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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

FRANCE can in few days send forward
512 batalions, each 1000 strong, of the
first line. In a fortnight or three weeks
more it could put in motion 1873 battalions,
from 800 to 1000 men each, of the reserve,
and in another month 290 battalions, 800
strong each, of the eterritoriale. This would
give total fighting force of about 922, 200
men. For corresponding periods Germany
could send to the field in the first place SOB
battalions, 1000 strong, of the first line, 199
battaions, 1000 strong of reserves, and 266
battalions, 800 strong, of tandacehr, making
in all an army of 881, 800 men France
would have beside 493 battalions, including
those in Algeria, for garrison and supply
duty, and Germany 21S battalions for the
same service. These figures refer to infan-
try alone. With reference to other arms,
the French cavalry contains in time of peace
64,5OO men and $4,000 reservists, or 800
squadrons of first line, forming total of
129,5O0 sabres, the German cavalry contain
ing "a, 500 men and $1,000 reservists, or 372
souadrons of first line, mastering $4,000
sabres. The French artillery contains 6S.-
600 men, and $1,000 reservists, form
ing 361 batteries of first line. The
German artillery contains $4,000 men
and $500 reservists, forming $40
batteries of first line. The engineer corps
musters 5000 men on the Freuch and 2S,-
600 on the German side. Excluding from
the French army the troops necessary for
the protection of Algeria, the strength of
the military forces of both armies on the
continent is about equal, and amounts to
the extraordinary total of 100000 of men
on each side.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
!. pRoCLAMAr1oN

1t has long been the custom of our people with
the closing of the year look back upon the bless
ings brought to them in the changing course OF sea-
sons and TO return solemn thanks to the All Giving
Source from whom they flow, and although at this
peri when the falling leaf monishes us that the
time of sacred duty is at hand our nation still
lies in the shadow Of a great bereavement and
mourning which has filed our hearts and still nnds
\ ts sorrowful expression towards God before whom
we but lately bowed N grief and suppcation, yet
the countless benefits which have showered upon
us during the past twelve months call for out Ter
vent gratitu and make il fitting that we should
rejoice with thankfulness that the Lord in His inf
mite mercy has most signaly favored our countrs /,
and people. Peace without and pr spefity
within have been vouchsafed to us. NO pestien
has visited our shores. The abundant privileg of
freedom which our fathers left us in their wisdom
are still increasing heritage, and II In parts OF
our vast domain, some afiiiction has virited our
brethren in their forest homes yet even TINS calamity
has been tempered, and in a manner sanctined by
the generous compassion for the sufferers v men
has been called forth throughout our land For all
these things 1t is meet that the voice II he Nation
Wherefore I Cher or Arthur, President OF
the United States, do recommend that the
people observe Thursday, the 24th day OF Novem-
be insta t, day of national thanksgiving ana
PRAYER by ceasing so far as may be from their
secular labors and meeting in their several places
of worship there to Join in ascribiDg honor and
praise 10 Almighty God whose goodness has been so
manifest In our history and in our lives, and offer
/ & earnest praye thas His bountes may continue
to us and to our childrea.
Ia witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and caused he seal of the United States to be
affixed.
November in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one and of the indie
peDdence of the United States the one hundred
and sixth.
BY the President.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

A STRONG argument for embanking the
Mississippi is furnished by the great destruc-
ton caused by recent foundations along the
course of that magnificent but wayward riv-
er. 1t is estimated that the value of the
property destroyed in this way will not fall
far short of three million dollars. There will
be some compensation for this next year, as
autumn floods in the Mississippi river are
invariably followed by splendid crops; but il
is costly kind of irrigation. Building le-
wees too strong to be broken through would
he a more profitable business.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

MAHoNE and his methods are not entirely
to the taste of the Providence Journal, but
it says the prohibition movement in North
Carolina was one phase of the revolt against
Bourbon restriction, as was the Greenback
excuse for new party in Mississippi, and
the success of the Liberals in Virginia will
give encouragement as well as show the
method for successful action to the large
and growing element in the South, which
has no desire to be tied down any longer by
the traditions of the old slave-holding De
xnnnranu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15
A Mouse in a Connecticut school

A Mouse in Connecticut School.
Waterbury Americana
A mouse came near breaking up school in
the Center district yesterday. Trotting around
on the floor the children espied him, and
buzz of whispers called the teachers attention.
"Now, children" said she. in kind and
motheriy way, keep very quiet every one oil
you. He's perfectly harmless" The scholars
were very quiet and watched the capers Of the
mouse breathlessly. The teacher had scarcely
finished her brave address when movseIy
ran directly for her G ana oegan 10 walk
and the preaching was turned into
practice, which refused to dovetail, as it were.
In short, the teacher screamed and yelled with
fright and ran as if pack of red adders were
in mad pursuit The whole school thereupon
became uproarious, and the mouse was boss OF
the situation. The little fellow " as so delight
ed that he stood up on his hind legs ana
danced a hornpipe and then skedaddled
through the doorway leaving the teacher and
her ticklsd pupils in peculiar frame OF mind'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER Is

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve con-
municatiOns that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

THE Salt Lake Tribune is authority for
the statement that Confederate bonds are be-
ing man ufactured by the million in Utah
from newly made plates. The story goes
that the plates were made in Chicago. BY
the time the eccentric London gentlemen
who are purchasing bonds of the deceased
Confederacy finish their labors they will
probably discover that the job which they
undertook was more exciting than lucrative.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

GENERAL GRANT has pretty good mas
terry of plain English, but the vocabulary Of
bric-a, brac is too much for him. Writing
to his agent at Galena the other day, in re-
gard to forwarding his effects to New York,
he said: "You will find in the parlor two
Clorsini plaques, if you know what that
means; don't. Send them with the bal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

PRINCE BISMARCK is not regaining the
ground he mad lost. The second elections,
which were necessary in twenty-seven cases,
have been held, and the result is that the
Opposition gains eighteen votes, and seven
more Socialists have secured a seat in the
Reichstag. There is no encouragement in
that for the supporters of imperialism and
autocracy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-15

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with q Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal.
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THE indianapolis Times believes sit
would be just, wise and expedient to con-
fer'' the right of suffrage on women.
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GAN open river means an unrestricted in
ternal commerce." is the sententious buzz
of the Omaha Bee.
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PRIVATE Dalzell is candidate for Post
master of the House of Representatives.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Definite Contract printed in plain all Policies IS
similar agreement Tor
other plan and age OF issue
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
AT FIFTY.

YES, fifty is great age-people seem
to think it is; half century. I have
felt it as I looked back upon the years
I have felt it as I looked before me in
the glass; I have felt it in the society of
Belle and her mates; have felt it when
people treated me with the cool polite
ness due their own self-respect, and,
that done, have fled to the charms of
little Belle and Alice, that only yester-
day l remembe in their cradles; and if
l mad any common-sense | should not
have felt it with the regret did.
But hated all along to be growing
toward fifty. i hated to see that I
could not sit outdoors of an evening
without little shawl; that could not
take the old rambles and rides of my
youth unless fatigued; that instead of
thrilling freshly in every nerve to the
beauty of sunset and scenery as used
to do, quivered only in remembering
how I used to thrill.
And then, too, dreaded to be old,
thinking if some day-some day-Mas-
kelyn should see me, and pass by with
out knowing me, or, if knowing me,
knowing only to suffer mortal shock at
the sight; never thinking that Maskelyn
also was growing old. All, perhaps l
should have dreaded it all the more if /
had thought the years were setting lines
in the smooth olive of that face, were
dimming the fire of those great eyes,
were whitening the darkness of the locks
that fell across that brow of his, were
importing the music of that voice. I
never did think it,. To me he had q sort
of immortality. And now-now I am
fifty years old, as Twas yesterday; but
it is not bitter any more, as it was yes
terday, with that old bitterness of van
ished strength and interest; for love
life. feel the blood bounding warmly
in my veins; death seems farther away
than ever-it is only bitter now because
l have nothing h-t this old face, this old
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
Thoughts From Dickens.

If you had the abilities of all the great
men, past and present, you could do
nothing well without sincerely mean
ing it, and setting about it.-Bleak
House. ff--lr~l -I.r1f fs"ntF' i1Do-
There are days in this life worth life
and worth death. And oh! what a bright
old song it is, that "Oh! It's love that
makes the world 60 round. "eOurMutual
Friend. ........-.. ....-.-.~, .,.su ......-
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins !;
but it can not be the pride of a mother
in her children, for that is a compound
of two cardinal virtues-faith and hope.
Nicklebu. g ON 7th
Men who are thoroughly false and
hollow seldom trys to hide those vices
from themselves; and yet in the very
act of avowing them they lay claim to
the virtues they feign to despise- Barna-.
By Rudge., =. s,.-.. Z, SIN. ..,..'..aes. y.
The old, old fashion! the fashion that
came in with our first garments, will
last unchanged until our race has runit
course, and the wide armament is rolled
up like scroll. The old; old fashion
th!-Dombey and Son. :la5ser7 II
- 1t always grieves me to contemplate
the initiation Of children into the ways of
life when they are scarcely, more than
infants: 1t checks their, confidence and
simplicity-two of the best qualities
Heaven gives them. Tile Old Curiosity
Shop. az. WI ~. srs,..,-, Il. .,.y III.
Verify, verify, travellers have seen
many idols in many countries; but no
human eyes have ever seen more dar7
ing, gross and shocking images of the
Divine nature than we creatures make
in our own likenesses of our own bad
passions.-Lutle Do7rit. a. ''''ff ~.
Some happy talent and some FORUM
ate opportunity may form the two sides
of the ladder on which some men mount,
but the rounds of that ladder must be
made of stuff to stand the wear and
tear; and there is no substitute for
thorough-going, ardent and sincere
earnestness.-Ihe PtckUick Club. sf7sN
A silent look of affection and regard
where all other eyes are turned coldly
away-the Consciousness that we possess
the sympathy and affection of one being
when all others have deserted us-is q
hold, q stay, a comfort, in the deepest
affection, which no wealth. could pur-
chase or power bestow..-Davtd Copper
field. &c. 10Y = Do ~ p.
Alas! how few of natures faces are
left to gladden. us with their beauty
The cares and Borrowings, and hunger
ings, of the world change them, as they
change hearts; and it is only when
those passions sleep, and have lost their
hold forever, that the troubled clouds
pass off and leave Heavens surface
f}ear -OL7er TlDist &c sd o.. .-r
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
A Child's Fancies. ]

SAYS Prentice Milford: 4 What vol
umes of unwritten history, mystery and
conjecture there are in the brain of o
seven7year-oh child !! I believe your
-grown-ups poet, after all, does not pro-
duce the idealization of his baby days,
when sticks, stones, boxes and old TIM
pans talked to him. But the child can
make little world of its own, and man.
nfacture q room full, of peoplseout of
three. chsArs, two rag-babies and q cat.
With such materialit will hold o church
service, s.let out the meeting" go to a
wedding. marry somebody, 60 TO a
funeral, bury all its friends and relations,
start an alarm of fire and s'run with the
machine" prescribe for the sick, 60 =
shopping. rejoice over the accession Of
a new baby and travel in Europe, while
you of maturer years are yawning and
wishing that some one would drop in
whom you could talk to.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
..Liyia!',' he said. +

80 Liyiai,,,, he said H. .fesf -, sssl'y'
~ Maskelvnt, 81. 1.Npied. And / felt
as he did-impOssible to say whether it
.Waakliis world or, the next, whether ]
really, saw him, orit was, as it had been
many times before, that dreamed
did. And then said to myself, "The
worst has come. ], shall hear presently
that Maskelyn is dead'' But he was
saying to, himself and yet / heard him:
scan it be-? Is it SOP Herself In the
old home! My God! if she should yet
be freel And then glad cry, and we
were in each others arms. And we
were fifty years old. Too old for such
Joy; and drew back, all blushing and
ashamed, only to be taken in those arms
again. He broke off by -and-by branch
OF the honeysuckle, and twined it in my
hair. e "a + - % s.'l =
80. :. What would Belle and Alice sayP"
nnurmured. -, s...s. r. y. -. i.
49,. Who are Belle and Alice PSI said he.
And in the sudden jealous spasm that 1
had l realized anew my fifty years and
their twenty 10 n us tfaa h5,~ttrpH
81 am so DID," I said, sand they are
SO young!" .tes' - =
10" For me you have eternal youth, }" he
answered. eve are going to live back
ward all the, years in which have lost
you, since you are so good, my angel,
as to love me still, to. refuse to reproach
me, to forgive me.'' 1909 -aus. ~Ei ul
And sometimes ] ask if they to whom
fate seems kinder, and give a smooth
current of love in their early season,
have half the depth of delight in it that
they find who at later day love with
the concentrated force that, spread out
over all the intervening years, might
have been shallow and stagnant pool.
Did | love Maskelyn any better at twen-
typ Not any fraction so dearly Did
he love me morep / can not answer for
that. One could hardly love more than
an AFFECT worshiper loves q saint in her
shrine, and SO he seems to love. wi la a., 3,
And SO l am to be married
tomorrow. T. sit here in a
daze, while Belle and Alice are
weaving garlands on the steps below,
1t, does not seem to strike them as any,
thing strange. "We were always sure
you had a romance and a hero, Miss
Liyia," they say. sob, it is like read
ing new chapter. And. you are GO
ing to come back here, after you have
seen the great world, and never let us
lose your And forget, as see him
coming up the walk while they weave,
that [ can no more ride and ramble
without fatigue, for have an arm on
which to lean; and know that / shall
thrill once more to sunset and sunrise,
water scene and mountain view, for
there will be eyes to double all the beau
ty, and reflect it back on mine. l forget
that any time has been stolen from me
when look at Maskelyn's face, that has
only grown stronger and more rugged
and noble in the full light of his noon.
thank Heaven, that is letting me begin
this life, however short the life may be,
so blessed. so blessing, although at fifty
years.-Harper's Baznr 'o- ii geo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
! POLITICAL NOTES.

~ People who are advising General
Garfield to put colored man In his
Cabinet are throwing their time away
The President-elect has not yet adver-
7tised for proposals, and doesn't want
to be embarras sed by the color line. "
The latest joke at Washington Is
that Mr.. Garfield's Cabinet will contain
no Ohio man. And possibly Hayes
Administration will have no Ohio man
in it between now and the 4th of March;
but people will believe both-when they
see It. .-
1t is remarkable fact that Col
fax does not want to be United States
Senator. He greatly prefers the quiet
of his own home, where, he II not
tempted to speculate, or, II he does in
vest, there are no committees to intes-
tigate. Happy Smiler!--Ind. Sens;sei
- Il 10 stated that General Grant
has given Senator Blaine to undarstand,,
that he will "never speak to him
again" The explanation OF this fero-
cious and implacable luminosity II that
in the contest for the Chicago nomina-
ton the Maine SENATOR connection
with the attacks on tho ex-President %
far transgressed proper bounds as TO
put an end to personal Intercourse.
Inc Maine Senator, therefore, Will have
to manage to get through the remnant
OF his days on this planet without the
privilege Of again going through the
'pump-handle" shake with the great
soldier. LOUIS Republican. '''''
Most of the North Carolina col
ored folks who cxodusted to Ohio and
Indiana are piling back to .'Ole Caro-
line" as lively as they know how. They
appear to be in doubt as to which
treated them with most rigor-the
Western winter or the Republican ma
jority. They didn't find the free and
glorious West flowing with milk and
honey, and they weren't invited to run
for Office. They go back with better
opinion Of the State in which they were
raised, and feeling that they are Of no
more account in the opinion Of . North
ern Republican than Of o Southern
Democrat. except. of course. rs peg
to hang howl on Chicago Times.
=
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27

TOWERING ambition IL . fine thing
the love of place, power. influence,
wealth, fame. gloryi but, AFTER AL. ios
. steady diet, there b nothing like solid
comforts book, D pipe, . rocking
chair, cheerful hearth, and the little
world Of home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27


OF 1900 and in the, election Of 1880. Are
to-day, which are based on principle,
referrabIeI to the question: of State
rights2s What ID the question Of legal
/ tender in its legal aspect but q question
of Constitutional power2 -lsaH8- duel
20 1t is easy to speak of Democratic lib
crafty about " internal improvements"
as modern thing, but was not the
/ Democracy always intensely National
about objects deemed to be really Ma
tionaT q Did not the Democracy in
1S53-'54 begin in Congress the surveys
and inaugurate the work for the con-
struction of the Pacific railways? Did
it not carry on war thirty years ago to
enlarge the National domain Did it
not strain the Constitution, against the
protest of State-rights Massachusetts,
for the :. National objects of acquiring
the Floridas, Louisiana, Texas, Califor-
mia and New Mexico? In q word. do
not our present party differences turn
on a disagreement as to what il Ma
tionah and what is local? 1H4i7a 1913
1t would be wen if Senator Edmunds
fwould employ a few leisure moments in
making a candid exposition Of the pros
poets OF the ballot in this country as
exhibited in the late election. With
what hopes or fears is he inspired as
he .contemplates the power exer-
cised over the ballots of their work.
men by the individuals or companies
or corporations engaged in manufactur-
ing business? What has he to say of
| the growing use of money in Northern
elections? Is the ballot coming to be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27

thrill and spring of the heart, lest
sinned, lest made him sin, and I wrap
ped it closer away again. But the day
after had seen that face was always a
day of mourning. And at last knew
that he had no longer wife; and year
went by, and year, and year, and he had
not come. Sometimes, in wondering
and thinking, my heart would best so
loud that it seemed as if only fasting
and PRAYER would still it, and l
blushed and burned to think wasted a
throb on one who had long ago ceased
to care, who never came to see; snd
one day I took his pictures, that Of the
boyish beauty and that of the stalwart
man, and burned them both to ashes,
and prayed that my love might burn to
ashes with them, and my heart be- cold
and at peace in that my fiftieth year
h But if 1 had not learned every line of
the later picture by heart, whether
would or no, / might have known
Maskelyn when he came sauntering by
the gate that night, and gave a look at
the porch, and started as il a bolt had
struck him, and stopped and leaned his
folded arms on the gate, and stared at
me as sat there
He knew me. In the softly beginning
shadows OF the twilight my face seemed
hardly changed, and air and ttl&ude
were stillthe same. He knew me, but
he. did not believe in me; he thought
something had happened to his brain,
or else that he saw q vision ina trance.
He lifted his hat and rubbed his fore
head; he half turned to go away; then
he wheeled about, opened the gate, and
came slowly up the path, with his sol
emn gaze still fixed upon me. All, how
sweet the honeysuckle breath came,
stirred by his advancing motion!