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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06
Magazine Notices

The Art Amateur for May contains no less
than fourteen large pages Of designs for China
painting and needlework, etching on linen
and general decoration. Much space is also
devoted to the Spring picture exhibition.
Clarence Cook criticises the paintings at the
National Academy, many of which are illas-
trated; Edward Strahan writes Of the Belgi-
an "Salon'' at Philadelphia; the work OF the
American Artists is editorially discussed, and
there is page of charming drawings from pic
lures in the French Water Color Exhibition.
The Metropolitan Museum Trustees are sharp
~ arraigned for their failure to investigate the
Feuardent charges with fairness, and there are
excellent practical articles on photograph paint
ing, modelling in clay, amateur photography
and needlework. Some "Classic hints for
Modern Costumes" with exquisite illustrations
from the Greek, are specially interesting.
Montague Marks, Publisher, % Union Square,
New York.
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Books Received.

Notable Thoughts About Women. Liter
airy Mosaic. By Maturin M. Ballou. Cloth, 400
pp., $1.50. Boston: HouEhton. Mfain & Co. Port
land: Loring, Short 8 Harmon.
Plain-speaking. BY the author of "John Hal
flax, Gentleman" Cloth, 249 PIP. New York;
Harper Brothers. Portland: Loring, Short g.
Harmon.
Shakespeare,s Two Gentlemen Of Vcrsna
Edited by William j. Rolfe. Cloth, illustrated,
1853 pp., so cents. New York: Harper Broth
ers. Portland LorinF, Short e Harmon.
bentley. By R. c. Jebb English Menof Letters
Cloth, 221 pp., rs cents. New York: Harper 8
Brothers. Portland Loring. Short & Harmon.
Thomas Carlisle. A History of the First Forty
Years of His Life. By j. A. Frsude, Cloth, Illus
trated, 29S PIP. Now York: Harper 3 Brothers
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Victor Hugo and His Time. BY Alfred Bar
bou Translated from the French by Ellen e.
Frewer. Cloth, illustrated, 275 PIP. New York;
Harper g. Brothers. Por tland: Loring, Short s
Harmon
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IT seems to be necessary at frequent in
tervals to remind the public that the pro-
duction of domestic wool in the United
States has increased four hundred per cent.
since the year 1860, the total production in
the year 1880 having been two hundred and
thirty-two million pounds. This is one of the
real reasons why the domestic manufacture Of
wooden goods has risen to such tremendous
proportions, and why the prices of those
goods have been reduced SO remarkably.
This result was accomplished first by the
heavy protective tariff on wooden fabrics
and second by the wool tariff enacted for
the special protection of the domestic wool
growers.
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THE Providence Journal urges the
prompt passage of Sherman's bill, to put an
end to the compulsory coinage of the stand
ard dollar, and pointedly declares that
"there is no more equity or necessity that
there should be compulsory coinage of sill
yer than of gold or copper, and the only ben
eft that comes from the measure is to the
mine owners.'
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FOR SALE.

I IA Story House and Ell, containing finished
L rooms, one unfinished room, with stable connse-
ted with ell acres OF excellent garden land, besieS
q number of acres of flats, water 'front.' about 70
fruit trees in bearing; situated on the County
road, leading from Knightville to Turner's Island
in Cape Elizabeth, IA mile from Portland Bridge.
For further particulars, apply to John Wat
son, near the premises or n. S. GARDINER, r. u.
Agent, SO Exchange St., City. apr7dlm
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The decrease in the national debt for the
ten months of the present fiscal year is
1923, S4S, 900. This is a larger reduction
than has been made in any twelve months
since the war, and $22,000,000 larger than
the total reduction for the last year. If the
average reduction of the past ten months is
maintained, the total reduction ending June
80, 1882, will be S14S, 100000.
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FARM ron SALE.

FEVHE Farm belonging to the late d. o. Small, very
Il pleasantly located on road leading from SeEtA
P. o. R. r. Station, will be sold at bargain small
payment required, balance can stand with mortgage
on time. Said farm contains about 80 acres land,
divided into Wood, Timber, PastufiDg and Moving
ands the buildings are good two story house with
ell, wood and carriage house with large barn, all in
good condition. Will be sold with farm, a geo&
stock of Farming Tools. For further particulars,
inquire of JOHN M. ALLEN, Saccarappa, Me.
april d&wtf
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SIT would be an odd freak of destiny"
says the London Athaneum, "if the open
ing of the Suez Canal should seriously affect
the fortunes of the United States. The
wheat fields of India are likely soon to rival
the harvests of the great West"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06

In contrasting Emerson aud Carlyle the
London Daily News neatly expresses what is
generally believed when it says of the form
er that the man was greater than his written
works, and of the latter that his written
works were greater than the man.
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BIsMARK has redeemed his pledge to the
Pope. The new ecclesiastical bill, restoring
the ante-bellum condition of things in Prus-
STA, has been adopted by vote of eighty
seven to thirty-three in the House of Lords
of the royal Diet. For years Bismark has
coquetted with this measure-alternately
promising support and then growing luke
warm as the aid of the Ultramontanes
seemed less imperatively necessary. The
victory unites the Clericals and Conserv-
atives personally-for it is the highest price
exacted by the Church for the aid of its
members.
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IT is Mr.. Belmont who is a bully and a
coward, and not Mr.. Blaine, the Cincinnati
Gazette explains, for he islands exposed in
threatening a man with challenge, before
all the world, when he did not mean to
fight, or when, upon reflection, his courage
failed him. This is an act of bravado, with
caution against personal risk, or with a
subsequent cooling of courage, which com
poses the character of bully and cow
ard ,,
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THE demand for shelp'' of all sorts at
Castle Garden is something extraordinary.
The labor bureau is besieged by applicants.
Parties are willing to take from one to fifty
immigrants each, and the calls for mechan-
les of all kinds are incessant. As to wages,
hands are taken who are paid as much as il
they had been working steadily at their
trades in well-established American houses
for months. The women fare as well as the
men. Richly dressed ladies, bringing letters
of introduction from prominent citizens,
are content to take servants from the class
marked without references" at wages
ranging from $40 to $16 per month.
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FOR SALE.

fIlHE three story brick house, No. 90 Deeriny So.
Il Has all the modern Improvements In q desir-
able locality, on the sunny side. Lot 130xS7ik
feet. Also lot of land on Cumberland Street, ad-
joining the above lot, 100x45 feet Terms easy.
AMI bdtf L NJ. EIEIEID-
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mazes of fine diction. The long boreal sun
sets are all right for him, no day too long for a
good time, even though it be six months. AS
literature it is not great success; as an emil
nently readable and lively description 1t will
find many friends
The Life Everlasting ByJ. H. Pettengill.
With Symposium Of Twenty Associates.
philadelphia: j. D. Brown.) This is long
and elaborate discussion of religious matters,
especially concerning the future life and re-
generation 1t is written with earnestness and
liberality. The publishers price is $500 for
the volume.
Tales of the Argonauts. By Bret Harte.
Boston: Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmon) Another volume
of the fine and substantial Riverside Edition Of
Mr.. Harte's works; and it contains some of his
most inimitable stories of the '49'ers, together
with his Eastern Sketches Most delicious OF
all, is the story OF Baby Sylvester, irrssponsi-
BILE and pathetic and wholly lovable little cub
that he was.
Prudence. By Mrs. Lucy G. Lille New
York: Harpers; Portland: Loring, Short s.
Harmony or this delicate, artistic and signif-
cant little romance of modern @stheticism it is
enough to say (since its appearance in current
numbers of Harper's Magazine has thoroughly
introduced it to popular favor) that it Is one Of
the most thoughtful, subtle and just Of the
many bright things that have been written for
and against the aesthetic movement. As story
it is charming and satisfactory.
The Social Law of Labor. By William b.
Weeden. Boston; Roberts Brothers,) In this
very solid and careful consideration Of the re-
lations of Labor and Capital, Mr.. Weeden sur
veys the causes and history Of property-holding,
association and mutual dependence OF man
kind in clear and agreeable manner, and ar
rives at humane and reasonable conclusions.
The American Irish and their Influence on
Irish politics. By Philip H. Bagenal, B. A.
Oxon. Boston: Roberts Brothers; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony The first portion
of Mr.. Bagenals volume concerns itself with
the history of Irish emigration to the United
States, beginning at period before the Rev
dictionary War. The second part of tho
work treats of the condition of the Irish
in America and the part they take in the state
of affairs in their mother country. AT this
precise time, when the new departure in Eng
lands policy toward Ireland has begun, Mr..
Bagenal's monograph will be found interesting
reading.
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Hyperion and Outre-Mer are published in
tasteful pamphlet form by Messrs. Houghton
& Mfflin of Boston, for sake of protection to
their copyright; and they appeal to the justice
of the public to support them by purchasing
their editions of Mr.. Longfellow's works which
are the authentic and rightful ones Mean
while it is pleasant to think that no home need
lack the writings of the beloved poet, since this
edition is offered at a nominal price. port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
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Dorothea. Boston: J. r. Osgcod & Co.,
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony. This new
number of the Round Robin Series is particu
larly attractive, lively and original. The Phil
adelphia Exposition furnishes brilliant back.
ground for an extremely pleasant and graceful
romance, which runs on bright and bn billing to
its prosperous end. 1t is one Of the prettiest Of
stories for Summer reading.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale.

STORE and House, twenty-five acres OF land, Or
- chard good we'll of water. q good place for
trade and pleasant location. For particulars in
quire of or address W. n WILSON, West Cumber-
land. may2d3w<
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06

History Of France By Charlotte M. Yonge.
(New York: d. Appleton & Co.; Portland:
Hoyt, Fogg & Donham.) This spirited and
picturesque little volume is one of the History
Primers Series, edited by the historian, Mr..
John Richard Green, who seems to have in
spred his coliaborators with his own fashion of
filling the hard historic outlines with life and
color.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06

4 new volume of the attractive series Of
American Classics for Schools Boston: Hough
ton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland; Loring, Short &
Harmony contains suitable selections from
Hawthorne's works, models of grace and vivid
word painting. Happ5 are the children OF
these days, that have for school-tasks such
dainty stories as Little Annie's Ramble, or the
curious half-,nodern, wholly human narrative
of old King Midas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06

CHICAGO Tribune: The Republican par
ty, having put its hands to the plough, must
not turn back. 1t owes the publication of
elections in the South to the negroes, but
more especially to itself. 1t has recorded its
promises in the most solemn and binding
manner in its platforms. The party is
founded on the doctrine of equality of hui
man rights. 1t can do no work more inn
portant this session than to secure to the
other Southern Republicans, white and
black, the seats in Congress to which they
shall prove to be fairly entitled. So long as
the Republican party shall remain in power,
the Southern members of it may rest assured
that no contest for representation in Con-
gress, supported by sufficient proof of cleo.
ton, will be in vain.
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ENTERTAINMENTS
FREE LECTURES.

s'There are Marriages and Marriages that are not
CAAPWAN's next lecture at Congress Hail.
next tn thursday, May tn
chronological Examinations will conclude the
lecture. Admission Free and Collection.
MAY CHAPMAN Delineates the Health and
Character day and evening at the UNITED
ST ATES HOTEL, Room Al. may6eod1ws
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Onesimus. By the Author of Philochristus
Boston: Roberts Brothers; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony This remarkable work is
similar in plan and execution to the authors
previous volume. 1t contrasts most favorably
with the usual manner of religious fiction
which rarely succeeds 10 dealing with the per-
sonages of sacred history so as not to offend the
reverence or good taste of readers. The fine
tact, the admirable style, at ence forcible and
dignifed, the transformations learning of Onesi-
mus render it a valuable work as tending to
make more lively and real our mental pictures
of the early years of the Christian era.
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A BOY left Portland, March &c, 1882, name
IA John M. WEIGH, 10 years old, blue eyes brown
hair, powder blown ia one side of face. Please in
form me. s. A. PIERCE, Ia Market street.
apps d2ws
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LANCASTER BUILDING.
ALLEN &c COMPANY.
GENTLEMEN'S FINE CLOTHIM G
FURNISHING GOODS.
Ready-MadeClotlling
DEPARTMENT.

Gentlemen intending to pur-
chase a Spring Suit, Over Sack or
PanfalOOnS, made up ready FOR
immediate wear, should not fail
TO inspect the large and carefully
selected assortment OF fine, me-
dunn and low priced Clothing,
which we are now showing TO the
trade. We are sole Hnanufactur.
ers of all Clothing sold by us, and
our prices compare fagOrably
with all competing houses.
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Cook Wanted.
WANTED.

A CAPABLE girl for cook and general house
"A work. May apply 26 Deering St., between
seven and eight p. m. may4d3t
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Wanted.

1.-TWO gentlemen boarders in private family.
Il Apply at 100 oxford street, right hand bell.
maya d1We
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Arctic Sunbeams By S. S. Cox. New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons; Portland: Loring, Short
& HarmoD) In this pleasant discursive vol
ume, Congressman Cox (already identified with
the gorgeous Western imagery of the sunset)
makes one of his off hand, shrewd and risky
tours of observation. From Pole to Pyramid
and from Broadway to the Bosphorus-as he
alliteratively says-he takes his cheerful notes,
sometimes with much sound sense and keen
sight, again losing himself for Q moment in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-06
Wanted.

pOARD, for family, including two children and
Id infant on the coast near Portland, where
there is a fine shore. Address w. d. CLIFFORD 479
st. Paul St, Montreal may3d1vs
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Information Wanted.

BOARD and Rooms, for family of three, as
Id reasonable terms. Private family preferred
Address c., PRESS Office. mayzd1ws
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TO LET.
TO LET.
Store to Let.

STORE No. At Free St.. now occupied by
- Soule Co. Possession given May LIST. A
to G. A. WESTON, 40 Free Street. apo,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-10-12

1t is a marriage certificate, said
Mr. Reeves, glancinr at it; and turning
it over he read aloud as follows:
l, Joseph Popplewell, do acknowl-
edge that my housekeeper. Mrs. Dfay-
colt. ID my lawful wife. which married
under the name or Mary Saunders in
-, and 1, Mary Popplewell, or Dray-
colt, do hereby swear that if my hus-
band, Joseph Popplewell, leaves me
$4,000 by his will, 1 viii keep his mar.
'riage secret
This extraprd nary document pur-
ports to be signed by both part ies,
added the lawyer, handling the paper
reverently, land l must say that upon
the face Of it, taken in conjunction with
the certificate, it appears to be incon-
testible evidence.''
WHO gets the money now. thenP'
demanded the same person who had
asked the question before.
Well, gentlemen, | am sorry to say
that Mr.. Silas PopplewelI being unfort-
unately for himself, nattLiats Hiiats, or
illegitimate, can inherit nothing" re-
pied Mr.. Reeves "The estate will
therefore, be divided between the law
ful widow of the deceased and his next
of kin, according to the statute.''
The excitement of the audience at
this announcement found vent in a
hOarse cheer, in the midst of which poor
Silas sank into chair in half fainting
condition. He now understood too
late, alas!-what had caused his father
suddenly to make a will, and he was
also keenly conscious of the fact that
having borne witness to its alleged rev.
ocation, it was out of the question to
endeavor to set it up again. He was
aroused from his bitter reflections by
the touch of the housekeeper upon his
shoulder
"Cheer up, my lad,' she said rough
ly, but not unkindly: 4 did not know
it would be so bad for you as this, and
don pity you less because [ suspect
you've brought it on yourself. Now, l
won't make any rash promise, because
l don know how much money Pm go
ing to get. But you shall have the
$4,000 you grudged to me, even if ]
don't receive farthing more"
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English TenantrY.


IL may be interesting to some to know
something about the tenantry in Eng
land, as the custom differs widely from
ours in reference to renters, or tenants.
The entry on tenantry farms takes place
st Michaelmas, the outgoing tenant re-
tanning a right to the barns, ETC., until
his crop is all sold, and the incoming
tenant has to pay his predecessor for
certain acts of husbandry, such as plow-
ing fallOws, land MANFRED from whioh
no crop has been taken, etc. These
charges often amount on the purely
arabic lands in the counties of the south
to from 96 to is per acre, a heavy
pull on the tenants purse, and more
than the price of lands in many parts of
the United States. The stable accumu-
lations of the year and the straw are the
landlords, and belong to him and fol-
low the farm. A tenant, it win be seen,
having to pay for all this, unless quite
well off, can not afford to pay for much
s'pedigree'' stock. for it requires at least
from E10 to 412 per acre to get started.
The rents vary from IS. to E40 per acre,
the one for poor sheep farms on the
chalk and poor clays, the other for fine
loans, which are payable half-yearly.
LabOrers are all paid in hard cash every
Saturday night. The items of rent and
labor on a farm of 500 acres will amount
to something like 92125, that is includ-
ing rates, tithes, etc., all of which, ex-
cept little help from the sheep flock,
must come out of the tenants capital.
Nothing is counted in the above esti-
mate for artificial manures, the outlay
for which often amounts to more than
the rent. So it win be seen that the
tenant must be able to pay all expenses
for the first year, which no man, with
out considerable means, is able to do.
There is no custom there, as in this
country, of giving portion of the crop
in payment for rent, and consequently
the very poor farmer there has but
poor show to rise in the world.-SGn
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A Frightful Leap.

The other night a passenger changing
cars at Harper's Ferry was leaning
against the railing on the river side,
when n train came along, and, fearing
he might not be safe, he sprang lightly
over the railing, having mistaken the
river, as he afterward stated, for
meadow. His stunning amazement
may be better imagined than described
when, after fall of thirty or forty feet,
he sank in ten feet of muddy. swift
running water. He, however, had snffi-
cient presence of mind to keep his head
above water, and was carried down to
the bridge, where he drifted against a
pier. and, climbing to ledge, called
for help. When he was rescued he re-
fused to tell anything about himself.
Fortunately, the river was high, as gen
orally the spot where he fell is bare.
and had it been so then he would have
been killed