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The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
Hereditary Descent of Beauty.

~~S~ S~<&sSsAJ 1SSO0AV ~ AS0o4eys
Mr.. Darwin believes says Cornhill, that the
general beauty of the English upper class, and
especially Of the titled aristocracy, ia probably
due to their constant selection Of the most
beautiful women of all classes (peeresses, act
resses, or wealthy bourgeoise) as wives through
an immense number Of generations. The reg
ular features and the compilations of the
mothers are naturally handed down by hered-
ity to their descendants.
Similarly, 1t would seem that we must ac-
count for the high average Of personal beauty
among the ancient Greeks and the modern
Italians by the high average Of general taste,
the strong love for the beautiful diffusod
among all classes in both these races. The
prettier women and the handsomer men would
equal, and OF handing down their own refined
type Of face and figure to their children.
If this be so-and evolutionists at least can
hardly doubt it-then we should expect every
where to find the general level Of personal
beauty highest where there was the widest
diffusion of aesthetic taste. Now, our own squa-
lid poor are noticeable, as rule, for absolute
and repulsive ugliness, even when COM
pared with those of other European coun-
tries; Gaunt, hardiaced women, iSw,b,sd,
children, people the back slums Of our
manufacturing towns. Their painful ugliness
cannot all be due to their physical circum-
stances alone-for the lazzaroni who hang
about the streets of Naples must lead lives Of
equal hardships and discomfort - yet
many of them, both men and women, are
beautiful enough TO sit as models for q Leon
ardo. On the other hand, every traveller
speaks of the beauty and gracefulness dis
played BY young and old among the aesthetic
Polynesians; while in many cases 1 note that
Europeans who have once become accustomed
to the local type. find decidedly pretty faces
extremely common in several savage racea
whose primitive works Of art show them in
other ways to possess considerable aesthetic
taste. In 1ndia where artistic feeling is univer-
sal, almost every man or woman is handsome.
average personal beauty everywhere CORE
spends to the general love for beauty IL the
abstract
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The Apostate's Creed.
[The Churchman.

believe in chaotic nebula self-existent,
evolver of heaven and earth.
And in the differentiation of the original
homogeneous mass; its first begotten product
which was self-formed into land and water,
seif-organized into plants and animals, repro
duced in like species, further developed into
higher orders, and Ultimate ly refined, ration
from the monkey, ascended to the phiIosopher,
and sitteth down in the rites and customs Of
civilization under the laws of developing
sociology; from thence he shall come again by
the disintegration Of the heterogenized cosmos
back into the original homogeneousness of
chaos.
believe in the wholly impersonal absolute;
the wholly uncatholic church, the disunion Of
the saints, the survival of the fittest. the per-
sistence of force, the dispersion of the body,
and in death everlasting
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

One of the shabbiest bits of spitefulness
which President Hayes has shown toward
Senator Conkling is his omission to reap
point Gen. Stewart L. Woodford as District
Attorney for the Southern District of New
York. Everyone of what the President calls
his civil service rules would dictate the re-
appointment of Gen. Woodford, who has
been notably efficient and successful Off
cial, as we'll as one of the most eminent
men of the nation for high character and
attainnlents, lofty eloquence and unsullied
purity of life. But Gen. Woodford is a
friend of Senator Conkling, and that is suffi-
cient to override all other considerations in
the Presidential mind. Perhaps the Gen.
eral ought to be congratulated, for Hayes's
disapproval has served to bring good luck
to its objects. He turned Arthur and
Cornell out of the New York Gus
tom House, refused to reappoint Gen.
Sharpe or to appoint Thomas c.
Platt as Naval Officer. But the people
have rectifed these things. Arthur is
chosen Vice President of the United States,
Cornell is Governor of New York, Sharpe is
Speaker of the House of New York, and
Platt is United States Senator elect. The
precedents indicate that preferment awaits
Gen. Woodford, who well merits all that
can be bestowed upon him. A special dis
patch to the New York Herald from Wash
ington gives an account of the feeling there
as follows:
There is general feeling here that Presi.
dent Hayes in nominating Mr. Forster to be
United States District Attorney in New York,
in Stewart Woodford's place, has done de-
cidedly ungrateful and shabby thing. Hayes
owes an immense debt of gratitude TO Wood.
ford To the brilliant New Yorker more than
to any other man is due the success Of the Ohio
campaign of 1876. At that time Ohio was
wild with the financial heresy known as tn.
"Ohio idea," and some of the best Republicans
in the State were tinctured with greenback
ideas, so that they sought to keep the financia
question from being an issue of the canvass
All familiar with Ohio politics will readily re
call the blackness of the political outlook wher
Stewart Woodford came into the campaign
His earnestness convinced the State Commit
tee that an aggressive rather than shrinking
position upon the finances and in behalf O.
honest money was the proper thing for which
to prepare the people, and Woodford startet
into the campaign with "honest money" fcl
his sole text.
His famous series Of debates with Genera
Tom Ewing drew thousands of people tosethe
and his eloquence and arguments not onl,
vanquished Ewing, but were drawn upon fol
texts by hundreds of local speakers and con
tributed largely to the Republican success o
that year. That campaign endeared Wood
ford to the Ohio Republicans, and ever sine
that time he has taken part in Ohio cam
| paigns and accomplished vast good 1
| a resident of Ohio, NO man would be though
! more worthy of the highest honors the Stat
could confer. Stewart L. Woodford's an,
even President Hayes's warmest friends her
express intense regret that he has sacrifice,
! Woodford to spite Senator Conkling.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

A GENTLEMAN of this city who wishes to
establish mandatory which can be best
carried on in the South, finds 1t impossible
to secure the capital for investment In
that part of the country, though he
be carried on north of Mason and Dixon's
line. This is an illustration of the folly of
the Southerners in perslsting in their policy
of ostracism of all who disagree with them
politically. They make the South so very
solid that there seems to be no place left for
immigrants or capital.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

SENSIBLE talk by the New Haven Regis
ter: Does a man ever go into a grocer y
store and say, 81 will give you five cents a
pound for sugar." and expect to be treated
with respect? Not at all. He asks the
price of sugar and pays what is asked or
goes without. But the same man will offer
a price 20 per cent. below rates for given
space in the advertising columns of news
paper and feel offended because it is not
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

Boston Herald: When we remember
John A. Andrew, his character as a man
and his services as Chief Magistrate of this
Commonwealth, how he was bounded when
living and jackaled when dead by the in
temperate Prohibitiopists, it is difficult to be-
lieve that they alone are right, and that he
brought to the consideration of this ques-
tion standard in which conscience was
left out
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

THE Duke of Connaught, who is about to
assume the command of the British army,
is described as "kind-hearted, choleric and
terrible swearer." In these part iculars
he resembles many men who come round to
a newspaper Office to complain of the pub
lication Of an item.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

SENATOR DAWES places Big Snake and
Standing Bear, of the Ponca tribe, higher
in the scale of humanity than he does Sec
retary Schurz. Why didn't Massachusetts
send an Indian to the Senate? Her coloni-
al history is crowded with the favors she
has bestowed upon the Indians Unless we
mistake, King Philip was her first Govern or
and her philanthropists gave him third
farm
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

THE Commissioner of Patents reports
that the receipts the past year were S750,O0O
and the expenditures $53O,0OO. The total
amount to the credit of the patent fund is
$1,632 900. Number of patents issued dur
ing the year 49, AL.
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SPRINGFIELD, the Union of that city init
crate rents. So does Portland. If we had
more low-priced tenemeats and less costly
stores the clamor for tenants would subside.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

GAMBETrA is candidate for the first va
cant seat in the French Academy. If he
can do as much for the Academy as he has
done for France he ought to be admitted
vacancy or no vacancy.
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$500 Reward

WE will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache Indi-
gestion, Constipation Costveress we cannot cure
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the l.
rections are strictly complied with. They are
purely Vegetable and never fail to give satisfac-
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, containing 80
pills, 25 cents. For sale by all druggists. Beware
of counterfeits and limitations. The genuine manu-
factured only by JOHN c. WEST a. CO., ''The Pill
Makers 181 Il 1S3 ". Madison ST., Chicago.
Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt
of 3 cent steI1f. sepGdeow6Sw eow1y
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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., 1881-02-04

THE fourth page of the Albany Journal is
much less entertaining than it was. 1t is
now occupied by the non-doings of the New
York Legislature. 1t used to be filled with
advertisements.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

PEOPLE will begin to think a great deal of
Carl Schurz if Massachusetts, papers abuse
him much longer. They may come to the
belief even that he is bigger man than old
Dawes
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
Reform Club Meeting.

The Quarterly Cumberland County Convention Of
Reform Clubs will be holden at North Gorham on
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. IL and IS, 1881.
tits earnestly hoped each Club will be represent
ed with full delegation.
Free entertainment to all.
L.w WEIGH, Sec'y.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
tion but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
muncations that are not used.
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COMPREHENSIVE.
Dissolution.

fHNHE copartnership heretofore existing between
Il Loren D. Austin and Edgar E. McKenney un-
der the style of AUSTIN & MCKINNEY, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
EDGAR Z. MCKINNEY will continue the bus
iness aud adjust all accounts at the old stand 1S1
Middle Stree.
Portland, Feb 1, 1881. feb1 eod2w*
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VENNoR is as untrustw orthy as Wash
ington correspondent who writes about the
new cabinet. He promised us "soft wealth
err on the first of February.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

LOOKS as though Garfield is going to
make his own cabinet. 1t will not be the
first work of his hands that has proved good.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

FEBRUARY starts in with great buster.
Let us hope the old belief that bully is a
coward is true, and that February will soon
weaken if it is stoutly opposed.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

THERE is no end of talk about Senator
Hamlin's overcoat. 1t is looked upon as
national blessing.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

discard ali soothing syrups and the Boston Bat
terry, thus relieving the child of much suffering
caused by narcotics. Sent by mail everywhere on
and Women Agents wanted in every city and town
Address Boston Galvanc Battery Co.. II fremont
st. Boston, Mass. declO d&wly
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

POET PIATT's latest aspiration is the post
mastership at Cincinnati. He has written
too good verse to be reduced to that menial
employment.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
AS A POLITICAL JOURNAL,

the PRESS will be devoted as in the past to dis
eliminating support of the Republican party, and
rights of all citizens throughout the length and
breadth of the Republic. 1t will always speak out
for education, good morals and just laws bell wing
things.
Tn events of the coming year at home and abroad
bid fair to be of unusual interest. The develop
ment of the policy of the incoming national admin
israton must attract great attention and be eager
ly watched. Abroad the condition of affairs in Ire
may not be far distant when Lewis from that quar-
ter will be of absorbing interest. A daily journal
with telegraph reports from all sections of our own
country and other countries will therefore be ne
cessty to every citizen of Maine who takes an in
telligent interest in affairs.
The DAILY PRESS is offered to mail subscribers
postage pad-for 81 per year, So SO foI six months
or $l.75 for three months, if paid strictly in ad-
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
REAL ESTATE.
House For Sale.

On Gray Street, brick, with all mod.
ern improvements, hot and cold water.
First.class in every respect. Will be
sold low. w. HI. WALDRON,
Real Estate Agent, 1SO Middle St.
JANIS eod2w*
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bear such disgrace? No sympathy could he
expect from any brother His work must be
done. and done alone.
How loudly the clock called out from below.
Could it be actually stalking up-stairs?-so
sharply did its tones ring in Romeo Augustus's
wide-open ears:
Tick-tock-tick-tock,
'Tis ten-o'clock.
Make haste-dont waste
Minutes-iu fits
OF fear. Come herel
IT'S ten-o'clock
Tick-tock-'ick-tock.
Romeo Augustus put one bare foot out of
bed; he drew 1t back; he half rose, and sank on
the pillows again. Then, with a mighty ef-
fort, he gave bound and stood shivering In
the middle Of the floor. The house was still.
Elias was sleeping the sleep Of the Just, never
dreaming how he had terrified his small BROTH
er. Out into the entry stole Romeo Augustus.
The harvest moon threw a broad band of light
on the stairs. Down crept the small bare feet
along the lower hall into the sitting-room
How would everything look in the dimnsss?
Gaunt and tall stood the clock in the corner
The outside moon tossed handful Of beams
into the clock moons face. The clock moon
was 80 very jollyl Did he know that just be-
meath were rHrNGs?-two dangling in the air,
headless, armless? one 'writhing in agony
anon?
His breath came in gasps. How could he 60
forward? But he crept on. His hand is on
the clocks brass-bound door, Will he open it
now?
INSTRUMENTATION.
Past ten-o'clock.
Turn key-and see
THINGS there-intme.
Past ten-oclock.
Tick-tock-tick- took.
Snapi went the brass key. Into the dark were
thrust two little cold hands.
Then, suddenly, "Hai hal hal' a shrill
laugh went dancing up stairs. Hal hal ha!
What could the matter be?
Hal ha! hal Oh, hal hal hal"
Father aud mother, Solomon and Lass
Elias and John, with Philemon In the rctxS-
into the room they all rushed, winking and
blinking, candles in their hands.
There, in his red night-gown, hopping up
and down in front of the clock, was Master
Romeo Augustus.
"Ha! ha! Hurrahl It's nothing but the
pen'lum and the two weights. Hal ha! hal"
Nobody could guess what he meant. II
Elias knew he kept his own counsel. But
gleam of intelligence broke over Solomon's
face.
"It's wise fellow who wrenches forth the
serpent's fangs," shouted he. "Three cheers
for Romeo Augustus!"
The cheers were given with will. But
mother caught her little son in her arms.
Hes been walking in his Sleep" she cried,
tea."
But the clock knew better. So did the
clock-moon. 1t wagged its head at Romeo
Augustus. Brave boy! brave boyl'
And Romeo Augustus nodded back, GOOD
He could say that now with the rest He
was not afraid of the clock any longer.
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REASONS WHY
all should use the
ReacdiOnary Health Lift.

every man or woman in every walk of life. 1t fur
nshes an exercise which may, and should be intro
duced into every house; which may be practiced at
all seasons, in all kinds of weather, by persons of
both sexes, all ages or degrees of strength weak
ness, alone or in company. No one cpn say too
muchi praise of it, and one 4fford to do
withoutit All who investigate thor Aghly, it,
and consider it invaluable and Indispensable. 1t is
the SAFEST simplest, cheapest and most efficient
it which is unscientifc or impracticable.
General.-It is the best of rest 1t is perfectly
safe. No harm ever came from its use. 1t strains
portion of the system. 1t directs the vital forces
to the affected parts By its the health is easily
maintained. The purchase of a Reaetionary Litter
is the best kind of economy. The convenience of
having one In the house is very great.
Mind and Rrain.-It invigorates and strength
ems the brain and renders it more active and eff
eient i'll all its operations.
eIeep.-It Is the simplest and safest narcotic
It is the most natural and probably the best means
of inducing sound and refreshing sleep.
Nerves.-It is wonderful tonic to the whole
nervous system. 1t is most eficacious remedy In
paralysis, If taken in time.
Lungs, Throat and VOice.-It gives special
expansion and greater mobility to the chest en-
ton, and brings the voice fully under control
As preventive and cure of lung diseases it has no
equal.
Exercise.-Iti is the most perfect exercise for
man woman, furnishing the best form of physi-
cal culture and development in the safest, easiest
most thorough and expeditions manner. 1t is bet
ter than the gymnasium, and free from its dangers;
and infinitely better than drugs in majority of
chronic diseases. 1t rounds and hardens the mus
cles, and educates them into ever ready, faithful
and efficient servants of tho will.
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House For Sale.
One of the best located, best fin
ished and most convenient houses
in Portland. Every modern i'm
prOvement and nearly new.
w. I'll. WALDRON,
Real Estate Agent, $50 Middle st.
ian26 eod2W*
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COpartnership Notice.

WE the undersigned have this day formed a
w copartnershfp under the style of AMOS. L.
Mill EFT & CO., for the purpose of carrying on
the jobbing and retail grocery business. VIII occu-
py our new store, 5S1 and 583 Congress street,
about February 18th. Until then will be found at
the old stand, 5S8 Congress street.
AMOS l.. MILLETT
FRED w. THOMPSON.
Portland, Me- Feb. lst, 1881. feb1 div
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REAL ESTATE NOTICE.

ENTE offer for sale in large small lots, all our
w property in Deering the being part
of the farm of the late Jam IS Deering.
This is the most Uatuable Suburban property IN the
vicinity of Portland, and aciU be sold very lou.
Plans and description of the premises can be seen
at our office.
Al.o, building lots Munioy Hill, Congress,
Deering, High, State, Mellen, Sherman, Grant,
Portland, Wesl and Vaughn streets.
To those wishing to build or to invest in real es-
tate, rare opportunity is now offered.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
COMMERCIAL NEWSPAPER,

the PRESS must commend itself to every citizen of
Maine engaged in trade commerce. 1t contains
daily reports by telegraph of the condition of for
eign and domestic markets, while the Importance Of
Portland as distributing centre for the State
makes its local market reports of great value. Its
ship news is ALWAYS full and accurate. Inits
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

it is stronger than any daily journal in
Maine Its treatment of the current political topics
of the day is prompt, able and discriminating,
while its book reviews and literary criticisms are
keen insight and pure and finished literary style.
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
Notice.

Ixl Of our firm from January 1, 1881.
TWITCHELL, CHAPMAN g. co.
Portland, Jan. "a, 1881. jan24d2w
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TRY THE BOSTON BATTERY.

1t stimulates the
blood into action, and
should be worn by ev-
eryone subject to Rheu-
m a t. s IN Neuralgia,
Nervous Dis g as es :
Sleepless Nights, Hys-
terra, Epilepsy, Dys-
pepsia, Fever aud Ague,
Heart, Liver, Lung and
Kidney Diseases. Natrs-
ing Mothers and Child
rem wear the Boston
\ Battery; its action up
ION the mother and
llchild will be found very
quieting. Mothers now
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
Portland Daily Press
FOR 1851.

The Portland Daily Press is the largest and best
daily newspaper in Maine, containing reading mat
ter in larger quantity and greater variety than any
journal Of its class In the State.
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The Courage Of Romeo Augustus.

MARY Densel in Harper's Young People.l
One night our six tow-headed urchns were
sitting around the table chattering like Sc
many magpies. The tall clock in the corner
insisted ON talking too:
Tick-tock-tick- -tock,
Ills eight-o'clock:
Come boys cease noise,
Quick treai-to bed;
'Tis eight-oclock.
Tick tOck-iick -tock.
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To Let.

Store No. 81 Exchange ST., chambers on Ex-
change St. and on Middle ST.
j. ID. 81 f. FESSENnEN,
nov29 dom 172 Middle Street.
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it will be represented at Augusta by a capable
special correspondent who will furnish full daily
States Senator and the settlement of the State val
alton. both of which will devolve upon the next
Legislature well the fact that that Legislature
will be the last for two years will render the coming
session one of great interest and importance. As
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
ITS NEWS DEPARTMENTS

are always filed with the latest information on
current affairs both at home and abroad, received
by telegraph and by mail. Special attention is paid
to local and State matters and its facilities for OBJ
tanning prompt and reliable news from all parts
of the State are unexcelled During the coming
session of the
The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

GEORGE G. RICHARDSON,
ALEXANDER H. RICE,
WILLIAM F. BABCOCK,
F. RATCHFORD STARR,
FREDERICK H. COsSITT
LEWIS MAY,
OLIVER HARTMAN,
THOMAS DICKSON,
HENRY w. SMITH,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-20

On molten Of Trustee Dauchy II wa,
ordered that all moneys. books and pa.
pers belonging to the town Of Gold Hill
be handed ' TO the County Commits.
sioners a. soon a. the Treasurer can a.
his books and all warrants allowed a
this meeting are paid. Also. Il wal or.
dered that the Town Marshal. Clerk and
Attorney turn over al books and papers
lin their possession belonging to the
town to the County Commissioners.
Trustee Mercer and Clerk hyde were
instructed to transfer all the town prop
erty (as per inventory to the County
Commissioners.
There being no other business, Trus-
tee Dsuchy In Q few appropriate remarks
moved that . vote Of thanks be rendered
TO President Fox and President (pro
tem) Mercer for the able manner IN
which they have presided on al occa1
|sions.
Trustee Mercer replied by saying that
the unity Of feeling which has existed oil
all times among the members OF the
Board made the duties Of presiding
officer light and pleasant. Hs thanked
The members for this mark Of courtesy
to President Fox and himself,
and hoped the good feeling nov existing
would continue to bind thsm together al
friends.
The Board then adjourned sins de.