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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

TEXAS has passed Confederate soldiers
land pension bill, and thereby hopes to in
crease its tillage. This way of breaking
rusty swords and gun-barrels into bright
plowshares has some indisputable advan-
taOeS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

NEARLY four thousand dollars have been
sent by the Grand Army posts to the widow
OF Mr.. Cooper of Philadelphia-the Cooper
OF soldier refreshment" fame 1t is but the
payment of long-standing debt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

A YOUNG lady at at Indianola, Tex, play
fully killed her friend, Sam Rugley, the
other day. She pointed pistol at him and
said, Il believe will shoot you, Ham," and
Rugley died in three minutes. She didn't
know it was loaded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20
THE PRESS
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL go.

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 by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

A GIGANTIC Refracting Telescope has
been constructed for the Austrian govern
ment by Mr. Grubb of Dublin. The new
instrument is the largest yet made. For a
time the telescope in the Nautical Observa-
tory at Washington, with its 26 inch refrac-
tor, held that position. In the new telescope
however the lenses are 27 inches in width.
They were prepared by M. Fict of Paris,
who was engaged four years in the work.
The length of the tube is 33 feet six inches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

IT is said at Washington that there is no
reason to apprehend an outbreak by the In
dians if the people of Colorado will respect
their rights. That's the tlfing the people of
Colorado will not do
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

DIR. rs. z. WILDE,
Ehe Natural Magnetic Physician,
tas returned from New York and is at home
aga in at the
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
He has met with unparalleled success in the
treatment of Chronic and Nervous diseases of every
description. Nine-t -ten1hs of all the nvalds of the
country may be either helped cured if treated in
harmony with the laws of nature. The DIR. never
treats disease by name, as if calling disease by
name and throwing an enchanted drug at it would
charm it away; but he treats with reference to the
peculiar organization and pathological condition of
his patient. thus he never makes mistake,
nor jeopardzes the lives of his patients by expert
ments. His uniform for the last years
in Portland has demonstrated that this is the
rect method of treatment. If you are physically or
mentally sick, go and see the Doctor, and you will
never regret it Consultation Free.
GET wei. and you will DC happy.
marc d3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

FoRTY-FoUR thousand immigrants came
to this country in March, and nineteen thou
sand of them were Germans. The German
military system does not appear to be in
high favor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

THE four leading Democratic papers of
Texas support Malone. Somebody is
throwing bomb under the superb carriage
of the solid South.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

The Earl of Perth is becoming American
lied. He has failed for $4,000, and has
not penny of assets.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

PARNELL is about to be married. Per
haps the experience will cool his enthusiasm
for home rule.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

JAPAN has adopted the American postal
system, and now has over four thousand
post offices. Nothing like following in Yam
kee WAYS,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

FOURTEEN million children ought to at
tend school in this country. That is the
number returned by the census.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

No change of bill yet at the Senatorial
matinees. The run of the piece now on the
boards is phenomenal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20

THEY are still babbling in the Senate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-20
Proposals for White Marble or Granite.
for the Washington Monument.

ENGINEERS OFFICE, WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Washington, D. c., April 10Th, 1881
g. EALED proposals will be received at this Office
~ until II nj. on the 9th day of May, 1881. or
opened immediately thereafter, for furnishing at
the site OF the Washington Monument in this city
1000 cubic feet more or less of White Marble and
26,O00 " s. &c Granite
Specifications, blanks or any fur ther information
will be furnished from this office. upon request of
parties engaged in the business of quarrving sucb
materials. THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
Lieut.. Col. Engineers U. S. A.
apl9d6t Engineer in Charge
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
Health Statistics

The bulletin of July Both of the Ma
tional Board of Health is full of sur
prises. Hamilton, Bermuda, is credited
with an annual death rate of 81 pei
1000, while Acapulco, Mexico. shows 6
rate of 1044 Between these extremes
we find London with rate of 20.3; Der
lin, S1.s; Munich. 400; Genoa, 2S.2
Vienna, 2s.7; Warsaw, Gil; Capetown,
46.2; Calcutta, IS /; Montreal, 48.1. Al
bearing on the question of the relative
rates of mortality of whites and colored
people we cite the fact that at Burling-
ton, Vermont, the rates are. for the
week ended July 10th, 1879 and 449
respectively. In Boston whites and
colored people died at the rates re
spectively of 10. 8 and 94s; in New York,
1913 and Sc A; in Wilmington, Del.
43.7 and 1913 8; Chelsea, Mass, 1916 and
96.1; Richmond, Ind, $50 and 1888
This disproportion is so marked, how
ever, only in Northern cities. In the
South, whilst the rates are more nearly
equal, there is usually some advantage
on the side of the whites. In Savannah
Ga, where whites and colored are in
nearly equal numbers, the rates are Al. z
to 321. 1t is of interest to observe thai
while we have been sweltering with the
July heat the Viennese have been at ar
average weekly temperature of 66 2 de
grees, the people of Genoa, at 500; oil
Warsaw, at 4O7; of London, at 61.9; Of
Acapulco, Mexico, at $50; of Cadiz, a
I'll
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
Animal Vaccination.

Prof. Pasteur, one of the leading ply
sicians and scientists of France, delivered
Tuesday an address before the Medical
International Convention, lately sitting
in London. wherein he made public hi:
recent researches in animal vaccination.
The address is already creating deep
interest in agricultural as well as medical
circles in England, as tending to eradi
cate and prevent many diseases now
common among animals. The medical
congress returned its thanks to Prof
Pasteur for his address, which made
him, as Sir James Paget declared, 1.-THE
Jenner of the lower animals" France
has been losing 100000 a year
from splenetic fever among ami.
mails, and Pasteur directed his
attention to getting rid of this disease.
He vaccinated twenty-five out of fifty
sheep, and then submitted the whole lot
to infection. Every one of the unvac
cinated sheep died of splenetic fever,
while the vaccinated ones all escaped.
As soon as this fact was made known in
Paris the farmers of the neighborhood
applied to him for vaccine. In twenty
five days twenty thousand sheep and a
large number of horses and cattle were
vaccinated, all of which had escaped the
fever. Prof. Pasteur declared that be
had merely begun his investigation into
this matter, and thought that in time
some most wonderful discoveries would
be made, which would altogether eradi-
cate many cattle diseases.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
Immigration and Manufactures.

At an immigration convention held at
Jackson, Tenn, last week, a report was
adopted which provides for an organiza-
ton known as the West Tennessee I'm
migration and Manufacturing Associa-
ton, to be chartered as stock company,
with central organization at jackson
and branch organizations in each county,
the Presidents of the branch organiza-
tions, with the officers of the central or
ganizatiOn, constituting the executive
committee. United States Senator Howell
E. jackson delivered an address which
attracted considerable attention. He
took the ground that what is needed is
not so much immigration as manufacto-
RES; that the farming population could
be decreased and the manufacturing class
in Tennessee increased, with benefit to
both; that the boys and girls of Tonnes
see should be taught useful occupations.
aud that labor Is honorable and not dis
grace. Senator Jackson made the point
that TO place possessing the ability to
manufacture should make commerce of
its raw material. that such policy was
unwise in the extreme. The good points
made by Senator Jackson have a wider
application than made by the Senator,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
A RoisIerous Convention.

The Irish convention at Chicago has
been certainly boIsterous, and has used
up a multitude of chairmen. On the
first day the Hon w. J. Hynes presided.
and he held the reins until Friday. On
that day he threw up the position, giving
as his reason the impossibility of keeping
up the respect naturally due to the chair.
The Rev. Mr.. Belts assumed the vacant
Office then, and tried his best to have a
little business transacted, but the differ
ences between the Eastern and Western
delegates were too serious TO be easily
settled. and after one days trial of the
Office the latter gentleman also resigned.
On Monday Edward O'Meara Condor
volunteered his services in allaying the
discOrd, and was at once seized on and
appointed to guide the delegates. Three
hours of the Craftsmanship of such body,
however, as he tersely put it, was all that
he wanted, and at the expiration of that
time he too left the assembly without
head. Tuesday there was no presiding
officer, and the convention was conse-
quently at a deadlock. The Wolfe Tone
Society Convention, another Irish patri
otto association, was also in session at
the Palmer House at the same time, but
found it equally impossible to organize,
and after wrangling for several days,
finally agreed on adjOurning Tuesday.
without coming to any permanent or
ganiZatiOn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

STEAMSHIPS FOR EUROPE The Co
lumbus Times says the South wants a
direct European trade, and the Erlanger
syndicate is the only one looking to such
project. This is mistake. The rail
roads centeriDg at Savannah are preparing
to have direct European trade, and viii
inaugurste 1t long before the Erlanger
syndicate can get well at work making
its railroad connections with the roads
necessary to make the Brunswick and
Albany Railroad through route to the
West. A bill IS now ready to be intro
duced in the General Assembly to incor-
porate the Savannah and Trans Atlantic
Steamship Company. The corporators
are men of means, energy and expert
ence, and will make this grand enterprise
a uccess.-AttGntG O0rrespoadence Au-
gustd Chronicle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
THE WAR OF FACTIONS IN New YORK

THE WAR OF FACTIONS IN New YORK.
The Albany fight is still in progress
in New York State, but in another form.
Instead of the bone of contention being
the two Scholarships, it is the control OF
the coming Republican State Convention
and of the new State Committee to be
then and there chosen. The field OF
battle, instead of being the Legislature,
is the whole State. The factions are the
same and animated by the same desire
for supremacy, but the hostile feeling
between them has grown even more bit
ter of late The half-breeds have adopted
the policy of crushing out the stalwarts;
the latter are working for life and re-
venge. The former are already Setting
up the pins" for the exclusion Of the
latter from the nominating conventions,
aud upon this fact the Owego Times,
(Rep.) comments as follows: eff the os-
tracism foreshadowed is seriously at
tempted, there will be trouble which will
bring inevitable disaster"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

The party of Chinese students who
have started from this country for home
are to be employed in the establishment
of q telegraph line from Shanghai to Pc
kin. They have recently been put to
work studying telegraphy, and are rap
idly acquiring a knowledge of that art.
Telegraphing in Chinese, blythe by, is
impossible, in consequence of the length
Of the MongOl alphabet, and English has
to be used for that purpose. The young
Cinnamon recently studying at the New
England college were sent to this cOun-
try to acquire English so as to fit them
for the telegraph business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
pronerty values in the South.

In 1852 the real and personal property
assessed in the Southern States aggre-
gated g, 4s9, 600, 900, which was Al per
cent. of the total for the whole country,
and as much as had the New England
and Middle States combined. 1t is very
true that these figures do not show the
relative absolute wealth Of the various
sections, but they approximate it.
The census of 1850 showed that this
property valuation in the South had
grown to $4,s61 900. 900, or about 100
per cent, and the proportion of 40 per
cent. to the entire assessment Of the
country was maintained. During that
decade, the New England States had
added to their tax rolls only $3.50. OOO,-
600, and the Middle States 81, $50, 900, 600,
the one being an increase of 4S and
the other of 20 per cent Though the
growth of property values in the Western
States for that period was very great in
percentage, it was less than in the South
by $57S, 900. 900.
The decade ending in 1870, which en-
braced the war period, entirely changed
the relative position of the sections.
Southern property had shrunk to s., 43S,
OO0. 900, or less than it was in 1852. Al
lowing something for improvement in
values between the close of hostilltles
and the date at which that census was
taken, the shrinkage of taxable values in
this section brought about by the war
could not have been less than So. OOO,.
900 0O0-a sum greater than the entire
debt contracted by the Federal Govern
ment during the conflict. If we esti-
mate the slave property at 81, 200, 600,
600, which is liberal figure, it embraced
only one third the loss in values.
During that decade, however, the
Western States valuations had grown
80 per cent, reaching $4.026, 600, 900,
and the New England and Middle States
had advanced with greater strides.
Coming down to 1880 we find the
figures of valuation in the Southern
States had dropped down to s., 226, OOO,-
600, while the West added another bill
lion and half and the Middle States
nearly billion, the comparison stand
ing as follows:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

Elk Senator Dorsey, late carpet Dagger
from Arkansas, not satisfied with getting
mixed up in the star route, has got him
self into serious trouble in New York by
a system of fraudulent land entries. The
manner in which the frauds were per.
petrated is as follows: The party or par
ties interested in and DESTROYS of obtain
ing several hundred or thousand acres of
well-watered land, along some stream,
employ the surveyor and attorney at
law, or agent, who first obtains the
necessary blanks from the local land Of
fee, then fills this out with the numbers
of the townships and ranges previously
obtained from one of the deputy surveyors
of the Territory of New Mexico He then
has them signed and the form of an oath
is gone through with before the Probate
Judge of the county wherein the land
may be located, generally by Mexlcans
who can neither read nor write, and
who, in most instances, have no knowl-
edge of the nature of which they are Ger.
tifying to; the names of Mexicans fire..
quently being used who have been dead,
or who have never lived within many
miles of the lands upon which they
swear to have lived, generally, for more
than five years. These documents are
then forwarded to the land Office at
Washington with orders to send the pat
ents. Dorsey, who was the leader of the
gang in this steal, secured his large estate
of from IL, 900 to Il, 900 acres in Colfax
county in this manner. The people are
naturally indignant, and it is probable
that Dorsey will be indicted by the
grand jury of the county. The grand
jury of the State has already called at
tention to the matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

Recent investigation respecting the
chemical constituents of tobacco fumes,
says the Maryland Medical Journal, con-
firm the Olden view OF the presence of
nicotine. It has, however, been ascer
tanned that nicotine appears mostly in
the form of salts having picOline for their
base. Other substances Of a similar
composition are generated in the act of
smoking, which seem to form under the
influence Of the varying quantity of
water in the tobacco and its mode Of
combustion. Thus the use of the pipe
develops the highly diffusible and mar
cotic pYridin, while cigar smoking gives
rise to larger quantities of cOlidin.
There exists only one remedy for the
cure of chronic tobacco poisoning, but
that is SO prompt and eficaciOus that
none other is needed. Unfortunately
there exists also a very great and FIRE.
quently an insurmountable prejudice
among smokers against its employment.
It is the abstinence from tobacco.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18


THE REGULARS AT YORKTOWN
Secretary of War Lincoln, according to
an interview in the New York Tribune,
does not think the army will make much
of a display at the coming Yorktown
celebration. He says most of the $780,
600 appropriated by Congress will have
to be devoted to the entertainment of the
expected visitors from abroad, and that
all it will be possible for him to do will
be the concentration OF the few troops
stationed at New York, Baltimore. Wash
ington and Fortress Monroe, in all not
more than 1 900 regulars. 1t is the in
tention to bring F Company of the third
artillery from California, because it is an
exact counterpart to company
that took part in the original
celebration. This is about all
that the department can possibly do,
besides sending down the 1900 tents.
OF course the department will aid to the
utmost any volunteer organizations that
may attend, but it cannot do much be-
cause of the lack of money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

Professor Gamgee, he Of the refIigera-
ting ship. in the c1urse of his investiga-
tions on the effects of cold, has discov-
cred that cold has the power of pro
ducing motion just as heat. Instead of
raising water from its ordinary standard,
65 to 212 degrees, by which steam is
produced, and by its expansion motion
is given to machinery, be reverses the
law, aud takes it from 05 degrees to
zero, thereby producing the same mo
ton. He has so arranged the machinery
as to respond to tue gradation Of heat TO
cold, and gets q speed sufficient 10 move
vessels or machinery Of any kind He
calls it the Zero Motor" The govern
meut directed its engineer to inspect the
invention, and his report gives encOur-
aqement 70 the inventor The requisite
degree Of cold is given with great rapid
~ by the use Of ammonia in gaseous
forn. going into the liquid state. so that
the piston rod is drawn In instead Of. as
IN heat. being pushed ont. 1t promises
r he absolutely as cheap, and easily APP
ii =
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

The New York Standardization law
goes into effect September 1, and ar
rangemeuts are being made to see that
It's provisions are carried out The law
Is very broad and makes the sale of
oleomargarine for butter. of glucose for
sugar, chiccOry for coffee, etc, an Of
tense punishable by fine and imprisOn
ment Il is only necessary to go before
a Magistrate ard enter a complaint. and
the person guilty of adulterating food is
at once brought 10 trial.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

The reports brought by the whaler
Just arrived at St Johns from the Arctic
Ocean make it tOlerably certain that the
Jeanette is all right and is on her way
down through Lancaster Sound into Baf-
fms Bay. The past winter was very
severe, as far as cold is concerned in the
polar sOlitudes, but tie great Atlantic
basin Is reported nearly clear of ice and
afTording easy passage for steamers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

Senator Sessions, one of the half
breeds who was engaged by the COnk-
ling party with an attempt at bribery
during the recent Senatorial contest at
Albany, does not appear to have suffered
in the estimation of his constituents by
the charge. At the Republican caucus
at Fredonia, Saturday. delegates in favor
Of the denomination Of Senator Sessions
were elected by a vote of 200 to Il, and
his nomination is conceded.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

"Hiddenite, the new gem found IN
North Carolina, is harder than emerald,
more brilliant and of a similar color.
Only one vein has been found, and that
is only , to % inches wide and 2 feet
long. The cut stones sell readily for
500 per karat, and the largest Jet found
weighs 81 karats.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

It's announced from Paris that N. Ed
mond de Lafayette finds himself unable,
by reason Of his health, to attend the
Yorktown Centennial The family will,
however, be represented by his neigh
bors, NJ. de Beauvoir and N. de COur-
celles, who is we'll known in Washington
as a former Secretary to the French LIE
gaiinn there
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

One ofthe features of the Atlanta Cot
ton Exhibition will be the manufacture
of a suit of clothes from raw cotton in
twenty four hours. The cotton will be
picked, ginned, spun, dyed, woven. and
made into a suit of clothes for Senator
Brown inside OF one day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

The Boston Post says: "When Billy
Malone makes up his list Of stump
speakers, we shall look anxiously for the
names of the Hon. Eternal Principles
Dawes, the Hon. WadIng Through Seas
of Blood Boutwell,, the Hon. Anything
70 Get Votes Frye, and the Hon. Human
Bondage Chandler.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL

BEDFORD COUNTY, VA.
ON Norfolk and Western R. R., is miles VI est
~ of Lynchburg Young men and bows pre-
pared for university or for business. Beautif Al
and healthful location Able corps of teachers
thorough instruction. Liberal provision for the
accommodation and comfort Of students. Fol-
catalogues containing information address W.
r ABBOT. PRINCIPAL, Bellevue z. o., va,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18

Senator Lamar. of Mississippi, IS still
suffering from illness and has been for
hidden by his physicians from participant
ing in the approaching canvass in thai
State. He viii be a candidate for re
election to the United States Senate by
the Legislature to be chosen in NOvem'
her
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-18
educational.
MaDIeWOOd Institute

DOR young ladies and gentlemen, IS miles
IL west of Philadelphia, located on the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad.
Courses of Study English, Scientific and CLASH
cal Students prepared for U. S. Naval and
Military Academies, and the best American
colleges. A thorough chemical department.
Reading taught by first-class Elocutionist
Penmenship by a Professor, master of the
beauties of the art. A home-like department
for little boys. Fourteen Instructors.
JOSEPH SHORTLIDGE yale College), A.
NJ, Principal, ConcordviIle. Del Co.. Pa.