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Facts are stubborn things, and Bright's Disease,
Dropsy, Kidney. Bladder and Glandular Complaints,
Gravel Diabetes, Mental and Physical Debility, are
stubborn facts, but HUNTS REMEDY quickly cures
them. HUNTS REMEDY never fails to afford COM
fort and relief.
INFALLIBLE EYE WASH makes the Eyes bright.
fe19 eod&w1w
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T. OR Ell G. N
GREAT BRITAIN,
The Fsiuderpest i'm England

PCst IN EzngIHNU,
LONDON, Feb. N-The Rinderpest has brok-
en- out in England, affecting large number of
Cattle, and steps are being taken to prevent its
spread.
Foreign Notes.
1t is said that the King of Spain will soon
issue general amnesty
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Imports from January to Feb. II.
1910. I51
ForeiSn, paes. ............... 56S z
DOmeStlc. bags and bales .,.,,,,,,.1 7.548 1o x

In New York the market during the past few DAYS
mas been fairly active, manufacturers seemingly hav-
ing abandoned the hand-to- mouth poIily for pur-
chases have been mostly of lots quite large when
compared with recent transactions
IN fniladelphia there has been but little move
ment since last. The stock of fine is small and
mostly held by one house, at full prices. Medinm
Woods meet steady inquiry from the manufaet,lrer.
a few Eastern manufacturers here looking through
the market, but their purchases have been of limit
ed character. Combing is in fair request The stock
is gradually becoming reduced.
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LFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED

Ar at New York 2ist. brig Sarah NJ Loring Loring,
Matanzas; barque Midas, Campbell, Catania; schs
Mary Power, Wiley, Cardenas; Ada Bryant,
Stubs, Milk River, ia.
Ar at Antwerp 19th barque Hattie G Dixon, Yates,
Baltimore.
Sid FIN Bristol 18th, brig Hazeltine, Berry, for
Havana.
Ar at Port Natal Jan 16, brig Lucy W Snow, Hall,
New York.
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Suit against the Columbia Life Insurance
COMPANY,

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 21.-The receivers of the St.
tS Mutual Life Insurance Co. filed suit in
lumbia Life Insurance COMPANY for The s settio o
ment OF accounts between the Companies. The
peut1on sets forth that in December. 1879
the 81 Louis company executed contract wit,
the DEFENDANT under which all its property and
PENDANT, amounting to nearly Sl1, 600 Ooo .1 int
the contract was illegal and void, ana iudsmen nt
in the above amount is therefore PRAYED for 0"'
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DIED.

In this city, Feb 20, Mrs. Abraham Sawyer aged
65 years.
Funeral services this afternoon at o'clock, at
his late residence, No. Boyd street.
In Bath, Feb. 20, Charles H., son of Capt. John
Croker. aged 26 years IL months.
In Casco, Feb 20, G. ID. Beck.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
at White ROCK Church.
In Lincolnville Feb. ~ Mr.. Jos. Chandler, aged 70
years months.
In Islesboro, Feb 10, Mrs. Sylvina Phbrook aged
go years 10 months,-widow of Job Fhbrook.
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WASHINGTON.
Dom Piart Indicted

true bill against Dom Piatt today for seditious
publication, and warrant is issued for his ar
rest
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AUCTION oALE
MORTGAGEE's SALE OF
Household Furniture, Carpets, &C.,
BY AUCTION.
Z. a. RAILEY & co. AIICTI0NEERS.

nNTHURSDAY, February 22d, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
" and g P. NJ, at House, No 2i71 Congress St.,
known Mrs Wbur's Boarding House" we shall
sell the entire Furniture in said House, consisting in
part Of Parlor Furniture, about 20 Chamber Sets,
Feather Beds, Mattresses about 25 Carpets, Dining
Room Furniture, B. w. Sideboard, Chairs, Paint
ings, Crockery and Glass Ware, Silver Plated Ware,
Marble Mantles, Gas Fixtures, Cook Stove,
Kitchen Furniture. &c. SC.
Per order Of Mortgage.
#. .. BAILEY & CO., Auc:ioneers.
fphl0
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

DIAM0Q ED. b. ROBINSON, MYRTLE Street.
IlHNUD has the celebrated Weber Piano, and
AND other makers, at extremely low prices
nDnhMQ Orders for Tuning attended 10 as
UEluhNN usual
aGg2S My
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Major Gen. A. B. Eaton died in New Haven
last evening of heart disease. He graduated at
West Point in 1926. Nv
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

I'm IN Vonnu the VEGETABLE PULMONARY BAL
IUl JU lGQlN SAM of Cutler Bros. q Co., Boston
s.anus uhrlValted t i?r GoaSns, Ccids and Con
orally. fessn13w
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Wiudhaua.

The Republicans of Wndham are requested to
meet at the town house on SATURDAY, the "a inst,
at o'clock in the afternoon, to nominate board OF
town officers tor the ensuing year.
Per order.
Windham, Dec. Goth, 1871.
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Foreign Imports.

LIVERPOOL, ENG. Br Steamship Polynesian-
$50 boxes tnpate to Fuller, Dana g. Fitz, 40 packa-
ges merchandise to Canadian Elk Co, 8 cases mer-
chandise to Agt G R, do do to A E Webb and
q steerage.
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METEOKOLOGICAu

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY -FOUR
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF S1GNAIl
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
Feb. %, Il A. M.))
For New England.
warm southeast to southwest Winds stationary
or higher pressure. clear and partly cloudy
weather will prevail.
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AT AUCTION.

GALE of Wreck Stuff Rigging, Sails &C., of Sch.
- Louisa A. johnson, at q. A. Overs. Custom
House Wharf, at O'Clock THURSDAY P. NJ.
febN d2t
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CAUCUSES,
Staudish

Staudish.
The Republieaus of Standish requested to meet
at the town house on SATURDAY, the oath day of
February, inst, at O'Clock m, TO nominate can
didates for town officers for the ensuing year.
Per order of Com.
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
Bank Statement,

By water conveyance-1OO0 bush cornmeal to g
W. true 81 Co.
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Wednesday, Feb. FL.
ARRIVED,

Wednesday, Feb. FL.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Polynesian. (Br) Brown, Liverpool
passengers and mdse to III g. A Allan.
Steamship Chesapeake, Mangum. New York-mdse
to Henry Fox.
Barque Chas R Lewis, Race, Boston. to Lewis
s. Co. to load for Buenos Ayres. lSee local columns.l
Sch Albert Clarence, Halves, Norfolk, Va-oys-
ters to Freeman, and Atwood 81 Co.
Sch Grace Andrews. Andrews, Boston, to load for
West Indies.
Sch Mary Elizabeth, Duntou, Boston, to load for
Boothbay.
Sch Rozella. Stanley, Cranberry Isles - smoked
herring to w Fl Preble.
Sch Sarah Smith, Banks, Belfast for Norfolk.
Sch st Elmo, JONES' Bristol for Weymouth.
Sch Lucy Ames, Bishop Rockland for New York
Sch Orion, Patterson, Belfast for Salem.
Sch Chas Hamlen, Robbins Winterport for Glou-
cester.
Sch E Elliott, Green. Winterport for Boston.
Sch Hero, McDougal, Winterport for Boston.
CLEARED.
Steamship Chesapeake, Mangum, New York
Henry Fox.
Sch Mahaska. Williams, New York, (not before)-
j Libby & Co.
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[FRoM OUR CORRESPONDENT.

[FRoM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
EASTPORT, Feb 17-Sch Ida Thurlow Mitchell
from Campobello for New York, with 300 900 frozen
herring, carried away foremost this afternoon in a
heavy snow squat. She was towed back to Eastport
by steamer VIM Stroud.
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Mr. oeuKS continued arguing that Watts
was not elected even if he received greater
number of votes than Cronin, the fact of his in
eligibility making the act Of these who voted
for him nullity which should be treated as
though it had not been done. Assuming that
Watts was not elected, and that Cronin was
not elected, receiving smaller number of
votes, jerks held there would be no vacancy
1t is not sequitur at all that if man has a
privilege and does not exercise it that there is
vacancy in anything. There is no vacancy
where there is nothing to resign. 1t is privi-
lege and this mans declining would not au-
thofize the filling as vacancy, and that man
caunot resign that which he has no title to fill
There must be an incumbent in other words to
constitute vacancy. Mr.. jerks cited some
California and Missouri cases on the same
point and proceeded. Even if Cronn was not
elected there was no vacancy, and being no va
cancy there could be no filling by any college
whatever. Then the case stands in this way:
Cronin comes and votes, two others came and
vote, but you do not know whether they are
the persons voted or not, because they do not
come identified as the law says they shall
come, but assuming they were the same persons
who were voted for and properly Unidentified
which Of these votes should be counted?
Cronin's vote should be counted as cast, and
the other two as they were cast would be the
other conclusion should come to from these
several propositions. We believe this TO be
correct exposition of the law and the true case
because the constitutional disqualification is not
oie w oe forgotten or repudlated.
h. SoneC9r Siltchell presented the objection on
oenaIi OF the republican directors, and in his
argument said In Ore gon there was no law an
thorIzIng the governor to certify minority
iah eeosed The Legislature of Oregon
be appointed by the governor, the Snnrenoa
Court or the Secretary of State but it aid not
but did direct that the people, the ouaifieS
electors, shall by plurality of votes to be- cast
in the ditferenfsprecints choose electors. Should
it be seld that the appointment of Watts was
not merely voidable, but even absolutely void
which insist it is not and there was as to him
failure to elect, still under the statute of Or
egon the electors present had the right and it
was their duty to fill the vacancy occasoned
by such failure to elect.
Ii this appointment was merely voidable and
might have been declared void under the stat
ute by competent tribunal but was not so de-
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
In Iceland.

Men and women, masters and servants,
all inhabit the same room, while cleani-
ness is not much attended to but poor
as they are, and accustomed to great pri-
vations, they set IN example OF cheerful
contentment. The beauty of the young
girls is remarkable their fair hair falls
in long. plaits, partially covered by
black cloth coil, daintily worn on one
side of the head, and finished at tho top
with tassel of colored silk run through
silver Or steel buckle, which floats on
the shoulder. Itreminds the traveller OF
the Greek head-dress; but the blue eyes,
with their sweet, benevolent expression,
soon recall to his mind their Danish
origin. The dress is made Of the cloth
woven in the country, and on festival
days the bodice is gaily adorned with
silver braid and velvet, while the belt
and sleeves are ornamented with silver
devices. On wet and cold days the
shawl becomes useful mantilla, COM
pletely enveloping the head and defend
ing the wearer from the effects OF the
frequent storms.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
Why Washington Laughed.

A cheerful view of Washington is
given in story once told by Mrs.
Madison to little girl, who now repeats
it in Lippincott. "One day in Phila-
delphia, said Mistress Dolly Madison,
"I was sitting in my parlor with very
dear friend, Mrs. R. B. Lee, when in
walked Payne Todd Cher son) dressed in
nv calico bed-gown. While we were
laughing at the figure he cut, the
servant threw open the door, and an
nounced General and Mrs. Washington.
What to do with that dreadful boy l
didn't know. He could not face the
President in that garb. Neither could
he leave the room without meeting them,
for the door they we're entering was the
only one. made him crawl quietly
under q low, broad settee on which 1
was sitting. I had Just time to arrange
the drapery when the Washingtons
entered. After the courtly greeting, and
the usual compliments of the season,
there came from under the settee heavy
sigh, which evidently attracted the
Generals notice. However, I only
talked and laughed q little louder hoping
to divert his attention when-oh, me -
there came an outcry and kick that
could not be ignored. So I stopped down
and dragged Payne ont by the leg.
General Washington's dignity left him
for once. Laugh Why he fairly roared |!
He nearly went into convulsions. The
sight of that boy in that gown, all so
unexpected, coming wrong end first
from under my seal, 1T was too much.
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Qneer Trades in Paris.

There is a man living near the Quai
de Bercy who manufactures worms for
anglers. He calculated, on beginning
the trade, that the two thousand and one
anglers who now and then catch minnow
in the Seine have no time to lose in the
search of bait, and set up worm making.
He breeds them out of the foul meats he
buys off the chifonniers, and feeds them
by the thousand in immense tin boxes.
His emulator is another man who has
process for the breeding Of worms for
nightingales. He gets them out Of bits
of corks mixed with bran and flour.
A lady living in the Faubourg Saint
Germain matches ants for pheasants.
She has room full of them, and is well
known by the keepers of rare preserves,
of which there are now few, But this is
q trade that has been over hundred
years in the family. and is hereditary.
There. are red, brown and black ants,
and they swarm in the heated room,
walking mp and down, as we'll as in and
out of corners, planks and barrels.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
A MvstariOuS Fate.

A Scottish traveller, who stopped for
a few hours in city in the interior OF
India, caught a glimpse of a white
woman in a native dress. She was in
palki, borne on the shoulders of slaves,
which indicated that her rank was high.
On the following day she sent message
to him that he was the first European
she had seen since her childhood; that
she remembered being dragged away
from her family while their house was
burning, when she was five years old;
that her name was Lucy; that she had
grown up among the natives, had for
gotten the English language, and was
the wife of an Indian prince, and that
she desired to inquire of the traveller
about her parentage. The messenger
implored him to see the woman, who
was weeping at home but before he
could do 80 she was removed from the
neighborhood, presumably as a conse-
quence of her communication with the
stranger. The inference is that Lucy
is a survivor of the mutiny massacres OF
1877
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Words OF Wisdom.

There is more fatigue in laziness than
in labor.
Actions that express good will to man
kind in the highest degree, have the
highest merit.
It is the heart that makes the home,
whether the eye rests on potato patch
or flower garden.
The vain abhor the vain, but the
gentle and unassuming love one another.
It is the effect of sympathy in the latter,
the want of it by the former.
Honest and courageous people have
very little to say about courage OF
honesty. The sun has no reason to
boast of his brightness, nor the moon OF
her effulgence.
Men often appear to lie when most
truthful, and often seem to tell the truth
when most false; the most terrible OF
lies is not that which is uttered, but
that which is believed.
Coerced innocence is like an i'm
prisoned lark-open the door and it is
off forever. The bird that roams
through the sky and the groves unre-
strained knows how to dodge the hawk
and to protect itself; but the Gagged one,
the moment it leaves its bars and bolts
behind, is pounced upon by the fowler
or vulture.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
The Governor Pays for q Bath.

One of Michigan's ex-governors had
a pleasant experience in New York few
days since. He had been sojourning q
few days at the Windsor, and when he
left was presented, according to the care
full custom of the house, with his bill.
The first item that struck his observant
eye was this "Bath, 81" Turning to
the. clerk, he said, in his genial way :
"See here what do you mean by charg-
ing me for a bath don't you know I
haven't had any bath?" EYES," said
the clerk, promptly, ~ know that, but
this is first-class house, and when a
guest comes here we kind of look him
over, and if we think he needs q bath
we charge him with one." "All right" 2"
said his ex-ness, good-humoredly, "but
what have you got me charged double
for? never paid more than half dol
lar for a bath before" "Well." said
the clerk, insinuatingly, "you see that
Croton is pretty scarce just now, and We
have to charge guests of your size double
price in order to get even." The ex-
governor paid the bill without any
further demur.-Detroit Free Press.
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Making Epa(1lps.

Needles are made Of steel wire. The
wire is first cut by shears from coils,
into the length of the needles to be
made. After batch of such bits OF
wire have been cut off, they are placed
in hot furnace, and then taken out and
rolled backward and forward on a table
till they are straight. They are now to
be ground. The needle pointer then
takes up two dozen or so of the wires
and rolls them between his thumb and
fingers, with their ends on the grind
stone, first one end and then the other.
Next is machine which fattens and
cutters the heads of ten thousand
needles in an hour. Next comes the
punching of the eyes by boy, SO fast
that the eye can hardly keep pace with
him.. The splitting follows, which is
running a fine wire through a dozen,
perhaps, of these twin needles. A
woman with a little anvil before her,
files between the heads, and separates
them. They are now complete needles;
but they are rough and rusty, and easily
bent. The hardening comes next. They
are heated in patches in furnace, and
when red hot are thrown into pan of
cold water. Next they must be tempered,
and this is done by rolling them backward
and forward on hot metal plate. The
polishing still remains to be done. On
very coarse cloth, needles are spread
to the number of forty or fifty thousand.
Emery dust is strewed over them, oil is
sprinkled, and soft soap is daubed over;
the cloth is rolled hard up, thrown into
a sort of wash pot, to roll to and fro
twelve hours or more. They come ont
dirty enough, but after rinsing in clean,
hot water, and tossing in sawdust they
become bright, and are ready to be
sorted and put up for sale.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-12-01
Professor Orton's Last Hours.

Additional details Of the last hours Of
Professor Orton in South America have
been received by his friends at vassar
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Up to
May last, when ho organized his expedi.
ton for the exploration Of the Beni
river, his health continued to improve.
and he entered upon that work with
characteristic zeal and hopefulness. But
here his troubles commenced. The
weather was unpropitious. When on
the Mamore river, making his way to
the mouth of the Benz, an extraordinary
freshet flooded his camp, swept of
part Of his supplies, destroyed some Of
his instruments and injured others, and
kept the party nearly submerged for
twenty-four hours. Soon after his native
attendants lost courage and sought to
desert him. His guide was held to his
duty only by pointing pistol at his
breast. Then followed mutiny Of his
military escort, who threatened his life
in turn, seized one of his two boats and,
with its crew and large part of the pro-
visions for the rarty, went back, leaving
him to get out of his difficulties as best
he might. It would have been madness
to proceed. The expedition to the BENZ
was failure. This was in June. Heart
sick and ill, he was yet unwilling to give
up entirely. He might have gone di-
rectly, and with comparative ease, to
Para, and no home. But he determined,
with his reduced means, to explore the
smaller Canpolican. In the latter part
of August he arrived at Apollobamb,
near the boundary line Of Bolivia and
Peru. The record of what he accom-
plished during those two months is
probably contained in his diary. now in
possession of DR.. Ivon D. Heath, the
faithful companion and friend who ad-
hered to him through all the hardships,
privations, exposures and dangers of his
ill-starred journey, and finally closed his
eyes in death. Though unquestionably
greatly exhausted in strength, he seems
to have continued the journey without
interruption, and the very night before
his death, as DIR. Heath writes, he slept
well, though the little schooner in which
they were crossing Lake Titicaca rolled
fearfully. Toward morning he got UP,
called for some tea, drank it. and lay
down again but, feeling strangely,
asked his friend to sit by him and hold
his hand. Fifteen minutes later he ex-
"What is this? What is
this" In about five minutes more he
said, without the least appearance Of
"Good-by, Doctor" and
passed quietly away. at about twenty
Uantamher 05th
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their friends with their hats on thei,
heads ; the men wear long hair =; the
women dress somewhat like the poorer
classes among the western nations mar.
riages are prohibited between relations
within the fifth degree, but take place at
an early age men Of distinction who
have died are kept unburied for one or
two years, when imposing monuments
are erected to their memory and it was
because some Of these were desecrated
by the men OF foreign vessel few
years ago that the hatred of outside
"barbarians" was greatly enhanced.
Their houses are universally one story
high, warmed by q fire lighted under
meath their floors of mortar, and are
without chairs or beds, or any OF the
comforts which prevail in most other
countries. Nor are they any better off
on the sea than on the land. Their
largest vessels are not over fifty feet
long. They are built without the use
of nails, and the prov and stern are pre-
cisely alike. For masts they use the
stems Of trees in their natural state, and
the sails are made of straw, one to each
boat, and that very near the stern, and
although uncouth to foreign eyes they
are managed with dexterity and accom-
plish good speed.
In its natural history Corea is un-
doubtedly m interesting country. The
bear, the deer and the wolf abound in
the northern forests nm animal resem-
bling the tiger il found in the middle re-
gions, and birds of many varieties are
The domestic animals are
horses, which are small horned cattle
and hogs, which are abundant; dogs
and great variety of fowls. The yak is
also found in the northern parts, and,
according to Commodore Ammen, is an
animal that should be domesticated in
5he country. Sharks of immense size
ire found all around the coasts, and the
zeal and other fisheries are susceptible
If being made source of wealth if they
'ould only be managed according to
modern ideas.