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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The parents of Mr.. Koo. the attache of the
Chinese legation at Washington, have writ
ten to him informing him that they have
selected wife for him. He has never seen
his prospective bride.
A Russian paper notes the termination of
lawsuit begun in 1890, or fonr centuries ago.
The litigation was over 40-acre tract of un
cultivated land, has been handed down
through numberless generations, and curious
ly enough has finally been settled by peaceful
arbitration.
A Miss Chauncy of Columbus, O., has had
a fright that will doubtless teach her les
son. She used for her complexion mixture
Of arsenic and nitrate of silver. Then she
went to the White Sulphur Springs and took
the baths. The sulphur decomposed the
silver salts In her skin and turned her so
black that she has gone into retirement and
will not be seen again for year.
The largest individual hop-grower of the
State of Washington, and the pioneer in the
Industry, is a thoroughgoing Prohibitionist.
Many of the hop-growers of Washington are
not only temperance people in practice, but
talk and vote for prohibition on every oc-
casion: 10 some people this may appear
little Inconsistent, but the growers do not
seem to be at alltroubled by conscience The
coast brewers once took the view that hop
grower had no business to preach the curtail-
ment Of personal liberty" They agreed
upon boycott against certain Washington
growers, They refused to buy hops from the
Prohibitionists. But this only confirmed the
Prohibitionists in their faith, and thew
speedily found market abroad.
c. P. Huntington seems to have used some
OF his abundant store of sound sense when he
broke off the engagement of his daughter
with the young Prince Hatzfeldt, Of Prussia.
Not only is the young man dissipated
spendthriit, but he has before him a paternai
example that would make almost any young
American lady shy of him. Twenty years
ago the father, Count Won Hatzfeldt, now
the German ambassador at London, was sta
TONED at Paris, where he had for some years
held an important position In connection
with the Prussian diplomatic service. 1t
was then that the count welded Miss
MoultoD, a handsome, amiable, witty Ameri-
can young lady, whose attractiveness had
won for her, 1t was said, the friendship of
the Empress Eugene. Next that was much
they were notables in Berlin society, and
probably had been for some time. This was
either ten or eleven years ago. 1t had then
been learned at the palace that grandmother
OF the countess then several years dead) had
once been an actress, and that sister-in-law
had sung professionally in concerts. Con-
nection with the stage, past or present, or
through family relatives, is bar to the adj
vancement of man and to the recognition
Of woman. at the Berlin court Count Won
Hatzfeldt found his American wife stood in
the way of his political advancement, and
that the empress would not notice her. Sc
he cast her off aud soon received the pro-
motion which he desired. The poor, aban-
doned wife, OF course, had no recourse.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

LANCER as far as French politics are con-
cerned. for the opponents of the Republic
will have no further use for him now that it
has been demonstrated that he is too weak
to be an available instrument to break down
the existing order of things with. The OPP
position deputies in the new Chamber will
be composed largely of Legitimists and Bona
partists. and the Boulangists will form only
an Insignificant fraction.
The contest of Sunday was essentially
contest between Republcanism and Mon
archy. 1t was well understood on all hands
that the fate of the Republic was involved,
and that the Boulangst programme OF re-
vision of the constitution meant the over
throw of the present form of government to
be succeeded by a fight among the various
monarchical factions for supremacy. The
result, therefore, is of great significance. It
shows that popular government has taken
deeper root In the French mind than was
thought by many Of the most careful OBJ
servers. and that it is more firmly established
than many Of its friends dared to hope. It
is twenty years now since the Republic was
Quilt upon the ruins of the Third Napoleon's
dynasty. period longer than has suf-
ced for the decay and destruction of
every government since the revolution
oil 1889. The vitality that the Republic
has manifested is the more significant be-
cause for some years back it has been sub
Iected to some pretty severe strains. There
have been good many events during the
last half dozen years calculated to unsettle
the French mind. naturally tickle, and impel
1t to desire change. The Republicans have
frequently conducted themselves in way to
inspire anything but confidence, and great
many of their schemes have turned out
badly. Besides they have been rent with
discussions, and some very serious scandals
In administration have crept in. Consider
ing the fact that during all these years
powerful and skillful opposition, wealthy
and with the prestige of distinguished ances-
try, have stood ready to make the most of
any sin Of commission or omission on the
part of successive republican administra-
tions, it is certainly very remarkable that the
Republic has not been shipwrecked. The
explanation of 1t must be that the republi-
can idea has taken firm hold of the affec-
tions of the French people, and that mon
archy OF whatever form, has lost its grip.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

1t is gratifying to see that the Atlanta Con-
stitution has not been overawed by the reso-
buttons of the Young Mems Democratic Club,
denouncing its recent publication of the
whipping OF several inoffensive negroes.
Instead of shutting it up, as the Democratic
club doubtless expected to do. the effect of
Its resolution has been to call out another
denunciation Of the brutal act. II the South
ern Democratic press would generally take
the stand of the Constitution and stick to it,
outrages on the negroes would soon become
comparatively rare at the South. The men
who perpetrate them would soon desist il
they believed they were in danger of pun
ishment But so long as they can crafty
their brutal instincts without danger Of the
penitentiary they will probably continue to
do
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

Queer as it would have eemed four or five
years ago to have seen Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain posing as the leader of a party that
would compose any portion Of the conserva-
tism and aristocracy Of England, such is his
undoubted purpose at the present time. Mr..
Chamberlain used to be, In the old days, a
Radical Liberal, and he surprised even the
Liberal party by some leanings which were
distinctly socialistic. There are on record
speeches of Mr. Chamberlain on the land
question, in the course of which he lays
down certain principles in regard to the use
and possession Of the domains of England,
which are distinctly heretical from the
standpoint of the aristocratic landholder.
Today, Mr. Chamberlain, advancing from
the conservative camp. In which he has
earned the position Of an undoubted ally il
not regular inhabitant. suggests that the
moderate men of all parties shall form a
new national party, which shall combine
within itself the Conservatives who are in
favor of reforms, the Liberal Unionists and
the Radicals; and the suggestion has re-
ceived an unexpected amount of support
throughout the country. Lord Randolph
Churchill, the Marquis Of Harrington, Sir
Henry James, and Mr.. Chamberlain are
now arranging series of semi-private con
ferences, the object of which is to discuss
the programme of the proposed new party
All this is very well; but the next question
is whether the people who are to furnish the
votes for the new party will respond. The
people of the United Kingdom are pretty
well divided off on the great issue of the
future government of Ireland, and they can
not be expected to break ranks and rush in
to new party unless there is stronger rea-
son for 1t than yet appears, especially when
that party would occupy on the Irish ques-
ton the ground now occupied by the Con-
seryative party. The new party might draw
both Liberal Unionists and Radicals
into its fold, and build on the bones of
the coalition; but the Conservatives, with
Salisbury at their head, will not be absorbed
without struggle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

Many of the old folks in the country viii
lagos OF Maine will remember the time when
the school children were taught to greet
strangers and their elders, the boys with
respectful bow, the girls with a courtesy.
as that salute, now little known by this
young generation. was called. But now-a-
days the stranger might travel long days
through Maine without receiving any marks
OF respectful notice from the fresh, healthy
and happy youth of the State. unless It
might be on the far northern border. along
the st. John River, where the descendants
OF the Acadians retain the simple ways and
little courtesies of their ancestors. or course
in the days when the youth of Maine were
SO polite, people were fewer, and strangers
especially were so rarely seen that the cour-
tesies were not required so often as to IA
tgue or become so much Of mere formality
as they would in these bustling times. But
the young American is not worked SO hard
that, even in these times, the exactions of
the old formalities would be grievous bur-
den to him were they suited to the condi-
lions Of the times Certain formalities are
useful In keeping In mind the debt of respect
that each new generation owes to those who
clear the way before 1t. The home of
course, is the proper place for instruction in
these matters to begin; but there are many
homes where it is neglected sadly, either
from necessity or choice; and the examples
and association of children who are neglect
cd of course makes douSly difficult the train
ing of homes where manners are part of
the domestic curriculum. Realizing this
fact the Boston school committee have be-
gun the examination of plans "by which the
public schools may be brought to a much
higher standard of etiquette than that exist
ing at the present time" This is the Bos-
ton way Of describing plan for intoxicating
better manners in Boston youth. The idea
has been received with great favor by lead
ing Boston educators, the superintendent of
schools and principals of the largest schools
giving cordial approval Rev. DR.. c.
bartol. prominent clergyman, takes the
opportunity of expressing his opinion that
the country's "irreverent and ill-nannered
youtn'-the children not only of the poor of |
nauve OF foreign blood, but of the rich and
gentle so-called." constitute a grave public
danger Without going to this extent of solic-
ltude' 1t is true that our people would he han
pier, and would enjoy themselves and otbero
more, were manners taught in the schools a.
we'll as in the homes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

The worlds fair, so far as New York is
concerned, seems to have run across the
biggest kind of a snag. The selection Of
Central Park by the committee on site has
created storm of opposition, and a great
many prominent citizens are declaring that
they prefer that the fair should 60 elsewhere
rather than that the park should be despoiled.
AS the Park cannot be used without the per-
mission of the legislature, which will be
difficult to get, and as there is little prospect
Of agreement on any other site, it looks as
If Chicago might get the fair without much
difficulty, providing her people don't get
into n wranple
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

The Massachusetts Republican State con.
vention to nominate candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor and other State off,
GERS meets today. The contests at the pri-
maries have been very animated, and the
two chief contestants for the governorship
are SO near together that it cannot safely be
predicted who will be the candidate before
the ballot is taken in the convention. Most
OF the newspaper canvasses give Bracket
lead over Grape, but there are great many
doubtful delegates whose preferences will
become known only when they throw their
votes. The managers of both the candidates
profess to be sanguine. On the whole
Brackett's chance of winning appears to be
a little better than Crapo's. yet it would not
be surprising If the latter should carry off
the prize. The contest for the lieutenant
governorship is scarcely less animated than
that for governor There are four candi.
dates
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

Wednesday the Goth the 800 and 2.36 classes.
and Thursday the 26th the 2.4O and ESQ class
substituted for the free for all which failed to ILL.,
Entries for the $50 class close the Goth at noon.
Round trip tickets from cortland including barge
and admission. s1.00 Half fares from Bruins
wick and Lewiston. Everybody comes TO Cum
berland TO dinner. The society Is a member of
the National Association. sep24dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25
The French Elections.

So many second ballots are necessary that
the exact complexion of the next Chamber Of
Deputies cannot be ascertained for some
time. But there is no doubt that the Repub-
licans will have large majority. The Bou-
langists made sorry showing at the polls,
electlng apparently not more than thirty
deputies. This probably puts an end to Bou-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25

The principal interest attaching to the
Ohio contest grows out of the fact that the
legislature to be elected will choose an United
States Senator. The Democrats can hardly
expect to elect their candidate for Governor,
but undoubtedly they do hope to get control
of the legislature, and, judging the future by
the past, their hope can hardly be pro-
nounced without foundation, for ever since
the war the Democrats of Ohio have man.
aged to carry the legislature often enough to
keep one Democrat in the upper house Of
Congress. Since Allen G. Thurman was
elected to succeed Ben Wade in 1869, the
Ohio Democrats have managed to keep one
of their number In the United States Senate,
and from 1879 to 1881 they had two. 1t is to
be hoped that this year the good luck which
they have had in thu past will change, and
that Mr.. Payne's successor will be Mr.. Murat
Halstead or some other good Republican.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25
TILE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. s5.

we DO not read anonymous letters and commu
nicatons. The name and address Of the writer
are In all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a guarantee Of good faith.
we cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25
PORTLAND ACADEMY.

NALL term begins Sep. %, 1889, at rooms in
u Franklin Block, cor. Congress and Brown
SITS. Grammar and High school corses Of study
including thorough training in writing and speak
ing English.
Private pupils received both afternoon and
evening. Special attention given to those reading
the Chautauqua Course.
For further particulars enquire Of MISS ETA
A. FILES, Principal, IA Brown st. sep20d3w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-25
EDUCATIONAL.
FRYERURc ACADEMY.

Fryeburg. Me. 98th year. Fits for Bowdon
Dartmouth, Yale, Smith and Wellesley. Thor
oughness our aim. $3.50 year.
jy2OS&W2m JOHN 4. D1NSM0RE, A. M.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
The Oldest Rose in the World.

Germany is the latest candidate for the
honor of having the Oldest rose-bush in
the world. 1t issaid thatin 1919 Bishop
Hepilo caused q trellis to be erected to
support the rose-bush now climbing over
the old church at Heldersheim. The only
certain thing is that the main branch of
this rose-bush is now larger than mans
body.-Ex
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
THE LEGEND OF THE THoRNLESs ROSE.

One day lover brought rose
To her he loved "Behold," said he,
1.-THE fairest flower of all that blows
Like this the love give to thee
She took it, smiling up at him;
A sharp thorn pierced her tender hand
With cruel pain; her eyes were dim
With tears he could not understand
My love is not like yours she said,
And kissed the flower that wounded her,
It's milk-white petals stained with red,
Yet sweet with scents of musk and myrrh
Years came and went. Her tender heart
Was often wounded till it bled,
But with a smile she hid it's smart;
Though cruel, love is sweet she said.
She died, and from her grave there grew
A rose, on which there was no thorn;
From heart SO tender and SO true
The thornless rose of earth was born.
-Eben e. Rexford, in Vick's Magazine.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
MY Experience with Roses.
Floral Department.:

Editor Floral Department.:
The second year OF my residence in
Florida | received a dozen fine roses by
express from Northern florist (have
had much better ones by mail since).
was very proud of them, and succeeded
in killing every one of them. / will tell
you the modus operandi, SO you can do
likewise if you want to.
In the first place, ] soaked them in
warm water half a day perhaps, then
with the ball of hard clay that still clung
to the roots planted them in beds of
pure white sand fertiIized with CONNER
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
Roses.

The very practical article on rose grow
ing, by Thos. Roberts, will prove a well
come boon to readers who have hitherto
met with but Indifferent success in culti-
waiting the "Queen of Flowers" in this
State
1t seems that a little extra work and
care must be resorted to in order to sue
cessfully grow roses in this sunny cline,
but surely the exquisite buds and bloomsl
are q suffic ent recompense for almost
any amount of work and care.
We presume our correspondent Ella,
and many others as WELL would welcome
an article on budding roses, telling just
how and when to do it, and our columns.
are open to Mr.. Roberts or any other
writer on the subject
**~
THE closing remark of " "Geranium's
account of her experience with roses is
very significant. If roses grow in New
Orleans because the ground is moist and
rich, it is but reasonable to suppose they
will flourish here if given the same condi-
tions. We can easily make the soil rich
and we can apply water when nature fails
to do SO. Those who object to this much
fussing" do not deserve flowers of any
description. Any thing that is worth hav-l
ing is worth working for applies to flower
gardening as well as to the more prosaic
questions of life.
We may never be able to raise roses, in
Florida with as little care as they require
in California, but our roses are fragrant
as they were designed to be and our fruits
are not inferior in flavor. We read of
wandering through California gardens
with roses and violets blooming on every
hand and not one breath of fragrance
greets the sense of smell-a pleasure for
the eye only. Roses and violets without
fragrance! What can they be like with
their greatest charm destroyed?
And they cannot grow Cape Jessamines
Think of it, you who are the happy pos
SCISSORS of this magnificent shrub which
combines so much of beauty and fra
GRANGE.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton. Their trade is simply enormous in
this very valuable article from the fact that
it always cures and never disappoints
Cough s, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis. Group,
and all throat and lung diseases quickly
ured You can test it before buying by
citing trial bottle free, large size 81
very bottle warranted. 3
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
Their BusinesslIsooming.

Probably no Ole thing has caused such
general revival of traie at w. A. Allen &
Co.'s Drug Store as their tiving away to
their customers Of so many free trial bottles
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

mOHUHS duu WdC0f0U every evening, Duu
the poor roses died one by. one until in
sheer desperation pulled up the last one
to see what was the matter. | found the
ball of clay which. was on them at first
still intact and as hard as brick almost,
and no amount of water could penetrate
it, at least rain or pouring it on the sur
face learned afterward that | should
have soaked il thoroughly and then
washed every particle of the soil out of
the roots, for there is no assimilation be-
tween Northern clay and Florida sands.
Roses will not do well planted under pine
trees or oaks. The roots of the trees are
great feeders and take all the substance
of the soil, and the poor roses starve to
death.
Ny next trial of roses was on this (gulf)
coast some three years later | received
some by mail the first of December. |
put them all out in the yard, but before
they got established the freeze came and
it was goodbye to the tender plants, one
only surviving Refine. In the early
spring / got more. They grew a while
and then went the way Of the rest except
two climbers-Mrs. Hovey and Belle of
Tennessee. | don't think much Of Mrs
Hovey, as it has never sbloomed, but the
Belle OF Tennessee bloomed last year
had large clusters of medium roses, some
thing like Multifora, only larger. It was
in bloom about two months. Oh, for
got; | did save La France and Tri-
umph de Anglers, and a lovely dark rose
it is,-also a white cluster that is always
in bloom. I also have two Moss Roses,
but the stupid things just grow and grow
and never bloom; don't think they relish
| this climate
| have just set out some roses which
seem to do well in this climate | notice
one difference in the growth of roses in
| the interior and on the coast. In the in
terror when they got to a certain size
| they had the die-back, while here they
grow all over the country if not trimmed
and kept within bounds. One lady has a
White Banksia that covers a trellis six
feet high and at least that much square,
and then trails all over the ground for
yards. w
WAS going to tell you what / had set
out. First a Safrano, then Queens
Scarlet, next onewe call Creamy for want
of a better name. Then pink one of
which we lost the name, and La Pac-
tole. These have all done we'll with other
parties who have them.
Now as to climbers, there are the Bank
sias. America, Glory de John Chat amt
the Latin name) and Reine Marie Henri
cite are rampant growers. don't think
much of the Marechal Niels, but think [
shall give them one more trial. I have
two Hybrid Pelpetuals that are almost
always blooming, and give me more sat
isfaction than even the Teas | cut them
back as soon ais they bloom and they
sprout out very soon, and each new
shoot has one cluster of buds, if not
more. If let the old canes grow they
get to be eight feet high and only have a
rose or two on the very top, and that
only occasionally but if | cut them back
they are all the time growing and bloom
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