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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

Gov. Atgeld of Illinois has made him
self solid with the Anarchists of Chica-
go by pardoning the men convicted and
sent to prison some years ago for partici-
patton in the Chicago bomb throwing in
which several policemen were killed.
The Governor claims that the conviction
OF these men was improper, that it
was brought about by prejudiced jury
and a partial judge, who was determined
to convict If the men were innocent or
if they were illegally convicted, that is
good ground for their release, but it is
undoubtedly the fact that public senti-
ment at the time apr owed the verdict,
and that the full court found nothing in
the conduct of the judge at the trial or
in his rulings to warrant setting aside
of the verdict. Gov. Algeld may have
discovered some good and sufficient rea-
sons for his action, but as he was I'M
doubtedly supported by the whole law
less element of Chicago, and owes his
election largely to them, the suspicion
will naturally arise that his action in this
matter has been influenced quite as
much by his obligations to this class as
by any discovery of improper conduct
on the part of the judge and jury, es-
pecially as other governors quite as up
right and merciful as he have found no
reasons for disturbing the verdict.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

If the story of the collision between
the Victoria and the Camperdown which
is telegraphed to the New York World
be the correct one some measure of re-
sponsibility for the disaster VIII proba-
bly, fall upon Rear Admiral Markham
who was in command of the Camperdown
because his delay in obeying the signal
from the Victoria apparently contributed
to the accident. That Admiral Mark
ham believed the signal must have been
given under misrepresentation of the
position of the ships and that the move.
ment directed must inevitably be attend
en- with disaster and therefore hesitated
to obey it will hardly be admitted as
sufficient defence inasmuch as it will
probably be held that it was his duty to
obey without questioning. Yet it would
seem that an order which involved so
much danger that an experienced COM
mander like Admiral Markham hesitated
to obey it must have been a very ques-
tionable order to give when there was no
great emergency as there was not in this
case, the fleet being engaged in maneu-
vering merely for practice. But Ad-
miral Tryon is dead and has expiated
any indiseretion on his part with his life
while Rear Admiral Markham lives and
will answer the demand which is always
likely to arise in such cases for scape-
goat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

The Lewiston Sun assures it's readers
that the idea of reforming the tariff has
not been abandoned by the Democrats,
and that next winter will see some very
radical readjustments of the revenues.
Nevertheless there are some very strong
symptoms that the zeal of the Democrats
for reforming the tariff has abated very
much since the night of last July, on
which their national convention de-
clared that protection was robbery, that
it was unconstitutional, that it was an
tagonistic to the fundamental principles
Of the Democratic party, and that it
ought to go. Indeed goodly number
of influential Democratic papers are at
this time engaged in arguing that this
platform did not represent the views of
the convention, did not represent the
views of the party, and was concocted
simply to compass the defeat of Mr..
Cleveland, and they are contending that
it should be abandoned, that legislation
should not be based upon it, and that
the farthest that the Democrats should
go in the direction of tariff reform is the
removal of the duties from raw material.
Our esteemed contemporary. the Argus,
apparently entertains this view. Posi-
bly, the Sun is now in favor of sticking to
the platform and tearing up protection,
root and branch, but as 1T is published in
a city of spindles, we suspect that it's zeal
for tariff reform will be considerably
abated before the schedule of manufac-
tured goods is reached.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE %.

It seems to be pretty well settled that
the new Reichstag will conf ain a govern
ment majority sufficiently large to make
sure the passage of the army bill with
perhaps some slight notifications. The
defeat of the opposition is due chiefly to
its splitting into great number of fac
lions. The result now indicated will be
a great victory for Won Caprivi, the
prime minister, and a bitter defeat for
Bismarck, who exerted all his influence
against the bill, and whose son was
elected a deputy in opposition to the
measure.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

Mr.. George KEENAN, thinks that Article
3 of the extradition treaty with Russia
while apparently providing against the
danger OF an extradited person being
tried for some other offence than the one
for which he is extradidited really falls far
short of doing SO because it will always be
exceedingly difficult for the United States
to determine if the provision has been
adhered to. ''Those who know anything
about the Russian courts says Mr.. Ken
nan "know that they are open OF closed,
as the government prefers. There is no
stipulation that the representative of the
United States shall be allowed to follow
the extradited person to court, and to be
present at all the proceedings against
him. Even if he were permitted to do
that, an interpreter would be necessary.
and it would not be easy to get one who
would be impartial, unless the case were
of little account. The probability is
that the first case under the treaty will
be one against common criminal, who
may be prosecuted for crime that would
deserve the harshest punishment. After
that, the efforts of the government would
be directed to the return of offenders
whose fate would be unknown to our di-
plomatic representatives" Mr.. KEENAN,
thinks that we do not need any extradi-
ton treaty with Russia, all the posi-
BILE advantages of such treaty being with
Russia, for no American criminal would
think of going to that country for a
refuge. There is good deal Of force in
what Mr.. KEENAN, says, and it is much
strengthened by the fact that England
which is much near er Russo than we are,
and has much more reason for negotiat-
ing an extradition treaty with that coun-
try has always refused to do so, because
of the great difference in the methods of
judicial procedure in the two countries,
a difference is il anything even more
markedin our case.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

Attorney General Olney has decided
that the appropriations of Congress for
the Columbian exposition are as avail
able now as before the decision of the
circuit court establishing the permanent
opening on Sunday. The Attorney Gem
eral holds that the appropriations were
made conditional upon the agreement of
the Illinois corporation to close up Sun
days, that that corporation did SO agree
and that therefore the condition on
which the appropriations were made
was satisfied. Mr.. Olney hints that the
United States may have some power Of
compelling redress from the Illinois
corporation for violating its agreement,
but he holds that it does not lie in the
direction of Withholding any part of the
appropriation. This probably is the
last of the Sunday opening opposition SO
far as any legal measures are concerned
to compel the closing Of the fair on the
first day of the week. That the govern
ment will ever attempt to get any redress
out of the Illinois corporation, or will
succeed if it does, is not at all probable.
There is one fact, however, that the op-
pone nts of Sunday opening will get
some consolation out of, and that is that
up to date the attendance on Sunday
has been much smaller than was antici
pated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-28

It appears that the Hon. Adlai E
Stevenson, Vice President of the United
States, does not have much of a pulp
with this administration. Adlai did
valiant service on the stump and he car
ried Illinois for the ticket. Nevertheless
when he wants few small offices for his
friends land it is said he has asked for no
big ones) he finds himself person of far
less influence than the Hon. Josiah
Quincy who didn't give the ticket an cleo
toral vote, and SO betakes himself to his
Illinois home in a very detected state of
mind. Adlai thinks Grover is migrate
full. A good many other persons have
entertained this idea before him.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Sermons Made 10 Order,

The preachers of the Church of
England do not have to choose be-
tween writing their own sermons aud
the rankest plagiarism. There is an
intermediate course by which they can
salve their conscience at the expense
of their pockets. A circular letter of
a sermon factory has by some accident
become public in London. 1t com
mences by stating that it is recognized
that in consequence of overwOrk and
other causes some of the clergy cannot
write all the sermons they have to
preach, and goes OH TO remark that the
writer is an experienced preacher,
long accustomed to the composition of
sermons, who has prepared several
courses i'll past years which have met
with much approval, and who has been
asked by old correspondents to furnish
courses for another year. Their style,
he modestly declares, is plain and
earnest, while their spirit is decidedly
practical. The scale of prices is
amusingly graduated according to the
circulation Or danger of detection.
The discourse limited 10 ten copies for
all England commands five shillings.
If fifth copies are circulated the price
is only thirty-seven cents each. In no
case are copies of the same sermon
sent to places less than twenty-five
miles from each other.-rChicago
Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
A Famous Stallion.

Says the Western Horseman: ain
1888 there were landed at Philadel-
phia, from sailing vessel, some Eng
fish thoroughbred horses. Several of
them. exhausted by the voyage, we're
carefully taken TO shore, but one, a
rugged gray stallion, with ringing
neigh, stepped briskly down the gang
plank and dashed away from the pier,
with two grooms holding him in.
This was the advent of the famous
Messenger, destined TO exert greater
influence OH the future stock of
America than any other horse ever
upon the continent. A few of his de-
scendants in the fourth generation
still survive. Stamboul, 2.o74, hold
ing the stallion record of America, is
in the fifth generation through his
dam, and the eighth through the dam
of Sultan, while Kremlin. 2.07i, a
formidable claimant of the standard
record, is in the sixth remove through
tho male lima"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Egyptian Incubation,

In Egypt the art of incubating chicks
without the warmth of sitting hen
has been known from the earliest
times, and it is praciiced today on a
scale which chicken ranches on the
most scientific plan do not display. A
few men will superintend the Matching
of a quarter of a million chickens
within few months, and it is calCu.
lated that nearly a hundred million
fowls are thus incubated in Pharoah
land annually. A dispute is going on
as to whether artifcially Matched fowls
are as fertile as those which are
Matched by the hen. 1t is question
which the naturalist can only settle
BY systematic inquiry into averages.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

In one Of the great Pennsylvania
manufactures there was recently an
apparent discrepancy in the accounts
involving a matter Of 3, 900 pounds Of
scrap iron. The clerks spent two
whole days over the figures and final
ly gave up the task Of trying to make
the accounts balance. Several days
later the office boy took a notion to
amuse himself By adding a column of
figures on a sheet of paper which hap
peued to be on the desk before him.
but somehow he could not make the
footings agree with the amount SET
down. His curiosity was quickened
and, not being pressed with work, he
examined each figure minutely and
discovered a fly speck at the side OF
the figure one, in the thousand col
umn, which made it look precisely
like a four. Each Of the clerks had
called it four, and but for the sharp
eyes of the boy, the mystery would
have probably remained unexplained.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

"
al see that man who killed
twenty-foqr quail with one shot
claims TIL, championship record"
said Frank Notsinger yesterday.
snow | don't want to boast, but
this gentleman who killed twenty
four quail with one shot must
take back seat for killed no less
than thirty with one shot. and l can
prove it with afiidavits. 1t was soon
after one of the early falls of snow
last year and l caught sight of a
covey of probably sixty huddled to-
gether under a hedge. l kuelt down
and from probably thirty yards drew
a bead from the centre of the brown
mass. only fired one shot, but
the charge scattered well, aud
picked up thirty quail"
Frank stopped to see the effect of
his story. He evidently read in
credulity written on the faces of his
hearers, for he added:
sit was souGh of Princeton, and
can prove it by the man who was
with me. Was it sportsmanlike? Oh,
we'll you know, l knew l could break
the record and-well, | am little
ashamed Of it, but 1t is done and
have nothing more to say."-IKansas
City Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Singular Effects of Emotion.

Sir WIN. Daily, consulting aural
surgeon TO ST. Georges Hospital, has
been noting down some ''sirange i'll
cidents in praclice" is to say,
certain cases within his own experi-
euce as medical praclitioner-which
he confcsses himself unable to account
for by any course of cause aud effect
with which the profession can be said
to be at all accurately familiar. The
most curious have reference TO the
effects Of emotion on the various
senses. One is that of lady who
was standing before her toilet table
and looking through an open door into
her husbands dressing room, when
she saw In a mirror the reflection of
her husband in the act of cutting his
throat. From that moment she was
absolutely deaf. A similar sudden
and complete loss of hearing happened
some years later to young married
woman who was suddenly confronted
with her husbands dead body at the
time when she believed him to be
quite well, and when she was going
to meet him after long absence.
On various occasions Sir William
Daily has noted the remarkable effects
produced upon hearing by emotional
influences not only by great mental
shocks, bnt by mental strains. He has
known not only sudden grief but also
overwhelming joy, instantly to make
person quite deaf. Sir William
Daily has known the sense of smell to
be lost by very strong emotional in-
fuences, and with this the sense of
taste. A remarkable instance of loss
of faculty is that of brother physi-
clan, who in boyhood found himself
suddenly deprived of the power of
speech. He was a man Of middle age
and robust appearance. His hearing
was perfect and he could understand
all that was said, but his replies were
always communicated by pencil and
and paper. Ono day this physician
announced that the power of speech
had returned as suddenly as it had Or
iginaIly left him. He added that he
was entirely unable 10 ascribe the re-
coyery to any cause, and Sir William
confesses thar his experience does not
enable him TO offer any explanation
CSt james Gazette.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

her and nothing to give her 70 eat, she
declared that she could sleep on deck
and il they had hard tack aud water
that would be enough for her. and ssc-
ing denial still In his griII old face
she choked down her sobs and sat
resolutely down in her chair and said
she would stay, they must take her. land
TINT was the end of it The captain
still expostulated. but she said with
lofty air that the letter from the pay
master general of the navy, which she
had in her pocket, was authority
CROUCH for him, and that he'd be paid
for the passage if that was what he
wanted. and that (with great empha-
sis) she was--going-to-stay!
"Then she rocked back and forth
with great spirit, and as the baby be-
gan 10 whimper, Yes, mothers dar-
ling, it is going to sue its father, and
no cruel-hearted old sailor is going to
make it stay any longer! There,
there, there, go-lo-sleep, go-to-sleepP
at was hard fight, but she wonl
The old fellow gave in grumblingly
and went below to see about ways and
means. He gave her his own bunk
aud rugged up screens for her, and
she had presence of mind enough to
smile and thank him warmly when he
showed her the miserable hole, and TO
praise the greasy bacon and hard tack
and wlctched coffee they brought her
In the morning.
"The voyage was hard one, but
she sat on deck in her chair all day
long. The few men on board were
very respectful, and the captain and
mate made much of tie baby. There
was nasty weather rounding Cape
Hatteras, and at one time they were
in great danger. but the little woman
could not be made to go below.
Advice, entreaties nor commands had
any effect. Stationing herself abaft
the mainmast, or somewhere OIL deck,
she stuck out the storm, her eyes
turned always to the sou'-sou'- west,
where Jim was.
"And when at last they .glided be-
hind the breakwater and the .barbor-
masters boat put out TO meet them,
with Jim on board, there she stood,
near the bow, her baby in her arms,
her eyes trimming with tears and her
face transtigured with gladness.
''She was pluclSy little girl, : said
XII 5Jhhtse, as Did 'conciuuJn, ~alIs. =
lckier, too, than many another poor
7ife was in those days. But did they
ever learn anything more about that
elbow, Smith,"
eyes! The husband wrote to a
riend in the Office and the matter was
Investigated. Smith was discharged
nth little extremely plain talk from
&c general which resulted in his de-
arturo for other scenes"
"But where comes in that vivid
ersonal interest which YOU said you
adj in the story!n asked Middle
rock.
"Why," said Pond, as he relighted
is cigar, 81 married the baby
Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Breaking Up Their Old Ships.

The opinion, says the Ironmonger,
is gaining ground in the North of
England that, with one million tons of
shipping lying idle, much of which
will never be used again because it is
obsolete and cannot be worked sue
cessfully againss the economical mod
ern type of steamer, it is the duty of
owners to break it up and put the old
metal in the market. Much of this
sort Of work has already been done on
the Clyde. the Mersey, at Belfast and
at Barrow, and it is probable that
during 1898 a further number of old
ships viii share this fate. Many of
the agents who have ships on sale
strongly recommend this course. It
has the merit of common sense in it,
as, if the ships cannot in future find
remunerative employment, they may
as we'll be converted into money as
soon as possible, and clear away
vast tonnage which is standing in the
way of further Legitimate develop.
ments in sailing ships and steamships
of modern type.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07


The man who hates his enemies
does not love God.
A BAD man hates the things that
can do him good.
CHRIST was Gods idea of what
man should be.
WHEN we try to please everybody
we shall please nobody.
No WOUND can hurt so badly as the
one inflicted by a friend.
The world demands of Christian
all that the Bible requires.
A LIE turns pale whenever it finds
out that truth is on its track.
BEWARE of the man whose wife is
always saying he has no faults.
If is no harder for God to make
mountain than grain of sand.
WHEN You geta giant down, stick
to him till you cut his head off.
IT is easier to backslide at camp
meeting than it is in shipwreck.
7 al meaning of reform isSEy-
ing OF ullaticer behavayf
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Do You Like to Fishf

An Oregon newspaper declare
that the place for sportsmeI
to go just now is to Okanogan River
The stream is said to be full of trout
and that section OF the country i
the natural home Of canyasback ant
teal duck, and also OF wild geese
Within an hours walk from the towt
of Okanogan the mountains are over
run with deer and other game, whilt
a few miles further back mountaii
lions and bears furnish all the spcr
that more ambitious hunters might
GnSira
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07
Life's Pilgrim.

Like those who travel eastward through
the day,
We journey on along l.ife's devious way;
Behind US each shadow hasteneth,
And suddenly, ere we are quite aware
Lo! at our side a presence mute is there
To be our fellow to the door of DEATH
Darker the path each moment grows and
then
At last the journey done, Night falls again.
And with the Shadow we lie down to rest,
And slumber peacefully upon Earth's breast.
IF. ID. Sherman, In Harpers Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-07

LII lies are great
travellers.
krHE riches that
run to us soon
fly away.
w HE RE V f K
there is selfish
ness there is sin.
THE greatest
of all duties Is
the present one.
GOD Is never
loved until His
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-
makes him lose his taste for ,,f6od.
The devil loves to hang around
people who do not give half enough.
THE higher men rise outside Of
Christ, the farther they have to fall.
IT is when we are willing to 60
down ourselves that Christ is lifted up.
We do not have to travel far to find
out that all hogs do not wear bristleS.
THERE are too many people who
are only plous when things go right.
COP can say things to the poor
that he cannot even hint at to the
rich.
The world is full of heroes whose
names will never be known in this
life.
SOME people Will sell their souls
very cheaply for the promise of spot
cash.
We lose our own possessions the
moment we begin TO coyet those OF
another.
THERE is nothing against which
the Bible warns US that is not way
Of 5eath.
SIC TIoN is conditioned upon our
icing willing to receive it through
Christ.
WHAT the devil did in the Garden
of Eden every sinner would try to do
in Heaven.
No MAN has ever yet been able to
climb into Heaven on a ladder of his
own make.
WHEN God calls for volunteers it
is not always giants who are the first
to step out.
WHEN man measures himself he
always does it with a badly shrunken
yardstick.
THE kind OF religion that warns
and cheers is the kind that is full OF
sunshine.
IT is only in man and through man
that the love of God can be seen and
understood.
WE will not break any of the other
commandments so long as we keep
the first one.