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The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
The True Capital of Russia.

lSt. Petersburg letter to London Times]
1t seems hardly likely that the Nihlists,
reckless and desperate however they might be,
would have resorted to regicide, that last argu-
ment OF revoIutionists, had they not perceived
that revolution in this country, whatever
may be its character, is inevitable and immi
nent. The material progress of Russia since
her victories of 1872 has been uninterrupted,
and with it the influence of public opinion
and the impulse of national feeling have been
slowly, but pnremittingly, at work. We are
here in the midst of crisis, and whatever
phases it may have to go through, the ultimate
result must be new order Of things, the turn
ing of n,w leaf in the book of Russian histo-
ry. Russia will have to be re-Russianized; !;
and such a process cannot be easily applied to
this upstart and mongrel capital. st. Peters
burg, as men now find out, was mistake.
So portentous an achievement as a new shift
ing of the Russian capital would involve the
incalculable loss of the treasures which have
been lavished with such mad extravaganza
and with so little taste or sense ON its colossal
edifces, no doubt; but what would be damage
to st. Petersburg might turn out gain to the
whole nation, and in that case there ought to
be little reason to hesitate. But there are
stronger motives than mere material interests
to deter mine such a removal. Russia has had
enough Of foreign civilization. She has be-
come intensely national; and if she did not
much like foreigners when she was told that
she had need of them, she is not likely to har-
Dor more respect or love to them now, when
she is conscious of her power to dispense with
them and 'Jdr da se" There was
time-by no means remote-when the
Germans were at home here as in Den.
mark and all over the north; but a strong reac-
ton has SCI in against them, and it Is no rec
commendation to st. Petersburg to have it
said that there are 1915 of these obnoxious
aliens within its walls. "Holy Russia" is
yearning after its "Holy City, the city which
has been its head and heart for these last 553
years, and where, whatever may be the aff1u-
ence of strangers, the race of genuine, unso-
phisticated Moscovites will always constitute
strong and sound majority.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
Civil Service in England.

lLondo Correspondence Boston Advertiser.l
Our English civil servants, as body, are
the most insufferable ring of snobs in the
world. Being practically irremovable, they
treat the public with contempt, while the most
strong listed minister dare hardly break
through their senseless routine. They are
grossly ignorant of everything they ought to
know. OF this had verv curious illustra-
tion some time ago. In the revised education
code "social economy" is set down as one of
the advanced studies for which the govern
ment makes extra grants to schools. A we'll
known educational publisher came to me and
asked would I write short treatise on social
economy for his house. I said I had only one
objection. 1 did not know what social econo-
my was. The publisher could not tell me and
so resolved to ask the chief of the department
in the House of Commons, Mr.. Mundella. My
friend Mund ella, who had not been very long
in Office, and whose ignorance was therefore
excusable, thought social economy meant do
mestic economy, but referred me to the perma-
nent chief Of tho staff in Downing street for
confirmation of his surmise. The permanent
chief of the staff, to my relief of mind, gave it
as his opinion that social economy and political
economy were synonymous, but called in the
chief of some sub-department to further en-
Tighten me. This gentleman, however, proved
to be anything but a lucifer Il speak it, or
rather write it, in the strictly chronological
sense.) He imagined social economy had a
good deal to do with the subject of commercial
treaties; but there was one man in the office
who knew everything, and he would infallibly
instruct me. Accordingly Omniscience ap-
peared, and in one respect / must admit he
showed superior strategy, if not superior
knowledge. He listened with grave increduli-
ty to all the definitions of the subject which
had been offered, but fatty refused to hazard
one of his own. "Only," he added, "there is
an inspector of schools down at Deptfort who
knows all about it." At this stage 1 fairly
threw up the sponge, and to this hour no one
the revised code, excepting always the Dept
fort man.
l could not but contrast this experience
slight, but symptomatic, with the uniform in
telligence and urbanity of all manner of Amer
lean officials with whom 1 was brought in con-
tact when travelling last year in the United
States. l learned more of the educational
status in quo in Massachusetts, from your ex.
cellent superintendent Of education at the
state house in twenty minutes than foreigner
would be able to ascertain here regarding pub
lie instruction in as many days. There can be
little doubt, l suppose, that your mode Of man
aging public offices is susceptible of reforma-
ton, but whatever changes you effect, beware
how you create bureaucracy similar to that
with which England is cursed. There is a
profound political observation which has come
down to US from antiquity, which Americans
and Englishmen may ponder for different rea-
sons with almost equal advantage: "The
evils of democracy always appear greater than
they are; the evils of aristocracy always ap-
pear less"
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
The Irish Member of Parliament.

(London News.l
II any one wanted evidence of that misgov-
ernment of centuries Of which Irish members
are perhaps too fond of talking, and OF which
Englishmen are perhaps too tired of hearing,
he might find it without any very laborious
historical research, or without any historical
research at all The Irish members are wit
nesses in their own case. 81 momentum re-
Quiras, circum,spice. If you want proof, look
below the gangway. The language and de-
meanor of the representatives of what calls it
self, and to a certain extent is, the national
party in Ireland, with remarkable exceptions
which every one will make for himself, betray
misruled and ensaved nationality, or rather
one which has but recently escaped from mis-
rule and oppression. The Irish members in
question do not indeed speak low and in a
bondman's key. Theirs is not bated breath
nor whispering humbleness. We should be
sorry if it was. But their bearing is, if not too
completely the reverse of this, too falsely the
reverse. The contrast and antagonism are not
of the right kind. The demeanor of some of
the Irish party in the House of Commons bears
too often the look of that licentiousness and
clamor Of the newly enfranchised, who have
not learned the lesson of an ordered and self
restraining liberty. The bondman becomes
the freedman before he can be in the true
sense the freeman. The original and acquired
senses of the word libertine have natural and
historic connection which serves to interpret
much that is irritating and offensive in the par
liamentary language and bearing of some Irish
members. The phenomena of parliamentary
character and conduct which they exhibit be-
long to transitional stage in the development
of the political and national temper and life
This explanation does not make the facts at
all more agreeable to those who have the mis-
fortune to be associated with Irish politicians
in this their transitional period. But the char
ity Of history requires that we should from
time to time remind ourselves Of it and prac-
tise tho forbearance which it suggests The
bondman must be the freedman before he can
be the freeman. The disorder, the violence,
the personal rudeness, the unregulated self-as-
sertion which mark the parliamentary de-
meanor of some Irish members are scarcely
separable from the present stage of their politi-
cal development.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

THE Cincinnati Gazette withdraws the
charges it has made against Mayor Means,
and makes the following frank apology:
''The article was based upon misinforma-
ton, did injustice to Mayor Means, and it
affords the Gazette great deal of pleasure
to be able to say that it has not lost conf
dence in toe mayor, that it does not regret
that he was elected, and it believes now as
it has from the beginning, that his intention
is to enforce the laws and do his duty, not
as representative of a party but of the
whole people," 1t is pleasant to learn that
the Cincinnati mayor does not deserve the
bad names applied to him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

SPRINGFIELD Republican: Prominent as
sassination and medication in public have an
effect on American style which would have
delighted DR.. johnson. When the Presi-
dent is worse along toward night, his case
shows nocturnal exacerbation;' when the
doctor sticks his finger in the wound he
practices "digital manipulation" which has
highly dangerous sound. Gen. Garfield IL
no longer affected by the weather, but by
atmospheric or telluric causes.' His
wound does not ''run," it "suppurates; !"
the air of his room is not cooled, but "re-
frigerated" or ''polarized," the latter mis-
chievous use of word with an entirely diff
ferent meaning; the carpet on the floor does
not become foul, but "the receptacle for
miasmatic impurities" We can tolerate as
much of this sort of lingo as seems to add to
the precision and exactitude of the state
ment, but beyond that it is well to regard 1t
as partaking of professional affectation.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

THE receipts of the Patent Office for fees
amounted to July to $60,170, which is larger
than the receipts for the same month in any
year for the past decade, and s4,75O in ex-
cess of the receipts from the same source in
July last year. July is usually one of the
dull months of the year, due probably to the
demand for labor in other directions. Even
this large sum is over $1,000 below the aver
age for the preceding six months, during
which the receipts aggregated 1891, $40,
against S49,325 for the first six months in
1880. In March of the present year the re-
ceipts ran up to $71, 400. From these figures
1t would appear that the inventive talent of
the country has by no means been ex-
hanSted.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
[American Wesleyan.l

A man long noted for intemperate habits,
was induced by Rev. John Abbott to sign the
pledge in his own way, which he did in these
words: ~ pledge myself to drink more in
toxicating drinks for one year" Few believed
he could keep it, but near the end of the year
no again appeared at temperance meeting
without once touching drop. care you not
going to sign again2" asked Mr.. Abbott
eyes," replied he, eff 1 can do it my own
way" and accordingly he wrote: "I sign this
pledge for nine hundred and ninety-nine
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

The consumption of cigarettes In this
country is rapidly increasing. During the
year ending June 80, 1880, ordinary cigar
cites, taxed ST. per 200, yielded a revenue
of S715,2 The same grade of cigarettes,
paying the same tax, last year brought in a
revenue of $992,9S1. The increase in reve-
nue. from this source alone was S277, ,722,
representing an increased consumption of
nearly 100000 cigarettes.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

To the mind of the Philadelphia North
American "there is no mystery about the
popularity Of the cigarette. 1t is due to the
failure of the tobacco people to supply the
public with a five-cent cigar which man
can smoke without violence to his self-re-
Spect"
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

ACCORDING to the Post of that city during
the present summer Washington has been
favored with lower range of temperature
than has prevailed in Cincinnati, st. Louis,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia or Balti-
more. Few if any deaths from sunstroke
have occurred there, while such casualties
have been numerous in other cities and
SnctiOns
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

SPRINGFIELD Republican: The Cincinna-
ii Gazette is rewriting the history of the
war for the purpose of showing that Grant
was nothing of so ldier; but it is unable to
rewrite the trifing fact that the Gazette is
still published in the interior of the United
States instead of near its edge, as it was
when Grant took command.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

. We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

THE Pope, it appears, has an idea that heis
going to die shortly. In anticipation of
his speedy demise he has executed a will
disposing of his private property, and has
also prepared two testaments as Pontiff.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

MEHAMED BEGAIR ALI, who made an ap-
pllcation for naturalization papers in New
York on Wednesday, will be the first Per-
sian citizen of the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

NEWSPAPERS may take comfort. Several
serious typographical errors have been found
in the many-proofed Oxford and Cambridge
editions of the revised New Testament
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8.

EVERY regular attache Of the PRKss is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, ALI railway, steamboat and hetel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

TENNESSEE at present has larger timber
acreage than any of the older States of the
TInion
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
Brick House for Sale,

A FRENCH roof, brick house. nice lot, a few
"A steps from City Hail, contaiGs pavlor. sitting
Toom dining room, kitchen and six nice large
chambers with the modern improvements a ti1e
location for any man that wants his home in a cen
tral location. Terms to suit the purchaser.
WIN. II. JERRIS.
July 25th, 1881 jly25d3w.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

A BATH correspondent of the Boston Post
says, Democracy in Name has at last be-
gun to assert itself" Yes, but without any
aid from the Post.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

WILLIAM A. SIMMONS has become the man.
ager and principal editor of the Boston Eve
ming Star, a one-cent paper.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

If the House of Lords continues to OBJ
struct the passage of the Land Bill 1t will,
find itself a house of cards,
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
Executors satc Of Ese:,I Estate.

a1AUtttsOs = SStt0 OF R6l*ss HGSEEte.
~ authority OF the Judge Of Probate | offer for
1B ssle House and Lot No. \ uh etraet the
same described in deed fr,m George ilosrn o Dan
lei Brown dated Aug. 81, L SO, ecof, ed in Cum
oerland Registry, Book 36i, Page SIC. Said house
contains IL rooms good cellar, is iuishe for two
tenements and is in good repair
Also l4oi No. l4l Congress Street, bel g the same
T. Brown dated Sept. To- 1870 and recorded in aid
Registry, Book 3S9, Page 1873. Said lot contains
about 650 feet of land, and has upon it one house
containing rooms, with good cellar; and another
of ~ rooms, fitted for and now occupied by two
tenants, and in good repair. Apply to
ID. w. FESSENDEN, Atty at Law,
No. 81 12 Stanton Block,
aug3-dtf Exchange ST Portland
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
FARM FOR SAIL.

OR EXCHANGE.
A FARM of about 40 acres, miles from Old
IA Orchard, near the slate quarry. Will sell or
exchange for a house in Portland or vicinity.
Address "FARA, % Portland, Me- p. o. Box 1867
iuy7dtf
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
A WELL. KN0WNLADY
Escapes tlse Grave, and Proys for her De-
Eiyerer
SPASMS.

Mrs. S. A. McIlwain, of Fergusonville Della
ware county, N. Y, writes: 'Only few days be-
fore commenced using the 'Favorite Remedy In
thought was dead, and gave up the attempt to re-
store me to consciousness. am confident that if
had not taken your medicine 'Favorite Remedy
during my periods of critical illness should never
have recovered.
That the Lord may bless you and In
crease your means of doing good is my daily prayer
and may many yet unborn praise the 'Favorite Rem
edY' and its discoYerer.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
FOR SALE.

SIJUAIED in CAPE Elizabeth, on the road to the
~ two lights and within five minutes walk of
the ocean House, a cottage house containing ten
rooms. Lot contains two acres of land Very desir-
able ior summer residence. Apply on the premises
Or of
D. ". FESSENDEN, Esq,
mylA dH Slia Exchange ST.. Portland, Ale.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

The population of Japan is 36,OO0,0 900
about that of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS
Summer
Complaints

AT tIlS season, various diseases OF the
bowels are prevalent, and mdny ices ere
lost through lack of knowledge of safe
and sure remedy. PERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER is a sure cure for Diarrhea, Dys-
entery, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Summer
Complaint, ETC., and is perfectly safe.
Read the following:
p,nrr BAISBR1pGE, N. Y, March 2, ISL
FERRY DAVIS PAIN KILIER aeeer fails to afford
fe ior cramp and pain snp5 IN the stomach
r, NIcHoLvIILE, N. Y, Feb 2, 1881.
eofa s1H n Tie stomach tS1 HaS;
usea II 1or years. and it is sure cure every time
Mo1saosA, Iowa, soShns March u; Il. Isl. Isl.
era nase fed y9qr PAs RR in sayeTe Of
twenty years nave it1 Used yoaf @ Par PAN Il RIIEs
comp a Hays nssd it navy Wyoa9 m9s est f9s 1e%l
without a bottle in the house. j. 3, I'VE.
years It IS s5 iH sae and dl fsab No othee aCle
should allow to be out Of the family
ONEIDA, N. Y, F Feb. t Eafsa. g. ISL.
always 6egRn s sg it Gser ay Tyg5 bagS ana Alt it
to go to bed without bottle in the house.
IN NSSsy fSs Syys.s family in this
EREFELp, RHENIsH PRUSSIA. Feb g. 1851
from the day was introduced, and after years Of
observation and use regard its presence in my
household as an Indispensable necessity.
l. s. POTTER, u. s. Consul.
BURToN-oN-TRENT. ENG.
] had been several days suffering severely from
diarrhGa, accompanied with intense pain, when
tried your PAIN KILLER, and found almost instant
relief. II. j. NooNE.
q MONTAGUE ST., LONDON, ENG.
During residence of twenty three years in India,
have given it in 1sany cases Of diarrhea, dysen-
terry and cholera and never knew it to fail to give
re,lef r. CLARIDGE.
No family can safely be without this
Invaluable remedy. Its price brings it
within the reach of all.
For sale by all druggists at Csc, SOC.
and $1.00 per bottle.
PERRY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors,
Providence, r. l.
jun28 eod&w1y
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
T,EHE RUBY RIVER.

To keep the blood pure, is the principal end of in
ventions and discoveries in medicine. To this OBJ
lect probably one has contributed more signally
than DR.. David Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y, in the
production of medicine which has become famous
under the title of the 'Fayorite Remedy 1t re-
moves all impurities Of the Blood regulates the dis
ordered Liver and Kidneys, cures Constipation,
Dyspepsia and all diseases and weaknesses peculiar
to Females.
Eg-When inquiring of your druggist for this new
medicine, avoid mistakes by remembering the name,
Dr. David Kennedy's ''Favorite Remedy
ami the price, which is only dollar bottle, and
that the doctors address is Rondout, New York.
aug9eod1m
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

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PORTLAND Publishing CO.,
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insertion.
Address all communications to
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Special Notice.

MY daughters, Louella A. Root and Eva NJ.
NA Root, having left home for parts unknown,
tice is to positively forbid any and all persons to
harbor or trust them on my account as | shall pay
leave. s r. ROOT
Chebeague, Maine, Aug. 2, 1881. aug4dIw
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
THE GRAND VIEW HOUSE

Ez=E. a WILL be opened to the public june
- 1sxsS 2Oth The location of this house is un-
EeFTlt@4S surpassed by any in the State Of Maine,
- standing 500 feet above the beautiful
Lske Auburn, and 900 above the level of the sea.
where the air is pure and dry. The view from the
tower is beautiful to behold. Portland people, who
want nice quiet and healthy place to spend the
Summer months, win find all of the modern i'm
Rroyements here Everything in and about the
mouse is new and first-class. For amusements
there are nice drives, boating, fishing, croquet
grounds, billiard hall, bowling alley ETC. A nice
stable is connected with the house. Gentlemen car
nIing their own teams and have the best of care
ahe dinning room furnishes three meals per day
snd more If requir eds said by good judges to com
pare favorably with other hotels. Como unto me
All ye who want TO rest from your labors and will
make make you happy. Round trip from Portland to the
Hotel, via Maine Central r. r.. S225. From Bos-
ton via Boston Maine and Eastern r. r., 81. 90:
via Portland Boat and Grand Trunk r. r. $500
Soach connects with every train. Clough the yeter-
an stage driver who is jolly good fellow will look
after the interest of passengers coming to the house
and see that they have all proper attention Appli-
cations for board and rooms be made to the aub-
scElner at West Auburn, Maine.
SAMUEL JENKINS.
5un7d till septI
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
Bmrgain For some Oac.

f.FoR SALE Gss TO EET.-Two-story house
y nine rooms, foot of Pleasant street, opposite
Maine Central station, WoOdfords. Cemeatcd eel
lar, furnace, hard and soft water.
lySdlw-td J.N. READ, Woodfords.
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
a RARE OPPORTUNITY.

We offer for sale for cash stock OF Mems Youths
Boys and Childrens ready made clothing, also store
fixtures and good will Of business, which for the
past years has amounted to about sixty thousand
dollars per annum Purchaser may select such goods
he DESIRES being under obligation to take the bal
ance. Our reasons for selling are, we open large
store i'm Boston early next September which will
Quire personal attention TO the right party this
is golden opportunity, shall name low figures
Address call at
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09
REAL ESTATE.
q RAE CHANGE

TO bny SUM3E Egs RESORT on Easkelps
Island, one mile from steamboat landing, twenty
rooms, barn. fish house, two harbors plenty Of
wood, good fishing. VIII be sold at once very low
For further particulars, enquire of o. G. DOUG
Herpswen. ilv25eodImo
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-09

Published every day Sundays exceptedD by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
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