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PLEASANT MANNERS.
Some of the Lines on which Unselfishness
Works in Daily Life.

Some of the Lines on Which Unselfishness
Works in Daily Life.
The old-fashioned division OF society
was into superiors, equals and interiors.
One of the rarest things in American So
ciety is genuine courtesy toward superb
ors. Toadyism there is plenty of, and 1t
is a disgusting habit which is unneces-
sarv to condemn here. The more com
mon and less conspicuous mistake is
Withholding through selfishness the
Difference which is due superiority. Let
a person of little more culture, little
better position, larger experience, be
thrown among us and we too often as
sumo cold dignity. The glorious doc
trine of the equality of all men we quote
in self-defence. Unselfshness would
alter this manner and tell us to do the
honest thing-and the only polite thing
give his worth its due and ourselves
the opportunity of gathering what we
can from his broader life. This princi-
pie is constantly ignored in our villages
and towns. The sharp lines which are
drawn between cliques is really often,
if not as rule, the fault of those who
feel their social position to be less than
that of another set and who assume
rigid formality when thrown into their
co mpany. The manner which shows
Difference combined with self-respecting
| independ enee is one of the most charm
ing good society sees. The great strain
on this principle undoubtedly comes
from association with equals. A man is
polite to his daily associates in proper
tion as he lays aside his own claim for
| consideration and substitutes theirs.
But it must be spontaneous, natural, un-
pretending unselfishness. An afecta-
| ton of unselfshness- giving up thing
| in so pronounced a manner that every
| body will see that sacrifice has been
made-is never good form. 1t calls az
tention to the doer. 1t suggests to all
| who see it that they have missed an op-
portunity to do polite th ing. 1t is in
| better taste to omit doing n unselfish
thing which one sees the opportunity
for, if it is going to make others feol
that the have been rude or careless
/ Good manners are like dress, that is il
best taste whose harmony is so complete
that nobody thinks of it. Respect fot
opinions, tolerance with eccentricities
kindliness toward the uninteresJing
willingness to give up comforts, readi
ness to join in suggestions for social en-
tertainment, ignoring unpleasantness
the daily practice Of social niceties
sharing pleasures, gen arosity IN admin
ing, these are but few of the lines ol
which unselfshness works in daily life
Chantauquans
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$500 per Annum
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

--Quack-'It you use my medicine you
will use no other" Patient-sThat's
what I'm afraid of, doctor-"-DetrOit
Free Press.
-Clara-"Do you suppose I can make
an impression upon Mr.. Wickliffe to-
night?" Bell-''Well, if he is as soft as
they say he is, guess you won't have
any trouble. .''-Kearney Enterprise,
-''Ma, said Willie, who had been to
the missionary sewing society with his
mother, 81 feel very sorry for the poor
little heathen." "That's right, Willie.
/ am glad to see you show such spirit.
''Yes'm. 1 feel sorry for anybody that
had to wear the clothes that you people
were making to-day" - Washington
Post.
81 think that Mr.. SUBWAY is the
most disagreeable man ever met,
complained Sue. "Why?" asked Mamie.
''He was reading in the parlor and was
playing. 1 stopped and said, Does
music annoy you while reading, Mr..
Sumway?" No. said he, music never
annoys me, Miss Sue.' just detest him.
So there"-Harper's Bazaar.
-"Don't you think" said youth,
after working his vocal cords with in
tense vigor beside the hotel piano.
'sthat l ought to go on the stage?"
EYES," replied Miss Pepperton, who
doesn't like him very well, 81 certainly
do. There is one that leaves for the
station just an hour and a half from
now."-Musical Courier.
-''If you don't want me to know
where you've been, Henry, when you
come home this way" said wife to her
late and somewhat demoralized husband.
s'you had better run up stairs when you
are coming to bed. "Why sho, m'dear2"
s'Because by running up stairs you will
lose your breath. ."-Demorest
-''Professor Brooks, Of Johns Hop
kins University, argues that man is de-
scended from the fish and not the ape
remarked swell society man to K
street girl. What do you think of it?'
''Well," she replied frankly, when I
think of the dudes I know am inclined
to give the ape the preference, but when
think of the suckers one meets at
every turn am forced to believe that
man in his original condition was .
fish. ."-Washington Star.
-''Do you know, George, wish you
would stay at home tomorrow" why,
darling?" so, because this afternoon a
terrible-looking tramp came here while
you were away, and ordered me to give
him something to eat, so had to give
him all that sponge-cake made last
Saturday, and, George, he says he's
coming back tomorrow" "Did he ea'
the cake, darling?' 'Yes, all Of It
every bit" "Wen, then, set your mind
at rest, dear; he will never come back.
-"Gracious," shivered an old maid
during cold snap, isn't it trightfuIy
cold. - Indeed it is, replied anothel
maiden, about two years her Junior. =
am sure we never have had such weathei
as this before" 81 think you are right
at least that seems to be the genera
opinion of all the Oldest inhabitants
smiled the junior, with frozen signiG
Icance.-Merchant Traveller.
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specting Sirius. Astronomers has no
ticed that this star was in rapid motion
through space, as it was found that year
by year it was changing its position in
the heavens, traversing in about fifteen
hundred years a space equal to the APP
parent diameter of the moon, at a veloci-
ty of no less than twenty miles per
second. Of course, by actual observa-
tion the only motion capable of being
detected would be that which was square
to the line of sight, so that although
Sirius appears to US to move across the
heavens, he may really be travelling in
a slanting direction, either towards or
from us. No one would ever have ex-
peeted to be able to tell whether star
was approaching to or receding from US,
yet even this seemingly insolyable prob
lem has of late years been accomplished
by the spectroscope. DR.. Higgins, our
greatest authority on this subject, hav-
ing identified certain lines in the spec
trum of Sirius as those of hydrogen,
found on comparison that these were
displaced in such manner as to indi-
cate that the star was receding from US.
1t has been estimated that this recess
sion combined with the thwart motion
of twenty miles per second, gives as the
actual movement of Sirius in space
speed of about thirty-three miles per
second.
These, then, constitute some of the
chief items of information about Sirius
at present within our knowledge.
There seems to be no reason to doubt
that, in common with other suns he has
his system of planets circling round
him after the manner of our aRn sun;
and what a system! Vast as ours ap-
pears, it is dwarfed into insignifcance
compared with system whose ruling
orb is five thousand times larger than
that which does duty for us. There
seems also no reason to doubt that these
planets are intended to be the abode of
life; it may be that at the present mo-
ment none of them present any signs of
life; but think we may safely infer
without improbability, that each one of
those worlds has destined period in its
development during which, life, similar
to that which now prevails on our planet,
would be in existence. What world
such one would be, in size perhaps not
inferior to that of our sun, himself a
million times larger than our earth;
and it may be that as this Sirian world
is so vastly superior to ours in size, its
inhabitants would be on scale in pro-
portion to its Dimensions, a race of
beings of such intellect and civilization,
compared with whom we are but saw
ages.
Such systems as these may possibly
belong to higher order of existence, a
state of things to which we can never
attain, and a degree of perfection tc
which we can never hope to arrive. Be
this as it may, we have sufficient evi
dence to prove that Sirius is a sun of The
highest order of creation, and an orl
well worthy to be titled "the gian
sum- for Of all the stars of which VIZ
have any knowledge, none other more
worthily deserve distinction than this
the great Dog-star, the king amongs
suns.-Chambers Journal.
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The MAIpEN,s AIM.

.. nelted her neatly, from head to feet,
nth ~ snowballs soft and with snowballs feet
.,d seemed to think it no end of fun;
While she was busy preparing one,
poIllug pounding it hard and sound,
Nth snow scooped up from the fleecy ground.
,.ev ained-she her missile fair and clear;
urt ort he did not dodge, for he did not fear;
prt calmly waited to see 1t fly,
And far from its target wildly shy.
vusen whaek! op the side of his smiling face
NJ eaught it right IN the very place
che had meant to paste it. By Jove, and Mars,
and Jupiter Ammon, but he saw stars!
Fer her brother, a baseball pitcher tall,
paa taught and trained her to throw ball.
And this gay young fellow, who laughed with
glee,
While bravely awaiting her onslaught, he
Walked sadly home, and twas later when
He fitted smile to his mouth again.
Madeline S. Bridges, in Jury.
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washington Dress-Makers.

In with the well-known and we'll
dressed people of Washington who make
the round of Cabinet calls on Wednes-
day afternoons there often appears sol
itary ones, and groups of women, who
seem to be little uneasy and out of
their sphere at times, and to know no
one nor any thing of their surroundings.
In such a group caller the other day
discerned her seamstress, and asking
who the others were she was answered:
SO, we are all the business. We've
come to see the styles. can get more
by going round to the receptions one
afternoon than by studying a dozen
fashion books. can see all the incest
house dresses and street dresses, and
know just how they are made."-M Y
World
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rhe rnneral couldn,t Proeeed.

There are still some towns in Maine
Hbich neither the railroad nor the sum-
mer visitor has invaded. In such town
the greatest event is wedding or a
funeral. In little village on the Up
per Penobecot the monotonY Of q long
winter was broken by the Idneral Of the
year-old child of one Of the church dea-
cons. The whole town poured out TO
the funeral services. They were nsh'
cred into the parlor, and there sat with
an air of sorrowful expectancy, waiting
for the ceremonies to begin.
Something had gone wrong, ana tne
quests grew inpatient Finally the
beacon appeared at the door. His face
was long as he said:
ssMv frie nds, excuse this unseemly
DELAY. We have mislaid tls corpse!
Alter much trouble the object OF their
search was found. The little cofin
had been placed on a table in the hall
where it had been forgotten by the be-
reaved family, and the guests as they
entered had thrown on their wraps upon
the table, and thus tho oversight was
caused. The corpse being found. the
services proceeded as usual,-vH. Z. sun
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a rHouoHTEul. WEE.

She Gets Up Pleasant Surprise for aoEs
Over Worked Husband.
Wife with solicisude of tone)--It
must be very lonesome sitting all by
yourself at night, John, balancing your
books, John.
Husband (tenderly)-It is, my darling.
WI have been thinking about 1t for,
some time, and now have got q pleas,
ant surprise for you.
H.-A pleasant surprise?
W.-Yes, dearest. I sent for mother
yesterday and expect her this evening.
mean to have her stay with us quite
awhile. She will take care of the house
at night and look after the children.
aud can go down and sit in the Office
with you while you work.
H.-The dev--that is to say, 1
couldn't think of you going downtown.
Wits my duty, dearest. ought to
have thought Of it before, but it never
came to my mind till yesterday. Q,
John, forgive me for not thinking Of
your comfort sooner. But will go and
sit with you tonight
H.-To-nightI Why 1.-the fac' is,
| got through with my books last night
W.--You did? How delightful And
you can now stay at home every even
ing. I'm so glad!
And the delightful wife ran on 70
make preparations for the reception Of
Der mother, while the husband with
scmber brow sat looking at the picture
jr the glowing CRATE Of poker party
With one member absent. Boston Cour.
! lar
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a nTatter of Economv.

"Wait moment outside, Maria. I've
got to step in here"
''You ought to have more regard for
appearances, John, than to stop at drug
store on the way to church"
(Fiercely) "It isn't question Of ap-
pearanees, Maria. It's question OF
economy. I've got to buy cigar or two
and get some small change or else throw
this twenty-fye-cent piece in the CON
tribution-box. Do you think Tn Jay
Gould d9'v-chicago Tribune
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14
head and front of the opposition in the state

head and front of the opposition in the state
says in his recent manifesto:
We have indeed, nothing against the demand
that reading, writing arithmetic and United
States history be taught in the English language
And he adds:
To the best Of our knowledge and belief the
English language is used and taught in all Of
them 1.-THE parochal schools] even for a longer
time each year than the 2 and "a weeks reouiTed
by the Bennett law. "
1t is the principle underlying the law that
its opponents in Wisconsin base their oppo-
sltion upon. And that principle is the right
oil the state to supervise the education of
youth. All Of them admit that it is proper
and right that the English language should
be taught. But they say that the state
should not make law to that effect because
such law implies that the state has author
ity over education while they contend that
the parent is supreme in this matter and that
1t is none of the states business. 1t has been
reserved for the Portland Argus to condemn
the law on the absurd ground that it is a
blow to the German language
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14
BLUFFT0N OFFERS

To investors the brightest prospects Of any Of the
towns of the South
Its SOLID BLUFFS Of BROWN HEMATITR
IRON ORE constitute the MOST WONDERFUL,
DEPOSIT KNOWN, and the company is daily
shipping from its mines large quantities Of ore to
the leading furnaces Of the South. II Is in the
CENTRE OF an ESTABL ISHED IRON DIS
TRICr, FOUR FURNACES surrounding Its city
site being in successful operation.
The Company has built and furnished an ELR
CANT HOTEL, now open to the public. Streets
are graded, and a number of SUBSTANTIAL,
BRICK BLOCKS and tasty dwellings erected.
The LEADING ED JCATIONAL institution NJ
the South, viz; THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
SOUTHLAND" has been located at Blufftop the
erection OF which viii begin at once. Negotia-
tions have been closed for the establishment Of
EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURING PLANTS
among which are some Of NEW ENGLAND,s
BEST KNOWN FIRMS. What other towns will
be months in periecting has already been accom-
plished.
The unwise imitation OF values In real estate
will be avoided, and buyers can be ASSURED OF
HANDSOME PROFITS. THE SMALL CAPI-
TALIZATIoN Zone half still being treasury
stock commends itself to prudent investors.
a limited amount Of this stock aOiH be issued
at par, less discount Of 10 per cent, IN taken
before April 80, and be received on that date. and
subsequently, at par IN payment Of land puy-
ehdses.
Button is situated on the main line Of the E. T.,
va. & G. r. k, and one mile from the L. &W.R.
II. of Alabama.
For prospectus and all further information ad-
dress Hon. s. j. Anderson, Portland, Me. s. N.
Mayo, 1o3 Milk street, Room /. Roston; w. M.
Pennell, Brunswick, Me-, or the Company, Blun-
ton, Alabama. aprIOdtd
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14
CURRENT COMMENT,
THE FIRST EXECUTION SHOULD BE RE
PORTED.
TRoSton Herald

THE FIRST EXECUTION SHOULD BE RE
PORTED.
LBoston Herald
Representatives Of the Associated Press
have been officially invited to witness the
execution of Kemmler by electricity in Buff
fal0 next week. The fact that the law for
bids the reporting of the details of any exc
cution by this process is appare ntly going to
be winked at by the Buffalo sheriff. Perhaps
it Is just as well. The curiosity of the news
papers over an event of this kind is some
thing that IL would be exceedingly difficult to
suppress.
SMALL business FOR ARMY OFFICERS.
lBoston Herald
The reported opposition of the regular
army officers to the placing of Gen. Banks on
the retired list as major general isn't likely
to amount to much. Besides, the regular
army officers might be in far better business.
OUGHT TO :BE ABLE TO BACK UP THEIR
WORD.
Hartford ostl
Mr.. Lodge advocates war ships to assist in
diplomacy, There Is nothing which so effec-
tually emphasizes the ''say so" OF nation as
the knowledge that it has the power to en-
force ii.
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RETALIA-
TON.
Toronto Globe.l
And now itappears that Mr.. George Tay-
lor of Leeds, Canada'S National RetalatOr,
actually gives employment to Americans in
his factory Go to, Mr.. Taylor, go to!
VALUABLE CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER
Philadelphia Press.l
Only last Fourth of July Grover Cleveland.
in sonorous letter on true goodness in poll
ties, spoke of Tammany Hall as an organiza-
ton that was strongly devoted to ''aiding in
maintaining the true spirit of American in
situations" Tammany Hall ought to hand
that letter up to the court as a certificate of
character against the charges now hanging
over it.
WHERE HAS ''HoNAH" GONE NOW?
Hartford Post.1
Here is most instructive little table. It
is the list of the defaulting treasurers of the
Southern states within short time, less
than two years. with the amounts of Short
age:
Ghurchill OF Arkansas, shortage. ........S S9,522
FOLK OF tennessee, shortage. 100000
vincent OF Alabama, shortage. 243,148
Iate OF kentucky, shortage. ..........., 247 ,028
Burke of.L0ulsiana, shortage. $4,000
holland OF Missouri, shortage. ........... 32,445
Hemingway OF Mississippi, shortage. $4,000
Archer OF Maryland, shortage. ........... 100000
IoUdl. .......'................ 81 346, 143
A few remarks on carpet baggers" might
soothe the injured states, but it would not
bring back the money which has been taken
by true southrons."
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14

I'm Wisconsin their are over 90 newspapers pub
p pan IN the German language. Would the
neWspapers prohibited by law? German news
psgpeIrs are also published In 26 other states Of
thls mon Would the PRESS have them iii
A.D1Ished including the Staten Zeltung nnb.
hsneu IN boSton?- Eastern Argus. r''"
No 1t would.not The Press believes in
the greatest liberty to the individual to nuh-
lish newspapers or do anything else that IL
compatible with the welfare OF the etato
But what bearing has this upon the Wiscon
sin school law? Neither the PRESS nor anv-
body else is clamoring for the suppression .,
the German language in the schools Of Wis.
consin or In the newspapers. The Bennett
law does not suppress teaching in this Ian
guage. ALI 1t does is to prevent the suppress
sion Of the English language. The private
schools Of Wisconsin are not prevented by
this law from teaching German or French or
Choctaw they are simply forbidden to ex-
cIude English. The truth is that nobody but
the Portland Argus is opposing the Bennett
law because 1t compels the teaching Of Eng
lish. The bishop Of Wisconsin who is the
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14

To meet the objection of Gov. dill that the
Saxton ballot law was liable to disfranchise
illiterate voters it has been modified so a:
allow the voter who swears that he is so illit
crate as not to be able to mark the ballot, tt
take friend into the polling booth to asss,
him. This removes Gov Hill's objection,
not, however. entirely without injuring the
law. The illiterate voter is the one as a
rule who is the most susceptible to improper
influence. And it is to be feared that This
influence will be brought to bear in the mat
ter of the selection Of the friend. OF course
the man who cannot read his ballot will be
entirely at the mercy of his friend and af-
ter his ballot is deposited he will be entirely
without the means Of convicting this friend
OF having deceived him, if he has been gull
ty Of such deception, for the ballot must 90
into the box without any distinguishing
mark by which II can be recognized, and
under the New York laws the ballots
must be destroyed as soon as they are count
ed. III the illiterate voter could always be
trusted to pick out for himself an honest
friend this provision would be well enough,
but the chances are that the friend would
oftener be picked out for him by the "heel-
ers" and the workers" However, there is
not much chance that bill with this provis-
ion In 1t will become law; for HIPS oppo-
sition is really TO the idea Of a secret ballot
and no law with such feature In 1t is like
ly to escape his veto.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14
THURSDAY, The 18th Day Of April Next
10 n DAh OF
FASTING AND PRAYER.

And l earnestly recommend TO the people of
Maine, that upon that day they abstain from their
usual vocations, and in their homes and places Of
public worship, acknowledge their sins and renew
their allegiance to Him in whom "we live, and
move and have our being.n Let us earnestly
suppncate His mercy and ask for His guidance
that we may the more faithfully perform the du
ties which we owe to Him and TO our fellowmen.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta
THIS twentyfourth day of March, in the year
OF our L0r ne thousand, eight hundred
and ninety, and OF the Independence of the
United States OF America, the one hundred
and fourteenth.
EDWIN G. BURIsEIGH.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14

The British prime minister, if dispatches
from Monte Carlo are true, has been guilty
OF attempting to beat his way into a place
of amusement. Lord and Lady Salisbury
presented themselves at the Monte Carlo Ca
sine without tickets. They were turned
away as anybody else would have been. A
terrific row resulted Salisbury sent for the
British consul and complained of the insult
The consul would do nothing, however, until
tickets were purchased. Salisbury then
moonted his high horse and said he didn't
want to 60 in if he was not recognized al
the British premier. This adventure recalls
to mind the attempt Of the gallant Captain
Costigan to attend the theatre in LONDON
without the necessary ticket. 1t places LORD
Salisbury in an unenviable position before
the world, and would make anybody but a
n-itish tory see that foreign nations have
laws ana c9st~ns that British travellers are
bound to respect However,. If the British
premier only keeps angry long enough 20 aid
in breaking up the gambling establishments
of Monte Carlo his rebuff will be productive
of some good
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14
TETE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL II.

We do not read anonymous letters and commU-
nlcations. The name and address Of the writer
are 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., 1890-04-14

The status of DIR. Peters appears at last to
be definitely decided. Though the dispatches
from Africa have frequently killed. even 60
ing so far as to give the details of his taking
off, It appears to be definitely settled now
that he is alive and well. The African ex-
plorer who does not have the pleasure of
reading his obituary notice is the exception.
Stanley, in the course of his career, must
have had this pleasure half dozen times
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-14

The tragedy at North New Portland, if the
evidence sustains the claims of the prosecu-
ting officer, will turn out to be about as dia-
bolical in its details as the Sawtelle murder.
And there is room for believing that this is
not the only tragedy that the defendant has
been connected with.