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The Portland daily press., 1886-03-11

Authorized Performance.
Composers Original Orehestration.
Authors Original Stage Business.
Scenery from Original Models.
THE UNEXCELLED CAST.
THE MIKADO OF JAPAN. MR.. n. S. BURNHAM
NANKI-PO0 his Son, disguised
as a wandering minstrel, and in
love with Yunl-Yum MIR. Roy STANTON
KO-kO. Lord High EXecutioner OF
Titipee MIR. }. w. HERBERT
POO-BAH, Lord High Everything.
Else Mr.. HARRY ALLEN
PISH-TASH, a Noble Lord, Mr. LOVES j. MoRIcO
YUM YUM 3 Sisters, ! MISS MARY BEEBE
PITTISING,{ wards to MISS AGNES STONE
PEEP-BOO, } KO-KO) } Miss MAMIE CERBI
KATISHA, in Love with Nankt
Poo, Miss ALICE earle
Chorus of School Girls. Mobiles Guards and
The Portland daily press., 1886-03-11

Mr.. Edmunds in his speech in the Senate,
not only demonstrated that the Senate had
right to all papers on the files of the depart
ment relating to the removals Of public Off
GERS, but he also showed that the right had
been recognized and acted ON by some of the
most prominent Democrats of the country,
including the present Secretary of State.
Secretary of the Interior and Attorney-Gen-
eral On the fifth of March, 1879, when the
Democrats had majority of the Senate, the
committee on judiciary, consisting of Mr..
Thurman chairman, Mr.. Mcdonald of In
diana, Mr.. Bayard of Delaware (present Sec
rotary of State), Mr. Garland of Arkansas
(present Attorney-GeneraD, Mr.. Lamar of
Mississippi present Secretary of the Interi-
orr, Judge Davis of Illinois, and Messrs. Ed
munds, Conkling and Carpenter sent the fol-
lowing letter to the Attorney General:
The Honorable Attorney General of the United
States
Sir-Under the direction of the judiciary COM
mittee of the Senate, have the honor to request
that you will communicate to the committee any
papers or information in your possession touching
the question of the propriety of the removal
of Mr. Michael Shaffer chief justice of the SUI
pointment of David l. Coppin to the Office.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
ALLEN G. THURMAN, Chairman.
The information asked for was promptly
furnished by the department. The distinc-
ton which President Cleveland sets up be-
tween public papers on the file of the de-
partment and private papers deposited there
for safe keeping had not then been thought of.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
How to Improve the Complexion.

Madam. allow me to prescribe for
you. | have had a long experience in
the management of delicate women.
and believe ! can give you some i'm
portant advice. For the present |
prescribe only for your feet. First,
procure Il quantity of wooden stock
ings, not such as you buy at the store
under the name of lambs wool, that
you can read a newspaper through. but
the kind that your Aunt Jerusha in
the country knits for YOU. that will
keep your feet dry ard warm in spite
of wind and weather; second, if you
want to be thorough. change them
every morning, hanging the fresh ones
by the fire every night: third, procure
thick calfskin boots, double uppers and
triple sOles, and wear them from the
lst of October to the LIST of May: make
frequent applications of some coed oil
backing; fourth, avoid rubbers alto
gether, except a pair of rubber boots.
which may be worn for a little time
through the snow drifts or a food of
water; fifth, hold the bottoms of YOUR
feet in cold writer IA quarter of an inch
deep just before going to bed two or
three minutes, and rub them hard
with rough towels and your naked
hands: sixth, now, madam. 60 out
freely in all weathers, and, believe me.
not only will your feet enjoy Il good
circulation, but as the consequence Of
the good circulation in the lower ex-
tremities your head will be relieved of
all its ~fullness and your heart of all its
palpitations. Your complexion will
be greatly improved and your health
made better in every respect Mc'ioal
World,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

Speaking Of silver, says NJ. Il. McClel-
land in the Chicago Times, reminds me Of
a little story l heard a Richmond lady tell
my mother sone time after the capture.
She had n quantity Of valuables and slowed
them about in every conceivable place for
safety. Among other thugs she had a huge
solid silver fireman's trumpet, which had
been presented to her husband by the
volunteer fire brigade of Richmond many
years before in recognition Of his services
as their chief. This trumpet was forgotten
in the general hiding Of valuables, and the
Yankees were fairly in sight when she dis
covered 1t resting ostentatiously in the mid
die Of the center table in the parlor. She
was loath to lose il, knowing that her hus-
band valued it greatly, but where to stow
away the big thing she could not think.
At last she took it ont to an old
negro man who WAS very much attached
10 her husband. explaining her dilemma,
and told him to take the thing away and
hide it. Long before the end Of the three
days she gave the trumpet up for lost, as the
soldiers. not being hurried, poked about in
every hole and ranny with a perseverance
and fertility of resource worthy of a better
cause. But the day after they departed the
old negro presented himself at the house
with smiles on his countenance and the
trumpet under his arm. On being ques-
toned. he explained that he had "toted de
horn down de hill an jammed it up in
one ole boiler log what was sorter layin'
in de creek, IN too soggy fur to make fire"
He had stuffed mp the opening in the end
with wet leaves, and calmly watched the
soldiers sitting or the log by the hour at a
time without the faintest suspicion of its
silver heart.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
A Oujltiny Bee In Connecticut.

Ye quilting bee. given by We spin
| sters Mt We First Baptist meeting house
last evening. Was Il grand success ana
| reelected much credit ON those having
the matter in charge. The costumes
were antique and many were elegant,
odd to the younger portion OF the
gathering. yet bringing to the Older
ladies recollection, Of familiar scenes
of bygone days. In one corner OF the
parlor, on Il raised platform. wa the
quill 'ng party, while at the other end
OF the room supper Was served. con-
siSting of baked beans. cold meats,
brown bread. baked Indian pudding.
etc. The crockerN used was the old
fashioned blue decorated ware, and
candles huruel in all parts of the
room In Ike small parlor adjoining
tables We're set for ice creain parties.
The walls were covered with bed quilts
of varied patterns and hues. and corn,
dried apples. foot stoves. warming
pans, shovel ana longs, bandboXes.
etc. were displayed here and there.
During the evening Il Quartette,
Messrs. Saunders and Harding. Mrs.
FoindeNter and Miss %Steinhotf, rem
dered so,ne familiar songs. Miss Grace
Burdick recited Il description of an
old-tlme counting scene There was Il
large assembly present Hartford Post.
Its thousands of cures are the best airer-
'isement for Dir. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

The raid of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry
below Fredericksburg in the latter part Of
May, 1868, known as Lieut.. Col. Glen
dinnin's raid, for the purpose of arresting
smugglers and freeing slaves, says E. Bas-
sett, in the National Tribune, was a sue
cess. While on that neck Of land INV
company was ordered to the bank Of the
Potomac to interview a smuggler. On reach
ing the river we found q gravelly beach
about one hundred feet wide, thinly inter.
spersed with low pine bushes. A number
of boats were there, but no one TO
claim them. Very soon a man in q skin
appeared. Upon landing the company
formed a circle around a very odd-look.
ing specimen Of humanity, crooked and
apparently deformed. He was held until a
line Of guards was placed parallel with the
river and far enough back to prevent sur
prise. Captain Smith then began to ques-
ton the strange party, who said but little.
Il was, however, in his own defense. All
eyes were upon the supposed snuggler.
The questioning had proceeded but a few
moments when n strange feeling came over
noe. ] suggested to Catain Smith the pro-
priety Of ut onee taking him into custody.
But the Captain seemed TO feel differently,
and continued his questions, when all Of
once. and without any warning, the center
Of attraction was gone-the supposed
smnggler had disappeared. The space in
the circle was vacant. We all discovered
the same thing at the same time. A cheap
looking lot Of cavalrymen! we would have
sold ont to the first bidder. n any membe,
can explain now. at the expiration Of
twenty-five years, let him speak mp.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

At the outbreak Of the war between the
Southern Confederacy and the North there
were seventeen forts in the South belong.
ing to the United States. The list begins
with the forts in Louisiana and follows che
coast line in the order named below:
Fort Jackson and Foa ~. Enil;p-On the
Mississippi River, seventy five miles below
New Orleans.
Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines-The former
at Mobile Point, the entrance of Mobile Bay,
forty miles below Mobile: the latter on Dan.
phin Island, opposite Fort Morgan, and three
miles distant. These two forts commanded
tho entrance to Mobile Bay.
Fort Hck,ns-Santa Rosa Island, entrance
to Pensacola harbor, one of the largest forts on
the Gulf Of Mexico.
Fort i.KRae-On Fosters Island, opposite
Fort Pickens, and one and a half miles distant.
A powerful casemated water-battery
Fort Barraacas-Near the navy yard at Pen
sacola, facing the entrance to the harbor, In
tended also to cover the navy yard from land
attack.
Fort Jrbtrson-Intenied to protect the an
chorAge q the Tortugas, a. a naval depot and
station; for guarding the which fol-
lows the channel of the Oulf Stream, and for
controlling the navigation of the Gull.
Fort Taator-key West; an important work
protecting the harbor Of Key WeAt
Fort Ede8ki-On Cockspur Island, a few
miles below Savannah, protecting the entrance
to the river and approach to Savannah.
Fbyfs MOmfrie and Misunderstanding the
entrance to Charleston Harbor. The former
on Sullivan island, three miles below Charles
ton, and the latter one mile from Fort Moultrie,
and three-fOurtlis Of a mIie rom the nearest
land.
Castle Pi"ekaey--A small work on the ap-
proach to and near Charleston.
Forts Monroe ind Gothoaa-At the entrance
to Hampton Roads, protecting the Roads
and approach to Norfolk, James River, etc.
Fort Monroe was the largest work of the kind
in the United States in 1861.
Fort MrHsa.y-An old work protecting the
entrance 10 Baltimore harbor.
Fort larroU-A very important work . few
miles below Baltimore.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
shouting for Logan.

The Young ladies were dressing for
the german. and were talking. as
on always do when they are
awake.
u think senator Logan is the incest
MAJ in town. said one.
why. what's he done." said all
other.
Hes going To have the Senate take
mp the bill to increase the efficiency Of
the army"
:'Well. what do YOU care for that
What do | care? \. good deal. ]
can tell You, and you will he as inter
est6d as ! am when You have danced
with as many lieutenants as ! have,
and had them walking over your toes,
and getting their feet tangled in your
train, and numbering around like a
bale of hay on stills generally"
"'Rah for Gen. Logan!" shouted Il
half-dozen girls in the hall. and then
the procession moved off Washington
Critic,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
Dutch Courage.

Dutch courage" has evidently more than
m~etaphorioal significance, says a writer in
the COmrads. During the battle of Shiloh
an officer hurriedly rode mp TO an aid and
asked for General Grant. That's he, with
the field glass;" said the aid. Wheeling his
horse about, the officer furionsly rode up to
the General. and, touching his cap, thus ad-
dressed him:
"Sheueral, ! wants to make Won report;
Schwartz's Is took"
All" said the General; How was that?"
"veil, you see. Sheneral, de shesheniste
coma up in front of us, and de sheshenists
hanked us, and de sheshenists come in the
rear Of MS, and SchwaYtz's battery was
took"
swell, sir. You Of course spiked the
gunss"
"vaty" exclaimed the Dutchman, In as
t~onishment. "Sehpike dem guns. Schpike
dem new guns No, il ~onld schpoil DEM"
Well. /" said The General. sharply, what
did you dor"
dor W. W iosk dsu back Asaia."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

OWING to the low,rates, coal is being
shipped to California from Pennsylvania by
rail.
JUDGE WILLIAM G.. BARRows, of the
Maine supreme Court. is dying of a stomach
disease.
REV. Z. G.. WEED, of Augusta, ia,
has been elected Episcopal bishop of the
diocese of Florida.
A GENERAL reunion of Daitsmouth Col
lege graduates is proposed at the dedica-
ton of Daniel Webster's statue nj Concord.
June II.
THERE is a great stampede of Alaska
miners to the Yukon gold fields. where rich
bar diggings are reported.
TWELVE Of the best known citizens of
Holyoke. Mass, were arrested and fined for
playing poker on Sunday.
MoRE than 5000 bills have been intro.
duced into the. Forty ninth Congress: more
than 1900 in the House alone.
THOMAS A. THATCHER, professor of
Latin and literature in Yale College. was
discovered dead in bed. He was in his
seventy second year.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in GERMANY In
improve the present system Of legal ednca.
ton. and to adopt one similar to that in
vogue in Great Britain.
The Oregon Supreme Court has decided
that the registration law passed of the last
Legislature is unconstitutional.
A LARGE number Of Georgia planters will
plant largely to broom corn, there being
more money in it than in cotton.
AT Q hanging in Texas friends Of the de-
ceased took mp 9 collection to defray the
expenses OF a hieh-toned burial.
THIRTY thousand woikingmen in Berlin
have begun an agitation foi improved prices
and hours. The wretched pay is driving
many wonien to vice.
THE new torpedo adopted by the Gov.
ernnent has y speed Of eleven miles an
hour, . charge Of 300 pounds of dynamite,
and weighs 5,70o pounds.
@s $3.50. -
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
The Poorest Children In Schml,

Strangers who visit our public school
are puzzled to know where we keeptiie
children of the very poorest families"
They do not recognize them in the
rows of neat-looking boys and girls be-
fore them, and are unwilling IL believe
that the children sitting there. with
white aprons, and nice shoes and stock
in2s, and clean faces and hands. have
come from the most squalid parts Of
Boston, from homes that do not deserve
the name. Bnt their teachers. know
ing all about these homes. have been
daily teaching them the self respect
that comes from cleanliness and neat
ness. They are even ready to supply
the shoes and stockings and clean
aprons which the little waits need that
they may come to school. The truant
officer, whose name is a fear and Il
dread to the idle boy who shirks his
school. is in reality a kind friend TO the
poorer boys. who form the greater
number Of the daily %''truants.'' He
has his closet full of boots and shoes.
contributed by friends, and thus he is
ready to supply them to those who
would really stay away for want of
them ~. Melodies.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

The touching paths of childhood is
shown in the following: The death of
a well-known citizen had called forth
many expressions of sympathy from
friends in the way of IA profusion of
flowers in beautiful designs. After
they had been placed around as he lay
in the casket, his little daughter Alice,
of 1 Years, was led by her mamma into
the to look upon the face OF her
dead papa. She was naturally at
tracted by the flowers and by the de-
sign Of ''The Gates Ajar." Her
mamma told her that the beautiful
gate. had opened and papa had passed
through and would never come back to
them again. The child looked steadily
at her papa's face for a few moments.
then climbed up 20 that she could
reach over and kiss his cold lips. say
ing: Papa, dear, speak to me and say
you will come to the beautiful gate
and meet your little Alice some day.
Ir the liver is disordered, the whole system
auffers. Ayers Pills correct this trouble.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

Jagt nOw, nays Ben: per3oy pOOre, recall I
Utosy which vns told uf his attempt 10 D q
trol fhe pEess, soon aftsr be had taken
procession o. Savannah. Among those Il.
tAched 10 hs army was 1 well-known Bos-
ton reporter, who was called Tom Miles.
althO19h that was mot his real name. Miles,
on entsYing Savannah, found q vacant
printing ONCE. There were types and
presses, and all the paraphernalia essential
TO business, with q form ON the press. which
the printer had left In his fight. and Miles.
taking ont the editorial and other Offensive
matter, allied It's columns with healthy
Union sediment, with the Aid Of
one or two Of the craft whom he
had discovered In the army. His leader
wss . rich specimen Of growing over the
victory. in which he extolled General Sher.
man a. the greatest hero since Aleranday
and his army a. the finest and best disci.
plined the world ever saw. With this grand
flourish Of trunfpets the first number was
issued, and Miles Law hack In h;s ad;tor;sI
chair, contemplating his work with the be-
lief that he had achieved the next triumph
10 6herman's. and wandering what the con-
queror would say when he saw the praises
he had hesped upon him. The next morn
ing, az the General and his staff were about
taking breakfast, a paper was handed 10
him the Savannah KepuJticaa, I think
and he commenced to read the leader which
was 80 lavish ia his praise.
@Look hereir said he, red and furious.
What the Ill does this meang Who
knows anything about this paper?"
His orderly, who had known something
about its preparation. explained To him that
it was the work Of one OF the literary gentle.
men who had followed the expedition.
"Well," said the General, 20 down to the
Office and tell him to discontinue his paper
or Ill put him under guard. 1 won't have
cursed stuff printed about me whenI
can prevent 1t. Abuse is bad enough, but
this is = denced sight worse"
Down went the orderly, aud the confu-
sion Of poor Miles was overwhelming when
he got the squelcher from the General
commanding.
why, it was all praise said he.
mo matter for that. II it had been the
other way it would have been treated Just
the same.
SO Miles moved a COMPROMISED hardly
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

Allen G.. Redwood, the artist, was with
Jackson's Foot Cavalry at the Second Man
assas, > and from his account in the Febru-
airy Century we quote rs follows: "All this
time we had the aguest notions as to our
objective; ut first we had expected to strike
the enemy's flank, but as the march pro-
longed itself a theory obtained that we were
going to the Valley. But we threaded Thor
oughfars Gap, heading eastward, and in the
morning Of the third day august 9Th
struck . railroad running north and south
Pope's line Of communication and supply
Manassas was ours!
"Whnt q prize it was. Here were long
warehouses full of stores; cars loaded with
boxes OF new clothing en- route to General
Pope, but destined H. adorn the backs Of his
enemies camps, suffers shops-'no eating
up Of good things. In view Of the abund-
ance, it was no easy matter to determine
what we should eat and drink and where
withal we should he clothed; one wal
limited in his choice to only so much as
he conld personally transport, and the one
thing needful in each individual case was
the day wore on. an equitable distribu-
ton of our wealth was Effected by barter.
upon a crude and irregular tariff in which
the rule Of supply and demand was some
what complicated by fiuctuating estimates
OF the imminence of marching orders. A
mounted man would offer large odds in
shirts or blankets for a pair Of spurs OF a
bride; and while in anxious quest Of pair
OF Shoes l fell heir To u ease Of cavalry
half boots, which ] would gladly have ex-
changed for the object Of my search. For
a change Of undertaking and a pot "
French mustard ! owe grateful thanks to
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
important.

When You visit or leave New York City, ave
baggage, expressage, and % carriage hire, and
stop ct the Grand Union Hotel. opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted up at a cost Of one million
dollars, 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with tho
best Horse cars, stages. and elevated rail
road to all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other first class hotel in the city.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

Al the meeting Of Ransom Post, G.. A.
r.. St. Lonis. recently, Joseph W. Me-
lellan was initiated q member Of the post,
and, In accordance with the usual custom,
he signalized his admission into the order
by dropping into u reminiscent speech,
which turned upon the vicksburg campaign
Of 1863. Mr.. Mcclellan related, in q
graphic way. how he was ON board one Of
the old boats that ran the fearful gauntlet
ct the rebel batteries on that dark and
bloody night Of SO. The craft in which he
had defed the guns on the height had been
shot 10 pieces and hardly enough timber
had been left to support the crew. The
survivors were floating down the current,
the lookout striving to pierce the dense
clouds OF smoke that had settled down over
the river, and ascertain their situation.
Suddenly in the darkness, directly in front,
lcomed mp a small object, upon which the
half wrecked transport was bearing down.
The crew gave the shout of warning that
they were disabled and could scarcely steer
their course. Then the cry came back:
@Who are you"
was the response.
Are yeu all right?" was the second ques-
ton from the little boat that bobbed up and
down In the veil of smoke.
Then their ears were charmed with the
reply, General Sherman" and they knew
the second officer Of their army was on tho
scene Of danger.
yes, gentlemen" Mr.. Mcclellan con-
clnded, General Sherman wat in that
frail craft with the hope Of picking up the
survivors. He kept his boat under the
bushes until he saw a vessel coming down,
when he made for 1t, out into the very
middle Of the stream. where he was liable
70 be run down at any moment. He had
every transports appearance timed, and
was growing apprehensive Of our safety be-
canse OF u being behind the appointed
time"
When the speaker finished. the army boys
were surprised to hear General Sherman
say: ayes, that is a fact; I remember it
now very distinctly. THANK the gentleman
for reminding me Of the incident"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14

James beechsr, NJ. D., of Sigourncy, Iowa,
says: For several Years ! have been using a
Congi. Balsam, called DE VIM HALLS BAL
SAM FOR The Lungs. and in almost every
ease throughout ny Practice | have had entire
suerttss, have used aud prescribed hundreds
oi bottles since tho days of my army practice
tlSs9, when | Was surgeon Of Hospital No. :,
Louisville, Ny"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-04-14
80. II was Pltiful!"

or course it was. He tried one remedy
after another, and finally gave mp and died.
when his life might have been saved by taking
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Di-covery--the
great Consumption Cure"-Which, If promptly
employed, will soon subdue all threatening
symptoms, such az cough, lsbored breathing,
night-sweats. splitting Of blood, etc, and re
storing waning strength and hope. enectuslly
stop the poor c~onsumptive's rapid progress
graveyard, Is it not worth trying. Ali drug
oists