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The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
tNOurler-JouFnaI.
The Sunny Soufh.

Florida built nearly $50 miles of railroad
last year.
Tampa, Fla. has shipped this season O.
POI, 132 oranges.
Prohibition in Polk county. Georgia, has,
It is asserted, reduced crime so per cent.
A negro baby, seven months old. was
seized for debt of $3.50 in Burke county,
/ Ga.
Colored people of Kentucky are said to be
preparing TO remove to Kansas in considera-
BILE numbers.
The Dismal Swamp is fast losing its bad
character. Its morasses are being convert
ed into fertile fields, while canals and rail-
roads penetrate ii in every direction.
Georgia is likely to raise 1000 car loads of
water melons this season, and so many are
shipped to western cities by rail that the
roads expect to be sharply pushed for roll
ing stock.
following sign: ''Dr. Tooles, scientific cary
er Of toes and limbs; specialist and expert in
removing rheumatism; corns and cramps ex-
tracted according to nature"
The virulent buffalo gnat'' follows the
Mississippi river food this year as It did last
season, and stock is being stung to death in
many places. In one neighborhood in Mis-
sissippi AZ mules were killed in two days.
While party of ladies and gentlemen
were shooting at a mark In Tuscnmbia, Ala.
the other day, cry Of pain was heard on
the opposite side of a cedar grove, and run
ming thither they discovered that stray shot
had hit and mortally wounded Mr.. Leroy
Downs, aged 10 years.
A new baby recently arrived in the family
| Of Louisville journalist, and papa was ex
| cessively proud over the event. Turning %
the old black nurse, ''Aunty,n 2 said he, s,rik-
ing the little pate, sthis boy seems to have q
| journalistic head ..Oh,' cried the untu.
tored old aunty, soothingly, ''neyer you mind
bout dat; datll come all right In Time
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

ed her. What she loved best was to queen
it over men, and Carlyle was not the man to
let his wife queen it over him.
And how she could queen Ill Long after
she was middle-aged woman, she could
pick mp chance acquaintancess in coach,
and so fascinate them, that when she left
her parasol in that coach, one would COM
pete eagerly and secretly against the other
Tor the chance of recovering and restoring 1T
to her. In her old age-indeed, year or
two before her death--when she had par
TALLY recovered from most dangerous fll-
ness, middle-aged men of the world burst In
TO tears at the sight OF her whom they had
never hoped to see again, and quivered all
over with Joy of recovering her. She owed
this power of fascination, no doubt, partly
to her ready tenderness of sympathy, partly
to her volleys OF gentle scorn. 1t Is clear
that women who cannot make themselves
feared, seldom gain the same empire as
those who can make themselves feared as
well as loved. 1t was this double power OBJ
viously which gave Lady Harriet Barring, af-
terward Lady Ashburton, that victory over
Mrs. Carlyle which embittered some eight
years or so of Mrs Carlyle's life. Lady Har-s
riet, though she can hardly have had Mrs
Carlyle's literary power otherwise some of
her letters at least would surely have been
preserved--combined with her intellectual
brightness and wit the great advantage of
genuine high breeding, an advantage which
Carlyle, with his vivid perceptions and his
owIbpeasant breeding, was the first to per-
ceive and enjoy. That was how Lady Har-
riet placed Mrs. Carlyle at disadvantage,
for Mrs. Carlyle, thorough lady as she was,
had never queened 1t over the kind of men
who were at Lady Harriets feet, and had,
In spite OF that pride and reserve which dis
tinguished her as a middle-cass woman,
nothing like the distinction which marked
her rival.
And bitterly did Mrs. Carlyle feel the de-
feat. 1t is obvious that she, who never
fretted over the most homely tasks before,
chafed passlonately against having, for ex-
ample, to mend Mr.. Carlyles trousers at the
very time when Mr.. Carlyle wanted to go
and worship woman to whom servile do
mestlc tasks were things of little meaning
rumors OF the servants hail. For we do not
believe that the sore heart which Mrs. Car
lyle bore about with her through some seven
or eight years of her married life would have
been anything like as sore as IL was through
jealousy alone. She was not Jealous wo-
man, and We should doubt If she had any of
that passionate feeling for her husband
which stirs jealousy TO Its depths. But she
was very proud woman, and IL crushed
and humiiated her to be Shaving for the man
who was so captivated by the air Of royalty
borne by one who had never thus shaved for
him. II Is the queen trodden under the foot
OF oonquefing queen who groans SO bitter
ly In Mrs. Carlyle's diary of 1855. And she
groans, as she is well aware, not as that COLI
lering queen, II she had in her turn been
trodden down, would groan, but with less
scorn for herself and more of middle-class
self-pty, and more, too, of those feminine
consultations which she derived from dwell
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

Gov. BUTLER has found time to give the
negroes of Mississippi some advice and it
isn't bad advice either. He says to them /:
'Look out for yourselves. That is
to say, vote for the best men, whose
life and conduct you know well, and
who have shown thereby their desire that
equal justice and equal rights shall come to
all men under the law. No matter what
promises are made by political orators, or
what induce ments are held oat to obtain
your votes, look to what men have done and
been, and not to what they say they will do
or will be. If candidate for office whom
you can trust is in favor of the education
of your children, the equal taxation of your
property, and the projections of your per-
sons by law, vote for him, whatever he may
be called politically. 1t is mistake for the
colored voters to vote for one party solidly,
even in localities where they have the num-
ercial majority; but it is equally their duty
to vote for men who will best represent the
interests of all.''
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
Carlyle and Two Queens.

London SpectatoSl
We are told in these volumes ("Mrs. Car
lyle's Letters") that Mrs. Carlyle's grand
mother was grandniece Of notable gypsy,
Matthew Bailie, who came to be hanged
and whose wife was the original of Scotts
"Meg MerriIies." Mr.. w. e. Forster, to
whom Mrs. Carlyle mentioned this gypsy de-
scent, is said to have replied that this infor-
nation was the first thing to make her mind
ineligible to him as cross between that
of gypsy and that of John Knox, from
whom, also, she was descended. But, so
far as we can see, there was but little of
John Knox in Mrs. Carlyle. She had no
taste for abstract doctrine, or, indeed, for
the abstract in any shape. Nor was she d.
dactic. The gypsy clearly predominated in
her over the Calvinist divine. Like the gyp-
sizes, she loved certain willful order, an or
der improvised out Of chaos; and one great
source OF her suffering In the extreme re-
preston of her life with Carlyle was that he
had no love for these snatches of fitful and
changeful energy, and wanted nothing so
much as constant protection against sur
prise. A brother Of Gen. Cavaignac, who
was intimate with the Carlyles, used to say
of Mrs. Carlyle that hers was genius for
.detail;" and so 1t was-as well for the I'M
agination as for the execution Of detail. She
could always see how much really skilful
detail could effect and to this, we believe,
she owed much of her Extraordinary power
of managing others, ranging from the power
of pacifying Carlyle to the power Of "writ-
ing down parrot' Considering how Won
derfully tender and accessible were her sym
pathies--at one time she, justly enough,
called her head "a perfect chaos OF other
peoples disasters and despair" answer
to the question, "Why do women marryY'
because, 'like the great Wallenstein, they
do not find scope enough for their. genius
and qualities in an easy life," would scarce,
ly have been a sufficient one, for she could
have found scope for her genius and quail
ties in almost any life. But undoubtedly
the enormous difficulty Of engineering Car
lyles life for him did make an impression on
her ambitious Imagination, and launched
her into the pursuit of an ideal which she
often found quite too hard for her. Perhaps
the reason why il was often too hard for her
was her gypsy pride. Though she was
| sweet, pitiful and fascinating to those who
leaned on her, she had keen sense of her
| own dignity, and could not endure to be
| treated herself as mere detail of life; and
this was how Carlyle not unfrequently treat
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

THERE is loud and general call Upon
the Hon. Thompson Fl. Murch to stop letter
writing and get down to business. He has
repeatedly made serious charges against Su-
pervising Architect Hill and now has been
called upon to prove them. Instead of do
ing SO, or attempting 10 do so in straight
forward way, he is writing letters apparently
for the purpose of enabling himself to back
out of the investigation without the humili-
ating confession that he has been making
charges which he had no evidence to sustain
Mr.. Murch's device is too thin 10 deceive
anybody of ordinary intelligence and he had
better abandon it.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

ONE of the numerous race of Bradfords.
who was invited to pool one dollar into the
fund which was to recover the 500, 200, 600
now lyiug in the vaults of the Bank of Eog-
land waiting for the Bradford heirs, thought
he would make some inquiries before in
vesting his dollar, and SO wrote to the Bank
of England. He received this reply, 81 beg
to inform you that the bank has no knowl-
edge whatever of any prope which the
heirs of Gov. Bradford are entitled The
class, however, who never read newspapers
the people who accommodate strange men
on the street with loans on checks-will
still continue to send in their dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
The Coronation of the Gear.

Next Sunday is the day set for the coron-
alton of the Gear of Russia. The ceremon-
les will take place in the church of the
Assumptionin the Kremlin, and the prepala
ulns are on a scale of dazzling magnifcence.
The Gar and Czarina arrived at Moscow on
Sunday and representatives of foreign gov
ernments are pouring into the city. To the
world at large the chief interest in the event
arises from the attitude of'the Nlhiist con-
spirators. They have sworn that Alexan-
der shall not live beyond his coronation
day, and the oath of Nihilists experience
has shown, means great deal. Their own
lives count for nothing when it is necessary
to sacrifice them in order to compass their
ends. The murderers of the father of the
present Car threw the bombs notwithstand-
ing certain death stared them in the face. To
thwart the designs of men so regardless of
the consequences as these men are is not
easy of accomplishment. Undoubtedly of
late the impression has grown stronger that
the ceremony will pass off without disturb
ance. This is probably due in large measure
ernment is taking. But it must be remem-
bered that the Nihilist conspiracy is very ex-
tensive in its ramifcations. On several occa-
sions it has been shown that danger lurked
where it was least expected. Trusted ofic-
ials have turned out conspirators and mem,
bers of the Cars own household have Sc
cretly plotted against its head. In con-
spiracy like this ii is impossible to dissin-
guish between friend and foe, and the trust
ed servant may prove deadly assassin in
disguise. The frequent postponoments of
the coronation indicate that Alexander ap-
proaches the ceremony with dread. He is
naturally brave man, but he may well
quail before the threats of band of CON
spirators for whom death in its most hideous
forms seems to possess no terrors.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

THE Tribune, referring to the unanimous
adoption of tarif-for-revenue only resolu-
tion by the Kentucky Democratic State con-
vention, remarks that free trade triumph
in Kentucky is not matter for loud boast
ing. The only interests that have fourished
there are the manufacture of whiskey and
pistol pockets. As these do not need pro-
lection the reason is OBJ vious why the peo-
pie of the State are so nearly unanimous in
favor of free trade. But the slow progress
of the State in weight and intelligence does
not make it a good subject for the doctri-
naires to hold up before the natives as an ex-
annie
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

PATRICK ]. lyman, better known to the
world as "Number One," has offered to sur
render himself. This may be case of con-
scious innocence and consequent readiness
to have his case investigated, but in view of
the Irish conspirators' eagerness to betray
one another, the uncharitable will look upon
1t simply as seasonable haste to get in as an
s'approver" ahead of Sheridan and Welsh.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

Six vacancies in the New York Custom
House brought more than 300 applicants be-
fore the Civil Service Examiner. One hnn-
dred and thirty-seven recently passed exam
ination, but as only six could be appointed
131 eligible applicants were turned away.
The result is less discouraging to the believ-
ers in exami nations of this character than
to that class of people who follow Office
seeking as a vocation.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

THE moment ous question whether Har-
ward College will confer the degree of LID.
on Gov. Butler is to be considered by the
corporation of that institution next We'd
nesday. Naturally enough after the Gov
ernor's attacks upon the university, there is
considerable hesitation about honoring him
and it is very doubtful If Harvard will con-
sent to lengthen out bis name.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

THE demonstration over Congressman
Thompson's acquittal ended with cheers,
but wine supper, in which the distin-
guished counsel for defence took part, wound
up the jubilee at the release of Jere Dunn,
Jim Elliots murderer. Does this show the
superiority of prize fighter over Congress
man?
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

WHETHER or not the legitimate work of a
policeman is worth 81 or s2.12 aday is a
question that was not passed upon by the
city government in the final adoption of the
salary bill. The question which the council
passed upon was whether or not police
man shoald be rewarded for political seryc-
es. The Council decided it in the negative
and rightly too,
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

A DESPATCH says coroners inquest is
to be held over the victims of the cyclone in
an Illinois town. Ifcoroner's iuries were in
the habit of fixing the responsibility for dis
aster, their verdict in this case would be
nninue.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

The Democratic Louisville Post charges it
was not SO much pride of birth that nomi-
mated Proctor Knott for governor as lust af-
ter the greenbacks with which Knotts
friends were literally supplied.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

So there is prospect of seeing the end of
the Star route trial the first week of June
unless the defence change their minds again
which is not improbable.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

CITY MARSHAL ANDREWS address to the
police seems to be achieving for that official
considerable amount of unenviable notori-
ETY..
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

EX-SENATOR PATTERSON is looming up
as a formidable Senatorial candidate in New
Hampshire. His connection with the Cred
it Mobilier scandal seems>to have grown
dim.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

The best baking powder is made from pure
Cream Of Tartar, Bicarb Donate OF Soda, and a
small quantity OF -four or starch frequently
other ingredients are used, and servo purpose
III reducing the cost and increasing he profits
OF the manufacturer.
We give the Government Chemists anal
yses OF two of the leading baking pr wders:
/ have examined samples Of ''Cleyeland's :
Superior Baking Powder and "Royal Bakiuu
Powder" purchased BY myself Ia this city, and
l find they contain:
sCIev Glands Superior Baking Powder, >,
Cream Of Tartar
Bicarbonate OF Soda
Flour
Available carbonic acid gas 1851 per cent,
equivalent to 1882 cubic inches Of gas per cz.
OF Powder.
"Royai Hahing Powacr-
Cream OF Tartar
Bicarbonate OF Soda
Carbonate Of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch
Available carbonic acid gas 1910 per cent,
equivalent to 1902 cubic inches OF gas per oz
Of Powder
Ammonia gas 043 per cent. equivalent TO
104 cubic inches per on. 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.
e. G.. LOVE, Phi. ID.
New YoRK, JAN'y 17TH, 1881.
The above analyses indicate preference for
"Clevsland's Superior Baking Powder" and
our opinon Is that It is the better preparation
Halls Journal Of Health.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

THE wife OF Bonanza" Mackey is going
to dazzle the Muscovlte at the coronation
with thirteen court dresses.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
C. G. PATTERSON. PrlnGIpa! Contractor
TBOH THNG STALLION
StaYTIe Hambletonian.
will make the season 0f 1888, Mt Pre-.
sumpscOt Park, Deering, Nc.

STARTLE HAMBLEIONIAN Is n dark bay.
with black points, 1e hands high aud weighs 1866
pounds, was foaled April 1th, 1879 bred by Rob
ert Bonner OF New Yerk. sire S1ARTLE, son az
RYSDYK'S HAMBLET0NtAN dam ELSIE. by
New York Ledger, I'd, dam by Seely's AMERICAN
STAR.
NEW YORK LEDGER was sired by Houglands
GRAY MESSENGER, dam, FLATBUsH MAID
one OF the fastest marcs (both single ana double In
Mr.. Honner's famous stable, Hougand's Messen-
ger sired HONEST DUTCHMAN, 2.26h and
BLENDE, 2.291s.
sTARTLE trotted public trial over Fleetwood
Park NJ " before completing his fourth year in
2.l9s4 and is the sire OF POklIA. 2.291s.
RYSDYK'S HAMBLETONIAN, the greatest OF
trotting sires, living dead, has 33 OF BIS get in
the 2.d0 list
STARTLE HAMBLErONTAN Is young horse
of great promise descending directly from the great
HAMBLETONIAN and STAR cross that produced
Dexter Nettie Jay Gould, Orange Girl Harvest
Queen and many others Terms, $500 for the
season, Mares not proving in foal can be returned
next season free of charge The horse can be found
at the Park, from $50 q. M, TO p. M, and at
Gilbert's stable, Cushman ST., Portland, at other
times and will be cheerfully shown to visitors by
may15eod1m ASHER M SAVAGE.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22

CYCLONES are so common this year that
accounts of their destructiveness are gettign
to be dull reading.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-22
TIE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY %.

we 90 mo- read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
All cases indispel sable not necessarily for pubca
ton but as guarantee of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
Runications that are not used.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1883-05-04
Australasinn Mails.

Robert j. Creighton, special postal commits
sioner Of New Zealand, had an interview with
the secretary of state yesterday, in which he
pointed out the importance to American COM
merce of continuing direct mail communica-
ton with New Zealand and Australia via San
Francisco. He says that when New Zealand
inaugurated the existing mail service in 1871
the total annual trade of the United States
with Australasia was 81, 700, 1877, but it reached
ST., 1863 in 1882, an increase in eleven years
of $l4, l21 ,232. Last year $4,331 1856 in gold
was imported from New Zealand and Aus
tralia.
The colonially subsidized steamships car
ried the United States mail to Honolulu and
the South Pacific countries free, distance of
1880 miles, each outward voyage. This
mail was heavy, weighing in letter and
printed matter 108,990 pounds for tho
last three months of 1882. The United
States charges about 500, 900 yec rly for railway
transportation Of the closed British and colo
NAL mail across America, and the New Zea-
land representative urges that the ocean
transportation of the American mail shall be
taken to offset the cost of tho land transporta-
ton Of the colonial mail. If this proposal be
agreed to, New Zealand is prepared TO con-
tinue the existing ocean postal service, from
which New South Wales withdraws at the
close of the present contract. Mr.. Freling-
huysen listened to Mr.. Creighton's statement
and promised to give it careful consideration.
A similar reply was given by the postmaster
general, to whom the matter had been fully
explained by the New Zealand agent. The
officers of the department recognize tho i'm
portance of the question to American COM
merCe.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1883-05-04


Secretary FoIger Replies TO Mr.. Murch.
Secretary Folger has addressed letter TO
Mr.. t. IL. Murch in regard to the pending in
yostigation of the charges against Supervising
Architect Hill, ofwhich the following is copy:
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt OF
your communication of the first Instant IN which
me committee investigating affairs in the super
yisng architects Office In the Treasury depart
ment. One objection is that his absence for ten
or twelve days will delay the investigation that
length Of time. l do not think thatlt need do
thatas the testimony will BIO taken by q stenogra-
pher. The other two members of the committee
can proceed in taking the testimony, which can
De read by MIR. Alexander on bis return, with the
same or nearly tho same effect as II he we're
present or heard IL delivered orally. An.
other objection is that the hfh auditor
OF the treasury Is subordinate TO Assistant Secre-
tary French. That is an error. The auditors OF
TINS department are not subordinates OF tho as
sstant secretaries. They are subordinates only Of
Tue head Of the department. In no manner is the
mn auditors Office attached TO or under the
special control ofor subordinate to either assist.
ant secretary.
lnasmuoh, then, as tho reason of your objection
falls, think the objection must fail also. shall
continue Mr.. Alexander upon the committee. His
absence Is temporary, as have before suggested,
ana need not delay the Investigation. The other
Two members OF the committee can start upon II
at once would respectfully ask that you signify
as soon as possible when you will BIO ready to pro.
coed. Very respectfully, yours,
CHAs j. FoLGER, Secretary,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1883-05-04
DEPARTNIENT DOTS.

The total receipts from internal revenue
since June 80, 1882, including yesterdays re-
ceipts, were 1921, 2S5,133
1t is understood that Senator Logan is
urging the appointment of A. @. Matthews,
of Illinois, as commissioner of internal rev.
enue.
Judge French, assistant secretary of the
treasury, left Washington last evening for
Fortress Monroe for few days of rest and
recreation.
The Treasury department yesterday pur-
chased 3S5,OO0 ounces of,silver for delivery at
the Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Fran
cisco minis.
The War department has received informa.
tion that Gen. Crook is in Mexico but has
not received reply to tho telegram sent to
him by Gen. Sherman.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
clared a dividend of 5 per cent. in favor of the
creditors of the Mechanics National bank, of
Newark, N. j., making in all go per cent.
paid TO the creditors.
The secretary of the interior has ordered
that V. b. Davis, attorney and notary public
at Huron, Dakp be suspended from practicing
before the land office. Registers and receivers
nave been directed not TO recognize Daviss
official acts as notary public.
Late yesterday afternoon Civil Service Com
missioners Eaton and Gregory called at the
Postofiice department and held long con-
ference with Postmaster General Gresham
respecting the civil service rules.
The executive committee of tho national
board of health had an interview with the
President yesterday in regard TO the best
mode Of discussing the appropriation of
100000 for the prevention and suppression of
epidemic diseases.