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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
RUM "REMINISCENCES.
The interesting Experiences Of a Gold
Cure Graduate.
How Candidate for a Drunkard's Grave
Was Brought to See the Error of His
Ways-Medicine. Not Moral suasion
Wrought the Reformation.
special Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
FREMONT, Neb., May 5.-For several
years the liquor dealers of four west.
ern states had been booming me for a
drunkard's grave, and my election to
that important Office seemed inevitable
when certain friends held caucus last
January and decided that it would be
better for me to withdraw from the race.
They accordingly took possession of me
one evening when Twas doing some ar
tistic decorative work in Omaha and
bundled me off to a quiet village where
there is an institute for the cure Of the
disease of drunkenness by the gold
chloride method. i would like to say
here in parenthesis that the modern
philanthropist who pronounced drunk
enness a disease instead of habit de-
serves vote of thanks. There is moth
ing fascinating about a drunkard, but
an invalid is always interesting.
It was on cold and cherries January
morning that | first fell in line with the
sixty odd patients who constituted the
Institutes army of patrons, and the
environments were scarcely encourag-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
NaYti's BIC Debt.

The last financial report of the re-
public of Hayti shows that the total debt
OF the country, including the paper in
circulation, is $15.757, 013.3s. Tho re.
ceipts from duties on imports We're in
1890. s., 694, 273 IS; in 1891, IS .063, 54451.
The receipts from exports were in 1896,
So 306, Az. 80; in 1891, So, 102, 456. Ia; max
ing u total for 1890 of So, 900, 7s1. Sc; 1901,
SIS, 166, 000.65. The estimates of the ex-
penses of the government for the pres
emf year amount to s. 1926. f4T. 80.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
TWO METHODIST ERAS.
Personal "reminiscences Of Two Quad
rennial Conferences.

The Evolution of Lay Representation.
Women Delegates-Wherein the En-.
thusiasm of the Boy Is Confirmed by
the Judgment of the Man.
copyright, 1892. by American Press Associa-
toni
On or about the 18th of May, 1868,
reached Chicago as delegate from
southern Indiana to the soldiers and
sailors convention, and as soon as my
slight duty to that meeting was done !
FASTENED to take look at the Methodist
quadrennial conference. I am not able
to convey TO the young reader of today
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
First Kodak. Then Gun

Devotion to favorite pursuit. can GER
tainly go no farther than the exploit
just recorded Of military photographer
in India. This enthusiast went out bear
hunting armed with kodak as well as
a gun, and when on one occasion he saw
bear approaching, he had the presence
of mind to take his assailant's portrait
before he shot him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07

criticism, but it
is a historical
fact that by an
unusual combi-
nation of circum-
stances the Pres
byterians were
made remarka-
bly, prominent in
the first stages of
the A m eric a n
Revolution. It is
scarcely an exag-
geration to say
that that Ravol,1-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
Only Two to Fnl,am

The government of Santo Domingo
has made an appropriation OF ss5, 900 to
pay tie expense ofoits representation at
the Worlds Columbian exposition. and
has appointed commissioners. This
leaves Chill and Venezuela as the only
countries in America that have not al.
ready made arrangements for their
representations
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
CIerking in Chill;

Clerking in the dry goods and MILL
merry stores of Chill must be anything
but pleasant occupation, inasmuch as
in the towns and cities the shopping of
any consequence is done in the evening
In Santiago the stores are open till mid
night, and during hot afternoons they
are locked up.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
An Immense Building.

1t is stated that the Democratic wig
wan now building in Chicago will ac-
comodate comfortably about 81 900 peo-
pie. It is an interesting fact that 900
trains pass each day within stones
throw Of the wigwam.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07

more prosperous decades. And as Che
conference Of 1892 is soon to give us the
latest figures, it only remains for this
observer to add that, SO far as the lay
mans eye can see, Methodism is now In
the full vigor of youth, going forward
in its work with oil the advantages of
experience and improved organization
and with no loss of enthusiasm.
j, II, BEADLE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07

on cannot sepa-
rate the names of
kearny and the
First Jersey bri-
gsde in the minds
of old ''vets." or
of the old inhabit-
ants who harbor
their traditions of
war days, no mat
ter how bluntly
the situation is ex-
pl ained. Their
con ne C tion was
only nomin al.
K e army neither
recruited the Jer-
sey, boys nor led
,hen where the
bullets flew, but
tl,o- xx,ono NDa
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07

needs but glance to see that IN the
civil organization the widening Of the
suffrage reached its maximum in 1870,
and that since that time more men have
been disfranchised on one pretext or an
other than have been enfranchised, and
it is net easy to prove that the reaction
has not haa come effect in the church.
At the time wondered why the
ouadrennial conference of 1863 die not
attract more attention, but think
understand it now, Never since SINH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-07
KEARNY'S JERSEYS.
The Daring Deeds Of Zone Armed
Pills" Brigade.
He Hammered the Raw Stuff Into Crack
Soldiers and Then Set Them Adrift.
Always in tho Thick of the Fight, They
Never Shalned Their Teacher.

copyright, 1892, by American Press Associa-
ton. Book rights reserved.l
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

he had been true to her in life. There
is a sorrow deeper than that which the
parting by death brings to us. Her
ewes shed the first tears they had known
since she had thought him false.
Then, as her friend-more than half
suspecting drew a little apart, and
Joined private groups, Annie knelt be-
side the grass-covered mound, and TAX
ing from her corsage the cluster OF
sweet syringas her friend had fastened
there and insisted upon her wearing,
she laid them lovingly above the dead
Strange! for all these years since that
night of parting, she had never worn
them till now.
just then stranger, man with bair
and beard plentifulfy sprinkled with
gray. came from the opposite side ano
not noticing her kneeling form, stopped
and scanned the head-stone. "A strange
mistake" he said, half-aloud. At the
sound of his voice, Anna rose to hel
feet and would have turned away, hat
not the stranger spoken.
pardon the seeming obtrusivenesso
a stranger, but ] came to rectify mis-
take which, though made years ago, bu
/ lately came to my knowledge. 1t cam
about as hospital case of mistaken
identity, so that the body inferred her
is presumed to be my own. My frien
who lies there-noble fellow-thinkin
| could not live, arranged to have m
body sent here for burial. He wa
taken sick himself, soon after writin
home to that effect, and others, in ain
ing to carry out his wishes, sent tn
body of comrade who died, and VIII
was wrongly reported as being myse
-George Earle. But"-he checked hin
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

Under the daisies and soft waving grass,
Robing in beauty the place where they lay
Down in the valley, the long narrow pass,
Calmly are resting the blue and the gray
Sabred to death in the fierce strife of war,
Foemen no longer, they sleep side by side
Passions wild tumut no longer bar,
Death has united whom life did divide.
Trumpets may blare and the cannon may roar,
Armies may shake the firm earth with their
tread,
Nothing shall mar or disturb evermore
The peace that is theirs in their lone, silent
bed
Cover with garlands where quiet they lay,
Sunlight fall brightly, and breezes soft blow;
Question not whether they wore blue or gray,
Question not whether they were friend or foe
Life has its errors, as ocean its gales
Tempests OF passion which die while they
live;
| Charity pleads that we draw close the veil
Father forgive, as we even forgive
Softly may summer winds blow DER theil
| grave,
Gently the autumn leaves fallon their sod;
Whether they cover the blue or the gray;
| Over both watches the same loving God.
Prayers for the living-a flower for the dead;
Charity may not and would not do less;
Leave them to rest In their lone, narrow bed
God knoweth all--in His love may He bless
w. G. Haeselbarth, in Christian at Work
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

ing no family of her own, had taken
and cared for Anna for the sake OF the
sum derived from the latter's sufilcient
income in payment for board and neces-
gary care. Love did not enter into the
consideration on the part OF either
marty. so that while Anna had always
had pleasant home, she had had NO
one to love, none to caress, beyond the
usual friendships of girlhood Her as
ISOLATION with George Earle had made
a new epoch in her life, and gave to all
her plans and purposes hlgher zest'
..Sometbing to live for must come INTO
each life in some form, ere Will be de.
veloped the latent best there is IN us
letters from the front" came often,
"a cheer otherwise lonely hours. work
for the soldiers was entered INTO Win
rreater enthusiasm since OF 1.-THE SOL
d;ersr her lover was one. And then, as
months rolled by, the time dragged less
heavily. since some hope could be in
drloed that soon the cruel war would
he over. and she began to plan Tor It's
opd and his homecoming, and the we'd
ding. Suddenly the letters ceased 10
come. Again and again she wrote ou'
no reply came back, and now weariiy'
sadlv she awaited the end of the con
a;ct She scanned carefully the pa
,ers that came into her possession ye'
Nth a dread each day that she migh,
chance to find tidings that disaster ha'
befallen him. At last the headline o
an item caught her eye. 1t read;
marriage of Capt. George Earle an'
Elorence Fair, daughter of a southern
n,anter" She read no farther. oh'
had known of his anticipated promo
ton. so that capt, George Earle" wa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

1t was not easy to make ones way
into his house lat Chaillot, Rue DIES
Batailles), which was guarded like the
garden of the Hesperides. Two or
three passwords were necessary, which
were changed frequently for fear they
should become known. | remember a
few. To the porter, we said: The
plum season has come" on which he al
lowed us to cross the threshold. To the
servant who rushed to the staircase
when the bell rang it was necessary to
murmur: II bring some Brussels
lace" and if you assured him that
Mime. Bertrand was quite well, !" you
were admitted forthwith. This nom
sense amused Balzac immensely. and ii
was perhaps necessary to keep out
bores and other visitors still moro lisa
greeable. - Theophile Gautier - Miss
Wormley's Memoir Of Balzac-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26
Universal Physic.

The venerable DIR. Stop, of Blank
town, was doctor of the experimental
and eclectic school of medicine years
ago. 1t was a rule of the doctors never
to have anything wasted; and there
fore, when any prescription remained
untaken after the patient had died or
recovered, he would empty it in bot
tie kept for the purpose, that became
the receptacle of heterogeneous com
pound that science could not analyze.
A younger member of the faculty noted
this as very singular fact, and asked
of him the reason for it. The doctor
hesitated a little, and then replied that,
though in ordinary cases he knew well
what to do, there were instances when
all his medical skill failed, and he was
fioored with deubt. At such times
it was his custom to resort to the big
bottle, and lea ee nature and accident tc
| accomplish the cure. "And will YOU
believe it" said he, "some of my mos'
brilliant successes have resulted from
| it?"-N. Y. Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Paving in Installments.- Mr. Brink
-'What was the most expensive piece
of iewelry you ever bought?" Mr.. De
Vorcc-"My wedding ring. I'm paying
$40 a week, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Week
ly.
81 have met this man." said law
yer, with extreme severity, 'in eat
MANY places where would be ashamed
to be seen myself" and then he paused
and looked with establishment at the
smiling court and jury,-Tid-Bits.
-Ringway-"What are you walking
over that rug so much for? Aren't you
afraid you'll wear it out?" Feather
stone-"You don't understand, old man.
Nv trousers are under that rug, being
creased "-Clothier and Furnisher.
-Hicks-"I think shall bring up my
boy to follow the sea for livelihood. "
Dix-''Why have you settled on that
Hicks-"It seems to be the only indus
try in which one is not expected to be-
| gin at at the bottom brooklyn Life.
Shelf you don't let go my hands,
sir, I'll ring for the servants" He
"But if | dont let go how can you
ring?" She (thoughtfully)-"Thats SO
-and-and poor mammals got head
ache. so | dare not scream. IN. Y.
Herald.
Her Sex Prevented. -Reader-"So
the author of this book has refused to
father it?" Publishcr-"Yes." Reader
THAT is strange 1t is work to be
proud Of" Publisher-''I see nothing
strange about it. The author is q
woman. Town Topics
Fair Visitor-'So you have reall.
decided not to sell your house? Fai
Host-"Yes. You see, we placed TIN
matter in the hands of q real estat
agent. After reading his lovely adver
tisement Of our property, neither job
nor myself could think of parting wit
i such wonderful and perfect home. y
! Pittsburgh Bulletin
. A small Scotch boy was summone
| to give evidence against his father, VIII
was accused of making disturbances
$ the streets. Said the bailie to hin
= "Come, my wee mon, speak the trut
and let us know all We ken about tn
affair." 'Weel, sir, said the lad ''d'y
s ken Inverness street?' Il do, laddic
c replied his worship. "Weel, we gar
r along it and turn into the square al
n cross the square" Yes, yes" sa
r the bailie, encouragingly. AN wh'
n We gang across the square We turn
It the right, and up into High street, al
IN keep on up High street till We come &c
t. pump" ''Quite right, my lad; proceed
m said his worship, Il know the old pur
v we'll" Well" said the boy, with {
ST most infantile simplicity, rye may ga
Ell and pump it, for yen no pump me.
Christian Register.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26
ALnathsome Caterpillar.

Avery large caterpillar stretched itself
from the foliage of tree which was ex-
amining, and startled me by its resemb-
lance to a small snake. The first three
segments behind the head were dilata-
BILE at the will of the insect, and had on
each side "a large black pupillated spot,
which resembled the eye of the snake.
1t was a poisonous or viberine species
mimicked, and not an innocuous snake.
This was proved by the imitation of
keeled scales on the crown, which was
produced by the recumbent feet as the
caterpillar threw itself backward !
carried off the caterpillar, and alarmed
every body in the village where | was
then living to whom | showed it,
Records of Naturalist
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

SELF as he was about TO say more--"l
am too fast. You were placing flowers
there. Perhaps friend of yours lies
here, and am myself in error"
"i-I thought George Eaile-was
buried here" she stammercd.
"And you are-oh, you are Anna
Brown-or was" he said, recognizing
now voice and feature for she was not
greatly changed The same hair, UNI
touched by frost The same eyes, to
which recent tears had brought back
their wonted softness.
81 am Anna Brown still. And you
are George Earle, am sure, for you
have his features" and the cid, cold
look came back to her eyes, and the
scorn to her lips, and the hardness to
her heart. George Earle, dead but true
to her till death, was man far differ
ent in her estimation from George Earle,
alive and false. He noted the change,
"Have you no welcome, Anna, for one
who has had no aim in life, Tor the last
twenty years, but to find you?
"You forgot you were false to me-
You were married"
married! And not to you? Never
Even had it taken me as many more
years to find YOU
But read of the marriage OF Capt
George Earle and the daughter OF a
southern planter" H..
"Then | am not the only George
Earle, as also find you are not the
only Anna Brown, when ! try to fine
you in a country full of people. Thai
you are true to your soldier lover wan
no surer testimony than | find in tb'
fact that, when you thought me dead
you were laying my favorite flower OIL
my supposed grave. We have both beel
the sad victims of some of the unavoid
able mistakes of the war, Let us bur,
the past and in the JOY of the remain
ing years of our lives, forget its bitter
ness"
They were married before the syrin
gas were done blooming, and she wor
them for her bridal fowers.-Sylvla 81
verthorne, in Housekeeper
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

her lover 1t could be no other. Fold
Ing the paper, she laid it on the smoul-
dering Goals in the CRATE, took from the
drawer of her desk neat packet OF
letters--his letters-and added them to
the flame. She also unlocked casllet
and was about to added its contents to
the sacrifcial fires, but her courage
failed her, and the shriveled sweet
syringa blooms were the one thing she
spared herself as a relic Those fragrant
blossoms he had twined in her hair so
long ago! Not yet two years, but to her
1t seemed very long ago.
When the fire had died out, all the
softness had gone out of her heart; her
ewes had lost their wonted radiance and
a curve of scorn seemed to have nodded
her lips anew. The house that had been
her home was closed, its owner having
died, and Anna had boarded since with
strangers. Now she babe adieu to
| friends, and went-no one knew with
err, but she went abroad.
Twenty years later and there would
| Dt IHduy w hppNf p''C''' " -
stop to note them. Anna Brown is visit
| ing an old school friend, whom she
found in an unexpected retreat soon
after her return from foreign shores
Out of courtesy to her friend, she is
among those who have assembled to
decorate the graves of the fallen sol
diers, to lay above their dust the tokens
of grateful people.
But did you notice? While the speak
err dwelt on the bravery and faithful
ness of the sleeping, while he referred
gratefully to their selfsacrificing devo
ton to their country and their LOVED
ones, while he paid glowing tribute
to their loyalty, not to country only, bu
to parents, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts, till tears came to the eyes o
many, her eyes were dry and held
look of skeptical hardness, and the de
, risive smile of scorn came again to thu
naughty lips. Small wonder to us wh'
know her past, for do we not all meas
ure all people by our estimate of thos
= with whom we have been brought int
/ personal relations?
/, Later she accompanied her friend
! their family lot in the cemetery
/, whittier she carried two beautifr
E wreaths, which, she explained to Ann
! as they went, were for the graves {
h her brother and comrade of his, VIII
4 slept beside him. They were devote
e friends, and this one died after a Ion
illness, and as he had no friends to cal
:: for his body, her brother had requisite
e its burial in their lot. 'And in LEI
e time than he dreamed of" said the 81
/" ter, ''he was lying beside him."
!, "There was pathetic romance abo
" this poor fellows death" she continue
n designating the grave of the strange
% soldier as she spoke. "He had
% friends except his betrothed, and at Il
time of his death, she could not
,e heard from, though efforts were maj
k to learn of her whereabouts when |
in recovery was despaired Of
ct BY this time they stood by the hea
w stone, and Anna read the name "Geor
re Earle" and gathered enough addition
" knowledge to bring her full asst
ance that her lover-hers till death
IN was the soldier-straDger who slept
&c side his dead comrade. That sooth
" her sorrow, to know that though del
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26
SAVANNAH TENNESSEE THURSDAY MAY 49, 1892

all. HOLSTERS, for instance, will volun-
tarily deprive themselves of their great
claws If suddenly alarmed by some such
sound as that caused by the firing OF
heavy gun above them. A crab, seized
while feeding by greater and o
stronger, will continue its meal while
being itself devoured. A fish, torn and
mangled by the hook, will return in a
moment or two to the bait, with its
appetite unimpaired. A blind-w or
a sand lizard, il unexpectedly seized,
will snap its body in twain, and glide
away, none the worst for the mutila-
ton, to reproduce the severed sub
stance. 1t is hard, indeed, in cases
such as these, to insist shat pain, in our
sense of the term, can be in any real
degree endured. Sunday
MAGAZINE
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-05-26

mat you love me in return, and promise
me that when--wheE | can claim you,
you will be my wife" N
~ do hove you, George, and | will be
your wife whenever you want me. But
something has happened, George, or
something is going to happen, orwell,
! do not understand your actions. You
are usually more calm and self
possessed. DO tell me- s.s..--
"My own darling, have enlisted,
and in very short time will be on my
way to join the forces already in the
field. There, do not be so startled,
Anna. / should have been less abrupt,
but it is all SO sudden, to myself even,
that can scarcely realize it"
But you will not go?" she pleaded,
while a shudder shook her frame.
1t was well he could not see the look
of agony on her face, he might else
have faltered. Oh the lxindliness of the
dusk, for even if he would, it was too
late to turn back, having "once put his
hand to the pIow."
"You could not love a coward, nor be
the wife of one," and he tried to speak
bravely. "But, Anna, sit here on this
arbor-seat, only little while, for my
minutes are numbered, and | will tell
you all. 1t is my duty to go to my
country's aid yet had not intended to
go till the impulse seized me to-day.
Amid the stirring scenes of the rally,
under the magic spell cast over me by
the thrilling strains of martial music
and with all the while the echo in my
heart: Your country needs you,' was
impelled onward with the tide, and en-
rolled myself among those who go to
the scene of conflict. Under less agi
tating influences, | might have failed O.
courage to take this step, yet knowing
| have done right, ! do not regret 1t
Bravery, after all, is but finding on
ones duty and doing it."
And thus they talked on during TIT
time he dared linger, and all their plan
were for their marriage when the sol
der should Come marching hom
again" When the time of parting
came, the moon had just crept up iron
the horizon, and they might have takel
its flood of light, as it came to then
after the darkness, as an omen OF good
but it only served to reveal to each tn
white face of the other; showed to eac
that the eyes of the other were dim wit
their fullness of but half-suppresse
: tears knowledge which only CAV
: added pangs to the parting.
:. The good-bys came all too soon, TO
n early in the morning, before you al
: awake, I shall be on my way" Georg
It had said Before she should awake
# When will men learn that womal
S with either new great JOY or ne
n deep sorrow, does not sleep? And whe
both lie in her heart, having come
l. her at one birth, then indeed hath slet
It departed from her eyes.
Re In such partings it may indeed
ID hard for the one who goes, but thir
h the bitterest of the potion is mingled
the cup of the one who stays; and y
lie it remained for the after years to she
W to her that the pangs of parting a
e. not the keenest pangs the heart mi
I'd know.
d. Anna Brown had been left an orph
a, in extreme youth, Her home had sin
b, been with distant relative, who, hs