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be hereafter paid or repudated by an impatient
people. The remedy to be sought against m
creased taxation, we insist, is in reduced expen-
ditures. Pay as You go. and keep within your
income. The error Of the Legislature was IN
creating the necessity for increased taxation.
The fallacy of the Ec0nomisfs argument Is in
considering that the taxes would be made less
onerous to the taxpayer if the Comptroiler's
warrants were below par. To make the argu-
ment good il would be requisite TO show that all
the tax was payable in scrip whereas the fact is
that only three aD.-FLo]- of 1t
can be so paid Next, that the warrants should
be so current and for such amounts that any tax
payer could avail himself OF the deprecated
scrip to meet his taxes. Now, in point OF fact,
the number of warrants issued during the year
1880 was only about 1900, while the number OF
taxpayers was probably 10000 Again, these
warrants, TO the extent of three-iourths Of the
total amount, were issued in sums of over 500.
So that in fact only the largest taxpayers could
avail themselves OF scrip TO pay their taxes. But
as the history of our State financial legislation
shows the result of an over-issue of warrants
has always been TO produce pressure in favor
of funding, and the bonds OF the State are issued
tor the face Of the warrants with interest, which
comes home to the taxpayer at last to be paid,
principal and interest. We are paying now
$4,000 per year interest. If we look at the
class of persons to be affected by this redundance
of scrip unprovided for, we find that of the
$3.50 900 appropriated, only $4,000 belongs tc
the executive department. which is the only
| class of salaries which the Economist complaint
Of. The main loss would fall upon the witnesse:
and jurors and the judicial salaries, while the
loss would not touch the pay Of the Legislature
as they had provided for their own payment ir
ereenbacks by loan What advantage coult
there then possibly be TO the people of the STATE
by issuing q redundancy Of scrip with the sol'
view of its depreciation Apart from its lack o
a sound financial basis, it would be in the nature
of a reputation of its obligations somewha
akin to the moral status Of the man who know
ingly draws his drafts upon bank in excess o
the money he has deposited
The EconOmia seems TO be arguing for q dc
preciatcd State scrip by showing that the ex
penscs of certain departments of the Slate gov
eminent are great We fail TO see the relation
of the premises 10 the conclusion. Scrip repre-
sents liabilities; taxes represent assets. How
increasing liabilities will increase the assets. W
are unable TO perceive. We are alike oppose'
to a deprecated scrip and to an increase OF tax
alton, but prefer the latter 10 the former.
sound public opinion must be relied upon TO &C
upon future legislation and correct the errors O
| q N 81
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How Conn nm fssfOner LIE Duo Hopes TO
Save $4,000, 900 to the Country.

Washington Post
The Department of Agriculture is happy over
the receipt of magnificent sample of American
juie fibre prepared by mechanical process from
green stems grown in Virginia. 1t satisfactorily
solves problem that has engaged the attention
of the department for over ten years, and estab-
fishes the fact that India jute be successfully
and proftably grown upon American soil. In
the language Of the Commissioner, General
LIE Due il is "our declaration Of independce from
India, in the matter of jute, and means an an
nual saving to this country of 100000 and
over" The prepared fibre, now on exhibition at
the department, is pronounced equal in all
respects to any foreign fibre, and superior in
strength to the Indian fibre. 1t is largely used
in the manufacture of gunny bags paper, ropes,
carpets, baggings and oil-cloihs. 1t will be i'm
possible to glut the market with the fibre, rs its
use is so diversified and essential.
The plant can be successfully grown in any
section south of New York, and it is believed
farther to the North. For several years it has
been raised in the Carolinas. Georgia and Vir-
ginia. To clean and prepare by hand the fibre
for market is Shiny and profitless business, and
the American laborer in this work could not
compete with the women, children and other
cheap labor OF the East Indies A machine to
do the work was essential to make the cultiva-
ton of jute success on American SOIL The
Commissioner is satisfied that such a machine has
been invented. The inventors and pateniees are
Martin Dennis and Albert Angel. of Newark,
NJ j. They intend to operate the machine this
season at some point on the James river The
government Of Calcutta has standing offer of
f5 900 reward to the inventor of a successful jute
cleaning machine. and it is believed that the
American inventors named will secure the hand
some prize.
The department is distributing large guam
tiiy of jute seed throughout the Southern
States 1t is planted in the spring and harvested
in the fall. The yield OF fibre is about $500
pounds to the acre, and the market quotation for
The prepared article is 1911 cents per pound
General lie Due is convinced that the acreage Of
juic planting this season will be very large, and
that the planters will realize handsomely on
their crops. For years juie has been to India
grcaI source of wealth, and there is now no rea.
son why II should not be an equal source OF
wealth to the United SAies. It will suppress the
foreign monopoly annually saving millions OF
dollars to the country, aud. at the same time,
ince our capitalists to establish new nranufac-
tories and Industries that viii give employment
to thousands of laborers.
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tlorlua mlfrOFs Apfll VI
The Economist of the Cd inSt republishes our
article upon deprecated scrip, and answers At
length our comments upon the Econo6aist views,
as expressed in previous issue, in kindly
spirit The question Is of sufficient importance
to be fairly discussed, and wepublsh the EeOn0-
misfs article in full as showing one view of the
question, taken by an able Journalist and law
yer whom we know to have the best interests of
the State at heart. We cannot assent TO the
Et0nomists reasoning on the scrip question,
although we are quite in accord with It's views
on the importance OF an economical administra-
ton of the State government.
The point at issue is simply whether or not the
appropriations made by the Legislature shall be
provided for by the levy of tax sufficient to
meet The amount required or whether the obli-
cations ofthe State in the shape of State war
rants shall be issued against an empty treasury,
to be hawked around for awhile until such a
volume is reached as 10 call for funding The out
standing indebtedness IN State bonds, The inter.
esl ofwhich Is added 10 the yearly burden Of
taxation, with the principal resting as . debt to
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We print elsewhere two articles on the sub
ject OF Juts, which we commend to the farmers
of this State. There is every reason to believe
that great attention will soon be given 10 the
cultivation of this product. Jute and Rame
will grow well in Florida and now that ma
chine has been invented for separating the fibre
from the stalk, especially the fibre of the Juie, it
needs only that persons of enterprise shall be-
come, as it were, pioneers to induce many 10
plant it. The Rev. Mr.. Beecher, of Wakulla,
has demonstrated, in small way, that the
Ranaie plant is well adapted 10 our soil, and Col.
DeAIilt who has become a considerable landed
proprietor in Wakulla, has showed his faith in
both Ramie and Jute by engaging in the cult
walton of both The seed of the latter can be
obtained from the Agricultural Department at
Washington in limited quantity. 1t is not too
late to plant and we hope many will Try the cx-
pertinent
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Prof Vennor's Probabilities for
April.

FROM ulb AiuhhuCJ
There will be sharp frost In the beginning of
April, with snow fall on the 4th and 9Th, but the
spring will open favorably, and everything win
be pretty well advanced by April IS. Floods
may be expected in Chicago about the fist week
in April, winds also prevailing in the early part
of the month Snow falls are probable about
April s. Navigation is likely to open on Lake
Ontario about April 7.
The St. Lawrence river will be open about the
9th or 18th, and the first steamship will proba-
bly, arrive about the 18th or 18th. The weather
will be very stormy In the Lower Provinces
about the goth. with very high water prevailing,
but in the West April will be q dry month.
There will be warm weather just following the
Goth, ending In thunderstorms on the oath and
25th. Snowstorms are probable in the far West
on the S5th and 26th. and snow falls are not
unlikely TO occur in England at the close of the
months. The month will end wet and cold,
but, on the whole, win be like May month.
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Those who wish 10 tesl lhc intellect Of new

Those who wish to test the intellect ola new
cook or other suspected person, according to Dr..
Delaunay, need only 10 give her plate to pol
ish and notice in which direction she moves her
hands. II she goes round from left TO right, as
in winding up watch, all is we'll; but if she
goes from right 10 left it is sign Of mental in
feriority. DR.. D,launay adds the inferiority Of
the softer sex Gas well as the male dunces) Is
shown by their drawing circles from right to
lett asylum patients and children do the same,
but when the faculties are developed the person
may come 10 reverse his method. He concludes
that centrifugal movements are characteristic
Of intelligence and higher development; Gen.
.ripetal are mark Of incomplete evolution.
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In the Herald of last Friday, we find this re-
markable deliverance:
We hoped to have seen Senators like Brown
of Georgia Lamar, of Mississippi; Hampton, Of
South Catolina; Jackson, of Tennessee, and
Ransom, of North Carolina, who have hitherto
shown liberal tendency in public affairs, unite
with General Malone and endeavor to break
down the ring called the Solid South.
That is 10 say, we suppose, says the Telegraph,
that the Herald hoped the Senators named would
not only commit political hari kari. but In adj
dition, beiFay their section and people into the
hands ofthe bitterest enemy Of both-the Radi-
cal party. To think, for one moment, that true
men would unite with the miserable little Vir-
ginia apostate in insulting the memory of the
dead, and befOulng the hopes and wishes of the
living is an insult we did not look tor from q
paper generally so sensible and just in It's treat
ment of questions affecting this section. The
Herald sur ely cannot have forgotten how many
good words it has spoken of and for our people
in this direction, any more than II can forget how,
not only the gentlemen named, but vast ma
iority oftheir people, have shown this liberal
tendency for many years. But OF what avail has
it beeng Has it shielded them from the assaults
and caum mics OF the Radical party9 What en-
couragement have they had from that party or
the people it represents, TO continue in that lib
eral tendency Did they get any credit for sup
porting Greeley, or Hancock What more lib
eral tendency could they have shown than in
doing these thingsl We fear the Herald has
fallen into the Radical manner of thought and
speech in this regard, which is, that neither
words nor acts count for aught which stop short
of full surrender 10 Radicalsm and all Its
ways, works and purposes. We tell the Herald
that day will never come-never. Thank God |
the South does not, and will not, breed many
Mahones. They are monstrosities which only
appear at intervals
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It. Louis Post Dispatch
Vliss0wrf Sfnfkur,a Au

The statesmen Of the Missouri Legislature are
now .hammering away at 81 per day. II is said
that very fair board can be had at Jefferson CITY
for $3.50 per week, with washing and incden-
tails at fifty cents. AS liquor costs little Or
nothing, a frugal member can save 81 week
without doing himself violence The spring :
very backward, and it will be At least three
weeks before the rural members will be seizeo
with desire to go barefooted.
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1T Is whispered that the Grant element have
determined, il they are unable to foist General
Grant upon the Republicans as its candidates
in 1884, 70 bring forward Robert Lincoln, and
endeayor to push him through by the light of the
halo which surrounds the name Of his father.
The anti-Grant element has some inkling OF this,
and 1t Is spFmiscd that efforts may be made to
bring abott condition Of circumstances which
will force bis retirement from the Cabinet
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The negroes congregated at the cour'-nou,'
on last Monday for the PURPOSE of giving ss'-
dence in the contest case Of Withespoon vs. y.
wilson. Nor,hing was done, and 4 IS understood
that there will be another gathering To-Day,
Who are running" these negro farmers ana ~
borers? Parson Wliherspoon returned !fOn
Washington on Monday. Ha has been having
good time al the expense Of his colored '''s''@
and admirers Monticello CtnsfstHtioH.
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washington S'A'1 = ou.er Cd.e.

A singular case was before:a Mississippi coul.
a few days ago. A planter decided to plant M !,
cotton. His neighbors who al stick to cotIon,
applied to the court for an injunction to RESTRAIN
the planter from sowing grass seed. on %, u. y
ground that grass viii not confine itsell -
The land of the planter of IT, but spreads over a
surrounding plantations and units the grounu
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tia, their xzaA or SUBSCRIPTION has ExrrRED, and
govern themselves accordingly. Amer paper has
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james Adger & Co., Of Charleston, who SUE
pended in 1879, have settled with their creditors
and resumed business
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New York Herald
The South ought to be satisfied. The North
has gone half way. That is, the Republican
party has gone over to Malone.
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w.R. ANTHoINE,
: Is ExchaneSrr.
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SETH J.. LARRABEE,
COUNSELLOR AT Law,
100 Exchange strses.
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Z a 1DOIN IUOhE1s, Oup q
Portland, Dec. 9TH. 1881.
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BOSTON Il MAINE RAILROAD
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after menday, Dec.
-: s., 1881, P.sse.xsE Trains
From BOSTON at s.45 am. Ito
Express and 800 p. m, arriving at Boston at
lns 6.io a and so9p M EetHraDa5ng leave BOa
arriving at Portland at 1880 500, and 500
p. m Portland for Scarborough Beach,
nebunk, at 845 a. m. $50 and $50 p. M (See
Note4 For saco and Biddeford, at S.45 a. m.
Ito, $50 and $50 p. m. For Wells, at s.45 a.
wick, salmon Falls, Greaf Fails, Dover,
Exeter, Haverhfll, Lawrence and Lowell,
n and s ss0 $50 D. E no. E ESr
Rochest g IA and j. Fnarmingten. N H., at s:4o
nj via New Market 3unctonS At $50 i D o M.
Morning Train will leave KennebuhRs for
kY-NOTE-The !. 10 p. m. train from Port
land will NOS stop at Scarborough Beach, Pine
except to take passengers for Boston.
Parlor Cars on trains leaving Boston, at 8. 80
a. ~, 1890 p. m. and Portland at s.46 q. m. and
Parisr Car Seats secured in advance az
Depot Ticket Once.
with Sound Line Steamers for New Work
and all rail lines for the West. The $50 p. m.
Work and The senth and West. Ao' ~"
SUNDAY TRAINS Leave Portland for
Boston and Way Stations at LOO p. m. Boston
for Portland at 900 p. m.
Trains on Boston 8 Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor
Rockland, Mt Desert, Machias, Eastport, Calais ST.
John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine Central
and Portland Ogdensburg trains at Transfer Sta
ton.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh.
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland
Transfer Station, Exeter, lawrence snd Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West and
South may be had q M. i. Williams, Ticket
Agent, Boston d Maine Depot, and st Unicn
Ticket OHice, 40 Exchange st.
JAS. T. FURBER, Gen. Surh
s. H. STEVENS, Gam Agent. Portland.
40
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INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP CO.
EastpOrt, Me-, Calais, Me-, st.
J0san, N. B., Halifax, N. S.,
ChsriOtfetOWn, p. E. 1.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
TWO TRIPS PER WEEK.

.s,sssa.~ ON AND AFTER MON
A,HMA DAK, NOV. 2Sfh, Steam
e- -ltszzsss ers of this Line will
Leave Railroad Wharf,
foot Of State street, every Monday,
and Thursday, at 6 p. m., for Eastport and
St. john with connections for Calais, Robblnston,
Grand Menan, Digby Annapolis Yarmouth,
Windsor, Halifax, Moncton, Newcastle, Amherst,
Pictou, Shediac, Bathurst, Dalhsusie, Char
lottetown, Fort Fairfield, Grand Falls, and other
stations on the New Brunswick and Canada, Inter-
colonial, Windsor, and Annapolis, Western Coup-
ties, and Prince Edward island Rail Roads.
and Stage Routes.
@-FTeighi received up to .. m. and any In
formation regarding the same may be had at the
office of the Freight Agent, Railroad Wharf.
For Circulars, with Excursion Routes, Tickets,
State Rooms and further information apply at
C0mpany's Office, 40 Exchange St., t. @. HHR-
SEY, President, and Manager. nov24dtf
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cs.,nberusnd national Bank.

TEsHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Il Cumberland National Bank, of Portland. will
be held at their banking house Tuesday the 10th
day ofJanuary, 1882, at 10 O'Clock a. m, for the
choice of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of any other business that may legally
come before then. w. H.SOULE, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 8, 1881. dec10dtf
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MEDICAL.

DIR. Z. w. CENSON, OF Baltimore, Md.s
inventor and proprietor of the celebrated Celery
and Chamomile Pills These pills are prepared ex-
pressly to cure Sick Headache, Nervous Headache,
Neuralgia. Nervousness Paralysis, Sleeplessness
and Dyspepsia, and toil cure any case, no matter
how obstinate. if properly used, They are not a
cureall, but only for those special diseases They
contain no opium, morphine or quinine, and are not
a purgative but regulate the bowels and cure con-
stipation by curing removing the cause of it,
They have charming effect upon the skin, and a
lovely queting effect upon the nervous system,
simply by feeding its ten thousand hungry, yes, in
some cases starving absorbents. They make or
create nerve matter and give power force and buoy
ancy to the nerves. and in that way increase mental
power, endurance and brilliancy OF mind. Nobody
that has nervous system should neglect to take
them two or three months in each year, as a nerve
food if for no other purpose.
Sold by all druggists. Price, so cents box.
Depot, 106 North Eutaw St., Baltimore, Nd By
mail, Two boxes for 81. or six boxes for $780, to
any address.
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Wit and Wisdom.

Wanted-A modern young Iady's forehead
The editor of this column, not having seen one
for several years, is willing to pay fair price
for a glimpse at the genuine old article. No
banged or otherwise mutilated specimens
misunderstanding Sunday Sun.
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Maine Steamship Company.
ssmi.Weekly Line to New York.

Steamers EIeanOra and FrancOnfa
win until further notice leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at 8
f. NJ. and leave Pier 81, East River, New York,
every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at P. NJ
These steamers are fitted up with fine sccommoda-
tions for passengers, making this very convenient
and comfortable route for travellers between New
York and Maine. During the summer months these
steamers will touch at Vineyard Haven on their pas
gage to and from New York. Passage including
State Room, So; meals extra Goods destined beyond
Portland or New York forwarded to destination 81
cnce, For further information apply to
henry FOX, General Agent, Portland.
JF. AMES. Ag't, Pier 81, E. r. New York.
Tickets and State Rooms can be obtained ct ~
Exchange Street. From Dec. 1 to May 1, no pas
Angers win be taken by this line. dec5dh
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Tbs 4avorite Steamers Forest City and John
Brooks will alternately leave FRANKLIN WHARF
Portland, at o'clock p. m. and INDIA WHARF,
Boston, at 5 O'Clock p m. Sundays excepted.
Passengers by this line reminded that they &C.
cure comfortable nights rest and avoid the expense
aud inconvenience of arriving in Boston late at night
Ey- Tickets and Staterooms for ssle at D. II.
YOUNG'S, 273 Middle Street.
Through Tickets to Now York, via the various
Rail and Sound Lines for sale at very low rates.
Freight taken usual.
d. COYLE, Jr., General Agent.
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Tue fairest faces are sometimes marred by
myriads of pimples, and markings of letter or
freckles, which are readily removed by pop
ular toilet dressing known as DR.. Bensons
Skin Cure. Even scrofulous ulcers yield to it.
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is best Oil in the world you can find.

''The truth always pays in the end" is an old
saying, and that is the reason, probably. why
there is so little of it told at the beginning of
any business transaction. -Somerville journal.
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First National Bank.

FEsHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Of the
IL First ational Bank of Portland, for the choice
of Directors and the transaction of such other bust
ness as may legally come before them, will be held
at their Banking House TUESDAY, the 10th
day of January, 1882, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
w. E. GOULD, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1881.
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NATIONAL TRADERS BANK.

FEyHE shareholders of the National Traders Bank
a of Portland, ale hereby notified that their an
nual meeting will be held at their Banking Room,
on TUESDAY, the tenth day of January next. at
O'Clock M 10 choose ave Directors for the en-
suing year, and to act on any other business that
may legally come before them.
EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
Dec. 10, 1881 dec10dtd