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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-05
THE NEW WArER-pRoor DRESS AND LIFE

THE NEW WATERPROOF DRESS AND LIFE
PREsERvER-There was large crowd of peo-
pie collected on Long wharf yesterday to see the
imam in the water" according to the adver-
tisement that had appeared in the daily jour-
nails. AT the hour appointed Mr.. G. s. Merri-
man pulled on the dress, which is made in two
parts, of rubber material, and weighs but four
teen pounds. The one part is jacket with
helmet attached, that leaves the face uncover
ed, and also gloves; the other part is the pants
with boots attached. The two parts are con-
fined at the waste SO as to make water-tigkt
joint. The dress is made in compartments, some.
thing like two separate dresses, which can be
inflated at will by the wearer, and when in
fated will bear weight of 300 pounds. We
should think that Mr.. Merrman would weigh
a couple of hundred weight Mr.. Merriman
assumed all kinds of positions in the water,
such as floating on his back, standing upright
submerged to the hips, and leaving only the
head above water. These different positions
were obtained by letting the air out of the
pants alone, or the whole dress except the
hood. The body is kept perfectly dry in this
suit, and when Mr.. Merriman emerged his I'M
der coat was not even damp. Mr. Nerriman
gives another exhibition this morning at II
o'clock, and as he will have several suits on
hand any one can try them who wish to do SO.
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GET Briggs Corn aud Bpniou Remedies
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PENNSYLVANIA.

THE ST. CLEMENT CHURCH DIFFICULTY.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4-Judge Ludlow to-
gay granted temporary injunction restrain
church from carrying out their vote YESTERDAY
dIsmissing the rector, Rev. H. G. patterson
and his assistant, Rev. w. b. N. Stewart who
9nStainQl Inv fhoo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-05

THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE YACHT CLUB =
The club signal mentioned in our report of the
Yacht Club meeting in yesterday morning
issue, will be a broad, swallow-tailed pennant,
the ground work of white, with upper and low
or sides of blue with red cross extending from
end to end. A blue star shall be placed in the
triangle next to the halliards, the bars of the
cross meeting at the crotch Of the pennant Its
length not to exceed one inch to any foot of the
deck. The width shall be three-fitbs
OF the length and the distance between
the tails one-half the extreme width. The
borders and cross shall be one-twellth of the
exreme width Of the flg, and the diameter of
the star one'third of the extreme width of the
nag. Members will please pay up their an
nual dues.
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KATE FIELDs-A letter received from Miss
Kate Fields states that she will deliver her lee
ture on Dickens at City Hall next Monday
evening. Miss Fields indispostion was caus-
ed by cold taken after vaccination, preventing
her fulfilling her engagements. We would
suggest that it would be capital idea for our
High School scholars to attend, as all enter
tainments Of this nature are not only amusing
bnt also instructive
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Government Sale.
Guardians sale.
H. X. HUNT,
Commission Merchant and Auotioneeai

NO. sl6 Congress ST., will sell every evening
u large assortment OF Staple and Fancy Goods.
Goods will be SOLO during the day in lots 70 suil
purchasers at Wholesale prices. Cash advanced on al
descriptions of goods. Consignments not limited
February IL, 1868. dit
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To Spool Makers.

HV 0pOOI MUKeTSe
WANTED MAI. who unders' ands manufaetur
w ing Spoois and Bobhns, to take an interest in,
and take charge OF Spool and Bobbin Mil in loca,
ton where there is an abundance OF the best quality
OF white birch, with power and machinery Tor man.
uactuIing the same. Favorable terms win he m ade
with a man who understands the business,
Applyto a. q RAREEp
ap22d3w 1ai Comnnr.;, =.
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WAYHlNGTON.
WABH1NGTON.
CONFERENCE WITH REGARD TO THE FINAN.

CONFERENCE WITH REGARD TO THE FINAN-
CIAL SITUATION.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The President called
at the Treasury Department. to-day and had a
long interview with Acting Secretary Rich
ardson relative to the financial situation, and
especially with regard to the new loan negotia-
tioD. Secretary Boutwell, will return Saturday
when Judge Richardson will leave for Massa-
chusetts.
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Singing at Sight /!

An Evening Class for Ladies and Gentlemen
Will be opened shortly by Mrs. Wentworth
stephenson, at Fluent Hall, To enable those per-
sons who contemplate joining the Haydn or other
rapidly.
Tickets can be had at the stores of Messrs Halves
y Cragln, and STOCK bridge Ladies' tickets So.
Gentemen's tickets 50. Twenty.i.ur lessons.
The IChildren's Free lClnss
viii commence to-day, April 18th. Tickets to be
had as above. Price rs cts. The Class will meet on
wednesdays and Saturdays at o'clock, at Fluent
Aai'. ap12tf
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Found.

an SATURDAY. last a small amount Of money inc
~ loser can have same by calling on 8. n. 1nk sns
at new Post Ofies, proving property am p~''
charges.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

BRIGGS Pile Remedies are success. If.
BRIGGS Allavantor cures Catarrh, If.
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Floral Exhibition !

The Spring Show Of Plants and Flowers of the
Portland Horticultural Society, will be held at the
9th INST, commencing at o'clock P. M. Liberal
premiums are offered lists of which may be obtained
oa.ne treasurer, Samuel Rofe, ESQ.,, corner Of Con-
1It Is desirable that all samples offered for pre-
mum should be in their places by one O'Clock P. NJ
on the day OF exhibition. Per order,
myotd 3. b. BECKETT, Secretary.
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SUDDEN DEATH.-Anthony H. Fernald, aged
80, died suddenly in this city at about 5 clock
yesterday afternoon, under the following cir
cumstances: He was on his way to his home
on Merrill street, and was climbing Munioy
Hill, when he was observed by some boys to
staggsr and give indications OF faintness. He
was assisted into the house of Engine Compa-
ny No. 2, near the Observatory, and the en-
gineer in charge did what he could to help him,
fixing a couch for him and wrapping him in
blankets, but the man died almost immediate.
ly. Coroner Hall was summoned, but on max
ing inquiries regarded an inquest unnec sssary
Fernald was sea-faring man, of Incorporate
habits, and had lately been discharged from
the City Hospital Intemperance and disease
was adjudged to be the cause OF his sudden
death. He leaves son, grown to manhood'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-05

The POsT OFFICE MATTER.-We understand
from the joiners employed lately on the Post
Office that they do not attribute any of their
trouble to Mr.. Cochrane, the Superintendent.
They say that he has always treated them in
most gentlemanly manner. That after the
agreement was made to work in the shop, out
side of the POST Office building, on the furni-
ture, for ten hours day, at IA per day
Only six days elapsed before the end of March,
and as the first three quarters of the month
they had been working on the building under
the old contract, they signed the pay roll at IS
a day without question. But when April was
ended, and they found that thee same sum
was to be given them-namely $3-they ex.
pressed their Dissatisfaction in set terms
Their foreman laid the matter before Mr.. Coch-
rane (who supposed that everything was all
right and harmonious) and in the excitement
and Misunderstanding of the matter he said
the men had ester quit work. He expressed
himself perfectly satisfied with the work of the
men, and that they had made. the furniture
cheaper than it could have been made outside,
and probably if he had not been called to
Washington by despatch in the heat of the
matter it would have been settled satisfactorily
to all parties, as it probably will be now. The
men do not cods:der that they have Struck -
but are simply await ng solution of the diff
Guilty.
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Try Briggs Throat and Lung Healer. Il
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Very Desirable Real Estate at
Auotinny

IN WEDNESDAY, MAY 10Th, at three NJ, we
" shall offer the very desirable lot OF land Con-
gress st, opposite the Plymouth Church; lot "a feet
on Congress 81, running back $50 IL. This is one of
ne most desirable lots in the city. Also lot in rear
on Deering Place. being A ieet front, IFS It,
deep Also the valuable lot on The South corner
and 100 feet on Deering.
This sale comprises some of the finest located prop
erty in the city ''''0 Vi INC nneS' ioca'eo prop
sale. 'eiy 'hoera anu made known at
my5td F.O RAupv 80
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NAVAL.

Commodore Henry Erhen, Charles 8. Nor
ton and Robert Boyd, Jr., Lieut. Commander
Charles H. Davis, .Ir., Lieut.. VIM. w. Rhodes
and Masters r. E. Carmady and Henry B.
Mansfield have been ordered to Key West for
duty in removing iron. clads to Philadelphia
Commander John Irwin has been ordered to
duty in the coast survey.
ksfa PERSONAL, ITEMS.
Judge j. n. Granger, Recorder General in
the Land office, and brother in. law to the late
Senator Douglas. has resigned.
George A. Banks has been appointed SUPER
Intendent Of railway postal service in place of
George b. Armstrong, resigned.
Mr.. Corcoran is verse.
Lord Walsingham left for California yester-
day, and Lord Goderich will soon 90 thither.
Gen. Pleasanton will not for some time to
come decide in the New York Central scrip
dividend cases. The delay in part is occa-
stoned by the transfer of the solicitor of the
office OF International revenue to the Depart
ment OF the Interior, thus necessitating an re-
examination of the papers,
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FOR Ss4LE!

A GOOD Family horse nine years Old ean rS sde
"a side of three minutes. Also, one L tSo rnho.
spriug Express Wagon, two Harnesses, Two t S,
nj arly new one good sleigh. on DeeIjno near ~
INQUIRE OF +. M. MOVES, I"' myss1w
KEYS Bridge Village.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
ChattanOoga.
No. XLIX.

lIlFs o sHH ; I7-, V-T|Ha''I
NO. XLIX. n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13
The Stolen Pass.

An editor in Harrisburg lost his pass on
the railroad, and requested the officers of
the road to secure the arrest of any man
who should present it. The next day he
found thepass in the pocket of his Sunday
trowsers, and proceeded to take a tripupon
it. AS soon as he offered it to the conduc-
tor, that faithful officer knocked him on
the head with his lantern, called in three
brakemen and the baggage-master,
dragged him, despite his frantic struggles,
along the floor into the baggage car, where
brakeman sat on him while the conduc-
tor battered him up lot to keep him quiet I;
and then they searched him to ascertain
what other thefts he had been perpetrat-
ing, With the exception of ticket to the
circus, that man had upon his person alb
solutely nothing but railroad passes.
He had passes over all the main roads
and branch lines, and feeders and sidings,
in the State of Pennsylvania. He had
free tickets over all the railroads in the
Eastern, Southern, Middle and Western
States, and in four of the Territories He
had pass over q railroad from Yeddo to
Yokohama, and another from Calcutta to
Bengal. He had a letter promising him
one on the new road which is proposed in
Terra del Fuego, and manuscript puff
which he had written for man who had
assured him he should have pass over the
road, which the man said he was about to
run under the Mediterranean from Africa
to Italy, as soon as it was built. The con-
ducter concluded that he had caught the
greatest pass kleptomaniac that the world
ever saw. But when he got back to Har-
risburg the affair was explained. And
now if there is any one editor in the State
who is completely sick of "gentlemanly
conductors that editor resides in the
State capital.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13

pounds Of iron, weighed after being rolled
into flats" They pay their puddlers
81 I'D per tun, each furnishing his helpers
except an extra man for the crane one
crane works for two furnaces. The men
make more money than at 81 so per tun
in the old pnddling furnaces, and work
fewer hours. After work is over, each
puddler renews the fix in.his furnace. In
Cincinnati this is done by aseparate work
man. 1t takes about two hours TO renew
the fix. Hence, by o'clock the puddler
is generally at liberty.
The rest of the mill consists of two ex-
ira reheating furnaces, for use in case n
ball from the puddlers should grow cold I;
these are used generally for reheating old
rails; one reheating furnace specially for
old rails and scraps; seven for heating and
reheating rail piles; then trains of rolls
for puddle flats and old rail flats, and the
usual rail-trains, cutters and punches
These are driven by four engines, one of
ninety-horse power, built in Chattanooga:
TWO Corliss-one ninety and another of 50
horsepower, and one of 90, all covered by
two buildings, one $50 feet long by 50 wide,
the other $50 feet by 80. The mill usually
turns out so tons of rail per day of ten
hours. Mill iron is nsed from Shelby, Ala; /;
Dublin, Va, Greene county for bottoms;
and their own iron from lockwood Fur
mace, for caps of rails, the two making an
iron rail which has been proven to have
no superior in the world. In fact the pc
culiar character of the lockwood iron, and
the mode of pudding, and the combine
nations formed in the rotary, with tests
which have been made, lead me to think
that this rail top is converted into semi
steel fully equal to great deal of the Bes-
semer now in the market. The mill en-
ploys 250 men, and is entirely owned by
men in the North or Northern men who
have made this place their home.
Chattanooga presents other points of
interest beside its mills. Leaving out of
view the battle-fields, there is the place
where the Tennessee forces its way through
mountains, at once picturesque and grand.
1t is called "The Suck, - and is eight miles
from the city. In the river banks are sew
eral veinSef coal. On the Lookout Noun
tain are The Lulu Lake and the. Falls
eighteen miles up the Nashville road is
the Nickajaek Cave, less known but said to
be far more beautiful than the Mammoth
Cave. Then on Lookout there are several
caves of mile or more in length. In the
city itself rises Cameron Hill, which af-
fords an excellent view of the surrounding
country. Then there are other hills, all
dotted with residences built in Northern
style of comfort and elegance; !; others, too,
are rapidly building.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13

without parallel in the history of crime,
and disgraced the South by the magnitude
of its operations and the period during
which 1t was countenanced or even toler-
ated.
But this creation of Democratic states
men and philosophers is remarkable for
certain other features. The Bourbons of
the South, who unquestionably either be-
long to or sympathize with this chivalric
organization, have for years prided them
selves upon the obstinate war they have
made against negro suffrage and privil-
eyes conferred by the Civil Rights Bill of
Congress. They have made themselves
notorious by their opposition to these great
results of the wvr. They made it q stand
ard of respectability and party fealty.
They would not stoop to recognize these
rights of the "niggers." But if we exam
inc this kukluX constitution we find them
professedly solicitOus as to the welfare of
the "colOred" voters. Thus section seven
teen provides that lit shall be the duty of
the leaders and their tens" "to ningLe
with the colored voters Suficiently to
learn their faces, and at the same time to
educate them in the principles of the
Democratic party and to teach them their
duty,as citizens" The careful reader will
not fail to notice how tenderly solicitious
the authors of this charter of DEM
ocratic freedom wore off the prejudi-
ces of these Headers and their tens. nThey
were not expected to devote their whole
time to these "colored" voters, either So
cially or as matter of duty, but only ''suf-
fieientlyn to learn their fdcesn and to
teach" the sublime principles of modern
democracy. Why it was necessary to "learn
their faces" If not to know surely the vic
Tins of the next midnight raid, when hick-
ory poles were to impress upon the Color
ed' voters that their "duties" as citizens"
was to vote the Democratic ticket or be
scourged to death, do not know. But /
have quoted enough to show the mockery
of this instrument. 1t is a singular con-
glomeration of inconsistencies. The very
sentences framed to cover the real purposes
of the organization, by affected interest in
the welfare of the "colored voters" dis
closes the marks and purposes of the ku-
kluX organization.
1t is the most direct and conclusive proof
of the alliance, offensive and defensive,
between the Southern Democracy and the
infamous kukluX organization that has
yet been exposed, and as such this part of
the evidence by the KullluX Committee is
the most important and interesting.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13
Chicago Pluck.

California pears-fine pears-only ten
cents" .,..'. 80.
We were on the cars on Saturday even
ing says the Chicago MoiJ, going for a
quiet Sabbath to one of our beautiful
suburbs, when a fine manly, hearty voice,
pears" caused us to lift our eyes from q
copy of the Mail. We beheld moving
from seat to seat, bearing his basket Of
fruit young man of fine, healthy appear
ance, graceful action and wonderful elas-
ticity and courage.
How do you do Mrs. S.? Have pear?"
and the young man stopped at the seat
just head Of ours and held up before a
beautiful and finely dressed lady, ripe,
luscious specimen of the fruit, which the
lady, acknowledging the salute smilingly
accepted and the young man passed on.
" Well i declare,n said the lady to her
companion, "If that isn't Jack l.. Who
would have expect to see him selling pears
on a train of cars ... ".
No one before the great fire. replied
the gentleman. Jack and his father lost
all they had. Too bad, wasn't it? Always
used to luxury, il seems hard to be thrown
so suddenly on the world" .....- ..
+" | must speak to him again when he
comes back, " said the lady.
Soon the young man returned, preced-
ed by the cheerful voice, again crying,
"California pears, California pears"
Jack, am glad to see you so cheerful.
Why you surprise me- You act as though
you had served an apprenticeship as train
hoy" .. u.... l..s.. 4 L-.ls.r
"Cheerful? Why shouldn't / be cheer
full sold fifteen dollars worth of pears to-
day, young, good health, guess can make
IA living. Don't weary And away he
went, shouting, Q Pears, pears, California
pears" -yu lE .lrr
The fire can never SINCE that young
mans good will. He will find way or
make one. These are the sons of Chicago
sufferers ..a .r. ....r
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The King and the COnntryman.

In the days of the good King Henry ",
of France, there lived an honest country
man. who said one evening, on returning
from his days work, "Well, good wife, /
hear our good king is coming tomorrow
| to hunt in the forest of Fontainebleau.
The distance is great, 1 know but if you
will get ready my best coat and hat, am
| resolved to try and see him. His wife
soon made ready his best clothes, and, at
daybreak, she gathered basketof her best
strawberries, and tied up one of her choi-
cest cheeses, as present to the good king;
and Pierre set off with earger step and
joyful heart He walked on in the fresh
morning air but when he reached the
forest, being overcome by fatigue, he sat
down to rest awhile. Now, it CHANGED that
during the hunt the king lost sight of his
companions, and happened to be passing
by.
"Can you tell me >" said Pierre, ''wheth-
er our good King Henry is in the forest to-
day ?n , -,
II have walked some distance to see
him. Can you tell me, sir, in what part of
the forest shall find him ?''
'If you will mount behind me, / can
take you to the very spot" .Hs.
Thereupon, with many thanks, Pierre
seated himself, right glad, behind the
king. They rode along chatting very
pleasantly. $3.50 -tHE
"What have you in your basket, my
friend ?' H .....
"Some strawberries, which my good
wife sent with this cheese" .".
"Let me see the strawberries
Pierre handed him the basket, and
watched him anxiously eating one after
another, fearing there would be none left.
However, he said nothing.
- How shall | know the king from his
courtiers?n r H.r
" Oh, very easily: they will all take off
their hats, but the king will keep his head
covered.
Very soon they came to four crossroads,
where very large company of gentlemen
were gathered together awaiting the king.
As soon as he appeared they all took of
their hats; and Pierre asked eagerly which
was the king.
Did not tell you he would keep his
hat on?'
"Well, then, either you or / must be
king, since all the rest are bareheaded -
little suspecting how close he was to his
majesty.
"'Tis even so and am Henry Nv, of
Franco
In great astonishment Pierre hastily dis
mounted, wondering how he could have
been riding and talking with him in so
friendly manner. The king smiled, and
told him to go to the palace for some re-
freshments and rest and that he wished
to see him the next morning. Meanwhile
the king ordered a beautiful COW to be tied
up in the yard and the next day he told
Pierre to drive her home to his wife, for the
refreshing basket of strawberries and the
cheese which she had sent him.
Pierre's joy was great, when he told his
wife his adventure in the forest; and hers
was no less, when she beheld the beautiful
COW which the good king had sent her.
OltUcr OPTICS Magazine.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-13

The witty author of my Summer in a
Garden y has been meditating upon the
results of the discovery of America by Co
lumbus. The firing of a salute in celebra-
ton of this event has set him to thinking.
He writes about il i'm the Hartford Courdnt
in this vein: a" Perhaps it Is not an open
question whether Columbus did good
thing in first coming over here-one that
we ought to celebrate with salutes ana
dinners. The Indians never thanked him,
for one party. The Africans had small
ground to be gratified for the market he
opened for them. Here are two continents
that had no use for him. He led Spain
into dance of great expectations, which
ended in her gorgeous ruin. He intro
duced tobacco into EuIope, and laid the
foundation for more Tracts and nervous
diseases than the Romans had in thou
sand years. sE Lr
HE introduced the potato into Ireland,
indirectly, and that caused such a rapid
increase of population that the great fam
inc was the result, and an enormous emf
grafton TO New York-hence Tweed and
Hall and the constituency of the Ring.
Columbus is really responsible for New
York. He is responsible for our whole
tremendousex experiment of democracy, open
to all corners, and the best three in five to
to win. We cannot yet tell how IT Is com
ing out. With the foreigners and the
communists and the women, il is great
age in which comedy and tragedy in
one piece are being played, with what de-
nouement we cannot yet say. If 1t comes
out well, we ought to erect monument
to Christopher as high as the one at WASH
ingtOn expects TO be, and we presume 1t Is
we'll to fire occasionally to keep the an
cient mariner i'm mind while we are try
ing our great experiment" H. sr.