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The Portland daily press., 1894-02-26

The Argus frankly acknowledges that
Mr.. Baxter has made an excellent Mayor,
yet it advises It's constituents to vote for
Mr.. Gushing. in other words, it counsels
the city to reject man who has been
and substitute in his place a man who
has had no experience in city affairs.
The response of the citizens of Portland
to this proposition will be similar to
that OF the mountain goat when he was
invited down into the fields, -" We prefer
certainties to uncertainties.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-26

Rumors regarding the Presidents
health are again in circulation. 1t is
said that the surgeons have decided that
be must submit to another operation.
similar to the one that is said to have
been performed some time ago. Whether
there is any truth in the story it is i'm
possible to say. 1t is denied, but that
is by no means conclusive, for the
serious illness of a prominent
man is rarely acknowledged until it has
become SO serious that it is impossible to
conceal it longer.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-26

Prices So, So, 81. Regular sale will open at
the fremont Theatre. Monday. Feb. 10th. 81
Repertoire for the first week-Faust, Car
men, Bome0 ct Juliette, Nozze di Figaro,
CavalIeria Rusticana and PagHacci, and
Lucia Di LammermOOr. o,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
Z BIT Of "Hleak House,

By the demolition Of some old houses
in Catherine street, Strand, and in Dru.
~ lane, what may be regarded as
classic spot has been exposed to view
This Is the old churchyard which
Charles Dickens graphically described
in ''Bleak House, and which is ap-
preached BY narrow passage leading
from Russell court. The churchyard on
the left hand side Of Drury lane higher
up has frequently been talked OF as
"Joe's churchyard, " but the miserable
burial ground which received the re-
mains Of poor Memo is that on which
the sunlight is now allowed to shine
through the clearing away of the rock
cries which previously hemmed it in on
east and west. At the end Of the Rus
sell court passage the gate, with its iron
bars, through which Joe pointed out to
Lady Dedlock the grave of his benefac-
tor, still hangs on its rusty hinges, al
though the graveyard itself has been
asphalted over and turned into q play
ground. Some thousands Of the admir-
ers of Dickens works, including largo
number of Americans, have visited the
SPOT within the last few weeks. West
minister Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
Difficult TO Translate.

twas the Duchess of Gordon, clever
and beautiful Scotchwoman, who sue
cessfully dumfounded q pretentious
dandy.
He was beside her at supper party,
and in order to gain her good graces al
fected a liking for tho Scottish tongue,
declaring there was not Scottish phrase
he did not understand.
"Rax me a sprawl O. that hubby
lock-" replied the duchess without
changing a muscle Of her face.
The exquisite looked appalled, and
then skunk away in confusion, while the
commission was performed by cavalier
hailing from the north of the Tweed.
She wanted a turkey wing. S
COMPANION
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
women Clerks of Paris.

A Paris merchant can get the prettiest
and jauntiest girls in the world to sell
his goods for SO month. In the large
retail dry goods houses tho clerks are
given a commission on certain lines of
goods, more or less unstable and risky.
In the Bon Marche, for example, this
commission frequently raises the earn
ings to $50 month, and no grande
dame takes better care of herself or has
finer air.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
A rsr,n,e Made From Single Stone.

Mayalipmam, India, has seven OF the
most remarkable temples in the world,
each of these unique places of worship
having been fashioned from solid granite
powders. Some idea of their size and
the task of chiseling out the interior
may be CLEANED from the fact that the
smallest of the seven is "A feet high. II
feet long and 10 feet wide. Travellers
who have carefully examined them are
of the opinion that it took centuries OF
work to carve these graceful cdltices
from native rock. Louis Republic
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
Round Too Much.

Pale with suppressed Indignation, Al
oernon McStab uncrossed his legs, rose
stiffly and turned up his coat collar.
"Glycerin McCurdy, he howled'
"you have seen fit to sheer at me. You
have accused me Of having q wheel in
nv head. If have, false beauty, 1t Is
at least @ wheel that has run true to
you"
"Ah, yes, replied the young woman.
with o pensive faraway look in her
soulful eyes, land yet / hardly want
you for q hub you know. Chicago
Trihnna
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20

You will find everything that belongs to rstclass carriage
saddy such as Bugges Phaeons
and at all prices y best harness made of David Moats
Cart Saddles Collars Blankets oo whpS &c
carriages warranted for will endeavor to give salts
faction price and quality Will be pleased to show my
line will do well to examine my stock before purchasing else
where Thanking friends for their patronage during
the mast and asking for continuance of same am
Yours very respectfully,
q w COVINGTON New Church, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-20
An Expert Artisan.

Mrs. Anna Metcalf of Sioux Falls
has been awarded handsome litho-
graphed diploma as an expert artisan
BY Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of the
lady board Of managers of the Worlds
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30
MuddIed and MuZZled.

Our esteemed contemporary, The
cial question.
This is all the more to be regretted
because TIE Courier journal circulatcs
in a region overwhelmingly Democratic.
and its readers are Stanch supporters Of
the Chicago platform. The papers
course is undoubtedly great disap-
pOintment to thousands Of its sub
scrberS, but there seems to be 40 hope
of change i'll its policy at present.
Despite its failure to support the
financial relief planks of the platform
we cannot help feeling very kindly to-
wards our contemporary. In the past
in the days Of recOnstructon-it backed
Beck and Carlisle in their splendid
fight against Capitalization and bayonet
rule, and it would be ON the side of the
people today III their struggle against
the gold sharks and monopOliSts but for
certain conditions, which unfortunately
too often affect our newspapers and in
terfere with their usefulness.
The trouble is that the business office
has gradually encroached upon the edi-
tOrial department Of The COurier-J our
nal until it is now the controlling pow
err. Editor Wattcrson is the same i'm
petuous dashing journalist as of yore,
and we can easily imagine how he
chafes and fretS under the unWolcOme
restraints thrown around him. Finding
that he cannot express himself freely
in the editorial columns of his paper, he
spends more time on the platform than
ever. If his pen is hampcrcd his tongue
is not, and he gives that member full
play.
But we sympathize with the readers
of The COurier-J Journal, all the same.
They want their home paper to make a
vigorous warfare against the currency
cOnractionists, but since it has tied
itself to Mr. Carlisle in his new role,
this is an impossibility. The business
office controls the situation, and the cdi-
torial department, against its better
finds itself compelled to fol
low the lead of the gold standard ad-
vocates.
The Courier-Journal has missed
great opportunity. It would have nobly
rounded out its past record as demo
cratic newspaper if it had remained
loyal to the platform, and had sided
with the people in their efforts to OBJ
tain financial relief. But this was not
to be. Editor Watterson gradually be
comes q diminishing factor, and the
business Office looms up and overshad-
ows everything with it's potential in
huence. Other newspapers have been
afflicted in the same way, and they have
finally suffered q loss of influence and
patronage. The people have a prejudice
against business office journalism.
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Found ON the battlefield.

Editor Constitution: At the battle Of BEN
tonville, n. c., in the spring OF 1863,
confederate soldier was killed, who in fall
ing partly exposed testament in his
pocket l was near him and took the testa-
ment from his pocket and have kept it
ever since. 1t contains some marked pas
saees. was well worn, and on the flyleaf
was written John L. Martin, Company -
2Sth Georgia Volunteers, Colquitt's brigade
September g. 1864" Should the dead soldier
have any friends who would Ike to have
the book as "a memento, it will cheertuliy
he sent without charge to them, if you can
find them I have long contemplated WrlL-
ing this to The Constitution.
G. /. SPIELMAN, Blandinvlle, Ills
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with Il big surplus that will bring the
ready cash.
1t is true that the indications point
to low prices. Under the single gold
standard we cannot expect anything
else, but our immense harvests Will
put q large volume Of money into circu-
lation, even at low prices, and all classes
Of our people will be relieved from the
pressure of hard times during the com
ing fall and winter
This brighter outlook is not in any
sense due to wise legislation or to the
policy of our statesmen. 1t is GOD S
blessed work of relief, and it comes just
when the people needed it most. Peace
fully and patiently we have learned to
labor and to wait, and our reward is
now in sight.
This is the bright side Of the situation
and it is pleasure to contemplate it.
In spite Of the schemes of the money
| sharks and the bIunders of our states
| men there will be peace and plenty ana
! ioy at our firesideS this winter. With
| this inspiration and divine encourage
| ment let us turn our faces to the light
and move forward We are working
| out the solution of our problems and
! this inerpositiOn of a benign Provl-
dence in our favor should cause even
| the fant-hcarted to rejoice and look
| forward with new hope and confidence.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30

*The commercial depression causes a
temporary falling off in shipments, but this
number is estimated by good judges
An interesting fact in this connection
is stated by Mr.. d. A. Tompkins Il
prominent cotton manufacturer of Char
lotte, n. G. He says that the improve
mcnt in the cotton production in Egypt
is largely due to the efforts of the ex-
confederate officers who took military
commands under the khedive These
officers imported into Egypt a quantity
Of our sea island cotton seed and the
result was shown in the production Of
the fine staple now exported from that
country.
Last year 2 per cent of the cotton con-
sumed i'll the United States was inn
ported from Egypt. Perhaps the staple
Will be improved and the yield increased
in other countries, and in that event
our foreign competition win be a serious
matter. 1t is Mr.. Tompkins's idea that
if the south is to continue TO hold the
markets She must maize better and
cheaper cotton and put it up in the best
possible shape. He says that our cot
ton before the war was a better article,
because the seed cotton was stored and
picked and ginned at leisure, whereas
it is now ginned Immediately after it is
picked On this point he says:
1t is believed that storing before ginning
gave time for the fiber to absorb just lit
tie oil from the seed, which gave it some
of that brown color and silky luster pecu-
liar now to the Egyptian cotton. Prior TO
the war, too, cotton was ginned by mule
now in USE so that the fiber was less cut
than 1t now is by the steam gins.
The color and luster gained by the fiber
from the oil in the seed while in storage
are not the only advantages gained The
dry and cut cotton it is now ginned east
ly generates electricity, thus charging each
fiber SO that it tends to stand on end. This
tendency in some cotton has been found to
be so great almost to prevent it's
for spinning. The Egyptian cotton is said
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,.,r, with his knees, holding him on the
bnttom till life was extinct When ne felt
,,ro that the other was dead ne ran away
re has been arrested ana VIII ne put on
trial for murder. NO posslple n1otiVe ior
49, crime is known, save the mere desire to
kill.
Whom her husband became governor OF
Colorado Mrs Waite deliberately Shupped
IIoa+,ar society The wife of the retiring
a,(ac,,tive rendered her an elaborate recep-
20. ,Goe+ of the guests afterWard called
49,. ber and her card basket was filled
up Invitations to o'clock teas. She
W." returned the calls, nor has she ever
entertained.
wv o,,h1isl, elsewhere in this issue a COM
,,,nioation from Hon r. A. Broyles yard
master of the Central railroad concerning
the relations between caplldl anu lapol'
NJ Terovles is one of Atlanta's most pop
MAR prominent ana conservative "orhnS"
,1on Who thoroughly understands the rela-
49,, between capital and labor and whose
odvice. if needed, would go far toward set
fling whatever differences there may pc
between employer and eInploye- Atlahta Is
proild of her worzinSmen Ihey are cohserV-
alive honest and just. and 1t IS u rare thlng
+ha+ thew lean to the side OF eStreInlSm.
Snaalxine of President Cleveland's letter to
Mr. Wilson on the tariff, The Hartford
Courant says: This Is an apSoiutely new
hin. in the official intercourse between the
-idn+ and the congress of the United
Sta1es 1t is as unprecedented as 1t is
amazing. To find any distant approach to a
nrecpdt.Ilt YOU nave to go back TO 1854 Sixty
Years ago Andrew Jackson, angered by the
senate's resolution declaring that he had had
arrogated to himself authority not con conf r.
cd bv the constitution ana laWS' SGlC 70
that body~not to any individual member Of
tia paper which he described as asf5sed meg 81
4a<'efEe 20 receive this paper, Calhoun, Clay
and az ~ Webster t voting with the majority He
has undertaken said Calhoun IN the ue-
hafa 10 interpose between the senate ana
t paei Constituents, and virtually to pro-
the Esa TGgn Of That dhf { tRey Do 10
i lot ncnform with the will of their consut-
uentS.
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The Exposition and the Appropriation.

1t is settled!
The Cotton States and international
exposition gets the appropriation!
Our advices from Washington state
that on Thursday the subcommittee of
the general committee on Sundry civil
appropriations reported in favor OF an
appropriation of 100000 for a govern
ment building and exhibit at our great
exposition.
This goes far toward settling the
whole business. The general commit
tee. the senate and the house will, OF
course, accept the subcommittee
recommendation, and the appropriation
will 60 through. without hitch, ana
what is best, Speaker Crisp says it Will
probably be a law by next week.
II is glorious news, although it is just
what we expected. 1t is the signal LOT
immediate and enthusiastic work all
along the line. Government aid and
the stamp Of the governments approval
gives our exposition the national char
acter which its Importance demands,
and gives it the standing which 1t shoold
have with other nations. We have had
several great and successful eXposluonS
in this country, but this one is OF pc
culiar international significance. 1t IS
in no sense local or sectional. 1t is de-
signed to bring about Il better under
standing and better acquaintance be
tween the United States and the Span
ish-American countries with q view to
promoting more intimate and extensive
trade relations. The countries south OF
us favor the reunion, and the CONNER
cial bodies of nearly every state have
endorsed it. Whether we have So0d
times or hard times next year,
the exposition is needed. We
want the $1,000 100000 Spanish
America sends every year to Europe for
products that our markets are prepared
to furnish. This trade will benefit not
only our southern ports and markets
but the manufacturers and producers
Of every state in the north and west
There never was an enterprise which
promised so much national benefit.
With this bright outlook, the backing
of the government and other suspicious
influences, it goes without saying that
Atlanta will now continue the exposition
work with Il degree of enthusiasm and
energy, and singlc-hearted purpose
surprising anything that was ever
known in our history.
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The Future of Cotton,

1t is possible that in the near future
southern cotton planters will have very
formidable competition.
Cotton is produced in South America,
Mexico China, India, Egypt and in some
OF the Russian territories. In Egypt it
is cultivated along the Nile and in the
delta in the richest soil in the world.
The yield is constantly increasing and
the cotton commands q ready market
at cents a pound more than American
cotton. 1t is of such fine quality that
the New England manufacturers import
Il good deal of it. Consul General Pen
field, at Cairo, furnishes the following
table showing the increase of the Egyp-
tan cotton crop during the past ten
years and the growth of expectations
TO the United STATES.
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Not Wanted Here,

1t is to be hoped that the commits
sioners of immigration in New York
will stick to their determination to send
MoWbray, the anarchist, back to Eng
land.
MoWbray landed in New York a few
days ago and applied for naturalization,
but the same week he made a speech
in favor of anarchy. To be naturalized
he must take an oath to support the
constitution and laws and yet he pub
licy declares his intention to Oyerturn
our government. if he can.
This would justify the authorities in
sending the rascal to jail, but as the
fact has come out that Mowbray is an
English eX-conyict it may be that the
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a Rich Mans Way.

Mr.. Russell Sage, the New York mil
Honaire, is anXiously waiting for a
mark down in the price of summer
clothing.
For a week past he has been watching
Il SD suit in Il window near his office,
expecting to see the price reduced, and
the other day he called at the store and
offered $40 for the suit.
The clerk demanded the marked price
$12
''Ten and a half" suggested Sage.
''NOt q cent less than So"
Eleven dollars and then $3.50 We're
offered, but the clerk was firm. The
millionaire looked sadly ut the suit and
then said that he thought he could do
without it as the warm weather pr0ba-
bly, would not last much longer.
Mr. Sage is not a victim of hard times.
This is his way of living and trading.
lie cuts his personal expenses down to
the lowest notch, and when he buys any
thing he makes it a point to beat the
merchant down if be can. If he can
save half dollar in this way he feels
happy.
There are other rich men whose
methods are just the same. Doubtless
this explains how they made their mon
ey and how they keep it. Such a policy
systematically followed will enable al
most any man to accumulate q mod
crate fortune, or at least competency.
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A Word of Cheer.

Politics may go wrong, the times may
be out of joint, and greedy Shylocks
may corner the money of the country,
but they have not been able TO corner
Gods sunshine and dew, and gentle
summer rain.
The spectators have found one thing
that they canOt cOntrOl-the weather
that has come like Il benediction and
promise. The hard conditions forced
upon us by grasping men will now lose
their potency. From all quarters of the
south come reports of abundant crops.
we shall have enough to feed us all,
with plenty to spare. Cotton and corn
and all that is needed for man and beast
will be ours in the greatest abundance,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30
EDITORiALCOM JfENT.

Football was a crime in England during
the reign of Henry VIII.
Theaters. concerts and orchestras are
supported from the public treasury in
Spanish-American countries.
Criminals in Buenos Ayres, who are
sentenced to long terms of penal servitudc,
frequently released parole for GER
tain hours each day, SO that their private
buiness will not suffer.
Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary, in the current
number of The Nashville Christian Advo-
cate has an able article entitled 1.-The
Things That Are Caesars" 1t is a strong
plea for the publication Of our politics.
According to Mrs. Oberholtzer there are
now $40 school savings banks in this coun-
try. Pennsylvania takes the lead, but
some very t1ourishing banks of this kind
have been established in Colorado Kansas
and North Dakota.
An Arkansas administrator made the fol-
lowing endorsement on the back of doc
tors bill: This claim is not verified by
affidavit as the statute requires, but the
death of the deceased is satisfactory evil
dence to my mind that the doctor did the
work. W S., Adm
''The Order of Chivalry" is a new chill
drens organization that is making great
progress IN England. 1t was established
by Lord Winchelsea with the idea of re-
viving old-fashioned gallantry among the
rising generation. 1t has some 7,OQ0
members.
Dr. Cathel, in The Maryland Medical
Journal, advances the opinion that fasting
during the long interval between supper
and breakfast, and especially the complete
emptiness of the stomach during sleep,
odds greatly to the amount of eraaciation
sleeplessness and general weakness so often
met.
General Howard was recently chosen
president of the National Temperance So
ciety. He explained how a public man
could attend banquets, and, without drink
ing anything be considered a good fellow
He arranges for the filling of his wine
glasses with water before the occasion
When a toast is called for he drinks what
looks like wine, but is in reality water.
Ottawa Ont, has a human monster. who
rivals in blood thirsty malice Jesse Ponce
roy, the boy murderer of Boston His name
is Blanchard, and he is but thirteen wears
old. A few days ago he induced 4 jitt1a
companion. eight years old, to so wading
in stream with him. Getting his victim
into water deep enough to suit his murder
Gus purpose. he threw him down and stood
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RI no better in this respect, and it is thought
a great improvement could be MADE IN tne
American staple by holding the seeo CO..
ton in storage from one 70 IT, -
months and then ginning it carefully. 1t IS
nrobable that by these means our improved
upland staples can be made to serve an
purposes as we'll as the Egyptian cotton'
and thus the south may get back some val
liable trade lost in the markets botf OIL 'ili'
country and abroad
We are III no danger whatever IL we
will look after our interests IN tllne.
We must improve our staple ana o'ir
methods and manufacture our cotton
right here in sight of tile fields. but
if we are negligent it is more than IKE
ly that the foreign article will soon De
q dangerous competitor.
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LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.


Editor Constitution-As between gold ana
silver dollars there is no parity save the
1eoaI ratio of 16 to /. Each silver dollar,
like each gold dollar. stands by itself and
for itself. If the commercial ratio varies
at any time from the legal ratio it Will be
found, nine out Of ten times, that IN COM
harrison with commodities it is one Of the
metals that has risen in value and not the
other which has fallen in value, and the
work of final redemption and payment will
fall, as it ought to fall, upon the metal
closest to commodities, though for the time
being apparently the least valuable.
BIMEpALLIST.
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,tter plan is to return him to his own

better plan is to return him to his own
country.
There will always be room here for
upright, industrious foreigners but there
should never be any room for chrome
paupers, criminals and public enemies
who desire to wage war against our IN
situations.
Send Mowbray home, and give Herr
Most another term in prison.