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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-28
REPORTS SUBIITTED YESTERDAY.
The Years WEEK In the Industrial
Schos for Girls.
Maine State Prson and Its Labor
Ing Inmates.
Bad Results of the Change In the
System Of Work.
Special b the Press.l


AUGUSTA, Dec. 27-The annual report of
been submitted to the Governor an Coun-
ell.
The Superintendent Major Z. Rowell. in
his report, referring to the value of a train
ing school for girls in decreasing pauperism
cites the Bubier family of Lewiston as an
instance.
The membership of the school has re-
mained about the same as the year previous.
The number might be increased temporarily
should occasion demand. With the present
arrangement no difficulty has been expert
en- ed in meeting all requirements from the
POSITION Ys siiaafi f the State But little dis
away fIom the school or from homes where
they may have been placed and In almost
every instance tne interference of relatives
and friends has been the exciting cause All
who have left the school in this manner dnr-
ing the years have been returned. Rnnning
away is regarded by the girls generally WITH
aisiavor and the practice has been almost en-
tlrely abandoned.
The health of the inmates of both bopsas
has been remarkably good for the entire
year. There has been scarcely a case of
severe illness of any sort. No death has oc-
CURED The sanitary condition of the prem-
.oco haS uoon properly cared for. The gra-
tuitous services of Mrs. DR.. Williams and
Dr. Roberts Of Augusta in caring for lie
heaith OF the girls and relieving them Of
aaeenlng ae teeth is gratefully acknowledged. Or.
dolt OF Portland Is also thanked for fhe sue
GeSSIul treatment of two girls for dealness
InankS are extended to Hon. Pavson Tnck.
er Ior favors on the Maine Central railroad.
iwenty-three girls have beer csmmitted |
y, 70 Sne school during the past year frops the
IISolil9Wing 1 cities and towns Portand, =, /
nockland, o; Bath, 2; West Gardiler, 2: and
pl 3ne each from Bangor, RopAhn' Augusta,
Fpresque Isle. Norway, Pchmond and New
aaibn1eyard, making toal Oh Two spndred
the Seventy-eight sire the organizaISp of
1887 5Qol. NumbSr in the scnool Dee 8,
rOu,, ha syerage number during the year,
honaas oo Soc.~pitted, %; returned, .; sent ~
pan;, pou,Ss, ~, oyried, 8; died, in Randolph I.
now in homes snuaTy @byo,e eo1o; Humber as married
ity Unmarried 81 i reached f4Isads Ra'I5 i5
dismiss as uncorrigible,s. dismissed as un-
suitable, 4; deceased, 10. escaned and not
recovered, 2; present numbsS in the school,
81.
The parentage of all the girls omitted to
the school was as follows Amerhan. 23O:
Irish, %; New Brunswick, 6; Nova Seatia, 8;
French Canadian, A; Malatto, 2; Africa. /;
German. L; Russian Jew, l !; English, 1.
The bequest fund OF the Institution has not
been encroached upon during the past year
and stands as follows:
Invested balance since last report. S6530.s2
Interest account OF year.. 249.2O
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MAIN Z.
Caught Between the cars.

IbptCIdl 10 IIlt TTtSS.I
BAR MILLS, Dec. 27.-Charles Wood, a
native of Buxton and employed on the Port
land & Rochester Railroad. was caught be-
tween the cars at South WATERFORD and
seriously injured today. His internal in
iuries my nrove fatal
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Mean daily bar. 29.e75 Maximum ther.. ..49.O
Mean daily ther..46.0 Minimum ther.... 1877
Mean daily hum. $50 Total prcip..... A.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
(Dec. 27,l1SsS, 500 P. NJ
Observations taken at the same moment of tin
at all stations
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Mlnlster PneIps to be Aonored

LONDON, Dec. 27.-The Lord Mayor of
London Will give farewen banquet IN nom
or Of United States Minister and Mrs.
fneIpS on Jan. 24til.
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Commentator from the Right
Source.
lGospel Hammer

To all our readers who desire TO subscribe
for live, reliable daily newspaper we recon-.
mend the Portland Daily PRESS, which will
begin the year 1889 with enlarged facilities,
better writer's, and more news than ever De-
fore.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.



Tonight Frank Mayo will present his ver-
sion of Dumas ''Three Guardsmen," under
the title of ''The Royal Guard" at Portland
Theatre. The Boston Journal saws: Frank
Mayo certainly gives the character Of this
Royal Guardsman an amount Of good-hu-
mored bravery that courts applause. He
strikes the keynote of the character vigor-
ously, even If he does not put him In har-
mony with the scene and the times. His
D'Artagnan, indeed, may be so far distant in
nationality from the French D'Artagnan as
to need seven league boots to traverse the
ocean to reach him, and to be constantly cal
ling to mind a Yankee hero who is more like
to swear BY George than Mon Dieu, but for
all that Mayo gives the cosmopolitan air Of
adventure to the man, the same characters.
tic that holds good to reckless soldier Of
fortune of good parts in any land, and inter-
ests as well as attracts his friends before the
footlights."
Grimmer's orchestra will play this pro-
gramme:
Oyerture-Pique Dame. me....................su .suppe.
Waltzes-Geraldine.. ..................' .Godtrey.
Selection. bOus4uel.
Break down on the Swanee River. Root.
Gal0p-SanS-SOucl.... l.....-....-.-.-...-... .LumDyc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-28

MERRMAc, Mass, Dec. 27.-In Newton,
N. a., 150 cases of measles are reported this
morning. The disease afflicts both adults
and children.
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Amount of investment. +.

The interest of this fund Is available for
purposes designated by vote Of the board Of
managers.
Many friends of the school have contribut-
ed various articles to the school, among the
contributors being Miss Grosvenor. Hallow-
ell Mrs. williamson, Mrs. Robinson, Angus
ia; Mrs. O. +. Allen, Kent's Hill; Girls Mis-
sion Society, Phillips; Prof G. F. Richard
son, Dartmouth College; Hon. j. p. Baxter,
Portland, $40.
following summary:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-28

Tonight Stoddard will give the last lecture
in his course in the Stockbridge list of enter
tainments, and has chosen "Rome" for his
subject. The heads of the lecture will be;
The Eternal City, The .Cloaca Maxima. The
Forum, Walk on the Via Sacra, The Colos-
scum, The Arch of Constantine. Exploring
Ruined Palaces Of the Caesars, The Spanish
Staircase, The Campagna, TassaiAo 3ae,,
Mausoleum Of t i4rt Galleries, Crossing
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Oldest convict is 70 years old; youngest, Is;
average age, 30 years, 81 months.

The following table shows the number of
convicts received from each county during
the year and the total number from each: a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-28

Mary Anderson's performance Of Pardita
in ga Winters Tale" gives great pleasure
to the Boston critics. She is at the Hollis
Street Theatre.
Mrs. Frances Kemble. or Fanny kempie as
she is generally called, has just entered
upon her eighty-first year. 1t IS more than
sixty years ago that she made her first ap-
pearance upon the stage of Drury Lane as
Juliet.
together next season in a comedy drama
written for them by Maurice Barrymore, un-
der the management of Rich and Harris.
Here is hint for American managers
The director of one OF the Brussels tneatIes,
in order 10 do away with the nuisance Of the
huge hats worn by the feminine part Of the
audience, posted up a placard in the en-
trance to the effect that "Only elderly ladies
are allowed to keep on their hats. IL Is
gle lady has omitted to deposit her headgear
in the cloak room.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
What Some Old People Did.

"Uncle" John Coombs of New Salem,
ILL.,, is 100 years old. He was born in
Lisbon and his father fought under
N,poleon. Uncle John" says he re-
members the Little Corporal" and
tells many wonderful tales about him.
The old man is fond of stories and takes
greatest delight in telling how he
jumped, kicked an Indian in the back
with both feet at the same time and
robbed the PROSTATE red-skin of his
gun. OF his three children one re-
mains to comfort the aged pioneer.
Mrs Elizabeth Sands, of Baltimore,
Nd, is 80 years old, and insists that
she can take care of herself. When
asked what she is distinguished for her
reply is: II am distinguished for hav-
ing sixteen grandchildren, thirty nine
great-grandchildren, nine great-great-
grandchildren, and many nieces and
nephews grand, great-grand and great
great-grand." Mrs. Sands still shows
her womanly characteristics in delight
ing in nothing more than day spent
in shopping. When she goes, as she
often does, she always insists on seeing
the goods on the top floor and persist
emily refuses to ride in an elevator.
The old lady climbs the stairways.
"Amen" was what the inhabitants of
Fall River, Mass, always heard at
every service in a humble little house
of worship in that city. Stephen Glea-
son, aged lob years, spoke the word in
clear, firm tones. He was always at
church when there was any to go to,
and though so aged could pray as we'll
as the preacher. One day not long ago
the pastor was absent and the renera-
BILE old gentleman arose and preached
sermon that enthused the entire vii
lage. He came to this country from
Cork, but never drank drop of liquor.
He died June 20, and left widow
AGED az
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
Love for Their Young:

Following is an account of the re.
mGrkable development of parental in
stinct in wild beast, from the Phila-
delphia Times:
. In Forepaugh's menagerie there are
six as 1.-THE and brightly marked tigers
as anybody ever saw. One morning, at
daylight, the keepers were surprised
by an unusual commotion AMONG the
cat animals. The men got out strong
ropes, lassoes, and tiets, believing that
some of the most formidable Of the wild
beasts were out of their den.
They approached the wide stairs with
caution, and entered the room. The
tlger-den was q scene of fierce con-
fusion, and the other animals shared
the excitement. The men advanced to
the front of the den, and were met by
demonstrations of anger. Lying close
to the wall in one corner was q huge
Bengal tiger, and at her side pair of
beautifully marked Cubs, with eyes
closed like young kittens. With eyes
of wonder the men gaZed at the treas
ures which had been born during the
night. Still, they could not understand
why all the wild beasts should seem so
restless. One of the keepers, following
the eye of huge panther, shouted !:
Boys, look! One has got out, and is
on the foor!" One cub had crept
through the bars of the cage and tum-
bled out, and wandered around until it
had tired out and gone to sleep.
When one of the men had carefully
picked it up it uttered feeble cry.
The scene that followed made those
men, used to danger as they were, white
with fear. The tigers bent the bars of
their cages, and the lions roared in uni
son with the shrieks of the other ami
mails. 1t was a little pandemonium
To attempt to put the cub through the
bars into the cage from which it had
fallen was certain death to whoever I'M
dertook it, for with their long forearms
and curved claws the tigers would have
torn to shreds whatever had been in
reach.
Finally, one of the cool-headed keep
ers took the little, speckled, sightless
beast, and, climbing up to the end of
the cage, opened small hole left for
ventilation, and dropped the cause of
all the trouble at the feet of the moth
er. She tenderly placed it beside her
other offspring, lay down herself, and
in two minutes the cunning looking
kitten was taking its nourishment, and
everything soon quoted down.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
Fires i'm Mandalay.

1t might have been thought that with
The accession of the British the peren.
NAL CONGREGATIONS at Mandalay would
cease, but a recent telegram tells us
that they go on as merrily as ever.
With Indian journals the "Great Fire
at Mandalay; Ten Thousand Houses
Burned" used to fill the place of the
"Shower of Frogs" and "Great Goose
berry" of our home journals. The num-
Der of houses burned was always ten
thousand-neither more nor less. A
traveller who happened to go to Man
dalay Immediately after one of these
devastating fires hurried to the scene
to find an area of charcoal about as
large as the terrain on which is set the
Tower of London, including the ditch.
The houses that generally fell a prey
to these fires were mere boutiques. We
moderns are satisfied with 500, which,
we are gravely told, took as long as
two hours and half in burning. The
curious thing in connection with Man
dalay fires used to be that they were
invariably predicted by the court as
trologers, who had no difficulty in max.
ing sure that their predictions came
about Now that the astrologers are
gone the reason for the fires is not OBJ
vious.-LO1ldOn Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
"What. this detective ?"

'"What, this detective?"
mo; the Rev. Alfred Brown"
How she managed to work her way
out of it we need not inquire. as it is a
delicate subject. But work out of it
she did, and the next evening, Wills
her husband was supping on d cold
meal and wondering why nora of the
twenty kilograms he had sent that day
had brought an answer from his wife,
she walked in on him.
Good heavens, Atty! what are you
doing here? 1 thought you were in
Chicago"
81 was, as you know, Theresa, but
this dispatch called me back"
"This dispatch, why" and she read
it over. "What could have been the
matter with you, couldn't you read?
This is dated at the North Side police
station in Chicago. All! l see, my
dear beloved husband, you got this the
night of the banquet and you had
taken a cup of wine too much to be
able to read straight. Take my advice
and don't go to any more of them"
Mr.. Brown was mystified, and Mrs.
Brown never troubles him with jeal-
ousy since. She does not care to
watch him any more and he has never
learned who sent him that deceptive
telegram.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
Use the HOuse.TOpS.

The intelligent American pilgrim in
Jerusalem looks around him, and con-
templating the advantage and the com
fort of the outer story of the house
asks himself why that stroke of do
nestle economy had not occurred to
| the American mind, and why in the
crowded cities of his native land, the
| benefcent space of the house-top has
not been, in the characteristic phrase
of that land, utilized"
This is the precise question which
has occurred with such force to a good
physician of New York, DIR. Gouvcr-
neur NJ. Smith, that he has asked the
question aloud, and called public at
tention to the "wasted sunbeams. "
Thousands of men and women and
children in the city of New York re-
quire more fresh air and more sun
shine, which are both waiting and
ready to serve them. Thousands of
acres of accessible upland, through
whose purer air the sun shines I'M
checked, lie waste above our heads.
Kind women send little children and
hard-worked girls to the seaside, to a
sanatorium, into the country, for a
week, a fortnight, q month. 1t is a
beneficent generosity. But if, when
the pilgrims return, the sanatory serv-
ice could continue and the benefits be
retained, how much the kindly blessing
would be enhancedi
The good sense of skillful and
thoughtful builders, as in the Equitable
! Building and in clubs, has already
placed the kitchen on the upper floor,
that the culinary fumes may not per-
wade the house. The change shows at
least the overthrow of the tradition that
the highest and ARREST floor should be
| devoted to cells for domestic and dun
geons for trunks and lumber. But the
| house-top can serve a much more gen.
erous and benefcent purpose than af-
fording slope for the easy escape of
rain. 1t can be transformed into a
garden, playground, a promenade, a
sanatorium. The sun-bath is the mira
cle-worker. The blue-glass mystery
was simply the curative virtue of sun
shine The sun is the universal bene-
factor. In the very slums there are
these opportunities, which may be read
lily adapted to substitute sun, air, space,
exhilaration, and health for the damp,
dark, noisome kennel in which the hol-
low-eyed child of the poor wallows and
sickens.
DR.. Gouverneur Smith has suggested
project which will open to us lordly
possessions of our own of which we were
ignorant. We are richer than we knew.
There are possible hanging gardens
which we have only to enter and culti-
vate, and aerial solar pavilions in which
the sick and the feeble may be revived
as in the pool of Sloan. The house
top which was so vaguely familiar to
the boy reading of the East may he
come most happily familiar to the
benevolent man proud of the West for
its humane science and true charity.
Goethe, in his ripe age, died saying
more light" 1t is the legend of the
age in which he is so great figure. In
all his senses it is cry for spiritual
and material welfare. Dr. Smiths pro-
posal is a clear echo of Goethe's cry
George William Curtis, IN Harper's
Magazine,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

WHEN the Rev. DR.. Powell, of Sher.
brooke, Canada, learned that his
daughter had been assaulted and MUIR
dered on lonely road near his house,
he tucked his religion out of sight, put
O pistol in his pocket, and started on
the war path, swearing that he would
kill the man who had slain the girl.
The Doctors congregation stand by
him, and if he carries out his threat
no jury will convict him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

RAILROAD men say that lightning oc.
casionally strikes locomotives when
they run through thunder storms, but
that it has never been known to harm
them or the men in their cabs. The
electricity thins out and spreads all
over the engine, running off the wheels
and along the tracks when it leaves the
machinery. The impression is that the
locomotives are lightning catchers and
attract the bolts that otherwise might
hit the cars.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

A NUMBER of Cinnamon who were
imprisoned for six months at Tacoma,
W. T., for entering this country from
British Columbia without permission,
were lately released and returned to
British territory, but the authorities
would not let them land unless a tax of
5000 was paid, and they were taken
back to the penitentiary. The matter
has been referred to Washington. The
Chinese cannot get out of the United
States unless some one pays their Brit
ish tax, and they are liable t. be SEN
fenced twice year for six months as
long as they live. There are 100 more
Chinese in the penitentiary whose
terms shortly expire.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

SEVERAL years ago number of Ger
man workmen came to Connecticut by
q preconcerted arrangement, and OBJ.
tanned employment in the clock fac.
tories in New Haven, Ansonia, Water
bury, Thomaston, and Winsted. They
worked steadily for long time, applied
themselves diligently to mastering the
science of clock-making, and became
proficient in the art of handling the
6ne tools necessary to the work. They
also purchased the tools and several of
the complicated machines, and, return
ing to Germany, they began the manu-.
facture of clocks for themselves. They
set up q factory in the Black Forest
~ogion, and their business now amounts
according to letter recently received
in New York City, to $4,000 clocks q
month.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

EDISON says he tries nothing that
doesn't promise dollars and cents. Fo,
that reason he has undertaken no cleo
trical experiments to devise something
to enhance the powers of sight. Says
he: Il concern myself only with con-
ditions, not theories. There is nc
money in theories"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

Hon. GALUsHA A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, who was Speaker of the men,
orable war Congress which was called
in special session on July 4, 1861, is
still occasionally seen in Washington
He has long been out of politics.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

spondingly large amount OF paper. His
New Years card is of flaming vermil-
ion, about six by nine inches, and his
tams occupies the right-hand upper cor.
ner. J. II. s.
Los Angeles, Cal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

The Shah of Persia recently had a
tooth pulled in the presence of all his
court. The operator was Swede, and
the head executioner made himself
conspicuous during the seance. There
is no knowing what might have hap
pened to the dentist had his Majesty
lost his temper with the pain. AS it
was, the Shah presented him with a
purse of gold and shawl,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

THAT talkative individual, the drum.
mer, is a great institution in these
United States. 1t has been estimated
that there are now $4,000 statesmen on
the road in this country, and that their
expense account alone averages 81 ,625
year each. This means an outlay of
$50, 100000 year, and, counting an
average salary of $1,000 per year, the
grand total is swelled to $4,000, 600
expended by and on travelling sales
men. This immense sum is scattered
throughout the entire country, and fur
nishes an important item of railway
and hotel profits.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

THE defect in the arm of Empero,
william II. is authoritatively described
-isus: The left arm is not deformed,
but withered, or rather dwarfed; the
nerves which vitalize it were subjected
to great and prolonged pressure during
birth, SO that their power was destroyed.
Hence the muscles of the arms were
paralyzed and became wasted for want
Of use, and the limb did not grow with
the rest of the body. The responsible
ty of this rests with the German doc
tors who officiated on the occasion, q
fact which partly explains the Empress
Victoria's distrust of native talent. She
insisted on DR.. Cream presiding at all
subsequent ceremonies of the same
kind, and outraged Teutons have never
forgiven her for this affront to German
"science."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

CHEAP roof-gardens in New York are
made by running latticed railing
around an ordinary timed roof, cover
ing the deck with common mating,
bordering the roof with plants and
vines, and spreading over all an adjust
able awning. The housetop is recog-
nized as an unequaled sanitarium, and
all New York dreams of hanging gar
dens.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
SettIed for q MOmen,.

"There," exclaimed an inexperienced
young woman at the Polo grounds as
Welch landed the ball in the pit of the
batter's food department, while the lat
ter lay down and tore up handsfuls of
grass, "he has hit him at last. Does
that win the game?"-New York S'sa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15
THE LITTLE FOLKS.


We are all naughty, cross, or dull,
sometimes SO hear the cure, deari
Cast Ger your face a pleasant grace
1t will WORK its way in, sure, dear.
For il you think it best TO pout
And wear a surly air, dear,
That will not let bad temper OUT
Nor evil thoughts repair, dear.
~
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-15

INDIAN slavery is said to have re.
placed negro slavery in Brazil. Mr..
Wells, great Brazilian traveller, says
that ain the widest region of the tribu-
.arics of the Amazon bands of India
rubber gathcrers carry on an iniquitous
traffic with many Indian tribes, from
whom they acquire captives from other
tribes. The lawlcssness of their pro-
ceedings is fully admitted by the Bra
lillian Government, but over the vast
areas in the distant region through
which they roam it is absolutely irnpos-
sible to maintain any check over them. -