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The Portland daily press., 1893-10-06
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After a careful examination of
SkOda'S German Soap,
find it composed of ingredients OF chem
ically pure and healing nature. II eana no..
be too highly recommended, both for
medicinal and toilet use. also find
Skoda's German Ointment
perfectly pure and possessing high medicin.
al qualities. 1t can be used with perfect
safety on the most delicate skin, and IS an
excellent ointment for general everyday
use.
Mr.. Raymore, whose picture appears
above and who for many years, was engaged
in the manufacture of toilet soap, writes;
under date of Feb. 4, 50: 81 am surprised
at its soft and purifying qualities. It -
pure. unadulterateil, and free from alkah.
which most soaps contain"
Miss Alice l.. Weton, a graduate Of the
Victoria General Hospital Training School
for Nurses, Halifax, N. s., says, "Truly
Skoda's Soap. is soft as. velvet and pure as
gold 1t makes the skin soft, white anu
beautiful"
Skonn n,ScnvERY CO.. BELFAST, NE.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-06

The decision of the committee on for
eign affairs to report the nomination of
Mr.. Van Allen favorably probably ensures
that gentleman confirmation. That
the President made mistake in nomi-
mating him is admitted by Mr.. Cleveland S
best friends. AS time goes on this will
become more and more apparent. 1t is
not necessary to go SO far as the New
York World goes and allege that Mr.. Van
Allen is entirely unfit for the place. that
he has no sympathy with the American
people, and that he made a definite con-
tract for the place to show thatsshis selec-
ton Ought never to have been made
All that is necessary is to show that he
is not .conspicuously fit for the position,
that he has not been prominent in poll
tics, literature or business, and that he
gave $50, 600 to the Democratic campaign
fund, because when those things are
shown the conviction settles down upon
everybody that he would never have been
selected except for his campaign con-
tribution. The position of ambassador
is one of the most conspicuous in the
Gift of the President. The natural Sc
lection for such place would be man
of prominence, man who is well known
to the people, like Mr.. Bayard for in
stance So when Presidentsselects an
obscure person like Mr.. Van Allen, gen
tleman who has never attained any emf
hence in politics. literature, science or
business, but who is simply very rich
man, the public naturally asks the reason
of his selection, and when it finds that
he contri buted very large sum to the
campaign fund which helped to elect the
President who makes the appointment,
the impression inevitably arises that
this contribution explains the appoint
ment, and no amount of arguing can get
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-06

it out of the peoples heads. Suspicion
of improper motives will attach to this
appointment, it will cling to it until it
is forgotten, it will lower the President
in public estimation, and it will weaken
the respect paid at home and abroad to
orr government
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-06
skoDA DISCOVERY CO., BELFAST. NE.
WALL PAPERS.

mfr. II. e. L.. Be;ais of Boston,
lately with the j. r. RIuInstesad
Co., has taken charge of OUR
Wall Paper department., and
we will promise to our CUSTOM
erS the most careful and polite
attention.
MIR. WIN. A. Wright is also
with MS. and is connected with
this department..
We have al the present time
to offer, a very large assOrt-
ment OF Papers mt reduced
rates, and would invite the i'm
SpectiOn of contractors and
builders of houses to look at
our lime. We are prepared to
make low prices, and can
guarantee the saving of money
to those who purchase from our
stock.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-06

The other day the Press, quoting the
alleged remark of a juror in the H arper
case to the effect that Harper
counted as we'll as he knew how,
said that it expressed very fairly and
concisely the central idea ofMr. Clifford IS
argument. Yesterday the Argus took
exception to this and said that Mr..
Clifford argued
that if man were, with bad in
tent, to attempt to cheat as to the whole
number of votes. cast when the check
lists were being filled out all day long
under his own eyes he must be very
stupid person; and therefore that these
circumstances ne. atived any intent on
Harper's part.
The inference from the publication of
this alleged correction of our statement,
prompted as it probably was by Mr..
Clifford himself, is that that gentleman
wishes the public to understand that he
does not consider Mr.. Harper a stupid
person. But if he is not stupid person
how could he have counted honestly?
How could man of ordinary capacity
have counted the ballots seven times
over, as Harper acknowledges he did, and
get then from 80 to 100 out the way
every time if he were trying to count
them honestly? The best position for
the defenders of Harper to take is that
he was-a bungler who did not know how
to count That was the position we
understood Mr.. Clifford to take in his
argument, and it seemed to us at the
time very shrewd one, and about the
only one person could take who would
defend Harper from the charge of dis
honestly
The morning call., 1893-09-10
HIS TWO WIDOWS
Reflects of a Suicide at
His Grave.
Strange Scenes at the Burial of
Robert Schmidt, Alias Herman
Weber Yesterday.

Old Robert Schmidt, who had passed for
many long years in California as Herman
Weber, was buried yesterday in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery. while his two widows
wept over him.
The scene at the grave was pathetic.
At one side little group of mourners
stood apart. The central figure was Mrs.
Weber, whom Schmidt married under that
assumed name. Opposite them across the
grave were the dead mans widow, Mrs.
Schmidt, her daughter and grandchildren,
The two women whom Schmidt had
wronged gazed at different places On his
coffin lid, while a number of men wearing
badges of benevolent societies were grouped
between.
Sehmidt's or Weber's funeral Che was
buried under the assumed name) arrived
at the cemetery after 3 o'clock in the after
noon. There was only one carriage be-
hind the hearse. but al the gate this
modest cortege was met bv members of
Apollo Lodge No. %, /. o. o. f., and of
the Verein Eintrachf, who escorted II TO
the grave. The carriage contained Mrs.
Weber-widow No. 2-and her friends.
But Mrs. Schmidt was not there.
When Mrs. Weber stepped from the car
riage she was dressed in the deepest
mourning and heavy veil over her face.
She walked behind the coffin, leaning on
friends arm, and stood beside the grave
while the burial service of the odd Fell
lows was read. Her sobs were painful to
hear, and told more than words how deep
was her affection. Once she became al
most hysterical. pointing toward her hus-
bands first widow and endeavoring to get
away from those around her. They led
her back TO the carriage which waited close
by.
Where the other bereaved woman came
from nobody present seemed to know, be-
cause when Weber's remains were carried
down narrow avenue she came from be-
hind a pile of boxes and stood of modestly
from the grave. She wore no widows
weeds; no black veil. She was plainly
and quietly attired in black. Mrs. Schmidt
did not give expression to her grief,
although she felt as keenly as the other
woman, wept bitterly.
Long before the earth was filed in over
the coffin Mrs. Weber drove away. But
Mrs. Schmidt remained until the workmen
formed a mound and placed board st the
head. 1t was then that the widows tender
feelings showed themselves. With her
daughter she placed three bouquets on the
grave and knelt down to pray.
The dead man married Mrs. Schmidt in
Wisconsin thirty years ago. After the
war he deserted her at st. Louis and came
to California. where he married again
under the name of Herman Weber. His
first wife found him here and then Weber
solved the difficult problem surrounding
him by jumping into the bay.
The morning call., 1893-09-10
TEXAS IS PLAYED OUT.
Its Cowboy Heroes Are Cowed by
StreetCar Conductors.

Kansas City star
''An' say, pard, just tell 'em Pm from
Texas" were the words of q stranger in a
Wyandotte County rolice court as he went
below for thirty days. The stranger had
thrown rocks at a streetcar because the
conductor had put him off for smoking a
self-made cigarette. even after the ex-
PLANTATION that he was from Texas.
The incident is like a breath from an
old romance. The day was when the man
from Texas with a swagger and a gun
held civilization IN an iron wise and got mis-
beer without paying the barkeeper. But
that day is done; the gentleman on a
bronco who used to run up and down the
streets and into the milinery-store to
brighten the women with the terrifying
disclosure that he was from Texas has
been pulled from his high estate. He has
been rudely dubbed by policemen who
only knew that Texas is no county in Ire
land and refused to recognize his card.
To-day, even, weak-lunged IL" road
conductor rubs mud in the face of the
old-time king of the highway by uD-
dramatically dumping the royal on off
the car for smoking cigarettes. Whittier
away has fitted the age of chivalry !?
Where is the "What, Warder," who used
to "How and the ''donjon" that used to
keep" and the maid forever behind the
latticed windows of the glamored fiction
OF the past? Where is Slx-fingered
Jack? Whittier have "Deadwood Dick, :"
Calamity Jane" ''Sure-shot Seth" aud
the "Rip-roaring Bald-headed Eagle from
Skypuncher'S Peak" fled? What is there
left for the youth Of our land to emulate
Whose pictures adorn the walls of this
effete civilization?
In true soOth, only the man who has
been cured of catarrh, the baby raised on
invalid's food and the hairless citizen
whose hands are unst1ined by crime
more inspiring than So shoe. Ard is the
boy of the twentieth century TO pattern
his deeds after these models? Is the hero
of the six-shooter, the hallOwed saint of
the bronco and jingling spurs, whose
claim to a residence in Texas cannot be
disputed, going to be placed on the rock
pile breaking his own pedestal for COM
mercial purposes, while the merchant
prince and before-taking hero thrust their
faces into the newspapers and foreshadow
the race that is to be? The outlook for
chivalry is very, very gloomy.
The morning call., 1893-09-10
SAVED BY AN OLD SPOUT.
ihe Extraordinary Measure Taken
to Keep a Horse Alive.

Inc extraordinary Measure Taken
to Keep a Horse Alive.
In stable on Golden Gate avenue is a
horse with silver tube in his throat
through which the animals breath rushes
like the exhaust from gas engine.
All things considered, this bewildered
beast is doing quite well. He was within
ten minutes of death, but after week he
0reathes freely, being out Of danger this
time. But the method of getting his air
supply puzzles him. or at least You may
discern the anxious look OF wonder COM
bined with fear that fills his eyes. Half
way down the neck is tube nearly an
OF air surgeS with so much regularity and
noise that the sound would lead a listener
TO believe that some sort Of an engine was
at work in the stall.
For short time about week ago an
old teakettie spout was where the silver
pipe is. Science had to find an expedient
for immediate use, and the last resource
was the spout of dilapidated kettle. DR..
Greedy, the veterinary surgeon, is the
man who resOrted to a kettle-speut. He
was called 20 case where a horse was
taken suddenly i'll. On arrival at the
stable it was apparent the animal was
dying.
The horse was choking, and l saw it
save him." said the doctor. II had no in
struments at the time except lancet,
which was sufficient at a scratch. cut
hole in the horses throat and then
ed kettle-spout into the aperture.
This saved his life. as il served the pur-
pose of tracheOtomy tube until brought
one TO the stable"
The morning call., 1893-09-10
1T IS HARD WORK.
Congressman Breckinridge's Specific
for Success in Speechmaking.
Kansas City Star


for Success in Speechmaking.
Kansas City Star.
In the forum and upon the rostrum the
forensic triumphs of Congressman W. G.
P. Breckenridge have been many. He
has for years been one OF the prominent
speakers of Kentucky and the nation.
Whether in debates on political questions
or addresses upon miscellaneous subjects.
he is successful speaker and one who car
ries an audience with him by the forces
the vim as we'll as the eloQuence which
marks his addresses.
IL ascribe whatever success | may have
had as a public speaker" he said recently
to Kansas City Star reporter, ito hard
work-deuced hard work. sir.
"You may take any successful public
speaker, whether at the bar, on the ros-
trum, in the lecturer Dom or the pulpit.
and you will find that he is hard student
and worker OF course 1 mean one who
has been successful for not two or three or
four years, but for term of years.
~ have no method especially of prepar-
ing for public speaking, except that | al
WAYS try to know more about the subject
on which / am talking than any one who
hears me, and l go into the subject as
worker would enter upon daily task
which it was 10 his Interest to perform a
little better and in a little more workman
like style than any of bis co-laborers.
81 used to think that the late Senator
BECK of Kentucky was the fastest speaker
ON earth. He used to remind me OF dog
rolling ball. Occasionally he would, in
his eagerness, get little ahead of his sub
ieet, and would have to Tetrace his steps.
We once spoke together in Kentucky, and
our speeches were reported In full. Beck
spoke an hour, while / talked straight
ahead for forty minutes. In the published
reports my speech was half column
longer than his. In ten minutes Beck
could say more than any living man. but in
an hours talk was nearly so per cent the
faster"
The morning call., 1893-09-10
TINE FOR ACTION.
Protected Industries in
Serious Danger.
WOOL, RAISINS, WINE, ETC.
Inactivity of Interested Persons in
This State During Revision
of the Tariff.
WOOL, RAISINS, WINE, ETC.

The Ways and Means Committee of
Congress is now engaged in a con-
sideraton of the present tariff system. and
is giving hearing to all persons who NAV
have views to present upon the subject.
The object of these committee hearings
is obviously 10 devise some method bv
which many. if not all, of the provisions
OF the Mckinley bill may be rendered
nugatory, and the Investigators will close
their labors on the 2otn inst.
Meanwhile what are the benefciaries of
protected industries in California and the
nelghboring States doing? Aside from
slight action in one or two quarters abso-
iu'ely nothing has been done While the
enemies OF protective tariff are marshal
ing their forces and pressing them on to
washington, the raisin- gro wers, the wine
makers, the wool-pTOduceTs aud all the
other varied Industries that are liable to
De affected by change in existing tariff
conditions are IN state of painful mac
tivity.
No effort has been made toward con-
certed action in properly presenting the
needs of this State before the committee
now In session. The time remaining Is
snort If anything is to be done it must
be done quickly, and if Congress should
pass laws, inspired by the results of the
present hearings, detrimental 10 local
interests. the persons affected will have
only themselves to blame.
glance may be properly taken at some
of the articles which will be affected by
the bills proposed.
In 1891 California produced more than
one-tenth of the total wool production of
the United States. Last year the clip in
this State amounted to 34.770, $50 pounds
The amount Of foreign wool imported into
this country last year was I4S, $40, go
pounds. This with the present duty im-
posed by the Mckinley BILL
The wool production for ten years in
California was as follows:
The morning call., 1893-09-10
Where the Rub Was.

Mrs. McGlathery-Oi guess your Jimmy
wears out many tn pair O. shoes since he
was a messenger boy.
Mrs. O'Keefe-It's not MANY shoes he Is
afther wearln' out, Mrs. McGlathery; but
it kapes me patchin' an patchin' from wan
weeks ind till tn other.-Puck
The morning call., 1893-09-10
A Son Wants His Father.

William Simon, 395 South Clark street,
Chicago, writes to Chief Crowley asking
for information as to the Whereabouts of
his father, Aaron, who disappeared from
Chicago in 1889 and was recently heard OF
in this city. The letter states that Asron's
wife died in December. 1883, and he wanted
to remarry, but the children objected and
be left. He was a saloon-keeper, but a
shoemaker by trade. William is the eldest
SIM and ia sick
The morning call., 1893-09-10

away, nut refused and became more and
more lnsolent in their manner. The aid of
slIe police was at last invoked, and yesier-
Jay morning Police Officer Dugand and
posse were detailed to arrest anv fruit
peddiers they might see around. They ac-
GoLdlngly arrested S. I. Desmonia. X.
Abrams. Michael Rosenb berg and B. Hors-
knVltz and charged them with 0bstruetiHg
the street. They were afterward released
on SO cash bail each.
The morning call., 1893-09-10
QUERY COLUMN.
Composition of Cleve-
lands Cabinet.
Tides in the Bay - Almonds and
Wine.Making-The Deer
Law.

TIDES IN THE BAY-Angler, City. Q)
Tides are lated for the bar. as that is the
point deep-water vessels care about. o.
Sunrise and sunset guns are fired as a mat
ter of military routine, just as bugle blasts
are sounded. They are not for the purpose
OF awakening the soldiers. or of notifying
them that ii is bedtime. (S) The Q. c. has
never experimental to ascertain the sound
ne@s of the slumber Of soldiers, and can
not tell whether nothing but the discharge
of a cannon will awaken one. If you ever
catch policeman asleep on his beat fire
off gun near his ear. If it awakens him
it will probably have a similar effect on a
defender OF the couDtry's liberty.
ALMONDS AND WINE-MAKING-W. c.,
Livermore. You can undoubtedly obtain
all the information you desire in regard to
almond culture by addressing the State
Board of Horticulture. 220 Suffer street,
San Francisco. for pamphlets, etc. Elabo-
making and kindred subjects have been
conducted and reported by California
agricultural experiment stations, and you
could probably get the reports by address,
ing the SUPERINTENDENT Agricultural, Ex-
pertinent Station, at Berkeley.
CLEvELAND's CABINET - S., City.
ClevelaDd's Cabinet is com posed of w. O.
Gresham, Secretary of State; II. A. Her
bert, Secretary of the Navy: j. g. Car
Isle. Secretary of the Treasury; J. S.
Morton, Secretary of Agriculture; w. S.
Bissell. Postmaster-G General; ID. s. La
mont, Secretary of War; Hoke Smith. Sec
retary of the Interior, and X. S. Olney,
Attornpy-Generai
No off la list having been issued, it is
impossible TO give the names Of Ministers.
LET HIM Do So-Subscrber, MERGED
Falls. Ii A say he can make 65 square
inches out of Ga square inches of inelastic
fiat surface and b declares it cannot be
done it seems to the Query Column that
the most satisfactory way out of the dis
puie will be to let A do so. The Query
Column and such matthew tical authorities
as it has consulted are inclined to think
that until A demonstrates his ability to
do this the strength Of the argument lies
with Il.
UNITED STATES MINTs-J. D. H, CITY.
The United States Mint was established by
act of April 8, 1872. and located at Phila-
delphia. Other minis have since been
established at San Francisco. New Or
leans, Carson City and Denver but the
last two are. properly speaking. merely
assay Offices. ~ Your second query is too
vague TO be intelligible.
HUCKLEBERRIEs IN CALIFoRNIA-W.
NJ. a., Red Canyon, Cal. Huck leberres
grow in some parts of Oregon. We do not
learn of any in California. Write the State
Board Of Horticulture in this city for the
information.
OLD MEDICAL BooK-O. T., City, The
book you refer to might possibly be of
value to collector of such curiosities. but
The morning call., 1893-09-10
A Raid on Eruit-Peddiers.

For several years past the Federal Off
Gals have been considerably annoyed BY
fruit-peddlers who surround the Custom
house. They have been repeatedly ordered
The morning call., 1893-09-10

The CHILDREN's PLAYGRoUND-M. B.,
City. % The children's playground was
opened to the public in the latter part of
1888. (2) City Hall avenue. from Park
avenue TO Market street. is 200 feet wide !;
First avenue. South San Francisco, $50
feet; Van Ness avenue. 125; Market
street, 100; Point Lobos avenue, 125.
The morning call., 1893-09-10

hardly because of any scientific interest it
might possess Your description is so
vague that even were it in The line of the
Q. C. to estimate its value it would be I'M
possible in the premises. Consult come
dealer in old books.
The morning call., 1893-09-10

HUCKLEBERRIEs IN CALIFORNIAN.
NJ. H.. Red Canyon, Cal. Huckleberries
grow in some parts of Oregon. We do not
learn of any in California. Write the State
Board Of Horticulture in this city for the
Information.
The morning call., 1893-09-10

SLADE THE MAoRI-R. c., City. Slade
came here in 1884, so that nine years
ago would be about correct.
The morning call., 1893-09-10
PRICE LIST
OF Shoes We Are Offering as
Leaders This Week.

Ladies' fine French kid. button, foxed, cloth
or kid tops, new style, narrow, square toe
or pointed toe, diamond patent-leather
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
Ladies' finest imported Paris kid. button.
foxed cloth or Kid tops new style, square
toe or pointed toe. diamond patent
leather tips. .........................s2 SO
Ladies' finest quality lily kid button, foxed,
cloth OF kid tops, new style, square toe
or pointed toe, diamond patent-leather
llpS--.t'.... .pz W
In the above shoes we can give you all widths.
Ladies' fine Kid button, square or pointed
toes, diamond patent-leather tips, widths
LIE anu EE.s.,y 91 on
Misses fne kid, button, foxed, cloth or kid
tops, spring heels, cloth or kid tops ISL so
Chids fine kid, button, foxed, cloth or kid
The morning call., 1893-09-10

l.. g.. Santa Cruz The ship Grassen-
dale arrived at Liverpool June 81, and
sailed from there for Calcutta July -.
The morning call., 1893-09-10

OLD MEDICAL BooK-O. T., City. The
book you refer to might possibly be of
value to collector of such curiosities. but