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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

HJALMAR II. BoYEsEN, the w,ll-known
writer, contributes short paper to the
Critic upon Russian Nihilism, in the course
of which he gives the substance of an inter-
view between himself and prominent Nj
hilist. The following statement made by
the latter to Mr.. Boyesen formulates the
aims for which the Nihilsts are working in
a very concise and straightforward manner:
What the great body of the Russian people
wants, is constitutional government. We have
outgrown our swaddling clothes; and the pa
tIiarchal despotism, which answered well
enough as long as the majority of the nation
lived in Asiatic barbarism, becomes odious and
impossible as soon as European thought invades
the country and we gain the self-respect which
is the inevitable concomitant of culture. The
great argument which the Government uses is
that we are not yet ripe for even limited self
government But ii we were good enough to
shed our blood in order to bestow the blessings
of constitutional government upon our Slavon-
ic brethren inBulgaria, Roumelia, and Serbia,
why, the conclusion lies near that we have
right to expect that for ourselves which we have
the power to beStow upon Others Therefore
our own radically corrupt despotism seemed
tenfold hateful to the Russian people after they
returned from their victories south of the Bal
kans; and when the Czar, after having ap-
pealed to our patriotism and love of our kim
dred, disappointed our legitimate expectations
and attempted to force us back into the old
treadmill, it was inevitable that the Nihilists,
who formerly had been an insignificant party
should rise to become dangerous power in
the State. 1t is a mistake to suppose that the
great body df those who now call themselves
Nihilists wish to make tabula rasa of the
past, and to start radically new order of So
ciety There are a half dozen different
sects within the party, and all that unites them
is their common hate of despotism. Let
the Gar grant representative government,
with Parliament and responsible Min
listers, and above all, let him abolish the
shamefully cruel and barbaric secret police,
and within year Nihilism would sink back
into its former insignifcance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
CITY PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

NNHE Assessors of the City of Portland hereby
Il give notice to all persons liable to taxation
in said city that they will be in session every
secular day from the first to the fifteenth 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 receiving lists of the polls and
estates taxable in said city.
ANA all such persons are hereby notified to
make and bring TO said Assessors true and per-
feet lists OF all their polls and estates, real and
administrator, trustee, or otherwise, on the first
day OF April, 1881, 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,
or other person interested, is hereby warned to
give notice of such change, and in default of
such notice will be held under the law to pay
the tax assessed, although such estate has been
wholly distributed and paid over.
ANA any person who neglects to comply with this
notice Will be doomed to a tax according to the
laws OF the State, and be barred of the right to
make application to the County Commissioners
for any abatement of his taxes, unless he shows
that he was unable to offer such lists within the
time hereby appointed.
Gs8 In no case where the Assessors have been
put to the disagreeable necessity of making a
doom will the possession of Government bonds
or deposits in the Savings Banks be allowed as
plea in mitigation of such doom.
STEPHEN MARSH,
LOT c. NELSON, Assessors.
CYRUS X. LADD,
Blank schedules will be furnished at the room
of the Assessors,
Portland, March 31st, 1881. april I'd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

THE citizens of Dakota are preparing to
press upon Congress at its next session their
claims for admission to the Union as
State. Their immense railroad and other
property interests are backed by large and
rapidly increasing population, which al
ready greatly exceeds that of some of the
existing States. The Territory is largely
Republican in sentiment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

WELL informed Virginians are reported
as saying that the successor to Senator
johnson, to be elected next Winter, will not
be Democrat but Malone man. Gener-
al Mahone's struggle in Virginia, they say,
will end in his complete success, and this
without regard to the debt question which
is likely to disanpear
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
Did Not Appreciate the Advice.
[Carlyle's Reminiscences.1


had ridden to Edinburgh, there to consult
a doctor, having at last reduced my complexi-
ties to single question. Is this disease cura-
BILE by medicine, or is it chronic, incurable ex-
cept by regimen, if even so? This question l
earnestly put: got response, 1T is all tobacco,
sir: give up tobacco" Gave it instantly and
strictly up. Found after long months, that
might as we'll have ridden sixty miles in the
opposite direction, and poured my sorrows into
the long, hairy ear of the first iackass / came
upon as into this select medical mans, whose
name | will not mention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

A FINE specimen of Democratic corrup-
tion has been unearthed at Baltimore in the
United States district court. Several of the
registers of voters in that city are charged
with refusing to strike the names of persons
disqualified as voters from the poll books,
and it came out in the evidence Wednesday,
that in one ward the books contained over
5000 names, while there were but 1000 bona
fide voters in the ward. The register who
refused to strike out the superfuous names
said he was placed there by the Democratic
party, and he proposed to do his duty by it.
The registry books in other wards of the
city are found to be loaded with fictitious
names, and names of persons long since
dead or removed from the city, and it is be-
lieved that the same tactics have been en-
ployed all over Maryland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

New YORK Tribune: We submit as a
question of order to the Democratic minor
ity in the United States Senate, that it is
entirely out of order for party that has
once talked itself to death, to sit up in its
coffin and obstruct the progress of the fu-
neral by renewed chatter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

SOPIE PIEoFFsKY, one of the persons ar
rested for completely in the assassination of
the Czar, is the daughter of former pro-
vincial Governor and the neice of an officer
of high rank in the Russian army. She is a
woman of considerable talent, and of edu-
cation superior to that of most Russiaa wo.
men. According to her confessions, it ap-
pears that she was the chief spirit of the
conspiracy to murder the Gar. Roussa-
koff was a mere instrument, and! implicitly
obeyed her command. She had an idea
that the death of the Gar would result in
the establishment of social Republic in
Russia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

The Wisconsin House of Representatives
has rejected the bill making the crime of
murder punishable by death, by vote of 81
to %. The attempt to re-establish capital
punishment there dates from the attempt of
Chippawa county crowd to lynch young
man who finally got away from them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

The Rev. B. DeBey, Dutch preacher, of
Chicago, claims that the British misrepre-
sent the Beers when they say that the latter
are slave owners. He is quite sure that the
negroes Of the Transvaal have as much free
dom as their brethren in America.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

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
tion but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munications that not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

ONLY one grandson of General Lafayette
in the direct male line is now living This
is Edmond de Lafayette, younger brother of
the late Marquis. He is unmarried, and
When he dies the name will become extinct.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

DROPOSALS will be received by the undersigned,
Il until SATURDAY, April 9th, for furnishing
the Public Schools of the City of Portland for the
March 31st. 1882, with Books, Stationery, and
other supplies of the kind usually furnished by the
City for school use, including Writing Drawing and
Lead Pencils, Crayons, Erasers, Ink &c. ALI pro-
posals will be contingent upon such appropriation
as the City Council ay make for the above supplies
and the right is reserved to reject all such proposals
as may be deemed contrary to the interests of the
city. f. E. PRAY,
ap2d1w Supt. of School Buildings.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

THE Indianapolis Journal thinks that the
next time the Democrats begin to fool with
Malone they had better make sure that he
is not loaded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 4.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with 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
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
Magazine Notices.

The numbers of The Living Age for the
weeks ending 26th March and April I'd respec-
tiyely, contain the following articles: The
Progress of Ship-Building in England, West
minister; Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and Ophe-
liza, Blackwood; Voltaire and Shakespeare, and
The Origin OF London, Cornbill; Singular Con-
nection between Dust and Fogs, Effects of
Frost and Thaws upon Plants, and Recollec-
tions of Highland Census, Chambers Jour-
nal; The Lesser Barbarians, Spectator, with
instalments of Don John, Visited on the Chill
dren, and The Fferes, aud the usual amount
of Doetry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

A Western paper reports the birth of a child
with wings Probably nature intended him
for a bank cashier. Philadelphia Chronicle
Herald.
tuberculosis is depressing the veal market
in Iowa, and it is said that many love affairs
have been broken off in consequence.-New
YoIk Commercial Advertiser
Filkins says while he might reasonably en-
terta!n doubt, he wouldn't keep tramp owe
night-New York News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

Now if it had been the king of Sweden in
stead of the czar of Russia, we should not have
been surprised. The king of Sweden writes
poetry.-Norristown Herald.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for Cut Granite for Stairwavs

OFFICE OF BUILDING FOR STATE, WAR; AND NAVY
DEPARTMENTS,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April l, 1881
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing and deliv-
- ering all the cut granite required for two wind
state, war and Navy Departments, in this city, will
be received at this office until II NJ of April %,
ence of bidders.
Specifications general instructions for bidders,
blank forms of proposal, and information to
where copies of the drawings may be seen, will be
furnished to proprietors of established granite
works upon their application to this office.
THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
apleod2w Lt.-Col., Corps of Engineers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
1880 MAINE STATE FAIR 1880
ALL PREMIUMS AWARDED TO
47s 1-e Congress street 47sl lie

SPECIAL NoTIcE:-For short time only, l have
decided to offer an entire Code of Prices for all
sizes of Photographic work. Cards. per doz. $500
Regular Cabinets per doz., $500. Larger Sizes
SSO0-former prices $500 to $1,000. This style
of work is adapted more especially to the enlarge
ment of old pictures in which it is only necessary
that the original be good likeness in order to in
first-class result, with drapery, arrangement
of hair, &c., modernized to suit the taste.
Crayon Portraits, 1a Life Size, $500; Life
Size. $25.OO.
All engagements made by the Platinotype pro
cess and warranted absolutely permanent. The
finishing will be done by of Boston's celebrated
artists who has devoted lifetime to his chosen
profession and allows no work to leave his studio
which is not perfect.
These prices are but little more than half what
have been charging for the same, but have per-
fected arrangements whereby can do the work at
above rates for few weeks, and have resolved to
give my patrons the benefit, and at the same time
introduce series of Crayons of high order. The
tendency of many of our citizens to waste their
Amateurs. specimens of which may be seen on
every hand, is the principal incentive which in
duces me to place Legitimate Work at so low a
figure.
/ would also call special attention to my Solar
Enlargements on Albumen Paper, which make
from Life, for the small sum of $40. 0.00ieach. Un-
like the Putty effects above referred to- these Pho
tos are perfect Hkenesses, rich in detail, and
fine illustrations of Art as found in Photographic
and in their production challenge any attempt at
competition.
Remember that for grown people cloudy and even
stormy weather is equally favorable and in many
cases preferable to sunshine Small children
should be brought in early on bright sunny days.
Appointments may be made by Mail or Telephone.
Respectfully,
coNAMEsI1Jii;t Ess1 Ji;t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
Notice to Contractors.

OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES,
MAINE INSANE HoSPIrAL}
Augusta, Me-, March 24th 1SS1.l
Sealed proposals will be received at this office I'M
til Tuesday, April 18th, 1881, at IL o'clock A. NJ,
for furnishing all the materials and doing all the
labor required in erecting new pavilion ON the
grounds of this institution, for parts thereof,
per plans and specifications of F. II. Fassett, Archi
tect, which may be at the Office of the Treas
urer of the Hospital Proposals should be addressed
To the Trustees of Maine Insane Hospital Augusta
Me-, and endorsed proposals for Pavilion.'' The
board reserves the right to reject any all propos
ais received.
j. H. MANLEY, p,,
j. S. CUSHING. Ooih'niIIee'
mar2S d12t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04
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FLOUR.

The most Of our Flour being bought
direct Of the receivers. we are enabled to
give our customers the lowest possible
Drice.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-04

IL placed price on the head of Prince
Charles, equal to 100000 of our present
money; and what was that but the offering of
a vast reward for the successful assassination
of youth whom most of the inhabitants of the
British Islands believed to be the heir of their
legitimate Kings, and in whose veins coursed
the blood of the old Saxon Kings, that of the
Anglo-Norman Kings, that of the Plantage-
nets, that of the Bruces, that of the Stewards,
and that of the Tudors? All the old Russian
assassinations of sovereigns were the work of
men of the governing classes, or of officers of
state, or of military men, mostly of noble
blood. Gustavus I'LL, King of Sweden, was
assassinated, in 1892, by tool of some disaf-
conspicuous in the efforts to murder Consul
Bonaparte were of the higher orders, and they
were all impelled from eminent quarters.
The Congress of Vienna, composed of the SOW
ereigns and statesmen of almost all European
nations, not only outlawed Napoleon, but de-
livered him up to the public vengeance,-thu
deliberately authorizing his assassination. We
have not mentioned a tenth part of the facts
that support our positions, namely, that Kings
have been the worst of King-killers, and that
assassination can be called the aristocratical
crime, with much more of fairness than went
to the ancient assertion, that the Catilnarian
Conspiracy was the patrician crime 1t would
require the writing of a considerable volume
to do the whole subject justice-and such a
work would be valuable addition to the NOR
al history of mankind We by no means say
that many slow" men were not concerned in
old conspracies, but generally they were the
mere tools of their superiors. In this century
many slow born" persons have been assassins.
Louvel, who assassnated M. le Due de Berri,
was saddler. Thistlewood's gang were "poor
creatures" Most of the men who sought the
life of Louis Philippe were of the poor classes;
and so were other assassins, in England, Ger
many, Russia, and France, and elsewhere
Orsini was of the highest class of men, as he
belonged to one of the Oldest and greatest of
Italy's historical families The wretches who
assassnated President Lincoln were of the
very drees of the country. 1t is impossible to
say how far the aristocratical element is repre-
sented among the Nihilists, but probably it is
strongly represented, and that Nihilistic per.
sstency is chiefly due to its full and abound
ing presence in all the grades of Nihilism.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-15

There is evidently a quietus upor
Texas fever. 1t may be the wrong
season to emigrate that causes it
but we are confident that when the
facts that were contained in last
weeks CITIZEN are fully canvassed
by the people they will come under
the influence of their force and rec
ognize Tennessee as the leading
southern state. We heard friend
Monday say he was going to Texas
because he could not stay on farm
where it required five acres to make
a bale Of cotton. 1t perhaps did not
occur to him that it was the fault of
culture instead of soil. Tennessee
has got to the stage when a resusci-
tating process must be applied to
her Lands, and history is full Of
proof that no country ever reaches
Its capacities until it passes that
point and commences to build up
nature. Ohio relied upon natural
fertility until her wheat average
went down to four bushels, and then
she instituted the new methods
brought out by enlightened re-
search and experiments and ran her
yield rapidly up to eighteen bushels,
where it stands. Tennessee lands
are easily redeemed and sustained
and we are just at that point where
we may easily tGrs into the way of
our lands richer and our
DeODle richer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-15
ElkmOnt Springs.

j. S. Carpenter will move soon to
Athens. Felix Jones has moved to
G. w. Vance's farm. Our neighbor-
hood will be in a stir now until
moving time is over. b. f. Hender
son smiles because OF a new little
female darling. Miss Matte Reed
of Poplar Hill is at her fathers, Mr..
w. S. Ezell VIM. Holt of Athens
was given n reception at j. l.. Stew
arts recently and the guests were
richly entertained and also enjoyed
some elegant music made by Mr..
Holt on the violin. He is proficient
upon the instrument. We have
preaching once a month at Pleasant
Hill I'D Sunday at 10 a, M, and at
Smyrna at 2.30 p. m, by Rev. Mr..
CASTOR. The Complexities have or
ganized a church at Bonds school
house, in the edge of Lincoln, and
Rev. Mr.. Weatherford breaches for
them. Mrs. S. 5. Bottom is very
low. Mrs. Many Boswell has been
quite sick but is better. She is 70
and has always had good health un
til last year. Large crops of wheat
and rye have been put in and it
looks well. We have better roads
than we have had for years at this
season. The good effects of the
road law are appreciated and if it is
kept up and the time for work eX
tended it will do us incalculable
good. The work done this year is
Of lasting character and the gullies
are better bridged. We hope the
law will be allowed to stand as it is
and not be tempered with by our
legislators. CIvIA.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-15

owner much feed. Coleman ThomD
son has finished one room of his
residence and moved into it. 1t
will be a pretty building when com
pleted. Willie Thomas, who has
been for long time an attache of
the mill and a useful member of the
Sunday school, has bought out Mr.
Wales picture gallery and is doing
pretty good business here. Joel
Parsons, who sold out his interest
here in the mill a few months ago
and moved to Birmingham, Ala.
got severely hurt, losing one of his
fingers. He has returned to his
native heath. A two year old
daughter of I. j. Doss accidentally
fell few days ago and broke her
collar bone, but is rapidly getting
well. Miss Lula Eslick is very sick
the effects, we suppose, of a VIC
lent cold. She suffers much, but
will, we hope, recover. Roy Chap
man is selling out to 90 with his
father-in-law, S. c. Pack, to Mis-
souri,. Blooming Grove church
gave quite number of members to
the church in Ellis county, Texas,
several years ago. Now, several
more familiar members of the church |
will move to the same country
Well, good may grow out of these
things. The above named church |
went to work with renewed energy
and built up almost marvelously
after the first disaEter-let her re.
new her efforts. All these friends
going west will. help to build up
society and the church there, and If
they can do better for their families,
it is their duty to go. We part
with them reluctantly. So many
'amilies leaving this drought strick
m country and selling their corn
md wheatsto those remaining here
will lessen the probability of any
)odY suffering for bread. MoN.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-15
MillteWn.

1t sometimes occurs that when
items are stored away one by one
in memory till we get enough to
write them upon paper, some of
them are covered up-forgotten for
awhile. Here are two or three
Merritt Eslick has built model
apple house, which will serve to
keep both apples and potatoes in.
1t is constructed of brick, built in
a cavity cut in a south hillside, and
is surrounded by fruit trees. John
NJ. Ross, who superintended bust
ness on the Spofford farm for two
years past, has returned to his home
in our midst. Tom. Estes is max
ing improvements on his farm by
recovering his barns and otherwise
preparing to take care of his stock.
Good warm stables will save every