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Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

age. Directly the slate colored man re-
appeared from above and said, "The ol
man is took bad for his supper"
He hurriedly prepared a mixture with
hot voter, salt and beef. Beef tea it
might be called. He disappeared again.
Once more the party below heard,
vaguely, talking over their heads. The
voice of age arose to a shrek.
'Open the window, fool! Do you
think | can live in the smell of your
soup?'
Mutterings by the slate colored man
and the creaking of window were
heard.
The slate colored man stumbled down
the stairs, and said with intense gloom,
"The black dorg'll be along soon."
The little man started and the pudgy
man sneered at him. They ate supper
and then sat waiting. The pudgy man
listened so palpably that the little man
wished to kill him. The wood fire be-
came excited and sputtered frantically.
Without thousand spirits of the winds
had become entangled in the pine
branches and were lowly pleading to be
loosened. The slate colored man tip
toed across the room and lit timid
candle. The men sat waiting.
The phantom dog lay cuddled to
round bundle, asleep down the roadway
against the windward side of an old
shanty The specter's master had moved
to Pike county, but the dog fingered as
a friend might inger at the tomb of
friend. His fur was like a suit of old
clothes. His jowls hung and Topped,
exposing his teeth. Yellow famine was
in his eyes. The wind rocked shantv
groaned and muttered, but the dog
slept. Suddenly, however, he got up
and shambled to the roadway. He cast
a long glance from his hungry, despair
ing eyes in the direction of the venera-
BILE house. The breeze came full to his
nostrils. He threw back his head and
gave a long, low howl and started in.
tently up the road. Maybe he smelled
a dead man.
The group around the fire in the ven
cradle house were listening and waiting.
The atmosphere of the room was tense.
The slate colored mans face was twitch.
ing and his drabbed hands were gripped
together. The little man was contin-
ually looking behind his chair. Upon
the countenance of the pudgy man ap-
peared conceit for an approaching tri-
unph over the little man, mingled with
apprehension for his own safety. Five
pipes glowed as rivals of the timid can.
die. Profound silence dropped heavily
over them. Finally the slate colored
man spoke:
"My ol uncle, Jim Crocker, he's sick
ter death"
The four men started and then shrank
back in their chairs.
Damn it'll" replied the little mar
vaguely.
Again there was long silence. Sud.
denly it was broken by wild cry from
the room above. 1t was a shrek that
struck upon them with appalling swift
ness, like flash of lightning. The
walls whirled and the floor rumbled. 1t
brought the men together with rush.
They huddled in heap and stared at
the white terror in each others faces.
The slate colored man grasped the can.
die and hared it above his head. "The !
black dorg," he howled, and plunged
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
A Lucky Find.

A man was fishing in the Surrey canal
recently, when he pulled up on his hook
lady's sealskin handbag, which was
found to contain thirty-niEe gold we'd
ding rings and keeper rings and twenty
three pounds in gold and silver. The
bag had apparently been under water
for very considerable time.-London
Tit-Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
Jesus, gentle shepherd, lead me;
Kaaxa fl.z li4Ala l.. i. l..
HereditY.

A mother, indignant to find her little
daughter low in her class at school, ex-
claimed wrathfully: "I'm out Of all
patience with you, Mollie. I should
just like to know why Sallie Jones Isl
always at the head of her class and you
always at the foot!''
Mollie hesitated for a moment, and
then looking her mother squarely in the
face, said demurely, "You seem to for
get, mamma, that Sallie Jones had very
clever parentsr'- Fields Washing
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
His Version for Her.

A small genius, aged four, was being
taught by his grandmother new prayer
the other night. 1t was in verse and
ran thus:
Jesus, gentle shepherd, lead me;
Keep thy little lamb tonight.
"Grandma," said the boy, ''do you
say that prayer?"
"Well, not exactly" she answered.
"Whyr"
"Cause if you said it you'd have to
let the little lamb go and say keep the
old sheep. '"-Boston Transcript.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
A Natural Result.

Mamma-W What makes you SO bad to-
day?
Little Dot-I guess it's cause was SO
good yestiday. News.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
AS Mahdie Understood It.

"Mamma, does Mrs. Brown want to-
sell her baby?" asked Maudie.
81 don't think so, my dear. Why?"
81 was at Nancy Browns house this
afternoon and her mother was singing,
Buy, oh, my babyv all the time" ."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

The "well of frozen air" is near Day
ton, Ga. The drill passed through five
foot stratum Of frozen gravel into se-
ries of cavities from which gusts Of
freezing air come with perfect regularity.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
A Fashionable Miss

Mamma-What under the sun are YOU
doing with little Dots clothes on?
Little Dick (despondently)-Well, Dot
said she wan&ed to be in tn fashion and
she's gone off with all Of mine.-Good
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

The Bonnets escaped to America, and
the blood of the brave lad still runs in
the veins of good men and women
Youths Companion.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

worked on the translation OF Luther S
Bible'' which opened such vista IN the
world and accomplished so much TOR the
Reformation, which changed not only the
religion, but the politics OF the time,
the ''Thirty Years War; having received
it's momentum from questions involved
in this religious strife.
This room contains most of the pre-
served mementos of Luther's S. lie, to-
gether with portraits of himself ana OF
his father and mother. comely German
couple of the 18th century, who no DOUBT
transmitted innate talent to their son.
The spot where Luther threw his ink
stand at the devil is now simply brea7
in the plastered wall, every inch OF the
original spot having been detached and
carried away by enthusiasts, and although
he may have broken the deviPs back
morally so far as Luther and the church
was concerned, the blow evidently left
his ''Highness' rampant as ever and tree
to perform his desperate work.
Ursula Cotta's House.
This house mo st full of tender and
touching membranes is that where
Luther lived when he went to school at
Eisenach, the home which Frau Ursula
Gotta gave him when poor boy striving
for start in the world.
had always associated Luther's life
here with the "Schenberg Gotta Faml-
ly," an although knew the contrary, |
had it fully in mind that this was their
house, especially since, as it stand there,
old and gray, it fultills the requirements
of the story.
could see the noble Fritz and the
lovely Eva in their early childhood
friendship, and ] pictured the feeble
mother and the practical grandmother,
and the visionary father, all trying to
patch the web and wool of their lives
into something that would withstand
the blasts of adversely ever at their door.
l could almost see the thorough and sen
sitive, though satirical Elsie managing
among her fathers books in the old
ssRumpel Hammer" in the cellar below,
and the wonderful boy, who was later to
| revolutionize the religious world, mod
estand congenial, was always in their
midst.
| As stood and looked at this old relic
in the market place, my companions
brought me back to life's realities, say
ing: Sand there never was frau
| Schonberg Gotta, never an Elsie or Eva
| and no Fritz, only Ursula Gotta, who
lived here, and Lut er, who reformed
the woodland then the spinstel
| house grew dark, where no children
| had romped and frolicked, managed
planned and donned the veil--and
mourned in spirit for the creation OF the
brain which had SO long lived In the
hearts of the children and youth unit
they were history. A. IL. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

are already in sight. Questions of taxa
| ton which were prominent two years
ago bid fair to be prominent again, and a
great many schemes by which, the au-
thors of them believe, taxation can be
made less burdensome and more equal
the Senate and House. There is no ques-
ton so difficult to deal with in way to
produce generally acceptable results, as
the question of the method by which the
revenues that the State needs for its
maintenance shall be raised. And yet
while it is one of the most intricate of
questions, it is one concerning which a
great many people have ideas, and ideas,
too, which they are perfectly certain
will produce beneficial results if only
they are reduced to practice. So the
legislature is certain to have album
dant advice on this subject. We
have no desire to say word that shall
in the least tend to deprive anybody who
| has evolved a scheme for making taxa
ton easy and pleasant of hearing; but
| we feel quite certain that any radical
change in the present method of assess
! ing and collecting taxes will beget alto
! gether more discomfort than satisfaction.
The methods that people have been used
to for half a century cannot be swept
away, and other methods radically differ
ent substituted in their stead witho
producing vast amount of confusion
and discomfort. This is not saying that
no changes should be made, that no re-
forms are necessary. it is merely sug-
gestion that changes should be gradual
and tentative. Radical legislation on this
subject, legislation that shall root up
methods that have been long in use will,
we believe, be grievous mistake and
should be avoided. What the people
want, what all the people want, is low
taxation and that cannot be brought
about by change of method. The only
way to get that is to make the amount to
be raised small, and that can be accom-
plished only by rigid economy in expen-
diture. The best way to satisfy the
public demand for reform in taxation is tc
make the taxation as small as possible
that is to carefully scrutinise the appro
priations with view of making them as
small as is consistent with the demands
of the state. The people do not want
parsimony but they do want economy.
Let the legislature see that they get it.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLA-
TURE.

The sixty-sixth legislature of Maine
will convene at the Capital week from
today. The first business is the election
of officers and the Inauguration of Gov.
Cleaves. After that is accomplished the
business of general legislation will be-
gin. Maine Legislatures are. as rule,
business bodies, wasting little time and
getting down to work with commenda-
BILE CELEBRITY. The small compensation
which the legislators receive forbids
them to linger in the capital city any
longer than is necessary for the transac-
ton of the business which is properly
presented to them. Ten weeks gener-
ally sufices for the performance OF all
the duties which are required of them.
1t is impossible to foresee all the mat
tiers which the coming legislature will be
called upon to deal with, but some of
them, and some OF the most important,
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
The wartburg and Eisenach.

In all the world to the jewellers in
Eisenach, there is nothing worth possess
ing SO dear as this castle on the heights
overlooking the town. 1t embodies all
the past and present glories of the city,
being rich not only in "reminiscences of
Luther, but in the real and legendary
history of early times.
Elizabeth of Hungary, who was canon
lied on account of her charities and
goodness, has rooms and corridors dedi-
Gated here to her memory.
The "Sangersal," too, is full of the
MINISTRIES, who contested in that famous
fight called the Sangertrieg, the repre-
sentation of which has been so faithfully
copied on it's walls. And as one looks
out of the windows of this deliberately
adorned chamber, some two hours dis
lance away, he sees before him the
ridges of the Hortel Mt, which rises in
deep burrows, and is pleasant reminder
to opera loving people of Wagners Tam
hauser, the scene of part of which was
here laid out, the cave of Venus being
one of the sights which reward the trav-
eller for rather fatiguing ascent.
Luther's Room at the Wartburg.
But to all who climb the heights to
visit this castle, the object OF most in
terest is the room in which Luther was
so long confined in the early days of the
Reformation, when he and his followers
suffered somany privations and endured
so many hardships, and experienced so
many reyerses la this chambers. he
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
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The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

There are some things about the Demo-
cratic situation now which recall that of
1858, at the beginning of the Pierce adj
ministration. The President, says
Rhodes in his recently published history.
was DESTROYS of giving a place in the
cabinet to New York man. but was per-
picked by the bitter factional contest
among the Democrats of that state.
Although all differences had been sunk
during the Presidential canvass, the
split which began in 1S4S broke
out afresh as soon as the party
gained the signal victory and while no
principle seemed to be at stake, the fight
was earnest for proper recognition in the
distribution Of the Offices. 1t is undeni-
able that few among those who were
called Free-Soilers remained true to
their former declaration; but most OF
them were becoming merged in the fac
ton called 'Softs,' whose endeavor was
to unite the jarring elements of the
party in order to control elections. J"
Substitute 1883 for 1S4S, and Anti
Snappers' for 'Softs,' and the foregoing
will read like a comment on current po-
litical history.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

The view that the public will be likely
to take of Gen. Snowden's report is that
it makes altogether too much Of the
Iams incident. The general opinion has
been that Iams was a rattle-headed fell
low, who deserved prompt dismissal
from the militia, but whose punishment
by being suspended by the thumbs was
uncalled for and brutal. And we are in
clined to think that in this case public
opinion is nearer right than Gen. Snow
den,
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

In any other republican country than
France an enormous legislative majority
would be decisive as to the form of gov
eminent; but when we remember that
two French republics have been over
thr wn while the majorities in the cham
bers were friendly, we may attach less
importance to the fact of legislative su
premacy. The first Napolean drove the
Council of Five Hundred out of their
hall at the point of the bayonet. The
third Napoleon seized the representa-
tives of the people in their beds at mid
night and hurried them off to prison.
More that once the Partisan mob has in
Inundated the legislature. The safety of
the present republic seems to be more
in the absence of a strong personality
about whom the discontinued could
rally than in its own strength.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ss.

There are $4,000 more Offices to be dis
posed of than when Cleveland was Presi-
dent before. But the President-elect is
not likely to get any comfort out of that.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
FINANCIAL.
Municipal Security Company

A LII coupons from Municipal Security COM
"A pany Bonds, due on january 1893, will
Messrs. Woodbury. s. Mouton, Portland Me.
dec2Sdtf FREDERICK F. TALBOT. Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28

DR.. McGlynn will probably 60 either
to Archbishop Ireland's or Cardinal
Gibbons's diocese. After his severe
structures on Archbishop Corrigan he
could hardly be a persona grata in his
diocese
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
OWN PRICE.

PER ORDER OF THE ASSIGNEE.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
We OFFER FOR SALE
Municipal Security
COMPANY
) 1-2Per Cent Bonds
DUE 1893.
Especially secured by Municipal Evidences
OF indebtedness, deposited with the Irustes.
The par value of such deposited debts ana Cd
legations, exceeding by ten per cent. the par
value of the outstanding bonds issued by the
Security Company.
DIRBCTo7S-

DIFECTo
Byron D. verri1l, President, Attorney -at-
Law. Portland, Maine.
Ranking Company, Gardiner, Me.
Stephen j. Young, Treasurer bowdoin
College, Brunswick. Me-
l.. L. Keith, President Macnas SANK ana
Treasurer Machias Savings Bank, Machias,
Me.
bury & Moulton, Bankers, Portland Ne.
$500 and 500. bearing 51a Per Cent. interest,
nayabIe semi-annually at the Company's Office
in Portland, Maine.
We have made careful examination of this
Security and can recommend these bonds for
Trust Funds. as we believe them to be per-
fectiy safe security, based as they are on the
inc. and secured by Municipal Obligations.
We Shall be pleased to give further Informal
ton i'm regard to these bonds upon application.
Price par and accrued interest.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-28
IN FOREIGN LANDS.

Dresden and its Art Ga11eries-Leipsic--
Statues of Luther in Erfurt-The Wart-
burg and Eisenach -Luther's Room at
the Wartburg.
The morning call., 1892-07-09

British Columbia TO VALPARAISO for orders.
and S7s sd to direct port. For Australia
Quotatiogs are Sydney 30s; Melbourne, AIDE
laide or Port Pirie 37s cd TO 40s; West Coast
South America 40s TO Valparaiso for orders ::
United Kingdom, calling at Cork for orders
57s Sd; Shanghai AIS 81, and Yokohama
AS Cd, both nominal.
The existing nomenclature Of the different
Spars OF fye-masted vessel is given as fol-
lows: Fore. main, aftermath or center,
mlzZen and jigger.
ne MoWoan. new four-masted steel
sailing ship, which sailed from Sunderland
June q for Portland, Or, is said to be the
largest sailing ship On the northeast coast o {
England. She is 316 feet long, and her
carrying capacity is 1900 tons.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded the contract for the construction
OF the United States life-saving station an
ttnorlZtd 10 be erected on the grounds of the
worlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago
Ior S7o1o' Jhe station will be part Of the
Governments exhibit at the fair.
The first barge loaded with English coal
shipped at Newcastle for Canada has ar
rived in the Canal Basin at Ottawa. The
experiment Is declared By the promoters to
be great success. 1t is claimed that Eng
llsh coal can be placed on the market at a
lower rate than The coal conveyed to Otta-
wa by rail from Pennsylvania or any other
OF the United States coalfields.
III 1879 there was but one steamer on the
Yukon River Alaska, and that named the
Dehance. In 1881 another small steamer
was built IN sections. transported to the
ukon and named the Rochett. Since that
time three small stern wheel boats have
been added to the fleet, all engaged in trad
Ing. The Alaska Commercial COmpany's
steamer Alexander makes yearly trip to
the ukon trading ports with provisions
and supplies.
The morning call., 1892-07-09
NEW PROPERTY.
OPPOSITE LICK HOUSE.

Eddy and Van Ness; elegant corner residence 2
tors ofhce biiliardrOOm II rooms and all coh-
ventenees; solid brick buiShead, etc. lot S0xi09;
Su5rer st. near Taylor; 23xIs7:6 and frame
building, $4,000; Suffer ST. is faSt-imprOving
Jones and Chestnut; southwest corner. lS7:6x
us, AMI large old-Style frame building; maguia-
cent view aud sheltered location; $lS.75O, or in
lots any size front
Guerrero-st mats between 22d and 2Ist; electric
ears pass; 24xl05 aud , good flats: rent Tor $40:
street macadaInized and severed; 5000
fois9m St. house and LOT 25xs9 $500; near :sth
severed, graded ami macadamiz@d.
CHEAP INVESTMENTS.
Cheap-SlS.000; 9Th and Harrison; 81 :3xSn and
2-story frame with store on corner rents $50, bat
Cneap-6th St. bet, Harrison and Bryant: 5Ox
Turk St, lJs blocks from Market: 27 :sxIS7 g.
and front and rear 2-Story houses rente low ut
al 10 month; frsnt house should be raised aud
store put In viii be hrStcass retail bu SiHess prop
Golden Gate ave " side, blocks from NJ arket:
6Oxl37;6, and frame buildings; at reas onaoie
Cneap-spear st. near Howard; 45lOxls7: IS :
Cheap: Polk and vallejo: corner: any size front.
IS, 50 or $3.50 by 100; both streets in order.
| WESTERN ADDITION HOUSES AND
LOTS.
Pierce ST.: fine new houses: rooms and every
convenience in each. rent $50; tot ~ :6xl05;
Cheap: Post ST.. near Laguna; 27xIs7:5 aud very
convenience: rented for S70 $500.
Reduced TO $1,000: Golden Gate ave. opp Jeffer
son square: 25xlS7:6 and 2-Story bow-windOw
house; rooms etc; street accepted.
California, near Buchanan; good 2-story z rooms
ana modern conyeniences: 25xl37 IS; fine view
from rear: grounds in front and terra-cotta bulk
head; $1,000 make offer.
EASY TERMS.
Residence: an elegant home; $1,000; Haight st.
n. side, bet. Frederick and Baker rise; fine
view; II :6x137 70; rooms ETC.; garden; poultry
yard and conservatory; one-third cash. balance in
inStallmentS.
HYDE St, near McAIlister. at the new City Hall;
25xS7 IS and 2-story aud basement house, rooms,
etc; $ll QUO.
WESTERN ADDITION LOTS.
Grove. bet. Webster and Fillmore; 81 :6xIO7 IS;
S415O; very cheap.
Devisadero ST. near Oak In the business portion
OF the street; lots, 25xlO6; $3.50 each; growing
property.
Cheap lots: 25xlOo; $780, Point Lobos ave.
bet. 18th and 18Th; easy terms; Point Lobos road
| in fine order.
s2:sxl37:6: Sl7U0: or any size: E. side Locust.
Lots S0xl5O deep. $3.50 each; one block from
Haight-St cable-cars: magnificent view of the
| PARK and ocean, aud city park opposite.
Fine yiew-Jaekson and Walnut; S2:6x100; SW.
| corner; Ut work dobe; LOT level; $4,000.
Corner, 37:6xl00, $500; or aBy size; Sc. cor
| Sacramento and Locust: both streets III order.
| Green ana Scott sts.: 29xl27:6 TO alley /;
I magnificent view: $3.50.
| FILLMORE near Hayes; 30x137:6; $3.50.
Waller st. block from Hsight sc. cabIe-cars, bet.
| Lott aud Masonic; 25xl26: $500: fine view.
Lyon ST. w. side. bet. Fell and Hayes: 25xl06 g;
S265U each street in order; near Hayss-st. cable.
| cars.