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ALL SAINTS DAY.-The following programme
of music will be performed to-day at the Cath
Ole Cathedral under the direction of the Or
ganist, E. j. Dooley. The morning service
will begin at o'clock ard the evening service
at IL O'clock at which the Right Rev. Bishop
will officate.
MORNING SERVICE.
Gloria aEas h FL ssee,sis Farmers Mass in Flat
veni Creator (quartette). ........u...L ombilotte
CIeuo. ..........n... Werner'S MASS IN
"Infammatus'. from Rossinis "Stabat Mater
Am TEsa1 Del. Farmers Mass in Flat.
EVENING SERVICE.
Vespers of All Saints.
ave MARIA. ............,.....".... Cheru0m
Magnificent. ......,...... from MoZart's 18th Mass
SalVe Regina. .N0veHO
Vespers for the Dead.
Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
tduud DULL .t...Iam DlllOtUe
1ANo Mai '..'''.s.s..s....; LIE DOsS
Iantum Ergo Lam blllOtte
The s0loists in the above are Misses MERCER,
McShea and Donovan, sopranos: Miss Tobin,
alto; Mr.. R. Donsghue, tenor, and P. Mccain,
bass.
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Municipal Court.

BEFORE JUDGE KNIGHT.
SArURDAY-Frank R. jackson. Larceny. Fined
$50 with costs.
Catherine Leonard. Intcxication. Fined S. with
costs, Paid.
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PORTLAND ATHENEUM.-A special meeting
of this institution was held Saturday afternoon

PORTLAND ATHENAUM-A special meeting
of this institution was held Saturday afternoon
in the Common Council room, City Building,ts
take action in regard to the proposed transfer
of the property to the Public Library. The d.
rectors presented resolution to the effect that
the property be transferred to the Portland In
stitute and Public Library on condition that
the subscribers of the former institution re-
ceive life membership of the latter ins.i-
tuition. The proposition seemed to meet with
the approval of the members. Just as they
were about to pass the vote John Rand, Esq,
questioned the right of the Athen@um to vote
away their property. The pro and con of the
question was discussed at some length and the
meeting adjourned without taking any action.
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THE STORM.

ilous Eseason ut sea-Damaxe Abnut
Town.
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CARRIERS DELIvERY.-The following shows
the mail matter collected and distributed during
the month of October 1876:
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STATE NEWS.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY

ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.
At the Freshman defamation of Bates Col
lege r. f. Johnnett took the prize.
The Mechanic Falls Herald is to be enlarged
and published as an organ of the state temper
anca reform work
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The Calais Times says that the temperance
reformation at Midtown has spread to Calais.
Incendiary attempts on the lumber mills at
Burning are reported
A new supply Of iron has been received at
Pembroke; and it is expected that operations
at the iron works will become somewhat live
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A SECRET WELL KEPT.
Two Wives and Four Concubines

Mr. Singer, the famous sewing ma
kers died not long ago, and left $13, 600, 600 to
be divided among his heirs. His will re-
vealed > previously unexpected state of af-
fairs. 1t appears that he had had two
wives and four concubines, and the six had
all borne large families. He provided for
the children-twenty-e eight in number--very
literally and he conferred his name upon
all of them with kind of bland uncon-
sciousness that there was anything uncon-
ventional, not to say wrong, in the arrange
ment of his domestic affairs. The present con
test arises from the fact that the woman with
whom the testator was living up to the
time of his death, was not married to him,
and that he devised her very large share
of his property. But the really tamazing
feature Of the case is that this secret of Mr..
Singer was religiously kept until his death,
and the more this fact is pondered the more
wonderful will it appear. For he was un-
commonly rich, and occupied social posi-
tion which must have rendered him pecu-
liarly vulnerable to black mailing projects.
Again, six women were in the secret or at
least in posit ION to make it known, and
yet held their peace and twenty eight
children apparently grew up without find
ing it out. That this should have happened
among the most notoriously inquisitive
people in the world, is enough to drive the
New Englanders to despair.
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4 Woman Kills q Lion.

The following incident is related by the
Sonora Independent of November 18th:
ga California lion, which has long been a
terror to the solitary African of Indian
Bar, was killed by woman known as
"Slim Josie,'' under the following circum-
stances Josie came to the county last
spring, aud owns a small ranch, occupied
by her, COW and calf, pair of pigs and o
large dog. The dog and calf are now no
more, and their taking off led to the kill
ing of the lion. Two weeks ago Josie's
Bully went ont on q hunt and returned no
more. Josie, who is a strong minded Wo-
man, and fears not the demon himself,
went out and secured the woods for three
days. On the evening of the third day she
found poor Bully, Geld and stiff, clasped in
the embrace of death. He had been fear
fully mangled in the encounter, in which
he had come of second best. Josie re-
turned home, and all went well until Satur-
day night. when she was aroused by the
bleating of her calf. She arose, took her
trusty rife and sailed ont to the pen. On
her arrival at the pen she paused, and in
the bright moonlight she plainly perceived
large lion tearing and eating her cali.
The rifle was promptly ieveled, and the lion
sprang into the air and dropped dead with
i bullet in his brain. AS soon as the Afri-
can heard OF the death of his enemy. he
went and nopned the question to Josie, who
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The First Chinese Ironclad.

From the London Times Shanghai Correspondence
The first Chinese ironclad has been ;ust
completed; l cannot say launched, because
she stopped half way down the ways, and
refuses to be persuaded further. / sup
pose, however, that the hitch is only tenn
porary. She is small vessel of only 1876
tons measurement, 104 feet length on load
line, and 90 feet inches extreme breadth.
Her armor is q inches thick amidships,
tapering to II inches at the extremities,
and having Il inches of teak backing. She
is armed with a 6a-inch KIupp gun, and
has ram bow. Her offensive power has
been mxch diminished by the Chinese in
sisting on having the gun fixed. Nothing
could persuade them that if the gun were
brought over to fire from either side the
vessel would inevitably keel over and cap
size; so the gun had to be placed perma-
nently in the middle of the bow, and only
one portfolio exists for firing forward. OF
course it will be understood that size was
designed by an English architect and built
under English supervision. The Chinese
can do nothing for themselves yet, with all
their appliances. The workmen are intelli-
gent and apt enough, but the knowledge
necessary for designing is completely want
ing. am almost inclined to doubt wheth-
er they are capable Of ever acquiring, or
rather applying, it. Very certainly-what
is more to the purpose now-tley are thor
oughly incompetent to handle or fight an
ironclad effectively. In the event of war,
all these ships, ON which China is wasting
money that would be far better laid out on
railways, would be captured in a fortnight.
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A Physicians Brain.

The autopsy Of DR.. Athon's brain estal
fishes the claim Of medicine to being an a
most exact science. The first stroke {
paralysis, involving the left side, naturalI
enough excited d great deal of interel
among the city doctors, and it was agree
that it was caused by the bursting Of
small blood vessel in the right Ahemispliei
Of the brain. The second stroks, 1t WI
also decided, was caused by more serio,
rupture in the left hemisphere necessita
ing more complete paralysis of the rigl
side. The doctors also diagnosed the can:
Of the trouble--fasty degeneration Of q
blood vessels of the brain. Theyievento
the exact location of the two blood clio
that had formed insthe brain. After dea
the clots--the smaller one on the right al
the larger one ON the left-wene found ju
as they bad been predicted, and dissecti
revealed so extensive weakening of Il
blood vessels by, fatty degeneration that
was . matter Of wonder that the doctor h;
lived 50 long. The brain itself was lars
solid and fine-looking in texture. 1t weig
ed nearly fifty-four ounces, but this inclu
ed the three or four ounces of coagulnm,
that the brain may be put down at fl
ounces. Before the autopsy q well-lsnoN
physician staked his reputation on findi
the larger blood clot in d certain localii
and agreed to quit the practice or medici
IL It was not found there. He even pl
dicted the sire of it.
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Black Hills Negotiation.

| CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-The Tribune this
morning publishes in full the report of the
Commission appoi nted to ngotiate with
the Sioux nation for the acquisition of the
Black Hills The document is of highly
interesting and important character, not
only giving a history of the futile attempt
to lease or purchase tbs gold region, but
presenting for the consideration of Congress
a comprehensive scheme for the advance
ment of the Sioux by making the education
of the youth compulsory, and requiring the
| adult Indians to perform labor as a con-
dition of their subsistence. Congress is
| asked to fix and appropriate fair equival-
ent for the value of the Black Hills, which
amount shall constitute portion of the
fund required TO carry out the suggestions
of the Commission. A further recommen-
dation is that every Indian be encouraged
in the acquisition and protected in the pos
session of private property. The Indian.
now in the northwestern part of Nebraska
are to be removed to the reservation estab
lished by the treaty of 1868, where land
suitable for agriculture can be found ant
supplies furnished. Supplies hereafter shal
be furnished under the supervision of of
ficers Of the army. A wise .recommendatio,
is that the present agencies be abolished
and the whole system be reorganized, so ia
as relates to the Sioux Indians, and tha
such compensation to officers and agent
be provided as will command honesty an,
competency. The Indians are to be notifie.
that such force as may be necessary, viii
be used to enforce compliance with tn
policy of the Government to the end, tina
the Indians may become civilized and sell
supporting. The Government is to TAX
upon itself the duty of paying the Indian
a fair equivalent for the Hills, taking int
consideration all the circumstances, an
such sum to be paid to become part /
the fund required in the general plan t
educate and civilize the Sioux.
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/" OUT VEST"

The Denver Tribune was sold recently,
for $27, 0OO-which is considered fair
price for the Office.
The sales of one of the largest wholesale
grocery houses in Denver for October,
amounted to SOS, ,s59.T.
Snow has fallen over the entire length of
q. P. road from Ogden to Omaha, to the
depth of from two to twelve inches.
Joseph w. WEIGH, San Francisco pio-
neer newspaper carrier, died ON Saturday
last, leaving an estate valued at 500, 900.
Mr.. Henry C. Brown has sold the Denver
Tribune to Mr.. Herman Beckerts for $27,-
000-$13, 900 cash and $14, 900 in city lots.
Fred. Richardson, the embezzling cashier
of Linforth, Kellogg & Co., San Francisco,
has been sentenced to ten years in the state
prison.
From Kansas, Texas and Missouri 6,O0O
wagons, averaging two persons each, have
crossed the plains and mountains for the
state of Oregon this season.
Judge Rosboreugh, one of our mos
worthy scientists, says there are 1880, 900
cubic feet of water flowing into Great Salt
Lake every twenty four hours
The deliveries of wheat at San Francisco
last month, show remarkable falling of,
the total being only 637, 800 centals, against
Ito, 200 centalsin September and 1,154, 500
for October, 1874. A good portion Of the
wheat credited to San Francisco last menth,
went aboard ship at Oakland Point and
South Vallejo, there being nine cargoes
thus loaded.
Olympia, W.. T., has . population Of
about 1900, and has five weekly papers
and one daily. Portland has population
OF fa, 500 souls, and sustains newspapers as
follows: 0rsgonian, daily and weekly;
Eveniag Journal, daily; Pacific Christian
Adoocates Catholic Sentinel, DsntscHe Zsit-
ung. Commercial Reporter, Sunday Wsl-
come, Temperance Star, weekly; Vest
Shore and the Helper, monthly: the North
Pacific, quarterly.
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n Interesting Legal Point.

The Supreme Court of California has
just decided an interesting legal point, the
facts of which are as follows: Ten years
ago Lloyd Bell killed Owen Gillen in San
Francisco, by chopping his head off with
an AK. The jury found Bell guilty of man
slaughter and recommended him to the
mercies of the court. He was sentenced to
seven years in the Penitentiary. His coun-
sci asked the Court to charge the jury with
the fact that defendant had proved a previ-
ous good character. The Court refused to
do SO, and on this refusal the case was car
ried to the Supreme Court on writ Of err
ror The Supreme Court reversed the
Judgment of the Court below, saying: I" 1t
is important in every criminal case, and
especially SO when the inculpatory proof is
circumstantial inits character, that the jury
should be instructed, if the prisoner so re-
quests, that in determining whether or not
he is guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt,
his good reputation, if he have such, as to
crafts involved In the charge, should be
weighed as any other fact established,
and that it may be sufficient to create a
reasonable doubt as to his guilt" Bell is
granted new trial by the Supreme Court,
and is to be tried again for murder This
time he may be convicted of murder in the
first degree or set free.
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STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE COMPARED.
The Sun is inclined to disparage Stanley's
ability and achievements, while some other
papers compare him with Livingstone, to
the disadvantage of the latter. Neither
course is either generous or just. Living
stone did his work well, and his fortitude
and enterprise entitle him to the worlds
grateful homage, Stanley will very likely
produce larger results. The two men were
totally unlike, both in their ambitions and
their methods. Livingstone was mission
ary; Stanley is an explorer and reporter.
Liyingstone's primary ambition was reli-
gious; Stanley's is wholly secular Living
stone started for the purpose of revealing
the outside world to Africa; Stanley started
for the purpose Of revealing Africa TO the
outside world Livingstone was far more
careless about his diary than bis pagan SER
rant was; Stanley sends an army to fight
its way through a hostile country to carry a
letter to newspaper. Livingstone was a
champion of Christianity, but Stanley is =
soldier Of science. If he lives Stanley will
trace the NiYanza to the Nile. the Lualaba
! to the Congo, and turn the hsars Of the
Dark Continent inside out.-New York
Grapafc.
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Vegetable ivory.

The Panama Star and Herald gives some
information concerning tagua or vegetable
ivory, saying: This curious fruit of q
palm tree Indigenous to the Isthmus and
to Columbia in general never excited the
commercial mind to the extent. that rubber
has. In 1856 it was not considered worth
the expense of exporting. AT Quito, in
Ecuador, it was common to see images of
Of the Virgin Maryland saints sculptured
out Of the ivory like substance OF the tagua
by the people Of that city. In Europe it
has been gradually and increasingly used
as asubstitute for animal ivory. The price
of the nuts about ten years ago was only
about $40 per ton; to-day $75 to $50 is paid
at the ships side, and, it has been stated,
that they bring now as much as $3.50 ton
abroad. This vegetable is the fruit Of a
species of palm, only the hardened
alumen of the seed. One hundred tons at
$82 per ton were purchased in tine hartor
the other day for the United States and
Canada.
There are two kinds of palm oil on the
coast Of Africa, I e ais guineenees, L.) I'm
like the cocoanut, the royal and other
palms that elevate on o trunk their leaves
some one hundred feet in the ali, the yegeta-
BILE ivory palm has but short stump stock,
and produces its its flowers and nuts in
spathe or valvular envelope, quito near to
the ground. So far "a Panama is concern
ed. the supply is brought in small schooner
from the rivers of Darien, Choco and Tus
maoo and in fact from all the rivers Of the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts Of Colombia. It
is something like the rubber tree in its
habits, and follows up the ravines in search
Of shady tablelands and damp hooks and
corners. How long the present demand
for this fruit Of a palm that grows wild
will last ID seems difficult to predict
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lMAHDI-GRAS.
j Acensenniail Suggestion from ths
sdt ID 3Eo nstEaj South. ~ g'sJ I'D div

A suggestion that we should entertain
our Centennial visitors next year with 70
grand festival Of fun, after the style of The
Southern Mardi- Gras or Italian Carnival,
comes from, the ,GrapAie. It is entirely
feasible, and would add to the attractive
features of the occasion very decidedly.
The Southerners sIe especially pleased with
the protest. The Memphis appeal CON-
ments upon it as follows, "Imagine the
crowds that would be drawn to Philadel-
phia at the time. the mysterious Memphi,
the humorous Ulks, the weird Mystic Crew
or the magnificent Twelfth Night Revelere,
or deputations from all of them, were to
walk the streets of Philadelphia under "a
blaze Of light, exhibiting sight OF the
profoundest beauty, fascinating with it's
poesy of artistic combination, and impress
sive with its gorgeous magnificence, while
the Ulks tapered off with the rich glow of
their exhuberant humor. Picture this
Southern Mardi-Gras scene in the streets of
Northern city. Imagine the vast multi
osiAo AAo" SNSiJ SttttC vi gAO SulO1 duu GS-
cry land in Europe, filling windows, plat
forms and terraces, and climbing to the
very ridges of the roofs while every inch
Of the wide streets unoccupied by the pro-
cession swarmed with eager gazers. Who,
that intended to visit the Centennial at all,
would fail to be present on an occasion SO
unusual in the North and SO absorbing and
bewildering in its destinations? The grand
ouro, the grave Hierophant and the fearful
Typhon, will, of course, be present at
the Centennial, with at least a greater part
of the mysterious association with which
they are connected, and the laughing, jolly
Ulks will not be behind. Can it not be
contriyed so that the grandeur and beauty
and fun of the Southern Mardi-Gras can be-
exhibited az the Centennial? The subject
is worth consideration. By all means let
us have carnival. If it does not arouse
any particular enthusiasm in the North, it
will bring our Southern friends here en-
mdsse. se.-Philddelphia Times.
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A Strang e Story.

A story has just come to light that reads
like sensation novel. Mr.. John Rodman,
of Portland, Me-. mechanic, was suffer
er by the great fire of 1866, and moved with
his family to Harlem, N. Y, where he had
- brother residing-a widower with small
property. Soon after going to Harlem, Mr..
Rodman got chance to go to Valparaiso.
| He went, leaving his wife, son and daugh-
ter with his brother. At first he sent mon
| ey home, and then his letters ceased. Then
the brother died and his little property was
eaten up by lawyers in the settlement. The
widow. with her young son and daughter,
returned to Portland and became a
sempstress. The latter part of 1878, an
English captain took the son, boy of fif-
teen, to sea with him. The vessel was
wrecked in the gulf, and all were supposed
to be lost. The mother was taken sick,
bat physician of Portland, took charge
of her and afterward rendered her much
aid.
A short time ago Mrs. Rodman saw an
advertisement in the New York Herald that
if the wife of John Rodman, formerly of
Portland, weuld apply to certain New
York firm she would hear of something to
her advantage. Her doctor advised her to
go to New York, and she went there with
her daughter, interviewed the law firm;
discovered that her husband had failed to
hear from; that he had been with Meiggs,
the great American railroad specuIator,
and ''made his pile," and wanted his
family, if possible, to join him in New Or
leans, for which place he was about to sail
The firm had been compelled to advertise,
as the family, when they left Harlem, left
no traces and ne friends.
The mother and daughter left for New
Orleans. They arrived day Or two be-
fore the vessel by which MIR. Rodman was
expected. While out walking, the daugh-
ter was insulted by young dandy, who
thought the two women unprotected. A
young sailer knocked the dandy into the
gutter, and, as he turned, disclosed the fea-
lures of the long-lost son. 1t seems when
his vessel was wrecked he was picked up
by Norwegian vessel and carried to port
in that country. Thence he went to Cal
cutta, thence to Southampton, and arrived
in New Orleans the day before. A few
days afterward the father arrived, and the
long-separated family were reunited and
happy.
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The Oldest Charger in the British Army
From Land and Water,

From Land and Water
Colonel Kent, Seventy-seventh regiment,
has favored US with the following particu-
lars Of his fine old charger, which excited
such attention at the Balaklava anniversary
at the Alexandra Palace: "The history of
my fine gallant old charger is SO very re-
markable one that it deserves to be
known, as he is probably the most travelled
horse in the world and cannot possibly be
less than twenty-five years old, and I am
glad of this opportunity of making it pub
lie through the medium of your excellent
paper. lie is a high caste Arab, and came
up with the Tenth Hussars from Bombay,
through Egypt and Constantinople, to the
Crimea, where the late Colonel Stratton, of
my regiment, bought him and rode him all
through the latter part of the war. He
then accompanied the regiment to this
country, and was for some time at Alder
shot and Dublin, where he embarked with
the regiment in 1857 and went out with it
round the Cape to Australia, distance of
10, 900 miles. He then went out with the
regiment during tine mutiny in India, an
other 5000 miles, and has marched
with it all the way from Calcutta to Pc
shawtlr at one extremity, and to Bombay
at the other extremity of India. Finally,
in 1870, he came home through the Suez
Canal to Liverpool, Portsmouth, Portland,
Aldershot, Chatham and Woolwich, where
he was until the other day, when at the re-
quest of the directors of the Alexandria
Palace, Balaklava fete, distinction of
which he may well be proud. There is not
a sign of age about him, and he carries just
as fine coat now as he did in his young
days, when he was ridden by Lord Strath-
nairn and other officers of distinction. I
rode him myself the other day when His
Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com
mandmg- g-in-c Chief was at Woolwich and lie
never carried me better Or looked more
snowy"