The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-29
Current Comment.
EXPLAINS THE POEM.
st. Iouis Globe-Democrat.

EAPLAlNh IdE fOEAs
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mary Anderson has just given Tennyson
a bottle OF twenty year-old Kentucky whisky.
ABAD CASE OF SOUR GRAPES.
Gen. Butler.
Washington is about as bad place as a
sane person can 60 to.
NOBODY HAS DENIED IT.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
It Is useless to deny that Mr.. Bayard has
made blunder after blunder In his diplomat
ic appointments.
WE FORGIVE HIM.
Albany journal.
A despatch from Brooklyn announces the
death of Emerson Leland, ''the father of
roller skating In this country"
NOT AT ALL HoMEsIcK
Philadelphia Call.
First cholera germ-Ah, Pm glad we came
to Philadelphia. 1t seems like home. Sec
ond cholera germ-Yes, smells just like dear
old Asia.
INSIDE.
Boston Traveller.
There are indications that the Mugwump
lamb will lie peaceably with the Democratic
lion, but he will lie just as lambs always do
when they take lions for bedfellows.
THINKING OF THE BITTER PAST.
Philadelphia Press.
Commissioner Black has not been heard of
since his valiant but conspicuously unsuc-
cessful effort to create a vacancy In the
Chicago Pension Office.
THE swEET-sCENTED BUT sHoRT-LIvED
MUawU1Ps.
New York Sun.
Poor little faded flowers, that bloomed but
yesterday in the sunlight of Pearson, and are
now cut down and witheredl
IF BOTH CONQUERED WHY DID THE REBELS
SURRENDER?
Louisville Courisr-Journal.
Appomattox is the field where both sides
conquered, and from It dates the beginning
of restored Union.
TRYING TO WORK AN ALIBI.
Manchester Union.
1t is reported that Secretary Endicott did
not urge the appointment OF Mr.. Pillsbury,
for at the time 1t was made he was at the
stable having his family coat-of-arms pol
ished up.
SECRET OF THE FAITH CURE.
Boston Record.
The impression is beginning to prevail
that TO secure the full benefit of the Chris
tian Scientist treatment, the patient must
have not only faith in advance that he is to
be cured, but subsequently faith that he is
cured.
HUNGRY, BUT HE HAD RATHER SEE
BALL GAME THAN EAT.
Washington Dispatch.
Vice-President Hendricks, In response to
the Manhattan Clubs invitation to attend
the reception of Thursday last, wrote: 81
am Unexpectedly and unavoidably prevent
ed from being with you." He was that
day deeply interested spectator of holly
contested base ball game in Washington.
EXHIBITING THEIR TRUE COLOR.
Atlanta Constitution.
There seems to be no sort of doubt that
the Independent squads are arranging to
make sort Of Bohemian raid on the Presi-
dent for appointing Democrats to Office.
There is certain class Of Independents who
affect to believe that they voted for President
Cleveland because he was an Independent,
or at any rate. because he was better than
his party. We have seen good deal of this
sort OF stuff first and last, and we have come
| to the conclusion that 1t eInanates from men
who have no practical knowledge Of affairs,
and who have no convictions, SO far as the
| two parties are concerned.
THE ARGUS AND THE TABuLAToR.
Boston Advertiser.
A curious and significant thing with re-
gard to the appointment of Eben F. Pills
bury to federal Office 10 this State is the
fact that the Democratic papers in Maine
have so little to say in his favor. The lead
ing paper, the Portland Argus, by no means
a squeamish journal in defending Democrats
having hard record, has not contained q
word of qualification or justification con-
corning Pillsbury, and the little it has said
concerning "Tabnlator' Chase seems to
want the tone of genuine satisfaction. The
| fact is, that these two men are anything but
acceptable to the decent Democrats In the
State where the political record Of both was
made. As we have already intimated,
| neither of them would be safe candidate
for his party there to nominate for any Office