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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

People who imagine this is an "off
YEAR, in New York State politics are
reminded of the fact that five State
officers, a Judge of the Court Of Appeals,
100 members Of the legislature, IT'S dele
gates to the constitutional convention
and variety of county officers are to
be chosen this fall.
On some railroads the cars are pro-
vided by the Bible society and other re-
ligious organizations with Bibles that are
kept in racks, and,< curiously enough
the racks are Systematically robbed.
Jay Gould's family is to build me-
mortal chnrch at Roxbury, Y, costing
$3.50, 900, and bearing on it's cornerstone
this inscription: "To the Glory of God
and In Memory of Jay Could"
Attorney General Hendrick of Ken
lucky prides himself on the fact that he
rose from farm laborer to his present
place of dignity and honor.
Ephraim W. Bull, the originator of
the Concord grape, is still living at
Concord, Mass. He is 81 years old. and
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
CHANCEs OF REpEAL.

Most of the observers at Washington
agree that while unconditional repeal
of the purchase clause of the Sherman
law is probable in the House it is practi-
cally impossible in the Senate. 1t is by
no means Certain that if vote could be
reached in the latter body it would show
a majority for unconditional repeal,
but be that as it may, it is practically
certain that no vote can be reached until
some sort of compromise stolerably sat-
isfactory to the silver men is agreed up
on. By reason of the equal representa-
ton of the States, the silver men have
much stronger grip upon the Senate
than they do upon the House. The two
Senators from Nevada, a State of only
few thousand electors, WELD as much
influence when the voting comes as New
York with it's million electors; and in
debate at the present time, by reason of
the superior ability of it's Senators it
wields more At the lowest estimate
of the number of the opponents
of unconditional repeal there are
enough of them to block all prog
Tess uIloSS ~ COuIpIOlAlSO - Ade"OO
with them, or rules are adopted for limit
ing debate. The experience on the cleo
ton bill shows the latter cannot be
accomplished. The courtesy of the Sen
ate, which goes to the extent of permit
ting every member Of that body to
talk as often and as long as he wants to,
no matter what his motives, is too thor
oughly established to be broken down.
Closure is impossible, and there is, there
fore, nothing left but compromise.
The nature of this compromise is already
being discussed To be acceptable to the
silver men free coinage must be an ele-
ment of it, though they are said to be
willing that the ratio shall be raised
as high as 20. It goes without saying
that free coinage, even at higher ratio,
will not be acceptable to the East But
the East will have to take what the
West and South give it. Its represents
tiyes in the Senate number but very
small per cent of that body
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16.
THE BEHRrNG SEA ARBITRATION.

THE BEHRING SEA ARBITkATION.
The Behring Sea arbitrators have
decided that the United States has no
exclusive property in the seal when outside
the three-rnile limit, and that we have
no exclusive jurisdiction in Behring Sea.
In sh ort, all the claims we submitted
are decided against us.
But under the sixth clause of the arti-
cles submitted the arbitrator have de-
cided that certain concurrent regulations
are necessary on the part of England
and the United States and by virtue
of the authority vested in them by that
article the court has established such
regulations as follows: A close season
in the North Pacific and Behring Sea
for three months during the breeding
season; protected zone sixty miles wide
around the seal islands, pelagic sealing
to be permitted after August 1, but the
use of firearmss-.for hidden. Thus while
disallowingsour claim of exclusive au-
thority over the seal, the arbitrator
have recognized the need of their pro-
lection, and have made rules which will
very effectually put an end to poaching
The future of the seal is well looked
after and it's extinction prevented
The denial of our right of exclusive
jurisdiction in the sea or exclusive
property in the seal would seem to
imply that our seizure of Canadian
sealers when beyond the three mile limit
was illegal, and that we are responsible
in damages
Of course the decision it not SO salts
factory as Americans hoped for, yet it
cannot be said that it was entirely I'M
expected even on this side of the water.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16

preciated silver in Europe and America
and turn around to India and get for it
almost as much wheat as she could in
the days when silver was higher. 1t
is probable that England does get adj
vantage from some such situation; but
the exact facts as to the purchasing power
of the rupee in India would be needed be-
fore determining how much advantage
England gets. AS the American farmer
is competitor with the India wheat
raiser in the London market, such a con-
sideration is not entirely foreign to the
present discussion.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
SILVER AND GOLD.

In the preceding editorial the state
ment was made that it is a serious matter
for nation to have it's currency on a
silver basis in these days when the great
commercial nations are on a gold basis
Some of the Inconvenience may be illus
trated by circumstances which happened
three years ago. After the passage of our
silver law of 1890, the so-called "Sher-
man act," silver experienced a sudden
and temporary rise in value. Mexico was
ON a silver basis, and her currency rose
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-16
EDUCATIONAL.
Maine Wesleyan Seminary & Female College.
Fall Term begins Tuesday. Aug. %, 1889.

This Institution is located at Kents Hill, four
miles from Readtield station on the upper
Maine Central Railroad. Its situation upon the
crest of high hill. surrounded bya picturesque
Institution offers rare advantages of home and
educational facilities to young ladies and gent
lemen who desire to fit themselves for college.
ness at moderate cost. 1t gives full collegiate
course to young ladies', and confers degrees
upon graduates. Its musical and art depart
the State For catalogue and full information
address Prof. Henry E. Trefethen, Sec. Kents
HILL Me. CHAS. w. GALLAGHER, D. D.,
Pres. Aug3tf
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23
a EnianCinI fnferYie1Y.

From The Detroit Free Press
A certain Michigan congressman who was
in Washington Il month ago at his boarding
house, had a visitor one evening about 6
o'clock who wished to see him at the front
door. He did not know the caller.
well, sir" he asked, what can / do for
you?"
II came to interview you on the financial
situation" was the reply.
"Oh newspaper man? Excuse me- said
the 1lattered NJ. c., "come right in my room"
and before the caller could offer any protest
the NJ. c., had him inside.
'liere. take something to drink" he went
on, land make yourself comfortable"
The visitor took Il regular stoyepipe slug
and made himself comfortable
so you want my opinion on the financial
situation?" resumed the NJ. c. .'WeII, what
do YOU want to knoW?"
The visitor. to the surprise Of the congress-
man, got up out OF his chair.
II did want to know" he said. edging over
toward the door, IF you could lend me a
quarter but since l got that slug of liutlor [
don't care Il continental whether you do or
not. Good evening" and before the NJ c.
had recovered from the shock the visitor had
departed.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23

but as he was in the act the lioness sprang
upon the elephants neck and bit and tore
50 furiously chat he fell dead and with his
fall crushed the dying lion.
Soon after the close of the terrible com
bat Elephant No. , came up and discovered
the lioness licking her chops and paws and
said:
Hello. it seems there has been quite
a quarrel here lately. Three lions are dead
ANA here lies on of my own kind stiffening.'
Yes, replied the lioneSs sloomiy, the
rogue elephant killed my cub while the lit
tie fellow was asleep in the woods. He then
killed my husband and brother and I killed
him. bat l DO not think the elephant has
gained much " fighting with us. | did not
have much trouble in killing him. Should
you meet any friends of his you may warn
them to leave the loness alone or she may be
tempted to make short work of them
elephant No. ,, though il patient person
generally. was annoyed at this and gave
sudden kick with one of his hind feet. which
sent her sprawling Il good distance off, and
asked:
GLOW do you like that, Ma Lion?'
"'What do you mean by that?' demanded
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a deepest s RfIa Of h Tine p'0 and F s1
enemy, until the lion was compelled
to abandon his back and begin TO swim
ashore No sooner had he felt himself re-
leved than he rose to ihe surface and hasti-
ly followed and seized him with his trunk.
Despite his struggles he was pressed be
meath the surface, dragged untier his knees
and troddcn into the mud and i'll Il short time
the lion sire was dead.
The elephant laughed trumphantly and
cried: lio, no, am | not strong, Mr.. Lion!
Did you ever see the like of me before. Two
of You. Young lion and Pa Lion are now
killed. Ma Lion had YOU not better try now
Just to see if you won't have better luck?
Come on, Old woman. just once.
The lomeSS tirrccly answered, while
she retrcaied from the pool, Hold on where
You are. | am going to find my brother
and will h" back shortly.
The elephant trnmpetcd his sScorn Of
her kind ANA scizinG the carcass of her lord,
flung it on shore after her and declared his
readiness to abide where he was. that he
might make mash of all the lion family.
In short time the liOneSS had found
her brother, who was a mighty fellow and
full of fight. AS they advanced near the
pool together they consulted as to the best
means of getting at him Then the lioncss
spran% forward to the edge of the pool. The
elephant retreated short distance The
honesS upon this crcpt along the pool and
pretended to lap the water The elephant
moved towards her. The lion waited his
chance, and finally with a great roar
sprans upon his shoulders and commenced
tearing away at the very place which had
been wounded by Ion sire.
The elephant backed quickly into deep
water and submerged himself but the lion
maintained his hold and bit deeper. The
elephant then sank down until there was
nothing to be seen but the tip Of his trunk,
upon which the lion, to avoid surocat;oa.
relaxed his hold aud swan vigorously to-
wards the shore. The elephant rose up and
as the lion was stepping on shore seized him
and drove one of his tusks through his body,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23
PRICE 5 CENTS

and go over to Stiggers. 1t was hard to
tell which was the better man.
HE feud between the COttonvlle colonies
drew everybody into it. If lawyer or
doctor sided with Biggers the Stggers men
would not patronize him. A merchant had
to keep his mouth shut if he wanted the
custom OF both factions. The congressman.
who visited the town to about his re-eIec-
ton, had to contine himself to sonorous
platltudes. lie knew all about
fractional division in the co,ntv
gers he dined with Stggers; if he shook hand.
with one he Immediately hunted NO tbe
other; if he slapped one on the back he gave
the other a friendly dig in the ribs.
| had been in Cottonvile a year when
we took town census. The result showed
666 Inhabitants
AT first | had lot Of Biggers clients and
then the friends of StiggerS NV conspry0-
tism and love of fairplay finally caused me
to alternate from one colonel to the other
so rapidly that the citizens were unable to
understand my position and my patrons all
deserted ne.
| gave the matter my serious consdera-
ton. Not a nail had been driven in the
town IN more than ten years and there was
no sign Of change for the better
me ocSG tHlLS W 40 was 10 seek anOther
field, and | moved to a distant city
Not long ago | met a Cottonvile man and
asked him how things were going in his
settlement.
Well he answered, "Cottonville is hold
ing her own. Bggers is on top now but
we are going to send Stiggers to the legis-
lature next year.
How many people live there now?"
Six hundred and sixty-six."
You had that number when ! was there
ten years ago and also ten years before that
time"
Yes, [ know, but you see we are hold
ing our own
See here" I said sharply, you know
what the trouble is?"
"Ccrtainly," said the old fellow, smiling,
sit is because our people don't pull together.
They are so tangled up with the affairs of
Biggers and Stiggers that they don't look af-
ter their own business. | tell you, squire,
the worst thing in the world is a little coun-
try village feud. When our COttonville
colonies finish their war the town will be-
gin to prosper and not before. All that we
can do now is to hold our own. That's the
size of it, squirrel"
| felt that he was right If Biggers and
Stiggers are on deck when the next census
is taken | will wager a good round sum
that the population Of CottOnville will be
just 666. WALLACE L. REED.
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thirty-eight. We had killed six of the crew
OF the GunbOat before SurrenderlnG, ana IL
was to be a life for Il life.
''Gentemcn, it will be by lot, of course
he continued, as he bowed and smiled on
every hand, land | am here to oversee the
drawing. See! | have here thirty-two white
beans and six black ones. [ will put them in
cap, and each gentleman will step up and
draw az his name is called. "
When he had announced that all We're to be
shot, | heard no amentinG. On the contrary,
men moved about saying that it what we
had been expecting. ard that we would die
IKE men. Lips We're compressed bat L dld
not see one pale face. This new announce
mcnt created something like Il panic. Only
SIX were to die. Ihirty-two would be sent to
prison. but all would live to see home and
friends again In sixty seconds the face of
every man was ghastly. In two minutes all
were trembling. Mild-eyed men gared about
them like wild beasts driven to bay, ana there
were lips which bcd from the hard set teeth.
Gentlemen, my clerk will call the roll,
and you will draw the beans" said the
officer. as he made ready. Each man must
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Concerning Immigration.

From The New York Sun.
The southern governors, who have held a
conference for the Cncourag cement of tmmigra-
ton to the southern states, strOye to account
for the fact that very few of the foreign
ers who land at this port go to any of these
states They gave many theories upon the
subject, and we do not think that any of
them explained the puzzle. We can make
suggestion that may be Serviceable to them.
Instead Of INDUCING in theories that are I'M
satisfactory and worthless, let them send an
inquirng agent to Ellis island, when the
Stcerage passengers come ashore, to ascertain
from the immigrants themselves why they
do not 90 to the southern states. Within the
past few weeks more than hundred thou
sand immigrants, most of whom would be
desirable settlers i'll any part of the country,
have landed upon that island and, if the
experiences of this year correspond with
those of the last year and of previous years,
not more than Il thousand of them all will
go to those great and fertile and thinly pop
uiated states, the governors of which held a
conference in Richmond q = few days ago.
Why? This is the question for the agent to
put to Them il ne can speak German and
Swedish and Italian and English. In the
course of few months this agent can get
vast amount of interesting and important in
formation at first hand at Ellis island. He
can correct the theories and answer the
questions of The southern governors.
Last year, out Of nearly four hundred thou
sand stcerage passengers who arrived at this
port from foreign countries, only Hoo were
bound to ten of the states of the south Why
so few? Ask the parties concerned.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23

From The Eastman Ga, Tmes-Journal.
He was long lean aud lank, and his wife
was vice versa.
He ambed into the Eastman office of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railway and asked the agent:
''Uain't the East Tennessee left for He
lena yit?'
Gimme a ticket to Helena"
Cant do it now; wait till nearer train
time"
He walked off and began mumbling some-
thing about the agent.
Presently he put his head in at the VIM
dow and shouted:
Can [ have dat ticket now?'
eyes, sir"
''How much is it worth"
Fifty-eight cents"
Amt that mighty high?'
at is the regular fare"
'Ffty cents jest to hell"
"i!eres your ticket
t'Make it just half"
Say. do You want the ticketW
but, stranger, can't me and the oil
oman go for a dollar?'
NO. You can't; so take the ticket or ges
out Of the way"
''But it is not far to hell"
'Shut IN; | am tired of your trouble"
"Wen. | guess I'll take it, hut darn ne
it's powerful costin' to ride on your darn
Old cyars anyhow
He took the tickets and went out and
''jined" the old oman and both lowed that
the railroad was darn stingy shebang'
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.Z[GEUD Of TIE ELEPHANT and lion.
By Henry M Stanley, Author of "In Darkest Africa
How I Found Livingstone ETC.

rose again. the lions were still watching
him, and had not moved.
lilo. ho.' he trunpetcd, still there!
Wait Il little, | am coming to You. he adj
yanced towards The shore, but when hc
was close enough the lion sire sprang into
the air and alightcd Oh the elephant )
back. and furIouSly tore At the muscle. "t
the neck and bit deep into the shoulder.
tasty gazing at him. planning how best
10 attack him.
"Pcrcciving that they were obstinate, he
threw another stream of water over the
lions and then backed into the deepest part
of the pool. until Their" WAS nothing seen
The elephant retrcatcd into the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23
an EI'TER LO1F,


An afternoon as ripe with heat
AS might the golden pippin be
With mcllownesS if Mt my feet
it dropped now from the apple tree
My hammock swings in laziIy.
Above me drifts the fallen Niicin
OF some tired spider, Topped and blown
AS fragile Il strand Of rain,
Across the air, ana upward thrown
BY breaths Of haytiedS newly mown-
So giimmering it is and line,
doubt these drowSy eyes OF mine
l have no care; I only know
My hammock holds and hides me here
In lands of shade a prisoner;
While lazily the breeZes blow
Light leaves of sunshine over me,
And back and forth and to and fro
| swing cnwrappcd in some hushed glee
Smiling at all things drowsily.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23
For The Constitution,

For The Constitution,
AT camp on the upper Congo, in 1871,
Chakania drew near our fire us storytelling
was about to begin, and was Immediately
besct with ca.-cr demands for Il tale from
him. Like Il singer. who always Processes
to have cold before INDUCING us, Chakanja
needed more than Il few entrcaties; bat
finally. after vowing that he never could
remember anything he consented to crafty
us with the legend of the Elephant and
the Lion.
We'll" he answered. with deep sigh,
''if | must, must. You must know we
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23
AN EPISODE OF WAR.
LOOKING DEATH ITSELF IN THE FACE.
From The Cincinnati Commercial-Cazette

From The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. .
The thirty-cight Of us were confined in Il!
large room. and it. YVES the fourteenth day3
after the Spanish Eunboat captured our littlei
steamer before we received q hint of what
fate had in store for Then an otiCerS
entered, called on us to pay strict attention,
and announced that we were to be taken out
and shot on the morrow. An hour later he re-
turned to explain that he was mistaken. The
gracious and nercfui Spanish government,
would be satisfied with six lives instead of
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-23

From The Detroit Free Press.

From The Detroit Free Press
The pretty girl at Old Point was Just hop
ping mad, she was
"Whats the matterE' asked Young man
whom she had only met that evening.
"Ihose foreigners are too horrid for any,
thing" she exclaimed.
''What have they been dong?"
why, that officer ! was speaking to asked
me if | spoke French"
And do your
"Why, Of course l do. Hadn't I been
speaking French to him for half an hour?"
Possible Application of the Telephone.
From The Inter Ocean.
''Why is Blinker working so hard to learn
the deaf and dumb alphabet?'
His wife has fallen Il victim to the crino.
lire craze and he can't get within speaking
distance Of her."