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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29

League would pay its own expenses. This
organization marched in the great parade of
four years ago. 1t was given the right OF
the line by Colonel Wellington. and received
many compliments on its discipline and
thorough drill. Its uniform is snowy, and
the head dress of its members is white
bearskin. In addition to the formal applica-
tiOns for places in line, there were numerous
requests for information, and the responses
to these letters, with the issuing OF circulars
of invitation to campaign battalions to pa
rade, gave Major King, Adjt Gen. George A.
Keeler and two assistants all they cared to
attend to- One difficulty met at the outset
is the absence of a complete list of such bat
talions, but list is being compiled as rapid
ly tas possible, and information as to the
number of torches, officers, uniform and
band or drum corps is solicited. The work
is being carried on Systematically, and with
in two or three days the outline of the pro-
cession will be seen clearly on the headquar-
ters registers. Promises of support and as
sistance are being made to Major King and
to the treasurer, Mr.. Herbert Radcliffe, and
indications of successful parade continue
to grow. Still, a good deal Of dependence
must be placed on voluntary officers from
battalions in the absence of a complete list
of all that have been formed in the State. 1t
is thought probable that Worcester will be
represented In the parade by large c0ntin-
gent of uniformed men. The headquarters
at the Parker House will be open from a.
m. to 10 p. M, each week day. Major King
will be in personal attendance quite fire.
quently, but assistants will be there at all
inn haf fba
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29

The biggest election bet of the present
Wednesday night The parties were A. L.
Neal, of the firm of Bicknell & Neal of
Lewiston who bets 500 with G has. ii. Os-
good of Lewiston. that Harrison wins in the
coming election. The bet was at even
fiQures
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29
American steamer seized.
Printing government securities.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-E. o. Graves,
chief of the bureau of engraving and print
ing, has completed his annual report to the
Secretary Of the Treasury. The report
shows that the production Of securities dur
ing the year just ended has exceeded that of
any preceding year in the history Of the bu-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29
Butler to stump Michigan.

LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 2S. Gen. Butler left
Lowell today for Michigan in acceptance of
an invitation from the chairman Of the
national Republican com nittee to stump the
state for Harrison and Morton in the clos.
ing week of the campaign.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29
chinese Sailors In america.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.-Acting Secretary
Thompson informed the collector Of customs
at San Francisco by telegraph today that
Chinese sailors arriving in United States
vessels, who were shipped in United States
ports for round voyages, and who have been
are not covered by the Chinese exclusion
act.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-29

Boston, Oct. 2S.-Major Frederick G.
King, chief marshal of the Republican torch
light demonstration to be held in Boston
Nov. 9Th, opened headquarters at room o.
Parker House, yesterday morning. and be-
fore the door was locked for the night appli-
cations for places in the line had been re-
ceived from organizations representing 1000
men. The first organization to apply was
the Garfield Independent GUARDS of Chelsea,
100 men, Capt. Franklin A. Shaw, and quick
following it were the Harrison and Nor
ton Battalion of Boston, the Gambler Guards
of Dedham, the Dorchester Republican Bat
TALON, the Banks Light Guard of Cambridge,
the Hyde Park Battalion, the SomerviIle
Zouaves and a private school battalion of
Boston. Mr.. Charles Fields. president of
the Loyal League of Bangor, Me-, an organi-
zation of which Mr.. Blaine is an honorary
member, wrote asking for permission to par
ticipate in the parade, and stating that the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

the company. He is their regular conductor
day after day, and there is no check on him.
Its next 10 impossible for spotter to detect
this without weeks of hard labor To break
up thispractiee Of some conductors, some rail
road companies have made n rule that ticket
must be torn out of the book every trip, and
if the commuter has not his book he must
pay cash fare. With this rule the spoilers
work is simplifed, though at the cost of
trouble to the passengers.
Out west such possibilities are few. The
cash fares are a small part of the total The
conductors can make money by allowing a
second class passenger to go in first class
cars or to go in the sleeping car, but the pas
senger would have to be fixing so many con-
ductors, not TO speak of the discomfort of
trying at tlmes to fix an unfixable conductor,
that, except in the sleeping cars, there is not
much money in it for conductors, When a
western conductor wishes to be dishonest be
goes into it big The simplest plan is to ar
range with steady passengers to take them
the whole division for part of the fare,
though he would have to get down pretty
low in his figures sometimes to beat the
scalper's rates.
Three on four southern and western roads
have devised scheme to prevent the con
ductors keeping tickets and reselling them,
which is worse than the bell punch. A strap
! goes over tire conductors neck and shoulders
| with a large blu hook As he takes a coupon
| or ticket he must stick it on this bill hook IL
the presence of the passenger He accumu
lates a mass of tickets several inches thick
] - hn ,al Nd H.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05
sPoTTERS AND CONDUCTORS.
The Difference Between Eastern and West
ern Roads-A New Scheme,

The Difference Between Eastern and West
ern Roads-A New Scheme.
There is a graduation Of success in the life
of a spotter. He may come TO have place
as clerk in the railroad offices and work up;
he may drift into the ticket scalping business,
or he may be discharged for working in with
the dishonest conductors. There is no special
reason why a spotter is more honest by
nature than a conductor, ard it is no in
frequent thing for spdtter to be discovered
in crookedness. They get from S. to S. day
and their necessary expenses while employed,
and if the job were steady they would have a
pretty good thing. But they are not always
on duty, and their jobs are precarious, as
suspicion that they are in with conductors
causes their dismissal while n conductor is
seldom discharged until something is proved
against him.
On WESTERN and southern roads the con-
ductor is a bigger man than in the east, and
a latitude is given to him that on an eastern
road would enable a conductor to accumulate
wealth. A large percentage of western travel
ers go long distances, and the use of long
coupon tickets, excursion tickets, mileage
books, and interchangeable tickets is much
more frequent west. A straight ticket on
some trains is rarity. 1t is possible to
travel through every western city, buying a
new ticket at each without meeting regular
ticket Office or buying a straight ticket. The
result OF competition is to allow the passenger
greater freedom.
With all these precautions more instances
of petty dishonesty are found on eastern than
western roads, if an old spotter who has re-
tired to become Broadway ticket scalpee is
to be believed. The local travel is great on
the eastern roads, especially roads like the
Harlem, New Haven and Jersey roads, A
large part of the business is from commuters,
with all OF whom the conductor becomes per-
sonally acquainted What is easier than for
them to commute with him instead Of with
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

1t is not generally known, even by people
WHO have visited America, that there is in
Pennsylvania. very near the cities of Phila-
delphia and New York, a population of more
than two million inhabitants which is in
many respects strangely like what its rural
ancestors were in Germany more than two
centuries ago. Some years since there were
to be seen in a shop in Philadelphia several
large books OF Lutheran devotion in the type
and spelling Of $40, bound in deeply stamped
white veilun, with heavy brass clasps. They
did not look ike limitations of old books
they seemed to be the thing itself-but the
date was recent. They are for the Penn
sylvania Dutch, SAID the bookseller "They
would not believe that the Lord would hear
them if they prayed to him out of a modern
looking book. And those books, as you see
them, have been printed and bound in that
style for nearly two hundred wears for the
Pennsylvania Dutch market just as they were
printed for their ancestors during the reform
alton
There is probably no more striking instance
of conservatism to be found anywhere in
Europe than this; but the spirit manifested
by the worthy "Dutchmen' is carried out by
them consistently in everything else. Fol
low thy father. good son, and live as thy
father before thee has DONE" is their golden
rule Of life. Firstly, they always speak
among themselves n singular patois called
Pennsylvania Dutch, from the word Deutsch.
alt belongs says DR.. Bausman, inihis edition
of the poems of DR.. II. Harbaugh, ''to the
south German dialects, and whilep artaking
of all, cit is most closely allied to the
Pfalzisch'-that is, to the Rhine German of
the Palatinate In the valley OF the Susque-
hanna, and beyond the Allegheny, it is much
mingled with English Farther in the west
We find il il traces of Scottish. Irish. Swedish
and French. 1t is specially remarkable in its
having retained great numbers Of old and
curious German words, such as are now to be
heard only IN the renotest places of the fa-
therland. We find the influence of the IN
changeable English article the in der Thus
a man VIII say: "Hen-scherr der blind Gaul
uf, Iner welle uf der markt fahre"-i e. ::
Henry, harness the blind horse; We will go
to market!1-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05
MAY GOD BLESS YOU. y
A Boston Paper Hangers Trouble and
How he Got Out of It-Plain
Words from the Sunny South

When we are In trouble we cry for help. When
we are relieved we often forget to be thankful.
But not always. Mr.. W. W. Griffin Of Trout creek.
st. Clair Co., Ala writes: II had bad attack Of
chils and fever; my system was full of malaria.
For two years was scarcely able to work at all.
Some times my heart would palpitate for two
hours at time; my legs would get cold to the
knees and fully expected to die. In September,
1881, bought hottie Of Shaker Extract Of Roots
or Seigel's Curative Syrup Of your agent, X. M.
Kin and before had taken the inst bottle / felt
better, and in short time was able to go to work.
May God blees you for the good you have DONE"
Mr., VIM. ]. Mccain, 80 Randall street, Boston.
writes: six months ago began to throw up my
food after eating. ] thought was going into con
sumption, I soon begaa to have pain IN the chest,
stomach and sides: got little sleep and woke all
tired out. once lost five pounds in four days.
began using Shaker Extract Of Roots, OF Seigels
Syrup, and when had finished the sixth hottie
could eat three square meals q day, and go to
sleep the minute i struck the bed. am paper
hanger by trade, and have worked every day since
took the second bottle, and gained eighteen
pounds. ought to be thankful and lam. 81
This remedy opens all the natu al passages Of
the body expeis the poison from the blood and en-,
ables nature to rebuild what disease has de-
stroyed. t
shaker Extract of Roots, or Seigel,s Syrup, ID
sold by all druggists, or send to the proprietor A.
j. White, "a Warren street. New York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

Small and large armies have each had their
day. The present age is one of large masses
of fairly trained soldiers, but it is by no
means certain to me that the time may not
vet come again when all nations will once
more resort TO small standing armies of the
most highly trained and disciplined soldiers.
We may find that the soldier, to be at his
best, or 10 be even thoroughly efficient. will
require such long and, above all things, such
constant training, that an army consisting
of a people in arms will be impossible. In
fact. we may find out by and by that com
paratively small standing army of carefully
selected men, the flower of the nation, highly
skilled in all manly exercises. in all military
arts and Kept in a constant state of perfect
training, is a moro effective weapon for
fighting purposes than the slow moving and
more or less unwieldy armies of the present
day.
1t Is only by a deep study of military his
tory, of the military arts and sciences in all
their phases, that the heaven born genius can
lie converted into the successful commander.
Not even Jomini was more thoroughly con-
versant with all the great campaigns of
Caesar, Hannibal Terenne, Marlborough and
Frederick the Great than Napoleon was Yet
what is the lesson the history of the Ameri-
can war teaches us! An those whose names
will be forever remembered in connection
with it by the English speaking race through
ont the world were educated soldiers. Lee
and Grant, Stonewall jackson, Sherman.
Mcclellan, Sheridan, Longstreet, Johnston,
Hill, and host of others, whose names are
and will long be household words in their
own states, were all graduates of West Point,
that most excellent of military colleges
Lord Woseley in Fortnightly Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

81 should like to have you, warden, trace
for me convict's course from the time he is
sentenced until be is set to work heren
swell, let me see; that is easy for starter.
We will, as you suggest suppose the man or
woman has received his or her sentence. The
crimes or misdemeanors for which they are
sentenced are chiefly petit larceny, intoxica-
ton and assault in the third degree Prisoners
are divided into two classes: the short
termers, as We call them, or those who have
been sentenced for minor offenses, and the
long termers, or those who have been con-
victed of graver crimes. All, however, have
to 60 through the same course after sentence
From the courts they are brought here IN the
prison van. Upon arrival they are ushered
into my office and the following questions are
asked them: How old are your Where were
you bornF What is your occupationf Can
you read and writer Are you married or
singleP Have you ever been in prison be-
foref To the last question, unless the person
has CHANGED to have been here before, the
answer is invariably no The questions
answered, the prisoners are searched and
their valuables, il they have any, taken from
them and put in the safe, where they are
kept until their release, when they receive
them again; then suits of prison clothing,
black and white striped for the men and blue
for the women. are given to them and they
are taken to the bath houses. There they
are bathed and afterward the men are
shaved and have their hair cut. The cloth
ing which they wore in, if worth saving, is
taken to the smoke house and fumigated
| with sulphur, and then put away to be kept
until the prisoners are released After being
cautioned by the keepers in reference to the
prison regulations they are assigned to their
! cells and the next morning put to work
| BROOKLYN Eagle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05
ART OF SELLING GOODS.


Secret of Good Drumming.
"How to sell goodsT' repeated D. D. Murch-
ison after a reporter IF YOU could only tell
the answer TO that problem TO this young
generation Of commercial travellers, copies
of your paper would be selling for 500 apiece.
1t depends upon the man. That is the whole
secret. Like the old parody on Victor Hugo,
If you want to be good salesman you must
educate your grandmother A good sales
man is born, not made In the first place
YOU must have the digestion of an ostrich-a
stomach that can be relied upon under all
circumstances and in any environment.
You need this because YOU must go at
your man with "a clear conscience and
a mind at rest. Then you must know
your man just about as well as
his twin brother People talk about
physiognomy being bosh; | tell you unless
a man is a thorough physiognomist he has
no business to try 10 sell goods, You must
be able 70 size up your purchaser all
through. If you tell racy story to a church
deacon, or if you offer the prohibitionist can
diIate for justice a drink out of your private
bottle or If you try to get the village free
thinker 10 direct You to prayer meeting, you
will make an expensive mistake You must,
{ IL.
more than that, the right things to the right
men. You must be fresh-in the genuine
sense, not the slang-genial, and thoroughly
satisfied with yourself. Shakespeare would
have made a good drunmer-he had such a
knowledge Of human nature Costly your
raiment' Is a good rule; put money in thy
purse another. In fact, | could take couple
| of Shakespeare's plays and give you the
/ whole art and theory of selling goods out Of
| them"
| But to come to particulars. These are
/ general rules"
My dear sir, You must apply the princi-
| pies to each case. You can't sell two men in
! the same way. You must attack each man
! differently In a general way, when | land
in town where | am not known, and have
been breaking in good deal of new terri
tory for the last year, put up at the hotel
and lie low for awhile have avery clear
idea of the men want to sell TO- and start
in to find out something about them Before
| make my break | like TO know the victims
genealogy, habits, hopes and expectations.
| Yeu must catch n man when be is not busy
and when he is not tired. Try to find a
vacant hole in the morning some time, the
earlier the better. When you do go for a
man, go for him horse, foot and dragons.
Don't give him any chance to get away from
you, but hold on to him until you land him
You have got to know your cwn goods like
you know your prayers to do this; and you
have got to know what your competitors are
doing, too You must be prepared for every
possible reception and for every possible and
impossible objection, and suddenly You find
that you have sold big bill, and you have
TO go over the thing slowly afterward to
find out how you did it. Chicago News
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

In one respect Stockholm is entirely unique
its close connection with the wild primeval
forests of the north. 1t has seated itself di-
rectly at the foot of these gloomy but mag
nif1cent wastes, which stretch in every di-
rection behind it. Other cities have made
war upon nature. Like Madrid or Rome,
they have spread an arid and unhealthy
desert around them, or like our early New
England settlers, have reduced every beauti-
full grove within reach to huckleberry
pasture But wiser Stockholm has left her
forests uninjured. and they form a majestic
setting to her gay and living picture In
whatever direction you look from any eleva-
ton, the horizon is mysterious with the
ocean or with the woods; and you can leave
the quays in one of the countless little steam
boats, and in ten minutes you stand where
you can scarcely find a trace of cultivation,
although probably some old towers among
the woods will testify to the presence of an
ancient royal hunting lodge.-Cor San
Francisco Chronicle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

French lace is woven in New York; Mar
settles linen is produced in Massachusetts,
and English cashmere in New Hampshire
Partisan art work comes from shop in Bos-
ton; most Persian rugs never saw the eastern
hemisphere; Spanish mackerel are caught on
the coast of New Jersey, and Mediterranean
sardines on the coast Of Maine; the olive oil
of the American market is made from cotton
seed; Saddle Rock oysters were exter.
minated at Saddle Rock forty years ago
Orange county butter comes from every part
of the middle states; and just as much oleo
margarine is sold for butter as before the
suppression bill passed, only the honest farm
ers churn it in with their cream.-1ravelers
Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

Nothing in the world makes an army
officer, whether regular or militia, so utterly
blind mad as to have man scuff his feet
while drilling or marching. Almost the first
thing which is insisted upon as the essential
element of soldier is that he shall march
erectly, square TO the front, and lift his feet
clean and clear from the ground Such a
thing as clicking the heels or scuffing the feet
is so utterly repugnant to the ear of a well
drilled officer that il makes the ''madn come
quicker than the sight of a strange dog will
raise the hair on cats back-Chicago
Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05
THE BLOSSOM AND THE BIRD.

A hawthorn blossom op the spray
Nodded and sighed one sunny day,
Ere June had yet usrrped the May.
There came bird and perched below
And sang the sweetest be did know,
To tell the flower he loved her so.
Vain was his song; she blushed, she sighed,
But to his singing meier replied,
Whatever strain the soDgster tried.
Twas autumn, and robin saw
Hung in the hedge scarlet haw;
Twas dainty to his hungry NAV.
The scarlet fruit was she that heard,
Uumoved, the plant Of love preferred;
The red breast was the tuneful bird
Aud often thus, as years succeed,
The idols Of young dreams shall feed
LIES common wants and meanest need.
a. Charles Noble Gregory.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

IT Won't BAKE BREAD.-In other
words, Hoods Sarssparills will not do
impossibilities. Its proprietors tell plainly
what it has done, submit proofs from
some source of unquestioned reliability.
and ask you frankly if you are suffering
from any disease or affection caused or
promoted by impure blood or low state of
the system, to try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The experience of others is sufficient as,
surance that you will not be disappointed
in the result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

In the pursuit of the good things of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought of
them The results obtained from the use
Of DR.. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price, so cents, Of
druggists. "a iHaSf{i8aYi
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

The mother and brother Of Mary M
Patten, deceased, (whose maiden name
was Nettlebush) supposed to live in Oh
about Rock Island. are requested to write
to Fry g. Babb at "a LaSalle street, Chi
cago, who desire information to aid then
in proving her heirship and finding hel
property so as to close up her estate in
the probate court of Cook county.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

Is natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches. colds and fevers; to cure habitual
constipation. indigestion. piles. etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company. San Francisco, Cal
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05

Probably no one thing has caused such
general revival of trade at Harz &
Bahnsen's drug store as their giving away
to their customers of so many free trial
bottles of Dr. Kings New Discovery for
consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never dissppolnts. Coughs. Colds Asth'
ma, Bronchitis, Group, and all throat anG
lung diseases quickly cured. You car
test 1t before buying by getting a tris
bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted