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THE DEAD TRYsT.

As went by the harbor when folk were abed
saw my dead lover in the boat pulling in;
Ny love he came swiftly and kissed my whiten.
ing head.
And my cheeks so hollow and thin.
AID face to face we nestled by the wash of the
foam,
And after long sorrow the joy it was sweet
combed his locks of honey with my little sill
yer comb,
And with my hands warmed his feet
The sea fog crept round us as white as the
wool,
And he lay on the sea sand with his head on
my knee,
10 night wind broke the silence, nor any
shrieking gull,
In that death white fog from the sea.
And then crooned him over our sweet songs
of old;
Ochone, could not warm him, and never
word he spoke.
Iloosed my heavy hair then. the gray locks
with the gold,
And wrapped him in a living cloak.
had come,
Or if his heaven were lonely and this earth
SO dear;
prayed with eager longing that the cocks
would be dumb,
And the nighttime last year.
Ochone, the cocks came growing. and he arose
and went,
His darling black head hanging, out through
the sea fog's snow.
oh. wherefore, darling, darling, did you break
my dull content,
And why did you come but to go?
Katharine lyman in Atalanta.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY

GU fear to turn! ne went on, and
he, too, smiled. ''You are wise. But II
you will only extend your left hand
little you may open it for me-so. On
that shelf-a little lower, please-there
is box. Hand it to me-"
Bradford had followed the directions
given him by Wilmerding not without
thought of what might be intended, but
the box, he found, was small and light
1t could contain no weapon, and ne
threw it carelessly upon the table be-
tween them. Wilmerding took it and
opened it and looked at it's contents.
Bradford" he continued slowly,
'tyou could not, suppose, have retained
the love of your wife. Fate and your
self-your own character-were against
you and were too strong for you, but
you might at least have tried to retain
her respect; you might have chosen not
to make all her life hideous night
mare; you might have chosen not to
trample upon her and upon the love she
bore you. Even now, while seeking, as
you say, to do but justice and to punish
me, you are willing to make her the life
long victim of ruinous scandal. can
save her. You are secure in your own
defense, for it is the way to let such a
crime as you intend go unpublished.
"You see that feel the unassailable
strength of your position; I have felt it
too long, and too much; have respected
only too well your rights; have chosen
not to attempt to storm the barrier her
horrible blunder of long ago put between
my love and me. Had I cared less for
her might-who knows?-have taken
her from you and all your world. Ever
since had the fortune to meet her and
to learn to love her-good fortune call
it even now, though stand in your
powar-I have done the best could for
her-the best l could to make her life
bearable, to tighten her sorrows. /
have lived my life-I have not been an
angel; but toward her and for her have
been only good. And you? Can you
ever say SO much? Now you offer to
spare my life. l decline your offer.
know a way to spare her. Now-the
world will wonder, but scandal will not
touch her. Be little generous to her"
AS he finished speaking he took from
the box he held in his hand two of the
little capsules it contained and swallowed
them. Almost Immediately he fell back
ward.
Bradford, who had stood motionless,
scarcely comprehending the meaning of
his words, stepped toward him. He had
spoken of justice and punishment, but it
was hate that made him raise his pistol
and fire at Wilmerding's form. After a
pause he shot again, and then, as quickly
as he could, he fired the remaining
charges in his revolver. William Nc
Kendree Bangs in San Francisco Argo-.
na11t
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The postmasters General.

The postmaster generals department
was established on Sept. 20, 1889, and
the first holder of the Office was Samuel
Osgood, of Massachusetts. 1t may be
added that Massachusetts has partici-
pated actively in the filing of cabinet
posts, and enjoyed century ago the po-
litical distinction which now appears to
belong to Ohio. The post of postmaster
general has usually been filed from the
s.border" states Pierce went to Ten
nessee for his first postmaster general.
Buchanan chose one from Kentucky.
Lincoln appointed a Maryland man.
Grant went to Maryland and Hayes to
Tennessee. Garfield had in Thomas L.
James "a New Yorker, but since then
the claims Of the west have generally
been considered. Mr.. Cleveland's first
postmaster general, Villas, was from Wis
consin; his second, Dickinson, was from
Michigan. John Wanamaker is the first
Pennsy lvanian to hold that office since
the establishment Of the federal govern
ment.-New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
THE HAYT1AN BUILDING.

AT the start the Haytian government
appropriated $4,000. and much of this
has been expended in the erection of a
special building, which stands almost in
front of Germany's big brick structure
at Jackson park. in very desirable loca-
cation. 1t is a low. square building
surmounted by dome. and surrounded
on three sides by an ornamental pillared
veranda. The coat OF arms of the repub-
lie is carved over the entrance. with the
inscription, sRepublique Haytienne, 1899
-1eo4-1893." The date 1904 is that from
which Hayti's independence is reckoned.
In addition to government appropriation
many merchants of Hayti will contrib
ute to makeItheir exhibit success.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
Vaccine by Carrier Pigeons.

At sitting of the Academic de Mede-
cine Surgeon Major Strnbel gave de
scription of the method he has devised
for insuring the safe carriage Of vaccine
by carrier pigeons. The possibility Of
being able to send vaccine into an in.
tested town or fortress where smallpox
may have broken out is perhaps con
sidered of little Importance by ourselves
but on the continent the matter is moi
one to be entirely overlooked. DR.. Stree
bel, by practical experiment, has shown
that, with the plan he adopts, each pig
con can be made to carry six small tubes
of vaccine, and to travel considerable
distances without any fear of the tubes
becoming damaged. = London Public
Opinion.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
Description of a Text.

How many people know that the
monument that Laban and Jacob set uI
near the borders of Canaan and called
'Mizpah," or a lookout, was erected in
suspicion rather than love? The literal
meaning was this: "The Lord watch be-
tween thee and me when we are absent
one from the other, and see that you are
not up to some new trick as soon as my
back is turned"
So when it is inscribed in an engage
ment ring it might mean, ''The Lord
watch and see that you do not firt when
we are absent one from the other"
Those who use the text are sometimes
wiser than they know Chicago Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
When the Cat Was Sacred.

In the Middle Ages brute animals
formed as prominent a part in the devo-
tional ceremonies of the time as they had
in the old religion Of Egypt. The Cat
(@lurus) was embalmed after death and
buried in the city of Bubastis, because,
according to Herodotus, Diana Bubastis,
the chief deity OF the place, was said to
have transformed herself into a cat when
the gods fled to Egypt.-Burlington
Hawkeye
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
An Effective Climax.

The climax of recent theatrical pro-
duction is grand review Of the troops
in Washington. The scene showed some
funny looking houses, with few supers
on the stage, who looked like street
cleaners without shovels. A score of
soldiers walked in, and the star was go
ing to dash by on black charger. He
got half way across the stage when some
one in the wings tapped bell for the
cur tain signal. At this the block charger
stopped short. The audience laughed.
The star was astride of q car horse
New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
AGENTS.

A BILE AGENTS wANTED-By respon-
"A sible society, providing the lowest cost
life insurance in the United States. A total OF
only 25 assessments in the last five years. All
just claims paid. SAL 900 reserve fund: Cor
respondence invited. THE PROVIDENTAl AID
jan6-6w
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
OUR DANGER.
Look Out for the Spring Of 1898 F!
FOREWARNED is FOREARMED.

The Hatcheries of Cholera, and What Is
To Be Seen Thereof the Disease
Breaks Out in New York Where Will 1t
End?
There are few things which have never
come to pass which seem surer of COM
ing than Cholera this spring. Three
well known physicians, one in Boston,
two in New York, have said this. A re-
cent despatch from Hamburg in the
daily papers says:
sit is feared that the seeds of death
sowed last summer will yield fruitful
harvest in the spring."
There is no lodging this DIR ad disease
in the spring and summer of 1893.
The country is ripe for it.
Our lax immigration laws will be
wholly responsible for the death rate
through Cholera during 1893.
For years the United States has been
Europe's sewer. All the scum of her
human tides have been SKINNED off and
ladled to our shores.
Austria, Bavaria, Poland, Russia,
other foreign countries send the rag-tag
and bob-tail, the vicious, the depraved,
the vile, the diseased and the utterly
lost, to our shores. This they have been
doing for years with the utmost impuni-
ty.
AS a famous New York physician re-
Gently remarked to the writer.
'sHow can we escape Cholera next
wear? OF course, it won't break out up
on 5th Avenue, but it will eventually
reach there, and all over the land. 1t
will break out over on Forsyth, and Di-
vision, and Hester streets, and the
Bowery, and Cherry Hill, and the Five
Points. and Roosevelt street. Those
points are points of dirt and vermin.
That is where Cholera in this country
will break out. God knows where it
will end.''
This is an awful but timely warning.
Cholera is deadly, that we know.
The way to escape the frightful vista
ton is to be prepared for it.
Get your house-that is your body-in
perfect order.
Purify your system.
Cleanse and enrich your blood.
Remember that the Boston Globe said
editorially:
contagious diseases seldom attack
perfectly healthy people. Persons whose
vitality is low and whose general health
is impaired, are the first to fall preys to
epidemics.
DR.. John B. Bray of Bridgton, in re-
Spouse to inquiry, said:
Certainly, people should now look
sharply after their health. If Cholera
reaches our shores everyone should be
prepared physically, SO far as possible, to
withstand it. We should put our bod
les in good condition, as well as our
premises. If the blood is foul, the liver
clogged, and the stomach out of order,
such person is far more likely to be
among the first victims than others in
good health. y
He also indorses, as the ideal remedy
for purifying the blood and arousing vi
tally, KINGS SARSAPARILLA.
1t is the ounce of prevention that most
concerns the people now, and it is GER
tainly sensible advice that recommends
us to put our bodies in good order as
we'll as our dwelling places,
KINGS SARSA- -
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

KINGS SARSA-
PARILLA is skill
fully combined by a
chemist of long ex-
perience in the Sc
lection and prepare
ton of drugs, and
can be implicitly re-
lied upon as the
most valuable prep
aration of the kind
on the market.
Price per bottle Is
oaptc and averv hot
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

WANTED-Second work or the care of
w children by a thoroughly competent
young woman. Address, BOX SO, Mechanic
Falls. Maine. PAL
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

CBuLS, dIlu 6V6IV UUI- TRzADE 1IAhK'
tie is sold with the positive guarantee
to refund the price if it fails to benefit.
The original and the Oldest remedy on the
naorket, sold on The '',ao. cure, no pay''
plan.
Obtainable of all medicine dealers.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

WANTED-All persons in want Of trunks or
w bags to call at E. d. REYNOLDS, b66
and 558 Congress street, corner of Oak; as we
manufacture our goods, and can therefore give
you bottom prices; trunks repaired; open
evenings. 24-I
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WANTED.

WANTED-Positiona as bookkeeper or as
w sistant by young man who has had ex-
perience, or would invest In a paying business.
Address No, 997 Press Office. 26-1
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

paw FURS of ali kinds wanted; highest
~ price paid for mink and skunk skins. j, j,
REVOL, 255h Middle street. Portland, Me.
nOv26d3mos.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

WANTED-A drug clerk of two or three
w years experience; registered preferred:
good salary and position to the right man. Adj
dress 2. o. BOX 776, City. 25-l
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

WANTED-To call at your store or house
iron, rubbers, bottles, metals of all kinds. IL
you have any of the above please drop me. a
postal. Address G. B. WISH, 131 Green
street. city. HIT
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SALARY OR COMMISSION.
LOST AND FOUND.

EOUND-At Pages Bazaar, the Labor Saver
T of the Age, the Unique Raisin Seeder. Call
and see it at PAGES BAZAAR, 524 Congress.
street. 26-1 7
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
MALE HELP.

WANTED-An honest experienced man
w with good recommendation to take charge
of a Jewlery store in Portland. Address M,
Press office. 27-1
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

DARTNER wANTED-With capital IN a
il wel-established business. Address L.,
this office my14-tf
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

The Hatcheries of Cholera, and What Is
To Be Seen There-If the Disease
Breaks Out in New York Where Will 1t
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

IT OST-On Middle street between the Post,
tanning small amount OF money; the finder,
will be suitably rewarded by leaving same at
CASHIERS WINDOW, Post Office. PAL
r sT-Sunday morning probably between
IL Union Station and Eagle Hotel, a pocket
book containing papers of no value 20 anyone
except the owner. Finder will please leave at,
THIS OFFICE and be rewarded. PAL.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28
FEMALE HELP.
FOR SALE.

IyOR SALE-A few shares of Giant Electric
dress at once BOX S56, Portland, Me. 27-1
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

ENOR sALE-Houses for sale; prices $500,
Il $1,000, $11OO, $1,000. $14O0, $500,
$17OO, $1,000. $1,000, $4,000, S250O. $2700.
sf 27-1
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-28

NOR sALE-Steam engine. 10 horse power.
street "a
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A Problem for Teachers.

A poor man, having no money, took 80
pounds of wool to carding mill. He
held his wool to be worth 25c per pound,
and the miller charged cents per pound
for carding. The question arose between
them as to how much toll the miller was
entitled to collect at these rates.
ExAMPLE.-How much wool, al twenty
five cents per pound, is required to pay
for cardiDg the remainder Of fifty pounds
at nine cents per pound?
This example is not only an arithmeti-
cal problem, the sentence is said to be
perfectly correct, and it is also something
OF grammatical puzzle. Those who sue
coed in working the example are invited
to try their hands at diagraming the SEN
tence. The wager is made that not more
than half dozen teachers in the Grant
parish public schools can work it. We
think there are that many pupils who are
able to solve it. and will take pleasure in
the names of both teachers
and pupils who are successful and send
In their work by August 18th.
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Worlds Fair Excavations.

On July oath and 31st and August 9TH,
via the TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY,
Tickets to Chicago and return will be
sold at all stations on dates above nam
ed at rate of one fare for the round trip,
Tickets sold on July Oath will be good to
return only on trains scheduled to leave
Chicago on July 18th and August 4th.
Tickets sold July 31st will be good to re-
turn only on trains scheduled to leave
Chicago August 4th and 18th. Tickets
sold August 9TH will be good for return
only on trains scheduled to leave Chicago
August 18th and 18th. Tickets will be
good in sleeping cars 10 and from st.
Louis. Remember the "St. Louis Limit
ed places passengers in st. Louis, in the
morning, and it is but few hours ride
between st. Louis and Chicago in the
day time. For full particulars ask any
Ticket Agent OF the Texas & Pacific
Railway, or address,
CASTOR MEsLIER,
Gen1 Pass. & T'kt Ag't
w. A. DasHIELI,
Trav. Pass. Ag't, DALLAS, TEXAS.
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CONDITIONS.

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OF chapters foot marginal notes. us the capter and
IN winch first found and with the to the question he
SEND enclosed for years subscription TO The Week
soe you can renew your subscription year or subscribe for
e'o An answers must come BY MAIL addressed WEEKLY
STATES New Orleans Louisiana Persons living in the corr
pete 9r the presents and send the paper else
presents will be to the successful ones and their names
puoShed IN the The STATES in the first part January 1904
HE WEEKLY STATES is the only paper the South sending out 6
fridays each Edition giving the complete up morning
so amos, amounts to daily paper Still ask more for Il
nan the other papers who only give you much news As
literary paper Of the highest order containing Special articles from
the best writers of the day, each week. =
his contest open for old and young should enco
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receive present Every letter recorded numbered as received
there can be no mistakes Send money note money
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There no catch trick about this compeion-the word is in
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ing Tor IT. is only matter of actpnno delay one of he
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Not Democrats.

| Some time since Gov. Foster re
moved two police jurors in st. Ian
dry parish who were members o
the Alliance and rabid Third Part,
men. During the controversy tina
was raised by the circumstance
the Opelousas Courier gave tn,
following caustic reasons for tn.
Governors action:
This cause justified his act, and
We challenge any Democrat to
countervail its sufficiency. 1t con-
sisted, it is said, in the fact that
Messrs. Guidry and Dupre had
since their appointment abandoned
the Democratic party, by going in
to the Third Party, supporting its
ticket, and voting for Harrison Re-
publican Electors in the November
election.
Now we take it that when a Dem
ocratic Governor appoints to office
an individual whom he believes to
be a Democrat and subsequently
finds out that the appointee is not
a Democrat but an enemy of the
party, he should not hesitate in re-
moving him. Were he to do other
wise, he would not only fail in his
duty but prove recreant to his party.
This is Democratic administra-
ton and none but Democrats are
entitled to hold Office Hereunder
by executive appointment
We desire it to be we'll under
stood, that we do not question the
right of Messrs. Guidry and Dupre
to 60 into the Third Party or Re-
publican party. We concede them
such right. We concede the right
OF every man to change his opin-
ions; we concede the right of every
man to change his affiliations; but
we deny that any man has right
to accept commission from one
party and hold that commission
after he turns against and tries to |
destroy the party that So honored
him. Demoralized as this country |
has become, yet we deny that the |
people of any party in this country
nave yet given man a right to be |
'aithless to political trust. They
give no man right to accept CON-
mission as Democrat and act with
he Republican or Third Party.
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Mrs. James Andrews, of Alexan-
dria, wife of Judge Andrews, has
written an enthusiastic letter to the
N. U. Christian Advocate, giving a
glowing account of the Temperance
celebration" of the Fourth of July
by the w. G. I. U. of that place.
1t was a grand success in every re-
spect, and the ladies have good
reason to be enthused over their
celebration, as it was unique and a
grand stride in the right direction.
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DEATH NOTICE.

| SMITH-Died, at Brooksville, La, ON
he'd river, Saturday evening, Q0:30) 1893.
Susan Brooks, aged ~ years, beloved wife
Of Israel Smith.
The deceased was born at Kateland
plantation, in Grant parish, in 1866. when
| 1t was the property of Judge NJ. Ryan.
Her parents belonged to that class of col
ored aristocracy from the ''old states,
so numerous in ante bellum DAYS, and
SO scarce now. They were faithful, hon
est and Industrious, and well thought of
by every one. She, herself, was a worthy.
representative OF that old class, and per-
formed all duties of life faithfully and
earnestly, being most exemplary wife
and daughter and a devoted mother. Her
loss is most grevious one TO her house
hold, and 1T will be many day before the
shadow will be lifted or the void filed
that her death has caused.
the deceased married Prof. Israel
Smith, so we'll known as a most compe-
tent teacher in the colored public schools
OF Rapides and Grant. This blow is
doubly distressing to him happening as
IT did during his absence from home. He
was called to Bunkie, Saturday morning,
on urgent business, little dreaming of the
sad homecoming, but the grim messen-
ger came in his absence and left desola-
ton and ruin in his once happy home. |
He returned to find the loved wife cold |
and silent in the arms of death, and his |
six children motherless.
May the Father who watches over all. |
comfort the beraved husband and mother.
and raise up friends to the helpless ones
thus deprived of loving mothers care.
The deceased was Christian and did |
her duty to the best of her ability, and
doubtless is now enjoying that rest prom
lsed to those who serve God truly.
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CO1fax High School.

The patrons of the Colfax High school
are hereby requested and notified to meet
IN the town OF Colfax on Saturday the 29th
day OF July for the purpose of making an
amendment to the charter of the Colfax
High School, and for the further purpose
OF eiectlng one or two moro Trustees in or
der that the school may be incorporated
at any time should it be thought necessary.
Ii you are a school man or feel any inter
est in schools, come forward and take part
Don't stand back and let few have it all
their own way. By order of the board.
w. L. RICHARDSON,
Secretary Board of Trustees.
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Notice.

In pursuance of an ordinance of the
Police jury of this parish, passed July 3d.
1888, the undersigned will receive sealed
bids, plans and specifications until 22d
Gay OF Aug 1888, to build bridge across
Trays Greek on the Colfax and Pineville
pine woods road. Every bid, plan and
sPecilcation must be accompanied with
bond with one good security condition
ed TO keep and maintain said bridge in
good order for five years from date OF &C.
ceptance Of the bridge by the under
signed,
We reserve the right to reject any and
AL bids. The bids must be addressed TO
either oil the undersigned at Ada, La.
@. H. REED,
w. II. GRAY,
r. l.. BONNETTE.