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w.riike Preparations In Indi..

LONDON. March 21.-Despatches from Calcut-
ia show that extensive preparations being for
offensive Or defensive opeaaons on the northern from
tier OF India. supplies sufficient to last British
corps tor month have been collected al Quettah, in
In BSloochistan which commands the Bolaii Pass and
sthe only practicable entrance to Afghanstan from
south for military purposes.
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LONDON. March 2l.-Ths British steamer
Brooklyn City Capt Gore. from New York March g. for
Bristol colided with and sunk the British stesmer
Rhonddah in the British Channsl. The Brooklyn CITY
arrived ~ Bristol to-day. her bows were badly dam
aged by the collision
The crew Of the RhonddAh escaped in.boau.
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No Reelection on III. Honesty.

Mr.. Henry Woltman has decided not to sue
Mayor Grace for Islander. Newspapers reported tho
Mayor as saying that Mr.. wolimsn was removed from
his office of Registrar OF Permits for and
that there WAS shortage in his accounts Mayor Grace
wrote = letter Yesterday to Nj v Gilman saying:
have no knowledge OF any thing in sdniniatra.
ton Of that ONCE rejecting your honesty and nteg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-22
ErIe's New Postmaster.

ERIE. March 2l.-The vacancy In the Post
once, caused by the resignation OF Postmaster T. W.
Reed on March will be nlled by the ens of
Henry O. shannon at the suggestion OF tho Congress
cra but has not been politician. Tho Democracy il
harmonious over the appointment
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Dynamite P,o,. In serw.nv.

BERLIN, March 2l.-It Is reported here that
the Anarchists have arranged plans to celebrate the
Emperor Williams eighty birthday next Sunday
BY simultaneous dynamite explosions at Berlin, Ham.
burE Frankfort and other cties aud sespOrs
In Germany.
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Accused Exci.e OmciaI.,

II was learned yesterday that the Grand Jury
was considsrins evidence which Inspector Byrnes's
deecvss have collected relation to the
q nauor dealers BY excise othcials, Commissioner
to appear hsfeSs Il ssan AssS0U SS sSpssIS6 sleyty.
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To Compete with American Meat.

LONDON. March 21.-An Anglo Russian COM
pany has started to compete with and Aua-
trAlisns In furnishing England with meat The sbat
toiys are losxtsd W the centre Of LibAu.
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A Great Year fur Oy...r. In Enr,..a.

LONDON. March 2l.-Owing to tho immense
and almost Unprecedented fall Of oyster spa since the
beginning OF 1884 the English oyster beds have ed
with such rapid growth Of the btyAlves that prices
this season have been reduced much IS per
The best native oysters last sold wholesale
two .hngs and siSpenc. per dozen and the quail
y OF oysters are now selling At shilling dozen. Tho
result serious dimnution In America 10 rtations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-22

LONDON. March 2l.-M de Lesseps denies the
reports sent from New York tho that the work
along the Panama Canal has resulted in failure He also
denies that any contractors have stopped work
the canal company failed to supply them with money
although an American contractor refused payment
for work he had done. ause had failed to comply
with the conditions of his contract.
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What. tho Matter via. Paddy,

Tho latest bulletin from Chicago 10 that
Paddy Ryan has changed his mind hgain and will put
up $500 forfe with Harry Hn to-day suudayI TO Eht
sullivan for ~ so aide.
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Quss. Vlesor.a,. Eye ON Ge.. B.ker.

LONDON, March 2l.-Gen. Baker the hero OF
tho railway apArtmt mt scandal has been nominated by
Gen wolesey TO serve his stan, but the Queen has
d0wnsd dowR the sppoiatmsnI
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0arsmen Waiting for tn. Ice to Melt.

Fireman Peter Hanlon OF Engine 43 Ia anx-
ious to row Fireman John Mccarthy OF the same com.
pAny race IN working boats. Mccarthy who 10 the
champion oarsman OF the Fire Department snys he will
row Hnnlon any kind of boat at Iuy time FOR any
amount OF inonsy, and any distance. Roth en- arc
holding theiHelyss in with dihculty and waiting for
the ice to nell. -
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Little Annie Dina. Burued to Death.

While four-year-old Annie Agnes Oman OF
sunnyside l. L. was playing ~ the house OF her aunt
Ars Joseph Quinn. in Long Island City Friday her
caught hrs from crate Of tho kitchen stove
aud her clothes wholly burned her body she
died yesterday morning.
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II You need furniture carpets 70 to concern IKE
ooogSa SSoA III. LA 12a Bswsyy, coz. Grand sIAss
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
THE ARMY.
Secretary Endicott Issues an Order
Which Will Surprise Officers.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Secretary Endicott
mas prepared surprise for army officers by
amending certain regulations so as to make
Z Them read as follows:
AN officer shall not fill any staff appointment
oi other situation, the duties of which will detach
nlnl from his company regiment or CORPS until
ne mas served at least three years with his regi-
Hlehl or corps, nor shall any officer remain de-
Ieached longer than four years, unless assigned
to special duty by the War Department"
The. Secretary promulgates the change
with the following order:
"All officers below the grade of field officers who
nave been absent for period of four years or
longer from their regiment or corps, will be re-
neVed from their present duties as soon as posi-
PIE after the receipt of this order, and directed to
report for duty with their respective regiments or
corps. In the selection of aides-de-eamp to fill
vacancies created by the operation of the last pre-
ceding paragraph, Majors and Brigadier Generals
VIII confne their selection to officers of regiments
OF the line of the army not prohibited in regua-
lions and preferably to subalterns."
This action on the part of Secretary Endi-
colt is in pursuance of his policy to provide
the duties of his office, he has frequently re-
eeIyed letters from officers on the frontier
saying that as a new administration had
taken control OF the government, they hoped
consideration would be given them and that
they would be allowed to change positions
Tor number ef years. ALI aides appointed
simply Major or Brigadier Generals will be
compelled to join their regiments Two
aides who were appointed by Generals and
not assigned to duty by the department have
been away from their regiments seventeen
years. Other officers have not been absent
so long, but have been holding desirable po-
sitions for more than four years, and will be
compelled to go to the frontier Repeated
efforts have been made in Congress to secure
legislation that would have the same effect
as the above regulation, but each attempt
has failed, and the Secretary of War accom-
plishes the change by amending the regula-
tlons which he claims he has authority to do.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
Rrawn and Brain.

+. w. Davis, bow oar of the Bowdoin crew at
the Worcester race, has been awarded the Good
win prize at Bowdol1 ON I ior the best written com
temporaneOus.cOmposit AS this is an ercep-
ton to the general rule 1t is well enough to note
the rule in question. 1t Is very remarkable
thing for a man to be able to attend to the ath-
letic side of a college course and the mental and
intellectual side also, and TO achieve excellence
would be excellence in neither.-Bridgeport
Standard.
To the Editor Of the Press:
My attention has been called to the above
extract which was clipped from the PRESS
OF the Both ult. viii you allow me space for
word or two of comment on the general
rule" which is laid down with considerable
confidence by the writer of the paragraph.
The record of Mr.. Davis which is referred
to, is, of course, very ereditable to him; it Is
not, however, so unusual, at least in
Bowdoin College, as to form an exception to
a general rule. For example, the Goodwin
commencement prize, which is mentioned
above, was endowed by Professor Goodwin
in 1882, and has, therefore, been awarded
only three times, at the commencements Of
'S3, 'S4 and '85. In 'S3 it was won by the
third baseman of the college nine; in S4 it
was won by the second baseman of the col~
lege nine; in 'S5 it was won as stated above,
by the bow oar of the college crew. These
men were all "oration men," and the second
baseman was the salutatorian of his class.
They were all liable to attend to the athletic
side of college course and the mental and
intellectual side also, and 10 achieve excel
lence i'll both"
AT our recent commencement, of the eight
men who, by superior scholarship had won
the right to appear on the platform, three
were members of the crew that won at WOr-
eester, and one, the salutatorian, was the
third baSeman of the college nine.
In the class that was graduated year ago.
OF the eight commencement speakers ap-
pointed for superior scholarship four, and
one OF them the salutat0rian, were members
OF the college nine, and had achieved excel
lence on the ball-tield as well as in the class
room.
1t is not necessary to multiply examples.
the same in different colleges, but wish to
to be an exception is not an exception in the
college in which it occurred. 1t is not un-
usual for young men to play ball well and to
pass good examination also, to study with
spirit and to pull vigorous oar; and / do
not see why it should not continue TO be so.
1t is surely unwise to.proelaim an unneees-
Sary divorce between intellectual pursuits
and manly sports, and to say to a young man
who is ambitious to excel in his studies
that he must abandon all attempts to excel
In physical exercise and athletic games 1t
is not in that way that we shall make the r0-
bust scholars who are needed to do the work
of the world. HENRY l.. CHAPMAN.
August 4, 1885.
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GENERAL NEWS.

There were 1904 deaths in Boston last month,
the largest number for many years in July.
A meeting of the representatives of the steel
rail mills OF this country will be held at Long
Branch next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Col. A. G. Sharp Chief Postofice Inspector has
resigned his position to take effect today, and his
resignation has been accepted by the President.
The President has made ACT appointments to
post offices of which 274 were to vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms on resignation and 1913
in place of suspended officers.
Richard johnson, colored was hanged yester-
day at Vidalia, La, for the murder of John Sim
mons. On the scaffold the prisoner confessed his
guilt
The business failures throughout the country,
for the last seven days, number, for the United
States 162, and for Canada 49, or a total of $50
failures as compared with total of 201 for last
week.
AT reunion of ex-Confederate soldiers at Green
vile, Texas, Thursday, 10000 veterans and 9TH
ers were on the grounds. General Ross, the ora
tor OF the day alluded to the fact that thousands
OF crippled ex-Confederates were begging their
living from door to door while 100000 Union
soldiers were drawing pensions.
Mrs. M. Walsh, a widow, 60 years old was found
yesterday in small back room of her house. 6O9
Fulton street, Chicago, dead. Her hands were
tied and there were marks of violence on her body
leading to a supposition that she had been dead
two or three days. The matter is a complete mys-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
OCEAN PARK.
interesting Services Yesterday.

The programme for the second day of the con-
yention of Christian Worters u,os oro,vdod WITH
S"siVii u Oniio'i"n "o'heis was cro"ueu Win
interesting meetings From early prayers at $50,
deem and ah;d;no ;rtarast Tl,o at,osa,. 80 -. :
49,. t,,a - Ano "''cnoance was
larger thah on the previous days.
Among the prominent Christian Workers from
other denominations we noticed Mrs crocl,or
- ,r,, w Hosi0eu nAe. Oiochei,
Ezra hawkes. and Mrs. Hawkes. OF Portland, and
Caroline L. Talbot of Ohio. The singing has been
unusnaTIv fine Mrs n IT n,o,,1to,, 1eros,soS -
,S "u'UliS nH0 Nais' " l. Moulton preSiuea at
the organ
The devotional meeting at @. 80 a. m. was led by
D. n n n1,,I. 49, ~ ~ ~ "'' ~" ~
nv, " - -noul.Un r'''i ' iA'oo d. H. heV' T. w.
Kicker gave Bible Reading on the Endowment
of Power" Several passages of Scripture were
rood ond oooo0,,,o,,iol Lar
n =, rS nv mlt np eApianaMfoTy M remarks
met with the children in tho
Mrs DnrSn has va, 1sIn % w t 20 q t hoOi ~
tie ones wnnns theT cPonence way az onca mh aud 1e & M
nelIn tbar fsaiin 81 h o. ~ o1So 1i anu i uls
si ss1eakine I'm in meetin9 VI 'nSneSS a' 'ne iuea oi
At 80 Rev. B. Is HAYES conducted n testimonv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
FOREIGN.
A Strong War Feeling Said to Exist
in Russia.
The Etrurias Passage Across the
Atlantic Beats the Record.
The Criminal Bill Passes Its Third
Reading in the Commons.
The Cholera.

MARsEILLEs, Aug. THE situation here
is perceptibly improving, but the exodus
continues and the inertneSS of officials is
publicly denounced.
There were 26 deaths from cholera in this
city to-day.
MADRID, Aug. Z.
incomplete returns show 2,37S new cases of
cholera throughout Spain yesterday, and 910
deaths from that disease.
A Quick Passage.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. THE Etruria's
time to Fastnet is 6 days, hours and So
minutes, from New York. This is the best
time ever made.
The Criminal Bill.
LONDON, Aug. THE criminal bill passed
its third reading in the House of Commons
this evening
John Ruskin Ill.
LONDON, Aug. John Ruskin is i'll and
his frlendsregard his condition with anxiety,
England and China.
The Morning Post declares that no alliance
offensive or defensive has been concluded
between England and China.
AWar Feeling in Russia.
Dispatches from ST. Petersburg say that
there is a strong war feeling in Russia and
that military preparations are in progress in
Finland.
Foreign Notes.
The rulnor of conflict between Afghans
and the russians at Maruchak are untrue.
All imports from French and Spanish
Mediterranean ports have been prohibited
by Holland until the cholera has disappeared.
The London Parliament will be prorogued
on the 18th
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
A Portland Crook Arrested.
ON THE ROCKS.
Wreck of an English Steamer on
Grand Menan.
The Crew Taken off Safely by the
Light Keeper.

EAsTPoRT, Me-, Aug 7.--At Q O'Clock
Wednesday morning, during dense fog, the
ocean steamer Aumacoa went ashore on
Marr Ledges, at the southern head of Grand
Menan. She is of 1850 tons and of English
owners, but sails under the Spanish flag, and
belongs at Bilbao, Spain. She was in ballast,
bound to st. John to load for Liverpool,
under charter to N. NJ. Mackay, st. John,
N. B. The lighthouse keeper sent boat to
the crews assistance and Took them all off
safe. The steamer lies ON Wallace Rock and
will be total wreck. The steamer Lans-
downe of st. John has gone to the scene of
the wreck
ST. JOHN, N. B., Aug. THE steam tug
Storm King, which went down to the wreck
of the steamer Aumacoa, at Grand Menan,
returned to port tonight with the captain and
crew of the wrecked vessel. The captain
reports that the disaster occurred Wednes-
day morning during very thick fog. The
vessel was only going at half speed at the
time, and after striking the first ledge came
off, but Immediately went on another and
stuck fast Nothing could be done to save
her, and the officers and crew, with their eff
fects, went ashore. The vessel now lies on
her side, and will be total wreck.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
Mutllated creenhaoks.

A great deal of feeling has been created
among business men by recent order of
the Treasurer of the United States in regard
to mutilated greenbacks. The order does
not apply to national bank notes because
when the bank which issued the mutilated
note was satisfied, the value of the note was,
and is, paid.
By the old law-within thepast three years
in force-one-ffth Of a greenback could be
missing and the government would redeem
the bill at its face value. Under issue of
July 1st, 1885, Treasurer Jordan, with the
approval of Secretary Manning, orders that
if one-tenth of the bill is missing it shall be
redeemed at only nine-tenths of its face
value; in other words, making the innocent
holder responsible for the loss on the note.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
RAILWAY MATTERS.

RAILROAD TAXES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
An important bill has been introduced into
the House of Representatives at Concord, n.
H., for the purpose of equalizing the railroad
tax in certain cases. The present law stipu-
lates that the State Treasurer shall seasonal
bly, apportion all railroad taxes received by
him in each year in the following manner:
To the towns in which any railroad is locat-
ed one-fourth of the tax paid by the railroad
corporation. of which each town shall re-
ceiye its proportion according to the share of
the capital of the corporation expended
therein for its buildings and right of way
and to each town in which any stock in the
road was owned on the first day of April
preceding, such proportion of the residue of
said tax as the number Of shares owned in
said town bears to the whole number in the
corporation, and the remainder for the use
Of the State. 1t is proposed to amend this
law so that where the whole number of
shares in any railroad corporation covers
railroad property outside of the State, then
the whole number of shares in said corpora
tion. for the purpose of distribution, shall be
only that number, that the assessed value Of
said road in New Hampshire by the State
Board of Equalization, will amount to at 500
a share. AS will be inferred, this amend
ment is introduced for application to those
railroads where only 4 part of their capital is
expended in this State In the case of the
tax derived from the Boston & Maine Rail
road, town receives only 20 cents annually
on share, because the calculation is based
upon the entire capital stock of that corpora
ton. If the bill becomes law, the basis in
the above railroad would only be $4,000
shares, as the Board Of Equalization has fix
ed the value of the Boston & Maine in New
Hampshire at $1,S00000 Under such a law
the city of Dover, where 1876 shares are
owned, would receive of the tax nearly
$4,000 more annually than at present, and Of
course in other towns an increase in proper
ton to the amount of stock owned therein.
Among other towns which would be consid.
erably benefited in relation to the Boston &
Maine tax are the following with the mum
Der Of shares owned therein: Exeter, $50
Stratham, 62S; Newmarket, Az; Durham,
go; South Newmarket, 339; Concord, PA
Manchester, 216: Rochester, 342 and Ports
mouth, 205. Of course the same rule would
| apply to the distribution of the tax of all
other railroad corporations which are not
| wholly located in this State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
IN THE RUINS.
Two Men Killed by a Failing wall

JERSEY CITY, Aug 7.-An excavation
alongside the American Lead Pencil factory,
in Clinton street, Hoboken, weakened the
wall and portion fell this evening burying
a number of laborers beneath the debris.
Two have been taken out dead and search is
being made for others.
Harry McLane, one Of the contractors, was
horribly bruised about the head and body,
and 1t is feared cannot survive. John Geo
CHAN was found with his right ear cut off
and badly hurt about the head and body.
George Jones was cut about the head and
body by flying bricks. The wounded were
removed to st. Mary's hospital. 1t was at
hrst supposed a far larger number of work
men had been killed. but all the Others re-
Carey, the remaining contractor, was arrest
ed by order of the coroner. He gave $4,000
bonds to await the result of the inquest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-08
Temperance Text 300 ks.

To the Editor Of the Press:
In one of the books now on my table, re-
ceived from our superintendent of schools,
as sample of the book recommended by
the State Board of Health, / find this state
ment:
when men take little liquor it makes them
feel comfortable or gay."-Prinaer Of Physioiogy
and Hygiene. Smith, page 124
What would be the result of this kind of
teaching in our schools upon our boys? Bows
like to be comfortable and gay'' and this
lesson book tells them that ''little liquor
will make them feel comfortable and gay,
and so if they want to feel comfortable and
gay they will take little liquor. Let our
boys be taught this and then comfortable
and gay times may be the result of taking a
little liquor. Again in this lesson book we
read:
'Men sometimes use it through long life with
out seeming to be harmed by it.'-Pdge 125.
Now teach this to your boy in school and
you may hear your boy saying; Eyes, men
use it through long life and seem not to be
harmed by it, My school book taught me
so. If others have used it without seem
ing harm, why can't l." Would we care to
teach our boys so at school or at home? One
of the lesson books says:
Il a
few hours, it may be in few minutes even, taken
in what is usually thought to be moderate quanti-
w. II often causes serious diseases of the import
ant organs".-HtnRdn Body. Martin page
121 1N'0
Now this we believe to be true. Is it safe
| to teach our children in school that they may
| take so deadly poison through a long life
| without seeming HARM Again the lesson book
| does not say men sometimes use it in small
| quantity through long life without seeming
narm, but men sometimes use it and not q
| word about the quantity.
f. ii. Gerrlsh, NJ. D., president of the
| board said of the book of the w. c. I. u.
1T denies that alcohol is food"
One of the books recommended by the
| State board says this about alcohol:
| "That alcohol is not to be regarded as either a
| tssue-forning or force-giying food."-Hlen1dn
| Body. Martin, page 342.
| What kind of food is it when it neither
| forms tissue nor gives force. This same book
| recommended by the Doctors says this about
| alcohol as a food:
| Experiments made on persons whose diet and
| work were controlled have proved that alcohol
dlmlnlshes the capacity for prolonged or powerful
| muscular work.-Page 1872.
| According to the Doctors book alcohol di-
| mlnlshes the capacity for prolonged muscu-
| lar work. VIII food do this if so, we are
| more powerful and muscular without food
than with it. Again the Doctors book says:
| persons who daily employ alcohol do not in
TACT take u as food, but a stlmulant. IN nealth
WIN sulnelent diet, alcohol IS not al an energy
| yielding tood."-HltnldR Body, page ~
Now we think the position taken by the
| women on this matter of alcohol not food,
| is sustained by one of the books recommend
| ded by the State board and the books of the
| W. G. L. U. have not the dangers referred to
in the first part of this paper PEI
Minister Kelley will return to the United States