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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
Civil Service Promotion.

An interesting and important question has
arisen In connection with the application of
the civil service rules to promotions of
clerks already in government employ,
which is creating considerable discussion.
1t Is said that an effort is making to abolish
competitive examinations in cases of promo
ton and leave the appointing officer to make
such selections as he sees fit. How this can
be done except in clear violation of the act
of Congress is not explained, probably be-
cause il is inexplicable. The law makes a
competitive examination as compulsory in
the case of promotion as in the case of an
original appointment. Its language is, mo
officer or clerk shall be appointed, and no
person shall be employed to enter or be pre-
moted'' in the class to which the law ap-
plea, until he has passed an examination,
or Is shown to be specially exempted from
such examination, in conformity herewith"
The argument for the abolition of the Law
rests on the fact that if administered in
cases of promotion in the same way as it is
applied to original appointments it will be
productive frequently of very unfortunate
results. The case of an original appoint
ment differs in many essential particulars
from promotion. In the examination in
the first case the candidates are many and
unknown to the appointing power; in the
latter they are few and the appointing power
knows them intimately and is familiar with
their capacities and peculiarities. He
knows what special work they are adapted
to and what work they are incapable of per-
forming.
But under the civil service rules as applied
In the case of original appointments, this
knowledge will be of no practical value be-
cause he is left no discretion but must appoint
the man who carries eff the honors at the
competitive examination. Such an application
of the law as this will undoubtedly result in
defeating one of its most important ends
which is the promotion of the efficiency of
the service. But to avoid this difficulty it
Is not necessary to abolish the law. A
change of the method of its application will
be sufficient. The appointing power must
be given sufficient latitude to avail himself
Of the knowledge of the competitors which
he has gained by observing them at work.
This, it is suggested can be done by max
ing the minimum standard in the examina-
ton as high as practicable, and then giving
the appointing officer the choice of greater
number than in examinations for admis-
sion-say six or seven-of those at the head
of the list. The Civil Service Commission
are considering this question, and there is
no doubt that some just and effective meth
cd of applying the law in the case of promo
lions win be fixed upon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

York has begun the work Of classifying the
employees in the various departments of the
State under the Civil Service law passed at
the last session of the Legislature. Their
task is difficult one to perform as there
are 1900 to 1900 places affected by the
reform act, ranging from chief clerk in a
department to a nurse in charitable insti-
tuition or keeper In prison. The plan of
classification must be approved by the Gov
ernor before it can be finally adopted The
commission seems to be thoroughly in ear
nest and 1t will not be long before the new
law will be set in operation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
MEASLES AND FEVERS

We can have NO better authority for the
cnuse of tue great mortality from Measles
nnd Eevers than Professor II. Demlne in
his essay on the changes of the blood in the differ
emit stages of Measles.
From the Boston Medical Journal, Aug IL
Professor r. Demme has made some observa-
lions on the increase and decrease of the red cor
pusces of the blood In twenty of measles and
the relation between the red and white corpuscles.
he found that occasionally In the begipning Of the
fever Stage there was slight increase of the red
corpuscles, while on the development of the erup-
ton there was decrease which lasted for twelve or
forty-eght hours after the fever, that the red
corpuscles sank to half the normal number After
eight or ten days the number gradually increased
with frequent variations. The spectroscope showed
In The be ginning an increase after the appear
ance OF the eruption decrease of the hamoglobine,
The decrease of the red blood corpuscles occurred
aso in case of measles where there was an intense
e1orescehce, but fever. An absolute jncrea of
the Whit blood corpuscles found in the course
of The disease during the fever stage, and usually
before its Decline"
Murdsck's Liquid Food will make blood faster
than All foods or preparations known.
LIS value consists in supplying the system with
red corpuscles which the lie Of the blood and
It is the only food or prepare ion that will do 1t.
confirmed by the fact that it is the only raw food
known, and when used in fevors prevents the pa.
tient from having a relapse, which many have and
in many cases the patients left feeble for lie or
oea'n iouoWs. aug3lT&wtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
WHAT THE MEDICAL PRESS SAY


OF the Free Hospital for Women and In-
fants suppos ted by the Murdoch Liquid
Food Company, Boston.
From the Neio England Medical Monfhlv Julu Is
1887 - 10y
"a hospital containing over seventy beds has re-
Gently been started IN Boston by the Murdoch LID
uld Food Co. This is a noble charity, and one that
rehects great credit upon its projectors If the
cess OF this institution is great the food they
make is valuable, we predict for it a magnificent
dietetic Preparations in the world. We speak from
q org and extended experience in our practice and
a little better IL would be perfect"
From London Health, July 27. 1881
Household Necessities. = 'Murdock's Liouid
Food may be specially mentioned This extract
has attained high reputation in America and
from knowledge of its in the wasting diseases
especially of children, prepared to say thai
II has hardly an equal in respect of its speedy d-
gestion ami strength. In general debility this FOOD
is of high value and those who have cases of wasting
trial.
From our Hospital Reports.l
"Miss X. has for many years been suffering bad
from chronic loss of voice and growing worse year
ly, caused by scrofua Sores general debility ner-
yous prosration and nervous affection of the
heart and reduced last NAV that her life was
despalred of, and her physician could give no relief
thinking she must leave us as her father and moth
eases. With six weeks treatment she was able to
return home feeling confident that she would re-
Go'e, neH health Dy cohtlnulng the use OF Liquid
Food
Ladies, read the follo,cing letter from leading
physician in Boston Ito whom refer in rela-
ton to his own wife, who has always been a great
sufferer being unable to retain her food or nourish
her children:
BOSTON, Aug. H. 1882.
Gents-l am pleased to intern you that / found
after trying all other preparations for years with no
avail, that my wife was able to retain your Liquid
Food and also able to partake of common food and
TO enjoy herself in walking, riding and visiting as
often a. she desired all of which she was unable to
DO with our first two children and we were obliged
to bring them up by hand.
With our third child she relieved of all these
trou bles and has nourished 1t with no trouble or
sickness to herself or child by taking your LIQUID
Food which she will continue doing until the child
is year old
u is with pleasure that advise you Of what great
benefit your Liquid Food be ladies that can
not retain their food noursh their babes as the
hapiiity from cholera infantum is 200 10 800 per
cent greater when babes are brought up by han l.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

There is evidence that the Greenbackers'
hatred of bankers is letting up little. The
only charge made against them by the Penn
sylvania convention of that party was of
causing the reduction of the duties on i'm
ports by the passage of the revenue law
through the last Congress for the purpose of
relieving themselves of the payment of taxes
and to perpetuate the national debt; and
this In the face and eyes of the fact that
there have been lots of cyclones and foods
the past year. the responsibility for which
has not been definitely fixed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

The Colby bill as it finally went through
the New Hampshire House of Representa-
tives was satisfactory to the friends of the
proposed consolidation of the Boston &
Maine and Eastern roads. The amendment
which was offered by Gen. Briggs, and
which provided that no consolidation should
bs effected until the Supreme Court had de.
cided that 1t would not be prejudicial TO the
interests of the people, though once adopted
was reconsidered and finally defeated. The
bill has yet to run the gauntlet of the Sen
ate and the Executive.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

Another decision under the Chinese law
OF some interest has just been announced by
Judge Potter of the Supreme Court of New
York, in the case of j. Fook, Chinese sail
or on board the ship Pembrokeshire, who, it
was alleged, was deprived of his liberty in
order to prevent him from bringing an ac-
ton against the captain of the ship for ill
treatment on the voyage from Hong
Kong. Judge Potter holds that Chinese
sailor is lsborer within the meaning of the
act of Congress forbidding the landing of
Chinese laborers, and therefore 10 permit
Fook to land would be violation of this act.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
CONGO NTRATED
c x T r a c T j A.
MAICA GINGER.

The Delicious Family Medicine
prepared from the true Jamaica
Ginger, combined with choice arc
mates and genuine French Bran-
dy, rendering it vastly superior TO
all other preparations of Ginger
now before the public.
1T instantly relieves Cramps,
Collie, cholera H0rbus, Diarrh9a,
Dysentery, and all Summer Com
plants. Induces c0piOus perspir-
atien in sudden colds and chilIs
An invaluable remedy i'm Flatu-
lency, Dyspepsia and Sluggish Di-
gesti0n.
a delicious Stimulant and Ton
ic, capable of destroying an appe-
tite for intOxicants by its influ-
ence on the stomach and organs
of digestion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

A Frenchman by the name of Balsau an
nounces his intention of swimming Niagara
rapids for "the glory of France.' He says
he does not rely SO much on his powers as a
swimmer as upon his respiratory organs.
This means undoubtedly that he intends to
do much more talking than swimming.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

A conference of the members of the Ma
tional Greenback party of Maine Is called to
meet al Auburn September 10. The pur-
pose of the meeting is not disclosed. AS
Gov. Butler has been perambulating the
State lately he may know something about
1t. The Maine Greenbsckers always had a
fondness for Butler, and 1t wou''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
SEE HERE!

4 VAN show any one in want of a nice ras,ao
~ great bargains at Gorham Village n0e
:. one story house. Il, and stable, acre of land
DO fruit trees, nice water. Vi ianu,
one story house, new, never has bao -
cupied, very nice lot 6Oxl 10, fruit trees a Oo-
G. ID. WEEKS, Auc. and Real Estate Saa aptons 70
n~a- lots for Gal. Gorhain, Me.
- 80 S''i'' iy3ldtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1.

Ne do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton bat as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
nunicstions that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
BAD BLOOD
SCROFULOUS.
INHERITED.
CONTAGIOUS.


TN 1870 Scrofulous Ulcers broke out on my body
L until my breast was one mass of corruption.
Some of these Ulcers were not less than one and
one half inches in diameter, the edges rough rag
ged, and seemingly dead, the cavity open TO the
bone and filed with offensive matter. Everything
known to the medical faculty tried in vain.
Gradually the bone itself became diseased and then
the suffering began in earnest. Bone Ulcers began
TO take the place of those hitherto the surface.
became mere wreck. For months at time
could not get my hands to my head because of ex-
treme soreness. Could not turn in bed. Knew not
what it was to be an hour free from pain. lad
reason to look upon lie itself as curse. In the
summer Of 1880, after ten years of this wretched
existence, began to use the CUTIcURA BEMIDIEs
and after two years. persistent of them the last
Ulcer has healed. The dread disease has sue
cumbed. All over the breast where was once mass
of corruption is now healthy skin NV weight
has increased from one hundred AID twenty-thTee
to one hundred and ffty-six pounds, and the good
work is still going on. | feel myself a new man.
and all through the CUTICUhA REMEDIES
JAMES E. RICHARDSON,
Custom House, New Orleans.
Sworn to before United states Commissioner
T. D. ERAwFORD
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

The Kelley motor is about making one Of
It's periodical appearances in which it never
appears. This time it is to appear to draw
railroad train.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

surprising il they undertook to boom him
for the Presidency in this region after Sep
TENDER 10.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
TO PURCHASE
FurnaceS,S Stoves, TlnWare, &c.

k'h = STOCK and business of the Old and Well
Established House of a. N. MOVES n
SWN, Is offered for sale This firm has the exclu-
slvo sale of the Magee Furnace Conn an,'s Goods,
hhest made In his country and parties buying the
ehtre STOCK will have the sale of these goods with
The God will of this company
Goods at retail for the present will be sold much
pei " the market price for casa, as the stock must
Do disposed If without delay. Per order of
NATHAN CLEAVES, Assignees Of
ALBERT N. PARLIN, A, N. Noyes & Son.
aug17 dow
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
WV. SHARPE q CO..

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PARK ROW, NFSysV0Ru
advertisements written appropriately displava
and proofs given, free Of charge. F"!e
Inc leading Daily and Weekly Nswspanera n, ,O
Onited States and Canada, kept file Tor theaoeom
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
TO CLEANSE THE BLOOD

OF Scrofulous, Inherited and Contagio Humors
and thus remove the most prolific cause of human
itching Tortures, Humiiating Erupfious and Loath-
some Sores caused by Inherited Serofula, to purify
and beautify the Skin and restore the Hair so that
no trace of disease remain CUTIoURA REsoLvENT,
the new Blood Purifier. and CUTIouRA and CUTI-
cURA SOAP the great Skin Cures and Beautifers
are infallible They are the only remedies that
coed when physicians and all other means fail.
Pyice of CUTICURA, small boxes 5Oc.; large
boxes 81. CUTlcURA REsoLvENT 81 per bottle.
CUTIcURA SOAP, 25c CUTICURA SHAVING SOAR,
15c Sold by all druggists.
Potter Drug ana ChemiceI Co., Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

A PURE Strengthening tonic, free from
whisky. cures dysp as;1, indigestion, anC
similar diseases; ! has never bccneqpaled
Browns Iron Bntclg.
WADLEY, Ga. DR. II. L. Battle, Jr.
says: browns Iron Btters are very pop
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ticn."
SHEBoYaAN, WIs.v-Dr. S. 3. Myers says
VI recommend Browns Iron Bitters fol
general debility, loss Of appetite, and war
ofstrength."
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01
D r. w ELLIN G.
TOMS CHOLERA
MIXTURE,

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Cramps, Dysentery, Violent Purg-
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This is the most valuable of all
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it and you will find it a household
necessity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-01

THE
ONLY
GENUINE
GHENIO
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MAN UFACTUR RED
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-03
RenounCed Civilization,



There is an Enoch Arden in British
Columbia, whose original home was il
Phiiadelplia. Patrick Kilrov, Il butcher
by trade, lett there twenty-five years ago
an unmarried man, leaving a deposit iii
The Philadelphia Saving Fund which, on
Deqemher Is, 1869, amounted to $734.55.
On tirat day. it is alleged, Kilroy's bro
thcr-in-law, John A. Duncan, obtained
letters Of administration upon the estate
Of kllroy, whom Duncan swore died in
1881 intestate, The latter then drew
the entire deposit from the Savings
Furd and spent it. Five years ago he
died III poverty. His securities were
benjamin Hainev of Roxborough, and
John Cooney, Of Third and Spruce streets,
Philadelphia.
It turns ont that Kilroy is still flourish
ing in British Columbia, but has re-
nounced civilization for the wild life Of
an Indian settlement. Recently he wrote
f,r his money, and authorized Thomas
Earle friend from the country Of his
adoption, to draw the amount due, with
interest. kilroy's courier went to the
Savings Fund to get the money, but the
officers showed hlm its receipt from the
ri I,,iuieter for the full amount. An
a. ,'1nev has been retained by Mr..
E.,,rle 70 recover Mr.. Ki'roy's money.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-03
The Rock "Ei CAPTAIN"

One use of the great rock is that Of a
place Of shelter. During recent sum-
mer the jarring Of slight earthquake
shocks in the Sierras precipitate,l many
rocks down the mountain sides, and for
time the lives of the miners were much
endangered. DR.. Cuyler asked them:
"What 'id you do, then?" The reply
was: "We took shelter ur der Ell Capl-
tan. For we thought that if once Ell
Captain came down the world would
come to al el.d" Nor was their conf
dence misplaced. There it rises, $500
feet high, a mighty mass Of granite,
leaning over and shelterlng the valley
beneath, but itself linked in back with
the Sierras. Who would not rest safe in
the shadow OF such rock? But, my
brother, we point you to-day to Rock
rlightier than Ell Captain. Here is shell
ter which is more secure how, and will
endure when the mountains are melted
with fervent heat. It is place Of shell
Ger often sought-in many l,n,ls-- for
centuries. Who has sought it in vain ?
-ReU. f. H. KuSsOn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-03
THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS.

The report Of the surveyor OF Lloyds
Register at Manila on the great typhoon
which devastated the Philippine Islands
in October gives some instructive data
of the power OF cyclones. "The
anemometers at the observatory" he
says, g. registered a velocity of one hun
dred and forty -four statute miles per
hour, but the wind increasing they were
all swept away; consequently the maxi
mum velocity is not known" This OBJ
served velocity of the wind, though phe,
nomenal, is not unprecedented in storm
records, says the New York Herald. The
the Tay bridge December %, 1879, was
attended over part Of Scotland by wind
velocities estimated at one hundred and
fifty miles IN hour. During the passage
of the West Indian cyclone over the
Carolinas on August IS, 1879, the signal
service reported that at Cape Lockout
"the ancmometer cups were blown
away, the wind then blowing at the rate
Of one hundred and thirty eight miles
per hour" but an hour later the wind
reached its greatest force with IAN esti-
mated velocity of one hundredand sixty
five miles" But the recent velocity re-
ported from Manila is the highest
actually observed so near sea level, we
believe. that has yet been recorded and
is entirely questionless. According to
the accepted formula for converting
wind velocity into wind pressure the
great Philippine typhoon must have ex-
erted force of over hundred pounds
to the square foot on exposed surfaces.
The bare possibility of winds of any
such force occurring even at sea level
demonstrates anew the necessity OF
thorough and frequent inspection Of all
exposed railroad bridges in this tempest
uous season. It has been computed by a
high scientific authority that less than a
wind pressure of forty pounds per square
foot would have suficed to sweep away
the Tay bridge, though the most emf
neut engineers had pronounced it per-
fectly storm proof What might posi-
bly, happen to some Of our great rail-
road structures should they be subjected d
to such strain it is not pleasant to in
quire. But the occurrence of storm
capable OF wrecking Il structure twice
As strong as the the old Tay bridge, and
which actually demolished every "native
house" in Manila and "unroofcd almost
all the stone buildings, even those hay
ing iron ra}ters," is warning to eng,-
neers and inspectors of public buildings
the world over to rc-cxamiue exposed
structures and to be doubly sure that
they arc solid enough to defy the eic-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-01-03
OUR TRAE WITH CHINA.

The Cincinnati Commercial thus COM
ments on the condition of commerce be-
tween this country and China: "Among
the other leading interests Of the United
States in her trade with China are those
Of anthracite coal, lumber, and clocks
and watches: In 1890-8l the anthracite
coal exported to China amounted to
4,879 tons, as against 3,411 tons during
1879-S0. Tie consumption OF this coal
is confined chiefly to domestic and black
smith purposes, and it is shipped prin-
cipally on vessels loading kerosene oil
and sundry cargo as ballast. The prices
range from Sl3 to $l4 per ton. In ]um-
ber the trade is confined principally to