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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-08-29

When l went back into the library 1
found Sydney in dead faint on the floor.
rushed to the bell and rang it till its
tones went pealing and clashing through
the house. Then l raised the boy in my
arms and carried him easily into the light
ed hall. The blood from the cuts of the
broken glass was running freely down my
face and hands. Butt did not mind it, for
felt as if life had suddenly come back to
me. And when my mother and the SER
wants came out and gathered, startled and
lamenting, around us, fell on my knees
beside the boy and Wept as never Wept, l
think, before that day or since.
Ihave no omore to tell. The closet in the
library opened, l found, by secret spring,
but what hand opened it that terrible
night l never knew. Among the papers
which Sydney had thrust in my hand was
the long lost document which confirmed
my title to the estate. Sydney was for a
long time very i'll, but at last, with careful
nursing-I know my mother and / did all
we could for him, and somebody else, who
shall be nameless, did more than we-he
recovered, and has ever since remained
with me. Neither of us ever spoke much
of the things we had seen on that winter
day. The mystery of my inheritance is a
mystery still, and men will bury it with
US in our graves. Only this / know and
will tell you, that from that hour to this
Sydney has never seen q ghost again.
So am Grant of Tullybardane, and the
heiress of Glen Levannoch is my wife. .
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Andrew Carnegie is said to contemplate
running his big steel works on the co-opera-
tive plan.
The British have sent another potentate to
ST. Helena, greater monster even than Ma
poleon appeared to the British Imagination.
The new exile is Ja-ja, the West African
who not long ago Mortified the world by
slaugbtering one hundred and fifty maidens
at religious festival.
Mr.. Waite's friends are knowing to the
fact that his salary did not suffice for his
current expenses of living, and that these
consumed the savings of his prior profess
sional work. The salary of the Chief JUS
tice is S10,500, being $500 more than of the
Associate Justices. This Is about one
eighth of the salary Of an English judge of
like rank.
Capt. buttons most interesting discovery
in regard to the Charleston Is. CO. earth
quake, and the one which will probably Gre
ate the most comment among the general
public, is his mathematical statement of the
speed with which quake races across
country. II is 51.S0 metres, or three miles
second. This result was reached by most
careful and accurate computation of the time
observations in all the States and places
which 1t touched. And how far did it go?
liz reached from Bermuua on one mana TO
Lacrosse, Wis, on the other.
Senator ingalls, may and may not have
made mistake in his recent speech; will
not discuss that" says the Washington cor
respondent of the Springfield Union, ''but
there are no two opinions about the bril-
liancy Of his method. There is no other man
in public life in America who could draw
such audiences by the mere casual announce
ment in single evening paper that he
would speak. Even Webster's reply to
Hayne attracted no such a crowd though it
was advertised in advance and resumed in
the morning. One of the oldest members of
the Senate tells me 1--WE all envy ingalls, his
audiences. They are not merely phenome-
nal; they are unprecedented. No one man
IN these 20 years has gathered such throngs"
Capt. Bassett, the man whom Webster APP
pointed page, says Il have never seen any
thing like it in my time. Mr.. ingalls, is a
poet in his use of language. and it is chiefly
that which makes him an orator, and his
physical method Is quite as eccentric as his
rhetoric. He speaks with measured deliber-
ation-more slowly than even Webster did,
more slowly than any other man in either
House. A good writer can almost report
him in l0nghand, if he be not fascinated tc
stop writing and listen. The cesural pause
precedes every important word, and it
strikes the consciousness like the blow Of
a trip hammer His elocution is matchless. T"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

This table makes no account of those who
move from the farms to the cities without
going ont of the State, but it is not probable
that this number is so large in Maine as in
Vermont. The cities of Massachusetts and
New York attract many of theeVermont
boys, and many more 90 to the Northwestern
States. New York has not so many attrac-
tions for the sons of Maine, but many Of
them go to New Hampshire and Massachu-
sets. The Northwestern States and Cali
fornia also take many. When the rich and
easily titled farming lands of the West are
less easily acquired than now, the induce
ments to leave New England will undoubt-
eddy be fewer. This will stop one drain
upon States like Maine and Vermont. But
the emigration to the cities is tide that as
yet shows little prospect of ebbing Perhaps
In another generation country life may win
back the reputation for wealth and plenty
that the city seems to have monopolized in
this But at present the cities, with the
great manufactures as their allies, are GER
tainly getting the better of the country both
in New England and Old England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

different according to the point Of view OF
the observer. The Lewiston real estate
agent. whose dealings have been face to face
with the sellers and buyers of farms, has
had an opportunity as good, probably, as
most of the observers who have invented
theories to explain what they observe.
The Maine farmers are doing well, he
thinks, but the old folks are dying off and
the young people are going to the cities or
the West II census could be taken every
year, no doubt the numbers of those who
are leaving the old farms for the cities, but
more especially for the much advertised
West, would make an unpleasant showing.
The young men of Maine, however. are
staying at home as contentedly as the young
men of other New England States, much
more contentedly than the young men of
Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont
the movement from the country to the cities
and the West has amounted to wholesale
emigration. The last census showed that the
gain in the large towns and cities OF YER
mont had been several times the gain in the
entire State, indicating a loss in the agricul-
tural regions The effect of this loss has
been manifested as in Maine, by decreased
demand for farms and lower prices. When
the census of 1880 was taken there were in
the nation 43O,O4l natives of Vermont but
only 251, 7SO of them were at home on its
farms and in its beautiful villages and cities.
The rest were scattered all over the country.
good citizens wherever they were no doubt,
but missed all the more in Vermont on this
account. How much more severely Vermont
has suffered by the general exodus than the
other New England States is shown by the
following table, which gives the numbers of
the natives of each State who are at home
and the numbers,of those who are away,
with the percentage Of those who stay at
home:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
The Farms of Maine.

The Discrimination Of the young people Of
this generation in Maine to stay on the old
farms is a very frequent subject of comment,
which is not confined to the farmers alone.
The Lewiston Journal of Wednesday quotes
real estate dealer Of that city who has over
three hundred Maine farms on his selling
list Among them is farm of four hundred
acres in Oxford county, with good buildings,
that he will sell for seven hundred dollars;
and another one within two miles of Lewis
ton which has one hundred acres of land and
buildings that could not be replaced for two
thousand dollars, but is waiting for a pur-
chaser at thirty-two hundred dollars. Other
observers have noticed that in some parts of
the State the country schools are deteriorat-
ing, the numbers Of the pupils being fewer
and the facilities for good common school
education less than formerly. This is not
more apparent in Maine than in some other
parts of New England, as in Massachusetts
for instance, where the future of the district
schools is made matter of anxious study by
the leading educators The reasons for the
very apparent distaste Of country life are
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
HO /! Everyone!
that wants
CARPET !!

Come to the Fountain
Head and be supplied,
for verify we say unto you
that never since the days
of Solomon was there
displayed in any one store
any such assortment of
the the finest and choic-
est designs of Carpet
ings fresh from the looms
of the biggest manufac-
turers in the country. And
today unto you shall be
given prices that one
year ago would astonish
the scribes and pharisees
of old. Read We well, and
remember that at the
corner of Pearl and Mid
die streets you shall have
we Tapestry Carpet which
is IT inches wide for We
sum of as cents per yard.
Thousands of yards in
stock. Also remember
that we will sell you on
this day a Body Brussels
Carpet, finer than silk,
for We small sum of 90
cents per yard, and furth-
ermoreif yourdesireIeads
you to purchase an All
Wool Carpet, which is a
full yard wide, and war
ranted, of a handsome
pattern, then shall We
have the same for ye sum
of as cents peryard. Now
mark we we'll, these prices
are for today. Woe is he
who wanteth a Carpet
and deIayeth in this
matter. Woe is he
who hesitates, for those
who hesitate are lost.
The storms have been
great, and rains have
come in torrents. The
streets have been impas-
sibIe and trade has been
dull, and as an offset
against the effects caus-
ed by the elements WE
make you this special
price as an inducement
that you may come and
see our stock of new and
elegant patterns. We
have some choice things
in WiItons and Amin
ster Respectfully,
The PubIic's Obedient
Servants,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
4 REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
will be held in
NOROMBEGA HALL, Bangor,
Thursday, April 26, 1888, at III O'Clock
q. m.

For the purpose of selecting two candidates for
Electors Of President and Vice President OF the
United States, and four delegates at large, and
four aternates to attend the National Convention,
10 be held at Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, June
I9th, 1888, and transacting any other business
that may properly come before It.
The basis of representation win be as follows:
Each city, town and plantation win be entitled to
one delegate, and for each seyenty-hve votes cast
for the Republican candidate for Governor in
1884, an additional delegate, and for fraction Of
forty votes in excess Of seyenty-nye votes, an ad-
ditional delegate,
The State Committee will be In session IN the
reception room of the Han at nine O'Clock on the
morning of the Convention, for the purpose OF re-
Giving the credentials Of delegates.
All electors of Maine, without regard to past
political differences, who are in sympathy with
the sentiments expressed in the call of the Re-
publican National Committee for the Republican
National Convention, are cordially invited TO
unite with the Republicans of the State in select
ing delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS II. WING, Secretary.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, February IL, 1888.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

The strikers on the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy road are evidently fighting losing
battle, but apparently they have made up
their minds to be satisfied with nothing short
of the last ditch. The places of the engi-
neers have nearly all been supplied; good
many of the switchmen find other men occu-
plying their positions, yet, in spite OF these de-
pressing facts the brakemen are preparing
to go out. There are too many idle men In
the country now to make it safe for a man
to leave his employment with the expecta-
ton of being called back on more favorable
tarnas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
Republican District Convention.
The Republicans of the First Congressional Dis
trfet will hold n Convention In
Reception Hall, Portland, May 2, 1888,

at O'Clock p. m, TOR the purpose of nominating
candidates for Representative in Congress, and
Elector of President and Vice President OF the
United States, and selecting tive delegates and
two alternates to attend the National Convention
10 be held at Chicago, on Tuesday, June 10, 1888;
and transacting any other business that may prop
erly come before them.
The basis Of representation win be as follows
Each city town and plantation Will be entitled to
one delegate, and for each 75 votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Governor in 1874, an
additional delegate; and for a fraction of forty
votes IN excess of seyentyfve votes an additional
delegate.
The District Committee viii be In session at the
Hall at one O'Clock on the afternoon of the Con-
vention for the purpose of receiving the creden-
tals of Delegates.
Per order Republican District Committee,
ANDREW HALVES, Chairman,
SAMUEL W. JUNKINS, Secy.
Portland. March 20, 1888.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

A correspondent of the Belfast Age threat
ems that if the Democratic party does not
adopt license platform new party will be
formed that will AS it will make very little
difference with the Democracy of Maine
whether there is another party in the field or
not this threat will hardly have the desired
affaat
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

The story of the way in which civil SER
vice reform has worked in Indiana under the
guidance of the Cleveland administration
has been told before, but the testimony Of
the President of the Indiana Civil Service
Reform Association before Senator Hale's
committee is nevertheless interesting. In
the Indianapolis post Office the effect of the
reform" was to turn out efficient clerks and
put in men who could not read the super
scriptions on the letters, and to delay letters
that ought to have reached their destination
in few hours, several weeks. Yet the post
master under whom these things happened
is still in loffice, ard is undoubtedly heartily
in favor Of the denomination of Cleveland, as
surely he ought to be If not a wretched in
CRATE. When the condition of the public
service in the Hoosier State was called to
the attention of the President he appears to
have taken very languid interest in it, re-
marking that the Indiana Democrats didn't
take kindly to civil service reform, or words
to that effect. He appears to have done
nothing whatever to correct the bad condi-
ton of things.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 80.

We do not read anonymous letters and comm
nicatlons. The name and address OF the writer
are IN all cases indispensable, not necessarily ioi
publication but as a guarantee Of good ialth'
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
NEW AND NOBBY SPRING STYLES
Mems, Youths Boys and ChiIdren's
CLOTHING
AND
Gents Furnishing Goods

We have finished our new addition for a
Children's Department and have put in
stock nearly Eight Hundred Children's Knee
Pant Suits, ages to Is years. These Suits
have been purchased for SPOT CASH and
will be sold at from 80 cents to $500 per suit
less than they can be obtained elsewhere
for.
We have several lines of Kilt and Jersey
Suits for Children p to years of age.
80 cent Celluloid Cuffs only "a cents
% IS . Collars IS cents
Reversible Collars and Cuffs only zoe box
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

Some most excellent bargains in Chill
dren's Knee Pants are to be found at our
store.
Lot 5,473-75 Pairs of 70 cent Kaee
Pants at only % cents
Lot 5,776.-ss Pairs s1.75 Knee Pants
at only s1.1s
Lots 5,7Os and $500, goo pairs each
lot,) one lot dark and the other light
color, All Wool Double and Twist,
very servieeable, sold everywhere at
Sl.75 pair; our price SID
50 dozen 40 cent Braces at only 10 cents
DDrcr.c Nr. III uANNA FOPn latalv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

Our CASH SALES for the year ending
Feb. 1st, were between $4,000 and $4,000
and we are DESTROYS of increasing them the
coming year to an even 100000, larger
amount than is now being sold by any two
retail clothing houses in Portland. and in or
der to do so shall make lower prices. Seven
ty-hve Suits of the celebrated Sawyer Wool
ems, mostly ages to IL, remain unsold of the
stock purchased for spot cash Of Messrs. x.
John Little & Co., at about 80 cents on S1.0O.
These Suits were sold by them at 500; our
price $500.
anime our Children's Suits. We have one Of
a ftaIr
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

The suggestion that Attorney General Gar
land be placed upon the Supreme bench
ought not to be entertained for moment.
His qualifications as lawyer may be, prob
ably are, sufficient, and the appointment OF
another Judge from the South might be de-
fensible, but his connection with the Pan
Electric spectators ought to be an insuper-
able obstacle. While his connection with that
band was probably not corrupt one, yet 1t
has greatly damaged his reputation, and his
elevation to the Supreme Court would iney-
itably lower the tone OF that body in the es-
timation of the country. The highest judi
cal body in the land should be above suspi-
cion. With Mr.. Garland upon 1t it is to be
feared that it would not be.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

Call and examine our fine line Of Spring
overcoats, Suits, &c. We have just in
stock by far the largest and most carefully
Selected Stock Of Clothing and Gents
Furnishing Goods we have ever had.
These goods have been purchased for
SPOT CASH and at prices that only
SPOT CASH buyers can obtain. The
balance of our listers, 0vercoats &c, Will
be closed at about 50 cents on dollar, in
preference to packing away for another
season.
We cordially invite the Ladies to call and O.
with Mr.. G. j. Harrington, will have charge
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

The alleged cure of a cataract by Chris
tian Science turns out, as everybody of COM
mon sense supposed it would, a delusion
The boy said to have been cured never had
cataract, and the disease he did have he has
now. Whenever a claim is made of the cure
of Organic disease by this or any of its cog.
nate methods it may safely be concluded
that the disease did not exist, or If it did,
that it exists still. Faith undoubtedly has
its place in the cure of dseas". and is often
times valuable adjuvant. bu to make it the
sole reliance is both wicket and foolish.
The curse of this Christian Science business
is that il encourages the sir' to abandon
rational methods of treatment and rely upon
professors who know nothing about the
anatomy of the human body. but profess to
be able to cure disease by convincing the
mind that no disease exists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

II Mr.. Bartle has lied about the st. Louis
pork packers they are not to blame for repu-
dating him, for the charge he made against
them was one of exceeding gravity. But his
confession as far as his own conduct was
concerned must be accepted as true, and the
GOODNESS with which he made it gives rise to
the suspicion that with the pork packers
whose business he was familiar with the
sale of diseased hogs for human consump-
ton was a common occurrence. Had he
been the only sinner it is hardly conceivable
that he would SO frankly have confessed his
guilt. 1t strikes us that Mr.. Bartle's confess
sion ought to be made the foundation for an
indictment against him. Certainly his crime
is far worse than many for which we shut
up men in the penitentiary for long term Of
vaare
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
Are You Familiar with the Plans
Union Mutual
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF PORTLAND, ME!
no you realize that this old and sterling com
IL pany IS a HOME INSTITUTION, chartered
In l848 under the laws of Maine?
A RE you aware that this Company has paid to
"A policy-holders or their representatives more
than TWENTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS?
TT has to-day more than SIX MILLION DOL
Il LARS IN ASSETS, and over THREE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SURPLUS
calculated by the most conservative standards
known to the law.
1T pays its losses promptly. Its policies after
Il three years are free from all limitations as 10
Residence Travel, Suicide and Occupation.
Military and Naval Service excepted.
TT has liberal plans Its affairs are carefully
IL managed by its Board of Directors and OIL
GERS, whose integrity and ability are unques-
toned.
TTvHE wise provisions of the Maine Non-Forfei-
IL ture Law apply only to the policies issued by
this Company, and under 1t extended insurance is
provided for in case of lapse after the payment of
three or more annual premiums in cash.
V,HE NEW MAINE LAW CONVERTIBLE
IL POLICY of the UNION MUTUAL contains
every desirable feature in PERFECT LIFE IN
SURANCE POLICY.
II you will send your address to the Home Of
fee or to any of its agents, shall be glad to fur
nish full Information in regard to the Company
and its plans.
FVyHE UNION MUTUAL appeals to residents Of
Il Maine for their especial patronage, because
1t is a HOME COMPANY, and because of its age,
experience, strong, financial condition, large sur
plus, equitable and attractive plans and conseryar
tive management
RGTnuxA.

DIRECTORS.
HON. JOSIAH II. DRUMMoND, Portland, Maines
JOHN E. DEWITT, Portland, Maine.
HENRY G. HUTCHINs, Boston, Mass.
HON. PERCIvAL BoNNEY, Portland. Me.
HON. MARQUIS f. KING, Portland, Me
THOMAS A. FOSTER, NJ. D., Portland, Me.
Hon. FRED. K. RICHARDS, Rockp0rt, Me.
GEORGE L. DEBLoIS, Boston, Mass.
EDWARD A. MOVES, Portland, Me.
Hon. FREDERICK ROBBIE, GOrham, Me.
FRANK K. ALLEN, Portland, Me.
JAMES YEAREANCE, New York, N. Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
EXCURSIONS TO CALIFORNIA.
EVERY WEEK VIA ALL LINES.

For tickets and Information, apply TO the Ticket
Agent, Boston & Maine Il. r., Commercial sti eet
Station. Lowest rates to all points West and
kosith dec2odh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30
CAPE ELIZABETH.
Assessors Notice.

TIME Assessors Of the Town Of Cape Elizabeth
Il hereby give notice to all persons liable 70
taxation In said Town, that they will be IN session
at their office in Town House, ON the 6th, otn anu
18th days Of April, inst, from ten O'Clock IN the
forenoon till five O'Clock In the afternoon, ior tne
purpose of receiving lists of the Polls ana Estates
taxable in said Town. .,s, :.
And all such persons are hereby notified TO
make and bring to said Assessors, true ana pei,
feet lists of all their Polls and Estates, real ana
personal, or held by them as Guardian, Executor,
Administrator Trustee, or otherwise, as on the
first day of April, 1888, and be prepared 10 make
oath 10 the truth Of the same -, 80
And when estates of persons deceased have
been divided during the past. year, or have
changed hands from any cause, the Executor, Ad-
ministrator or other peasOn interested, IS hereby
warned to give notice of such change; and in de
fault Of such notice will be held under the law 10
nav the tax assessed although such estate has
been wholly distributed and paid over.
And any person who neglects to comply with
this notice will be doomed to a tax according to
the laws of the State and be barred of the right
to make application to the County Commissioners
for any abatement of his taxes, unless he shows
that he was unable to offer such lists within the
time hereby appointed.
MI. PEABBLES,
A. Il, SKILLIN, Assessors
JAMES II. HARTFORD,
Cape Elizabeth, March IL, 1888. mar29dIw
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-30

Geo. f. Loveitt will continue the business under
the firm name of John Loveitt & Co., and is auth
orized to settle all debts TO and by the company
Portland. Jan. 2. 1888. mar2dlm