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is almost here and we have a. large stock of presents suitable ' ' fn? old and young The Highland P ark - 13;“ air. 7 :-: mm In Mao. Gen. Neal wa, on being asked what Prohibition had, dgne for Maine, said: Firstâ€"Before. Prohibition many distilleries, seven; and .also two breWeriea. Now, not one of either in the' state. ' " 4 udâ€"â€"Many cargoes of West India'rnm imported every year. Now, not. even one page??? is J ' _ I received. _ Thirdâ€"Formerly, ' mm 7» shops everywhere.' One in‘every ham; let. Now, in more than" three- fourths of the state, having three- fonrtbs of the popuhtiqn; the grog shop is unknown. An entire generation has gmvm up thereg never Having seen ti 8810011 or the effects of one. ' ‘ ‘ Fourth â€"- Quantity. of liquor, now sold noi: oneâ€"twentieth what it was before Prohibition. '- In: Portland the quantity is not pne- hundredth part of; what it used to be, and the city is twice as large, Fifthâ€"The pedple every identy years used to spend in strfmg years used to BIKINI _ul_ DUAVIIS drink the entire valuation of the state: Now $1,000,000 will more than pay for all [the .Ii‘quor smug- glad info the state and sold 'in Violation of law. '. Sixthâ€"Maine saves: "rritxnual’ly more than $20, 000. 000 which but for Prohibition would be spent, lost and wasted’in drink Seventhâ€"Marine 18 now one of the most prosperous states in the Union. Before it was poorest. 1 Eightthhe state has been changed for t e better. Before; there was dissi on, unthrift, (16-- say. Now, there is nothing at that, bug exerywhere is seen in~ dusky. thrift and prosperity. Ninthâ€"4n 1884, after an expo- THE HIGHLAND PARK FAIR, Mixed Candies, per pound, . - ,. - g . - Broken Candies, j ‘3 A - -. ‘ 'r Cbooolate magmas. pure, ‘9 1,: _ v; New Crop Figs, per pound. _ - . Dr Price‘ 3 or Royal Baking Powder, poig )ouud Claw eland Coking Powder (abolutely pt; 1) 45¢ filler, Raisins, seedless, 4- Crown, per pound, f ' ' . . Driedy'l’eachea, per pound. - ‘ " "- V ' Apricots, perpouud, ,-' - ,5' - Prunes, excellent quality, 7 z ‘ , ’ ' - A special line of Genta' Four in‘Rand, 1’ \fl and Bow ' Neckwear. from 106 upto 3: , _ Silk Mufflers from 25c to ‘ . ‘-» ' , - 20 dozen lot special fine of Man’ a Snap“ tiers 250 to to5§c,Ior - H . .- rienee of thirty three years} that policy was put m the consf’i ntion (3688 ' “Under the operation- of t he law there has been a dimim. ion of critne,‘ and the effort had‘ «an to make the sale of liquor «I srepu- table, and t0 confine the t éfiic to the lowest 013$ of perm as} â€"â€"- Judge Clitferd, Associate ustice of the Supreme Court of It; g5iue. pf ihe Supreme ‘Couxt of Aggiue. “I have kn’oyvn the City1 §-f Au- Gusta fifteen years; the : Were then open'bars, but now 1911!; one, and Vtheé law has been _a :F locess, thaugh of,coum selling if: Jot enâ€" ti’r'ely, suppressed. The M ’eet of the any has beexi to 1arge1§z_ reduce Crime,~ especially that «4335 of crime such as gambling, 1‘i ghtiug, and Vthe‘ law has been _a g}: lccess, though etcmmse selling if; Jot enâ€" ti’rfely, suppressed. The n-i ’eet of the law has beexi to largelfy reduce crime,. especially that «lies of crime such as gambling, Li ghting, damâ€"Hon; George . G5 gStacy, Secrethry of State A‘fégusta,‘ Maine; '. J , g. ’ “So its opponents hm - ot‘en alleged. ‘The wish is iagherto the thought} $0 its frien if) some- times have almost concede! ; They have been tho easily disc ;;xrnged. They hue hqped for re glts too ., I. GOLDBERG, Proprietor, ELIE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER 'FQIS large, and too sum; and they have been disappomtod. The law has not been a failure. [It has nlréady accomplished great results, though ithas but jnst passed tho ordeal of political {agitation and judicial construction.” in its struggle for permanent life."'â€"â€"Hon. Woodbnry Davis, Judge of the Supreme Court of tho State 05 Maine. And nowjjupriseé the Hon. Chas. H. Groavexior in congress, and saysi«“I have lived to see the‘ time when the object lusson of *Mai'ne is a fuming to statesman- l ship from-one end of gtlle country i the other. No man now serial oualy believ‘ljes that thy attempts at State prohiliition ban be success. ful,.an(l lochl‘ option of towns or municipal corporations, with tax- ation and stringent limitations, is tbeftliest‘ course. The result in Maine does {not standalone. The same Aisitrné of'the results in Kau- has and ‘in town, and the same “will be true bf any othenState that re- linquishes the regulation of and the taxation and partial - prohi- bition of liquor traffic, and which substitutes 9the attempt at prohi- bition." ' at $2.00 19° 1%.: 120 llc Handkerchie! Boxes. a fine line, from 5 Smoker-3’ Sets. from 81 l0 A splendid line of Ladies’ and (300W Handkerchief- bqught for the holiday trade. Thy will be cold at a low figure, u we doh't intend to gut] one overâ€"«from 30 to Antique Picture Frames. Looking Glass, antique frames, - Come in and use our display of Chrhtmu prank. fine line from 100 up. .0 gay. men. an .5... seen 3 w 15, investigate very carelnlly, to u- sume that' such men know what they are talking‘ about. All I matter of fact such misrepi'esenta- tions of Prohibition in the stated Maine come from men who are in sympathy with the legalizing and protection of the liquor tnflé. “No state hu so little propérty under mortgage, “cording to val- uation, as the state of Kline. There are whole counties. in which tlégg is not a farm under mort- gage, and Maine loans mom ,mpney than .nny other fuming state."~â€"Govemor Burleigh. in 11890. Maine is a state poor in those outive resources in which Ohio is rich, yet Maine ié' rioh and Ohio poor. Gov. Burleigh, in 1890, declared: Governor Foraker about the same time complained that. the people of Ohio were snflering dreadfully from their heavy mort gages and that thousands of their farms were mortgaged for more than they would ever bring. In 1891, Maine had in her savings banks 366 for every man, wonnn and child in theistate, while Ohio had but .8 to every person. “Under the first two and a half ‘years of prohibition the total: 1number of convicts in Iowa run down from SQO to 532. Under the first four years of the 1:1th luv the number m pp from 604 to 1.171. The report! min the countie- are eqully imam In 1884, heron prohibition w...j enacted, Polk county sent 22 con- vicur't'o the state print. in 1888, under prohibition, it cont 8. In L Goldberg, Proprietor. Samoan. 1894, under the mulct In", it sent 70. blush county sent 8.00m vices in the year before the p.- uge of the prohibieory Int In 1888, under the luv, it sent noue.”â€"â€"-Uniou Signal. To bebonest, lobe kind,to earn a little and spend I little '16“, to make upon the whole a family happier for his [teammate ne- nonuoe when that shall be mou- myandmot tobe «imam» keep a few Lfriendo. but' than without cnpitnlntion; obovo all, on the some given condition to’koep friends with himselfâ€"hm isntask fordlthnto manhood fortitude and delicacy. ~Robert Louis Stevenson. “A license infinite: salami: a written permit by misty to do all he can to ruin its individnd members. A license to. murder- ous organization like the “in would be just at W."-l'n Horn. “A dozen you! :30. in wander- ing through a great Germ com- etery, we were impreued with the fact engmven on the tombstones. ' that the city Germans die between the ages of 40 and 50, while the rural Germans, each u u are to be found in Penmylnnh.nre long IiverL We unit! It the tine, that the explanation of B and be .in the beer drinking' law. These dead men were not dmhrdl. The cost 9! the womb. and other evidences, that tht the, Ind been pro-pom indu- non. We notice no!“ tip Eh in- sum companies not down but drinkers II bed risks; tint brew- ers are eapecinlly up to die soon After posing the 9‘. a! 40."â€" The Interior. 175 We haw roadway d aide pgrku indent dc a“ very H my itself. and u to i "Au-5'1 utility or 0'1 the street! the 0040:“! the weat.‘ 1‘0 PM sheet m min I ! phcé am “y at all. “at it ad thei’e, and the wholm fiat-class 1 m mini Mblj they wan the best at ”a data J {every pm! pew fine of 9‘ why 3'. Ruth's", of them. i topiéfl. ha Review i. 3141!: “164 of “It? “I furtheh