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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-15
THE BULLET-H0LE.
BY FRANCOIS CCPPEE. p

BY FRANCOIS CCPPEE.
At the time when was employed in
the War Office had q companion
who worked in the Same room with
me, called Jean Vidal, an old nom
commissioned officer, who had lost
his left arm in the italian campaign,
but who had still his right hand, the
cunning hand" OF u quartermaster,
with which he executed all sorts of
wonders in the calligraphic line, round
hand, flourishes, Gothic letters, and
he could draw a little bird in the final
flourish OF his signature, with a single
stroke OF his pen.
He was an upright man, was Vidal,
u true type OF a pure hearted and
honorable soldier. Though he was
scarcely forty then, and there was
but a sprinkling of gray hairs in his
fair Zouave beard, in the Office we all
called him ""Pere Vidal less out of
familiarity than out of respect; for we
all knew his honorable, self-denying
life down there in his cheap lodgings
at the bottom of Grenelle, where
hshad taken in hissister, q widow with
a tribe OF children, and where he sup
ported the old family on the slender
income he derived from his pension,
his cross, and his salary. Three
thousand francs ior: five people! And
Pere Vidal's coats--with the left sleeve,
the empty sleeve, fastened to the
third button-were always brushed
rs if he were going to a review,
and the good man was so careful OF
his red ribbon, which he kept always
bright, that he used to take it out of
his button-hole when he carried a
parcel in the street,
AS I lived in the suburbs toward
the south OF Paris at that time, I
often walked home with Pere Vidal,
and used to take pleasure in getting
him to give an accouutE Of his Gam
paisns, as we walked past the Military
School, meeting at every step--it was
in the latter years OF the enpire--the
handsome uniforms OF the Imperial
Guards, the pioneers in green, the Ian
GERS in white, the artillery officers in
their magnificent 5soInbrege for,rs, +
black and gold. It was worth while
to get killed in such a costume as
that.
Sometimes in the warm summer
evenings used TO treat my compan-s
ion to annsfs5absint he-~aap pleasure Shat
poor Vidal denied himself outsofs econ
omy,-snd NE used ito SIT foNShalfsan
hour in 'front.' at theaSoffi GERS cafe iii
the Avenue de Ia Motto Piquet. On
these days the old quarter master: who
had become a. sober family man, and
was out Of the habit of9taking $s'aps
petizers,' used to rise from the table
with his brain stimulated to heroic
thoughts, and was sureto have some
stirring tale OF the svwars as We walked
home. E& s y a412~S, R8 Z l. ~
One evening" believe, God forgive
me, that Pere Vidal had drunk two
glasses OF absinthe-as we went along
that horrid Boulev ard de Grenelle, he
stopped suddenly before the window
Of q second hand clothes shop--th era
are 9 good many in that quarter. IL
was q dirty, sordid shop, with rusty
pistols, bowls, full of hbuttona, and
furnished Epaulettes in the window,
and hanging before the door, among
dirty rags, there was here and there
II ~@E Il ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-15

lost my arm, you know-our battalion
was encamped in a small village, and
before we brokefgranks the CAPTAIN
n1adesus ittlespeech-he Was quite
fright, Swas the Captain rerni1id ding MS
that we were iii Is }friendlyscouidtrY,
land that for the8honor OF the army
we Should be Oh our good behavior.
and he added that any one who calsed
the slightest annoyance to any Of the
Inhabitants would be punished most
severely. While he Was making this
speech, Thirsty, who Was standing
near he, leaning t,netea11i lyson his bay
onet-he hal emptied good many
glasses since the morning shrugged
his shoulders; but fortunately the CAP.
tain did not notice him. lz. si$s'18
In the middle Of the night 4 Ig Fas
/ va kened up bud denly "a spra from
the heap of straw ] had BEEN saSepping
on the corNdr OF farm yard, md by
the ist III The moon NJ saeM Thirsty
with 1syoung girl in his arms, all torn.
and disheveiled, and calling on tho
Madonna and all the saints in heaven
to save \, ,her, He Was strasglins furious
#iys Ike 4 liipt.l. MI lan lots5f Iylaants and
soldiers who were trying to rescue her
from him. I ran up to help, but Cap
tain Gentle got there before mo-
With one hs had q very com
niand ing glance. had the little Corsi-
can -he drove back the sergeant COW
ed; then wheii be had spoken q. few.
reassuriilQ wors1k fos t6ag3rJ, in IthIian,s
he came bnck and stood bel re fis6 clil.s
prit, and shah king his finger befo ro the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-15

Another branch of industry open
ed!' laughed Hattie. We must change
the name ofthe firm TO The Washing
ton street Bean and Doughnut Com
pany.' -. ,... Isl. .........,'. Il
Sure enough, very soon the fame Of
huby's doughnuts began to equal that
OF Hattie's beans, and the Allison
mouse which had once been the home
OF fashionable oilers, was as busy as
beehive from morning till night.
From the parlor came the
one, M two, three, four of
Edith's pupils, now increased to
twelve. From the kitchen the merry
sound oflanghter and snntches Of SOM.
while Hattie and Ruby, the firm" as
they called themselves, filed their or
ders, and in 8 cosy sitting-r oom Mrs.
Allison sat by q pleasant window.
sewing. @15s.' Nj. .%.5= !. 8, B 81
At the end Of the first year they
counted their receipts in full and found
that they had not only earned 8
livelihood, but sufficient to paw their
9 4. and an! buy g new parlor carpet,
besides Christmas money. s
And We have all kept together,
toe, which is the best Of it, said Mrs.
Allison, land not one OF as has really.
sfelt over worked Z, !, s.
And all our friends seem &, thru
as much as ever Of iii, n said RUBY.
and just then the bell Il and be-.
tore e q the astonished eyes 81 the ladies.
q beautiful silver a-set was bro,,;,ht
! n, with g !. card attached, upon 4 hph
was inscribed: '
ITO the Washingto ton street Bean
company, with the admiration Of the.
ladies' as OF he Z Il. 3. g
-. should think they did &, she, nid
Edit bts,a king the silenco hiicl, "A.
marx was opposed 10, ,e III rer,ly 10
haby.s asstntion. heeter vii
COX. I'D
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
the PRESIDENTS INFLUENCE.

The Boston Posts Washington special,
speaking of the prospects of the tariff bill,
says "a mere expression on his 1.-THE Presi-
dents part would not probably have much
weight on the discontinued members of the
party" This is perhaps an intimation that if
the President should accompany his express
sion of opinion with suggestion that there
might be close connection between the way
a member voted on the bill and his influence
in the matter of the distribution of patron
age, the President would find that his opin-
ions had assumed new Importance in the
eyes of his party. The Posts correspondent
is undoubtedly right in his assumption that
the Presidents opinion alone will have lit
tie influence. That has been demonstrated
already in the case of a measure which the
President had set his heart upon more firmly
than he has upon the tariff bill. Before he
was inaugurated the.President brought all the
influence he could to bear upon the House
to repeal the silver coinage law OF. to give
him the right to suspend it. But that body
turned deaf ear to his entreaties, and the
law remained precisely as it was before he
asked for its change. In his last inaugural
he again urged the House to repeal or modify
this law. But his appeal did not change
single vote. And his opinion on the tarlf
bill will be regarded with no more Difference
than was his opinion on the silver bill. What
his opinion may be worth backed by the
promise that the men who heed 1t VIII be I'D
orally rewarded in patronage to dole out
among their constituents, or the threat that
the men who ignore it will get nothing is
quite another question. The virtue of the
Democracy is not of the sternest kind, and
in the presence of the offices it to be feared
it may waver and give way.
Apparently the President is still undecided
whether to throw the power of his office into
the scale or not But the Post credits him
with saying that he has become convinced
that he did not put as much power as he
might have done behind the silver suspen-
sionibill, and that he is willing to profit by
experience. If he has really said that we
should say that he had about made up his
mind to attempt to whip in the recreant
Democrats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

Congressman Springer's bill to establish a
department Of labor provides that the arbi-
tratfon board constituted according to the
Presidents recommendation in his recent
message shall consist of a commission of
three members, with power to investigate
and report to the President upon all contro-
versies between labor and capital, whether
their services are requested or not Where
such troubles interfere with interstate com
merce the commission is to be authorized to
act as board of arbitration whenever their
conciliatory offices may be invoked by the
parties interested, and where troubles are
confined within State lines the interposition
of the board may be rendered by the Presi-
dent on application of the State legislature,
or when that body is not in session, of the
governor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

A part of the work of the general conyen-
ton of the Knights of Labor which is to be
held at Cleveland, will be undoubtedly to
bring the organization back to its PLATFORM
which portion of it at least, appears to have
losr sight of in the excitement of the last few
weeks. One of the declarations Of that plat
form is that strikes should not be resorted to
until other means of settlement have been
tried and failed. Yet in many of the recent
troubles the strike has been almost the first
notification of the existence of dissatisfaction.
One thing imperatiyely necessary to the sue
cess of the order is better discipline.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The two reports of the investigating COM
up in the Ohio Senate next Wednesday.
With the four Hamilton county members
whose seats are in dispute the Democrats
have majority, and without them the Re-
publicans. The Democratic programme is
to allow these four men to vote. 1t is an
outrageously indecent programme, but the
Democratic party Of Ohio is an outrageously
indecent party The presiding officer of the
Senate is Republican, and it is believed
that he will refuse to recognize the votes of
these men in declaring the result. A warm
time is anticipated, and there are fears that
the fighting may not be confined to words.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
On Trial for Having SO Many Fires
New York Herald

Herman Brindze, peddler of smoked
glasses at Coney Island, was put on trial in
the Brooklyn Court of Sessions on the charge
of attempting to defraud the German Ameri-
can Fire Insurance Company. The testimo-
nv showed that between June 1 and August
1. 1885. five policies of insurance for $500 each
were taken out in different companies, on a
oners wife. Five times fire occurred in a
closet, and each time Mrs. Brindze's clothing
was damaged.
Mrs. Brindze swore they were not the
same clothes, and that after each fire she
purchased several new silk dresses, worth
800 each.
Only two days elapsed between the fires.
Four of the policies were taken out by the
prisoners father-in-law.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The general eight hour movement which is
to be inaugurated in Chicago today is not
under the auspices of the Knights of Labor,
but of various tradesunions. The Knights
favor a reduction of the hours of
labor, but their leaders are sensible enough
to see that the times are not yet ripe for a
general movement of this kind. The change
must be gradual and preceded by certain
period of preparation. A sudden change of
this kind must of necessity paralyze
industries all over the land. The working
men need to learn patience.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The New York laws under which indict-
ments against boycotters have been drawn
read as follows:
If two or more persons conspire to prevent an
other from exercising lawful trade or calling. or
doing any other lawful act, by force, threats in
timdaton, or by interfering or threatening to in
terfere with tools, implements or property belong
ing to or used by another, or with the use or en-
ployment thereof, or to commit any act injurious
to y trade or commerce, or for the perver-
sion or obstruction of justice, each of them is
guilty of misdemeanor. [Seetion 168 Penal
Code
A person who, with a view to compel another
nerson to do or to abstain from doing an act which
such other person has legal right to do or to alb
stain from DOING wrongfully and unlawfully uses
or attempts the intimidation of such person by
threats or force is guilty of misdemeanor. [Sec-
ton 653 Penal Code.
They seem to cover the offenses both in
letter and in spirit. If unions intend to per-
sist in the boycott they viii have to
change the laws.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
A REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, LEWISTON,

Uouivouoli seho VI iSoOi at ~ VViVVh o. ""3
For the purpose of nominating candidate for
Governor to be supported at the September elec-
ton, and transacting any other business that may
properly come before it.
The basis of representation Will be as ioloWS:
Each city, town and plantation will be entltleu W
one delegate, and for each seventy-five votes cast
for the Republican candidate for Governor III foo4
an additional delegate, and for fractlon OF iorty
votes in excess OF seventyfive votes, an aoaitoh-
al delegate. :, .,o
The State Committee will be in session IN the
Reception Room OF the Hall at nine o'clock on Inc
morning Of the Convention, for the purpose OF re-
ceiying the credentials OF delegates.
All electors of Maine who are in favor OF main
tanning Protective Tariff; who VIII JON N re-
sistiDg the attempt now being made IN Demo
cratic House Of Representatives to mJure many
of tho leading industrial interests OF Maine; WHO
are in favor OF elevating and dignlfying human Ia
Dor by securing to the lsbOrer his just reward;
who demand freedom Of suffrage throughout the
republic and an honest counting of the ballots;
who uphold all judicious measures for the encour-
aCement of American shipbuilding; who believe
in an honest and responsible civil service and in
an economical administration of the Government;
who approve the Prohibition Of the Liquor Traffic
and the promotion of the cause of temperance,
are cordially invited without regard to past polit
zeal differences, to unite with the Republicans in
the selection of delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS H. WING. Secretary.
Augusta, Me-, April 10, 1886.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

1t is not to be wondered at that after such
wild demonstrations of popular approval as
followed the utterances of Jeff Davis at
Montgomery that the Grand Army men of
Albany should deem it necessary to declare
publicly that treason is still odious, and that
the United States of America and the liber-
ty which the American principle of popular
government illustrates is worth the blood of
all LOYAL citizens of our beloved country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
The Atlanta Constitution tries to smooth

up matters in this way:
History teaches us that wounds inflicted by civ
il wars are quickly healed. A nation cannot for
get the injuries inflicted by foreign foe. but men
temporary anger and violence of their brethren
and ceuntrymen. Men of the same blood in Eng
land fought each other fercely in the "Wars Of
the Roses" but the modern Engishman does not
know or care whether his ancestors followed the
White Rose or the Red Rose
A writer in the same paper wants the 60oO
school children of Atlanta to turn out in a
mass and scatter flowers at the feet of Jeff
Davie when he visits that city. "This,' he
says, "would be a touching tribute to the
man we all love, and whom we want our
children to grow up to love-" This is smooth
ing matters with a vengeance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The story telegraphed the other day that
band of strikers had taken possession of the
Missouri Pacific yards at Atchison, and
driven the workmen out of the workshops
was canard. There has been no disturb
ance of any kind at that point.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The proper thing to do would be to pro
mote Assistant Secretary Fairchild to the
Secretaryship of the Treasury, and it is said
that the President would like to do it. But
Fairchild is credited with independence and
the Democracy object
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

1t is altogether to Collector Anderson'S
credit that he does not pretend that the re-
moval of Major Shorey was on account of
incompetency or unfaithfulness or offensive
partisanship, or any other reason except to
make place for hungry and thirsty Dem
ocrat whose "claims" were too strong to be
resisted
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

The Democratic party of Maine which in
its call for State convention poses as the
friend of the laboring man, is the same par
ty that few years ago did what it could to
prevent the resumption of specie payments
and to establish an irredeemable paper cur
rency-one of the worst foes of the laboring
man that it is possible to conceive Of.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
TIE PRESS
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 1.

We do not read anonymous letters and cominun-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are
n all cases indispensable, not necessarily Tor pub
lication but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

1t is to be hoped that this is JEFF Daviss
last public appearance, and that the affair at
Montgomery may prove his official burial as
well as that of the Southern Confederacy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

Some Of Chairman Browns friends think
he is just the man to succeed the late Ed
mund Wilson on the National Democratic
committee. The Chairman himself probably
shares their views.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

Mr. Eads has got favorable report on
his isthmus ship railway scheme from the
Senate committee on commerce. Eads may
vet beat DeLesseps in the race across the
isthmus, unless the latter hastens his pres
ent snai-like pace.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

Secretary Manning has concluded not to
resume his Office again. This is unfortunate,
for with all his faults Mr.. Manning was
sound on questions of finance, and firm in re-
sisting the demands of the dominant element
of his marty.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
CURRENT COMMENT.
SIMPLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE.
Boston Traveller.
A VERY GOOD PRECEDENT.

Davis still lives, without citizenship, with
out country, a pathetic "reminiscences of a
stupendous failure.
VERY GOOD PRECEDENT.
Exchange.
One of the results of the Virginia elections
on the prohibitory question is the casting
and counting of the colored vote.
THEY WILL CHOOSE WISELY.
Concord Monitor.
If the Knights of Labor are wise, they will
not commit themselves, as an organization,
to the support of either party; but if they
are bound to choose between the two, there
can be no doubt as to what their choice will
be. They certainly will not ally themselves
with the party that has steadily and system
atically worked for the degradation OF
American labor to the European level.
They are not FOOLS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
sHESCELL ANXIOUS.
NOTICE The DATES !!

i'm certificates
an dated
baking
putting upon
aduerated
attached
both chemist and is at
that keep strictly standard purity
ceIenCe'
that the certificates used showing the
o
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01
REFRICERATORS.

isfied with what you hear, but come and see our
line. See the only warranted charcoal filed Re-
frigerator in the market.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-01

NHESCELLANEOUS


scientific principles we together
TO
Daily Republican., 1886-12-30

STRANGE AS 1t may seem, 1t 10
actually y fact tina. the manufacture OF
oleomargarine has increased since the
imposition OF tha government tax. The
large Grms IN Chicago, Kansas City
and New York hspe proh'ed by the in
creased consumption. Chicago has
put out over half tie product OF olto-
margarine made In the United States
since The first Of Novem Der, her product
being 2,6i5 600 pounds, while the en-
tire nun Ter OF pounds assessed during
the month was 4 439 O90. New York's
product was bat $40 90 pounds; Provi.
dence, Rhode Island, produced 284. coo
pounds, and X Ansss City turned oat
Z78, 000 pounds. The explanation OF
this i'm prov ed condition OF the trade in
this beef butter Is that the Increased
exports Increase the demand. This
keeping qualities OF o!eomlrgarine in
the tropics recc IL neLds 1t above butter.
1t is said ire exporTs TO Mexico, Aus.
tralia, Honduras and South America
viii, IA ell probability, double in the
coming year. There is a demand tor
beef bnrter from hotels, restaurants,
bakeries and boarding houses that the
tax canuot w.pe out.
Daily Republican., 1886-12-30
TROUSERS, SUITS
AND


Remember our stock is
kept well supplied and sizes
complete in the differeat
styles en- our counters.
To those who have not
purchased as yet, bear this
in mind. You have just as
large . stock to select from
as the earlier purchasers.
Our S. 90 Overcoat is a
wonder. Our $40 90 Iron
clad has no superior.
Our SIS so Storm Over
coat cannot be excelled.
Our $4,000 Fur Beaver
exceeds anything we ever
offered TO our patrons.
Our $1,000 Wire Twis,
lSuit pleases the young mer
and takes the place of ;
lS22.oo custom suit.
| Our $500 Trousers 0
the famous ironclad save
1.-THE workingman money.
| Our old customers ar
learning that we have tn
stock and are patronizin.
US and recommend thei
friends because we SELL" I'll
Best Goods for tie Leal
|Mouey.'
Daily Republican., 1886-12-30

Now-TRETImE 40 SPECULATE
A GIVE FLUUrC ATOMS in the Mar.
"a YET offer opportunities to seecHiat orr
Petroleum. Prompt personal attention given
to orders rcetyed by wire or mail, Cofres
pondenes collected. Fun Information sbou,
me markets. in cur Book, which will DO for.
warded free on appli alton. '0'
III. D.skSt.E, Banker and Broker,
3S broad and "a New Streets, New York
Oitt. n23-ly. eod-fkW
Daily Republican., 1886-12-30

WI HoPn that The proposioen %
m>ks plsos In Ne funeral psecsssspn
Of GsnsrAi Logan for 0oafcdsrats col.
d ers will b rsosived with favor.
Though they fought against Logsn,
III sir admirstion for the man, his
oh araotef and his bravery can be no
q sincere than that Of . Union sct-
der. Brave men have sincere sduni-
ra,ion for cash other, though they may
have foughton opposite sides; more thsr
that, - time moves on and the Geuer
ais that wore the gray - we'll - thos'
that wore the blue are dropping out o
line 30 answer the roll call OF death,
common sym pathy brings the survivor
closer together In ell that CONSTITUTES
true manhood and greatness OF ohafsc
ter. In the great gathering before tn
Judgment IL will not be asked OF Gen
erai Logan and General Leo whic
wore the blue and which the gray.