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The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

The gentlemen who with SO much previ-
business are circulating petitions for appoint
ment to Office must have their ardor some
what dampened by the developments of
Wednesday. The men who presented petit
tions with thousands of names were the men
thatdid not gel the offices. President Cleve-
land said in his civil service letter that the
worst way to get an office from him would be
to ask forit. 1t looks as if the ''hungry and
thirsty would do well tc bear this in raind.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

The mayor of Wheeling, Pa, says that
either be or the gamblers will skip the town
before long. As the mayoralty isn't one of
the federal offices the odds are decidedly
against the gamblers.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

Judging from the frequency with which
Hendricks gets left in his quest for Office for
his friends Washington must be experienc-
ing some very cold days.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

When the Democrats begin to leave Wash
ington we may look for change in the
weather, but as long as they continue 10 get
left, winter will keep up the lingering act to
maintain consistency
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

How happy the 'huugry and thirsty
would be if the offices were only being
cleaned out with the same celerity AMI thor
oughness that the government stables are.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20
GENlTS' UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS

OF PETERSBURG
This make OF shirts we have sold for sham eight
faui Rhey claimed by the
tEpe
So
at IA Oamd
81 also
where.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20
$1,000 EsEW ARID.

The p. j. SOrg Plug Tobacco Company
advertise TO present the consumer who
sends in the greatest amount OF Spear
Head Tin Tags in one lot by July 1,
1885, one thousand dollars cash, every
feb24 d2m
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20
Accounts of Banks, Bankers and
corporations Received,

pUF dIIUIIS nGCbIV6Ua
Government Bonds and Invest
Dient Securities Bought and Sold.
Money autographed throughout
tsle United STATES and Cmbled TO
Europe
Foreign Exchange Drawn.
ASA 2. POTTER, President.
J. w. WORK, Cashier.
marlS d3t
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-20

t1afe's Honey the great Cough cure, ,25c,, ,5ocss1
Glenn's sulphur Soap heals beauties, Csc.
Germantown Remover kills Corns Bunions
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye-Black and Brown, 5oc.
Pixies TOOthaehe Drops cure in Minute,25c
Deans Rheumatic PILLS are sure cure. SOC.
ian16 eod2dp&W1y ynrm
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

Speaking of the murder Of Mr.. Cur
rim by the meonlig hters IN Kerry, Mr..
John O'Connor, late M. r. for Upper
airy, said at a recent meeting of the
Central branch Of the National League
in Dublin: II have just returned from
a sad and sorroWful scene, from the
house Of an Irish patriot, a man Of no
bic character, who was ever true to the
cause OF Ireland. Yesterday / aided
and assisted the people of that locality
in burying the man who fell a VIC
tim, I will not say to foul conspiracy,
but to the senseless practice that dis
graces that part of the country. My
grief and pain for the loss Of my friend
was increased and intensified by the
recollection of the consideration that
there seemed to be one black spot in
ireland where the voice of their leader
did not appear to have penetrated. 1
do not think it proper that they should
allow the governmental and landlord
sections the monopoly of coincidence
and sympathy of that great and good
mana man whose door was ever UNI
barred to give shelter and safety to
those who in As pursued the felons
track -
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Lake Glazier Claimed as the Headwater&
Of the Great River.

| The newly found source Of the Mis-
issippi is a sparkling little gem of a
lake situated above and beyond lake
| Itasca. 1t nestles among the pines of
an unfrequented and wild region of
| Minnesota, many miles from the near
est white settlement and just on the
dividing ridge which forms the great
watershed of North America. Within
a few miles of it can be found lakes and
streams whose waters are tributary to
the Red River of the North and the
| Yellowstone, thus reaching the sea
thousands of miles from the mouth of
the mighty Mississippi, which flows in
a trucking brook from Lake Glazier.
This lake, discovered to be the true
source Of the greatest river of North
America by Capt. Willard Glazier, on
July %, 1881, is about mile and half
lin greatest diameter and would be
nearly round in shape but for one pro-
montory, whose rocky shores give it an
outline the shape Of a heart. The wat
ers oil the lake are exceedingly clear
and pure, coming from springs, some
being at the bottom, but the three most
prominent rise few miles back in low,
wet lands and flow into the lake IN lit
tie rills. On the very point of the pro-
montory is a spring whose waters are
as cold as ice, and at which Capt. Gla-
zier's weary party Stacked their thirst
while exploring the shores Of the new
lake. So 10 ely is the region around
the lake that for fourteen days not even
a redskin was cen, and wearied by the
hardships Of this rough country, yet
with feeling of having added some
thing to geographical knowledge, Capt.
Glazier and his party were glad to come
into contact again with their fellow
creatures. Philadelphia Timea.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
A Champion Of the Sex.

IT'S claimed by those writer's inspired
by God that Adam, our father, was
naught but clod, a mere clod of earth,
and, when breathed into life, the first
thing he needed, of course. was wife.
Though a handful of dust suficed for a
man, a woman was built on different
plan; while the least Whit of wind blows
man every way. a woman is solid, and
solid will stay. No matter how trif1ing
and worthless the man. woman will
love him as long as she can, and when
she finds out he is worthy no longer her
pity and love will grow stronger and
stronger Thus has it been, thus ever
twill be If there's blame any where he
will it is she. From Adam, our father,
they learned the mean way. and ever on
woman the blame they will lay.
When driven by want she in business
engages; for the very same work she re-
ceives half the wages. Should she ask
for her rights, she's crazy, that's clear;
she has gotten entirely out Of her
sphere. The dude. who can scarcely
walk on his feet, and thinks he can
capture any girl he may meet, says:
s.see that girl Amt she mashed upon
me?i' She thinks: What a puppy
that fellow must be!''
Although woman was never made
from clod, you can but admit she was
made by her God an image OF angels,
an object of love, a helper to. man and
sanctioned above; but to buy up the
men for all they are worth--theY are
nothing, you know, but q mere clod OF
earth-and il sold out at once at their
own estimation. chi would it not be q
grand speculation?
Now, woman all, my fellow creatures.
back me up in this, my speech, slrs, and
all men they onght-or might-grant
to as what is our right. But whether
or not. this is our boast: What'ere
they're worth, we're worth the NEST,
for grant this fact they all OF them
must that women are women, and men
sare dust. Little Rock Life.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
ideas About Dress

There is a marvellous proportion OF
fine figure now visible on our streets,
and the proverbial glove does not fit
any better than the modern female cos
tame. This, | am told, is the result Of
the mail tailor taking a hand in the
business. It's rather natural, after all.
The girl of to-day is dressed to be es-
pecially attractive to man. and she is.
The male tailor probably knows best
how to produce that effect, and the
dress maker is being rapidly driven
down to the level of a sewing machine
But the dress-maker will, | suppose.
quickly adopt the tailor's tactics, if, in
deed, she has not already, and so there
I is not much danger Of an anti-male tail
ors's league.
If it ever becomes very bad, why, the
dress maker can Jump in and make
mems clothes. | am free to confess
that there isplenty Of roomfor improve
ment in that direction. 1t is easier, too,
to dress woman than a man. Much
as [ adore the sex, 1 am afraid the mod
ern beauty is a scientific, artistic deyel-
opment Of deception, / can imagine a
woman finding it only necessary to give
few actual measurements, and the
useful and wirey dummy can do the
rest. Contour is concealment, shape is
matter of building, and as long as a
dummy in a millinery store can start
the male heart palpitating there is no
excuse for a woman being without a
beau. even if her anatomy be distinctly
articulate. But will the women please
take mems clothes in hand and see if
they can put shape into a mans coat
and style into his neither garments?
Will they ever go as far as to find boots
that shall not be inchoate, and hats that
will make him look like a gentleman?
I know there are some difficulties in the
way For instance man carries to-
bacco, cigars, knives, keys, match boxes,
pocket-combs, cigar-cutters, loose
change and papers, account-books, let
ters, cigarettes, handkerchiefs and all
sorts Of things in his pockets. A Wo-
man has million useless articles with
her all the time, but she puts them in
a satchel and drops them all over the
street, the floor, the car, the hack or the
dummy every time she opens it. But
one good turn deserves another; since
men have shown women how to make
dresses, let the women show the men
how to make Clothes San francisco
Chronicle.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
MY BLUE-EYED BOY.
ny WILLIAM GEOGHEGAN

.N#
The soldier, when his battle Won,
And wars wild clangor DER;
The exile. when he feasts his eyes
On native land once more;
The poet, in his brightest dream,
Meier felt such holy JOY,
AS comes to me whenI behold
My own, my blue-eyed boy.
There round him such tender grace
And such a winning way,
He's like q sunbeam i'll the house,
When dayhghts gone away;
And when he runs to welcome me,
Al morning, noon, or night,
l think glimpse of Paradise
Is bursting or my sight.
But how can tongue or pen OF mine,
Portray mothers love,
That surrounds him like q halo
From the Throne Of Light above!
Were mine the magic power that makes
The poets perfect art,
| ne or could tell how dear he is
Unto his mothers heart.
He's now the only sOlace left
no cheer life's eventide,
For, one by one. Gods angels took
His sisters from my side;
But We'll know they're gazing down,
From Heaven immortal sphere,
Upon the blue-eyed boy whom God
Is pleased to leave me here.
Oh, oft think, when gazing fond
into his winsOme face,
OF how, when grown to mans estate,
He'll take bis fathers place.
God grant the pathway have marked
For him, thro' future years,
MAY nee run thro' the shadowlhnd
Of sorrows, gloOms, and tears.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

Eastern Iowa farmers who sent 81 to
pay freight on an organ received in re-
turn 10-cent mouth organ.
The exchal ges of the leading clearing
houses in the country last week showed
an increase of "a per cent. over those of
last week.
George Andrews, aged l6, killed two
Indians in the woods near Nasonville,
Wis, because they refused to give him
deer he had shot.
T. L. Clark, of Musselshell, Mont,
killed mountain lion on the Big Cou-
lee which measured nine feet from tip
to tip. 1t recently killed nine. sheep in
one night.
Senator Mcmillan reached Washing
Saturday, and entered the senatorial
caucus just as the balloting for presi-
dent pro tenn began.
Secretary Bayard ant, tie i1exlcail
minister have signed an agreement ex-
tending for eighteen months the time
allowed for establishing boundary
line between the United States and
Mexico west Of the Rio Grande.
Edward J. Collins of Minnesota has
been appointed to clerkship in the
dead letter office, and w. B. Roberts OF
Minnesota has been promoted from the
fourth to the third assistant examiner
in the patent office.
The troops at every post in the de-
partment in the Plate have been ordered
to be in readiness for an advance at a
moments notice. 1t is thought they are
to be moved to Salt Lake City to repel
a threatened attack of Mormons on the
Gentiles.
The Gettysburg mining claim at
Canon City, New, which has been pend
ing before the interior department. for
several years, on the protest Of the
Southwestern Mining company, assig-
nee of the Techatticup Mining COM
pany, has been allowed a patent by a
decision of the secretary just made.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
Mr.. Hendricks Request.

Some years ago, at the funeral OF the
first wife Of ex-senator Mcdonald, Miss
Annie Gale, now Mrs. Doner, Of Chi
cage, as leading soprano at St. Paul's,
sang Crock of Ages in q voice sc
sweet and touching that Mr.. Hendricks
was deeply affected, and, after the SER
vices, complimented the lady and made
the request that if possible she should
sing the same solo at his funeral. When
she arrived to fulfil the promise which
she then made the vestry was disin-
clihed TO change the programme pre-
viously arranged. By personal request
of Mrs. Hendricks, who recalled the
circumstance, the desired alteration
was lGissa.1'v, made and the ssantifu1
hymn was exquislJeiy rendered.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

leave 10 room to doubt Of the reality OF
| the phenomena on the authenticity OF
the details. Enough has been shown
TO illustrate the general character Of
| the results attained, and to show, as
stated in the outset, that the human
brain under certain conditions, not as
/ vet understood, is capable Of exercising
an influence upon the matter compos-
| ing the body not possessed by it in its
normal state
People Of Note.
Charles P. Button, of Connecticut, is
a candidate for doorkeeper OF the House
of Representative and is vigorously
button-holin members in his interest.
Bonanza Mackay is still estimated to
be worth 1915, 900 600, Notwithstanding
the able efforts of his brilliant wife and
his dissolute son-in-law to send him to
the poor house.
| Senator Nipple Mitchell may be said
| to be indicated. His mother-ln-l aW
and sister-in-law disavow the authenti-
city of the inculpatoly letters that We're
sprung upon him during the recent
contest in Oregon.
| Senator VOORHEES, is a direct de-
scendant of Stephen Coerte Van Voor-
hees, who came from Holland in 1860,
The Senator will be one Of the principal
speakers at the dinner Of the Holland
Society of New York, to be given Janu-
airy s.
Up in Northern New York man
named Wolf has sold his wife, who
weighs 225 pounds, to Mr.. Ham. The
price realized was twenty shillings,
which is dirt cheap for such quantity
of Ham, even if converted from Wolf.
There lives near Kokomo, Ind, a
family named Smith in which there
have been eleven divorces. The moth
er of this family herself contributed to
three of these interesting little dramas
before she finally settled down to the
quietude Of domestic life.
tits said that Gen. Casimir Pulaski
never received any pay for his services
to this country during the Revolution
AIRY war. and committee Of Polish
citizens Of Philadelphia is about to call
upon Congress to do justice to the
memory and the surviving heirs Of the
old hero. After a gallant service OF
more than two years be died on the
field Of battle at Savannah, in October,
1779.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Eastern Iowa farmers who sent 81 tl
pay freight on an organ received in re-
turn a 10-cent mouth organ.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
THE POETIOAL LAWYER.
A Legal Argument Enlightened by Drop
ping Into Rhyme.

4 pluS LutO 1SlyWo.
4 On Friday last R. w. Stubbs, of the
Macon (Ga.) Circuit, was admitted to
the bar of the Supreme court, and pro-
ceeded to argue a case inWhich there was
a dispute between white man and a
negro about the title of lot of land.
After an elaborate argument of the case
Mr.. Stubs remarked to the court that
he had reduced his views to verse, and
begged leave to read them a small poem
upon the subject. The grave justices
settled themselves more firmly into
their seats, drew a long breath, and
listened, Chief Justice Jackson yentur-
ing the remark that he hoped the court
!. were judges of poetry as well as of law.
Without more ado the lawyer proceeded
to harness Pegasus to the legal car and
trot him out for inspection. As page
after page was turned, however, the
judges became FESTIVE, while the MEM
bers Of the bar present INDUCED in au
dible smiles. At length Chief Justice
Jackson leaned forward and inquired:
How much more is there?" Promptly
came the response: About nine huns
bred lines, slr.' well, said the chief
/ justice, this court is much pressed for
time; the dockets are heavy, and we
are, unfortunately, precluded from in
dulging in the enjoyment of poetic
delights at least to any great extent.
Regretting the necessity to miss hear
ing all of this poem, j suggest that we
compromise on the last ten lines" The
court further suggested to the attorney
| that he might sample the poem, and if
they liked it they could take the entire
consignment, by allowing him to file
his poem as part Of his argument.
Mr.. Stubs has been highly compli-
mented by those who heard the poem,
and it is to be regretted that the poem
cannot be published in full, but the
following extracts will serve as speci
men:
Estopped. we say thes' re forever estopped,
AS birds caught in traps after triggers have
dropped.
And this is Caucasian negligence
Against negro's inexpeEence.
Better said negligent chicanery.
Or spirits fit for the distillery,
Badly in need of rectficaton.
As shown by this e1emplifcation
OF the record. Nor age, country, nor cline
Can show worse in i've dozen centuries time.
L
Upon Paschai rs. Davis dote.
Nor less Fain VI. Cartwright fondly quote.
Sd. Ga, 256
9Th. Ga. show Telitheir colors mix!
blending az blend beautiful rainbow hues-
Revivine inspiring rs good news
William E. Cramer, editor of the Null
waukee Wisconsin. is one of the most
remarkable journalists of the North
west. He has been deaf since boyhood
and is totally blind, yet he is one of the
hardest workers and most thoroughly
posted men in the profession. He has
been in harness nearly fifty years. and
his Office hours are as regular as when
he was young. He knows the city
thoroughly, and can without difficulty
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The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
OUR CHIP BASKET.

| Learn to say no; it will be Of more use
to you than to be able to read Latin.
When shrewd ignorance resorts to
dishonest methods, the confding pub
lie is apt to suffer in pocket.
Good nature, like a bee, collects
honey from every herb. Miniature like
a spider, sucks poison from the sweet
est flower.
Begin your course in life with the
least show and expenses as possible.
You may at pleasure increase both, but
cannot easily diminish them.
Credit is like the looking glass which.
when only sullied by a breath, may be
wiped clear again, buff once cracked
can never be repaired again.
There's key that will open every
lock if we know how to forge it; and
so with life, there is a right path for
every one if he will only search to find
it.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Cardinals Manning and Howard have
written to the Pope in favor of canon
izing Joan of Arc.
Spain has a floating debt Of $9,O0O,-
900.
The new British Parliament will open
on Tuesday, January II, 1886.
Additional earthquake shocks have
taken place at Bon saba, in Algeria, by
which seventy-one houses were de-
stroyed and two persons killed.
All the passengers and crew of the
British ship Magician, from Cardiff for
San Francisco, which was sunk in col
lision with the British Douran, were
saved.
A decree signed by King Alfonso,
just before his death assented to the
marriage Of his sister, the Princess
Enlalia, to Prince Antoine, son of the
Due de Montpensier.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

L. VI. Healy. member-elect for North
Monaghan, was born in Bantry. in
1856. and married. two years ago, the
daughter Of I. d. Sullivan, member
elect for North Westmeath. He is as
true as steel, as bitter rs eaustic and as
gentle as a girl. He is going TO lead the
Irish bar. Already he makes $4,000 a
year as a barrister. His tongue is as
keen and his fancy as humorous as his
brain is quick. In the house the oppo-
nents of Irish measures fear his answer
with personal tremor. The manner in
which he gave the lie direct to the late
home secretary, Sir William Harcourt
"a man Of the most offensive pride and
other disagreeable characteristics is
now. one of the historical stories of the
house. Healy has a resemblance to
John Mitchell in his Literary style and
his tronchant utteranees. But he has
what Mitchell had not infinite humor.
He is almost as able as Mitchell with
the pen. and far ADLER with the tongue.
He has the Irish mint-stamp OF the
prison on him, and is alWays busy with
his political or legal studies.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

give me one more smoke from the
old clay pipe, said Rachel VaTvel, Of
Owingsville, KY. Then she died, at
the early age of 101.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
They Use Ceiling Wax.

Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, the
present lady of the White House at
Washington, seals her notes with wax
on which is only the letter G in plain
text. The seal is quite asmall one, only
about the size of silver ten cent piece.
She uses plain colored wax, but not red.
She writes very pretty hand and easily
expressed note, brief and to the point,
yet courteous, and signs it Elizabeth
Cleveland She is very business-like
in her methods, and, large as is her
correspondence always replies promptly
to any letter requiring an immediate
answer, writing personally, not making
use of one of the Presidents clerks, or
secretaries to answer her letters, as has
been the case with some other ladies in
the same position she now holds.
The eldest daughter Of the Secretary
Of State, Miss Bayard, uses the coat of
arms of her family on the wax with
which she seals notes.
Some First Masses,
First Mass in California, at Monte
rey, December IS, 1901.
First Mass in Canada, on Riyiers des
Prairies, June "a, 1915.
First Mass in May land, at st. Gle
ment's, Blackstone Island. March 25,
1884.
First Mass in Montreal, May Is, 1871.
First Mass in New York, at Onen-
daga, November IA, 1856.
First Mass in Michigan, at kewee-
nav Bay, July Is, 1868.
First Mass in Vermont, at Fort
Anne, La Motto Island; July IS, 1866.
First Mass i'll Wisconsin, at Green
Bay, December 8, 1869,
First Mass in Illinois, at Chicago,
December Is, 1878,
First Mass in Louisiana, at mouth of
Mississippi, March 3, 1899.
First Mass in Mississippi, at Biloxi,
Easter Sunday. A pril 10. 17OO.
First Mass in Pennsylvania, at Phila~
delphia, in l7oS.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-15
Said He Was Only suuburaod.

Doc" Whecl1ck, 4 well-known col
ored character in Wilkesbarre, is quite
good-lookiDg and known among his
companions as "tha dude" Recently
he became acquainted with a young
white girl named Rogal,na KimaGshi,
who had only been in this country seven
weeks. She said she liked Wheelock,
but would like him better if his skin
was not so dark. When she consulted
her parents about the matter they
frowned upon her intentions and told
her it was very unbecoming for a white
girl to receive attentions from a colored
man. But the girl was devoted to her
lover and he TO her Wheelock told his
sweetheart that he was only smburned
and that when cold weather came again
he would be as white as she was. The
girl consented to marry him and, going
to Squire Groff7s Office in the middle Of
the night, they reused the Justice ur
and were married.
Polish circles were greatly excited and
Squire Croft is being condemned fol
his action in marrying a black man and
white girl. Croft, who is an old man,
says he could not distinguish colors in
the dark and had he known of the cir,
cumstance he would not have performed
the ceremony