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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-21
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 21.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return preserve COM
munlcations tnat are not used.
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Dog NOTICE.

Sec l. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall an,
nually cause it to be registered, described, and
by paying therefor to said clerk the sum of twenty
five cents and shall cause it to around its neck
a collar distinctly marked with the owners name
and registered number, and shall pay into the city
treasury for such license one dollar.
SEC. q Whoever keeps dog contrary to the
provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars
to be recovered on complaint to use for the city.
SEC. 3. All fines and penalties provided in the
preceding sections may be recovered on complaint
before any court of competent jurisdiction in this
city.
SEC. A. All other ordinances relating to licenses
for dogs are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. This ordinance shall take effect when ap-
proved
[Approved March 80, 1881
This ordinance will hereafter be strictly enforced
G. X. BRIDGES,
City Marshal.
April 10th. 1850. anl 3dtf
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THE New York Tribune believes Minneso-
ia has no trouble in holding all there is of
the Window boom.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-21

PHILADELPHIA Bulletin There is but
one thing that can prevent Tilden's defeat
next November, and that is leaving him off
the ticket
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PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
PORTLAND, ME.

for the purpose of nominating candidate for Gov
and two candidates for Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States, and to trans.
act any other business that may properly come be-
fore the Convention.
The basis of representation will be as follows
Each cith town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate, and for every seyenty-fve votes cast
for the Republican candidate for Governor in 1878
an additional delegate, and fraction of forty votes
in excess of seventy-fve will be accorded delegate
The State Committee will be in session in the
anteroom of the Hall at 8 o'clock, on the morning
of the Convention, to receive the credentials Of
delegates.
For the first time in the history of Maine the at
tempt was made in 1879 to deprive the people OF
the right to choose their own officers, and to cor
ruptly continue in power those whom the people
had rejected. The authors, abettors and accom-
plices in this crime against free government are
now seeking to come before the people under some
new party name-availing themselves of an alias
the common resort of those who seek to escape the
responsibility and punishment of their crimes.
Against these men, under whatever name they
may appear all those citizens who condemn the
nefarious plot to destroy the right of suffrage
invited to unite. without regard to past party afi
ations, to preserve honest Government for the hon
est people of Maine.
By order of the Republican State Co nmittee.
c. A. BoUTELLE, Cub
FRED N. Dow, Committaa
GEORGE C. WING, 0onhnii''ee'
j. o. SMITH, Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-21

GEN. LoNGsTREET has been nominated as
Minister to Turkey.
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EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with a Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our journal.
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REDUCED RATES
TO THE
CHICAGO CONVENTION.

The Executive Committee of the Blaine Club of
Maine, having perfected their arrangements for an
Excursion to Chicago to attend the Republican Ma
tional Convention, make the following announce
ment for the benefit of those Republicans who may
desire attend and aid in nominating our honored
Senator, James G. Blaine, as candidate for Presi-
dent at the coming election.
A special train over the Eastern Railroad will
leave Portland Thursday, May 9th, on the arrival
of the morning train from Bangor, arriving in Bos-
ton in season for tea. The party will leave Boston
for Chicago direct the same evening by special
train, with Wagner sleeping cars over the Boston
& Albany, New York Central, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railways, taking breakfast Fri
day morning at Syracuse, dinner at East Buffalo,
and tea at Cleaveland, arriving at Chicago Satur-
day morning. Ample hotel accommodations have
been engaged for 250 persons at the Gardiner and
Mattison Houses, and rooms will be assigned on the
train to the excursiOntiss, avoiding confusion on
their arrival. Hotel bills $3.50 to So per day.
Fare from Portland to Chicago and return $29
Wagner sleeping cars to Chicago, $3.50. Excur-
sionists taken to and from Portland from stations
on Maine Central R. r. at one fare; tickets to be
procured at all stations. Persons desiring to GO
can have their berths in sleeping assigned, by
enclosing $3.50 to the Treasurer of the Club
HI. s. Osgood, Portland Those wishing to secure
rooms should address the Secretary, j. SWEET Rowe
Augusta as early as possible. All Republicans are
cordially invited to join the excursion.
j. r. BODWELL, President
j. SWEET ROWE, Secretary.
Augusta, April %, 1880.
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THE New York Sun has Le gun to turn its
batteries on Senator Blaine.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
CITY OF PORTLAND.
CAuTI0N.

TyHE Committee Cemeteries and Pubic
Il Grounds will prosecute any person or persons
found or known to have taken or removed the sod
on any of the Citys public grounds or in any other
way to have mutated or defaced such property.
yl9d1w l.. TAYLOR, Chairman.
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Fun in the Second District. Fogg is no m
mated. Now we shall see some vindication.
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National Republican Convention.

A National Convention of the Republican party
will meet at Chicago on Wednesday, the I'd day of
June next at II o'clock noon, for the nomination
of candidates to be supported for President and
Vice-President at the next election. Republicans
and all who will cooperate with them in sup
porting the nominees of the party are invited
to choose two delegates from each Congressional
District, four at large from each State, two from
each Territory, and two from the District of Colum
bia to represent them in the Convention.
j. D. CAMERON,
Chairman National Committee.
THOMAS B. KEoGH, Secretary
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RARE CHANCE.
Variety Store For Sale at Freeport

TIME subscribers offer their stock and fixtures Tor
i sale This is chance it is an old es-
tablshed store for more than 80 years. Store 1or
sale or TO lease For further particulars, inquire OF
'N'N SOULE BROS co.
Freeport. NAV 10Th, 1880. may19dtf
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ANNUAL. MEETINGS.

Maine Eclectic Medical society.
TIME Maine Eclectic Medical Society will hold
Il their annual meeting at the Preble House, on
WEDNESDAY the 26th day of May at 10 O'CLOCK
A. NJ All those interested cordially invited TO
be present. Per order d. l.. WRldhI,
my12dtd Secretary.
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Fellows Compound Syrup is composed of
Ingredients identical with those who con-
stitute Healthy Blood, Muscle aed Nerve
and Brain Substance, whilst life itself is
directly dependent upon some of them.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-29

JAPANESE AND CHINEsR.-Compar-
ing the Japanese and Chinese students
now enrolled in American schools and
colleges, several marked contrasts and
likenesses are made evident. 2 The most
prominent difference in respect to ex-
tsrnal characteristics is the greater read
mess with which the former adopt the
dress and manners Of the Western
world. The japanese dresses a Ia EW-
ropean, and in excellent taste; the Chi
naman still braids bis cue, and wears
his loose trousers and blouse. The. Ja-
panese is more denationalized; the Chi
naman is constantly impressed with the
duty Of loving and serving the land that
gave EIm birth and is giving him edu-
cation. The latter learns the English
language with greater ease and uses it
with greater facility; the former, after
a residence Of even i've or six years,
experiences, in The case Of not few
individuals, difficulty in conducting an
ordinary conversations. Both manifest
much difference TO anthoFity, and are
models Of decorum and poliieness. The
Japanese belong relatively to q higher
caste: the majority Of The Chinese stu
dents are from the middle class Of the
Empire. In mental characteristics the
contrasts are less marked than In phys
ieaI. The exCeIleneies and the defects
'ol tie two types Of mind are, similar.
In each The memory is developed 10 q
degree not commonly attaSned By an
American sehool-boy; and the Chinese
draw forms and figures which they have
once seen with marvellous accuracy.
The superior development OF the mem
ory seemsste weaken the growth Of the
logical faculties. and q difficulty in con-
ducting processes of thought of ordina-
ry intricacy II one of the FIRST defects
which a teacher notices in their mental
constitution. intellectually, both are
clear-sighted rather than far-sighted:
and are distinguished Tor exaclness in
thought and statement. Considered as
whole, the Chinese make more rapid
progress IN linguistic. and the japanese
IN mathematical studies. The former
are By temperament the most passive.
the latter the more impulsive. Both
afe hard students, and though seldom
ranking 6rst, MAINTAIN creditabIe stand
in their classes. In respect to moral
character. also. as well as intellectual,
a high degree of similarity is obvious.
Neither. As body, ls.addscied TO the
use 81 liquors OF tobacco. and both are
Tree from the VICES TO which American
college youth are somewhat subjected.
-ScTibner's Monthly.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-29

TALKiNc AcRoss rHr CoUNTRY.-H
is really pleasant 10 note as you travel
across the republic from Maine to Col
orado, how tue topic of conversation
changes at State lines, Just as the ex-
PRECISION Of faces aud styles of clothes
gradually undergo an aIleration.E Down
IN Maine, whenI getaway from the coasts
I heard lumber and "the weodsi' all the
time. The men were ''in the wood, -
or the man who talked to you had Just
come out of the woods. Then YOU goi
to the coast. and everybody fished and
you dreamed Of dorys andhake and had
dock and things that you never heard
Of before. When you 90 to Bath you
begin 10 pick up all manner of ship car
penter's slang. Then you come nearer
New York, and commercial travellers
filed the air with mercantile argot, and
as you held your way westward, and
you get into the oil regions of Pennsyl-
vania, and for while Bradford and Oil
City, Franklin and TitusvIlle talked
bull wheel and pipe lines and dry holes
and heavy oils aud refinery, and tank
and drill and rigs and waIking-beam
and derrick and pump until you could
taste oil every time you talked. Then
you moved along through Johnstown
and Pittsburg and heard about BLASTS
and open hearth furnaces. and cruci-
bles and Bessenner process . and rails,
wire and ingot, until yOu left them he
hind and Indiana was talking to you
about slaves and heads and hoops and
poles and veneer and hard woods and
quinine and bent wood aada wagon tim
ber and by-and-by Illinois got your ear
and said "c-o-r-n." and you GOT across
the Mississippi and out in Nebraska and
heard a man say 20 neighbor, "Ben,
where is that timber claim Of joan.
70 and you heard Ben reply briefly:
Twelve. fifteen, nine," and you
knew that you were in a country OF
land; and that eighties and quarter sec
lions, and timber claims and home
steads and prescriptions were TO con-
stituie your conversational pabulum for
the next two or three weeks, until you
reached Colorado and began 10 hear as
says, and dips and lead. and angles.
spurs and sinuosities, and claims, and
and that is as far west as 1
have been, and don't know what they
talk about beyond there.--BarliHgton
Hnrkege.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-29


WHAT AN OLD FARMER SAYs.-This
is the advice Of an old man who has
titled the soil for forty years:
lam an old man. upwards ofthree-score
years, during two scores oi which I
have been tiIler of the soil. cannot
say that | am now, bat have been
rich, and have ell need, do not owe a
dollar. have given my children a good
education, and when | am called away
will leave them enough TO keep the
wolf from the door. Ny experience
has taught me that:
1. One acre Of land well prepared
and well cultivated, produced more than
two which received only the same
amount Of labor used on one.
2. One COW, horse. mule, sheep or
hog well ted, is more profitable than
two kept on the amount necessary to
keep one well.
8. One acre of clover or grassis worth
more than two Of cotton where no grass
or clover is raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn,
wheat, fodder and hay, as rule for ten
years. can keep the sheriff away from
the door in the end.
D. The farmer who never reads the
papers aud sneeFs al book farming and
improvements, always bad leaky roo,
poor stock, broken-d0wn fences, and
complains Of bad ssseasons."
9. The farmer who is above bis bus
mess and intFusts IL 10 another 10 man.
age, soon has no business to attend TO.
4. The farmer whose habitual bever-
age is cold water. Is healthier, weailhier
and wiser than he who does not refuse
20 drink.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-29


How so JuDen A Honbk.-The l0ll
lowing simple rules win BE- Iooud sse1
ful 70 ell parties who are about 70 bdy j
horse.
Never take the seller, wosd; iT dsA-
honest he mIll be snre 10 cheat ron; if
disposed ko be fair, he NAV. have been
the onpe oi another. and viii deceive
you through representation y hicl can
not BE- relied up0n. sHa ~ gilasr
s Never trust Ina horses mouth ~ q
sure index Ia hiss ee.
Never 6ny 4 hose while IN molions
wal1h him while he stands at rest and
s0Szs saver 81 ~. ssl. q.
SQUAD he win stand firmly snd sinare.'
" on his limbs, without moving any q
them, The feet planted hal upon The
ground. with legs plumb and naturally
poised. 1t one foot is thrown lorwsrd
with the toe pointing 10 the ground and
the weight taken from ii, disease Of the
navIculaF bone may be suspected, or AZ
least tenderness. which is q precursor o.
disease. 1.-THE foot Is ihrowtl out, the toe
raised and the heel brought down the
horse has suffered from lammitis, foun-
der. or the hack sinews have been
spralned. and be is. OF little future val-
ue. When the feet are eli drawn to-
gether beneath the horse, if there has
been no disease there Is a misplace
ment Of the limbs at least and. q weak
disposition of the muscles. 1.-THE no. Sc
stands with bis feet spread apart or
straddles with the hind legs, there is
weaknessIn The Joins andthe kidneys are
disordeFed. When the knees are bent
and the legs toiter and tremble, the
breast has been ruined by heavy pull
ling and viii never be night again, what
ever rest and treatment be may have.
Contracted or llI-fOrmsd hoOfs speak
for themselves. - ga -
Never buy horse With blush or
milky cast in bis eyes. They indicate
a constitutionaltendency to ophthalmias
moon blindness, Sc. ,...-s ....,......
Never have anything TO do with a
horse who keeps has ears thrown back
ward. Thus is an inEariable Indication
of bad temper. s...,:, -
If the horses hind legs are Scared,
the fact denotes that he is a kicker. -.
II the knees are blemished, the hose
is apt to stumble. -. l...-......s..
When the skin Is rough and bard and
does not move easy and smoothly 10 the
touch, the horse is heavy. eater and
his digestion is bad.
Avoid horse whose respiratory or
gans are at all impaired. RI the ear i
placed at the side of the hear, and
wheeling sound is heard, il is an indi-
cation OF trouble. Let him go.--7 7Erf
Field and Farm. is a5Itsas a1.lf
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ss94
RasC CnRpmzs Tha new oper-nsm
Two EeRss aga--isa salmpss worn ons n0gl.
Aua ylt; shouh ihis ona has pot done
sery god sszuiaes ! lhinkuspse afzageaE-
pslmthnh aaad Co. IA ianal heeanse
they ere espeelallg fazbiqnahle. fpr,k
have seen only enc re- carpet .hesiaes.
mina sHaes pat ilppQp she Aoqr. That
pslsaf ames slnt sitting room Of neigh.
hpf. has Fince Riven nlace 70 4 Gotten
carpet of gav colors and pattern, coxtz
ing hali ! d0II4f s yard. Wh1n raM
70 ia sAe ~ nj Ahess hnnnlly ais
9isli aln leef nnn.ea ingsssn pF Hxus-
sels carpet Il Is very pseasNllts Na.l
admire The neat carpet and the hower-
ing plants, and all Ire dainty tribes oa
shelves and brackets. But when / 20,
home nnd find my ''hit-or-mIss' rag car.
pei stFewn With the little girls dolly
work, and the little boys whitllings ana
the baby's crumbs and playthings. am
glad II Is only rageaFpet, end that | am.
not Obliged b worry about tie injury.
that wopld daily happen 70 q nice care
pet where Eve children spend a good
part 81 their waking hours. Besides. 4
think q Is more "EastIaksy'' than the
very gay carpets Of some. Of my neigh
h0rsl Anyhow, it haFmonizes better.
with my very PLAN atting room furni-
ture Than good ingfain or Brussels 'e6Fs
petifg would 1 like nice things, and
iieveF foTtnne gives them 70 me. IshalE
be thankful 1 hope, as am nov for
hadies and for the companionship Of
childhood. and for the experience ofa
mother. believe I will make .oue
more rag carpet, at least. I think il wall
be f'hit-or miss, = instead OfslFiped,, and
thinks viii put Il down as. | did this.
without sewing the bTeadihs, but sim
ply tapping them one few inchesove
the next, Stretching each one we'll, unti
tacking them very little except atjha
eHds. sItis easy then to take up and
shake or beat the carpet aud put i down
again. so that al the worn places may
be less exposed. Ills easy 10 wash out
The most soiled porti0nsesel viii haseA
stronger warp next time, and think 1
will have il in two colors, so that there
will be stripes running iengthwise Of
tie breadl6s. | will be particular in
cutting and tearing the rags 10 have
them 10 that they will BE- even-sized
threads IN the filing. for / have never
liked 10 see the places in this old car
pei where thick WOODEN rags have some
times Joined on TO finer eollon strings.
making the texture Of the carpet une-
Een, and causing il 10 wear out more
easily. The little girls must sew them
neatly, so as not to give 5unehy look
whea woven. 7 think will have the
rags divided iaiosihree kinds for sewing
IA basket ofgdark rags, one OF light and
one Of gay colors. The first may ia
cIude the black and dark browns and
grayS. The second will c0Alain the
light nondescFipi gays, browns and old
calico staff the, bird, ANYTHING at all
bright. The one who sews can 60 round
and round with these three lots, and 50
make a tolerably even "hit-oT-mIss."-
4 am pot sure that this &ill pay,l but I
am sure that know loi no carpeting for
fifty cents yard that will do so good
service as a good rag carpet made as
aboye.-.fmaicass .dgTieuifarist.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-29

MEANT HIM.-When a railroad pas
senger hears the whistle sounding an
alarm is his first lmpUlse 10 look out
Of The window, but this impulse is al
ways restrained by a second thought, ex-
cept ia The case OF green travellers. "A
few days ago an old man and his wife
were passengers on Lake Shore train.
and as the section men were making re-
pairs on the line in various places the
whistle was sounded pretty often. The
old couple were fully alive 90 every
''iooi, and each time the old man
would stick his head out Of the win
dow. 81 80 .bl-l
"Does il mean anyihingT asked tbe
vile every time his head came back,
but he could give her no satisfactory
explanations. A traveller behind them
finally warned The old man that he ran
q risk by sticking bis headout, but al the
very next tOot be was at il again. He
wore plug hat which looked fully
twenty years old, and Its loSs would be
nothing great. Preparations were quiz
etly made behind hIm. and everything
was al ready when next the whistle
sounded. EF8 ig#T
siE wonder what's on The track nov 2"
queFied the wife, as be moved around
uneasily.
t'f dunno be replied, "f believe
we've run over as many asa dozen men
since We Jeff Toledo.n ~
"Do lock out and see what il means"
she continued.
opt went bis head, his face toward
the engine, and a smart rap with
4 cane from the next wisdow knocked
his hat Of and sent Il flying into a
swamp. lie pulled back with such a
rush that be almost went over his wife
into the aisle.
"Land stars but did It mean any
thing :'EIse CRED. as she grazped him.
'.I should fhisk Il did - Re yelled.-4-
eft meant that was burned old fool,
and have got 10 5aFe-hcaded ell the
rest Of this sumIneEH le 4s8
{ The iIard-hearted condnctor refused
10 sf0psthe train and recover The hat,
aud zi the fnis of hot discussion the
bare-headed victim brought his 6st
down wilh shiseEing lurce and yex-
"lvaaI, nov. want YOU 10 andef-
stand that II fhefe'fs any law ID this
Iaud ihisGers raiIToad has gottosuovetts
fence coarers back. "Sposcn them
rails had given me wipe on the jaw
--.IJsf. ok Free Press.
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