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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31
IN FOREIGN LANDS,
The Tower of Pisa.-F1orence From
-Spezia.-Genoa and Its Monument to
Celumbus.-The Route to Turin
Milan.

Especial Correspondence of the Press.1
BAsLE, SWITZERLAND, July 18th.-The
tower of Pisa is one of the few things
which are seen to the best advantage at a
distance, the inclination of it being much
more apparent from some points far off
than in its immediate vicinity. AS for
instance on entering the city from Flor
ence by Pistoja or going out towards
Genoa it seems to lean as though the
weight of the tower would finally topple
it over. The precaution has been taken
it seems, to place the largest of the three
huge bells opposite the leaning side
showing that some fear already exists as
to its final safety. Outside of its re-
nowned popularity this tower is much
more artistic than is gener ally supposed.
1t is built of fine white marble with beau
tiful marble ratings around the galleries
which occur at very short intervals.
Pisa is a very disagreeable place in which
to tarry and fortunately for the public.
on all the routes to and from Florence
the interval between the trains is suffi-
GENTLY long for visit to the tower
whose vicinity contains everything of in
terest in the town.
There is sumptuous Cathedral across
the street from the tower with fine old
illustrated bronze doors. These carved
bronze doors seen SO often in the old
cities are among the very choicest relics
of the past, those in the Baptistery at
Florence being rich in "reminiscences OF
John the Baptist's career. One of these
is great work OF art it having taken
twenty-five years of labor to complete
the work upon it. There is also bap-
tistery at Pisa, resembling considerably
the one at Florence and also that in the
Lateran square at Rome. It is quite
near the tower, and at the moment was
visiting it, an infant, as it happened was
Just being baptised. The nurse stood
with the child in her arms near the
font as large as the water basin of an i'm
mense fountain. The young priest half
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

If the census statistics are trustworthy
the ''poor farmer of Maine whom the
Democratic papers is making such an
ado about just now for votes is a pretty
independent parsonage. OF the people
who cultivate farms in this state 90 per
cent own them and Y per cent. own
them free of all encumbrance. The
tenant farmer, it will be seen, is almost
unknown in this state. And the per
cent. of farmers who have their property
encumberedis very much smaller than in
Kansas and but trifle larger than in
Ohio. While 80 per cent of the farmers
of Maine own their homes in Maine only
59 per cent of people engaged in other
occupations are as we'll off in that respect
The Maine farmer is able to hire money
at lower rate than the Ohio farmer
and two percent lower than the Kansas
farmer, the ratio between the value
of the property to the amount loaned
upon it being about the same in all
these states.
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Lake Maranocook, Monday, Sept. 5.

The following are invited:
Governor F.. g. Burlsigh; p. Fl. IngrShann,
| of Lewiston; w. G. Lowell, Mayor OF Auburn;
| A. NJ. Spear, Mayor of Gardiner; Hon. S. w.
Matthews, R.F. Chalk; s. Tillotson and P. J.
The Labor Day orations will be delivered by
Boot and Shoe Workers International Union Of
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| Lewiston and Auburn Central Labor Union.
| LIST OF SPORTS.
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FOR GOVERNOR,
HENRY B. CLEAVES
FOR CONGRESSMAN,
THOMAS B. REED.
For Presidential Electors,

For Presidential Electors,
At Large-TH0MAS W. HYDE Of Bath, Will
LIAM N. NASH Of ChsnyfieId.
First District ERNEST M. G0ODALL Of Sanford.
Second Dstfot-M. C. WEDGEW00D Of Lewis
Dn.
Third Distiot-A. W. WlLDES Of Skowhegan.
Fourth District RODNEY C. PENNEY of Monsoon.
For State Senators EDMUND B. MALLET Of
Freepof, GEORGE I'M. SEIDERS Of Portland,
CHARLES M. WATERH0USE of Westbrook, WILL
lam M. COOK of Casoo.
For County AHoney-CHARLES A. TRUE Of
Portland.
For Sheriff -LEAHDER E. CRAM of Baldwin.
For Judge Of Probate-REkRY C. PEABODY Of
Portland.
For Register Of Probate EDWARD c. REYNOLDS
Of Cape Elizabeth.
For Treasurer DANIEL D. CHENERY Of Deefng
For County Commissioner B. ALLEN
Of Yarmouth.
For Representatives to the Legislature THOMAS
P. SHAW, AUGUSTINE D. SMITH. JOSIAH H.
DRUMM0kD, JR., WHITMAN SAWYER, CARROLL
W. MORRILL, WALTER C. EMERSON.
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The Route by Turin.


A pleasant though lengthy route home
from Genoa is by Turin, which is rather
monotonous though well-built and reg
ularly laid out city, with fine monuments
and circumspect people all about.
On the way, one OF the most splendid
existing views of the vast Alpine chain,
is procured. The whole series of Alpine
ranges circle around, from the Bernese
Jungfrau taking in the Alps in Valois
and Monte Rosa, as far as Mont Blanc
1t is an indescribably fine panorama and
for an hour, both before and after leav.
ing Turin, l watched it as the peaks, one
after another, came into finest relief
first looking from the window forward
and then back and then taking up the
semicircle as it wound around and broke
up at the opposite side.
Milan Again.
Five or six weeks had entirely meta
morphosed Milan, changing it from &
snow clad town into something enchant
ingly fine. This time summer had come
to the Milanese and they were out in gay
attire. The city was full of Americans
both en- route for Paris on their way
home and also some of them just arriv
ing and going down to participate in the
Easter carnival which is always furnished
on Holy Week in Rome. Americans from
every section of our great country were
on the train and every type of the travel
Ter was walking around. This time
noticed some disagreeable people among
the rest, whom / should be sorry t6
think had ever seen our beloved shores
If any fellow passenger among the fine
Gotthard views, suggested almost 6
parallel elsewhere seen, they shifted
the nose, pretended also to have seen il
and to regard the sight as not worthy to
be seen.
A young German girl at Luganc
brought in a basket on her arm which
proved vocal all the way and answered
signals at each station on the route
This time, it was no pet house bird thai
Tapped its wings to the annoyance o.
many, proud dame who would have
nestled favorite pug dog lovingly il
her arms.
And so the smoke of the Gotthart
cleared again, leaving fair Italy behind
and opening world of wonder to the
summer traveller in the mountain passes
snow-crowned heights and gletchu basins
Of this precipitous wonder world.
A. TT. g.
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THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 80.
FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WHITELAW REID.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31
Col. A. w. Bradbury is the Democratic

Col. A. w. Bradbury is the Democratic
candidate for Attorney in this county,
and with the idea of helping along his
canvass the Argus yesterday published
an account of his career in the army.
What changes a quarter of century have
wrought? How euriously it must strike
people who used to read the Argus in
the days of the war to see it booming a
Democratic candidate on his war record
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31
The Carrara Quarries.

At AvenZa there is little branch ROAD
leading to the Carrara district construct
ed for the purpose of carrying on the
marble traffic by sea. This mountainous
region filled with marble contains
enough, no doubt, to furnish all the peo-
Piles during the extent of time which, by
the calculations of astronomers, the
world will last, that being by a recent es-
innate only four, or perhaps five, million
more years. The excavations near Massa
are seen with great distinctness from the
train, the mountain sides looking like
gigantic staircases in granite. They
blast the marble in the same manner as
granite, and cart it off in huge blocks,
employing twenty OF more pairs OF oxen
to each load. The finest descriptions are
called "Marmo Statuari" There are
four hundred quarries in Carrara which
average two thousand workmen, and
these quarries seen near Massa are said to
compete favorably with the Carrara works
in quality and in bulk. We saw many
varieties of it, waiting to be shipped,
from the large square blocks to the thin
slabs used in ordinary gravestone work.
The method of polishing and making
what seems in the beginning scarcely
more than rough stone, smooth and
elegant is very interesting indeed,
Spezia.
After leaving this section of the coun-
try, Spezia, on lovely bay of the same
name, is passed. This is somewhat OF a
resort in winter, on account of the salu-
brious climate and it's sheltered situation.
between two fortified cliffs, which rem
der it one of the safest and most conven-
lent harbors in Europe. In summer it
affords excellent opportunities for baths.
All the most delightfully."- fine views on
this part of the Mediterranean coast are
seen between Spezia and Genoa which is
called the Riviera Layante. although one
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

The Demooraticpapers are in state of
MUD over the report of Mr.. Peck, the
New York commissioner of labor. Nj.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

The country people are not interested in the
doings of the city marshal of Portland.-Argus.
No, it is the things that he does not do
that interest them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

Genoa outside of it's historical associa
lions, is a most charming city to visit
its palaces and churches vieing with
those farther south. The view from the
church of Maria in Carignano, is unsur
passed by that from any Campanile il
any part of Italy,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

Peck, who, by the way is a Democrat
has committed the objectionable sin of
alleging that the statistics gathered by
his department show that the Empire
StHte has not been ruined by the Mekin-
h. riff, but on the contrary that it is
ul' a'itlly prosperous. The proper
Democratic caper at this season is to
claim that the country is going to the
dogs, that the rich are growing richer
and the poor poorer, that the necessaries
of life have all gone up, and the wages of
labor all gone down, and the Democrat
that is not willing to take this gloomy
view Of things is quickly read out of the
party. Mr.. Peck is now experiencing
this reading out process as the result of
his rashness. The New York Post calls
him ridiculous person. and the
Laughing stock of statisticians," while
the Boston Herald accuses him of strik-
ing ''covett blow" au Cleveland.
Several interesting occurrences of re-
cent date tend to show how harmonious
is the Democratic party of New York in
the support of Cleveland One of these
is the recent proclamation of the anti
snap State committee which reads in
part as follows:
The situation In orr party throughout the
country and state has become very serious.
There seems to be but one course left for Mr..
Cleveland's friends to pursue and that is to or;
| fhOrDllqhly
and election district independently of to So
called regulars, and see to it that our national
ticket receives the SUPPORT to which it is en-
titled, a support it certainly will not receive if
the campaign is left entirely in the hands of Mr.
Cleveland'S enemies
The people here described as "Mr.
Clevaland's enemies" denounce this proc
lamation as an outrage and are very
bitter in the denunciation of "Mr.
Cleveland S friends"
The other circumstance which disclose
the sweet harmony that exists in the
party is the denunciation of Mr.. Peck,
the labor commissioner, by all of ''Mr.
Cleveland S friends for issuing report
| which did not allege that the people
were in the slough of despond, and did
not shout calamity at the close of every
paragraph This is looked upon as a
trick on the part of Senator Hill to dis
credit the Democratic campaign against
the Mckinley bill, and the Senator and
his commissioner are being violently as
| sailed in consequence.
Surely, the Democracy of New York
are hand of brothers all WORKING for
the ticket.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

This, from the news columns of the
New York Times shows how the tin
plate tariff is working better than any
long-winded discourses could:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-31

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Several Welsh tin plate
manufacturers closed their works on Saturday
Sixty works are now closed, and 10000 hands
are idle. Many sailed on Saturday to find en-
ployment in America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-30

ii to those who may be doubling as
to the expediency of following in
the wake of Wall street. 1t was
Mr.. Weller, we believe, who told
Samivill to be sure and find out
what his enemy wanted and then
do exactly the opposite. The great
mass of producers and laborers
know that they have nothing in
common with the moneycrats of
our country and that the gain Of
Wall Street means the loss of the
people. Read the picture drawn
by Mr.. DUNCAN and remember that
after 81 years of toll and taxation,
after having paid in money, over
one half the debt, money drawn
from the life-blood of the nation,
that our people are still serfs to
money and monopoly and that 10
will take more hours of labor, more
drops Of sweat, more toiling days
and restless nights to produce the
wheat, the corn, the pork, the beef
and the cotton which must be pro-
duced to pay what still remains,
twenty.seven years more of bond
age. All! no; in the same decreas-
ing ratio of values and increasing
ratio of money it will take twice
twenty. seven years to rid us of the
incubus of money and monopoly.
Mr.. DUNCAN is one of Congress
who stands by his pledges and he
deserves to be returned by the far
mers and laborers of his district
even if he has been gerrymander-
ed out of his majority, and we
trust to see him triumphantly re-
turned"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-30
An Unusual List or Names.

The Cosmopolitan begins its thir
teenth volumn May issue, under the
joint editorship Of Mr.. w. ID. Ho-
wells and Mr.. Walker with table
Of contents which will attract at
tention.
James Russell Lowell, Frank r..
Stockton, Theodore Roosevelt, Ed
mund Clarence Stedman, Henry
James, Prof. II. II. Boyesen, Ham
lin Garland. John Hay, Sarah Orne
Jewett, Prof. Langley ofthe Smith
sonian. Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson, and w. ID. HOwells himself
are among the contributors. The
in this issue are by
such well known artists as Il. w.
Kcmble, Frederic Remington, f. S.
Church, Walter Crane, William NJ.
Chase, c. S. Reinhart, Dan Beard,
George Wharton Edwards, Wilson
de Meza, ect.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-30
HON. IRVINE DUNCAN.

We take pleasure in reproducing
the following complimentary no.
f, tice of our M. O. from the Washing
ton, ID. G. Democrat of the 10th.
Mr.. DUNCAN is making a favora-
bic impression on his cotempora-
ries;
sit gives us pleasure to give the
readers of the Democrat an oppor-
tunity to read so clear and concise
an article on the silver question as
is presented in the speech of Mr..
DUNCAN Of Ohio. The speech is
none too long for the ordinary rea-
der and it preserves the charm aud
novelty Of being free from weary
ing statistics and Rt the same time
10 clearly shows the familiarity
with which the speaker handles
his question.
We trust every reader of the
DEMOCRAT will carefully read this
excellent argument and then give
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-30
The BOXWell Bill.

SEC. |. BE it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly of the state of Ohio,
that each board of county school
examiners shall have power to, and
shall make all necessary provisions
and arrangements for, and shall
hold examinations of pupils of tue
subdistricts and special districts
in the subjects of orthography,
reading, writing, arithmetic, geog-
raphy, physical geography, English
grammar, United States history
and physiology. Such eXamina-
tions shall be held in the county
seats on the first Saturday of April
and May of each year, and shall
be of such character as shall en-
able the successful applicants to
enter any high school in the county.
SEC, 2. TO each successful appl-
cant who shall deliver an oration
or defamation, or read an essay
in some public place provided by
the clerk of the township board
of education, IA diploma shall be
formally presented on the first Sat
urday of June of each year, in the
county seat, at the conclusion of
the annual address, which address
shall he provided by the board of
county examiners; provided, that
the township commencement shall
be under the control and direction
of teacher of the township who
shall have been appointed to that
duty by the clerk Of the township
board Of education.
SEC. 3. The tuition Of such grad
yates as may attend any village or
city high school of the county may
be paid by the board Of education
of the special or township districts
in which such pupils may reside.
SEC. 4. The compensation of the
COUNTY eNalllinerS IOr tnelr Olnclal
services and the necessary contin.
gent expenses incident to eXamina-
tions and commencements, shall
be paid out Of the county treasury
in manner provided in section 1915
of the revised statutes; provided,
however, that the expenses of the
township coHImenCements shall be
paid by the township board of edu-
cation.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed March 8, 1892.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-04-30

THE May number of theArt Ana
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its thirteenth year. Greater things
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ONE CENT PER MILE TO PIQUA,
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