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New-York tribune., 1880-10-30
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Good Ordinary. "a 10" Niuduhg---.-.-- ga

80 MiddIng IVA
Futures closing dun at decline Of to points on
the later mont ssles +9g99 bsss frees Da-oGoee5
1874 January l092g lo;g&; Feprl:,y ILWai l.l9 8
Ina II iT iGj friges for rings ana margius-Ocober
lOS3; November 1850 December lus2; January. 1919;
june 1895 To-days coslne Tor October
10 " iGgS February IOGal iU7; March ll2l I'll ~
April 1l.S6al l;37 Nay i5o9ll6li june 1859 llC3
FiSii-lr, cs gene ally unchanged trade quo, pending
ai fir ,ntflTts and smaller receipts.
FLoUR AND MEAI~FLOu MARKET shade stronger
for Common gradcs o. EytrL sgperhae snd so = win
ght supply and far inauiy other 81 ds wthou dclled
qfy sale 1"UIG on's nae iaGGg ~ .or s4 M uo &
E%Na % & ,n' WHIT 70 nt HTtra 7pei 30 incndIng
l5aO bbls indiana for the Wet Indie at 50 25aS5 30
Indies $500 bills Low t1trs = i1g - 90 menhng 5OQ
Win Wheat Of The sales l5-C0 bbs we're Tor export
suPeifne HDs1S 50 s5@s 55 com@on FAR Extra STATE
s. stern 80 oSa % 70 .GV o3d 10 ncy @ GS0 81 % % 500
Common 5000 EAIa Ronnh Hoop ONO - 7oes5 God
asa SO common Gear "a G0asi 75 ye aIturc 81 soa
Patent 50 5Oq4S 30 - Common Far Ezra.
s. Gs5 .. 5000 to Very Cb@ce Fanny g. aoasb 90
closing faIacI more sie1 -OUIHEKN FLOUR qiet
fnc aied sales 600 bbis common Good ixlra . 80
d,nly he'd $50 i9,6os Sap"h2e 70 G5stG @ ~;
. go ls yellow western - t5a so; Brindy vine
F6RE1GN FRUITS Moderately actiyc without decided
GRAiN-WHEAT-Marsc 's9ic. better with NOR doing
IJr exUOri trGr tive omit closing
wi muc strength IL 900 bush future;
3lgtO0 bush spot. including Ungraied ~,uug II 1870
81 ! d: 80. rprm.. 81 ~, ungrddcd Winter Red,
- li04l 2l; ltttcr for thntc Siltci Steamer
30 . Erd 81 90, zU-t o., No. Rel, ~ l4Iei
No Rcd. 81 20L07l y InIaded White 81 I,0 81 =.
Latter for cI0cc STATE; No W Lut :. ~ so White,
81 = . ll4, No BED; oc'o9er s! loH4Sl ita do.
al l9-4; do. January - l9'ierl p; 40.
81 lIsf4+l ljl.: do. Uoccubcr - lG20tl l. ~.
RYE market heavy nc lower ,Ie Ia 700 bush stat and
No /, az SlasI -, 5000 busO. 20 ior NOsenber
~ o. .... BARLEY quiet and yrly hlmv he'd
quoted Two state, i3a7jc Slxi0wcl Sj0 @-c; No
: Canada. -T0--c, 40. Cinida Bright rlu=l Gj sales,
500 hu.r Two-owed ~titc b. sc 1000 bush No.
. Cauldl SIC. 1850 bush Ungradcd canada. 9J0
~ o11 bust 80 Canada B.ight Tor D.
c.mh,r and January delivery, ~ 2j.....tORN-
MARX. shade GrmrT Ct export .ut home uddr demand
in1i,rdr speculative account sacs @i2uOD
bush future 10000 bush spot Il,luding tngadcd Western
AixtI lI.4 ,Dr, No. % J3ied5aSc mainly % 0J''fc,
No B. 53 &c: steamer Mixed. dc; No Whtc Pc, 40.
October 5atc closing 5b"c 80 Noycmucr, 90 sH5G' clos
M - @ d., 10 crub r. 56 6aa'O-i losing 3HAc do Jan;
nary 81 e. closing - ..oAfS ga &c betfsr and
faiv a,iiyc; sic. ls3oGO bush ,udn2 No a. -
n i. so 3Jl.c SO White, 4lc. MiXeI Westcrn. 36
n lr. white du. iI43c- Wtte state. fl Htic.
rudiug DOnOO busn NO oci0ler. 3tG39 C.;
500 bnsn au Soytn1aI, 3tc 5000 bush do December.
,.sp .,c. 1900 bush ao JInuafy. +lc.-.---FE1D du.
h.ayy 40 ID 10; 90 To- @Ipa+6 JO 80 b9lOO ID. tl7 GSI9
per o..
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New-York tribune., 1880-10-30
COTTON mAaKErs-Bs;rELEGaAPH

LIVERPOOL. 29-l230 D.m.-4coton MddIng Up ands
6s Miding Orleans, G5Ied sales 5000 bales Including
bales Tor speculation ana EXPORT Receipt oOoU
bales all American Futures-U psnds Low Mddlng clause
HSr gevefy GID, do Soyem5Sd December delivery
ii, do and January delivery 6s9d do Janu
delivery 69,d Futures fiat sales OF the
e. 900 bales American, 10000 bai"s spectators tooE
took 7,200 bales rwsrded from
direct actual
$4,000 bales American, 43OOO bales;
36OOUO bales; Amerosp zZSOiO bales amount
of Cotton afoa 3Jl 900 bales American 26oO0O bales
LIVERPOOL. 295:l5 m.s3tton-The sales oil the day
nsss ss, oa5es sae Ganns 10 c low Mid
Low Mdding. Good orinar sc recelgs l77 bales
sales AGA bales stock. 1882 s. " baes 1879 4737 baes
weekly receipts IL 100 DaIes AOoSo paes sses
BALTIMORE Oct 2y-Cotton qzet: Middlng. l0S4c; Low
10 Good Ordinary, 9c net receipts. O4O Dales
gross 1871 bales 90 bales sales 400
300 bales stock, IIDO2 bales weekly net
receipts bales gross 7O7y bales exports 70 Great
Britain 3p0 bales coastwise 300 Bales; sales llC9S oaes
o spnners. I'll bales. $4,000, 50. -
CHARLESTON oct 29-COttOD quiet Mid6lng 10asc.; Low
abiding lO8c Good Ordinaryk lOc. net receipts l,O51
bales exports 6O sales, 900 bales stock
ii 37S bales weeKly Fts 4sS bales; exports
Continent 24SJ bales cOastwise8O2 bales sales lo,oOo
bales l. 49,
lOac: Good Ordinary fJ%c; net receipts, 3,fOJ
bales sales 900 bales stock 1919 bales weekly net
celps 23OO5 bales 2339 bales exports to Great
rta I.062 bales tO France, 1877 bales to the Cont
SAVANNAH Oct 23.-Cotton easy Mttdnng lOIc; Low
Midhng lOc Ordinary, -; receipts. l0,627
bales 5000 bales; last a9g 900 bales; stock
1913 379 bales weekly receipts, 4S77 bales 45
Oog bales ritah 500 bales TO the Con-
S266 bales coaswse 1Ot9 bales sales 10000 bales
COTTON RECEIPTS
YORK. The following tho total net
cepis cotton the aforementioned ports since Septem
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30

Usv ,eaav Prime IN and ao.nd
PORK sSasS & .S s
shoulders nons Offering Gesr acoD Shoulders
ss Ss ,s paass ssae
Eggs 1rm po%sl I,nsrv fenn Far 10
nal at Sc oSs oSo au sa G sc %hsfsy nct 9 70
5sP0G aS1 pSs '''fsse Ss
Wheat $4,000 bush Corn 80 800 BUSH IL 4s s bnsh Corn
none s BUSH Corn 50 SoS% S%'S demand
w5ss. sc,iss Ss S% Sa
duluth November a. q ~ 200 600 Ssn snsn aO 5o po
a:sT9 oH
oats oats dull no. Mixed western qnoisbIe at SSTSs.s S &c
rye @sSys &c. ccn saS
ssG SS .,rsns .sS sfx 4nd
&"If sdysmss g o s1 q & eHefss Bsse%ss SHs9s 10 70
se%G &C. &c s ss'n ssc
ys%eer Ssa CASH s November Dees%Ssr
M sTf 81 Noas%Scr 6d
aa cash pns S5c S NG;s%psr Scft
Short cioar Zoe WnsEeS 81 H. Fresh's-cOrn to Buff
Sg Rgs e Flour e. & sas
S?. Rcsss sass eS acs 81 g
Red in elevator 81 "a at ane fose sS in !" elevator
'lsf e. ss 81 JJla &
sS me Ha :assS n1sa 1ss
81 @ %s Ssssss Hiiss
% provisions quiet, gsy Ness sssf Per tSda pSi Mess
do do. packets sll Beer iiams 10 ,fme ala
Smoked Hams, i0qeiic do, in salt ana pickle S9asS;
snc%aers SsaE mO in issi s S s%olsS
s%SS DO sstshers LOOSE &C.
g@et County E1 and ae 9S 'S9a
Reserve Extra 2e2SG DO 5000 10 S9oes sSye
Extra S2S4e S5s Wessss Wsse7S 2S9FaH Tai
crss d. Eu Far 70 Good Ha skins
Sss 5% eaed SS lGa f5 SSS
Crushed, l0c.; Powdered: 93sc Grnnated s:ea sodu m
81 o3S Milwaukee cash and october GGst Me-
81 &c No l. S3 3c: Rejected nOonal Corn advahced &C
39lc Oats quiet aud unchanged no esbt az 70
9Snrn9 cash ~. Provisions demand active; Mess Poik.
81 80 cash November Lsrdy Prime steam 7syc a easn
AZ - JOdSi 40 Freglts-Wheat 10 Rufao 64c hecelps
$1,000 Dbs Wheat % g0n BUSH Barey SooV % Us
shipments Flour. 10000 bbls Wheat 3ooo Dush Daiey'
ST. LouIs Oct 99-Flour about SC lower. Wheat nm m
eosh 81 0 asi oos. Sovember 81 O37sd dsl g4s Decem
ber 81 O5s6sl 06is January No do 95 ,sa93 40
S9ic November 80 5gosc December; 39c all the year
a. d44sc May oats higher 2S. = cash; ~ cZsc
Barley STEADY uncnange Whkey steady at 81 H. PORK
20. Lard higher at nomi1aiy ~ bqa q asats eat
Bacon CHER Shoulders. 6l4c Clear RIBS 5c @
sides Receips-Fonr 5000 6bls wheat iSSo99 009
busn Barey 70 600 bush Shipments Flour 1900 bbs;
Wheat BUSH Corn 1000 bush OATS 1000 BUSH Rye
'ToIPpJ oct 29-wheat easy; Amber Michigan, 81 O3la
81 So o$ ' 6ece%6e Il o1Ia January 81 os no Red
81; Rejected 9JLc; no Amber ii nois. 81 U5s Corn
Steady: II sh Mixed 43asc. New do, 419c No. New
4 J.c do November Ale. Old SPOT, 1886. November,
4Jasc., Rejected i3Iac iOats dull NO. Noyember 9Vtc
igsn, spot ST o.. December, - OF; No. Red, spot
S O34 November ST. U7ls January, 81 WA; no hed,
S. Ol.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30

GOVERNMENTS.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30
AT BUFPADO.

Jan so l22. .ls7OS6 1903 Ib7t I22,J5Z ~ - 5,,
I'll cor l24 O39 2OiS9 03 l0l,J7352I lb56lOlO
The following shows the imports OF dry goods
at the port Of New-Y0rk for the week ending to-
day and since January |, compared with the cor
responding periods OF previous years:
For the 1875. 1879 lsSn. 90
Entered port ......fl .3l15J S11lBSgt Si%oi -,
Thrown MARKET. l,369,O55 l,OOId3J l'of"-t"
since Jan. i: ..---a ,oc ,o, oc-
ihruy n on market &c i909tg 7i46e2o5 lO2.3O4Oj9
The receipts and shipments at and from Buffalo
to-day were ~ follows:
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30

The total movements for the week ended October
q, 1885, were as follows:
Al ATLANTIC PORTS.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30
Flour. bills.

Whcat bnFh...
Corn. bush ....
Oats. bush .-.
barley. bush
Rye. Uush .....
Total hush 60.
- "a FA
New-York tribune., 1880-10-30
fliIuuclIl.

Al New York and Brooklyn Gas Stocks and als, kinds
OF BROOKLYN nyestment securues dealt in by '
GEORGE IL. PKENTISS
10 BROAD-SI L., AND % EXCHANGE .Cr
, 1880-12-17
General Mercnnndisa.

RICE-Market quoted at China, 5io52 Sand
wich Island, 7la7l.
COFFEE--Costa Rica, l7alSc; Java, 25a2Gc /;
Rio, l6!al7c.
TEAS-We quote Japan in laquered boxes 5Oa
75c paper, 3Tga474.
SUGARS-Sandwich Island, 9lal0c; Golden c,
in bbls, l0c hf bbls, 9fc Crushed bbls, lie,
hf bbls, l2c; Pulverzed bbls, 12c, hf bbls,
l3lc; Granulated bbls, ll4c, hf bbls l22c
SARDINES-Qr boxes, 81 75 ; hf boxes, 50 IS.
YEAST POWDER-Donnely, SIS u gross !;
Dooley, s2Oa22 p gross; Preston & Merrill,
S24 y gross.
WINES-Whitc per doz in case, So 5Od4; per
IS so to S.; per gal, 6Oc 10 81 so
Glaret-Caliiornia per ga, 81 10 81 25; i'm
ported per gal, 81 so to 81.
Sherry-Cala per gal 81 SO to 81 so; Span
ish, So To So assorted brands, Sl2 to SIS;
imported per gal, 81 50 10 81.
Port-Varous brands in Or csks, 50 30 to IS /;
81 80 to 81; imported, rs 20 81
SPIRlTS-Fine old Hennessy Brandy in ar cks
and octaves, So so to 81 80 per gall Dun
villes Irish Whisky in cases per d0z, Sl2 /;
James Stewart Il Co.'s Scotch Whisky in ar
cks and octaves, 81 Hennessy Brandy in
case, per doz, very ine-l star SIG, 2 star,
Sl7 so 3 star Sl9; Holland Gin, large cases,
SIS to $50; Old Tom Gin in cases, Sl2 Rye
Whisky, per gal, 50 80 to So; Bourbon, per
gal, - 80 to So A Cutter, So 70 to S3 90
. K Cutter, a so 10 S.
OILS-0rdinal brands of coal, 30c, high grades;
Downer & Co., 374a40c; boiled lnseed, 81 ;
raw linseed, 95c pure lard, SlG1 10; castor,
81 50G$l 60; turpentine, 60a65c,
, 1880-12-17
I1ous Produce Mara CO.

The following quotations represent the whole
sale rates from producers or first hands:
FLOUR OuotGble in jobbing lots at: Standard
brands, IS 90 best country brands, - 5'@
s. 10, supcrfne 80 75@S3 50.
WOOL-2OGs274 for choice.
WHEAT-Good to choice, 81 30.
HAY-Timothy baled, buying at SlG@SlS per
ton.
POTATOEs- -Quotable at 1c per lbs
NOTWITHSTANDING at feed, 500 SOS; fine
s25@$27! q ton.
BRAN-Jobbng at per ton, $l5@Sl6
OATs-Feed, per bushcl 424@4j cts.
BACON--Sldes, lSic; hams, Oregon l24@
l3lc; Eastern, l4@y l5c; shoulders, 9g l0o.
LARD--ln kegs, lS; in tins, l3c
BJFTER-Wo quote choice dairy at 27a25c (;
good fresh ROLL 2O@22!c; ordinary, lG@
10c, whether brine on roll
DRIED ERUIrS-Apples, sun dried, 9alOc:
machine dried, l2ct. Pears, machine dried,
llal2c Pums, machine dried, DOC.
EGGS--25c per doz
POULTRY-Hens and roosters, $4 5"a5. Tur-
keys lsG20c per pound. Geese, $Sa9 per doz.
CHEESE-Orcgon, l2lal5c; California, l6c
HOGS-Dressed, SIC; on foot, 3Ia4c.
BEEF-Live weight, | ! to lSc for good to cboioe
SHEEP--Live weight, lG2c.
TALLOW--Quotable at &c.
HlDES-Quotabie at l4al6lc for all over 16 ms,
one-third Off Tor under that also one-third of
for Culs; green 6ldSc.
, 1880-12-17
IL HarIiy Pays.

A New Jersey merchant met an ac-
quaintance on street car on the Ele-
waited yesterday, and, after some general
remarks, the latter said:
II saw q newspaper notice that you
had failed"
Eyes, went by the board"
every bad ?"
"Outside speculation I suppose ?"
Partly"
Creditors willing to give you chance
to recover?"
"Yes."
"Glad of it; I suppose you'll soon be
all right?"
Eyes. I tell you what. it is very
disagreeable business. [ had to plead
family extravaganza, and my wife, who
hadn't had d new dress for six months,
was as mad as hop. L proved that |
had given too much to the church, and
the minister called and raked me over
the Goals; had clerk abscond with o
lot of cash, and the creditors made me
own up thaj he was my brother. sup
posed that l had lost $500 by fire, but
they figured that was 500 ahead. L
figured on having enough to pay thirty
cents on the dollar, but somehow they
got hold Of enough to pay ninety eight,
and put oil the costs on me. L lost four
weeks of trade on top of this, and I'm
feeling awful blue. 1t hardly pays to
fail--unless you've got partner to help
bluff off creditors"
AN ILLUMINArING CoMPosTIoN.-Ln-
d,tstry thus describes a simple way topro-
duce an illuminating composition.
Cleanse oyster shells by well washing,
expose them to red heat for half an
hour, separate the cleanest parts and put
into a crucible in alternate layers with
sulphur: now expose the vessel to red
heat for an hour at least. When cold
break the mass and separate the whitest
parts for use. If inclosed in bottle the
figures of watch may be distinguished
by its aid. To renew the luminosity OF
the mass place the bottle each day in the
sun. or in strong daylight; or burn strip
of magnesium wire close to the bottle.
The sulphide of lime will thus absorb
light, which will again be available at
night time.
A gentleman made up his mind that
he would give his wife pleasant sur
prise by spending the evening at home.
After supper he settled himself down for
cozy time in the bosom of his family.
He had no more than comfortably fixed
himself when his wife abruptly asked
him if his friends didn't want him any
longer. Then his mother-in-law asked
him if he had exhausted his credit. The
servant asked him if he was ill. One Of
the neighbors wanted to know if he had
any trouble and was afraid of the law.
Ali of which occurred in twenty minutes,
for in exactly half an hour he was be-
! yond questioning range in his club.
, 1880-12-17

Germany, France and Italy now i'm
pose tax, in proportion to their means,
on all who, for family reasons or physi
cal deformities, are exempted from mill
tary service.
, 1880-12-17

1t is said of Gladstone that he "keeps
counsel" better than any man alive.
, 1880-12-17

why said the indignant customer
to his tailor, "you have made this coat
three sizes too small for me-" "But,"
said the tailor, "did you not tell me that
you were going to live at the Xenophon
Hotel?'
, 1880-12-17

A young lady artist married young
gentleman artist. The uncle of the bride
made call upon them and found them
sitting in opposite corners of their joint
studio in the sulks, the husband saying
that his wife's waist was out of proper
ton and the wife saying that her hus-
bands nose was too small.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
Grand Trunk Elevator.

The following is a statement of Grain at the Gran
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
MINOR TEL ,EGRAMS

The common council of Buffalo have voted
to grant the right OF way to the New York
Central to lay track in Erie street, to con-
meet with the Lackawanna Companys coal
docks.
John N. Madden and Chas. n. Angkin
were killed and four others seriously injured
in Colorado mine, several tons of rock falling
on them.
Over 100 business men from all parts of New
York held meeting in Albany yesterday and
adopted resolutions denouncing bill provid-
ing for special rates of railroad transportation.
1t is reported that the French cable company
will complete the connection with Eng LAND
via Brest by April LIST.
The New Brunswick legislature opened
yesterday.
Parneil will leave New York Thursday for
Europe to return after the elections.
The French Senate has rejected clause of
the Ferry Educational bill.
Grand Central Hotel and six other buildings
in close proximity in Oakland, Cal, including
the Webster House, were destroyed by fire
yesterday morning. Loss $4,000.
Sugar crop of Cuba is about 40 per cent.
smaller than last year.
AT the charter election in Middletown, N.
Y, yesterday, five women were elected men,
bers of the board of education over five men.
A man named Gassett of Upton, Tenn,
who started out to kill Richard johnson, was
shot by johnson, who gave himself up and was
acquitted.
The Virginia Senate passed yesterday reso-
buttons based upon the indictment OF County
Judge Coles for refusing to put negroes on
iuries. They urge Virginia's Congressional
representatives to procure the repeal of all laws
which tend to the exercise of powers not dele
gated to the United States by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the states.
The last three articles of Ferry's educational
bill were adopted. 1t is stated that in conse-
quence of the defeat of article seven Ferry has
resigned the ministry of public worship.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
What is a lingo?

Chance has given currency to word which
possibly may one day become as widely known
and as respectable as the name of wing or
tory-the word "Jingo''. An English travel
er abroad is said to have been not long ago
asked the question by continental politician,
"Mais, qu'estce que c'est done, monsieur, que
ce Jingo?" His own ideas on the matter not
being very clearly defined, he made answer,
with delusive playfulness that it was Mr..
Gladstone's familiar spirit. The epithet is
now used by liberal speakers, even by the most
moderate and eminent of them, as conve.
nient missile to fling at their opponents, and
by radicals it is applied freely, and one may
say Unfortunately, to all who desire to
maintain the honor and integrity of the British
Empire A word which the political excite
ment of the last three years has engraved so
deeply in peoples memories. and which the
excitement OF the next elections will perhaps
fix there still more firmly. cannot be soon for
gotten; and even if it does not attain hereafter
to the classic dignity of the two names cited
above, its place in history is already won.
But then what is lingo exactly? Is it man
who believes in what Lord Derby calls "gun-
powder and glory" whatever this may mean?
Is 1t man who wants to fight everybody all
round, if such man there be? If we turn to
that celebrated refrain which has given cur
rency to the word, and which will be remem-
oere longer IMAM many verses OF greater lyrl-
cal value, we can find nothing more in it than
the expression of modest firmness and self
reliance. 1t breathes defence, not defiance.
1t affirms that we haveino desire for war, but
that, should war arise, we have the means to
face it. This temperate affirmation is clenched
with an oath, reprehensible indeed, and by no
means refined, but far less Objectionable than
many other such words that we unfortunately
hear even from the liberal werkingman as we
walk along the streets. Since there is nothing
in the origin of the word, as a political term,
which explains the use made of it, and since
phiology has no key by which to unlock its
significance, where are we to turn for an ex-
PLANTATION? We shall find a clew in the policy
and temper of the men who use it as term Of
reproach. Bearing this in mind, we see that
Jingoism comes to pretty much the same thing
as another word used by the same sort of peo-
pie as term OF reproach-namely, "1mperl-
alism".-London Saturday Review.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
Texas Hunor.

An eminent divine from New England,
travelling in Texas for his health, impaired by
arduous clerical duties, upon arriving at one
of the towns, went in search of the BARRIERS
shop for repairs and improvements. On enter
ing an establishment of this kind he observed
big double-barrelled gun leaning against the
wall. Having a constitutional awe of fire.
arms, he hastily asked the barber if the gun
were loaded. A half-shaved native who oc-
cupied the chair, turned round his lather-
beaten face and exclaimed: Stranger! Of
you're in an ALFRED hurry, you'll find a six
shooter what is loaded in my coat-tail pocket!''
This recalls another story of an English tour
list who proposed to visit Arkansas, and asked
citizen if he ought to provide himself with a
revolver. WALL" replied the citizen, Eye
mout not want one for month, and We mout
not want enc for three months, but if ever We
did want one, you kin bet you'd want it
almighty sudden!'-The Hour.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10
The Figure" of the American
Woman.

A year ago the Times started the question,
Are not American women losing their thin
nesse and expressed the belief that they are
losing it steadily and perceptibly. Observa-
ton shows that it is SO, especially in large
cities, where there is more ease and material
comfort, more freedom from anxiety and petty
cares, than there can be in the country. Our
women do not look as they used to twenty-five,
or even fifteen years since. Their proportions
have visibly increased, as almost any one may
see who will use his eyes. New York will
serve as an example. Formerly q geally stout
woman here was pretty apt to be a foreigner
Now stout native women are very common
well-nigh too common to be agreeable. And
round, plump women of Anglo-Saxon blood
and origin are conspicuously plenty. They
are numerous on the promenade, at places of
amusement, at private entertainments. Full
ness of contour is no longer the dividing line
between other nationalities and our own. We
are getting more and more like the reStOf the
civilized world. The last Charity Ball-as
fair representation as any public assembly
can be of the leisurely, prosperous class-cer-
tainly denoted that leanness has ceased to be a
trait of our women, many OF whom were
physically aff1uent beyond the need of becom-
ingness. The pallid compilations, narrow
chests, Hat boSoms, angular figures, of which
we were so wont to hear so much from Old
World sources, were hardly perceptible. They
diminish every year, proving that the general
health of the country is far better than it has
been, and that we more clearly understand
nature and natures laws. The present danger
is that American women may acquire in few
years more adipose matter than may be at
tractive. The tendency is obviously in that
direction. 1t may not be great while before
English, French and German sisters not to
- name those of other lands 1t appears to be
the rule that women, in and after middle life
grow fat when they are comfortably circum-
manifest reason why American girls should be
an exception, We hope they will stop short Of
European redundance-any degree of thinness
is preferable to obesity-but whether they dc
or do not, the meagreness of the daughters Of
the Republic is, unquestionably, thing of the
past.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-10
MAINE.
Death Of DR.. Jewett of Norway

Death Of DR.. Jewett Of Norway.
AUGUSTA, March 9.-Dr. w. HI. Jewett of
Norway, who testified before the White in
vestigating committee on Thursday of last
week, died at the Central House about 2
o'clock Tuesday morning Several years ago
Mr.. Jewett was thrown out of wagon and
has not been in robust health since, but never
the less he has resolutely attended to his large
and growing practice. The immediate cause
of his death was chills and tendency to typhoid
fever which his weakened constitution was
unable to throw off. DR.. Jewett was very
successful physician and was universally es-
teemed wherever known. He was appointed
United States examining surgeon last fall in
place of DR.. Bradbury. A week ago he was
elected experimenting school committee by
the citizens of his town. He was an active
member of 10th the Masons and Odd Fellows.
He leaves wife to mourn his loss.
Fire in Augusta.
The house and barn of William Fifeld,
mile out of the city, were destroyed by fire
this mnrnias.-Eoss some s5IoUU.
Fire in Wilton.
PENNINGTON, March "a set of farm build
ings owned by Cyrus Henderson of Wilton
were burned to-day. Loss $500; insured in
the town company.