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The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR,

According to law woman who keeps a
post Office Is postmaster, and a post
mistress is a creature without a legal
existence. A lady who has charge Of q
grammar school in Roxbury Mass, is
officially designated master. 10
Admiral Wallis, who was Second Lieuten.
ant of the Shannon during its memorable
fight with the Chesapeake, is still living. at
the great age OF so years. During the latter
part OF the engagement he was in command
of the Shannon, his seniors having been shot
down. His health is poor, but his mental
faculties are well preserved, and he has an
excellent recollection of the great naval duel
which took place rs years ago.
Since great improvements have been in
troduced into the higher educational institu-
tions of Paris, young men and young
women flock thither from all parts of the
world There is no other place where
students of so many nationalities are now to
be found. We can form an idea of this by
the official report of the foreigners who
matrlculated last year in the Schools of
Medicine alone. Their places of origin are
gwen as follows: America 131, England "a,
52paln and colonies Al, Switzerland Is,
h ~ GO, Turkey Sc, Servia Is, Portugal
AZ, Egypt 3, Russia, 1876. Italy s, Germany a.,
A9 Eta J, Belgium 4, Bulgaria 3, Denmark
- nnleece ~, Holland 4, Hungary /, Norway
!, Persia |, Sweden /, Austria 4. Poland 90.
nus twenty-five countries are represented
Ny tnese students, a fair proportion of whom
are iaules. All the students from Poland
Delong 10 the gentle SEX There must he n
country. - '''"'
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

The New Hampshire legislature, having
done about as the great railroads want il to
do, ought now to find time to consider the
modest petition made to it by the New
hampshire Society of the Sons of the Reyolu.
ton for an appropriation for monument to
the memory of the illustrious General John
Stark at the Capital Of the State. No patriot
of the Revolution had a more romantic and
heroic career than John Stark A veteran
of the hard school of the French and Indian
war, where he had proven his title to exper-
fence by running successfully the dreadful
gauntlet, he was like Washington and other
chiefs, fully ready for the Revolution when
1t broke out. Within ten minutes of the re-
ceipt OF the news from Lexington he was on
his horse leading his New Hampshire neigh.
bors to the scene. Putnam himself was
hardly more prompt. At Bunker Hill no
men performed better than Stark's as, fight
ing with dubbed muskets, they covered
Prescott's retreat. At Trenton and Prince
ton he was again hero; and, when the war
once more rolled back upon New England,
and the minute men once more were called
out to resist Burgoyne. it was General John
stark who commanded at that remarkable
oattle OF Bennington, which did so much to
DreaK the force of that invasion. The New
Hampshire legislature, instead OF hesitating
10 honor such career, should rather add to
the needed appropriation, a record of their
gratlhcation that New Hampshire can boast
of such son.
Maine, too, has within its borders tb.. drst
of Revolutionary hero, one more d;s,in.
guished even though he could not have hoon
more heroic, than John Stark. General
Knox, the friend of Washington. died ma
lies buried in Thomaston. The National
Congress has been asked to erect a NOM.
ment over his grave; but the request has
once been denied and is quite likely to he
again. He certainly should have a monu
ment, and no doubt the State of Maine will
see that he does, if Congress does not move
in the matter. The Bangor land owners seem
at present disinclined to take the $500
voted from the public treasury last winter to
get rid of their Madawaska squatters. This
money may revert to the State treasury and
be saved. In that case the State might feel
able to honor the memory of General Knox.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

Whether the conclusion of the court mar
tial in Col. Lynch's case as outlined by an
Augusta despatch to the Lewiston Journal
is accurate or not we have no means of
knowing. And nobody but the members of
the court Will be able to say definitely until
the full report is prepared and published.
But this much certainly is true, namely, that
the conclusion there outlined comedies very
closely with the opinions OF disinterested
observers who have followed the evidence.
1t is clear that the gravest OF the charges
against Col. Lynch utterly failed of proof.
But he voluntarily confessed to some neglect
OF duty, trivial to be sure, yet not entirely
pardonable where as in the militia, prompt
ness and exactness, are of prime import.
ance. But IL Col. Lynch is amenable to the
charge OF dilatoriness, he has the consola-
ton of having plenty Of company. Certain
ly the brigade commander can hardly recon
Gle his conduct in waiting nearly year be-
lore bringing charges, which if true, called
Tor the summary discharge of the inculpated
officer on the muster field last August.
with the promptness that is demanded of a
soldier. Then the dilatoriness to
which COL Lynch confesses is shared
Dy MS suoordinates. Indeed Col. Lynch's
fauit appears to have been chiefly In falling
to bring these subordinates up to their duty
so 1t may fairly be said that the evidence
before the court martial has developed
laxity of discipline all round. No wilful
dlsobedience or insubordination is shown,
butther have been carelessness and procras-
tlnation. Duties have not been actually neg
lected. but they have not been p .rfor ned as
promptly as they should. The seriousness
OF the business they are engaged in has not
been sufficiently appreciated by the officers.
nor probably by the privates either. II this
inquiry serves to tone up the militia it will
not be in vain, though this result might
doubtless have been attained without bring
ing long string of serious charges against
an officer without any evidence worth speak
Ing of to sustain them.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
TURPENTINE.

After the housekeeper fully realizes the
worth of turpentine in the household. she is
never willing to be without supply oft.
1t gives quick relief to burns; it is an ex-
cellent application for corns; 1t is good for
rheumatism and sore throats. and Is the
quickest remedy for commissions or FITS,
Then IT is sure preventive against moths
BY just dropping trife in the bottom Of
drawers, chests and cupboards, it will render
the garments secure from injury during the
summer. 1t will keep ants and bugs from
closets and storerooms by putting a few
drops In the corners and upon the shelves
it Is sure destruction to bedbugs, and will
effectually. drive them away from their
haunts If thoroughly applied to the joints Of
Injuries neither furniture nor clothing. A
spoonful of it added to pail of warm water
Is excellent for cleaning paint. A little in
the suds on washing day lghtens labor.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

The power OF association counts for a great
deal in almost every case where the human
imagination is concerned. 1t is probably not
more powerful in anything than in reference
to capital punishment Mr.. Elbridge IT.
Gerry showed this forcbly the other day
when he appeared in the inquiry now going
on in New York in relation to the infection
of the death penalty. The Commission
which recommended electricity. found four
instruments OF execution which were rn-
doubleday superior to the rope The first
was the guillotine, which was rejected be-
cause it produced effusion OF blood and was
inextricably associated in mems minds with
the horrors Of the French Revolution. Pub
lie opinion, the Commission thought, would
not tolerate Understanding. The second
preferable means was the garrote. That
was sure and speedy death, but it was used
by Spain and her colonies. and the Commits
sion thought that was enough to damn IL. /"
In public opinion in this country. The third
was the hypodermic injection of some
poison-prussic acid being regarded with
most favor. This mode was rejected because
OF the unpleasant and dangerous character of
that acid, and the difficulty of having it prop
erly administered. The fourth was electric
ity and that was adopted, as,having about it
no horrible associations such as history has
connected with the guillotine and the gar
rote, and as being more easily applied than
an hypodemic injection Of poison. A. pres
ent the most unpleasant association of the
electrical methods is the long wrangle about
its use now going on In New York.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

The results that might have been expected
are taking place at Johnstown. Many who
could be employed and might stay are de-
parting that they may the sooner Danish
from their minds the memories of the terri
BILE ordeal. This is natural. The father or
mother or brother or sister, whose loved
ones were massacred in the valley of Wyom-
ing, would have been hardly less contented
over the ashes of their former homes, than
are some of those left alone by the flood.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
GREENWOOD GARDEN CAFF.

Having secured the services Of MR. RIaneh-
ard, who has been cook at Mitehelrs. Scarhoro
Beach the past seven years, l am now prsnsTed
| to furnish Clam Baises, Fish or shore "a :,
ners, Fried CLAIMS, DC, &c., at short notice
Ueulm u. w. h. LUNT MANAGER
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

Some bricks having been ordered from
England for the Congressional library build
Ing, the Democrats are making great la
mentation about discrimination against
American industry by the Republican adj
mlnistration. The fact is that General Casey
ordered the bricks, and General Casey
was appointed chief of engineers by Presi-
dent Cleveland. If there has been any
offence at all. Democratic administration
seems to be responsible for it,
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

The acquttal of McQuade probably ends
the doodle" trials. There is no doubt n
good deal of truth in the remark attributed
to District Attorney Fellows that public
sentiment has turned and no longer de-
mands the conviction of the .'boodlers" and
that that sentiment could not be kept out of
the jury room. The first manifestation OF
this change in public sentiment came when
Col Fellows was elected district attorney.
The evidence against McQuade was stronger
probably than is that against any of his un.
tried associates, and as he has escaped, 1t
VIII be waste of time and money to pursue
the rest
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 90.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address OF the writer
are III all cases Indispensable, not 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., 1889-07-22
the HOME.
A FEW DoNT's

Don't sleep in room provided with sta
tlonary wash-stand.
Don't neglect to have your dentist examine
Don't eat or drink hot and cold things i'm
mediately in succession.
Don't pick the teeth with pins or any
other hard substance.
Don't wear pointed shoes, which have
tendency to dislocate the second toe upwards
and to produce alterations, sometimes 50 Sc
we're that they demand amputatlon'
Don't wear shoe the sole OF wnlch lie not
broader than the outline OF your sole when
pressed by your full weight upoa piece OF
paper and marked with pencil.
Don't keep the parlor dark, unless you
value your carpet more than your own and
your children's health.
Don't seek relief for burns by the use
of cold water; If nothing ELSE is obtainable
use warm water better still, keep the part
wet with sweet oil.
Don't allow Your servants to put meat and
vegetables INTO the same compartments of
the refrigerator.
Don't read, Write or do any delicate wor k
unless receiving the light from the left side.
Don't read in street-cars or other jolting
vehicles.
Don't ask druggist to prescribe for you.
Don't forget that moral defects are as often
the cause as they are the effects of physical
faults.
Don't read medical books, except those
that teach the intelligent avoidance of
disease.
Don't delude yourself into the belief that
you are an exception as far as sleep Is con-
cerned; the normal average OF sleep is eight
hours.
Don't miss an opportunity to sleep from 10
at night to 8 in the morning c'beauty sleepy.
Don't eat game meats; remember that
"gamey' Is the hyper refined word for rotten.
Don't pour montnful Of coffee into the
empty stomach, even if you must tear a
button from your coat and swallow it be-
fore" says an Arabic proverb. This applies
to tea as well.
Don't neglect to constitute yourself a public
| protector by thrusting into the gutter every
banana or orange peel you may encounter
| on the sidewalk.
Don't neglect any opportunity to insure
variety of food.
Don't permit child under five to remain
out OF bed after PM, even ii you have t.
| forego your most sacred social duties or miss
| a most brilliant first night at the theater.
| Don't wear high heels; women who weal
them publicly advertise the fact that they
| seek or wish to maintain serious internal
| troubles.
| Don't mistake weight for warmth in cloth
| ing; feeble people may be worn down by
| heavy clothing and yet be less sheltered than
| those who wear light wooden fabrics, both a.
inner and outer garments. DIR. f. c
| Valentine.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
COLD WATER AND ICE.

There are, doubtless, many people who do
not know that it is usually quite safe to
allow the fever patient suffering from great
thirst all the wafer he wants In fact cold
water Is held as a remedial agent. potent
means OF reducing fever The effect OF a
glass OF water Is often immediate and
marked, the fever and restlessness of the
patient being noticeaby lessened thereby.
He who Is tortured by thirst always wants
q glassful OF water held to his lips. There
fore If he Is to be denied all he wants, use a
small glass, but at least have it full. Bits OF
ice are always harmless. and are often very
refreshing. Pieces the size of peas when
swallowed will frequently relieve
nausea. This suggests that there should be
exercised care in the selection of ice which
Is to be used In the sickroom. 1t must be
clear and clean; snow ice is forbidden. as
being the most likely to hold impurities
Here is an expedient for keeping ice for
the sick; Cut piece of clean flannel about
eight inches square. Put this, after making
a small hole in its centre for the water to.run
through, over the top Of a glass tumbler.
Press the flannel down to half or more of the
depth OF the tumber. then bind the flannel
fast to the tumbler with tape or cord, or
confne it by an elastic band. When ice is
put into this flannel cup, lay over it another
piece OF clean flannel, three or four inches
square. So covered it will keep for hours.
even In warm weather.-Hall's journal OF
Health
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22

For some time past petition has been cir.
culating in Bangor calling upon the NUM-
cipal authorities to vigorously enforce the
prohibitory law. What may fairly be called
counter petition is now in circulation,
though it takes the form Of a petition to the
legislature for the repeal of the constitution.
al amendment and the enactment of n n.
cehSe law. The Commercial af1rms that
tue views expressed in the second petition
are aeid by very large majority of the
voters OF the city," majority of the Ban .
gor voters will not however, go great way
III repeating the prohibitory law. The
country towns will have something to say if
that question comes up, and they will Ger
tainly drown out Bangor's voice.
The Portland daily press., 1889-07-22
SCREENS.

A screen that can be taken to nieces
packed into small compass for travelling.
and as easily put together agaIuand set up.
may be OF use to many readers, and as it can
be made with little trouble and at small ex-
pense, it is useful invention. Four bamboo
rods, such as are for sale at every shep
which supplies fishermen's outfits, are the
first thing necessary. These come about
eight feet long and cost about TWENTY-FIVE
cents apiece. The, rods should be cut in
lengths OIL the height required for the screen
Six feet is a very convenient height for n
screen which Is intended either to keen n
draught from coy nook near the fireplace
or TO keep of observers when privacy is re-
CURED. Therefore, cut the rods six feet
long. Two inches from both ends of the rods
In line with each other, must be screwed two
screw eyes, as they are called. The ends
OF the rods which have been cut off. must
nov S; nave we, small 81 hooks fastened to their ends
rods should be cut the same length and
should be about ten feet long. To hold the
two leaves OF the screen together, two small
Tin pieces should be, ordered from the tin
smith. These should be oval in form and
broad, and should have two holes pierced
Through them about half an inch from each
end, These plates are to be used as hinges
for the screen, and can be fastened to the
driven through the holes into the bamboo
rods.
Another hinge, which may be found more
desirable, is to fasten screw eye near the
tor. and bottom of one leaf, and on the other
ieaf put hook, which can be hooked into
the screw eye and so hold the leaves together
Inc uprlghts, etc.. are now ready for the
ornamental part of the work. A piece of
Dutchers linen must be cut the length of the
screen and the width Of the rods that are to
De put between the uprights. A broad hem,
through, must be made on both ends of the
linen. The rods can then be pushed through
the mems and the hooks on the ends hooked
INTO the eyes on the uprights. The upper
hooks must go down and the lower hooks up
TINS VIII keep the material steady
Ii the hens are made so that the stuff is
exaetly the length required, the rods will
hold 1t so tightly that the material will he
properly stretched. This linen should be
embroidered with the Finlayson Bonsfield's
rope linen floss in an all over design.
WORKING GIRLS IN NEW YORK.
Girls who get positions as ''salesladies" in
stores mutt begin at 50 per week, and the
highest pay they can hope for is So, and thew
must dress nicely. The higher In the social
scale the position, the more is reouired in
the way of dress. Shirt makers get 2S to 81
cents dozen for mems white shirts and two
dozen Is a big days work, Women and chill
aien underwear and wrappers are as badly
PAID, and the most expert operator, by work.
ing every hour of the day and far into the
night all the time, can scarcely pay for the
Darest existence, let alone save ANYTHING for
ner inevitable day OF need. Cravat making
and mems underwear are paid for at starya.
tlon price, and one OF three things is bound
10 nappen-the girl finds husband, grave
or worse, for human nature cannot stand the
awful Strain.-NeW York Letter.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15
+" SLING SHGT."

Reference was made yesterday, in
the items column of the BULLETIN,
to the use of the school-boys' "sling
shot" Since our last issue, cases
of actual damage having been done,
have been reported to this Office.
"Boys will 'be boys" and when
such instruments are in their hands
they cannot resist the temptation to
use them in way that is an annoy
ance and may be an injury to 9TH
ers. Throwing small shot, by the
aid of these innocent looking instru-
ments, at one another and at pass
ers-by, is reported to be the practice
just now. At least two or three lit
tie school girls have received facial
injuries from the use of this lnstru-
ment in the hands of mischievous
boys. The danger OF greater injury
exists. a shot striking the eye
would probably ruin the latter for
ever. 1t would be we'll to catch and
make an example of one or two
thoughtless boys who think it fine
fun TO pass their time in throwing
shot at people, before some serious
mischief is done.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15

ism which prevailed then. Then, as
now, the voices of the undiscerning
many drowned the warnings of the
rejecting few; then as now, those
who had the audacity TO declare that
our eastern empire was not founded
upon a rock, broad-based upon the
affectionate loyalty of India's mil
lions, and so forth, were set down
as 'croakers, 'pessimists, and-that
most terrible form of human de-
pravity-'un- English The official
world of that day, just as the oill-
cial world of this, was incessantly
engaged in chanting its own praises,
and much too self-absorbed to read
it's history in the peoples eyes. >
People here at home conceive of
British rule in India as if the Eng
lish officials out there were in con-
stant and immediate contact with
the great body of the people. This
is not, and never can be, the case.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15
HAS A LOCAL APPLICATION.

The New York "Nation" of Janu-
ary the 10th has an article on "India
under Lord Dufferin," written from
London, by Lieutenant Colonel Ro-
bert ID. Osborn. 1t contains in
structiye reading to those interested
in the affairs of that country. More
over, the calm and collected spirit
in which it is written commends it
to the thoughtful. Col. Osborn, is
of opinion that the laudation which
the Government of India bestows
upon itself is undeserved, and does
not feel at all sure of the internal
security which officials declare ex-
lists. We refer to the articles for
the purpose of making brief ex-
tract from it, portions of which may
find an application to this country.
Following is the extract:
"Those whose knowledge of India
goes back to period anterior to the
insurrection of 1857 cannot but re-
call that the optimism of the present
day is but a repetition of the optim.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15
= IL EG
TAINTED FISH, ETC.

Complaints have reached us to
the effect that fish and other perish
able articles sold at the Honolulu
Market are not always in the best
condition for use. Our own per-
sonal knowledge satisfies us that
the complaint is based on solid
foundation. Tainted fish is some
times offered for sale, and is act
ually sold. Meats are also in a
similar condition. 1t is the duty of
the Government to prevent the sale
of such unwholesome food. The
market is under Government con-
troll and supervision, and the super
vision is expected to be of that
careful and vigIlant nature that will
prevent the sale of food which is
detrimental to health.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15

One ounce of arresting somebody
for carrying concealed weapons be-
fore he kills somebody else is worth
a pound of murder trial.-N. O. Pi-
cayune.
Study the Constitution of your
country; commit it to memory
treasure it as you would your very
life, for it is the only thing that
stands between you if you be poor
man and the lash of the slave-driver.
Chicago Times.
There was trouble in a New York
clearinghouse. A boarder asked
"A red-headed waiter girl if she had
any white horse-radish. She had
heard enough of the white horse and
the reddish girl, and she hit him
with a sugar bowl.
SlOyd is the new word which looks
like slang, but it is not. Sloyditcs,
according to the Toronto Globe, are
persons interested in introducing
manual training into the public
schools. Don't be discouraged by
the name.-N. Y. Herald.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-02-15
To Contractors.
PROPOSALS FOR GRADING j
Office Of he Oahu Railway and Land Com
panY Nd.), Feb. ID. 1899.

CEALED PROPOSALS ad dressed to
~ the undersigned will be r, ceivel at
thi- Office until 10 o'cloa& am, Fob. 20
1850, for the g'ading # III" Oahl Rail
way (Pearl River Divi-ion.)
Further i form"t,on, itr foims upon
which AL BIDS houid be mnGr, can b.
obtained at this o.. ce. The sight TO e.
ject any Rnd all bids il reserved.
B. +, DILLINGHAM;
l723t Counnc,urs.