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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
THF, PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 2.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

DROPOSALS will be received by the undersigned
Il until Thursday, April 8th, at IL o'clock M.
for furnishing the Public Schools of the City of
Portland for the current year, commencing April
1st, 1880, ending March 31st, 1884, with Books
Stationery and other supplies of the kind usually
furnished by the City for school use, including Writ
etc.
All proposals will be contingent upon such appro-
priations as the City Council may make for the
above supplies and the right is reserved to reject all
such proposals may be deemed contrary to the in
terest of the City. F. PRAY,
Superintendent of School Buildings.
apr1 d1 W
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

''SHALL Massachusetts prepare to lead or
fall in to follow?' excitedly asks the Golden
Rule. Guess she'll follow. She's more
used to that of late.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer says Senator Edmunds'
ambition is to be Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

INDIANA votes Monday an amendment
which will, if adopted, take her out of the
list of October States" 1t changes the
time of the State election to November.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE war between the Democratic factions
in New York has reached its last and bitter
est stage. Democratic editors are calling
Mr. Tilden ga person."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE Kelly delegates, who take up their
cuse, will feel like cats in strange galret.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

In noticing its recent canvass, the Chca-
go Tribune says: "The names of the par
ties to whom the circulars were sent were
taken from the books of the Republican
State Central Committee. The replies re-
ceived thus far show that Blaine is first
choice, Grant second and Washburne third.
A noticeable feature revealed by the canvass
is that the Grant feeling is strongest among
the Republicans of strongly Democratic
counties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE new national bankrupt bill before the
House is received with general satisfaction,
and the prospects that it will become law
are fair. 1t provides that registers in bank
ruptcy shall be paid by the Government,
the estate paying fixed sum to the Govern
ment, according to the amount of assets.
The fees of the clerk of the court are also
simplifed and reduced. A salaried officer
is to be appointed in each circuit with du-
ties resembling those of bank examiner,
whose duty it will be to oversee the settle
ment of all estates and the administration of
the law by all officers, with authority to pro-
cure a remedy for negligence or fraud.
Provision is made for composition, but the
rights of creditors are guarded by the mode
of proceeding and by requiring one-third of
the composition to be paid in cash ard the
remainder to be amply secured; and of the
debtors by giving them regular discharge
as soon as this is done. The amount of
property exempted from the operation of the
decree is made substantially uniform for all
traders throughout the country. 1t is
claimed that this will secure the rights of
creditors while giving chance to every
debtor who has honest intentions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
Cap and Bells.

Sam Tilden came down like wolf on the fold,
And his barrels were cleaning with silver and gold.
While his timbers did leak like wreck on the sea,
AS he rolled his old barrel to Cincinnati.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
CITY OF PORTLAND.

CITY CLERKS OFFICE, March 81, 1880,
SEALED Proposals will be received at this office
- till tn HURSDAY, the Sth day of April next
partments of the city with such blank books and sta
tionery as may be required during the present mu-
nicpal year. Samples may be at the City Clerks
Office. The right reject any all bids is reserved
by the city. II. l. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
april dot
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

IS. j. Tilden" is the way all the checks on
the barl will be signed this summer. None
others are genuine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THERE are only seven working candidates
for Congress in the Ashtabula district,
which Mr.. Garfield leaves to go to the Sem
of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE st. Louis Republican has come out
squarely for Tilden.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

REPRESENTATIVE CoNGER has engaged
rooms in Chicago for ''the Blaine delegation
from Michigan"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

The placidity of expression worn by a man
who is 'snext" in full barber shop cannot be
counterfeited.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

The proposition to do away with the mirrors
in the ladies' cabins of the ferryboats has met
with howl from the little men with the
young moustaches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Boston Commercial Bulletin: They have
an exhibition Of wildcats in Elmira, and there
is another in New York city, but they call it
the Mining Exchange there.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Women resemble flowers. They shut up
when they sleep.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Three days after a baby Is born everybody
says "Ketchetty, ketchetty," and digs its ribs
with forefnger. Hence the prevalence OF
ill-temper in adults.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE Philadelphia North American sounds
a timely note of warning when it says: SIT
appears from the tone of the country press
that more than one good Representative in
Congress from this State is likely to be sac
rifced to the principle of rotation in office.
General Harry White will be greeted with
strong opposition if he tries to hold his seat,
and it will require something of an effort to
retain Mr.. Shallenberger. There are two
things to be borne in mind all the time in
making up the list of Congressional nomina-
tions from this State. We cannot afford to
run the risk of taking up any except the
strongest and the best men. The next Con-
gress will have a great deal of important
work to perform, and it will have to make
the new apportionment, which will materially
reduce the proportionate representation of
the Southern States. We want men who
can poll the full vote of their districts and
add as much as possible to it, and men who
will exercise some weight and influence on
the floor of the House as we'll as at home"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
ALBANY Journal: The following wierd
.IIl L. A nj al, u,

ALBANf JUUTHdI. IHe IUIIOWInS WIerd
little poem by Aldrich is going the rounds:
Somewhere; in desolate wind-swept space.
In Twilight-land-in No-man's land
Two hurrying shapes met face to face
And bade each other stand
"And who are you?' cried one agape,
Shuddering in the cleaning light;
"Iknow not,n said the second shape.
81 only died last night
Gentlemen who enjoy Mr.. Aldrichs con-
fidence assert that shape number one is in
tended for Tilden, and shape number two
for Garcelon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Green grocer-One who does business Oh
credit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Newburyport Herald: An intoxicated indi-
vidual walking down street the other day was
somewhat annoyed by a crowd of urchins fol-
lowing. Turning about and steadying him
self he exclaimed, "What (hic) dyer take me
for, young 'uns, (hic) hand organ?'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

When Colorado man enters the office Of
local paper and stands his rifle up in the cor
ner while he reads the editor his poem, the ed
itor doesn't tell him they never use poetry, but
promises the piece shall go in, and the poet
tightens his pistol belt and says he'll call
around next day to gefa copy of the paper.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

TTIHE Assessors of the City of Portland hereby
l. give notice to all persons liable to taxation
in said city, that they will be in session every
ular day from the first to the fifteenth day of April
next, inclusive. at their room in City Hall, from
ten to twelve o'clock in the forenoon and from three
to five o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of
ceving lists of the polls and estates taxable in said
city.
And all such persons are hereby notified to make
and bring to said Assessors true and perfect lists of
all their polls and estates, real and personal,
held by them guardian, executor, administrator,
trustee otherwise, the first day of April, 1880,
and be prepared to make oath to the truth of the
same.
And when estates of persons deceased have been
divided during the past year, or have changed hands
from any cause, the executor, administrator,
other person interested is hereby warned give no.
tce ofsuch change and in default of such notice will
be held under the law to pay the tax assessed, al
though such estate has been wholly distributed and
paid over.
And any person who negects to comply with this
notice will be doomed to tax according to the laws
of the Stateand be barred of the right to make app
tion to the County Commissioners for any abate-
ment Of his taxes unless he shows that he was un-
able to offer such lists within the time hereby ap-
pointed.
eY-In no case where the Assessors have been put
of the disagreeable necessity of making doom will
the possession of Government bonds or deposits in
the Savings Banks be allowed plea in mitigation
of such doom.
STEPHEN MARSH, Assessors
LOT G. NELSON, Aesossois'
HB~Blank schedules will be furnished at the room
to the Assessors. mar31dt16
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

Puck: Suppose" said Napoleon to Las
Casas, 'that the blocks came 13, Is, IA, in your
box, what would you do?' "Lift out the Is,
sire, and put it after the A." But would
that be solution of the puzzle?' "They all
do it in that way, sire" replied Las Casas.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

London Punch: Manners. Master George
"a very naughty boy, to new French nurse)-
Caroline, comprenny-vous pOnglay?" Caro-
line-"Non, Monsieur Georges" Master
George-"Quel Dommagel Pas un Mot?"
Caroline-"Pas un Mot, Monsieur Georges"
Master George-"Alors apporty-moi mes
Bottles, 81 vous play, you old beastl'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE French claims treaty, ratified by the
Senate Monday, provides that a commission
of three members, one appointed by France,
one by the United States and the third by
the Emperor of Brazil, shall arbitrate ON the
claims of French subjects arising from the
war of the rebellion. and On any counter
claims of American citizens, who sustained
as far as it relates to claims against the
United States, applies solely to demands for
indemnity originating from acts committed
with the cognizance of the Federal authori-
ties. The United States. Government explic-
lily refused to accept responsibility for any
acts of confederates, or for any loss arising
from loss or emancipation of slaves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

One touch of politics makes the whole world
chin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

An undertaken gets his. living where another
man dies
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

THE Bangor Commercial carries its advo-
cacy of free rum so far as to warn dealers
''that Federal pimp is prowling about the
country, and we are informed has been here,
smelling out those who are selling without a
United States license. The government de-
tective is fox in ealth and wolf in
greed-inspired by no desire of enforcing
the law in the interest of the government,
but simply bent upon the plumber that can
be wrung from its victims, we feel that we
are comforting proper favor upon the COM
munity by this timely warning" This
proposal to evade the payment of the inter-
nal revenue is worthy of the moonshiners.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02

There is man in our town, and he is won
drous wise; whenever he writes the printer
man he dotteth all his is.-Toledo CONNER
cial. And when he's dotted all of them, with
great sangfroid and ease, he punctuates each
paragraph and crosses all his t's-Meriden
Recorder. Upon one side alone he writes, and
never rolls his leaves; and from the men of ink
a smile and mark "insert' receives.-Cincin-
natl Commercial.
"What will the Spring bonnets be like?'
asks Clara. You do us proud to ask us, Clara,
replies the Chicago Tribune. They'll be the
prettiest yet invented, with great ruches of
silk on top, cut en- train, and fchus ON the
side, and passementerie flowers, and water
colored velvet, and ruf1es, and rubber rings,
and Jack roses, and gros-grain elastic, and
they'll be about a foot and half high, and
there'll be lots of other things on them, Clara.
Oh! they'll be scrumptious this season, and the
cost-well, dear, about $50. This is a good
time to begin to tell your husband ghost stories
about how you love him.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24

of what value was it, or even life itself,
when net shared by her whose absence
made all else worthless
At times l was attempted to write to
Martha. But no, l said, doubtless
she, too, believes me guilty, How can she
do otherwise in the face of the evidence
and my own fight ?"
One day I was met and recognized by an
old friend travelling abroad. Instead OF
stunning, he met me cordially.
"Why have you never returned to visit
your own home ?" he asked, ''or at least
communicated with your friends p
"a strange question, l replied. " Yon
have not forgotten the cruel suspicion"
"Surely you have heard how all that
was cleared up"
"Cleared upi' l exclaimed with the
tremor of the heart one experiences at a
sudden CLEAN of hope which he breads to
see extinguished the next moment.
"Quite cleared up, replied my friend.
ElRathan Ganche fell victim to the cpl
demic last summer, and on his death-bsd
he acknowledged it all"
"And Martha Hale p
is still single and as beautiful as ever,
though trife melancholy at times Her
friends say there is a certain person whose
presence, they think, would cheer her up
nightly"
The next steamer carried me home,
where everybody babe me welcome and
Martha not the least warmly. She has
quite explained the mystery of the jailer's
conduct He had lived as a domestic in
the family of Martha's father when he was
a child, and was devotedly attached to her.
How he and she plotted together anent
my escape, it would be breach Of conf
dence to tell
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24
A WET FARMING COUNTRY.

1t is safe to say that the Sacramento river
bottom lands constitute a wet section of
country to farm in at the present time
These lands are the best lands in the State,
and yet from the fact of their being sub
merged so late in the season it is prob
able the crops produced on them this
season will not begin to pay for the
labor expended and the seed planted.
Very nearly all the crops already planted on
them are destroyed, and it is not probable
that the water viii recede so that planting
can begin again to any extent before the mid
die of June. These lands are also the best
lfalfa-producing lands in the State, but it is
certain that four-ffths of the alfalfa meadows
on the same are now completely ruined, and
cannot be seeded again till next season. Thus
one of the best sections of the State is almost
blank in production this year, and the pro-
duoing value of the State is reduced by
millions of dollars
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24

AURAL DISTURBANCES FROM BATHING. -
The frequency of attacks of aural inHam-
nation from bathing demands more than a
mere mention, for complete deafness may
result from the injuries to the ear from
this cause, and partial impairment is fire.
quent These injuries from bathing are
mainly due to the fact that man is not
afforded the protection to the ear which
amphibIous ANIMALS possess, and hence the
water may act iniuriously in various ways.
In surf bathing the mere force of contact.
when the water flows into the ear, may
injure the tympanic membrane, and when
an incoming wave dashes against the face.
water may freely enter the mouth or nose,
and thus be driven into the ears through
the Eustachian tubes. The presence of
cold water for long time in the canal
leading to the ear, as when much diving is
done, may set up inflammation. in the canal
or in the tympanic membrane, which may
extend to the drum cavity itself. Ill effects
may be produced by allowing the ears,
head and body to dry in current of air
after coming out of the water Sea water
is probably more obnoxious than fresh, on
account of its comparatively low tempera-
ture, and the large quantity of salt it
holds In solution. A long continuance in
the water should be avoided The Russian
bath should not be taken without protect
ing the ears when the cold plunge is used
Diving is, however, the most dangerous
practice connected with bathing, for it is
difficult to keep water from entering the
ears, or nose and mouth. In diving, the
pressure of water on the tympanic mem
brane from without may cause vertigo.
Even Swinging the ears gently is known
in some instances. to occasion decided dir
Ziness
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24
COAL NOTES.

The coal mines at Ranick, Mo-, yield
Is car loads per day.
There is said to be more anthracite coal
in China than in the United States.
There is a grand total of about 6, coo coke
ovens in the United States.
The first coal-felds worked in America
were the bituminous fields of Richmond,
Va, discovered in 1850.
The Cambria Iron Company will shortly
near Cornellsville, Pa.
The first successful use of anthracite coal
for smelling iron was in 1889, at the Pio-
neer furnace at Pottsville, Pa.
During the third week in February
5,000,0 bushels of coal were brought
from Pittsburg down the Ohio river.
The Hood coal mine, near Liberty, Ma
honing county, Ohio. has been abandoned.
Coal all worked out.
The Grand Tower Coal Company, of
Illinois, is about to erect so coke ovens in
Davis county, that State.
1t is said that the vein of bituminous
coal in the Lincoln coal fields, Missouri, is
26 feet and of uniform thickness for
miles.
The coal mines in the vicinity of Mo-
berry, Mo-, are now yielding about 40 cars
per day The vein is of uniform thick
ness of four feet.
The coke business is getting quite foot
hold in the South and West On the Big
Muddy river, PIG ovens will be ready to
light up in April or May.
The latest information from the Souris
coal-felds is, that miners have struck, at
depth of sixty feet, vein of coal seven
feet thick, which is the same thickness as
that OF Baby Mine, forty miles west of
Bismarck, Dakota, and $50 miles south of
the Souris discovery.
Coke-making is to be one OF the most
important industries along the line of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Already
there are four or five establishments in the
New River district, each receiving orders
beyond its capacity to supply. Fire Creek
is running about 60 ovens, Quinnimont
about so and Sewell about so, which is ex-
clusively appropriated to the use OF the
furnaces OF the company at Longdale.
Nuttalsburg is running about go ovens.
Two others are in process of construction,
one at Lowmoor, of about 40 ovens, for the
use Of the furnace at that place, now rap
idly approaching completion, and another
In the New River section, of about 200
ovens This last will make coke for ship
ment.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24

TowNsHIPs.-Will you kindly give us
information as to the number of people re-
quired by law for the organization of a
township and own township government.
CoLoNISg.
Answer.-A new bill for government of
counties has just passed the Legislature.
which it will be necessary to examine.
CITIZENSHIP. Will you please answer
these few questions, and oblige /. If a
citizen of the United States marries in a
foreign country and has child, and then
returns, is not that child citizen also
when he becomes of age, and is he not
entitled to vote without being naturalized?
2. Ii citizen marries Ill the United
States and goes abroad and has child, is
it not citizen also if he returns? 8. If a
man is born in foreign country and has
children in that place, and then removes to
the United States and does not get nat
uralized, can his children vote without
being naturalized? 4. If he does become
naturalized are not his children citizens
also, and can not they vote without being
naturahzed D. Can they press a man
into the army without he is willing to go
and sign his name to the enlistment pa
pers? b. Can they 80 into foreign coan-
try and press in Americans? S. b.
Aasuers. Yes if the child is brought
to the United States and its home made
there. 2. Same as No. l. 3. No. 4.
Yes, if the minor children are in the
United States when the parent is natural
lied. .. Yes. 6. No.
FEEs.-Have the goodness to answer the
following questions at your earliest con-
venience l. What is the fee of the Reg
lister and Receiver for issuing a certificate
of homestead? 2. Is the fee more for l60
acres than for so acres? S. B. PELroN.
AnS'oers.-l. 1t depends ON the guam
tity entered. 3 For 100 acres the fee is
so; for half that, half the sum.
MINERAL LAND LAw-There is con-
siderable difference of opinion IN this
vicinity relative to the mineral land law.
Please, if you can, solve the following:
l. Can citizen, upon county survey,
hold mineral land for three or five years
without improving, even if said laud should
be- fenced and in cereals? 2. Does pos
sessory right entitle an alien or Monaghan
to hold water rights or mineral land? 8.
Does sale of mineral land, not patented by
a citizen, confirm title to an alien? T. Can
an alien or Chinaman hold water right,
although bought of citizen, to the detri-
ment of citizen? SUBSCRIBER
Aaswers.-l. No. 3. One cannot apply
unless he is a citizen. As to wafer
rights the statute is explicit as to how
they may be secured. 3. No. 4. Yes.