The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-12-30
Current NOteS.

The appropriation of million and hall
ton is generally favored by the press. 1t re-
quires little stretch of principles, but the
exigency only comes once in hundred years.
Boston Herald.
We have never seen any reason to believe
that President Grant, though his rise from
the lowest to the highest position had been
sudden enough to turn anybody's head, ever
entertained any ambition dangerous to the
country. But it has been bis misfortune to
be surrounded by scheming politicians of the
most INSCRIPTIONS Characterization Her.
aid.
Editors have discovered by long and care
ful observations that the best way to save
mans life when he is sick, is to expend a
good deal of labor in the preparation of an
elaborate biographical sketch to be used in
case ofdeath. The victim always gets well. Mr..
O'Conor should not, in his future career, re-
fuse to remember that he is under some obli-
cations 10 the newspapers, if lite is dear to
him.-Chicago Tribune
The condition of the English factory labor
er in a woolen and steel manufacturing re-.
gion, like Bradford, as compared with manu-
featuring states like Pennsylvania and Massa-
CuuSebIS, WUuIu SecLu W U6 LDlSs LIS WdS6S
have about the same purchasing power in
each country, excepting in house-rent and
board; in these the American suffers at dis
advantage of fully one-half, while on the 9TH
er hand his average wage is one hundred per
cent, greater than his competitors. The ul-
innate superiority seems, then, to rest with
the American factory laborer, at least in the
districts above ementioned.-Ne,o York Times.
"Physical inability as a debater" is the
objection raised by the Chicago Times against
General Morrison as the head of the WAYS
and means. 1t is position which requires a
capacity for ready debate, and there are times
when this quality in the chairman of that
committee is absolutely called for. Possibly
Mr.. Wood may gradually emerge from his
seclusion in the second place on the COM
| mittee, and take of necessity, the sweep-oar
which so many expected to see given to him
| in the adjustment of positions. ns.-Hdrtford
| Times.
As matter of fact, everybody knows that
| danger menaces the schools from only one
| quarter. The country sees a persistent at
| tempt on the part of one class either tC
| prostitute them to its purposes or to break
them down. 1t is that danger alone which
calls for safeguards, and this being conceded
fact the natural presumption is that in the
/ dueuuuleuG Lud6 ALONE IS dliIleu dI. AuC
when we come to examine the terms, the
presumptive construction is made certainty
1t is sectarian teaching which the President
would prohibit.-Albany Journal.
No one will deny that both Yale and Har
yard lost caste when they gave up their little
close corporation athletics on that pond neal
Worcester, where the magenta and blue
rushed for stake driven in the mud, littl
over mile from the start, and the one wht
got round first came in to be cbeered ant
crowned, while the loser invariably claimed
foul, and the boys ended the scene by in
sulting each other, sulking home, if defeated
vowing vengeance, or growing over the losers
in way anything but chivalrous. But car
any one doubt, even the most ulstered un
dergraduate of Harvard, who believes mos
implicitly in his and her destiny, but tha
Harvard's withdrawal now is, and will be
fairly considered lack of pluck and fair deal
ing on her part, reputation which will dC
her prestige more harm in an Anglo Saxon
''fair play" country like or own, than ;
hundred manly defeats, such as her puck
crews have received in the last five years?-
| Letter in Boston Advertiser.