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The Portland daily press., 1890-05-01

fEiO LET-One house on Winter street, nine
\ rooms; bath room and water closet. $3.50
psr yeal. Rent of six rooms on FOREST Avenue
WooaIords; water included, $40 per month. N.
,. GARDINER, 1856 Middle street. II
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EOK sALE-A first class house on Cumber-
iand street, near Smith, at a bargain. oe-
sraDle mouse with all modern Improvements slt-
uated on Deering street; also good farm nye
I MI 81, from Portland. N. S. GARDINER, 100
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ITO LET Seven rooms on Cumberland street,
IA cor. Green, sun all day. $40; seven rooms sI
whole house, IL rooms, May LIST, very desirable
mouse. i. .. BEAN s. CO., 40 Exchange street.
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NOTICE-Care of houses and collecting Of
N rents specially with us. l.. o. BEAN &
CO., 40 Exchange street. III
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TO LET-A comfortable self contained mouse
\ OF rooms, No. 2S Atlantic street, large
yard with shade trees and small stable. very de-
siraple ior family wishing to occupy mouse
alone. Terms reasonable. Enquire on the
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WANTED-Smart, strong boy TO carry light
w samples five hours a day. Apply in per-
son, % Pine street, between and 8 a. m.
Ii
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n with barn attached. at Pine Point Old Orch
ard Beach: Enquire of j. il. LOWELL, Pine
fOlnt, OF FLETCHER & CO., Portland. IL
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NOTICE.

MIR, WILLIAM S, KYLE has this day with
WI drawn from our firm.
JOHN w. PERKINS y 60.
Portland, Me-, April 80, 1890. myld3t'
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Citizens Mutual Relief Society.

THE Regular Monthly Meeting of the Citizens
4 Mutual Relief Society, will be held In Room
10. City Building, FRIDAY, May 2, 1880, at 800
?; IN. directors meeting at 7.3O p. m. iuil at
o. Per order F. j. ROLLINS, Secretary.
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CITY OF PORTLAND.

EOk sALE-House No. 40 Carleton street,
- containing IS rooms, arranged for two fami-
cure pleasant home at a good bargain on easy
terms, or for an investment; II not sold before,
VIII pc Tor rent after June 1st; also wood lot IN
y. MlLLETT, No. b9I Congress street. Ia
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DIEn-

1A6Os
oaC I;oa -. July S-Charles ]. Donahue, son of
MM M and Della Dorahue, a native of
Swnit vile, Cal, II years, months and Z
days. tkeno, Nevada, and San Francisco
papers please copy.l
Friends are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral. which will take place from the resi-
dence OF parents, 4o2 o street. this afternoon
at l:S0 o clock; thence to the Cathedral, where
services will be heidi
OAKLAND, July 2-Henry s. Small, a native of
Maine, son-in-law of T. C. Perkins OF Perkins
Station.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral, which will take
place from Odd Fellows Temple, Sacramento,
at P. NJ. today
Sacramento. July S-Elizabeth O. Burr, wife OF
Z. A. Burr and mother of J. C. and K. P.
Burr, a native of Hartford. Conn.,, 90 years. c
months and % days. (San Francisco Oakland
and Hartford, Conn.,, papers please copy
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in.
vited 10 attend the funeral services at St.
Paurs Church, Eighth street, between l and
J. this Saturday. afternoon at O'Clock
1ntefment private. Remains can be viewed
at her late residence, No, SIS street, Satur
day from 10 A. NJ. too PPM
Sacramento. July 3-Adelina. daughter of Pas
9uale and Paola Morese, native OF Sacra
mento, year, II months and % days.
| Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
| vited to attend the funeral from the resi-
dence of parents, alley between Fourth and
Fifth, L and II streets. this afternoon at 30
O'Clock; thence to the Cathedral, Eleventh
and X, where funeral services will be held
Sacramento, July Russell Corbert native o
| Detroit, Mich, 20 years and IL months
| Funeral notice hereafter.I
Sacramento, July s-Henry Schmidt natiy,
| of Germany, IS years.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral. which will tax,
place from the undertaking parlors OF Johr
| Miller, Odd Fellows Temple, Ninth and K
streets to morrow Sunday at 2PM1
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CALIFORNIA; FRIEND.
General ClarksOn Impressed With the
Needs of the State

General GARRISON Impressed With the
Needs of the State.
The committee from the Board of Trade.
consisting OF President Piatt and Joseph
Steffens, accompanied Postmaster Coleman,
who went TO San Francisco on Thursday
to call upon First Assistant Postmaster
General James S. GARRISON, by appoint
ment, have returned. They are well
pleased with the result of the conference,
though disappointed in not being able to
secure General Clarkson's promise to visit
Sacramento, owing to lack of time, as he
returns East at once by way of Los
Angeles.
The present status of the proposed public
building in Sacramento was discussed az
length. The committee reviewed with
General Clarkson the following facts: The
total amount appropriated by Congress for
the building, lot, etc, is $500 600. OF this
$4,000 has been expended for site. and
S260,000 is awaiting the completion of the
plans of the supervising architect. and will
be available as soon as it is needed. The
building now occupied by the Rostoffice
Department in this city is totally made
quate Tor the purpose, and is costing the
Government $1,000 per annum Beside
this, the Revenue and Land Office Depart
| ments are paying rent of about the same
amount. During this time the appropria-
ton of $4,000 is canning nothing, and
should be used for the purpose for which
it was designed.
General Clarkson, being convinced of the
steady growth of the city and proportion
ate increase of business, together with the
importance of providing proper accommo-
dations for the Government business in the
Capital City of California, expressed him
self freely in favor of the immediate prose.
cution of the work, and having been spe-
cially requested by Secretary of the Treas
ury Window to report on matters of this
kind which might come under his notice.
promised the committee to favorably repre-
sent the needs of Sacramento in the prem
Uses on his return to Washington.
Speaking generally, he said he was fully
persuaded that the Pacific States had been
in some respects neglected by the General
Government and that he would return to
Washington prepared to recommend MANY
changes and improvements, and would
favor the erection of public buildings to
accommodate the rapidly growing business
of this Western empire. He particularly
expressed surprise that the city of Sacra-
mento had not building provided long
since.
Postmaster Coleman referred to his recent
application for an increase of salary for the
clerks in some of the departments, and
General Clarkson readily agreed TO favor
the increase asked for, being satisfied that
it was not out of proportion 10 salaries paid
in other lines of business.
As further evidence of the deep interest
which General Clarkson takes in the i'm
portance and welfare of the Pacific Coast,
he stated that it was his intention to urge
President Harrison to visit us the coming
fall.
The committee was more than pleased
with the earnest and business-like manner
in which General Clarkson considered the
various matters presented to him.
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CHICAGO AND THE WORLDS FAIR.

There are two attributes of Chicago
character which are seriously interfering
with the value of that place as the location
of the Worlds Fair, The first is its ego
tism and the second is its rapacity When
independent and sovereign States, en-
bracing, by reason of invitation, all the
States of the earth, come together for the
purpose of illustrating by grand exhibit
ton Of labor and skill the progress of civ
ilization, the dignity OF such occasion for
bids its conversion into proprietary show
or corner lot boom speculation. II may
just as well be understood now as later that
the World Fair at Chicago is Chicago's
Worlds Fair. At the very outset Chicago
must raise S10000,0Oo for the buildings
and other accessories of the fair, and this
at once establishes proprietary relation.
In sense, Chicago has bought, paid for
and owns a worlds exhibition. To this
the Government of the United States has
contributed the pitifnl sum of 81 100000.
1t therefore stands in the relation of a
contributor, not protector. As soon as
the Worlds Fair had found location at
Chicago by an Act of Congress, the worthy
and patriotic citizens of that place began
to cast about to see where the largest spec
ulation in real estate might be found. One
set bonded all the property north of the
city, near an eligible location for a site.
believing the syndicate thus formed strong
enough to locate the fair in the center of
their respective ownerships. Another SYM
dictate bonded all the property south of the
city in the vicinity of Jackson Park, and
each of these syndicates entered the lists
for controlling the location of the fair.
The city itself undertook to locate the fair
Immediately opposite the main business
portion on the lake front. Hence the
three places contesting for the location of
the exhibition are the North Side, the
South Side and the lake front. 1t
should be noted that all three are on the
lake front-that IS, each have the lake for
their eastern boundary.
An esteemed contemporary suggests that
1t is well to locate the fair on the lake
front on account of the excessive heat
which afflicts Chicago in the summer time;
and it may as well be noted here in pass
ing that during the past week ninety
people have been killed or most seriously
injured by the heat, and the hot wave still
continues. II within any one week in the
history of settlement on the Pacific Coast
ninety people had been killed and wounded
by earthquakes this coast would have been
deemed unsuited for human habitation.
But during summer perhaps thousand
people are Frustrated. killed outright or
have their health permanently impaired
by the combined effects of heat and hu-
Nudity in the city of Chicago. 1t suseless
10 speak Of the lake front as aifording any
relief from this condition. Perhaps the |
bathers in Lake Michigan feel less the
torrid rigors of Chicago summer, during
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CHILDREN ON THE STAGE.


Elbridge T. Gerry, a philanthropist Of
New England, who is widely known and,
as writer, highly esteemed, enters in the
North american Reriew his protest against
the employment of children on the stage
There is a great deal of strength in his
claim that nothing but i'll can result to
the child who is forced into such a public
attitude as the stage demands. The ten
dency of theatrical agents is more and
more in the direction of introducing pre-
cocious children upon the stage, and as a
result the sense of the people is becoming
dulled to the inhumanity Of the thing.
These children, says Mr.. Gerry:
Are picked up usually under contract with
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ELECTRICITY APPLIED IN AGRICULT
URE.

In Practical Electrieity, n Specnew intro
duces aprofoundly interesting subject, when
he claims for electricity the discovery of
new special functions in agriculture. The
article is too long for US to reproduce here,
but it may be said that he has brought
something of better order out of the
thought and researches of Jolabert, Nollet
Mainbray, and the earlier experimenters
concerning the influence of electrical cur
rents upon the development of seeds, and
of plants themselves. The earlier inquir-
ers were inexact in examination of the
subject, but Mr. Specnew has done the race
good service in his investigations, for, ae-
cording to his paper, he has made demon
strations where others failed from the en-
bryotic condition of electrical science at
the time they began research,
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE FUTURE

Noah Brooks, in recent thoughtful
essay upon the newspaper Of the future,
predicts that accuracy and dignity will be
found in a larger measure than now in the
place of sensationalism and partisanship,
and that the newspaper will return to its
proper function of printing news, and will
cease to be the organ of parties or the
vehicle for advertisers. The advertising
sheet, he predicts, will have separate de-
velopment. So far as the first part of his
forecast is concerned. we think the reac-
ton will be such as ne predicts, but that
news publishing and advertising win be-
come separate schemes is not probable, nor
do we see why they should be separated.
But it is to be sincerely hoped that Mr..
Brooks is prophet when he says:
The newspaper of the future win lid itself of
the snartness and fiippancy with which the
newspaper OF the present is too often disfgured
Its writers viii be selected for their learning
careful literary training and fairness of judg-
ment Nerbosity is one of the most dreaded
terrors of the average newspaper reader. He is
likely TO think that an erudite thoroughly in
formed writer must needs be duh and prosy
Let us admit that we cannot possibly endure
long. dull editorial articles, ana that we will
not have colorless, dry statement of facts In
the news columns OF the journal of our choice
But is 1t asking too much of human nature
newspaper human nature-that the paper shall
be crisp and bright without malice learned
and intelligent without dullness? No sensible
person expects that political parties are to be
disbanded or hooted out of existence. The par
ties and the newspapers will remain for many
a century to come. But men will learn that 1t
pays TO be fair and honest in politics as in d.
plomacy, and in many another field of human
activity in which lying was once thought 10 be
part of the best equipment. Then readers,
tired of the fruitless hunt for truth and fairness
in the columns of the political newspaper. viii
be gratified with an answer to their demand for
q change to something better.
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their parents, who are tempted By their own in
disent circumstances, and by specious prom
ises OF future prominence in the theatrical
or operate profession, to place their children
in the hands of these agents for q limited
period and with very little guarantee, if any.
that the terms of the contract will be carried
dictate. After awhile, when t1,e nov
city wears OF and the public refuses 70 patron
ize the performances, the troupe is broken up,
frequently by the person in charge disbanding
the children in some distant city. But
wherever this disbanding occurs, the children
have no future. Their voices prematurely
strained and used, their physical systems
draughts of the theater and the loss of sleep in
cidental to late nocturnal performances render
them utterly unfit for employment in any legiti-
mate operate business And as their educa-
ton in the theatrical line has been of the most
meager description. none of them secures any
position in that profession. Then opens the
only market for what is left of them-the low
variety dives, dlrne-museums and drinking
saloons IN our great cities. These are not mere
matters of superstition. The Societies for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Children. instituted by
wise Legislatures in the several States through
out the Union for the enforcement OF the laws
for the protection of children, possess the de-
tails OF TOO many cases where the result is as
stated.
But this is not ALL The danger of Gull
tivating in children who witness the stage
performances OF their class, a love for the
same Kind of life is very great. That is
not to say that there may not be legiti-
mate ambition for the stage and credit
able career upon it, but we do say that
there is not only no need to cultivate
| among children a taste for exhibiting
themselves in public, nor a love for dra-
h,,t Al Ill a.. i
ing to such stimulation are unhealthful.
1t is profession that should be adopted
only when the years number enough to
carry with them accountability and judg-
ment. The rule for the parent should be
to keep his boy and his girl children as
long as he can, SO far as their withdrawal
| from contact with harsh and contaminat-
ing contact with the world, and especially
the world behind the footlights, is con-
| cerned. The stage life of the child gives
1t undue Importance in its own estimation.
1t robs childhood of its bloom; it makes it
partner with deception, trick and shame
1t tends to harden the sensibilities and to
unfit the being for any other position in
life that is deemed reputable The plastic
mind Of the child should have the infiu-
ence of the home constantly about it, but
| there is nothing related to the stage that
is domestic in tendency, or that cult
| Yates its servitor to love home surround
ings. We agree with Mr.. Gerry that So
ciety owes it to itself to prohibit the exhi-
bition of very young children upon the
stage.
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WEEKLY UNION are the only soaperS on the
Coast, outside Of San Francisco, that receioe
the full Associated Press dispatches from, all
parts Of the lcorfd. Outside Of San Francisco,
they hare no competitors either IN influence or
home and general circulation throughout the
State.
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He next electrified seeds at the kley
Botanical Gardens, and vegetables and
herbs were grown of enormous dimensions
and with rapidity, his process differing
from the first His third experiment was
on large scale on site in the Govern
ment of Pskov. His system was based on
the principle that the slow discharge q
static electricity facilitates the assimila-
ton of nitrogen by plants. He says:
On the different plots of earth sown with
different seeds we placed insulating rods at the
top of which were placed collectors,
shaped like crowns. All these collect
oIs were united by means Of wires. Atmos-
pheric electricity was thus collected above the
seeds, and they matured in the midst OF a
| highly -electrifed atmosphere The results OF
| this form of electro-culture are shown in the
table. The figures give the averages OF i've
years. All the plots between which COMPARE
| SONS are made were under identical conditions.
| The figures show indisputably that there is a
considerable increase in the yield: whether OF
seed or straw; it was also observed that ripening
was more rapid, especially for barley. Potatoes
were seldom diseased, and instead OF 10 to ~
per cent. being bad, the poor ones did not ex-
coed per cent. in the poorest plots, and in
| many the bad did not appear at all.
The table he gives of results is elaborate
| and proves conclusively surprising gain in
production both as to quantity and quail
ity, gain not only in the seed and fruit,
but in straw volume. We reproduce this
table for the benefit of our readers since
we esteem the researches of Mr.. Specnew
of high value to all agricultural expert
mentors and cultivators His table is
made upon the basis of funts and des-
satins; it is necessary, therefore, to explain
that funt is nine pounds and dessatin
is two acres, approximately. As to cost of
application, Specnew says it is not so great
as may be at first supposed, and is eco
nomic measured by results The value OF
the experiments is the greater because the
investigator expresses the belief that the
! facts seem to offer new means OF combat
ting the microscopic diseases which attack
vegetable growth:
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IDAHO enjoys the distinction of having
become State on the very eve of the ami
versary of the nations birth. We cele-
brated "The Fourth" with old glory
lacking one star-really it is becoming
difficult for the flag to keep up with the
procession nowadays.
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From Sig. Martinez, Concert 500 Pianist.

NHR. JOHN F. CooPER-DEAR SIR: / CAN
lNl most cheerfoly testify to the excellence of
Style II eolid Iron Frame Msthushek Co. Piano
of New Haven. CT. Its tone and action have
expressed myself to Miss Mary E. Barnard, al
her grand concert, before saw you. If your
uprights are so fine, what must the Grands be?
jeSou2p Very truly, S. MARTINEZ, Pianist,
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THE visit of Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral Clarkson to this coast promises to re-
suit in freeing the public from some of the
legacies of short-sighted economy and of
incompetency in postal service upon the
slope. There has been need for action in
this direction for long time.
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A lively opposition to Chinese immigra-
ton has sprung up in Mexico. The
miners and other laborers fear the compe-
tition of the pigtail wearers, and the
newspapers are actively backing them.
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San francisco Agencies.

This paper Is FOR sole at the following places:
L. P. Fishers, room q, Merchants Exchange
California street; the principal News Stands
ano Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry.
~ Also, for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
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Picnic and Moonlight Festival.
Tomorrow the Danish Society DANA
will hold its second annual picnic and
moonlight festival at Richmond Grove.
There will be games for old and young
Music by the Hussar Band.
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M lLINE1R

That exactly suits the eaonIigh airy prices at cost The so
Cartons of ELEGANT FLOWERS placed the Sd at half the
regular pra small part TODAY as well
hundred bolts of FANCY % cents ward some
wide enough for
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Massage Baths, us street.
Hemlock steam baths with massage.
Sulphur with massage
Soda with massage.
Salt with massage.
Electricity with massage. il.6
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Mr.. Specnew believes that he has
demonstrated that the action of the cleo
trical current renders the development OF
seeds more rapid and complete. This is
especially true of haricot beans, sunhowers
and winter and spring rye.
His plan was to first swell the seeds in
water, then when wet to expose them for
two minutes to the passage of current of
electricity by means of simple device
that he describes. Immediately thereafter
the seeds were sown. He adds:
The temperature was kept during the whole
time that they were growing al So to 50 Eeau
muir {45o to $50 FL These experiments were re-
peated ten times, and the result in the table
below are most striking. have also to add thai
tie plants which resulted from the electrified
seeds were more developed; their leaves wers
far larger and their color brighter than in tht
case of plants resulting from the non-electrifiet
seeds. The current had no effector the yield:
Nom Electri
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W. I. wALLA,


The regular annual m Getting of the stock
holders of the Pioneer Milling Company will
be held at the Office of the company, corner
First and Broad streets, on MONDAY, July 18th
for the transaction of any other business that
may come before the meeting.
je27-3w(Su) F. B. SMITH, Secretary