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THE PRESS.! 81WRBAT, BEA KBBKU 29. 1900 VHIM i DAILY PREMS By th« year, |6 In advtnce or |7 at tlie end of the year. By the month, 16 cent*. _______ "~The DAILY PR EMM Is delivered at these rate* every morning to subscribe** In all parts of Portland, and In Westbrook and Mouth Tort land. MAINE STATE PRESS (Weekly) - By the year, f l In advance, or 11.25 at the end of the year. For six month*, 50 cents; for three mouth*. 2»» cents.___ __ " tabacribers whose psipers are not delivered promptly are requested to notify the office of the DAILY PRESS, No. 97 Exchange street, Portland, Me. _ ___ Patrons- oMImTi’ll ESS who are leaving town temporarily may have tlie addresses of their pipers changed as often as they may Ucstre by notifying the office._______ ~Dreylur wants another Inquiry. One would here supposed tnat hie experience with the laet one would have extinguished all hope of ever getting Juitioe through that cfcaenil. One of the beet thing* that oould have happened for the euooew of the ship eob eldy hill le Senator Pettigrew's de:lara tlon that he le going to fight It to the death. When Pettigrew takes eldoe ino»t of th. aenatore try to get on to the aide that he le not on. Mr. Bryan’s Chicago epeeoh lodloatee that In one particular at least he hae abated tome of hie claims. Jfor eight years past he ha. rsnarded himself ae the only Mows, but In hie reoent speech he admitted that anoth r might be found ae ranable is he. HI* last defeat *eem* to have sobered him semewba', »o far aa hi* own *elf.auflicienoy le ooncerned. So fa-, Mr Joseph E. Hall of Carlb:u, the Hon. Elewellyn Powers of .Houlton, and Mr K.’btIus O. Heal of Banger have announced themselves or caused them selves to be, ae candidates for the eucoes H1UU W i>ir, uuuran®, - —--„ - there are lota more coming. Mr. Powers' friends claim that Aroostook will ba solid for him, Dut Mr. Gall will, wa may be sute, not admit that. General Pearson, who claims to be a Goer refugee, and who has tu his DoeeesE ton what aptoear to be authontio letters from General Gciha, asseitr that none of the money collect *d for tho Goers In this country ever reached thorn. It would be Int meeting to know what did become of It for a good deal was collected on the under.-t ending that it was to be used to help the republics nglit the Kngllfh The old controversy about oanned roast beef and "embalmed" beef whloh tagel so furiously near the end of tho Spanish war, la revived by an artlole In tho Aorth American Kevlew In whloh cx Secretary Alger accuteo General Mllea 01 wanton misrepresentation to the preju dice of the Commissary General of the Army, and critlotses hind very severely. Unless the military law forbids, we should have a reply from General Miles and the old scandals of the Spanish war will bo reventilated again. Mr. Woodslde s bill, providing for publltftty of the ttlspnone and telegraph business, Is In line with the policy that the state has adopted In regard to many other quasi-publio corporations. 'The eleotrlo and steam roads are oouipelied to make annual reports of their earnlnas and expenses and all other matters relat ing to their financial condition, and these are laid balore the publio onoe a year in the report of the railroad com missioners We can see no good reason why the law should not be extended so as to oover telephone and telegraph com panies, and all other companies quasi publio In their nature. These oompanlee are granted great privileges by tbs state on tbe understanding that they shall serve the people at a reasonable lute. Whether they live up to their duty, whether they deal fairly with the publio can ba ascertained only by making their business public, so that It may be inspected. It Is difficult to see why a telephone company whloh Is disposed to treat tbe pub lic fairly should objeet to Mr. Woodslde's publicity bill. The details of his measure may be capable of improvement, but tbe general principle wbloh underlies It Is sound. Conoernlng bis bills (or tbe taxation ol telephone and street railroad oompanies, which are identical In prinel ole, we would not speak with so much assurance. There may be legal obstacles In the way of his plan, liut It can be said wUh perfeot truth that both these classes ot corporations ought to pay a much larger tax than they do now. THE KMPEItOK AND THE NOTE. It is not at all strange that tbe Chinese emperor's Inclination should be to reject tbe note of tbe powers or call for Its modification In several particulars. In many of Its demands the note le harsh, as it calls for concessions which ars praotieaiiy a yielding of some of the at tributes of sovereignty. Especially ob jectionable to the emperor are tbe de mands that the powers shall have tbe right to station Isgation guards In Pekin ana Keep open a route to the aeo. The emperor's obteotion la that under antes of legation guards tbe powers might station enough troops at Pekin to Intimidate the government and practically compel It to do tbelr ; bidding. Tbe emperor fears, undoubtedly, that be may become a mere figure bead, wltb tbe real sovereignty lodged In tbe oom menders of tbe forces of tbs powers. It oan hardly be denied that there la some foros In tbls from bis stand point, bat It Is also evident that tbe powers cannot afford to trust tbelr legations to the tender in*.roles or the empress dowager, who would ba, In the future, os she has been In tbe past, the real ruler after tbe foreign soldiers were withdrawn, In view ot wbat happened In the oapltal last summer. Tbe demand for the right to maintain legation guard! at the oapttal cannot, tharafors, be withdrawn, and an attempt to modiry It ao aa to Bx Urn alia of the gaerda wowM undoubtedly reopen the wbol) question which tbs powers have been far months trying to settle. The emperor will bars to confront tba note as It Is, nnd sboose between a negative and aa affir mative anawer, for tba power* will not undertake to modify It. And when ke la oonvtaoad of this, and ilnda that evasion la Impossible, It la altogether probable that bla answer will be In the affirma tive. Only by each an answer oan be expeot to preserve for blmretf any aav ereignty at all, for the puwara have prao - tloally told him that rejeetion of the note me ins lndeBnlte occupation of the country by their troops, and that would surely lead to hia dethronement and the setting up of a new gov ernment oompletelv dominated by tbs powers, or the parcelling out <f the empire among them. Our demands are Irrevocable, accept them or we wl.l take the oonntry Into our own bands an I govern It without any referents to you, Is what the powers virtually say to the em peror. When he la fully convinced that tba powers will not budge from tnls posi tion ha will, In all probability, p.-oral e to comply with the demands of the mte. CURRENT COMMENT. ROOT’S STAND ON CAN THAN. (Washington Times.) We congratulate Secretary Root upon his honest and manly defenoe of the army canteen. It takes oonrsge In these times for a public man to stand out openly against the i Itjrls of fanatlolam and hysteria to demoralize the army. When Mr. Root says that “these mis guided people,'’ who arc endeavoring to aeoute the establishment of Illicit whiskey dives on the outskirts of army poita “are doing Satan's work,” he speaks no more than the truth The army it not a penal Institution In whlon free men are to be onnsldered as prIs mere and unentltlei to'oltlzen rights aa to their meats and drinks. Congress should not hesitate to turn down toe cranks. ROWKKS IS IN IT ORKXL.Y. (Houlttn Ploieer.) Brother Hall, the edit :r and owner of tha Aroost »k ltepuhll an, comes out In a lengthy article or editorial claiming that Congressman Rout tile, through h daughter, Ins eipressed a wlili thit JO5151 n n. iiuii. a ureuiur ui in should be Me successor. We regrtl met be has deemed it ueoesstry to use Mis* IJoa t,lie's name In this conned.Ion, or t!i 1 ebe mould bo Induced In the Ivan to mix np In this matter. We bave no unkind words to say of Mr Joseph K. Hall. Some two ,or three years ago he became secret try ta Con gressman’Botit’lie's ^committ >e. Up to that, time he was. as wo are reliably iu formed, a resident of the.itite of .Minne sota, and wa* obarged In Washington t > i ant state as a part of Its quota of patron age. He had lived in tbe West many years and grown up In tbat nountrv. 11“ nas never In any way, to our knowledge, been identttled with Aroostook Counts or wltn ner interests, or to any nonsider able extent; wltb tbe rourth district or the people of Maine We are IMormed he owns a home, recently purchased, and bas a law office in Bangor, where we sup pose he voted last eleotlon, and we have no doubt he is one rf Bangor s good oltlzsns, but Penobscot County has Ulled this offioe twenty-two years Agpoetook has bad It two years slno* tne organiza tion of tbe liepnlblcan party. In 1(450. U has L-ecome a large and strong Kepnbll can county. It seems but, fair tbat when a successor (s to be selected to Congress man Boutelle, If she presents a man emi nently Utted for the place, her local claim should be rsoogmzfd. (ode will not pre sent Mr. Ball Sbe will present, and tbe Pioneer believes unanimously, Uovernoi Llewellyn Powers, lie Is welt known In tbe district. Certainly the people o! Arocstook believe in him ana believe also that he will oe s lit successor to Congres man Boutelle "And we predict that any attempt induced by family reasons to suiTender the just rights of AroostooV will not swerve one delegate from th support of Mr. Powtrs, BAKU WOHK TO UKT RICH, (Boston Herald.) This Is a very wealthy country, and nil of us feel that, If not exaotly mllllonaln* ourselves, we ate, at any m e, tbe coun trymen of sod res of multimillionaires, who can match purses wltb the richest men of effete Europe and have a decide) advantage In tbe comparison Yet, ever; now and then one comes across a chlllin. fact, which shows tbat, even In ttil wealtby land, the average worker hue a gcoi d>al or difficulty In keeping the wolf at a safe distance from tbe door We Und such a fact In the forty-second an nual report of the Maine railroad com missioners, as telegraphed from Augusta in this document It Is stated that. In th - twelve months oovered by th« return, there were 7940 persons emoloyed upon the steam and street railroads of Maine, and that they reoelved In wages $4 110 6ol 09, Mote the cents, if you please, as evidence of the exactness of the computa tion. When you divide this amount among 7240 persons, It give* each employe au .leamaa nf ITilVt 1(1 fliV t.hrt VWtP'g MAPnlflBa Tee report adds tnat ttie uurabtr of per sons dependent upon thee* employes Is “not far from 85,0011.'' We find some difficulty In giving fall credence to this last assertion. It would Imply that eaeu employe bad more tban four persons (4 27 to be precise about It) dependent upon blin or ber for support. Tbat Is so much above the proportion of dependants on earners ihuwn by the national oeosus of 1890 tbit we are disposed lo question the figures. If lha statementd be accur ate, It would (how only tluO.OS a year per capita far <hi suoport of the railroad em ploye and his family, lids looks unreas onably low; but, even It you Increase It by one-fourth, the per oaptta allowance would be but »12o on lbs aveiaye, or, to eyeak roundly, *10 a month It must also be kept m mind that tor (hiss wages, averaging but |5t)3 19 a year to each employe, the earners had to do a great (leal cf bard and responsible work, In the performance ot vth‘ch tiny were subject to trying exposure In all kinds of weather, and were llcerully obliged all the time to oarry their Olives In their hands, as Is thewn by (he nuralwr el railroad employes killed or seriously In jured In the performance of Ihslr hazard ous labors. 1 he United Statss, ns we hare said, la a very wealthy country, hue onlr a small (hare of this Wealth comes within the reach of the vast majority of Americans. HrcflL la the Monotony. The Bride—We have been married ouly three weeks, and your love seem* to he waning already. The Bridegroom—No, it isn't. I have the toothache. Am I not to have any di\ ■: > t::;-; at ull?— Denver New*. She's Too Busy. “I’ve got to stop dictating letters for awhile now.” “Why?” “Our typewriter girl has begun to cro chet herself a pink fascinator.”—Chica go Record. .. For a C'olil in ilic II*wd Laxative llromo-Cluliaiaae Tablets THE PEANUT FARMER. Il«w !*• Or*wi aa4 Harveija the Toothtomr Crop. Most ot the nuts grown In ' Irgicia and North Carolina are the goobcra. The goober la to the actual peanut what tbo qtiahaug la to the genuine clam. The ahell usually contains but two kernels. This ia tba out with which the Italian* load their wagons and sell in paper bags on the street corner*. The real peanut which answer* to the Rhode Island clam is smaller than the goober. The kernel la about the size of a large pea. and its fla vor is sweeter than the other variety. It is grown principally in North Carolina and Tennessee. Occasionally a few get into a bag of goobers, hut very seldom, ns they are shelled and sold for from 10 cents to 15 cents a peck more than the others. They go into randy paste and to the oil factories of Europe. The peanut former begins planting as soon as the frost is out of the ground in tbe spring. The shelled nuts form the seed, and about two bushels are required for an acre. In a few weeks the plant gets above the earth and begins to leaf , out. A field of pcauuta looks much like ] a field of clover, and during the war many of the northern soldiers mistook clover fields for peanut patches while hunting for something to vary their ra tions. The plants grow in rows, very much tike potato vines, and ate cultivat ed in the same way. Weeds will soon choke their growth, and the pickaninnies on tbe farm are kept busy during the summer in weeding out tbe patches with their fingers. Nowadays the harvesting Is done by wbnt is called a plow, made es pecially for tbo purpose. It is drawn by one mule and cuts the plants off close to the roots. As soon as enough has accu mulated on the plow to form a stack it is thrown *olf and massed around a short pole stuck in the groiiud. Tbe stack is formed with tbe lenrrs outside, and tha vines are wound around it as tightly as possible to protect the nuts front the weather. Tbe plan is somewhat similar to that of binding wheat. About three weeks’ exposure “seasons” the nuts and dri^js the Tiue, to that the pods are ready to be picked. The picking is the most expensive oper ation of all and takes the most time. Whether in the barn or on the field, all the work hns to be done by hand. The nuts are thrown into large baskets and the vines made into Inrge stacks or stored •way in the loft, for they make a hay which is really more nourishing for the average mule thau timothy. The vine ia a little too rough for a horse’s throat, but It is n luxury to the average southern mule, who will grow fat in peanut huy aud nothing else. In all fields some of the vines will be blackened and nuts of poor quality. These are left on the ground, and later the pigs are turned into the field. They eat everything that is left except the roots. The nuts are not very fattening, but they give the porker a very sweet Havor. The famous hams cured in some parts of Virginia owe most of their quality to the fact that the pigs have lived partly upon nuts before being turned into smoked meat. In half a dozen towns most of the pea nut “factories” are located. The factory is merely a place where the nut is shelled or the shell polished for the market. It is a curious fact that peanuts with dean, glistening pods will sell for 15 to 20 per cent more at retail than those with large, dirty hiking pod*, although the kernels may be* just as good, so the nuts intend ed for the bag trade at the circus and on street comers are scoured in largo iron cylinders. Then they are carried to fans, which blow the heavier nuts into one part of the factory and the little ones into another part and at the same time remove the dirt which was not taken off the shells in the cylinders. The dark, partly filled nuts are shplled by inachin* ery and sold to confectioners, while the other ones are carried by a sort of end less <zhain apparatus Into bags, each of which will hold about 100 pounds. As fast ns a bag is filled It is sewed with English twine, marked with the weight and proper address and sent to the whole sale peanut dealer. Of lute years a quan tity of the bag peanuts has goue to manufacturers of cheap coffee, to be roasted and mixed iu with the coffee ber ry aud then ground, to be sold in pack ages as choice Mocha and Maracaibo. While most of the American nuts are grown in eastern Virginia and North Carolina and Tennessee, peanut fields are cultivated in parts of Louisiana ami Nebraska. Many of the fields in North Carolina contain apparently nothing but wet sand. Diggiug down six or eight feet, however, the farmer generally comes to a loam which retains the rain and other surface water. This nourishes the plaut, which requires a very light and porous soil. It also needs as hot weath er as corn to properly mature. After raising several crops the average peanut field needs to be heavily fertilized with iuiic vii mall, ns im; iiuauma cub soil. During a fair year the American pea nut crop will average nearly 5,000,000 bushels, estimating *22 pounds to the bushel. This is but a small proportion of the world’s crop, however, which ag gregates fully 550.000,000 pounds. It is calculated that wc eat about $10,000,000 worth of peanuts yearly, or 4,000,000 bushels of the nuts, either in candy or the original kernels. The shucks, or shells, form also good food for pigs, while, as already stated, peanut viues are a first class fodder for mules. Very few |>eanuts are eaten out of the p*vl in Europe, although fully 400.000,-1 000 pounds are sent to Great Britain and ! the continent every year from Africa aud Asia. They are converted into oil and a sort of flour at factories at Marseilles aud several English cities. A bushel of the genuine peanuts* shelled can be press ed into about a gallon of oil, which is substituted for olive and other table oils very frequently. It sells at from GO cents to $1 a gallon, and the meal, or flour, left after pressure is used for feed ing horses aud baked into a kind of bread which has a large sale in Germany and Frauce.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Quite True. “You disapprove of some of the con ventional fictions?” “1 do,” answered Miss Cayenne. “And yet I have heard you exclaim to ■ a number of people, *1 am delighted to see you!* ” “The remark was perfectly true in each case. I shouldn't care to be blind, yoa know.”—Washington Star. The teacher arose aud placed her fin ger on the map. '•Which is the most important of the aolar systems?” she asked. “De solar plexus!” yelled the lad with the 4ifco)orsd eye.—Chicago blew*. imdXUUKOPI. FINANCIAL. _ Casco National Bank PORTLAND. MAINE. Incorporated 1824. CAPITAL AM) kCUPl.UI ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Inlcm! Paid on T1.11E - DEPOSITS. LETTERS OF CREDIT AND IN TERNATIONAL CHEQUES FOR SALE (•rrcipoadeaee eollelled from Indi viduals, Corporations, Bunks and others desiring to open accounts os well os from those wishing to^ransaot Bash Ing business of tap description through Hals Baii.X STEPH:.I \ SMI' P.euiw. MARSHALL R. GODINS. Cuhte lebrdtt -THE PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY Invites interviews or corrosponilence with Trustees, Firms, Corpo rations or Individuals, wlio contemplate opening a new account or chang ing their bank of deposit for the coming year. Interest paid on De mand Deposits subject to check. ARE YOU LOOKING - FOR - AN INVESTMENT. We have the option on a business that clears up a profit of 10 per cant annually on the proposed capital stock of a com pany to be organized to acquire it. This profit can be increased. The business is in Portland. The books showing the above profit will be shown- those who meau busi ness. You can invest $100.00 or more. The new company will commence business Jan. 1, 1901. w rue umziy to Home Investment, This Office. decisdtf What Struck Him Most. An Irishtuun who after honorable serv ice in India returned to England and found a place ns a butler in a country family was telling bis experience in a battle—the advance, the gallop, the charge and how, as one rider fell dead j from his saddle, the death grip of hia j fingers on his pistol discharged it and killed his own horse. “What struck you most forcibly when all was over and you looked back to it?*' asked a frieud. “Ah." said the old servant reflectively, “! think, sir. that what struck me most forcibly, sir. was the bullets that missed 1 San Francisco Wave. ASTHMA CURED. m m BAMPkU TREATMEIT I'RKE. We believe Dr. Clarke's Kola Compound will cure any case of Asthma or Bronehitts. Thou- j funds of ihe worst suite rets tell us it does cure, j so it must be true. Now,If >011 have Asthma, and have tried, cure after cure t:i vain, we know you will not he disappointed wl«h Clarke's Kola; Compound. Tuts l> not merely a temporary re lief, but an internal constitutional cure for ! Asthma. Its strengthen* the 1 aspiratory or- , gaus. and acts as a thorough Tonic to the Stom ach. Blood and Nerv«>as 8y*tom. It cures by j removing the cause of the disease and Is the 1 ouly remedy ever known to permanent/ cure Asthma In advanced stage# without ms least, sign of its return. Now. we want every suffer-! er from Asthm t to know just how good Clarke's Kola Compound U. and will mall a regular « i oent sample bottle absolutely free lor trial, alto Dr. Clarke's celebrated book on Asthma. Kn- ; close 6 oeuts in stamps for post:u e. Address The timftUhs & Marptierson Co., i.td.. fc 121 urea lit.. Toronto, CaB. nilASOlAL. Midfield & Medway Street Railway Company FIRST MORTCACE, FIVE PER CENT. COLD BONOS. Dated July 2. 1900. Dne July I, 1920 Interest F’afiblr Jaa»>rr >•!, and Jalr let. In Boatun. DKNOMINATION *11)00. COUPON BOND. XKRCIXTILE TRl’IT COMPAN1 af HORTON. Ttnlaa. Till* ro»d connect* at it* Dedham terminus with two line* of electric* and A)*o with the N. V., N. H. A H. It. R. Over 100 electric car* daily, Dedham to Bo*ton. Over 00 retimed trains dally, Dedham to Boston. At it* other terminus ha* connection with electric line* drawing from a popu lation of over 100,000 for which It pro vides the most direct route to Boston. Legal Investment for Havings Banks and Trust Fituds. Price and particulars upon application. SWAN & BARRETT. norsdlf j BONDS AND COUPONS of the Municipal Security Company, Series E, and coupons from Series F, bonds, due January 1, 1901, will be paid upon presentation at the office of the Portia«• si Trust Company. Municipal Security Co. drciSHltw flncol , NEW EN6LAND INVESTMENTS. Comity of Washington, Mr., 4s 1943-8 Clly of Portland Os due 1907 City of South Portland SSs, City of Derrlug 4s 1914 ; City of Auburn 4s, 1903 Portlaud Water Co 4s, 1927 Marhiat Water Co. 3s, 1910 Oakland W'aier Co. 3s, 1908.18 Newport Water Co. 4s, 1949 Bangor A Aroostook,Maine Cine 3s, 1943 Bangor A Aroostook.Pisca* laquts Division, 3s. 1943 Bangor and Aroostook,Van Bnren Extension, 3s 1943 Maine Central 4 l*4s 1914 MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY, Cor. Middle and Exchange Sts — FOR - INVESTMENTS WE OFFER Municipal Bonds, Water Works Bonds, Railroad Bonds, Bank Stock. H. M. Pavson & Co. 32 EXCHANGE ST. (•Mdtf WE OFFER Subject to sale, the follow ing high grade Bonds. Slate of Maine, 3s Slate of Massachusetts, 3s City of New Cork, 3s City of Providence, 3s City of Pittsburg, 3 I-4s Town of Windham. 3 l-»s Cumberland County, 4s City of Westbrook. 4s Maine Central It. K. Co., 4s Maine Central It. R. Co., 4 l-*s Maine Central R. It. Co., As Maine Centra! R. It; Co , 7s Portland Water Co., 4s Blandish Water and Construc tion Co.. 4s (Guaranteed by Portland Water Co.) Portland A Huinford Cults Railway Co., 4s Lewiston ©us Light Co., 4s Ittddeford A Sa< o R. R. Co.. 4s West Chlrugo Street R. It., 5s Portland Railroad Co., 4 I 2s Cortland A Cape Elizabeth R. R . 5s (tnterest guaranteed by Portlaud R. It. Co.) Erie Telegraph and Tele phone Co., due Il>t6, 5s Erie Telegraph and Tele phone Co.. slue 19-9, Ifs Michigan Telephone Co., .Is Portland Steamship Co., Os Portland Trust Jo. $40,000, MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD. 7a, due 1914. ->OR BALK BY— CHARLES F. FLAGG, 194 MIDDLE ST., Portland, Me. ] _ «VMM««Tfc / AUl'sru «BT,S._ PORTLAND THEATRE. MATINEE TODAY. — ■ i— TONIGHT. HOWARD 4k EMI! RIOT ft ORE AT SUCCESS.' A NEW YORK GIRL. rt», roi.i.T, rnoLic. 10—star act-io. .io pkopi.k—30. u.. ran.ir.i P*«r mr wrlll.H. A Pl.f fmw Ilk. l.«dlr.. Headed by IHIm Eton Kewman. queen of Burlesque. A Royal Entertainer, Edward Leslie. S tJardner Bros. IMeice and Egbert. Lee and lloey, two plain funny Jews. Price. Kveiling-15, 25. 35, 50. Vatlnee-15. 35. OKE SOLID WEEK « OTIMEKt IKfi MONDAY, DEC. »l. Matinee every day Beginning Tuesday. THE HARCOURT COMEDY COMPANY ftnppwrtlng KTIIEL PVLLBIl sml CIIAS. K. ff ARVIS. _Opening Monday Niaht “Prisoner of Andersville.M JEFFERMH THEATRE, _ it • jnin \UCCV BKOINSIflO MONDAY ETKIUKG ALL I HI J ITttlV MATINEE DAILY (OMHE.U1NC4 TIKHRAY. ™§ Elroy Stock Co. IN A NEW REPERTOIRE OF STANOARO PLAYS, Stroii# Oast Spooial Soonery tfUilil urn rjon»lns Spoolaltlea THIS AFTERNOON—A SPRING CHICK-IN, THIS EVENING-TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM. ftnecialtie* Between Uie Acts by High Class Vaudeville Artists. Prices lap 'joc. 30c. Matinees 10c, 20e. Frld«r. H«l»ird*f Minrrlny Vlatinrr, J«n. 1-5, ‘THE MAN FROM MEXI CO.” Regular prices, 25, &o, 75c, 51.00. CITY HALL-NEXT WEEK. TUESDAY. POLO LKWI8TOSI vi. PORTLAND Reserved seats on sal* at C. C. Hawes’ Jr. Music Store. Congress and Temple Sts. Atimml Weellnf-FirM ftnlionnl Bunk. THF. annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Portland. Me., will be held at their banking rooms on Tues day. the eighth day of January. 19»1. at 10 o’clock a. m. for the election of dlrectoisfor the ensuing year and for the transaction of any oilier business that may legally be pre sented. J. E. WENGREN. Cashier. Portland. Me* Dec. 8th, 1900. deciodtd MACHINE SHOP, 5!) KENNEBEC STREET, Next to Stove Foundry. In order to accomtn dal# our patrons we have put In auxiliary electric power to euable us to rue. our shop nights. Adde & Co. MISS A. L. SAWYER’S School of Shorthand anil TvpewritUz, Centennial Block, 93 lixcliun;e St. Instruction riven in Shorthand. Touch Tyne writing. Business Correspondence, etc. novlSeodtf EVERY WOMAN Sometimes needs a reliable monthly regulating medicine. DR. PEAL’S PENNYROYAL piLLS, A re prompt, safe and certain In result. The genu* me (Dr. Peal's) rarer disappoint $1.00 per box. For sale by C. H. GUPPY A CO., Portland Maine. tu,t h&sa The Knack Of Good Printing is the artistic insight into the “ art preservative of all arts.” With U2 printing is not mechanical—we treat it as an art should be treated. Wouldn’t it be wise for you to place a trial order with us i THE THURSTON PRINT 17 1-t EXCHANGE STREET •PHOK2 30 PORTLAND, MAINE THIRTEENTH ANNEAL Entertainment i Ball -OF TffK RELIEF ASSOCIATION, Forilnnl Fire Di p!., City Hall, MONDAY EVE., DEC. 31, 1900. Entertainnieot from 8 to 9 crlTeia by the American Vitairraph Co. of ft. Y. City Music by American Cadet Band Orchestra. C. L. Higgins, Couductor. ORAND MARCH AT 9 O'CLOCK. * Tickets, admitting <»ent and two Ladies $1.00. Ladies’Ticket 25c, decl?d2w At'CTIOM N.%LIS«. By F. O. BAILEY & CO , Auctioneers, Vl’CTION SALE on Saturday, December ’ 29th, 1900. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at store recently occupied by <». W. Leighton & Co.. :;i5 Congress street, Portland. Me. one horse, harnesses, 3 express wagons, fixtures consisting of three counters, ice chest, butter refrigerator, ten foot refrigerator for centre of store, oak with covers; electric motor coffee mill, cheese rase, oil tank, cigar case, oil stove, pickle Jars. Stlmpson and platform scales, and main other things too numerous to mention. docSrdSt F. H. H.VRFORL), Assignee. F. O. BAILEY & CO . Auctioneers and Commission Merchant' Salesroom <8 <*rban;e Mroot. W. O. UA1LUI. W. ILLS. I man » tf Tolman, Bradford Furniture GoT, ^.TTOTIONJBBIAS And (oniniiAHion Merchants. Salesroom, 17 Preble St. OKO. TOLMAN A \VM. T. BRADFORD, novfto AICTIONKKKS, tf LA MSONSTUDIO, 5 Temple St. Choice Line of Metal I'rnmei, i orllnnd Calendar* to order, PlAllnulynr Prints lOcents each, Call uud see them deotTdtf REMOVAL Of Paul Caster, S. ff. S,, Specialist lu all chronic diseases irom 62J Con gress 8t\ to the Mt. 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Homs School for Young Ladies. Address S TOC Kit HI KM* K HALL Yarmouth, Me. Reference—Rt. Rev. Rot art Codman. Jr. tiovaeodU