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The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

III the reports from Samoa are true the
Germans have offered an affront to the
United States which is so direct and SO evil
IDENTIFY unprovoked that our government must
promptly demand apology and redress, and
be prepared to enforce its demands If need
be. No other course seems to be left, that
does not involve pusillanimity on our part
that would bring down upon us the con-
tempt of the whole civilized world. AS long
as GermaDy's acts in Samoa were directed
simply against the existing government we
were not bound to go further than use our
good offices, which we agreed by treaty to
do, to preserve the Independence of the Sa-
moan islands. But when the German forces
60 to tearing down the American flag. i'm
prisoning American citizens and seizlng
their property. as they are said to have done,
we are under greater obligation than to
use merely our good offices to induce the
Germans to stop this sort of performance
and afford apology and redress for the mis-
chief already done. We are under obliga-
ton to demand satisfaction, and If it is not
forthcoming to compel it. 1t will probably
be found that the German government has
not sanctioned these outrages, and that they
are due to the recklessness of the German
commanders. 1t is scarcely possible that
the German government can want trouble
with the United States. It could gain moth
ing, but could lose much by such quarrel
All Germany's strength is needed to main
tain herself on the continent of Europe.
She has none to expend In controversy
with the United States. But If the acts of
her commanders at Samoa should be sane
TONED by her government 1t would practi-
cally amount to declaration of war against
this country. We imagine, however, that
Germany has no such intention, and that it
will only be necessary to bring to her atten-
ton In vigorous language the conduct Of her
naval officers to obtain prompt apology and
redress.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
CURRENT COMMENT,

THEN WHY DO You OPPOSE THE LooNEY
BILL?
from the Prospectus of the Evening Express
The Express favors protection. Protection
OF American citizens-the poorest as well as
the richest--in the fullest exercise of the
rights of citizenship.
Protection for the ballot box and for the
purity of elections from assaults from what
ever source or whatever pretense
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING. JAN. ss.

we DO not read anonymous letters ana commu-
nicatlons. The nalhe and address of the write
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily fo
publication but as guarantee Of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

Ex-Mayor 0'Brien thinks it surprising
that the birthday of Franklin, "the greatest
Bostonian the city ever produced should
pass SO quietly without observance Not at
all: He could not help being born in Boston
but on arriving at years of discretion he
shook off the dust OF his native city and
made haste for commonwealth where Qua
kers enjoyed more generous hospitality.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

WANTED-A young man for shipper and
w tlme-keeper at the works of corporation
IN the vicinity OF Portland; must be a good pen
man, correct in figures, and not afraid 10 works
Address, (giying references,l TIME KEEPER"
care Of Portland Daily Press, l6-1
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

Those distinguished gentlemen who vainly
sought to prevail on the Chief Executive to
break the deadlock on the pension agency
by deferring to a majority of the Council,
ought to have known that we have burly
man for governor.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

&O EO Until Dec. is, We viii cut Address
ep [.cOs or Monogram m steel, and Stamp
Paper, with Envelopes, Tor $3.50; regular price
Is $5.25. This makes the best Christmas present,
for the money ever offered. Samples sent. WV.
Davis a. Co., stationers, - West street,
Hoston, Mass. ian14eodly
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
Those distinguished

The ''0xford Bears" still hold their grip.
Washburn has his on the Minnesota legisls-
ture.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

POLICIES Protected by the
Popular Maine Non-Forfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
NOTES BY THE WAY.

Cards are out for swell entertainment of
our legislators. We told you sol
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22

Having had over twenty-five years experience
as teacher have developed an original system
OF teaching that part Of musical Theory which is
OF practical advantage to piano and organ
students. By it the pupil acquires a thorough
knowledge OF all chords and the relations they
bear to the different keys, and proper resolutions
OF all dlssonances, eventually becoming able to
analyze musical compositions at a glance, The
reading Of church music from four stats Is taught
by the same scientific method. Young children
can easily master this knowledge by having
little woven In with each lesson. Thus without
In music as a sclen is equal to their proficiency
In 1t as an art. Terms upon application.
chAS. N. Bennett.
10 ELM STREET..
JAMIE dlwteod3w
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-22
Ayers Cherry PeetoraI,

PREPARED BY
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, s5.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
J. W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER 31.

very fond of this fruit, sowed tLe tree afresh in almost every spot where they had been hxtirpated. But you didn't mention the principal vehicles of trans- pOrtatiOnH'
 Didn't I?" asked George, with a thoughtful look. "Oh, the winds and he-the-streams."
 "And the oceans, George. Even the icebergs contribute their share to the distribution, and the same may be said of the glaciers. The cocoanuts of the Seychelles, protected by their woody coverings have been carried by ocean currents to Malabar, distance of more than four hundred leagues by water. Fruits from Equatorial America have been found stranded on the shores of Scandinavia Mountain streams have carried seeds from the lofty heights of the Himalayas to the delta of the Ganges." i"
 ''It is wonderful arrangement of Providence. isn't it, uncle?" asked George. '1 am ever so much obliged to you for what you have told me about the peculiarities of seeds. Frank H. Stauffer, in Christian Union.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
THAT soup PHRASE.

Fortunately It Is Gradually Losing Its
 Hold on the Public.
 The reasons why we do not and never have indorsed the phrase He fell in the soup'' are manifold. When it first came into general use it was harsh and grating, and now that it has become old. rheumatic and moscow cred, it is positively, diobolical in it's discordancy Fell in the soup" was primarily intended to convey the mean ing to the auditor or auditors that a man or @ woman, or collection of men and women, had in some way be- come dOwned, or more elegantly speak ing, been compeled through force of circumstances or events to acknOwl- edge the corn. While this was un- doubtedly the object of the phrase, it has manifestly failed in reaching the goal of its intentions. It is not graphic, and that is absolutely essen- tial to any real claim to the public consideration. There have been so- called Improvements suggested such as "he fell in the consom- me-" ''in the mulliga-tawny," and stumbled into the tureen,n but none of these are one iota potter than the original. In some unaccountable manner, however, the phrase came into quite general use, but most as- suredly not through any real worth of its own, but because of the peculiar fancies of the American people. In the first place it is important that a phase should be so constructed aud composed as to instantly convey to the uninitiated the idea intended to be ex- pressed. '.In the soup'' fails manifest ly in this regard, especially when ad- dressed to an individual ignorant of the idioms of speech of our country How many people would understand by 'in the soup" that a person had failed in his undertaking? None, un- less they had previous acquaintance with this combination of very uneu- phonious words. We are glad to note that this really obnoxious phase is gradually losing its hold on the pub lie, and our sincerest hope is that 'in the soup" will fall so deeply into the bouillon as to become tangled in the vegetables and unable to chamber over the side of the tureen. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
A SINGULAR BELIEF.
The Era of Azt ecs and What Its TermiDa
 ton Signified.

The Era of Azt ecs and What Its TermiDa
 ton Signified.
 The period of fifty-two years formed a complete era for the Aztecs, and they questioned whether at the end of that period the great heavenly clock, hav- ing performed it's revolution, might not stop forever. This era menaced a considerable number of the population once in their lives, and some of them perhaps twice. The night on which the fifty-second year would expire was solemn moment to them, and was signalized by extinguishing the sacred fires in tho temples and those on pri- vate hearth-stones, and by breaking all vessels that had contained provi- sions; and the evening was passed in darkness, with trembling and fear. The day was in November, when the Pleiades would culminate at midnight, and this moment was the termi- nation of the century. As the hour ap- peared, the human victim was sacri- feed, and the sticks were rubbed over his still quick body for striking the fire for his funeral pile and the inaugura- tion of the new era. Men were wait ing with torches ready to be lighted, with which the new fire was to be dis tributed to all the provinces. The moment of midnight was hailed with shouts of joy. The world had not come to an end. and men could hope that it would last at least through another era. Those who could not attend the public ceremonies watched kneeling on the roofs of their houses. The sec ular festival was suppressed by the Spaniards. the last human victim hav- ing been sacrificed on the pyramid ol Tlaloc in 1907 -J. C. Houzeau, in Pop. ular Science Monthly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
WHAT WAS LACKING.

The Boy Who Never Uses Ills Brains Is the
 Boy Who Never Accompliskes Much.
 Harry was trying a chemical experi- ment, and Uncle Dave was looking on.
 "I declare" said Harry. looking up with vexed frown, 'I don't see why this doesn't work"
 Perhaps you have forgotten some thing" suggested Uncle Dave.
 'No, I haven't, replied Harry, de- cidedly.
 'T'm quite sure you have. You have forgotten to mix in some brains.''
 "BrGins, Uncle Daver'
 "Yes, brains--yOur brains, Harry"
 Harry stared at his uncle as if trying to detect some signs of insanity.
 'All great and successful people," went on Uncle Dave. with a smile, ''mix a portion of their brains in every task they undertake"
 "Oh, see!" cried Harry. flushing up a trife. You mean that I must use my reasoning powers to find out what is wrong with the mixture. Let me see," he mused-'oh. l have it! The camphor has been exposed to the air SO long, perhaps, it has lost nearly all it's strength. That's why the thing don't york;
 Perhaps" said Uncle Dave. Now if you mix in some more brains you will be able to make it work. As general thing, Harry, the brain is the missing ingredient when failure is recorded. The boy who never uses his hrairs- -4l>~-L~r-----n-o--o U Hlahe boat, sled or any useful object. He goes along all right until he comes to something not fully explained, because the writer's space is limited or else he thinks it is too simple to waste words on. Instead of using his brains the boy sits down and writes to know how he can make this, that or the other, or else gives up in despair"
 Like me with the electrical machine last winter," said Harry, respectfully.
 Exactly; and like many other boys who never see their way out of di- lemma unless some one points it out. Such boys will never make inventors, for you know necessity is the mother of invention"
 Don't you believe a boy ought to ever ask advice?" asked Harry.
 Not until he has exhausted all his own devices. As I said at the begin ming, he should mix his brains in his work, and nine times out of ten there will be no further trouble"
 III remember that" said Harry Golden Days.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
Old Silver Heels.

This is the true story which Aunt Lucy often tells the children, as we sit around the fire at twilight
 ''When I was little girl-seventy years ago-we had to go more than mile to school One of the large boys would come for us at night, with old Silver Heels and a sleigh made of a crcckery crate on runners.
 I've would pile in until there was not room enough for another one, shouting, laughing and snow-balling each other Old Silver Heels would go on patiently across the bridge. and about halfway up the long hill. Then he would turn round and take a good look at the load. If there were more than three or four of us he would begin to back down the hill.
 "Back-back down the hill to the very bottom. Then, without word, he would walk up again to the same place. If we had not frightened the load he would look around and go backing down again. Sometimes we let him do so five or six times before the boys would get out; but we never could get home until they did so.
 After they were out and old Silver Heels had counted the load. he would go gravely on to a steep. 'sidl1ng place near the gate, where he generally man. aged to tip us all over. We didn'tcare for that. for it was only fun to shake of the snow and run into the house. "- Mrs. Frances Smith. in Our Little Ones.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
HAVING THE EVIL EYE
One of the Most Familiar Superstitions
 Among the Italians.

OuO OI buO Famll1ar SuD6rSClC1OnA
 Among the Italians.
 Shortly after his election Plus TX. who was then adored by the Romans and perhaps the best loved man in Italy, was driving through the streets when he happened to glance upward at an open window at which nurse was standing with a child. A few minutes afterward the nurse let the child drop and it was killed. No one thought the Pope had wished this, but the fancy that he had the evil eye became universal and lasted till his death. In Carniola, if you tell mother her baby is strong and large for it's age, farmer that his crops are looking well, or coachman that his team is 1so5d, all three will spit at your feet to avert the omen and, if you understand the custom, you will do the same as an act of politeness. A person who wandered through Upper Carniola and praised every thing he saw would soon come to be considered the most malevolent of men. In Naples the same feel ing exists. The terms of endear- ment which mothers of the lower class use to their children and the pet names they call them by are often so indecent that it would be impossible to reproduce them in English, and always so contemptuous that they would be offensive in any other rela- tion.
 The well-known habit of Neapolitans to offer a guest any thing he may praise has probably the same origin. It is, of course, now to a very large extent only form of courtesy; but even now another feeling turks behind, at least in a good many cases. Your host has been delighted at your ad- miration of his possessions; he would have been disappointed if it had not been so warmly expressed as it was; but still he is little afraid of the i'll luck the kind things you have said may bring. By offering the objects you have liked best to you, and receiv- ing your certain refusal to accept them, he puts them in bad light, and thus counteracts the evil effects of your praise. He says to fate, you see their value is not great after all.
 This superstition, however, is by no means confined to Naples or Italy; it is said to be common in China and Japan, and among negroes and red h. dians. Even in England it is unknown. In fact, in all countries when visiting a sick acquaintance it is better to say: Il am glad to hear you are little bet ter to-day" than 'I am glad to sec you looking so much better" Nor is the belief by any means confined tn the lower classes. A person who is highly educated, very intelligent, and by no means prejudiced in religious matters, was once asked whether the words acted as an evil charm or wheth- CT they merely foretold evil. The re- ply was: 'I don't know; but I do know from experience that whenever any body tells me l am looking we'll fall ill within three days; and the moro intimate I am with the person that says it the worse the illness is" There may be connection between this su- perstition and that of the evil eye-we are inclined to think there is-but they must not be confounded, as one is often found in districts where the other is unknown Sa tTpdav RoVioW
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
ONE CENTURY AGO.
When Farmers Had to Do Without Now
 CTS, Keepers and Loaders.

when tarmerS hau DO without MOW.
 CTS, Keepers and LoaderS.
 The farmer did not have a mower and reaper then. Although Pliny the elder, who was born A. D. 23, describes a machine to reap grain which was used in Gaul, it was not until the pres ent century that these machines came into use. Pliny says of the Gaulic reaper: ''In the extensive fields in the lowlands of Gaul vans carts of large size, with projecting teeth on the edge, are driven on two wheels through the standing grain by an OK yoked in a reverse position. In this manner the ears are taken off and fall into the van." The first patent for a reaping machine in England was taken out in 1799. It was not until 1922 that machine was made by school-master named Henry Ogle, which may have become the model of all subsequent reapers. His contrivance was very simple, and upon trial cut fourteen acres of grain a day. But this ma chine met an untimely end. MT. Ogle writes of it that some working people threatened to kill Mir. Brown, the man who made it, if he persevered any fur ther in it, and it hasnever been more tried" The oldest known machine still in use was invented in 1926 by Mir. Bell, a Scotch minister. This reaper was improved in 1884. Whether Amer ican inventors obtained their ideas from these foreign machines is mat ter of dispute. But the reaper has taken the romance out of the haying- field. Haying-time used to be the pleasantest on the farm, and no sight was more beautiful than a line of sturdy men gracefully swinging the scythe in the tall grass. The mower, the tedder, the horse-rake and loader have made the having season as prosy as hoeing potatoes. Chicago News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
VOLUME XVIII.
A WESTERN METHOD.

 In Western skies, OCT prairies broad, The crimson hues are blending, While eastward, OCT the misty woods. Night shades are soft descending. The surnmerday. so calm, so sweet, In peace serene is dying, And OCT the harvest-laden fields
 The vesper breeze is signing. While lingering on the vine-clad porch, Our hearts with joy o'erflow1ng, We gaze on fields, and woods, and sky In somber beauty glowing You say: ''If Time, in his wild flight, Would list to human reason, And give us but four extra weeks In this sweet summer season, "'Twould be, indeed, precious gift To claim our hearts devotion Another isle of fragrant flowers
 Upon life's varied ocean," He knoweth best who loveth best; Each season sent by Heaven, Though summers sun or winters storm, For human good is given. But if our future paths of life
 Were both converged together, To me, though storms and tempests roar, 'Twould all be summer weather. Say. would thy life as happy be,
 With love the hours beguiling, Would every season be to thee 4 vernal summer smiling? An, SO! We'll let us then proceed To regulate the weather, And hand in hand we gayly walk Adown the slope together.
 -Chauncey A. Lewis, in America.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29
Caught at Last.

Father Shouting downstairs in an angry voice)-Mary!
 Mary (who is with her beau, who has been waiting on her about three years) Yes, sir.
 Els MT. Slowcoach there?
 M.--Yes, sir.
 Els he proposing to you that he is staying so late?
 M. (to Mir. Slowcoach, in a fright ened whisper DO! what shall l say?
 MT. s. (trembling in his boots)-Say yes.
 M. (to her father) papa.
 F.-All right all right; excuse ne. Tell him he can have you. Bless you both, my children. He needn't hurry sway. .-Bostoa Courier,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-29

" AOh O1AoO l DIV oAiS OOAA C0 AS~1 valise over the garden wall and start ed down the steep hill. As l neared the bottom I noticed a man coming to head me off. As he came within hear ing distance said:
 ''Oh, know all about it. I'm tres passing and doing it deliberately. You can arrest me if you want to. don't object. In fact I would rather like it, for I'm dead tired out and you'll have to take me to town in the patrol wagon"
 "I don't object to your tres passing" he said, calmly. "1 merely wanted to know if you knew where you were going?"
 'Pm going to Cummingsville."
 Really Then may I ask can you swimP" Certainly. Why?"
 'Well, you'll haUe to. There is no bridge within five or six miles, and you'll have to get across the canal be- fore you get to Cummingsville."
 What's the matter with my going along the bank of the canal till come to bridge?"
 Nothing, except that the tow path is on the other side, and to go along the canal you will have to climb about a score of fences, some of which are made to prevent people from doing just what you propose. Then there are dozen hedges, which you can't possibly get over and which would tear the clothes from your back if you tried to go through. That's all."
 sat down on the green sward and groaned.
 Take my advice and climb the hill again. It's your only chance"
 You don't want a hired man, do you? I'd rather stay here the rest of my natural life than try to climb that hill. The only consolation I would have would be that when I got up there I might massacre some of those road-makers who induced me to come down."
 The darkest time is before the dawn. Just at this moment canal boat came along. 1 shouted to the man at the wheel in spite of the restriction there is generally in vogue about speaking to that individual, and asked him if he could slew his craft near enough the shore for me to get on board He Gid so and I swung on my two-ton valise and got on after.
 "See here," I said, ''what will you charge to take me to Cincinnati?"
 Twenty-Five cents." was the reply.
 ''All right" agree. ''I'll make my self comfortable, for I'm very tired"
 ''Do," said the man.
 After we had gone about mile he said:
 That don't include board, you know"
 was nearly asleep, and started up.
 "Wbat don't?"
 "The twenty-five cents."
 ''Oh, all right"
 q think it's mighty cheap ride as it is.''
 Its only five cents on the street car."
 ''Yes, but you see we go to Toledo first. We won't get to Cincinnati for three weeks"
 "WHAT!!r'
 He was kind enough to swing his boat to the shore and let me get off. The photographic valise weighed three tons during the dreary tramp along the tow-path to Cummingsville. Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free Press.