davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-09
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
IN subscriber has been duly appointed and
taken upon himself the trust of Administrator
de bonis non of the estate OF
DANIEL l. DELAND, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland. deceased, and
given bonds as the law directs. All persons
Raving demands upon the estate of said deceased,
are required to exhibit the same; and all persons
indebted to said estate are called upon 10 make
pay BYRON d. VERRILL Admir-. d. b. n.
Portland, Feb. 22nd, 1888. feb24dlawfowe
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that
~ the subscriber has been duly appointed
and taken upon himself the trust OF Administrator
of the estate of
MILLIsENT n. DELAND, late OF Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and
given bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said deceased,
are required to exhibit the same and all persons
indebted TO said estate are called upon 10 make
payment to n,,no,, - vpppr,r Aa,,,.
Portland, Feb. 22nd, 1888. feb24d1awF3ws
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-09

II you are tired taking the large old
fashioned gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. man can't stand
everything One pill dose. Try them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-09

"why don't You write what dictate?' said the
merchant to his clerk.
"1he sun Is shining on the paper so that can't
see to write" -sas
"Then turn the paper over and write on the
other side, you donkey"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-09
MALE HELP.

GALEsMAN wANTED-An active, intelll-
- gent yonng man, who Is successful sales
man, TO sell goods in large cities ADDRESS, with
care Press Office City. 81
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
HONORIHG HERSELF.
How . Bright Nass.r Girl Earned Her
College Expenses.

s"itsS~ fNpea,r~.
Every girl knows the value put unon
money by schoolgirls. even when they
become college girls. and the one who
would have the courage to be-
come in sense the maid aad
seamstress Of a ciasSmats for
the sake of earning money To pay her
expenses deserves the honor. respect
and admiration OF every American girl.
Nothing paltry nor mean could touch
such girl She viii make her mnr1.
and win any position for which sac
aims.
Some Of the girls who go 10 Vassar.
says one of our exchanges. are A. help
less a. babes. They are the daughters
Of rich men. and would not have il
supposed that they ever brushed their
own hair or sewed button ON their
boots in their lives. They are only
too glad Ia have some one do thess
things for them. and that j how the
poorer girls make pocket money. Last
year pretty, blue-eyed girl came I
college. aud stated during the firI
week that her tuition and board wer,
paid by kind relative. but every pen
ny for dress. car fare. and the thousand
and one little incidentals she must
earn herself.
Soon after her arrival the following
announcement appeared on her door:
Gloves and shoes neatly niended for
ten cents each
'ISress1f.lSt 0rusIght up for ten cents
Hair brushed each night for twenty
tive cents a week-
Beds made up n ten cents a week =
That little freshman made one hum
dred and fifty dollars the first yes-. and
that paid al her expenses. and good
part Of her tuition lees ToRlts CoAs-
pdHi0s
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
SHOE-PEG MAKING.
Growth OF the Industry and the Amount of
Capital Invested In IL.

GroWth OF the Industry and the Amount ol
Capital Invested In IL.
'.ShOe-pegs are made from white and
silver birch and white maple. : said a
shoe findings dealer tO a reporter.
''and only the best-selected bodies of
trees are used. The wood i cut and
hauled a wanted. the sapwoOd only
being utilized and the heart or red
part removed and thrown away.
\ New Hampshire shOe-peg manu-
featuring firm thai produces 40.00
bushels annually uses second-growth
birch. which Is considered quick
growing timber; and it has been found
that the supply equals the demand in
the particular section where the mill i
located The wood i worked green
and seasoned in the process of manu-
facture- 4 shOe-pcg goes through
eighteen different hands Of processes
before it reaches the market and il
plac.,i on sale. and - per cent Of cost
IS for labor.
There are ten shOe-pcg factories in
the United States. employing about
so hands. having capital Of $1,000.
While in the near past a large quantity
Of shoe-pegs were imported from En-
gland. We now export TO that a. well as
almost all other European countries in
large quantities ShOe-pegs range in
price from thirty-fiye cents per bushel
for those called twO-eighths up to
ninety-five cents for eight-eighths- The
shoe-peg industry is a growing one -
" \. Mail and Express.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
FtFTIeTh CONGRESS.

IL the Senate, on the G;h ,heaay wa. main.
~ occupied IN consideration OF amentsruen,s 10
The River and Harbor Appropriation biz. bat
no action vas taken for lasi< OF a quorum. The
conference report Of the Diplomatic aud Con.
sulAr bill vas agreed 70. and thirty e ,,ft non
sion bulls we're also passed the House
the bill for The payment Of the Fourth of Julx
claims was passed. and the House went into
executive session ,he Tariff bill The duty
on raxseed. lnseed, lieorice paste and Iicorsee
juice was increased. and that on glazed or
enameled tiles Vas reduced
In the Senate. on the I'd the passage OF the
hiver aud HArbor bill VAS the feature Of the
days proceeiings The bill As originally re-
ported from Tire Senate committee on com
mcrcc, appropriated Ell .ss11 1ss As il passed
on the I'd. II appropriates sesfs4ssl The con.
ference report on the Natchez Bridge bill was
agreed to- On motion Of Mr.. Hoar the Fish
cries treaty was postponed until July 10 In
inc House, the day was largely taken up in
successful efforts by Mr.. Anderson, of Iowa, 10
prevent the passage of the Union Pacific Fund
Ing bill under a suspension of the rules Ef
forts were made to secure the consideration of
other bills, but they proved unsuccessful and
when IL was seen that the fIibusierins would
continue for the rest of the afternoon. the
House at3=sj .. m adjourned.
THE Senate was not in session on the Sd
In the House, debate on the iron schedules of
- strike out the clause imposing a duty of
eleven dollars q ton slaos and billcts of
steel and TO restore the present rate Of forty
nve per cent ad valOrem- Agreed to.
MI Mckinley moved TO restore the ex-
istng rates on bar iron. After an
hours csbate. the motion was lost
On motion Of Mr. Breekinridsc CArkD a
duty OF four-tenths Of a cent per pound was
imposed on iron or steel fat with lonzitudina nj
rios for the manufacture OF fencing. A confer
ence was ordered on the River and Harbor bill
and the Houss adiour d
In the Senate, on the sth. 4 message was re-
ceived from the President giving his reasons for
refusing his signature 10 the pension bill In IA
vor OF Mary Doherty. which was evidently in
tended as reply to the report OF the Senate
committee on pensions recently made The
DILL and message were referred TO the commit
tee on pensions, together with tro other pen
sion vetoes .---.1n the House the principal
business was discussion Of the LandCrant
Forfeiture bill
THE Senate was not in session on the 9Th
In the House the passage Of the Lana Grant
Forfeiture bill and discussion on the Tariff bill
were the main features OF the days proceed
tngs% Several unimportant bills were con
siderSsi- some Of which were passed and the
House went into committee Of the whole on the
Tar bill Proceedings were conducted &c.
eording to the will Of the majority and rapid
progress was made in the reading OF the bill
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| WITHIN a week = dozen railroad mall
| clerks on the Louisville and Nashville
Railway have been dismissed. They were
Republicans who have held their positions
ever since Arthur's administration and
| their places have been filed with Demo-
erats.
A GOOD deal Of complaint is being made
| at the pension office about the decision OF
the interior department not to grant pen
sions to those Mexican soldiers who re-
| signed commissions in the United States
army at the beginning OF the civil war to
enter the service Of the Confederacy.
The Governor of Mississippi has par
doned John Smith and Nose Calvin, con-
victed of murder and sentenced for life
from Wilkinson county in April, 1884.
SAM PKIcE, charged with being one OF
the most notorious "Wild Cattersr IN
| Roam county. Tenn. and also with being
a member of q large gang of Illicit dis
tillers who infest that county, was
| capture on the 9th, by Deputy Marshal
Fred Hill. at the point of a revolver. Price
attempted to get to his gun before being
captured but Hill was too quick for him.
EXPERIMENTS made at Newport, KY,
the details Of which were made public, on
the eth, have resulted in the extraordinary
discovery that aluminium, which now
| costs SO, 200 ton, and is produced only in
France, can be obtained anywhere by a
simple process and at less than one-hun-
dresith part Of the present expense.
TIE New York syndicate who recently
purchased the Warrior coal d, lis, eompris-
ing So0. 600 acres Of land near Birmingham,
Ala at $40 per acre, have sold the same 70
a syndicate Of Liverpool, England, Tor IS
per acre.
The Court OF Claims have disallowed
the claim Of Julia A Thomas, administra-
trix Of the estate of Isog Greer. of Lauder
dale county, Miss, for $50 900 for supplies
"a ken during the war. They find that the
claim was not presented within the pre-
scribed time.
ABOUT ten days ago Officer McDsniels,
in self-detianee, shot n negro named Hooks.
who belongs to n prominent negro family
at Texarkana, Ark. At the time several
open threats were made by friends of the
wcunded negro, and ever since muttered
complaints have been heard because the
white folks released the officer on 500 hail.
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Rising
Sun, Yazoo county, Miss, on the 7th be-
tween s H. Whitworth, Mclean and Has
kIns on one side. aud r II. Ivey, W. II.
Mccarthy AMI Sam Austin on the other.
The first three entered the store of Nc
Carthy & Matthews armed with Winctes
iers aud istOls, and some words between
tie parties brought on firing. in which |
Ivey and Sam Austin. jr.. were instantly |
killed. and W. Il. Mccarthy and two l
others were mortally wounded. 1
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
Electric Coal-mining MACHINE.

A new cOal-mining company. which
has a patent for mining by elecricity.
will establish plant at PhiIlipsbcrS.
Pa, for tbs mining Of an area of zen
miles The plant. as q whole. l. to
consist Of central dynamo, conduct
ing wires, coal-cut,ing machine. cleo
trio lamps, and motor attachmenti
for hanging the mining cars The in
ventors claim. as an advantage in favor
OF the coal cutters. that a single ma
chine will not weigh more than five
hundred pounds According 70 esti-
mates. which. il Is claimed. are ms lie
upon actual tests, the new device VIII
considerably reduce the expenses Of
mining. which has proved so costly
with existing methods OF transmitting
and applying power by steam or eors
pressed s-z-BcstsR Gl03e.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
Captains os Education.

We have captains Of industry and
finance. Why have we not captains
of education - men of leisure and
culture, capable of enthusiasm and
initiative. ready to throw themselves
into such a cause and give it their
earnest consideration. their gener-
Gus and active support, Among the
Greeks. Plato. Socrates and Epictetus
were the teachers Where shall we
.ook for our great leaders. masters.
patrons. even, who will see education
in its true light. and force u 10 recog-
nize teaching as one Of the grandest
1f the arts-the art of arts. for it goes
70 the building up of the artist him
self. and of ever nobler type of hu-
nanity?-CeHtEry.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

xESIA. o., July 6.-Leigh McClung
died here on Wednesday, aged fifty three.
When only boy, in company with P. B.
Plumb. now Senator from Kansas, hs
went TO Kansas, through Iowa, with a
party that carried firearms 20 the Free
Soilers. McClung was one Of the seven
who were captured by the Pro-slayery
party andplaced in TIE Leeomptou Jail un-
der senterce OF death At the beginning %
the war he was the FIRST man to volunteer
to fight Tor the North and his name oecu-
pies that position of honor on the rolls
Ne was reesntlY Physician to the Soldiers'
and Sailcrs' Home.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
wElL-kEPT CLOSETS.
How ts Have Th-sa. and How To- Avoid
Clutter Place.

tt0~ 70 nave mem. AuN nov ANCfH
'-stats~r Place.
Can We not slightly modify an old
and wise adagc and ind that woman
l. known by tho clo-et she Seepss"
for closet indicates. to a greater or
lcss extent. some traits in the average
woman's character
Have We not seen all kindss Look
into this one-we do not need to open
the door. lis never shut not hook
is visible. each one being covered with
a double or triple layer of garments.
skirts hung by their bindings. waists
suspended by their collars rsiinous
to the tit-winter and summer clothes
promiscuously mingled: soil.sd aprons:
all go 10 make up part Of the general
confusion. On the hoor boots and
shoes; csst-ofs pairs; old. new. knock
ing about any way; the shelves. II
there are any. crowded with empty or
useless bottles. or piled high with
boxes or baskets. Perhaps our own
these evils How shalt we remedy
them,
In the first place. keen the closet
door shut during the day. for an open
door is one thing that gives an air Of
untidiucSs Ia the whole room. On the
other hand. always leave the door open
at night Tha, Is the proper time To
air the closet; It's then that the cham
ber l. the coolest. and thc daily-or
rather nightly-chancc of air. prevents
any mustiness clinsing 10 the gar
mcnts hung there DO not hang your
winter and summer garments in the
same closet. In the fall put away the
summer dresses cotton ones
washed and rough dried folded in an
empty trunk or box or hung in dis
used closet KEEP; for the purpose. In
the spring do the same with the winter
garments. One will find il refreshing.
after a puiting-away % this kind. Ia be
able tn catch sigh; ~ hook or two
that has nothing on it,
Hang up waists and skirts by loops
properly attached. lis not always
rs convenient. bat it repay~ in the end.
Keep soiled clothes from the closet,
unless in IA laundry bag.
II Is a great deal more convenient 10
take pair Of Shoes, polished and
clean. from shoe-hag Of linen or
ticking. hung on the inside of the
door. than 1t l. Ia strain ones back
STOPPING over and picking among half
/ = dozen dusty pairS-to find the mates
On the floor II one has a shoe bag
she will intuifiveiy keep east OF shoes
oct Of IL Some Of these bags are mad,
To- cover nearly the whole door. then
the upper pockets. made any size con-
venient, are used for soiled collars.
cuffs and handksrchiefs: and the scorc
Of little necessities Keep only the
bottles and boxes needful on the
shelves This prevests one of the dis
agreeable features Of house cleaning,
I oyerhauling the closets.
In house recently built. the linen
closet had three or four immense
drawers. each large enough to hold
two pairs Of blankets or the same nurA
Der of quilts. placed on rollers; -
there is not hack-breaking strain in
opening the heaviest OF them.
Ny mother told me she learned
when she was first married. never to
put any thing away without purpose;
fer. by a little thought and a little
careful engineering at the proper time.
she waS saved the horror Of the annual
clearing out of . clutter place. =
Good Housekeeping.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
The First Rubber Shoes.

The first pair OF rubber shoes
ever seen in the United States
were brought here in 1880. They
were gilt. and were pointed like slip
pers of a Chinese mandarin The pair,
which were handed about as a curios-
ity. we followfed in 1853 by
an importation OF 500 pairs
which. rough and ill-shaPed as they
were, were eagerly bought al high
prices; and from that time onward
there was a regular importation OF
India-rubber shoes from So.rth Amer
lea Of 5000 pairs per anE1m--Sh0;
SssS LSgtfer RcglcsS.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
NO. 26.
PTrH AND POINT.


No man is hero 10 his hired help
~ T. star.
A tine cepiiaph won't help man X
the next wcrld.-,Isdgc.
Happiness Is only relative. and
some people find that it Is a disian;
relative indeed. of Edsca-
tioE.
Our grand business IS not 10 SEQ
What lies dimly at distance. but 10
do wha; lies clearly at hand - Car'yls.
Young ladies whose homes are on
the bounding prairios should not feel
offended II called plain girls"
The Empress Of Japan Is taking
lessons on the piano. The Mikado's
6f,y-seven physicians are giving him
every attention.
If every one had to do his own
fighting instead Of getting il done for
him. the world weuld b. one great
peace society.
After all. the old-fashioRed meter
by moonlight is about theonly one that
has stood the test Of time and experts.
--Besion Hcraid
The man who expects 10 see him.
self a. others see him. puts on green
glasses and looks a, himself in the
mirror.-N. o. FoayuHe.
A magazine recently started is
called Women" viii saicsladie<
paironixc publication bearing such \
title2- Drats's Magazine.
Never lay your heart a; wornan's
feet. Hold it up proud and high and
make her climb for it. She will like il
all the better when she gets L.
Said fault-fnding man to his
wife: Your bad cookery i rather ap,
to spoil the dinner" ''Ii don't spoil il
half as often as Your bad temper does"
was the reiort.
1t isn't impossible for a rcal-es;a;e
agent 10 be- a Christian: but there Is a
popular impression that he can't b.
Christian nil the week and siill succeed
in business >omerriiil Jyarnat
1t takes ten thousand dollars TO
build five thousand dollar house.
The beauty Of the foregoing l.. that it
Is both q joke and g serious fact
P,sct
1t i said that brains will tell"
Sometimes they will and sometimes
they will not Sometimes the more
brains man has the les he tells IL
doesn't always answer FOR brains to
tell. -LotrsH Courier.
If all our misfortunes were laid in
one common heap. whence every one
must take an equal portion. most p,o-
Pile would De content to take their own
and depart. Socrates.
We take care of our health. Ne. law
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

-"All my eye and Betty Martin. :
originated. according to Joe Miller. in
the following manner: A Jack Tar
went into a foreign church. where he
heard some one uttering these words:
'Ah, Dlihi, beate MARITIME" (.'Ah' grant
me. blessed MartinrO In ding
the incident, he said il seemed % him
very Ike: AL NY eye and Bett. Mar
tin
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

GENERAL SHERIDAN had a slight attack
Of pulmonary congestion. on the Sd, which
however. was easily controlled aad pro-
dueed no serious results
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

The subscriptions for Government
loan ot f30oo.ooo. which was recently
issued at Calcutta. amounted to twice the
sum required.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

DRs BERg9Ayx AND GEBHARDr pre-
sen ed n Emperor William. on the 1st an
official report on the malady OF the late
Emperor Frederick.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

An official report shows that in Prohibi-
ton Rhode Island LEO persons pay spe-
cial taxes to the United States Govern
for the privilege OF liquor
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

The Pope is preparing an cncyclical on
the relations between church and state
An encyclical on the social question will
also be published during the year.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled frsa VARIES Ssarces.

EMPEROR WILLIAM will arrive at st.
Petersburg on August I the Czarina's
sete day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

EMPEROR FRxDERIcx went from Berlin
to Potsdan. on the yacht Alexandria, on
the lst He WAS enthusiastically cheered
by the populacc. The trip seemed to do
him GOOD
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

The Union Iron-works OF Carnegie,
Phipps & Co.. at Pittsburgh, Pa. employ
tng ae01 men. signed the scale of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association
m the s,I
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

An important strategic railway, con-
Meeting many artillery and cavalry depots
OF Russia, is TO be constructed in the
southwest immediately. The cost will be
1900, 00o roubles-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

Rev. Dr. WV NICHOLS, Of Philadelphia,
who was elec- cd assistant Bishop Of the
diocese Of Ohio in the Protestant Epis-
copal convention held In Sandusky, O.,
June IL has declined
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

INFLUENTIAL representatives Of drug
eists, the milk and lemonade dealers and
,rah-stand proprietors OF Pittsburgh, Pa,
nave effected an organization, the object
o. which IS to make parts OF the .sBIus
laws OF 1874 so obnoxious, through
.neir strict enforcement As TO secure
their speedy repeal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

1t takes b'ita small sprig of parsley
to garnish 4 dish-but the differences
it makes Is the difference between
plain and artistic cookery. \ sentence
or two of bright originality wiz fc-
deem u plentiful pile OF common
place. Interior.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

IHE State convention OF the American
party met in San Francisco on the 4 tn
me sentiment Of members Of the party
interviewed was strongly in favor of put
uag Abram S. Hewitt in the field for
fresldeai, and nominating a candidate
!or Governor in California
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

The Republicans Of Mansfield. O., rati-
fed the nomination OF Harrison and
Morton by an immense meeting in the
City Park. on the %, at whichl resolutions
ind1rsing rthe National ticket and plat
form were adopted
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

Irwas reported on the 81 that Gov
ernor Ames Of Massachusetts was still
dangerously i'll with acute bronchitis.
There was danger OF apoplexy, and the
members OF his family were deeply con-
cerned regarCiin. his condition.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

Mosr of the delegates to the convention
Of the National Association Of Demo-
cratic clubs LEFT for their homes by the
9Th Secretary Whitney was busy all
that day registering the names of the
various clubs and the addresses Of their
officerS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

MRS GORDON BAILLrE" Is the alias Of
snrewd woman who has for some time
~ posed upo y the authorities and philan-
lnropists OF England aud Scotland. as
one very much interested in the condition
% tle Scotch crofters. She was arrested.
- the I'd on charge Of committing
fraud under false pretansas
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

IL the case OF Mrs Steele against the
Sc. Paul City Railway Company, in which
she claimed 5000 damages because of
injuries sustained in the Shelby avenue
cable-car accident in st. Paul, Minn.,
January q, a jury, on the auth awarded
her SI,00a.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

JOSEPH MUIR, a wealthy ieweIer Of
Philadelphia, telegrsphed from Long
Branch, on the 9Th asking the New York
police to send detective TO Loag Branch.
as an attempt was being made to kidnap
him aad send him to an insane asylum
and take away his money.