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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12
The Literary Calling
With Some Comments on Pretenders to
It.
fBoston T'ranscript.l


What prerogative had the old writersl
They said all the wise and good things be-
cause they came first and had the glorious
opportunity. Circumstance was decidedly
in their favor. lad they not said them we
undoubtedly should. Had Shakespeare wait
ed until now to be born, which of us would
be he? There is something Of this spirit Ia
tent in modern writers. There is no appar-
ent lack of self-importance, no evident con-
seriousness Of discrepancy between them
and the lights Of other days. Emphatically
in literary sense it seems that there is
"nothing new under the sum- OF pract-
cal things there is everything new. To wan
der much among the old is to unfit one for
an easy footing with modern writers. 1t is
perpetual wonder to me, the interest and
greed with which people run after new
books, as if the old ones had given out. IL is
nothing strange that Carlyle denounced
book.making, nor is this feeling peculiarly
his. Goldsmith did the same, Macaulay,
and doubtless many others; and perhaps
there are many now who feel somewhat OPP
pressed by the surfeitry Of literary matter,
the burden of cheap publications, and the
cant Of literature. So much Importance is
given to the idle books Of the moment, that
we believe this is indeed the "day Of small
things" foretold by the prophet, amongst
which small book-making plays prominent
part wonder if there be any one else besides
myself that lcrabbedly) sometimes wishes
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

EUROPEAN CAPT tails are very good cities
not to live in this spring. In London every
public building, even down to the gas-works,
is carefully guarded against the explosion of
internal machines. Paris shoulders over
concerted efforts to set the city on fire. Mad
rid is disturbed by revolutionary societies.
In St. Petersburg the finding of dynamite in
the possession of Nihilists is Of daily occur
Fence, and, to cap the climax, these ubiqui-
tous assassins issue cheerful proclamation
warning people not to attend the coronation
ceremonies at Moscow, because the Car
win be murdered then if not sooner put out
of the way. This European volcano is a
very large-sized one.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

EX-SENATOR MCDONALD chuckles over
the taffy which Mr.. Vest gives his Presiden,
tial boom, and innoeently tells an Indianap-
oils News man that ''the West will probably
secure the next Presidential nominee, and
! believe Indiana will not object TO provid.
ing him." Strange to say be does not add
Il believe Joe Mcdonald will be the man, .
but that is to be read between the lines. Mr..
McDoaald seems to think the tariff will be
the issue next year, and that he can be NOM
mated and elected on a free trade platform.
4 think tariff in excess of q revenue STAN
dard is not right, is his plain declaration.
Whatever may be said Of McDonald.s judy
ment, his position is certainly more credita
BILE and more dignifed than the two horse
straddling of Vest and Voorhees,.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12
STATE OF MAINE.
nx THE GOVERNOR.


A.PROCLAMA
BY the advice of the Executive Council. do
hereby appoint.
Thursday, the Isth Ray OF april, next,
to be set apart as day of Fasting Humiliation and
Prayer.
Let the people Of our State-ln honor of the Gus
tom OF forefathers, and the generation In
which 1t has been held by the Christian people
Of New England-on that day. abstain from all IN
Dssessay occupation, and assemble In their several
places Of worship; to confess the sins Of the past
and consecrate their future, to Him who is the
&iver Of every good ard perfect gift
HGivs the Lord tho glory due unto His name.
wiring an Offering and oume into His courts"
Given ut tho Council Chamber at Augusta. this
wenty-eighth day of March, In the year OF our
Lord one Thousand eight hundred aud eighty
three, and of the Independence OF the United
States OF America the one hundred and seventh.
FREDERICK Robe.
ny the Governor
JOSEPH o. SMITH. Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

IL we may credit Mr.. Labouchere, the
English Radicals expect before the present
parliamentary term closes 10 be able to pass
laws to diminish the income tax, to limit
the ownership of land, to equalize the Dor
ough and county franchises, and finally to
make some sort of beginning at the reorgan-
cation of the House Of Peers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

An advertiser in the Vienna Freie Presse
announced his want of ga man withou. en-
cumbrance, or middle age, willing to travel !;
must be misanthrope, with bitter expert
ence Of the wickedness of mankind; pay and
position good; everything found" A vast
number OF misanthropes responded, 50
many, in fact that the advertiser had to hire
a secretary to deal with them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

IT seems extraordinary in an enlightened
and highly civilized nation like France to
find the writers on political economy com
planning of the increase Of the alien popula-
ton of that country, which ought TO be a
source of qualification, and would be an ele-
ment of strength if these aliens could be
absorbed or assimilated with the rest of the
population, as is the case in the United
States and other countries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

THE Melbourne correspondent Of the Aus
tralasian Medical Gazette writes cheerfGlly
about "a stroke of good fortune which has
distributed among the profession about
hundred and fifty cases for treatment
He refers to railroad accident
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

THE educational convention which me
last week at Frankfort, Kentucky, was prob
ably the first gathering in that State com.
posed Of persons of all political parties and
of both races. Those present widely regard
ed this circumstance as good omen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

GENERAL CHARLES p. STONE, late Stone
Pasha of the Egyptian army, has been APP
pointed engineer of the BarthoIdi monument
In New York harbor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

The London correspondent Of the New
York World thinks the British public is
heartily sick of ireland aud Irishmen, and
almost ready to let them go in peace.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

THERE is, according to the Berlin Echo,
n island in the Danube river with popnla-
ion of some five hundred souls, which was
ntirely forgotten by the Berlin Congress.
he inhabitants, we may presume, would
OF have been entirely dissatisfied if this
eglect on the part of the Great Powers.
nd the consequent immunity from taxation
nd the CONSUMPTION, had continued. But
1ey have been discovered, and agents are
work trying to persuade them to declare
,r annexation to Austria The Mufti who
lies them holds out, on the contrary, for
"a claims of Turkey. Apparently they are
sstined soon TO be forced Or cajoled into
wing up their independence
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

THERE is every reason to believe that
anufacturing industry is undergoing rap
and general advancement and multiplied
on in nearly all parts of the Southern
;ates, and that Northern capital and enter
Use are largely engaged in the movement,
hich seems to promise remarkable results
9TH industrially and politically. This,
swever, is only revival Of the spirit which
syailsd In the South before slavery propa-
y5lsn got the upper hand.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

We do no read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. he name and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
nunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12
CALISAYA
CORDIAL,

This preparation, composed of
Calisaya Cor Kings Bark the
most valuable species of the Peru
Wan Bark used in medicine and
Anomalies forms one of the best
TONES in the world.
AS an appetizer and promoter
of digestion it has no equal and
persons recovering from fevers or
other sickness, will find i'm this
preparation an invaluable CON-
panion. Price so cents for a large
bottle.
The three preparations above
can be found at just one place in
the City.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

ALTHOUGH very little has been said Of late
about civil service reform, it is evident that
the administration intends to carry ont the
provisions Of the Pendeton bill in good
faith and to give the experiment a thorough
iy fair trial. Room has been found in a
building of the Agricultural Bureau for the
commission to work in, and by the LIST of
July the new system viii be inaugurated.
The law makes it apply to all Gov
eminent offices, both In and out Of
Washington, employing fifty or more
clerks, and it may be subsequently ex-
tended 10 the smaller officers at the discre-
tion of the Executive. The work of CLASH
fication as provided for by law is going on
and those possessing influence are making
it count for all that it is worth before the
day when lis strength is supposed to ex-
pire.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-12

TIE Presidents selection of Judge Ores
ham for Postmaster General, 1t is said, grew
out of his desire to have Union soldier in
the Cabinet. seni-ofiicial despatch from
the White House announces that s'the first
attempt of the Administration was to secure
a suitable person from the South, either a
Republican or anti-Bourbon, but no satisfac
tory person can be found. The same con-
clusion was reached as to the Pacific coast.
and the desire was narrowed down to the
States of Wisconsin,, Ohio and Indiana. .,
Mr.. Arthur did not wish to recognize the
principle OF descent in Cabinet office, so
that Col. Howe of Wisconsin was ruled out f;
and the choice finally had to be made be-
tween Judge Gresham and Governor Porter.
OF Indiana. The former was then taken be-
cause he had been soldier, and the Presi-
dent was acquainted with him. The In.
spired despatch just quoted from adds sem
tentiously; "The selection of Judge Gresh-
am undoubtedly ends the Cabinet aspira.
tions of John G. New"
We seem to have entered upon an era of
dynamite, and conspiracies, having for their
immediate object the destruction of public
buildings, are reported as having been dis
covered in nearly every quarter of the civil
lized world. But all these alarming rumors
must be taken with an appropriate discount
on account of the stimulating operation
which excitement is apt to have une= tie
imagination. Now that IN ina countr;as
where political agitation is rife the authori-
ses nave become possessed of the idea that
they must be Or their guard against the hos
tile use of explosives, and that they are in
constant danger of being blown up, every
little unexplained explosion that takes place
will certainly be attributed TO political or
igin But We fancy that in this case a very
small fire is making a large amount Of
smoke.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
The Average Oriental.
Texas Siftings.

Taking him as a whole there ISM
much to admire in the average orien-
tai. An American, OF an English
man cannot adore the Turk unlesss
he is anxious to secure contract to
supply him with firearms, when of
course the said Turk becomes very
estlmable parsonage. The Turk is
still what Carlyle called him the Gun
speakable Turk" that is, the least
spoken about his personal habits the
better. Some of the Turks habits are
so improper that he has been compar-
ed to Senator Tabor, of Colorado.
Not only is he so ignorant that he
could not edit a country newspaper,
but the Turk is as venomous as de-
feated candidate for constable, when
called on to pay for printing election
tickets.
Then again, what lowers hun IN
the estimation of all civilized people
Is the undeniable fact that his pants
don't fit him. They bag in the knees
and are too loose in the sleeve. Then
again, his superlahve inertness, dis
taste for baseball and horror OF san
gerfests fill us with dismay. There
Is, however, one trait in the oriental
character that excites our magma
ton. We refer to the sublime lndlf-
ference with which he dies. he goes
out of this world with as much grace
and dignity as though he had been
doing nothing else but practcing ior
the occasion al his life. When the
cholera strikes an oriental town, the
people do not become in the least
agiiated over the matter, or panic
striker. The preachers do not pack
up and skedsdle as though Satan him
self was after them. There Is no
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
Value Of the SunflOWer.

Professor Berstrand, of the Royal
Agricultural Academy of Sweden,
publishes a most laudable report on
the virtues of sunfower-seed cake as
food for cattle. He states that it pre-
sents remarkable constancy of COM
position, rarely if ever met with IN
other cakes as met with in commerce.
1t contains from ID to Is per cent. OF
fat and 35 to 36 per cent. of protein
substances, and has, therefore, a nu-
tritive value far above that OF most
ordinary feeding stuffs, besides which
it has most agreeable taste. and IS
altogether free from bitter or any IN
furious matters. Some careful expert
ments Oh its effects upon milch COWS
have been made at the Ultima
Agricultural Institute by Baron Akerh-
ielm, which tends to show that it both
improves the quality andincreases the
quantity of their milk, the butter from
which is also of exceptional excel
lence. Many practical farmer III the
neighborhood have also made trlaI OF
the same food, and are unanimous IN
their favorable verdict. Their mich
cows all took greedily to the cake from
the first day it was fed to them, aud
in all cases an improvement IN the
quality of the milk was quickly noted.
For draft oxen and fattenlng
bullocks also it is equally suitable, es-
pecially for the latter, whose meat
presents an unequaled richness Of
favor when thus fed, and it may be
given in small quantities to horses
with much advantage, mixed into
thick mush with chat. In compan-
son with other feeding stuff, this cake
is very cheap, AID It can he given IN
larger quantities than most other
cakes without any III effect.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

irenzied appeal by the mayor to clean
up the streets, flush the cutters and
mop out the back yards. There is no
wiid calls for copperas, chloride of
hme ana carbolic acid. The Maho.
medan, not being under the mistaken
Impression that Robinson county, or
old Grow whiskey, is sure preventa.
tive, does not fill his skin full of that
merry article, and waddle around as
drunk as the traditional boiled owl,
the way that We Christians do. No
true Mehomedan does anything of
the kind.
He quietly says: "This cholera
business is some of Allah's doings.
1t would be too cheeky in me to offer
any advice. If Allah needs me, he
will let me know in time enough with
out fretting myself" and lighting
another pipe, he sits down on his
doorstep, and complacently observes
the undertaken lay out his neighbor,
Abdallah, and a few of his wives
across the narrow street. Whenever
he feels uneasy in his abdominal re-
gions, land perceives that he has got it
hlmself-or that it has got hint
never occurs to him to send out for
doctor. Of course, Allah is running
the whole business, and doctor
might interfere with his plans.
The fact of the whole matter is that
it is hard to tell when Turk is act
ually dead. Even after he is pro-
nounced dead by the coroner, he
not bit lazier than he was before.
If you stick pins into him, the Turk
does not kick like white man. If
he ever gives forth surly grunt, you
may feel well rewarded for your pains
and the Turks.
Mr.. Kinglake, in his book on this
subject, furnishes some very interest
ing information about The conduct of
the Mahomedans in Cairo during a
former epidemic. The plague was
not mentioned in the prayers at the
mosques until the death rate had
reached up to 1900 day. Then the
priests in their services suggested to
Allah-just a mere hint-notthat the
cholera be stopped entirely, but mere
ly that Allah should transfer it to
some other town where there were
more Giaours, or infdels, as they term
white people. It seems that the
plague stricken Turks thought that
they had filled their quota, and were
only little anxious to come in out of
the draft.
The oriental is fatalist, and he
lives up to his creed. If suspender
button flies off while he is dressing,
he does not make star route speech
on the subject. He firmly believes
that Allah has some wise purpose IN
view in causing the button to fly off
into space, hence, he, the Turk, not
Allah, goes about all day holding up
his garments with one hand. If he
finds a cockroach in his biscuit, or a
few flies in his coffee, he merely re-
marks:
"There is no Allah but one Allah,
and Mahomet co.les next"
Now, when the civilized American
discovers an insect or so in his food,
he, too, refers to his deity, but in a
rather more excited manner. The
average oriental is tame, lazy, and
strictly sedentary in his pursuits.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
RLlND hEWkDEALERS.
an. Thirty In ihs city Gives an Account Of
~" His Experience.

U an. Thirty In ihs city Gives an Account Of
~"" his Experience.
.rhore are about thirty of us in
,;tv. ;" said Third Avenue news
I.lsr' who is blind. He meant blind
Ssn who sell newspapers.
Most of us own our own stands,
a are doing good business, too.
n all kinds of periodicals on my
s.nd from fashion monthhes to
'il,Oad guides. OF course my prin-
,'naI trade is in the daily papers. |
II upwards of 200 Suns, for instance,
": no, the public is not always ready
;, natronize a man because he is
lind. At least, that is my experience.
ihaye had customers leave me be-
.,use they said l did not wait on
hem fast enough. But that, OF
'Ourse, was not true. I'm as quick
- any of 'em yet, even if my seeing
ia little out of gear. 1 have some
rer queer customers. Some of those
Who deal with me continually never
sneak word. They PICK up their
apers, deposit their money on the
stand and walk away in silence.
1.-The other day gentleman COM
Ohined that [ had not noticed him
once during the year and half he
had bought papers of me. He
threatened to quit. L had never
heard him speak before, and did not
know his voice. You ought to have
heard him apologize when l told him
| was blind.
"a good many of my customers
are not aware of my blindness, and
ask all sorts of ridiculous questions
about pictures in the illustrated pa
pers. A man once asked me to d.
rect him in choice between two
comic papers. I did so. He took the
one I selected and seemed we'll salts
fed; in fact, he complimented my
taste and said it agreed exactly with
his own. Not long ago one of my
customers, who possesses a ponderous
voice (he is politician), asked me if
Ihad read what appeared about him
in one of the morning papers. Ere
piled that l had not, but that would
gladly listen if he would have the
kindness to read it to me. He became
indignant. l learned afterwards that
the article referred to was of dis
paraging nature, and I had difficulty
in convincing him of my defective
vision. But"
.Sm?" said a young man with a
light mustache, as he helped himself
to paper and gave the newsman
silver coin.
"You've made mistake" said the
young man, on counting his change.
81 never make mistake, answer
ee the blind man.
How much is the Sum-"
1.-TWO cents"
"Dut gave you quarter, and
you've returned only 81 cents"
"You gave me a Canadian coin,
which is worth just % cents"
The young bowed, and said he had
been enlightened against his will.
CHOW did you know that was Ca
madam coin?" asked the reporter OF
the blind man.
81 felt it,"
"Can yon tell that way?"
always. Give me any coin you
like, native or fereign, and I'll tell it's
value. As for American notes and
greenbacks, I can tell 'em around the
corner. ~. Y. SIN.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

T1s",he that is dissontented in one place will
seldom be happy in anothers People are
constantly changing their homes from East
to Westand from North to South or vice versa,
in search Of a healthy State. If they would
learn 10 be contented, and to use the celebrat-
ed kidney-Wort when sick, they would be
much better Of. The whole system can be
kept in u healthy state by this simple but
efestual remedy.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

1T is estimated that Texas will
have a population of 100000 by the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Tom Green county has exactly the
same area as Massachusetts. Tom
Green, Ell Paso and Preside counties
combined equal in extent the New Eng
land states.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
Canadian Bazaar.

Mr.. John Osborne, Musica Bazaar,
Toronto, Canada, writes that his wife
was cured of rheumatism by the great
pain. banisher, st, Jacobs Oil; that he
has found it an invaluable remedy for
many ailments.
"A terrific rain and thunder storm
visited Houston the other day. Sever
al houses We're destroyed by lightning,
and the streets were flooded. Nearly
all the coast country of Texas has been
visited by heavy rains.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
FACT AMI PHYSIC.

II is an established fact that during the
long period in which Aliens Lung Bslsam has
been before the people AZ remedy for
Coughs and Lung Diseases, ii has not lest enc
whit Of its popularity, but is sold and rocsm-
mended everywhere.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

*MAny sickly woman, whose sad eIpe-
rience had demonstrated alike the failure of
eonceited doctors and poisonous drugs, has
obtained now lease of life for few dollars
gone on her way rejoicing and praising Mrs.
Lydia Il. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

Covxrc1Icrr has = boy whose ann
grows out Of the middle Of his back.
n i thought that nature cut him cut
member Of the legislature.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

considerable mum bsrs of cattle are
being carried from Texas into Now
Mckee ts steck ranches.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

Patterson's Peach Stone Liniment should have
place in every house, says the sminent divine.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

Mrs. P Rucker, Of Davis Mills, Va, says:
'Dr. Richnaond's Samaritan Neiyiae cured
my daughters fits Call for il at your Drug
gists.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

THs people whom we never contra
dict, are those whom We either love
most, or respect most.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

BALTIMORE, MD.--Dr. Irwin H. Elderidge,
says II would recommend a trial of Browns
Iron Bittersin all casos of anaemic debility
or when tonic or appetizer is indicated"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

Every man is hon IN his own
cause.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27
The Peculiar Old Mystery!

pecues odshoned Doctors that they
patients they prescribing for them. They said
patients good know and that would only be
fying foolish curiosity patients from knowing they
would prescriptions Latin SO that most patients could
All thai ofhng Thepaenwans what
and be strong he dsPePc and
digest he has troublesome liver which he
put to rights Bters which
mystery all This is the best preparation Of iron in the world
gentle yet efficient It strength 1t builds
sneebd systems II enhes impoverished blood
debility what and your druggist
hSs
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-09-27

A mad bull is not to be tnrned III
with pack thread.