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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-26

THE SEA MOUSE. The sea mouse is
one of the prettiest creatures that lives
under the waters. 1t sparkles like a
diamond, and is radiant with all the
colors of the rainbow, although 1t lives
in the mud at the bottom OF the ocean.
II should not have been called mouse,
for it is larger than big rat. 1t Is
covered with scales that move up aud
down as it breathes, and glitters like
gold shining through a hocky down,
from which fine silky bri5sles wave that
constantly change from one brilliant
flint into another, so that, as Cuvier the
areat naturalist says, the plumage OF
the humming bird is not more beautl'
fnl. SEA mice are sometimes thrown
up on the each by storms.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-26

A lady asked veteran 1;l,oMnn mla'" The
car o,I,.h chm answered, "The MIME mum.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-26

I thine enemy wrong thee, tny
ca .h OF his children q drum.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-26
Isothermal Lines.

These lines, as their name indicates,
are lines of equal temperature, and vary
from the lines representing the
latitude Of different localities. 1t would
naturally be supposed that localities sit
uated at the same distance north or
south of the equator would be of the
same average temperature throughout
the wear, but an examination of map
on which isothermal lines are repre-
sented will show remarkable variation.
Take the isothermal line of forty degrees
of animal temperature. 1t runs through
the southern part OF the Gulf OF St..
Lawrence, thence south of Iceland
and through the center of Scandinavia.
II is AS warm on the western coast of
Europe as it is on the eastern coast OF
the United States, 600 or 800 miles
further south. Grains will ripen in
these attitudes in this ratio. A similar
statement is true of the west portion OF
the United States. Take the parallel
of fifty degrees of equal annual temper
ature-it runs by Albany, the south
shore of Lake Erie, through Northern
Illinois, then northward to Northern
Oregon and away to Pugets Sound,
hundreds of miles further north than
it is on the eastern side.
Music OF THE HEART. AS the French
physic an, Laennec, applied the reso-
nant principle OF the trumpet to the
stethoseope, so that the ection OF the
lungs could be male audible, DR.. vi
Wan Poore, of London, has utilized the
guitar for the heart. He places pa
tient fiat on his back upon table, set
an upright rod on his chest, and careful
ly balances the musical instrumen
thereon. The beatinPs OF the heart ar
thus conveyed by vibration to the guital
which emits corresponding sounds.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-03-26

"A fine equestrian painting, nine by
seven feet, representing the last meeting
between Gems. r. +. Lee and StonewOll
Jackson, Oh the day before the battle oi
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
"HOnOr to whom HOnOr.o
To the Editor of the Press.

To the Editor Of the Press:
In 1882 there came to Portland young phy-
sician belonging to a prominent old New
Hampshire family. He had graduated at Bow. i.
doin in the class of 1926 at the age of twenty
He took an office ON Federal street opposite
the Elm house, boarded at that respectable old
hotel, and was made city physician with sal
ary OF $40, under Capt. Jonathan Dow, who
was chosen mayor in place of Andrew L. EN-
erson, the first mayor, who died in Office.
Then the Marine hospital was connected with
the aims house.
On the fourth of July our young physician
came late to dnner-hs seat being next to
that OF the writer. asked him what kept him
so late; he replied Il have been amputating
the arms OF soldier at Fort Preble who shat
tered them in firing a salute"
was surprised that one so young should be
entrusted with so important an operation, and
said to him, where did you learn to cut and
carve so early? His reply was sin the hospitals
of Philadelphia
Within the intervening forty years and
more, that young practitioner has risen to the
mead OF his profession, and is now chairman of
the directors of the Maine General Hospital.
He was yesterday complmented by one of the
speakers at the dedication, as ''the father of
that institution, which reminded me of his
hrst year in Portland, and of the facilities fur
nished by public hospitals for practical
knowledge of surgery. VIC.
Windham, Oct. 49,
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26

and write in English though they will never
adopt it as their language. More people go to
church in Madawaska than in any section
embracing like population, and their pastors
all warmly endorse educational measures. In
nearly every town there are young men to the
manner born," who are so intelligent and
public spirited that any of our "outside towns
would recognize them as promising and in6uen-
tial Among them are p. G. Keegap. ESQ. who
has been well known in our Legislature, and his
colleague from Fort Kent, John Nedeau. a
young man of liberal education who makes his
first appearance in public life in January. and
may become one of the most influential men in
Aroostook county; also the Crys and
Plouards of Grand Isle, and many others
worthy of mention. These men take deep
interest in the schools and other publicaffa:rs
In short, if party of four are looking for
September trip of two weeks or so, they can
ind no region more interesting than northern
Aroostook and Madawaska, going to Houlton
by rail and from that point taking two horse
team.
NEW SWEDEN.
Not only have the local papers of Aroostook
canvassed the Swedish colony, but every visit
or has set himself to write something about it.,
until the subject is as well nigh used up as the
seasons are for school composition. The
readers OF the PRESS have had their share of
it. Indeed, you have given the name of every
settler, with the exact number ,of his wives,
children, COWS, pigs, sheep and acres of land
cleared, evidently for the purpose of proving
that he was there with all his earthly goods and
prospects. There is nothing more, and the
reader is glad of it. 1 will only add that the
Swedes average well-that if one should take
the most glowing account of their friends and
the critical ones of those who are not and were
consulted about the matter, look them both
over, then throw them both away and take the
mean between the two extremes, he would get
at the facts. The Swedes are not prodigies in
any respect. They are generally an industrious
frugal and plodding people, destined, if
iee alone' to make several score of fine farms
in few years. They do not clear land so fast
as the best type of the ambitious native, but
they do their work neater and as whole aver
age well. As people they are as religiously
inclined or instructed as the people of NADIA
waska. Whatever the circumstances of the
Swede, he obeys the call of the pastor to work
On his farm, consequently the pastor has a good
crew and fine farm already. A majority of
those in New Sweden are Lutherans and the
pastor is of that connection. There are a few
Baptists, but they do not work on the pastors
farm. As the Swedes are Lutheran, you and
l, reader, are bound to regard this devotion of
the poor Swedish settler as an example of a
religious community SO conspicuous as to be
worthy of general imitation Should we find
the same custom in Madawaska, we would
most likely speak of that people as priest
ridden. So we 90.
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
Sex in Eggs.

A correspondent of the London Journal of
Horticulture, in reference to this question,
says: "Last winter an old country poultry
keeper told me he could distinguish the sex
in eggs. laughed at him, and was none
the less skeptical when he told me the follow
ing secret:
Eggs with the air-bladder on the centre of
the brown OF the egg will produce cockerels /;
those with the bladder on one side will pro-
duce pullets. The old man was so certain of
the truth of this dogma, and his poultry.yard
so far confirmed it, that I determined to make
experiments upon it this year. 1 have done
so, carefully registering every egg ''bladder
VERTICAL OF bladder on one side,' rejecting
every one in which it was not one or the
other, as in some it is only very slightly out
OF the centre. The following is the result /:
Fifty-eight chickens were Matched, three are
dead, eleven are yet too young to decide upon
their sex; of the rem aiming forty-four, every
one has turned out exactly true to the old
mans theory. This, of course, may be ac-
cidental coincidence, but shall certainly try
the experiment again."
A poultry-keeper in Westchester County,
Penn, sends a local paper an account of the
results OF some experiments in this direction
as follows:
'Last summer I Matched 122 chicks from
eggs selected on this principle, 119 of which
were pullets. always selected eggs of medi-
um size, believing them to be the best for
this purpose: then get large lamp (kero-
sene) and take an egg in my right hand, be-
tween my two forefngers, big end upper
most, and hold it as near the light as possible;
then lay the little finger OF the left hand
across the middle of the egg. This will throw
the light in the egg; then turn it around slow
ly, and you will perceive dark spot the size
OF three-cent piece directly in the centre of
the large end or on one side. As raise poul-
try for eggs and for market, I of course set on.
ly eggs for pullets, with few for cockerels to
replace the cocks of last year,
The l22 eggs which hatched, all had the
alr-bubble on one side, and were expected to
hatch nothing but pullets, and only one and
one-half per cent. did fail to hatch pullets.-
Country Gentleman.
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
Supporting Bearing Boughs.

A French horticuiturist states that, where
ever a fruit--a pear, for instance-rests upon
some branch or other support beneath it, the
fruit always grows to large size. The theo-
ry is that the support given to the fruit per-
mits the sap vessels of the branch to remain
open, and the fruit receives abundant nour-
ishment.
Substantially the same facts have been no
ticed in this country. Pendent or horizon
tai boughs have long since been observed to
bear excessively. If the fruit is properly
thinned on these limbs, and they be held in
the horizontal or depressed direction, the
fruit will be large and uniform. So, if the
bark OF branch be ringed, the fruit is in.
creased in size, but at the expense of favor,
and also at the expense of the continued vi
tality Of the bough.
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
Old Boot JeIly-Shirt Coffee and Sugar

Old BOOT JeIly-Shirt Coffee and Sugar.
In an article on the utilization of waste ma
terial, the Scientific american says: "There
are quite number of patented processes for
the utilization of waste leather, which con.
vert it into leather board, valuable for a va
riety of employments. One way consists in
grinding the material to meal-like powder,
mixing it with gums and cements, and apply
ing steam. The compound is then kneaded
and rolled into sheets. Another plan is to
mix old leather, hemp fiber, and sheepskin
cuttings, and toil with soda ash. Sulphuric
acld and coloring matter are subsequently
added, and the substance, nodded into sheets,
forms good quality of leather board. Ger
tlngs process makes good waterproof arti-
Gle, which is useful for making buckets and
similar objects. 1t consists in dissolving rub.
Der IN henzoine, to which quantity Of am
monia is afterwards added. The leather in
the form OF pulp is next put in, and the
whole worked into plastic dough. Slaughter
house cuttings are worked up into glue, raw
hide whips, and small fancy articles in i'm
mense variety.
we had almost forgotten one valuable en-
ployment OF old boots-the manufacture of
Jelly. The reader may stare, but science
smiles superior and asserts very emphatically
that toothsome delicacy can be made from
dliapidated foot-coyering. Some time ago,
Dr. Wander Weyde, of this city, regaled some
friends not merely with boot jelly, but with
shirt coffee, and the repast was pronounced
by all partakers excellent. The doctor tells
us that he made the jelly by first cleaning the
boots, and subsequently boiling it with soda
under pressure of about two atmospheres.
The tannic acid in the leather, combined
with salt, made tannate of soda, and the gel
attn rose to the top, whence i. was removed
and dried. From this last, with suitable fla
vorlng material, the jelly was readily con-
cocted. The shirt coffee, which we incident
ally mentioned above, was sweetened with
cuff and collar sugar, beth coffee and sugar
being produced in the same way. The linen
CATER, Of course, washing,) was treated with
nitric acid, which, acting on the Ignite con-
tanned in the fibre, produced glucose, or grape
sugar. This, roasted, made an excellent i'm
itation coffee, which an addition of unroasted
glucose readily sweetened.
BY way OF conclusion, let us 'naip a para
graph which still crops out occasionally
among scientific items in country Journals,
and has reference to the synthesis of leather
in tea, affirming that the addition of milk to
the infusion of the herb acts upon the tan
min therein to form the leather. The only
diffiulty about this statement is that milk
does not contain particle of gelatin, and
hence cannot possibly form leather with tan
Liz; so the neat calculation of the number
OF pairs OF shoes which every human being
drinks yearly is like the owners of the SUBJ
lect OF this article-without substantial foun-
dation."
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
House to Let.

HOUSE No. 60 Pine Street Hull Block, recently
IL occupied by Robert l. Hull, long or short lease
Possession given Immediately.
Inquire of MATTOCKS & FOX.
Spa diff
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
To LET.

a TENEMENT containing rooms, pleasantly To-
"A Gated. Rent $3.50 per year. Also, rooms
about lao per year. Apply to w. w. CARR,
se29tf 1877 Newbury Street.
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO..
AT 100 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
TERMS Eight Dollars Year in advance. To
mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year if maid in adj
vance, 80 ~
THF MAINE STATE PRESS
published every THURSDAY MORNING at 90. 80
year, II paid in advance, at $500 year.
MATES OF FADVERTISING: One inch of SPACE, the
iengtn OF column, constitutes a square,
Sloo per square daily first week. rs cents per week
aier; tnree insertions, less S1.00; continuing
every other day after first week, so cents.
Han Square, three insertions, less, rs cents; one
week, 81 90; 30 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
Under head of 'sAMUSEMENTS," and "AUCTION
SALES, $500 per square per week; three insertions
or less $1.50.
Advertisements inserted in the s'MAINE STATE
PRESS" (Which has large circulation in every mart
OF the State for $100 per square for first insertion
an1 50 cents per square for each subsequent Insertion
ADDRESS all communications to =
PORTLAND PUBLISHING Co.
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
To Let.
To Let.

GTORE No. SO Plum Street.
- Apply to ST. JOHN SMITH.
sel5dtf No. q Widgery's Wharf
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26

THO LET, two unfinished rooms on I'd floor Also
Il several furnished rooms, at No. Cotton street,
wo doors from Free Street. au3dtf
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26

For Sale in the Town of West
brook.
n FINE residence one-haR mile from the Railroad
"A DeIots, Post-ofice, good Schools and Churches
SIX miles from Portland House and Ell two stories
thirteen finished rooms, double parlors with marble
nantes, Wood-honse and Stable connected-all in
premises grounds contain 153 acres excellent land
well fenced 80 apple and pear trees, acre choice
Strawberries three good wells of water upon the place
House, fine cement bottom; grounds ornamented
with fine shade trees. This Is of the finest resi-
dences in the county. Terms easy. Enquire of G. R.
mar21tf
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
LOST AND FOUND.

Lost.
nCT. 21st. CORAL EARRING between Mel
~ sons store on Congress Street, and No. II Me-
chanic-through Casco. The finder will be suitably
rewarded by leaving it at this office. oc233t*
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
WANTS.
Wanted.

"A Experienced Dry Goods salesman or Woman,
- One well acquainted with Portland trade. No
other need apply L. D. STROUT
0ct24 d3t
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
TO Let.

A TENEMENT of six Rooms Gas and Sebago
"A water, on Spruce Corner of Emery Street. Ap-
ply to j. B, PICKETT &Oo 1877 Fore Street.
oct21 diff
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
TO LET
To Let

To Let
nNE half Of double Brick House, ten rooms
~ Pleasantly situated ON Danfortb Street. No. 49,
Possession given October 1st. Enquire is. W. ROB-
INSON, Real Estate Agent, 205 Middle street.
Portland, Sept, 80, 1874 diff
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
To Let.

TWO Rooms on Congress Street. Inquire at 312
Il Congress st. oc20tf
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
WANTED.

"A GOOD Servant Girl wanted at III Newbury
"A Street. oc23d3t*
The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
TOILET.


SECOND Story in Store, No. 235 Middle Street
~ Inquire at Shaw's Tea Store.
oc23 8l tEs If
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29
THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EvEN'G., OCTOBER 20.

CREMATION. The body of Lady Dixie, who
died five weeks ago in London, was burned on
the 10th inst. at Dresden. The ceremony was
performed in the furnace recently invented Tor
burial purposes by Herr Siemens and the rea-
tives of the deceased lady permitting strangers
to be present, large number OF sclentihc men
attended the experiment When the company
had complied With Herr Siemen's request to
offer I'D a mental prayer, the coffin was placed
in the chamber of the furnace; six minutes lat
or the coffin burst; FIVE minutes more aud the
flesh began to melt away; ten minutes more
and the skeleton was laid bare; another ten
minutes and the bones began to crumble. oeV-
enty FIVE minutes after the introduction OF the
cofiu into the furnace all that renamed OF !.
Lady Dixie and the cofhn were sig POUNDS OF
dust, placed in az urn. The brothe1-in-laW OF
the deceased was present.
KISSED HIM FOR HER BROTHER The But
falo Eyoress tells a story about q young fellow
who was standing on the platform OF the Erie
depot at Avon, few days since, when the
train came in from Buffalo. When it stopped
Young lady raised Car window, looked ln
tently at him minute, and then came out
Jumping from the car she rushed ap to where
he stood, thew her arms around his neck, and
kissed him. The young man being proper
young man, and much surprised at such con-
duct on strang lady's part, quickly freed him
self from her embrace. wv hats the matter
with YOU ?'' he asked She looked at him
very closely, turned sixteen different ooors, and
apoopized. She had mistaken him tor broth
er whom she had not seen for years, but who
had promised to meet her at Avon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29
FALL CLOTHING.

My stock of FALL CLOTHING and GEMS
FURNISHING GOODS is now complete, COM
prising the greatest variety of SUITS, OF the
latest styles, best material and finest finish ever
before offered.
am doing a large business, with compare
tively small expenses; hence my ability to sell
cheaper than the like can be procured in larger
cities. My stock being unsurpassed in variety
nd quality, you will do we'll to give me CALL
and thereby save large percentage.
S. DEALHAM, Fashionable Clothier,
oct9 SO King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29
A Card.

The determination of my friends yesterday
evening that my name ought not to be present
extraordinary action of that body in excluding
the five regularly elected delegates from the
Scott townshsp, in Fauquier county, imposes
upon me duty which 1 must perform. an
nounce myself candidate to represent this Dis
trict in the next Congress of the United States.
If the Republican party presents candidate,
will submit to the arbitrsment of any Conserva-
tive convention that may be elected in accord
ance with the established plan of organization.
JAS. BARBOUR.
Alexandria, August q, 1874-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29
Special Notice.

GENTS EXTRA FINE BooTs AND SHOES.
We have just received fresh supply of Gents
extra fine, hand-sewed Boots and Shoes, and
Slippers of every description, which we unhesi-
tattngly recommend to be the very best on sale
in the city. w. b. WAODE1
sen % ID King street.
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Ladies', Misses and ChiIdren'S Boots.
Shoes and Sinners.

We are this day receiving full line Of La
lies, Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes and
Slippers, suitable for Fall and Winter en-
brscing all of the latest styles. We solicit pur-
chasers to call and examine for themselves rs
they will be sold st low prices:
sep % W. B. WADDEY, "A King ST.
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LARGE STOCK CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND
SHOES.
Protection Toe will wear twice as long as shoes
made in the ordinary way. They Will rot wear
through the upper at the toe. One trial will
prove this to your entire satisfaction. For sale
At WADDEY'S, IA King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29

Wy c., VIGG. MIDLAND & g. S. L. r
w (Late o., a. i NJ. h r.
u =: . g. .-. E:...:. 3
DOUBLE DAILY, BETWEEN DANVILJ.E
PHI fHIIA " . A m NE ~ Y6KH H.
BETWEEN BALTIMORE and DANVlLlE
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
On and after unday, Sept. 20 1874.
SOUTHWARD-Lcs Leave Baltimore 500 nj
and 500 y. m. Leave Washington 7Oo Il. IN.
and 7:0S p. M; Alexandria 7:55 II. m and 700
D. m; Gordonsvillc 1925 p m. and l20O night;
Charlottesville l.39p.m and $3.50 m; Lynch
burg 500 p. m. and AIS Il. M, and arrive At
Uanyillc $40 D. III. and 7:3O a. NJ, conncctn gnt
GordonsviIe with Chcs. i Ohio Road, East and
West; ut Lynchburg, with Atlantic, Miss and
Ohio, to West and Southwest, and, at Danvilln,
with the Piedmont Airline, to ali points III North
and South Carolina, Georgia. Florida anG tie
Southwest.
NORTH WARD-Leavc Eanville 5:25 r. nj.
and 100 p m; Lynchburs at 9:O5 H. III: nnd
lCl5 p. m; charlottesville i2o6 pm. ana l:lo"
M, Gurdon>vllc ut l:3O p. m. and 2:l0 H. m,
arrive At Alexandria $50 p. m. and 6;l3 n. m,
Washington G:33 p. IN. and G:53 a. M, and nj
Baltimore 80 y. III. and 300 ". m, connecting
ut Lynchburg, with trains from West on A., NJ.
u 0. II. r.; Ut charlottesville with trains to ana
Washington to the West and all the Eastern
cities; ri Baltimore, to Philadelphia aDc Ne"
York.
MANASSAS DIVISION--PasscnA train
leaves Alrxandria daily, except Sunday, at 7i3
H. M, and arrives Ut Strashurg junction at l2l3
p. m Leaves Strasburg at lao p m, and hr-
rves at Alcxandria $50 p. m, connecting
with Main Line train to Washington and the
North. This train makes close connection, "t
Strasburg, with the mail train of the Valley
Road to Orkney and Rawley Springs and AL
points westward, and to Winchester and Ca
pom and Jordnn's White Sulphur Springs.
EXCURSION TICKETS, good to October
3lst te al! the Virgins Springs, on valley
Road, on Ches. & Ohio and Atlantic, Miss. and
Ohio Roads, on sale At Washington, Alcxan-
dria, Lynchburg and I'snyiie.
Special attention is called to the fact tnat
full supply Of through tickets to ali points south
of Danyillc is now olVreI 1t the principal oiicta
sup str J. NJ. BROADUS, e. T. A.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29

WALKING and SCHOOL BOOTS
A large stock, in every style and quality.
Prices low,
At WADDEY'S, "a King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29

NEW STYLES LADIES' CATERS,
At WADDEY'S, "A King street.
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LADIES' HANDSOME BUTTON BOOTS,
At WADDEY'S, "a King street.
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BURTS FINE SHOES,
At WADDEY'S, IA King street.
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LADIES LASTING BOOTS.
A large stock with great variety OF new
STYLES, Beautiful and very cheap,
At WADDEY'S, "a King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-10-29

MISSES FINE BUTTON BOOTS
At WADDEY'S, "a King street.