- PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1862—VOL. 18. J _PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1881. PRICE 3 CENTS. THE POKTLAJiDJDAILY PRESS, MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS Speaking about Cats. go to in case any particular thing should hap- Published every day (Sundays the THE excepted,) by PRESS. peu; your general information wants to be va- PORTLAND PITBLISHINO CO., ried, but complete; you must intelligently in- Some Fragments from Essays, One of terview any man on any known subject, he of At 100 Exchange WEDNESDAY MARCH 23. St., Portland. MORNING. course, to use technical your Which may Get a Prize. language; temper Term**: Eight Dollars a Year. To mail subscrib must be perfect—you will invariably offend ers and Seven Dollars a Year, if paid in advance. THE MUTUAL BENEFIT Every regular attach^ of the Press is furnished somo, you must take an insult with good THE WIND grace, be eveu for a to TIP with a Card kick, expect certificate THE signed by Stanley Pullen, [X. Y. Times.] be prepared MAINE STATE PRESS All generally criticised, seldom praised; your Editor, railway, steamboat and hotel managers Mr. G. Li. who has a cat show at health is Bunnell, must be perfect—of the kind that don’t published every Thursday Morning at $2.60 a Insurance will confer a favor us credentials Life Co^y, upon by demanding his corner of and break down; you must be to be year, if paid in advance at $2.00 a year. museum, Broadway Ninth prepared irregu- of every person claiming to represent our journal. lar at your meals; if there’s work on hand that -OF- street, offered, before the opening of the show, Kates op Advertising: One inch of space?the Is must at first be attended to, because time, tide c NEWARK, J. a prize for the best on cats. The result ngth of column, constitutes a “square.” essay and a daily newspaper wait for no man; it is $1.50 first week; 75 cents per square, dailj per We do not read anonymous letters and communi- Is that Mr. Bunnell’s office is. now flooded important your digestion be good, for no man's week after; three insertions or contiuu less, $1.00; ~ cations. mind can otherwise be clear; and itur every other day after first 50 cents. The name and address of the writer are in with poetic, comic, serious, and historic effu- lastly you week, LEWIS C. PRESIDENT, must remember that sometimes Half three insertions or GROVER, all cases things happen square, less, 75 cents* indispensable, not necessarily for publica- sions from all parts of the country. A female one week, $1.00; 50 cents per week after. in the night time, and it a report don’t appear FOUR YEARS OF HARD tion but as a guaranty of good faith. Special Notices, one-third additional. LABOR. essayist treats of tho subject at great length. in the next issue you ain’t onterprising, there- Under head of We cannot undertake to return or “.Amusements” and “Auction preserve com She says that the old Egyptians worshiped fore prepare to sit up all night, if necessary, •Sales,” $2.00 per square per week; three inser- Made tc m unications that are not used. and work, and at length when tired and dis- tions or less. $1.50. Abstract of Animal Statement lie Insurance Com. cats. Whon the family cat died a natural gusted, you sink to bed, don’t forget to sleep so Advertisements inserted in the “Maine State death the members of the household shaved Press nas lightly that you will hear the tire alarm, be- (which a large circulation in every part of the of their in sorrow. The was the local editor is the State), for SI.00 j»er square for first'inser- missioner Maine. The Maturing Debt. eyebrows body em- cause, remember, respon- and 60 cents sible man for a full of tion, per square for each subsequent balmed and buried in a consecrated to report everything which insertion. spot RECEIPT* IN 1880: Washington correspondents are confident happens inside of twenty-four hours. Address all communications to cats. They were never killed by tho Egyp- that an extra session of will be PORTLAND to Vacate Our Store Premiums...... 07 Congress tians, and a Roman, who accidentally caused PUBLISHING CO. Obliged Interest.,... 07 1,936,103 and that the call will be Immediately, called, say issued the death of a was set an cat upon by infuriat- [Brooklyn Eagle.) The ENTERTAINMENTS. Total,.. 14 immediately. object of the meeting is ed mob and sacrificed to their fury "'fie Ro- Questions Answered.” the consideration of the bill. The man’s name a.c EXPENDITURES IN 1880: refunding and former address eld "Are you the gentlemau who answers the of for the out of to his The sad event Claims by Death.$2,187,862 73 necessity providing discharge of respect family. questions sent to tne Brooklyn Eagle?” PORTLANDTHEATRE the Sale of Endowments and Annuities,. 549,861 03 the is cast a over the entire Our fast-maturing debt generally recog- gloom community. The voice was filled with and as the TWO EIGHTH Necessitating Surrendered 11 music, ONLY. Policies.045,084 nized. of There are some curious con- Dividends to Policy Holders,.1 404 589 40 Some the debt can be paid. Most superstitions bent and gray philosopher who officiates as Wednesday & March All Other Expenditures.844,604 75 nected with the cat to this vearner Thursday, 23 & 24. of it must be continued. We have promised according encyclopedia for the institution looked up from UADIMN for Mr. Bunnell’s When the cat washes SQUARE THEATRE CO. Total,.... 02 to pay many hundreds of millions of dollars prize. the question “Was the walking match be- C. H. itself it is a of weather; when it licks SMITH,.Lessee and Manager. this We can sign good tween the wise men of the East and the star of ASSETS, DEC. 31, 1880,—market Value,. 93 year. pay some millions. For in Steele 933,736,815 itself the or sits with its Mackaye’s Comedy-Drama. against grain tail to Bethlehem a shake or a at 4 Per 83 the rest we can only renew our notes. The square hippodrome?” STOCK LIABILITIES,—Reserve Cent,.31,911,433 the the weather will be bad. If ENTIRE is OF fire, CLOTHING there his eyes were blinded. A flash of golden hair! business of Congress if it meets in extra ses- to be a wedding in the house the bride may A sea of blue I A sion will be to make the bewildering eyes passionate best terms possible consider herself very fortunate if the cat struggle between the red and white roses. with and creditors. / / present prospective If sneezes the before. In Bavaria a cat of / X Every Policy Issued by this Company Contains the Following Conditions, and is day “I am the man,” he said, wondering what ( i • we can pay off the old debt which bears six W At Ruinous Prices. ABSOLUTELY NON-FORFEITABLE: red, white and black is called a fire cat, and in such grand loveliness could want of him. case or more and five per cent, interest a In of Lapse, after two Full Tears’ Premiums have been paid, the full Four Per Cent Re- by negotiating some villages such cats are thrown in the “May I—ask you—a--question?” serve Value will be the at the of the in either of two First— inquired applied by Company, option Assured, ways: new loan at three or a flames of a three and half per burning house instead of water to the as the beautiful head To the extension of the full amount of the Insurance, for such period as the full value will pay for at the voice, bowed and the cent, Company’s published rates; or, Second—On surrender of the Original Policy within Three Months from interest we shall make a con- quench the flames. It is also supposed that long lashes swept the flowers of her cheek and date of Lapse, to the purchase of a Paid-up Poiioy. Illustration: A party insures at Age 35, for $10,000. siderable saving. A loan at the their presence in a house will prevent fever. as as dew across the moist lids. AN IMMENSE He pays his Premium for Ten Years, receiving the large Dividends of the Company, and then stops pay- lay lightly LOSS TO BUT A as follows: First—The whole When America was discovoied no US, ment. The result will be $10,000 Insurance would be extended for Ten higher rate can be easily managed. One so- cats were “Certainly, anything. Can I do something Years and Forty-six days; or, Second—He would receive a Paid-up Policy for $2,000. found here, not even wild ones. Tho Ameri- licited at the lower rate will be an for you?” experi- can cats are descendants of those brought over HEDGES & HODGES, STATE ment—perhaps worth trying. The experiment from Europe by the first settlers. “It’s about Frank,” she faltered. “I want GREAT GAIN TO AGENTS, A “New York who is also anxi- to ask about Frank. CUSTOMERS. will probably be made; but our creditors journalist,” you Oh! why does he ous for the prize, sends an essay of exactly should not be treat me so?” and the sweet face was turned For Maine and New Hampshire. 178 Devonshire Mass. subjected to duress. They 1,000 words. The origin of house cats, he says, Massachusetts, Street, Boston, upward toward the stazzered philosopher, wet should be left free to is uusume.