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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

The Nova Scotia Liberals gained notable
victory in the elections in that province on
Wednesday. The new House of Assembly
has two-thirds Liberal majority. Every
member of the government was returned.
while the leader of the opposition was badly
beaten. Mr.. Fielding. the present Governor,
had very large majority in Halifax, and
Attorney General Longley. who h~a eee.,
-roundly abused by the Tories because he
was supposed to be in favor of annexation to
the United States, had his majority increased
tenfold. The Tories professed great conf.
dence before election that they would be
able to GUST the government. Indeed the
Halifax herald declared over and over again
that Tory victory was assured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

OOn the very first day of June the census
taker, with an air of authority and persua-
siye smile, will be about in this land from
Eastport. Me-, to San Diego, Cal. He will
ask twenty-six questions concerning each
inhabitant of this great land, and If you re-
fuse to answer him you may get into trouble
with Uncle Sam. These are the questions:
Christian name in full and initial of middle
surname.
Mnether soldier, sailor or marine during the
cVll war Omitted States or Confederate) or Widow
OF such person. - O"
relationship TO head OF family
Mhether white, black mulattO Quadroop octo-
Eoon, Chinese or Japanese or Indian.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

The counsel for Kemmler has now ex-
hausted the last technicality to save his
client from the electric chair. The Supreme
Court Of the United States has denied the
writ Of error prayed for, and now Kemmler
must die. The case has been very remark
able one in many respects. In the first place
Kemmler was the first man to be tried and
convicted under the new law of New York,
which inficts the death penalty by cleo
tricity. In the second place the efforts that
have been made to save his life, have not
really been made in his behalf. but for the
benefit Of an electric light interest, which
cared nothing about Kemmler, but did want
to prevent the use Of the machine which had
been devised to put him to death. The new
law was attacked on the ground that it was
unconstitutional because it inflicted pun
ishment which was cruel and unusual. The
New York Court of Appeals overruled the
point, and then it was sought to bring the
matter before the Supreme Court of the
United States. This has failed, and the la "
must take its course.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

General Sir Frederick Middleton has in
dgnantly denied the report that he is to re-
sign his command of the Canadian militia.
Sir John Macdonald can new show the depth
of his sorrow at the Generals bad conduct in
office by having him cashiered.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
TIE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
ncstions. The name and address of the writer
in 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. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
Decentralization
II. r. CUMMINGS,
Proposals for Subsistence, Quar-
termaster's and Hospital Stores.
OFFICE TREASURER,
EASTERN + RANCH, N. Ell. ID. V. s.,

OFFICE TREASURER.
EASTERN RANCH, N. FL. ID. V. s.,
ToGUs, Me-, May IL, 1896. J
SEALED Proposals, subject to usual conditions
- will be received at this ONCE until l O'Clock
M, June IS, 1890 for furnishing and delivering
at this Home the Subsistence and Quartermaster's
Stores, required for the Fiscal Year commencing
July I, 1890. and ending June 80, 1891, consist.
ing in part of the following, viz: Tea, Coffee.
Groceries, Flour, Fresh and Corned Beef Mutton
Veal Fresh and SAT- Pork, Smoked and Corned
Shoulders, Hams, Fresh and Salt Fish, Butter,
Cheese, Lard, Onions, Potatoes, Corn, Oats,
Shorts, Household Articles, Plumbing Material,
Tobacco Hardware, White Lead, Oil, Farming
Tools. etc; and HOSPITAL SUPPLIES of all kinds.
Proposals for Hardware, Lead, etc.. will be
opened IL M, June l9, and Proposals for Hospital
Supplies will be opened II M, June 20.
Schedule giving the kind and estimated quaint
ties required particulars TO conditions to be OBJ
served and terms of contract and payments will
be furnished on application. The Home reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
JOHN ID. ANDERSON, TREASURER.
Approved:
LUTHER STEPHENSON, JR,
my17S&Wtun18 Governor
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
STATE TOPICS oeINTEREsT

There is brand or variety of time in USE
near Augusta that is more confusing than
some people find stand standard time. AT
$50 a. M, every day sunrise" gun is fired
at the Kennebec arsenal. The people con
suited their almanac and learned that the sun
Is now TWO hours high at that time. So
i ,nuch Was said to the arsenal officers about
tdallness etc, that they exhibited their or.
az as pec tbs a. from Washington which fixed
standing. 'n'iaiy hot"ltn-
The wild animal of the cat fom;,r A..
has been roaming around the state .fr LIZA,
Quoddy Head to Kittery Point and tn tbe
waters of st. Francis" since last summer err
creating excitement In many hamlets and be.
ing responsible fer good many tired lambs
has been killed in Belgrade and on the LordSs
Day at that. Word having been sent to the
village that catamount was prowlinp
around in the swamp near the track, a large
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

II IS reported that there is man in Somer-
set county who is a selectman. assessor and
oyerseer Of the poor in his town. He is also
school agent and highway surveyor in his
school and highway district. 1t is also re-
ported that the town pays him one dollar
per day for the board of his mother-in-law,
the SHOOT teacher. An ex-soldier, he draws a
nice sum each month as pensioner. He
carries on alarm and speculates some in
farm produce and stock. He also owns
building that is said to be the headquarters
of a poker club, and that he is a leading as
we'll as successful member thereof. Such
a man does not appear to be in need of specu-
lating In futures or gold mines, to increase
his wealth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

ton NJ = sba Iarmer now living in Farming
good deal Of travelling, although has uI Never
In New Vineyard. which was then in n Ken,
heDec county, Mass. The next year Maine
New Vp sssse and aiterwsrd that part Of
somerset county. When Franklin cunntv
was formed Industry was made part of if.
ana slnce tn that corner of Industry has
Deen annexed to Pennington. Thus it hap
pens Inat MT Charles Graham of Farming
old this month, has always live where he
was born. and yet has lived in Massachn.
setts, industry and New Vineyard. and in
somerset and Kennebec counties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate in
the county have been recorded at the regis
try deeds:
Portland-Charles p. Ing raham to the Waldo
Company. 81.
Daniel +. Emery to VIM. M. Sargent ST.
81.
Cape Elizabeth-Geo. p Wescott to Albert E.
Dyer. 81.
81.
Gray Herbert B. Gray to Albert j. Small 81.
T0wle. 81.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

ANY one reading the comments on the
Newfoundland question that appear in the
newspapers of Maritime Provinces might
easily imagine that he had been transported
back to the piping times of 1775 when the
United Colonies declared that taxation
without representation is tyranny. The
Canadian papers, or some of them at least,
are treading dangerously near the border
land OF what was treason century ago In
their caustic comments on the peculiarly
British way in which the British foreign
ofiice is treating its colony of Newfoundland
1t has been said that about once In SO often
the British government is blessed with a
prime minister who has happy faculty of
doing just the wrong thing. Lord North by
MS obstinate pig.headedness brought on the
war OF the Revolution which lost the United
Colonies OF America to the crown. Lord
SALISBURY may, unless wiser counsels prevail
ana override him, succeed in dispossessing
Tue otitish empire of the remainder of its
An,eiican possessions. The colonial officers
VI Ne"iounoland may be guilty of contribu-
tory negligence in bringing about the present
state Oh things; but we cannot helm feoI,no
that the wisdom Of Gladstone or the no,;,;,
cal hnesse Of Beaconsfeld would have fonns
some way out of the trouble that has ~ NV
CURED to Salisbury, or of which he rotuso.
to avail himself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

tba per OF hunters turned out and fred at
" sno beast without hitting it. Finally the
ros adiatm ro, ran in culvet under the rail-
iiter. iIac t ana was brought out by dogs and
cred that 1t was only a poor buff cat Of 'I one
of the citizens. f0'' Jun Cav Vi ONO
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK.
ANNUAL MEETING

VIhe annual meeting OF the corporators Of the
Il Portland Savings Bank, will be held at the
banking room, on Wednesday, the 2Sth day OF
lied In the charter and required by the Statutes
aof Maine. EDWARD A MOVES, Secretary.
May ID, 1890. may20dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
Mnine MedicaI Associate,

Il Association, will be held at City Building,
Portland, June 10, II, and II, 1890.
my2id3w CHAS. ID. SMITH, Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
Hot Springs Fail
Bruise ON leg leads 10 great suffs ring,
Hot Springs. doctors, and ali meth DDS
and remedies fail. Tries Cuticura and
succeeds. Not N sore about him now.
Cuticura Succeeds

Having been a sufferer for two years and half
from disease caused by bruise on the leg, and
having been cured by the CUTICURA REMEDIES
deem it my duty to recommend them. 1 visited
Hot Springs to no avail and tried several doctors
without success, and at last our principal druggist
MIR. John r. Finlay Ito whom / shall ever feel
gratefully, spoke to me about CUTICURA, and
consented to give them trial. with the result that
am perfectly cured There is now no sore about
me. think can show the largest surface where
my suffeTlngs sprang from of any one in the State
The CUTICURA REMEDIES are the best blood and
skin cures manufactured. 1 refer to druggist
John P. Finlay and DIR. d. G. Montgomery both of
this place, and to DR.. Smith, of Lake Lee, Miss.
ALEXANDER BEACH, Greenville, Miss
Mr.. Beach used the CUTIcURA REMEDIES. at
our request, with results as above stated.
A. b. FINLAY & CO. Dr7t00isfs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

1t appears that all this talk about the re-
prieve Of Kemmler amounted to nothing as
he was really executed. Many people
thought this was not the case, but paper in
Canada not ten thousand miles from the
border has published full account of the
event. The current was turned on in the
middle OF the recital by the prison chaplain
Of the Lords prayer. "The sternness of
Kemmler's features" says this paper, 'sud-
denly relaxed. There was just a visible
shudder and that was all. None of the I'M
merciful contortions and stranglings and
commissions which mark the death of a man
by hanging. Death was instantaneous. Every
one present was greatly relieved at the sud
den termination of what they had forbodings
would be CHASTITY sight, and when in eleven
minutes the Jail surgeon pronounced life abb
solutely extinct. a sigh of satisfaction was
distinctly audible" This is certainly an
Improvement over hanging and If 1t had only
been fact instead Of brilliant flight of i'm.
agination could no longer have delayed the
change from the gallows to the electric chair.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
cuticura ResoIvent

The new Blood and Skin Purifier and purest and
best OF Humor Remedies, internally, and CUTICU-
RA, the great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA SOAP, an
dlsease and humor of the skin, scalp and blood.
with loss of hair from pimples to scrofula.
Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcURA. 5oc.
SOAP, 25c.; REsOLvENT, 81. Prepared by the
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
Boston. - '-'A Ao'
W-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases ga
pages 90 Illustrations. 100 testimonials.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

FEIHE Annual Meeting OF the International Tele-
Il graph Co. will be holden at the ONCE OF
Brown & Josselyn, 2 II Commercial street. Port
land Maine, on Tuesday, June next, at O'Clock
legal business. A. ID. BROWN, Clerk.
Portland, May 10, 1890. my2Od1W
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01
The Ideal Indian Day School.

Miss Elaine Goodale presents this Dc
scription Of what an Indian day school
should be, based on her experience Ill
conducting the White River Day Scho5l
on the Lower Brule Agency
The teachers Of day school are Two
in number, and may be man and hls
wife or two women, or lady with al
educated Indian for assistant, and they
NAV divide the work between them IL
various ways, so that at least one il com
petent 10 teach the elementary English
branches. and one Is able 10 train girls IL
household work and BOYS in gardening,
the care Of stock, and, If possible, e!e-
mentary wood working. The school is
in session from nine till three, with 81
hour for lunch and recreation. TIE
lunch consists largely Of tarinaCsols and
vegetable food, with milk important -
the children's he4lth}. is prepare! BY tie
girls il turn under supervision, and IS
iecorouslg and neatly served. Regular
details are sent OFT from the scaoolroom
during the day % iadas.ri-l classes,
which should occupy abou. 'wo -tIfths of
the time 70 each pupil. The youngest
children-from Eve % about e.gh. years
,ld have shorter hours and are taught
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01

were again in power. !. When wereached
the city we had no difficulty in finding
Jack, who was nearly desperasesover the
loss Of his wife
"You can easily imaginekthe meeting
that took place between,them; and il is
needless to say that was their ideal
hero ever afterwards. They heaped all
sorts of kindness upon NE, and made me
really ashamed Of myself. Every Christ
mas am now remindedsof that game
with living chessrnen andof jack and his
wife, by receiving some elaborate present
from India. The present, though. that
value the most highly, is a small ivory
chessboard with pieces IN exact imitation
Of those living chessmen who played in
that memorable game. Whenever play
with it think of that critical time in
nv life when there WAS only straw
between me and death "-Dem9rfst's
Md0asiae.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01
HAPPINESS.5


Thou shalt be happy sos1told my,heart
One summer morning many a yearago,
Thou shalt be happy, thoutshalt have thy
part
OF nirth and fesstings in theygreattworld's
show:
Thou shalt have health and wealth. high
fame and praise;
Thy place shall be with those who sit above:
Thou shalt have sunshine on the dullest days;
And. best Of all, my heart, thou shalt have.
love-
Thus, in the morning Of my days, l spake
Unto my heart and gladly it replied
'The world IS all before us; wecan mako
Joy for ourselves, a never-ebbing tide"
SO we set out. my heart and I, in mirth,
To seek for happiness-upon thea Earth.
God gave us health and wealth ;,and we were
glad
Thus, for season. waiting.joys to come,
God gave Us fame and praise.,a little sad
We were, my heart and l. amid the hum
OF voices laudiug Us, til;one, more dear
Than all the rest spake gentle swords and
sweet
And happiness came on with flying feet,
Drew near-but passed. Alas, my heart
and I
We could not hold the radiant wanderer
fast
One rose-touch Of her lips in Aeetng by
Was ours--one precious look-the first
the last
She VIII return, we said, with loves new
birth
There must be happiness for.us on earth.
Ne7lost fair health my heart.and J. and fell
Sore sick, We're sorrowful, found dreary
ways
We lost our wealth, ard none drew near to
Of comfort waiting US in better days
But where is happiness: Alsck, we find
She is not ours to beclson as we list:
We have no magic spell wherewth to bind
ibis rare, bright visitant to earth. We
missed
The royal road to happiness, but loi
Something is saved us from the wreck of
all;
| We haEe content though doubtful blessings
go,
And peace entwines our crosses great and
small
We learn, my heart and ], the worlds true
worth
And seek for happiness-but not on earth.
All the Year Round
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01
THELIVING CHESS-MEN
BY GEORGE +. WALSH.

''Ihls game remiuis me of great
chess game that | once played, :" said the
Captain, as he checkmated his oppo
nent's king, and drew back his chair to
begin story. 1T was the great game
Of my life, > lie continued, "and | shall
never forget it. In fact, we were play
ing with living chess men You don't
believe it, eh, Well, Just listen to nv
story, and you'll think such playing as
this mere fooiing'
We hal been playing for nearly two
hours and the Captain's skill had won.
Ills love for the game of chess was only
second to his love for his pr ofession, and
lis life as soldier had given him plenty
of opportunities to crafty his passion in
| his particular.
You rememioer spent couple years
ia India, when = young fellow, and dur
.A.e that time Imet With many adventures
that none Of you have ever heard. AL
the city. He wanted me to come out
and see him, and, above ALL to select
! wife from among the English ladies that
| were living there at the time. Jack al
ways took Il fatherly interest me in this
way, but unfortunately his plaus never
worked on, we'll.
well, to make long story short, l
went out 10 Calcutta one year. and found
everything just rs my friend represented
though nave seen considerable service
since then, and some hard work and fight
ing, Il think, on the whole, that these two
years We're the most exciting Of my
life. We were on the constant go,
tncn and if We weren't hunting men
We were hunting wild beasts in the Jun
gits
Ny friend Captain Rawden was al
English officer stationed at Calcutta a,
the time he invited me 10 visit him. III
had iu>t taken wife in that far of
country, and they were living happily II
neat little place . short distance out o
il 1t was delightful place for hunting
snd we did some pretty rough ridin:
over the country aud through the jungle
in pursuit Of game. managed to secur
my first man-eater shortly after arrived
and several other tough customers. Jac.
roamed over the country with me when
ever lie could get away from his duty
and together we succeeded in having
pretty lively time. Jacks wife was
pretty, piquant-looking lady, the daugf
ter Of an old English officer who ha
lied in the East Indian service. Sh
took crea, friendly interest in NE, az
! returned her feelings with interes
When We were not hunting we woul
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01
-ltepilis - <,r service.

I'm sr..:-- ~ euI Il. IN imam Buffet Sep
er- I@..ae.-fl Atlanta ns.d sew Itrk, Dan
vile AL Augest1. o.ree4.*t,cr1 tsJ ass-f
si3- af.i VI .rFl-.s. .gsfi. Tenn.
90 q. an: -, -!tilirit.n snfet .S.eefer b.
fa.--rl Warrington l,zi New Gri~au. ia
y ntg :ssery. att i~twsen u Washington and
htrF.sn hafa, An kichgnosli ali Gseens-
hsyro, Raleigh and Gve-nsts 70 and beswesn
u a.hiust1 ai4d Pullman 8.strt S..eperx ts
ta-.1 = a&thtng-ot Er.i A<ise.T.tis ansl Hot
SPRING.
.~4Ii. HISS Us l. TAYLOR,
1r@Ii.- naa1.sr t.~n Fa.4 As-sat.
*. ! TURK.
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KAi.EI II
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-01
FUN.

Iu cat fight thsvictor generally wins
oy scratch. Philadelphia Times.
We are troubled oy house flies in sum
ner; in winter snow flies = Wasiingtoa
Ha.chet.
Before a girl is married she is pen
sive After marriage she is expensive.
Statesman.
We suppose noR may be said to be
broke when it hasn't got a scent. .-Bfag-
canton Leader.
He Cooking at tie clock)-s'Bless me,
low time flies! l had no idea it was 50
ate. : She (yawning-"Betteg late than
aever." ."-Teras St{tngs.
Sophia engaged to Angelo yesterday
-"Oh, don't say you are going, Angelo,
you've only been here thirteen hours, and
it seems so lonely without "-Mfe
Old Mr.. Grump-'.You seem to be
fond OF sweet things, Bobby" Bobby
-"Yes, pa, but suppose I'll be fond
Of my bitters when I'm as old as you
-Ieras Sylings
Aunt Theo-"Tommy! I'm surprised
you forget your Bible SO quickly. Now,
when the rain descended and smote the
earth for forty days, what was it called" :"
Tommy (promptly)-"M Mud. = Bacon.
Young Staylate-''Dear me, Miss
Amy, I'm afraid there's a robber iu the
house. Do you hear that noise upstairsl'
Amy-''Don't be alarmed, Mr.. Staylatc
That's the cook getting up to prepare
breakfast It's early yet '-Liyht.
PAINFUL TRUTH
1t seems it ought not t. be true
But just as certain as you re- BORN,
The smaller you may get your shoe,
The bigger you may grow your corn.
-Chtcugo Post
'.Have you any paper collarss" asked a
man, as he entered Chicago furnishing
store "No, sir" replied the clerk
affably, "we don't keep them. You see
nearly all our visitors from ST Louis
,ring their collars with them = hfe'-
! Ocean.
CLIEGING WEAKNESS.
You can scold, you can lecture.
The girls If you choose 70,
But they II nastlcate gum
Just the same as they used 70.
-Chicugo Pos.
Tomdick k-"Do you know that this
country has coined more than three
hundred and forty nine million savg1 dol
lars since 1852" Hojack-'I don,
believe it why" Because they
are 50 sca,ce when try to borrow one
= Chicayo L.ter Oeeaa.