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The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
CONCERNING BOOKS
BY E. cAvAzzA,

The Sisters Tragedy, with Other Poems.
Lyrical and Dramatic, BY Thomas Bailey
Aldrich. In this, bis most recent volume OF
verse, Mr.. Aldrich continues in the large
and dramatic second manner of his art.
which appeared to be announced In his Inn.
mediately previous work, Wyndham Towers.
he Is come to the full maturity Of poetic
powers, trained with patience, criterion and
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
PORTLAND and BOOTH8M STEAMBOAT c
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

GTEAMER ENTERPRISE after November 10.
- Will leave Portland every SATURDAY at 8 a, m.
every WEDNESDAY at q. m. for Pemaquid and
an above landings; returning, leave East Booth
ipay every MONDAY at 7.3O a. m for Portland and
Leave Pemaquid for Portland and INTERMEDIATES
Landings connecting with Boston boats no freight
re vo1e., AFTER LAB a. m; on day OF sailing.
nofutI ALFRED RACE. Manager
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

Col. Henry Watterson has an cff-hand way
OF settling things which is very taking. He
has just settled 1t that If there is any serious
opposition from New York in the next
Democratic convention Cleveland must go.
I'm such an event." he says. "the party will
be compelled to quit New York altogether
and to seek for a nominee elsewhere; for
nothing could be more absurd than the sug-
gestion Of setting aside Mr.. Cleveland and
substitution Governor Hill or any other
New Yorker in his place." If all that is
needed to defeat Cleveland is opposition to
him from Dis own State enough of it will be
forthcoming. Indeed the present outlook is
that more will come from that quarter than
from any other place. unless his silver view
rouses the far West against him,
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases indispensable, notnecessariiy Tor
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to retain or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

The Forty-fourth congress which met In
1875. was the first since before the war which
had a Democratic House. or the eight
Congresses from that one to the Fifty. first,
both Of these included, the Democrats cou-
trOlled the House in six and the Republicans
in two, while the Democrats never gained
the Senate from the beginning of the war
onward except in the Forty-sixth Congress
which met in 1879. But in the sixteen years
which have passed since the Republicans
first lost the House the Republican lead in
the Senate was greater than 1t will be in the
next Senate for only six years. That is
to say, the Republican margin in the next
Senate, although reduced from recent dimen-
sions, will be broader than it has been in
that body. on the average, since Grants days
in the Presidency.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

The vote Of the Aroostook grange on the
Australian ballot bin was one hundred in
favor to three opposed. Yet Judge Stearn.
thinks there is nobody in Aroostook in favor
of it--that is nobody but Democrats and
soreheads.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
CURRENT COM m EMIT.
THE FAvoRITE REPUBLICAN ORATOR.
rSt Ioufq Glohe Democrar1

THE FAvoRITE REPUBLICAN ORATOR.
[St. Louis Globe Democrat
Mr.. Reed was the favorite Republican ora
tor during the last campaign, and he Is no
less popular at the present time, as Is DEM
onstrated every time he makes a speech.
The people like to hear a man who has
pluck, and whose way of saying things is
terse, sharp and decisive.
SUSPEND JUDGMENT AWHILE,
[Kennebec JournaLl
There exists in this State an honest differ.
ence OF opinion upon this matter fthe Aus.
trallan systemJ among prominent Republi.
cans and leading citizens. We believe how
ever, that the conviction Is gainine 0ronpd
t9at u would be unwise for the Republicans
OF the present legislature to refuse to pass a
seCist paiot measure. We ask our breth-
rem 10 other States to suspend Judgment for
a while. The Maine legislature has not ot
aaj0uT TTe,,i This question e not yet disposed
St U ~ h II is we trust the Republican
hold their criticisms. "''n'
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

flour esteemed contemporary, the Bangor
Wing, proposes to rebuke seriatim all the
Republican papers that advocate the Austria.
liam system 1t will have business enough nm
its hands to last all summer. Better re-
buke them en- bloc.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

There was time when the death of Prince
jerome Napoleon would have made a COM
motion in Europe, but now slight and tran
sient ripple is all that will follow. Bona
partisan is "reminiscences,
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

The Boston Advertiser states on authority
that Judge Nelson of the United States Dis
trict Court is not a candidate for one of the
new circuit judgeships.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

FREEPORT STEAMBOAT co.

@ teamer PHANTOM will leave Portland Pier
- for Freeport touching at Falmouth Foreside,
COnsens' Great Chebeague aud Littejoh as
Island and Volts Point, at p. M daily Sundays
excepted. RETURNING, will leave South
Freeport at a. M, touching at all landings, com.
mencing March 10th, 1891.
marriott II. B. SOULE, Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19

One is sure that the only resolve main
tanned by this lover whose loyalty has ca
price Of remuneration, was to "look in on the
way downtown, tomorrow But it will
not be easy to find, even in the most bril-
liant French verse, poem so adorably min
gled Of fire, signs, laughter and devotion, q
metre so originally chosen and handled, as
this-a.second wooipg. rather than fare
well to Thalia! Boston: Houghton, Miffiin
& Co.; Portland; Loring, Short & Har
mon.) Price: SI25.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
Notice OF Dissolution.
OF DIssOLUTION-Th

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION The CO.
IN partnership heretofore existing between
Richard II. Turner and oliver T. Newcomb, trans
acting business al POI tland, Maine, under the arm
name OF Turner Bros. & Newcomb, Is this day dis
solved by mutual consent. Mr. K. II. Turner re.
bilities OF the firm. All persons indebted TO the
firm are requested TO make payments at once 70
Mr.. Turner at 4S8 Congress street. Interest will
be charged on all accounts not settled before
April 1, 1891. X. II. TURNER.
Portland, March IL. 1891. marl8dlw
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co
Custom House Wharf.
Winter Time Table, Oct. 2R. 1890.

Leave Portland for Forest City Landing, Peaks
For Little and Great Diamond, Evergreen, IRE
fethen's and Long Island, 800 a. M, 2. 10 D. M.
O. IT. COOLING,
oc26du General Manager
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
COPARTNE RsaIP NOTICES.
MILLIKEN & CO.

WiHE undersigned have this day formed a CO.
Il partnership under the name and style OF MIL
ken q Co.. for the purpose Of carrying on gen
eral commission and brokerage business at the
premises l59 to l65 Commercial street.
GEORGE MILLIKEN,
formerly Of w. & q. r. MIlliken,
- CHARLES ID SkATON
feDruary i, 1881. feb6dff
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-19
Notice OF Dissoiufion.

WIHE copartnership heretofore existing between
IL Lewis A. Cloudy and Edward w. Kent trans
acting business at Portland, Maine, under The
firm name OF Goudy & Kent, Is hereby dissolved
Mr.. Cloudy receives all the assets, and VIII dis
charge all the liabilities Of the firm, and Will con
tlnue the business, using as a trademark the
former arm name. LEWIS A. GOUDY,
EDWARD w. KENT.
Portland, February 20, 1891. marl3dlw
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23

read the papers at all: It's that chestnut on
the hayseed who quit taking his paper ff-
teen or twenty years ago. and accidentally
happening across copy of it in the hands
of friend, wonders that it is MT dead yet.
Runs something like this-but, of course,
with every resurrection. there are slight
changes:
Timothens Haggy (on a visit to his friend)
What Perry! Haint thet paper dead yet?
Perry Cleges: No. Why?
'Timothens Haggy: Why. gosh! quit takin it
fifteen years ago!"
1 blushed violently as the editor ratified
off this joke. For, should l confess it? l
had pOndered over that self same joke only
the day befOre-two thousand years later
and wondered where it originated. 1 tried
to trace it, but-having successfully chased
it through "Munsey's Weekly" 'BOstOn
Advertiser. Life" and "Puck"-I lost
all trace of it in Time" where had first
encountered it-and. 1 will admit. fully ap-
preciated the delicate humOr portrayed in
the item.
was just pondering on the advsibility
of taking the editor into my confidence,
when 10! heavy veil rose up before me.
the ''Spartaville Caricaturist" slowly faded
Il was awake! CHARLES LIE FURsT.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23

for ages so proudly pointed. Every case of
instruments is of itself an epitome OF all
modern industry, ingenuity and enterprise.
Every article in display of manufactured
goods contains the whole story of our civil
izatiOn. Each has its narrative of the state
of society that caused demand for it; of
the fruitless efforts made to supply the de-
mand; of the substitutes used before it, the
only thing for the purpose. came; of the
unsuccessful machinery invented to make
it; of the successful machine and of the
mechanism necessary before the successful
appliance could itself be made; of the men
who tOiled in obscure poverty that the
world might have it, and of the men who
now live in wealth by manufacturing and
selling 1t. The poets say we live in a won
derful world, and so we do. but ne who
fails to see the industrial and mechanical
part of it, or seeing. is deaf to the story it
tells, misses the most wonderful wonder of
al. Minneapolis Daily Times.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23
81. Saltwater, Minr, Thursday, April 23, 1891.

typewriter the letters and kilograms which
the president dictates to him, and also
writes out the presidents speeches. and
supplies copies to the three press represent
atives aboard. The car adjoining the OBJ
servatiOn car is entirely set aside for the
president and family. 1t contains three
staterOOms in line with connecting doors,
each supplied with all the comforts of a
sleeping apartment and toilet room. An
other series of apartments are occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison. others by
George w. Boyd and wife. another by Mrs.
Dimmck, and in the next car Mr.. Wana-
maker and Mr.. Rusk have adjoining apart
ments. In this car are also Col. Ramsdell
and the press representatives and accom-
panying railroad officials. The president is
an early riser. He and Mrs. Harrison are
usually up by 1880 and in the dining car at
breakfast bv $50. They usually find
Messrs. Wanamaker and Rusk ahead of
them, however. By $50 the party has
generally assembled at breakfast, for which
the menu card is elaborate as any first class
hotel. The breakfast done, the morning is
spent in chatting and viewing the scenery,
and as the day wears on the members of the
party amuse themselves with books and pa
pers. The lunch hour is at o'clock and
dinner at o'clock, and the incidents of
breakfast, with never varying but always
elaborate menu, each days bill of fare diff
fering from that which preceded it, and
printed on heavy cardboard, with the Amer
lean flag and eagle in one corner and in an
other the words: Tour of the president to
the Pacific coast, April 14th to May 10th,
1891" The presiding genius under whose
elaborate touch all this machinery moves is
Mr.. George W. Boyd. assistant general su.
perintendent of the Pennsylvania. whose
hand is seen in every detail of the perfect
management. The arrival and departure
of the train at succeeding points are ION
time" with eXactness that astonishes the
western railroaders and eXcites the admira-
tion of all. The 5000 mile tour of tie Pan
Americans; the tour of President Cleveland,
and others of this kind which Mr.. Boyd has
managed have led him up to this, his great
est work. He is assisted constantly by the
passenger agents of the lines over which the
train passes who personally meet the train
and accompany it over their lines, consult
ing with him constantly. ly.-Minneapolis
Daily Times.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23
The Dream of a Cynic.

was asleep and dreaming. Two thou
sand years ago was the period, and the ed.
itor's sanctum of the "Spartaville Carica-
turist." the place, to which my fancies fled.
Having never been in Spartaville before.
was, of course, surprised at everything
about me. But it was an agreeable sur
prise. Quite the opposite of what L should
have expected of such scene and period,
all was magniticence and "push." l was
literally dumbfounded at the ''get-up, and
get" of the every feature of this ancient
comic weekly.
Taking chair beside the editor in-chief.
1 intimated this to him. "POOh!" said he
in reply; ''why that's nothing. What you
see now, is only our common, every week
routine. You should see us when we re
getting out our Fourth July or Thanks
giving number q elevated my eyebrows in
wonder; but, after all; l thought, why
should it not be possible that these people,
too. have a Fourth OfJuly and Thanks
giving?) then's the time you'll see the fine
jokes flying round; and see hustle and bus
tie on every hand-and see sketches that
are 'daisies;' yes. you bet, perfect dali
mo; Pm truly SORRY" this was vouch-
safed to haggard. looking individual who
mad silently been waiting at the back OF the
editorial chair; ''but this joke is slightly
cumbersome" Saying which he handed
back the MS. Its old. remember hav-
ing seen it twice. at least"
''Then. it happens to you. too, at times
that old jokes are presented to you for ac-
ceptance?" l ventured when the writer had
departed.
''Oh. yes. It happens quite frequently.
But the Caricaturist rarely gets taken in
on any of them. If you want to see paper
brim full of old jokes every week. you want
to get copy of the Weekly Glance. or the
'Spartaville Tartar or the 'Frolic, or-oh
any one of host of our contemporaries"
''What was the joke that gentleman just
offered you?" said, now thoroughly inter-
ested.
''That? Oh. you've probably seen it a
dozen times. You must have seen it, if you
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23
THE CITY OF THE DEAD.

They do neither plight nor wed
In the city of the dead,
In the city where they sleep away the hours;
But they lie. while DER them range
Winter blight and summer change,
And hundred happy whisperngs of flowers.
No. they neither wed nor plight.
And the day is like the night.
For their vision is of other kind than ours.
They do neither sing nor sigh
In the burgh of by and by.
Where the streets have grasses growing cool and
long;
But they rest within their bed,
Leaving all their thoughts unsaid.
Desming silence better far than sob or song.
No, they neither sigh or sing,
Though the robin be awning,
Though the leaves of autumn march a million
strong
There is only rest and peace
In the city of surcease
From the failings and wailings meath the sun;
And the wings of the swift years
Beat but gently Ger the biers.
Making music to the sleepers. every one.
There is only peace and rest;
But to them it seemeth best,
For they lie at ease, and know that life is done.
Boston Transcript.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23
How the President Travels.

On BOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN,
April 19.-The daily routine of life on the
presidential train will perhaps be matter
of interest to the millions who recognize in
this the greatest tour ever undertaken by a
president, and under circumstances more
complete in detail of comfort than ever
known.
The familiar expression. "All the COM
forts of home." but family describes the
surroundings which make this 10000 mile
tour a pleasure rather than the tiresOme
task which trip of 1000 miles would have
been a decade ago.
Is the weather too cold? A touch of an
electric bell at any seat of every car brings
an attendant, who turns knob and the
pipes beneath you are soon filled with steam.
Is the weather too warm? The turn of a
lever sets electric fans revolving in every
car, and grateful circulation of air is the
result Does the train enter tunnel or
pass through darkened bridge? The elec-
trio lights in every car CLEAN like magic the
moment the tunnel is entered, and are eX-
tinguished the moment daylight is again
reached. Is the attention of the tOnsOrial
artist required? The company's barber shop
in the front car is inviting, and the bath
room, with hot and cold water, is at hand
In the lavatories of each car hot and cold
water flow into each large marble basin. In
the dining car, where 40 persons can sit at
the table at one time. flowers bloom above
each table. and touch of the electric bell
brings white coated attendant, who serves
what is ordered from the elaborate and
tastefully printed menu card. Those desir-
ing to enjoy their after dinner Havana may
do so in the velvet t-cushioned arm chairs in
the library car. The baggage room beyond
is accessible at all hours to the occupants of
the train, who may walk from the rear of
the last car to the front of the first without
discomfort. all cars being vestibuled and
fitted so perfectly that the entire stretch ap-
pears to be single structure, and the va
rious cars merely apartments of the COM
plete whole. The routine of daily life is
like that of well ordered household whose
luxuries are at hand and callers numerous.
Every day new faces appear as guests, for
every city sends it's delegation to welcome
the president and he invites them to his
parlOr, and his table. if the meal hour is at
hand. More than One-half of the rear lob
servation" car is single apartment with
comfortable cane chairs scattered about. and
handsomely furnished. Here the president
and ladies spend most of the time during
the day and evening. No pains are spared
to make everyone aboard feel perfectly at
home. The party sit here viewing the
scenery, while at every station where
crowds are gathered the president steps
upon the platform and bows recognition of
the cheers which always greet him. If the
train stops, there is no uplifted hand too
grimy to be shaken by the president. Part
of the car is used for ofice purposes, and
here StenOgrapher Tibbetts copies upon the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-23
Modern Wonders.

While every one understands. as an ab-
stractiOn, that the present is an age of me-
chanics and machinery. no one can realize
the fact to it's fullest extent without more
knowledge than is to be gained from books
and hearsay reports To read description
of machine is one thing and to see the
piece of mechanism in operation is quite
another; and there is as much difference
between the mental impressions made in
the two cases as reading of miracle and
actually witnessing its performance. One
of the practical benefits of an Exposition,
like the one in which Minneapolis people
feel so just pride, and for the maintenance
of which they annually contribute so liber.
ally, is that it affords the observer an Op-
pOrtunity for witnessing many of the me-
chanical arts in every stage of operation.
Even the uninfOrmed, the stupid and the
needless cannot fail to be improved by the
striking object lessons, while those who be-
hold in cOntrivance the evidences of design,
the effect at each successive stage of the
process. is as if one vail after another were
being lifted. each in turn exposing to view
worlds of which the observer had not even
dreamed
Among the millions who pass annually
in safety over our railroads, few reflect
upon the labOrs of those who spent their
lives in order that we might be able to out
travel our ancestors; and yet capitalists
projected the lines, surveyors laid down the
course. engineers planned the work, ma
chnists and laborers in hundred different
branches contributed their several shares,
and we pass from point to point, while our
coming is telegraphed ahead, train dis
patchers clear the track for us. locomotive
engineers grow gray with care lest an OBJ
structiOn on the rails escape their anxious
vision, conductors watch over us, at every
important stopping place wheel testers eX-
anime the running gear, and we travel com
placently on and take all the outlay of
money and brains and industry and skill
and science and genius for granted.
AS with that modern wonder, so with a
thousand pieces of mechanism and finished
products we see every day of our lives. We
take for granted many things which to the
men of even fifty years ago would have
seemed wonders even more StupendOus than
the pyramids of Cheops. We have become
accustomed to the appliances and con-
veniences of the present; we take them as a
matter of course because we are used to
Cnoln anu we cOulu nOG live III cOullOrC WILL
out them; so we seldom think. either of the
tolls and possible disappOintments Of those
who invented and put them in use. of the
wonders contained in the inventions them
selves, or of the condition to which we
should be reduced were they to be annihi-
lated.
The wonders of the ancient world are
stupendous. and yet they required nothing
but money and muscle to complete them;
the wonders of the modern world are tri-
umphs of mind. Some of our simplest
mechanical contrivances demanded more
thought and ingenuity in their invention
and successful application to the ends pro-
posed than were needed to construct all
seven of the wonders to which the world
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-06
Condition of the Private Soldier.

The private soldiers in the army of the
United States may not know it, but the
fact is that they receive better pay, better
treatment and more privileges than those
of similar condition in any other civilized
country. The raw recruit" gets $l3 a
month, with food and shelter, from the
moment of his enlistment. The pay is in
creased as he gains experience and shows
himself a faithful follower of the flag In
striking comparison with this state of af
fairs is the condition of the picturesque
bit underpaid Gaul. In 1869 each soldier
cost the French government *i2. In 1873
this had risen to $50. Now the figures nave
been brought down to SO. The result has
been accomplished by economic and adj
ministrative reforms, although in the mean
time the daily pay of the soldier has been
increased three centmes, his meat ratious
have been augmented, and sugar and cot
fee have been added TO his diet, all of which
together make an increased expense of SIS
per capita annually. The annual eXpendi-
ture of the French government on IA caval-
ryman is 500
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-06
4 New Treatment for Cancer.

Some valuable discoveries regarding that
terrible disease known as cancer have been
made by Professor Won Mosetig of Vienna,
who has devoted ten years to a study Of
malignant tumors The cells Of these, the
professor found, have less vitality than the
other cells of the same person, "a fact
which admitted of the possibility Of acting
upon the cells of the tumor without max
ing the general organism suffer. Professor
Won Mosetig made injections with a colored
substance-methyl violet. The nucleus in
the cells absorbed the color, Immediately
ceased to flow, and very soon began to
shrink and wither, so that swellngs de
creased with astonishing rapidity. The in
jections had to be repeated frequently, of
rpI