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S U N DAY.

Steamer win run to accommodate the RollerSkat-
ing Rink. leaving the city at 7.3O, returning at 9l5
and 20. 10. Tickets, with admission to Garden 20
cents. VIII run as above until further notice.
CHAS. A. SPARROW, Treas. and Manager. 8
wa
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July 8, LAT 20 81. Ion SIS 81, barque Alice Dyer
from eN Tcrl. for Guantanamo
July 10. lat 40, %, lon So 20, barque Spring
Rose, from Portland for Montevideo.
July 10. lat 40 %. lon 65 90 barque Jennie
Cushman, Titcomb, from Boston for Cape de Verbs
Juy IL, East of Boston SO miles, barque Rey-
nard, Emery, from Bath for New Orleans.
May 20. let N Ion rs W. ship Robt Dixen, from
Cardiff for Hong Kong
June 81, lat 81 N, lon 80 10 W, ship Paramita,
Humphreys from San Francisco for Liverpool.
June 2. lat n. Ion 81 W, ship PbineAs Pendeton
Blanchard, from New York for Yokohama.
June 10, lat NJ Ion 81 W, Darque Ethel, Thomp-
son, from Brunswick for Paysandu.
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MARRIAGES.

In this city, July 81, by Rev. b. f. Pfitchard,
Loren L. Tracey of Portland and Miss Sabra Kill
collius of Lewiston.
In saco. July 10, Colin Stewart and Miss Annie
Blackwood.
In Newcastle. July H. W. B. Taylor Of Damaris-
Gotta and Miss Mary A. McNear Of Newcastle.
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Ar at Liverpool 21st, ship Jos S Spinney, Curl
Ing. San Francisco.
SID FIN Cardiff 10th, steamer Valera, Salisbury,
Portland.
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The EMPRESS GOLD MINING co.
OF RENFgEw, Nova scoiia,
Office: No. 80 North Market Street.
BOSTON, MASS.
DELINQUENT STOCK.
DELINQUENT STOCK.

fENHERE are delinquent upon the following de-
" scribed stock on account of assessment No II
levied by the directors, june 1888 the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respective
shareholders, as follows:
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| Grind butter. 16 y be
! Liv. fine sack. l 25n1 2
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STEAMER MINNEHAHA,
STEAMERS

Last Trips from Peaks Island 30 and 10.15
p. m.
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An Euglish speaker has been telling the
Bethlehem, Pa, iron strikers that in England
boss rollers get high pay. We wondered Why
it WAS that English youth stuck to bicycle rid
ing
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WHITE STAR LINE.

zz u. o. ans Royal Mail Steamer
AAf%sA ~ TO Liverpool Via Queenstown.
HnI lKKR@TA Rates reduced for Fall and Win
lEA.aHATLE2AAA ter. These steamers take the ex
eszzz1E5xissazaEksS treme southery routes avoiding
all dangers from icebergs. Cabin $50 and $50; Ex-
curson 81 % and Sl44; Steerage at low rates. The
sailings as follows:
Germanic. Jan. 20 Baltic. -. .....Feb. l
Republic Jan. 20 Britannia Feb. 10
For sailing lists, cabin plans, passage rates and
dele div
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Trains Leave Boston
Rumford Falls 4 Bucktlel0
Es. = T-T..a.-al.g - ~.


,--~----z-----us Leave canton for Portland ana
Z x, - - Lewiston Las and 8. AS S. "a
G-s.1. Leave Portland for Canton at 900
q. NJ. and 80 %. m.
Leave Lewiston Al 9.45 a. NJ. and $50 o. M
stage sonnsotiong wish Byron, Mexico Dixaels
Peru, IhFeTmore. West Sareuer and Turner
l.. L. LINCOLN. Sppt.
Portland. June. 10. 1888 octIz5tt
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An exchange says it is not considered the
proper thing to travel in a straw hat
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will leave Long Wharf, foot of
Exchange Street, AT
Harpswen Steamboat Co.

" don will leave Harpswen daily for Portland
as follows, viz:
Leave Harpswell 600 a. m, 2.45 p. M, Great
Chebeague, East end, $50 q. M, jerks, 6.45 a.
M, $50 p. M, Little Chebeague, ZOO a. m, 3.45
p M, Long Island, 72o a. M, 400 p. m, arriving
at Portland at a. M, 4.45 D. m.
Returning, leave Custom House Wharf Portland
$50 a. m, 6.l5 p. m, Long Island, 1910 a. m
6.55 p m, Little Chebeague, 1880 a. M. us o.
m, Great Chebesgue, jerks. 10 A a. M. so o.
m, East End 80 p. m, arriving at Harpswell at
11.3o a. m, SIS p m.
SUNDAY TRIPS.
Leave Portland, 10. 90 a. m g. 80 D. M returning
leave Harpswen 2.45 D. m
For Passage or Freight, apply on board to
Iyzuu Capt. GEO. +. WEST.
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Health, wealth and happiness secured to all
by reading "The Science of Life; or, Self
Preservation" The book is treasure. See
advertisement.
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PACIFIC MAIL o. s. co.
IA TO CALIFORNIA,
llsssssssas&ssAs$ sAPAN, CaaNa

Sandwich Kssands, New 2raiaaS and
Australia.
Steamers sail from New York for Aspinwall Oh
the LIST, 10th. and goth of each month, carrying
passengers and freight for all the above named
ports.
Steamer of 10th does not connect for San Fran.
cisco.
Steamers sail from San Francisco regularly for
Japan, China and Sandwich islands, New Zealand
and Australia
For Freight, Passage. sailing lists and further
information, apply to or address the General Eas.
tern Agents,
CT. BARTLETT a. co.,
1fS State Street, Cor. Brsad st., Boston.
or TO w. ID. LITTLE & CO.,
feb8du 81 Exchange ST., Portland.
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MAINE CENTRAL RiILROlD

Ora and after MONDAY, June
18th, Passenger Trains will rln
as follows
Leave Poraand for Dexter, Bang or
vanceboro, 80 John, Halifax and
the Provinces "a. Andrews, 81. ste che n
Fredericton Areosssos County. and ali
stations on R. NJ PiscnfaQuis ex. a.. Id
;. m; for seowhegsH IA md r. = ns1f i.S
l:l5 p m, l.20 p. m, tl1.15 p. M;
Waferviiie, 6.45 O. m. 1.i5 D. M, 100
gmsta, HniIeweii, Gardines aud Rrun.
switch O 40 a. m, 30 =. M, 1910, $50 aud
tll.lb p. M; Saith 40 a. M. 1920 b. 20. g. so
p. m. and on Saturdays only at ills b. M.
keckiaBd. and Knas a LtnceIn E. r..
GAO a. M, l.20 p. to. and on Saturdays only at
b.3o p. M; Auburn and Lesvfston. g. rs
M. LILO p, M, 5,OS p. M. Lewiston via
FarminRscn. Monmouth. winthrop
and ganranHco0lf, lib q. m, LIB p. m. Oak
land and North Arson 10 p. IN.
I The BIO p. m. train is the ~. Johu
Est Express, with Reclining Chair Car at
tached. and stops between Portland and Bangor
at Brunswick, Gardiner, Halowell Augusta.
Waterville and Newport only, arriving in Bangor
at 9.4b p m. and st. John at $50 following
morning
THE lib p. m. train is the night express with
sleeping car attached and runs every night Sun
days included but not through TO Skowhegan on
Monday mornings or to Bucksport and Dexter or
beyond Bangor on SUNDAY morninos
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Boston & Maine Railroad
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after Monday, June is. 1883,
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL LEAVE
x----..,,...,-. CORTLAND for BOSTON
ssssesssasssasEat els, 8 40 a. M, 1856 and $50
M, arriving at Boston at 10.45,
.a--aS m, LIZ 40, and 1000 p. m.
1870, $3.50, aud 700 p. M, arriving at Portland
at Y 55. 800. 8.1b and II 90 p. m. BOSTON
FOR OLD 0RCB AID BEACH, at 500,
ORCHARD Il Oh nE IH pn For r. B !; a.
GAO. 9.l3 a. m, %, $50 and 6.54 p. M
n .RG AM AND PINE Yen porsS so 4 issss
1925 a. M, 1896, 5.15. GOO aud s.15 p m. 10 II
OLD ORCHARD sEACH at 6l5, s.45
s.i5 p m. Returning leave oIb oRo IA ID
q a E5 snd 20 Lao m a21s, az 4ss as5
els, 600, $50 and SI5* p. m. FOR BID
sEEoRD q e.15, s;45, 1920 a. m, 1886.
NEsUNK at els, 8 40 a. M, 1855, 515 and
s.15* pm. FOR WELLS At 6.15, S45 q. M,
and 5;l5 p M: FOR N0HTH BERwICA,
S.45a.m.,12 555.1 5 and 6.30pm.F FOR SALMON
FALLS, at 6.15, $40 q. M, 1885, and 5.1b
E n ESM .x AND Eo MSxEkM ~ aI5
MsKKRTj O 4 s GIT and s.4s m. FOX
ALTON BAY, wOLFBOROUGH AND
CENTRE HARBOR at S.45 a. M. and 256
p: m: FOR MANCHEsTERt AND CON
CORD y. A., Via New Market Jct.) at 6 10
a. m, (via Lawrence)at 8.45 a. m. MORN
ING TRAIN LEAVES KENNEHUNK
FOR PORTLAND at 7.25.
.Stops an hour and quarter at Old Orchard
Beach
passengers may also reach these points by taking
the 1885 p. M. train from Portland and stopping at
Old Orchard Beach until $50 D.. m.
GS The 1855 p. IN. train from Portland con-
meets with sound Lime sscnE1ers for New
York and all Rail Lines for tho West and the g. 80
p. M, train with all Hail Lines for New York
aud the South and West.
PariOr Cast all through trains. Seats
secured In advance at Depot Ticket Office
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An exchange has an article on CHOW to
Pass Sunday" A good many people don't
seem to shy at it at all
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PIN0 PAL MINE:

WE beg leave to announce that Mr.. j. Lewis,
w General Travelling Agent for the Florida Ar
omatic Pine Medical Bed, is now in this city and
may be found at the office of the General Agents for
Maine, Messrs. j. *. FoY & CO., 3791s Congress
street.
Mr.. j. H Gaubert has not represented US since
January !, 1883.
Parties wishing Medical Bed, the only
Hygienc Bed in the Market,can be supplied by call
ing on Messrs. FoY & co, Sole Agents for Maine
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No time should be lost if the stomach, liver and
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Diseases of the or
gans named beget others far more serious and a
deIay IS therefore hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver
complaint chls and fever early rheumatic twinges.
kidney weakness, bring serious bodily trouble If
and safe medicine.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.
jy3 eod&wlmo
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SUNDAY TRAENs.

PORTLAND FOR ROsTGN and WAY
sTAT1ONs at 90 and 5.3n p, m. ROSTON
FOR PaETEAND at $50 a. m and 600
y. PORTLAND FOR OLD Or
CMARn VI scAslM at 1000 a. m. and LOO.
$50 and b.30 p m. OLD ORsEnA ARA Fsb R
PORTLAND 1929, 2.45, 7.30 and 9.4a.p.m
Portland for Biddeford at 1000 a. M, LOO and
5.30 p, m. Biddeford for Portland at 12.06 $50,
7. and 9.36 p. m.
Trains on Boston Il Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor
Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machias, Eastport Calais
st. John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand
Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine
Central and Portland d ogdenburg trains at Trans
fer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ton minutes for refresh
meats. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station, Exeter Lawrence and Boston
THROUGH TICKLE to all points West and
South may BIO had of w. L.. Williams, Ticket
Agent Boston Il Maine Depot, and at rInion
Ticket Oalce, 40 Exchange st.
- j. 7. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
$ III. STEVENS, Gen. Agent. Portland.
AZ
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SUMMER ARRANGEMENT
Portland & OgdenSburg R.R.
ONLY LINE THROUGH THE NOTCH.
TO
BURLINGTON VT,
0GDENSBURG, N. ",
AND MONTREAL.

On and after Monday June 25th,
1883, until further notice Passenger
Trains leave Portland follows:
S.25 a. M.-For Fabyan's Littleton, Lancaster,
and ali points on b. @. NJ II. r., st. Johnsbury,
Burlington Ogdensburg and all points o. a. l.,
OR. K, Newport, Sherbrooke Montreal and all
points on Southeastern Railroad and branches.
This train equipped with elegant Parlor cars and
new passenger coaches and baggage cars, will run
through without change to Montreal, with through
cars to Swanton and Burlington via. st. Johns
bury.
19.33 p nm. (Transfer station 90 p. n.y. Express
for Glen House, Crawford's Fabyan's and all
White Mountain Resorts, will not stop at So.
Windham, White Rock, Hiram or Brownfel1.
6.2S p. as. For Bartlett and intermediate stations
Trains arrive Portland:
$40 a. m.-fromBartlett and local stations
y 55 noon from Fabsan's and all Mountain points.
6.lb p m.--from No. Conway mixed train leaving
No. Conway 90 p. N. for Portland and way sta
tions.)
Tao ,. m.-Express from Montreal, Burlington,
Ogdensburg &C.
HAMILTON. Superintendent.
CHAs. n. FOYE, q. ia
Portland, June ed, 1888. jun23dtf
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RAILROADS.
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.
CHANGE OF TIME.

On aud, after Monday, Jnne 35Ib, 1883,
Trains will RAN as follows:
DEPARTURES:
Fer Auburn and LewisEOn, 10 =. M, 1.15
and $40 p. m.
For Gerham, 3 80 (mixed and $50 pm.
Eor Gorisans, Montreal, Quebec nnd Obi
For Gorham, HIontrea md Chicago 0oo
q.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn, 8 .35 e. n,.,
12.46, and $50 p. N.
From GorhnEn, mixed, 8 40 q. M, 5.0Op. n
EroW Chicago. Montrea and Queb~c.
1895 p
From Chicago and Montreal, 6.2O pm.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars night train and
Parlor Cars on day train between Portland aud
Montreal.
TICKET OFFICES
"a EXCHANGE STREET
AND
DEPOT ar ROOT OF aR0sA ST.
Tickets sold at Reduced Rates,
To Canada, Detroit. Chicago, milwaukee
Cinciunasi, "a. EotsEs, . nlnhm, Sagin-
Sf. Paul, salt Late Clay,
Denver, san Frnncisco,
and all points In the
Northwest, West and Southwest.
JOSEPH HIcKSON, General Manager.
j. STEPHENSON, @. p. A.
W.J SPICER Superintendent. oct7dh
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THE JERSEY LILY.

The only bother with lawn tennis is, the
work of the thing kind of interieres with fiirt-
ing with your girl.
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Write for copy of the little book-free

$1,000 Reward will be paid to any
Chemest who will find on analysis of 100
bottles 5. S. s.. one particle OF Mercury,
Iodide Potassium, or any mineral substance.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
iu26ru, Th&Slw Drawer 3, ATLANTA, GA.
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HEAR THE WITNESSES /!
Saved from n Horrible Death.

Up to May last | had spent at least five
hundred dollars for treatment by many of
the best medical men, without any benefit.
] suffered overwhelmingly, and all my best
friends advised me that the icy hand of
death was fast approaching. / caught at
SIS S. like a drowning m.n at a straw
After taking two bottles could feel a change
for the better. The sores began to discharge
freely and the rheumatism to abate. When
had taken six bottles every sore had healed
and my skin began TO ASSUME natural ap-
pearance. / persisted until | had taken
twelve bottles, large size, and THERE is
NOT A SYMPTOM OF THE DISEASE
REMAINING, and feel as we'll as | ever
did. have gained twenty-one pounds in
flesh, and my friends wonder at my improved
condition. have recommended It to many.
and in every instance with complete success.
beiiege that s. s. s. has saoed me from a
horrible death.
c. II. SMILEY,
Quincy, Ill.
am sure that Swift's Specific saved my
life. was terribly poisoned with Malaria,
and was given up to die. Swifts Specific
relieved me promptly and entirely. l think
1t is the greatest remedy of the age.
G. g. SPENCER,
Sup't Gas Works, Rome, Ga.
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Wit and Wisdom

There's plenty of room at the top" is very
true Of dudes.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13
Lady Telegrsphers.
Boston Globe.


The Office telegrapher sat listening
to the ticking of his instrument with
peculiarly seraphic smile on his face,
when reporter interrupted him with
the remark: 'I'll bet ten to one there's
n female operator on the other end of
that wire, and what she's sending is
special for you and not for the paper.
"ItiS certainly a lady who is sending
the message, said the telegrapher,
land she is doing it very well indeed.
There are many excellent operators
among the women, and though they can
not do such hard work as man, they
send messages in very good shape"
Are you sure Just who it is that is
sendingP'
"Certainly, can tell as quickly as
could recognize afriend's handwriting.
Each operator acquires a peculiar style
of handling "A key, and there is not
much difficulty in recognizing a sender
when once his style is known to you. :"
where do all the operators come
fromP"
"The city telegraph operators are
supplied mostly by young men who
have learned the business in country
Offices. In many cases the son of q
county telegrapher learns the art from
his father in spare moments and final
ly succeeds him in the business. For
time he is satisfied with his position,
and the novelty of 'buzzing' a female
operator in a town thirty miles distant
is very pleasing, but soon he gets to
talking with city operators over the
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13
Chicken Cholera.

NJ Pasteur, In September Fancier's journal
For the cure of chicken cholera
take broth made of nothing but chicken
sinews and water, and to this add one
drop of blood taken from a living bird
suffering with the disease. This fluid
L expose to the air for greater or less
time. After several months the poison
thus secured is so attenuated that the
disease produced by inocculating with
il Is very mild, but is sufficient to pro-
tect the system from the mortal disease.
During these months Of exposure moth
ing but the air is employed to reduce
the virulence; we would, therefore,
look to the oxygen of the air as u
remedial agent in this disease, as the
fluid hermetrically sealed during this
period would have lost none of its
viruleAce.
In conductingmy experiments | take,
say hundred birds that have never
had the cholera either naturally or in
duced artihcially. Aportion of these
inocculate with the poison in virulent
state, and all die. OF the remainder
inocculate portion with the weakest
can employ; none die, but only II pro-
POi'ioh plONc w Do plOlcCItu t1dlUSJ
the disease. These, if again inocculated
with the virulent poison, are all ill. but
only small proportion die. Another
lot of the fresh birds inocculate with
two punctures n week apart These
are again inocculated with the virulent
poison and larger proportion than in
the previous experiment recover. The
remaining birds inocculate with the
reduced poison three or four times,
and, though afterwards inocculated
with the virulent poison, not one died.
In this case the birds are protected
from the disease. " hen the first in
Occulation is insufficient kind of morti-
licatiOn more or less extended appears
round the point of 'puncture. When
this is not TO be seen, or, when the
operation leaves no trace, one is almost
warranted in considering the bird fully
protected.
From other experiments | am lead to
the belief that inocculation for the
cholera, or with the cholera poison,
protects the bird from the throat ulcera-
tion variously known as canker, Group,
diptheria. notice that the poison of
the latter developes slowly, if at all, in
the fluid containing the cholera germ.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13

wires, and when he finds out what
they are paid he becomes dissatisfied
with his own little salary of next-to-
nothing month and find himself. and
SO deserts his post for the city. These
young fellows from the country make
very good operators, for as rule they
begin to learn when they are thirteen
or fourteen years old, and that an
operator should begin yousg is posi-
lively essential to his success. they
say person can never be good
violinist unless he begins when child,
ana 1t is much the same with a tele-
graph operator. They begin early and
generally leave the business before they
are old; not that they retire on for
tune, but they drift out into some other
occupation, as most of them intended
to do when they first began to handle a
key"
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13

Demorests Monthly for October.
The engineer is coming to the front
all over the civilized world. 1t is his
business to lay railroads, to tunnel
mountains, to sink wells for oil in the
coal-fieids and for water in the deserts.
to construct lines of communication be-
tween distant regions and through
difficult country-to make rivers nayi.
gable, and open their mouths TO a
worldwide commerce. But the great
est OF all the feats of the engineer in
modern times have been in the con-
struction of canals. Ferdinand de
Lesseps, when he joined the Mediter-
ranean to the Red Sea by the Suez
Canal, changed SO vitality the relations
OF Europe to Asia rs to revolutonize
the commerce of the world. He there
by made for himself name which will
endure far longer than that of the
mightiest ruler in the modern world
When he will have connected tho
waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the
Pacific Ocean and made portion of
the Desert of Sahara vast inland sea.
he will have accomplished works of
the very highest importance to the
whole human family. He has lived
long enough to have some foretaste of
the glory which Will be attached to his
name after he is gone, for in his own
country he is held in the very highest
esteem. Now that Gambetta is no
more, there is no one in all
the French nation so personally
popular as Engineer de Lesseps. His
country's rivals, especially Great
Britain, pay him the compliment of
beng envious of his well-deserved
reputation. Lord Palmerston, while
he lived, declared that DEMONSTRATION
of the Suez Canal presented difficulties
SO great as to be an engineering impos-
sibility, and even if constructed, he al
legged, it could never be made to pay.
But the canal in time became an ac-
complished fact, and its English busi-
ness alone has paid magnificent divi-
dends on the original investment. In
deed, SO vast is the commerce that the
present canal will not suffice, and it
must either DO widened or new one
constructed. Premier Gladstone was
willing to allow De Lcsseps to make
the needed improvements, but the
short-sighted, covetous and mean
spirited commercial public have pro-
tested vehementlv against permitting
the great French engineer completing
the work, which he himself showed to
be practicable, OF uniting the CONNER
cial system of the Occident and the
Orient by short navigable water way.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13
Learn q Trade.

One of many false notions which the
rapid increase Of civilization in our
country has given rise to is the mis-
taken idea, so prevalent among our
boys and young men, that to learn a
trade is beneath the dignity of gen.
tleman. | heard young man the
other day expressing his views on the
subject TO an elder He was the son of
dry goods clerk in moderate circum-
stances, and he had no means of accum-
ulatng wealth other than by his own
efforts. The elder was one of Pitts.
burg's wealthiest iron merchants; a
man who had risen to his present posi-.
tion from the anvil Of u blacksmith, in
the mill which he now controls.
Mr. Blank" said the young man,
Il wish to present an application for q
position as clerk in your office"
"Well, Mr.. Smith," replied the mer-
chant" Il have no vacancies in my of
flee at present, but can offer you sit
uation as apprentice in our machine
shop, if you wish to accept it,"
The young mans nose was elevated
trlle as he replied in supercilious
tone,--
Il would not feel that l was doing
myself justice in learning q trade, as |
hope to make my way up the ladder by
my mental abilities, rather than by my
physical exertions.
The merchant dismissed him without
further ado, and turning to me said,-
"When will the average boy learn
that trade is worth more TO him than
all the clerkships in christendom
Returning home in the evening pom
dered over his words. | was but a
clerk myself. Was his remark really
trLcP | looked around me; / had a
comfortable house, but the house
which occupied was a rented one, and
cost large percentage of my salary as
rental. Thinking over some few of
my old friends, made the following
memorandum: One of my school
mates had, on leaving school fifteen
years before. learned shoemaking
He now owns his own home, besides
being proprietor of shoe store in
which another schoolmate (who was
too proud to learn q trade), clerks at
salary of $500 a year.
My own employer anf myself had
gone over our arithmetic and algebra
together, and | was considered the
smarter of the two; but he learned a
trade, and | am now his clerk, at a sal.
AIRY which is small percentage of his
own earnings.
Boys, give up your false pride in this
matter. You are standing in your
own light. None of your acquain-
tances will think less of you ii you
come home with sooty hands and face
from honest toll. No one will think
less of you for earning your wages at
the blacksmith's fire or the carpenters
bench than they would were you clerk
in bank, and spent all your money on
your clothes. But, if you are deter
mined to be clerk, learn a trade first,
and learn it well, for the time NAV
come when you will need it badly.
Te