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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
RAILWAY MATTERS.

The Boston Journals New. Hampshire
correspondent, speaking of railroad move
ments in that State, which will interest
Maine readers, says:
Looking further north, there are various
evidences of railroad progress, especially in
in the great lumber section. The WHITEHEAD
and Jefferson Railroad, now opened to the
Meadows, has several miles of extension al
most in condition for the iron. Conferences
have already been held with prominent rail-
road men and capitalists, which, it is expec-
ed, will result in the pushing of this line
through to .Gorham, thence up the Andres
coggin Valley, and finally through a great
forest country to make a connection with a
Canadian system. The Kilkenny Forest
Road, which little over a year ago was
opened ten miles eastward from Lancaster
Is already working further ahead, aiming at
a union with the Grand Trunk probably at
Berlin. Litteton is moving in the matter of
line to Franconia. six miles with the final
objective point at North Woodstock, in Or
der to connect with the Pemigewasset Val
ley Road, and thus make much shorter line
from Boston via Concord and Plymouth to
the White Mountains. The Bartlett and Al
bany railroad is creeping into the forests of
the latter town, and quite possibly may at
length reach an eastern terminus at Conway
on the Great Falls route. The old project of
extending the Pemigewasset Line and reach.
branch OF the Pemigewasset promises to be
revived in earnest after the status of the
Montreal system of lines is established.
Away in the extreme northern portion of
the State surveyors have already made pre-
liminary inspection for a branch line from
West Stewartstown up into the great timber
area OF the Connecticut lakes"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

800 >t'fe s~'f6 ~ q StOOfy NtUko0tn
His Majesty Wilhelm Alexander Paul
Frederik Lowedijk, has not cut great figure
on the continent of Europe since the day in
1S49, when he succeeded to the throne of the
Netherlands, and began to rule as Wilhelm
Ill Holland is not large country, and
having no ambition to become larger, 1t has
minded its business in Ia sleepy, good ma
tured fashion that has kept its king and peo-
pie free from the ENHANCEMENT of European
politics. Had Wilhelm III been more am
bilious or more enterprising monarch. Hol-
land might not have been so peaceful or so
prosperous; though her ruler might not have
enjoyed the distinction Of being king heard
OF by the world at large only in the melan-
choly occasion of his death. Wilhelm III
was born in 1917. His grandfather, William
l, the first King of Holland, was the son of
the last stakeholder of the old Dutch Repub-
lie; but on the maternal side the influences
were all moDarchical, his mother being Rus
sian princess, and his grandmother Hohen-
zollern, niece of Frederick the Great. When
William Ill assembled the throne in 1S49. he
faithfully carried out the reforms begun in
1S4S, and during his reign slavery has been
abolished in the Dutch West India Colonies.
He has also fought three years war begin
ming with 1873, with Acheen in Sumatra
ms is the round Of the old kings life. His
death will create more stir in Europe than
his life ever did. Holland is not beyond the
sphere OF European complications: and its
nearness to powerful neighbor. has moro
than once suggested that its destinies might
in future be Identified with those of Germa.
ny. The absence of male heir to the throne
which King William III leaves rather
strengthens this suggestion. Holland, while
receiving little attention in the last century
still retains many substantial reminders OF
the glorious period of its history. 1t has col
onies that Germany would go to great length
to possess or protect
There is the famous island of Java, with
great cities and an industrious population,
and Madeira, and Sumatra, and Ban.
ca, Billion, Borne, Celebes, the Mulucca,
part of New Guinea, Timor, Bali, and other
Islands. Nearly thirty million souls acknowl.
edge Dutch supremacy in these colonies. In
the new world there is Surinam, or Dutch
Guinea, in South America, and Curacao, or
the Dutch Antilles. In these days, when
colonies are so desirable that Germany goes
TO great length to possess little island like
the Samoan, the colonial possessions of Hol-
land are possession of inestimable value,
ana the sleepy old kingdom should be allowed
W keep Its own and go on in its own way.
oten there is no male heir to assert his
.lsus 70 the throne and keep out foreign in
truders. -e" '"-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

Congressman Breckenridge of Arkansas
expresses determination to ferret out the
murderers of John NJ Clayton, his rival,
who was shot last fall, at his own expense If
need be. Mr.. Breckinridge's purpose is enc
that does him great credit, but we are in
clined to think that he will find that it can
not be carried out without putting his own
life in jeopardy. The men who shot Clayton
would not long hesitate to shoot him, If they
thought he might be the means of discover
ing and CONFLICTING them
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
RAILROAD STOCKS
FALLING.
Colchis Mining Co.
RISING.
Hon. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL, Pres.
c. 0. JENKINS. ND, FRANK NJ WEDGE,
Hal
Directors Hon. ROBERT G. lAGERS0LI. ROn. Ma
THAN ClEAvES, Hon. CHARLES 6. COON, tI.as-
slsiant Treasurer, U.S., C. D. JENKINS, N, o.,
GEORGE |. SHOREY, FRANK " WEDGE Of the
Griffith & Wedge Co., ZanesmIe, Ohio.

The directors have decided TO sell a small
amount of the treasury stock To complete their ex-
tenslve mill In doing so we are not asking any
one 10 take the risk OF coming into an undevelOp-
ed enterprise. The amo Il OF ore IS unlimited
There are nearly 10000 MS on the dumps A
mill Is being built ard viii be finished about
July and according 10 I III OF the best experts M
thecountry will pay yel large interest on the
capital stock. The dirt Ors are not asking ne
public 10 do what they IN not done Themselves
The have thoroughly satisfied themselves of the
value OF the mines, and have expended upward M
5000, 900 In machinery and development Of Inc
mines A large portion OF the stock was taken IN
mines and know the country. Nothing short M
an earthquake can make a failure Of this VI
The stock will be sold until April 90 unless nrs
vlousy disposed Of, at So per share M eerttS
Gates will be issued for less than 25 shares.
stock listed on Stock Exchange ana ra,,s,a..,
at Atlantic Trust Company ~ NJ o''0'ou
Make checks or drafts payable TO
r. n. WHITNEY r CO
-. 4s Congress street, Boston.
apo DIFF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

The capitol commissioners must not do
more than look at the Hartford State House
out of the corners of their eyes. 1t cost over
two million dollars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

The disbursing Of crow bounties by the
town treasurers is a new sign of spring
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL s.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications. The name and address Of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, net necessarily for
publication but as 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, 1889-04-08

oc5deow&w1ynrm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

The selection of Col. Joel B. Erhardt as
collector of the port of New York gives gen.
eral satisfaction. Even our friends, the
Mugwumps, can't find much to kick at in
the nomination.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08

President Harrison is about worn out by
office-seekers. He is receiving some pretty
impressive object lessons of the need of ex-
tending the civil service reform system.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
NnResdn Taxes the City Of Portland Tho County Of Cumberland for
the Year 1887


IS hereby given
gtesm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-08
CURRENT COMMENT,

NO MAINE ARCHITECTS NEED APPLY.
Lewiston Journal
so they are going to send up to Boston Tor
an architect to fix up the Maine State House.
are they? Why would it not have been
good idea to send up to Boston for capitol
commission, toog Maine would not nave
then
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18

DIR. John I. Nagle, of the bureau OF
vital statistics, Of New York, says:
The most prevalent disease or dis.
order of the brain is apoplexy. Last
year there were in this city COO cases
of apoplexy out of 5000 cases of brain
diseases or disorders. Apoplexy seems
TO cause more deaths than almost any
other disease. La one year, out of
$500 deaths, Si5 were caused by apo.
plexy, j9S commissions in children
aud SIS by meningitis. Paresis is a
form of paralysis and a species Of in
sanity. Paresis lisa slight, incomplete
paralysis affecting motion, but not
sensation. SoGtening of the brain is
cerebral hemorrhage, or obliteration
of the cerebral arteries. Ii usually
occurs in persons from City 10 eighty
years of age. and is usually caused by
intense intellectual cXeriion, or by Sc
we're and pruiIacted emotional disturb.
ance. IL Is also caused by over mdul-
gcnce in l!CuliOlIc drinks, and II usu,
ally CnGs M death Sometimes, when
young persons are attacked with this
maiaay who lg!yc been temperate in
their habit, and have good cUnslitu.
tions. tue chances Cf their recovery
arr very favorable. Men occasionally
dc from oyerwork; that L, by over
brain work. They are like machines
that have been ovcrlaXel and break
down. \ great many think their brain
viii stand almost any amount Of work,
and that they can keep on and ON
studying and working without any i'll
effect arising from so doin@. In this
they make u great mistake. The brain
Is the most delicate organ lis wants
lots ofrcSt and lots Of care. And those
who, when they are young, Tax ii too
much, or try 10 work for too long a
time, without giving il proper rest,
will suffer for ii In after years. The
brain must Lave plenty Of rest and
brain workers must have lots Of sleep
and recreation. Students must not
use their brains for more than five or
at the most six hours a day with
continuous hard study; and merchants
and business me will do well 10 try
and rest their brains as much as they
possibly can
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
Diffusion of Odors.

II is said that a grain Of musk is ca
pable of pertaining for several years a
chamber twelve feet square without
sustaining any sensible diminution of
its volume or its weight, But such a
chamber contains 2,9S5. 9s4 cubic
inches, and each cubic inch contains
LOCO cubic tcnths of inches. making
in all nearly three billions Of cubic
tenths of an inch. Now it is probable,
indeed almost certain, that each sUch
cubic tenth Of an inch OF the air Of the
room contains one or more OF the par.
ticlos Of the musk, and that Iii, air
has been changed many thousands OF
times. Imagination rccoils before a
computation Of the number Of the par
ticlcs thus diiYused and expended.
Yet have they altogether no apprecia-
bic weight and magnitude. -slontrea'
Star
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
Ili.s Of a Great civ.

Liverpool. the queen of British
ports, was onec an insignificant fish.
ing hamlet On "A small creek letting
into the ,ite,ry. and ]frcQuentcd by a
species Of L.,ls called the liver The
place then contained only a few huts
inhabited hy hcrdsmen and fishermen
who piled their calling on lhc river
banks. Today Liverpool Is the great
est shipping center in the world It's
maritime Traffic makes a far greater
display than that Of the port o. Lon
don, is aarDor, lis docks, It's ware
houses and counting houses presenting
a scene Of iIc greatest activity arising
from the vast scope Of It's shipping
operations.
Liverpool continued TO be n small
and obscure town until the Seven
tenth century. With tho restoration
Of the monarchy. after the plague and
great fire. many London merchants
removed 10 Liverpool, and trade be-
gan to establish itself here. William
Ill gave a new charter to the corpora
ton; land was purchased from the
lord of the manor; the river channel
was cleared and deepened. and in l7i0
the first dock in England was con
structed on the Mersey. In the reign
of George | the population of Liver
pool was 10000. At the end of the
Eighteenth century there were 1900
inhabitants: the docks had increased
in number, and the annual dock
charges amounted TO f2J. 700. Md the
customs charges were over 81. OOO, 600.
Between Liverpool and Manchester
the first English railway was built.
The last great engineering work un-
dertaken by the Liverpudlians was the
Mersey tunnel, which was begun in
1879 and opened for traffic on Jan. 90,
1856. The tunnel extends under the
river from Liverpool TO Birkenhead;
it is nearly a mile in length, and runs
through a solid bed Of rock. II is used
entirely for railway traffic, and con-
tains a double line of track. The tun-
mel is likely 10 come before long under
the control of one of the great railway
companies, in which event it will
form a very important and desirable
link in the railway system of the king
dom.
One contemplates Liverpool's I'M
equaled shipping facilities, and the
great fleets that enter and leave the
port every day, with nothing short Of
admiration. Here n sees every day
the ships of the nations passing as if
in review. Cor. Boston Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
How the Tiger Kills aud Eats.

The tiger generally seizes his prey
at night; he watches the cattle, or
whatever il may be, until he creeps
within reach, and then, with a rush
or bound. he grips it by the throat,
drags or strikes il TO the ground, twist
ing 1t SO as sometimes TO dislocate or
break its neck; the fangs are driven in
so as to hold the struggling creature
until dead. when il is dragged OF TO
the Jungle, to be eaten at leisure. His
lair is near, and from this lie proceeds,
as appetite prompts him, TO kill"
until il is eaten, and even the bones
gnawed, by which time. owing TO the
heat of the weather, it is far advanced
in decomposition. The place is re-
vealed by the vultures, kites, crows,
and by adjutants soaring " it or
settling on the branches round about
il, and by providing jackals. The yul.
lures sit with a gorged or sleepy as.
pect on the trees or on the ground
near the kill" they endeavor 10 make
a meal when the tiger has left it for a
time, and even try TO snatch a morsel
while he is feeding, a temerity for
which they often pay with their lives.
Montreal Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
White HIir Turned Black.

The patient was a woman aged 70,
who bad haC snow white hair for
twenty years, For the symptoms Of
commencing urRmia. due TO contract
ed kidney, twenty TO thirty minims Of
extract of laborandi were prescribed
several times daily. The drug was
taken from October, 1856, to Febru-
airy. 1855, During the autumn Of
1857, the eyebrows were becoming
darker and the hair Of the head be-
came also darker in patches. This
continued until the patches of hair
were quite dark, contrasting with the
natural patches Of snow white hair.
The hair did not universally change
before her death.
In 1881 DR., Prentiss had published
another case Of kidney disease, pyelo-
nephritis, treated with pilocarpine.
The hair OF the patient, a lady aged
25, changed from light blonde 10 black
under tie influence of the drug. The
pi!ocarpine was administered hypo-
dermically tOne-siXth of a grain TWEEN
ty-two times in the course Of two
lAAplAloI l4AN hbot NA1 lANll lhitftlGtA.
In Il month after commencing the
treatment the hair changed from a
light blonde To- chestnut brown; four
months later II WIS almost a pure
black II Is satisfactory to liua that
eight years ullerwavd, the Lulr i6uguiu
a darl; brown, Dr. Prentiss ascubcs
the phenomenon - the j]arJorlndi and
It's active principle, pilocarpinc.
Cases wacrc, rs the result Of the in
flueuce Of Tie nervous system, in pain
or fright, the hair las changed color,
are pathological curicsities. So little
is known. however. Of the physiolog-
ical influence Of the nervous system
over the growth and putrition OF hair
that il l5at present quite impossible 10
understand how n drug administered
internally can alter the color Of the
hair. 1t would be interesting 10 learn
from other practitioners who have used
jaborandi or pilocarpine for an ex-
tended period, whether any change
in the color Of the hair has been mo-
ticed. Therapeutic Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
A Fellow Feeling.

Misery loves company. So does
happiness. But it is not often that
ones happiness takes SO gracious a
form as that recently manifested by a
New York merchant. On the occa-
sion Of the twenty-ifth anniversary
Of his marriage, this worthy aud sue
cessful merchant felt SO Superlatiyely
happy that he presented each of his
clerks with crisp new b~anknotes, re-
presenting from n, 900 TO 800. A fell
low feeling that makes a man so Won
drous kind is as rare as il is delightful
for the less favored mortals fortunate
enough 10 call such a man employer.
Bulletin.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18

Did you ever make a calculation Of
the number of people that have inhab-
tied this globe since The beginning OF
timel No doubt you will saJ that
such calculations involve A loss Of
time. aud urc, after all, barren Of re-
suits. but ms we are engaged in giving
curious readings and odd calculations
let US take n few minutes time and
approximate, with a certain degree of
accuracy. at least, the numberof souls
that have becn uShcred into and out
Of tins siuful world since the time
when it WAS mol rood for Adam 10 be
alone. At the present time il is he
lieved that there are l.IOn, 900, 900
human beings on our globe; but let us
suppose there has been but an average
of 800, O0O, 900 living at one time since
the creation.
To give room for any possible doubt
as to the average length of life, we
will put il down at fifty years. Qt
may have been longer than that dur.
ing Bible times; il has been much
shorter, however, since.) With the
tNtTuBt lCilSlu Vi lhts INNhouS0 do
above, we have had two generations
of 900, 900, 900 each every century for
the past 5000 years. Taking this for
granted, we have had about GO, G27,-
6i3, 237, O75, 26G inhabitants on this
globe since the beginning of time.
Admitting that there is II great deal
of guess work about this calculation,
and that il has been hastily and per-
haps inaccurately done, ii will be per-
ceived, nevertheless, that our earth is
a vast cemetery. On each rood of it
l,2S3 human beings have found a
burial place. A rood being scarcely
sufficient for ten graves, each grave
must contain the remains of l29 per.
sons. The whole surface Of the globe,
if all peoples bury within the earth
as we do, has been dug over l20 times
in order to get room for burial pl7c.S
St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
ePlcuRus AND TIE SPHINX.

Oh. melancholy suhin the haunting glare
OF thy Stone eyes
vexes my soul. n goads me TO despair
With mysteries
Too deerlv hidden in the vast unSnowu
For narrow Reason. on her doubtful throne,
To probe md scan,
Why ask me 10 declare what Nature is,
And why Cod fashioned for their bale or
bliss
1be Earth and Mau'
And why the evil which We feel and see
IN Natures scheme
Should b. a fact Ia cruel destiny
Aud not a dream
And why IL should. since Times perplexng
birth,
Over our lovely and prolific Earth
Its shadow east
And tracs the populous planets on their way
Lord OF tln Present and the Future day
as Of the Past
Why should I strive 70 see the reason why
Through narrow chinksy
Dark are thy riddles aud beyond reply
Oh, torruring sphinx
II Good for ever Is at war with III
And Cool is Gods uncoDluerable will
Il seek no more
To solve the mystery OF His design.
Beyond the scope Of Reason 10 define,
on Times dark shore
lam; | think; / love; and while live
And it is day;
I win enjoy the blessings IL cau give
While yet may
Joy skins around me in the wholesome air
All Nature smiles, the Universe is fair
With heavenly light;
For me, tie sun downpours lis rays Of gold.
The river rolls. and oil the flowers unfold
Their blossoms bright
or me the stars the eloquent sky illume,
For me the Spring
Inspires with Love and Joy and fruitful bloom
Each living thing,
For me, the grapes grow mellow on the
stalk
For me Wit sparklcs and old sages talk
OF noble deeds;
The blithe lark carols In the light OF Morn;
And reapers NOV the golden bearded corn,
To serve my needs
For me, the vintage sparkles in the bowl
And woman s wiles,
Sweet as herself, invade my heart and soul
That love her smiles,
oh. sphinx thy riddles shut the daylight outl
Faith Is the anchor CT the true deyouL
And HOPS their guide;
And when my las hour comes, may every
friend
sayI lived brnvely till the destined end
And b avely diedi
Char es Mackay in Temple Bar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
The Way Of the World.

"Why do you suppose they call it
angel cakef' said the young woman
who made il.
Because il is divine, said the young
mar who wished the maid 10 love
him.
Because it flies" said another
young man who had similar aspira-
tons.
Because it makes angels Of those
who eat il" said the third, who didn't
care much whether she loved him or
not.
And she-shc burst into tears, and
the next Sunday told the cruel one she
would if pa would consent. -Harper's
Bazaar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
TreatIns sleeplessness.

S~leeplcssness is on tho increase
and is likely TO extend still further.
The more highly developed the brain,
the more unstable probably is its
equilibrium. Every brain'worker may
convince himself Of this By rejecting
how sound and unbroken was the sleep
Of his boyhood compared with the
wakefulncss and brain activity that
now haunt his pillow on the smallest
p]rOvocation. But Of all the ills for
which drugs should not be rcsortcd TO
except ia direst extremity, slcepless.
ness is the chief. Sleeping draughts
in the hands Of the uninstructcd are
among the most dangerous and iniur.
ious things known. NotoDly are they
edged tools which when played with
may cut aud kill at the moment, but
they are poisons which, when perse.
yered with, often produce aconditionof
alternate imbecility and anguish inf,
nitely worse than death. The only
really safe and justiilable method Of
treating continued sleeplessness is one
which restores the brain TO normal
daily activity and nightly q~uiescence.
Herald of Health.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
sapphire.

There was in the ancient Hungarian
crown a fine large sapphire, surround
ed with four oblong green gems, tho
nature Of which has not etbeen made
known. These mysterious green stones,
rendered still more interesting by the
disappearance of the crown, are per-
haps Of modern introduction, as they
are not mentioned in the inventory of
the jewel, when Queen Elizabeth
pledged il TO Emperor Frederick ~.
Hence the inquiry arises-are they
green sapphires, emeralds, tourma-
lines or antique glassl-Jewelers' Cir.
cular.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
Ancient Brick Making.

Tie great perfection TO which tie
ancients carried theart of brick max
ing is probably due TO the abundance
of labor, plenty Of time to devote 10
each stageof the work, their great pa.
tience aud painstaking and thcnatural
drying and preserving climate Of the
east. The dry, warm atmosphere Of
Egypt. Assyria and Babylon, which
countries we're the nurseries of the
ceramic arts, have kept in a good state
Of preservation for more than 1900
years the sun dried bricks 50 common
in those countries. Many well pre-.
served adobes arc also found in towns
and walls of ancient India.-New
York Telegram.