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ment shall have been obtained and the
balance when the act shall have passed
both houses of the legislature and receive
the approval of the governor.
10 no case Is the subscription to be paid
to other than the collector.
James c. Tire is the agent who was
csnvassing lower Broadway below Wall
street yesterday. His collection hook vas
marked No. s. and showed in it the
names of 1875 firms marked paid. He
bal; therefore, collected 1925.
1t is more easy TO see that this man
Spates has hit upon an easy way OF max
ing a fortune than it is to calculate the ex-
tent of the fortune he will make. Agent
Tire said that he had only . small district,
that the whole state of New York was cut
up into similar districts and that the
scheme was taking like wildGre. II he
told the truth, Messrs, Gould and Astor,
Rockefeller, Huntington and all the rest
of the millionaires, including the Duke of
Westminster, will have to hide their
diminished heads when Spates sums up his
gains. 1t does not matter what becomes
Of the telephone bill at Albany; the pre-
limiuary payment of s. a head, collected
from all the firms and families that use
the telephone, will put Spates well up in
the list Of millionaircs 1t may be found.
however. that there is no such man. or,
if there is, he does not know what Is be-
ing done in his name.
The telephone committee of the Board
Of Trade and Transportation decided yes
terday also to take a hand in telephone
legislation. They decided to dock the
1000 telephone subscribers something
like 81 each, aud with this $4,000 90 to
Albany with a special committee and see
to it that a bill calling for lower telephone
rates is passed. The questions now are
how many OF the 1000 will consent to be
locked, and how many will consent to
send their money to this committee.
, 1891-03-26

To See the GODDESS Kiss the Washington
Monument Brings Good Luck.

To See the Goddess Kiss the Washington
Monument Brings Good Luck.
The Washington monument leans against
he blue sky, a great white shaft, and It
covers nearly 200 feet above the Capitol
dome, which stands on a hill about a mile
away. The Goddess OF Liberty isof bronze.
She weighs 1900 pounds, and she stands
erect on a great bronze globe on the cap Of
the dome, measuring 1871 feet from heI
toes TO the tips Of the feathers which crown
her head. She is a woman of wonderful
beauty, and as a Pennsylvania railroad
train carries the statesmen out of Wash
ingt0u it goes around a part of the city in
such IA way that the traveller looking from
the Window sees this great figure Of the
Statue Of Liberty coming nearer and nearer
to the Washington until at last
the two are in direct line with his eye, and
the great Goddess forms a black silhouette
against the pure white Of the mouume
This view Of the has 10 be
caught on n train going az the rate of forty
miles an hour. There are a number of car
tracks just at the point where it becomes
visible, and a passing freight car will shut
1t out. It can only be seen for Il second,
and only one time, perhaps, In a dozen
trips. Public men leaving the capital on
missions keep their eyes glued on the win
dows, and il they are lucky enough to
h'-N~@ Nr~ NNhN N@N'AN ~ AAAAA
their missions successful. II not, some of
them feel the superstitlous dread Of fail
ure assured. and it Is strange how many
times they are correct.
When IIansbrough went home to seek
for a reelection TO congress he kept his
eye glued on the goddess from the time
the train left the station, but Just as he
was about to see her Kiss the monument a
freight car rushed in, and the moment
passed. He went to Dakota, and failed to
get his election. At another time he was
left to make his fight for the senatorship.
But / will let him tell the story himself.
Said he: Il watched the Goddess as We
left the depot. The tracks were full Of
freight cars and feared l should miss it..
Senator Farwell was with me and he also
kept his eyes coward the Capitol. As we
went out Of the city freight cars increased,
and AS we neared the point where the two
come together the track was full of them.
l kept my eye on the window, however,
and | just caught Il view of the Goddess
against the between the cars of
a passenger train. l was leaning over and
watching closely as / did so, n when the
two came together l excitedly clapped one
hand against the other saying, I've got itr
and 1 nearly scared the wits out of an old
woman who sat in front of me and who
must have thought | was crazy.
wei, i went out to Dakota and secured
my election. l don't, of course, believe tina
the monument and the Goddess had much
to do with it."-Washington Cor. PhiIa-
delphia Press.
, 1891-03-26

Did the reader ever have a place in the
country If he has and does not want &c
grow sick of it, or If he has none, but hopes
to have one, and does not want to be forced
to give it up in disgust, let me give him a
piece of advice. Don't undertake too much.
Have only 800 square feet of grass, and one
tree or half "A dozen shrubs, but have all oil
the best. Dig deep, fertilize literally, plant
the best grass seed and plenty OF It, set out
the largest trees and shrubs that will be
likely to grow, and care for them tenderly
year uftcryeAr Dig about them and prunt
them, and spare no pains to make them the
best Of their kind; or, let me say at once
that the readers delight in nature and his
desire to initiate her effects will not pre-
vent the failure Of his lawn planting
Samuel Parsons, Jr., in SCribner's.
, 1891-03-26

II there is amy one in Macon who had
little faith in hoodoos and charms a few
weeks < that person was Chief KEENAN,.
But at last all uubelievers are brought
around, and it appears this was the case
with the doughty chief. Some days ago he
was suffering considerably with neuralgia.
After trying every remedy under the sun
he at last came upon a friend who had a
recipe which he was not caring particu.
larly to reveal to the chief, but seeing the
official in deep trouble he finally consented
to apply the remedy. Securing IA spool Of
black silk thread, he cut off several bits.
One he tied around the neck Of the chief,
another down the back, and connecting the
one from the neck with that around the
waist, and II fourth down his breast, con
Meeting in the same way the two bands.
This completed the outfit.
When the operation was finished the
chief, with an ~incredulous smile, asked
what came next. ooh, you will talk diff
ferently in a few minutes replied the
friend, with a shake of the head. In a
minute the official felt IA strange sensation
in the face, and within five minutes the
pain had left him. To say that he was
amazed would be putting it mildly. He
has already given the cure to n dozen sui.
ferers, and now he is at work solving the
problem Of how he was cured. As yet he
has found no one who can give the cause
for it.-Nfacon Telegraph.
, 1891-03-26

The celebrated DIR. Metzger, Of Amster.
dam, who successfully treated the empress
Of Austrin, has only one waiting room for
all his patients, whatever their rank or
condition. Zach has to wait his turn.
Some time ago n poor woman, who hap
penrd to be there, turned to her ueighbor.
a lady Of distinguished appearance, not
~withstanding the simplicity of her attire,
and said.
How lon we have to wait to be sure
/ dare say YOU have got IL little child at
home, tOO''
No"
But when o get back you will nave
to sweep your rooms3"
mo, l haze folks who do that for me"
Indeed Bus you'll want to get dinner
ready}'
Not ever that, for | dine at the hotel"
Very wei, n you awe nothing particu-
lar to do, You might let me nave your
turni' .
Very willingly" replied the lady, who
was the empress OF Austria.-Le Bon Mes
SINGER,
, 1891-03-26
Qua cURsUM VENTUs.

As ships bag8lmed at eve that lay
WIN canvas dropping. side by side,
Two towers ~ sail, at dawn Of day
Are scarce long leagues apart deserted.
when lcll the might, up sprung the brreza,
And an the rarkliuK hours they piled:
N0r dreamed but each the self same seas
Iy each sl- chewing, side By slide.
E.l 10 b1t why the tale reveal
or thusg whom, year by year unchanged.
Brief absence Joined anew, 10 feel,
AatluuIcl, soul from soul estranEed.
Al dead of night their sails were filled.
Aud onward each rejoicing sfrcr-l.
ADJ u-.lhrr blamed, ror neither wiiicl
or ul-t what Gr-t with dawn appeared.
10 'rer. how vain On, onward strain.
l.rH., iarEs' In light, aud dhrkuc54 tool
Ilrug b winds and uNs one c1mpts- gulIds
TO t,.t auI Your own selves Doe true.
Bot %. Ll,thu lrruze' and q, great sUls'
Thou IA nu'rr that earliest parting pant.
on your vide plain thuy Join HglIu,
Together lead them home at last
one port. mcthought, alike they sought
One purpose hold whorc'Or they fare:
% bounding breeze, o rushing seas,
Al last, a. last. unite them there,
Arthur Hugh Clough.
, 1891-03-26
~ELEC IN LAW.
Points About Inventions hat Have Open
ed New Fields Of Litigation.

ed New Fields OF Litigation.
One Of the effects Of the rapid introduce
ton Of electrical inventions during the
last quarter OF a century has been 70 open
up entirely new fields Of litigation for the
lawyer and new questions for the bench.
This in a general way is true Of every new
creation Of industrial property. but with
electricity muny Of the problems to be
solved are quite novel, and a judge has
often to 20 wide Of practice or precedent
before he can determine the legal princi-
pie proper to apply in the case before him,
Thus, Tor instance, in Pennsylvania the
question has been adiudicated upon wheth-
er u local electric light company was "a
manufacturing concern. The court says
il is not, and yet all that it does is to make
current for sale.
A similar point is that raised As " the
durability OF electric current. The law
officers Of the treasury say 1t is intangible,
and therefore pays no duty; yet il can be
measured to the minutest fraction. The
Western Union company has had many a
fight as to whether pole lines had any right
on the public highway, and Massachusetts,
say they have, as Transporting message il
part Of the work Of intercourse, for which
roads are laid put and maintained.
The American Bell Telephone company
for years spent hundreds OF thousands Of
uNAAtEH III ttAElAlAuE NAt AN1lEAAHe llELIlnF
that telephone speech can only he trans
mitted by an undulatory current, that "A
make and break current would not do it,
and that other devices are simply a juggle
to get aroun Bells patent. In electric
lighting millions Of investments have hung
on a "hlament," and on the exact meaning
that the courts might attach 10 the word.
Among late legal fights is one that prob.
ably the United States supreme court will
have TO settle-namely. whether the tele.
phone companies or the electric railway
companies have "A right to use the earth as a
return circuit. The telephone people
claim that the leakage from the railway
throws their service out Of gear and rem
ders the instruments useless. The railway
people reply that their telephone friends
have a remedy in metallic circuits, and that
no one electrical interest anyhow can own
the earth" Already this dispute has crop
ped up in nearly a score Of states, and the
increasing number and magnitude Of the
electric roads renders It more and more
important. In the meantime, the tele
phone companies as far as possible are
putting their metallic circuits in, with a
marked improvement in the service.
New questions thus crop up every day.
In the use, for example, Of the alternative
currents now becoming so common not a
little has depended on the patentability OF
the principle OF Transforming the current,
and on whether a step up" was equiva.
lent 70 a step down"-in other words,
whether raising the voltage and decreasing
the ampereage was n simple and inevitable
converse to decreasing the volts and rails
ing the amperes. Another point around
which legal controversy has gathered is the
fine one rs to where low" potential ends
and high" potential begins -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
, 1891-03-26

Frank Maugin has one OF the ~strangest
hobbies in the world. He comes on the
fioor and takes a seat and pulls out a roll
of greenbacSs. There he sits all through
the session; and what do you suppose he is
waiting for2 Only to buy goldl Every man
on change who has "A few pieces Of yellow
money can get bills for it by applying to
Mr.. Mangin. The boys all patronize him,
and he goes away every day with his peck,
cts loaded down. once made bold to ask
him what he did with the stuff. He was
angry in a moment, and told me it was
none OF my business, and told me in a
way that have never ventured to ask any
more questions concerning it.-Chicago
Letter.
, 1891-03-26

The oldest tree on earth, at least as
far as any one knows. .sthc Boo tree.
in the sacred city Of Amarapooru, Bur.
NAH. 1t was planted, the record says,
II. the year 2sS b. c., and is therefore
nearly ? POO years old. Its great age is
proved according to historic documents,
says Sir James Emerson, who adds
To il kings have dedicated their do
minions in testimony Of a belief that it
is a branch of the identical FIX tree
under which Buddah reclined at Urum-
clva when he underwent his apotheo-
sis Its leaves are carried away by
pilgrims as relics, but rs it is too sacred
too touch with a knife, these leaves can
only lie gathered after they have fallen.
st Louis Republic.
, 1891-03-26

M P4LNER PIN

The Palmer CaDyass may or may not
ultimately bunE about the choice Of the
senators by the direct vote Of the people,
but there is a fair probability that it will
work a change, 10 some degree, in TIE
manner Of their selection, says the St.
Louis Globe Democrat State conveu-
lions, for a time at least, are likely TO 90
farther in the direction of naming the
candidate for the senatorship than form
crly. Already there are limitations that
several Of the states in the next canvass
for the legislatures which are 70 choose
senators, will try the Palmer idea. They.
will IN the conventions nominating state
officers 10 those years put up the party
nominee for the scnatorship, and he
will be expected to take the field and
do battle for his party and himself.
This will give rse to animated forensic
contests b--Teeu the rival aspirauts for
senatorial hOnors, and inject a new and
picturesque element into political cam.
paigns. Personal as well as partisan con
~sideratious will thus be involved. To a
considerable extent the senatorial candi-
date wall be an issuein the canvass. Nei-
Their party will any longer be in the dark
as to the mar who will obtain the senator.
ship il its side secures a majority IN the
legislature. Virtually the voters will cast
their ballots direct Tor the senator, for the
legislature will be in a certain degree con
strained. in electnC the senator, to respect
the desires and demands of its constitu-
onts as manifested at the polls.
That there are some advantages in this
system will be readily understood. 1t
transforms the abstract into the concrete.
BY it voters vote Tor a man as well as an
idea, and not solely for an idea as under
thc present scheme. The possibility
that a legislature will choose a man per
s%onajly unpopular with the masses of the
men who created the majority OF the leRis-
laturc will thus be reduced u a minimum.
Those who have been demanding that the
senate be brought nearer to the people"
will virtually thus attain their end with
out the delay and trouble OF securing an
amendment to the constitution. o.
course, if the choice Of senator. as between
two men, be practically determined before
the canvass begins, all other aspIrlnts
will be either lukcwarm or secretly
hostile and can not be cx-
rectsd to do much toward bringing
about the success Of the party ticket. 10
tIis nav partf.s will I,ae rho aid on tho
, 1891-03-26

Anent Lord Granville's devotion to whist
there Is the following well authenticated
story:
One afternoon, intending to set out for
Paris, he ordered his carriage at Graham's
at 4. When it came around he was play.
ing whist. At 10 o'clock he sent out to say
that he should not be ready for an hour OF
two yet, and that the horses had better be
changed. Again six hours went by. and
the coachman appearing was ordered to
change them again. Three times at inter
walls of six hours were fresh horses put in
before he was ready to start. When the
party rose they were up to their ankles in
cards, and the ambassador, it was reported,
was the loserto the tune of es,OO0t to 60 600.
boston Globe,
, 1891-03-26
Turn to the ,.ight

Turn TO the right
medicine, if you're a weak or ailing
woman. It's DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. If you're overworked
oil " rundown" it builds you up ;
if you're afflicted with any of the
distressing arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to your sex, it
relieves and cures. 1t improves
digestion, invigorates the system,
enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, melancholy and nervous
ness, produces refreshing sleep, and
restores flesh and strength. In the
cure of all functional disturbances,
weaknesses, and Irregularities, it's
guaranteed TO give satisfaction, or
the money IS refunded. 1t does
all that's claimed for it, or it
couldn't be sold in this way.
1t is a legitimate medicine-not
a beverage. Contains no alcohol
TO inebriate no syrup or sugar to
sour or ferment in the stomach and
cause distress. As peculiar in its
marvellous, remedial results as in
its composition.
, 1891-03-26

Anamusing sight on the avenues pleasant
afternoons is the approach of a group OF
young swells. They come In groups Of two
or three, and appear As il they had been
dressed and drilled for the afternoon pa
rade. The clothes are cut on exactly the
same pattern, they assume the same vague
expression of cO~untenancr, and even carry
their canes in the same way. They hold
their canes in the middle, with the head
down and about n foot and a half in front
Of them. This last requires quite an effort,
and it is no woudert to me that these youths
look so pale aud exhausted. l am quite
sure hat if they were addressed they would
identically make the same reply; at least
they dou't give one the idea Of originality.
New York Cor. Buffalo Express.
, 1891-03-26
An rndi.puted Test OF Merit.

A medicine that has been a household
remedy Tor over fifty years and used in
that time by more than $50, 900, 900 per
sons must have great merit. Such a
medicine is found in Brandreth's Pills.
This fact illustrates the value OF these
pills better than anv statement of the
proprietors. 1t will be observed that the
dose required to cure is small. One OF
two bills taken every night for ten OF
twenty days will cure dyspepsia, costive-
ness, rheumatism, liver complaint, all
female complaints and weakness.
BIandreth's Pills are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless, and safe to take at
any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar coated.
, 1891-03-26

Jacques Jareau in 1898 made a map
of the discovered and undiscovered
portions Of the American continent, -
which shows a large river rising at
about the present site Of Kansas City,
and flowing west TO the ''Gulph OF
California, - which is marked as run,
ming up nearly to tie latitude OF Port
land. Ors-St. Louis Republic.
, 1891-03-26

DR.. Talmage defines Hades to be a
place where a person is continually
tormeuted ly conscience. If you have
ever poisoned n neighbours dog, and
had his wife offer to sit up with your
sick child ncNt night, you have had n
taste Of it-just a mere atom of what
the real thing is. Keep to the right
and avoid it.-Detroit Free Press.
, 1891-03-26

The custom Of coloring eggs at Easter
dates back TO the Fourth century, and they
are very easily decorated by one skilled in
the use Of the brush or pencil In many in
stances children are able TO earn quite a
sum Of money by filling egg orders for
tYpir frianlz
, 1891-03-26

The Massachusetts, Republicans are
frank to say the least OF them. they
want the women Of that state ~cufrauchised
because they believe n majority Of them
will vote the Republican ticket. They
point to Wyoming as the only state in
which the Republicans have held their
but we cannot see how they make
this out. From Isss to 1890 the Repub-
licau majority was reduced over l,lO0.
The new land laws alone would now wipe
ont that majority.
, 1891-03-26

Commencing Sunday, Feb. !, 1891, a
through Pullman Palace Sleeper will be
run Rom Salt Lake City and Ogden to St.
Louis via Denver aud Kansas City over
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
raiwava
, 1891-03-26

Landlady-Let's see, Mr.. ~Inpeeune
me for three weeks board. You
needn't mind busting Mr.. Impecune's
room this morning, Jane!
Jane-No mum, the gintleman's done
IL hisself,
Landlady-D0ne WHAT
Observation-Disclosures Grocer.
, 1891-03-26

Active, Though seventy Years of Age.
Miss Frances Power Cobbe, author
of u-iny books and one Of the ablest of
literary women, isat the age Of 20 hard
at work rs writer and refOrmer. She
is full Of health and vigor, which she
attributes to her simple diet and regu-
lar habits, and gives much time to the
Autiyiyisection society in London, of
which she i president. Current Lit
#r.tVra
, 1891-03-26
HAVE YOU A COMPENDIUM OF
COOKERY7

If not go to Underwood Bros. and Sc
cure one before they are zone. They cost
you nothing, and remember they will sell
you just as many goods for a dollar as any
house in the city. All goods warranted.
A. UNDERWOOD & BRo.,
3I4 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-03-26

The Cheyenne Ice company has an un-
limited supply Of good clear ice, which it
will sell cheaper han it can possibly be
bought elsewhere. Leave orders at Rlner
4 J~ohnson's, or telephone Ga
MURRAY & DYER
, 1891-03-26
ARNICArEp EuMEkA CREAM

is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapDed hands. rough and sore sSin, es-
pecially prepared for this climate and
plelsos every body. Try it. Twenty five
cent bottles. Druggists,
, 1891-03-26

DO you believe our ancestors carried
tailsy"
"Botheration! Who cares? Why don't
yoI nsk il they carried pocketbooks'''-
Puck
, 1891-03-26

Boarier !vainly struggling to carve a
chicken)-This bird appears to have been
inOculated by Professor Koch.
Mrs. Hashleigh 90 Pray what do you
mean
Boarder-It seems to he tolerably secure
against con sumptiou.-West Shore.
, 1891-03-26

Gods blessing to mankind, say thous-
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea
, 1891-03-26

Novelties in Easter cards at Postofict
book store.
, 1891-03-26

Easter cards at Postofice book store
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-02
THE HALIFAX kIcKERs
Will Discuss Portland and the
Steamers In Public Meeting.
An Alleged Wrong Deer who Is
Known In Maine.
especial to the Press !

HALIFAX, N. S.. December 1.-The peo-
pie here. as has been already reported, are
greatly agitated over the withdrawal Of
the Allan line of steamers from this port
and their calling at Portland. 1t has now
been decided to hold a public meeting on
the 18th instant to discuss the matter. The
idea of having Portland benefit by being
made virtually the winter port of Canada,
naturally causes jealousy and indignation
among Halifax people who object to being
left out in the cold.
j. E. Peakes, charged with embezzlinp
from the Boston & Albany railroad. was
held for extradition today. Peekes saws
he has a brother in Lewiston, Me. His
wife is now In Halifax. taking an active
part in his case. She Is Maine woman.
Mrs. Peakes has employed clunseI to make
another effort to secure her husbands
liberty. Tomorrow motion will be made
for writ OF habeas corpus, when the
whole case will be again reviewed before a
different judge. When Peakes was ar
rested. he said he was George Foster of
Portland, Me. His gentlemanly manners
Peakes neither drank or gambled. specula-
tion. 1t is charged, being the cause of his
troubles.
1t has been definitely decided that the
warship Blake will relieve the BeIlerophon
on this station on December 10th. The
Blake and her sister ship tue Blenheim are
classed as the two swiftest warships In the
world. The Blake is a powerful vessel.
Her horse power is 20, 000., Her decks are
protected on the slopes with six inches of
steel. She has eight machine guns,
and eight torpedo launching tubes; In ali
she has 36 powerful guns including several
22-tonners. Her speed is % knots. The
suit, not being powerful enough. The
above description of the ship was received
in the city today. Tie Blake will have
800 men.
The English government has decided to
send two 20-knot cruisers to prevent further
trouble on the French shore and carry out
tha law