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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
The Parrot,s Sally.

A certain parrot is the property of a
Tioga household, the head of which is in
ordinately fond Of quiet little game Of
poker. For years it has been his custom
to get three or four of his friends together
at least twice week in his snug library
and while away four or five hours of an
evening by means Of 5 cent ante with
quarter limit. The parrots cage hangs in
the same library, except on state occasion,
when it is taken into the dining room.
The mans wife is as devoted to her
church as he is to his favorite game. She
never misses q meeting, and as often as the
good man will come has her pastor to her
home for Sunday dinner. He was there
two or three weeks ago. So were number
of other friends of the family. The master
of the household presided over the dinner,
and the conversation was as lively and Vi
vacious as the sanctity of the day would
admit.
The clergyman was talking at the table,
and all the others were interested listeners.
The subject was the morning service at his
church, the attendance upon which had
been very large.
Yes" he said, II couldn't help remark.
ing to myself as entered the pulpit, Well,
this is one time I've got full house. d"
"That's pretty d-n good" quickly
came from the parrots cage "Take the
money, DickF'-Philadelphis Inquirer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

country and when the boys kicked
against riding such nasty beasts be
would pick out the toughest one in the
lot and ride 10. Often he was thrown
off, but eventually he conquered. Once
he had four ribs smashed In by the first
fall, but he said nothing and finally sub
dued the brute. If o New York dude
could ride the horses the cowboys argued
that they should be able to manage
them.
II was the same with shooting. Roosc-
yelt cannot see q dozen yards away with
out his eyeglasses, but he con do some
fancy shooting that would win applause
in wild West show. He Ia not SO good
with a revolver, but in long range work
with the rifle there is no man ON the two
ranches who can beat him. He is a good
man at wrestling and Is handy with the
gloves, being we'll up in all the tricks of
both sports. In friendly bouts he has
taken in some of the biggest men on the
ranch and has shown that he Ia no tender
chicken.
These qualities have won him the ie-
spect of the community in which he is
now living and they are the only quail
ties that count for much in ranch life A
man might be the most estimable in
many things, but If he lacked courage
and could not ride, shoot, or fight he
wouldn't be thought much Of.
Mr.. Rocsevelt.will only stay here for
few weeks and then he will go back to
Now York again to compound new bomb
shells for the good of the force"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

war, where they never failed to maintain
the high reputation which they had pre-
viously won in the Indian wars. The
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Cav
airy Regiments were organized imme-
diately after the Civil War, July. 1866,
for the further protection of the Western
settlements against the Indians who had
become alarmingly aggressive. These
reinforoements were raised noon too soon,
as was afterwards proved. Their history is
that of the struggle against, and final
subjuga ton of, these savage tribes, and
is the familiar current history of the
far country of our Western domain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
A Scotch Collie.

John Todd, Scotch shepherd had q
good collie, for which he had refused $40,
as the dog was worth more than that to q
"herd, seeing he did the herder's work
for him. Robert L. Stevenson, In an essay
on the Pastoral, tells how it happened
that John received such liberal offer for
the collie.
John had bought some sheep IN Edin-
burgh, and on their way out, the road BE-
ing crowded, two were lost. This was q
reproach to John and slur on the dog,
and both were alive to their misfortune.
Word came after some days that q farmer
about Braid had found pair of sheep,
and thither went John and The dog to ask
for restitution.
stood upon his righta Chow were they
marked ?" he asked
AS John had bought right and left from
many sellers he had no notion of the markA
Every WE'LL" said the farmer. "Then
it's only right that should keep them"
"Well, said John, sits o fact that
Gamma tell the sheep; but If my dog can,
will ye let me have themp'
The farmer was honest as well as hard,
and besides I dare say he had little fear Of
the ordeal. So he had all the sheep upon
his farm driven into one large park, and
turned Johns dog into their midst.
That hairy man of business knew his
GRAND well. He knew that John had
bought two sheep and he had looked on
while the purchase was made and to their
shame had lost them about Boroughmuir-
head. Without pause or blunder he sin
gled out, first one and then another, the
two waits. 1t was that afternoon the $40
was offered and refused.
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typical dragon. who said that it was
probably necessary for an army to have
artillery, and even infantry could BIZ
employed to advantage in rough ooun-
try; but it was the "dragoon bold" who
discovered the enemy, charged the enc
my, captured or killed the enemy. and,
after turning him over to the infantry
guard, galloped gayly on, carrying the
tuttering guidons to other victories.
There certainly was never any doubt
about the impudence of your thorough
going cavalryman. The offsetting feature
is that he usually makes good his brag-
ging humor when he gets into action.
For short time after the Mexican War
these horse soldiers, PARTICULARLY the SEQ.
ond Dragons, were made a sort of corps
elite of the army; but. as they were orig
innlly organized, in 1885 and 1916. to
fight the Seminoles of Florida and the
still more savage tribes of the Louisiana
Purchase. they were soon again in active
service. The Fourth and Fifth were
raised in 1856, to help them in the work
of protecting the settlers of the Western
frontiers, which they continued to do
down to the breaking out of the War of
she Rebellion
With the beginning of the Civil War
the Sixth Cavalry was organized, and at
once Joined to the First, Second and
Fifth, already in the field. forming that
fsmous fighting force Of horsemen known
as the Second. or Regular Brigade"
which served in the Army of the Poto-
mao and the Shenandoah, under Buford,
Merritt, Pleasanton, Torbett and Sheri.
dan from almost the opening gun down
to the surrender at Appomaox, and all
without q stain upon their fair fame.
The Third and Fourth Regiments were
in the Western armies throughout the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
ROOSEVELT'S RANCH.
The New York Reformer As a
Cowboy.
HOW HE TERRORIZES BAD
MEN"

He Can Shoot, Ride and Box With the
Best OF Them-Has Plenty of Sand,
Too.
Medora, N. D., Sept. 3.-Teddy Roose-
welt, the man who turned and is turning
the police force of New York upside
down, would be landed In Jail as a sus-
plclous character by one of his valiant
ooppers If he were suddenly transported,
In his cowboy clothes, from here to
Gotham. Roosevelt in New York and
Roosevelt in North Dakota sBad Lands
are two entirely different men. There
he Ia, "Mr. Commissioner. Here he is
the "Four-eyed Guy from New York"
Thoy don't speak Of him in that way to
his face because he is the ''boss" with
cattle grazing around for forty miles in
any direction. He is the biggest man
among the ranchers here. just as he is
the biggest man among the policemen in
New York.
While he plays an important part In
Kniokeroboker society at homo, grading
pink teas and other functions Of the
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mandarin and Viceroy, Ii Hung Chang,
is another excellent sample of what these
troopers are. On full dress parade thoy
resemble somewhat, with their fine ap-
pointments and well-groomed horses, the
light cavalry of the English army. In
campaign dress, with their blae flannel
shirts, and riding like madmen, they are
apt TO resemble the Comanchs Indian,
that celebrated red Centaur of the plains.
With few exceptions the cavalry regi-
ments are differed throughout by West
Point graduates, who as cadets were &C.
customed to even more reckless exercis-
es on the tan bark of the military acade-
the instructors of their commands.
Many kindling Incidents in the history
Of thess regiments might be written
were 1t practicable to do so within the
limits of this sketch. The first three
organizations antedate the Mexican War,
where, as the First and Second Dragons
and the Mounted Rifies-their designa-
tion-they won for themselves great
praise and fame. All the school histo-
RES, for years after the Mexican War,
told how a squadron of the Second ORA
goons, under Capt. Charles A. May,
made the impetuous and desperate
charge. directly in the teeth of the enc.
my's artillery, at the battle of Resaca de
la Palma, sarbeing the cannoneers and
spiking the guns. Equally thrilling
tales are told of the First Dragons and
the Mounted Rifles, on the advance to
the City of Mexico from Vera Cruz.
wher they fought on foot or horseback
with equal valor, as occasion demanded,
sometimes charging against Mexican
lanoers on the level plainn, at Others
scaling the heights of Cerro Gordo, rife
and carbii g In hand. They were ALWAYS
in the advance and the first to attack.
1t was the veteran, Gen. Harvey. the
then Colonel Of the Second Cavalry. and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
JOhnS0n's 's ;s;S'
ANoDyNEL MENC

1t quickly relieves, soothes, heals and cures.
Its special province being the treatment of
Inflammation, whether internal or external.
Inflammation is an unsound condition of any
part of the body, manifested outward1y by red
ness and swelling attended with heat and pain,
manifested inward1y by congestion of the blood
vessels with distractions of the blood cur
rent and growth of unsound tissue, causing
pain and infanmatory diseases. In 1910 DIR.
A. johnson, Family Physician, invented this
marvellous remedy. 1t has for more than So
years satisfied generation after generation.
It is used by surgeons and physicians every
where. tits the Universal Household Remedy.
Dropped on sugar suffering children love it.
Its electric energy everlastrs1y eradicates
inflammation, without irritation. 1t is unlike
any other. 1t is superior to any other. Nothing
on earth will cure a severe cold as quickly
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

reasons for this statement are not diff
cult to find. In the first instance, the
material from which these cavalrymen
are formed is Of a character which has
no superior in kind.
They are the pick and flower of the
land-young men physically perfect, even
a deformed finger causing rejection. No
one with chestsand shoulders which CAN
not be developed; no one with curved
spine-curved legs will pass, to hold on
with-no one with feet and hands too
large for quick movements; no one too
short or too long; no one with any symp-
toms of disease whatever; and, best of all,
no one with any moral or mental faint,
to be discovered after the most rigid ex-
animation by physicians of experience
need apply as recruits. Only those who
are capable of being trained into athletes
and gymnasts, and who, in perfect phys
loal health, combine a self-respscting
moral character, are accepted. These
men might be called upon, as non-com-
missioned officers, in emergencies, to
command troop; and, when the op-
portunity presents itself, as in these
days, to secure the best material for the
service, those who have the matter in
charge will be satisfied with no inferio
quality of material.
Troop of the Third Cavalry, which
was recently detailed from Fort Ethan
Allen by the War Depatm emit to camp
at Peekskill. and whose riding at drill
there attracted go much attention, is a
good sample of these horsemen. Evsry
other troop in the regiment is on about
the same footing of merit. The four
troops of tho Sixth Cavalry which are
in New York at the present time, under
Major Lebo, as escort to the Chinese
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
RELICS OF CHRIST.
Preserved In . Silver Shrine In tho Co.
thcdral of Aix-la- ChapelIe.

Preserved In . Silver Shrine In tho Ca
thedral of Aix-la- ChapelIe.
Saoredly enshrined IN the cathedral al
AK Ia Chapelle are the great relics"
which were presented TO Charlemagne by
the patriarch Of Jerusalem In the year 7se,
l, 104 years ago this summer. These won
derful relics Of the Saviour and his imme-
date family are now kept In beautiful
silver shrine which was made especially
for their safe Keeping In the year see.
They consist OF the following articles: Tha
clothes worn by the infant Jesus at the
time OF the flight into Egypt robe
said to have been worn by his mother at
the time OF the nativity, scarf worn by
the Saviour while hanging on the cross,
and the awful spear with which the CEN
turion pierced his side Besides the above
there are several "lesser relics" kept in
the same shrine, but separately inclosed
In lockets and caskets Of gold Among
these minor reminders Of Jesus and the
crucifxion the most interesting are the
sponge which was filled with vinegar and
one Of the nails which were driven through
his hands.
The two relics last mentioned and the
leather girdle which the Saviour always
wore are kept in gold and silver caskes
along with the cord which was bound
around his knees after he was taken from
the cross. Near this silver lined repository.
hanging on hook Of gold pointed with 6.
first water diamond, is small diamond
crusted gold locket containing lock of
the Virgins hair and piece of the cross.
The rector Of the cathedral in which these
sacred relics are kept Is Of the opinion that
this very small piece of wood is one Of the
few pieces Of the TRUE cross now in ex-
istence. In support Of his opinion he cites
the fact that in Mexico and Russia there
are enough SO called pieces of the cross to
make hundreds Of cords of wood.
The relics mentioned in the above list
are exhibited one in each seven years
from the 10th to the Gath of July. The
last time they were on exhibition in 1891
3o5,00 people took a peep at the sacred
mementos in one week.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
Colds
Coughs


Are ills which ali flesh is heir. 10 break up
and speedily cure not only these but also head
ache, earache, toothache, neckache, sideache,
backache, stomachache, cuts, bruises, strains,
sprains, stiff joints, sore muscles, chi11s,
cramps, hacking, hoarseness, whooping cough,
tonsilitis, la grippe, influenza, diphtheria, sore
throat, pneumonia, sore lungs, collie Group,
cholera 1norbus, teething, chronic diarrhea,
1numps, deafness, dyspeptic pains, govt,
neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatism, pimples, bites,
burns, sca1ds, stings, sore lips, chapped hands,
corns, bunions, chilb1ains, every ache, pain,
lameness, swelling, irritation and inflammation
in the head, limbs, lungs, bowels or kidneys,
use the great vital and muscle nerviue
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
The Married Man.

A married man falling into misfortune
ismore apt to'retrieve his situation in the
world than single one, chiefly because
his spirits are soothed and retrieved by
domestic endearment, and his self respect
kept alive by finding that, although all
abroad be darkness and humiliation, yet
there is little world of love at home over
which he Is monarch. Jeremy Taylor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
A Crank Defined,

The very positive man had alluded to
somebody as "a crank when his patient
audience of one interrupted him with the
inquiry:
WHAT'S your idea of crank anyhow"
" A crank! Why, crank, sir, is some
body who insists on trying to convince me
instead of letting me convince him. -
Washington Star.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
A Matter of Make up.

However, being friends suppose you
managed to keep each other In counte-
NANCE
! "Oh, yes, we borrowed back and forth. "
: It was thus that the guileless heart Of
woman ever yielded at last the most pre-
eious secrets therein reposed - Detroit
Tribune.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

kind, he doesn't mingle much in the
society o: Medora, except at the great
ball, which marks the yearly roundup.
This ball has been known to last for
several days and nights because every
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

for catarrh. We are delighted with it. We had
tried almost everything recommended for
catarrh, but find Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
far superior to any. I use it as you direct
]. Z. WHIPPLE, South Windharn, VT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05

The Doctors signature and directions every bottle
Ist'd Pamphlet free Sold every where. Price "a era
Blk bottles, $2O0 /. s. JOHNSON & CO., Boston Mass
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-05
FIFTY CENTS.

The DAILY PRESS is sent to any
address by mail for 80 CENTS A
MONTH. 1t Is delivered by carriers
In Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Sail Delivery Avertcd.

For some time back, Sheriff Lyons,
and his vigiIant jailor Allen Anding,
discovered that there was Il deep laid
scheme to effect q Jail delivery IN foot,
and at once set their wits to work to
ferret out the plan, and find out wlo
was at the head Of the plot, and in
what manner it was to be carried into
effect. 1t was soon discovered that
Azarie Meaux was one of the principals
in the plot, and on last Monday when
his brother came to see him, jailor
Anding in admitting his brother in the
Jail kept a close watch and caught him
passing a letter to Azarie, which the
Tailor snatched from him, The letter
was from Montgomery Ward & Co., of
Chicago, and was in answer to a letter
from one Horace Guidry, getting
prices and terms on steel saws with
which to saw the bars OF steel cells.
1t is supposed that MeauX was going
to put up the cash for getting these
saws, and Guidry was going to order
them, and Meaux's brother was going
to smuggle them into jail. Sheriff
Lyons and jaiior Anding is to be COM
mended for their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ley G. American.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05

Sealed bids for the keeping Of all
public ferries, and bridges within the
limits of this parish, ~janitor of court
house and constable for the Police
Jury, be and are hereby advertised for
to be in the hands of the Clerk of this
body before the End Tuesday Of De-
cember next. Parties securing con
tracts for said work will be required to
give md satisfactory to President OF
this body. The Police Jury reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
j. N. WILLIAMS, elk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
a Taste of win &c.

Last week we were Boosting of the
delightful weather We are experiencing
and it was truly bland as spring. Fri
day night about midnight it began to
rain and by daylight Saturday it was
pouring down, continuing all day.
Sunday was a wretched day, but Mon
day and Tuesday were horrible beyond
description. Rain, sleet, hail and heav-
en- knows what all was not attempted,
even a few light hurries Of snow and a
stiff breeze blowing the cold cloar
through one. But this is nothing when
we think of the terrible suffering and
loss of life in the great northwest dur
ing the same period. With the tenn
perature from 20 to 80 degrees below
zero and binding snog storms the peo-
pie of that region must have felt desc
late indeed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
High school building.

Mr.. Godchaux has this week been
circulating a subscription list for the
new HIGH school building and has met
with much success. Over $1,000 have
already been subscribed and a great
many have not yet been called upon.
From all indications the much talked
of High School building is now ap-
preaching realization and we hope the
good work so well begun will rapidly
progress to a finish.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
ea.u.y Pointers.

EDITOR MERIDIoNAL:
Mrs. Nugier and Ave OF her children
are sick with measles.
Hugh Mccann will move back I'd
Abbeville in a short time.
Miss Les Gooch is teaching q select
school in the vicinity Of Rose Hill.
Perry is full OF measles, II eases in
the burg and many more in the yicini-
.ty.
Miss Holster is On the sick list this
week with measles. Miss Rosa Mills
has been unable to teach for two weeks
past on account Of measles,
Perry is to have a new NJ. Z. church.
in the near future, over 800 is now
subscribed and enough can be easily
raised to assure the building of it:
Work will begin on it Immediately af-
ter conference.
We tiO CtJOs liS ~ hio1-SictOo hoAtA-
erner for three days past with no pros.
pect of abating. The mercury at 30
and still going down, we have had rain;
sleet and wind and expect snow before
its, over. "Well we have so much nice
weather we had not. ought to grumble
at a little stormy weather for a change:
McsSrs. Ben and Geo. Root have
been doing business at Perry for some
two or three weeks past, bringing a
schooner load of lumber with them
from Lake Charles and taking a load
of corn back last week on their return
trip. While hero they traded the
property they got of Mrs. NJ. E. Ran
som in the summer to M. Brumfieid
for the hall property in the west part
of tile village which he purchased OF E.
NJ. Feray, Mr.. Brumfield paying Mr..
Root 500 difference.
Dec. l. 1896. SUNFLoWER.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-12-05
Aastzn's Improved Dewberry.

Austin's Improved Dewberry is a ma
tive Texas berry and stands drouthy,
seasons and a hot searching sur better
than all others. 1t succeeds splendidIy
where strawberries can't grow. 1t be-
gins to ripen at Pilot Point, Texas,
Nav 10, Fifty-three select berries fill
u quart, packed IN layers like peaches
in a box, and measure Il inches i'll
length by II inches in diameter. 1t is
remarkably productive is Of an I'M
.fiense size and a most beautiful glossy
back color. 1t brings the very highes5
price or the market. The Texas EN-
pertinent Station recommends it highly
The New York Agricultural Expert
ment Station, at Geneva, New York
SAYS they are of the largest size and,
evidently of a very good quality. The
Georgia Experiment Station says: ut
comes as a very early large size and IS
an extremely productive berry. We
like it and can conidentiaily recon-
mend it, Plants prepaid, by mail OF
by express, 81 per dozen, So per hun
dred. Address,
J. ". AUSTIN, Nurseryman,
Pilot Point, Texas.