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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-25

MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

-tr Saturday, Dec. 23.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Chesapeake, johnson, New York-passen-
gers and mdse to Henry Fox. 3
Sch Victor, Look Boston for Addison. !
Sch Alma Odlin, Slower, Bluehfll
Sch Higgins, Young Tropton for New York.
CLEARED.
Steamship Prussian, (Br) Dutton, Liverpool -
III & A Allan. 0I s.IN -
Steamship Caspian, Br) Wylie, Baltimore-H g. A
eseaA.e. ca.,ott., OoIpy, Halifax, NS-John Port
tous.
Brig Proteus, True, Matanzas-Chas H Chase & Co
Brig George Durham, Staples, Cardenas-Jas NJ
Churchill.
Brig w Spencer, Hopkins, Matanzas-John D
Lord.
.lszauala 3aG Nr Sunday, Dec. ~.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Forest City, Knight, Boston.
Barque Glenalladale, (Br) Mcdonald, Pictou@s0
tons coal to Jas L Farmer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-25
The Neatest, Cheapest and -.
Most Serviceable Present
i# H FOR
CHRISTMAS.

The question is often asked, what is the neatest,
cheapest and most serviceaole present, can make
Christmas. W.
-1si DURAN s. JOHNSON,
the finest assortments of Ladies, and Gentle.
mems SatcheIls offered in Portland, at pric-
es to suit all from 81 90 to $500. Come early
and examine our stock, as the assor .ment is now
complete. f-
NR-Remember the name. ...A
DURAN &c JOHNSON,
No. III Middle Street
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
Palace Cars On Street Railroads.

The Third Avenue Street Railroad
Company is building a specimen palace
car, and proposes to place it upon the
line, whether the bill on the subject,
which is now before the LEGISLATURE,
passes or not. If the bill does not pass,
the car will be kept subject to charter
for excursions. The view of President
Robert Squires on the subject is as fol-
lows "There are great many people
who would like extra accommodations
on the street railroads. We will furnish
them. 1t Will involve an expense of
about 100000 to build twenty or twenty
five palace cars. We propose to have
them of the same general style as those
on the Hudson River and Central Rail-
roads. They will be carpeted and fitted
with revolving chairs, ice water, and
everything else that is necessary to make
them perfect. Every passenger, as a
matter of course, will have a seat to him
self, and nobody will be admitted into
the car after all the seats are occupied,
consequently there will be no crowding,
and none Of the inconvenience which
unavoidably exist now on the ordinary
street car. Provision will be made for
thirty passengers III each car. Care will
be taken to provide against accidents.
There will be one entrance to the car
that will be at the rear, and the step by
which to get on will be closed when the
door is shut. Of course we could not run
these palace cars from Harlem to the
City Hall for the ordinary rate of fare
which, with thirty passengers at six
cents each, would be only $3.50. Sc
we propose to charge ten cents in addi
ton to the regular fare. In winter we
run $50 cars daily, and in summer 200
A car leaves the depot every minute
Thus we have a car opposite every block
along the whole line simultaneously
These palace cars will in no way inter
fere with the others. There will be one
of them at every ten or fifteen blocks.
-Nee1 York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

on larger scale than before the woods
famous for former druidical rites, were
hewn down, and fields of grain took
their place. Under his care Augia flour
ished for years, its fame spread abroad
and vessels came rom the neighboring
islands and lands, and so laid the foun
dalton of that commerce which has
made Augia famous.
Years rolled on, and all went we'll un.
till, one night, vessel was driven by
foul weather upon the coast. The crew
were of race unknown to to the Au
gians fierce, bold and reckless. Heller
babe them welcome and provided them
with food and shelter. One of THEN
number was sick with dangerous fever
when they landed Heller took com.
passion on him, nursed him with his
own hand, laid him on his own bed, and
watched over him with a fathers ten
derness. The stranger soon recovered
he watched with greedy eyes the valua.
bles which lay about, and then, UNI
moved by gratitude or duty, unmindful
Of Helier's kindness, he told his COM
rades of the treasures he had seen.
Late one night the Augans were arous-
eel from their sleep by strange cries and
as they gazcd about them, lights were
flashing on Samarack. and cries and
shrieks filled the air. The peaceful in
habitants, unused to such scenes, fled to
the hills. Temor-stricken, they clung
TO each other; while through the night
strange sounds were heard the land
trembled under them, the hills shook 70
their very foundations.
When day at length broke, strange
sight met their eyes. They saw Samar-
ack rent in twain, and a boiling sea
covered what once were meadows the
strange ship was gone. their hamlets too
had disappeared. With trembling feet
they FASTENED to the shore, and pushed
off in a boat towards Samarack; as they
approached the rock they called upon
Heller. Eagerly they stretched their
ears to catch reply, but none was given
again they called, but in vain. With
heavy hearts they hastily climed the
rock and pressed forward to the hut.
They opened the door, but started back
with a cry Of horror and sorrow. There,
lying in pool of blood, the found Hell
Ter; in his right hand he grasped a cru
cifiX, while a halo Of glory shone around
his head. With reverence they closed
the door and bore the sorrowful tale to
their companions upon the shore. The
anniversary of his martyrdom, according
to the " Livre Noir Gle Coutences," hap
pens ON the 18th Of July, on which day
it was the custom Of the islanders to
make a yearly pilgrimage to the grave.
Years afterward his fame reached
Rome; his good works were made
known, and, in appreciation of them,
he was cannonized under the name of
st. Heller
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
The Apache War.

Our Geographic columns come daily
full Of new atrocities in Arizona by the
Apache Indians. Private letters from
unquestionable sources only give horrid
details of the brief telegraphic summa-
ny. 1t is simply war to the knife, and
the knife TO the hilt. Incredible as il
may seem, within the past month the
Apaches have overrun the Territory, sue
cessfully attacke |, murdered and depre-
dated places and roads that have been
safe for years past. Not formidable in
numbers against a competent force prop
erly handled, their celebrity of move
ment, unchecked for want of troops,
makes them formidable to a degree only
to be understood by the fatal results.
The loss to the settlers, the barrier to
working the best mines in the world,
the miserable economy which dictates
sonding force into Brooklyn to seize
fraudulent whisky distillery, which
would, in Arizona, reduce the Apaches
TO submission, we do not count-nor, as
an economical measure, the great income
Arizona could, with decent protection,
pay into the National Treasury. But
we do count the honor of the United
States, whose proud boast it is that its
citizens shall everywhere be protected
under its flag. The challenge is open
and clear. The Apaches say, with most
distinct defiance, I'VE will drive out
the Americans as we hove the Spaniards
and Mexicans, and then Mexico will be
our prey, as it has been for generations"
And they are making good their threat.
1t is perhaps a small matter in this great
connection to add that the reputation
Of an accomplished soldier like Stone
man, and that of great General like
Schofield, are liable to be sacrificed in
hopeless struggle, unless the strong
arm at Washington is at once put forth
to sustain them.
For the honor of the nation, if there
are not regular troops enough to spare,
let the President and Congress, by inn
mediate action, authorize the enlistment
of two regiments of volunteers on the
coast, for service in Arizona. They can
be Differed by men already distinguish
ed in Indian service, and, in q year from
taking the field, reduce the Apaches to
subsection. In the name of humanity,
of sympathy for the suffering men, wo-
men and children of Arizona, in the
name of economy, nr-T+le name of the
honor of our country, we appeal to the
Administration at Washington to act,
and at once. There is here no question
of politics or "jobbing." 1t is solemn
question of great immediate duty.
Will the Eastern press sustain us in
the advocacy of the right of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness for that
class of hardy pioneers of the Western
country, reproduced in the fearless set.
tiers and frontiersmen of Arizona, who,
day by day, hold their lives in their
hands, while pursuing their legitimate
pursuits ?-Aha California.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
Odds and Ends.

A NEW YORK bone grinder works up
sixty-three tons day.
OREGON salmons are sent to New
York.
THE Cubans are eating fresh peas and
strawberries.
The worst kind of conundrum-Rid-
ding with cannon shot.
RAILROAD ties on the Pacific coast are
made of redwood.
The smallpox is spreading among the
poor Of London.
A PHILADELPHIA man has Washing
toms family Bible.
EIGHTY-THREE feet Of snow in the can
ons of the mountains near Central City.
A GIFTED artist in Tennessee got away
with Isl oysters at a meal, and still lives.
THE costume of the Scotch Highlands
is evidently derived from that OF the
Bear Alps.
SOME of the cotton mills in Fall River
have begun to use bituminous coal in
place of anthracite.
ANOTHER poor girl has died in Virgin
ia from the use Of tobacco, at the age Of
100. She was an orphan.
The battlements of Fort Sherman"
at Chattanooga, are being leveled down
to their original condition.
THE colored widow of Michigan
officer in the late war lives a solitary life
at Versailles, Kentucky.
A Missouri paper offers this for the
requiem of a departed cotemporary
" Leaf by leaf the roses fall;
Dime by dime the purse runs dry
One by one beyond recall,
Mushroom papers drop and die "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
A Solemn Old Joker.

Judge Winans, who is ordinarily grave
as a grave-stone, kept the House laugh
ing the other day, while attempting to
get the Speakers eye, and so obtain
the floor. "Mr. Speaker" cried the
Judge, to Mr.. Dawes, who was in the
chair.
Speaker-The gentleman is not in
order.
Winans-Id like to be told, Mr.. Spea-
ker, how you know that before | say
what want. Laughter.
Speaker-The gentleman will take
his seat.
Winans-Is there anything in the
rules that requires me to be seated be-
fore have said half word?
Speaker-The gentleman is not in
order, and the Speaker cannot proceed
with business until order is restored.
Winans-Wo it be straining a
point of order for me to address the
Chair. Loud laughter. Voices from over
the House, Mr.. Speaker " "Mr. Spea-
kerr"
Speaker-Gentlemen will resume their
seats.
Cox-Does that include the gentle
man from Ohio?
Speaker-The Speaker has not yet
recognized the gentleman from Ohio.
Winans-I thought as much. | have
here, Mr.. Speaker, pair of spectacles
of great magnifying power. Shall / show
them to the Chair, so that | may be
seen? Roars of laughter from all over
the House.
Speaker--The gentleman is out OF
order.
Winans-I rise to point of order.
Speaker-rhe gentleman from Ohio
will state his point.
Winans-That motion to adjourn is
always in order. Great laughter.
Speaker-Does the gentleman from
Ohio move to adjourn 2
Winans-That was my wish when the
Speaker invited me to be seated Laugh.
ter.
Speaker-Does the gentleman from
Ohio move to adjourn?
Winans-No; I've got over my hurry
And so the Judge sat down with i'm.
mense gravity, and the House fairly
convulsed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
A River Scene.

How pleasantly the peaceful mornings came
With melody of motion and of life,
To woo us TO the river or the wood
And through the lazy pastures by the Trent.
With cattle standing idle in the stream,
And butterflies adoze upon the grass,
We wandered, rod in hand and brisk OF heart
To try anglers fortune with the trout,
And all among the banner woven weeds
We watched the graying in and out the shoals,
Or saw with wonder how the scurrying dace
Drove like silvery fachon through the pond
Quick shaken into oneness in their flight,
With ravenous pike pursuing as they fed;
And ofttimes of a sudden from the bank
The kingfsher flashed by us and was gone.
Aye faster than his shadow in the stream;
Or, slowly padding in and out the reeds,
The rat swan homeward, searching for his hole
And scared the budding moorhen as he went.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24
q he Grue Aortherner.
Alice Cary's Sweetest Poem.

No apology is needed at this time for reproduc
ing the following exquisite lines by the lemente
Alice Cary-lines which, in the judgment of 5
n critic as Edgar A. Poe, deserve [
rank among the very finest contributions TO tn
poetical literature of this country:
OF all the beautiful pictures
That hang on Memorys wall,
Is one of dim old forest,
That seemeth best of all;
Not for its gnarled oaks olden.
Dark with the mistletoe;
Not for the violets golden
That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk-white lilies
That lean from the fragrant hedge,
COquetting all day with the sunbeams.
And stealing their golden edge;
Nor for the vines on the upland.
Where the bright red berries rest:
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet cowslp,
IL seemeth to me the best.
| once had little brother
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lap of that olden forest
III lieth in peace asleep;
Light as the down of the thistle
Free as the winds that blow,
We roycd there the beautiful summers,
The summers of long ago;
But his feet on the hills grew weary.
And one of the autumn ewes
| made for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
Swcctly his pale arms folded
My neck in a meek embrace
rs the light Of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And when the arrows of the sunset
Lodged in he T. ee-tl bright
lie .el, in his saiu'-lik, beauty,
Asleep by tAe gates of light.
Therefore Of all pictures
That hang on Memory's wall
The one of the dim old forest
Seemeth best Of all.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

THE quantity of food absolutely re.
quired in health varies according to sex,
age, constitution and habits of life. The
appetite is the best guide we have; we
ought to eat when we are hungry, but
to eat as long as we are hungry is not
always wise, perhaps never. Hunger
does not depend so much on the empti
ness of the stomach as upon the demand
of the system for food, and eating can
not Immediately satisfy this demand;
so that if we bolt our food, we may take
into the stomach much more than the
system needs. Here, again, we see the
wisdom of chewing what we eat the
time thus taken up Ito say nothing Of
the mechanical division of the food) al
lows the system to become aware of the
ACT that its wants are being supplied,
and thus prevents our taking more than
the necessary amount. When we feel
a sensation of perfect satisfaction and
quiet content, we have had enough.
How few persons follow the wise old
maxim, " always get up from the table
hungry 2" How many eat too much or
eat too quickly, even though they leave
off with an appetite2 Excess of food
kills thousands where want kills one.
WHAT the seaboard must be made Of
Beech.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

LENT IN THE OLDEN TIME.-The follow
ing in regard to the usages during Lent
in eye olden time will be read with
interest just now:
The strictness with which our ances-
tors observed Lent and fast days led to
prodigious consumption of fish by all
classes, and great quantities are entered
in ancient household accounts as having
been bought for family use. In the
thirty-first year of the reign Of Edward
Ill, the following sums were paid from
the Exchequer for fish supplied to the
royal household. Fifty marks for five
lasts 5000 red herrings, twelve pounds
for ten lasts of whole herrings, six
pounds for two barrels of sturgeon,
twenty-one pounds five shillings for
800 stock fish, and twenty marks for
800 mulwells. The cooks had many
ways Of preparing the fish. Herring
pies were considered as delicacies even
by royalty. The town of Yarmouth, by
ancient charter, was bound to send a
hundred herrings, baked in twenty-four
pies or pasties, annually to the King
and Eustace Gle Corson, Thomas de Ber-
kedich and Robert de Wether, in the
reign of Edward H., held thirty acres by
tenure of supplying twenty-four pasties
of fresh herrings, for the kings use, in
their first coming into season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

DURING the trial Of famous divorce
case now pending in Philadelphia, one
of the lawyers in his argument said
something about witness named Kelly,
when that individual sung out : "You're
liar Kelly was arraigped for con-
tempt of court, until his counsel inge-
niously explained that Kelly meant no
contempt of court, but that he was so
carried away by the sweet dulcet strains
of Mr.. Cassidy's voice that he involun-
tarily exclaimed: "You are "a lyrep
thereby intending to compare Mr.. Cas-
sidy to that delightful Irish musical in.
strument.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

A RING of spectators have bought up
the old bonds repudiated by Mississippi
over thirty years ago, for mere song,
and are going to work to induce the
present Legislature Of that State to pro.
vide for their payment. The original
amount was about five millions, but the
ring now claim some thirty millions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

UNDER-CURRENT IN THE MEDITERRAN-
EAN.-lt has long been known that q
current is constantly flowing into the
Mediterranean from the Black Sea and
from the Atlantic, besides the numerous
rivers pouring in always abundantly, and
the question has often been asked How
is it that the great midland sea does not
become over-full? The answer is: Be-
cause, while surface-stream flows in
through the Straits of Gibraltar, stream
deep down is constantly flowing out and
the existence of this under-current is
said to have been proved by a captain
who sunk basket of stones, by rope,
to considerable depth, where, being
acted upon by the strong stream, it
towed the boat out against the surface
current. Nevertheless, the existence of
the under-current has been often ques-
toned. DR.. Carpenter, however, who
has recently returned from dredging
cruise in the Mediterranean, states that
he took much pains to investigate this
question, and that in short time he
will publish an account of the opera
tons by which he ascertained that the
over-fowing under-current really exist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

WHAT is it that Adam never saw,
never possessed, and yet he gave to
each of his children2 The answer is a
parent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

ABRAMS VILLA For SALE.-A droll
advertisement has appeared lately.
Adrian's villa has been offered for sale,
not as ruin of worldwide fame, but as
an ordinary olive orchard and vineyerd;
and the price asked is simply the prin-
cipal Of the interest which the products,
wine and oil, bring. 1t is divided into
two parts; the first comprises the farm
and casino; on this are the beautiful
Expresses, contemporaneous with Had
rian. Under their shade may have
walked that beautiful, naughty but
clever woman, his empress and wife, Sal
bina, to whom he owed his greatness,
and who, like Adran's favorite Anti
nous, sought death at her own hands, SO
bored were they with the pedant empe-
ror. These famous old expresses are
counted as nothing in the sale. Four.
teen thousand scudi is asked for the
first division. The second part com
prises the ruins of the toy antiquities of
the dull, conceited monarch-the vale
of Tempe, &c.-and Duke Braschi, the
owner of the famous place, in which
were found the most celebrated bits of
sculpture known to us moderns, asks
the price of 1900 scudi for the second
part-lS,00O scudi only in all.-Rome
Letter an the Boston AdVertiSer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-24

A MOST singular marine disaster occur
red last month to the steamship Eng
land, plying between Liverpool and
New York. There is probably nothing
| like it in maritime annals. Leaving
| Queenstown with two hundred passen-
gers, she encountered and out-rode a
severe storm, lasting FIVE days. Soon
after, the whole ship was filled with
sitting fumes, from which the engineers
and firemen. forced to abandon their
engines, were barely rescued. The odors
drove every one on deck, and into a
small space which the wind kept free.
No one could 90 below to feed the
engine fires, or to ascertain the cause of
the fumes, as it was impossible to live a
moment in the Initiated atmosphere.
| The engines stopped at last, the ship
was put about before the wind, and ran
| back to Queenstown. | was there ascer-
| tanned that some barrels of bleaching
powder had broken open, which, ming.
| ling with the water in the hold, had
produced the terrible fumes. 1t was by
good fortune only that the passengers
and crew were saved from being driven
about the ocean at the mercy of the
wind and tide, and in danger of death
from famine and exposure.
THE GERMANS IN PARIs.-It is reported
that Minister Washburne, while supern.
tending the Germans in Paris, inquired
into over 10000 cases, his clerks on
some days being occupied over fourteen
hours out of the twenty-four. Before
his Office in the morning. a crowd of over
500 applicants was frequently collected,
and during the day that number often
became as large as $500 to 5000. Mr..
WashLurne received from the Prussian
Government sum equivalent to $40, 900,
and he issued cards that answered for
railroad tickets to 1892 persons. The
actual expenses were $1,000, and Mr..
| Washburne's clerks have petitioned for
pay for services beyond the usual routine
of the office. 1t is believed that $4,000
will cover the entire demand, which,
however, it is argued, should be paid by
the German Government, as the services
were rendered for the benefit of her
subjects.