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The Portland daily press., 1877-01-13
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PROF FAY OVTDVNE,

The committee will bind me hand and foot and
while IN tts condition coat from the back OF of
the audience will be trans erred to my back and
cnffs will he nstantaneonsv and in fn view Of the
audience, returned by some unseen power to the
owner Not knot united a seal broken.
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CHALLENGE TO MEDFU us,

unequivocay and without reservation pronounce
the so-called phenomena of Spirituaism humbug-
gerry. and denounce mediums, and all, frauds.
Notwithstanding that spirituasts claim that Clara
Baldwin and myself mediums, hereby wager
the sum of $500 or tha | can fully, completely
and satisfactorily perform and expose any manifesto
tions of so-caled spirit power, which am permitted
to witness three times
(sgned) PROF. s. S. BALDWIN,
Exposer of Spifituaisin,
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DAVENPORT BROS.

l will allow committee of four gentlemen Select
ed from the audience) to tie NE vith ropes, and
will be united inside OF minute While tied the
most wonderful mani festatIons will occur.
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To Let.
A NICE Rent on Wmot Street; has furnace, gas
"A and Sebago. Apply to
noy3dtf l.. TAYLOR.
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I will be locked by the committee head and arms
in pllory with the keyhoe filled with sealing wax,
and will escape in go seconds without breaking the
seal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

@A correspondent of the English
Mechanic in answer to question as
to the best means of keeping the
feet dry in winter, says: GA simple
plan would be, on having pair OF
shoes made, to order the maker to
put between the solss a piece OF
gutta percha as thick a. q sixpencs.
No wet or damp will ever get through.
I have adopted this plan for some
years. Formerly I had both wet
and cold feet continually. which even
worsted stockings failed to keep
warm: now I wear Gotten all the
winter, and never have cold feet"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

THE RIGHT KIND OF A WIrE.--A
farmer was once blessed with a good.
natured, contented wife; but it no,
being in the nature of man to be sat
isfied, he one day said to neighboI
he really wished he could hear hi,
wife scold once, for the novelty OF
the thing. Whereupon, his sympa.
thizing neighbor advised him to 60
to the woods and get load OF
crooked sticks, which would Ger.
tainly make her as cross as lie could
desire. Accordingly, the farmer col.
lected load of the most ill-sbaped
crooked, crotchety materials that
were ever known under the name oi
fuel. This he deposited in its place,
taking care that his spouse should
have access to no other wood. Day
after day passed without a complaint
At length the pile was consumed,
"Well,. wife," said the farmer,
"I am going after more wood; Ill
get another load just such as got
last time" "Oh, yes, Jacob" she
replied; 1T will be SO nice If you
will, for such crooked, crotchey wood
as you brought before, does liz
around the pot so nicely.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

~ Miss Linney, of Sacramento,
wasinclined to marry Mr.. Roberts, but
she said that che could not become
the wife of poor man. She would
wait q reasonable time for him to
mako a fortune, and whenever he
was in condition to support her in
elegance he might claim her. He
went to San Francisco, embarked in
mining speculations, and made money
rapidly. A few months ago he told
her that he possessed hundred thou
sand dollars. She said that the sum
was satisfactory, and mentioned q
date that would suit her for the wed.
ding. Then he coolly told her that
he had changed his mind, and had
no idea of marrying her. She has
sued him for breach of promise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

been left desolate, who had been cas-
on bleak and unfeelins world, who
pined for a heart and o home-for 6
heart that brimmed over with love
Gracious goodness! had hear,
that yearnsd towards he'd rthat-tha,
Why-eh-how wa this? And
where was /?
l awoke with a shiv But 70,
the lamp in the court-ydfd the room
would have bsen quito Ssrk. My
head was aching frigh4nll !. I got
up and staggered to the window.
When I looked out and saw the ia
miliar courtyard, everything came
back to me like a flash of light.
Where was madame? Why had 1
slept so long? What boor she
must take me to be? I groped for
the bell and rang it violently. Up
came the waiter with q candle.
=" Where is madame?" I demanded.
Madame" he answered, event out
nearly three hours ago, saying she
wanted to make few purchases and
would be back in little while. On
no account, she said, was her brother,
vino had suffered terribly from NIL
de-mer in crossing, to be disturbed.
Madame" he added, has not yet
returned"
Gone three hours ago! Her broth
or! Mal-de-mer! What could it all
mean? As I sat down, utterly be-
wildered, my arm pressed against
the little box in my pocket. Me-
chanically, I glanced at my finger.
Tho ring was no longer there! My
heart turned sick within me. Isank
down and buried my face in my
hands. The waiter thought I was
ill, and ran to fetch some cognac.
l saw it all now. Fool--fool that I
was! I had allowed myself to be
swindled by a common adventures.
At nine o'clock next morning I
stood before my father, a miserable,
hagsard, woe-begone wretch. 1 told
my tale; but as l did SO I could not
quite keep down my tears-tears OF
mingled shame and vexation. He
listened to me with a curious cynical
s!.,ils. When l had done he went to
his bureau and opened a drawer.
I" Set your mind at rest, Ned" he
said. "Here's the ring, safe and
sound!'
I could only stare at him in OPEN
mouth astonishment. "When mad
anne, with the ring in her possession,
left you asleep, she was just in time
to catch the afternoon boat back to
Dover. The ring was in my hands
again before ten o'clock last night"
But-but," I stammered out,
II don't understand. When Sc
had once got the ring in her posses
sion, why did she bring it back to
you?'
Because she was paid to do so.
Because she vas hired by me through
the agency Of private inquiry Office
to act rs she did act. Madame by
profession is not thief, but thief
catcher. You had grown SO self
conceited of late, Master Ned, you
had got such a mighty tall opinion
of yourself and your abilities, that I
thought it would do you no harm to
take you down peg or two. Hope
I have succeeded in convincing you
that there are people in the world
quite as clever, or it may be cleyerer,
than a certain young nincomp60p of
one-and-twenty. If you profit by
the lesson my money will have been
well spent"
An hour CT two later I said, "But
wasn't it rather a risky thing to do
with a ring worth five hundred
pounds?"
My father winked at me with the
solemnity of judge. "My dear
Ned, what do you take your old dad
for? The diamonds were nothing
but paste. '-London Graphic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

@ Every man is said to have at
least one opportunity to acquire
wealth. In the case of newspaper
man, this opportunity comes on the
29th of February every year except
leap year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

@ II you call the Michigan peo-
pie " Michigandels, isn't an Illinois
man an /" uliuoystsr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

81 Nearly one thousand pocket
books were stolen during the pro-
eress of the recent revival ut Chicago
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

CLEANLINESS Nor Nuxr 10 uesss.
ss.--No devout spanish woman
dares 10 bath without The pesmssssoa
Of her fathes confsssor, hence her
neck IL too frcqueutl, ernsmensed
with dirty stripes. The a,sssloa sa
cleanliness came forward In The time
Of the anchoriies. aud, indeed, whsle
sects Of that epoch condemned shla.
iions m heathenish, aud we're lsaslsd
because they wore their clothes go
long that they roiied 10 pieees cad
fell of them, or beessse their
skin became ne "pamiee stese. !"
from the crust ol dist en ".
Tho superstition that clssn~iaa iks
body soils the soul ssill sxisss ss2snn
the women Of those Christian No .tses
which have long carried 90 somossla
with the Mohammsslaas, on vkem
the Koran enjoins frsqueut shlutioon.
A female BuIgsrian Il permitted ~
wash only once In her 1ils--e W
day bsfors her wsdlinas anx y
most South Sclavcsiass familtee W
girls are rarely allowed 10 l,athe, ~
woman never. II 10 not surpsiu1on
TO learn that with them ,he pia b W
pct Of the housshoId.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

81 Mr.. Samuel Smiles says that
"Those whom God has joined IN
matrimony, ill-cooked joints and i'll.
cooked potatoes have very often put
asunder."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

IastrsiSa "a Esm i,Eronrs. The
longer I live the more feel tho i'm
poi,anes u a,lhering Ia the rnlo
Witch have laid down for myself
IN rlsiion to such mattersi !. t.
hear a. little ~ possible whatever ~
ta The prejudice of others. 2. To
l.slie,e nothing Of the Kind I'LL ! am
absolutely forced to u. .. Never TO
dfinA iu,o the spirit of one who cir
eala'es an evil report. 4. Always TO
moderate. 40 far NJ ] can, the un-
hindsss. whieh is Expressed towards
other. 0, Aiwayp 10 believe that,
u The other side we're hoard, . very
difIsfest account would 10 given oi
Ne ,ss.tsr. .--Csvwss Lvs " SiS'son.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10
Innocent Twain.

When Mark Twain lived in Vir.
ginia City roamed with Dan Dc
guile. All the miseries which
guile ever endured, and all the bad
character he ever got, date from that
time. They lived inseyeral different
lodging houses and were turned out
of them all, one after another on nc
count OF Dan, who soon acquired a
bad reputation second to none in
Virginis City. No respectable fami-
ly would harbor Dan, who ever knew
anything about him, and the very
mention of his name would cause n
landlady to hold up her hands in
yirtuous horror. One morning Mark
woke up and heard the landlady' =
cat mewing about the door, which
was left open, Dan was fast asleep,
and Mark, grasping one of his. boots
threw it with fatal precision at the
intruder. The cat limped off with a
broken leg (the boot weighed five
pounds), and the women secured the
missile and waited for it's owner to ap-
pear. Mark got up, dressed, and
went out with both boots on. The
landlady greeted him with a pleasant
smile, and when Dan got up and was
walking about in his stocking feet
hunting for his left boot, he received
scathing dressing down from tho
landlady, who without allowing him
to explain ordered him to leave the
house. Mark condoled with him in
his trouble, and said, "I'll stick to
ye DAN" The next house they
moved into had pantry close to the
room consigned to them. Evory
night Mark would steal two or three
mince pies and eat them entire with
out giving Dan a sight of them.
In the morning the landlady would
be brushing about the door. Dan
would be asleep and Mark would
open out in a loud voice as follows:
"Dan, this business won't do.
Those pies don't belong TO you. In
this first place it's petty larceny. aud
then in the next place it gets crumbs
in the bed. Well get notice to quit
pretty soon. faint the square thing
on the landlady. l don't wonder
You have nothing to say. Now this
is the last time I propose TO speak
about this" The landlady who
took in every word, would give poor
Dan notice to quit and never hear
q word OF explanation. "When YOU
go go, Dan" Mark would say. and
his bro,herly fidelity would touch
Dan to the very core. The next
place was an intensely respectable
private family. When Mark expect
ed to be out all night he would slip
up to the room and strew few hair
pins around promiscuously. and
scatter few down in the foot Of the
bed where they would be found
when the landlady was making il up.
1t would all be laid to Dan Of
course. I've got a family here and
I want to bring my daughters up re-
specially would be the landlady's
remark as she ordered Dan to pack
up. When they fire you out, Dan.
it means me too, Mark would say in
tones of brotherly affection that
melted Dan q inner nature and caused
him to think there was some true
men in the world after all, and he
used to remark, in speaking Of Twain,
a man who never shakes friend in
adversely is the noblest work of God.
-Vrginia (Ner.) Chronicle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

z Poker-playsrs should use an
te-mony.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

iitHtii.ssru Was Esfa. Noted
oerul,sls,a Europe recommend either
blue, bluish gray or ~noke.eolored
glasses aa q projection for weak eyes,
sssins, the unpleasant effects OF rcd
grange sud yellow light. On the
same principle this trying reddish
,sliow light ~ candles. lamps aud
gas ga Normal eyes ~ we'll as weak
ones can he pleasantly modified by
the use of blue chlmneya or globes,
es ., lees, cf shades for the reflection
of the light. colored n light ultra
marine blue, 4 near approach to
dasllgh, u said ~ be produced by a
petroleum lamp with u round wick
aad ligh, hlus chimney of twice tho
usual length, tho latter causing NO
Rfes, drifl that the petroleum burns
With nearly pure white ilame.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

isp, i,U,qon. ~ EunorE The
l.nndnp u,sl,sai h'yori says that ~
lads medical students arr pursuing
their siudhe, ~ the schools Of tho
iasuli, ani In The hospitals of Paris,
~ hun fourteen are English. on
tho ieai the majority are Russian,
sad the remaining nunber are Amer
lcan. ,letman aud French ladies'.
Several laile. have already gradua-
isi " u ~ tho tni,esz,iy of Paris,
iurla'ling Mrs uarrott Anderson,
Nj ru,man jacoih, Madame l'res
aud Ms,iam. Ilibani the last three
all graduated With grea, distinction,
ihelf theses being honorably noted
hs ,hs iaeul,y Three lady grad
usies ~ Eufich aro nov practicing
IN iaalsad, Mt- Hogan aud Mrs,
A,t,u.na. VA London, aud Walker
bunbat IN BRISTOL.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10
gr. lnsw temperance plan IL pro

gr' Anew temperance plan IL pro-
to.,i IN inplnui hy Mr. Chamber
Ism iuln ilfiphta colleague, which
is t,si io nave he la'tor's approval.
lis essential principal IL that any
mYuleipal,ty shalt be empowered to
rurhsso At fair compensation to
lo h,ed hy Parliament. nli the pub
le houses to Keep open ~ many al
ihsm re NAV bo required by the de
iaaui ui ,ha community. 10 sell pure
llauta ~ rate sufficient to mako
VI, houses aelf supporting; aud TO
lb,u each establishment conducted
g., salausi Officers, Who shall have
90 intutsst whatever 10 tho selling
larh rubl,e house il e. cave other
ieifs.bmsn'a tea, coffee, Ne, be
sides spisi,a, ani nlsc reading rooms;
and ,hote Va io l.. cnteful supervision.
lie proposition has esr't"d interest
saI s,mrsih, among a large number
~ lsul lsmUu whn have always oppos'
81 ibs rniir, ~ ,uia. prohibition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

"a ssssIs.ss 9 s,sFsssse,
nilSs \ 5 y ~ sgSsuissss xss. >
05As : vA4s ! - = ~ O..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

ilists gu tur Fan SrN. \ pho,o-
..arh,, gives tho following directions
is a.. customers. " " hon a lady
sl,inR for pictuio would compose
her uauih tp bland and serene
character. she should, just before
entering tho ruom say bosom, and
k,sp lhe expression into whirh the
muulh snhsijrs until tho desired
eject 80 csmefa ~ evident, III, on
'ho oibef hand she wishes 30 assume
distinguished aud somewhat noble
lvai,ua. not suRgosi,ve of swoc, ness,
she shnuIh say brush, tho result
II whieh is iuiallililo. II she wishes
~ make hsr mou,h look small, she
must say 'i'lip.' hui II the mouth
is alte,,l, small aud needs enlarging,
"a. must say Cabbage IL shc
visle. So Iool mournfui. sho must
say kstehnncL, n resigned she
nias, fo'rihiv eiaculalo Seat. "
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10

te-mony,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-10
0l>hln0ton 5 tan0ava
.prI. MILLER MURPHY

ai ..,p,"a us,'st
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-13

a acouittnl of the Prisoner.

The examination Of Willard Norman
Cox, for the killing Of his father, Benja.
min Burr Cox, was held on Saturday
afternoon before Squire Gross, in Glen
dale. MIR. Harry Il. Probasco was ar-
pointed for the prosecution, and The
Hon. Samuel +. HHnt and MIR. George
n. Lundy represented the defense.
About thirty witnesses were sworn.
The testimony OF The defendant was
as follows:
81 went to my mothers room on the
night Of the 8.h instant, as l am in The
habit OF doing every night, for the pur-
pose OF talking to my mother. While
there heard father come in,a and left tue
room, lest l should meet him there.
Shortly alter went down stairs. AS
went down l heard father cursing
swearing aud threatening to fix some
one; he got up ana started toward me;
mother got in front Of him and tried u
keep him back; she always had man.
aged TO keep him back wDen he acted
IN that manner, and thought she
could do it again. lie came
ut me with CHAIR. Mother was
trying to keep HIM back; he struck hei
| Win char 70 make heI get out OF tht
way, striking also the baby. he over
took me and 1 tried TO prevent him iron
striking me; was about tnree set from
the door when he sCluck me with The
chair the first time; he second time
was just outside The door; this time he
knocked me down. He Sot on lop Of mt
and Rraspcd Inc by the throat; wa.
pre- tty snort OF wind, @nd in fact U0ul,
not speak wbeD Chay pu led MIN off me
4 .IwaVs !yfpn to gGt away from Nilnt
pulled cut my kALie ahd opened II wtel
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-13
ON THE TOW-PATH.


The stream digniied by the name oil
rhine" in Cincinnati, but known as
the Miami & Erie Canal beyond the city
limits, is looked upon by the general
public as merely stream of murky
water above and the receptacle OF al,
possible filth aL the bottom, and probably
outside the Chamber Of Commerce anu
a limited circle OF business men, Is never
regarded AS being OF any especial use W
humanity.
We admit sthat the scenes along the
tow.patA have not, since tAe innovation
Uf steam railways, been attended with
any great business hustle; where a few
years ago the ports were piled Will
grain and produce and .thronSed with
business men, now all is comparatively
quiet, and all this bustle has been trans
erred to our express offices aud depots.
There is, however, considerab Q trahs-
portation by way of the canal still.
Capt. w. ii. Meserole, Collector at
this point, kindly furnished the follow
ing intormation: The business has been
unusually dull this season, where, IN
previous ears, there was considerable
grain sh pped TO Ciuolunati from North
ern OHIO. Toledo has been q better maT-
ket this season, and consequently the
grain has sought that market. The trade
has been principally local. Most boats
leaving this port do not visit points
much above Dayton. OI these there are
some fifteen or twenty whose cargoes
are principally made up of rags from
this point to Hamilton ami 0tner noteu
paper cities, and they
BRING in return paper and general prod
uce, There is also considerable trans
portation Of grains, chi, fly by the Cham
Der's line ofpackets, which ply DetWeen
cincinnati and Dayton.
A large number ot boats are engaged
in supplying this olty with northern
lake ice, taken from Miami River ant
large ponds above and about HamiIton
and other points in the vicinity OF the
canal, The channel OF the caual is In
excellent condition Tor this season OI
Lne year. The dredge.boat Fenian has
ueen engaged for the past tno months
in cleaning The bed, and has remoVeu
hundreds Vi boatloads Of mud betweel
| Mohawk bridge. and the basin abov,
sycamore street, where she now is
The packets ruu lolerably regular, leaN.
lnx This port principally ON Wednesday
anu Saturdays.
These many changes in canal trans
portation in the past lew years have no.
been attended Win any changes in the
uaDits OF boatmen. Captain KING s,ll
loves his craft, and is the sam. goo.
natured, jovial fellow he was ti.ty year,
ago, HIS boat is his home, and mere h,
| raises his family.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-13

l was down on the ground; l did not
think OF running away; he was some
times drunk, sometimes sober, when he
attacked me; he frequently told me that
he had killed better men than me,
and that he could kill dozen
Like me; L commenced TO strike
in a wild manner as soon as
| got my knife open; l struggled
to my knees, and he choked me down. l
know nothing OF what happened after
that, until l got away from him. AS
soon as got my breath, l left him and
walked toward the well. then walked
alter Dusky. did not open the knife at
the barn; don't know what l told Mar
ehal Devanny; was excited ana
shocked. Father weighed about one
hundred and seventy or one hundred
and seventy-fve pounds. l weigh about
one hundred and forty five pounds"
Squire Gross i'll Summing up The tes-
timOny came to the conclusion that the
homicide had been justitiAble, and he
therefore acquitted the prisoner. The
verdict was received with loud and
long applause.