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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

To the Editor Of the Press:

To the Editor Of the Press:
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 10th, the
young people of Alfred were oharmingIy
entertained at the hume of Miss Mary
Dane. The occasion was rightly named a
Florida party" for the decorations, the
entertainments, and the dainty souven-
lers presented to each guest, spoke eIo-
quently of the sunny-land where the host
ess spent several months of the past win
ter. The thoughtful preparation for the
guests evidenced the truly hospitable
spirit of the hostess.
Spanish moss, pampas-grass, the long
spills and cones of the Florida pine, the
umbrella-shaped pods OF the Dutohman's
pipe and butterflies from the southern
land adorned the walls.
Among other curlosities exhibited by
Miss Dane were a panel of the curly pine,
a cracker woman's broom made of long
grasses, fan. also basket woven from
palmetto leaf, specimen of the surface
soil Of Florida Ga tine gray sand contain
ing small shells at distance of thirty
miles from the coast,) and growing
baby palm, which had travelled sixteen
hundred miles to grace the occasion.
photographs and pressed flowers dain-
tily mounted were also exhibited. Miss
Dane read a paper on Florida, giving an
entertaining and Instructive description
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
disased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that IS by constitu-
uonal remedies. Deafness /. caused by ar in-
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachan Tube. When this tube is infamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its ormal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by Caiarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condition of
mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
f. j. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggi It's. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

OF the state from geographical and his
torical point of view; and adding many
Items OF interest gathered from her own
observation, concerning the physical
feature of Florida, the flowers, the trees
and the people; also quite an extended
account of the points of interest in and
around the old city of ST Augustine.
Southern songs were 1nterspersed with
reading. solo, ''My Old Kentucky
Home" was rendered by Miss Dora Jor-
dan. and trio, "Way Down on the
Suwanee River, was given by Misses
Grace Ridley. Grace Akers and Dora
Jordan. Cake and fruit punch were
served by Misses Nellie Jordan ana
Asenath Ridley.
AS a souvenir of the occasion, each
lady was presented with Florida she'll
suspended from dainty ribbon; and to
each gentleman was given a stick pin,
with tiny shell pendant.
The guests dispersed, voting this one of
the pleasantest evenings of the many
enjoyed at Miss pane's home, through
her we'll known hospitality. X.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
MR.. PERRIGO's VIEWS.
10 the Editor ofthe Press,

Portland, Me Sept. 20, 1900.
On returning last evening to my office
after a few days absence my attention
was called to an article in the PRESS
of Sept. 2lst in regard to the matter of
Mr.. Pearson's appointments and the part
that Prohibitionists are said to be taking
in regard to said appointments The
statement that Chairman James Perrigo
OF the Prohibition State Committee is
daily caller at the Gospel Mission and
has many times talked over the situation
with the "sheriff-eleot'' must certainly
have originated in the too vivid imagina-
tion of some literary genius. 1 have
been frequent visitor at the Gospel Mis-
sion for several years but never a daily
caller, and / certainly have not called rs
often since the election as L did before.
have seen Mr.. Pearson for but q few
moments at any time and the situation
has never been discussed between us,
neither has the matter of appointments
been even mentioned, Nor have l signed
Tor been asked to sign) any petitions or
sought to influence any appointment in
any way. Neither do believe that any
considerable number of Prohibitionists
have applied for positions.
While 1t is true that Mr.. Pearson could
not have been elected without Republican
and Democratic votes it is equally true
that he could not have been elected with
out the votes Of the PrOh1bitiOnists; and
l regard the entire article as an attempt
to prejudice the people against the PrOhi-
bition party and to set trap for Mr..
Pearson.
JAMES PERRIGO.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

we held guilty, and China refused to de-
liver them up. Then we should be in
this dilemma, that we should either have
to 'back-down'' or 40 to war to compel
their surrender. WY could not do the
former without humiliating ourselves
and mourning the contempt of other
nations, and. we could not do the latter
without sacrificing many American lives.
Ii we adopted the latter alternative and
finally compelled the surrender of the
men we had pointed out as the culprits
we might get the satisfaction of punish
ing them, but 1t would be a satisfaction
purchased at the cost Of many American
lives and much sorrow and suffering on
the part of many of our own people And
what then. Certainly after intensifying g
the hatred of the Chinese against for
eigners, by such process, we could not
Withdraw from the country without ex-
posing every foreigner in it to instant
massacre. Hence we should have to remain
permanently, and either govern the
cou ntry directly. or through native
government sustained by our bayonets.
The programme we have here outlined
is the programme which Germany wishes
us to adopt. or course Incorporation on
the part of the other powers would re-
lieve us of some of the cost and the dan
ger that would attach to it If pursued
by us alone but our share would even
then be burdensome and serious But
some viii ask, does not duty require US
to accept our share OF the burden. Our
first duty is to our own citizens. Our
government was not established to govern
other countries, only our own. Unques
tionably it is one OF It's duties
to see that our citizens abroad
are protected in their lives and
property, and 1t was In performance of
that duty that we sent troops to China
and marched them to the capital. The
duty still remains of obtaining guaran-
tees for their safety in the future, and II
they cannot be obtained except through
war then it may become our duty to go
to war. But before we resort to that des-
perate expedient 1t is clearly our duty to
exhaust every other resource, The Ger
man proposal practically makes war the
first resource, for 1t is hardly within the
bounds of possibility that the Chinese
would voluntarily deliver up for punish
ment whomever the ambassadors of the
powers might designate as guilty parties.
Our proposition is that before war is re-
sorted to, some other method Of securing
the punishment of the guilty ones shall
at least be tried. We have not settled
with China. We have not indicated to
China the terms on which we Will SETTLE.
We have simply said that we will meet
China emissaries and see what their dis
position is. what they can and will offer
in the shape of reparation for the past
and security for the future We shall
be as free after this conference to apply
military pressure If that be ne eded to
obtain assent to reasonable demands as
before. We shall have surrendered moth
ing, and placed ourselves under no obli-
cation, we shall simply have made an
etfort-a laUdable effort-to avoid she'd
ding more blood and imposing additional
burdens on our people.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

1t is fair to presume that Mr.. Bryan,
If he is elected VIII make up his cabinet
from the prominent leaders of his party.
Indeed that practically is what he must
do. Who ara these leaders9 Not the
old time Democratic leaders of experience
and conservatism, but the adventurers
who foated into prominence on the wave
of free silyerism Everybody knows who
they are. They are Altgeld and Jones
and Tlllman and Croker and Lentz and
George Fred Williams. Upless some or
all Of these men get into his cabinet Mr..
Bryan Will defy all the precedents.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

Mr.. James Perrigo, Chairman or the
Prohibition State Committee, informs
the public through a communication
published elsewhere, that he regards a re-
cent article in the PRESS "as an at
tempt to prejudice the people against the
prohibition party and to set a trap for
MIR. Pearson" We hasten to inform Mr..
Perrigo that the PRESS is not wasting
any time or space in an attempt to preju-
dice the Prohibition party. There isn't
enough Of it to make it worth WHILE
even If we were so disposed, and as for
setting traps for Mr.. Pearson, if any are
set, it viii be unwittingly by his fool
friends,
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
and
igor

Mr.. c. M. Scott, I84o, Dor
chester, Avenue, Boston, Mass,
tells how he became a strong,
hearty man:
"About two years ago l suffered
from general debility and doubt il
there was anybody more utterly
miserable than l was. I had no life
or energy, and was as depressed
mentally as / was worn out physi-
cally. 1t was not at all unusual for
me to go to sleep over my work.
My blood was thin and watery, but
the worst of it all was the dreadful,
Wearying nervousness at night.
When retired at ten O'Clock, instead
of going to sleep / would toss and
turn till well on into the morning,
and when / awoke it was without any
feeling OF being refreshed or rested.
lost 80 much flesh that got down
to l22 poundsin weight, and / had no
desire for food.
Last January friend urged mo
to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. had previously tried
many different kinds of remedies
and had consulted three physicians,
but the little relier they gave was
very brief, so l was completely dis
couraged. MY friends, however,
insisted and tried the medicine.
BY the time the second box was
begun there was such evident i'm
provement that continued taking
them till the ninth box, when l felt
that l was entirely cured. l now
weigh l68 pounds. There is no sign
nervousness, / rest we'll and feel
strong, and am able to enjoy life
once more"
@. M. SCOTT.
At all druggists or direct from DR.. VIII
nams Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Z.
Price soc. per box, 6 boxes $3.50.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

New evidence Is forthcoming daily that
the great mass Of the people of the South
have very little sympathy with Mr.
Bryan anti-expansion Views. The
prevalent idea down their Is that expan-
sion Will help the business of the South
and hence expansion is really popular.
We're the negro question out of the way
and voters could express their real senti-
ments on the questions at issue, the
chances are that Mckinley would get
more votes than Bryan. But the negro
question dominates everything, and men
who have no sympathy with Bryan S
silver views or his opinions about ex-
pansion viii vote for him because OF the
traditional attitude of his party toward
the black man.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

viii be very popular for FALL and WIN
TEX wear. II may be made with th3 same
effect In front as a Chesterfield. being very
tull In the back, or cut long and with wide
collar take the form of a storm coat. We
have great variety of OVERCOATS and
we teel sure you can see something that Will
pleaSe you. Our reputation guarantees that
the FINISHED ARTICLE Will come up to
customers fullest expectations in both fit and
style.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
MaTeanIIIs Trust O..
OF PORTLAND.

This Company takes pleasure
i'm announcing That il is now
located i'm its new banking
rooms situated in the Boyd
Block, at tIle corner OF Middle
and Exchange Sis. With its i'm
proved and cOmmOdiOus quart
eTs the Company will endeavOr
10 furnish its customers every
possible facility for Ghe prompt
and efficient handling of all
their banking business, and
every accommodation will be
extended consistent with n
broad and conservative policy
of management.
correspondence and persOnnI
interviews are cordially invited.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
Aliens Circulating Library

Is removed from news stand 3si11 Con-
gress street to 413 Congress street,
nearly opposite Chestnut street. The
News and Periodical business will be
carried on at both stores by John H.
Allen. sep20d1w
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

Since the outbreak of last week affairs
in the mining regions have been quiet,
thanks largely to the presence OF the
militia. The strikers show few signs
of weakening and they claim even to
have received recruits and to be stronger
than ever. Meanwhile the price of coal
continues to rapidly mount upward.
Luckily the season of the year has not
arrived when dearness OF coal inflicts
the greatest hardship, and there is reason
for hoping that before that time comes
the strike will have been brought to an
end. There can be but little doubt that
the ultimate outcome of the strike will be
the defeat of the strikers. Soon they
will have to choose between going to
work at the wages the operators offer and
starvation, for the funds thsy have 60
cumulated cannot suffice to support the
great number Of men Idle for more than
brief period. We wish they might
succeed in some of their demands, which
appear to us reasonable and just, but 1t
looks to us as II the chances were greatly
against them.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

Mr.. Bryan appears to have dropped the
paramount issue" to a large extent and
is now harping about trusts. But he
cannot make trusts much of an issue
because both parties are practically in
accord as regards them. The Republi.
can condemned them in their platform,
and the last Republican House passed a
stringent law In regard to them. Indeed
the Republicans were ready to go much
further in the direction OF imposing re-
strictions upon them than the Demo-
Gratis. Before the campaign Is through
it looks as il Mr.. Bryan might get down
to a virtual admission that the only
question on which a sharp Issue could
be drawn between the two parties was
the question OF l6 to /.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

F. 0. BAILEY & CO., Autionsss
Important sale OF Real Estate
No. iJ6 Wasliburn Ave-,
BY Auction.

We Ia ell on KScdnts iay. sept. 26h,
~ f'eiocN D. r1-. on tbe premises the DIS "a.
D .e 20 q estate situated No. 100 SEnshburn
Ave-, consisting of a new amt uao1arn hoasf
nullt tao ye lrt ago. two N oue-han S0r
with e.errn inlshed rooms n bath. house
mas oHeA plum ing. first cf48s steam hea.iar
appafatNt. Nue cemcnfed cellar. laundry. an1
is desirable and attractive house la ever
way; stable ~ rear 1oA4l. This property 0I.rs
o very favorable opportunity f9r any p1rfr a..
sirng o nice place fOri occupancy OK invest
ment Terms easy aud mafe Known Al sale
For further particulars Cr irlormaion eu
upon the aucloneers, So kxchan-c street.
Portland, Sic septltid
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE CHINESE

THE PUNISHMENT OF THE CHINESE
is 1t not desirable that the instigators Of
the uprising against foreigners in China
shall be punishedS Certainly, but it is also
desirable that their punishment shall be
brought about, If possible, in a way that
shall not inhct punishment upon our
selves. Suppose we demanded of
China the guilty parties, or the parties
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
Trustees Sale of valuable Prop
erty ut Public Auction.

The Trustees Tor the benefit Of the bond
holders OF the Portland Automatic Scale Com
pany will sell AZ public auction, at 80 kennebec
street. Portland. Maine, the former Office of the
company, on THURSDAY the TWEEN ty-seventh day
Of September. 1900, at 2.30 o'clock D. m, all the
patents, patterns, models, manufactured
machines and stock In process Of manufacture.
belonging TO said company at the time said
Trustees took possession thereof for the pur-
poses Of foreclosure. The manufactured
machines include finished package scales, oil
scales. oil meters. oil closets. and many frames
and parts OF unfinished machines The patents
the several machines Terms cash at ume of
sale August 27th. 1900.
SETH J.. IARRABEE.l I ,r...
BRYCE NJ. EDWARDS.( AiuS'0oS'
nur2Qdtd
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

of Paul Caster, s. r. s.,
Specialist in all chronic diseases. from 622 Con-
gress ST., TO the Mt. Hope Health Bazaar, No.
SO Bedford ST., between Forest Avenue and
Grove ST., where he is more fully prepared to
tIoaI all chronic diseases Of whatsoever nature
known to medical Jurisprudence. having more
commOdiOus ONCE room end operating room,
and viii be open day and night 10 all who de-
sire consultation. Grove 81. and Forest Ave.
cars pass the street. Remember the number,
GO Bedford ST., Portland. Telephone connec-
tion. sept24dlw
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

C0edncatlonal Qulht. hca't1ll oeanoaI
special fitting school for Colby Collage u<alo'
ceruhcation at Brown, wellesley ana ,miai
splendid academy building and gymnasium
spect: SturtevaDt Home the finest girls dormi
tory 10 Sew England. steam heat pa'n q
every floor. electric lights, etc; board IQ'aa.
heat ana lights Ia this dormltofg s4N NJ
week, catalogue free Address
". r.. SARGENT, prin.
Hebron, Me-
Fall Term Opens Tuesday, septsmo"
II, 1900. l1li4@N
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
For Vice President,
Theodore Roosevelt
OF New York.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

At Large-Joseph 0. Smith of Skowhegan
George p. Wescofl OF Portland.
FIRST Dist. Charles L. Libby of Portland.
Second Dist.-James w Wakefield of Bath.
Third Dist-Fred Atwood, WinterpOrt
Fourth Dist-Almon II. Fogg, Houlton
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

81 of Auction
WE shall sell on Thursday, Sept z1.h. 81
W O'Clock q. %. The valuable raj estate
situated at So Carleton ST. conslsrn ol 4 10
and one-han soy brick house hainK ssrn
finished rooms uath and haHs. Steam htk
g0od plumbing. laundry. hCf watef on dfsf fni
second Hoors etc. House nas a sunny expos
granite entrance aud Foundations Ihe Sins
ton IS most desirable ior residence size o.
lot about fexio5 e. This property IS sodn
close an estate aud the sale offers 4 very isIN
home or safe Investment Terms 1f sale. f1
further psrtculars call upon tle ArciI1nffri
15 Exchange street. sepi1.iu
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

MAINE STATE PRESS CWeekly)-
BY the year, 81 IN aovance, or $l.25 at the
end of the year.
For six months so cents; for three months,
25 cents
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
eyerv morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland. and In Westbrook and South Port
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

SpecIalties:-H Grade Bonds for
Investment. Interest Paid on Deposits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-31
A CORRIDOR OMNIBUS.

Anything that may be done to in crease the comforts or to decrease the discomforts of those wno travel by om- nibus must be of great importance to the public when the enormous number of passengers carried annually by the two great omnibus companies is re- membered, not to mention those con veyed by the vehicles of private propri- etors and small companies,
 It would seem that the next step in this direction is to be initiated by one of the latter-the City and Suburban Omnibus company-which yesterday had on view at the back of the Great Central Hotel, Marylebone, a type of the new omnibus which they hope shortly to place on the Putney to Liv erpool route. The chief novelty of the new omnibus, which IS built from the designs of W. Berg, from the point of view of the public, is that the seats are placed crossWays, with a seventeen and one-half inch gangw&y, thus enabling conductors to collect fares and passen- gers to enter and leave without inter- fering with other passengers comfort, In addition, which is more important in hot weather, the side windows are made to drop. means having been taken by rubber Things to do away with their rattling. It is further hoped that as the seats by their new disposition, are much subdivided, passengers will be more comfortable, and that each will
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-31
SEGAN.
A Little Information About China's Olt
 Capital.

Capital
 The Chinese do not forget. and to them Segan will seem a more natural | residence for the emperor than Pekin itself which, after all, is, to a race with whom time does not count, city or yesterday. It was selected because of it's comparative nearness to the seats of Manchu power, a reason which since the advance of Russia has died away. segan is ready for the reception of the most ceremonious and luxurious court in Asia. The inmates of the imperial palace have lived secluded life until the idea of change appals them as it appalls nuns
 viting. The city is full of palaces,
 The climate of Segan is said to be in- which have been carefully kept up; it Is better supplied with provisions even than Peliin, and, being great center of trade, it swarms with merchants, shop keepers. artisans and all the classes that help to insure comfort and luxury more people in Segan than in Pekin, and they are more prosperous, while they are, it is believed, devoted to the dynasty which in 1S6S-70 saved them from the Mohammedan rebels who would have converted them by force.
 Segan occupies perhaps the very best strategical position in China. All the great roads converge on it-one in par ticular stretches straight to Pekin-and it has communication by water through the Hoang-ho and the great canals with every portion of the empire. It is pro- tected on three sides by mountains, and on the fourth by the river and is well fortified after the ancient fashion, which the Chinese will soon learn to improve They ara master masons if they are nothing else. It is moreover, protected by it's distance from every where.
 The maritime powers could not at- tempt to march an army seven hundred and fifty miles through the very thick of China, while few f7atboats sunk in the reaches of the Hcang-ho would rem der access by water absolutely impossi- ble.-London Spectator.