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The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19
The Southern Way.

The Southern Way.
Leader of LynchiDg Party down South)-We
have come to lynch that prisoner you have in
charge. Deliver him up or take the conse-
quences.
Sherif-The only prisoner have is white man
who killed niger. The Niger who stole a
chicken has got away.
The Crowd texcItedly)-which way did he go?
Life.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

WANTED Cash paid for old Gold and Silver
w Old Gold Jeweiry and WORKOUT or useless
silver bought or taken in exchange for watches,
iewelry, silyerwaIe. etc. S. SCHRYVkR. 496
Congress street, Portland, Me. 1871
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THIS PAPER T Hiy s &c fS s.si q
neEePs Advertising Bureau 30 spruce SLfeeO
Mnere advertising contracts ElaY - y eSe 'of IN
NRWlYOahs
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

"ANTED-Laty matron public institution,
w, S35; corset saleslady, glove and fancy
goods sal-sladies, provision store bookkeeper,
cashier, cloak and mantle salesladies at No. 1856
Congress street. 15-1
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MALE HRLr
WANTED.

Energetic and reliable man as General
Agent for Maine for Corporation In
the sale OF Bonds and Mortgages. Ex.
perienced solicitor preferred. Bond
required. Address p. o. Box 32S,
dec12 d3ws
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19
Baby cried.
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed : Castorial

Baby cried.
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed: Castoriai
"Do you consider eight hours of sleep neces.
sity over in your town." asked The New Yorker.
"well, we don't put it that way. Our doctors
recommend at least twelve hours of wskefulness
every day., returned the Philadelphia man.
Mnnsey's Weekly.
Deraneemert OF the liver. with consti-
patton Injuries the complexion, induces pimples
sallow skin. Remove the cause by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. Que dose. Try them.
Discreet Servant.
Literary Man Ito his now factotum)-What be-
came OF the letter that was my desk?
Pat-shure, mailed il, sor.
Literary Man Mailed it? You idiot! Why,
| tn, re Was II" address on it,
Pat-Shure, know that. sor, but / Inought you
didn't want me To know who you was writing
How a Beautiful Flower was Named.
An old legend tells of two lovers, walking by
| the river Rhine The lady begged her sutton to
| pluck little pale.b flower, growing on the
bank. In doing so, he fell into the water, and
was drowned; but, While sinking, he threw the
flower to her, and cried: "Forget me notln
| Pierce's Favorte Prescription has done for them
1t is prepared specially to cure those diseases
from which they alone suffer, and often in silence
| rather than consult a physician-as periodical
| palms, weak back, prolapsus, and all uterine
troubles. Purely vegetable, and guaranteed to
give satisfaction in every case, or money refunded
THE WINTER GIRL.
| She wears fur collar way up TO her nose,
And the fur comes most down
To the he of her gown;
But the footprints she leaves In the cold winter
| Give the looker-on blues
| AT the thought Of thin shoes!
| Every mother should have Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment for cuts, burns and bruises.
| Col. Hankthunder (of Kentucky)-Some pretty
| fine pictures here. What is the price of that
| one?
| Attendant-Two hundred dollars.
| Col. Neutrality-suspicious. of the old masters, amt
| It?
| Attendant-No, sir. It's water-color by
| Hugg.
| Attendant-No, sir.
Col. Hankthunder-Say it again. What's the
Attendant-Two hundred dollars.
| Col Observation-Disclosures color? Just water?
AtteDdant-Yes. r,,
o get out Of here?-Chcsgo Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

WANTED-By two girls from Nova Scotia,
w situations In private families or hotels; 25
girls waiting for some kind of employment; a
man and wife wants employment in hvtel or pri-
vate h. use. Apply at 1891 Federal St., En-
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19
wsF AND StSuo NJ .

"There, there, Charles" said Ethel, "don't
scold The cabman any longer"
why" said Charles, 81 was only giving him
what he deserved-a piece of my mind"
"Nes, know, GEAR" replied Ethel, shut you
know We can't afford to be extravaganza
cago Times.
throat and lung physician always convenient,
DR.. Bulls Cough Sy rup in the house.
Saliva len Oil fer twenty-five cents does its work
better than any other liniment
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

Why don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pills? They are a positive cure for sick head
ache, and all the ills produced by disordered liver
Only one pill dose.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19
ROOMS.

FNo LET-Pleasant sunny front room with board,
Spring street. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

WANTED All my friends and customers TO
w know that have removed 60 TIA Monu-
ment Square. b. L. R0DICK, Hair Dresser.
16-1
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ssvV NSrS @in,nR Stocks

10y ItItRTdpHs
NEW YORK. Dec. i8, 890-The following are
to-day's closing quotations of mining stocks
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

WANTED-Parties TO call and get special
w prices for full life size Crayon Portraits;
excellent work guaranteed. Office hours, 8 to
IL a. M, to4 p. IN. ROOM 18. oxford Building.
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=, Nov 2: lat z N. Ion % W. barque Edw Kidder
01 m from new fork for valparaiso:
Portland for Batimnre.
Dec 16. lat 50 N. Ion "a W, sch Jennie s, Sin
clair, from Kingston ia, for New Haven.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

WANTED = The public to know that Miss
w MAUD WILLIAMS has taken room with
Miss EMMA STICKNEY, Harrington block, and
is prepared to do both useful and ornamental fan
cy work to order; please call and examine stock
ON hand. I'LL
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-19

lE1IO1u JUN ENTHUSIASTICALLY
PORT CLYDE, Dec l7-Ar, schs Heather Bell
st John, NIB, for Boston; Swallow. do for do: !,
Walter Scott, from do for do; Welcome Home
do for do.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
Men Without Names.

In work upon the prisons of Siberia,
Nj. Edgar BoulangieI, French engi-
neer, who spent long time in the SER
vice of the Trans Caspian Railway, de-
scribes strange class of beings in that
country. They are the men who do not
know who they are
No doubt many of these men merely
assume this ignorance, in order to mys-
tify the officials. but their identity is in
many cases totally unknown to the au-
thorities and all their acquaintances.
The prison of AleXandrovsk, NJ
Boulangier says, contains several of
these singular people. Now and then,
driven by hunger, a vagabond co mes
to the prison door and asks to be
taken in.
Il have come to deliver myself up"
says the vagabond.
"For what reason? Who are you?"
Il don't know"
"Don't know? What's your name?'
"I have forgotten it; it was SO long
ago."
where is your passport? 2"
"I have none"
Then you are JTOd1dgG-a vaga'
bond; you have escaped from prison.
What crime were you in for?"
Il have forgotten"
Nothing more definite can be got out
of him. Sometimes these vagabond
exiles accuse themselves of crimes that
they have not committed, in order to
make interesting journeys at the ex-
pense of the government. Frequently
their imposture is detected after they
have been transported long distances,
but who they really are the authorizes
seldom ascertain They are kept uI.der
and NJ Boulangier is of
opinion that they sometimes really for
get what their names are.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
TIE TORTURE ILUTF.

in imitation of the keys or stops. Wives
of the mock fiddles. and if they persist
ed in disobedience or RIGHTEOUSNESS they
were carried to the market pla e to receive
the jeers and jests of their neighbors. If
two women quarreled they were yoked to-
gether and also taken to the market place
and subjected to the curious gaze of the
multitude. Unchaste women were obliged
to wear crown of iron thorns and long
heavy plait of straw. Then we find in the
collection the thorn cradle, the torture
bed, and the stretcher, with its grooves,
rollers and pulleys. On the stretcher the
bones were slowly broken and limb torn
from limb. These were resorted to, it is
said, in extreme cases; and yet it is i'm
possible to conceive now any crime could
justify such death. The most fright
full instruments of torture are the Spanish
Stock and Iron Virgin, which were used
to punish real or alleged political Offend
ers. The unfortunate victim was first
put in the stock, ard here he was kept for
days in the hope of extorting confession
of some secret which it was believed the
accused would divulge. The hands We're
fastened in the clamps and the feet or
ankles in tie stock. Failing after a GER
tain time to extract information, the poor
wretch was placed in the Iron Virgin and
slowly crushed to death. Beheading
seems bad enough, but beheading is mild
punishment compared with this slow and
aeoniZing death. There are innumerable
other torture in ruments in the collec.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

tion, but the ones enumerated will suffice
to show that there is Il sad, dark back
ground to the rose tinted pictures which
are generally given of the good old
times"
The part which Nuremberg plays in
Goethe's great tragedy of Faust" has
given to that ancient city prominence
that otherwise it would not enjoy, though
it deserves it fully. At least to Goethe is
due the credit of having increased an ap-
probation of its artistic beauty. In En-
gland Mr.. Henry Irving has recently
awakened fresh interest both in Faust"
and Nuremberg, and has perhaps created
an interest among large class of English
readers and play-goers that never before
heard either of the pi turesque town or
the great tragedy. In doing this he rem
dered signal service to art, to German
literature and to play goers in England.
During the summer of 1885 Mr.. Irving
spent his vacation in Nuremberg, study
ing every phase cf life in that city and
every peculiarly of architecture. He
was accompanied by distinguished paint
ers who shared the great English actors
enthusiasm, and sympathized with his
desire to reproduce Nuremberg on the
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

recovered his usual complacency suffi-
ciently to remark to his fireman:
II understand, Jim, that Dora Che
ney is going to marry that brakeman,
Charley Dunlap"
THAT 500"
"Yes; pity to see that girl throw her.
self away on such a good for nothing
brute, amt it 2"
That's what it is"
Somebody ought to tell old Cheney
what's up. He'd stop Mister Dunlap's
little game.
"Ie-ep."
Il never did have any use for that
Dunlap. If he ever crosses my path
I'll drive him into the ground-notion
to do it anyway on general principles. !"
A week later solitary figure walk
ing down the quietest of Warren's
quiet streets had his attention at
tracted by two persons coming out of
the Methodist parsonage. One he
recognized as Dora Cheney; the other
was a well-dressed stranger, who i'm
proved the opportunity to press kiss
upon Dora's unresisting lips as he as
sisted her into waiting buggy. This
proceeding so engrossed the attention
of the solitary figure that he did not
notice the rapid approach of a man
from the opposite direction, equally in
tent as himself upon the scene across
the street.
There was a mutfied thud. mutual
recoil, glare of recognition, and
Charley Dunlap and Jack Bronson
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

also quite common. There are instru-
ments Of torture other than these to be
seen here that are rare, but l cannot say
that they were known only to the great
dynasty of which this town was the CEN
ter Some of these instruments suggest
novel modes of punishment, and there are
some of them that even in this advanced
age might be applied with harm to few
and profit to many, but 1 shall not at
tempt to point out which to adopt and
which to reject. In that remote age the
trials which women had TO undergo were
shocking, and hope that at this junct-
ure no irreverent reader will remark
they were indeed good old times.
The penalty for drunkenness varied.
For the first drunk the offender was
obliged to wear the Spanish cloak. The
Spanish cloak" is churn-shaped device
that incloses the body from the neck to
the knees, the arms passing out through
arm holes. THIS coat ne was obliged to
wear for a stated period, and if the Of
fense was repeated, heavy weights were
fastened to his wrists and thus burdened
he was marched through the streets.
Those convicted of bearing false wit
ness against their neighbors, very prop
erly were more severely punished. An
iron or steel contriv oval shape, was
placed in the liars mouth, and this had
an attachment with which the trap was
expanded. Pity its use has been aban-
doned.
Milkmen in those days, it would seem,
were honest, since no provision was made
to punish them for mixing water with
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

As soon as Ironsides made his tardy
| appearance Dora had encased herself
in waterproof and rubbers, and, ac-
companied by Jack Bronson, started
home. Jack was not at all pleased
with the scene he had witnessed upon
entering the telegraph Office, and de-
termined to intimate to Dora that the
frequent presence of that brakeman in
the telegraph Office was very
distasteful to him; but Dora pratt
tied on SO prettily that he hadn't
the heart to chide her. By the time
they had reached the Cheney mansion
and were seated before bright fire,
he had nearly made up his mind to let
the matter go, when, by a happy in
spiration, he saw an easy way out of
the difficulty.
Dora, said he, suddenly, will you
marry me-"
Dora was so startled by this abrupt
question that she was unable to reply for
a moment, and Jack, remembering the
old adage that "silence gives CONSENT"
concluded she was too much overcome
with emotion to speak, and SO put his
arm around her waist reassuringly.
"Mr. Bronson" said Dora, rising to
her feet, Il am very sorry. / never
meant to encourage you to think we
could ever be more than friends"
Jack was completely overwhelmed
by this unexpected reply. He, too,
rose to his feet.
Il suppose from that that some ON
else has won your affections
Dora made no reply.
"Then" continued Jack, in the most
sarcastic tone he could command, Il
am sure I wish you much JOY, but
must confess am little surprised at
your choice" And he walked majes-
tically forth, slamming the door as he
went, leaving Dora standing in the
middle of the floor, speechless with in
dignation.
Not until he had nearly reached the
end of his run that night had Jack
passed through successive stages of
anger, disappointment and chagrin and
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
"POOr Richard"

Ben Franklin is to blame for the sor-
did and very partial view of success
that prevails In this country. Fra nk-
lin, though himself not parsimo:- ,us
man, dinned maxims of parsimony lnto
the ears of the American people so
persistently, and did it in such won
derfuIly forcible way, that he succeed
ed in ingraining the thought of the
American people with an eminently ma
terial philosophy. The moral of it all
is-save, save, save for rainy day
By dint of everlasting repetition of the
vision of the rainy day that has got to
be laid up for, Ben Franklin has Sac
ceeded in taking all the sunshine out
of the days that are not rainy for n
dreds of thousands of people.--Boo.o .on
Transcript.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
WORK OF THE WITS
PRESSING business-Ironing.


A sHoER Horseshoeing done
here"
The ditch-digger is the man who al
ways "gets in his work"
EDITORS shears-How do you feel !?
Exchange-All cut up.
A SCHOOL board whose doings never
need whitewashing-the blackboard.
A YOUNG man whose girl went back
on him says that he suffers from heart
failure.
The growler that goes too often to
the bar is broken at last-over some
ones head.
SHE Cbetween the acts)-Where are
you going? He-Out to see man for
moment. Shells he going to buy it,
or are you?
GUEsT-Say, waiter, can't get my
teeth through this ham. Waiter "a Y.
NJ. G. A. young man)-Well, Ham was
always little hard to Noah, you know?
HE-I like parlor matches better
than the ordinary kind. She NEARLY
thirty)-I like all kinds of matches,
whether they are made in the parlor
or not.
APITTsBURG news paper IN its an
swers to correspondents says, "A ma
Dickinson was born in 1922" then it
gallantly adds, "We do not know the
lady's age"
OLD Gentleman-I don't know what
to think of the coming generation.
One of the Coming Generation-Well,
you can make me your son-in-law if
you want to.
1ELLowLY-It seems strange to me.
Brownly, that Whitley enjoys the most
perfect health and yet takes no exer-
else. Brownly-Nothing strange about
it at all. Whitley is too lazy to catch
any disease.
GAzzAM-I see that lighthouse on
the shore of Lake Michigan has been
blown away by a gale. Mrs. Gazzam
Well L think the Government ought
to stop building light houses and build
heavier ones.
GAGGs-By George! how tired some
of these jokes look one sees in the al
legged humorous papers. Baggs -
Guess you'd look tired if you'd trav-
eled around as much as they have, and
been declined with thanks as often.
INQUIRING Boy-Pa, what do sailors
mean by scuttling ship? Pa-(wor-
ried over family expenses)-They
mean, my son, that they put big hole
in it like the one which Bridget's ,ut-
tie has made in that last ton of coal.
@WELL, sir" asked a noisy disputant,
"don't you think I've defeated my an
tagonist to some purpose? "Oh, yes, I"
replied the listener, "you have. If ever
[ should happen to fight with such
Philistines, I'll borrow your jaw-bone
SHE-They say that vaccination will
be obsolete in the twentieth century.
He-I should think it would, at least
for women. She-Why for women more
than men? He-Because ballroom and
bathing dresses will probably leave no
room for it.
FARMER HAYSEED Doctor, that
heifer o mine is a pretty sick animal.
Doctor-Yes, so l see Farmer ay-
seed-Pd like to have you fix her up
if you can. You see, Doctor. my wife
died two months ago, and it would be
awful hard to lose 'em both in one
year.
A TEACHER was instructing his class
in natural history. And to what class
of birds does the hawk belong?" he
asked. TO the birds of prey" was the
reply "And to what class do quail
belong:" There was pause. The
teacher repeated the question.
where does the quail beloDg?" "On
toast.'' yelled the boy at the foot of
the class.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

each instantly became serenely oblivi-
Gus of the others existence.
Upon reaching Mrs. Johnson's
boarding house Charley was met at
the door by the landlady's daughter.
Angelina, her eyes sparkling with the
complacent consciousness of interest
ing and exclusive gossip.
"Oh, Charley" she exclaimed eager
~. what do you think? Dora Che
ney's gone and married drummer
from Chicago. He's awful handsome.
and his name is Harry, and they've
been engaged ever SO long-say what
makes We look so funny?"
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
{ nd chapel to cell in this splendid castle

and chapel to cell in this splendid castle
of Nuremberg.
In the tive-cornered tower the reader
will naturally Ike lively interest Men
and women, doctors, lawyers, merchants.
thieves, mechanics, and laborers who
lived in the olden time were either made
familiar with the tower itself or its de-
crees. This tower is the oldest structure
in Nuremberg. In it we find all the IN
struments of torture known to history.
The rack, thumbscrews, and guillotine are
found in every European museum, and
the red gown worn by the executioner is
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

out tonight, do you. Mr.. Dunlap?"
Yes, we're marked out on number
nine"
That's so: | remember taking the
order, now. You're to have the 242
That's Jack Bronson's engine, isn't it 2"
Yes" was the reply, in such a dry
tone that the operator turned with an
amused smile and said:
Il don't believe you love your neigh
bor Bronson as yourself
Cant say that | do" replied the
young man. Then, as though moved
by sudden impulse. he stepped to the
side of the rosy checked operator, and,
bending down until his mustaches al
most brushed her ear, exclaimed:
Dora - Miss Cheney, [ mean-I
can't bear to see you treat that Jack
Bronson Just as friendly as you do me
any longer. l want you all to myself,
for love you, Dora"
"Do sit down, Mr.. Dunlap" said
Dora. "Some one will come in. This
is so very unexpected, and besides,
you know, I'm already Good
evening, Mr.. Bronson"
The door had suddenly opened. re-
~ealing the astonished faces of Jack
Bronson and Eonsides, the night
operator.
"Charley," said Ironsides. as he
stepped in and shook the water from
his dripping hat, Il saw yer partner,
Shanty, as l came along. and he told
me to tell you to come down to the
car"
Charley pulled his cap over his eyes
and lurried out, Wild with mortitica-
tion and despair SO they We're al
ready engaged. were they? He turned
howard the river, with vague notion
Of throwing himself into its turbid
waters, but changed his mind and
started back to his way car Reach
ing the car, he bolted in and Hung him
self upon locker with dismal groau.
Sharty was lying upon his back on
the opposite side of the car. smoking
vigorously. He was a man who never
Troubled himself about the affairs of
others: but the conduct of his partner
was so extraordinary that he stopped
smoking, raised himself upon his elbow.
and, after gazing moment in speech
less wonder, inquired:
"W'at's the matter?"
"Nothin'."
"Git fired? ?"
NO"
SCOT the colic?"
"No-oh. no."
"Well, what in thunder does all We ?"
"Are you friend of mine?' asked
Charley, impressively, suddenly start
ing up.
Shanty's only answer was a look of
establishment.
You see," went on Charley, Il told
Dora / loved her-I mean-Jack Bron-
son-confound it, they're goin' to be
married." he concluded, in desper-
ation.
"Well-you-are-a drawl-
ed Shanty, in tone of withering con-
tempt. "D'ye mean to let that din
ner-table railroad man cut We out like
that 2"
How can l help it?"
Lick him."
"Lick him. I'll break him in two.
But I'm afraid that won't help the mat
ter any"
Shanty was prevented from express
ing his views upon this point by the
entrance of the conductor with the
announcement that it was leaving
time.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

TO a great ex-
tent a misnomer.
Those persons
who are not con-
tent with b e
pre- sent would
have found away
back in the mid
die ages, that
the road to Jor-
dan was a hard
load to travel.
W e m a r C b
t h r u gh the
stately banquet
halls and rich
C b a m b ers of
European pal
q c Q s n e v e r
thinking to look
beneath the sur
face, into the
dungeons, or of
peeping into the
" W = L i II q
reat and f a.
vored at b e S t
b ad a S h ort
ten ure upOn n
pleas ure an d
popularity, the
8 X tre III es of
which were a
poor return for
what they en-
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

Lyceum stage. Those who were fortu-
nate enough to witness the result, and
have the advantage also of knowing Nu-
remberg. cln testify how faithfully this
was done. The fidelity with which st.
Lorenz Platz has been transferred to the
stage was complete. The church, the
Fountain of Virtue, the home of Mar
guerite, and the famous old Nassauer
House form historical, romantic. ar
tistic and architectural combination hard
ly equaled in the world. The mind that
can not transfer itself to the scenes of by
gone ages of which these monuments are
witnesses must be indeed prosy and mat
fer-of-fact
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
THE LOOM OF LIFE.
]. b. SALISBURY.

The loom of life with sturdy beat
The tramp, tramp, tramp OF human feet
Is weaving now q silken veil,
A living web, SO fair, SO frail,
Yet every thread is dearly bought
A flashing gem for human thoCght.
The warp vas drawn when morning stars
Attuned their harps to golden bars,
Which echoed down the hills of space,
And suns and worlds, with maiden grace,
Joined in the song, piercing the air
With darts Of tone Twas music rare
AS long the lines Of quiv'ring light
That chased away the gloom Of night,
There hung as jewels there and long
Tie svaying tentacles of song.
Gods throne, the strong and sturdy beam,
z ID fast the threads Of light egleam,
A I souls slipped down the golden way
To mat With forms OF sordid clay.
BARRE CENTER, \. Y.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27
ShOpkeeping in Paris.

French Girl-Papa, man who looks
like an American is observing those
gloves in the window. What shall ask
for them?
Shopkeeper-Twenty dollars.
Man (enteringl-How much?
Girl-Twenty dollars.
Man-Sar-r-r-ri
Shopkeeper-Forty cents, m'seer.-
Gm1hn World.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-27

Co-EDUcATIoN in college is success,
but it isn't so much Of success as it
would be if most of the girls who are
co-educated in college were better
looking.