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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-15

NEW YORK, November IA. Toronto specials
say Boston silk manufacturer is about to estab-
fish factory at Borthwick, with Sl2 900 subsidy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-15
Drowned.
Fatal Accident,
RHODE ISLAND.
DedIcatiOn.

PROVIDENCE, November IA. The new cit
building, costing Sl,0O0,00O, was dedicated an
taken possession of by the city officials, with ap
plopriate ceremonies. to-day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-15
MASSACHUSETTS,.
An Outrage.

WEsTFIELD. November IA. Fanny McCsrty.
aged Is, WAS enticed into the Bay State House
last evening, by Cornelius Leary, a Canada tramp
employed here, and assisted by Dick Daley, both
outraged her, each choking her to submission.
The scamps fed, but were arrested at Smsbury,
Conn, this morning.
Drowned.
BosToN, November IA. The schooner Pilots
Bride, at this port, from Portorco, reports Nov. s
William wilkins, second officer. was washed over
board from the jibboom and drowned. He was 9
native of Nova Scotia.
Fatal Accident.
Joseph Perry, young man, was fatally injured
to-day, by being run over by team in Cam
bridge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-15

New YORK, November IA. Senator Voorhees,
announces be will introduce q bill in Congress to
make trade dollars legal tender which will add
$40 900 to the circulation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

was honorably discharged from service
Deceased had lived under the rule OF three
nations, and often boasted OF having been q
Spaniard, Frenchman and an American
without leaving the state.
New Orleans Times; During last week
more bulk corn was exported abroad from
New Orleans than from New York. The
shipments Of corn In bulk from st, Louis to
New Orleans, now ailost and loading, ap
proximate three hundred thousand bushels
this besides shipments from other points
There is, therefore, no hazard in saying that
our grain trade is at last finally and perman
emily established, aud with proper care and
encoura cement will speedily grow into i'm
mensc proportions
A Richmond liquor-seller likes the
Mofett bellpunch because; First-Because
1t is check upon his bartender just as il Il
on the car conductor. Second-lt enables
him to raise the price OF every drink OF
whisky and apple'jack five cents of which
sum he only pays one.half to the state
Third-It puts an end to the credit system
Fourth-By buying taxrecevable coupons
at sxtyseven cents on the dollar and paying
them into the treasury at par, he makes the
bondholder pay him fifty per cent. foi
collecting his coupons
Peter Cooper writes the governor Of
South Carolina; What are the best condi'
tions on which the state Of South Carolina
would accept the donation from me of n Ger
tain property situated at Limestone Springs
Sparlanburg@ county, s. G., consisting Of the
buildings and one hundred or more acres OF
land, and make and maintain "Mutual
Labor Institution, or a School Of Science
and Arts" applied to the useful and neces'
sary purposes OF life for young women
similar to the branches and pursuits now
taught in the Cooper Union" Of New York
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

The last words which Samuel Bowles
spoke to Senator Dawes, OF Massachusetts,,
were, Drop on your knees, Dawes, and
thank God you have done little good in
this world, and ak His forgiveness that you
have done no more.
California exports 0,00O,O 900 worth
Of wool per annum.
Horseshoes are made in California OF
compressed rawhide.
Tennessee's tobacco crop is estimated
at 100000 pounds.
There are five hundred convicts work
ing on one North Carolina railroad.
There were one hundred and thirty
failures in New York city during January.
Liabilities, $7,ll3,o39 assets, $l,433,S30.
The United States utlizes in agricul-
ture ten per cent. of its area Great Britain,
ffty.eight per cent, and Holland seventy.
Slade, the Spiritualist, has been expell.
ed from Vienna, because he was unable to
describe his vocation satisfactorily to the
police.
Up to the 10Th of January the popu
lar subscription to the new four per cent
loan aggregated Il total of about two million
six hundred thousand dollars.
A young girl in theatre in London
gets five hundred dollars week Tor diving
from II perch ninety lcet down toward net
She drops head first, turns on the way, anc
strikes on her back.
The following business in the United
States is seen in the following; Dsiileries
| 4,992; rectifers, |, 30; brewers, 2755; whole
sale dealers, 4,604 licensed saloons, l6i, ,50S
On basis OF l5,0O0,00O there is one lsg,lize'
saloon to $50 persons
A Nevada engineer is perfecting q
plan for heating n cty.h means OF heat
generated in subterraneau mines. The lar
contemrlates system of pipes for distribu
ting the heat throughout the city. The SAINT
operation ventlates the mines.
The Rev. William GleesOn, in recen
lecture in San Francisco, on lreland's indie
pendence, said that there are from $50 y0,O0i
to 100000 on the globe, and that an army
of 250,OO0 men could he easily raised tt
remove British supremacy in Ireland.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
Grayiiy. Specific aud Otherwise.

No admission fee is charged to visitors
to the bouapzl mills, the only requisite
being permit from the superintendent;
but lady who visited the California
pan mills last Sunday, paid twenty dol
lars for the privilege, and was taught
lesson in natural philosophy in this wise:
Mr. Long, the foreman, was showing
three ladies and a gentleman through
the mill, and kindly explaining the tunc'
tions Of TIE various settlers, pans, etc.
The quicksilver bowls standing near the
matchmaking pans attracted the atten.
ton of the visitors, and they inquired
what use the odd-looking concerns were
put to. He explained their use, but the
ladies did not seem 20 catch the sense OF
his remarks very readily. They seemed
quite puzzled. Mr. Long repeated his
explanation, but the ladies manifested
more surprise than ever. In order to
make himself understood Mr.. Long then
gave practical demonstration of the
working o, the bowls, by pulling up the
stopper which checks the inflow OF the
beautiful metal from the pipe connecting
with the supply tank. The bowl imme-
diateIy filled with quicksilver, the sur.
face looking clean and bright. The par
ty could not resist the temptation Of
dipping their fingers in the metal. They
Withdrew them rs clean as when they
put them in. This surprised them. Mr..
Long threw bunch of keys into the
bowl. They hoated. This was a pleas
ant experiment. A gentleman with the
party then threw pocket. knife in the
bowl. It, also, hOated. The ladies were
delighted. Mr. Colby, the chief engineer
of the mill, having just been relieved,
came along. lie threw four'bit piece
in. 1t hoated, Of course, and he took it
cut and rubbed it dry. The quicksilver
having absorbed all the impurities on the
coin, i, looked bright as FURNISHED gold:
/ One of the ladies said it was beautiful
and another took a S20.dollar gold piece
out of her pocket book and threw it in.
Mr.. Long and Mr.. Colby saw the move
ment, but said nothing The specitic
gravity of gold AS compared with quick
silver being AS seventeen Is to fourteen
the coin sank out of sight, to the utter
djsmay of the ladies and the great mortl'
fica,ion of the owner OF the so. This
feeling did not last long, however, as Mr..
Long assured them that in a day or two
he could probably restore the lost money
in the form OF amalgam, as he woutd
have TO use the quicksilver TO work the
next charge put in the pans Virginia
(Ney \ Chronicle.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Illinois manufactures S205,0oO,00O
worth of goods annually.
America sent one million dollars worth
OF toys to Europe last year.
The Maine state prison last year paid
$3.50 less than the expenses.
The first silk fabric woven in America,
in 1900, is still preserved at Salem, Mass.
The Peruvian mines that Henry Meiegs
was tunneling when he died have yielded
five million dollars in silver since their dis,
cOvery.
In spite of the ratification of the
reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian king.
dom, the imports OF sugar from that country
fell OFF considerably in the year 1877.
This country imported from Japan,
last year, through the port OF San Francisco,
100000 pound, Of tea. From China we
imported only $4,000 pounds.
The Cleveland Leader has discovered
that the Catholic bishops OF the United
States held nine million dollars worth Of
property in 1885, in 1870, it says this had
increased to sixty million dollars; now it is
one hundred and ten million dollars.
Business il increasing in the trade
mark and label division OF the patent office
The number of patents issued during the
past year for registration of trademarks wa!
i,4l6; OF labels, 623. Total receipts, $39, 1872
an increase OF $4,000 over lS and $50 00(
in excess of the cost of maintaining tbs
division
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

water, Is unaffected by comparatively high
temperature, and possesses great tenacty.
Experiments made with u view to test this
method show that plate thus protected on
one side has been immersed for six months,
with the result that the protected side was
found clean, while the unprotected metal
was covered with rust and shell fish,
According to the germ theory, the
communicable diseases, such as small l'pOx,
cholera, yellow fever, measles, scarlet fever,
typhus and typhoid fevers and diphtheria,
are developed from particles Of organic mats
ter, which, upon Introduction into the body,
grow as grain grows when sown in a fertile
field. The analogy to the growth of grain is
insisted on by all exponents Of the germ
theory. The seed having been planted, as it
were, in the form of particle OF contagium
from without, it multiplies by growth within
the system, and thus occasions the pheno-
mena belonging to that particular disease of
which it is the germ. The vitality of these
infectious particles Is wonderful. Sir Thos,
Watson, in the Nineteenth Century, men.
tiOns the case OF several physicians who
helped unfold mummy in London in the
year 1853; they died shortly aiterward of a
malignant fever which was sscribed to in.
fection from the body of the ancient Egyp.
tian.-[Ne York Sun.
Some notes on the remarkable positions
in which birds nests have been found are
given in Land and Water. Several years
ago red.brcast built its nest in human
skull that had been left exposed in bury
ing.ground in the parish Of Dysart, in Fife
shire. Another established its residence in
an iron tankard that had been thrown away
among the weeds. A third bird OF the same
species erected its domcle and reared
family within a few feet of circular saw in
daily motion, at Bailbrnie say mill, in the
parish of Markinch. Still another built its
home in an azalia bush in greenhouse at
Bailbirnic gardens. Again, says the writer,
"We have seen one constructed within the
sleeve OF u workman's coat that had been
left hanging on II tree. The workman, on
making the interesting discovery, allowed
his coat TO remain on the bough, and the
redbreasts' labors proved fruitful. We have
seen a sparrow's nest inside the cavity of an
iron buffer of railroad wagon, and an OK.
eyes nest in Il broken beer bottle while,
not long ago, the nest of thrush was pointed
out to us inside the spout of pump, but the
frequent demand for water caused the
thruSh's efforts in nest-bulding in such Il
place TO be abandoned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

An exhibition of mole skins at the
recent exposition at Morelia, Mexico, has
led to the establishment OF a factory in Mex.
leo for the manufacture OF gloves from mole
skins.
A recent return shows that infant
mortality in Holland exceeds that in Ing,
land and Wales by 50 per cent. This is what
keeps down the Dutch population. No
cause is assigned.
Russian cotton spinners will obtain, in
time, very important position in the man
ufacturing world. More than 3,5OOOOO
pounds of raw cotton now come yesrIy to
Russia from central Asia, chiefly by the
Orenburg railroad to Mini Novgorcd and
Moscow, from Bokhara and l,hiya. i.ars1
quantities also begin to come ron Turtan
and Of quality quite equalto any s-,ort cot
ton of tine United States. Twenty years agC
the ARRIVAL in Russia of a caravan from Asi.
was regarded as an extraordinary event
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

NIKE yourself necessary, young man,
and your success is CERTAIN Billings.
THE young man now counteth his
dimes and resolveth to remain single
another year, while the over-confdent
maiden sigheth and keepetb late hours
in the meantime.
SAYS the Hawkeyc; We came across
an old hunting song the other day and
the refrain ran thus: "The hunter
winds his mellow horn, tira la, tira-la,
tira.la, a." Wretchedly poor imitation.
1t should read to keep up with the
times: "The hunter winds his mellew
horn, guggeiy, gugglety, glug, glug,
glug,"
WHlEgirls unquestionably have their
uses in the economy OF nature, and pos
sess merits exclusively their own, it may
be boldly asserted that they are totally
unti. TO pursue in company with young
men the studies which constitute the
| curriculum OF every respectable college.
One of the es rlicst studies of the freshman
year is the art Of getting the janitor's
COW into the fourth story Of the dormi.
tory. This can be readily mastered by
any young man Of good abilities and
habits OF industry and perseverance; but
between girls and cows there is a great
gulf fixed. The girl, from her earliest
youth. looks upon the COW as ferocious
beast, prone to keep young ladies in the
air in positions fatal to the arrangement
of the back hair. To suppose that three
or four young lady students are capable
of the complicated pushing and pulling
necessary to induce COW to climb
several flights of stairs is to suppose that
the natural feminine fear of cows can be
eradicated by the mere process OF ma.
circulation. Thus We see that one of
the very easiest OF college studies is quite
beyond the range Of the female INSTINCT
IN. Y. Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
Last Hours OF Victor Emanuel.

The last hour of the kings lie was
filed with peculiarly distressing scenes.
The Princess Margherita was wild with
grief. and had to be taken forcibly away
from the couch. The king in feeble voice
said to her.
"Why do you weep, my child; don't
Won know that sooner or lister all must
die ?"
A little later, "a the members of bis
civil and military household passed be-
fore him to bid him farewell, lie saw the
strong men convulsed with sobs and said,
with much dignity:
"Don't cry. Kings, as well as other
people, are mortal"
Shortly before the king brea,hed bis
last the physicians endeayored TO prevent
his wish to be seated in chair. They
advised him TO remain in bed, but he
said n
81 bsg Of you, my friends, let me die
in my own fashion" l.,
AID they concluded that they, would.
TO Prince Hunbert he said 1n. thi rr
sion his words has been autho'i.ea
"Ho.d frm and good, and iovs %
equal love couu,ry, libei " and reiigioh'
y Letter 10 the Boston Journal
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

full instrument); second, the paddle
(an instrument used to beat prisoners on
the bare flesh, inilicting intense suffer
ing); third, the stretcher' (Which Il
equal to the rack of olden times.) The
mans feet are fastened To the floor he il
handculied, and by a rope drawn up to
the ceiling as tightly as possible. From
five to twenty minutes of this would
make any one weaken fourth, alcohol Is
poured on the prisoners back and sci or
fire. In one case man was twice
burned in succession 80 that the hair on
his body cracked, and he was twice put
on the stretcher; fifth, the douche,
which consists of pouring water from
hose on the naked bodies Of prisoners
This creates the most agonizing pain, and
is apt to produce insanity"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

A new coating for the bottom of iron
ships consists of brown paper attached by a
suitable cement. It is the invention of au
English sea captain, and the substance he
proposes TO use is preparation OF j,apier.
ndche. II is stated that weeds and barna-
special cement by which the paper is Sc
cured, may he applied cold, hardens under
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
WAR IN THE EAST.

The London Globe says that Osman
pasha will certainly be court martialed this
or next month. He is charged with burying
Russian prisoners alive. The Russians are
so exasperated against him that he rarely
leaves his lodgings. The police are nstruc'
ted to prevent a public demonstration against
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21
FACTS AND FANCIES.
The Roots of the HO'cs,
ny ALiCE CARY,

ny ALIcE CARY.
The leaves are fading and falling,
The winds are rough and wild,
The birds have ceased their calling,
But let me tell you, my child,
though day by day, rs 1t closes,
Doth darker and colder grow,
The roots Of the bright re IoIes
VIII kc p alive In the snow
And when the winter II over,
The bouehs viii get new leaves,
The quai comes back 10 the clover,
rhe swallow back TO the caves.
The robin viii wear on his bosom
The vest that ~ bright and new,
And the liyeliest wnysidc blossom
VIII shine with Hun ana dow.
So, when some dear JOY loses
Its beauteOls summer z Ow,
Think how the roots OF the roses
Are kept alive in tho snowl
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

The mud blockade Of January taught
the world that agriculture wasthe ct rnsr.
stone of all other industries. Cut off the
farmers stores from the world for six
months and it would nearly perish.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

The public debt statement for January
places the total amount of the debt,
including interest, at $2,2l5, 5,455,S ,S45.
Cash in treasury, $l71,l6S,470. Debt,
less cash in treasury, $2,O44,2S7, 1865.
Decrease during the month, 81 l,66S, ,O76.
Decrease since January 80, 1877, Sl5,.
$40 857
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

A PLEASANT place in which to study
human nature is the New Jersey state
prison An account of the tanning pro.
cess in that institution says: "There
is, first, the boot-heel.gag.o Ia very pain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

A BILL for the suppression of tramps
is before the Maryland legislature. 1t
provides that any wandering, INDECENT,
and unemployed person may be sentenced
by a justice of the peace to six months
imprisonment. The tramp thus dealt
with is to be put to WORK but before the
committal he may have, if he desires it,
q trial by Jury.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-21

The dissatisfaction felt with the report
of the Canadian fisheries commission is
so great and general that congress will
not confirm it. 1t will be attacked in
both houses as unjust, unreasonable anc
not based on facts, As the whole matter
has to be ratified by congress before it
can have any force, or before the award
can become due, it may be taken for set
tied that the result of the commissions
labors is as good as thrown away.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-02-15
A Millionaire Convict,

Jneoh Hnnizineer. of Pottsyillc, be-
gan life m u poor but energetic and
ln.nurions l,oy. liz male money. mar.
vbed thrifty vile, wen. into timber.
land mi ralli.ry speculations, grew
rich. anil was mean - mise rliness, At
length liz determined ~ 20 into banking
liz changed fhe life ANIL Fealtl lnsnr-
anee Company into the Miners Life IN.
snrnnru andl Trust Company, WA elected
President, md bought Ny the most 81
the stock. Doposits POURED In, anl the
profits wcrc enormous, thu dividends
ranging ftoin II 10 A, per cent. These
dividends were not, However, earned.
The repnted millionaire made mnlnrky
tnyrssncnle, and saved himself from
tnin by mirlising The funds ~ tho hank.
liz tried to conceal the truth by keeping
NJ the Ing dividends. bnt, when con.
svelm.nt wnr feD lDnger possible, thr
bau.s suspended. The Developments
showed rystomnt.c franl IN the part u
Hnni1lneer, fh4 President. and his ron,
the cashier. They wurr indicted, con.
vieted, sentenced ~ two ycnrH In jail,
anl, Il, tin rge III three. sc0se.nnd.tnn,
Jaco' Hnnszinprr III IN 4 prison eell,
and his non " In another.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-02-15


CAnprTs having small figures arc fnxh.
ioiMilc.
Pm. orrin.root powder In q harmless
md agreeable tootl.powlcr.
RAiriss arr rendered quito digcasiblc
Ii boiled Or steamed before using them
In cakes Or pies.
To nwgRrEx tho breath, pour lew
drops III tinctnrc Oh myrrli into wiic-
glas. ~ water aud garglc thc mouth
thoroughly will, II.
AN i.len for mothers. haste pieces IL
necIlr-work on the bottom ~ childicu's
cloaks. thin takes thu place Ut white
dress In tho street, nna IN far more cnsy
10 10 mp.
10 Destroy CocKhoAcnEn. -~Wlierc
bornx and inseci-powtlcr have failssl To
cxtrminnte euckronclicH, sprinkle this
floor with powdered white hellebOre;
they will eat II and be poisoned Ivy Il.
JuMnLgs. Lone cnpfnl sugar anil one
oi good butter, rubbed ~ cream, one.
half cnpfnl sonr cream, ono well.Dcaten
egg. one tcaspo0nful VI soda dissolved In
very little hot water. flavor will, mt
meg; silt flour enough, 10 make soft
douRh of bmttcr.
Gloon BAKED HAN. boil the ham I'LL
nearly done. remove the skin AMI cover
with 4 layer ri grated bread crumbs
seasoned will, sugar and very little
pepper, and bake IN hour IN III oven hot
enough 10 brown tllc crumbs Tho ham
nlionllho raised from the pan IN which
II III baked. TINT II may not taste ~ "
fried IN the fat whiei may cxudc from II.
Fnrir OM CrmnAsT CAKE. --Cnrranls
~ cilr0n for cnkr should mt b. rolled
In -four Int drcslged Or welt nprinklr,l
with Eift1l Hour, having first made tho
fruit ~ Try IN possible: that N, after
washing AMI draining tho cnrrnntH, dry
/ them IN thc stove aud while warm and
/ dry dreIgc them with hiftrd -four iunt
before adding them Nh the cnkc, md the
fruit should DE- thu latt thing added.
/ 10 HtD 4 liounE vnoM ljEDnuas. .
Take I'D cents worth IL quicksilver and
lilr white III nii cKg; heat them wall %.
grtl,0r until tl,v quicksilver IN likr hna
pepper III through thc cgg. II may
take nne hour 81 beat. do not lxc ail
reg. hrater, for the silver IL poisonous.
Then apply the mixture with i feather
10 MI cracks ~ places whore there Mre
any hugs. This, II perscvcrcd Ii. In 4
certain remedy.
CrHATE'H pt1DDiNn. - Beat the yrlks
~ twoeNgs with two ounces u flour and
one Tablespoonful u milk ses hall pint
NJ milk, lacking thu table spoonful, on
ttM nre, with two onncea ~ sugar and
two u butter: make them hit. but 10 no,
let them boil; WHEN the -four nnd egg,
sr beaten quite fipDOti add thu l,0i
milk, rte, alro the wl,ittR ~ tI,c cggn,
beaten very light. Mix thoroughly and
pour into four sauc.rs, butt rcd aud
heated hot; bake twenty minutes In i
quick oven. When cooked light brown
color lay two ~ tiien ON dish spread
With plum " other jam, place the other
two Of, top nni serve nj once.
/ CuHE ron EAnAnng. = Put about -four
drops II landannm nnd four drops a
best Kerosene oil Into tcnsl opn; put Ii
q little bit ~ r0ttOn-bntting about
enough ~ absorb tic mixture: hold thu
spoon nni contents over lighted Gan.
lie or gss.light iii Il begins 10 hiss viii,
tho heat; tnrn tic cotton over; apply
spoon aud contents once more " tha