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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
Pastoral Reception.

The members and friends of the parish
of the Church of the Messiah gathered
in full force last evening to bid God
speed to the Rev. e. 1. KERN, the late
pastor, and give hearty welcomeito his
successor, Rev. VIM. M. Kimm nell. Mr..
F. H. Cushing presided and remarks
were made by Mr.. J. V. Bradley and
Rev. Messrs KERN and Kimmell.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
Great Diamond island. MMla >

The young people of Great Diamond
Island are preparing an entertainment
for Saturday evening, which will rival
1.-THE Deestrict School, which was SO
successfully given last year. The butter
fly dance by the children will be pleas
ing feature. A special boat will run to
the island in the evening and return at
the close of the entertainment.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
FILED Petitions in Insolvency.

Cunningham & Driscoll and William
Grewer of this city, and Charles E. Bur-
nell of Deering, have filed petitions in
insolvency.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
Mercbants, National Bank,

The Merchants National Bank will
soon receive $4,000 additional circula
ton an account of a deposit of bonds in
Washington.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

The weather today
is LtteJg to be
fair.
PORTLAND. August 81. 1898.
WIFE, tsipt 30 Of y tss
wool Che
mile PORTER Curtains in
the window today?
Aren't they pretty good
for So?
Our buyer was surpris-
ed into taking a lot OF
them, couldn't resist the
desire to bring before you
a curtain at a clear TWEEN
ty-hSe per cent cheaper
than you've ever seen
them before. They are
full width, very long, fin
ished top and bottom
with a heavy bullion tas-
sci fringe and have a
deep dado and frieze bor-
der.
Only one drawback
about Them they're all
red, all one color.
But red is the best
liked color after all, and
the best for most rooms,
so we don't expect the lot
to stay long on the coun-
tiers. Four dollars will
never buy such moneys
worth again.
The drapery depart
ment is getting its Au-
tumn air on now, the new
things are coming daily
and many Of them are
ready to be seen. If you
are going to spend any
money for refurnishing
this season, better see
what's here in the way
of materials, and hear
what's new in the way of
ideas as to treatment.
Our information bureau
is at your service at all
times, you know.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
The Synagogue scrimmage.

The scrimmage between Moses Brown
and Herman Davis was settled yesterday
by Davis paying Brown 1925. Ex-Presi-
dent Nathan Druker will put a keeper in
the shop.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
Excursion to Melrose Park.

Keep in mind the excursion to Melrose
Park today. Take steamer Phantom at
9.25 a. m. The party will return at p.
m. There will be an auction sale of lots
at the park during the day.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate
have been recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds:
well-Susan w. Clary to f. E. Marshall
Harrison G. Sleeper to Sarah F. sleeper
Susan w. Clary to Ella NJ. Hathaway. $50.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31

"ANTED-Addrcsse Of energetic men and
w women wanting permanent work. $50
a week guaranteed; experience Unnecessary
Goods monopoly; pay sure system perfect.
6fffce and delivery team furnished. Terms free.
Address K iS, Box 33eS, Boston. Mass
aug<aod28t
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31

You are cordially invited to come in
and see our display at your earliest con-
venience.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31

Illuminated Watelasse,, silk and
wool, beautiful goods, price for
dress pattern SE7.27.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31
| Dollar Buys a

or 4-dollar article, and these consist Of:
A charming Vase Lamp, Artotype Picture
and Frame, Land or Sea Scape, pair
superb Lace Drape Curtains, Ornate
Toilet Set, and Willow Rocker. No fuzz
or feathers or Scare headlines required to
announce these and other bargains.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-31

Illuminated Novelties. silk and wool,
Crepe effect a favorite, price for
dress pattern Sa4.4C-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

Cincinnati packet line boats were sank
. few burned and the others were ou ?
IN the river service.
Besides the Cincinnati conpany's
Packets there were several steamers.
most of them owned by pittshurghsrS
which ran down the river and which
had no regular trades hut made trips
whenever and wherever there was o.
casion for their services They were
chiefly 10 -. Louis and New Orleans.
the trip 20 the last named point being
completed in about twenty DAYS There
were few boats running up the Mo-
nongahela and Allegheny rivers
Brownsville was as far M as the slack
water improvements extended on the
Menongahela. and Franklin was The
head of navigation Gu the Allegheny.
The men running on the early steam.
boats were we'll paid for their work.
being paid usually stated sum per
trip. They were not very thrifty ne .
class. and but few of them saved much
from their frequently large earnings.
Gambling formed part of the excite
ment of the river mans life. and piloo
or captains first night after landing IN
New Orleans was usually spent in the
magnificent gambling hells for which
the Crescent city was famous at that
time. Faro aud poker had peculiar
fascination for the steamboat man,
and he gratifed It to its fullest limitS
Pittsburgh Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
FRUIT CULTURE AGAIN.

"He who plants tree is a benefac,ol
to his race" Horticulture presents a
most inviting field to those of rural
tastes and habits. The orchard product
is always short of tie demand. This in
sures yield in revenue greater than is
realized from any crop that is held over,
or where the yield is greater than the
demand. The amount realized from a
given area is vastly greater than from
cereal products, An acre Of orchard,
properly cared for, produces more than
| an acre of corn. The annual saving Of
| interest on money invested IN land
wOnld soon create sinking fund Of no
small dimensions. If one man can sue
| cessfully cultivate and market the pro-
duct of ten acres of fruit it is far more
profitable than to farm a quarter section
| which would cost him sixteen times as
much, saying nothing of the saving in
taxes Then there if the ever enticing
incentive 10 experiment in fruit
culture. Grating, pruning and
choosing of varieties best suited
to soil ard climate invite him 10 constant
research. 1t serves to lift him above the
hard service of daily drudge and weary
limbs.
What we need in Sedgwicll county
IS a larger representation of this
interest. 1t has long since passed the
experimental stage, and what remains
is TO plant and cultivate. j. 7. Tucker
of the Tucker Fruit Farm east Of the
city, is most excellent authority for all
that may be said in commentator Of
this industry. For more than twenty
years he was a successful fruit grower in
eastern Ohio. He has been seven years
IN the same line here, and says there is
no doubt of its success This has been a
disastrous year all around, yet he had an
average crop of grapes and fair yield
of peaches and apples. He says the
secret of success is in cultivation, and that
It would be quite as rational to plant a
crop Of corn and abandon it to the
weeds and pests, as TO neglect an
orchard. He expects to leave the best
means for a permanent revenue to his
family i'll the county in his quarter sec
ton Of fruit trees. lie further says, if
every acre in the county was planted to
apple trees "there would not be enough
for taste for the great markets" Just
think of it," says he, "apples selling at
$3.50 a bushel and wheat at 40 cents.
L will never be old enough to see the
market supplied
The result of extensive orchards would
be to create market, such as in north
ern New York and Michigan. Twenty
years ago central Illinois was not known |
as broom corn market. Now the coun-
try is canvassed by eastern buyers every |
year to engage the crop before it is
planted. SO we may attract additional
trade IN horticultural products. A short
crop is an lrreparable loss; the total neg
lect of an important industry is still
worse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
HERM AN & HESS
4O6 East Douglas Ave.

their athletics very nicely, and there ~
something so appealing and ''old man
nish' in their looks that IL is hard 10
resist them. | was hurrying throug n
the crowds in Victoria Docks road one
night about ten when boy of seven
came ont and ran beside me- relating
some sort of verse | thought Three
repetitions ma de it clear:
"Hap'ny won't wit yer
Penny won'; break yer,
Tu'pnce won't SEND yer L the wors Us"
He was evidently working on a
graduated scale OF benevolsnce adapt
ed to the abilities of the doncr.' be-
lieve by the emphasis laid on the last
item that he estimated me from my
gold-bowed spectacles at tu'pence.
The barrows OF East London delica-
cies abound in the streets where mar
keting goes on. The woman who sells
cold picked pigs feet is in fair dema nj /;
the man who retails shrimps at a pen
ny bag gets a good trade, but the
couple who preside at the barrow filed
with cookies and wrinkles" have their
hands full The delectable moliuscs
are displayed on little dishes as large
as individual buffers" with bit OF
garnishing of parsley, and are eaten
with vinegar on the spot.
These barrows are found especially
at the entrance of Victoria Docks road,
a great marketing place in Canning
Town on Saturday night. Clothing
very cheap and shoddy and called
''slops''). little tools for household use,
cheap laces, filberts, red bandanna"
handkerchiefs and horn combs are
some of the many articles sold FROM
burrows in the streets outside the reg.
MAR shops for meat. fruit and fish On
the whole. trade is carried on with
great brislness, but more quietly than
In market streets at home The butch
ers are the most noisy. They delight
in wearing tall hats and screaming odd
calls at the full of their lungs PEN
ny is the standard unit here in Canning
Town. The buyers are poor. and
everything that can be called . penny
is. A common cry is:
"A psany pun pun penny"
at the barrows where pound of any,
thing can be sold at this low rate
Hartford Conrant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
STEAMeOATiNG ON THE OHIO.
1t Was at the Height OF Its Prosperity Half
Century Ago.

ago
It was from 1s40 to 1855 that steam
boating was at its height Fortunes
We're made in those DAYS by men who
owned and ran boats There were lots
of steamers on the river then. The en-
bryo industries OF that period depend
ed on the river entirely. for railroads
had only been proposed, no, built.
About one hundred steamboats, vera
built at Pittsburgh annually to run ON
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. This
city was noted for the trim crafts il
placed on the water. as some of The big
gest and best running steamers were
built at the headwaters OF the Ohio.
The boats of the early ssea m boa ting
days were all side-wheelers Ii was
not until late that the advent of the
stern wheeler boats occurred. ap1 when
il did they were not looked upon with
favor by the denizens of the side wheel
crafts The river men regarded them
as an inferior sort Of boat. on whose
decks il was beneath the dignity Of a
frst-class steam boat man TO tread
The packets were of good size and
"t'N NV SepPtt'T4
with swinging stages and steam cap
STAINS, and their engines were of sure
but not so graceful movement as en-
gines now. and electric lights for
stea boats were not even dreamed of
But they served their purpose in
making big money for their ownera
There was but one organized packet
company running boats down the river
from Pittsburgh II was the old Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati Packet line, and
IL owned about twenty-five st~a n boats,
some OF which left the Pittsburgh
wharf daily. Among them were the
Buckeye State. the Hibernia, Pitts
burgh. Crystal Palace and Pennsyl-
va1ia- These boats were all stoatly
built. and especially adapted for fast
running. The laws relating 10 racing
were not so stringent then as now. aud
exciting contests Of speed occurred On
the river daily.
One OF the swiftes. Of she PACKETS
was the Pennsylvania She WAS the
largest Of the Cincinnati boats and
made splendid records OF the Ohio
She was t-o hundred and ten feet long
and thirty-one fee. beam Another fast
steamer was the Allegheny. Sac was
rot 50 large as she Pennsylvania. boz
slnost az speedy Some Of these Old
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
Ut the Edgie.
A "REMINISCENCES.
BY MRS. ]. E. HOBBS. !

watch the sunsets fading light,
And mark It's tender glow.
While from the whispering woods hear
Joy murmurs, soft and low.
Beneath the azure tinted skies.
The graceful swallow skins along
And absently listen to
The bluebrd'S mellow song.
The sunset sky. the Handicapped hills,
The daisies bending at my feet,
ReminI me of the long ago.
When life seemed strangely f. If and swee
walk again beneath the trees,
And feel the balmy south winds blow;
And hear, as in waking dream,
4 tender voice / used 10 know.
All through the golden afternoon,
We loiter hand in hand:
Forgetfui of the busy world.
In our own enchanted land.
Around us song and bloom of flowers.
tNithin our hearts a sweet content3
Beneath our feet soft emerald sward,
And azure skies above US bent.
Tie waysde blossoms are the same.
The book still murmurs soft and low;
But the romance of those golden days,
Will visit us-no more.
The skies today are just as fair
And sweetly the song birds call;
heed them not, only know
That love is dead, and love is-an.
You could not think of me again,
With the passionate trust of yore;
Well linger meath the whispering trees,
No, never, never more.
watch the sunsets fading light,
Yet above the trectops CLEAN;
and know the gladness of my life,
Passed with the fleeting dream.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

The Topeka Capital has renewed its
warfare against Judge {. G. Foster of
the United States court for the district
of Kansas, IN the shape OF demand for
his resignation il view of his protracted
physical! disability to perform the duties
of the Office. Judge Fosters friends
meet the Capitals demand with the an
nouncement that he will so to Florida 10
spend the winter and that late in the
spring If he Is not sufficiently restored TO
actively resume the duties of the bench
he will tender his resignation. In view
of the custom of placing judges of the
federal courts upon the retired list when
disabled for tie active performance Of
the lsbors of the position, it would be "a
graceful and proper thing for congress
70 do this for Judge Foster.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
IRRIGATION.

Tho Interstate state convention held a
Salina on Sept. % and the irrigation
congress held at Los Angeles, CAL, OF
the 18th of this month indicate that ;
large portion of this country is becom
ing interested in the question OF lrriga
ton. 1t is expected that at the conven
ton in this city on the 22nd OF NoVem
Der a plan of action will be adopted
looking to the benefit of what is called
the semi, ard district which embrace
western Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas, Ne
braska and the Dakotas and covers
an area of 300. 900, 600 acres of fertile
soil. Whether this large strip OF coun'
try, which is capable with sufficient
rainfall of subsisting population equal
to that contained in tie United States
today. can. by the aid Of science and the
ingenuity of man be made. profitable for
agricultural purposes, or remain grazing
land. 1t is une9ualed for depth and
richness of soil Irrigation in districts
is as old as history, but here is region
that some seasons has rainfall enough to
produce crops and has considerably
over half an average rainfall every
year. 1t has the average amount
of plow land common to a prairie coun-
try, and during the dryest places Will
only need partial irrigation. Consider
ing the magnitude of the scheme, 1T
should command the best engineering
talent of this country. Unlike arid dis
tricts, everything done to improve this
semi-arid country aids and assists per-
manently. The cultivation of the soil.
planting of trees and holding water in
reservoirs all increase the humidity, in
crease the rainfall and regulate the pre-
cipitation This mid-continent strip
of land is well located for
the distribution of ifs products
and capable of all the products grown in
this country, and especially that trio of
. kings, cotton, corn and wheat.
That there is a demand for farming
lands was demonstrated at the opening of
the Cherokee strip, when an average OF
four men made the run for every
quarter section. The retaining of this
large UOOy VI Idid "Ouiu hioiO
wealth to the United States than the
annual production of gold and silver
would pay 3 per cent interest on. Kan
las has had many things to contend with
but she has had no greater draw
back than that of having settlers in
western Kansas fail to make a living,
leave the state and forever afterwards
talk against the state. Not only are we
as a state, but all the western states are
deeply interested in this question. Co
operation in this matter is what is needed
and when a proper interest Is aroused
and when the best minds of the country
take the question up, then results may be
looked for. When rightly understood
the sympathy and good will of the whole
country will be for this movement.
The committee in charge and the people
of Wichita should do their utmost to make
the coming convention a success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
ABOUT KANSA

| At the recent Methodist revival in Jew
ell City there were sixty conversions, Of
whom forty joined that church.
| Walt Mason: Before turning loose his
new party Governor Leweilins should up
| fall on.
Kansas City Star: It is said that since
Gerald Woke was robbed OF his diamonds,
Alvin Joslyn" again holds up his head
when he comes to Kansas.
The Abilene Fair association has decided
to hold four days race nesting. Oct. "A
to y inclusive. There will be twelve purse
races. Entries close Oct. 10.
Among those injured in the Wabash
wreck at Nameoki, Ill.,, Monday night,
was Mrs. l.. G. Henry of Hackvilie. Kan.
Her right arm was broken.
4 Goodland farmer who sent a dollar to
an easterner who advertised to tell how 20
keep horses from SOLDERING received the
answer: Teach them to spit"
John Schwartz, the son of a prominent
family of Hor.on, was run over and killed
while attempting to board Rock Island
freight train Tuesday. Both legs were
severed.
Garden City had only two cases in the
police court during the whole month of
September. indicating a very moral city
as the officials are known to be vigilant
aud all that
Four prisoners have been convicted at
the present term of the district court for
Shawnee county. and sent TO the pen
They were A. J. Barrows. Alexander
White, Andrew Ransom aud VIII Allen
John L. Hayes. a prosperous farmer of
Rawlins county. Will SOW more alfalfa
next year. He made over $50 an acre 10.
seed on his three and one-hslf acres grown
this year. Alfalfa IS the coming grass for
western Kansas
Reports from the mem bers of the board
of health 20 the secretary Indicate thar
Kansas is ia good state of health at
present The experience OF fraternai ben
eft organizations shows the state to be
one of the heal;hiest In the Union.
Mrs Lease, the other night. demonstra,-
ed that she would rather talk than eat
After driving thirty-six miles 10 western
Kansas TO reach meeting, she arrived
exhausted aud hungry, hut refused fool
until she bad made her speech, which re-
CURED two and a half hours.
Uuder Republican administration il
cost the tax payers of Jewell county s.,9a l.
for coal Il year TO bum in their court
house. Uuder Po2ulist rule it has cost
Ssss2 @. The question arises whether the
boys are playing mors poker" now than
under the Republicans.
The state board OF public works has de-
cided 10 re-advertise for bids for the build
ing OF the new wing OF the state pormal
school at Emporla. In the bids recently
opened bus one OF the bidders complied
with all the requirements, and bis bid was
above the estimate OF the state architect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

The sale of the Cherokee strip bonds
to an English syndicate may be good
thing for the Cherokees, but it will drain
this country of gold to the extent of the
face of the bonds and the interest, a. 5
per cent, until paid. 1t seems strange
that the moneyed interest in the east,
that has heen working so long and per-
sistently to secure the issuance by the
government of more gold bonds at a low
rate of interest, did not snap up the
Cherokee bonds that bear high interest
rate. And it is equally strange that the
government did not pay the amount out
of the idle silver in the treasury, instead
of issuing bonds. But these be strange
times we have fallen upon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

Notwithstanding the fact, as shown by
the treasury statement, that the imports
of gold during the past month have been
more than five millions greater than the
exports, the treasury reserve has con.
tined to dwindle until it is lower than it
has ever been. This would seem to be a
complete refutation of the charge that the
cause of our financial troubles has been
the expectation of gold. The present
conditions appear to be the result of bad
management of the nations finances,
whether from incompetency or for the
deliberate purpose of teaching the
country an object lesson"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

A short time ago the Populist candi
date for Judge of the Manhattan district,
Polack, made the extraordinary state
ment that if elected he would construe
the laws in the interests of the Populists
and against the corporations. Now
comes the Clay Center Dispatch. one of
the most rabid Popuiist sheets in the
state, and, commenting on the gentle
mans promises, says:
We have known Mr.. Polack for years
and believe that If elected he will do just
what he says. His stand is the only stand
any judge should take on this subject.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19

ment, takes the life of job and shows
low he was changed from white to hlack
by the devil, AMI as soon as he became
religion, and worshipped God, the Lo d
restored his white skin. Sir. Robertson
said if the black people would help the
white people III Christian WORK, the
world would be Chris,ianized IN six
years, and when that time should come,
the colored people would be turned
white
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-19
The GOLD FERN.
A White u ouse Souvenir That Brides and
Pretty Girls Get.

Among the visitors 10 the White housa
who are taken through the conservato.
ries those who are in special favor are
shown a little trick with q beautiful
fern The scientific name of the fern
is inscribed on the usual stick and in
serted i'll the aower-po,- But the name
is too much for ordinary mortais 10
carry around. The White house ush~rS
are ordinary mortals and those whn
know the fern simply call il the gold
fern The plants are mainly in tho
southeast corner Of the conservatory.
near the dining-room. The usher halta
before mass of green. II doesn't look
particularly attractive, for the plants,
which you notice are ferns. haven't
even the grace 10 be real green They
look bit yellowish. Then the usher
ships of single point from well out
Of sight. lie looks for the pret.iesa
girl with dark coat or frocl. lie Laws
the leaf down on her sleeve, asks her
to hold still. begs her pardon. gives IN.
fern on her arm little slap and picks
II up.
There on the sleeve is the form OF the
fern in golden yellow dust Then ev-
erybody Obs" and "Ahsi" and wants
to be stamped also. But the White
house conservatory wouldn't furnish
enough spray II o~ery body got fern
stamp, .e The usher grows deaf and the
pretty girl carries away the fern point
20 preserve asa White house souvenir.
But the gold fern il only on sxbi-
bition on the rare occasionx for al
one time u was all the rage and the
ferns looked so lean and hungry tha
head florist interfered. Brides and
pretty girls get tse favor NOW Y.
World