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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-05

So may il be with us as we draw near to the
end of this nineteenth century, be we younger
or older iii the service The now generation
is before us, with its grander, and possibly
more difficult, work, with its nobler heroism,
and with its assured conquests But one thing
remains Tor us to do, to accept the work hum
bly, and gratefully III all its breadth and digni-
ty,-something better than any preceding
generation has achieved or attempted some
thing worthy of our heritage and our trust,
something commensurate to the greatness OF
our opportunity then b the grace OF
God to go forward in the name OF the Great
Commander, and in obedience to his word.
~ II have recently learned of one Of the cor
trbutors to the Board who althougha widow living in
small cottage without servant, doing her work,
gives her thousand a year to the Board, and hopes
to continue it while she lives. Her husband was
moderate farmer, and gave as understand, like
sum annually" Home department Correspond
ence, September, 1882.
Enclosed find a check OF 81 900 for the A. b. G
f. NJ 1t was set apart for this object several weeks
since, but has been unavoidably detained. This
money bas been acquired by close economy and the
blessing OF the Lord on my labors as teacher. /
hope 1t Will be placed where it will accomplish the
most good in the Masters vineyard. Whey ac-
sions, instead Of using my name. Goi grant that
this work may not be hindered by depleted treas
ury, anu may he give you the headed wisdom and
grace to employ it wisely amp well.
"My father always a friend of missions, in his
99th year chopped and piled more than 100 cords
of wood. Every dollar of the avas was donated to
the american Missionary Association lie was
Woodworking farmer lie once gave $50 to Mount
Holyoke Seminary in its early years At that
time he knew little of Miss Lyon and her work AT
terward was privileged to become her pupil, and
when told him of her Chris tan labors and her
zeal IN the cause of missions, he sa id, that 500
gave could not have been better expended But
for the example of such father and such a teacher
very likely the sum herein inclosed would never
have reached your treasury. - 4dditiondt Home
Department Corresp ondeace, Sept. 1882.
A fervent prayer was offered by Rev. Ed
ward A. Park, d. d., of Andover, Mass.
This paper was referred to the following
committee:
Rev. Il. 5. Atwood, Salem, Mass.
| Prof +. A. Park ID. d. Andoyer, Mass.
Rev. Joseph b. Clark, Boston. Mass.
Samuel NJ. Lane, Esq, Southbridge, Mass
Rev. Q. ID. Barrows, San Francisco, Cal.
Hon. Horace Fairbanks, st. bloomsbury, VT.
4 - hoo trl,f
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-24
Atlantic Monthly.

The Atlantic Monthly for 1888 will contain, I'm
addition to its usual variety OF Serial ana
Short Stories, Essays, Sketches, Poetry ana
Criticism, the following specially attractive
oliver Wendell Holmes, author of 1.-THE
Autocrat Of the Breakfast-Table," ETC., whose
inimitable series of 'Breakfast-Table" pa
pers, poems, and essays has been so cOnspicu-
GUS and delightful feature of the magazine,
will write frequently and exclusively for The
Henry wadsworth Longfellow left a GEM
pleted dramatic poem entitled michael
Angelo" which he was more than ten years
I'm writing. The first installment of the
poem, which is in three parts, will appear in
Nathaniel Hawthorne left among his manu-
| scripts the plan and sketches of novel,
which will appear In 1he Attantie under the
title THE Ancestra! F0otsteP: Outlines OF an
pears in the December number, with an intro
duction by Mr.. Geo. P. Lathrop. 1t will be
continued in the earlier number of 1883.
Mr. Henry james, Jr, author OF 'The POr-
trait of Lady" will contribute to the first
volume of the year Daisy Miller: Come
dy,"--a dramatization by Mr.. james Of his
story daisy Miller" which has had so great
/ a popularity In England and America. New
characters and situations and incidents are
| introduced; the entire story is re-cast and re-
written, so as to render it more dramatic;
| and yet the features which made the story
us originally told, so attractive are all re-
| tanned. Mr.. James will also write for Til,
| Atlantic some critical and literary papers
such as the readers OF the magazine have
heretofore found so admirable.
Mr.. w. ID. Howells, author Of Their Wed
ing Journey" ETC., whose stories and essays
have So often delighted the readers OF Tia
Atlantic, will from time to time send to the
magazine from Europe sketches of travel
character, and literature.
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner, author OF any
Winter ON the Nile" "My Summer i'm Gar.
den," "Blacklog Studies" etc, promises sew
erdl papers for the coming year.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.,
Boston.
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Note from Poor Mans Bend.

Yes, m, go, your letter, aud answered 1t,
see you amt forgot the boys back here on
Poor Mans Bend.
didn't know but .strikin' IT. might change
my o.d-timc pard,
But think $. 1--WE got the kind of grit that
changes mighty hard.
I'd like To come and see you, boy, often think
of you:
But Western manners I'm the East, size 1t up,
For forty years and over I've handled pick
and pan,
And though I've got the lucrc, boy, that does
remember we'll the days we spent up here in
Idaho,
A-washin' out the two-cent dirt when grubwas
Do you rccoect tho Injun fight up on the
Lightning Bay.
How you and Jack were Just I'm time to save
So never talk OF owing me debt you capnot
What's mine is yours remember it-that's all
It's true. picked you up cub, as green as
But You Ind look about you, lad, which
And the thing ana
knew we had our fortunes made in old"Alad-
din's Lamp"
You see that Eastern manners when you get
out in the West,
Arc not the sort of manners which miners like
the DeSt.
And you had not been hardened, and was kind
OF pale and slim,
And didn't like to see them shoot, so they call
ed You Tender Jim"
But when they jumped the "Aladdin's Lamp"
my boy, you were on hand,
And showed that "Frisco" company the way
to swallow sand.
The boys ali thought you'd weaken before the
But tell you, pard, you assayed their way up
And say It was Q bower. the first card that
you led,
bullet through his head.
1t is true that Jack and filled in, in quiet
Blu. we both had been there before. from .blos-
So cut the obligation biz. you got but your just
due;
For what you worked and fought for, lad, must
Four hundred Thousand dollarsI whewi it takes
After forty years OF mining, at last to strike
the "pay."
without kith or kin on earth TO sooth my
waning years.
IT'S different boy. with you, for now your life
While my last years have come to me-mino is
the harvest time.
can't say regret the past; have been hap
Ny rife and my pick have been what home
must be to you.
Sol you just excuse me, 1 believe I'll stay
out West;
For old associates here / know will suit mo
best.
And If you strike financial straits while climb
ing up life's hill,
Just show your hand and take the pile of
yours, "Bed-Rock BILL"
-[Rocky Mountain Sun.
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A Description of the Blues.
Her Majcsty's Gorgeous Troop Arrayed in RI
how Colors

Her Majesty's Gorgeous Troop Arrayed in Rain.
bow Colors.
Have You never heard of the British
Household Cavalry?' 1t comprises three
regiments-the First and Second Life
Guards, who constitute the Heavies and
Blues"
"Do they take their name from the
color of their uniform?'
Yes; and you ought to see those uni
FORMS" answered the ex-cavalryman,
with enthusiasm. 1.-THE tunics and coats
are blue, with gold facings. and the
brooches are of the finest buck skim
Gauntlet gloves and high boots are
worn. The helmets and cuirasscs are
of a metal like German silver. and the
helmets are surrounded by red plumes.
The men are obliged to keep their uni
forms and equipments in the best posi-
bic condition constantly. They are SUBJ
mitted to the most severe inspection ev-
cry day, and the least speck of dirt or
rust brings down penalty. Even the
spaces between the points of the spurs
are critically examined. l believe that in
the earlier part of the last century u GER
tain Earl of Oxford organized body of
cavalry, whose duty it was to protect
and escort such royal personages as
might be thrown in their way. These
royal troopers were all gentlemen and
the sons of gentlemen. Like other yeo-
man corps in England, they furnished
their own arms. horses and equipments.
After a while. the organization was
turned over to the government, and the
men were paid and fed at the public ex-
pense."
SIS gentle blood condition of ad-
mission to the ranks of the Blues
nOw?"
mo; even the offspring of a haSer-
dasher may enter the Household Brig
ade now, if he is at least six feet high,
measures thirty-nine inches about the
chest, can read. write, cipher. and fur
nsh certificate from magistrate or
clergyman that he has good char
acterp"
what does Her Majesty give such a
person for his valuable services?"
"A man in either of the Household
regiments should make l6 pence day
over and above all expenses, while a
man in the line can clear only about hall
that amount" was the response of the
veteran guardsman.
'.HOw many men are there in the
Blues?"
LET me see-fifty men to a troop,
two troops to a squadron-5O0 men in
the regiment. The troop commanded by
the Senior Captain is called the Queens
Troop"
Where do the Blues get their
hOrses?"
..From the Government stud in York
shire. The men are all mounted on
black horses. except the band, who have
white horses. Part of the time the regi-
ment is quartered in London. and part
of the time at Windsor. When at the
latter place they take part in the ma
neuvers at Aldershot. George III. pre-
scented the Blues with set of silver ket.
tledrums, and George Nv. gave them a
magnificent standard, which is still used
on state occasions. '-NeU York Star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-24
Stealing Baggage.

The American baggage system, adj
mirable as it is, in comparison with the
no system of some European countries,
is not wholly proof against fraud. Some
years ago there was much complaint
among passengers bound for Saratoga,
that checks were transferred from valu-
able to worthless trunks while they were
being moved from the main line Of the
New York Central railroad to the side
track. Watchfulness on the part of the
officials soon put an end to the fraud.
Something of the same kind is now be-
ing practiced in the White Mountain
regions. where trunks lie around loose
on platforms. The Dayton Journal says
a Daytonian in the mountains lately
heard the baggage people call out All.
assigning it to Boston. As this was the
number he held, and did not want his
trunk to go there, he protested. His
next discovery was that AL was not at
tached to his trunk, but to one of which
he knew nothing. After much fuss he
proved property in the large trunk by
unlocking it, after previously describing
its contents, and thus showed that some
rascal had planned to get better stored
trunk than his own.-C Cincinnati Ga.
xette.
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vas, and a book of printed directions
how to make any quantity of fancy
things. And little note from Aunt
Susan, telling her that there was to be
q Fair in their church next March, and
that she and Aunt Ellen would buy all
the pretty things she could make be-
fore that time.
80 motherr' said Bessie, softly, while
her eyes filled with tears, ''this is just
what I wanted. Now can earn some
thing to help us through the winter"
In the very bottom of the box there
was another note,-from Aunt Ellen. 1t
enclosed little Thanksgiving gift"
which Bessie was to expend as she
Thought best"
A tumultuous time followed, and Bert.
standing with arms akimbo, gazing
with satisfaction on the Uttered floor,
expressed the feeling of every one when
be impulsively exclaimed:
THAT blessed old barrel! Well, I'll
never think even way down in my heart
that we've nothing to be thankful for.
so long as we have dear Aunt Susanr'-
Mary IItcom6 in YOUTHS Companion.
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1888.
Harper's Magazine
ILIUSTRATED

Hrper's 1dgasine begins its sixty-sixth
volume with the December Number. " Is
net only the mosl popular illustrated period
zeal In America and England, but also the
largest IN its scheme, the NEST beautiful In its
appearance, and the best magazine for the
home. A new novel, entitled For the MI
jor," 10y CONSTANCE FENIMoRE woOsoN, the
author of ANNE" was begun in the Novem-
Der Number. In literary and artistic excel
lence the Magazine improves with each success
sivc number. Special efforts have been made
for the lighter entertainment of Its readers
through humero Is stories, sketches, &c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-24
A Suicide With One Eye Open.

A teacher at San Francisco college
who was given to drink, became so NOR
titled at the failure of benefit given
him by literary society of his pupils
that he took dose of laudanum. He
was found before death rescued him
from teaching and taken to the city
prison, where he was dosed with coffee,
walked up and down the asphaltum
floor of the Jail, and subjected to other
strong restorative measures. Presently
Police Surgeon Stivers, for whom mes
scnger had been dispatched, arrived.
The suicidal educator had been taken
into the kitchen and seated on the dough
trough to make it all the more conve-
nient for the attendants to administer
reviving kicks to his shins. When DR..
Stivers came out the reporters surround
ed him for information. The doctor re-
piled:
Gentlemen, it's the most extraordi.
nary case l ever saw. The medical
books have no record of its parallel.
The left eve shows every sign of opium
poisoning. The pupil is contracted TO a
pins point. But the right eye is what
gets me. The pupil is full -dilated; in.
decd. it has clear and intelligent ex'
preston. while, rs you can see, the mar
is in state almost of coma"
The doctor paused a moment thought
fully, and then continues:
you've no doubt heard of the CASE
/ of O'Glovanni, who in Ballyflorence in
1858 pushed pikestaff into his right
carp"
The reporters at once declared that
they knew all about it.
.'Well," said the doctor, sin that case
the right eye fell outand was discovered
in the vest pocket of the patient, while
the left retained look of intelligence
until the tibla was severed and the
metatarsus extracted. Then the CLASSY
expression of death supervencd. This
case is still more remarkable"
Here small and thin reporter step.
ped up. He had a very large cigar be-
tween his teeth, and his manner was ex'
ceedingly assured and familiar.
"Doc," he said, ''you say that the stiff
inside has one pupil contracted: as i
ought to be when man has flooded
himself with laudanum?'
''Yes. SIR"
"And the other pupil is wide open, a!
if on the qui yive for point on thu
stock marketp"
| '.Yes, SIR"
"P'raps then, said the small reporter
tthe phenomenon may be explained
| when you catch onto the fact that tn
rooster in the kitchen has got one glas
eye"
The doctor stood for moment, glare,
around, and shout of combined laugh
ter smote him in the back as he fiet
through lobby into the prison hospital
| Virginia Chronicle.
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How Stories Circulate.

"Ah! and SO you speak to KIP" Eyes.
Is there anything wrong about himp"
swell, / don't know. There has al
ways been sort Of blot upon his rec
ord; he cheated somebody at cards, or
somebody cheated him, or something.
I'm not quite sure about what it was,
but there is something irregular, ]
know" "Oh! Then l shall tight shy
of him." P. SIT was the other man
that cheated x, but what would youP)
From the French.
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A Level Headed Judge.

The bell of q Massachusetts wooden
mill was rung at 8 o'clock every morn
ing. Sundays excepted. 1t weighed
1000 pounds, and was intended to
awaken every employee, which it did, as
we'll as every one else in town. II was
complained of as nuisance, and q
Supreme Court Judge enjoined the
owners not to ring it before a. m.
The decree has been affirmed on appeal
to the full bench.
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Blanks.

Mother" asked boy in pursuit Of
knowledge, sit says here that the play
is written chiefly IN blank verse; What
is blank verse, motherp' Intelligent
mother" Blank verse, Charleyp Never
heard of such thing. Have heard Of
blank books, though. Yes, that is what
it evidently means-the play is written
in blank books. ! suppose that the au-
thor found them more convenient than
letter paper, "--Pailadetphia Bulletin,
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1888.
Harper's Weekly.
~-1T
IILUSTRATBD-

Harper's Weekly stands ut the head of Ameri-
can illustrated weekly journals. BY its un
partisan position In politics. its admirable il
lustrations, Its carefully chosen serials. short
stories, sketches, and poems. contributed 10y
the foremost artists and authors of the day,
it carries instruction an5 entertainment to
thousand of American homes.
1t will always be the aim Of the publishers
to make Harper's Weekly the most popular and
attractive family newspaper in the world.
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Fortune to Farmers and Mechanics.

Thousands Of dollars can he saved by
using proper judgment in taking care of
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Some interesting ruins covering quite
Q large piece of ground and somewhat
similar to the famous ones Of Palenque
were recently discovered by Sr. Isidro
Bulnes in the state of Chlapas, Mexico,
near place called "Aua Escondida."
A fashion item says the belle of the
period now wears at her waist belt a
little music-box, family playing u single
tune. The average American girl can
put on enough airs without attaching
music-box to her waist.
II like your new hat very much" he
said; ..it's chic; there's y sort of 'aban-
dom" There isn't any sort of a
band on it," she said, pointing, 'it's a
real ostrich feather"
Mrs. Ramsbotham was asked II she
liked yachting. and she replied that she
preferred terra-cotta. She probably
meant terra-hrrna.
a ..~ pout-A temperance orar
tion.
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-09-30
MEANWHILE TENNESSEE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 80 1882

file private opposition by the oppres-
sion of individuals or even of commu-
mites by discriminating against them,
while their consolidated wealth and
mighty influence sway our legislatures,
either by securing the election of their
own tools, or by corrupting venal men,
bers after election. Even the Judici-
airy has not remained untainted by
them. Lawmakers and law interpre-
tiers alike have been swayed by their
demoralizing influences. All over the
country public virtue, thrift, independ-
ence and patriotism have grown indig.
nant at these gross abuses, and the
voices and votes of our 4,000,0 900 far
mers, representing 100000 of our
population, should be decisive in abat-
ing the growing evils from which they
more than any others have suffered
-Rural NeV Yorker.