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The Portland daily press., 1890-10-07

Mr.. Henry Waterson's remarks about the
South before the Boston Reform Club do not
win the approval of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, which says sit believes it will be time
enough for Southern orators and lecturers to
make parade at the North and explain our
position with regard to the negro problem,
vhen Northern public men come to the
outh and explain, or attempt to explain, the
ttitude Of their people toward the negroes
their sectlon-the negroes whom they
rowd out Of all employment except the
most menial." The thing that the North
complains Of is that the negro is deprived by
the South OF rights guaranteed him by the
constitution. The North does not undertake
to say that the Southern white shall treat
the negro as an equal socially. But the con-
atutlon and the laws have made him a
otter, and the North insists that the
outh shall obey the constitution and the
avs the same as it does. The treatment of
he negro socially at the North, whether it
t be better or worse than at the South, has
nothing to do with the case.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-07

)r Evarts authorizes ex-senator Ar
New York to say publicly that he
be a candidate for reelection.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-07

The policies OF the UNION MI.
TUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY AFFORD absolute protection,
and In liberality are unsurpassed
by those OF any other Company.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
How Far Can You Hear?

Some experiments in judging dis
lance by sound were carried out re-
Gently by one of the London brigades
of the Metropolitan volunteers. This
branch of military tactics is quite a
new departure in volunteering, and
one which, if it is to be made of serv-
ice, will require more than an ordinary
amount of practice. 1t was first ex-
planned to the men that sound travels
at the rate of l, 100 yards in three Sec
onds, and on this basis they were to es-
innate the distance at which some
rifles were being discharged in the
darkness. The answers at first were
wide ofthe mark, some of the men be-
ing as much as $50 yards out in their
calculations. With little practice,
however, great improvement was
shown, many of the men guessing the
distance exactly. l am told, however,
that the experiments are not rs salts
factory as was hoped, and it is thought
some time must elapse before Judging
distance by sound can be relied upon
with any certainty.-Life.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Conquered by Woman.

The colt, a spirited, willful animal,
had been tied to post in front of the
farmers house while his owner went
off across the fields to see some cattle.
Flies were numerous and the colt man.
aged to rub off his halter and bride
and throw himself at the same time.
The farmers's wife was pulling weeds
in the garden close by and, being a
woman of nerve, sprang over the low
board fence that INTERVIEWED, seated
herself upon the colts head and stayed
there, in spite of his struggle, for near
ly an hour, until his driver returned.
The colt had given up trying to help
himself long before he was released
from his uncomfortable position and
never forgot the lesson. He was more
completely under the will of his driver
than any other horse I ever knew. 1t
was never necessary to tie him to a
post again. His owner would drive
him to the church door and leave him
standing during the entire service, in
perfect confidence that he would not
move out of his tracks until told to-
minneapolis Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
what water Costs.

From an article on "The New Croton
Aqueduct," by Charles Barnard, in the
Century we quote the following; 1T
is curious commentary on the de-
mands OF modern civilization TO OBJ
serve the effect of building this dam.
The million people in the city need
reserve of drinking water, and
twenty-one families must move out of
their quiet rural homes and see their
hearths sink deep under water. The
entire area to be taken for q reservoir
is !, All acres. Twenty-one dwellings,
three saw and grist mills, sash and
blind factory and carriage factory
must be torn down and removed. A
mile and quarter of railroad track
must be relaid, and six miles of
country roads must be abandoned. A
road twenty-three miles long will ex-
tend around the two lakes, and n bor-
der or safety margin three hundred
feet wide will be cleared all around the
edge to prevent any contamination of
the water. This safety border will in
clude carriage road. and all the rest
will be laid down to grass. As the
dam rises, the water will spread wider
and wider over fields, farms, and
roads. Every tree will be cut down
and carried away. Every building will
be carted off, and the cellars burned
out and filled with clean soil to prevent
any possibility of injury to the water.
Fortunately there is no cemetery within
the limits of the land taken for the
reservoir. Had there been one it
would have been completely removed
before the water should cover the
ground. Fifty-eight persons and COR
porations, holding one hundred and
eleven. parcels of land. will be dis
possessed in order to clear the land for
the two lakes and the DAMS roads, and
safety borders"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Facts Concerning Whales.

A sight of these huge, inoffensive
animals is often to be had during an
Atlantic voyage. They are too timid
to approach near the steamer. A
popularity about these wonderful
creatures is the tail, which is not verti-
cal as in most fishes, but level. by which
they are able to reach the surface of the
water with greater facility for the pur-
pose of respiration; and such is the
strength that even the largest whales
are able with its assistance to force
themselves entirely out of water. Ac-
cording to writer in the Ocean the
tail is their only instrument of pro-
lection. With one stroke of it
they will send large boat with its
crew in air and shatter the wood into
thousand pieces. Sometimes the ami
NAL will take perpendicular position
in the water, with the head downward
and rearing the tail on high beat the
waves with fearful violence. On these
occasions the sea foams for wide
space around. This performance is
called by the sailors lob falling" A
whales head is about one-third of its
body, and its tongue is thick mass
which was formerly considered great
delicacy of the table, and right of
royalty. Their blood is red and warm
like mans, and the females suckle
their young. A whale has no external
ear. Their sense of hearing is imper-
feet. When the skin is removed q small
opening is perceived for the admission
of sound. BY quick perception of all
movements made on the water it dis
covers danger at great distance. The
eyes are small, but the sense of seeing
is acute.
A whale does not attain full growth
under twenty-five years, and is said to
reach very great age. They live in
families rather than herds and are of a
kindly nature, with the instinct of
family affection very strongly devel-
oped. Whales have no teeth, instead
of which whalebones grow down out
of their upper Jaw.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Four billion cigars.

''Four billion of cigars9 Yes, sir;
that's the annual consumption of the
lovers of the weed III this country.
Just think how huge pile of tobacco
that would make. Why, it would take
half u dozen expert counters three
years to count 'em. And yet-well.
they are not what they should be, and
the smoker has himself to blame for
it,
The speaker was L. H. Delano, the
editor OF Tobacco.
Themselves to blame?" was incred-
'ulously asked.
Precisely. Half the number of
smokers who use cigars smoke to
please the eye rather than the lips and
the palate. They prefer nice, smooth,
silky-looking wrapper on their cigars
to rough and apparently coarser
wrapper, and they make the choice ir-
respective of the smoking qualities of
the two, for it often happens that the
handsome wrapper conveys to the
mouth metallic taste which is al
together wanting in the other. The
preference, which amounts to hobby
with some people, has had a curious
result. 1t has set domestic cigar leaf
tobacco away in the background and
given the lead TO an importation which
is finer in fiber, lighter in color. and
more attractive to the eye, but not so
grateful to the appetite. Had it not
been for this whimsical taste of the
American smoker the native leaf
would still hold the place it occupied
ten years ago as the almost universal
wrapper for his weed and the fragrant
filler as well. Now it is only the filler"
-Ne,o York letter 10 the Richmond Dis
match.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Thackeray's Great-Grandmoth

The little old house was as pleasant
within rs without; big blue china pots
stood in the corners of the sitting
rooms and of the carved staircase with
its low steps. In the low-pitched front
parlor hung the pictures Ca Sir Joshua
Reynolds among them) of generations
not so far removed in my childish days
as they are at present, being now
buried away by succeeding lives-"ou
sous son pere on rerouve encore son
pere CONNIE ronde sous ronde dams
une mer sans fond"
My fathers great-grandmother, Mrs.
Becher, had SAT to Sir Joshua in her
youth-she died in 1926 at eighty-nine
years of age. Her name, which the
writer has inherited, was Anne Hays
ham before she married, and we have
a copy of the Sir Joshua portrait, rep
resenting a stately dame in the flowing
draperies of the period. She lived in
the old house at Fareham, after her
husbands death; she was the mother
sons. The sterner rule of those Spartan
times did not always quell the wild
spirits of their rising generations. My
grandmother has often told me that
Mrs. Becher never called her eldest
daughter anything but "Miss Becher;"
her little granddaughter was miss
Nancy" She used to come and go
leaning on a beautiful tortoise-shell-
headed cane. l have played with the
cane, though its owner died long be-
fore was born; as for the great-aunt,
l remember her perfectly well, little
old lady in haxen front with apple
cheeks and blue shawl, holding out
her welcoming arms to the third gen.
Grafton Of her brother Johns descend
ants. When she died, she left her
brothers picture out of the parlor to
my grandmother, his only surviving
daughter, and now in turn it hangs
with its red coat upon our parlor wall.
We are all very fond of our great
grandfather, with his nice coat and lace
ruffies. He is. in the portrait, young
man of some twenty-five years of age
with an oddly familiar face, impulsive,
inquisitive. he strikes me at least.
His name was John Hartman Becher,
and he too went out to India and did
good work there, and died young, as
did so many others-in those days.
He was born in April, 1894 and died
about 1900.
Fareham itself, with its tall church
spire and peal of Sunday bells across
the cowslip meadows, was a Miss-Aus-
ten-like village, peopled by retired
naval officers and spirited old ladies
who played whist every night of their
lives and kept up the traditions of En-
frlo M xxith n
we'll remember. Among other things
which my grandmother has often de-
scriSed TO us was the disastrous news
of Nelson's death, coming to them all,
in that same little parlor where, few
years after, little William Makepeace
Thackeray sat, laboriously writing to
his mother in India.-Anne Thdckeray
Richie, IN 81. Nicholas.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
A Lobster Cove.

The following scheme for keeping
live Holsters has been started by Bos-
ton man in Southport, Me-: A large
cove has been purchased and damned
up so that it forms n saltwater lake.
When the Holsters are brought from
the fishermen they are put into this
lake and kept until later in the season,
when fewer of the fish are caught and
the price is higher. The dam is so
built that gate can be raised and the
water let out and in again with the tide,
thus having pure sea water at all times
in the cove. AS many as 5000 Holsters
can be kept in this place at a time.
When the owner WAITS to get n lot he
raises the gate at low tide, lets the wa
ter run out, and then picks up all that
he wants.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Wanted q Rebate.

A teacher of private school not far
from New Haven was called upon to
deduct something from bill for
Il child's tuition. The parent as
serted that the child had been absent
a great deal on account of sickness,
and for other reasons. Finally, as a
clincher, the thrifty patron of the in
stitution added: ''Not only has Johnny
been away many days, but he hasn't
been on hand at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing three days in the week, and you
know it."-NeaO HaUcn Palladium.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
Ink Plant.

There is plant in New Granada
known as the link plant" the juice of
which serves, without the least prep
-aration, as ink. The writing at first
appears red, but in a few hours as
sumes deep black hue. Several
sheets of manuscript written with this
natural ink, became soaked with sea
water on their journey to Europe, but
when dried the writing was found to
be still perfectly clear.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18

1t is the lie abilities, asset were, that
make the successful assignor. Albany
Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18

The poet is born, not made. The
poetess is born and maid too.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18

Owosso Accommodation leaves Jackson at
1925 a. m. arriving at Lansing II 80; Owosso at
l2;45 p. m. Returning leaves Owosso at 80 %.
M, arriving at Lansing at 5:2i, Jackson at Gas
y. m.
All Trains Daily except Sunday.
T.. V. SMITH, Station Agent Owosso
O. w. RUGGLEs, G. p. g. Il. A., Chicago
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-18
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-05

Some idea may be formed of the enormous
amount of public documents issued during
every session Of Congress when 1t becomes
necessary to appropriate from twelve to fifteen
storage rooms in the endorsement Of the
House wing Of the Capitol for the overflow Of
the ordinary document rooms on the basement
hoor Twelve rooms now in the House sub.
basement contain 500, 600 books and 400 600
pamphlets. The Senate document rooms are
proportionately crowded. These books are
fresh and damp from the Office Of publication,
and many are wrapped. damped with paste,
stored away in compact piles in these damp base
ment rooms, liable to mildew and warpage. To
remedy this the chief architect of the Capitol
has just arranged air fans for the purpose OF
ventilating the rooms and thus secure these
enormous piles Of books from damage. Large
bulls eye looking openings about three or four
feet in diameter have been cut in the brick
wall OF the end room and rotary air fans, with
adjustable blades, propelled by pair of oscii-
latipg engines inclosed in al iron box and
attached to the fan frame, with steam connec.
tions with the main boiler, have been placed
in these openings. A current of air graduated
atpleasure from zephyr to a miniature cyclone
can be thrown through these rooms. Fans and
engines similar to those OF propeller are read
lily adjustable to reverse, reduce or increase the
current to any degree necessary, or they may
be 30 reversed TO suck or draw a current of air
from the rooms. The fan il 70 perfectly adj
1usted on Its bearings that ii will run for hours
by the force of its own momentum and tho
vacuum after the steam supply has been cut
Oh. Architect Clarke is highly eratified at his
success In rendering these damp vault rooms
perfectly secure for storage purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-05
TWO HUNGRY BURGLARS,
The Police Capture Two Men Who Had
Robbed q House,

Two hungry BLOCKING individuals, called
burglars" were measured and photographed
for the rogues gallery this morning. The
names given by them were VIM. Teymore and
Henry Clifton. They are evidently strangers
in the city and were no doubt badly in need Of
something to eat when they entered the house
OF Mr.. E. B. Stocking, No. 205 A street youth
east, last evening. Mr.. Stockings family has
been absent from the house some days
and the police knew that the house was I'M
occupied. Officers Blanford and Cotton, in
passing through the neighborhood last night,
were told by two little girls that there we're
two suspicious-looking men about the place.
Seeing that the house had been opened Officer
Blanford went for help. Officer Cotton climbed
by the open window into the parlor. While there
the two men returned, one going down the
alley. Oficer Cotton pursued him and sue
ceeded IN srresting him. Then giving him in
charge OF some citizens the officer went mp the
alley and secured the other man. Oficer
Blanford by this time had returned and the
prisoners were taken TO tho station. Some
jewelry and two small clocks were found on
their persons.
The case was called in the Police Court this
morning, Mr.. Campbell Darlington appearing
for the prisoners. Mr.. Isaac s. Lyon testified
that having heard that the house had been bur-
giarized he. with two others, went into the
house with candle aud found that the bureau
drawers had been opened With a jimmy and
rsnsacked
Mr.. Stocking identified the clocks found by
the officers, and also q wallet, clock key, gold
button, bracelet and other articles taken from
the prisoner.
ofhcsr Cotton give similar testimony
The case was sent TO the grand Jury. Bonds
el,00o each.
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Thrilling Escape Of a Steamer From
Disaster.
COLORED FARMERS ALLIANCE.
St. Louis Asks to Have Crop
Reports Issued at Midnight.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS OF THE DAY.
LIFTED ON AN ICEBERG.
The Steamer Portals Narrow Escape
From Disaster.

HALIFAX, August 5-The steamer Portia,
which arrived here today from St. Johns, N.F..
had q very narrow escape from destruction on
her way from Pilleys Island. On July 30,
when near Togo Head. huge iceberg was
noticed dead ahead. The steamer sailed close
alongside of IL, and while passing the glitter
ing mass terrific report was heard. which
shook the ship and the berg broke into three
pieces, each piece going under the water with
. roar and crash like thunder. The steamer slid
mp on the third piece, which tipped over, hold
time it looked to all on board as though sud-
den death was inevitable, but IN a
moment the sea which had hitherto
been as placid as mill pond, suddenly
became . surging mass. This driving sea
rushed down upon the Portia and lifted her off
the ice into the water. On examining the ship
ii was found that staDchions in the saloon had
been displaced and bent and the under Orders
Of the dining table smashed Capt. Ash
was at his post on the bridge at the
tim, time Of the accident .hi After the re. re-
berg tip over and slowly rise from the water
The engines were stopped. Had this order not
been promptly executed the steamer would
have gone down when lifted from tho ice by
the seas. The excitement among the passen-
GERS shouted to the passengers to keep cool
The terrified passengers grew calmer
and almost Immediately afterward the
Portia was bin clear water and out of danger.
The bow OF the ship was damaged by the ice
and portion Of the forward apartment was
flooded The passengers speak in the highest
terms OF the judgment and GOODNESS
displayed by Capt. Ash, who, it will
be remembered, was a member Of the
Greedy relief expedition. The passengers
presented the captain with an address. Mr..
Northcote. the chief officer, was in his berth
when the iceberg broke. He informed a re-
porter today that he was startled by Jumps Of
ice coming through the port hole into his
room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-05
Storms i'm the West.

MASON CIrY, Iowa, August "a destructive
wind and hail storm, much worse than at first
reported, swept over Lyons, Osceola, Dick
inson, Emmett and winnebago counties Sun
day, destroying nearly everything IN its path
way. Many horses and cattle were killed,
and men who were out we're badly cut
by the hail, and several are reported
as seriously injured. The track OF the storm
was about fourteen miles wide. following east
ward the south Minnesota state line. Hail
stones as large as hens eggs fell to a depth of
six inches. Flax, which was heavy crop. was
entirely ruined. Wheat and oats in the shock
we're SO badly damaged not to be worth
threshing. Several houses were blown down
and 1t would take thousands Of dollars to cover
the damage TO farmers alone.
COLD WArEs, MICH, August ga terrible
wind storm followed by wind and hail visited
this vicinity yesterday. Just east Of the city
shade and ornamental trees were blown down.
fences ieveled and +. Marsh's brick dwelline
house was partly demolished. The heavy rain
viii be OF incalculable value 10 growing crops
which were suffering from q four weeks
drought
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A Fatal Collision.

PLATrsBCRe, y. Y, August "a serious &C.
:idenI occurred Oh the Delaware and Hudson
railroad. about four miles south of Port Kent,
yesterday morning. Two extra freight trains
in charge of Conductors Long and Connors.
left here about noon. When one mile south of
Port Kent Longs train broke in two Connors
was closely following and in rounding sharp
curve some miles further on crashed into the
rear portion of the head train. The engine Of
Connors train was completely demolished and
seven cars derailed and badly damaged. En-
gineer King received several bruises and Fire
man White was SO badly hurt that he may die
The cause OF the accident is said TO have been
the failure Of the hagman to 60 far enough to
stop the train