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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-16

VOLUME M, NUMBER s.
Philosophical Facts.

Sound travels st the rate of l.l55 feet psr
seeond 10 tho air. 1000 In tho water. II 900
Ia cast iron. II 900 In steel, $1,000 In glss,
and from 5,637 to 1900 10 wood
Mercury freezes at 80 degrees Fahrsnheit.
and becomes . solid mass, mslleabls under
the hammer. .3. ~. .sf.f-..
The greatest height at which visible clouds
ever exits does not exceed ten mila.
Air 10 about 8l6 times lighter than water.
The pressure Of the atmosphere upon eve
~ eq,are foot Of earth am0unts to 2.868 lbs.
Al ordinary sized man, supposins bis surface
to DO fifteen square feet, sustains the suofm.
Gus pressure ot 40. .l40 lbs.
Hcat rsri6es air to such an extent u may
be made to occupy $500 times the space is
did before. .-.,
The violence Of the expansion Of water
when freezing Is sufficient to clesve globe OF
copper Of such thickness 40 10 require force
of % 900 pounds to produce the same effect.
During tho conversion OF ice into water,
l40 degrees Of heat are consumed.
Water when converted Into steam, incrsss.
60 In bulk 1900 times. e.-.
One hundred pounds Of water Of the Dead
Sea contains 45 pounds % salt
The mean annual depth Of rain that fslls
at the Equator Is 9G inches. ~ 'a.i
Assuming the temperature OF tho intsrioe
oil the earth increases uniformlyas we descend
at the rate Of one degree in 40 feet. ut the
depth Of so miles II will amount to 80, 600
degrees Fahrenheit-a degree Of heat sun.
cient to fuse all known substances.
The explosive force Of closely confined gun.
powder 10 six tons and half to the square
Inch. F I...
llailstones sometimes fall with velocity
Of ll2 feet 10 second, and rain at 81 isst
In second.
The greatest artificial cold ever produced
10 81 degrees Of fahrenheit. n-.4
Electricity moves with greater velocity than
light, which traverses 200 200 miles Of space
In second OF time.
Thunder can be heard At the distance Of
80 miles.
Lightning can be seen BY reflection st the
distance Of 200 miles.
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IOncc upon time clergyman 10 .
small parish was about 70 loss one ofhbr
parishioncrs who asked letter Of dlsmiesinu
70 sister church. The clergyman question.
I'd him a. 70 his motives for leaving. "Hsvs
you amy fault 70 nnd with my preaching
brother 7" .Not Tor mysolf. I" Wa the ..
DIV. "what objection has your wife f'lol.
lowed up shs ipquisItor. "0h. nosc q
all" .'whers then 10, The truuble, psy
iricnd," "Why, my son ssys that hs csn't
undspsapd what you mean :" The minis-
tsr loeked sobsr tor Z moment. and thsu ~
joinsd-.wsll. brother. I suppose you mnss
60; for can't preach and Aod bsains too"
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The Hea.
NJ sDwARD sowRLt.

stood and listened to the oceans roar.
Al on the soowllnx eraigs It lsspsd And rsvsd,
And spent its fury on the rugged shore.
Whore many sink ,-slas, whore few are saved
o tresehsrous deep to-day thou art ffisnd
To trusting man upon thy tranquil main'-
But msy'st tomorrow prove his fatal fos'
He sinks his foe thou can'st not be sEain
The bss. Of oceans waves sspalchrai sounds,
A. on the dsrksnsd air they strangely moaa'
70 me II seems - II their countless dead
Rsvivs and utter their expiring grosn
The asrcs storm king hides not his form tonight
In his eloud.ear he comes forth 70 destroys
His yell terrific makes the sea run mad,
And in his grasp whole noots are but toy
The demon ellffs arc lurking In the glootn.
And trembling ships haste TO white spectral
shoals,
o God OF Pity stay their fearful course.
Aud snatch frou restive graves ds'pairiny souls!
Portland Tran,ertpf.
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poetrp.
Not on a Prayerless Bed.

Not on Prayerlsss Bed.
Not on prayeriess bed, not on prayerlsss bed.
Compose thy wearisd limbs to rest,
Por they, alone, are blsst
With balmy sleep,
Whom susels keep.
No, not though by care opprsst,
Or thoughts Of anxious sorrow,
Nor though In many . coll perplexed
or coming morrow.
For who can say, when sleep thine eyes shall close
That earthly cares and woss
To thee may e'er rsturn'
Rouse thee. my soul, slumbor control,
And let thy lamp burn brightly
SO shalt thou discern
Things pure and lightly
Taught by the Spirit. learn
Never on prayerless bed,
To lay thy uublessed head.
Bsthlnk thee, slumbsring soul. Of all that's prom
ised
To faith In hcly prayer.
Lives there within thy breast.
A worm that gives unresti
Ask peace Of iIeaven-peaoe shall be given,
Humble self love aud pride
Before the Cruciaed
Who for thy sins hath died,
Nor lay thy head on thanklcss, prsysrless bed.
Hast thou no pinins want, or wish, or care,
That calls for holy prayer
Has thy day been 50 bright,
That In Its night
Il left no trace OF sorrow'
And art thou sure tomorrow
Will be like this aud more
Abundant, Dost thou lay by thy store,
And still make room for more'
Thou fool, this night thy soul may wing It's flight
Hast thou no loved one, than thyseli more dear,
Who claims q prayer from thee
None who ne'er bead the knee
From inhdclity'
Think. II by prayer they're brought
Thy prayer - TO be forgiven.
Aud, making peace with Heaven.
Unto the cross they're led
Oh, for their sakes, lay not thy head
Prayerle,s, GU unbiessed bed.
Arouse thee, weary soul, nor yield to slumosr,
TIL In communion blest,
With the elect, ye rcst,
Those souls Of countless number
And with them raise
The note OF praise,
From earth to heaven.
Chosen, redeemed. forgiven.
50 lay thy happy head
Prayercrowned. on blessed he'd.
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MEDICINES! MEDICINES 7.
AT LOW PRICES!

THE undersigned keeps, in addition to his
i stock of Fancy Goods, q full supply of the
most popular Medicines sni Hair Preparations
In use, which he offers at rsry iols prices. and
NIL articles sold by hiln are rarraatsd to be the
gsnuias.
Ayers Cathartic Pills, 90 cents.
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills, 20 cents.
Herrick's Suglr.coated Pills, 20 cents.
Brandrcth's Pills, 20 cents.
Aver. Sarsaparilla, 30 cents.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, 90 cents.
Schencks Pulmonic Syrup, cheap.
Schencks Ses-weei Tonic, cheap.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills, 20 cents.
Johnson's Liniment, cheap.
Goes Cough Btls,m. 81 cents.
Perry Davis Pain Killer, large size, 30 cents.
Mrs winslow's Soo,hing Syrup. 2a cents.
Bushs Hair Dye, rs cents.
Buruetts Cocoaine, so cents.
Barney's CocOa-C -Castorine, cheap.
Sterling's Ambrosia, for the hair.
kendall's Amboline. for the hair.
Oriental Liquid White, 25 cents.
Laird's Bloom OF Youth, 10 cents.
Phalon's Night blooming Cereus, IS cents.
Jsques' Pond Lily. Patchouly, Jockey Club and
Geranium. only 80 cents.
Nice Musk. 20 cents n bottle.
Glycerine Soap for chapped hands.
Playing Cards, nice quality.
Union Playing Cards, 10 cents.
Chequer Boards Rocking Horses.
Chequer Men; Doll Heals.
Chess Men SOzodont, 10 cents.
Backgammon Boards.
Tooth Brushes Black PomadeL
Cloth brushes Noah's Ark.
Hair Brushes Jack Straws.
Putt Boxes aud Powders.
Chidren's Round Combs.
Rubber Rattles Alphabet Blocks, 23 cents.
Clark's Spool Cotton, ~ cents.
Cough Candy Chewing Gum.
Langley's Bitters.
Chain Lightning. preparation for removing
grease spots from clothing, only l3 cents.
Peruvian Hair Regeneration. something entirely
new, so cents bottle.
Halls Scilsn Hair Renewer. so cts.
Mrs. Wilson'S Regeneration, Is cts.
Mrs. Wilson's Dressing, 33 cts.
French's Hair Renewer, so cts.
Clocks Hair Restorer, 63 cts.
Grace's Salve. 20 cts.
Toilet Soaps, n great variety.
Best Shaving Soap.
Nice Letter Paper. 20 cents quire.
Rel, Buff and " bite Envelopes.
Red, Blue, anl Black Ink.
Diaries for 1865. very cheap.
Christian Almanac for 1865.
R. B. Thomas Almanac for 1868.
Drums-Balls-Tops.
Bird Cages China Vases.
Mems Country Knit Socks.
Dolls from S cents to IS.
Writing Desks.
Work Boxes.
Cigar Cases Pipes.
Cologne; Hair Oil.
Arctusine. or Genuine Bears Grease.
Waters; Gloves Hosiery.
Mucilage. substitute for waters.
Cement for mendng China Ware.
Silver Soap. for cleaning Silver Plated. Britain
MIA and Tin Ware.
L,lies' Clouds. best quality, $3.50.
Ladies' White Clouds, Si.20.
Iaiies' Clouds. second quality, % cts.
L,lies' Sea T ,sm Hoods, sl.25.
L,dies' Winter Hoods, Si.25.
Children's Hoods.
Gents Linen Bosoms. 81 cents.
Gents Suspeuiers and Gloves.
Gray's Paper Collars. 50 cents Box.
Ball Top Combs. best quality. % cts.
Travelling Bags.
whalebons-Corse Clasps, Is cts.
Toys, great variety.
Pisasa call and examine.
JEREMIAH COOK,
50 City Building, Biddeford.
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HArtsmus Ward writes that hs q tirsd
Of answering tho question - 70 how many
wives Brigham Young has. He systhst I'll
be knows about Il u that hs one day used up
the multipllntIon.t 10 counting the long
stockings on . clothse.line 10 brighsns back
ysrd, and went % fcslins Jisiy. Evsn whsa
10 Mor.nondap Art-inus. about - rive M cn-'
tsrtsinsnent. gave u prpmincnt Mormon .
family ticket. and ~ consequences hs 6osnd
his syenins audience made up entirely oi
.dssd. hssds. |" With long etrinR Of the priv.
iIefd family trailing sooc disisprs outids.
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= The bI.s..iurn.oe bag is nov verl

- Tho blsst-furnsoe slag is nov vsrf
nearly disposed Of. BY applying blast o
air. or . jet Of steam. to tho alag ~ II runs
from the smelling furnace in o melted state.
Il is suddenly cooled, and can then be easily
reduced 70 powder, an opsration that would
be entirely out Of the question for any pur-
pose with tho alag In its usual stony condi-
tion. The Stag 10 then converted into . ma.
terial eminent!y suitable for tho purposes Of
brick.making and ior The manufacture OF
Of artificial stooe, and it is also proPossd 70
uss it a. q manure 3 : .n si,aiis,1
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Women aro like riddles. They please ~
no longer when tbey ara known.
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Smoke for Wounds.

A correspondent Of the Country Gentle
man mentioned the case Of horse. which
was Just ready to die OF an old and icstered
wound. Fortunately, he adds, at this stage
OF the case, an old Pennsylvania tesmstcr
came to our relief and recommended smos'
ing with old sliocs. soles and all, cut to piec.
es, In hog trough, aud placed under the
swollsn parts. In q few hours the swe'ling
wholly subsidized, and the sore commenced
dischsrging matter--,he horse was saved.
Some years alter this heard two persons
talking about horse which had been gorged
in the abdomen. In this case everything had
been tried In vain. The poor creature mus.
die. At my suggestion he was smoked. and
when next heard iion hlu the old horse
was we'll. 81 much for old wounds.
In the same year cut my loot with an
axo. The lady Of the house, seisIng tho foot
while it was yet bleeding freely, held it over
pan containing smoking tag.locks. In y
few minutes tho bleeding stopped, and the
smoke Was removed, aud bandage applied
To protect Il from accidental blows. The
wnind nerer mdlurated and Consequently ner.
er poined me have seen this remedy tried
In many sin,ilar cases. and always with the
same results. Let the reader bear In mind
that no liniinsnt or salye. drawing or healing
should 10 applied. You have merely to
smoke the wound we'll, and nature will do
the rest. t.a .I,..
I suppose the smoke Of burning VOID
would produce the same results, but it would
not be % manageable. There is y principle.
In the smoke Of wood. which, when applied
70 ths dssh ooagulates the slbumsn, :nus
rendering II unsuscsptihlc Of putrssacsion.
The came principle stops bleeding by coagu
lstins the blood. II pro otes healing. and
may be applied with decided benefit 70 almost
All ulccm, wounds and cutaneous diseases
SEQ Turn-r's Chemistry. by Liebig and Greg
ory o. 1912. 49,, i. 4. .,.i. 49,. ,..,..l
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~ Forest City Dye House.
WARD 4 LEWIS.

TAKE pleasure In informing their friends and the
! public that they are prepared 20 carry on the
Oyetng Basluess. Mr. w. has been In The bu-
siness 2s years. aud with his long experience. We
can safsly warrant satisfaction 10 oil Who may n
vor US With their patronage.
% We send cut no imperfect goods. We war
rant all our work 10 he perfect. Goods will not
smut or lose color from wettiuy or stau n eolored
at tho Forest City Dye House
NIss 8. I chadbosrn. agent for BlddsfOrd. tsmso
OATS, SHORTS and RyE-MEAL ior sale At the
~ Steam 0ristmiil.
Biddeford. Nor. is. 1884. t.io ~ ctr
R Bank Cbscts printed st this of6cs.
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AScoich lady thus writes Of . gentleman
who uses tobacco. ~,
Nay never lady press hh lips. his profsrsd
love returning. ~
Who make. furnace Of HE mouth. asd keeps
" his chlmusy burning. f.ssl \
May each true woman shun bic sight, for csar
( his fumes would choke her. a, ~.
And mono bat thDsc Who smoke themselves have
kisses fur sInnker.
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81 Bank Cbscts printed st this once.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-30
The TammaW Organ on the World

The New York Lead,r contains the following SEE
,oro attack ON ifs Mozart contomnororv.
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VOC Ior "o'erhor seymour '""h lor Inc electoral
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SebaStapOl as II Is.

The London Times of Il recent date, in the course
Of view Of Todlebens work on "Thc Crmcan
War, contains the following sketch of Scbastapo
Us it is to-day:
The scientific New Zealandcr who may have COM
plctcd his sketches of St. Puuls and have wandered
over the ruins of that modern Babylon which sent
out Gen. Cameron to conquer his Maori forciathers,
will probably be driven by his thirst for knowledge
to extend his explorations, and to visit made
famous by the people who civilized his race. The
Romans were almost as much interested about the
site of Troy and the history of the great siege
were the German and English professors of the last
century. In hi, ramblcs the Maori saraH may be
shot out of pneumatic tube or descend by his pri-
waite parachute on little angle of the world where
upon Just ten year, turned in brcathless cNpCc
fancy the gaze of the great English people What
he will see, we cannot present even to Conjecture
The traveller would now behold widespread ruin,
and the solitude and calm which succeed the tempest
If battle. Great ruins never die The Tarta ARABIA
and the official drosky roll over the plateau where
the fresh springing vines rise up amid rude ne
cropolis. Stately forts still frown over the deep
calm ford in which lie the bones Of navy a. if
waiting for its resurrection, and Crumlling quarys
shattered towers. and broken shells of houses mark
the margin Of waters on which once loated the ar
maments of giant aggressive power n few gray
coated soldiers Chamber over the heaps Of broken
l"'''''. - "n 'VcI 'l anu wv VI tu, u'!"l'"'.'r"
barracks and shot-rvcn dwellings. Listlcss Hat
capped and booted citizens smntcr slowly through
the city Of the past group Of boats in the centre
Of the harb0r is engaged in cndeavorng 10 raise to
the surface the hull of some ro.tcd ship. All SEM
bance Of power is departed. Encircling this scene
Of desolation and violent decay rounded knoll and
deep rtyine, and undulating plain all seemed and
dcntcd with grass-grown carthworks, spread from
the to the great cleft in the plateau through
which rolls the stream Of the Tchcrnaya. Within
that narrow front once white with the tents Of the
Western powers, where the thunder Of cannon never
ceased day after day, and the lightning of battle
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Abuse Of Horses and Mules.

We have seen negroes and white men, acting rs
tcamstcrs, take the but Of big whip or huge club
and beat horses and mules over the head until we
were SO vexcd that we have wanted to turn upon the
tco-icqged 6ratcS and beat them as long and as
hard, with the same weapons. There is too much Of
this brutc-lile treatment of Government stock and
il ought TO cease or the brucs nncting such treat
ment ought to work on Notifications with ball and
chain to their legs.
We have further observed, that too many cavalry
men take no sort of care of their horses They pay
no attention to their backs to their feet and drive
them forward without shoes, and without anything
urder their saddles They tie them up in the mad
often too lazy and worthless to look out firm place
They never rub them down-they are too tri0ing to
feed them when the forage is at hand and they neg
lcct to water them, when in camps, for days at "a
time.
The officers are greatly to blame, as a general
thing when their men utterly neglect their stock
spell Of working on fortfcations would be good
for some officers and rrvates Of the character de-
scribed
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-30
Low Origin of Slidcll.

Being man Of humble prctonsons, and having
been approntccd TO the trade Of house carp0irr it
would not become as to speak Of John Slidc rs the
descendant Of "tallow chandler or the son of Il
"Scotch girl married "out of Il Kitchen, but John
ha. opened the way by putting himself forth in
France us the exponent and cNcmpar Of Southern
arislocncy, The New York Evening Post gives his
origin and the facts have been known to us for
years. We knew that he left the city of Now York
under coupHisom We knew that he had passed by
the name of McKenzic-the name of his mother
account Of his being born in less than nhcmoatts
after the "journeymun soap-boilor married Debby
Mckenzie Weknow that he had Li. namochangcd
to Ndei after he got into politics, And we know
that he had been stealing for quarter of century
from Louisiana and from the Federal Government
and now that others may know the same, we quote
from the P0st
\ SOUTHERN AEIsTocRAT.- Recently in Paris
at of the clubs Mr. John Slidoll, on being asked
to explain why it was that such extreme hatred and
bitterness of feeling were manifested on all occa-
sions by the southerners towards the northcrncrs
while the latter never exhibited any such sentiments
replied in his usual bombastic manner that the ex-
planation was very simple indeed "The southcrnors
were the arstocacy Of America, while the north
erners were nothing but herd of vulgar, pcddling
traders Now it is in the memory of some of our
citizens that this John Slidc this exponent and cx.
emplur of the southern aristocmts left this city un-
der coercion for IA disgraceiul and dishunorabe act,
with an injunction from the late Stephen Price after
the duel that his life would be spared provided only
he should never come back while he Price re
maned here His career at New Orleans, political
and social, docs not seem TO have been such ns to
hay tod that Ia.
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Lord Stanley on Canada.

In the course ofa speech recently delivered 10y
Lord Stanley, NJ. p. son Of the Earl Of Derby. his
Lord,hip remarked
There is one colony with regard to which we are
in position Of great pcrpcNity-I mean Canada.
In the event Of arupture with the United States
| hope it j. most improbable but in their present
temper nothing is pos,bc-Canada is our vulncr-
able point. II is the most indcicnsiblc country in
the world. \ long narrow strip, with no depth Of
country that is habitable to fall back upon and with
a sparse population who have had no experience in
war. And vet the case is not one in which we can
honorable say to the Canadians defend Yourselves.
it is not our affair. Ii they were to be brought
into a war in consequence Of 0quarre between Eng
land and the United S,atcs-a war which they had
done nothing to bring about. and as to which they
had not even had voicc--wc could not in honor or
in duty abandon them. All that can do is to call
upon chem so long as they retain their connection
with u.s. to do more toward their own defence than
they have as yet done and to make our assistance
conditional upon their doing that. That we can do,
and can avoiding sending troops TO the interior.
where they are neither numerous enough to be Of
use, nor in position where they could retire with
honor.
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Trouble In RiChmOnd-..GlOOm and Di.
vision of Sentiment.

The Norforb (Va.) OH Dominion Of Friday pub
fishes the following letter dated at Fortress Monroe
November 10;
you will always have observed that when the
enemy shows signs of weaknes, manifested through
the treachery of their desertcrs il is sure precursor
of something being in the wind. The news of Lin
coins reelection was received by the rebels yester
day. and it caused great depression of feeling. !
was told this morning that over eight hundred de-
scrters came over in "A body This hcgira took place
on the extreme right of the rebel position. They
were marched up to the office of the Provost Mar
shal General, and related the same tale of sadness
and woe that hangs over the doomed city of Rich
mond 1t seems that a number of these desertcr-
were fresh from Richmond not having been absent
from there twenty hours. Despite all the pre-
dcons of the Northern press the assertion of which
had been canyasscd most thoroughly the rebel au-
thoritcs believed the triumph of Mcclellan sure
thing. The House of Congress so believed. and now
they find their fallacy. Added to the hopelcssness
of their cause, which is now rendered doubly sure
the Houses of Congress are divided on the question
of the employment of negro soldiers in the army
Many quarrels have already privately arisen, and
many more are likely to arise. The Spottswood
House was the scene of n fight on Sunday last be-
tween a member from Georgia and one from Nir-
ginia the latter maintaining that negroes should be
armed, the former that they should not. The Gcor-
gian threatened Il division of the Confcderacy and
said he would be upheld by his constituents Davis
opinion on the subject is not known; he vacatcs
between consent and dissent The Richmond pa
pers advise it by all means and are using such pun
gent language to hope for unless it
is Immediately done