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The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20

PASSENGER TRAINS leave Portland
for ScarbOrO'. SacO, Biddeford, Ken
nebunk, Wells, North Berwick, S0ath
berwick, Conway Junction, Elio I,
kittery, Portsmouth, Newburyporf,
salem, Lynn, Chelsea and Boston Mt
S.4J a. m, arriving in Boston at LOO p. m.
SacO, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Kiitery,
Portsmouth, HamptOns, Newburyport,
Salem, Lynn, Chelsea and Boston at
I3O and $50 p. m. Train leaving at 100
p. m. arrives in Boston in time to connect with
Sound steamer lines for New York. Train leav-
leaving at $50 m. arrives in Boston in time to
connect with 10 p. m. train for New York.
600 p. m. Biddef0rd accommodating train,
Returning leave Biddeford at 500 a. m.
Night Express with Sleeping Car, for
Boston at 2.l5 n, M. every day Except
Mondays)
RETURNING,
Leave Boston at z 30 and S.45 n. M, IL. 80
and 700 p. M, connecting with Maine
Central and Il. & N, A. Railway for
~. John and Halifax. Pullman Sleeping
Car attached.
Through Tickets to all Points South and West at
owest rates. Pullman Car Tickets for Seats and
Berths At Ticket Off1ce.
ju11dtf A. P. ROCKWELL, President.
The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20
TO LET.

The Store, NO. 4 FREE ST. BLOCK,
lately occupied by WaterhOuse & Co.
For further particulars enquire at the
Office Of II: j: LIBBY & co., over First
National Bank.
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The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20

Trains on Boston & Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machas, Eastport, Calais,
Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine
Central and Portland q Ogdensburg trains at
Transfer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments at first class dining rooms.
JAS. Il, FURBER. Gen. Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20
To Let,

nNE-half of double house, 2s Beckett street. 6
" rooms, hard and soft water, price $l2 per
month. Inquire on the premises. ju12dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20
RAILROADS.
Grand Trunk r. IL. of Canada.

issssssssfts5 On and after MONDAY, June Is, 1877
sYf4t&$fs1S& Strains will run as follows:
Express for Auburn and Lewiston at 100 a. m.
Express for Gorham, Montreal and West, at a. m
Express tor Auburn ana Lewiston at lib D. N.
Mail train 200 p m. (stoppng at all stations to
Island PondO connecting with night mail train
for Quebec, Montreal and the West.
Express train for Auburn and Lewiston SIS D. m.
For GOrham-Passengers Tor Gorham can take the
OILS p. m. Express connecting with mixed train at
Lewiston Jet. for Gorham.
Trains will arrive follows:
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at $50 a. m
Mixed from Gorham at 1000 a.. m.
GB Passengers from Gorham can take the Express
at Lewiston Junction, arriving in Portland at $50 a.
IN.
Mail from Montreal Quebec and West at 12.45 p. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at 100 D. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at 5.15 p. m
Express from Montreal and West 7.05 p IN.
The Portland daily press., 1877-06-20

Through Tickets to all Points South
and West mt lowest rates.
The Morning herald., 1877-08-09
CHAPTER XIX.
FRESH FACES

webber's first visit was to scoSlsna h;a
Yard, where he had an interview Wv WIN ;nfor n,s
suuerintendent, and afforded all the en- anfos- o.
nation he could give concerning the ~
caped convict, Langley. ..,
'"RHI T1;s done and saying as little as posi-
,>,a % ahout the TaggarJs Inn mystery, ne
taturned uat to the "Westminster." However;
is, he had asked himself whether he should should
nr nr should I not abandon proceedings against
NJ Mr.. .As sivory, urging upon himself that at
ai either the man was too clever to be
caught, OF that he must be innocent. .,
Restrained by self-love, or oy senI' a,',a
ment of an opposite character, a, +he lH o rela-
TO- t;on. between himself and Margaret, ana
finally ANAL he determined to play the part art Of !
the an.y Iynslo-Roman r gentleman for yet IT., . =
sav saw hours only the shadow Of the person =, n
asn aSe lie had 70 we'll played His toilet
The Morning herald., 1877-08-09

neglect the other upon which You are en-
gagged -the Taggart,s Inn AFFAIR."
s'No; two hours will be enough to settle
with this giant Langley. I think thats
all, siri"
Webber left the superintendent's office.
The Morning herald., 1877-08-09

" overcome the ShOCks EG can
the glass that I am as pale - death.
y pass me the water-bottle."
D,o,e3beying, Sivory swallowed half
pDlefof water, and continued. :.
pa cannot imagine tho trouble, the
ION into which this half-accusation
ea me. Can you believe iti I only
WY escaped being arrested"
IL .'ossibleW cried Webber. "a
p&ole--and only too true. However,
naged to escape" Then turning to
aret' he continued: Pardon me this
ement, Miss Varli. am quite aware
isltatlon and emotion are almost un.
naOle In the presence of lady; but
recall my fearful sufferings, I am
,ser master of myself" .
could only have known how much
'ne reference to the crime with which
lnl1e Is associated would hsve cost
: oeteye eI 0, me, could not have been
y OF the cruelty"
Doer stopped in the midst Of the apol.
""u asked, in the most natural voice
~ world, And how did you get out d
lfficulty'"
proving absolutely" replied sivory
!. could not be the guilty mani
w .ot,ls now happened it that the police
a1m;& a. f" - .
'u1Alt y their suspicious were very nat
o. was known to have quarrellei
y niaham some time before his death
,. nave owed him money upon yth,
,.oV1ous to his murder.D Is .sJg.ial
wv wv 1earful" replied Webber.H "Ani
"st.i ruty happened that you should, be az
asted "s ! this very night, !. should be sui
n " " Sae orime, simply because 1 ha,
'ne evening with youg 1. Ill. ~
The Morning herald., 1877-08-09

nronose to arrest him yourself; ana "''n'
| out assistance| .,
"Mvself. and without assistance"
"Rnt YOU can know nothing OF the man
in question, or you would never MAKE
such an Offer" ,o;uoa
"There. sir, is where you are deceived.
Ihave already had Langley under my
onauement: it was after he first broke
nr;son' BE was audacious enough to come
down to the station where was then en-
n1oved. and ask for woman VINO was III
custody for pawning some WORK, ana % WY
7 afterwards found out was Langieys
wife. suspected him at once had mn
followed. and finally he was arrested anu
sent hack to Portland, where he manaseo
to break prison again" ,r.:
"S,nce YOU know him so WE'LL" oontn-
ned the superintendent, II am astonlsheo
that YOU fear him SO little. You remem.
her. Of course, that he is almost a ela"'s
eyes; but l recall certain victory op-
+a;ned over giant by very small war
r;or and am not at all afraid"
"And do YOU really dare attempt TO a.
l rest, him unassisted1"
81 DO I offer to arrest the man alone'
and ask for no help whatever"
.You shall have the order, WeDDer' most
certainly, and will give directions tna'
unn shall be informed of all the particulars
~ Tho case. One word more, however
! 40 Won not afraid that if you take tnii
; % case Of Langley's in hapd, that you may
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
A Comparison q Girls.


The Baltimore girl is placed in the
midst Of the happiest conditions for the
perfect unfolding Of the latent possi-
bilities of beauty. Reared in climate
that knows neither the rigor of the
North nor enervating langour of the
South, she cometh up like a flower.
Moreover the Baltimore girl has what
Alexander Dumas called "the higher
alimentation of superior beings" For
upon the shores of the Chesapeake
alone do the terrapin, the bay mack
eral, the oyster and the canvass back
duck blossom in native luxuriance.-
The delicate, dainty and highly nutri-
tious fare is needed to bring to perfec-
tion the purest types of beauties. 1t
has frequently panied US to notice that
there is disposition among some of
the western cities to hurl at each other
accusations of homeliness in their wo-
men. If we may trust the Chicago
press, the girls at St. Louis have large
feet. It is even said that at St. Louis
wedding a derrick is necessary to
throw the slipper after the bride, St.
Louis retorts with the accusations that
the Cbieapo girl has LARGE ears. It
declares in detail how Chicago girl
spreads out one for a parasol, and
uses the other as a fan. It is alleged
also that the Cincinnati girl has an
unnecessary development Of foot, and
that she uses a pumpkin as a ball to
darn her stockings on. These ungal-
liant remarks are to be deplored. We
concede the beauty of the girls of Gin
cinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Boston,
and we believe that if they were nur-
tured under the kindly influence Of
Baltimore, they would attain the high
est possibilities of beauty. The BOs-
ton girl is charming. There is a favor
Of the east wind in her voice, and a.
suggestion Of Goldfish balls in her ply
sique, but she is bright, intelligent,
bookish, and selfreliant; she wins her
way anywhere. The western girl is Of
exuberant health and vitality +; the
Southern girl has dreamy langour
and grace indescribable. But woman,
beautiful everywhere in America,
reaches the pinnacle ofperfection only
on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
-BaItimore Gazette.
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
MuRprn w1IL Our.-There is q

MURDER WILL OUT.-There is a
story told in English green rooms,
says Celia Logan, to the effect that a
certain carpenter, a long, long time
ago, murdered his wife by driving a
nail into her skull. He fed, and the
better to conceal his identity became
an actor. He rose to eminence, and
the whirligig of time and the wheel of
chance brought him to the very vii
lage in which, years before, he had
killed his wife, whose murder, however,
SO the story runs-had not been sus-
pected, her long, thick, black hair con-
cealing the cruel wound from which no
blood had flowed.
The part was Hamlet. Whatever
memories the place evoked he had suf-
ficient mastery over his feelings to keep
them hidden. The first scene Of the
fifth act came on. The theatre stood
on what had formerly been burrying
ground, and the property man had not
to go far for skulls, but just dug lit
tie and brought up a dozen or more,
and at night tossed them into the trap
for the grave digger to shovel on the
stage. He handed skull to the Ham
let, saying:
Here's skull now hath lain you
in the earth for three and twenty
years"
Hamlet-"Whose was it 2"
Grave digger-"This same skull,
sir, was Yorrick's skull, the kings jes-
ter"
Hamlet took the skull, saying:
"This-"
He turned pale and staggered, for
the skull had left on it one long lock
of black hair. Handed to him upside
down the lock fell back, revealing a
nail in the skull. The actor recogni-
zed it as that of the woman whom he
had murdered just twenty-three years
before. At this mute evidence of his
guilt, coming from the grave to con-
front him, the actor lost presence of
mind and his senses. In his insane
utterances he revealed his terrible Sc
cret, and was only saved from punish
ment by his fellow actors hushing him
up and hurrying him away. He never
recovered his reason, and died in a
mad house, raving of the nail in the
skull.
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
sERENADE TO Ex-eov. T1LDEu.
THE EX-GOVERNOR MAKES A LONG
ADDRESS, sCATHING REVIEW OF
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.

THE EX-GOVERNOR MAKES A LONG
ADDRESS scATHING REVIEW OF
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
Ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden was
serenaded by the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club, of New York, at his resi-
dence, in Gramercy Park, on Satur-
day evening. The occasion drew to the
park an immense crowd of people, in
cluding the leading democratic politi-
clans Of New York. After Dodworth's
Band had played several pieces Mr..
Tilden appeared on the front steps of
his residence, when Hon. Augustus
Schell welcomed him to his home and
introduced him to the multitude, when
three times three cheers were called
for and given for President Tilden."
The distinguished Ex-Governor, in re-
sponse, delivered lengthy address.
He began by returning thanks for the
kindly welcome back to his home from
Europe, which had for its object sea-
son Of physical activity in the open
air, and which has repaired, as much
as three months could, the waste of six
years eonsecrated to an effort for gov
ernmental reform in the city, State
and nation. Referring to the bound
less means of supply possessed by this
country, Mr.. Tilden predicted great
increase in the consumption Of our
corn by Great Britain over the Co.,
100000 bushels which it reached last
year. Corn, he said, is but little in
ferior to wheat in nutritiye power. 1t
costs less than one-half on. the sea-
board, and much less than one-half on
the farm. 1t can be cooked, by those
who consent to learn how, into many
delicious forms of human food. Mr..
Tilden then cordially indo-sed the ad-
ministration of Gov. Robinson, as well
as the New York democratic State
ticket, and then spoke as follows in re-
gard to the late presidential contest,
his remarks being frequently inter
ruDted by apDlause.
"The election, although for State
officers, has relations to national poll
tics to which I know you will expect
me to allude. You are all quite aware
Of the results Of the contest Of 1876.
| Voices: eve are sick of it, we
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
Select poetrn.
HER TREASURES.

l keep them in the old, old box
That Willie gave me years ago,
! The time we parted on the rocks;
| His ship lay swinging to and fro,
At waiting in the lower bay.
thought my heart would break that day
The picture with the pensive eyes
Is Willie's2 No, dear, that's young Blake,
Who took the West Point highest prize
He went half crazy for my sake.
Here are a lot Of rhymes he wrote,
And here's button off his coat.
Is this the ring7 My dearest May,
never took ring from him
This was gift from Howard Clay,
Just see-lhe pearls are getting dim.
They say that pearls are tears-what stuff
The setting looks little rough
He was as handsome as prince
And Jealous But be went TO Rome
Last fall. He's never written since
used to visit at his home
lovely place beyond Fort Lee;
His mother thought the world of me
Oh no! ! sent his letters back.
These came to me from Washington.
But look, what tremendous pack
He always wrote me three for one.
know xsed to treat him ill
Poor jack l--he fell at Chancellorsville.
Ths vignettes-all that lot-are scalps
took in London, Naples, Nice,
At Paris, and among the Alps;
Those foreign lovers act like geese.
But, dear, they are such handsome men.
We go TO France next year, again
This is the doctors signet ring.
These faded flowers? Oh, let me see;
Why, what very curious thing
Who could have sent these flowers to me
Ah now have it-Count de Twirl;
He married that fat Grosbie girl.
His hair was red. You need not look
So sadly at that raven tress.
You know the head that look forsook;
You know-bui you could never guess
Nor would tell you for the world
About whose brow that ringlet curled.
why won't tell7 Well, partly, child,
Because you like the man yourself;
But mostly because-dont get so wild
have not laid him on the shelf
He's not bygone In year
ri tell you all about him, dear.
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03

A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-The present
Archbishop of Dublin, the gifted au-
thor of the work, widely known, on
the 'study of Words" is not in very
robust health, and has been for many
years apprehensive of paralysis. At a
recent dinner in Dublin, given by the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, His Grace
sat on the right of his hostess, the
Duchess of Abercorn. In the midst of
the dinner the company was startled
by seeing the Archbishop rise from his
seat, and still more startled to hear
him exclaim, in dismal and sepul-
chral tone: at has come! 1t has
comep
"What has come, Your Grace ?"
eagerly cried half a dozen voices from
different parts of the table.
"What 1 have been expecting for
twenty years." solemnly answered the
Archbishop stroke of paralysis. I
have been pinching myself for the last
twenty minutes, and find myself entire
" without sensation"
pardon me, my dear Archbishop"
said the Duchess, looking up to him
with somewhat quizzical smile; Spar
don me for contradicting you, but it is
I that you have been pinching."
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03

A DISAPPOINTED GRANGER.-Ja-
cob Gleason, of Herkimer County, N.
Y, might have arrived in New York
City dozen times, and departed as
many more, without any one beyond a
hotel clerk knowing his name, if he
hadn't mission. That mission was
to trade his farm for slice Of Central
Park, and raise early vegetables for
the market. He went up to the Park
and took look around before saying
anything to anybody, as he wanted to
make sure that none of it was swamp
land. He made up his mind to trade
his 14O acre farm for 100 acres of the
Park, when he encountered one of the
Park police, and remarked:
"This seems to be purity good land,
but it's awfully neglected. Why don't
they cut the underground of, and fall
plow it?''
"We'd rather keep it as it is" re-
piled the officer.
"Well, that's a mighty poor way to
farm it. was looking round, and
thought perhaps I'd trade my farm for
part of this. What dye 'spose they'd
ask an acre for the lower part p
"Oh, thirty or forty thousand dol
lars"
"Whatl Am l a born foolf" ex-
claimed Jacob, of Herkimer. "I've
got as nice a farm as crows ever few
over, and all I ask an acre is $55. I'd
see you'd see you in the red sea-
sir, before I'd give you 800 an acre. "
every well; you can't have it, " said
the officer.
'I don't want it. 1 knowed I'd be
imposed on, and l told 'em all before
I left home, but their eternal ding
dong drove me to come I don't want
your land, sir-no sir It's all hills
and hollers and rocks, and I've met
more'n a hundred people walking
round as cool as if they had a hundred
year lease of the whole farm"
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
Tnbbv.s ourloaltr sallallsa.

The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise tells
this affecting story 'Charles Kaiser,
who has the only hive of bees in town,
says that when he first got his swarm
his old cats curiosity was much ex-
cited in regard to the doings of the
little insects, the like of which she had
never seen before. At first she watch
ed their comings and goings at dis
tance. She then hattened herself npon
the ground and crept along toward the
hive, with tail horizontal and culver
ing. 1t was clearly evident that she
thought the bees some new kind Of
game. Finally she took up position
at the entrance to the hive, and when
a bee came in or started out, made a
dab at it with her paws. This went
on for time without attracting the
special attention of the inhabitants of
the hive. Presently, however, old
Tabby' struck and crushed bee on
the edge of the opening to the hive
The smell of the crushed bee alarmed
and enraged the whole swarm. Bees
by the score poured forth and darted
into the fur Of the astonished cat
Tabby rolled herself in the grass, spit
ting, sputtering, biting. clawing, and
squalling as a cat never squalled be-
fore. She appeared mere ball of fur
and bees as she rolled and tumbled
about. She was at length hauled away
from the hive with q garden rake, at
the cost Of re<sra severe stinga to her
rescuer. Even after she had been
taken to distant part of the grounds
the bees stuck in Tabby's fur and
about once in two minutes she would
utter an unearthly 'yowP and bounce
full yard in the air. On coming
down she would try to scratch an ear,
when sting on the back would cause
her to turn succession of back somer-
sauIts and give vent to running fire
of squalls. Like the parrot that was
left alone with the monkey, old Tabby
had a dreadful time. Two or three
days after this adventure Tabby was
caught by her owner, who took her by
the neck and three her down by the
beehive. No sooner did she strike
the ground than she gave fearful
squall, and at single bound reached
the top of fence full six feet in
height. Thence she clung for a mo-
ment, with tail as big as a rolling-pin,
when with another bound and squall
she was out of sight and did not again
put in an appearance for over a week.
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03

A PICTURE OF GENERAL ZACHARY
TAYLoR.-General James Shields thus
describes his first interview with Gen
eral Taylor: 81 was sent with my
brigade to report on the Rio Grande.
After getting my command into camp
/ put on the most snowy uniform l
had and spent much time in rigging
myself up to do honor to such an oc-
casion as the meeting with the COM
mander-in-chief of the army of Occupa-
ton. Arrived at headquarters l in
quired for General Taylor, and was
shown into tent by the orderly, who
went away to announce me. Presently
entered hard-featured but still very
benevolent-faced man, quite under
sized, who, from his appearance, would
easily have been taken for WAGNER.
A great Tapping straw hat crowned
his head, he had no collar, linen
coat, and the coarse pantalOons he
wore had no suspicion of rank about
them, and his unstockinged feet were
covered by common infantry shoes.
While was trying to figure out in
my mind what this apparitiOn! could
be he grasped my hand and heartily
exclaimed, I'm very glad to see you
here, General Shields, and will cut out
some work for your command before
long. And this was actually General
Zachary Taylor, one of the bravest,
kindest and noblest of men that ever
lived"
Middletown transcript., 1877-11-03
Select Story.
RETRIBUTIoN.
A LEAF FROM FRENCH HISTORY.


During the campaign of 1900 the
French army, destined to meet the
power of Austria on the plains Of
Italy, before it could render itself mas
ter of Turin and of Milan, penetrate
even to the walls of Genoa, and de-
clare the terms Of peace on the battle
field of Marengo, had yet to surmount
that vast Alpine barrier which extends
from the St. Bernard to Nice and
Montenotte, and to overcome a series
of tremendous obstacles, presenting
themselves one after another in seem
ingly endless succession, and tasking
to the utmost, if not defying the cour-
age of the troops and the military
genius and perseverance Of the leaders.
These obstacles were not merely the
result of natural position (; there were
instances in which the resistance of the
invaded was more obstinate and more
terrible than that of mountains, pre-
cipices or rivers. Protected by forti-
fications Of little strength or difficulty,
and but very ineficiently aided by
locality which yielded but few means
or opportunities Of vigorous defence
but sustained by an indomitable
courage, great resource of invention
and an enthusiastic love of country,
infinitely more formidable than their
courage and their skill, the inhabitants
of the small town and citadel of Ivree,
with garrison Of four thousand Aus
trian soldiers and twenty-five pieces Of
cannon, maintained their post for three
days against an army of forty thou
sand Frenchmen, commanded by the
three youngest, but already most illus
trious generals in Europe-Massena,
Lannes and Bernadotte.
Furious at seeing his march thus ar
rested before this Insignificant little
place, he who had taken Alexandria
in a day, and Cairo in an hour, and
impatient, moreover, to assume his
positions for the investments of Milan,
the commander-in-chief, on the 25th Of
May, 1900, ordered the division of
General Lannes to march upon the
village in all its force, and take it by
assault. After three hours Of san
culinary combat, Of fierce attack and
the most heroic defence, handful Of
the defenders, driven from the citadel,
retreating step by step and hotly pur-
sued by the victorious Frenchmen
threw themselves as last resort into
the quarters Of Adjutant General H,
with the resolution there to maintain
themselves to the last, and sell their
lives as dearly as they might. In a
moment the house occupied by this
brave veteran was converted into a
fortress s-barricades were thrown up,
loop-holes for musketry cut in the
walls, and every disposition made that
time and means afforded for last des-
perate resistance.
Lannes, who was the first to enter
the assaulted village detached an off
Ger in command Of two battalions, to
drive the insurgents from their posi-
ton. The officer, equally distinguished
among his fellow soldiers for his i'm
petuous courage and his ferocity, soon
forced his way, at the head Of one of
his battalions, into the disputed man
sion, trampling as he went upon the
dead bodies of the forty brave fellows
by whom it had been defended. Gen
eral H., the only survivor, after be
holding the slaughter Of his garrison,
had armed himself with a hatchet, and