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The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

The Utah difficulty promises to get into
the Supreme Court of the United States in
course Of time. Congress, last summer, it
will be remembered, authorized the Govern
or to appoint successors to certain elective
officers, as step in the suppression of po-
lygamy. There has been bitter fight over
his appointments in the Territorial Courts,
the Gentiles holding that Congress mas au-
thority to enact any sort of law for the Ter
ritory, and the Mormons retorting, with
Jere Black behind them, that the people OF
Utah and the other Territories have constitn-
tional rights which cannot be- interfered with
BY Congress under its power to snake all
noedful rules and regulations respecting the
Territory or other property belonging to the
United States" An appeal from the Utah
Supreme Court to the United States SUI
preme Court is now pending. This tribunal
will undoubtedly have to pass on the point
at issue before polygamy can be altogether
wiped out.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Two little girls, one eight years old, the other
six, sleep in the same chamber. In the morn
ing the eldest one says, ooh, have had such
nice dream" What was ito" 1T was in
large pastry-cook shop, and l ate as many rum
cakes, strawberry tarts and bon bons as I want
ed" yves I with you?" asked the little one.
mo" And the little one began to sob =
French Wit. =
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Mrs. LOUIS LuLL writes to New York
paper in indignant protest against the James
Brothers plays now disgracing the theatrical
stage, in which the cut-throats are represent
ed as heroes and splendid fellows, while the
men who sacrificed their lives to duty in
hunting the assassins down are shown as
fools and objects of contempt. She says the
seed thus sown win surely ripen into bitter
fruit. Mrs. Lull is the widow Of Capt. Lull
OF Chicago, one of the brave men who were
ambushed and assassinated by the bandit
kings he was employed to capture.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
VALUE OF THE SYSTEM.

All this seems very strange and very funny
to an American until he has inquired into It
thoroughly, and then it strikes him that the
plan is an excellent part of an excellent sys-
TEN. In the street-car, for instance. there
can be no such thing as knocking down.
The brace bell-punch will not work. Every
passenger must have a receipt for his fare.
and he must show it to the official who tears
the corner off. Everybody knows the value
OF receipts for packages sent and received.
whether it be by express, by post, OF by bun
dle-boy.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
Corr. London News


don't think have ever mentioned the
dienstmann in my letters to the Daily News,
and l must not overlook him any longer.
He is an institution and character deserv-
ing of special and honorable mention
There. are great many of him in every
Germen city, but l have to deal with him as
he lives and has his being in Chemnitz. OF
course he is in uniform. All public SER
wants, from the scavenger to the highest
official, wear uniform, and he is no excep-
ton to the rule. He stands on a street cor
ner, or in the middle of square, and he is
ready to fly to you at the sound of your
whistle, whether it be pitched high or low,
sharp or fiat, shrill or plaintive. He is the
public messenger, is this dienstmann, and
he is the most reliable, if not the quickest,
vehicle for the transmission of notes and
portable property that have ever had The
pleasure of meeting. There is something
Partisan about his personal appearance, and
think it is the blne blouse which he wears.
He and the blue blouse are one and indis-
soluble. | sometimes imagine him TO be
next OF kin to the man who ripped up the
pavements of the French capital erected
barricades across the streets, and fought
tie soldiers o. the coup d etat from behind
them. The dienstmann wears heavy
leather belt around his waist; it is fastened
in the center by a heavy brass buckle, and
from the side is suspended heavy leather
bag. His hat is of glazed leather, black as
| jet, and deep red band surrounds it,
which gives it highly picturesque appear
ance. BY his hat do you know him in a
crowd, and you can always pick him out at
| LONG range
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

PRESIDENT Eliot has not studied the hab-
its of boys in vain. He thinks that if the
rope fire escapes, which it is proposed to
place in the Harvard College dormitories,
are put there, more danger would result
from students practising sliding down the
ropes than would ever be liable to occur
from fires.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
Some Saxon Sketches.

The Dienstmann, His characteristics, Du-
ties and Charges-1he Yellow Ticket
and It's Many Uses-Requiring Everyone
to Register His Place of Abode-Public
Records of Private Persons and Their
Value
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

We do not read anonymous letters and comwuni-
sAtions. The name and address Of the writ are in
al cases Indispensable not necessarily for ubica-
zion but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
aunicatsons that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

AMONG the ancient relics owned by the
famous Albany collector, Duncan Campbell,
is a sarcophagus that was 1000 years old in
the time of Moses. With what generation
the great leader would have looked upon
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

NEW YORK has 1871 savings banks, with
deposits aggregating $472, 1921, $40, a gain Of
nearly s9o,oO0,0OO compared with the
amount reported last year. The report
made in January, 1880, shows that the de-
posts amounted to $751;, 222 ,976, an increase
of 331 per cent. in three years. This re-
markable increase indicates that these years
have been prosperous season for those who
deposit their SAYINGS in such institutions.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
IE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Gard certificate sighed by Stanley Pnllen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and Hotel Managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming TO represent our journal.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
BOOKS OF THE RATHHA1rs.

The books of the rathhaus will tell YOU
where every man in Chemnitz resides, the
number OF the street as well as the number
OF the nat; they will tell you whether he is
married or single; whether he lives with his
parents or rooms alone; how many children
he has; how old he IS; how old his wife is,
and how old his children are; what his trade
is; whether he keeps servant-girl; what he
pays her; how much his income is; where he
was born, ETC., etc. They will tell you in
word anything that it is possible to find out
concerning himself and lis business. He
cannot sail under false colors. If he pre-
tends to have an income of 10000 markssper
annum, he must pay an income tax on that
amount, or prove that he has been talking
too big. If a merchant is thinking of hiring
man, he can, within f,rty-eight hours dis
cover whether his prospective employee has
ever been mixed up in dishonorable scrape
and determine whether or not the account
given by the man regarding his own history
is true.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Miss. FRANCES WILLARD, the temper
ance advocate, halls the election of Gov
Culom to the Senate from Illinois, as vic
tory for prohibition, though just how it is te
be made available she does not explain.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
USEFUL YELLOW TICKETS

Ii he takes package or letter from YOU
he gives you yellow ticket, on which ap-
pears his number. If he loses the package
the company is held, and holds itself. re-
sponsible. You cannot live in Saxony with
out handling an assortment of yellow tickets
every day. You get ticket for everything
When you pay your fare on the street-car,
the conductor gives you yellow ticket. Be-
fore reaching the end of your trip another
official enters the car and tears corner off
the ticket. If you send a package by ex-
press you receive yellow ticket, and if YOU
receive an express package you get yellow
ticket. II you send money by mail YOU get
two yellow tickets, one for the consignee and
one FOR yourself, and when the consignee re-
ceives the money he also receives a yellow
coupon, and signs yellow ticket. When
you buy bill of goods in a store YOU are
handed yellow ticket, and when they are
delivered at your house the bundle-bov gives
you another yellow ticket and takes the one
you first received. / don't know whether
the minister who officiates at wedding
gives the bride and groom yellow tickets or
not, but | believe they must have one when
their first baby is born. If you live at 379e
b street, and you move to 1895 street, you
must go to the city hall and get a yellow
ticket. Ii a servant girl leaves Mrs. X and
goes to work for Mrs. Xxx, she must also 90
to the city hall and get a yellow ticket. It is
probable that the Saxon goes into the next
world with yellow ticket in his hand. but
that is another point upon which Ibave no
definite information.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

JAMES ATWOOD of sunbury, Pa, had
been an orphan long enough, so on Monday
he married his sons wifes daughter and
made the boy his father.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

THEY are growing because it is going to
cost S., 100000 to complete the census-as if
we couldn't afford to pay IA cents head to
stand up and be countedl
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

THE Macon (Ga.l Telegraph thinks that
Gov. Stephens keeps his house too open-for
his own good and that of his successors.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
INFORMATION oBTAINABLE.

There is another feature of this system
which is remarkable. If you know the num-
Der OF the house where a certain man lives
whose history you are anxious to ascertain.
but you cannot possibly find out his name in
any other way, you can go to the rathhaus
and have not only his name but his entire
record placed before you in very short time.
The number OF the house tells the story. But
you cannot get information about Tom
Dick, or Harry simply to satisfy an idle Gu
rlosity, or for purposes of blabkmail. You
must show cause for seeking the history or
name OF Tom, Dick, or Harry; your own
name is entered as having called at the rath
haaus tsuch and such time Tor such and
such purpose, and if you use the informa-
ton which you have received unlawfully Won
will be punished severely.
The law which compels householders and
others to register their place of abode within
three days after making change has innu-
merabe advantages. If you want to find
Max Smidt, carpenter, in the city of Berlin,
and his name appears nowhere in the direc-
tory, you can easily find out all about his
whereabouts by applying at the city hall. or
rathhaus. Every man, woman, and child is
registered, and you must have your little
yellow ticket to show for it, if you desire to
keep out of trouble. No German can travel
long under an alias. Neither can criminal
conceal Iinseh very long IN a large city. If
he is looked upon with suspicion the author
tiles have little difficulty in working up' his
record, for he must have lived somewhere
and wherever he has lived he has registered
If he lies he is caught.
The dienstmann's yellow ticket is not Of
ten required, unless his package is a valua-
BILE one, for he has the reputation of being
perfectly reliable and honest. He is a great
improvement on the messenger boy of Chi
cage, not only because he does his work
cheaper, but because he is not impudent, be-
cause he is more trustworthy, because be
never returns after playing marbles in an
adjacent alley for an hour and tells you that
the man is out, because he can be trusted
with valuable packages and is strong enough
to carry heavy bundles, because he is always
found when wanted, and because he hasn't
got chronic case Of the sniffies.
I T
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

For fear they would forget politics and
thus bring disaster on an innocent nation,
Ohio voters will hold town elections this
spring and pave the way to the October
fights.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Nh. JAMES r. RANDALL writes from
Washington to the Augusta (Ga. Chronicle,
that 'svirgtniana drift to essos wherever
tsS7 20, 40 aachx to water.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

PHILADELPHIA Press: Uncle Rufus
Hatch telegraphs from London to the New
York Commercial Advertiser that the pres
ent floods in the Ohio Valley are insignif-
cant as compared with those which have re-
Gently occurred along the Rhine and other
parts OF Continental Europe. Incidentally,
and OF course without reference to the state
of trade, Uncle Rufus adds that Americas
grain crop of 1882, and what she may raise
In 1888, can be marketed in Europe with
the greatest ease at full prices" 1t is to be
regretted that Uncle Rufus failed to state
what quantity of corn he is carrying.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

NEW YORK State, in the vicinity of Port
age, is all excitement over the discovery of
salt deposits at Warsaw. The crystal vein
Is nearly 100 feet thick, and probably 1900
or 1900 feet below the surface. The terri
tory supposed to be rich in this commodity
Is, as has been shown by frequent sinkings,
several miles long and mile or more in
width. The brine is double the strength of
that Of Saginaw or Syracuse, and is found to
contain that peculiar quality needed for the
production of soda-ash for which we have
hitherto been dependent on Europe. and
which we have bought to the extent of many
millions yearly. The salt operators are in a
fever of excitement over the discovery.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Jefferson said, 81 would rather live in a
country with newspapers and no government,
tnan In country with government and no
newspapers" This kindly criticism was prob
aply tne result of some rural newspaper say
ing that Jefferson left the LARGEST sonasb of the
season at the office, and that his daughter was
the hnest Walter at theBranch, and that he
was such an honest politician that he ought to
be the candidate of all the parties-Puck.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
StOekbridge Course, Extra, Wednesday
Evening, March 2Sth.
Enter tainment mt hestmut st. M.
E Church.

The Ladies of above church will give an Enter
tsium. mt and Suppef in the Vestry OF that church
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. a. Entertain
ment to consist Of Singing by Mr.. j. B. Coyle Ir
Mrs. W. P. Chase and Mrs. L. A. Goudy; heading
by ISIS Helen L. Coe; 500 Whistling by Mr.. II. r.
Waterhouse; Mrs. G. o. Gosse, Aceompanist Sup
per served from G to 7.30. Entertainment at i
O'Clock. Admission, including supper, 20 cents.
feb19 DIT
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
HIS MULTIFARIous DUTIES.

The dienstmann is not only the servant of
the public, but he is also the servant of
company, about whose assets and liabilities
! know nothing. He has a superintendent
over him, and he is well watched. He must
be sober, faithful and intelligent He must
know everything, or nearly everything, and
he is expected to perform the jobs which are
thrown III his way with reasonable degree
OF alacrity. Besides he must be neat in APP
pearance and very polite. The dienstmann
is called upon by every lady to do almost
everything. He will take telegram to- the
office, mail letter, deliver love message,
carry home sack of flour or wheel the
baby-buggy He will help to move family,
take care of market-basket, fetch YOU a
cup of coffee, brush your clothes, black
your shoes, or shave you in an emergency.
He is full of miscellaneous information re-
gardlng the names of streets, the occupants
of houses, the hours of arrival and departure
OF trains, or the weather probabilities. He
will sometimes carry boxes and packages
OF immense weight on his shoulder, and at
other times he will fetch you change for
one-hundred mark piece. When YOU send
him on an errand he viii find the place
to which.you have directed him, and if the
person he is seeking is out, he will travel oy-
er creation until he finds him. He never
shirks work, and he never charges you for
carriage hire. His prices are ridiculously
low. lie will take q note mile away and
bring you back an answer for about cents.
lie will carry heavy package to your home,
twelve Chicago blocks distant, for ten cents.
have employed him frequently for an en-
tire forenoon at cost of 80 cents.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
Caps and Bells.

Mrs. Peter Schinsky is one of those Austin
ladies who take much better care of theii
animal pets than they do of their children
She has got pet poodle by the name of Fido.
Yesterday Mrs. Schinsky's little boy. Bob
asked his mother, "Shail I give Edo this
piece of sugar he is begging for2" f'No, my
child, it might spoil his teeth. Eat it yourself
Bobby. "-Texas Siftings.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

THE st. Louis Globe does not believe in
taxing the OUTPUT of mines. 1t says
The Colorado Legislature, in voting to tax
the met output" of mines, hit not only the
Leadville silver mines, whose products in
spired this bit of folly, but also mines or
quarries of coal, iron, lead, copper, lime and
building stone. No more short-sighted
legislation than this has appeared Of late.
Numerous flaws have already been found in
the act, however, so that the schemes of its
projectors may come to naught. There is
some doubt about its constitutionality, and
1t does not clearly appear what "net output
is. The act should have begun like this !:
"Whereas, the Government of the United
States, buying in pursuance of law silver
that it does need for coinage, constantly
bulls the market, to the enrichment of the
bonanza kings of Colorado; be it enacted
that we will help ourselves to part of the
gains thus wrongfully acquired"
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

Mr.. Kittredge of Bombay has made pro-
posal to raise, with the cooperation of ma
tives Of India, a fund guaranteeing women
doctors against loss, who are willing to 60
out from England to that country. The
queen has expressed her interest and ap-
proval of the effort TO send out these
women, although she didn't subscribe to the
fund. The difficulty in India is that both
religion and several laws forbid the Hindoo
woman of the upper castles the aid of a male
physician, and she is in consequence left to
the mercy of ignorant native midwives and
wise women. Hindoos of influence and
wealth are exceedingly anxious to provide
their wives with the attendance of educated
female practitioners. Hence Mr. Kittridge's
movement. American women doctors of
equal knowledge and experience will be as
welcome as the English in this far-off field.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20

1t is said that letter once addressed to "Mr
Newton, Europe, intended for Sir Isaac New
ton, found him. 1t must have contained n hill
Such letter win find man il it has to travel
all over the world, without any address At ali
we've been told.--NorriEtoR Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1883-02-20
CITY Hall TUESGBY Evening MARCH 6.

Lecture by the world renowIs orator
JOHN B. COUGH
Subject Circumstances Tickets t0N cents.
Now on sale at stock bridges NIusc Storea Half
Hfare on all railroads running into the cty.S
feb o dlWN
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-16
Feminine Rravitias-

Queen Victoria allows none OF her chill
dfen to see her without special permission.
A Boston woman built $40, 900 mansion
entirely on the proceeds from the sale of
doughnuts.
Miss Annie Gesandner, of Milwaukee, is
probably the only woman switehtender in
the United States. And you can wager
she's careful about her work, as she has a
brakeman she's anxious about on every
train.
Nervous prostration has thus far pre-
vented Miss Clara Barton from assuming
the duties of Superintendent of the Msssa-
chusetts Woman's Prison, to which she
was some time since appointed by Governor
Butler.
At one of Rossiui's parties a lady who
had been asked to sing allowed herself to
be much pressed before consenting, but
finally gave way. and said she would az.
tempt an air from Semiramide" Passing
the maestro on her way TO the piano. she
whispered, 81 am SO fearful of not doing
Justice TO your divine music !" "What
must be - ssked Rossini.
A Boston woman, the daughter of a
once wealthy man, being reduced to the
necessity of providing for her own wants,
resolved to manufacture pickles and pre-
serves for the market. She told her
friends, and they promised TO become Gus.
toners. She found no difficulty in selling
sill that she could make with Der Own
hands. The next year she enlarged the
business, and the third she expanded il
still further, her condiments having BY
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-16

The largest milk pan on record has just
been made for an Iowa creamery. Il viii
hold GOO gallons.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-16

at we were married for l met Will at
the depot, and glad enough l was to see
him. He had his friend all ready st the
hotel, and 80 were friend or two more OF
his, whom l never had met before.
The next day we wrote to tatner and
mother and to Wills folks, too, but the
latter never had opposed Us. We told my
parents that we were not sorry for what we
had done, only on their account, and that
We would like to be friends again.
"a week went by before we heard from
them, and we had made up cur minds that
they would rot forgive Us but, Just
week after we had written, we received a
letter from home. They told US that as
the matter stood they would pardon US,
which was very wise, seeing they could not
undo things. They told Us TO come home
the next Afternoon, and all would be well,
and they only wanted ore favor from us-
and there the letter stopped.
We did the wondering and wondering
as to what the favor could be, but, Of
course, we made up our minds TO grant 1t
if we Conid. The next afternoon we went
home, and they had the house decked with
h0wers, and Wits folks were there, and
some Of the neighbors, aud ali OF my folks,
too, and most OF all there was Father
Uhck, VINO looked very sour at us, but lit
tie We cared for that when we had the
pleasant welcome from my parents, instead
Of the anger and cursing for my marrying
a Protestant
Nov, girls. the favor they wanted
came out-they wanted us to let Father
Ulick marry US over again at home. So, Of
course, we did, for it would please them and
not hurt us, though l really think Father
Ulick would much rather have laid the
penauce Oh me, but he did not. We were
all much happier than We ever thought we
could be, over it tina. is, father and moth
er were for VIII and knew always that
we should be happy together-and-that
Is the way that l was married twice with
out ever being . widow, or divorced
either"
"Oh, how romantic 70 sighed Dulcie,
while the more practical Theo said ~
shiuk the old folks were go badly beaten
that they were trying to get out of it
gracefully" and Aggie remarked, 81 am
going to give Auptie the very same dose of
medicine some day which she gave her
father and mother ;" with which saucy re-
marx she kissed her aunt, with loving
look, Tor she adored that same gentle auntie.
[ a. C., Jr., In Commercial Gazette.