybody knows
what followed Immediately
after election. Cuts in wages
occurred everywhere and nothing
but cuts were heard of through
cut 1896 and 1897. In 1898 the
organization of trusts progress
ed at d rate never before known.
That sort Of thing is still going
on, and in & short time all in
dustries will be controlled by
the trusts. Every trust perfect
ed menas the shutting down OF
factories and the throwing out
of employment of thousands.
These facts the plutocratic
newspapers pass in silence.
But in a few OF the factories
only a remaining open
wages have been raised to the
1896 scale. So far as publicly
announced no wages have gone
up to the 1892 scale. Wages in
some factories have been in
creased to the figures at which
they stood preceding the cuts
made after McKinley's election.
Cleveland panic wages is the
best McKinley,s prosperity has
yet given us.-Ex.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

who will still vote for the party
that enacted it and still advo-
cate it. They are so blinded By
prejudice. so welded to party
name, that they follow their
leaders knowing they are iniur
ing themselves and those to come
after them. Until the average
voter can rise superior to party
affiliations and vote for men who
stand for the whole people, this
state of things will continue.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22
The Wall street press Of al

The Wall street press Of all
political labels had persistently
stated that the recent great an
THRUST dinner at St. Louis would
mark the beginning of the OBJ
securing of the moneyics es, ay3
an exchange. This was what
they hoped for. The trust-con-
trolled daily newspapers would
welcome a sham battle against
trusts; and any movement
against trusts which ignored the
money question would be d sham
movement. But in his mastery
address at st. Louis, William j.
Bryan stated the issue just as
the anti-plutocratic masses IN
derstand it, and exactly as they
are prepared to fight it next
year. AS the essential principle
Of the anti trust fight Mr.. Bryan
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

1t is not all pleasure to be the
wife of a president of the United
States. Mrs. Mckinley receives
about 200 letters a day, all Of
which she feels bound to glance
at, if notread entirely, and very
many of which she is compelled
by circumstances TO answer.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

Mark Twain's lawyers have
bought for their client the old
frame house in which he was
born at Florida, Missouri. It
is said that the new owner will
renovate the place and restore
it to the condition it was in dur
ing his boyhoOd.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

The Oasis states that Gov.
Murphy when he approved the
Santa Cruz county bill, intended
the new county should be off
cered by republicans, but now
most of them have beenreplaced
by democrats. Well, it is true
that the governor did dispose Of
all the Offices torepublicans, but
the people Of Santa Cruz county
wouldn't have it that way and
the resultwas the resignation Of
a lot Of appointees who were
succeeded by democrats. twas
d case where the governor pro
posed. but the people disposed
Of the Offices. arizona Star.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

United States Senator Henry
NJ. Teller and Congressman Jno.
E. Shafroth, in statements, EN-
phatically declared in favor Of
maintaining the silver republi-
can organization, not only in
Colorado, but throughout the
Union, says an exchange. They
say that the silver question Will
be the paramount issue i'll 1900,
Mr.. Teller says that the sound
money democrats will not be
able to control the democratic
convention, and that, as in 1896,
will support the republican can
didate. He says that the demo
cratic convention will reafirm
the platform Of 1896 and that
the party must and viii be allied
with the silver republican party
and the populist party, both Of
which must maintain their Or
carnations and lend all their
aid to win a victory in 1900 Mr.
Teller expresses no preference
as to candidates, but Mr.. Sha-
froth suggests the nomination
Of Bryan and Towne He says
that there is complete silver
republican organization in each
Of thirty-two states and at least
that number will be represented
in the national convention.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

Females will be obliged to
"fess up" during the taking of
the coming 18th census. The
new law says that women who
refuse to tell their age or in
dulge in inaccurate statements
thereof, shall on conviction. he
fined 800, as shall all other per-
sons refusing to reply to ques
tons or making false state
ments. The census taker ought
to be sworn to secrecy.-F'ree
Press.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

The princess of Walespossess-
es q cross which is supposed to
always bring good luck to its
owner, 1t was formerly the
property Of the king Of Den
mark, having been discovered
years ago in the grave of the
beautiful Queen Dagmar.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

declared that the money trust IS
not only the greatest Of trusts,
but the parent of all trusts.
Wall street manipulation of the
currency made the trustizing of
industries possible and inevita-
be. The first step toward the
re-establishment of industrial
liberty must be the breaking of
the control of Wall street over
the financial policy of this coun-
try.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

Gen. Miles has received an in
vitatiOn to be present 1t the
coming military maneuvers at
Windsor, England.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-22

Show me the man who does
not support his local paper, and
I will show you one who belongs
to nothing that tends to build
up d community or aid in it's
progression, and one who is SO
enyeloped in short-sighted bust
ness transactions that people
either call him a crank or
miser. Robert J. Burdette.