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The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

NOb
pdt,Oas Wha nat did asfcerate him in the peni
tentiaryp No. Did they hang him? MI,
Jordan is still alive, What did they dor
Why the 'best people" took up subscrip-
ton and shipped him to Maine, to the town
of Freeport And now the mayor and COM
missioners OF Durham have issued an adj
dress, fortified by certificate from dis
tinguished member of the American Medical
Association, setting forth what humane
people the white citizens Of durham are
how when they discover villain IN their
midst who has plotted the murder OF lnno-
cent women and children. their feelings are
SO tender that they cannot bear the thought
of sending him to the penitentiary, and SO
take up a subscription and send him COM
fortably by rail to Maine. We think the
| facts as set forth in this report of the mayor
and commissioners fully justify DR.. Girls
sons assertion in the note accompanying 1t
| that in "all the touches of humanity" the
good citizens of North Carolina are the equals
of those of any other State" We hope that
| in such touches as are revealed in this vera
cious statement of the mayor and commits
sioners of Durham they are the superiors.
| But is there In the country man, woman
or child Of average common sense who, after
reading this statement will believe that the
people of Durham ever thought Jordan gull
ty of arson or any other crime worse than
urging the negroes to demand the politlca
rights guaranteed to them by the constitu
ton of the United States and the constitu
i ton of North Carolina, and thus threatening
she political supremacy of the white people
OF Dusham? We guess not.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06
THE LADIES OF THE
First Baptist Society !!
WILL HoLD A.
FAIR In Y. M G. A. HALL,

No. 430 Congress Street. on the Afternoons and
Evenings OfWednesday and Thursday, Dec. and
9 a variety Of useful and fancy articles VIII Dc
offered for sale supper will be served In the eve
nings and lunch In the afternoons OF Doih dtysi
supper rs cents. dec4d3t
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06
CURRENT COMM EMIT.

THE FUNERAL NOT OURS.
New York Press.]
A strange thing met the Senate's gaze
As ITS new session was begun:
Big Democrats all had bouquets:
Republicans got none.
Still IL was not so very queer
That Democrats got all the n ,wers.
For flowers are strewn around bier,
The funeral Is not ours.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

Mr.. j. Russell Lowell, who has 5us.
landed from Europe, regards the SackYille
incident an unfortunate one and sympathizes
with Lord Sackyille, who, Mr.. Lowell
thinks, probably trusted that the mark
private would keep the letter so. Mr..
Lowell could be expected to be charitable in
this case. He cannot have forgotten that
private" conversation in which he confided
to Julian Hawthorne the highly interesting
fact that Queen Victoria is a tough" old
lady. -
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

The inventor of the ''Keely motor has
been before the public so long that his per-
formances now fail to excite anything buta
languid interest. Yet he is not by any
means dead duck. A Philadelphia court
which tried to force him to disclose the me
chanical principle of his motor has been
forced to give up the task after vainly try.
ing to imprison the contumacious inventor.
No sooner is he out of Jail than he proposes
to issue five million dollars worth Of stock
on new discovery. On the old motor he
issued that amount of stock. and for fifteen
years the stockholders have been trying to
find out what it is that they have been put
ting their money into; and they have failed,
though they have gone so far as to put Kee-
ly into jail. 1t is inconceivable that there
should be fools enough ON the earth to sub.
scribe to hundredth part of this new stock /;
but yet it has been observed often that the
boldest humbugs are sometimes the most
successful
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

A Prohibition paper published in Kansas
thus computes the size of the Third party
vote last November: sit aggregates about
10000, and God is with us, too. 100000.
added to the in6nite!" Some Of those Third
party people must be surprised that they
didn't carry single State.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

Emperor William, If accounts are true. is
an invalid; but he is one of those indefatiga
bic invalids who wear out everyone about
them. He bushes himself so actively in the
affairs of State as to cali forth expressions
OF surprise in country that has been long
accustomed to energy and industry in an
Emperor. A prince of this sort is not only
ruler wholly new to Europe. Another VIII
liam, prince of the House Of Orange. aston
ished the world by the AMOUNT and the
greatness of the work he did with strong
and determined mind in weak BODY.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06
-TuIIRSnAY MORNrNc

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications. The name and address Of the write,
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily fo
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserv,
communications Il are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

1t is said that the Republican gains in
West Virginia were made largely along the
line of the railroads. The railroads let in
new let light and new blood The new light
is bad for the Democracy and the new blood
Is worse still for it,
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

Ignatlus Donnclly is one of the competi-
tors of Senator Sabin and Mr.. Washburne in
the contest for Minnesota's next vacant seat
tfetAe United States Senate, hut 1t is not un-
troversv has IN the ShAkespeare-Ba Bacon con-
seem to be complicatidfhls sno ..; the,e
that hkh Nhhout
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

HOT DINNERS,

The Ladies' Of the Second Parish Society assisted
by the gentlemen, will hold Fair Ia theVestry OF
the church, corner Of Pearl and Congress streets,
Wednesday and Tharsdny, Dec. and y.
Useful and fancy articles for sale, also homemade
preserves, jeles and pickles. Hot turkey dinner
Wednesday; clam dinner Thursday, from IL o'eik
VII 2. 30 cents; suppers served each evening from
10 80 O'Clock, 20 CENTS; 4 pleasant feature OF
the Fair Will be very hne Art Gallery. Admission
dec4 DIT
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06
THE LADIES OF THE
New Jerusalem Church

Sale OF Useful and Fancy Articles aud Home
made Confectionery, az their Vestry, New High
street, on Thursday and Friday afternoon and eve
nings, Dec. and z. Supper Thursday evening
from q 20 O'Clock, followed By readings ana mu-
sic. Tickets to supper 20 cents; admission after
moons and Friday evening free. dee4d3t
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

Mr.. j. Russell Lowell still retains his con-
fidence in Mr.. Cleveland, though 1t forces
him to bow to the setting sun.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06

On the 4th Of November fire occurred i'm the
store Of q. =. MarstOn, Manufactures. of
Clothing, in Boston, and he has only
Just succeeded i'm adjusting the in
surance. The season is far
advanced that it will be impossible TO place
$500, 900 with the retailers without maxi
ing a great sacrifice, which he has de-
cided to do. We have selected an
immense stock, most Of which
came i'm from the workshop the day of the
fire and were not ont Of the eases, that
they are perfect goods, with posi-
bility of a slight smell Of smoke.
Read what he says:
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-06
A Word About Catarrh.

cit is the mucous membrane, that wonderful
FLUID envelope surrounding the delicate It's
sues OF the air and food passages, that Catarrh
makes its stronghold. Once established, it eats
INTO the very vitals, and renders life but long
drawn breath OF misery and disease dulling the
sense OF nearing, trammelling the power of speech.
destroying the faculty of smell tainting the breath
ana killing the refined pleasures Of TASTE lnsidi.
ousiy, by creeping on from a simple cold In the
head, 1t assaults the membranous lining and en-
velopes the bones, eating through the delicate
coats and causing Inflammation, sloughing and
death Nothing short of total eradication viii Sc
cure health TO the patient, and all alternatives are
Simply procrastinated sufferings, leading to ia
TAI termination. SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE. bv
fnhdLdtton and by Internal administration has
never Jailed; even when the disease has made
irightful inroads on delicate constitutions hear
Ing, smell and taste have been recovered and the
disease thoroughly driven out"
SAsFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bot
tle OF the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL
eoLvENT, and one IMPROVED INHALER, neatly
wrapped IN one package, with full directions
price, $1.0o.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL Co RosroN
, 1888-11-29
GROWING GRAY.

A little more towards the light;
Me miserum. Here'e one that's white
Aud one that's turning;
Adieu to song and "salad days.
My muse let's 60 at once to Bays
And order mourning.
We must reform our rhymes, my dear;
Renounce the gay for tho severe,
Be grave, not witty;
We have no more the right tn find
That Phyrrha's hair 10 neatly twinsd.
That Chloe's pretty.
Young Loves for Us farce that's played,
Light canzonet and serenade
No more may tempt us;
Gray hairs bnt iii accoid with dreams,
From aught bat sour didaic themes
Our years exempt us.
"a Ia bonns heure! |" You fancy soS
You think for one white streak we grow
At once satiric?
A hddlestick. Each hairs string
To which our gray beard muse shall sing
A younger lyric.
Our hearts still sound. Shall "cAkes and
ale"
Grow rare to youth because we rail
At school boy dishes2
Perish the thought. '1is ours to sing,
Though neither time nor tide can bring
Belief with wishes.
, 1888-11-29

Such 10 the Account OF the Life and Death
ofMrs. Nellie Ransom.

Such 10 tho Account OF the Life and Death
ofMrs. Nellie Ransom.
Mrs. Nellie Ransom died in this city
yesterday morning, quick consumption
being the fatal disease. The death came
under circumstances which are particularly
sad. Mrs. Ransom was widow. Her
husband was a we'll known army officer,
and for years was stationed on tho Pacific
coast. This woman Ia q sister of William
Myrick. the Minneapolis printer who
killed Peter Gross at Anoka several years
ago. When Mrs. Ransom learned of her
brothers trouble she came from her
western home, and was thereafter con-
stantly at his service, administering con-
ISOLATION and kindly offices as only a true
sister can. The last three years OF the
dead woman's life have indeed been check
cred and sad. Mrs. Ransom's 8 means were
entirely depleted when the t.ial ended,
and her grief knew no bounds when she
saw about the only relative she had in the
world sent to the penitentiary under u
life sentence. She could not believe her
brother guilty Of murder. and determined
TO spare nothing in an effort to secure bis
pardon. Myrick's wife died soon after he
was sent to prison, and this left several
little children to be cared for by Mrs. Ran
som. This additional duty was performed
with no little effort. The woman's mind
was always on her brother in prison, and
all her time and energies were given to
his cause. The trying circumstances told
severly on the womans health, and In her
rapid decline she said;
IF can get my dear brother out OF pris-
on so that he can care for his little ones
and be o useful man, will die happily.
The worry and years of terrible anxiety
and suspense had 30 far reduced the wom-
an that when her efforts were crowned
with success and her brother was given his
freedom several months ago, she was too
much reduced in health to recover even
after her one great object in life was ac-
years struggle for her brother, came in
contact with Gov. McGill, Judge Collins
and many others connected with her broth
ers case, and IL was her sisterly devotion
to her brother which brought about q par
don, which was no doubt entirely justified
under the circumstances. Mrs. Ransom
took much interest in the Prison Mirror,
the weekly paper published in the Still
water penitentiary, and which vas man.
at one time solicitor for the paper IN Min
neapolis, and the money she secured as
commissions on subscriptions went to sup
port her while she was working to secure
her brothers release. When Mrs. Ransom
came from the Pacific coast she was an
earnest protestant. Her brother children
were taken into the Cateolic orphan asy-
lum. and thereafter Mrs. Ransom became
warm admirer of the Sisters Of Mercy
who cared for the little ones. and about
six months ago she joined the Catholic
church. The funeral will take place FROM
the Church of the lmma 3ulate Conception
at 8 o'clock this morning. The interment
will be at the Chicago Avenue cemetery
Pioneer Press.
, 1888-11-29

for ward until they we're tense and com.
fortinv around the waist and shoulders.
and then the hands Of the wearers were
caressinely held on their opposite forearms
or were in some way instinctively fond.
ling the owner. All through the perform
ance investigated my new discovery.
They were holding their own arms.
squeezing themselves with their own ell
bows, pressing their hearts with their own
soft biceps, and In all these unconscious
indulgences they we're demonstrating that
woman was made TO hug.--Clara Belle.
HOW TO CHOOSE a HUSBAND.
Shakespeare's advice to girls about the
selection Of husband 10 the best in print,
without excepting Poor Richard and
Hannah Moore. "Dear Kate, take . fel.
low OF plain and uneoined constancy, for
he perforce, must do the right, because he
hath not the gift to WOO In other places |;
for these fellows Of infinite tongue. that
can rhyme themselves into ladies favor.
they do always reason themselves out
again. What, q speaker is but q prater; 2
fall. straight back will stoop; q black
beard will turn white; curled pate will
grow bald q full eye will wax hollow; but
good heart, Kate! Is the sun ana moon,
or rather the sun and not the moon; for 1t
shines bright. and never changes, but
keeps its course truly"
''BEsT DRESS"
Here is description of a gown which
is both pretty and simple, and will do very
we'll for O model for the single best
dress" which women of limited means
make up every season and which must be
rich enough TO call in and yet sufficiently
simple for church or ordinary street wear.
The underskrt is Of dark brown plush,
quite plain, and the corsage and drapery
are of wood-brown cashmere quite plain
other than two lines of machine stitching
in saddler's silk. The sleeves are of plush
and the waistcoat also, which is fastened
by row of gold 'tackhead buttons. A
handsome bonnet of brown plush is
embroidered in gilt and has trimmings of
wood-brown ribbons. Pretty house
dresses and inexpensive ones are made of
the new stuff known as crepe 'Ang lais.
II comes embroidered in small diamond
patterns, and is very popular, being soft
and easy to drape, elastic enough to be
easily fitted, and, best of all, practically
uncrumpleable. There are light shades of
1t for evening wear, and many tints OF
gray, green. tan, gobelin blue and Pompe-
rian red for morning dresses.
, 1888-11-29

is little douot that they have been
hidden in the dark recesses Of the pawn
shop for over "a century. How they got
terry. Lord Camobell has expressed his
desire 10 hand the ancient relics over
for final keeping in the parish church at
Kendall, and some structural alterations
are ut present being made for that pur-
pose. There are already in the pail sh
church the tattered rags OF the regiment
which went through the African, Indian
and Chinese lcampsiRns. The regiment
now stationed at Portsmouth, and In
few days II is to be presented with ned
colors; when this has been done the old
colors Of the Crimean war will also be
handed over 10 the parish church at Ken
dal for safe keeping. The inhabitants OF
the county are proud Of the flags Of their
regiment, and the greatest interest 10 tax.
en- In their proper preservation. The pre-
sensation Of the Aags will be accom- panied
by public ceremony.
, 1888-11-29
AMINERAL CURIOSITY
Indestructable Cloth and the Materia
From which 1t Was Made.

Indestructable Cloth and the Material
From which 1t Was Made.
do you see anything remarkable about
this bit of cloth?" asked Pittsburg gen.
tleman, who has quite collection of Curl
osities, addressing his question to Dis
patch reporter,
Cant say that do
Throw 1t in the fire"
The newspaperman obeyed, thinking the
owner regarded it as valueless.
THAT piece of cloth was one of the most
curious things in my collection. 1t cost
me neat little sum too"
If | had known that began the repor-
ter, IL would not"
"Oh! it's all right. Fire won't harm
it. interrupted the gentleman "See l
will pick the sabric out with these tongs
and let it COOL You will then see that 1T
is just as strong as ever.
wondering visitor.
"Asbestus. That is q fragment of q
piece of cloth woven in France, don't
know how long ago. There was time
when it was thought that the making Of
asbestus cloth would become an important
industry, but so many difficulties were en-.
countered by those who experimented with
the stuff that very little was ever made,
and such cloth Is now rare curiosity;
substance into fabrics which were used in
wrap the bodies of mummies."
"rhe name applied to particular forms
| of various minerals, especially to certain
varieties of hornhlende and pyroxene. The
word is Greek, and means a substance
instructible by FIRE. 1t can be fused how
ever, but not readily. The 6berous vari.
ties of aoestos are readily picked to pieces
with the fingers, and look very much like
flax. There are various colors, some spec
linens being white, some blue, others grey
and brown. There is a variety known as
mountain cork, which is found in thin
sheets and SO light that it will float on
water. Abestus is found abandantly in
the mountains of Italy and Switzerland
and in several states Of this country. 1t is
chiefly used in the manufacture of fire.
proof roofing, steam packing and for other
pur pUses where light uninflammable,
non. conductor is requisite.
, 1888-11-29
Lottery Prizes at Vienna.

A quartermaster.s sergeant in Uhlan
regiment has just won the prize of 200, 900
forms, or gl6, 1000, in the drawing of the
Vienna Communal Loan. Not long ago
a Viennese waiter won 10000 Aorlns at
another drawing. Examples of this sort
account for a great deal of the cheerful in
souciance of the Austrians and Hungarians
in money matters. State lotteries take
place every week, and large sums are
drown from financial enterprises at least
twice month. As the drawings are un-
der strict control and perfectly fair.
everybody knows some one who has made
fortune by purchasing a. lottery ticket or
premium share, and the consequence
is that all classes much prefer these in
vestments to simple savings. Cooks
and servant girls seem regularly TO
pay out the greater part Of their WAGES In
buying the chance of becoming suddenly
rish, and this practice leads them into ex-
tfaordinary superstitions touching lucky
numbers. Attention has often been called
in the Austrian parliament to the demor,.l.
izing effect thus caused. but cases like
those Of the sergeant and the waiter pre-.
vent reformers from winning any popn'
lar support in their attempts at protecting
their countrymen's pockets.
, 1888-11-29
what 10 . AIelodratnA.

Mr.. Hall Caine defines melodrams,
and in so doing repeats what-without
otiense-I call his arch beresy. "A melo.
drama" says he, lis 90 calledi because it
does not bring its hero to his death (which
is enough to make 1t no tragedy, and yet
brings him very near to 1t (Which is
enough to make 1t no comedy" This
will not do at oil. As sieve, 1t is def
milton, it 10 sieve through which the
best known melodramas, such as, to quote
one instance alone, ''The Bells" would
fall. This definition might suit traRi-
comedy, as. employing term derived
through the French, our old dramatists
were fond Of calling their pieces when
the lives of the hero and
heroine were spared. Melodrama.
also arrived through the French, simply
signifies. as its name denotes, that music
which is unsuited to the dignity of tragic
action is permitted during its course.
When the heroine comes on to die, or to
undergo suffering which requires loosened
hair and white dress. she comes on to
slow music. Music of q different COM
plexion accompanies, and, in fact, illus
trates separate parts of the play. Melo-
drama thus differs alike from tragedy,
tragi.comedy, comedy, and fare. by the
action being accompanied bv music. and II
departs from opera in that the words are
all spoken and the music Ia NO more than
an accompaniment TO action and speech
This is not intended a. definition, but II
shows ut least what il and what 10 moi
melodrama.-The Gentleman's Magazine
, 1888-11-29
NOT AFRAID OF THREATS.
A Citizen Of Grant County, Oregon. Or
dered 80 Leave hut VIII Not Go.

A Citizen OF Grant County, Oregon. Or
dered 20 Leave hut VIII Not Go.
The following froln the Harney Item,
published at Burns. Grant county, Oregon,
Is self.explanatory. Mr.. Waters IL u
prominent attorney and formerly, practiced
law in Salem. He has achieved some no.
toriety in investigating swamp land frauds
in Grant county:
Editor Items: IL seems that a number
of tine best citizens of Harney valley have
been notified to leave the county.
have received the following and others
! have seen are similar
MIR. A. w. Waters-SrR: You are here
by notified to leave this country forever
within ten days, never TO return.
By ORDER OF 10l.
At the top of this notice is q skull and
crossbones.
Now, Mr.. Editor. through the columns
OF your paper, desire to notify the "l0l
that am not going to leave this country.
Come on you "l01: come you filthy
mob come on, you nir-linxs of monopoly;
come on. you fiends of hell. and attempt tn
put in execution the orders Ut yonr superb
0rs but advise ynn tn hrinx on your AZ
cension robes, for hy the Eternal, the un-
errlnR leaden messenger from my never
failing Winchester will kiss your eyelids
down and you will qni-tly slumber until
you awake in hell. where YOU belong.
For more than three years you dirty
hirelings have been ON my track, but too
cowardly to come TO my face. The first
scheme to get ride of me was to whisper
me out Of the country, as you called it.
You sent your hireling all over this country
telling settlers that had sold out to land
grabbers, hoping by this means to iDiure
my business and hence would leave the
country. The next cowardly plan was 10
give me a racket through the columns of
an irresponsible newspaper. All of these
plans have failed. | am now in possession
Of peremptory note to leave the country.
This plan will also fail.
When came to this valley and began
unearthing the gigantic land frauds, /
knew it was at my peril, but ! propcse TO
continue my work until am foully ptur-
dered by that gang of towards.
Come before me you dirty curssApd
will spit in your faces and you viii be too
cowardiy to resent it. 49,
| can be found at all times aid l now
} notify you that you need not wait the ten
days, but csme at once. will give you .
warm reception. A. w. WATERS.
! Burns, Or. Nov 8. 1888.
, 1888-11-29
Rse,mental rl.ss in . Paw.shop.

Rsgimental FlAgs In PaWhshoP'
Through the efforts Of Lord Campbell.
recimental flaap, there have been discov.
cred in pawnshop the Aags Of the Fifty
fifth (Weetmoreland) regiment. They
date ~ far baek - 100, and there
, 1888-11-29

Old Heavy waite Consound il, Jack.
you'll kill yourself smoking. l'm sure
that 10 your tenth cigar to-dAv.
Jack from Yalrl- rhirtesatb, Gov
ernor, pom honor.
Heavyvaite IsteYnlyl Horrible. Look
at me! ] never smoke more than .wo
cigars day.
Jack Neither would I u had - smoks
your cigass Governor. -Nns.
, 1888-11-29

A dish of sliced raw onions will take up
all the germs Of diptberia or Scarlet fever
and II afterwards thrown in the alley
wont de- pig the least bit of harm,
, 1888-11-29

Magistrate Ito prisoner)--So you claim
to be something Of q Napoleon in financep
Yes, your honor.
Magistrate--Do you consider it Napo-
leon to swindle a poor woman out
OF every cent she's gotp
Prisoner-Yes, sir. ] took everything
she had. II that isn't Napoleonic, what
10 itP-Epoch.
, 1888-11-29
Times Ringing Changes.

Miss de F.irt (patronizingly(--No, Mr..
Cadwalader, it can never be. You are
altogether too young for me.
Cadwalader (six years later)--So you
are still snRlel
Miss de Flirt fwinsomely)--Yes. dear
Mr.. Cadwalader; and you have returned
at last to see if have changed my mind
Cadwalader--Oh, no. You see you are
altogether to old for me.--Town Topics.