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The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05

tinore. A gift of ten cents each from
the people who love his song would give
him a fortune.
But the experience of all for me was
when Professor Crouch went to the
piano and Sang "Kathleen Mavour-
men," softly playing the accompani-
ment with his own hands. 1t would
have given you "thrills'' to hear him,
just as it didne. It was touching be-
You'd any words of mine to tell, the
notes falling on the ear, now in rich,
sweet baritone, now quavering and I'M
steady, from the slips Of the man who
composed the music of the imperishable
song ffty-four years ago. Do you know
what did at the close? I just put my
arms around the musicians neck and
gave him big squeeze. One had to do
that or else cry or run away, and !
always hated crying.
I was SO wrought up quite forgot as
I went home that was walking through
State street, the most beautiful highway
in the state and the pride of every Maine
native, with it's double rows Of magnif-
cent elms, which have been growing
there forever" they say. I saw only a
picture of man standing in the door
way, looking out of pair of brilliant
dark eyes and bidding me goodby with
his grand old school bow. heard
sounding in my ears only those throb-
bling bars Of melody, Kathleen Mavour-
neen, the gray dawn is breaking. y
Everybody who loves Kathleen Mavour-
neen" must help his friends see to it that
the dawn of happiness and prosperity
shall come for Nichols Crouch.
But only a poet can do justice here.
Read below the poem James Whitcomb
Riley wrote about kathleen Mavour-
neen'' and its author. I would have
written it myself if could:
Kathleen Mavourneen! The song is still ring
AS fresh and as clear as the trill of the birds;
In world weary hearts it is sobbing and sing
In pathos too sweet for the tenderest words.
Oh. have we forgotten the one who first
breathed it
Oh, have we forgotten his rapturous art
Our need to the master whose genius be-
qucathed il?
hearti
Kathleen Mavourneen! Thy lover still fingers;
The long night is waning-the stars pale and
few;
Thy sad serenader, with tremulous fingers,
Is bowed with his tears as the lily with dew;
The old harpstrings quaver-the old voice Is
Shaking
In signs and in sobs means the yearning re-
frain--
The old vision dims and the old heart is break
ing
Kathleen Mavourneen, inspire us again!
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
When Fruit Trees Need tho Bee.

In very fine seasons when the springs
are bright, fine and mild fruit will
doubtless set very well without the in.
tervention of bees-the wind, assisted
by the sunshine, being a sufficient agent
for the distribution of the pollen; but in
cold, wet seasons the aid of bees is un-
questionably essential to the fertiliza-
ton Of the bloom by carrying the pollen,
not anywhere at;haphazard, as the wind
does, but from blossom to blossom and
nowhere else.
In wet and cold weather the pollen is
more inclined to adhere to the blossoms
than in fine, warm weather, and thus ii
is that the wind fails In unfavorable
seasons to secure that which can then
be obtained only by the help Of bees
viz, the proper fertilization Of the fruit
blossom, with the result of proportion
ately abundant crop of fruit.
I would invite any persons who may
be incredulous on this point to visit in a
confessedly bad fruit year-say during
August or the early part of September
the localities in which our great apiaries
are situated. Let them carefully view
the country lying in a radius of two
miles from the apiary itself, and they
will find that in almost every case
the fruit trees are laden with heavy
crops, while they will observe as they
get farther from the vicinity of the api-
airy (supposing that not very many bees
are kept in the country around) that the
fruit crops steadily deteriorate.
am convinced that so soon as bee
keepers and fruit farmers begin to recog-
nize the Importance of the one industry in
relation to the other more prosperous
times will be in store for both, and we
shall not only hear of better fruit har-
vests, but of larger returns of honey
also.-G. G.. Samson's "Guide to Bees"
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
CITY OF PORTLAND.

NOTICE is hereby. given that the Board Of
in open session at Room Number Eleven I'LL,
City Building upon each of the six secular
days next prior to the state election to be
holden on the twelfth day of September next;
being September 9TH, 9th, 7th. 9Th, 9th and
10th, from nine to twelve o'clock in the fore
noon and from seven till nine O'Clock in the
evening, excepting on the last day of said ses-
sion Saturday, Sept. 1Othl when it will not be
in session after five O'Clock in the afternoon,
to receive evidence touching the qualification
of voters in said city and to revise and correct
the voting lists.
%, 1891, it is provided that said Board Of Reg
istratlon shall not place upon such lists during
the revision OF the same, the name of any per-
son who shall not personally appear before
said Board and request the same.
During said time, said Board shall revise and
correct the voting lists; and the WardenS of
said city shall be governed by said revised and
stricken from said lists on the day of election,
and no person shall vote at any election whose
name is not on said lists.
Registered voters who subsequently changed
their residence prior to July a. 1892, should
notify the City Clerk of such removals who will
receive and record evidence Of the same which
must embrace the name of the voter, the ward.
and number to which such removals have been
made together with the date thereof, a copy OF
which record shall at all times be open to pub
L. A lt5sgSfsTrutji F. GERRIsH, Board of
MONROE A. BLANCHARD, Registration
ALVIN D. SWEETSIR, } of Voters;
aug31 dtd
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
A DAY TO BE REMEMBERED.
kathleen Mavourneen" Sung by the A u
thor of "Kathleen Mavourneen."

Would like to meet the man who
wrote the music of ''Kathleen Mavour-
neenw I would have Travelled from
New York to Portland just for that and
considered myself we'll paid. ''Kath-
leen Mavourneen!" There are some
songs that will last forever, and here is
one of them. The maiden sings it to
her lover, and her granddaughter In
turn sings it to her lover. Its music,
touching and sweet, wakens all true
love and longing and tender regrets.
When we weak mortals are tempted to
forget the old loves sometimes, and we
hear "Kathleen Mavourneen" sung, the
soft, thrilling notes watt us back to our
true faith and loyalty and bring us up
short.
/ went to call on friend in Portland,
Miss Charlotte Thomas. Miss Thomas
was not at home, but her brother, Mr..
George A. Thomas was, and he it was
who introduced me to the grand old
song writer, eighty-four years old Aug.
1. He is Professor Frederick Nichols
Crouch, Mus. Doc, M. A., F. R. S., and
I don't know what all besides, but to
me it is enough to know he is the author
of the music Of kathleen Mavourneen."
The words, by the way, were written by
an English lady, Mrs. Crawford.
Professor Crouch is a handsome old
gentleman, with brilliant, beautiful
dark eyes and a long, gray mill "
mustache. He has exquisitely gracefl
and courtly manners, rare to see in Q
country. But Professor Crouch is
EngEshman, who learned his man
before our shello" telephone days.
elbow long ago was thes song written
I asked the old master.
"Just before her majesty's coronation
he answered.
Her majesty's coronation occurred
june 2S, 1888. From 1888 to 1899 ''Kath-
leen Mavourneen" has been warming
and melting the hearts of all true lovers
and all we'll wishers of true lovers, and
when 1899 is ushered in it will still be
fulfilling its sweet mission. But what
will you say when tell you that Pro-
lessor Crouch has never received one
cent of money for the song? Fact.
Thirty-one music publishing houses in
America have made their thousands of
dollars off the sheet music, and never
had the grace to offer the composer one
dime.
The gifted, gentle old man is now liv-
ing in poverty at $50 Parkin street, Bal
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
An Ancient Racing Advertisement.

~->-S-O>@S
1t will not be denied that in the lasl
ninety-one years, racing, in many parts
OF the United States, has made fair prog
ress, and the breeding,of horses has been
immensely encouraged. New-England is
the only section of the country that has
been backward in this direction. There
! is not, nor has there ever been, race
course of any pretension in any New
England State, yet New-England took an
interest in the 'sport of kings long be-
fore New York dreamed of noticing
such an institution as the turf says the
New York Tribune.
Henry S. Goodale, Of No. 400 West
Fifty-seventh st; has choice collection
of rare and wonderful old books, papers,
etc; among the periodicals and daily
Journals of the early days being bound
volume of'sThe Columbian Centinel and
Massachusetts Federalist," published in
Boston, by Benjamin Russell. In several
issues of this paper in the month of Auss
gust, 1901, appeared the following adj
vertisement.
A holiday for the industrious laborer. The
Heats or Races will be run, for the first time in
newfoundland, on the first day of September
next, in the park of Mr.. Joel HERMAN, one
mile and half north OF Haverhill Bridge:
There will be stage erected on the centre OF
the ground, for the accommodation of Ladies who
may wish to be spectators; also boxes at
each corner of said stage, hung upon swlyels,
large enough for Gentleman and Lady. 1t is
expected these boxes will be occupied by par
ticular application.
The purse. to be run for will be FIFTY dollars
horse distanc ng the whole, the first or second
Heat, will be entitled to the purse, otherwise
the foremost horse the last Heat Any horse
losing his distance: will be debarred running
again; the distance pole 20 rods from the WIN
ming pole; nor .or ooh horse two oo,,ors
which will be run for Or next DAY, by what ats Is
that wins the purse will be excluded. Any
Gentleman wishing to enter horse for said
Heats, will have an opportunity any time before
James Smiley, or Mr.. William Sawyer, living
near said ground. Any horse entered for said
heats, at the poles, will be double price. The
horses must be upon the spot precisely at two
O'Clock pm. ANY horse taking the advantage
of the inside of the poles when running the
race must take a retrograde step around the
This piece of amusement, although very
novel in this part of the country, has been long
practised in Europe and in the Southern States;
WAsG HIM made It constant rule TO en-
ter for the heats one or more horses every year,
and oftentimes made the purse himself and al
iii convenient; frequently invited gentlemen
and ladies of the first families, in order to en-
courage the breed of horses.
There is something both interesting
and instructive in this announcement.
Imagine the Father of his Country in
yiting gentlemen and ladies of the first
families, the F. F. VS., in order to en-
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
1t Was Like Her.

81 see you have another piece OF
classic statuary, Alicia" said Harold
McGiven as he followed his betrothed
into the parlor and infinitely inspected
the new statue.
''No, Harold, dear; this is my cousin
from Boston" explained Alicia, and the
girl from the east nearly moved mus
Gle at Harold's appreciation.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05

At Melrose, Mass, Saturday evening,
an express train on the Boston and Maine
struck an ice wagon and Frank Smith,
the driver, was probably fatally hurt, and
two others were injured. The men claim
that the gate tender told them to cross
the track.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05

Try an extra pair of stockings outside
of your shoes when travelling in cold
weather.
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
EDUCATIONAL.
PORTLAND ACADEMY.

IALL term begins September IL at Wood
Il fords Maine. Pupils of both sexes received
at any time during the term. Usual courses of
study. Pupils fitted for Grammar and High
Schools. Special attention given to private
students. Address ETA A. FILES, Principal
40 FreeSt.. Portland. aug31d1W
The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
Licenses for Trucks
Wagons. etc.

CITY OF PORTLAND,
CITY MARsHAI.s OFFICE,
September I, 1892.
NOTICE is hereby given to all owners Of
IN trucks, wagons, &C., which have not
been licensed according to the City Ordinances,
to call at this office and take out the same.
sep2d1w GEO. L. SWEET, City Marshal.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

THE sentimentalIty that the people
 of San Francisco exhibit toward the
 noted Sydney Bell. now on trial for
 the murder of Jacobson, is disgusting
 He is made hero, lionized and courted
 by fair ladies and respected male clt;z- ems. His prison cell is like court,
 and he holds receptions and interviews as though he had distinguished himself in some great battle. Such is the prison
 life of one of the worst men in the Golden state. What a premium for crimeI Had Sydney Bell been peace~ able law abiding citizen, or a vagrant tramp, petty thief, or ever an ordinary house breaker he would be left to en- joy in solitude barren cell; but now that his hands are sad to be stained with the blood of a respectable citizen, he is worshiped by a mass of people.
 Fms spectacle offers premium to the deepest dyed criminality. There is no other path to notority open to large mass of the people, and those who have a morbid desire for it will see the point and emulate Sydney Bell. The manner iu which he IS re- garded IS a disgrace and a shame to an intelligent country like thls. As matter of public policy, laws should be enacted that would prevent people so
 inclined from making consummate asses of themselves. All prisoners should be treated alike. We should create DO of crime. That is what the treatment of Bell tends to produce This case of Bells is not an exceptional one, though it is a very conspicuous instance of the maudlin sentImentaity toward noted criminals To a certain extent this has been true iu scores of of blood-thirsty williams for whor, hang ing was too good. It makes a poor to gay the least, upon American Christianity, morality, intell:- gence, common sense and civilization
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

THERE is in this country "a class of educators who appear t. thick that the sphere of the public school should bo scarcely less re- -tricted than that of the university, and If all the studies they recommend were added 10 those al ready imposed upon if, there would be serious danger of ruin to the children 0y everlasting their minds. Each of them has hobby of his own, which he brings out for inspection in every meet ing of educators. Some have imbibed the notiCp that the common school, above everything else, should teach science; others are filled with the idea matic way teact morality, and tkat thls necessi tates the teaching of religion. The theorists seem almost oblivious to the fact that the children in the com mon schools are Of limited capacity. ar d therefore incap :bie of bearing the bur deDs they would impose. For the older classes the curriculum may be enlarged, but even in this case the danger lies in attempting too much. In short, an at tempt to make the common school sub- serve so many of the ends of a con- plete education is as foolish and prepos- terous as it would be in farmer to at- tempt to make one agricultural tool an swer all the purposes of the whole array of lm pliments that he requires.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

ACCORDING to some recent reports, the der the encroachment upon their reser- vation, and there is, accordingly, chance for a an outbreak. Their large reserva- tion lies in northwestern Arizona and New Mexico. The Navaios, who num- Der over 10000, belong to the same fam fly with the Apaches. Like the latter, they are naturally nomadic and wariike; but they differ from the Apaches in pos sessing a large amount of property. They own immense herds of sheep, together with cattle, goats and horses. They are artisans. From their wool they weave blankets remarkable for their warmth and durability, which they dye themselves. In a rude way they are silversmiths and blacksmiths, and they pay some attention to agriculture. But the most important feature of the Na- vaio tribe is the property represented in the fiocks and herds. This has kept them from any outbreak for over twenty five years, during which they have in creased and grown wealthy. Several times the younger bucks have seemed inclined to break away from existing re- straints, but their conservative elders, with their flocks in mind, have stead fastly opposed any outbreak. A few years ago oil was found on the reservation, and there were some invaders, but the restlessness of the Indians subsided without violence. Now it is said that white men are attempting to.prospect the mineral hills on the Navajo reservation. If the Navaios should rise, they could make, things decidedly unpleasant in their immediate vicinity for a short time. But the same rUmors have proved untrue before, and We apprehend no up> rising now. The Navaios have too many material interests at stake, and they viii show the conservatism of capitalists. h. dian wars, today, are matched in skulls of romancers.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1892
MORE ROADS.


 The question of a north and south railroad becomes more apparent every day. Speaking from the standpoint of a resident of Tucson, it is an absolute want that must not be delayed. any great length of tlme We now pay a heavy tribute to the agriculturists of thrifty California that should enrch our own territory. The progress of the territory is checked for want of proper railroad facilities. A road running north and south would tap the great pine forests, cross grassy plains, pierce the mountains in which are countless mines, tap the grain, fruit and alfalfa regions to the south, and give us direct outlet to the sea of Sonora. There can be no ques- tion but the great agricultural valleys of the Gila, Salt and San Pedro, -togeth- or with the Santa Cruz, must become the gardens and granaries of the terri- tory, and it only needs means of trans portstion to render living in Arlzona as cheap as in California. This argument is sequally applicable to the towns to the north through which a railroad must pass, as the demand upon the over-pro- duction of the great valleys will be made both in the northern and southern tier of counties where agriculture Is only experimental To the towns of Florence and Phenix with their tributary valleys, a road like this means life and pros perity. The wonderful fertile soil pro duces such exuberant crops that @ market must be found for the surplus, and a market can be reached proiitabiy only by railroad. The people should reflect upon thls subject, and crystaiize it into shape and build the road. There is capital enough among the people who are to be directly benefited by the road to build it, but if 1t cannUt be made available surely a, scheme possessing such rare advantages can enlist plenty of outside capital to construct It.
 From Tucson following the Santa Cruz for sixty or seventy miles to the southward, there exists very fertile tract of choice land, very large portion of which can be success fully irrigated and brought under cul- tivation. At present IL is but cattle range. Should north and south road be built, the whole of this valley will be converted into fruit and agricultural lands. The large colonies that can find homes in this delightful spot will not only grow prosperous, but they will cause large towns to spring up at con- verient points, and being directly trlbu- tary to Tucson, this city will derive lasting benefit therefrom. But this IS not the only available land for agricul- tural purposes adjacent to Tucson. Large tracts of mesa lands upon which water may be brought through proper ly directed efforts, will eventually be made to blossom at the hands of the husbandman and prove to be among the greatest of our natural resources. With the building of this road would come travel, business dealings, devel- opement, territorial good feeling, full- ledged prosperity and independence. A varied climate and resources would then make of Arizona an ''empiTe with in an empire" for there is scarcely any thing under the sun that cannot be pro duced here.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

"UNDER the stimulus offavorable tar if legislation" says the St. Paul Jour nal of Commerce, numerous industries, the profitable conduct of which had been found impossible heretofore, have been inaugurated here, both by our own people and foreigners who had hitherto supplied our needs from abroad. The most notable expansion m the large industries during the year was in the iron, steel and railway sup plies and rolling stock establishments. The completion of eight new blast fur naces of the largest class added largely to the capacity for producing pig iron. The McKinleyihill is.dolng just what its advocates predicted; it is giving the American people chance to do their own work.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

SOME of the metropolitan journals will bear watching. You can hardly pick mp one that you do not find it de- nouncing one fraud while it is praising up some equally bad blk. It looks to a man up tree as though the majority of them talked for money. It is the To- cal papers that can be relied for infor nation in relation to mining property. They are right on the ground and do not have to take any one's say so.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
Enn.h fA DnT.

Wisconsin is to have law which pro rides that when a husband disappear and is not heard Of for three years by hi' wife she is divorced without further DO tice. The.EIocii Arien business im that state vii thus reeve g bad black eye and the nam who gDcs Oi.t to feed the Iogs will be quite S,.t tu rziuin.- DetroiI Free psfs2
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
Anples Are Easily Digested.

Chemically the apple is composed oi vegetable fiber, albumen, sugar. gum, malic acid, chlorophyL, gallic acid, lime, and much water: yet, for all this rather imposing lot of ingredients, q good, ripe, raw apple is enc of tine easiest of all the vegetable substances with which the too often abused stomach has to deal; for, after it has been eaten. the whole process Of digestion is completed withiE the incredibly short space of eighty-fve minutes time. e.-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
In His Proper Place.

Ut was only a lark, sir" pleaded g youthful delinquent. in extenuation of [ foolish tricl, he had played on a conGding friend.
 "Only lark. eh:' said the former sti 9cndary magistrate for the iiancle5te5 Iivision Of Lancashire. "Well, we have cage for lar,;s, into which l shall put .ou fer sevs2 days. "-IFeslCn Ti-.Dits.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27
A Young Sailon

The whaling schooner William ;: Grozier, of proyincetcwn, carries one of the youngest sailors ..foat--tAe cap tain's son. "ge-i thirteen years, who i: now making his seventh voyage whai- iEg. he E"-5 as assistant mate arC navigator. He i5 reg;.rded as q :II;ocoi bot'l by owners and crew, as gOO1 iucs mas followed every trip.-Eoston TraD- S,.riut
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-02-27

Women Iwho suffer from nervous and physical debility find great help in the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. It produces the rapid effect Of stimulant, without reaction-the result being a permanent increase of strength and vigor, both of in and body.