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The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
The Coal Miners Strike.

The Knights of Labor appear to have sue
ceeded much better with the Philadelphia
& Readings miners than with thatcompany's
train hands. While the latter have gener-
ally ignored the order to strike, the former
have quite as generally obeyet. The result
is that few of the company's miners in the
Schuylkill region are at work, and these few
will probably SOON be idle. Il is estimated
that $1,000 men will be on a strike within a
few days, unless some settlement is arrived
at All, or about all, these men are entirely
without means Of support, except what their
daily labor furnishes Few of them have
saved anything for rainy day, and they
step at once into the direst poverty. Idle
ness at this time of the year means to them
aud their families cold and hunger and want
of all kinds. Under the circumstances
therefore, their loyalty to the labor organiza-
ton which demands this sacrifice of them is
remarkable. 1t is pity their loyalty to the
people dependent upon them for support is
not as great
But the effect Of this Ubiquitous strike does
not stop with these $4,000 men. II it did IL
would be bad enough to everlastingly con-
-ueInn in public opinion the men who are re-
soonsible for it, be they the leaders Of the
Knights Of Labor or the officials of the Phil
adelphia & Reading Railroad Company. But
this is only small part of it. There are
hundreds of industrial establishments EN-
ploying thousands of men dependent upon
the fuel which these Schuylkill miners have
been accustomed to furnish. Cut off this
supply and many Of these establishments
will be compelled to shut down either be-
cause of the impossibility of obtaining coal
readily at any price or because its great cost
will make it unproftableto run. That means
priyation and want to hundreds and thous-
ands Of laboring men and women in nowise
responsible for the quarrel which is at the
bottom of the present trouble. 1t means
also an enhancement of the price Of the fuel
by which the laboring man is warmed, and
his meals cooked. and additional suffering
on this account. Indeed it would be hard to
conceive of greater calamity to the work
ingmen of the country, especially in the east
ern section of the country, than this strike
will prove if it be prolonged through the
winter months.
Precisely where the responsibility for it
lies 1t is hard to say. The Knights tell one
story and the Railroad company another, and
in Judging between them their past records
furnish little aid. As the public well knows
the Knights-or rather their ruling councils
have shown little reluctance to appeal to
the strike long before other possible means
of settlement have been tried and failed: and
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05

The Minneapolis Tribune's Annual, which
was issued the first day of January, esti-
mates the present population of Minneapo-
lis at $4,000. 4,6O2 building permits have
been issued during the year, against 4,4S5
the year before, and the value of the build
ing improvements is estimated at $12,20o,0O0,
the greatest in the-eity's history. Manufac-
lures and trade have shown agratifying in
crease, aud the wheat and -four business has
been the largest in the city's history. The
shipment of flour has been 6,229,00O barrels.
and the total manufacture has been not far
from 6500oOO barrels. The Tribune says
the effect of the Interstate commerce law as
far as Minneapolis is concerned has been
advantageous.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
The Roses of the North.
MRS. II. @. ROWE.

Far OFF in the dim and misty past,
So the northern sagas say,
A Norseinan ship, with Norseman crew,
Sailed boldly into the waters blue,
OF our own Penobscot Bay.
He looked to the right, he looked to the left,
AS he sailed merrily by;
Yet never city, with spires afiame,
Nor mailed knight, nor silken dame,
Met the bold sea robbers eye.
Only the pine tree, dark and grim,
On the rocky shore saw he;
And the sweet wild roses, strange and fair.
So he wreathed their blooms in his yellow hair
And steered his bark for the sea.
And, mindful to-day of the ages debt,
A yalorous son of Maine,
Has sailed in turn to the Northman's strand.
And won with the gift of heart and hand,
Our roses back again.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
8 Per Cent First Mortgages in Kansas.

During the next 30 days we shall give our Gus
toners per cent. on any money they may send
us for investments we have for sale We have on
hand First Mortgages and applications for money
upon first mortgage loans, mostly upon 1G0 acre
FARMS amounts ranging from $3.50 TO $780, We
have also mortgages In amounts 81 900 to $4,000
at per cent. which we offer. How much money
can you furnish us for these loans? They are A
security. The strlngency in the money market
enables us to cut down amounts applied for IN
each case to an amount that is safe beyond a
doubt Now is the time to get nice line of small
gilt edge loans. Write for our New Investors
Guide Remit with advice to, JOHN ID. KNOX
& Co, Investment Bankers and Loan Agents,
Topeka. Kan. Boston Offices Room "a, No. 36
Bromfield Street. dec6eod&w1m
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05

''Farthing Dinners" is the title of little
pamphlet that comes to us from the press of
London printer. 1t treats Of the best method
of getting up and distributing cheap dinners,
not to chose who owe their poverty TO per
sonal misfortune or misconduct" but to
those who, ready and willing to work, can
find little or nothing to do" because Of
many years Of continued and increasing de-
preston in trade" and have now reached
the lowest depths of undeserved poverty"
In happy America, with our industries pro-
tected and fiourishing, we fortunately have
little need for the instructions furnished in
this little pamnhet
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
THE PRESS
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. s.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases Indispensable, not necessar ly for
publication but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05

The Pope. who classes together socialism,
license of the press and universal suffrage as
the three horrors which now beset society,
should come over here and sit at the feet OF
some of the liberal Catholics of America.
He would find that there is the least social
ism in the country where the press is the
freest and the suffrage the most unrestricted.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05

emb0dying the following facts:
FlRST-Why Is it for the inter-
est of every Iaboring man
to buy his household
goods of us?
SEcOND-Why Is ours the
best stock to buy from?
THlRD-Why is it the most
expensive yet the cheap
est stock?
Why should every
body see it before buying
elsewhere?
FlFTH-Why will people who
buy from it be pleased?
All these true and important
facts must be ingeni0usly woven
together i'm the form of an adyer-
tisement. and the following list of
goods mentioned
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05

In the luridly Democratic city Of Memphis,
Tennessee, party lines have for once been
broken, and the redoubtable Memphis
Avalanche finds itself supporting citizens
ticket strangely composed as follows: A
white Republican, black Republican, a
Democrat who is leading member of the
Merchants Exchange, another Democrat
who is president of the Jockey Club, and the
Resident Jewish Rabbi. The Avalanche
says it is decidedly the best ticket that has
been put forward for years"
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
To Vessel Owners.

ryHE Port Clyde Marine Railway has been thor
IL oughly rebuilt, and is now in readiness TO
take out all vessels in need of repairs. All work
dispatched quickly and satisfaction guaranteed.
Address, w. @. SIMPSON, JR.,
dec18dtf tnrt Clyde. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-05
we M. ACCUMULATION.

A stated meeting of the Maine Charitable Me-
chanic Association. will be held in the Library
Room, Mechanics Building, on THURSDAY
EVENING, Jan. 9Th. at 7.30 O'Clock
jan3d3t RIB. SWIFT, Secretary.
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Visitors OF Uospitai Patients.

Ono OF the very amusing, though at
the same time considerably annoying,
occurrences incident TO charity hospital
experiences Is the daily arrival of all man
ner of indigestible food for the patients,
which Is either sent in or brought TO the
hospital by interested friends and rela.
tives. "The first thing u woman does
when she comes to visit her husband.
son or lover" said hospital surgeon on
recent occasion. sis to give him bath. ="
"A bath2'
"Yes, a bath of tears. She cries all
over him, don't you understand And
then she talks q lot of stuff, regular
mush. you know; nnd when she has him
all stirred up, pulse way up, fever rising.
and everything in fine condition she
tries to make finish of him by feeding
him lot of pie, cake, crullcrs or some
thing of that kind. We usually watch
them and take the stuff away down TO the
office but very often woman conceals 1t
under her apron, and we find under the
mans pillow after her departure an apple
pie, IA lot of custard, cake, fruit, tobacco,
and oven whisky. Why, a man was
brought in hero insensible the other day
from blow on the head dealt by the
gentle hand of the new aqueduct elevator.
We had him propped up In bed with his
head In an leo pack, all tied up in rub
Der bag, and his feet IN vapor bath.
Presently his wife, children, sister,
brother-in law. and most of the rest of
his relatives gathered in line outside the
doorway. His wife insisted on going up
stairs. " course. and came flying down
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-16

Roscoe Conkling had an exceedingly
genial way in dealing with reporters who
were known to him. He was always happy
and pleasant In his manners. frankly told
them what they wanted to know. but In.
variably wound up the interview by rest.
ing his white hand on the reporters shoul.
der and saying: "You will please to re.
member, my friend, that have not said
anything for publication" Then he would
explain how publicity might hamper him
in his legal cases. His confidence was
always respected. Since he established
himself In New York he was frequently
called out Of bed long after midnight In
response to reporters call. Even at
that hour he was genial, witty and obliging.
as far as ho could be. A short time ago q
reporter told him that he would like above
all things to print some of the interesting
confidential chats he had had with him.
The reporter dilated on the avidity with
which newspaper readers would read such
matter. The senator only smiled and
said: "Nait till after my death, my friend
wait till am dead. Chicago Herald.
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clever little corseticre on Seventeenth
street says: "The most difficult customer
have to fit Is Barnum's fat lady. She
measures fifty inches round the waist,
but laces down to fortyfour. Her size Is
her stock in trade, TO DO sure. Yet,
woman like, she will pull herself in. For
common wear mako her plain article
of strong jean at S25; for best, satin
embroidered corset at SO. You see.
have TO use about three times as much
material and about three times as mnch
whalebone. and the latter is costly, as ]
do for an ordinary customer.
! Eyes, have u customer In private life
who is nearly rs large. She Is very rich
and fashionable lady, who lives on Fifth
avenue, near Bryant Park. She tells me
that as u girl her belt measure was the
same as that of the Empress Of Austria
and the Empress Eugenie, just eighteen
inches Now sheis over 40. and cannot well
make herself less, as one attempt at that
for n charity ball brought on an attack of
iapopleXy. No, do not like to make cor
sets for overstout people. They always
want TO squeeze themselves and be com.
Portable at the same time, York
l'ress Everyday Talk"
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MI poasona,ti BLANCHE H. TUCKER.
voice seemed TO fail in volume. She
thought Of preparing herself for tho
drama, but meeting with success In litera,
ture decided to devote herself to the lit.
crary field. On this account she has sincd
remained In Europe.
IL Is said that Sardou has weariod OF
tho conventional French life rs field on
which to base his works, and Is desirous
Iof entering moro natural realms. The
scenes Of "The Copper Queen" are laid IL
tho United States and England. Sardor
land Miss Roosevelt have been acquain.
ltances for some time. Sardou discovered
in "Tho Copper Queen" dramatic scenes,
and told Miss Roosevelt that they wero
worth introducing into play. This ex.
Icited the ambition of the fair American
to fever heat. To have her book dram.
atized by the famous Sardou and to see
her literary namo linked with his became
q coveted object; but it was not realized
ut once. Sardou was busy with LA
Tosca," and Miss Roosevelt was despair
ing of hearing from him on the sub
Iject which 30 greatly interested her,
when one evening she got letter. She
said to New York newspaper man: 81
did not read the letter that night. I was
Exceedingly tired and ! felt as IL there
was nothing else in the world II Sardou
refused and everything If he accepted. ]
knew that If Sardou was going to write
play with mo the excitement Of the news
would keep me awake all night, and
was already utterly worn out. On tho
other hand, If his letter told me he would
not do so, i should fail to sleep from
chasrin. so popped the letter under my
pillow and went TO sleep"
When sho opened her communication
she found that Sardou had concluded I'd
write play from her book, and wished
hor to assist him in the work. This
would be advantageous In moro ways
than one; the play Is to bo in English, and
| French idioms IN the mouths of Ameri.
| leans Of free and independent ways
| would not conducc to the success Of the
play. These can be nnglicizcd by the
| authoress.
This is n fine Feather" in Miss Roose.
'vclt's "cap." but follows naturally from
her talents and her associations in Paris.
Literary society in the French capital is a
feature of the social world there, and
Miss Roosevelt is extremely popular
among poets and dramatists, journalists
and politicians, indeed, among intellectual
| people of all kinds. The advent Of the
| lplay will be eagerly watched for.
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HE LANCASTER SATURDAY JUNE 49,

and 4OU,UUU,UUU. In 1893 tho Italian war
cost France s0, 900 men and 1 milliard OF
money; Italy. 10000 men and 100, 900, 600;
Austria, 120, 600 men and SO, 900. 900. In
the Mexican war France spent 900, ,0O0, 600
money and 10000 men. The Syrian ex-
pedition cost $1,000 mon and 125, J, ,000, 900
money. In the Franco German war
France lost 900, 900 men and .. .2SS, ,OO0, 900
money. And now France Is bristling
with Boulangism and will be compelled TO
20 In with Russia ere long In struggle
moro terrible than oil before It. The
gether can put In tho field 9, 500, 900 Of
men, while Germany, Austria and Italy
can meet them with as many more. Think
of 20. .000, 600 men eager for each others
lives on European battle plains--and
what has been the gain Of 1t all.--Globe.
Democrat.
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--------------------------
Not So Bilious AS He Was.

Ben Tuthill tells good story on him,
self thus:
. Il have notion that beer gives any
one q tendency to biliousness, and, so
thinking, / have acquired the habit of
looking at my tongue whenever | am In
front of a mirror. The other day In New
York / stood chatting with a party OF
friends near the Fourteenth Street theatre.
We We're just In front of a little cigar
store with very bright. clear, plate glass
show window. and as we chatted | caught
my reflection on the polished surface, and
just rs matter of habit stepped up to it
and put out my tongue, so. for look. 1t
was all right and | turned back to my
friends and went on chatting. In about
n minute man seven feet long came ont
of the door Of tho cigar store and came
straight up to me with his fists doubled
up. Says he:
You young cub, I'll teach you to run
out your tongue and make faces at me-
II believe he would have pounded me
into jelly if the party had not interfered.
haven't been bilious since, Minneapolis
journal.
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! hA'shhh LIE hu'f' the last he com
mitted fatal errors, deceived, rs Is claimed,
by his subordinates.
In 1897 he obtained captalncy by con.
spicuous gallantry at the Iron Gate OF
Algicrs," the location Of desperate con-
tlict in that war. In 1910 he was again
promoted for skillfully conducting n rol
treat. In 1Si2 be was made colonel. In
1854 ho was sent TO the Crimea rs chief of
| tho artillery staff, and did his duty so
well that he was made major general.
| In tho Italian war of 1859 he became a
lieutenant general. and saved the day ut
lSolferino by hurrying up his guns to bear
lon the Austrian right. in 1869 ho
was placed in command OF .ho Sixth
army corps. aud carly in 1870 he was
named marshal md senator Of the empire,
with powers TO inspect tho condition Of
tho French army. And here he committed
the fatal error which, probably, had most
ito do with the downfall Of Napoleon. lie
assured the emperor that the army was In
acomplete state of efficient organization
and fully ablo to cope with tho Prussians.
Tho painful outcome is well known.
The real weakness Of tho French army
was soou revealed; corruption and favor
itism had completely demoralized st,
though the outside show was fair. Cap.
tured at Metz with Marshal Bazainc,
Marshal lobuuf felt his humiliation
so kecnly that after his captivity
In Germany he retired TO Switzerland
and remained till tho new govern
ment was established in France. Then
there arose between him and Bazaine ono
Of those unhappy controversies with
which our own civil war has made us too
familiar. II ended in the ruin Of Bazaino.
Frenchmen could not admit that they had
rushed unprepared into great war, and
therefore accepted Marshal Leb9uf's
June, 1870, aud promoted him to still
higher honOrs.
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Cause OF Color Blindness.

An article in Tho Medical Press ad.
vances the idea that the particular defect
which gives riso to color blindness lies
not In the eyo itself, but in the brain.
Certain persons cannot distinguish be.
tween two musical tones; yet, as they
hear both, the defect Is not deafness, OF
any fault of hearing. Professor Ramsay,
tho advocate of the idea, therefore argues
that In people who have no musical "ear,' =
the brain is at fault, and assumes that II
may be equally true that the inability to
perceive certain colors Is not due to any
defect Of sight. but to the mental lack Of
power in Interpreting tho impressions
conveyed to the brain by tho optic nerve
If this be true, the question Of color
blindness ceases to be physical problem,
and may be classed among cases for the
mental Psychologist to deal with.-Dem'
orests Monthly.
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HER LETTER.

40 here am writing at home, cea,
And you 30 far away,
And when you read the letter
wonder what you will say.
The green leaves whisper around me-
The nightingales sing above,
Just as they did that day, dear.
When you told me oil your iover'
~ can see her." he fondly whispered,
As he sat by tho far camp fire,
And read and read her letter ;
With heart that could never tire.
~ can see her true eyes shining
AS she leans on her little hand,
And gnzes and dreams about mo
Here In this distan, land"
The bugle rang out at midnight.
The fight was lost ere morn,
He fell, with his old battalion.
Leading hope forlorn.
While at home the sun IL shining,
And the roses of June unfold,
But the maiden IL quietly weeping
As she dreama her dream of old.
-CaSsell's Magazine
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OF the ucen's nine children eight are
still living; as a French humorist re.
marks, The royal family of England Is
as fertile in olive branches as her subsoil
is rich In coal; there Is no fear that either
will be exhausted" And all those eight
are married, seven of them having chill
dren, so that her majesty has quiet little
army of princes and princesses, children
and grandchildren-fourteen in London,
five at Darmstadt, six ut Berlin-besidcs
strong annual contingent of great.
grandchildren, who flourish ike young
bay trees.
More than half Of this family, inclusive
Of the male and female consorts OF her
children, reside in England on pensions
"from a grateful and udmiring people,
the balance is spotted about in Germany
yet, though lost to diurnal vision, it Is
none the less dear 10 memory, and Is
quite under the royal thumb, spite of dis.
tance; as all have come TO learn, when
matters do not go precisely as her ma,
jesty likes. she makes her relatives fly,
ing visit, and after a short private con,
versation the most recalcitrant "knuckles
under" submissively. Germany. as you
are aware, has always been, next TO Eng
land. the land OF her predilection.-P
Cor. New York Times.
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where ho also became editor of Tho
Western Messenger. He returned to
Boston In 1882 aud in 1871 founded the
Church of the Disciples. 1t is what Ia
called free church. The form of worship
Is combination of different features Of
the Episcopal and Congregational churches
and the Quakers. Mr.. Clarke has also
been prominent in educational and reform
movements In Boston. He was for n long
,timo one of the overseers of Harvard, and
for five years was professor Of natural rc.
ligion and Christian doctrine, and during
1867 lectured on ethnic religions.
! Mr.. Clarke was voluminous writer In
the field of biography. history, travel.
theology and miscellaneous subjects, hav-
ing published not less than twenty Eve
works, including translations. II was his
personality. however, that made him
known and appreciated beyond any repu-
Itation he may have acquired G.; author or
preacher. though in the field Of pulpit
,oratory he was as widely known rs any
man of his time, except Henry Ward
Bcecher or De Witt Talmage.-,
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The position of Empress Victoria IL
Germany seems to be that which Yam
kee woman would occupy In English soci
city. 1t Is seldom, II ever, that happi
ness comes from n wedding Of western
radicalism with eastern conservatism.
The English princess was brought up to
be q precise housekeeper, aggressive and
severely determined. She is not only the
inheritor of English custom and taste.
but of the peculiarly absolute notions OF
Victoria. She comes in conflict with the
phlegm that surrounds her, and in doing
30 shows very little consideration foI
what she disapproves, and Is not alto
gether chary of occasional contempt. A
Dutch princess for England will do, hui
an English princess for Germany is toe
bounteously supplied with progressiv,
views. Globe Democrat.
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As an after dinner speaker he is inim
table. He differs from Chauncey NJ.
Oepew, ex-Judge Porter and ether noted
speakers in one important particular lie
q not witty. There is no trace of sarcasm
ioe irony In his speeches. He Is eloquent
and brilliant. But it IL as story teller
that he win be best remembered. He does
mot as rule invent his stories, but he
can relate a tale Of another's invention
with a charm which would show new beau
ties In It to even Ats first narrator.
Mr.. Dougherty has wife, several
daughters Of marriageable age and two
living sons. One was reporter on The
Philadelphia Record, and Is now secretary
iof the legation at Rome. The other Is u
his fathers law Office. During his fire.
quent trips thither he has made almost as
many. and certainly as warm, friends In
Europe as America