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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19
Magazine Notices.

Harper's Magazine for November conclud-
ing the sixty-first volume-is, probably, taken
as whole, the most beautiful number ever is
sued. 1t contains another of those illustrated
papers by William Hamilton Gibson, which
have been so much and so justly praised for
the poetic delicacy of their illustrations. This
paper is entitled An Autumn Pastoral; and
the familiar suggestions of the subject have
found hsppy expression in the tpictures from
the authors pen and pencil The landscape
drawings by P. Murphy, illustrating John W.
Chadwick's interesting article, I'm Western
Massachusetts, represent work which in arti'-
tic quality is unsurpassed by anything hither-
to attempted in descriptive articles OF this kind.
The same article contains an exquisite ideal
portrait of Jonathan Edwards's betrothed.
drawn by Mary Halloek Foote, and engraved
by Cole. The number opens with paper on
Saint Cecilia, whose history, real and legenda-
ry, is given, with a description of her church
in Rome, and IA reproduction OF the poems re-
lating to ST. Cecilia by Dryden, Addison and
Pope. to which is added one by Mime. Emile
dc Girradin, translated by L. Il. Gustafson.
Tie illustrations of this paper are very inter-
estng as well as beautiful, including. besides
the two celebrated paintings by Domenicho
and Raphael, several pictures relating to the
Church OF ST. Cecilia. II. d. Conway con-
cludes his Touraine papers with one on Rabel-
ais at Home, beautifully illustrated.
Z. Mason contributes another paper on the
Old Dutch Masters, including Adrian Brsuw-
er, Adrian Van Ostade, and Jan Steer, with
portraits and illustrations Of their paintings.
One of the most popular attractions OF the
number will DO CASTOR Fay's Saline Types,
full of humorous stories concerning the o!d
Salts OF Long Island, with characsef-
is!ic illustrations by the autdor aAd
A.. d. Frost. Pig Sticking in In
dia furnishes the text for au entertaining arti-
Gle by William H. Alden and gcoi iliustra-
tion. Abbey contributes a tu!l page illustra-
tion of herrick' poem Upon Spur. A sonnet,
emitted The Broken Bars, is accompanied by
AN illustration in Miss jessie Curtis's best
style and Howard Pyle contributes very Ell
fectve illustration Tor Mis-. SPoffcrd's short
story, The Dgift-wood Fire
bIef article OH Porcelain Painting makes
clear the distinction between over-glaze and un-
oer-xlaze work, ard the kinds oi decoration
adapted TO them In all the articles aeove meh-
toned the literary charm is as prominent as
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
or NEW YORK.
The Campaign.

The Democratic papers are talking in
much the same way tkey talked after the
October elections of 1872 They were then
very sure that Mr.. Greeley was much stronger
than their candidates for State officers.
They are very sure now that Gen. Hancock
is much stronger in Ohio aud Indiana than
the men who have just been defeated. The
Argus assured its readers that Greeley
would have 10000 more votes than the Dem
ocratic State ticket commanded, aad it
gives similar assurance in regard to Han
Geek in Indiana This talk is just as silly ia
1880 as it was in 1872. Ohio and Indiana
are safe for Garfield. The battle has bee
fought out there. The Democrats lave ex-
hbited their full strength. and cannot in
crease their vote.
Elsewhere they have fighting chance
and will make bitter contest in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Maine. They
are profoundly depressed by their Western
defeat, but the Democrats are used to de-
feat, bear it better than do the Republicans,
and rally more quickly from it. In week
they will be in fighting trim again, having
persuaded themselves that the election of
Hancock is certainty. While We believe
the States they wish to secure are Republi-
can we must recognize the fact that they
cannot be carried without hard fight. Our
only danger is in the direction of over-confi-
dence. Even here in Maine the Democrats
are making an earnest contest and have al
ready opened the campaign. In order to
make Maine certain for Garfield we too
must go TO work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

NEW YORK Tribune: Now let us have
no more Electoral Commissioner Tuesdays
victories, steadily growing brighter with ibe
l5ter returns, assure the election of General
Garfield. Let us now resolve to make il
oyerwhelmi Z. Let us have 40 narrow es-
cape by a single electoral vote, or by doz-
en-. Let lis leave no loophole for doubt, no
excuse for complaint, no possibility Of a
quarrel Let us give General Garfield ma
jority il the Electoral College so heavy that
nobody will dream of disputing or escaping
n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

INDIANAPOLIS Journal: No self-respect-
ing foreigner need wait long to feel the diff
ference between Northern and Southern SCI
ime in regard to his right to all the priv
ileges of American citizenship. The North
shrinks not from contact or competition
with the foreign immigrant, but girds up its
loins and says 'May the best man win
come from where he may" The South
slams the door in the face of the immigrant.
and, VIA. ping itself in dreams of the
blue blood which came over in Virginia
convict ships, snarls at the trash OF Eu-
rome -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

ONE of the advantages of the tariff is illus
trated by the bids which have recently been
received at Washington for plate glass for
the United States Court house in Austin.
Texas. There were five bidders for glass of
American manufacture, the lowest being
S1,59S. 40, made by the Derauws of Indiana,
the Democratic business men who have re
Gently announced their tention to vote for
Garfield and Arthur. Notwithstanding the
duties, however, one of the foreign bidders
named Il lower figure, namely 81 ,5G3.I4, or
with duties remitted, 81, ,06296. From this
statement it is easy to understand Messrs.
Depauws' motives for opposing a change, at
least in the direction pro osed by the taiff
plank in the Democratic .latfolm. Even a
slight reduction Of that tariff on plate glass
would probably put an end to its manufac-
ture the United States.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

AN interesting bit of antiquarian furni-
ture has been picked up by Laselle Semina-
ry, Auburndale, Massachusetts,, two globes,
celestial and terrestrial, made in London in
1900. They are yellow with age, but in good
preservation, and perfectly distinct. The
celestial globe has the names of The constel-
lations merely, instead of allegorical figures
as in the globes of to-day. The other is of
interest as showing at glance the progress
in geographical knowledge during the past
eighty years. The map of the United States
shows The truly wonderful advancement Of
our country during tha. time. Eighty years
ago all beyond the Aileghanies was will
derness. No States are laid down, only the
names of Indian tribes. West of the Mis-
sssippi, the name Of Louisiana stretches
over vast extent of country then under
the authority of France, and Mexico reaches
as far North as the latitude of Boston, in
cluding the great State of California, with
all its tlndreamed of riches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

BLnM aud Wagner, in their sixth issue of
The Pouulalion Of the Earth, which has just
appeared, estimate the total population at
1,455, ,023, $50. Two years ago the estimate
was about 1,439,000,000. Europe is assigned
315,929,000 inhabitants, Asia S34,707 1909,
Africa 05,679,00o. Australia and Polynesia
4,03l, 300, the Polar regions $4,000, and the
United As. 1000. 600.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19
Assignment. 4.

JILL is hereby given Of my appointment AS
Mcclellan and William w. Roberts. All Of Portisnd
in the County of Cumberland and State OF Nalne,
Ian & Company, individually and as menbers nr
said firm. i"e-S o'
And three months from this cav tbs date Of the
creditors to become parties thereto
Dated at Portland,
September 2SIh 1880
sep29 N'' Ass'sIse. sI5t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19
I7HEI PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 10.

Te do not read Anonymous letters ami commni,i-
,stions. he name and address Of the writer ART In
al cases Indispensable not necessarily Tor prhlia-
ION bu, ts a guaranty Of good faith.
csnn0t undertake 20 return preserve com
ieus tnat are not usei.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

A Statement has been prepared at the
treasury department showing the number OF
men who served in the army or navy, now
employed in tn custom houses at Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. The table is
as follows:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

Il will be seen by the above figures that
more thin fifty per cent. of the employees
in the Boston custom house, about forty
eight per cent. of those in Philadelphia, and
nearly tliirtythree per cent. of those in the
Baltimore custom house have served in
either the army or the navy. This is food
for those who do not think the Republicans
are the friends of the soldiers to digest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

SAYS the Graphic, ''The beautiful situa-
tion of Governors Island still remains, and
although the generals mansion is not as
roomy Or as elegant as the White House, it
is Just as comfortable"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-19

tvEKI regular at:ache of the PRESS r,,.,dsnel
With Card certificate signed by Stanley sr.iien
Editor Al railway. steamboat and hotel ma,lasers
sill confer favor apou oy demanding credentials
4 every persou claiming TO represent our journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
The Household.

CopPERAs mixed with whitewash put
upon the cellar walls will keep vermin
away.
To polish stained floors rub them
thoroughly once II week with bceswax
and turpentine.
STRONG brine may he used to advan-
taSe in washing bedsteads; hot alum is
also good for this purpose.
New linen may be embroidered more
easily by rubbing it over with fine white
soap; it prevents the thread from crack
ing.
To remove grease from wallpaper lay
several folds of blotting paper on the
spot and hold n hot iron near it until the
grease is absorbed.
DRAIN pipes and all places that are
sour or impure may he cleansed with
lime water, copperas water or carbolic
acid.
CARPETS should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first, and then on the
right, after which spots removed by the
use of ox-gall or ammonia and water.
WHEN hard-fnished walls are calci
mined, the soiled coats should be scraped
or washed before new one is put on.
This is the most disagreeable part of the
process. The furniture should be cover
ed, as lime makes spots that remove with
difficulty, especially upon black walnut.
PAINT your plastered wallis and they
will not absorb odors. You can easily
clean them with soda and water. Soap
and water spots them. When paper and
plaster become saturated with effluvia,
nothing but entire removal will clean them
Insects will not harbor in painted walls.
Before paint or calcimine is applied to
walls every crack and crevice should be
filled with plaster or cement made of
one part water to one part silicate of
potash mixed with common whiting.
For the calcimine put quarter
of a pound of white glue in cold
water over night and heat gradually in
the morning until dissolved. Mix eight
pounds of whiting with hot water, add
the dissolved glue and stir together, add
ing hot water until about the consistency
of thick cream. Use calcimine brush
and finish as you go along.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Nights Too Good for Sleep.


SO we talked and yawned till j grew
sleepy and dozed of, somewhat against
my will, for the nights are too lovely to
waste in sleep. Nothing can exceed the
beauty of these northern nights, beauty
so calm, grand, majestic, almost awful in
its majesty, that there exists not man,
l believe, ON the face of this earth, with
spirit so dulled or mind SO harassed
that he could Withstand its peace giving
power. BY day his troubles may be too
heavy for him, but the night is more po-
tent than any drug, than any excitement
to steep the soul in fOrgetfuiness. You
cannot bind the sweet influence of the
Pleiades, nor resist the soothing touch
of Mother Nature, when she reveals her.
self Ill the calm watches of the night,
and her presence filters through all the
worldly coverings of care, down to the
naked soul of man. 1t is n wonderful
and strange experience to lie out under
the stars III the solemn, silent darkness
of the forest, to watch the consultations
rise and set, to lie there gazing up
through the branches Of the grand old
trees, which have seen another race dwell
beneath their bOughs and pass away,
whose age makes the little life of man
seem insignifcantly small gazing up at
planet after planet, sun beyond sun, into
the profundity of space, till this tiny
speck in the universe, this little earth,
with all its discomfort and discord, its
wrangling races, its murmuring millions
of men, dwindles into nothing, and the
mind looks out 80 far beyond that it falls
back, stunned with the vastness of the
vision which looms overwhelmingly be-
fore it.
The earth sleeps. A silence that can
he felt has fallen over the woods. The
stars begin to fade. A softer and
stronger light wells up and flows over
the scene as the broad moon slowly floats
above the tree tops, shining white upon
the birch trees, throwing into black
shadow the sombre pines, dimly lighting
up the barren, and revealing grotesque,
ghost-like forms of stunted fir and gray
rock. The tree trunks stand out dis
tinct in the lessening gloom; the dark
pine boughs overhead seem to stoop
caressingly towards you. Amid still
ness that is terrifying, man is not afraid.
Surrounded by majesty that is appall-
ing, he shrinks not, nor lis he dismayed.
In a scene of utter loneliness he feels
himself not be alone. A sense of COM
partnership, n sensation of satisfaction,
creeps over him. He feels at once with
nature, as rest i'll her strong, protecting
arms
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Vegetable lIOafers.

Vegetable loafers, rs weeds Of a troll
blesome growth have been appropriately
named, are legion in number and the
fight against them should begin early and
continue increasingly throughout the
season.
To carry on an intelligent warfare
against noxious weeds it is necessary to
know some what of their method of prop
agation. White daisies, iron-weed and
other pests which spread from both root
and seed ought to be dug out of the
ground previous to the maturity of their
blossoms in order to destroy the seed
crop for that year as well as the germ
which produces the stem and blossom
the next. This is accomplished with
greatest ease directly after rain when the
ground is soft. When enemies of this
character have multiplied themselves to
such an extent as to render digging ont
impracticable, the only remedy left is to
plough up the infested ground before
the seed natures.
Burdocks which spring up quickly
after having been mown above ground
will soon succomb, provided the cutting
is done a few inches below the surface.
Elders and briars that thrive persistently
in neglected places are in time destroy
cd by moving down, twice year. during
May and August. Ploughing up the
land and narrowing out the roots is al
effective mode, especially when the
ground is afterward planted with some
such crop as corn.
Milkweed may be exterminated b,
constant cuttings. Plantain will di'
out If not permitted to ripen its seed TO
two years. That most troublesome o
plants, Canada thistle, can be conquere.
by choking and smothering it with SOM
other crop which overtops it, and de
prives its leaves of sufficient light ant
air. Rye has been sown on thistle-in
tested fields with good results, especial.
when it was followed with clover an
timothy. The mowings the thistles re
ceive when the grass is cut assist in en-
feebling their growth. May and Angus
are the best months in which to mo-
weeds that die from loss of foliage.
There is much to be said both for an
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
that there were better institutions out

that there were better institutions out
side of his peculiar sect.
So in the fall of 1854 the pupils of
Geauga Seminary and the Hiram Insti-
tute applied for admission at the vener-
able doors of William College. He
knew no graduate of the college, and no
student attending it: and of the president
he only knew that he had published a
volume of lectures which he liked, and
that he had written O kindly word to him
when he spoke Of coming. ...., ..-...
The western carpenter, and village
school-teacher received many q shock in
the new sphere he had now entered. On
every hand he was made to feel the social
superiority Of his fellow students. Their
ways were free from the awkward habits
Of the unframed laboring youth. Their
speech was free from the uncouth phrases
of the provincial circles in which he
moved. Their toilets made the handi-
work of his village tailor sadly shabby.
Their. free-handed expenditures contrast
ed strikingly with his enforced parsi-
mony. To some tough-fibered hearts
these would have been only petty annoy
anccs. To the warm, social, generous
mind of young Garfield they seem, from
more than one indication of his college
life that we can gather, to have been a
source of positive anguish.
But he bore bravely up, maintained
the advance standing of the junior class
TO which he had been admitted Oh his
arrival, and at the end of his two years
course Tin 1866 he bore off the meta
physical honor of his class-reckoned at
Williams the highest within the gift of
the institution to her graduating men,
beers.
He was $3.50 in debt and he had only
his clothes, his books and his diploma.
But, now, on his return to his home,
the young man who had gone so far east
as to old Williams, and had come back
decorated with honors, was thought
good for anything.
He was straightway made tutor of
Latin and Greek in the Hiram Eclectic
Institute in which only two years before
he had been pupil, and so he began to
work for money TO pay his debts. So
high position did he take, and so popu-
lar did he become, that the next year he
was made president of the institute, a
position which he continued to hold until
he entered political life, but little be-
fore the outbreak of the war.
Two years of teaching during which
time he married) left him even with the
world. Through the school year of
1850 he even began to save little
money. At the same time he commenced
the study of law and soon entered public
life as state senator. He went into the
army at the outbrek of the war and his
career since then is well known.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Washing sheep.

Until recently every farmer washed
his sheep more or less clean before
shCaring, but of late there appears to be
a disposition on the part of buyerstopa
little more for washed than forunwashed
wool, and this has set the farmers against
any attempt mt washing their sheep. ii
the farmer cannot obtain an advance in
price sufficient to pay for the trouble of
washing them, let him dispense with the
operation altogether. 1t is disagreeablc
work at best. There is danger of not
only the sheep but the washer taking
cold, and, if there is nothing to be
gained in price, it is time the curtain
was dropped. Still, there must remain
room for great amount Of haggling be-
tween buyer and seller i'll regard to dis
counts for dirt in the wool. In some
localities the wool of unwashed sheep
will contain far more dirt in weight than
pure wOol.-N. y SIN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18

against summer fallow for the destruction
of weeds. A fallow certainly reduces the
pests, but so long as stock feed on weeds
the land will again be seeded with them
when manure is applied. Therefore the
time never arrives when farm is free
from noxious growths Of one kind or an.
other, which call for more or less fight
ing against them. The warfare, rs has
been intimated, must vary in kind with
the nature and growth Of the weed and
be unceasing. With constant culture,
generous fertilization and the employ
ment of clean seed, it is hardly possible
for any weed, however tenacious Of life,
to gain possession of ones ficlds.-NeaO
York World.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Ticks on sheen.

We have inquiry how to get rid of
ticks Oh sheep and lambs. Also, what is
the best sheep dip? When is the best
time to applyit? Our practice is to give
one part of sulphur to ten parts of salt
twice week, which tends to health, and
thicks are few. After shearing the ticks
leave the sheep and take to the lambs.
In week or ten days after shearing, the
lambs should be dipped. A strong de-
coction of tobacco is effective and cheap,
if the stems from tobacco houses can be
had; any cheap tobacco will do. A mix
ture of whale oil soap and arsenic is
alike good. We have no recipe for mix
ing, but go by our Judgment, as did
Widow Bcdott in making bread. We
believe, however, the best sheep dip con-
tains carbolic acid. 1t is the best in
secticide known, and is cheap. We
shall add it to tobacco and whale oil soap
mixture this season. LII one can buy the
carbolic sheep dip advertised, it is, per-
haps, most convenient and effective.
The lambs should be dipped twice,
about two or three weeks intervening,
once this month and again the first part
of June.-S. Louis POSt-Dispdtch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Rough ON the Insurers.


"Like other passions, that of usury is
strong in death; and dying usurer is
known to have exclaimed when, in his
last moments cooling draught was pre-
scented to him in a silver goblet, i
couldn't lend you what you ask upon it
nothing like it, upon my word. ;
There is one instance on record, and only
one of an usurer repenting during his
last illness, and, moved by the exhorta-
tons of his priestly confessor promising
to restore the immense sums of money
which he had unjustly acquired. His
daughters, however, begged him to do
nothing of the kind. In vain the poor
man pleaded that in case of his not MAX
ing restitution eternal torments awaited
him. Never mind, papa said the
young ladies'; the first quarter of an
hour will be painful, no doubt; but you
have plenty Of character, and after little
time will get used to it. :"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
Grass az a RenOvatOr.

Many farmers labor for years ignorant
of the fact that a close, well-set sod is
the foundation of good farming and the
basis of good crops. Soil that will pro-
duce an immediate and firm set of grass
will bring good crop of any kind.
There is no better way to test the pro-
ducing capacity of soil than by its grass
production If a field yields scant
grass crop, and is uneven or full of bar
rem spots, it will not be safe. to depend
OH such soil for any other crop without
extra manuring, and even then the crop
is not of so great certainty as if the
ground was covered with a firm sod ut
ploughing time. There is something in
n heavy sod that will perfect crop even
in an unfavorable season. ] never have
failed of good crop on such land. Soil
will soon be renovated after partial de-
terioration, if grass can be dcnsely set
on the surface; and this mode of removal
ton, | claim, is the quickest, surest and
cheapest of any. There never was IL
mistake made SO full of loss to the farm
ers as to allow naturally good soil to de-
tcriorate ut all, and when the farmers
understand and act on this principal our
productions will never fall below an
average, or even to this point.