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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

in the parlor, right over the etagere, and he
will have to take two hundred and thirty
one ornaments and Christmas cards of be-
fore he can move it, and he will find anoth-
er stream, coming down through the closet
where all his wife's best clothes are hung.
and by the time he has finished his tour Of
inspection every tin utensil, pan, bucket and
dish in the house has been called into re-
QUESTION, and he thinks if he owned pail
factory, that he could run it on full time
to supply his demand. Disguised and mad,
he goes back to bed only to wait until morn
ing, that he may clear the snow off the roof.
Now clearing some two or three> tons of
snow and ice from roof where it is frozen
solid to the gutter while standing on a lad
der is not as pleasant job as sitting on
front steps on summer night pouring taffy
into pretty girls ear, and 1t is more dan
gerous, too. If your tongue ships in the lat
ter case, you can correct the mistake before
it is too late, but if your ladder slips, or the
snow slides off the roof, taking you with
it, there doesn't seem to be auy way for
you to recover either your position or dam
ales.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
belfast Journal
Leaky Roofs.
BY OUR GEORGE.

A granite shaft bigger than Cleopatra s
needle lies all ready to be quarried for the
man who can invent roof for dwellings
that will be tight during the winter months
for this section of the United States. Fol
the past six or eight thousand years the imi-
tative genius of man has been all concen-
trated upon patenting perfect fitting cor
set, and safety pin that would not stab the
wearer every time she moved, and all this
time humanity has had to go to bed with an
the pillow-every time that it looked like a
rain or a thaw.
The same rule that would make carpeI-
penter tight would not apply to building,
and a roof that was as tight in summer as a
fashionable pair of pants would leak like a
riddling sieve in winter. don't know what
a riddling sieve, is, exactly, but it expresses
the idea of want of tightness better than any
of the thirty thousand words that / have OH
my tongues end. A leak always occurs in
the night. A mysterious providence has
thus arranged it, just as it has that fellow
always gets an invitation to a kissing party
after he has been eating onions, and it either
comes where it will ruin the best paper in
the house, or else it is exactly over the bed.
Few things discourage man more than to
be awakened in the night by ice cold water
dripping on his face. At first he imagines
that it is the cold, clammy hand of death,
till it occurs to him that deaths hand is not
clammy, and also that it tackles the feet
first, First he lights out of bed, and then
he lights lamp, and sees above his head on
the ceiling an irregular crack, along which a
procession of drops of water are marching
in single file. He sees the leader go along
till it gets exactly over the place where the
sleeper lay in bed, when it let's go the crack
and pounces down on the upturned face,
while the next drop behind shakes with
laughter and hurries along to the same spot,
when it goes through the same performance.
And then the bed is pulled out, and the
wash bowl and pitcher, and slop jar, and
towels, and cuspidor, and coal hod, are
formed into an amateur base ball nine, with
the pitcher holding the most prominent po-
sition and leaving them to play out the first
innings, the occupant of the room meanders
through the house, waking up everybody and
peering into all the rooms in search of other
leaks; and he generally finds "water, water
everywhere" and not drop of anything in
the house to drink; for if there is any
time when man needs to be divorced
from his Gooe Templar pledge tor just a
few moments it is when he is wandering
about cold house in the night, clad only in
a small lamp and three and half yards of
Wamsutta cotton cloth, with turn down
collar and breast pocket in it--not in the
collar but in the rest of the cloth. He finds
foods everywhere, and as he wanders
around occasionally damn will give way
and allarge stream of oaths will peryade the
room. He will find the water coming down
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE Portland Globe very justly says At
the election on Monday the people of Port
land deliberately faced about, and defeated
Mayor Libby for being faithful to his oath
of Office. For the past ten years there has
been general growl that the Mayors of
Portland, while estimable gentlemen, have
allowed subordinate city officials to do about
as they pleased in too many instances, and
of every succeeding Mayor the hope has been
expressed that he would be the Mayor.
Charles F. Libby filed the bill. He suas
Mayor and he held his subordinates to q
strict accountability, and the result was de-
feat, when he came before the voters for a
reelection. This defeat is distinct notice
served upon his successor that no man can
be elected second term Mayor of this city
who asserts any of the rights of the office or
in any way incurs the ill will of that May
or-making machine-the police. Capt. Deer
ing being forewarned should be forearmed,
but as he is very positive man the errors
of his predecessor will more than likely be
repeated by him and the same penalty in
Cured
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE gallows is to be restored in Maine,
rope and all. 1t is extremely doubtful if any
diminution of the crime of murder results
therefrom, but there will be diminution in
the cost of maintaining prisoners; doubtless
that consideration had weight with our
thrifty legislators.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE man hung in Massachusetts the 9TH
er day for numbering the friend of his boy
hood was liar to the last. In his dying con-
fesson he attributed his crime to liquor 1t
was due to the passions of lust and avarice.
To crafty these he became murderer, then
sought temporary forgetfulness in the cup,
and later attributed to the delirium of drink
the murder that was the result of his evil
nature.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE Legislature has done well in refusing
to pass the bill amending the liquor laws
We have law enough now. What we
want is enforcement. Here in Port
land we are all right; for Mayor Deering will
of course enforce all laws impartially and
without fear or favor. He will be stern
magistrate.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE Republican caucus made excellent
nominations for city officers Saturday night.
The list presented in our local columns will
command the respect and support of the Re-
publican members of the incoming board
and The approval of the Republicans of the
city. The caucus did good work.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 1s.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address Of the writ are In
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for npnca-
ton but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve eom-
snunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE Lowell Courier is correct. 1t says,
speaking of the late Congress: If the Forty
Seventh Congress had been bright enough
to elect Tom Reed Speaker, instead of that
blunderbuss, Keifer, what is now only
marrow escape from failure might have been
brilliant success. Mr.. Reed is good deal
of a partisan, to be sure, but that is nothing
new in the Spec ker's chair in Congress. He
is also shrewd, capable and honest. Appar-
emily Keifer is no one of these three, and
whenever he has had chance to bring dis
credit on the House he has been morally
sure to do it. The Forty-Seventh Congress
has not been so bad as the Democrats and a
lot of independent" critics allege. Com
pared with the last Democratic Congress it
may well ''point with pride" to its record.
1t has done not few positsvely good and
great things, and it has done comparatively
few foolish things. But the former it has
done in spite of, and the latter because of,
bad management. Had Mr.. Reed been
Speaker the bad management would not
have occurred.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE committee ON revision of the United
States Senate rules will hold some of its
sessions on the coast of Maine. Under the
benign influence of our delightful summer
climate it ought to be able to bring its la
bors to a satisfactory conclusion.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

ABsENTEEIsM is a crying evil at Augusta.
The servants of the people should attend
more faithfully to their duties. They are
eager to be sent to the Legislature and put
themselves under obligation to give their
time to the public while the session lasts.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE people of Halifax thoroughly enjoyed
their fright and made the most of it. The
liquor saloons must have done a thriving
business in the way Of drowning grief in the
flo ing bowl
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

WHEN the steamer Kenmuth Castle, which
foundered in the Bay of Biscay went down.
apt. Barnett stood on the bridge calmly
moking cigar and waving adieu to the
passengers who had been sent away in the
cutter, and who finally reached the shore
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

ANOTHER case of ian entirely successful
surgical operation" which resulted in the
patients death is reported. The victim to
science this time is the Partisan waiter r
Geniscain who swallowed spoon and was
cut open
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
Recent Publications.
Personal.

In taking leave of the readers of the PORT
LAND PRESS, the reviewer desires to express
to them her appreciation of the kindly inter-
est with which they have rewarded her
work. E.S j.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

The Problem of the Poor, By Helen
Campbell. New York: Fords, Howard d
Hubert; Portland; Eoring, Short & Har-
mon). A remarkable little volume, show
ing the misery of the poor in great city
like New York. The author gives an account
of the Water street mission and Its workings,
and proceeds to relate pathetic stories
of the suffering and degradation to be seen in
that neighborhood. No one can read the
book without the strongest emotions of pity
and keen desire to aid in some way to bring
nearer the solution of the problem. Mrs.
Campbell believes that Industrial training is
the only way to lessen the continually in
creasing sum of crime and misery. To
make life worth living in this world seems
to be the reasonable beginning of
preparation for another life; and
the connection between cleanliness and
godliDess is close and direct. 1t is not easy
to describe the book, but all who take an
active benevolent interest in caring for
the poor will find it full of practical sug-
gestions. 1t cannot be too widely circulat-
ed; and wherever it goes it will do limitlese
good.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

WE hope the House viii not waste anoth-
er day this session because of lack of quo
rum. Drum up the absentees and compel
them to attend to businessl
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
A Chicago Letter.

Telegraph Wires-Cruelty to Children
Elliot's Murder-The Little Panic'-The
Sons of Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE Portland correspondent of the Lew
iston Journal pays the following merited
tribute to our ex-Mayor: Charles f. Libby,
esq.,, the retiring Mayor, who was candi-
date for reelection, has been one of the
most efficient, faithful public officers that
ever filed the Mayors chair in Portland. DE
has personally, carefully watched the finan-
cial interests of the city, and successfully
guarded the public treasury from public
plunderers and manufacturers OF 'jobs."
He has faithfully and impartially enforced
the laws, as well against the liquor traffic as
other violations of siatute-in fact, he has
been model Mayor. His fidelity to duty,
his integrity of character, and honesty in
dealing with city matters, his independence
In doing whatever he believed to be right
and for to the best interest of the people OF
the city haze cost him his seat. He has
made an honorable record, one of which any
public man may well feel proud, and will
carry with him into his retirement the con-
fidence and respect of the great mass OF the
best citizens of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

AN automatic steel-rail machine in opera
ton at Pittsburg makes perfect rail every
minute, does not get drunk, and goes off on
no strikes. For these reasons the iron man
ufacturers of Pittsburg think well of the
machine
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

TEE Argus was unwise as well as unjust
in the preferment of its charges against Mr..
Looney. His conduct in the affair men,
toned by our morning contemporary was
the conduct of an honorable man and good
lawyer, and the assault upou him was
shameful. Mr.. Looney was unanimously
renominated for the City Solicitorship by the
Republican caucus Saturday and will be re-
elected to-day. That reelection will be his
vindication and sufficient rebuke to the Ar
gus. Mr.. Lynch's prompt support of Mr..
Looney is manly and honorable.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

cerning the study and use of books; and the
careful and excellent grouping and hand
ling of his topics inspires the reader with
confidence. 1t is well designed aud proper
toned according to its aims.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

THE next eclipse of the sun, which is
billed for May 6, will be three times as good
an opportunity for the astronomers as usual,
the period of totality being thrice as long as
the average. To make up for this unusual
accommodation, however, it has been so ar
ranged that in almost all the world there are
only two little coral reefs in the South Pa
cifc where solid point of observation can
be found. Everywhere else the line of total
ity passes over the ocean. The United
States sends an -expedition TO one OF @Jnese
points, Caroline Island, consisting of certain
Scientific gentlemen and the inevitable navy
lieutenant, and Britain sends a photograph
ing party in their company. 1t is expected
as one result of the observation, to settle
forever the vexed question as to whether
there is planet, like, for instance, Prof,
Tice's Vulcan, nearer to the sun than Mer-
curry. If they find one it will be time
enough for suggestions as to what to do
with it.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

W1esIys has gone to the limbo of explod-
ed hnmbugs. Let him remain there.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

A CORRESPONDENT said the other day to
ex-Naval Officer Burt: SIT is said that
neither Commodore Vanderbilt nor his son,
William H., could pass one of your exami-
nations.'' "Perhaps not" was the reply.
And they would make very poor clerks.
What we want is class of men willing to
remain clerks. We do not want men full of
fire and ambition, anxious to rise in the
world quickly. That sort of men are neces-
sary and useful in society and in business,
but they do not compose the clerkly class.
We must have as clerks men of regular,
methodical habits; men who are willing to
do the same thing from year to year, and
to rise gradually"
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
The OUTGOING Administration.

The outgoing municipal administrator
has been wisely conducted and merits the
thanks of the city. Mayor Libby has been
an unusually capable magistrate, and the
city council has given him cordial support.
During his term of Office the debt has been
reduced over eighty thousand dollars. The
rate of taxation has been very considerably
reduced. The expenditures have not only
been kept within the appropriations, but un-
expended balances amounting to twenty
thousand dollars are carried forward to the
sinking fund. This has been done in face
Of heavy demands upon the treasury. The
administration of affairs has been both ener-
getic and prudent, and mayor and other
members of the government have earned the
thanks of the taxpayers of Portland. They
can justly be proud of their work.
We hope the incoming administration will
do as WELL 1t will have to exert itself if it
wishes to equal the good record made by its
predecessor. Let that exertion be made!
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TO cost and less to close


ans Curtain Lae Cotton Hosiery 0da Co!ord and White Doye
Odd Napkins Odd Towels Ladies' Odd MernO Underwear Black
Bocad and Plaid Silk Hernan Shirt Fronts, Cooed Ribbons
Beaded Gimps, Dress Buttons
Ladies' Thread Octs.f fOrmer cts
Velvet WOOi former
Bleach and COIOred
Plain
India
! striped Paisley So Shawl 1900 5000
Filled Paisley
25 inch Black Beaded Velvet 25 cts.
Blue Mixed Knitting Cotton 2 :" skein.
Short WhalebOnes 10 dozen.
Black Alpaca Dress Braid 4 piece.
Peckham's Wool Yarn large Skens % !"
oxford and Coventry Yarn 12 1-2 cts. skein
German Iron Yarn, double skeins 25 cts
9 single IL l-2 cts.
$I.25 10 button length Laced Lined Gloves so cts
LOO Black Dress Goods Is I"
IL 1-2 ct Printed FOulard Ca nbrics 10 !"
% ct. "A Black Lasting Is ("
25 ct. Hemsfched Handkerehefs I21.2cts.
$1.25 White Quilts $1OO
So co. So 5O Rubber Circulars SI.25, $780, $500
5000 Embroidered Robes $500
Standard Prints 5 cts.
Black and C0Ored Silks Sans Rhadames everything
stock at greatly reduced prices.
The above goods will until
Tuesday.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

Landmarks of English Literature. BY
Henry J. Nicoll. New York; d, Appleton
& Co.; Portland: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham).
A remarkably well-arranged work on Eng
lish literature, prepared for the benefit of
young students or for those readers who de.
sire general sound view of the subject.
rather than minute acquaintance with It.
In an excellent Introductory chapter Mr..
Nicoll conveys very much wise counsel con-
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
REM EM B Err THIS.
IF YOU ARE SICK.

If you are sick, HOP BTTTERS will
surely aid Nature in making you well
again when all else fails.
If you are comparatively well, but feel
the need of a grand tonic and stimulant,
never rest easy till yon are made a new
being by the use of
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12
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Dress Goods, Ulster Cloths. Felt
} Nerin0 Underwear, Lace Cur
Odd COlOred and White DOylies,
Odd MerinO Underwear, Black
Shirt Fronts, C0l0red Ribbons,
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

HOP BITTERs

If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are
suffering from any other of the numerous
diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is
Your own fault IL Won remain ill for
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-12

are the sovereign remedy in all such
complaints.
If you are wasting away with any form
of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death
this moment, and turn for cure to
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for5es ano Carriages.

DVERTISEMENT FOR The NE $I,.;
~ YORK TRIBUNE WILL BE khCEi 81 a mn 4 -
mrs. ST. until . y "a aid SIS West twenty thirst. cor
ner Febth avc ~ Fourteenth St, corner mon
square 200 Thirave 81 a. ~" nnsr
LIN OFFrCFn Nos 1907 and 1890 Inru Uon n,
one ST. up to I al regular VI
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A TEAM of carriage horses for sale, price
~ $1,000; lj3s hands high uaIA op - O"'N f
owners stable 1877 East 69th.sL
SPAN OF CARRIAGE HORSES FOX :, SA .I,cI
- pak bays 10 hands seven and elE d eisb Two
robes cOachmahs iI'ot y 80
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guropean Advertisements.
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA.

pRTAkFAsT Nv a thorough knowledge OF the naiurA'
which govern the operations OF dig alu 49, 80,
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enough every tendency Ia dlscls. .hera
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A CADEMY OF MUSIC. OratOriO Society.
"A Dr. T. DA MROSCH Conductor
Public rehearsal WEDNESDAY. April IS. at2
Concert TIL U RSDAY. April 10, ats
PROGRAMME:
PRELUDE, "Ioreley," orchestra.
JuBILATE AMEN, solo, chorus and orches MAX Brueh
Under the personal direction of the composer.
Il ne O CR re- "A ITO oNNN
Il HHkkEE eccGGkk kkkkEEAA "A I Il 90 M
Jos. HAYDN)
MISS ItIi
MT AETHUR d. WOODRUFF. lsuoI
Mr.. MAX HEINRICH Bass
FULL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA.
Tickets at the Academy Of Music and after MON DAY,
April H.
DEST Reserved Seats and Boxes for all
ID Theatres Barnuns and Nilsson at TYSOS'S Theatre
Ticket once Windsor Hotel special telephones and private
wires. seats until D. m.
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NOR SALE cheap, or will exchange TOR I'M
proved property IN NewYork or Brookyn we h- d
.ore country OF gentleman iocenty Gee d,ed
within one our WORK and ten minutes oil depot OF
boat -. to,,hio houss carriarr-
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Goumtrp proprrtn for Sale anS 90 fet.

ITO LET-ElberOn,. Long Branch. COTTAGES;
AL CITY impr1vements cabinet 6nish elezsntly lnr
nishe sea view ami bathing; ample stabling and "ns
I'm heat part OF Eberon and Park aye. near
Gardener houses D. T. Lyddy 200 Broad"@J anu
East I6th-st. New-IOTE
ITO LEr.-Newark, two new brick houses,
depot eleven rooms = g11I Rirt, -, III ~ W.
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Ocean Steamers.

CUNARD LINE.
NOTICE-"LANE ROUTE"
PROM NETWORK To LIVERPOOL VIA QUEENS
TOWN.
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sERViA - ............. " Wednesday. May 9. : a IN
cabin passage $50 $50 aud 500.
steamers mar ed thus 90 not carry steerig@ - -
Strcge and from al parts % Europe NJ very 10"
rate. Fre!rlt and passage Once 40 { Bowling Green
VERNON II. BROWN X CO, Agehue
GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPAN1.
" Between New YORK and Uayre. -. -.
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Traveller. ur t1, lls aVDii bD-1 trl1ut ~ i'ls'i
and tAc discomfort % crD,slg th3 cnti1@ n at
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A WELCOME INNOVATION AND DECIDED Sue
CESS
THE AUDIENCES ENTHUSIASTIC
THE ENTERTAINMENT REALISTIC, REFINED.
ENJOYABLE INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS OF
TRAVEL
EUROPEAN LIFE, MANNERS AND HISTORY.
ILLUSTRATIONS so FINE AS To BECOME ALMOST
ART STUDIES.
REPERTOIRE FOR SECOND AND POSITIVELY LAST
WEEK.
MONDAY EVENING, THE LIGHTS OF LONDON.
TUESDAY EVENING. DAYS IN ROME
WEDNESDAY EVENING NOTES PROM THE
NETHERLANDS.
TRAVEL.
FRIDAY EVENING EGYPT AND THE NILE
SATURDAY MATINEE TRAVELS IN SUNNY SPAIN.
SATURDAY EVENING, THE sPL2NDORS or
SWITZERLAND.
The entertainment is one OF the interesting ever
given this C.y."-Herald
The entertainment departure for theatre BUTT
Of the best that nas ever characterized sn sn
In this CITY. Times
Tnere were few vacant Days Theatre last e'en
ing Tribune. -
One OF the most unique entertainments given in this
city"-TeegTam.
"Nr Stodiard has a very fortunate delivery AMI Vas
greatly assisted by series Of very remarkable dso.YAs
views."-worid
ther novlty gratifying to know that MI stosd -
meeting with the success he undoubtedly deserves -
Graphic -
"The brilliant views were loudly sppauded Evening
Post
SUBSCRIPTION TIcKEra
IN ANSWER TO MANY REQUESTS LIMITED
NUMBER OF SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS WITH RE-
SERVED STATS, FOR THE SIX EVENINGS HAVE
pFFN ISSUED. PRICE IS. NOW READY AT BOX
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Countrp propcrtp Wauteo.

NVANTED-A furnished house In the SOun-
w trv 81 ab,nt u rooms with good sabing within
hours from city Address stating terms. W IL c. r. " DoA
50. New.YOrk city.