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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
MR. pENDER AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPHY.

MR. PENDER AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPHf.
LONDON, Feb 1O.-At the meeting Of the Board
of Directors of the Direct United States Cable Com
pany, John Pender NJ. p. the president, gave an
account Of his visit to America. In the course OF
his remarks he sadi
America and say something about the western Union
system bee use it IL which is probably, In s
efc ency only 70 be compared with our own system IN
England which Ia worked by the Government win ths
difference That being worked as private enterprise,
and being stimulated or less by competition,
think the Western Union have shown greater results
during the last ten years than system mas under
Government management. think the science OF elec-
tricy has received encouragement ana Dren ihor
developed aud the reduction OF rates has durns IN
time also been greater In America than In En1and anu
altogether think IL would be we'll II our GOVernment
took leaf out of the book OF the western Union Co-
pany.
Summing up his remarks he said:
PROBABLY our Atlantic system never In more sat
sfaotory position than at present. There are eight
cables. We all working amicaby and at moderate
New-York the requirements OF those VINO IelI
tnat there ought be distinct spsem-, IN tead OF
one and cannot see therefreiat theipresent moment
any additional cables, because all tue ieasOn
able requirements OF the general public nave Detn met
by a policy which have now carried out win re-
Garrett Bennett scneme, although l am not suthOrned
that tney have enirey abandoned tne ldea, SUN
they Satisfied with the arrangements We nave nade
and giving 10 trial may therefore c0ngratuale
and Atlantic cont generally ON the fact that
have b-ore us, consider BILE period al least,
materially damaged the value OF our property in the
market
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TELLGRAPHiC NOTES.
ASSIGNMENT OF LEROY DAVIDSON.
AssIGNMENr nP A BAG OnMPANY.

CHARLOTTE n C.. Feb l0.-L-rIY Davidson,
wholesale nd retail grocer madc assignment to day 20 A.
T. Davidson. The ioues $4,000 nominal as tets,
$4,000.
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measures on Parliament. As Mr. Parnell follows
suit there is every prospect that early days ses
sion will be divided between the Irishmen and Mr.
Bradlaugh.
THE VACANCY IN NEWCASTLE.
Mr.. Ashton Dilke's retirement from Newcastle is
due to his long continued illness, Of which fatal
termination s feared unless he is Immediately
relieved from political anxieties. John Morley
stands for Newcastle as the regular Liberal candi-
date, and as supporter of the Ministry, but claims
liberty of action in Irish questions.
Mr.. Cowen, whose egotism is becoming mono
mania. announces in The Chronicle. which he owns
and edits that he shall oppose Mr. Morley unless the
latter with the Liberal Association
which now recognizes Mr.. Cowen as renegade and
a regular opponent of the Ministry.
Mr.. BENJAMIN's RETIREMENT.
Benjamin's retirement from practice at the Eng
lish bar elicts elaborate eulOges from the principal
journals The Times regretting that he was not Of
fered judgeship, which his health might have al
lowed him to accept. During recent years Mr..
benjamin has admittedly stood foremost among adj
vocates practising solely in appellate courts. The
disease which compels him to withdraw from prac-
tice is incurable, but not Immediately dangerous.
MR. GREENS ILLNESS.
The accounts from Mentone represent Mr.. Green,
the historian, as having rallied slightly, but his
condition remains hopeless.
LECTURE ON EMER SON.
Mr.. Conway delivered lecture on Emerson last
evening at the Royal Institution, elaboratey insist
ing on the American philosophers vague anticipa-
ton of Darwin on the fundamental idea of Evou-
ton. The lecture as whole was eloquent
impressive and delightful. G. W. 8,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
PARIS MAINE. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1888

2. II they burst, does it cause rain
and is it preceded by rising and falling
barometer
8. Explain fully the affinity between
the regimental uniform and yellow
jack"
4. When the sky and earth meet
how do they embrace or salute each
other
S. How many inches Of rainfall doe.
it take to "wet q mans whistle v:
LAND DEPARTMENT.
|. Give the boundaries and dimen-
sions in acres of "the land beyond the
river"
2. Is it open to presumption, home
stead, or private entry:
8. How much is yet unsettled: Has
any portion been granted to railroads 4,
4. From whom did the present own
er obtain title
5. What is the average rate of taxa
ton therein
PATENT OFFICE.
/. What are the necessary specifica-
tions for the patenting OF "a fact"
2. fla fact" is patent to everybody
what instrument is given by the govern
ment to protect the rights of the patentee
therein, and how should it be worded /:
8. Is the fringe around lady's dress
an infringement under the patent laws :
4. If bootblack is called to exam
Inc patents can he be said to be patent
examiner,
PENSION DEPARTMENT.
/. Describe how the eyes Of old Penn
shone (pension) when he made his treaty
with the Indians.
2. II a disabled soldier is entitled to
eight dollars per month, how much is a
grass widow, who has been divorced
from three husbands, entitled to as a
portion on her fourth wedding
8. Give the legal reason for the
granting Of pension to and compute the
amount which the Oldest squaw Of Sitting
Bull will be entitled to monthly, based
upon the scalps taken by the old man
and her general flthiness !
4. If pension is granted to the sur
viving soldiers Of the Mexican war, should
a greater or less amount be granted to
the legal heirs Of Esquimaux Joe :
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
A MODERN SAMPSON.
THE STRONG NAN OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY.
FEArs OF LIFTING WHICH BROUGHT HIM
NOTORIETY.
Letter TO the Troy Times. J

Letter to the Troy Times.l
In the Troy Times recently appeared
an article giving a short history Of the
life and doings OF Abner McIlrath, Of
Euclid, Ohio, and in that article he was
represented as the strongest man in
America while living, with the exception
of that famous strong man Of northern
New York, Joseph Call. The greatest
feat Of strength claimed for McIln.th was
the lifting Of an iron shaft which weigh
ed l ZOO pounds, and it is also stated
that he lifted it by grasping it with his
hands, which it is claimed would he
equal to lifting twice that weight in he z
ness. l. would be useless to deny the
fact that Abner McIlrath was mighty
man. But l propose to give a short
sketch of the life Of man who was but
little known outside of the village OF
Granville Corners in Washington county,
where he was born and spent the most
of long life. 1t is known of him and
can be proved, that he has performed
feats of strength unsurpassed by any
man that has lived in ancient and mod
ern times, excepting, of course, the Bib
lical Sampson.
His name is or was Stearn Carpenter (;
his occupation was that of farmer. Be-
ing naturally of a very quiet, peaceable
disposition and member Of the society
of Friends, he never did anything for
display to attract attention, but the feats
of strength that he performed were done
more to satisfy himself and to see how
much he could lift than for anything else.
All of his lifting was done by main
strength, without harness Of any kind.
One Of his greatest feats was lifting box
filled with iron which weighed 1900
pounds which is equal to lifting $500
pounds in harness. He lifted it with
ease with his hands by grasping rope
| or chain which was bound around the
box to secure it. He did not know the
weight of the box Of iron at the time and
was afterward heard to say that had he
known it weighed so near he would have
put on the other hundred pounds and
lifted the whole.
At another time he lifted cannon
that weighed l,400 pounds and shoul-
dered it. At Comstock's Landing, on
the Champlain Canal, near Whitehall,
one day while waiting for load Of Mer-
chandise, he lifted barrel Of white lead
with ease. The writer of this article
was an eyewitness to this feat, besides
number of others. His neighbors
when killing hogs if Stearn happened to
be around, would ask him to guess the
weight Of hog Just killed. If it hap
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
E.. A. S. & Co.,
MASONIC RUILDING
METRE Of Forrrla>us-.

Npttrr oE torrftn>ufr.
Whe-ea- ~ ith Il q ,dd I'D OF Brth-l IN N"
Coprt. Il ONf ~ aad - = OF N-tn-, ~ III
unlt.age d. e. .tatyi th- tssntv.ntnth Ga
ArRU.t A ID 80 nd re riet IN the ON'old
n, s,.t-,. OF peess hoo< i69 Page @9i conveyed
e me Davtd y Brow, aud Robins br"Nn iste
OF ssi1 ~ bel row dee -hseo tten c'partnerH IN
frscr uncer tbe o m nam o. ID. ?. Brow { ..
CERTAIN pa Gel 81 r. 81 estate stUa ~ Ia b' ihei
aforesaid on IN sOutb-Ily sfieot II sh S'rert on
Reshe Htll. C. mntn .'ng st n stake snd stones a.
the northeastern, c.,fter Of lent owned o. ,'llnsh
ChsIman III nee iunlisg o. tls a. { O. s'h Chsp-
mans lard baCs ~ ii -tfeet. six ris' VI, n
AZ tisht angi.- with the n - Inc ssvTn rods Ia
line II tn+r land 0t SAID C0aUman; thence GO
lte Of laid last meDtiof Ell iand N to1s u ssto
street. theme. ON ssif STREET - plae- ci e+sin-
nc WIN the bIi dings ther'o1; and Sherea-
the c0uciticn o. said morig-gc HIS tetn oroAeh
now, therefore by &c ,s0n 81 the br -ach OF eonII
tiOns thereof. Da.ki Bro o, surviving part
ner OF the said eOpartnershipO OF ID =. Brown u
Co. claim = foreclosure OF said mortgage.
December llih 49,.
DAVID =. BROWN, Surviving
pa tasr Of the CopArtnership Of u. p.
brown Co.
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pened to be big one weighing 400 or
500 hundred pounds he would stoop
down and twist his fingers into the bris.
ties, and in that way would Lift the car
cass clear from the ground and guess on
its weight. He performed one of the
greatest feats Of strength on record after
he had reached the age of seventy-fve
years. He lifted two twenty foot
iron rails by grasping one in each hand,
and walked off with them. The rails
were resting on wooden horses, so he did
not stoop down to lift them.
One day in haying-time he was going
from the field with his men to the house
for dinner. They were walking along
the road together, when one Of his men.
for mischief, came up behind him and
by skillful trip threw Carpenter down.
He gathered himself up and said nothing
about it. He walked to the house, and
after dinner, when returning to the field
with his men, they came along to the
place where the man gave him the fall.
He suddenly turned upon the man, and
grasping him by the shoulder and the
seat of his trousers, lifted him and hurled
him high in the air above him and over
a seven rail fence, BY the side of which
they happend to be walking. The man
came down in the meadow a rod or more
from the fence, considerably. shaken up
but not badly hurt.
Mr.. Carpenter was not gigantic man
in size. He was about six feet tall, and
appeared much less than that owing to
his massive build. There was no super
faous flesh upon him, but the muscles
of his arms, shoulders and neck seemed
to be piled upon him, so great was their
size. This gave him stopping appear
ance. In a crowd casual observer
would no. be likely to pick him out for
one of the strongest men that ever lived.
His strength would equal if not surpass
that of the great Roman gladiator Milo.
Mr.. Carpenter is living at the present
time at Granville Corners, Washington
County, y. Y, his old home, or was liv-
ing the last | heard of him. He must
be over eighty years Of age.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06

SPECIAL REVENUE TAX. In re-pub-
fishing an old address Of Gov. Dingley
on Prohibition in Maine" we omitted
to strike out remark that apothecaries
were obliged to pay the special tax I'M
posed by the government on liquor deal
ers TO conduct their legitimate duties.
This is not the fact now, as the law
specifically exempts apOthecaries from the
payment of this tax as to liquors used
exclusively in the preparation or making
up Of medicines. Druggists should I'M
derstand that if they propose to simply
use liquors in the preparation or making
up Of medicines which are not themselves
(which is allowed by the
laws Of Maine they do not need to pay
the special tax as liquor dealers. If
with this understanding they pay the
special tax at the beginning OF the reye-
nue. year, commencing next May, they
must not complain if people look upon
them as liquor sellers and violaters OF
law. The law as it stands gives drug
gists all the privileges as to the sale Of
actual mountaineering medicines con-
tanning liquors, without the payment OF
United States tax, that it is safe to give
them or wise for them to have. The
proposition before the Legislature to give
druggists the right to sell intoXicants un.
der the name Of medicine would be dam
gerous to the public interests and detri-
mental to honest druggists .-Leristo"
,JOurEci.
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suddenly appeared. as if rising from the
earth. The Wicked Jim and his COM
panions were pulled from their saddles
and hustled across the square into prison
cells, and while they seemed to be strug-
Cling in the embrace Of some terrible
dream they were brought into court and
heard the observation from q digni6ed
judge:
1--WE cannot tolerate such conduct in
peaceful, law abiding city like Bunko.
The sentence Of the court is ninety days
in the workhouse for each one Of you y
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
T. HILL MASSFIELD'S
CA-PILL.A. RIS.
bvUicdbOn for the Hair and SCalp.

Isevideufls making many wonderful cures. His
sd in snosher column n eonvipcirs PROOF that he
has a eompcrn4 Of remarkable merit. The dill
erepr Barber saloons in Portl-nd. evidently Ike
4. They sly. Cspillsris. n q hair dressing TO en-
hven ami bsanIifg the hair. keep the scalp ciean,
ahfe aud free from dasdrun, make the hair dress
well AMI stay in place, IL is unsurpassed, and We
have never sen or used any th ing equal TO it
JOHN NJ. BoyEY r. N. ARNOLD r. W. USpKR-
WOOD, j. n. Il NoRRILL, e. :. SOhIs. JOHN G.
JONES, JoHS p. WHICH, Z =. RoLLISn, II, n,
HALEY, II. 7. FIcKKkTT, ]. y, LAxDkR,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
Portland Advertiser,
A THREE-LEGGED STOOL.
GOVERNOR PLAIsTED's EDITORIAL TRIPOD.
TIE POLITICS OF JEFFERSON, JACKSON AND
LINCOLN.

The Gazette will firmly adhere to the
school OF politics represented by Jefferson,
Jackson and Lincoln. II will seek TO deal
with parties, not individuals with princi-
Plies aud measures, not men. II will en-
deavor To hew TO the line regardless as 10
whose eyes the chips fall into; applying the
Jeffersonian touchstone: Especial priyi-
leges 10 none" IL will oppose the Repub-
lican party and policy AZ the enemy TO
these just and equal principles. -LeciStoH
Gazette.
Hr. Editor i cut the above from
your paper of January 6, in which you
print it as one Of the "Straws." am
so very stupid, ignorant and dull that
do not know what " school Of politics is
represented BY these three men.
Jefferson was learned man, of phil
osophical mind, who held that the world
is governed too much, was opposed to the
constitution of the United States, did all
that he could to strangle it in its birth
by writing letters from France where he
represented the United States at the time
of its adoption by the convention which
framed it, and afterwards to prevent its
adoption by the people. If not the au-
thor, he was the advocate Of the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions which were the
materials out of which Democratic plat
forms were made for a half century and
upon which Calhoun built his theory of
notification which Jackson stamped out
in 1882 by threatening to hang John C..
Calhoun.
Jackson was a half-educated, willful,
stubborn, dictatorial man, without one
grain of philosophy in his make up, who
governed wholly by force, power and in
timidation and cared no more for law,
constitution, Congress or Courts, when
they stood in the way of his will, than
does the lion care for the cooling dove.
Lincoln was kind-hearted, humane
man, who would do nothing to give pain
to the lowliest and humblest, who although
surrounded by traitors never hung or
threatened to hang one, who by dash
of his pen struck the letters from four
millions of slaves, feat which neither
jefferson nor jackson ever did or talked
of doing, and finally "with malice toward
none and charity to ALL invited every
red-hauded traitor back to allegiance and
and support of the government.
1.-The schools of politics" Of these three
men were as unlike as were their person.
al characters, and if any Ex-Governor
prop .oses to run newspaper on any such
platform he will deceive no one any more
than did Governor who once gravely
told the people of Pressure Isle, that Re-
publican officials at Augusta had squan.
dered all the sinking funds, the trus'
funds, and school funds, in the treasury
of Maine. d. s.
Presqus Isle, Jaa. s.
~.; .,s L.. ,h. oh q ~ ,>;o, ynoay
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06

GONG TO HELL.-John b. Cough de-
livered an address at Chatauqua, recently,
to mothers and Sunday School teachers,
upon the value of salvation to children.
In the course of the address he said: "Be
careful how you talk to children they'll
be even with you. A superintendent
told me that certain Mr.. Jones always
wanted to address his Sunday School,
and always made botch and failure
One Sunday he came in unexpectedly
and insisted on five minutes OF time.
Children, my name is Jones; said ne.
Il came from Baltimore and am going to
Massachusetts,, and | stopped here to try
and save you from going to hell. Now
see if you can fix that in your minds.
Where did come from Children
Baltimore What is my name !:
Children-'Jones.' Where am going;
To hell . said fifty voices"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06
NUMBER 5.
THE BIBLE IN JAPAN.

Recent letters from the Agent OF the
American Bible Society in Japan convey
intelligence whichis indicative fthe rapid
progress Of Christianity in that empire.
1t is TO the effect that number of jap
anese Christians had presented formal
and earnest appeal to be allowed an ac-
tive part in the work of transiating the
Old Testament. They speak Of the
translation Of the Bible as great work
and far-reaching in its consequences Of
the blessings which had come to them
through the New Testament which had
been already published and widely circu-
lated Of the severe evils which would
ensue il the remaining work was not
wisely done and of the want of uniform
ity in style which would be sure to mark
a translation which was produced by the
labours Of many different scholars work
ing apart. They therefore submit plan,
the substance Of which is as follows.
/. That the whole work be given u one
committee instead OF the differ
ent books TO individual translators.
?. That the committee shall be com
posed o. eight members, four OF whom
shall be foreigners and four japanese.
3. That the japanese members be chosen
by japanese Christians.
4. That the foreigners and japanese
have equal rights In voting.
>. That means be furnished 10 enable
the members to devote their whole time TO
the work.
When it is remembered that it is only
a few years since Christians were per-
mitted even to enter Japan, such action
as this is truly astonishing. and must
awaken the most profound gratitude.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06

Connect icut has the champion mean
man. He WIS worth about 81 ,000, 900
and with sixteen poor lawyers in his town
be went and did without making will.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06

An ECONOMICAL GovERNNENr.-So
figures given in London Trdh furnish q
comparison Of American, British and
German official salaries. Oar Cabinet
officers receive $4,000 a year. In Eng
land $4,000 year is the salary OF the
seven leading Cabinet Ministers. At
Berlin the Chancellor of the Empire and
Prime Minister receives Sl4,OOO, with
a house, and an additional So 900 year
10 keep it in order. The Secretary Of
States salary is 81, 500with free house.
Our Ministers to London, Paris, Berlin,
and st. Petersburg receive Sl7. 5O0 each.
The British Ambassador at Paris receives
$50, 900 year, and the German AM
bassadors at London and St. Petersburg
receive S37, 500 each. Our Minister to
Turkey receives 81, 500, the British Min
ister $40, 900, and the German Minister
$50, 900. Our Minister at Rome re-
ceives $4,000, The British Minister
S35, 900, and the German Minister
S2I, 600. Our Minister at Pekin re.
ceives Sl2, 900, the British Minister $780,
900, and the German Minister SIS 600.
Our Minister at Stockholm gets $500,
the British Minister $4,000, and the
German Minister $4,000.
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lancaster .9ntelltgenccr.
MONDAY EVENING, AUG. AZ. 1888.
raE sEvEh TUNNELS.


Location and Length Of the Boees TO bs
Asde ON AsrFisbufg . western.
The bids advertised for by tho Harris
burg & Western railroad company must
be handed in by Friday noon next at the
Office Of the American construction CON-
pany, New York. The seven tunnels,
aggregating about $1,000. lineal feet, are
located 90 annexed First, the Blue ridge,
4, $50 feet long, A miles west of Har-
risburg, to be finished by March 1886 T;
second, Kittatinny mountain, 1885 feet
long, 45 miles west of Harrisburg,
to be finished by March 1, 1885,
third, Tuscarors mour tain, 8 400 feet long
Sc miles west of Harrisburg, to be finished
by juno 1, 1886; fourth, Sideling hill,
600 feet long, "a miles west of Harris
burg, to be finished by September 1, 1885
fifth Rays hill, 3.690 feet long, 70 miles
west Of Harrisburg. to be finished by
December 1, 1884 sixth, Allegheny noun.
tain, $500 long, 1877 west of Harrisburg,
to be finished by July 1. 1885; seventh, ,
Laurel hill, 8, 460 feet long, 155 miles west
of Harrisburg, to be finished July 1, 1885.
The negro mountain tunnel, 1900 feet
long, and the Quemahoning tunnel, 1900
feet long, about miles east and west ol
Somerset, and the Sewickley tunnel, 1, 800
feet long, in Westmoreland county, are
not offered, as tho line in their locality has
not been fully settled.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-27

Are you disturbed at night and broken OF
your rest by sick child suffering and crying
witL the excruciating pain of cutting teeth
II so, go at once and get bottle OF MRS. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately-depen
upon 1t there is no mistake about 1t. There is
not mother on earth who has ever used it,
who will not tell you at once that 1t will
regulate the bowels and give rest to the
mother, and relief and health to the child, op-
Grating like magic 1t is perfectly safe to use
in oil cases, and pleasant to the taste, and is
the prescription of one OF the Oldest and best
female physicians in the United States. Sold
everywhere. Is cents bottle.
mayl-M,W,S&w
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NEDICA.
BEo"Hs 1Eo1 8'TrERs
TEE PECULIAR OLD MYSTERY.


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