The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-22
THE DEMOCRATS AND NEAL DOW.
IL awi etnn Journal
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The construction of the Canadian Pacific
has created an embarrassing problem for the
United States government and customs
authorities, in consequence of the enormous
extent to which the road is being used by
opium smugglers The drug is shipped off
along the Canadian Pacific, and is Struggled
across into the States whenever opportunity
offers. The boundary line to Montreal is
three thousand miles long, and, the collectors
gay, ito guard this entire line so thoroughly
as to prevent opium smuggling across it is
practically impossible"
A lot of unregenerate Congo natives are
now wearing a part of the steamer City ,of
Brussels, diyerting material intended tor
utility to purely ornamental purposes While
caravan was moving up the n orth bank of
the river recently, carrying many pieces of
the steamer around the cataracts, ii was at
tackled by natives, who put the caravan to
flight and retained the fragments of the
steamer as spoils of war. When a force was
hurried down the river from Leopoldville to
recover the property, it was found that all
the copper parts of the boiler had been con-
verted into ornaments, and were adjoining
the arms and legs of The bellies of the Basundi.
Prince Philippe de Bourbon, son of the
Duke of Aquila and nephew of the Emperor
of Brazil has just been sentenced to thirteen
months Imprisonment and $500 francs fine
for swindlinga jeweler out of some diamond
jewelry.
Morality achieved great triumph this
year in the annual competition in advertising
calendars. The dubious Autographs of the
wine, beer, and tobacco men went off like
hot cakes, of course, but nothing had such
popularity as the calendar of great gun
making firm. It's principal feature was a
picture OF dying moose prone on field of
snow, with hunter Fastening to secure it.
thousands upon thousands were printed,
and the New York Office of the advertisers
was stampeded by applicants for copies.
There is hardly single Chinaman among
the Chinese denizens of New York city who
has ever fallen into the liquor habit, and a
policeman who patrols the Chinese quarter
says he never yet saw drunken Chinaman.
There are more Americans of both sexes who
have taken up the Chinese opium habit than
Cinnamon who have been seized with the
Americans.
The Pittsburgh papers tell of an interest
ing scene at the Light Locomotive Works
last Thursday, when all hands were made
sharers in the profits of the establishment
during the last year. The proprietors have
for two successive years carried out the sys-
TEN of profit sharing, and they say that il
mas Dctn advantageous TO all concerned.
1t was made evident by the scenes at the
W orks that it had given rare satisfaction to
the men employed in them.
The question agitating the British govern
ment is whether to make Parliamentary pro-
vision for the Prince of Wales's daughters,
who are manageable, or to wait until they
are engaged to be married.
The difference between the German view |
OF Bismarck now and that of twenty-five |
years ago is that when he went into the |
Reichstag to make his recent speech he was |