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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
From the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News.
The King Of Siam has just had pavilion Of
glass built for himself by Chinese architect,
the material for which was furnished by Paris
company. Walls, floors and ceiling are formed
Of slabs Of different sorts and thicknesses of
glass joined by impermeable cement. By one
door only can the king enter; and this closes her
metically when he comes in. and ventilator
valves in tall pipes in the roof open, rs does
also sluice beside large reservoir in which
the glass house stands. The transparent edifce
then becomes submerged, and the king thus
finds himself in q cool and perfectly dry habi-
tation, where he passes the time singing, smok-
ing, eating and drinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

From the Chicago Tribune.
"And you won't marry me, Kt?"
al won't"
mo Use talking about it any more?'
"Not bit. 1t won't do any good, Hank"
The Oklahoma youth. hurt and angry, reached
under his chair for his hat.
Its my own fault, s'pose," he grumbled.
81 ort to have waited till we'd got little better
acquainted"
''Yes, that's about the size of it, Hank" as
sented the Young woman, coldly. "When it
comes to courtin you're too much of q sooner
to suit me. Good evenin'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

From the New York Press.
81 suppose You haven't forgotten that it is
leap year" he said, he took q seat beside her,
'.and 80 must be careful not to lead the con-
versation in a dangerous direction" and he
laughed.
~ had quite forgotten IT," she said, with o
yawn; whats the use of remembering it when
you never meet man who 10 worth proposing
to-
This time be didn't lau2A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
ONE ENGLISH VIEW OF US.
Lady Somerset Impressed With tho Great
ness of the Nation.

SHE ATTRIBUTES MUCH THAT Is GOOD HERE TO
THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN THE DRINK
HABIT IN ENGLAND AND IN AMERIcA-THE
PRIMROSE AND PoLITIcs-THE DISSOLUTION
OF PARLIAMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
Heart RondinC.

FrQm the Someryils Journal.
she-"What's your idea of unhappincss?"
He (tenderly)-"Being away from you.
What's yours?''
She-"An undecided man in drug store
trying to make up his mind among seven differ
ent kinds of sarsaparilla.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
They Lisxtened Patiently,

From the Chicago Tribune.
.'iou viii excuse me now, my friend, !" said tn
man who otficiated as master Of ceremonies at
''Bach and Handel musical entertainment" in q
Groveland Park parlor the other evening, If
turn my Bach on the audience and proceed 10
Handel the organ"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14
Experientia Docet.

From Life
Qittle boy in drug store) Mamma sent
me to get hair brush"
"what sort Of hair brush do you vsut7"
~ want ons with SOFT back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

T HEN ON THE NIGHT
of the 29th of this
month, as mentioned in
The STAR several days
ago. Postmaster Sher-
wood takes possession
OF the Union building.
on G between 9th and
9TH streets northwest.
and removes the city
post Office from hs pres
ent undesirable quarters
IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

Justice Fynn-"what's the charge, ofRcer?"
ORourke-Breakin' the Sunday Law, yer
'anner."
Justice Flynn-"How's that?''
O'Rourke-'Sure, he wus tryin' to get into
Cas.idyt saloon By d fropt dufs instead of Dc
family optxanco."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES LOCATED IN WASHING
ToN-DIsTRIBUTING SPEECHES AND PAM
PHLETs-THE TARIFF QUESTION THE cHIFF
TOPIC,
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THE NEW POST OFFICE
Facilities That VIII Be Enjoyed in
the Union Building.
CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENTS
J. d. CROISSANT.)
W. A CROFFUT,

How the Rooms to BE Occupied by Postmas-
ter Sherwood andHis Force Will BE Anot-
ted-Better Accommodations Than the City
Post Office Has Ever Had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

CENTS TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES WALK FROM TIE CAPITOL
PARE
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
Finaneia1 Afrairs in urucuay.

a statement of the commerce of the
republic of Uruguay for the first and
second quarters of the present calendar
year shows that during the first quarter
the imports were valued at $4,796,936
and the exports at IS, 1896, 1909, and during
the second quarter the imports amount
ed to 80, 319, 792 and the exports 81, 49,
900, making the total imports for the
half year SOLICITED and the exports
SIS, S28, 1862. The importations during
the first six months of 1890 and 1891
were respectively $1S, al 1926 and SO, $685.
7S5. The di1ninution in the imports
from 1890 is very notable, being practi-
cally so per cent, but it should be re-
membered that during the first half of
1890 Uruguay was still under the inhu
ence of the period of imitation. Com
pared with 1891, when the crisis was no
less intense than at present, the falling
OFF is only some $s42, 900, of which $780,
600 represents cattle imported from Ar
gentine Republic, (which had most I'M
favorable effect onthe live stock indus
try of Uruguay. Aside from this the
decrease is insignificant. and it may be
said that Importation has been practi-
cally stationary since 1891. The ex
portation has not been seriously affected
by the crisis, and only shows the differ
ence due to such natural causes as the
variation OF the seasons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
The women world,s Fair visitors.

Under the direction of the board of
lady managers, especially of Mrs. Potter
Palmer, the president, has been organ
lied the Women's Dorinitory associa-
ton, the object of which is to furnish
cheap and comfortable living quarters
during the exposition to women visitors,
particularly those of the industrial class
and of limited means. Fourth hotels
or dormitories will be erected. The site
for one of them has been donated by
George M. Pullman. 1t is square only
two blocks and half from the northern
entrance to the exposition grounds. This
dormitory will be $50 by $50 feet, built
in eight sections,sso that there shall be
no inside rooms, and will have capac-
ity of 1000 persons daily. The rooms
will be varied in size, and plainly but
neatly furnished. 1t is estimated that
1870 900 women visitors will be accom-
modated during the fair. The associa-
ton is selling $3.50, 900 of stock, in shares
of $40 each, to enable it to carry out the
project. Each share entities the holder
to it's face value in room and lodging at
the rate of thirty cents a day, and most
of the stock is already taken.
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Mr.. Mosher was born ffer as were
his father and grandfather before him.
He was native OF Ohio, and was born
in Lake county in 1919. His grandfather
served in the Revolutionary war, his
father in the war of 1912, and he COM
pleted the family warsrecord by nearly
two years. service in the Union army
during the civil war. Each of the three
generations furnished a ffer in the
armies of their country, and the grand
son refused to lay his favorite instru-
ment aside when peace was restored.
For years heyhad been familiar figure
at public celebrations, reunions, politi-
cal gatherings and county fairs through
out the Western Reserve, and had liter
ally flied his way into the affections of
the people of this part of the country.
Tt was at one of these gatherings
that the attention Of Painter Willard
was drawn to Mr. Mosher, who was in
duced to serve as the model OF the
Revolutionary ifer.
For many years Mr.. Mosher did little
else than visit surrounding towns, in re-
Spouse to urgent requests, and no gather
ing of old soldiers could be voted a
really successful and enjoyable one that
did not count among those present the
venerable old fifer of Brighton.
FREDERIC K. KINNEY.
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The Sport of Fortune.

Inventors are proverbially the sport of
fortune A poor fellow of this class
named Jobson was once q boarder in e.
house on Washington place, New York.
He had invented lot of clever things
which were of no use to anybody, and he
was very hard up. The landlady was
kindly soul and she did not press him
for long time, but at last his debt was
so large and his hope of paying it SO
small that he vanished from the house.
Two months later, in the middle of Win
ter, the man reappeared and begged
shelter for the night. In his old room
he committed suicide. AT that very
moment an advertisement appeared in
paper calling on Jobson by name to go
west and claim his share of relatives
great fortune.-Exchange
The latest way to treat alfalfa is to
run The crop as soon as cut and cured
through powerful feed cntter. The
cut hay is then stacked and is ready for
use. One cutter in use in California
cuts and stacks over 100 tons dax.
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ship at Philadelphia in 1910, just in time
to vote for General Harrison for the
presidency. John Shirley was noted on
the books as being ninety-three years of
age, native of Ireland, as measuring
5 feet 211s inches, and as having blush
gray eyes.
The announcement set all the report
ers to hunting, and at last accounts no
other voter of SO great an age had been
found but Colonel Stevenson has voted
longer, for though born in 1900 he is a
native American and got ten years the
start of Mr. Shirley The latter reached
California in 1860, and has at present
ten children, sixty-one grandchildren
and thirty eight great-grandchildren. It
is no harm to add that he is an ardent
Republican and in good health, has
smoked freely of good tobacco for sew
enty years and hopes to live out his cen
tUry
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IOta
SUMMARY.
Total votes in electoral college.

Total votes in electoral college. IA
List us now discuss the states which
Ire here given as surely for Cleveland.
There can be no question as to any of
them, with the possible exception of
Florida, New Jersey and Virginia. In
Florida the Democratic majority is not
large, and the third party movement is
disturbing the political waters there
good deal. Still the state is conceded to
Cleveland by Republicans, though the
margin may be narrow. In New Jersey
the fight is always spirited, and even
bitter, but it invariably turns up with a
Democratic majority, and there are not
many Republicans who have any hope
that it will now change it's record.
Virginia is this year generally classed
as doubtful, but have been through the
state, and can see no hope for Harri-
son there.
The five votes given to Cleveland in
Michigan are to come from the new sys-
TEN OF choosing electors by congress
sional districts. Don Dickinson claims
nine Of the fourteen for Cleveland. Con-
servative figures give him five sure, with
a probability Of two more.
An analysis Of the vote given as safely
Harrison shows three points which may
need explanation. The Democrats claim
Iowa as doubtful, and also Massachu-
sets and New Hampshire. My infor-
nation is to the effect that there is no
doubt in any of these states. Boies has
twice been elected governor of Iowa,
but his greatest vote has never equaled
the vote which Harrison received in
1888. The Republicans have reserve
strength there which they will bring
out, and they should carry the state by
about 10000.
In Massachusetts, the two elections of
young Russell to the governorship have
encouraged the Democrats to think they
may carry the state in a presidential
year. But each time that Russell has
won the Republicans have carried the
state on other offices, and they have an
immense reserve vote which they will
bring out this year. New Hampshire is
a good deal like New Jersey. The vote
is close, but the majority continues
pretty safely on one side.
Now we come to the most interesting
feature of our survey-the doubtful
states. What q campaign it is, with
two-ffths of the entire electoral vote in
doubt!
Again applying the best information
and Judgment WHICH I can find at the
two national headquarters, make an
other table of probabilities:
DOUBTFUL VOTES PROBABLY FOR
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An important Contract closed.

The bureau of the American republics
is informed of the closing of a contract
between the government of Guatemala
and the Hamburg-Paci steamship
line, in which the company agrees to
send at least one ship month from
Europe to Guatemala ports, carry
freight at a reduced rate, furnish free
transportation for officers of the govern
ment and also its mails to the Central
and South American countries, make
reduction Of at least one-half its rates
for bringing articles for the use of the
government and to make the same re-
duction for immigrants destined for the
republic. The company will be paid
81 900 for eachIsship arriving in the
ports; no tonnage, lighthouse or port
charges will be e1acted; extra facilities
will be granted for taking and discharg-
ing cargoes. and the privilege of engag
ing in the coastwise service is extended
to the vessels of the line.
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be provided for guests. To the left is
suite of offices for the commission. Be-
You'd that corridor divides the floor i'll
Greek cross fashion, and Still beyond are
the rooms, set aside for the Quebec pro-
vincial representatives. On the other
side Of the main hall are Ontario's
rooms Opposite the main entrance at
the; extreme Of the main hall is the
stairway that leads to the upper floor
On this floor Manitoba and British Co
lumbia have their quarters. the ether
rooms being reserved for committee
meetings The whole house will ss
built of native material and finished III
Canadian wood.
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early days. In 1868 OF 1859 he became a
carrier for The Stats Zeitung, then pub
lished by Captain George Schneider, and
studied law at the same time under Pro-
fessor, afterward Judge Booth. Suisse
quently he became collector for Ogden,
Fleetwood & Co., but soon gave up that
position to go the front for his adopted
country. On the 10th of April, 1861, he
enlisted in the Lincoln infantry for nine
ty days. AS soon as that period of serv-
ice was completed he enlisted with the
Twenty-fourth Illinois. He served with
that regiment during the war and was
mustered out as captain. While attend
ing to his military duties he managed to
furnish the war correspondence for The
Stats zeitung, and when peace was re-
stored he became city editor of that
paper. In 1865 he was appointed clerk
of the county court and served till 1869,
when he entered ON the practice of law.
He has been an eminently successful
practitioner. Captain Woke served one
term on the board of education when
Mr.. Heath was mayor. He is a great
student and is master of many languages
He has published a volume of English
TRANSACTIONS from the German poets, is
corresponding member of several of the
German literary and scientific societies
and is in every sense of the word ripe
scholar. He lives in the Twenty-first
ward
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

The UNION MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY has
achieved during the first three
quarters of this year very
large measure Of success.
The causes that have operated
to secure same are not difficult
to determine.
Summed up, they are as fol-
lows:
Increasing public confidence
in the smaller and more cOnser-
yatiye of the Life Insurance
Companies.
The desire to obtain the best
Insurance Contract in the mar.
ket.
The knowledge that the poll
cies of the UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
alone contain the benefits Of
the Maine Nom Forfeiture Law.
Which, combined with the
fact that the Company's man.
agement in its conduct of bust
ness, makes everything subser-
Went to Absolute Security. con-
stitute the sources from which
its success has flowed
ept22 eodt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08

~, the undersigned, have baptized
with the ceremonies of the church Il
girl, born two days before, of Mary Jane
Nakomi, an Abenaki, whom the god
mother named Margaret Therese," and
the signature is simply "Gordan, J. S.,
the initials of the Society of Jesus.
Here and there at various points
about the remarkably treeless town and
treeless commons are lofty wooden
crosses, bare and imposing, to which
solemn church professions are made on
certain festival days, and one cross,
standing on the summit ora low tree
less ridge behind the town, stands out
in strikingly bold relief.
The preaching is in the Mohawk
tongue, and the church is always well
filled. The community is very reli-
gious, and even such as do not regularly
attend service do not fail to go to the
first communion; to marry only under
church sanction; to call for the priest
when dying, and to wish him to stand
over their grave!
Children, instead of receiving the
names of their parents, are given some
new name and one which has mean.
ing, as, for example: ''He has a queer,
queer voice" "He carries flowers" "a
beautiful night" .'His face is as long
as any others"
The homes are usually simply fur
nished. In some are quaint, we'll kept,
old fashioned articles of furniture. Diff
fering from many other Indian com
munities, they do not care much for
flowers, nor do they have any striking
hatred for weeds.
The moral standard is higher than in
many other reservations which are more
in contact with the whites, and there
are not nearly SO many cases of disease
caused by contact with white depravity.
There are more deaths from lung dis
eases than from any other cause, and
the average duration of life is good.
Many live to the age Of eighty or ninety
years. A pathetic reminder of ancient
beliefs is the restlessness of the sick and
their impatient desire to be borne from
house to house, to remain for a time at
each, hoping thus to find the spot where
evil influence cannot reach them, and
no matter how i'll they are none will
take medicine when the wind blows
from the eastl
The Oldest man in the village is over
ninety and very white-a descendant of
a white child captured blythe Indians
near Albany long ago, when the French
ruled in Canada, and who grew to ma
turity among them.
Many a foray did the st. Regis Indians
in times past make into the Atlantic
states. Originally of the Iroquois con-
federation, and for the greater part Mo
hawks. they took part, through being
Catholics, with the French rather than,
as did most of the Iroquois, with the
English, and no longer considered as
part of Inc confederated tribes became
a new people and turned their rifles and
tomahawks against their former breth-
rem and allies.
AnatakaTias. Destroyer of Villages
such is their grim designation for the
president of the United States. founded
on unforgetable memories of past wars,
past cruelties and past reprisals.
Tho st. Lawrence flows by the reser-
walton with magnificent sweep and
splendid majesty, while forty miles dis
tant across level intervening plains rise
the deep blue Adirondacks solemnly i'm
posing. ROBERT SIiACKLEToN, JR.
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walked in the
other day to reg
lister, and the first
superstition was
that he was COM
paratively a new
voter. But it was
soon proved that
the old gentle
man came to the
United States in
1881; that he de-
clared his inten-
tons in 1888, and
took out his pa.
r. sI.sr.
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and received a
good elementary
education there.
He cam g to
America in 1856
and worked first
in New York and
in New England
at whatever en-
pl oym 9 n t he
could get. He
reached Chicago
in 1857, and met
with many hard
IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
Canada at the Wor.d.s Fair.

The Dominion of Canada was 4 little
slow in getting her building started at
the Worlds fair grounds. in Chicago,
but her agents are pushing it vigorously,
and the plans show that it will be
worthy of our neighbor on thenortI. In
general dimensions the building viii be
so by 60 feet, including the broad We
randa that will surround it on three
sides. Entering the broad yestibule in
front reception hall 80 by % feet will
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PORTLAND. MAINE. SATURDA'

are many combinations IN which both
candidates would failaof success in the
college-so many that this result is
easily within the range of the probable.
And should the election of both presi-
dent and vice president go to congress
the Democratic house would elect Cleve-
land and the Republican senate would
elect Reid. That would be curious re-
suit, would it not?
WALTER WELLMAN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
THE ORIGINAL YANKEE DOODLE
Fifer Hugh Mosher the Model for Will
lard's Celebrated Painting.
[SpeciaI Correspondence

BRIGHTON, o., Oct 6.-Thousands of
Americans are familiar with Artist Will
lard's celebrated painting, ssYankee Doc
de- with its three Revolutionary vol
unteers with fife and drum, calling out
the defenders of American liberty.
When Artist Willard painted that pa
triotic picture he took for his original
Revolutionary hero Hugh Mosher, the
famous ffer of the Western Reserve.
Mr.. Mosher paid the last debt of nature
at his home in this village at the ripe
old age Of seventythree years. His
funeral was attended by hundreds of
old soldiers whom he had delighted with
his fife, and to whom his death was re-
garded as little less than personal loss.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
San rrancisco,s oldest voter.

The Oldest voter in San Francisco is
John Shirley, of 1911 Clay street, who
was born in Ross, County Tyrone, Ire
land, June "a, 1899. There was sensa-
ton in the registrars office when he
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-08
lil,leIt Warming.

Bob Stayer-Well, I believe I must
be going.
Miss Weery-Berhaps you had better.
The signal service predicts rain for to-
nnorro1r.-Kate Fields Washington.
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These four are, in my judgment, the
most doubtful states in the Union at the
coming election 1t will be seen that /:
Cleveland can carry New York his sue
cess will be tolerably we'll assured.
That, on the above showing, would give
him margin of ten votes and enable
him to lose Connecticut or West Virginia
and the two votes from Michigan. Har-
rison, on the other hand, would, on the
above showing. have but one vote to
spare.
What is New York likely to do? I
haven't as yet formed an opinion. To-
day the chances appear to be evenly
matched. In a week or twoI may have
something to tell you about New York
and the other doubtful states. Indiana
is doubtful, too, and with these elements
OF uncertainty and the many others
which | have mentioned it would be
foolish for any one to entertain conf
dence as to any particular result.
AS have said, the chances appear to
be about even between Harrison and
Cleveland in the electoral college. But
Cleveland has an advantage in that he
will surely win if the election be thrown
into the house. The chances of this are
not at all remote. Alabama, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota.
South Dakota, Minnesota and Nevada
are states which may go for Weaver.
and together they cast fiftythree votes.
Suppose Cleveland were to carry ali
the states which l have given him, with
New York, but losing Alabama, he
would fall short of a majority.
If he were to carry all the other states
counted for him excepting Indiana, and
then carried New York, he would still
fail of election.
If he carried all the others, with New
York and Indiana, but lost Connecticut
and West Virginia, he would have to &c
to the house for his seat.
If Harrison carried New York, along
with all the other states given him, but
lost one of the Dakotas, Colorado, Kansas
or Minnesota, any one of these states
could deprive him of a majority. There