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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
A Very Serious Game of Poker
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''Pli never forgot the first time that saw
General Grant," said William Ransom re-
Gently to number of men in the Foot
Guards equipment room. ST was first SER
geant in Company 9 of the Seventh G. ",
commanded by Gen. Hawley. At that time
we were lying before Richmond. Day after
day we had nothing to do but lie about the
camp. On this never-forgotten day that
refer to was sergeant OF the guard, detail
of eight men being under my charge. Some
of the boys had snapped papers with the
Rebs, whose picket line was not far from
ours, and had given me the Richmond Ga
zette. leaned my musket against the
trunk Of a tree, and sitting on the ground
braced my back against the tree and read.
1t was not long before became deeply in
terested in story, and forgot about pickets,
duty, and even such thing as the war.
Suddenly l heard the tramp of squadron of
cavalry, and looking up, saw a number of
horsemen approaching. saw that my men
were engaged with some of the Johnnies in
a game of poker. The officers did not stop,
but quietly rode past, not without looking at
me in peculiar manner. Soon after, a sin
gle horseman rode up. He had on aslouched
hat, an old blouse, and his breeches were
stuck in pair of old boots.
Riding up to me he said, Sergeant, what
are you doing hereT
'On picket duty replied.
Where are your men?'
oh, over there playing poker said, nod
ding my head in their direction.
thought that he was correspondent for
some paper, and answered him saucily. Ask
ing my name, regiment and company, he
rode away. flung parting shot at him as
he did so, asking If he was not inquisitive
When we were relieved, was called TO the
captains quarters, where I was informed
that General Grant had preferred charges
against me. 1t was he to whom had been
fmpudent. When the captain told me that
was under arrest and liable to be shot, felt
like sinking into the ground. A court-mar-
tfal was held, and was sentenced to be shot
at sunrise. In the few hours that was in
the gHard-house l seemed to live over my
life again. Through the efforts of Gen.
Hawley, the sentence was not carried into
effect. I was disrated, however, and for
three days carried knapsack filed with
sand about the camp. When Gen. Grant
wished this city called upon him. He rec
Ognized me, and as left he said, always
do your duty"
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

The prison commissioners say that intern
perance is not the cause of the majority of
the State prison crimes. This, we have no
doubt, is the truth, and it casnnfGii III ms .6
statement 70 the same effect made by the
PRESS some time ago, to which exception
was taken by good many temperance work
ers. Undoubtedly the majority of all Of
fences against the law can be traced to rum
but the majority of the graver offences are
not committed by drunken men. If the
fact were otherwise, aud it were true as a
good many temperance reformers are fond
of contending, that the majority of the de-
liberate murders, of the burglaries, of for
geries and of other high crimes were due to
rum, the increase of this grade of crime in
our State for number of years past, would
pretty effectively negative the other claim of
these very same reformers that rum selling
and rum drinking are on the decline here.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

Those who are acquainted with the pecu-
liar syntax and photography of Gov. Begole
OF Michigan have long been of the impress
sion that Michigan provided for its ignora-
muses. by putting them into the offices. The
Governor now tells us that the State takes
care Of its poor by putting them into jail.
Evidently Michigan is hard place. And
yet for several years past the Hon. f. M.
Fogg, formerly of Maine, has been in that
State preaching refovm.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

Boston is city in which evening news
papers have long been popular and prosper
Gus; but it never had brighter one than
the new one-cent paper, called the Evening
Record which is issued from the Daily Ad-
vertiser Office and is half the size of the
eight-psge morning paper. 1t has special
dispatches from the important news centres.
its editorials are crisp and sparkling, and its
correspondence and miscellany are always in
teresting. There is not dull or unwhole-
some feature about it. and it is the best paper
in this country to be had for one cent SO far
as our knowledge of American newspapers
enables us to form judgment.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

aud to all, and he wins friends not by fawn-
ing but by deserving.
If he shall be chosen Speaker, as it now
seems probable he will be, we venture to pre-
dict that be will be one of the most popular
and efficient officers that ever held the posi-
finn
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
municstions that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

Howgate has been seen in New Mexico.
But as lis friends have been kindly notified
of the fact it is probable that before any de-
tective can reach him he will be spirited
away to place Of safety.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

The countenances of the Democratic
claimants wore an unusually gaqnt look yes-
terday. They had been reading Gov. Cleve-
lands civil service reform letter.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

1t begins to look as if the mugwumps and
not the hungry and thirsty Democracy were
going to run the next administration. What
wailing and crashing of teeth there will be
if it so turns out.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

The enthusiastic reception rendered the
Hon. Samnel j. Randall by the citizens of
Louisville must have been gall and worm
wood to Col. Watterson of the Courier
Innrnal
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
KNOW BTS VALUE.

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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

The public meeting which the Rockland
Democrats were getting up to distribute the
Offices will quite likely be turned by Gov.
Cleyeland's letter into an indignation meet
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
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They surpassed my most saDguine expectations and
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j. C. ARENTRUE.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
SORES on NECK.

Chas. Brady, Somerville, Mass, who refers to DR..
j. j. Wood, druggist of that city, certities to a
wonderful cure of running sores on the neck which
had been treated by hospital physicians without
cure, and which yielded completely to the CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES,
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
CUTICURA ABROAD.

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CHR. HELTZEN, BERGEN NORWAY.
acknowledgements
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., B oston.

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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
TME POET POWERS,

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recommend it to the public as very valuable rem
edy.
Il N. POWERS. BRIDGEPORT. conn.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31
Waltzing and The German
NEW YEARS NIGHT

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so cents admits Gentleman with Ladies.
WaIIzing Glass Monday Evenings.
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Not Satisfied With Being the Best.

Whatever may be said in regard to
the propensity of the mana cement O
great railway lines to provide for the
public only what is actually demanded
IN the way of Accommodations and COM
forts, can in no way apply to the man
agement of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway. or as it is more famil-
fairly known, ''The Great Rock Island
Route. This line has for years been
recognized as the best and most COM
Portable route between Chicago and
Kansas City and the Southwest, and
has been abundantly able on this &C.
count to successfully cope with its COM
petitors. But not satisfied with this
success and its already elegant equip
ment, its managers have caused 10 be
turned out of its shops at Chicago, a
magnificent line of Dining Cars which
go into immediate service on the Kan
sas City Line. These cars contain all
the conveniences OF we'll furnished din
ing rooms. are elegant IN design and
finish, and models of the advanced rail-
way art of the day. Within them meals
are furnished equal to those of any
fist-class hotel in the land at the low
rate of seventy five cents. Travellers on
this line now find on Its trains all the
comforts and conveniences OF first class
hotels. Besides the best of first and
second-class coaches there are Parlor
Chair Cars, (which are free to all
passenees holding through frst-class
tlckets) Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
and Dining Cars
This Company's lines-all of which
are equally well equipped also ex-
tend to Council Bluffs and the west
and Minneapolis and St. Paul and the
Northwest: and the deserved praise
bestowed npon it by returned travellers
who speak from experience, make 1t
noted throunhuut the land.
We bespeak for the owners and man
ayers of this magnificent Railway am
pie returns tor their generous provis-
ious for the wants of the public. which
is as has already been proven BY the
patronage extended to tins line, quick
to appreciate and patronlze those who
prove by their deeds and generous
comament that they are devoted to Its
tretort and welfare.
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when Our snlps Como In.

Long years ago a boy stood al his
mothers knee and asked her for many
things, toys. pleasures, pastimes,
money to procure them with.
"You shall have them all, said the
fond mother, kissing the boys upturn-
ed face, "when my ship comes in"
But the ship never came in. Years
passed the boy became a man and
the mother, who was very sick. sent
for him. When he stood by her bed
side she looked at him with a faint,
sad smile.
"My ship is coming in" she said.
Then he knew that she was dying.
"It is a beautiful ship" she whisper
ed, land it Is bringing me every good
thing / have missed here"
"But it will take you away from me"
and the strong man wept."
| Other years passed away, and an old
man lay dying. His grandchildren
hung about him to soothe his last mo-
ments and see that bis wants were at
tended to. They thought he was gone
The lay so silent. At last he opened
his eyes and said in clear, firm
voice:
observation-disclosures will have
them all, when my ship comes in"
HAS he shipa' asked the children
of each other.
ut is sailing steadily this way" said
the dying man. "Its sails are white
and glistening; the friends Of my youth
are on its decks of pearl; no rough
seas will engulfit; no storms will drive
1t from its course; my Captain has Civ.
en- His orders; my ship is coming in
| The children saw no white-wingeo
ship, or boatman pale. They heard
not the dip of the muffled oars, as they
bore him away on "the sea that run:
around all the world"
| We all have ships at sen To oul
human eyes some of them were wreck
ed near shore,
"By the flow Of the inland river"
While some went down in open Sc:
with all their colors flying. They have
the choicest treasures for us, but they
never come in; friends. dear friend!
; are voyagers on them; richer stuff thar
|, the looms of India produce are in tn,
holds jewels of fabulous wealth ar,
! held in trust there but are on the far
. off sea and come not to any harbor
We can see the dip of the opal sails
/ we can discern the beloved crew; bu
' they are ever sailing away, away.
: "Ship ahoy!"
f Ills the voice of the commander
Death.
4 The ship puts about then and come
v near to the white sands of life. 1t j
E no unreal phantom ship. 1t is freight
I ed with youth and love, lost hopes an
# blessed irllition. Our feet are upo
the decks-the white spray envelop
n us as with veil all sail is not for tn
a blessed isles-our ship has come in!
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Lime-kiln Club.

"Gem'men dar am sartin things dat
it am well to bar in mind" said Bro.
Gardner as he Slowly uncoiled himself
and stood up.
'De man who boasts dat he can't
be convinced by argument hain't Muth
de trouble o'knockin' down.
"De man who flatters himself upon
allus speakin' his mind am de VERY
pusson who kicks hardest when crit.
cised.
"a shillin' in money am mo- to be
desired dan dollars WORT of credit.
cit am much easier to Spite a bow
of ten dan it am to reform a man OF
fo'ty.
"a man Wort millyen dollars may
be friendless. Yew kin buy prase an
flattery, but true 2ndshlp seldom
scars higher dan de poo mans cabin.
de man who sees muffin good in
de world aroun' him can't have much
good in hisself.
"Let US now annihilate de reg'la
programmy.
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BuyA Home.

Young man, don't spend your money
foolishly with no thought for the future.
Go to the country and save your mon
ey for home of your own. Purchase
piece of land and own it. Buy it
with the determination to keep it as
long as you live and leave it to your
heirs. Ifyod have no money except
what you earn yourself, then scrupu-
lousy save and lay aside part of your
income until you have enough to pay
for a piece OF land. To be the owner
of homestead will have a beneficial
effect upon your character. 1t will in
crease your self-respect, your conf-
dence in yourself. You will feel that
you have a substantial position and
something at stake in the community.
The habit of saving which you will
have formed in saving money to pur-
chase piece of land, will in;itself be
valuable to you. 1t will aid you great
ly in acquiring other property, and be-
coming independent. The tendency
of this is to make you self-reliant, more
ambitious, more industrious, more
careful and a better citizen. The own
ership of home will add greatly to
your happiness. The feeling which 1t
engenders is source of constant sat-
lsfaction. There is one spot of earth
which you improve and beautify. With
that spot your thought and affections
become identified. You learn to love
it. It's like an unchanging friend. 1t
becomes an unfailing source of enjoy
ment.-S0utheyn Culivatoy.
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But about the boya Intelligence
and energy rightly applied to farm
labor would give every farmers boy a
holiday in every week Of the year. Let
him go fishing or hunting. or swimming
or riding. Let him 60 to town and
consult buyers and sellers and post up.
Let him have books and papers and
tools. Give him a chance to earn
something aud to own something. Sur
prise him some day by the statement
that he is not slave whose only return
for his hard work are slop clothes,
cheap fare and poor lodgings. Sur,
prise him still more by asking his
opinion now and then. and by giving
him chance to prove his theories.
Our best and brightest public men
we're the sons of farmers, but in too
many cases they either ran away OF
were driven from home. Had they
remained they would have never been
known outside the county.
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1t is related of the Marquis de Lou
vile that, being lately at Atlantic City,
he stopped at the counter OF a nah
with an air-gun, took dozen shots,
and inevitably got into a wrangle over
the amount to be paid. His British
accent and manners kept the crowd
amused. The difference arose from
the fact that, with his skill as a marks
man, he had by repeatedly hitting the
bull s.eye, earned a rebate that right
fully liquidated the entire bill. "Say,
boss" SAID the proprietor, "I'll bet you
ten dollars that you don't get SIX bulls
eyes outer ten shots, and let that settle
the whole business The two ten
dollars notes were put in the hands of
a policeman. The missile, feather
ed spike, struck the target half a foot
aside from the centre. He compre.
hended the trick. The gun was one
which the rascal kept for just such &C.
easions. twas so arranged as to hit
about six inches from the point of true
aim. He uttered not word of COM
plant. But the second shot rang the
bulls eye ben, and so did the ensuing
eight. sit was easy, me boy" said he,
"to aim just far enough to the left with
a crooked gun as at the middle with a
straight one"
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1hs Kansas Wheat Crop.

Wheat harvest IN this section is now
generally over. In Kansas the great
est crop has been gathered ever known
in the history Of the state. The yield
not only leading all previous years,
but the quality good. The berry is
bright and plump and the crop in ev.
cry respect an excellent one. Accord
ing to the report Of the State Board Of
Agriculture for tie month ending June
goth, the acreage in the state was q.
I47,5SS against r,4So,ao4 in 1883.
Estimated crop of grain at a2.2S BUSH
els per acre, 47,S5S, 900 bushels as
compared with 1856 bushels per acre
or aS,o58,8S4 bushels for last years
crop. Add to this 1,25s,ooo bushels
Of spring wheat and the total cop of
the State viii aggregate 4o,II3,oo
bushels. The great increase in the
acreage and splendid yield has given
the State crop of wheat much beyond
the expectation of the most sanguine.
The crop of 'Sa Of 33,943,39S bushels
was considered a phenomenal one, but
sinks into significance as compared
with this years yield which overreaches
| it I5,16o,6o2 bushels. While this
mense means lower prices it also
means increased labor and cheap food
and general prosperity. Even at a
valuation of only so cents per bushel
we have $a4.556. 500 for this crop
alone. This in itself is sufficient to
quicken the pulse of trade throughout
the State and guarantee a good bus
ine,s year in Kansas. But this is but
one crop and the others are of the
most promising nature. The oats
yleh will be large, grass is fine and
corn never looked better at this sea.
son The bountiful crops in Kansas
the past few years have given great
stimulus to its agriculture and no
State in the West has developed faster
than it has the past few years. Sub
stantial Improvements may be seen
everywhere throughout the State, and
all kinds of livestock are being bred up
veyrapidly. One needs only to usl,
our stock yards and look at the cattle
and hogs that are being seut from
Kansas, and turn his mind back few
years and contrast the difference, to be
convinced that there is a progress go
ing on in Kansas, born of universal
prosperity that's as remarkable as it i:
gratifying, These great crops mean
more than temporary abundance and
luxuries (; they proclaim freedom from
debt, building up of the country anc
general Improvement and beauty
ing of farms and higher and more
advanced life
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The following ticket has been nom
mated by the Democracy Of CLARK
county: Representative, John M.
Wood; prosecuting-attorney, Jas. w.
Reed Sheriff. Geo. L. Drew collector,
Jos. H. Million; treasurer, Thos. M.
Daggs; assessor. Lewis F. Moore I;
surveyor, Sam'l Allgood; public adj
ministrator, Chas. Williams; coroner
John Ledam judges, B. P. Greenleaf
and Sam'l Clough.
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Convention at Meadow.

A meeting of the Kirksville Presby.
terial Sunday School Association will
be held at Meadow, seven miles north
west of Memphis, on Tuesday, August
5th, at 8 O'Clock P. NJ. and continue
over Wednesday. Dinner on the
ground Wednesday. An interesting
programme has been arranged, and
the best S. S. workers from all parts of
the Presbytery are expected to be
present. All interested in S. S. work
are cordially invited to attend and
assist in the exercises. Please bring
your Gospel Hymns. "-.MembAis
Democrat.
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Nebraska is about to pass though
another year of great prosperity, prob
ably the most successful year since she
was known. Produce of all kinds has
brought good prices, and the yield has
been simply immense, with prospects
beyond anything in the past. Stock
of all kinds has done remarkably well.
No disease has been among il. and
the quality as well as quantity has in.
creased at least twenty-five per cent.
Beef and pork have brought good
prices; in fact, everything has worked
to favor the producer. The result of
this prosperous condition of affairs is
seen on every hand. Farmers who
but year or two since came to mar
ket with an old broken.down wagon,
and perhaps a team consisting of a
bull and cow hitched together, as many
of them did, are now driving fine
teams of halfblood Normans to an
easy spring wagon or top carriage.
Fine frame houses and barns have
taken the place of the dugout and
straw shed Trees and fences sur.
round pleasant homes, which but a few
years since were desolate and uninvit-
ing. No country has ever made the
rapid strides in improvement equal to
Nebraska; the reason for which is
plain and should be sufficient to dou-
bic Its population during the next FIVE
years.
More men have been raised from
poverty to plenty in the past five years
than in any other country of the same
size in the world. There is not man
living in the state to-day, that has been
here from three to ten years, that can
not count from twenty-five to one
hundred persons who came here pen-
niless, that are to-day in comfortable
circumstances. Thousands have walk.
ed into Nebraska, but no industrious
man was ever compelled to walk ont.
No better name can be given than the
one SO often used, 1.-THE poor mans
home. "-Nebraska Farmer.
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Pulpit Wit.

Those of our citizens who were so
fortunate as to attend the congrega-
tional church Sunday morning and
listen to Rev. Johnson, heard very
able and logical discourse. In the
course of his remarks he classed the
denominations off like an army. The
artillery and cavalry he classed the
Methodists as the infantry. hard
fighters, he classed the Congregation
alists and Presbyterians the navy, ne
said. were the Baptists and Christians.
-Membhfs Dfmoecat.