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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
Boston Courier.l
Postal Card Abuses

1t is TRANCE that those sapient books on
etiquette which direct that bones shall not
be thrown under the table at dinner, the
teeth picked with fork, or the chair tipped
upon its hind legs in the parlor, do not de-
vote at least brief section to the use and
abuse of the postal card.
1t may be at once objected that etiquette
does not recognize the use of postal cards at
all, which being at once allowed, the fact
still remains that postal cards are used, and
1t should, moreover, be evident to the most
casual observer that some effort should be
made to modify their use. At present their
abuse is far more common than their legiti-
mate employment. People who should
know better send upon postal cards the most
private or even compromising messages with
an obtusity and obliquity startling even In this
world of total depravity. Duns and conf
dences, scandal and piety, compliments,
threats and confessions, go forth about the
land destitute of even the decency of fig
leaf to cover their nakedness, when self
sealing envelopes are to be had for song
and postage ra es are of the mostreasonable
Epistolary delicacy seems in fair way to
become thing of the past through the ILL
bred officiousness of these obtrusive bits of
cardboard, and in the interests of both man.
ners aud morals there is danger that it will
soon be necessary TO institute society for
the suppression of the postal-card altogether.
We do not need to Call attention to SO OBJ
Vious breach of good manners and morals
as the back-mailing which is done in the
shape OF postal-card duns. No young man
In society who has been forced into paying
the bill of a persistent tailor or washerwo-
man by an impairment communication over
which his Imagination saw grinning the faces
of penny-posi, servant girl and landlady, will
require any application on this point But
there Is large class of postal impertinences
which arise from nothing worse than
thoughtlsssnsss, and to these the volumin.-
ons writer's upon etiquette might address
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE Laramie Sentinel; in answer to nun.
Der of enquiries received as to the working of
woman suffrage, states that smaller per-
centage of women than of men stay away
from the polls, that they are not such per-
slstent ofice-seekers as the men, and when
elected perform their official duties satisfac-
torily. The women are accorded entire lib
erty of action, and although often voting in
opposition to their husbands, and sometimes
even working against the ticket on which
the latter were candidates, no Instance of
domestic infelicity traceable to political diff
ferences has been heard of. The polls,
once scene of turbulence and disorder, are
now as orderly as the churches. Women
exercise their rights without sign of de-
moralization, and their influence has
strengthened the better element in politics
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
PROPOSALS F0R BUILDING.

fEsHE undersigned Building Committee will receive
Sea Ell Prop S Is FIR three-story Brick euild-
ing on Il g lot in Wat rvi lie known as the Water
VI lie VI ss a Institute Lot The Contractors are
to fu nish all Labor and Material J he Proposals
may be for he whole combined, or for the Mas IT,
Work and Car, q tee-Wolk separately. Proposals
wi give for the brick building on said ot,-the
same to be removed. The Pa, and Specifications
may be seen at he I'll e of E. f Webb, at Water
vile, or at tie Office OF Fassett& Stew Ms archi
lects, Portland, and Proposals may be directed to
the Committee at Waterville. Me. The Committee
reserve he right to reject any all bids. Propo-
sails will be opened on saturday, March 10 1873, at
the Emwood Hotel in Waterville, at eleven O'Clock
A. M.
EDMUND f. WEBBl p;,s;
MOSES GIDDINGS ! c l,ai,uile
JOSEPH Kicker Soinini'oee'
Wateryiile, Me. Feb. 10, 1883
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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

ONE of the most notable movements OF
population in Europe during the present
generation is the remarkable influx of for
eigners into France. which began about
1850. The census of the following year
showed foreign population of 37S,563. A
decade later there were 497, O91 foreigners in
the country-and the namber has steadily
increased until the present time, when, &C
cording to the last census, they number
over million. The French people are not
at all disposed to extend cordial welcome
to the newcomers-on the contrary, they are
regarded with good deal of jealousy and
distrust.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
PROPOSALS


UNITED STATES r GINEFR OFFICE |
Portland, Maine, March 3, 1881.
PROPOSALS in Duplicate addressed to the
Il undersigned. viii be received at his Office in
Portland, Maine, until 2.3l p IN. on Monday the
18th day of March, 1888, for alb ut ALTO tons Of
Rnbble stone for the Wing-dam in Royal River,
Maine
Persons desi ing to make proposals r this work
are reqms'e TO apply TO the undersigned, a his of
fl e No 31s Congress Street, or Specifications in
structions to bl des, and the requisite blanks and
such flu Their Information may be desired concern
ing the same. G. q. BLUNT
mar3d6t Go onel of Engineers q. S. Army
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE election in Ward One yesterday re-
shifted in the choice of Mr.. Comedian as
Councilman. With that result we are not
In the least disposed to quarrel. Mr.. Con-
neIlan will, we have no doubt, prove faith
full member of the city government. But
we do object to the statement made by some
of his friends that he was elected Monday
and then by trickery defrauded of the seat
to which he was entitled. No returning
board, not even Garcelon Council, could
have seated him. His title now is unqnes-
tionable, and we congratulate him npen its
soundness.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
aRoyal Baking Powder

aRoyal BnrtSng Powder.
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate of Soda
Carbonate of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch
Available carbonic acid gas 1910 per cent.
equivalent to 1862 cubic inches of gas per OF.
of Powder.
Ammonia gas 0.43 per cent. equivalent to
10.4 cubic inches per OF. of Powder.
NoTE.-The Tartaric Acid was doubtless in
troduced as free acid, but subsequently com-
bined with ammonia, and exists in the Powder
as Tartrate of Ammonia.
Il. q. LOVE. Phi. d.
NEw YoRIr TANfxr 17Tu 1891
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

A CURIOUS suit has been brought in the
superior court in Quebec. A (Roman Cath
olic) godfather welded his godchild, and the
court is asked to annul the marriage because
of this purely spiritual relationship.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE fellow in the Jesse James gang, just
pardoned by Mis- souri's remarkable Cover
nor, is said to be lying at the point OF death.
1t is safe to wager dollars to doughnuts that
his recovery will be speedy and complete.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

The above shows coDclusvely that "Cleye-
lands Superior" is strictly pure Cream of
Tartar Baking Powder. It has also been
analysed by Professor johnson of Yale Col
iege; DIR. Genth of the University of Fennsyl-
vania: President Morton of Stevens Institute;
VIM. NJ Habirshaw, f. G. s.. Analyst for the
Chemical Trade of New York, aud other emil
nent chemists, all of whom pronounce it abso-
lutely pure and healthful--HaN's Journal of
Health
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

ALTHOUGH Kansas has for eleven years
had capital enlistment law, nobody has
been hanged except by lynchers. Under the
statute person sentenced to death is first
imprisoned year in the penitentiary, and if
az the expiration of that time the des til war
rant is signed by the Governor, the execu-
tion takes place; but otherwise the impris-
0nment continues
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

EXCLUDING pensions from the COMPARE
son, the New York Times Rnds that less
money was appropriated for the current ex-
penses of the government at the session Of
Congress just closed than at any session dur
ing the past three years.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

ABOUT this season of the year many peo-
pie are asking what it is that determines
the date of Easter. The answer is that it is
the moon of March, which Tennyson calls
"the roaring moon of daffodils." The old
rule Is that Easter shall fall on the Sunday
after the full moon which comes after the
vernal equinox That brings Easter this
year on the 25th of March. In 1918 it fell
on the 22d OF March, the earliest date pos
sible. 1t will not fall on that date again i'll
this or the following century.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE Detroit Free Press, Democratic in
politics, says the new Republican senator
from Michigan, Thomas W. Palmer, is
man of wide cultivation and great personal
accomplishments
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

Ii is said that more nominations were
sent into the senate at the recent session
than during any short session during the
war. There were S72 executive messages.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

TIE illustrated London Graphic says
at is impossible to over-rate the Importance
of the illustrator as an educational power.
and it has been keenly felt by patriotic folk
that the modern renaissance comes from a
quarter least expected-America."
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE Toronto Globe asserts that voter in
Gait, Canada, passed the greater part of
election day in his sellar to escape the In
PcrtHaitiss Of canvassers.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

A LAW which passed at the end of the ses-
sion without attracting much attention pro-
vides for the transmission of small sums by
mail in a more convenient and cheaper way
than by postal order. The "postal notes"
authorized by this law may be issued by the
postmaster atany money order Office for any
sum less than five dollars, are made payable
TO bearer at any money order office, incIud
ing that at which they were issued, are good
for three months from the last day of the
month in which they were issued, and fee
of three cents is charged for each order AZ
ter three months the postal note, if not pre-
viously paid, can only be redeemed at Wash
ington by sending an application in pre-
scribed form to the superintendent of the
money-order system, and the payment Of
another fee of three cents. The same act
authorizes the issue of money orders for
sums of less than one hundred dollars, at
rates varying from eight cents for ten dol
lar order to ferty-fye cents for one of one
hundred dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
The Government Chemist Analyses two
Of the Leading Baking Powders, and
what he finds them made of

what he findS Them made OF
have examined samples Of "Cleveland's
Superior Baking Powder and "Royal
Baking Powder" purchased by myself in this
city, and find they contain:
.sCievelnnd's Superior Baking Powders
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate Of Soda
Flour
Available carbonic acid gas 1851 per cent.
equivalent to 1882 cubic inches of gas per OF.
of Powder.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

If the judgment of a New York court is
to be regarded as authority, the man who
gets into "bob-tai" passenger car is in
duty bound to place his fare in the familiar
receptacle under penalty of expulsion from
the vehicle. This is how test case has
just been decided. A member of an Anti
Bobtail Car Association made himself
a martyr to the cause. He entered car of
that variety, and sat calmly in his place
while the priver madly rang the bell
as an invitation for him to settle. But he
would not settle on those terms, and when
the infatuated Jehu proceeded to interview
him upon the subject he .placidly rendered
to that astonished parsonage the amount re-
quired, and refused to do otherwise, where
upon he was deposited in the street. The
court has decided that this latter line of
conduct was justified by the circumstances,
which is triumph for the s'bob-tailed" car.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09

THE amendment to the capital punish
ment bill adopted by the Senate is not SINH
lar to the one presented in the House. 1t is
quite different. The House amendment was
mandatory, 1t provided that if the jury
made recommendation of mercy the judge
should impose life-sentence only. The
Senate bill permits the judge to exercise his
own discretion. If the jury recommend
mercy he may impose the death penalty or
Imprisonment for life, as seems to him best
We see no objection 10 this amendment
Much latitude as to sentence is allowed the
court in imposing penalties for many crimes.
Why should not some latitude be granted in
the case of murder? All murderers are not
equally wicked, nor the crimes they commit
of equal atrocity, nor the evidence on which
they are convicted of equal strength. The
amendment made seems to us proper The
discretion given will not be abused by an
upright judge.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
Annnal vseasln z

THE annual meeting of the Maine steamsh Com
pany stands adjourned t meet at Office Fra n
lin Wharf, Saturday, 10th inst, at o'clock a
m. HENRY FOX Clerk.
March 6. 1888. mar7-d4t
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
Notice of Meeting,

a Special Meeting of the stockholders Of Dia
~ mond Islann Association win be held at City
BUILDING, Monday, March 9th inst, at 71a O'Clock
p. M. for,the purpose of authorizing the Directors
OF said corporati 10 build one or more wnarves
upon Diamond Island, and m Ike all necessary
agreements leases aud coutr +cts therefor; also &c
take action upon the metbe and time of dividing
lots am ng said stock olders, and transact such
other business as may legally come before said
meetn<.
Per order of President,
P. j. LARRABEE, Sec'y.
March 2, 1883. mch -eod3t
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
Remember THIS.
IT YOU ARE SICK,

II you are 81 k, HOP BITTERS will
surely aid Nature in making you well
again when all else tails.
Ii you are comparatively well. but feel
the need IF grand tonic and stimulant
never rest easy till yon are made new
being by the use of
HOP BETTERS.
# you are costive or dyspeptic, or are
suffering from any other of the numerous
diseases Of the stomach bowels, it is
your own fault if you remain i'll, for
HOP BUFFERS
sre the sovereign remedy in all such
complaints.
# you are wasting away with any form
OF Kidney disease, stop tempting Dealh
this moment, and turn for cure to
HOP BEs TIERS.
If you are sick with that terrible sick
ness Nervousness, You " Il find Balm
in Gle ID" in the use of
HOP BETTERS.
II you are frequenter, OF a resident
OF miasmaIic district, barricade ur
system against the scourge of all
countries mlarisl, epidemic, bilious,
aud intermittent fevers-by the use of
HOP BETTERs.
If you have rough, pimply, or sallow
skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and
feel mis- rable generally, HOP BIrrERS
will give you fair skin, rich blood, the
sweetest breath, health and, comfort.
In short, they cure all Diseases of
the Stomach. Bowels, Blood, Liver,
Nerves, Kidneys, &C., and
$500
will be paid for case they will not cure
lnln hirr INN t,.{,,
ions found in them.
That poor. bedidden, invalid wife,
sister, mother. or daugh er, can be made
the picture of health by few bottles of
Hop Bitters, costing bat tri1e.
viii you let them suffer ?
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
Notice.

4 HEREBY give notice thai 1 have given INV son
Fred Moore the rest Of his minority and that
debts afted this date a "a NTO1RE A"'
Portland March eth, 1888. msr7dI,w.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
EDUCATIONAL.
HARvARn uNrAERsrTY.

Examinations for admission to the College and the
Prot siona Schools are held every year in Cam
bridge. Mass. Exeter, N. H New York, Fhila ell
phia Ciucinna /, Chicago, st outs and San Fran
c-co the Thur day, FIR day and Saturday follow
ing the asst Wednesday in June this year June 20,
~ and 30) The Harvard Ex limitations for Women
are held II Cambridge. New York Philadelphia and
Cincinnati on the same days.
Spe ial students are received without examination
in every epartenJ mexc-,t the Me ,ical School.
Graduates of Other Colleges are admitted ad-
vaced standing i'll Harvard College upon such con-
ditlons as the Faculty deem equitable in ca case.
For information concerning the terms OF admission
scholarships BOY and other beneficiary AID, the
studies in each department. any 9th rsubject con
necte with the Univ rsty address the Registrar
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARLH 0.
Ecclesine and ORce.

Mr.. Ecclesine, who spoke at the Emmett
celebration in New York the other night
did great harm to Irishmen in this country
by his unwise talk. With some OF his say
ings about England many Americans VIII
sympathize; but all good citizens Will
promptly and emphatically reject his deeiar-
alton that 1t is the duty of any class OF our
people to bring about war with any counr
try. We are at peace with the rest OF The
world. We desire to remain at peace; and
shall unless great wrong is done to us for
which the only redress is a resort to arms.
There are times when the arbitrament of
the sword must be invoked; but it is not an
arbitrament to be coveted.
Mr.. Ecclesine says it is the duty of all
Irishmsn in this country to bring about war
between the United States and Great Brit
ain, and asks that Irishmen be put into high
places, into State Legislatures, into Con-
gress, into the Cabinet, so they may hasten
this deplorable result. In a spirit of the ut
most kindness and with the most hearty
good will we inform Irishmen that if the
New York orators programme is their pro-
gramme they can hope for no high offices.
The path 70 public bonors will be barred
We welcome to these shores any European.
who seeks to better his condition. We give
him fair field and no favor. But we do
not espouse his quarrel with the government
whose allegiance he has thrown off. The
Alsacian may come, but he must not look to
us to aid the restoration of the Rhine prov
inces to France. The Tyrolese may come,
but we can do nothing to realize his dream
of redeemed Italy. The Russian may
come, but we shall not aid him to blow up
Cars with bomb shells. The Norwegian
may come, but he cannot engage us in the
long-standing controversy between Norway
and Sweden. With these old fights or re-
cent chickering's we have nothing to do. And
If any man, Irish or French or German or
Swedde, seeks Office simply for the purpose
Of engaging this country in war with the
country of his birth or his allegiance he
reckons without his host. The sooner our
guests grasp this idea and the more prompt
ly they act upon it the better it will be for
them
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

XIOU can have work in your own home in a new
N business where no peddling is require d from
s to $40 per day can be made One dozen samples
sent free that will do 10 commence work on. Send
four &c stamps for postage and advertising and adj
dosss, mentioning this paper, II. HUNT 3 Co.
fsb17dlm W. AotoH, Mass
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
MEETINGS
The Annual Meeting of the Ocean
street Railroad GArnnnnv

Streed Railroad COMPANY
rs hereby callea and will be held on WEDNES-
DAY the l4th day o. March, at s O'Clock in the
afternoon at office of the Pref emit No 81 Prenle
Street, Portland, Me.
j. j. FRYE. President.
March 6, 1888. marsd5t
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-09
WHY YOU SHOULD INSURE
In THE
UNION MUTUAL.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PORTLAND, mAsrE.

IT is AN OLD COMPANY, having been estab-
lished over thirty years.
IT HAS PASSED THROUGH EVERY GREAT
PANIC since it, organization, paying every honest
loss without dispute delay.
1T rs A POPULAR COMPANY, having gained
an established character for liberality by many
years of fair dealing W tn its policy holders
1T HAS THE ENDORSEMENT of the highest in
surance authorities and the mosG prominent busi-
ness and professional men all over the country and
for all these reasons is entitled TO your considera
ton and respect.
1T is PURELY MUTUAL COMPANY having
nostockhoders t. take the lions share of the pro-
hts. Mutual Companies never fail
1T HAS OVER 1HlRTr EN- THOUSAND POLL
ClES in force, and is therefore sure of fair ay-
erage mortality and cannot be seriously affected by
epidemics. -
NJ rs a lei d M f. COMPANY.
INCONTESTABLEP POLICIES! All policies issued
after Nov. 16. 1881 are incontestabe after three
years from the date of the policies for any cause ex
cept fraud or . isstatement of q e.
ITS DEFINITE CONTRACT POLICY nrouiies
for every contingency which can occur DE- - its
continuance, and is so simple and clear thate,
u child can understand IT,
IT'S MAINE LA !, EXTENSION is the most ius+
and perfect plan for protecting the interest of the
policy holhers ever devised
ACCE tEkAThD ENDOWMENTSf Wbenaver
the reserve upon the policv and the dividend audi
lions thereto, amount to the sum insured the noIi-
ment e"o"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-11-22
Bv One of the Fools.

"Why-pardon my remarking it-but.my dear
old friend. how changed you are. Ideclare you
must have lived very high or vefy fast to have
driven the color out of your hair and the spring
out of your step this fashion"
Looking at the sunset on the river from the
grounds of his place up the Hudson. my school
chum-who is now one of the best known min
ing experts in the country-answered: ut
wasn't fast living did it, but dyspepsia and
nervous collapse, from over work. | ought to
have stopped years before l did. 1 was a fool.
But who isn't, if you come to that
Il am thirty five wears old" writes Mr.. Chas.
II. Watts, of West Somers, Putnam Co., n. Y.
and had suffered from dyspepsia for Is years.
Went the round of the current rem edies false
ly so called. Listlessly and without hope gave
Parker's Tonic trial. The result may be
stated in three words: it cured me- endorse
now without hesitation. 1t is the dyspeptic's
refuge Mr.. G. Il. Cole. druggist, of Carmel,
n. Y, cerTiies to the truth of Mr.. Watts state
ment
HiscoX & Co.. proprietors, call special atten-
ton to the fact that this preparation, hitch has
been known as Parker's Genger Tonic, will
hereafter be called simply Parker's Tonic As
unpI lncipled dealers are constantly deceivi &
their custo ers by substituting inferior articles
under the name of ginger, and ginger is
really an unimportant ingredient, we drop the
misleading word.
There is no change, however in the prepara-
ton. itself, and all bottles remaining in the
hands o, dealers, wrapped under the name of
Parkers Ginger Tonic, contain the genuine
medicine if the facsimile signature of HiscoX
& 20. is at the bottom OF the outside wrapper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-11-22

The republican party is not yet pre-
pared to abandon the well known battle
cry of Negro intimidation at the polls.
After each campaign the howl is raised
about shot gun rule and the imaginary
examples of intimidation that are circu-
lated, are carefully laid by for capital
stock for the ensuing year. Just now a
number are going the rounds which are
about to die natural death until next
fall when they will be resurrected and
again paraded before the dear people for
their edifcation Notwithstanding the
fact that the practice is deprecated by
all independent journals and by most of
the respectable ones it still continues 10
flourish.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-11-22

JACOB MILLING was hanged by mob
for the brutal and unprovoked murder
of hls employers daughter, near Lafay-
cite, Indiana, on Monday last. There
was not single extenuating circumstance
to mitigate the atrocious crime and as
the old reprobate was adopting the Gui-
teau tactics ON the insanity dodge, it is
hardly to be regretted that mob violence
was resorted to. Of course if the lynch
ing had been done here in the north the
act would have been commendabIe, but
being done in the south Oh the eve of
presidential campaign, some political
easuists can, and no doubt will prove to
the satisfaction of many that the demo-
cratic party is responsible for the deed,
and that old Melting was martyr who
died for civil service reform, or some
kindred principle