The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-13
lowed to defy the laws in the future as in the
CURRENT COMMENT.
MUCH TOO LARGE.
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MUCH TOO LARGE.
North American.
Perry Belmont is likely to find the clothes
of the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs mistit.
NO CHOICE AMONG OHIO DEMOCRATS.
Memphis Avalanche.
The Ohio Democrats are greatly troubled
about the minority vote for Senator. Inc
country at large has no choice between those
who smell of coal oil and the various odor-
Gus elements used in the Doodle sacraments,
A REFLECTION ON THE LOUISIANA STAND
POINT.
Philadelphia Press.
Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, asserts bold
ly that there is nothing to prevent the pay,
ment of the government bonds in silver and
from Louisiana standpoint he may be righl
Yet in other sections of the country good
faith and the honor of the government still
count for something.
GROWING OLD AND DIGNIFIED.
N. Y. Sun
Rear Admiral Jouett, commanding the
North Atlantic Station, reports to the Navy
Department that while recently visiting La
Guayra, with his staff, he was present at a
banquet where the Venezuelan President and
his Cabinet were also guests, and that the
widest enthusiasm prevailed at each men
ton of the United States, 'the Mother Re-
public" The name thus bestowed on us by
our tropical children is affecti0nate and re-
Spectful. We have been, perhaps too apt
hitherto to dwell on our juyenility by talking
of our own mother country and fatherland.
But reminders begin to come that we are ger
ing on in years, and are, in fact, already
among the centenarians.
THE PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL REPoREkf'
Richmond (lIo.) Conseryator.
After week of sombre weather the leaden
curtain slowly lifted Wednesday evening I'M
yelling the setting sun, which cast ruu !iiy
glow across the landscape lighting IL up Win
SHIRE like smile from the Deity, then the
stars came out, Venus leading the heavenly
hosts, twinkling brightly as they III up the
dusky dome, sentinel lights TO usher IN the
last day of dying year, Wiiicn came III as
graceful as a bride lowered with the radi-
ance of love- the sun rising in an unlocked
sky. a soft wind blowing, birds singing, with
grass growing green on the prairie and ma
ture in her most WantOn mood seemed to
cast her fayors round as layishly as a court
beauty. needing not the dying monarch, CO.
quoting with the hours, smiles and frowns,
that usher in the coming heir of the seasons
that tomorrow assumes the sceptre, and
without a tear or ermine robe in the sarcoph-
agus of ages was gathered 1885.
FREE TEXT BOOKS IN VIRGINIA.
Richmond State.
The most important question that the leg
free text books in the public schools. AL
ready it is being vigorously discussed ON all
sides, and wide and positive are the opinions
for and against the proposed measure. BY
leaving the question of free school books to
the counties and towns to be determined by
those bodies in each, which bear much the
same relation to the counties and towns that
the legislature bears to the State, the real
sense of the peopleTon this subject can be
much more accurately determined. Any
present attempt at paying for the schools
books out of the State treasury seems fraught
with danger to the proper support of the
schools themselves. While further proyid-
ing with books those children already pro-
yided with schools, it would interfere seri-
ousIy with the recent gratifying, increase in
the number of schools, and might do grave
injury to the schools already in existence.
Such q risk the people cannot afford to, take.
School books are useless without schools.
Nothing therefore, should be done that may
tend to retard the prosperity and usefulness
of this great social force upon which the
State is dependent for that Intelligent and
educated citizenship which is her defence
against the appalling dangers Of enfran-
chised ignorance.