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The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
WOMAB'S WORTH.
Eloquent Tribute to the Sex By Our
Next President.
DELEGATION OF CLEVELAND WO-
MEN VISIT MKINLEY'S HOME.

Tender Their Congratulations and Best
spends Congratulating His Guests on
What Woman Has Done for Grand and
Noble Objects in the Past,
Canton. O., July 15.-On their own
special train and with their own band,
several hundred Cleveland women came
to Canton this morning to call on Major
Mckinley and congratulate him and the
nation, as one of them put it, on his
nomination. Rain fell most of the
morning, but did not prevent the Canton
people from turning out in large num-
bers to welcome the visitors.
The Cleveland delegation was mot at
the station by a large committee of Can
ton women under the leadership of Mrs.
Miller, president Of the Sorosia, and
Mrs. Kate Brownlse Sherwood. The
Cleveland women marched from the
railway stations to- the residence of Major
Mckinley. He was standing on the
porch to receive them. A speech of con-
graduation WAS made on the part of the
visitors by Mrs. Elroy Avery Of Cleye-
land, state regent Of the Daughters OF
the Revolution.
In response Gov. Mckinley said: 81
greatly appreciate this friendly call from
the women of the city of Cleveland and
assure you that I do not undervalue
their gracious message of congratulation
and confidence which you so eloquently
delivered Ii is an assurance of deep in
terest which you feel, and which should
be felt by every family in the land in
the public questions Of the day and their
rightful settlemen at the polls.
"There is no limitation to the influ-
enoe that may be exerted by woman in
the United States and no adequate tri-
butte can be spoken of her services to
mankind throughout its long and event.
ful history. In the distant period of set
tlement, in the day of revolution, in the
trials of western pioneer life, during
the more recent, but dread days of our
civil war, aud, indsed, in every step
OF our progress as nation, the devotion
and sacrifices of woman were constantly
apparent, and often conspicuous. Cap
plause.)
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
Drowned While Bathing.
[srEc1AL TO THE PREss.l

saoo, July 1b.-Joseph Garreau, aged
81, unmarried, was drowned while bath
ing in the Saoo in the rear of the Saco
Lumber oompany's mills at about 5. 80
today. GarEeau was unable to swim, and
getting beyond his depth, sank.
He has been in this country only about
week, coming here from Canada, and
could speak no English. The body was
recovered about 6.45.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
Local weather Report.

Portland. July 15.-The local weather
bureau Office records as to the weather
are thu following:
ga. m.-Barometer. 20, 1894; thermom-
ter, $40; dew point "a; humidity. 100;
wind, De; velocity, d; weather. foggy
8 .. m.-Barometer. 20, 483; thermome-
ter, 740; dew point 70; humidity
$40; wind, SW, velocity, z; weather,
cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, 69.o; maxi
m um thermometer, 74.0; minimum ther,
mometer, 64. 0; maximum velocity winds
13, S; total precipitation, .01.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
Cotton mills Shut Down.

Norwich, Conn, July Is. Notice was
posted today that the Falls cotton mill
would shut down Saturday noon for a
few weeks. Those employees who are liy-
ing in the company's houses will not be
charged rent, while the mill is closed
Hard times and @ dull market are the
causes of the temporary shut down. Over
500 hands are employed.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
ST. Lawranoe CLUB Wius.

Centre, Island. Oyster Bay, July 49,
In the yacht race today the official time
of the finish was: Glencairn, 36 81;
FL Heirie, 8, ga Elapsed time: Giencairn,
8. IL. 35; Ell Heirie, 4. 16. 81. The Glencairn
thus wins three straight races of the five
Seawanhika-C -Corinshinia, and the Gun
for boats under s5 foot limit, goes to the
Royal st. Lawrance yacht club.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
YandarhiIt Ia Better.

New York, July 15.-Cornelius Van
derbilt, Sr., passed good g night as
was expected and his condition this
morning lent great confidence TO the
opinion Of the physicians expressed last
night that he will ultimately recover
from the stroke of paralysis. His sons
condition continues improved.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

to the business men of the United States,
recltlng the fact that the Democratic
party refused to bead President Cloye-
lt, snd warning the country that there il
greaU danger iii the existing crisis. The
address says the necessity for action is
Imperative and that Indiana, Illinois and
iowa will be the battle ground OF the
campaign,
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
znIowa Republican State Convention.

Des bIoines, Ia., July 15.-Congress-
man ". P. Hepburn ofaciated as teInpo-
rary chairman of the Repu blican state
convention today. He said that while
favorable to the use Of silver as money
be regarded the Democratic plan as
fraught with immeasurable disaster to
the coantry. He believed that bi-metal-
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

lism could be secured through an inter
national argeement within % brief period.
After the announcements of the commit
tees the convention took recess until
o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
THE WEATHER.
Boston

Boston /, July
Is. - Local fore
cast for Thurs
day. Fair, pre-
coded by showers
in early morning
cooler westerly
winds.
Wash i n g + o II ,
July 10. Forecast
for Thursday fol
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

New England: Showers Thursday clear
ing in the afternoon or night cooler; high
southwesterly winds shifting to north
westerly.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
DIR. Butler speaks at vyeirs.

The Wsirs, Il. N. July 15.-At thu
Baptist grove meeting the exercises this
morning included an address by Ma
tnanfsl Butler, PRESIDENT of Colby Uni.
versity, topic, "LoHgfelIow."
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
Portland. July 1e, 1896.

fair
Portland. July 10, 1896.
TIME great midsum-
J. mer sale of cot
ton Underwear,
that has been going on
here for a week is COM
ing to a close in a day or
two more, and what is
left (if any goes back
to the manufacturer.
There are several de-
sirable lots still here; we
recommend you to antic-
ipate your needs a bit and
buy now.
One lot of fine cam
brio Nightgowns, hand
somely trimmed, at 75c,
worth SI.25 to SI.75.
Another lot at $500,
worth $3.50 to $500.
And a small lot of very
elegant lace trimmed
ones at $500, worth
5000.
There are a few Cor
set Covers left and a
small lot of cambria
Chemises advertised at
3oc.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
NEU YORK AID CHICAGO
Will BE Headquarters Republican
National Committee.
CHAIRMAN HANNA MADE AN
NOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT.

Members of Committee From Alaska and
District of Columbia Chosen-Executive
Committee Entertained BY Mr.. Hanna
al ID amer.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

will result In the continued progress and
prosperity Of the whole country.
AS you have honored us, we your oltl-
zens honor you, and may God bleEs you.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
The crisis a Grave One.

Chicago, July 15.-The National Busl-
ness Mons League has issued an address
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

1Ae s0eathsr today
Is nIeetg to be
fair
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

The Linens depart
ment is selling a very at
tractive lot of Mitchell
inc" Quilts, canary, pink
and blue ground with
white short figures, new
designs, at $2.25.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16

Final Address to His Neighbors at Salem
Last Night-DecIares That if the Princi-
pies of the Chicago Platform Are Right
They Will Prevail.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
Gwine Back Home TO Die.v

They told me i'm the dining. car OF
a train on the Louisville and Nash,
vile road that in the smoking ca,
was an old cOlored man who was go,
ing South to see his old plantation
home again before death claimed
him. BY and by l went to have 6
talk with him. He was wrinkIed
and white-haired, and evidently very
old, and when | expressed wonder
that his friends i'm Kentucky should
have let him off on such long Jour
ney he replied:
Dcy jes' couldn't help deirselves
sab, | tOle de Chill'en | was bOun' to
cum, an dey jes' had to let me-"
I" And how long since you left the
old plantation ?"
"'Way back in wah times, sab. |
dun went right off wild some Yankee
sojerS, an dat's de las' | eber did
see Mars Thomas's folks. I'ze gwine
down to 'sprise 'em."
Where is it 2"
"Jes' leetle ways out o. Selma.
Dey tell me dar' am greet changes
bout Selma, but l reckon kin walk
right down de road an find de plan
tashun in de night. Bress de Lawd
sab, but | doan' reckon l could hev'
closed my eyes in death if dey
hadn't let me cum. Dar's been sich
longin' to see de ole place ag'in
dat | couldn't stand it,"
Three or four Of us Clipped in to
get his meals and make him COM
Portable, but we saw that the journey
was telling on his strength. On the
morning of the day we were to
reach Selma l could see that he was
weak and nervous and when I sat
down beside him he said:
1'ze feelin' sort o. skeert bout
myself dis mawnin'. Ihad dream
last night dat l was walkin' 'long de
road an met q funeral, an when l
axed who was gwine to be buried, a
white man spoke up an said:
"'Pon my soul, if dat hain't Mars
Thomas's ole DigSer Job, who run
ned off doorin' de wah Heah, boy,
let me tole you sumthin'. Yo' has
cum too late to see yo'r ole Mars;
dats him in de coffin, an he was
AKIN bout yo' de day befo' he died :"
l told him that dreams did not
signify, and after bit had him quite
chirruped up. l got him some to-
bacco for his pipe, saw that he had
breakfast, and as / left him he
smiled all over with happiness as he
said:
"Only two hours mo- to Selma
PIE mos done got dead !"
Thirty minutes later the conduc-
tor beckoned to three or four of us to
come into the smoker. The old
man sat in his seat, leaning against
the side of the car, and seemed to be
sleeping.
He's been dead ten minutes
quietly observed the conductor.
g And he died as peacefully as
child falling asleep"
So he had. There was Il smile on
his old black faces smile of antici-
patton, and the pipe had not fallen
from his fingers. Death had come
like soft and fleecy mantle, and it's
touch had been painless.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
She was for Plain Business.

see, according to recent statis-
tics, that marriages are decreasing
rapidly in NUMBER" he said, as he
looked at her soulfully.
Are they ?" she asked, without
much show of interest.
"They are, according to the stat
istician," he replied. 81 think there
must be something wrong with the
present social condition, don't you ?'
don't know, haven't given it
any thought" she returned.
"Of course, it may he the effect
Of the new woman" he continued,
"but 1 wouldn't care to say 80 posi-.
lively. Still, 1 think it's very much
to be regretted, don't you ?"
I" suppose So"
1" 1t doesn't just seem right to me-
1t seems as if the world was sort OF
going wrong. The population is in.
creasing, but marriages are decreas.
ing. That is a state of affairs that
threatens great danger, and think
it is the duty of every true-hearted
individual to do what he or she car
to change such conditions, don't
you ?"
She had become interested by thi.
time, and she Strengthened up anC
looked at him sharply.
What are you driving at?" sht
exclaimed. " What are you talking
about, anyway"
Why-I-I-"h he stammered.
IF you want to PROPOSE" sh'
interrupted, " speak up like a mar
and do it, and don't 60 beating
around the bush and talking about
tendencies of humanity and all that
Pm new woman with bushes.
training, and / believe in coming
straight to the point. Are you afte
me?"
Why, 1-I-yes, was just abou
| to-
Well, then, Pm yours, and tn
matter is settled. Now, never tr,
any of your foolishness again AM
We'll get along all right. All thos
old fogy, roundabout methods ar
out of date. pll name the day af
ter have discussed the matter witt
my bloomer-maker."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
Wasted his ElOquence.
SOUTHERN CONGRESSMAN WHO
RAKED BINGHAM AS A
STAN-AT-IIOME

Here is a story which Stallings of
Alabama tells in tho Washington
Post on himself:
cit happened in the fifty-second
Congress, when | was a new man in
the House, not so experienced as
am now. Bingham of Philadelphia
was making q bloody shirt speech on
some subject or other. Near me sat
old Judge CulbersOn. He listened a
while, and then beckoned to me.
Il say, Stallings,' said he in his
slow way, get up and answer that
fellow. The idea of abusing the
Southern cavaliers like that! He
never smelt gunpowder. He never
was in the war. He skulled, while
we were out fighting Yankees
didn't know Bingham" con-
tinued Stallings. "I felt fattered
that Culbertson should call on me to
speak for our side and got the floor
as soon as | could when Bingham
concluded.
Well, sir, / lit into Bingham.
threw all the cloquenCe on my tongue
into that effort to annihilatc him. |
pictured the Northern soldier shoul-
dering his musket and kissing his
wife and children farewell at the
front gate. pictured the battle
field, where he fought for the
Union. / pictured the Southern SOL
dier, departing from his thatched
cottage home, where dwells his
loved ones, going out to fight for
what he believed his right, and his
return, to find his house in ashes and
his dear ones dead or scattered. And
then ] denounced the skulking Stay
at-home in the North, men like the
gentleman who had preceded me,
who had never seen a battlefield,
never smelt gunpowder except on
on the Fourth of July or at Ratifi-
cation meeting, and who, thirty
years after, would get up in Congress
and denounce the Southern men who
had gone out to lay down their lives
for their cause, right or wrong.
To my surprise, Bingham took it
in the best of humor. He even
laughed. Some of the Republicans
smiled and looked in an amused way
at Bingham and then at me, and
next thing | knew some one on our
side was smiling and laughing, and
when l turned about, there was Mr..
doubled up in his seat,
to himself as though he
had a fit. 1t began to down Oh me
about this time that Culbertson had
ust put up job on me. I wasn't
through with my remarks, but cut
off short and sat down.
Presently, Bingham walked over
to me, holding out his hand in a
pleasant way, and said:
This is Mr.. Stalling, I believe.
Pm sure you have been victim of
practical joke. was in the Union
army and was wounded at Gettys-
burg, Spottsylvania and Farmville,
md was mustered out as brigadier |
It's all right. Only | hate
o see young man like you imposed
lpOn.'"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

A Singers EXPERIENCE.-A
noted American singer is fond of
telling of a little experience she had
In Boston once upon time. She
was to sing at an evening concert,
and carriage was to be sent for her.
She was staying at the time with a
friend, who had suite of rooms in
a large apartment-house, in which
the tube system of communication
with the outer world prevailed. 1t
was past the time when the carriage
should have appeared and the lady
was growing little nervous. She
was sitting with her wraps on, when
the bell rang furiously. Hurrying
to the tube herself the prima donna
said, d" Well?"
The reply came in voice heavily
charged with irritation.
Pm hackman," said the voice,
"an' l was sent here to get some
cussed lady, anil don't know what
in time her last name is! I've rung
every bell in this house! Are you
herr"
When informed that the "cussed
lady" herself was speaking TO him,
he coolly replied:
Well, come on; We'll have to
lope it all the way to the hall to get
there on time"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

ONE of the most common mistakes
and one prevalent even among the
educated classes, is that the heart is
on the left side of the body, notes
the Je,0ish Messenger. 1t will, doubt
less, come as surprise to some peo-
pie to learn that this is all mis-
take; but it is, nevertheless. an in
disputable fact that it is the smaller
section of the heart that is to the
left side, as careful study of the
human anatomy will verify. The
popular error regarding the position
of the most important organ of the
body doubtless owes its origin to the
fact that the auricle through which
the blood ia forced from the heart
into the veins Is on the left side, and
when any twitch is felt it is in that
part.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

MYSTERIES OF FCHEMISTRY.-MOr
phia suspends the activity of the
nerve centres. But how? What
chemical or molecular change takes
place i'm the tissues? How is it that
the slightest change in the compost
tion of the morphia molecule radi-
cally alters its effect? The physician
cannot tell. The salts of potassium
and of sodium are almost exactly
similar. Yet a minute quantity of
the former, injected into vein, will
paralyze the heart and destroy life,
while the latter may be turned into
the circulation wholesale with no bad
result. Why is it? Why is so sim
pie substance as prussic acid so
deadly a poison? A thou usand
such questions may be asked. None
of them yet can be answered. We
know that these things do thus and
so. How they do it we do not know;
but until we do medicine willscarcely
become an exact science. That we
shall one day attain such knowledge
is confidently to be expected. That
must be the work of chemistry; and
when we remember that the science
of chemistry is scarcely more than a
century old, and when we consider
the bewildering scope and import
ance of its achievements in that CEN
tury, it is surely not too much to
hope great things from it's future
labors.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
POET RY.
DEACON'S HOPEFUL'S IDEE.
BY NIXON WATERMAN.

Dear friends, when | am dead and gone
Don't have no wOeful takin's on;
Don't act so tarnally bereft,
AS tho there weren't no sunshine left.
Don't multiply your stock o woes
by sorry looks and gloomy clothes,
An, make the trouble ten times worse
BY alters follerin' hearse.
When L depart, it s my idee
The most COnsOlin' thing ter me
Id be to hear the ones | tried
Ter comfort here before | died
Say, sort o smiling through their tears,
" Well, ennyhow, fer years an years
We had him here, so let s he glad
And thankful for the joy we had"
1t ain t no use ter make fuss
When death comes after one o us:
The ways o Providence, | low,
Are as they should he, ennyhow.
Things suit me purity middlin' well,
An even at funeral
d sing, amid the grief an woe,
" Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05
NUMBER al.

Is LIFE WORTH LIVING ?-The
world sees many follies, and the
good sense Of the community lives
them down with time and patience.
But never has our earth known a
greater folly than the pessimists'
whining cry of pain, and the silIiest
OF all silly queries, els life worth
living ?" WhOsOever asks that
question, his soul is already dead ::
and the enemy who has slain il is
Self.
The more we live for self the less
shall we find the value of existence
the more we live for others and out
of self, the greater will be the ioy
and the gain.
TO be put out in the open among
the flowers and by the trees, to hear
the birds i'm the bushes, to watch the
glories of the sunset, to see the de-
light of nature-free and unfettered
this, too, is one of tho lovely
hymns of joy by which that whining
cry is drowned.
All things are good and beautiful
to those who have the talisman which
transforms the common to the rare,
the accustomed to the precious
And that talisman is Love-the Love
which Self destroys as the laidly
worm destroyed all on which it shed
its venom.
This is truth never too strongly
insisted on. Sympathy, love, un-
seltishness give happiness. 1t mat
ters not what our physical condition,
what our material surroundings
With these as our ingredients we
shall extract the glorious elixir of
life.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

THE late Dean Stanley used to re-
late that a gentleman once called to
tell him that he had been into the
abbey and had knelt down to pray,
when the verger had come up to him
and told him he must not kneel there.
On asking why not, the verger had
said: Why, sir, if was once to
allow it, we should have them pray
ing all over the place." This recalls
the gentleman visiting a church and
asking the sexton whether people
ever used 1t for private prayer, to
which he replied, ~ ketch'd two of
'em at 1t once.,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

HON. ELIJAH MORSE is telling
good story these days. He says that
in the Hyde Park accident, a man
sitting near the end Of the car was
deluged with ice- water from the tank
in the car, which at the moment of
collision was overturned, and poured
its contents down over him. Just at
that minute some one near him called
out, Keep cool Keep cool !" The
drummer thus appealed to replied,
with melancholy drawI, "Keep
cool? Irather think shall. have
two buckets of ice-water down my
back -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

a MAN who knows tells the PhiIa-
delphia Record that q concern In
Philadelphia makes profit of
twenty-four dollars on the carcass of
every horse. In the first place, the
hide is valuable, and the leather
known as cordovan is taken from
the skin over the rump. The other
leather is soft, and is used mostly
for slippers and heavy driving
gloves. The hair from the tail and
name is made into haircloth, and
the short hair is used i'm stuffiDg
cushions and horse collars. From
the the hoofs oil is extracted, and
the horny substance Is sold to comb
manufacturers. The leg bones are
used for knife handles. The ribs
and head are burned to make bone
black, after the glue has been ex-
tracted. By various processes phos-
phorus, carbonate of ammonia, eva.
nide of potassium and prussic acid
are obtained, and sometimes the
meat is canned and shipped to Eu
rope.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-03-05

WONDERS OF THE GULF STREAM.
The New York Sun, remarking upon
some of the geographical charts now
available to the student of physical
science, it Is pointed out by q writer
that, elsewhere in the world, there
is not so majestic flow as the Gulf
Stream, remarkable body having
its headquarters in the Gulf of Mex
leo, from thence, flowing notheast-
erly along the shores of the United
States to the banks of Newfoundland; :;
then, rushing across the Atlantic
ocean to the British Isles, il is di-
vided into two currents, one flowing
northward to the Atlantic ocean and
the other flowing southwark to the
Azores, and the velocity of this i'm
mense flow being also more rapid
than that of the Mississippi at New
Orleans or even of the Amazon at
100 miles above its mouth. Phe-
nominal, too, is the fact that, al
though its bed and banks are cold
water, yet the vast stream is very
warm and 80 great is the absense of
affinity or commingling between
these waters, that their line of juno
tion is distinctly visible to the eye.
Further, tie waters Of this wonder
f'ul stream do not, in any part of
their course, touch the bottom Of the
sea-they are defended at the bottom
and sides by what has been termed
a trough of cold water, one of the
best nonconductors; consequently,
very little heat is lost, and the warm
water Is carried thousands of miles,
losing only four degrees Of heat on
the journey from the Gulf of Mexico
to the British Isles.