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The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21
Current Comment.
FoREwARNING SUBSCRIBERS.

FoREwARNING SUBSCRIBERS.
Machias Union.
If time and things favor us we shall give
some ideas on the Silver question and Game
laws next week.
INGERsoL AND THE REVISION.
North American.
Ingersoll will want to attack the revision
of the Old Testament because it does away
with hell. That is an argument the Colonel
can't dispense with.
ITS PECULIAR GLORY.
N. Y. Sun.
P0stmaster-General Vilas's letter is one of
the greatest literary successes of the day.
and its peculiar glory is the wild hustling it
has caused among the Mugwnmps.
VALUABLE HINT.
Gardiner Home Journal.
At Machias they fine people for obtaining
liquor at the agency under false pretenses.
Seems as though Wateryille could work this
rlan to advantage, from the amount of LIQUOR
sold there last year.
TELEPHONE SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Yen have heard the tale of the century plant,
How it blooms but once in a hundred years.
Then all the strength of its long, long life
In single gorgeous blossom appears
The tale is true, and tell you fact;
Near century plant telephone hung.
Three twenty-eght nine" subscriber Yelled
The plant bloomed twice ere the answer was rung
THE IDIosYNCRACIEs OF MIR. Villas.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Signs are beginning to appear that Mr.. vi.
las, though a good man, mas certain cranial
drawbacks which make it difficult for him to
grasp the duties of postmaster general in a
satisfactory way. We suspected that it
might turn outso when he made it point
to have his female relatives on hand to see
him take the oath of Office and to be kissed
by him subsequently, after the style of
country husking-bee.
THE BALANCE OF TRADE.
N. Y. Sun.
Mr. Irving Ito Miss Anderson
America is great country: made many
pleasant friends there.
Miss AndeTson-Your trip was a profita
BILE one, was it rot?
Mr. Irvng-Fairly SO. 1 brought back
about $150,000.
Miss Anderson-Did you, indeed? By the
way, Mr.. Irving, shall sail for home short
ly, and wish you would let me have the
$4,000, and will give you the same
in fve-pound notes.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

The New York World, highly rsspecta-
BILE Democrat, regrets that the New York
Post, ga highly respectable Mugwump"
does not always tell the truth. The infu-
ence of associates is strong.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

The great advantage the leap from Brook
Ign bridge has over skating match as a
means of ending the existence of fools is its
speediness. There are no doctors bills
either to trouble surviving relatives.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21
TH e p r e s s.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 81.

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
Cations The name and address of the writer are in
ala cases Indispensable not necessarily for publics-
tion but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mumcations that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

A cable dispatch from London commune
Gates the intelligence that Minister Phelps
was in court, during the delivery of the
Judges charge in the case of Burton and
Cunningham "dressed in morning suit
and listening intently." 1t is interesting to
know that our Minister to England, the
Green Mountaineer, is doing his duty, es-
pecially as far as the morning suit is con-
cerned. 1t is also important to note that he
did not show fear during the charge of an
English judge. he will take well over
there.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

This is bad season for oleomargarine. 1t
has been badly worsted again, this time in
Pennsylvania. In face of strong opposition
the legislature of that State has passed bill
to stop the trade in bogus butter.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

"Never more upright, honorable and
correct purpose animated any man in the
world" said Mr.. Lothrop of President
Cleveland. Mr.. Lothrop is our new minis
ter to Russia.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

The Hon. William r. Morrison has won as
little glory out Of mis- struggle for the Illinois
senatorship as he did out of his fight for a
horizontal reduction of the tariff. In the Il
linois contest it very soon became apparent
that his chances of commanding the full
Democratic strength were very slim but he
held on, hoping no doubt that the admins
tration would lend him helping hand. He
apparently got it finally In the appointment
of a friend of his to the Chicago post office.
But while he was away in Washington i'm
ploring the administration for help, his
fences in Illinois were tumbling down, and
when he got back he found that not only
were his own chances of election gone but
the chances of every other Illinois Democrat
as well. Last winters fight settled it that
Mr.. Morrison had no claim to be called a
statesman: the senatorial contest settles it
that he has no claim to be called politician
even. he is one of the most horizontal men
to-day in the Democratic party-he's fat on
his back.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

Among the letters recently received at the
White House was one addressed "Col. G.
Cleveland President" 1t came from the
South.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

There seems to be a radical difference Of
opinion between the truly good Mugwumps
and the truly bad Democrats as to what &C.
ton on the part of the administration will
best promote Democratic success in New
York this fall. The Democrats insist that
any more appointments like Pearson's will
ensure Republican triumph while the Mug
wumps are equally certain that that is the
one thing essential to Democratic success,
and that the filing of the Offices with Demo-
cratic workers will be fatal. AS the doc
tors disagree the administration will have
to decide, and it will probably decide to con.
tinue its present policy of throwing sops
to the Msgwumps and Democrats alter.
nately.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

My wife from early girlhood has been suffering
from rheumatism. She has tried many remedies
and must frankly say has derived more benefit
from Swft's Specific than from all the Others after
long and faithful trial
REV. JAS. L. PIERCE, oxford, Ga.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

Swifts Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta
Ca, or 159 W. 23d St., N. Y. jan1d&w1ynrm
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

have taken Swift's Specific for blood poison con-
tracted at medical college at dissection. while
was medical student. am grateful to say that it
gave me speedy and thorough cure after my par
ents had spent hundreds of dollars for treatment.
AUGUSTUS wendell, M. D., Newark, N. j.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-21

am an old man. For % years / suffered with
ulcers my right leg the aesult of typhoid fever
Amputation was suggested as the only means of
preserving life. The doctors conld do nothing for
me, and thought 1 must die. For three years
never had shoe on. Swift's Specific has made
permanent cure and added ten years to my life.
VIM. r. REED. Hall Co. Ga.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25

fourteen at Rockford in this State read
OF n suicide and then took his life IN the
same manner Large numbers Of silly
young people have killed themselves
because their parents would not allow
them to marry as they wished. While
the majority Of deaths have been those
Of very young persons, no age Is exempt
from the craze. for Elizabeth Bowy. Of
Falmouth, KY. without any apparent
reason, barred tho doors aud windows.
set her house afire, and was burnei TO
death, while another very old woman in
New York, in n fit Of passion with one
OF her neighhors, poured kerosene over
her bed, touched il of with a match and
then deliberately threw herself into tho
burning clothes. What sadder case can
be found than that of George w. Tripp,
OF Frecport, N. Y, an old man OF sew
entv-ninc, who, when he was told that
his wife, with whom he had lived hap
PLY over fifty years, could not live, went
out and hanged himself in the barn. leav-
ing bchindhim only these words: "Mother
viii die and leave INC alono. can not
bear Il"
IL is n curious phase Of ths suicide
mania that It goes over the country in
waves. The recent sad suicide Of n
young lady at Rockford. ILL.,, by drown
Ing has been followed by several other
cases Of a similar character. two of
which grew out of reading the accounts
Of her death. The latest victims among
thcs6 young girls are Nellie Garfield,
grandniecc of Abraham Lincoln, who
shot herself at female seminary at
Belevillo. N. j., aud Miss Hattie
Bedlent the daughter Of a farmer at
Hornby, N. Y. who killed herself at
the Grand Union Hotel, New York. IL
Is stated by the New York World that
her suicide has served TO disclose the
startling fact that at the present time
there are ten young girls missing within
q radius of few miles from that city.
The general cause which lies behind
these suicides Is surely worthy Of study
by the social philosophers, for the dis.
case appears 10 be growing epidemic in
its character. IL Is certainly worth
while 10 consider what arguments can
be used TO prevent man under the in
fluence of extreme melancholy from
taking his life. II the instinct Of self
preservation Is the strongest implanted
in OIs nainre it would be equally well
TO consider why it is that scores Of boys
md g.rls. 10 whom life is specially dear,
tili tnem elvas for the most trivial rca.
sons. III is becoming very sinister
ph0 % Ot modern society, aud one which
is not considered enough. Ii would be
well 10 know whether the race Is declin-
ing morally as we'll as physically. and
II so what remedies can be applied to
strengthen these weaker specimens. 1t
would be fruitful topic also for the
pulpit to examine with reference 10 de.
Gliding whether the growth Of ma
terialism and the conse Iuent dissipation
of any fears for the hereafter, such as
troubled Hamlet, have anything to dc
with it. Chicago Tribune.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25


Nutmcgs are poisonous II eaten in
large quantities.
Tho washing Of sheep before shear
ing Is condemned by many sheep
growers as II chills the animals so much.
IN n. Farmer.
"A potato should be grown quickly
and the fertilizer that produces this
effect giving also n good quality and
yield, Is what Is necessary. Rural Nev
Yorker.
"A pretty rug for tho lounge Is
made of croam-oolorcd basket-cloth,
with pansies Of all the rich purple and
yellow shades embroidered upon IT,
There Is no set pattern, the flowers
looking as II they had boen dropped
upon Il by some lavish hand.
--Spiced Beef; Five pounds Of the
shank boiled five hours with celery
seed; drain off the gelatine, and then
chop the meat very fine, and pepper
and salt TO taste, and put it into cloth
on n platter. Cover with the cloth
and press - The Household.
For damp closet or cupboard,
which is liable TO cause mildew, place
in IL saucer full Of quick lime, and
it will not only absorb all apparent
dampness, but sweeten and disinfect
the place. Renew the lime once a
fortnight, or as often as it becomes
Stacked. 90 Toledo Blade.
Try this way OF cooking fowl: Cut
the raw fowl in pieces aud put them
into pan with very hot butter; cook
for ten minutes, shaking the pan con-
aNaesltr M..taN.s, ...fNk a.. a..
sauce, to which add little sugar and
some mushrooms. When cooked serve
with croutons. Detroit Post
Rice Crusts: Cook one cup Of cold
boiled rice in the double boiler in milk
enough TO make thin mixture and un-
til the rice is very soft. Add one table,
spoonful OF sugar. little salt, ono egg,
and Hour enough to make 1t hold to-
gether. Spread on the pan, having the
mixture one-third of an inch thick.
Bake in a hot oven. Split and eat with
sirup. Cleveland Leader.
"A nice way to prepare a very light
lunch for an invalid, and to be taken
with cup of weak tea, is TO toast three
milk crackers; then pour boiling water
over theal. draining Il off Immediately,
oHANoN leih os -sAdi nNiuNt ONtI NHtiut
and pile them up, set them into the
oven while you make the tea, and take
both in to the sick one, and it will prove
appetizing and.refrcshing il unexpected.
~ y Examiner.
The necessity of having children
taught to swim can not be too strongly
impressed upon the minds OF mothers.
There Is sure TO be time when tho
knowledge will be Of important service.
A child may begin at six years Of age.
The motions are very easily taught A
swimming school is, of course, the most
convenient place in which to learn. II,
however, the child is taught in still
water, with rope fastened about the
waist and secured to post or some
object on terra lirma, there is no danger,
even in deep water. A life preservcr
gives feeling of security TO the timid
beginner. -Fhiiddephid Press.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25
THE SUICIDE MANIA.
More Lives Loaf by sel-sIiughter Than
b. Any Other Single Cause.

More Lives Loaf By seI--sIlughter Than
by Any Other single Cause.
Disastrous as the present year prom
ises to be 70 human life, ii is questiona-
bic whether it, record will not event
ually show that more lives have been
lost by suicide than by any ether single
cause, 30 far at least as this country Is
concerned. Human life is not only held
cheap by the lower and more brutal
elements Of society, but the regard for
It seems 10 have lowered 20 rapidly that
self murder Is now perpctraiod upon
the y ghtest proyocation aud for rea-
sons which sometimcs are absurd and
oitn groiesIuo. IL Is never possible TO
Obl iin the exact number Of suicides nc.
cotiplishcd in certain time. as many
Of them are not reported, hut an ap-
prtximate idea Of their rapid increase
MAJ be obtained from tho number re-
ported by telegraph. aud these, since
the lst Of last January, foot no three
hGHdrud and ssyelty-eigii, which Is
neirly a hundred more han we're 70.
polted for the first i've months OF last
year, or for many years previously.
shese self murders are not confined
by any means b unknown people. On
the other hand, amo1g the prominent
pei sons who have sfu ned on the mortal
col. by their own hands this year are
three bankers, three city Officials, nine
msVhants. three postmasiers, three
cle'gymeD, two lasycrs three college
professors, two dentists, two editors,
ana one Judge. actor, physician. artist
and army officer. Melanchola is the
molt common cause, and next, in the
order named. como unknown reasons,
insinity, disappointed. love, dom sst g
infolicity, liquor. i'll health and
business losses. There Is genera,
impression that women are more
addicted to suicide than men, but such
Is not the case. OF the three hundred
and seYenty-eight instances reported
above, two hundred and ninety-four we're
men. and the same proportion holds
good year by year, An analysis OF the
cauS.s which have lei TO suicide shows
somG curious facts A boy OF seventeen
recei,tly committed suicide hecause his
iatbqr reprls9nded him. He took poison
In a barn. aud one Of his fathers em-
ployes seeing him commit the fatal act
procured poison and killed himself be-
fore rlght also. A boy of fourleea al
Mount Carroll IN this State hanged him
self because his mother told him he
must take iEediclne. A student In st.
ls9uis tuicidsd because he failed to pass
an examination for admission 70 the
AassouA Medical College. A boy Of
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25
FASHIONS FRINGES.
Line Upon Line About New Notions II
Millinery and the Like.

Line Upon Line About New NotiOns In
Millinery and the Like.
The prevailing styles in spring man
ties show combinations OF plain and
brocaded silk ana velvet and lace net
They are made short in the back and
long in front and ara profusely trimmed
with chenille fringes, plain and beaded
laces, passementerie feathers and cord.
For young girls cloth jackets are made
plain with loose fronts. Gros grain
will be more used than other silk ma
terials, and costumes Of this fabric and
poplin will have coats or jackets 10
match. Dark silk mantles are usually
lined with contrasting surah.
A walking dress Of green serge has
the skirt made wis clusters Of kilt
plating alternating with VIDE box
pliits. The Oyerdress has a tablier
front and full arap sry at the back. The
Eton jacket is bOrdered with olIicers'
mess buttons. The sleeves are trimmed
with a row OF the buttons which run up
the outer seam nearly 10 the elbow
Short jackets Of cloth are made with
the vest fronts or are butloned down
the front They are trimmed with but
tons aud braids. Tire vests are often in
contrast 10 the material OF the Jacket
when il is made up As part Of the COS
tune.
Parasols are shown In canopy and
japanese shapes. The coaching para
sol ha' a canopy top and is in all the
new colors and in checks. French par
a OILS covered with pulled crepe are in
every available shade
Tucks are much worn; they often ex-
tend only across the front Of the dross
with trimming Of braid above them.
Polonaises frequently have the body
and back drapery Of plain material and
the front crapery Of embroidery.
silk marabout Is more durable than
feathers II is 10 be had in black, white,
pink and blue.
Saieens will be made with snugly-
fitting bod ces lined with muslin or thin
silk.
Open front drapery, falling in a
point on either side, Is quite fashion
able.
Persian and Indian brocedes are much
used for short mantles
Pongee and foulard viii be worn over
velvet skirts.
sateens will be worn over velvet and
surah skir.s
Printed musllns with horal designs
are tO worn,
Heayy-beaded cords are used for
looping skirts. N y Commercial Id.
Uertfser.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25
HE JUMPED.

A Detroit Man who B at tho Chap That
Leapsd from tho Brookiya Bridge.
"Hcard OF Odlum. havelt you?" he
asked, as be entered an oltce on the
Fourth floor Of n Griswold stfeet block.
The jumpor?"
Yes; the chap that jumped from the
bridge and met his death.
"Well?"
"Well. I'm = better jumper than
Odlum ever was, aod l came here 10
jump from your big bridge"
"But we hayen't any"
Yes learned the fact only after
my arrival
II see. And you are dead broke?"
"Well, you might call II that, and IN
case you felt like"
"Yes; feel like. l always feel Ike.
Come out herel"
The jumper followed him out into the
hall, and the gentleman drew back his
night leg. pointed 10 the stairs and said
BEAT Od.ump'
"You betr' chirruped the stranger.
and he landed on the seventh step,
turned over and reached the lancing
right side mp. made bow 10 the audi.
ence and turned the corner. Detroit
Free Press.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-06-25
oLD-FAsHloNEo WHIPPING.
Tho Qualifications OF Public schoc
Teacher In the Far West.

Tho OualihcatiOns OF Public hchoo
Teacher In the Far West.
A teacher, whose school was in the
far West, furnishes the following ac.
count of his examination by the director
OF the district:
"You ever graddyatedP"
mo. SIR"
"Glad of IT, Graduates don't hall
Of 'em know beans when their head 5
In the bag. Ever studied stronomy?"
mo. s.r, never
"Big FOOL ii you had. Ever go nosine
round studyin' The fiory Of country
bottomy, they call it3''
"Never. sir"
"You couldn't teach young uns o
mine IL you he'd. They was crank
here onct tryin' to make us b'leeve the,
was sech things ez male and female
plants. Must o. thought we hadn't Lc
sense. Do you go much on grammar"
81 think II a very useful study"
81 think il pack o stuff and clut
terbosh! Don't callate ter hev my boys
an gals talk by rule an rote, an min
Gin things up tel they aint no sense in
'em. Do YOU fool way much time or
70 nologyp'
"PhysiologyP Yes; think it an ex-
ce'lent thing for boys and girls tc
study"
"Well. ! aint so awfully set agiu
that reckon it's a good thing tel
know what ter do when one busts a
blood vessel or breaks leg. 'Taini
much use to gals, though. They
would do nothin but set up yell in
either dilemmy. not II they was chock
full o. Technology DO you 20 any on
what they call iizzognomy?n
II do not teach II"
''Ye hadn't better. A man did once.
He boarded with me fust week, an ]
kotched him up on his fizzognomy. NY
woman had fell down sullar an raised
turrble bump on her head. i got
this smarty 70 mappin' out her karac.
ter from her bumps. an he said the
welt she got fallln' was combative.
ness unusually developed. Ho meant
iightin' stren'th. Wy. she could o.
whaled a lion Of il he'd been so, an hore
she's so dclikit il clean fuckers 'er out
ter hol' up the hind eend o. the waggin
when I'm a-tarrin' OF H. Kin you spell
clean through the dict onary?"
"No. sir. am not good speller. 4"
"Haint? Better brush up thar then,
or some o. our youngsters down ye.
That's their main holt. How are you
on iiggers,"
Very good, | think. l can teach
anythying you would care to have
taught here, even 10 higher algebra.
'Algebray! we Amt no use for alye-
bray here! Some men blat way bout
ekallin' b or X, who couldn't say the
multiplication table backwards ter save
'em. Could you haul of yer coat an
vest, crack yer fists, an lam six
footer Of a youngstcr cf he was ter be
sassy at YEP"
Il would try to punish a very re.
bcllious boy"
"Well. III give We a charcc. We
b'lceye 10 good old.fashioged corp raj
whalin' here. No soft.saw'lcrn' III do
instid Of 1t. Learn the young stcrs good
hoss-sense, an do way with all fol-dc-
rol. Learn 'cm the yally o. tine an
money, an how TO fgger, write. read
an spell. an then turn 'ou looss to
paddle their own canoe, SCI L.
I0ath's CompqHi0h