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The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A Scarlet Poppy and Other Stories.
By Harriet PRESCOTT Spofford. The
other stories are Best Laid Schemes, An
Ideal, Mrs. Claxton's Skeleton, The
Tragic Story of Binns, The Composite
Wife and Mr.. Van Nore's Daugnter-in-
Law A Scarlet Poppy is quarrel be-
tween husband and wife over the wife's
extravaganza. Best Laid Schemes is a
bright satire on vegetarianism An
Ideal test of man who though happily
married, cherishes very tender and
touching memory of a forine lover. Often
as he sits alone by the fire she comes
and sits beside him, vision of sweet
ness, beauty and ethereal grace. He has
not met his former sweetheart for years.
and his wife who is aware of his illus
ion, invites the lady to visit them with
out informing him of her identity. She
is extremely disagreeable to him and
he almost wishes that his ears were dull
OF hearing that no might not hear her
rasping voice, sharp as file, piercing
as locust's whir." Just as she is tax
ing her departure he learns that it is
she who "has been shaft of the light
of heaven in his memory" Mrs. Clax-
toms Skeleton tells how Mr.. Claxton
tried to rule the house, and how his and
Mrs Claxton's ideas clash ed in regard to
naming and dressing the baby. He be-
came SO domineering that Mrs. Claxton
wouldn't stand it, but an accident to
Mr.. Claxton resulted in d mutual un-
derstanding and happiness. The Tragic
Story of Binns relates how poor, pale, in
significant little Binns was wooed by
Roxy, a buxom, blooming kitchenmaid.
Binns didn't want to be married, and
his fate was very pathetic. Mr.. Van
Nore's Daughter. inLaw is short, tell
ing sketch of a very old family, SO old
the aathor says, as to be really worm
eaten. These stories are all told in a
charming manner, and show the authors
ability in the skillful touches OF charac-
ter. They are all little sermons in dis
guise on the duty of forbearance. The
book will be welcomed and enioyed by
ali who admire Mrs. Spofford's writings
New York: Harper & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
On Cloud Mountain. By Frederick
Thickstun Clark, author of A Mexican
Girl, In thesValley..of Havilah, etc. The
scene of this story is a lonely mountain
ranch in Colorado. The principal char
acter is a young woman whose husband
treats her in shameful and cruel man
ner, like his slave, she says, as if he
had bought the right over me.n II used
to hide when saw i'm COMM. tried
to please i'm, God knows I did, but he
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25

Mr.. Frederic Danforth. who has been
appointed railroad commissioner to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Col
onel Wildes, is a civil engineer, and has
been connected with some of the most
important railroad construction in
Maine. His most recent work was as
engineer in charge of the building of the
Portland & Rumford Falls road. He is
widely and fi.vorably known, and will
bring to his office not only thorough
knowledge and long experience. but a
judicial temperament which will ensure
calm and impartial treatment OF all
questions submitted to his decision.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25

1t is difficult to understand why Sec.
Rotary Carlisle does not discharge How
ard, Mr.. Morton's coachman, forthwith,
and get the disgraceful episode out of
he minds of the people. After the
opinion of Judge Lacombe, Mr.. Carlisle
cannot doubt that fair construction of
the alien contract law exempts Howard,
and therefore that his arrest and de.en.
tion are wrongful. The only effect of
any more inquiry will he to continue a
gross injustice and still further beIittle
the Secretary in the estimation of the
people. Whether Carlisle was led into
this business by his subordinates, or
instigated it himself, the best thing he
can do is to get out of it as soon as DOS
sible. AS piece of political strategy
it has proved miserable failure.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25

There is not much doubt but if the
Hon. William L. Wilson We're nothing but
an average congressman he would be
beaten in his district. His doctrines are
not popular evidently among his indus
trial constituents. But Mr.. Wilson is
one of the leaders of his party and
able man. Men of his conspicuousness
and ability are always harder to beat
than the average congressional candi-
date. Their prominence and power
draw votes of themselves and votes too
of people oftentimes who are not in ac-
cord with their doctrines. We're it not
for this fact the chances wonld be against
Mr.. Wilson's re-electloS. AS it is we
should say that theySwere about even.
His friends do not seem to be very
confident of his return for they have al
ready begun to look after the representa-
tives to the State legislature with view
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
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Ex-Mayor Grant, the candidate of
Tammany for Mayor of New York, has
compelled one Weissig, WHO was the
Democratic candidate for assem- blyman
in the third district to withdraw. Grant
declared that he would not accept the
mayoralty nomination unless Weissig
got out. His objection to Weissig was
that he was SO coarse that he could not
run on the same ticket with him. After
this it will be safe to set Weissig down
as the coarsest man in the universe
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25

Russian press censorship evidently
does not extend to Vienna. There the
papers are expressing their opinions in
regard to the death of the Gear with the
greatest freedom. One of them says:
Nobody in Russia will weep for him."
Another observes that "a sigh of relief
will proceed from the Russian people
when he. is gone, and his evil spirit will
vanish into oblivion.v
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
THE PRESS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Is.

The silence of Gov. Russell in the pres
emit campaign is, according to the Boston
Herald, causing unfavorable comment.
Probably Mr.. Russell thinks that the
sacrifice of one member Of the family
is quite all that ought to be asked.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
HOME FOR AGED WOMEN.

THE annual meeting of the subscribers of
L this association will be held at the
Home, Emery street, on TUESDAY, October
Both, at 5 p. M. By order of the Managers
HARRIET S. M'COBB, Secretary.
October 20, 1894. oct23dtd
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25

wouldn't see no good in the things
DONE | was subdued and afeard. When
he came near me shrunkssand ouivered,
for | never knew what he might do.
AFTER that fust blow it come easier fer
i'm to strike me- I growed SO used to it
l didn't even cringe when l seed i'm
comm" In her hours of loneliness and
utter misery, brooding over her wrongs,
and loathing the author of them, de-
sire to kill him takes possession of her.
She prays that she may not yield to it,
and hides the keen-edged knife that she
may be kept from temptation. But the
hour comes when endurance fails: she
tries to kill him, but grows blind and
faint with horror of the deed. The
hired man. who has good reason to hate
her husband, and who is witness OF
the scene, SEXES the knife and kills
him. In the opening chapter she is fee
ing from justice, believing herself
murderer. She finds a home in the
ranch, and after much suffering on her
part and of others who are interested in
her the murderer confesses his guilt and
saves her from remorse. Her sad his
tory excites our sympathy from the time
of her marriage until the end of the
story. 1t is a strong, well written story.
the characters showing mraked individ-
uality, ana it's dark shadows are relieved
by light touches here and there, of ma
lures beauty, and by the quaint sayings
and doings of the inmates of the ranch.
thoughtful readers will be impressed BY
the power and sincerity of the work.
New York: Harper & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
What is

Castora is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prerption for Infants
and Children Tt contains neither oum, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is armless substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Sylps and Castor OIL,
1T is Pleasant. Its guarantee ishirty years. use by
Millions of Mothers Cstoria despys Worms and aIlavs
feverishness. Castoria preventsyomiting Sour Curd
cures Darrhoea AMI Wind Cdc. Castoria relieves
teething troubles Mres constation and fatulencv
Castora assmilatef the food, egulates the stomach
and bowels, givin. healthy sd natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is the ChIdrn's PaIacesthe Mothers Friend
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-25
Castoria,,

! CaStOrla,.
| castoria is SO well adapted to children that
rcommsnd it as superior to any prescription
own to me-
/ f. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
III So Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
Is our physicians in the children's depart.
ne aa nave spoken highly of their expert.
'nce in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among opr
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it,
UNITED HOSPITAL AND D1spEssARy
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN 9. SMITH, Fres.,
ray Street, New York Civ
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cenar Company. n Eurray Street. New York Civ.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
THE DESERT BLOOMS.
EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON THE ARID
LANDS OF THE WEST.

How Scientific Agriculture Has Reclaimed
Millions of Acres of Lands Long Regard
ed as Notwithstanding of Irriga-
tion Over Rain.
The day is not very far off when what
used to be called 1.-THE Great American des-
ert" will be known as the garden of the
west or by some similar euphonious and
significant designation. Irrigation is work
ing wonders in the arid lands of Colorado.
Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona and New
Mexico, and it requires no great prescience
to realize that the most productive farms.
orchards and vineyards in the world are to
be reclaimed from the sagebrush and al ali
wastes that were formerly thought to be
accused of God and useless to man. 1t is
no longer matter of conjecture, but a sci
entiic certainty. In all the states and ter
ritories where irrigation has been intelli-
gently and iudiciously tried it has literally
made the desert to blossom with the rose
and with many another delicious flower
and fruit grateful to the nostrils and palate
of civ iliZation.
So great has been the SUCCESS of the
scheme of irrigation, so bountiful the re
turns and so rapid the spread of the idea
that a moderate estimate computes that
there are now about 81 600, 600 acres under
ditch" in the arid regions and it is said
that within the past five years over 500 600,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
Gordon,s Sudan Throne.

Gordon's Sudan throne is a folding
armchair he always sat in at Khartum
and carried with him on his camel jour
neys 1t was little straight backed chair,
having skeleton frame of round iron, a
carpet back and seat, gilt knobs for orna-
ment, and small pads on the arms for
comfort.
The carpet had grown dim in the Afri.
can sun, which deprived il of all royal pre-
TENSIONS so that when Gordon returned
from his governorship Of the Sudan and
Iuddenly asked, .Where is my throne9
Has it been brought inY" they were all
surprised. His throney Nobody had seen
throne. But at length the camp stool
was found where it had been slowed away.
Chambers Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
How to Make a Dolls House.

A fascinating dollhouse that was a
wooden box month ago is about feet
long and q feet wide. 1t cost quarter
of II dollar. The lid was put on hinges, and
when the box is stood upon end it forms
the door or side of the house that can be
set wide open. Two shelves are fitted in
for floors, and four holes were cut for win
dows on each floor. These are filled in
with window glass found about the house.
The outside of the house is painted warm
yellow, with white around the windows.
The walls are covered with old blue car
fridge paper, with "A frieze of pale yellow
roses and olive pattern on the second sto-
ry. The wall paper was found in the house,
too, but books and samples ace often Civ
Ell away by dealers in wall paper. If pa
per is not to be had without an outlay,
cover the walls with pale tinted silesia or
cambria, with a little frill at the top. Fas-
ten to the wall with tacks. Then add lit
tie curtains of lace or cheesecloth and
make rugs or carpets of bits of old carpet
or heavy cloth. A piece of plush of olive
or cardinal, with wide border of another
darker color. would make a rich looking
arpet.-EXchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02

ern capital, to that Of the east, Toxic, dis
tributed the two breeds of dogs consider.
ably and made occasional expectation pos
sible, and when two or three had arrived
their beauty and intelligence put them
easily at the head of the toy spaniels
As late as 1881 not more than 10 were
in this country, and they were owned by
Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt, Mrs William
Storrs Wells, Mrs. G.. p. Huntington and
by one or two people who, having Travelled
in Japan, brought one over.
Mrs. Joseph Knapp of Seventy-second
street boasts Japanese spaniel, yellow
and white, that has the prcad distinction
of being the smallest and finest coated dog
of the breed ever seen in this country and
weighs barely "a pounds and is remarka-
BILE for its intelligence.-New York Her
aid
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
The First Phntorranh.

julius F. Sachse, writing in The Amer
lean journal Of Photography, says that
the first portrait of human face taken by
the aid of the sun and n sensitive plate
was made in Philadelphia and shown be
fore the American Philosophical society
at the meeting held Dec 6, 1889. During
the same month others were made by both
Cornelius and DR.. Paul Beck Goddard,
and in less than three months the daguer
reotype miniature had ceased to be nov
city in Philadelphia. These originals are
still in existence and in possession OF the
Historical society Of Pennsylvania.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
GEORGE W. CHILps DRExEL.


built up The Ledger, making it one of the
most respected and influential institutions
of Philadelphia, rejecting in its prim and
precise columns the stad and sober lives of
the citizens who supported it. He estab-
lished the paper so firmly in the affections
of the Phiadelphians that its continued
prosperity would seem to rest merely on a
maintenance of its traditional policy.
There is some curiosity in journalistic
circles as to whether young Mr. Drexel will
pursue this course. He is credited with
having ideas of his own, and certain limo
vations which have surprised Ledger read
ers within the past few months are attrib-
uted to his influence. He has plenty of
self reliance, and having served an appren-
ticeship of several years in The Ledger of
flee accepts his new responsibilities with
out hesitation 1t is expected that Mr. L.
Clarke Davis will retain the position of
managing editor Mr. Davis is the husband
of that talented author, Rebecca Harding
Davis, and is an intimate personal friend
of President Cleveland On account Of this
friendship The Ledger has sometimes been
called the presidents personal organ
George w. Childs Drexel is about %
years old. He is an orphan and inherited
large fortune on the death of his father An
thony j. DreXel, last summer. He was
married in November, 1891. to Miss Mary s.
Trick at Nincentown, n. j. Although the
wedding WAS a very quiet one, it attracted
Il good deal of attention on account of the
wealth and social connections of the groom
Mrs. DreXel now occupies prominent posi-
ton in Philadelphia society and is distin-
guished for her tact and beauty.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

irs. Nlns'"w's soothing y rup has been us
ca ny millions OF mothers tor their children
Whilc Tee gag. disturbed II night and
broken of Npir rest by - sick child suffering
ana crying with pain at cutting teeth, send al
once ami get "a bottle OF Mrs Winslow's
Hoolhing syrup tor children tecthiug. II will
relleVe Ia" . por litlr sufferer Immediately
Depend upon IT, m 'thrr>. there i no mistake
about II. q cures diarrhTn, regulates the
stomach AMI bowels cures wind collie, soft
ems thc S1us1 and reduces inflammation, and
gives ION t"d " cray to the whole system.
hrs; Winsl"w's soothing syrup tor children
reclining pleasant to the taste and Is the
prescription AMI discovery OF one ot the old.
est ana best female phI sicans and nurses i'm
the hitei States Price twenty five cents a
pottie. Sold Ov all dru. gistS throughout the
world. lir @i,r" and ask tor "MRS. MISSIONS
SooTHI\G StatP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02

English sparrows have become such an
intolerable nuisance to farmers i'm Mary
land that "A crusade Of determination has
begun in novel way. Great numbers of
the birds roost in barns aud outbuldings
The farmers, armed with broad, light pad
dies and bright lights, go to the buildings
at night. The light attracts the birds; they
swarm TO it and are killed with the pad
dies. The farmers state that the apparent
cruelty means a preservation of valuable
rrops, and they feel justified in carrying on
h padding slaughter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02

Few of the members of the British house
Of lords can claim descent or even distant
relationship with the barons of King Johns
time, who eXtorted from him the Magma
Charta OF the 53s temporal peers no less
than $50 have been created since the begin
ming of the present century and l26 during
the last century, leaving only 62 whose titles
were conferred prior to 100. OF the entire
number only five can 90 back AS far as the
thirteenth century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
MY MOTHERS MEMORY.

There is one bright star in heaven,
Ever shining In my night,
God to me one guido has given,
Like the sailors beacon light,
Set on every shoal and danger,
Sending out its warning ray
To the humebound weary stranger,
Looking for the landlocked bay.
In my farthest, widest wanderings
have turned me to that love,
As diver meath the water
Turns TO watch the light above.
John Boyle O'Reilly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
NIB. CHlLps, NEWSPAPER.

1t Has Passed Into the Control of G.. w.
Childs Drexcl.
A journalistic career Of extraordinary
promise and possibilities opens out before
George William Chids Drexel, the Young
man who by the death of George w. Childs
is left in charge of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. That journal is one OF the most
prosperous and profitable newspaper prop
critics in the world and exerts a powerful
influence with it's readers The public is
familiar with the story of how Mr. Childs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
CHARLES r. BuCKLANp.

CHARLES X. BUCKLAND. Rugby by his I'M
Gle, the late DIR. Arnold. Mr. auckland ac-
cuses himself of not having particularly
cared for study in his bovAood, but pleads
guilty to having won 1,5tc'n government
scholarships before he was Is years of age.
At IL he got his degree of associate of
arts, taking a first class in Latin, Greek,
French, English literature and mathemat-
les.
He was now ready for his career and be-
gan it in life insurance Office i'm New Yea
land A couple of years later he tried life
on large sheep ranch in northern Queens
land, and after a year of that migrated
through New South Wales and Victoria.
Returning to New Zealand, Mr.. auckland
accepted the position of professor of classics
and English literature in Wellington col.
lege, which he held for number of years.
About 10 years ago Mr.. auckland started
for the United States. He had been here
before on vacation trip and liked the
country. On his way across the Pacific he
stopped at Honolulu and was offered the
editorship of a paper there, which detained
him in the island kingdom for couple of
years. He had always been more or less in
terested in journalism, and after he left
Hawaii purchased wealthy trade paper in
San Francisco, which he subsequently sold
at "A profit. While in San Francisco he was
appointed special agent Of the New Zealand
government, and also acted as Hawaiian
vice consul for time. He took position
in the Spreckels sugar refinery in philadel-
phia in 1889, and after that devoted year
to farming in New Jersey. The journalistic
instinct was too strong, however, and Mr.
Buck land then connected himself with the
Springfield Union, whose service he left for
the position on The Economist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
Japanese spanieIs.

Almost every variety of the poodle, pug,
terrier or spaniel has worn the crown in
its turn, and all have been deposed for
the japanese spaniel, who seems almost
to have reached the limit in weight and
intelligence.
From time immemorial in japanese his
tory this breed has been not only the ia
vorite, but the exclusive property of the
daimios, the feudal rulers of provinces,
and until the introduction Of the foreign
element in the government no one else
was allowed to possess them. The daimos
of the east had the black and white, while
those Of the west owned the yellow and
white.
The change of government, the crush
ing out of the daimios as a class and the
removal of the court from Kioto. the west
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02

York, but that is
just what Mr..
Charles r. Buck
land has done. Mr..
auckland has had
some extraordi-
narily varied ex-
periences. In his
Tasmanian home
he received a pub
lie school educa-
tion of the Eng
fish sort under his
father, who had
been trained at
-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
The Dead Pussy Cat.

You's as stiff an as cold as a stone,
Little cat!
Dey's done frowed out an left you alone,
Little catl
Tze strokin you fur,
But you don never purr
Nor hump up anywhere,
Little cat
wy is dat2
Is you's purrin an humpin up done?
An wy fer is you's little foot tied,
Little cat?
Did dey pisen you's 'tummick inside,
Little cat2
Did dey pound you wifi bricks
Or wifi big nasty sticks,
Or abuse you wifi kicks,
Little cat?
Tell me dat.
Did dey holler Whenever you cwied?
Did it hurt very bad wen you died,
Little cat2
Oh, wy didn' you wun off an hide,
Little cat?
Iiswet in my eyes
Cause | almost aly,. VS. cwies
When pussy eat c.es,
l. e cat.
Ti.s of cat
An I'ze awfully 9 lily besidesl
Dcst lay still dere down in de sof' gwown,
Little lat,
Vile tucks de gween gwass all awoun,
Little At.
Dey can't hurt you no more
Wen you's tired Az SO sore
Dest sleep twiet, you pore
Little cat,
VIII pat,
An forget all de kicks of de town.
EXCHANGE.