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The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Self Government Defined BY Web
St0r.

An interesting anecdote of Daniel w eb-
ster is given by Hon. Charles X. Tucker
man in his article on "Bygone Days in
Boston" in The North American Review.
Webster was delivering an address in
Faneuil hall on the necessity for indi.
vidual exertion and unflinching patriot.
ism to avert the dangers that threatened
the political party whose principles he
espoused, when he perceived terrible
sway of the packed assembly consequent
on the rush of those endeavoring to enter
and noted the danger that might ensue.
The orator stopped short in the middle
of sentence, advanced to the edge of
the platform, extended his arms in an
authoritative attitude, and, in stento-
rian voice of command, cried out: "Let
each man stand firrnw The effect was
instantaneous. Each man stood firm;
the great heaying mass of humanity re-
gained its equilibrium and, save the long
breath of relief that filed the air, perfect
stiffness ensued. 'fThat," exclaimed the
great orator, sis what we call self gov
ernment"-so apt an illustration of the
principle he was expounding that the
vast audience responded with deafening
cheers
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Testing the hardness Of Waters.

A raiid method for ascertaining the
amount of lime and sodium carbonate
necessary 10 soften hard water has
been devised hy NJ. L. Vignon. 1t gives
satisfactory results in waters which do
not contain large quantity of magne-
SUM chloride or sulphate. He employs a
standard solution of lime for titrating the
water, using an alcoholic solution of phe-
mol phthalein as an indicator. The volume
of lime water added is a measure of the
lime required to combine with the free
carbonic acid present in the water, and
that necessary to convert the hydrogen
calcium carbonate and hydrogen magne-
SUM carbonate into insoluble salts. On
filtering off the precipitate formed in this
way from l00c. c. of the water under
examination, the fltrate is titrated with
a solution of sodium carbonate contain
ing one gram per liter, phenol-phthalein
again being used to indicate the end of
of the reactio The amount of sodium
carbonate required will give the guam
tity Of salts of calcium and magnesium
other than acid carbonate present in the
water.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20

The Portland PRESS Is one Of the ablest
and best papers In Maine. II Is edited with
care, and i a clear, strong, reliable paper
credit to New England Journalism.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Ethics Of Money-MakIng.
Country Gentleman.l

No one who has any experience can
doubt that money is one of the great
practical forces of organized society.
The poor boy who resolves to "make
money" is not necessarily mercenary in
his spirit or low in his aims. To gain a
foothold by the ownership of property is
simply one step on the road to success.
That gained, he has gained great lever.
Every energetic, aspiring American boy
may rightly and naturally look forward
to the accumulation of property. But to
wish for money, to seek it, or to use it in
selfish, base spirit, to make it in itself
the first and most important object of life,
is contemplate and degraded manhood.
Think about making money then; think
about it earnestly and with a fixed deter
mination to do it; but think quite as
seriously of other and higher things to
I've done.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
The PoIItest Man In California.


Old Judge Fernald, of Santa Barbara,
has the reputation of being the politest
man in California. He never loses an
opportunity to doff his hat or to offer
some slight attention to wayfaring men
and women. One day, as he was about
to take the train for San Francisco, he
reached the rear steps of the last car
just as they were approached by young
priest.
"After the CLOTH" said the chivalric
judge, stepping back with courtly bow.
"Gray hairs have the preference" re-
turned the priest, with splendid wave
of the hand.
''The church always has precedence, /"
retorted the judge, taking another back
ward step, hat in hand.
"The church follows in the footsteps
of the fathers" replied the priest, bow
ing low and indicating the way to the
steps. A. aH ,a s1t9r .
The duel of politeness was not half
through, neither yielding an inch, when
the train pulled out, leaving both bow
ing and smiling on the platform.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Ancient Superstltlons.
TThe Open Court

There is a vague notion abroad IN the
minds of our people and in our literature
that witchcraft follies in New England
came to an abrupt close in the Seven
teenth century. Such, however, is not
the case. The successor of the two Math-
ers in the Eighteenth century did not
hesitate to preach from the pulpit their
unwavering belief in ''the work of the
devil" Thus the Rev. Ebenezer Turell,
a graduate of Harvard, left at his death,
in 177S, manuscript account of a case
of witchcraft Speaking of divination,
he says: 'sTurn not the sieve, etc., to
know futurities. You only
crafty Satan and invite him into your
company to deceive you" Specially in
teresting is his notice of superstitious
practices current in New England. He
says:
"The horseshoe is a vain thing and
has no natural tendency to keep of
witches or evil spirits from the houses
or the vessels they are nailed to. II
Satan should by such means defend you
from lesser dangers, It's to make way for
greater ones and get fuller possession OF
your hearts! IT'S an evil thing to hang
witch papers on the neck for the cure OF
agues, to bind up the weapon instead OF
the wound, and many things of the like
nature which some in the world are
fond Of"
What clear insight into superstition
usages which some of our forefathers
| were fond of. How natural the minis
ter's advice sounds.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
"knccking-DoWn" Milk.
[st. Louis Globe-Dpmocrat.]

- learned the other day that the big
milk supply companies of the city found
it necessary to exercise a surveillance
over their drivers, but it has been al
ready reduced to an elaborate system.
An experienced and dishonest driver can
start out with fifty gallons of milk in
spected pure at the depot, and from the
supply deliver sixty-five gallons, the
fifteen gallons accruing to his own profit,
and being secured by judicious watering
at various points on the route. Before the
discovery of this practice some of the
drivers had a regular run of customers
of whom their employers knew nothing.
The companies inspectors now go about
the city at random, and, following de-
livery of milk, as soon as the driver is
gone subject it to an inspection with the
lactometer. If it has been watered that
driver is discharged, and, by an agree
ment with the other dairy companies, he
cannot enter the employ of any of them.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
history Of the Rat.
fist, Louis Republic.l

No, not the slang phrase, but the
bothersome little rodent. Rats are ma
tives of Asia and their raids westward
belong to comparatively modern times.
The little animal was unknown in an.
cient Europe. The black rat first came
to Europe from Asia in the Sixteenth
century, and about the beginning of the
Seventeenth or the ending of the Six
teenth century he arrived in America.
This black rat was the common house
rat until the brown or gray rat made his
appearance in 1775. The gray rat came
to Europe from India by way of Russia,
and is now known as the Norway rat
from mistaken tradition that it came
from Norway to England, and from the
latter country to America.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
THE DEEPEST LAKE.
ills Thought to be in siberia and II
II Is Almost Mile Deep.
New York Telegram. !

By far the deepest lake known in the
world is Lake Baikal. in Siberia, which
is every way comparable to the great
Canadian lakes as regards size; for,
while its area of over 5000 square miles
makes it about equal to Erie in super
fetal extent, its enormous depth of be-
tween 1000 and 1850 feet makes the
volume of its waters almost equal to
that of Lake Superior. Although its
surface is 1850 feet above the sea level,
its bottom is nearly 5000 feet below it.
The Caspian lake. or sea, as it is usually
called, has depth in its southern basin
of over 5000 feet. Lake Maggiore is
5000 feet deep, Lake Como nearly 1000
feet and Lago-di-Garda, another Italian
lake, has depth in certain places of
1900 feet. Lake Constance is over 1000
feet deep, and Huron and Michigan
reach depths of 900 and 1000 feet.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Doing Things In Dreams
Youths CompsnioD.l

While it is well known that the most
abstruse problems have been worked out
In sleep, and the most astounding plots
found IN dreamland, still the majority of
dreams yield nothing that can be CON
vcrted into every day power. A fool is
not turned into wise man when he
goes to sleep, though the opposite of this
does sometimes seem to be true.
Said distinguished woman: 81 made
up the most exquisite bit of poetry in
my dreams. 1t comforted me unspeak.
shly, and as 1 awoke I repeated the
qpfds mechanically over and over again:
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
PORTLAND & WORCESTER LINE
Portland & Rochester Il. r.
STATION FOOT Or pREBlE sTRtEr

On and after Moeday, December ., 1850
Passenger Trains will Leave Porslnnds
Fer srccs.er tlinssn, Aver Juucsisu.
Nsshss. Wt.dhsm and Eppinx at 1.3O
n. m. and 1880 p n.
Fer s.:.sse ter, Os.esrd. and points North
Fer Rscbs.ter, springvnIe, Alfred, Water
2 bore and sscs Ri,er at $50 u. ma, q $50
and $50 y. m.
Fe. sassh: |. at = 30 and 1000 n. M, ~. 80,
= $40, $50 and $40 p. m.
Ger saccsrs ppa, Cum berland W ills, West-
-breoh Juncties and Weed srd,s at 1850
and 1000 a. M, -. 5o, 500, $50 and
Fsr Fsr~ss Avense tDeeri.E), $40 p. m.
The IL so p. N. train from Portland connects
ar Aver Juastisu with "Rleo.ac Tnsuel
Rrutc - for the West and at Usien Ssstioa,
" ., cester, for Provide nee and New perx.
via 'fro.idence Linz" fr Norwich and
New Hsrk, via Norwich asiae'' with Hestep
a. Alb any R . for the West, and New Work
~ rail, via 'rprisxfi~id " also with ~. Y. a
y. b. X. u, ('Stesmer Mary and Route'D for
PhtIaae,Phia, baltimore, Wa.hington and
the HoaIh.
Through Tickets to all points West and South
may be had Of s. Fl. HELLEN, Ticket Agent,
Portland.
oct7du J.w. PETERS. suot.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
MAINE CENTRAL II. n.
For Bangor. Bar - rbor, st. John, the
White Mountains, Montreal,
n al. Il Aaa

For Ba-go~. Bar - rbor, 1t. John, the
White Mountains, Montreal,
and tho West. IL
On and after Dec. goth, 1889, passenger trains
For AUBURN and LEWISTON, s.45 a. M, 1.16
LFWIsToS Via BRUNSWICK. ITO a. m., 1.2o.
ROcKLAND and KNOX q LINCOLN R. R., ITO
BR & n ssd lex X B RA II GARDINER, HALLo
Fa aie fiasr6 T, via LEWISTON, s.45 a. M,
MosaSurb s w ssGfhGdsf RRA e E and
sGa55 4 y %ET! 3 sss III % E. MA MA
II n III = sS 4 + Vi.
BELFAST, T. 81, 30 q and H. .aS m. i"
DOVEk and lOxCR0FT via DEXTER, lao and
BANGTK via LEWISTON; l:I5 ?; !. a.; via
and G on ,g :, only s,7;2o a. m
at 30 ana I'll 30 p m; vis 6LDToWN al
ELLSWORTH : u ri az and nd1 BAR HARBoR at 1ao and
vAN6EBoRo. ARoosTooK COUNTY, ST.
John HAIfFAx, and the PROVINCES, 1l6,
runs every night. sundays included, but not 10
Dextef, Ut DeyoHu bdngur ounuay mOrDlngs.
IA WHITE MOUNTAINS, LINE.
For CUMBERLAND MILLS at S.45, 1880 a. m.
As and els ?. m.
BRIDGTON at S.45 a. m. 1.45 p. m. Ia
SEBAGO LAKE, FRYEBURG, NORTH CON-
WAY GLEN and BARTLETT, 8.45 a. m,
), IgStSEDRe. ST. yoHNsBUHY aud MON;
| TREAL, S.45 q. m 1915 p. m. ufl MI s1its
The SAB a. m. ram runs through TO Montreal
and connects for all points in Northern New
Hampshire, Vermont an, the Pacific Cast. The
| 81 p. m. train has Canadian Pacific sleeping
| cars attached and connects via 500 Line for
Minneapolis, 81. Paul ana all points in the North
west. = a.
| Arrivals In Portland-From Augusta and Bath,
| 5.35 a. M; Lewiston, $40 a. m. Montreal, so
2. M; Cumberland Mills. l1.6o .; m; Farming
| ton, SkOwhegan and Lewiston, 1925 p. m. st.
John, VaDceboro, Bangor Dexter. Dover. Fox.
croft, Rockland, etc. a. z. 81 p m. Bartlett and
| Brldgton, $50 a. m. lao D. m; Bar HarbOr,
Ba, gor, Waterville, Bath. Augusta and Ro <.
land, 5.s5 p. m; Pennington and Lewiston at
5.4sp m. Montreal, 1856 p. m; Night Pullman.
-1' PAYsoN TUCKER, How
Vice Pres. and General Manager.
| +. K. B0OTHBY, Gen'i Pass. and Ticket Agent.
| Portland, December 18th, 1889. oec30du
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20

Country Bride (taking in the sights :
What big printin' business this Mr..
Job must do, John.
Country Bridgegroom-Yes, he's got
printin' Offices all over the city.-Epoch.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
BOSTON & MAINE r. r
q. effecs October @, ss.g.

Trains leave Portland. "Unlon Station SEA
8estes $3.50. ts.s5 a. M, s12.40 $50 y. a.
Besron tor Portland 80 $50 q. M. .0C
rs.ni $50, 1925 a. M, s.s'j, 5.15, 6.13 pm.
Old Orchar5 Beach, SAGE Bidsefere $50,
s.45, lo.zt q NJ l2.4D,' s.8c, 6.15. SIS y. u.
hennebnnk $50 8.45 am, l1.4t, $50, DIS,
8 10 p. N. " eli. beach $50, s.45 a. M, 3.3o,
5.l6 p. M. Mort 8~rwtek. Dove, Gres'
s.45 a. N l2.40, SO. y. N Re~he-sers Fare
isxrop, Altos MAJ and ~ eIfbero LAB q. Vs.
t2.40. ~" o. m. We<cesier (via Great Fall
and Rochester, 80 a. m. nsscbe.aes 40
OoNcsst VIA So. Sewmarkvi JunctioDJ .3t
:. 10, so ~ N via Lawrence SAB a. m.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
9umfOrd Falls 4 ButKiield Kallroa,

Leave Portland, via u. 7. Railway, 8.45 a. m. and
l.3O p. m. RETURNING-Leave canton 4.3O
and $50 q. IN. ~ III a ~MrhTHvr, az al
STAGE CONNECTI0Ns-DAI From "
Minot for Hebron Academy; Buckfeld for w
Sumner al Turner. Canton for Peru, DixlelC
and Mexico, also for Brettun's Mills, LivernloIe
my16dtf L. l.. l. NCOLN. Supt
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
pOnTLAHD DAILY PBRss.
THE PRESS
I q . o.
DURING

The PRESS during 1890 enters upon the
twenty-eIghth year of its services to the
Republican Party and to its patrons in
Western and Central Maine. At no time In
its history has the PRESS been so prosperous
and so well able to give to its readers the
best service within the sphere OF Maine
newspaper. During 1890 all its facilities will
be used to the utmost to make the PRESS
stand still higher in the column Of the leading
newspapers Of the country The price will
be the same as the popular price of 1899.
Six Dollars In Advance,
Seven Dollars at the end Of the year. No
other paper In Maine gives so much general,
local and county news. together with such
full and able market and marine reports for
so low price. Subscribers wishing daily
paper for special seasons may obtain the
PRESS for
Three Dollars for SIX Months,
payment in advance; or If it is desired for a
shorter time. the advance price Is only
Fifty Cents a Month.
When payments are not made in advance,
charges are made at the rate Of Sc zen Dol
lars year for periods from one to twelve
months. The first of the year is the time to
subscribe.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Sunday Trains From Union station.
For Boston and way stations. LOO and I.16 On.
Eastern Division From Union station.

Fer BesIsn (t2.0O a. m, daily, too an.
sl.tO and 1900 y. m., Returning leave Bo-iol
$50, 300 a. M, 1890 p N. (.s7.OO p m. daily :.
Siddeterd, Portsmoutb, NewbaryperI
salem Lynn 400, 300 y. IN, l.oO, 500 p.
( FROM COMMERCIAL STREET. STATION
tor Cape Etixn beth and scarbers frossin.
6.2b, S.4D, 1D.2 u. m, 2.36. 3.26, $3.50 pm.
Trains from Commercial Street station come
at scarboro Crossing with local and through train
of both Divisions.
tcpnnects with Rau Lines for New York sous
snd West.
sConnects with sound Lines for New York.
ssWest Division fr, m North Berwick
All trains arriving at and departing from Union
station run via Western Division between Scar.
borough Crossing and Portland.
Through Ticket Lo41 points South anO " 81
tor sale 81 Unisn statfsn, Congress street
and q Ccw@crcial ssrces station.
JE FURBEh 9enn Manager, Boston
D. ). FLANDERS, ten. p. q +. A Boston.
L. WILLIAMS. Gent Agent at Portlan1.
oc6 TINA diff
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
MALE HELP.
Harpswel Steamboat Co.

On and after Nov. IL, 1889, Steamer MERRY.
CONEAG will leave 0rrs Island for Portland
AZ a, o:ao a. m: Return. leave Portland for Orr's
is,Sna al 20 2; a.. touching all landings.
AoAiAn DANlELS, II. p. DEWEY,
co., Manager President.
octA DIFF
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
leading Republican journal Of maine
Winthrop Budget.l

We have for long time considered the
Portland Press one of the best OF the Maine
papers, and In some respects the best of them
all-persOnally tits our favOrite newspaper.
with the exception possibly of the Boston
Herald. 1t Is, beyond question. the leading
Republican Journal Of Maine, and on that
account alone entitled to the support of all
Of that way ofthinking Although positive
In its Republicanism. 1t Is as little tainted
with partisan prejudice as any parer In
either party we are acquainted with. AS a
newspaper 1t compares favorahly with the
great metropolitan dailies, and covers Its own
field quite as as we'll as they do. To all Of our
readers who want high toned, conservative
daily, we cordially commend the Press, and
guarantee that 1t will fill the bill every time
nna ~ ,ha Qaaf Nauananara In Na,A,
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20

N pursuance of a vote OF the stockholders of
the Fort George Island Company the Direc.
tors win sell at public auction az the office OF Geo.
e. Hopkins, Esq, No. 1914. Exchan Q street,
at two O'Clock .. m all its property. rights and
interest of every des ription, wheresoever situa-
tel and particularly all its right title and ST
land, puval County, urida, and all rights arising
out OF GER ain bond or agreement made between
Jonathan @. Greeley and Charles Holmes, parties
" the first part and o s. Marden, party Of the
second part datrd August 2, 1ss6 ana transferred
by said Marden to the Fort George Island Com
paDy; also all ITS rights arising oui Of bond or
agreement made between said G. eeley ana
Holmes, partes Of the first part. and said Mardrn,
party Vt the second part relating TO certain prop.
srty specified on the Sidney map as lot = o and
sa Fort George Island. and transferred by said
Marden to the Fort George Island Company.
By order or the Directors
9d jahiSd2w A. wAsHBURN, President.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20

The Portland Press Is the leading Re-
publican paper In Maine. IL any Of our Re-
publican readers are in want of live city
Daily, they need not go out of the State for
1t The PRESS Is edited and managed with
marked ability and is having due share Of
influence In the hard worked field Of Journal
ism. field In which onlY the fitrast surYiYe
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
England.

The Portland PRESS Is one Of the best
newspapers In New England. II Is lnde-
pendent In the expression OF Its views,
prompt In giving the news Of the day and Is
a Republican organ, which though fair In
the expression Of political matters, makes no
uncertain sound. One Is never at loss to
tell which side 1t Is on. To the citizens Of
the coast towns its shipping list alone, which
Is very full, Is worth great deal more than
the price of subscription.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
EnterprIsing and Able.

We have equently of late had to COM
mend the enterprise and ability shown by
the Portland Press, and 1t Is always pleas
ant to have occasion to speak In such terms
OF Maine newspaper. We have no doubt
that In the new year, and In the coming
wears our Portland contemporary will con-
tlDue to press on TO further victories. en-
HANGING alike In reputation and circulation.
The compliments Of the season to you,
friends Of the PRESS. f1iI
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Get Acquainted with It.
rUtnfhrnF, nannar

The Portland PRESS is enterprising and
reliatle and, all things considered, we know
Of no better newspaper for the home. While
IL Is enterprislng 1t is not sensational, and
contains nothing which may not safely be
read N the family circle. Get acquainted
with the Portland PRESS.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
y I've KepubIican Paper.
TPiffsf,eld Adverttsar

The Portland Press is large newspaper
OF sterling Republican principles, progress
the past few months In agitating secret BAL
lot reform, and advocating the adoption of
the system in Maine. To those desiring a
live Republican paper the PRESS can be
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Rarely Surpassed.
/ lLrRrlhnfnn Mara n 1

The Portland PRESS Is q clean. able, en-
terprisiDg Maine newspaper, and one abun-
dainty well equipped In all Its departments.
Within few years the PRESS has made
rapid strides towards the fore front Of Jour
nalistic enterprise, and Is rarely surpassed
by any Of it's competitors.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
II HAS NO Superior.

The Portland Press is worthy Of patronage
BY individuals and families. 1t gives US the
news, with the usual variety Of daily papers,
and Is about right on most Of the questions
Of the day. We know Of no better paper
among the secular journals of this state.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20

The Portland Daily PRESS is published In
the largest city In Maine. IL Is an ably edit
I'd paper, and Is fully up with any Of its
State contemporaries in collecting news and
In presenting IL &c its readers In attractive
shape. One cannot make mistake by sub
scribing for the PRESS.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Deserved Success.
lAroostook Republican,

I The Portland PRESS IS one Of the leading
as well as one Of the best Republican papers
10 the State. 1t Is edited with marked abil-
may well rejoice In its desesved success.
The Portland daily press., 1890-01-20
Honest and square In It's Dealings.
lKennebuI k star.l

The Portland Daily PRESS has lived and
prospered ever since the beginning Of the
civil war. IL has been the best republican
organ in the state, and has acquired q rep
utation, during the last quarter of a century,
for honest and square dealings with its party
aud the public, which Justly makes It an en-
tirelY respOnsible neWspaper.
New-York tribune., 1890-06-04
v,pEyvry START FOR GERMANY.

ono hundred and nnv American m'rk'men "i
German birth. who are going +" fanh"w iu "'rn"'n'
10 take part 1 thr grand shooting mA''" J." Do "''
,h.-, ID, fufv lo Uobohpn thi, morning for Berlin
oo the North German LLOYD steamship Fuda. The
minority of them were accompanied by relatives ana
friends aud nearly the whole ship wa, occupied JOS
the pnrtv The marh~mcn. headed bv DieicS ban''
went aboard the FuiA al O'Clock. large crowd
gathered ON tho pier to wish them go"d 'oN
aec Three organizations were represented M 'he
marty: the Sew York ~chuctzen Corps, the : nuN
-chuct1cu CORPS, and the "" York ''S S'""'' "
.,o-rs Among the marh-mcil who accompanied the
+,. ,,.. TN Zimmerman VINO Is considered th"
To-, German American shot About 800 friends 81
the .hnrr. hpotrr, boiriod tho steamer - JoW a. p
,.routu.tricd the Fulda a. far q, sandy lioot. lW
,,,,,r ~ narl.mcf includcd number ot g rna l'
frn,n Uarffirl New orleans aud halilm"IN' va
iuur !. fLc tird contingent viii sail for Germany
th. Wfiluud