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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
A Sad Tale.
[Chicago Tribune.
"Does YOUR father kI,ow?,'

"Does your father kIow?.'
HE does not Thank heaven, that sorrow
was spared him"
The crickets climbed under the fagstones
and the warm, south wind came in soft puffs
over the meadows, bearing upon its bosom the
scent of the red-topped clover and the ox-eyed
daisies, as Rupert Redingote and Aphrodits
Mcclure stood by the path that led from the
farm to the village of Roussillon, Macoupin
county, while the swallows circled around in
the fast coming twilight, giving forth NV and
then little sleepy twitters as If anxious for the
warmth and comfort which their nests afforded
They were to be married in the Fall, these two
in the merry hard cider and corn husking
time-and, although scarce three months had
passed since Rupert pressed upon her pulsing
lips the solemn betrothal kiss, Aphrodite
trusted him with perfect faith that was al
most sublime in its passionate intensity.
$50 the old man didn't hear about my getting
full?'' said Rupert.
NO. was the girls response, as with lit
tie happy take-it-away-f y-for-ten-cents sob, she
laid her gum-filled cheek upon Rupert's breast
and twined her dimpled arms around his neck
eff any one had told him it would have been
a cold day for you"
"You arc singing on the right key now, Aph-
rodite," was Rupert's reply. "If the terrible
fact had come to his knowledge he would part
us forever His position as deacon in the church
would not allow him to overlook the fault, even
should his stern Puritan nature relent No,
darling, we must not let him know Of this sin
of mine"
AS Rupert spoke buggy was seen coming
rapidly up the lane, and as it reached the gate
the horse stopped suddenly, and the man in the
vehicle came out over the animals head and
fell with dull, sickening thud into hotbed.
The deacon had been taking nip himself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
philadelphia Press.l

AT the round table of the celebrated Sam.
Ward Oscar Wilde sat directly opposite the es-
teemed jurisconsult, Mr.. William NJ. Evarts.
Mr. Evarts likes nothing in the world better
than slice of Sem. Wards Westphalia ham
boiled in champagne, and incidentally Is
brought into contact with some curious pieces Of
human brio a-bfac.
The young aesthetic, by the time Sam Wards
Lafitte came on, had ceased to disguise his in
terest in tho lean, silent little gentleman oppo-
site him He took advantage of an opportuni-
ty to say few words in a low tone to William
Hurlbut, who sat at his right. The editor Of
the World replied at some length in an under
tone, adding: 80, by all means, ask him."
'NIr Evarts," said Wilde, stretching his
long legs under aud his long chin over the ia
bic toward the eX-secretary of stats, pardon
tho request If presumptuous, but it would
afford me ineXpressible pleasure to hear you
recite something of your own, even If nothing
more than poemlet.'
Mr.. EvartS'5 aStonishment had not allowed
him to reply, when Sam Ward broke in
Permit me. No poet, you know, can do
justice to his own things" And in the Deep
rich voice for which he is famous he repeated
the whole of Theodore Tiltons "Aimer, aimer,
c'est vivTe.'
Capital" said Wilde, "but, really, you
know, hadsno idea that that sort of thing was
cultivated here by your statesmen"
80 yes, said Sam Ward, with a side glance
at Hurbut, land Eyarts rected those verses
once to public audience in Brooklyn, where,
l assure you, they were heard with apprecia-
ton."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
Historical Oaths.

Interesting historical oaths might be quo3ed
ad infnitum. Their earliest judicial applica.
tion is mentioned in the twenty-second chapter
of Exodus, where they are ordered to be ad-
ministered with a view to the just restoration
of lost property. And, in sacred history, 40
hear of swearing by idols, by the heavens and
earth as material structures; by the sun, moon
and stars; by the temple and its altars and 9th.
er paraphernalia; by the eyes, and by the soul
both of the juroNand of the one to whom the
adjuraton was addressed. In ancient mythol.
ogy we learn, according to Hesiod, that Jupiter
swore by the Stygian lake, and ordained those
waters as an oath for all the gods If any god
foreswore himself, he was debarred nectar, and
degraded from his divinity for hundred years
Oreus, the patron of oaths, was the son Of Eris,
or strife; and the same poet declares that de-
ceit and oaths originated together, for In tho
Golden Age no artificial confirmation was re-
quired. Among the Greeks the Athenians
invoked the mighty twelve" the Spartans
Castor and Pollux Their wives swore by Juno
Diana, Venus, ProserpiDe and Ceres. Rhad-
amanthus forbade his followers to swear by
aught save dog, a goose and a plane tree;
while Pythagoras made the number the only
standard on which his disciples might stake
their veracity. Demosthenes swore by the
dead at Marathon; the kings by their scepters;
and the Phociaus, when they built Massilia in
Narbonneso Gaul, bound themselves so SOL
emnly never to return to Phocis, that their
name became proverb for a stern VOW" In
all times men have sworn by their patron saints
or deities, and by those under whose protection
their trade, handicraft, accidental occupation,
or nationality was supposed to lie. But in old
en- days curses were very nearly akin to oaths,
and, indeed, constitute the major part of those
invocations OF the supernatural powers which
have been left on historical record. The at
tempt of Balak to curse the Israelites by means
of Balaam is an instance of this. In the cleo
tra' of Sophoeles. the ninth Iliadn of Homer,
and the "Orestes" of Euripides we find fami-
lies, and even hostile cities, cursed in the most
elaborate manner; and the Athenians evident
ly were imbued with an idea of the religious
weight which might attach to an impreoation
when they ordered Alcibiades to be publicly
cursed by all the priests and priestesses. One
of the latter, Theano, it will be remembered.
refused to comply with this behest, on the
ground that her Office fitted her to bless, not to
condemn. Finally the Roman Catholic pontiffs
cursed pretty literally for some centuries with
"hell hook and candla' -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

IT is stated upon good authority that the
negotiations for the arrangement of a copy
right treaty between this country and Great
Britain have fallen through, and that there
is no immediate prospect of their renewal.
The disappointment which this intelligence
must occasion will be greater because up to
certain point the proceedings had been car
ried on with considerable success, and at
one time the outlook was full of encourage
ment. American authors need the protec-
tion of copyright treaty scarcely less
than those of Great Britain, for it is obvious
that American publishers have little induce
ment to pay a liberal price for American
MSS. when they can use the writings of
foreign authors without money and without
price. 1t cannot be denied that this circum-
stance is great obstacle to the develop
ment of national literature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

"MACLEAN laughed several times at the
testimony given by the Eton students on
his examination before the magistrate, and
it seems not improbable from his general be-
havior that he is inspired to become an
jmitator of Guiteau and that he will on his
trial attempt similar antics to those of his
great American prototype. If he does, it is
likely that the English court will preserve
order among the spectators, as Judge Cox
did not, but we shall be curious to see hQw
any tribunal under the common law of Eng
land can suppress criminal of the Guiteau
stamp and make him behave himself while
the trial is going on.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

REPRESENTATIVE Chase of Rhode Island,
being member of the Society Of Friends,
has declined to take part in the appoint
ments to the military academy at West
Point. The President has requested the
other members of the delegation to attend to
the matter, and they have designated a
board to examine applicants.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE cadets of the Charleston citadel, the
West Point of the South, left it in the Spring
of 1861 to go into the rebel army. On Tues
day week the survivors of that noble band
restored the Palmetto flag to its old place on
the walls, and there was a banquet, an ar
tillery salute and jubilance generally. The
profits of the enterprise for which they left
the school in 1861 are manifest in the ruins
which still embellish that city in all direc-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

MOUND CITY, Illinois, is the only flooded
town yet heard from which declines outside
aid. 1t says, through its officials: This
city and county cannot afford to allow the
report to go abroad that it is county of
paupers depending on government charity"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE Galveston News warns its Demo-
cratic brethren of the South that the Re
publican party in that section is row in
shape to be feared, and is under more effec-
tive and intelligent guidance than it has had
fon
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
MEDICAL.
PLAIN
TRUTHS

The blood is the foundation of
life, it circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it is pure
and rich, good health is impossible.
If disease has entered the system
the only sure and quick way to drive
it out is to purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that nothing but
iron will restore the blood to its
natural condition and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blacken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Browns IRON BITTERs will thor
oughly and quickly assimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part Of the system, and it will
not blacken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi-
lively uot injurious.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE new editor of the Nashville Banner
in sauting his constituency expresses the
hope that Tennessee may under the educs-
tional influence of his paper have Democ-
racy 'sfit to join hands with tina. of New
York; Some men are easily satisfied.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 90.
ELECTION, MONDAY, MAR. 20.
FOR MAYOR,
CHARLES r. LIBBY

We do not read anonymous letters and commur-
cations. The name and address Of the writ are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for nblica
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preeerve eoT
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

FATHER Quigley, of Troy, accounts for
the apparitions of the Virgin Mary said to
have been witnessed in that city on the the
ory of swarm maginations filed with the
fervor of irregular piety.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

AT an auction sale of coins in New York
Monday, one of the four half dollars made
by the rebels at the New Orleans mint when
they first stole that institution in 1861, was
sold for $500.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
Saved bis Child.
II N. Eutaw St, Baltimore, Md.
Feb 70 rQQ1

II N. Eutaw ST., Baltimore, Md.
Feb. II, 1880.
Gents Upon the recommenda-
tion Of a friend | tried BRowN's
Iron BITrERs as a tonic and re-
storative for my daughter, whom
l was thoroughly convinced was
wasting away with Consumption.
Having lost three daughters by the
terrible disease, under the care Of
eminent physicians, ! was 10th to
believe that anything could arrest
the progress of the disease, but, to
my great surprise, before my daugh-
ter had taken one bottle Of BRowN's
IRON BIrTERs, she began to mend
and nowis quite restored to former
health. A fifth daughter began to
show signs of Consumption, and
when the physician was consulted
he quickly said "Tonics were re-
quired;" and when informed that
the elder sister was taking BRowN's
IRON BITTERs, responded "that is
q good tonic, take it.
ADoRAM PHELPS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE sbird of freedom has an undisputed
right to tangle his talons in the name of the
British lion and scream Justify his superiori-
ty this year. Gladstone is especially strong
as fnancier and the budget of his admins
tration has been awaited with much interest.
Instead of revealing, however, the antic;pat-
ed surplus for next year, the London Times
says it will give total revenue OF eS4, 1885,
600 against an estimated expenditure Of
eS5, COZ, 900, or deficit of about $500
In comforting contrast Secretary Folger has
led us to believe that under existing condi-
tions we may expect surplus ofsdver eighty
millions, and at the same time, if the Sher-
man bill passes, sell bond at higher
market price than English con soils bearing
the same three per cent rate of interest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE candidates for Mayor are all able
men, and the ablest of them is Charles +.
Libby. He is the candidate to vote for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

LAKE BLUFF, H., will get good talking
to on the Fourth of July, Senators Davis,
Logan and Malone being booked for the oc-
ooctop
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

Browns IRON BITTERs effectual.
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness, and renders the greatest
relief and benefit to persons suffering
from such wasting diseases as Con-
sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

AN observer in the New York stock mar
ket bases the present depreciation in rail-
road stocks ON three points. First, the
short crops of last year-an argument which
has very nearly reached its end. Second,
the excessive bonding of much of the new
railroad property which is actively quoted.
In Texas, for instance, about $4,000 per
mile is put on railroads which could have
been built for $20, 900 mile, and, of course,
interest will have to be forthcoming on the
excess or the prices will drop. The third
point is over-building- particularly the run
ming of parallel railroads to divide reason
able business, and the building of expert
mental lines for the purpose of selling the
construction stock and working off the
bonds. The railroad bonds are at present
more than ever before taken by wealthy men
and private bankers, who can stand the loss
if depreciation continues better than. the
classes who formerly invested.
The New Orleans Times Democrat draws
a lesson from the foods, even before they
have begun to subside. Speaking for the
farmers it says: "We find ourselves here
at the very threshold of the year, without
weeks supply of bread or meat-literally
paupers; in danger, nay, in certainty, Of
starving if we be not fed by charity Had
the flood not come, we should have gone on
in the old, old way borrowing money upon
an unmade crop, mortgaging the labor OF a
60 how
come forward as usual, and the weary dis
heartening routine would have been perpet-
uated" The moral of the situation it finds
to be that real prosperity depends upon di-
versified crops, "and if the great overflow of
1882 teaches us this much wisdom, we shall
live to bless as benefaction what we now
bewail as calamity!'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
NERVOUS DERILITY.
COLBY UNIVERSITY.

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Trustees of Colby
"A University will be held on Monday, March
9th, at seven O'Clock P. NJ, at the office of the
Secretary, Court House, Portland Maine, for the
following purposes:
Ito receive and act the report of the committee
appointed to select and nominate candidate for
president of the University.
2-To elect president should such action be deemed
advisable.
3-Should a president be elected to make such ar.
rangements for his induction into office as may be
found necessary.
40 adopt any other measures that may be neces-
sary to secure prssiden. for the University.
By order of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
PERCIVAL BONNEY Secretary.
mch13 dlaw2wM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
Freedom of Opinion.

In discussing the cardinal principles of
the Republican party it should be borne in
mind that free speech is one of them. We
cannot believe that many Republicans will
ignore that principle and prescribe man
for opinions sake. The Republican party
has probably never framed platform upon
every plank of which all its members could
stand. How many Republicans disbelieve
IN the Chinese resolution of 1880! Are Sem
ator Hoar and others to be cast out of mem
bership ON that account? How many disbe-
lieye in the civil service resolution of 1876.
Are they to be ostracised for that? How many
disbelieve in high protective tariff! Are
you going to run them out of the party be-
cause of that? As long as they are loyal to
the organization, support its candidates, car
ry out its declared policy when called upon
to execute it, all reasonable demands are
certainly satisfied. Some of our judges may
have doubts of the wisdom of our divorce
laws. That does not prevent them from re-
specting these laws in their decisions. In
States where capital punishment exists gov
ernors and sheriffs are not infrequently
found who do not believe in the death pen
atty. But they are faithful in the execution
of the laws. Republicans will do well to at
tend to these considerations to-day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE lines of battle are formed. The forces
will engage to-day. We hope no Republican
will drop out of line OH plea of illness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20


TEXAS almost doubles her congressional
delegation under the new apportionment-
the number being increased from to H
and in the present booming condition OF
affairs in that state, with new capitol un
der contract, an immense stream Of immi-
grafton and the wealth of flocks, herds and
agricultural products increasing with rap
idity unprecedented, a special session OF the
legislature to redistrict the state was inevi-
table. GOV. Roberts, however, in his call
has laid out work enough to last the legisla-
ture all summer, for besides congressional
and legislative redistricting, the call men
tions the reduction of taxation, changes in
the penitentiary system, the disposition OF
school lands, the railroad question and 9TH
er matters in relation to which we shall "see
small bills'' before the session is over.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

RAILROAD building has taken a start that
if continued, will make this years construc-
tion the largest the United States has ever
created. Up TO last week the number of
miles of track laid since January was 6O4;
last year for the corresponding period the
amount was 254 miles, and in 1880 when the
total construction was 7,174- miles, SIS
miles were made before the middle of
March. The activity this year is not so
much due to the comparatively low price of
steel and iron rails, from $5S to S4S per tom
as to the demands of trade and commerce
for outlets. Indeed the largest amount of
railroad yet built was constructed in 1871,
1879 miles, when bar iron was selling from
$40 to 800 per ton. Fifty years building has
added to the ninety-fve miles in operation
in 1881, SO, $50 miles in this country, out of
a total for the world of 1885, ,442 miles. Tbs
magnitude of the operation of these roade
may be partially conceived from the statis-
tics of capital and earnings in 1880. The
capital and funded debt at that time was
$4,s97 ,4O1 ,997, or more than double the Ma
.tional debt, while the years earnings
amounted to $615, 100000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
qOWN OF wENDHAM.
Refunding War Loan.

Rofunding War Loan.
PROPOSALS will be received BY the undersigned gs
at the Treasurers Office at Windham centre,
on or before March 22nd inst, for a loan OF len
Tbousand Dollars or any part thereof not less than
Five Hundred), authorized by vote OF the town az
sts las; annual meeting said loan to bear semi-an-
maj interest at the rate of Four Per cent per an
nnm. The bonds are to be issued IN amounts Of FIVE
ttaebed5 Two Thousand Dollars payable in one year
from April Ist, 1882, and the same amount each
succeeding year Thereafter. eo,oo..o,,,s oeioo n.
the Town House. in Windham, on wednesday: tbe
1ond day OF March inst for the purpose OF deciding
on ali proposals received; reserying tae Tight 70 re-
iect any or all offers not considered for the interest
of the Town.
Iiabiliti s of Town ..'...'..''''' ''-''S 200 AZ
Resources +" " ..,.-...,.-. ..'''.-'''' A",oSN-r
v..n.,4 ..... 49,. s12 .ese.2e
W., osr ..s7I5, ,525.00
JOSEPH W. READ, sslectmen
ELBRIDGE LORD, OK
o. p, CHAFFIN. Mindnan'
FRED S. HAWKES., treasurer.
Windham, March 8th, 1882. Ihai iou""
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20

THE election of Mr.. Libby to-day will be
a Republican victory and a great aid TO the
ticket next Fall. Is it not worth working
for?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-20
LYDIA E. PlNKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is q Positive Cure

l6 POSITIVE cure
foy all tbose Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
socommon too bcst female population
IL will cure entirely the worst form Of Female Conn
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It removes fantness aatulency, destroysnl craving
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General Debility, sleeplessness Depression and indi
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That feeling Of bearing down, causing pain, weight
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For the cure Kidney Complaints of either sex this
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