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OYSTERS GRoWING IN Alaska.
Experts Prououncs Them of Superior Quail
Ity and Like Those OF the East.


For some time past IT has been rumored In
months since been discovered in certain waters
in Alas la. The location has not been stated.
but it has been understood that the oysters
were entirely different from any found hitherto
on this coast, being much larger and as fine.
or almost as fine. as the best Eastern oysters.
News IL now received from Washington that
these oyeters are In the vicinity OF Killisnoo.
This special information under Il Washington
date was received yesterday. and is rs follows:
United States Fish Commissioner McDon-
Department to avail himself OF the services OF
SPECIAL Agent Max Prarht. having in view the
investigation Of certain oyster beds said to
exist In the vicinity OF kilisnoo Alaska
Specimen shells from this local lty obtained
from natives in the employ OF the Alaska
Oil and Guano Company. We're submitted to
the ichthyologist OF the Commission during the
recent visit OF the special agent to this city.
and were pronounced by the ichthyoIogst to
be OF superior variety. Proper appliances
at Sitka. with instructions to secure and pack
some oysters ortransship pm ent to tho Com mis-
sioner. IL the report OF the ichthyologist IL
favorable. steps will be taken to secure Spat
and young oysters for the purpose Of trans
planting to tho waters OF Chesapeake Bay"
Hitherto 1t has been SUPPOSE ed that tho waters
OF Alaska were too cold for oysters. but old
residents Of Alaska now here point out that
this s AN error. They say that the Japan cur
rent striker and influences greatly n portion Of
ters can live and thrive there tho same AS any
whore else In tho country.
The California and Sh0alwater Bay Oysters.
as every ono here knows. arc small and sweet.
lty many Cali forninns they are preferred to the
Eastern product. The newly discovered oys-
ters OF Alaska, while "a large as those OF the
last are said to have much the same flavor as
the California oysters.
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The Winds OF VI emory.


Upon the western shore. to n iKht, / III sitting.
The shore that slopes Ia touch n bOuNdless sea.
And watch the white ships. inward. outward hitting
And wonder when my ship Will come for me-
And where II lies and whittier 1t Ia going:
/ only hear the winds OF memory Blowing.
Across the ellis of yesterday they're coming.
They fan my forehead with the forest AIR
Remembered melodies the hills are hummtng;
A scent Of pine trees hOvrrs everywhere.
hear again the bank side brook let flowing.
While ali the winds or memory are blowing
Blow sweet winds your singing. or your signing
Brings back. to night. a half forgotten tune;
Beneath the apple blooms. once more / III lying.
/ feel the breath ~ girlhoOds happy June.
LIES early dawn Axatn see II glowing.
While all the winds OF memory are blowing.
A summer song faint now fuller growing.
A far on lullaby from mother lips
Love. living love, receiving aud bestowiuR:
listen. listen On ye white. winged ships.
do not heed your coming or your going.
While all the winds OF memory are blowing.
Upon tho western shore tonight IN strayinE
The shore that slopes to touch n bDundless sea-
Aud watch the pillows upward. downward HwAyinE
Hut do not care how near the tide may be
or. II the waters touch my feer. mol knowing.
While can hear the wind OF memory blowing.
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At the Sign of tho Skull.

From The Century.
A strange old tavern have seen:
The " ais are thick. the garden green:
IT'S damp and foul. yet through tho door
DO rich incl come well as poor.
They come by night and they come by day,
And n.ver guest is turned away.
The landlord an unwholesomo fellow,
Has q complexion whte and yellow.
And, though he looks exceeding thin.
Does nothing else but Rr and grin
At NIL his guests who. after while.
Begin to initiate his smile.
The guests arc a fearful sight to sec.
Though some are people of high degree:
For one asks. when n carriage arrives.
A decent account OF tho iuinateB' lives:
But holy virgins and men OF ain
Sleep cheek by jow. In this careless inn:
And beautiful youths In their strength and pride
Have taken beds by a lepers side:
But nj! sleep well and u never WAS said
That any kind OF complaint was made.
Far all the people who pass that way
Appear to intend lengi hened stay.
The house has a singular bill of faro.
Nothing dainty. nothing rare;
But only one dish and that dish meat.
which never guest was known to eat.
Night and day the meal goes on
And the guests themselves are fed upon
These merry guests are all Of them bound
To n land far on but never found
That any one knew when no should start.
Or wished from this pleasant house to part.
q strange old tavern with garden green
In every town its walls are seen.
Now the question has often been asked OF me.
Is II really as bad as II seems TO be-
THEODORE C. WILLIAM
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Maize In Norway.

Fon me rond. Companion
BY an inn OF widest Norway
A dark fIord below.
And the peaks OF the Norska Field above.
In a waste OF cleaning snow.
Ana, between the sombre tIr trees.
Tho DeAi where tho kine feod FREQ.
And u mountain torrent Ieaping down,
To be lost in the maelstrom sea:
There. IN u narrow garden.
one breezy August morn.
1saw beside it's nardy flowers,
A cluster OF Indian corn.
And said TO blue eyed Lena.
With braided haNrn hair.
The child OF the inn who had brought me forth
To sec hor small parterre:
"Your lana lies far to the frozen north.
Aud a day your sum mer spans
Why do you plant the tropc maize
When frost the harvest banst
Barley and oats and rye you may reap
Ere yet the SHOWS fall cold.
But the stately maize. the grain OF the sun,
VIII never yield its gold
otis true" the maiden answered.
That frost our harvest bans:
But we plant the beautiful waving maize
To please tho Americans.
They smile when they SEQ its shining leavee
And say on their boundless plains
II grows like forest rich and tall
In the warmth and the me Ito " rains;
And tho bins filled with its blessed gold
Before the bright year wanes"
"Ob child, I said, lyon have planted wollr'
And thought. that August morn.
Az look ed at peak and stream and treo.
The dark hOru. AMI he grassy lea
There was naught = far on shore or sea
As that cluster OF waving corn.
EDNA DIAN PRocfoa
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SOME POEMS WORTH READING.
'Tis Useies, 20 Regret.

From IL, Eagle ard Coaafy Cbrh Advsr,i,s,.
We've done tho best we could, my dear,
There's nothing to regret:
We've taught the children many truths
On which our hearts were act:
And N against our old.tlnie ways
they fooli-hly protest,
We never need regret, my dear,
That we have done our best
There's many n plan that's come to nnucht,
therea many light gone out;
Ana disappointmcnts Rriefs and cares
Have hedged us round about;
And many a sad mistake we've made
Throughout our lives. and yet
We've done the very best we could;
Ills uscIess to regret.
For ont Of owl good has come,
And out OF darkness light:
And all wrOngdoinR III this world
Somo day VIII he set night:
And though we have not reach ed the sight
Attained by others yet
We've done the best NO could. my dear;
TITS useless to regret.
We've tried to live like honest folks
To do our lnty we'll
'unlnst Nil things 20 take our stand,
In goodness to excel.
30 judge yourself not hhrshly, dear
Nor At inistortnnes tret:
We've done the best we could, and go
tbs useless to regret.
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The Mill Hnnd's Pien.

Pam 'he B'''on Trur.cr'r;.
give me labor and tho light"
Cried one, Haunt aud weary handed.
Sorrow worn AMI trouble branded;
"Sparo me vigil and the night"
oh. for midday's honeyed balm;
oh. tho welcome crash and rattle
or the noOntime toll and battle;
Oh. the inner strength and calm
Soul OF mine. what seest thou.
Ere the evening thread thou breskest
In the warp and woof thou ~ kest
While the sweat hangs on thy brown
kaught indeed OF vain complaint,
Saught OF chrk ana care unprnven
Md the web deep interviewer.
TIL thy toll doth make thee faint.
Only mute and tireless threads
Running out and in together:
Seers that prophecy not whether
Foul or lair be overhead.
Give me labor and tho light
Lo in toll n sure forgetting
or lifc's tretting and royrotting:
Spare me vigil and the night
FRANK WALcorr Hur1
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4 F.Ir I:nIhu-ia~..

F"a NJ KuSGs cry JouTHs,
Tho tossing. rrOthIng. raging sea.
Together sian hy Hle.
They stood aud gazed upon with awe;
"ob. AIHt that SWEET she cried.
a story lie narrated Of
sailor brave who died
In SAVING others from tho waves
How jolly nice" she sighed.
lie pointed to tho red sunset.
50 gOrgeOnSly OutSpTrad,
And Asked her II Il wasn't fine;
ION, yes. 50 cate" khe sal I,
lie then proposed they write their names
Win ste - upon the sand:
6he clApped her bands ami cried with klSSl
"Oh, lhAI will be Just grand"
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III Had known You.

II had known YOU oh. II had known you.
In other days when youth and love were strOnL
would have raised n temple TO enthrone you
un some fair pinnacle OF cOudess song.
II you had touched me then with your dear laughter.
A. now its echo smites me in my grief
] would have gwen my soul to you. and nfer
Lived IN my love. grown old IN my Delief.
II you had loved mo. oh You would have loved me:
Earth would have wOrshippen rs. Its seers sublime
Nv song had been psalm. and saints had proved mo
Prophet aud priest. your poet for all time
". v. Blunt.
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| and are brothers: and are first consns: anl
| T. being cousins children. second cousins: d AMI
being children OF second consns are third cousins.
hut IL irst cousin once removed to Vour rsa-
tionshp to tho little Rir is first cousin twice re-,
moved to Y. and second cousin once removed toZ DIS
child would be fourth cousin As child uhe
haven't decided the name and would be first
thrice removed to r second cousin twice removed to
| T. and third cousin removed to 4. And SO on.
bets that Lizzie Borden cannot be tried again. or
Ss, ha f hen s al w n ss ss
y"nd doubt shs could ' TO punished no,withstnnd'
| A wins the bet She might make a confession now
and prove to he true, yet under the law nothing
| could he done to her She might be punished for
perjury but not even for that II she should until
the statute OF limitations should run against her.
what la the family name OF the Prince Of wales.
whose mother Was Miss uuelpn' A.E Mcvrr.
Ills mother was not known Miss Guelph: she was
generally known as tho Princess Victoria and Queen
Victoria is very cheap wit to call persons bv names
that don't belong to them or by names other than
those by which hey are known, The family name o:
the Prince OF Wales SO far as he has one is Victim
save un your money. and when YOU afford some
really good witticism indulge In that.
%n! you sndIS give a me such Information Of Hog
Pardng IT'S owner. Its size. value ac. :. Also Kindly
no .. .Gw s Ss E "S ~ g. IL.
1ss Dc. the county building eHn,annF record OF
!. Cheerfuly: all know of the island Is at you-
service. You're welcome. .. You'd better see u 'aw
yer You may have to begin suit for cjeciment and
prove your possession from tho time deeds wers
Frat MADE.
Will you bs kind enough to state whcther the aver.
are length or human ifc has increased or diminished
within the last hIty years SfATSThIAH
1t has increased though by what per cent We do not
know. only newspaper reporters speak or men ami
OF +5 or 20 being old; but Shakespeare cal
John Of Gauut time bonored Lancaster" though hc
was only 80 when he died. since shnke speare limo
heightened.
r. $50 far ns know there Is no free school Of
stenogrAphy for rlea In this city.
g. r Rh-The Vice President OF the Unted States 10
President and presiding officer OF the senate
a. 4. r. To obtain place ~ IIShthouse keeper Ap
ply to the Lighthouse BOARD. Washington.
": Brrin We haven't room to reprint tho roll OF
tho senate OF 1890 la there any especial senator
about whom you want Information.
". Chrkr.-some publishers OF spanish and Italian
text books are u. Appleton 4 CO. W Il Jenkins / Ca
l.. steiger Co. These are in this city.
W. d. smith If both Mr.. Cleveland aud Mr. Stevenson
should die. secretary Gresham would become Pfcsidcr:
for tho remainder OF tho term until March 4. 1897
IT, K.-The meaning OF Cushings remarks on
quorum seems To be that n AN association has eco
members. and no number 10 appointed for . quorum,
5ol members are necessary.
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IuI sho Su%Sh pNS''S ~
The palmy days Of parnum's Ann Street
Museum will be pleasantly recalled by the APP
pearunce at ierrmann's, next week. OF Mrs.
Gen. Tom Thumb in musical comedy writ
ten by tho late Charles Gaylor, entitled THE
Countess" In the company will be Count and
Baron Magr!. who are said to be the smallest
actors on the English stage: Tom Thumbs
carriage which was given to him By Queen Vic
tora and has been In a dime museum in the
be exhibited in the lobby at Herrmain's dur
ing the engagement The German hillputiens
e N1los viii not in FL p tSsiI suffer
give professional matinte. in order that the
admired by their, brothers and sisters
Art Ar hsss VIII p ,oj tsysra b.s SSnsss
tomorrow night, AderiIe i'rince VIII be
The heroine in place Of julia Wa, Arthur: Maxime
will be tho young sister Of the heroine and ".
Brown Smith wi take Walden Ramsey's part.
lane. which has already been Ior ieen more
main a fortnight longer at the STANDARD, Loie
Fuller apoeaEs in !his piece nightly at iO:l5.
Theatre until the end Of tho month; 1t gives
ilrst.rGte opportnnlties to Mr.. Holland, q
tho Empire " Liberty Hall is 70 remain until
lime in oSs%rg Ito Fh z zSsDs
during the remainder OF the Goodwin engage
mcnt. Mario Na!nwright Is at tho Harlem
Opera II ouse this week, whore she will appear
in Irop IrOp" "G 4Ha and w;h new COMEDY
tacuiar production OF The, Spider and fiy'
will he offered tomorrow night at tho Grand
Opera House by u company o. iity people. In
GLIDING nearly u score oil English dancers.
headed by Edith Craske. A feature Of the en-
tortanment will be a trans iorma ton scene de-
picting American historical events.
Chauncey Olcott has obtained Il divorce from
his wife. Robert Livingston Cutting is to act
another season with his wife. Minnie Selig-
man. but his roles arc 10 be unimportant.
Tho intornecine wars which have directed the
popular eye 10 ''The Rain Maker Of Syria"
have been temporarily abandoned in order
that the lIbrettist, tho new stage manager
tMr Presbrey. and tho leading actress may
devote all their time and attention to tho public
and private rehearEals OF the piece in Buffalo
In another week the company will open at The
Casino. Richard MGnshed will begin his sea-
son at Herrmann,s Theatre. oct -, with
Beau BrummslI," which VIII be followed
engagement the price Of orchestra chairs viii
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

Not one in thousand of the Chinese
who have not registered can proffer any
excuse for not doing so which
the statute admits to be valid. All
they can say is that the six Com
panies advised them not to reg
lister, and they followed their advice.
But United States judges cannot recog-
nize this as valid excuse so if Chinese
residents are brought before them with
no other they have no option but
must order the delinquents to be deport-
ed. 1t happens fortunately that the law
is not mandatory. 1t does not say that
United States officers must arrest Chin
ese who have not registered but only
"may." 1t is also fortunate that there
is no money at present to enforce the
law so the government cannot issue or
ders to the officers to execute the law if
it were SO disposed. We say fortunate,
because the wholesale execution of the
law at this time would be fraught with
grave danger to American residents in
China. The Chinese are barbarians and
the effect of the wholesale deportation of
their countrymen from the United States
might be to rouse the spirit of retaliation
to the point of slaughtering American
residen is in China.
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neither the opportunity nor the know
ledge of bookkeeping necessary for an
Intelligent examination of the company
books, and it is an injustice to the public
in general who have conferred upon it an
exclusive franchise and have a moral
right therefore to know how
they are using it. This company ought
to make annual reports, as full and clear
as do the railroads or the banks. A COM
pany with an exclusive franchise to sup
ply necessary of life, ought to give a
full account of it's stewardship. Such a
franchise is in the nature of a public
trust.
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UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO,

1t is not given to every man to live in
mansion, but for that treason people of
limited means do not decline to live in
cottage; and by parity of reasoning,
while it is not within the means of all to
carry Ten or Twenty Thousand dollars
OF Insurance, people of more limited
means will find it equally to their advan-
tage to partake of such smaller sums
as may be within their reach.
Thus, when man is married and has
a family around him, it is source of
pleasure to own absolutely the house in
which they reside, but it is obvious that
every one cannot own his abode, and just
here, one of the many advantages to
which the Union Mutual Life Insurance
Company's Trust Policies can be put
presents itself
Suppose man aged 30 years resides
in house, the rent of which is 5000 per
year, if he has. not the means to buy the
same. payment to the Union Mutual of
$75 per FEARLESS than one dollar and a
half per week-would secure the neces-
sary $500 for rent for period extending
20 years subsequent to his death, thereby
relieving him of all care and anxiety in
cident to the maintenance of roof over
the heads of his wife and children, should
he be prematurely removed.
The Thousand and one ways in which
the Trust Policies of the Union Mutual
can be utilized, preclude,-for want of
| of space-even their bare mention.
An Insurance journal in recent issue
said :-sIhere are so MANY various nlaus
for life insuring, that no doubt it would
puzzle the most competent actuary or
experienced life insurance canvasser to
decide which would be exactly the best
one for the insured. However, the I'm
ion Mutual Life is issuing what it terms
a Limited Payment Life Trust Tontine
Policy which at once strikes the iudg-
ment that it's provisions will better an
swer the purpose for providing for fu-
ture necessities than any Life Insurance
Elan yet offered. ap29eodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

1t seems that DR.. Mary Walker pro.
fessed to have discovered that the Frank
c. Almy hanged at Concord was not the
real Almy and that the latter is still at
large, and it was this information she was
hurrying to Concord to convey when the
drop fell. As the Almy who was hanged
had confessed half dozen times that he
shot Christie Warden the failure of DR..
Walker to arrive in time was not proba-
bly, productive of any injustice. The
Doctor need not, therefore, lay awake
nights from remorse at her tardiness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

Next Tuesday, the full bench of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine holds
law term for the middle district at the
court house. At this session Chief JUS
tice Peters and Associate Justice Has
kell, the committee on the matter, will
announce the assignments for the judi
cial year 1884.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

The Rhode Island Democrats seem to
have received serious set back inNtheir
campaign for the capture of the state
offices, by the decision of the Supreme
Court of that state. Indeed their chance
of accomplishing their purpose is vir-
tually gone. IS
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tits pointed out that the opinion of the
judges who sustained the Geary law was
written by Justice Gray of Massachu-
sets, State where public sentiment is
more opposed to the law than in any 9TH
er, while the strongest opinion against
the law was written by Justice Field of
California where the people are almost
unit in support of the measure.
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PORTLAND DAIRY PRESS.
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Subscription Rates.

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rate of 81 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, (Weekly) published
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so cents quarter; 20 cents for trial subscrip
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Persons wishing to leave town for long or
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Advertising Rates.
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stances that raise very strong presump-
Jlon that it is not sincere. These same
aldermen were on the board last year
and made no such suggestion. And
within month it is understood that they
have both been willing and anxious to
confirm as special policemen men who
had never passed examination provided
only they were Democrats.
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. MAY is.

Unless the receipts at the Worlds
Fair increase largely over what they
have been so far it will trouble the di-
rectors good deal to return the 81, 9OO,-
900 appropriated by Congress or any con-
siderable part of it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

The local directory of the Worlds Fair
have succumbed to the pressure and
voted to open the fair on Sunday with
out restriction. The National commits
sion has yet to be heard from. We
don't think there is any doubt that some
way will be found before the summer is
past to get the show open on Sunday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

The appropriations voted by the city
council this year are about $40, 1000 in
excess of last year. The increase is &C
counted for by the necessity of remodel
Ing the High school building. This was
work, however, that was generally de-
manded by the public and could be de-
layed no longer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-18

If the Democratic aldermen made anv
progress toward multiplying Mayor Bax-
ter's appointments Of special policemen
1t does not appear in the proceedings.
Judging from the reports they toiled up
the hill only to slide down again.