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The Portland daily press., 1888-02-23

during this time, the old man going to Win
throp on Friday They did not take their
yalises when they went out. They gave no
names. Both men departed on Monday
morning, one saying that he would go on the
early Train and the other driving off, later in
the day saying he would go to Oldtown, but
taking another road.
Last December | visited the Jail and was
shown Stain. To my great surprise it was
the older man who came to my house with
stood up and the witness pointed him out
as the man. | visited CromN Nell's cell, ex-
pecting to find the young man. but it was
not him, and never saw the man before"
Cross examination-'Sta when at my
house. sat with his head down and had a
way of looking up through his eyebrows
when spoken to. His face is as familiar to
me as that of any person in this room. He
wore dark chin whiskers.
WIN. ALBERT HAYNES
lived in Bangor in February, 1873. and
boarded at Mrs. Miller's Witness corrobor-
ated her story, and identified the older man
as Stain. and one of her borders. Il went
into the jail, passed through several corrl-
dors. and on coming to Mr.. Stains cell,
identified the occupant as the man at Mrs.
Miler's table,"
Cross examination first identified Stain
from picture shown me. He wore. brown
chin Whiskers when at Mrs. Miller s. ~
not recognize any other parties here as Delhg
present at the house"
FREEMAN FERNALD
of Palmyra, testified Il lived in Palmyra
on the 22nd of February, 1878, and drove
through Dexter upor the Dover road with
Frank johnson. met team coming tow
ards Dexter. Two persons were in the ve-
hicle and they drove large brown, rangy
horse. This was at a. m. Stain stood up
and the witness pointed him out as one OF
the men he met Stain had on brown coat
and soft hat 1t strikes me the other man
! had on a cap and a rubber coat"
CHARLES FRANK JOHNSON
! testified: 81 rode with Mr.. Fernald from
Dexter into the woods on the 22nd of Febru-
ary, 1878; am able to fix the time because ]
came out of the woods the day before the
Dexter affair. We met ON the Dover road
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

in tho Isle OF France, reviewing her HE.
time sacrifices for the redemption of India;
or tho last hours Of Elizabeth Hervey,
having exchanged her bright New En-.
gland home for . life at Bombay amid
stolid heathenism. that she might illumine
it, saying, in her last moments: "If this
is the dark valley, it has not dark spot
in it.; all is light, light" or the exit OF
Mrs. Lsnnox, falling under sudden dis
ease at Smyrna, breathing out her soul
with the last words: '.Oh, how happy !"
or tho departure of Mrs. Sarah d. Com.
stock, spending her life for the salvation
Of Burmah, giving up her children that
they might come homo TO America to be
educated. and saying as shs kissed
them goodbye, never to see them
again: 20, Jesus, do this for
Theew or the going Of ton thousand
good women, who in less Tesounding
spheres have lived not for themselves, but
for God and the alienation Of human suf-
fering. That was brilliant scene when.
in 1895, in the campaign for the capture OF
Ronda. Queen Elizabsth Of Castillo, ON
side by side with King Ferdt
nand, rode out to review the troops. A.
she, in bright armof, rode along the lines
Of the Spanish host, and waved her Jew.
sled hand to the wasriers, and ever and
anon uttered words Of cheer 70 TIE worn
veterans who, far away from their
homes, were risking their lives for
tbs kingdom, it was . spectacle
that illumines history. But more glorious
viii be the scene when that consecTated
Christian woman, crowned in Heaven,
shall review tho souls that on earth she
clothed, and fed, and medicined, and
evangelised, and then introduced into the
ranks celestial. As on tho white hoR~e Of
victory. side BY sids with the King, teis
queen unto God forever shall ride past
The lines Of those in whose sal ~ tion she
bore q part, the scene will surpass any
thing ever witnessed on earth in the life
II Joan Of Arc, or Penelope, Or Semiramis.
y Aspasia, Or Marianne, q NArcages q
Anjo1. 1iae - viet>x.
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TEMPERANCE.
WHAT IT rAINS

A Barrel Of whisky,
a drayman rolled forth from bis cart to the
street
a red-headed barrel, well bound and complete;
AND on 1t red letters, like forked tongues of
flame,
Emblaxoned the grade, number. quality. fame,
VI this world-renowned whisky from some
body's still,
Who arrested the grain on its way to the mill.
So there stood the barrel delivered, but
Could see that a shadow was lowering nigh;
suiphurous shadow that grew, as gazed,
TO the form OF Mephisto. Though sorely
amazed,
1ventured to question this imp of the realm
Where Vice is the Pilot, with Crime at the
helm;
And asked him politely his mission to name,
And II he was licensed to retail the same
Identical barrel of whisky which he
was fondly surveying with devilish gleet
70. Inever handle the stuff ne replied
my partners mortal are trusty and tried;
Nayhap, peradventure you might wish to look
At the invoice complete.-l will read from this
book
You win find that this barrel contains some
thing more
Than forty.two gallons Of whisky galore"
And ere could slip but another word in,
He checked 1t OF gaily, this cargo OF sin:
"A barrel OF headaches, of heartaches, OF woes,
"A barrel OF curses a barrel of blowss
barrel OF tears from world-weary wife;
"A barrel OF sorrow, barrel OF strife;
barrel OF all-unavailing regret;
"A barrel OF cares and a barrel Of debt;
barrel OF crime and barrel OF pain,
barrel OF hopes ever blasted and vain;
A barrel Of falsehood, a barrel of cries
That fall from the maniac's lips as he dies;
A barrel of agony, heavy and dull;
"A barrel OF poison-of this nearly full;
A barrel OF liquid damnation that fires
The brain of the fool who believes it inspires;
A barrel of poverty. ruin and blight;
A barrel OF terrors that grow with the night;
A barrel OF hunger barrel of groans;
A barrel Of orphans most pitiful means;
A barrel OF serpents that hiss as they pass
From the bead on the liquor that glows in the
glass.
My barrel! My treasured bid thee farewell,
Sow ye the foul seed, will reap it in HEIR
- Wisconsin, PfOhibIiORist
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

For example, let Us take case
which happened only few days ago.
| A man was found by the police in De-
! troit, Mich, in one of the lowest parts
of the city, asleep in an alleyway
and under the influence of liquor.
When searched in the police station
the police found in his pockets @, 600
in bills, $4,000 in checks and drafts
and 81, 900 worth of precious stones
making in all $27, 0OO-belonging to
a firm in which this man was en-
ployed If this firm should happen
to retain him he will be one of the
first to ask! Why don't they trust
me as they did little while ago?
Did l ever lose any thing belong
ing to them? Even if l do take lit
tie now and then know how to take
care of myself Of course, he is liable
to reform, but his employers are not
going to take any more risks.
In the second place the men who
complain of being ''docked'' when
they 'absent" themselves from work
are very numerous. Many of such
have come in contact with the writer.
Only a day or two ago a man who is
''under the weather" every day Of his
life said: " l can not understand why
my employer watches me so carefully,
and if l am not up to the mark at all
times l am knocked about and yelled
at" When answered: you drink.
and that is the only reason" To this
he replied: Il do my work honestly,
and what 1 drink is my own" OF
course, he can drink and swallow as
much as his stomach will hold, but
when reminded of the fact that he was
blood relative of his employer, and
a man who seldom drew sober breath,
and whose clothes were the dirtiest of
any man in the establishment, and only
such as his kind were the GROWERS
and the ones who caused loss of time
and money to themselves and every
establishment in which they were en-
ployed, then he began to think.
If such men have no respect for
themselves, why should they expect
others to take an interest in them?
In nine cases out of ten if asked to
join Temperance society they are in
suited and will not hesitate in telling
one that they can mind their own
business. Irish World.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

j. L. Palmer, of Arkansas, writes to
the S0Htaern journal about the extent
Of prohibition along the important
railroad lines Of that State. On the St
L. & L N. railroad, from the Texas to
the Missouri line, . distance Of $50
miles, there are only two places where
liquor can be legally sold. On the II
4 l. r railroad (145 miles) every
town is ''dry." On the L. r 4 F. s.
railroad (165 miles) there are only two
non-prohibition towns On the Val
ley Route to Arkansas City (l35 miles)
only one place IL under iespse. Mr..
Palmer predicts that after January I.
1859. there win not BE- An open saloon
In Arkansas
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
THE REASON WHY.

Questions Answered-n Men Have No
Self-Respect Why should They Expect
Others to Take . Personal Interest In
Them.
Many who drink often ask the ques-
tions: "How is it that am not trust
edP" why is days pay taken from
my wages when I am sick and the
other men who work alongside of me
are allowed to draw pay even if they
are absentP
If these men were to clear their
minds and open their eyes land see
themselves as others see Them" they
would never think Of asking such ques-
lions
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
A Greater Enemy Than Selfish Capital.

The saloon is q greater enemy to la
Dor than selfish capital. The saloons
thrive most in the manufacturing and
mining districts; that is, where labor ID
most concentrated. and most feels the
hard conditions imposed upon it. We
need only to visit such district to un-
derstand why labor is at 50 much dis
advantage. On every hand there are
these sink-holes Of money and of char
acter into which men are casting not
only their hard-earned wages, but
manliness and their homes as well, and
they are thronged by working-men.
The patrons of the saloons drag down
their fellow-workmen who do not share
their evil habits, because they lower
their class in intelligence and charac-
ter. If the labor organizations of the
country would unite against the saloon
system and stop this enormous waste,
they would not only increase their re-
sources. but they would increase inn
measurably their moral power -Usited
Rrss6vtsvisA
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
FAiLVaE OF HIGH uceNsE.

na,a.erssa Ixpeftuno66 = Onaha, =. lsuesy
Ka.sas City os4 Cnssssos
When men advance remedy for any
sort Of evil. the burden Of proof rests
on them to show that the remedy win
do Whist IS claimed for it It is aboae
time that advocates Of high license did
some thing besides pirate Of the impos-
sibility Of prohibition. and showed
some good reason for believing that
their nostrum will effect either > euya
of the drink evils. or a paSliatien q
them. Come. gentlemen. where arc
the specimens Of your work? We don't
wish you to be pointing US to places
like Minnesota. where the high license
law has only begun to be tried; NOR .
Philadelphia, where it is coupled with
clause regarding bondsmen that does
all the restricting that is done; nor to
Illinois, where local prohibition has
prevailed for years, and whose effects
are in no way due to high license. But
point rs out some place where your
law has had fair test. has passed the
experimental stage, and shows any
diminution in the evils Of intemper-
snce. You haven't done this yet
When are you going to do ite
The Evening Post last week had .
long article on Successful Anti
Liquor Laws" which reappeared in
The Nal.oa, whose sole strength. or
appearance of it. lay In the letter from
Governor Gill. of Minnesota, giving
the results of the law in that State.
But the law has been in force in that
State hardly six months. and in some
places-St Paul, for instance-hardly
as many weeks. A change from low
license to high invariably, at the first
seems TO effect a remarkable decrease
in the number of saloons But the e.
feet is spasmodic, and as soon as tho
trade becomes readjusted to the new
order of things. it fourishes as much
as ever. The law has not yet passed
its experimental stage in Minnesota
Elsewhere we print letter from an
eminent lawyer, S. w. Packard, Of Chi
cago. He says he was one of the first to
hail the present high license law Of the
State with delight. and offered 90 to
supply fireworks for a jubilee. But
his experience has been o repetition OF
that Of John b Finch, who framed the
high license law of Nebraska. and OF
ex-Mayor Hardy. of Lincoln. Neb.. who
was one of the law s most ardent sup
porters. Both have since declared that
that was the greatest mistake they ever
made, and Mr.. Packard reiterates the
declaration. He says that in Chicago
the number of saloons in 1882. under
$5S license. was 8. $40, and last Novem-
Der after five years of $500 license. they
numbered 4.1OS, according to City Col
lector Onahan's report. in 1882 the
arrests in Chicago were 81, 800; in 1887
they were 45, 400. an increase of SO por
cent The amount of beer consumed
has increased from 872, 228 barrels in
1882 to 1,674,146 in 1887, or nearly
doubled.
The long trials of high license in
ON aha, st. Louis and Kansas City are
but repetitions Of this disastrous ex-
perience in Chicago.
No wonder the liquor dealers are
rallying every day more and moro
numerously to the standard of high IL
cense, as the only barrier of defense.
as the Chicago Tribune says. against
prohibition. 1t will be defense that
doesn't defend.-M Y Voice.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

Officers of the National Prohibition
Bureau for 1883 were chosen the other
day. They are: President General
Clinton B. Fisk; first vice-president
Horace Waters; second vice-president
VIM !. Wardwell; third vice-presjdenE
|. K Funk, D. D.; secretary. John
Lloyd Thomas. treasurer. w. Jenning
Demorest. A committe was appointed
to draft resoIutlons upon the death Of
John r Cornell
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
ANOTHER LEGAL VICTORY.

A State May Prohibit Liquor for sale In
Other States.
One of the objections raised against
the constitutionality of prohibition
laws not passed upon by the Supreme
Court of the United States in its recent
decision has just been decided favor
ably to the Prohibitionists by the Su-
preme Court of Rhode Island. The point
decided is of equal value with the mat
tiers passed upon by the United States
Supreme Court. II
Ever since the adoption Of prohibi-
ton laws dealers and their attorneys
have claimed that no State had the
right to prohibit the keeping within ito
own borders of liquors for sale in an
adjacent or other State. This claim
has been based upon the clause In
Section 8 of Article l. of the Consti-
tuition of the United States. which
provides that Congress shall regulate
commerce among the several States
The statutory enactments upon pro-
hibition in Rhode Island have al
ways, until within q year, recognized
and admitted this claim and have pro-
hibited the keeping "for sale within
this State" At the time the
amendments were secured to the
law, in April. 1886, the words
within this State were, how
ever, stricken out; 20 that the sale has
since been prohibited absolutely.
When this amendment was passed, the
liquor dealers attorney on the floor
of the Assembly made the boast that IL
made no difference whether this clause
remained or was stricken out, since
liquors could be freely kept In the
State for sale elsewhere.
The decision is based, first, upon the
ground taken by the United States SUI
preme Court that in the exercise Of po-
lice power that is not delegated to the
general Government but that remains
to the States. all the States ''have the
right to regulate for their own well
fare, ~ they understand their welfare.
their internal or domestic con-
Germs" The Court enumerates vaxi.
Gus instances in which the power ID ex-
ercised especially to diminish and
prevent the decentralization and impov-
erishment and the numberless vices and
which arc the sure concomi-
tants and consequences Of free trsfiio
in intoxicating liquors. by restraining
"a
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

The brewers have lost ''all con-
fidence in the United States Supreme
Court" That is too bad; but the peo-
pie haven't Union Signal.
DIR. HAL. C. WYMAN, member of the
Illinois State Board of Corrections and
Charities, says that intemperance is
the cause of most insanity
JAPAN has a Temperance association
whose members are pledged not to
use drop of alcoholic liquor until all
the waters of the earth change to the
same drink.
IT is three years since the first Tenn
perance society was formed in Finland;
yet such has been the progress that no
liquor is allowed to be sold at the mar
kets, fairs. barracks, or in the neigh
borhood of schools or churches, and its
sale has been discontinued altogether
in some of the towns.
THE white ribbon is slowly but
surely encircling the world. A Tenn
perance society has been formed in
the girls mission school, Sansipor,
Turkey. The white ribbon is donned
by its members, and all have enrolled
their names upon the Worlds Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union pc
tition.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that
Milwaukee brewers recommend their
beer as mountaineering, healthful,
refreshing and invigorating. conducive
to health, prosperity and happiness,
and beneficial alike for old and young,
male and female" the Northwestern
Life Insurance Company, whose head
quarters are in that city, will not issue
policy to any member or employe of
these brewing companies. This posi-
ton was not taken from a moral
standpoint, but because the statistics
show that these men die, as rule,
before their time.-Union Signal.
LOCAL option was tried in Penn
sylvania, says the Philadelphia Press,
but was repealed with quite gen.
eral appreciation, after brief expert
ence." This is rather grim sarcasm.
if the Press speaks with knowledge
of the facts. During the two years
the law was allowed to stand forty
seven out of sixtv-seven counties.
as we remember. availed themselves
of the privilege of shutting the
saloons. 1t was the apprehension of
liquor men that the whole State would
soon be in the hands of the Prohibi-
tionists, which led to the repeal
~ y Independent.
IT has come to be that four drinks
of whisky is almost equivalent to one
murder. Two men had an alteration
in drinking and gambling saloon of
Chicago the other day. One of them,
swearing dire vengeance, went up to
the bar and called for a glass of
whisky. 1t was given him. He called
for another; that also was passed over
the counter by the vender of the vile
stuff. Another and still another were
called for and given. Then the man
was insane enough to do any thing. A
moment later he had put bullet
through a mans heart, and the wrong
man at that. If the law lets the
keeper of that den or the dealer-out of
that poison 60 free. there is either
something wrong with the law or with
its executors Chicago Standard
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09
PROHIBITION NOTES.

4 $500 LJo1Na1 for saloons has been
fixed BY the city council Of PlainhsId.
II. J.
TB Delaware State Tempsrsncs Il
lance has voted 70 afiliste with the
Prohibition party.
Our Of population Of three and .
half million in Austria, sixty thou
sand are arrested - drunkards each
year.
A PROVIDE commended to the haters
and hitters against the Prehibitioh
party: The anvil outlasts the hammer.
THKRE ID talk Of . German iIlustrnt-
ed Prohibition paper to be published
by one Of the leading publishing housss
IN New York
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-02-09

.
deal of senseless cant on the subject Of
fashion. A woman or man who does not
regard it is unfit for good neighborhood.
The only question is, what is right fashion
and what is wrong fashion. Before stop
I want to show you that fashion has been
one of tho most potent Of rafeemers and one
of the vilest Of usurpers. Sometimes it has
been an angel from Heaven, and at others
it has been tho mother of denominations.
As the world grows better there will be a.
much fashion Is now, but it will be .
righteous fashion. In the future life white
robes always have been and always will
be in tho fashion.
There arc men who pride tn emselves on
their capacity to stick" others. They
say: II have brought him down; didn't I
make him squirm!" Others pride them
selves on their outlandish apparel. They
boast on being out Of the fash
ion. They wear . queer hat. They
ride in an odd carriage. By dint
Of perpetual application they wonld per.
suede the world that they are perfectly
Indifferent to public opinion. They are
more proud Of being stout Of fashion" than
others arc of being IN. They are utterly
and universally disagreeshle. Their
rough corners have never been worn Oh.
They prefer . hedgehog to lamb
Truth, honor, charity, keroism, self
sacrifice should win highest favor; but
insrdinate fashion says: 'Count not q
woman's virtues; count her adornments."
~Look not at the contour of the head, but
see the way she combs her hair" ASK
not what noble deeds have been accom-
plished by that woman's hand; but Is it
white and soft ?s' Ask not what good sense is
In her conversation, but, sIn what was she
dressedw Ask not whether there was
hospitality and cheerfulness in the house.
but: s'In what style do they live?"
As conssq sence, some at the most ig-
aoEant and 4ieious 0en aro ct tha top,
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than in all the frescoed ice.houses of the
metropolis. We want in all the higher
circles Of society more warmth of heart
and naturalness Of behavior, and not 80
many refrigerators.
Again: Wrong fashion is incompatible
with happiness. Those who depend for
their comfort upon the admiration Of 9th.
ers are subjectto frequent disappointment
Somebody will criticise their appearance,
or surpass them in brilliancy, or will re.
ceive moro attention. Oh, the jealousy,
and distraction, and heart burnings
Of those who move in this bewildered
maze! Poor butterflies? Bright wings
do not always bring happiness "She
that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
liveth." The revelations Of high life that
come to the challenge and the fight are
only the occasional groupings out Of dis.
quietude that are, underneath, like the
stars Of heaven for multitude but like
demons of the pit for hate. The misery
that win tonight in the cellar cuddle up
in the straw il not 50 utter as the princely
did drawing-rooms, broodinz over tho
sights and offenses c. luxurious life. The
bitterness Of life sseml not so uniting
W&A0o " eAAAA OOSs4 P0WsOA AAOS ID W000
it pours from the chased lips of . golden
chalice. In the sharp crack Of the voiup-
tuary's pistol, putting an end to his
earthly misery, hear the confirmation
that in . hollow, fastidious life there Is
NO peace.
Again: Devotion to wrong fashion is
productive Of physical disease, mental
imbec;lity aud spiritua' withering. APP
parel insufficient to keep ont the col d and
the rain, or SO fitted upon the person that
the functions Of life are restrained; late
hours filled with excitement and feastiug;
FREQ draughts Of wins that make one
not beastly intoxicated, but only fashion,
ably drunk, and luxurious Incidence
are the instruments by which this unreal
life pushes its disciples into vale
tudinarianism and the grave. Along the
walks Of prosperous life death goes
a-mowing- such harvests - are reap
edl Materia Hodica - boon exhausted