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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
DIDN'T FIND GoLD-PIECE.
How nsbach Played an Amusing Joke on
Texas Deacon.

Herr Ansbach, the German magician,
is not only all artist in his own particular
line, but also has very fetching way of
relating amusing incidents in his career.
One of the best he tells is the following:
WAY back in the eighties one Sunday
found me in one of the smaller interior
towns of Texas. I there made the &C.
quaintance of several commercial tourists
and we all set around telling stories and
swapping yarns until church hour ar
rived and as it is my habit to always
attend divine service at least once on
that day, Isproposed that my new made
friends accompany me, and after little
persuasion three of them joined me.
'We were not particular as to what
route we should take to salvation and we
all agreed to enter the first church we
came across, which proved to be the
Methodist. Owing to the fact that mis-
sionary, native Of the town, just re-
turned from foreign land, was to speak
upon his work and experience, the service
was unusually well attended, and we
were accommodated with seats in one OF
the rear pews. After one OF the most
interesting talks that it has ever been my
fortune to listen to in any church, the
pastor arose ana announced that the
usual Offering would be taken up and re.
quested a liberal contribution as it was
to be applied 10 the foreign fund mission.
LAS one of the deacons was coming oul
way he was recognized by my friends as
one Of the leading merchants of the town
| and to make good impression one Of
| them proposed we all chip in S. each.
81 happened to have very rare coin il
myEpocket, a twenty dollar gold piece, So
with great flourish, took it out and re-
marked that while had no goods to sell
and didn't care for the impression,
would see them and go them few better
| When the basket was handed my way ]
took good care to drop the gold piece into
| it SO that the deacon could see it, for
which..I WAS rewarded by him with sur
prise and grateful look.
but 1 only apparently gave the twenty
as I took good care to drop a coin of or
entirely different denomination and one
more in keeping with my means.
| "Well, the amusing part came mex
morning at the railroad station, when al
elderly and benevolent looking gentleman
whom L at once recognized as the deacon
/ approached me ard after few common
place remarks such as the usual observa
ton on the weather, etc., said: I believe
I saw you at our church yesterday
said yes. Then he said: 'We had {
very successful collection, to which
replied that was glad of it, as the cause
was certainly deserving one."
"Then said he: 4 noticed you were
quite liberal yourself to which 1 an
swered, and quite truthfully, that I gsvt
no more than I could afford when HI
finally with troubled look Oh his face
confded to me that the twenty dollal
piece he saw me give could nowhere b,
| found.
$50 far as 1 know. the deacon never di
covered the trick
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

that he doubted if any of the live stock
was saved unless the Corona was in such
D position that the horses and cattle
could swing ashore andEthere was but lit
tie chance of this. being done. MIR. Lap
pin telegrapled the owners of the live
stock ofsthe disaster Saturday night.
The Corona was one of the best ships
of the Thomson line. She has been a
frequent visitor to Portland and her loss
wifi be severely felt by the owners of this
line. Herstctal capacity was 5000 toms
and as can DO seen by the amount of her
cargo she;had been loaded to almost her
entire capacity.
h The value Of the Corona, was some
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
LEWISTON WON.

Lewiston, January 1.-The most excit-
ing game of the season was played at
City hall last evening between Lewiston
and Portland, the former team winning
in brilliant finish. Furbush played a
great game for Lewiston. The line up
and summary:
Lewiston--Tarrant and Walton, rush.
ers; Fitzgsrald, center; Furbush, half
back; White, goal
Observation-Disclosures Curtis and Lin
coin, rushers; Mckay, center; Turnbull,
half back; Allen, goal.
Goals. Won by. Rush BY. Gagged by. 7.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
TENSIONS HERO HOME.

New York, January 2.-Dick o 'Brien
Of Lewiston, the middle weight prize
fighter returned from six months trip
abroad today. He and Prof. James
Kelley arrived on the steamship st. Louis
and were met by number of sporting
men who wanted to give o Brien q ''seud
off on his victory over the Harlem
Coffee Cooler whom he knocked out in
the second round before the Olympic
club at Birmingham, Eng, not long ago
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
. NoRDICA IN NEW YORK

New York, January mime. Nordica
made her first appearance here this season
at the Metropolitan Opera House tonight
and her presence resulted in gathering
there of as large an assemblage as the
house could conveniently hold. Mime.
Nordica sang an aria from Erkel's opera
of ''Erzs Ebath,' a Hungarian compost
tion. Her second appearance was devoted
to songs by four American composers.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
STOCKINGS CHEAP. EGGS DEAR.
(From the January Ladies Home
Journal.l


STOCKINGS CHEAP. EGGS DEAR.
(From the January Ladies Home
Journal.)
Water is the most precious and exclu-
sive drink you can order In Paris. I'M
agine that, you who let the water run to
cool it! In Paris they actually pay for
water in their houses by the quart. Ar
tichokes and truffles and mushrooms and
silk stockings and kid gloves are so cheap
here that it makes you blink your eyes.
But eggs and cream and milk are luxu-
r. es. Silks and velvets are bewilderingiy
inexpensive. But cotton stuffs are from
America, and are extravagances. They
make them up into costumes" and trim
them with velvet ribbon. Never by any
chance could you be supposed to send cot
ton frocks to be washed every week. The
luxury of 2 starched muslin dresses
and plenty of shirt waists is unknown.
/ never shall overcome the ecstasoies Of
laughter which assail me when I see va
rietes of coal exhibited in tiny shop win
dows, set forth in high glass dishes. as
we exploit chocolates at home. But well
they may respect it, for 1t is really very
much cheaper to freeze to death than tc
buy coal in Paris. The reason of all this
! is the city tax on every chicken, every
carrot every egg brought into Paris. Ev
cry moutbful of food is taxed. This
prod uces an enormous revenue, and this
is why the streets are SO clean; it is why
the asphalt is as smooth as q ballroom
floor; it is why the whole of Paris is as
beautiful as q dream
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
IN OLDEN TIMES

People overlooked the Importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but now
that it is generally known that Syrup Of
Figs will permanently overcome habitual
constipation, well-informed people will
not buy other laxatives, which act for a
time but finally injure the system. Buy
the genuine made by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
GENTEEL POVERTY IN WASHING
TON.
(From the January Ladies Home Jour
nall

l never saw SO much genteel poverty
before as exists in Washington, ID. @.
You have no idea how many OF these de-
partment clerks prembIe in their boots
for fear of losing their positions with a
change of Administration and enforce
ment. of the civil service rules. The de-
partments unfit both men and women
for any other occupation. You would be
surprised to know how many of the fash
lonable society men are department
clerks. Some of the most attractive
among them get majority of their meals
out of society. They.rent a room for a
small amount and dine every night, fire.
quently getting lunch or o breakfast
from friend. In return, they make It
their business4to be entertaining and al
ways in good humor, ready to be of
service and to initiate new people into
the etiquette of the place.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
RoCKLAND. s; GARDINER, 4
POLO LEAGUE STANDING.
Won. Lost. P.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUR BASEBALL

~ II y Q m III
1t is quite evident that the eight club
league idea is finding much favor with
the New England league officials this
year. The Boston Herald, whose baseball
writer is the secretary of the league, in
timated yesterday that applications from
Lewiston and Portland for franchises
would receive more consideration than
they did last year. Whether those who
would be willing to take hold of baseball
another season In either city can be found
is of course question, but ii there are
such they could secure admission to the
league without much doubt.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
MRS. MACK TO BE ARRAreNBD.

New York, January s.-Mrs. Augusta
Mack, the accomplish of Martin Thorn,
in the murder of Guldensuppe, viii be
arraigned before Justice Garretson in
Long Island city tomorrow, and will
plend guilty to manslaughter. District
Attorney Youngs, it is understood, will
consent to the imposition of a sentence
of twenty, one years in the penitentiary at
Sing Sing. This sentence it is under.
stood, will also be acceptable to Mrs.
Nack's attorneys.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
SPANISH CONDITIONS.
(Fortnightly Review. \

The temper Of the Spanish people is
marvellous indeed. A firm government
firm with tho just intention of doing
right-they are slow to recognize and
tolerate, but tyranny they readily swallow,
making.a wry face perhaps, but no resist
ance. Ths more merciless the force op-
posed to them the more they find in it
idiosyncrasy of the Spanish character
Canovas del Castillo was swift to appre-
ciate and take advantage of. A writer
who complacently sets him down as q
great statesman and patriot in the gen.
eraI-the European-sen of the word, is
strong man of Spain. He was not the
educator of the people or the worker of
the popular inclination. His vigorous
understanding was their muscular mas
ter.
The police were on his side; useful
portion of the press, hired judiciously for
the purpose; the army; and the brains to
set them all in motion; and so equipped
Antonio Canoyas del Castillo confronted
the Spanish people and said. "Come on. -
1t was resoluto and daring attitude,
and kept the crowd triumphantly at bay
for thirty years. But Of late change
had taken place. A good deal OF the old
fire had burned out. Fifteen years OF co.
lonial revolt again impress even the
thickest-headed Spanish peasant into con-
ceiying that the trouble has no business
to last so long, and that his rulers. il
hard and exigent toward himself, are
weak. extrayagant and undexterous else
where. And this suspicion ripens into
certainty when he sees his sons torn from
his side and packed over the sea, and
when his taxes swell and swell, and the
price of bread goes up and up, and still
no alteration for the better
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
MISS WILLARD TAINTED.

Janesville, Wis, January s.-Francis
E. Willard, president of the National W.
G. T. T.. tainted tonight at the close of
her lecture on "a White Life for Two, -
which she delivered in the Congregation
al church.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

The following games will be played
next week: Monday, Waverleys VS., Ton
tines; Wednesday, Wizards VS.. Airing
tons; Friday, 1mperials vs.. Orients.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

ing his alleged ferooious dog under proper
control.
That young man had the bump of eau
ton too abnormally developed, and ha
was seen no more in the sub-editorE
room. u
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
GOLD MIGHT IN BANGOR.

Bangor, January 2.-This is the coolest
night of the season, at midnight the
mercury registered fourteen below zero
and still falling.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

from Boston or other places. Thirty
five of the horses belonged to P. Smith of
Montreal, 10 belonged to Pearson & Co.,
of the same place, and the rest belonged
to Delgeth Il Co., Of Montreal. Of the
cattle 202 were from E. Morris e. Co. Of
Chicago, and 100 belonged to Gordon
Ironsides of. Chicago. Mr.. Lappin said
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

rend B 0e @oey Il aas f5 to c A
o Of. The genuine aas L. B. Q. on each tablets
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
BOWLING.

The standing of the teams in the bowl
ing tournament at Pines alleys is as fol-
Won Lost. PJd Pins
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
AN "ALLEGED" SCARE.
(From the Nineteenth Century. J

(From the Nineteenth Century.)
There are some advantages in the use
of the word "alleged" in order to avoid
libel. A reporter had been incautious in
statement, possibly true enough, but
had been warned to be more careful. The
reporter in this way extended the appli.
cation of alleged
ALLEGED MAD DOG SCARE AT
HAMPSTEAD.
An alleged mad dog, said to be the
property of an alleged butcher named
Frost Of Atlantic Avenue, is alleged to
have broken his chain yesterday after.
noon and attacked the alleged daughter
of Thomas Drewsbury, who claims to he
q tailor in the same street. The girl il
alleged to have been treated by DR.. Tun.
per, an alleged practitioner, for the Al
legged severe bites in the hands and Iess
1t is further alleged that the allegad
butcher was last year sent to gaoI for ~ :
week by the alleged Magistrate of the
Northwestern Police Court for not keen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05

Thos. Jury. The officers will hold
for one year.
The object of the association is
mutual relief to its members and
the funds are raised by the payment
OF dues, the giving OF entertainments
and by donations The membership
is restricted to active members Of the
Ely Fire Department. The relief af-
forded is IS per week in case of sick
ness or disability incurreds while en-
ployed fighting fire. The Membership
will only number %, as that is the
number of members allowed, accord
ing to the bylaws of the fire depart
ment. By the organization under the
state laws, the association will be of
much more Importance than if not
incorporated. The department will
through the state Insurance commits
sioner now receive per cent of the
premiums paid on all property in this
city, amounting to probably about
$50 a year.
The association. is a good thing and
our citizens should do all in their
power to push it along.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05
"26' In Other Hands,
Capt. Nick Cowllng Placed In Charge of
the New Mine by DIR. Hulst.

Capt. Nick Cowling Placed In Charge of
the New Mine by DIR. Hulst
Capt. Nick Cowling has taken
charge of the "26' mine now under
control of the Oliver Mining company.
Jas. Williams has been given charge
OF the machinery part OF the mine.
Both of these gentlemen are of recog-
niZed ability and will handle the
practical work at the property to the
entire satisfaction Of their employers.
For the past few years Capt. Cowling
and Mr.. Williams hayebeen employed
at the Pioneer, the former his assist
ant uperintendent and the latter as
master mechanic. John G.. Brown
who has had personal supervision of
''26'' the past few months retired
upon the advent Of Capt. Cowling,
and has gone to Duluth. Dir. Hulst
arrived in the city Wednesday even
| ing and the following morning went
| to the mine.
| Upon his return to Duluth, Or.
Hulst expressed himself as agreeably
surprised with his inspection of the
property and said that in his twenty
years experience with iron mines in
the Lake Superior district he had
never seen as thorough and as clean
a piece of prospect work as was shown
! there. He had expected to see pros
pect and had found a mine. The
work will be continued vigorously and
and as much of the ore body opened
up as far as practicable before spring.
It is impossible at tais time to say
how much ore will be taken out and
|shipped during the coming season but
the indications are that if the mine
is worked as it is possible to work it
# tt1at iii 1ioo, oes tots viii be pre-
duced,
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Not Such a Boon as it Looked.

1t is said now that taxpayers have
had chance to look into the law per-
hitting the payment Of half the real
estate tax before June I, without be-
ing compelled to pay a penalty on the
remainder before Nov. /, which was
outlined in the Duluth papers Satur-
day. they have pretty generally decid-
ed that it is not such a great boon
after all though it has that appear
ance. They figure that the only adj
vantage that it gives is the saving OF
10 per cent penalty on half Of their
tax for four months. and that in most
cases that will not amount To great
deal. IL one desires To transfer prop
erty it will be necessary to pay the
full tax in order to fulfill the require
ments OF tile law, as the treasurer
will refuse to certify that taxes are
paid unless they are all paid.
Still there are many whose taxes
are so large that the saving on the
penalty will be worth while, and in
addition to that there is the adyan-
tage OF being permitted to have the
use Of the money. While it might be
struggle for some to pay the full
amount, it will be ,ius.b e;ts;er to
raise one-half and hav,. -four ,noni as
in which 10 get tho oshct hall,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-01-05
'Woodmen Entertain.
The Bail Given on New Years Eve De-
cided Social anG Financial Success.

The ball given by Ely Camp No.
4649. III. w. of A., on New Years
eve at Wallis hall was "a grand social
and financial success. About fifty
couples were present and enjoyed
themselves in the dizzy mazes and
graceful gyrations OF thelatest dances
to the inspiring strains of the Carlisle
orchestra, composed Of Messrs. Carl
isle, Mcdonald and Lawrence. w. B.
Goldsworthy ploted the merry dane
ers through the intricate evolutions
Of the "'quare" dances and also acted
as floor manager. Dances followed
each other after the grand march in
rapid succession until IL o'clock when
supper was announced at the Com
mercial to which all did ample justice.
The hall was in good condition for
an evening of enjoyment; the new
hardwood floor being as smooth as
| glass. On the walls were hung the
emblems OF the order, the beetle, axe
and wedge, and with the assistance
of the incandescent lights the throng
of dancers that covered the floor pre-
sented an imposing appearance. OF
| the costumes worn we will speak only
in the highest words and will say that
the SWEETEST snobs OF New York could
not show heater appareled body Of
people, than those at the ball Friday.
The committee who bad charge Of
| the arrangements deserve much COM
mendation for the efficient manner in
which the arrangements. were per-
fected. The Woodmen have estab-
lished a reputation as entertainers
and those who attended Fridays fes-
| tivities left with the expressed wish
| of repetition in the near future.
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Only q Huge Joke.
That Reported Sale of Mesaba Ore to Go
to Cardiff.

The dispatch from Pittsburg an
liz 4ll1ciEg that dn English a3aitd. r
company had closeda contract. With
the ore firm of Warner Stuart s. Co.
OF Cleveland for 100000 tons of
Mesaba ore at S., Is, delivered at. the.
docks at Cardiff. is regarded as a: Joke
In Duluth.
One prominent iron ore man said
that the piece of news should have
been reserved for April l. He: says
the cost of laying the ore down at the
docks at Cardiff would be considerably
more than S5.I5 per ton, and even il
it could be laid down there at a profit
the British foundrymen could not af-
ford to buy it at the present quotat-
ions on pig iron.
1t is thought that IL the time ar
rives when boats of considerable
size may operate between Duluth and
the British ports without breaking
bulk it will be possible to sell our ore
in the British markets. Englishmen
have been carefully watching the de-
yeloping of the iron industry in this
country aud are said to. be alarmed,a
the increase Of the export business
here, but when they purchase as good
or better Spanish ores. Duluth iron
ore men cannot see where it will be
any object to them to purchase
Mesaba ores at an increased cost.
The firm that is alleged to have
sold this vast quantity of ore is
comparatively unknown to the iron
ore trade Railroad and iron ore men
say information telegraphed from
Cleveland is not worthy of consiCera
inn
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not a bad indication Of what it may
do in the future. Minnesota will be
the main reliance of steel makers
west Of the Allegheny mountains for
a space of time that now appears to
be indefinite.
The job of handling the vast am
cunt of ore that has come down to
docks in the seven months or more,
of navigation, forms one of the most
perplexing problems that confront
the railway managers. One single
track road in Minnesota hampered by
steep grades and the necessity of
governing its ore traffic by the arriv-
al of steamers at the end Of the line,
has hauled on loo miles Of road from
April rs last to the close OF naviga-
ton no less than 2,65o.oOo gross tons
of ore, in addition to other traffic,
freight and passenger. During the
height of the season trains drawn by
the heaviest locomotives ever built in
ANTI I'D, nave lOliONCu CtUIh OttlOl
over the length of the road every few
minutes. while eight to ten ships per
day have been loaded and dispatched
from itaxiocks with the regularity Of
express service. This same road is
spre ear ing to add million tons TO its
btsinessAnothcr year, and will pro-
sbably handle it all with the same
auiatness and smoothness that has
sd far characterized its action. The
ore traffic Of this little road is equal
to tonnage 10, 100000 bushels great
er than the grain business of the
longest and most important wheat
road Of the world In it's most busy
year.
The present consumption Of iron
ore is In Il rate that If continued will
require not far from $4,000, 900 tons
in the year now begun, and OF this
the Minnesota mines and roads are
preparing to take share larger than
ever. Not far from 81, 500, 900 is now
being spent by them in Improvements
and they will by the opening Of spring
be in a position to take care of 1000
600 tons as easily as they did $3.50, 900
tons the past year. improvements
are also being made to facilities on
the Gogebic range looking toward an
increased business at Ashland as a
result Of the Carnegie purchases there
and one road expects to deliver at
that point more than as much ore as
both shipped from the range the past
season.
Twenty-Five mines have shipped
ore from Minnesota the past year,
eighteen OF them on the Mesaba
range. -Four mines on this range
have been idle, a lesser number than
on any OF the five. ranges except the
Vermilion, whose every mine has
been actively at work. On these two
ranges alone are many important new
mines now being developed, there
being six that will probably become
heavy shippeys with the advent of
the next season. These are the Elba,
belonging TO the Minnesota Iron com
pany, the Sparta, the latest of the
steam shovel mines, and the Day and
Pillsbury, both belonging to the
Rockefeller syndicate, all on the Mes
aba range, and the Section 20 and
SouthaIl on the Vermilion. There
are six mines Of the Mesaba and one
OF the Vermilion that are in an early
stage OF development, and may ship
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Relief Association.

An Association for the Relief of Sick and
Disabled Firemen Now Exists In Ely.
The first formal meeting Of the Ely
Fire Department Relief Association
took place at the city hall this even
ing. The association was organized
with charter membership of twenty
one charter members under the laws
OF the State Of Minnesota and the
charter will hereafter adorn the city
hall. The association started by the
election OF the following officers:
President, M. e. Gleason; vice presi-
dent, G. NJ Leith; secretary, David
Brown; treasurer, John Glode; trust
ees, Geo. Holmes. L. Eisenach and