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The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
Marking the Ballot.
To the Editor of the PRESS:

To the Editor of the PRESS:
I read with a good deal of satisfaction
the recent editorial on tie law regulat-
ing the mode of the marking of the Off
cial ballot, with which fully concur as
to the undesirableness of any change in
this feature of the law. Any change
in my opinion, is unnecessary and I'M
called for, and if made would be produc.
tive of more harm than good, would lead
mode of marking the ballot as prescribed
by the law, is simple and easily under
stood. Nothing can be simpler. The
modus operandi is simply this: If you
are Republican or Democrat. or
Prohibitionist or Mugwump and wish to
vote for either party, make cross in
the square over the party name at the
top of the ballot. That cross SO marked
carries all below it, and does nothing
else. 1t would seem as though any man
OF common intelligence need not err in
this simple requirement. The confusion
and perplexlty as to the proper way to
mark the ballot is because the official
ballots of the several parties are printed
in juxtaposition on the same sheet of
paper (Ihe sole purpose OF Whlch Is
to carryout the secrecy of voting.)
Now were the ballots for each party
printed by itself and given to the voter,
it would be very much easier to mark
the ballot, which, as 1 remarked before
would destroy the very intent of the law
secrecy. Wherein then does safety lie
this simple rule-having made up your
mind how you wish to vote mark the
ballot in the square over the name at
the top of the ticket, and then focus
your mind upon that and be Oblivlous
to everything printed thereon. Then if
you wish to vote mixed ticket all that
is req uired is to sJrike out such names
as you do not want to vote and write in
those you do. Can any way of voting
be suggested palmer than this? What
then has produced so many defective
ballots? Because men of intelligence
have mott taken the trouble to examine
the law, but knew it all, /" consequently
have disfranchised themselves, while the
illiterate acknowledged his ignorance,
sought information and his ballot was
properly marked. If there is any change
contemplated in the present law 1 hope
this feature of it will remain undis
turbed. A.F.G.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
WEsTBROOK.

Mr.. Emerson Traitor of the east end
was found in an unconscious condition
on the sidewalk in front of his home on
Tuesday, and was taken into the house.
where he soon partially recovered con-
seriousness. DR.. Swan was called and
pronounced it case of paralysis.
MIR. M. B. Mason, of the firm of S. D..
Warren & Co., is at the "Elms," east
end.
Henry S. Cobb, printer. at the east end
has just returned from Boston. where he
has purchased new press and type for
his rapidly increasing business.
Presumpscot Commandery, No. 20s.
U.O.GC,. will have an. installation and
supper next Thursday evening, January
18th.
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The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

The small daughter of a we'll known Bos-
ton physician went to visit her grand
mother in the country recently; and, being
town born and bred, the singing of the
birds was new sensation for her. What
is that noise'' she inquired. birds sing
ing,'' replied her grandmother. "That is
golden robin.' The next day the midget
informed her mamma that she would like
to hear that brass hen againi presbyterian
Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
a LAY OF BEAUTY.

THIS day IS beautiful to me. And why?
Because gold sunshine streams across the
lea?
Because there is June's glory in the skyf
That is not why tits beautiful to me!
The graces Of the lily and the rose
Take ON a newer charm when you are near
The azure of the Skies mid drifting SHOWS,
Less brilliant is than your sweet eyes appear.
The day is beautiful, and my heart knows
1t is because you are beside me, dear.
Dexter Smith in Detroit Free Press.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

A teacher in a primary school in East
125th street a few days ago asked the pupils
of a class over which she presides to COM
pose sentence in which the word de
light" occurred.
A ?-year-old colored boy-the only one of
Darktown persuasion in the CLASSIFIED up
his hand.
''Well?' asked the teacher.
please. teacher" said he, when I does
gwine to led at night l always puts out de
light New York Herald.
The Best is Ponds Extract, because tits the
strongest. purest and most uniform article
made. Note bottles with buff wrappers.
She (complainingly)-B we were
married you used to bring me flowers almost
every day. but now you never think of
buying me even a bunch of violets.
He (gallantly) The pretty flower girls
don't attraotlmy attention SO much as they
used to.
She-O. you darling! Never mind; don't
really care for flowers, anyway New York
Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
WATCH REPAIRING.

NEW Resilient Waltham Mainsprings only 75c.
~ warranted cleaning and handspring. only 81. so;
cleaning, S10o All work strictly first class and war
ranted. twenty-five years matchmaker. McKEN-
NEY, the Matchmaker, 459 Congress ST., Monument
Square. jan3dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

VNANTED-An persons in went of trunks CT
w bags 20 call at e. D. Reynolds. b93
Congress street, one door above Geo. C. Shaw's
grocery store, as we manufacture our goods
and can therefore give you bottom prices
trunks repaired: open evenings. decl-k
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

THO LET-House No. a2 sGray street. nine
Il rooms. Also a good rent of six rooms at
No. lSa Pearl street. GEO. G. HOPKINS,
SO IL Exchange street. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

The Portland Daily Press is only SOC
month; try it,
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

A GENTS-Either sex, can make S15 and
"A upward per week easy selling Wild Rose
Ointment for chap, chafe, scalds. burns, etc,
and build up steady trade in their own vicinity.
Sells itself wherever introduced. Write us
for particulars. CARPENTER BROS,
Milton Ave-, Dorchester, Mass. 10-1
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

ITO LET-A pleasant furnished loom with
J. gas, furnace heat, set bowl with hot and
cold water, use of bath room. Call at IL
DOW ST.. right hand bell. 12-1
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WANTED-Agents. at once male or fe-
w male) in every city and town. You can
make $40 to $35 weekly selling our goods a
household necessity: ready sales: large pro-
fits; no experience required. Write today
54S l-2 CONGRESS S TKEET, Portland, Me.
ISL
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

A GENTS WANTED-At once in Guilfora and
"A all principle places in Maine, for the best
Spring Bed in the world. Until your dealer
keeps them will send them at factory price
and pay the freight to nearest station. sen a
good woven wire spring for $500. For cuts of
Springs and further information write to C, J.
FOSTER. North Gray Me. 10-1
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

ITO LET-Upper rent of six rooms, sunny and
i convenient, at No. 1856 Clark street. Iu-
quire at No. Cushman street, right hand pell.
16-1
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TO LET.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 20 cents cash in advance.
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ITO LET-The fourth door in our building,
l. space 65x7O feet, with haat. power and
use of elevator. First class location for manu-
featuring purposes. Inquire of MEGQUIER &
JONES. SO Pearl St. mar2u
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

DICTURES, PICTUREs-Thcse in want
Il of pictures for small amount of
money would do well to call on US. Pictures
framed to order. The Picture ''Thorough-
bred" given with every picture we frame.
f. u. REYNOLDS & CO, 593 Congress
street. 70
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

THO LET-Rooms. at 15G Free street, City.
i Rooms we'll adapted for clerks or stud
ents, either gentlemen or ladies. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WAN ED-Agents in every city and town
W in this state to handle the Prison Cell
Puzzle and Cyrenne Whistles. the latest
the greatest. They are selling like wildf1re.
Now is your chance. Sample mailed rs
cents. Apply atsHsonce.. PORTLAND
NOVELTY CO., $50 1-2 Middle street, Port
land. Me. III
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yNANTED-A first class machine operator.
w HASKELL & JONES. 40 Congress
street. ISL
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wANTED-MALE EELP.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
OLA MI O N d S ,

fine line of Ladies' and Gents Diamond Rings
in the latest styles of settings. My prices are
reasonable and every stone of the best quality
$1,000 TO $500. MCKINNEY, the Jeweler, Monu,,
ment Square. inn11dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WANTED-A wide angle tense suitable for a
brook, Maine. 1O-1
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

wv ANTED-Partner with $500; also an ex-
w cellent travelling money making bust
ness: pleasant. honorables an profitable
Everything honest and straight with value
received. Enquire of A. c. LIBBY, n 1-2
Exchange street. I'll
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

THO LET One large room furnished or unfur-
i nished. II FREE ST.
nov25 DIFF
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WANTED.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
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OPERA GLASSES.

r HAVE large line of LIE Marie and other good
makes in any style of case you may. wish. The
prices are low and the styles will surely suit YOU
Opera Glasses 10 let. MCKINNEY, the Jeweer 459
Congress Street, Monument Square. jan3df
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WANTED'-stamps .singly or in lots High
offer. Albums for 1895 for sale. Want lists
of stamps promptly attended to. Stamps
bought and sold and exchanged. THE
DIXIE STAMP CO.. Nashville. Tennessee.
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wANTED-FEMALE HELP.

Forty words inserted under this head
one weak for rs cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16
CLOCK REPAIRIMc.

T HAVE made a speciality of clock repairing Tor
prices are reasonable, my work strictly frstclass.
Drop me a postal and will send for your clock
MCKINNEY, the Clock Maker, 459 Congress St,
Monument Square. Jan3dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

II OST-A dark brown muf between raj
Grove and st. John streets. Finder please
return to 81 Falmouth street. Oakdale or 5go
Cumberland street, this city. and be reward
ed. lo-l
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WEDDING PRESENTS.

MR. SAMUEL LEVY is now prepared to by
NI cast off clothing of all descriptions for
highest cash prices. Address letters or postal
to 100 MIDDLE ST. aug15dtt
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WANTED-A young lady for office work
w and typewriting, one who understands
short hand. and lives at home: Address
with reference in own hand writing. A. g.,
this office. AL
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

How many hours I lay unconscious /
will never know. In front of me as
opened uy eyes was curious, irregular
square Of steely gray, with bright specks
like tinsel shining brightly. L watched
them long without another thought IN
my numbed brain before, very slowly,
wondered what they were. Gradually
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

ECR SALE-Milk route selling sixty gallons
daily. For further information, Address
X, This Office. Ia
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

II OOK-In Haskell & Jones Show Window
IA Monument Square, and see how good
suit you can get made to order for $500. Or
pair of pants for 5000. 12-1
The Portland daily press., 1895-01-16

WANTED-A capa BILE girl to do general
w homework. Apply at 10 farrls street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-30
Recurrent Dreams.

I have heard people say they have
sometimes dreamed of a thing, and
awakened from their dream, and then
fallen asleep and dreamed of the same
thing; but L believe this is all one con-
tinuouS dream; that they did not really
awaken, but only dreamed they awak-
ened. L have never had any such
dreams, but at one time / had a recur-
rent dream. which was so singular that
/ thought no one else had ever had
recurrent dream, till i proved that it
was rather common by starting the in
quiry in the Contributor club in the
Atlantic Monthly, whe / found that
numbers of people have recurrent
dreams My own recurrent dreams be
gan to come during the first year of my
consulate at Venice, where had hoped
to find the same kind of poetic dimness
on the phases of American life, which
wished to treat in literature, as the dis
tance of time would have given. 1
should not wish any such dimness now,
but those were my romantic days. and
/ was sorely baff1ed by its absence. The
disappointment began to haunt my
nights as well as my days, and a dream
repeated itself from week to week for
a matter Of eight to ten months 10 one
OBJECT. l dreamed that l had gone home
to America and that people met me and
said: why, you have given up your
place" and / always answered: Ger
tainly not; haven't done at all what
j mean TO do there. yet. | am only here
on my ten days leave" / meant the
ten days which a consul can take each
quarter without applying 10 the de-
partment of state: and then / dould re-
fleet how impossible il was that J
should make the visit in that time. l
saw that I should be found cut. and
dismissed from my Office and publicly
disgraced. Then, suddenly, / was not
consul at Venice. and had not been,
but consul at Delhi in India and the dis
tress l felt would all end in splendid
Oriental phantasmagory of elephants
and native princes. with their retinues
iD procession, which / suppose was
mostly ont OF nay reading De Quincy
This dream. with no variation that ]
can recall. persisted till | broke IL up
by saying. in the morning after it had
REQUIRED. that I had dreamed that
dream again: and so ii began 10 fade
away, coming less and less frequently,
and at last ceasing all together.-FTom
True. l Talk Of Dreams" by William
Dean Howells. in Harper's Magazine
70
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-30
More Light on Egyptian Darkness.

The report of the discovery by Profes-
sor Flinders Petrie OF the remains OF
distinctly new race OF people in Egypt
is by no means startling news 70 those
who havewho have followed at al
the series of Psychological surprises.
The soil OF Egypt probably holds as
great if not greater wonders than those
already unearJhed. While Egypt was
not the cradle of mankind, nor even of
civilization, its antiquities are OF more
interest to humanity than those of al
most any other country. The'Nile wit
messed the great secrets of the dawn OF
the historic world. OF the Egyptians
themselves the origin is still wrapped
in lnscrutable mystery. That they were
absolutely distinct from the Ethiopian
race has long been known; that the
primitive Egyptians were Jewish or
even Semitic has not been established.
As for Professor Petrie's discovery. it
relates TO comparatively later chapter
in the romantic history of the land of
the lotus and papyrus, of Osiris and the
Pyramide.
According to the belief Of Professor
Petrie, the strange new peopel whose
bones and relics he has unearthed in the
district between Balas and Negadeh.
thirty miles north of Thebes, were most
likely the funeral witnesses of the con-
querors who overthrow Egyptian civiH-
Zcticu 1T litt lllllc VI the olu hlnSuOm
and produced the dark ages of the Sew
enth and Eighth dynasties. They would
thus have f1ourished near Thebes about
5000 Il. G. Theih pottery exhibits some
peculiar resemblances to that of the
Amorite period in Palestine. Again
othr evidences point westward 10 Malta.
The prominent apuiline nose and long
pointed beard certainly lend more
FEASIBILITY to the Libyan and Amorite
hypothesis. The most striking phase Of
all, however, is the condition of the re-
mains, which irrestbly suggests cere-
monial cannibaliSm. The absence of all
writing, beyond mere personal marks.
and the rudenesS of the attempts at
drawing and sculpture emphasizes this
feature, while the knowledge evinced of
metals does not altar seriously the con-
viction that the civilization of this dead
and long lost race was upon a low level
in strong contrast TO Egyptian civiliza-
ton. AS European suffered an Asiatic
deluge in later history, so II may vet
transpire that Egypt was flooded at one
time long before by the barbarians Of
E'urOpa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-30
WHY NOT. DON?

AS Harrison hesitates and Tom Reed
having hustled himself out of the cOun-
try, what's the matter of Don Cameron
of Pennsylvania? Grant knew men as
few know them and Grant accepted
Don Cameron when a young man as
one of the biggest this country had to
offer. He was well sired and but very
occasionally damned. Living. in a
state whose agricultural section is on
the Atlantic side and whose mineral
end is drained by the Mississippi he
is not so badly located. He possesses
gold enough to be a gold-bug, but he
is the out and Outest silver man among
all the recognized leaders of the Re
publican party. If Allison don't feel
inclined to stand by his own section
and Mckinley can't rise above his
environments. and Harrison and Reed
won't, Don would seem to be the man.
His head is as long as it was red before
1t was bald, and for levelness no man
IN all his public career ever saw him
fly off the handle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-30
ANYTHING to Accommodate.

The willingness Of the country n1er-
chant, when he has competition. 10
ohlige customers. is sometimes almost
pathetic. The Reading. MichD Hust-
Ter relates that the other day a farmer
entered one OF the hardware stores in
that town and asked 10 see a chean
rlouSe-trap- The dealer handed him
down a wooden trap that had three
holes for mice.
How u1uch?" asked the farmer.
Ten cents" said the merchant
That's morn / can afford 10 paw.
said the farmer. Got any for FIVE
cents?"
The merchant had none for five cents
and the farmer was about 10 depart
when the merchant called outo;g ga
when the hardware man called out.
Hold on q minute"
He took the ten cent trap 10 the hack
part of the store. took down a saw and
sawed out one OF the holes and the
catcher with il. and brought ne mutt
lated trap back 10 the farmer. who
paid his five cents and went away with
the trap apparently well satisfied
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-30
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES


Bobby Burns e. insane n the jan q. Z
Reno.
In the Caddo country some ancient grass
houses stlH remain.
Lewis Horubeck calls running a news
paper 'an earnest e-ort e. starvation"
on May 9. Edmond Kill get out and
vote $500 IN city bonds fo- waterwor<s.
Next Monday the elections Fl the cities
o. the second class tn Oklahoma take
place.
Wear Po-d Greek the Other day ne zlnd
blew Up a broom corn fed ard awep; =
along for miles.
II Oklahoma city hal kept On boring
she might have struck TIE uorfh pols
riEh; In the middle
The Oklahoma papers are booming a
CCufeferate reun4ou winch ls soon to
take place IA Houston. Ten
Secretary Hoke Smith All lars a.
NiHit2 next Friday. and he nd better g4t
rs scalp lu a SAFE over might
since United States zfsrshzI Slx fas
been n once four o. HE aersti~s Rave
bees killed IN GEhts Ntta baa8ifE
TIE mayor o. - Reoo - 20 Eet y.
year tss c.ty marshal zee re eify
attorney ana tae police 3usra E.s each
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