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MASONIC.

MASONIC.
at Masonic Hall, No. 95 Exchange Street.
YORK RITES.
BLUE LoDGE-Ancient Land Mark first Wednes-
Gay; Portland, second Wednesday; Atlantic, third
CHAPTERs-GreenleafR R. A. c., first Monday; Mt.
Vernon. r. A. c., third Monday.
CogNcrL-Portland c. R. q s. Masters, second
Monday.
COMMANDMENTS OF K. Portland, fourth Mon
nay st. Adams, second Thursday.
GRAND BoDIEs-Grand Lodge, first Tuesday in
May Grand Chapter, first Tuesday evening in May;
Grand Council, Wednesday 8 p. m. Grand Com
mandery, Wednesday evening.
MAsoNIo RELIEF AssoCIATIoN-Fourth Wednes-
day in every month.
foRTLAND SCHOOL OF MASONIC INSTRUCTION.
second and fourth Tuesday Of each month.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITES,
LoDGE-Yates Grand Lodge of Perfection, first
Friday.
CoUScr-Portland Council p. Of j. second Fri
day
CHApTER-Dunlap Chapter Rose Croix de Il.
Friday.
CoNsIsToRY-ManeC onsistory, S. P. R. S., fourth
Friday in March, June, September and December.
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KID GLOVES, spring shades, fine quality,
$1.25 warranted. Corsets, white and colored,
so cents. good ones. 81. 1. Nelson & Co., 443
Congress street, Harrington Block.
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/. o. o. r.

Al Odd Felloacs' Hall, Harrington Block, Congress
Street.
RELIEF AssoCIATIoN-Third Tuesday in the
month.
LoDGEs-Maine, on Monday evenings; Ancieny
Brothers, on Thursday evenings; Ligonia, on Friday
evenings; Beacon. on Tuesday evenings; Unity, No.
3, on Wednesday evening; Ivy, d. Off,, second and
fourth Saturday of each month.
ENcAMPMENT-M achigonne, first and third We'd
nesday; Eastern Star, second and fourth Wednes-
day; Portland first and third Friday; Falmouth,
No IL, first and third Tuesdays.
BENEFIT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Directors meet
first Monday evening of each month. Association
meetsfirst Monday evening of January, April, July
and October
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TEMPLARs OF HONOR.

at Templars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Monday in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
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FURNITURE |

For the next sixty DAYS we shall
Sesl all kinds Offurniture at q low.
er price than Ii has ever been of.
tered in this city. Any one think.
ing of purchasing any kind Of
furniture about the first of April
or May. can by buying OF ms new
very much larger interest than
they can get i'm any other way. Our
stock Is full and complete. All
furniture not manufactured by us
has been bought for cash and we
Will sell at prices that defy cOmpes
titiOn. Please give us a call.
GEORGE A. WHITNEY & CO.,
No. 46 ExchanE ST
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what methods, profitable enough to be
readily followed comfortable and healthy
dwellings for working people could be
furnished in and near Boston. Three
such experiments, namely, the hiring, the
buying, and the building, of tenement
houses, have been entered upon. Perhaps
the most interesting act the corporation
has performed is the hiring Of a q place
called the Crystal Palace: i This build
ing was selected s.as the abode of filth,
robbery. drunkenness and prostitution,
Under the rule Of The company the follow
ing excellent results have. been obtained:
The building outside, Instead of being a
disgrace to the street by its filthy look
has neat appearance.
1t has changed its name, and now instead
OF the name of contempt Crystal Palace,
it is styled the Lincoln Building. Before
coroparhon entered, riot, murder and ar
rests tor drunkenness and family broils
were of constant occurrance. All is now
changed. The trade of the police is viz
tually gone. The chief Of the district re-
ports that during two months he heard of
no complaints there. The grog-shcp that
had existed from the time of the erection
of the building was swiftly swept away.
A Helly-nee Coffee house has taken its
place. The basement tenments taken
were shut up Immediately after the COM
pany took possession. Very large shafts
have been cut through all the doors, wi h
ventilators above them, and rooms that
have never had light and air have now
suficiencY OF both,"
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class. This is not always accounted for,
as might have bcen expccted-by there
having been less drink produced insanity
among the well-to-do patients, for, in the
Royal Edinburgh Asylum, where this
disparity strongly comes out, there is
even higher percentage Of insanity from
this cause among the private than the
pauper lunatics: The history Of the daily
mode of life Of many members of the
Stock Exchange would reveal, in the
matter Of diet, an amount
Of alcoholic inhibition in the form of
morning ''nips," wine at luncheon and
it dinner, difficult to realize by many of
less porous constitutions, and easily ex-
planning the disastcrous results which in
many Instances follow, sooner or later, as
respects disturbances of the nervous sys-
TEN, in one form or other. In fact, by
the time dinner is due the stomach is in
despair, and its owner finds it necessary
to goad lost appetite by strong spirits
ending with black coffee and some LIQUOR.
When either dyspepsia or over-business
work is set down as the cause of the in
sanity of such individuals it should be
considered what influence the amount of
alcohol imbibed has exerted upon the
final catastrophe, as we'll as the assigned
cause. But whatever may be the relative
amount of insanity produced among the
affluent and the poor, Of this there can be
no doubt, that certain mcn,al causes OF
lunacy, as over-study, and business wor
ry: produce more insanity among the
upper than the lower classes.-Popular
Science MonthLv.
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Milwaukee Produce Market.

GRAIN-Wheat, opened unsettled and closed
firm; No. hard $l.15; No. 81. IA; No. 2 81 10;
February $1.o9X; March 81 .09I; April S1.1015;
No. $i.0315. Corn, scarce and wanted No. 2
nominal at 44c. Oats, steady; No. 2 Csc. Rye,
scarce and firm; No. SEC. Barley, dull and de-
pressedNo. March 52]4c; April 53%@55c.
OVISIONS-Nominally unchanged; mess
pork steady at 5000. Lard, prime steam
$3.50; kettle $7.6219.
Chicago Produce Market
GRAIN-Wheat, excited, higher and unset
tied; opened strong and higher and closed at
inside prices; No. Chicago $1.lO1@1.11; No.
Chicago gilt edge $l.10M regular; $1.09%
cash and March; 81. 10 April; sales at 5000
1.115a April; No. ) Chicago $1.O4@1.O4111; re-
jected 91c. Corn, demand active; opened
strong and higher, and closed at inside prices
gilt edge 4sc; regular 1910 cash, March and
April; 1870 May; rejected 36@3615c. Oats,
dull and unchanged; 25c cash; 24%c March;
4e9c April; 27a6@271 May. Rye, fairly &C.
tive and shade higher. a;5 &c: Barley, good de.
mand and prices shade higher at 47c.
PROV1SlONS-Pork, steady, with fair de-
mand $l0.25 cash; &10.40@10.4215 April
$lU.57115 May. Lard steady and in fair de.
mand, at $7.25 cash; $7.s5@7371S April; $7.4
@7.47Y May. Bulk meats, steady and in fail
demand.
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the grim humor of the American soldier.

the grim humor of the American soldier.
+ "As rule Lincoln wrote his most i'm
portant letters with his own hand. Some
of these, perhaps the most of them, were
read over to confidential friends, and
were corrected or modified before being
One by one all the comforts of this
life are :aken away from the toiling mil
lions. It used to be great consolation
to US in our poverty that none of our itch
neighbors could ever get to heaven. Now,
alas we arc assured there is no place else
for them to 60 to. o, woful times! O,
wrctched, harsh, and inconsiderate world !
ent. He kept copies of all letters of mo-
ment, and even some of these copies he
had made himself with painstaking care
In his Office in the public wing of the
White House was little cabinet, the in
terror divided into pigeon-hcles. The
pigeon-Eoles were lettered in alphabet
cal order, but a few were devoted to in
dividuals. Horace Greedy, remember.
had a pigeon-hole by himself; so did
each of the several generals who wrote
often to him. One compartment, labeled
'W.&W.,' excited my curiosity, but ne
yer inquired what it meant, and, one
night being sent to the cabinet for let
ter which the President wanted, he said,
Il see you looking at my'W. & w. Can
you guess what that stands FORE Of course
it was useless to guess. We'll, said he,
with roguish twinkle Of the eve, that's
Weed and Wood-Thurlow and Fernan-
dy.' Then he added with an indescriba-
bic chuckle, That's pair of 'em'
"A remarkable and highly characteris-
tic letter Of Lincoln's was one which he
wrote to General Hooker Just after the
lat er had taken command Of the army of
the Potomac. 1t was quite long, occupy
ing nearly four pages oflarge letter paper
and written entirely in the presidents
own hand. In this letter the good Lin
coin advised Hooker in the most kindly,
even affectionate manner, not in respect
to military affairs, but as to his personal
conduct. alluding particularly to certain
traits of character which, the president
gently intimated, became faults when
made too prominent. 1t was just such a
letter of loving counsel as father might
write to son-a letter to be forever
priced by its recipient. Some weeks af-
ter this was written accompanied the
President to the army of the Potomac,
then lying at Falmouth. We were enter
tained at Hooker's, headquarters. One
night, Hooker and I being alone in his
hut, the general standing with his back
to the fireplace, alert, handsome, full of
courage and confidence, said laug ghingl1 !:
B, the President says you know
about that letter he wrote me. on
taking command; Then he added,
with that charming assurance which be-
came him 50 we'll: after I have been to
Richmond am going to have that let
ter printed 1t is a good letter; it is a
pity that it never was printed"
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Choking.

Choking is 10y no means uncommonto the
horse. 1t may arise from various causes,
from the existence of tumors, or the re-
suit Of strangles. But choking proper is
caused by the impaction of food in the
pharynx, or in the gullut just below it,
when the "hi gh choke" can be recognized.
When choking results from stoppage in
the position above named, the animal
gives evidence of great suffering, dis
charge flows from the nostrils, and froth
appears over the mouth and lips; the eyes
assume contested and anxious express
sion, the breathing becomes laborious, tc-
tanic SYMPTOMS Of the neck are associated
with efforts to vomit, and give evidence
that the attempts of the horse to remove
the offending impaction are futile. But
relief must be afforded, and that quickly,
if life is to be preserved, which can be
attempted by placing balling iron in
the mouth, and then by passing the hand
to the pharynx, when sometimes the oh.
struction can be reached and brought
away with the fingers; at othar times it
cannot.
When such is the case thick piece of wire
terminating with hook, adapted both as
regards length and curvature of hook,
must be carefully worked behind the
impeachment, of whatever nature it
maybe, and then in one mass,
or bit by bit, It must be taken
away from tn gullet. Sometimes the OBJ
strucktion consists of some hard substance
such as an egg, which may wholly ac-
cupy the pharyngeal opening. When
such is the case it will be useless to at
tempt its removal with a hook; a large
darning needle, or better still fine tro-
Car, can be driven into the subsistence
when tho contents Of the egg can be
evacuated the she'll broken down, and
symptoms of the " high chockc' will
subside and olmost Immediately disappear.
When an obstruction occuls at the tho
racic end Of the gullet--i. e., just before
its entrance into the stomach-it is call
ed the 'low choke" the SYMPTOMS of
which are not SO violent as those occa-
stoned when food is impacted near the
pharynx. The horse the subject of it
evinces signs of distress-he breatlles la
boriously, and arches his back; as he at
tcmpts to swallow water it is returned by
the nostrils; when an attempt is made to
eat an effort to vomit follows, associated
with tetanic spasaras Of the ctrevical
muscles. immediately on the appear
ance Of these symtoms administer to the
horse quarter ola pint of linseed oil
and afterwards pass the proi,ang down to
the Gsophagus: and when the offending
substance has been reached maintain
steady pressure until it has been driven
bodily into Or dispersed bit by bit into
the stomach. About an hour after the
probaug has been withdrawn, place q
branm before your patient. 1t he
eats without exhibiting any inclination
to vomit, you may rest assured that the
horse has been successfully unchoked
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Homes for the Poor.
Harper's Magazine.

Harper's Magazine.
Miss Octavia Hills "organized work
among the poor" proves to be the one
lever by which order may he brought out
Of chaos. It Is impossible to give full
picture of her labors, but the main features
of her work will be understood, we thirk,
if we should suppose lady of our &C.
quantence to buy one of the worst dens at
Five Points or in North street, and be-
come the landlady of such tenements, TAX
ing her chance of the thieves and cut
throats who haunt these localities. No
go.between is employed, the lady calls
weekly for her own rents. She gives no
charity, but by her attempts to give the
people work and to further their welfare
inspires confidence in her sympathy.
This is Miss Hills plan, and the details
of her success are worthy the profound
study of every man or woman who de-
sires to help the needy and unfortunate.
Philadelphia is the paradise of working
man. That city seems to bear the palm
palm not only comfortable tenements, but
for cooperative companies, which work
to great advantage to the laboring classes.
Not one of the smallest Of the good ends
achieved by the Centennial Exhibition
was q more extended knowledge of the
humanity and wisdom of Phila delphia in
this particular. The phrase "poor work
ing-man is hardly known in that favor
ed city. Mr.. Josiah Quincy, who has
labored most earnestly for a better con-
dition of the working people, says he was
long ignorant of the cause of this desi-
rable state Of the laboling men of Phila-
delphia, until he discovered that there
existed within its limits five hundred
loan and building associations.
Apart from new tenement-houses for
the poor, there was started in Boston, as
direct result of DR.. Bowditch's efforts,
in April, 1872, the Boston Cooperative
Building Company: in order to ascertain,
by some we'll considered experiments, by
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AT recent reception in Paris the q1es
ton was, "Where is sStanley2" Everybody
was asking it with eyes or lips. There;
the shortish man talking to the lady"
"What, the one with the white hair? Why
he must be fifty and thought Stanley
was young" "Wait till you see his
face" And certainly there was youth
enough in that, unlimited "go" in the
piercing glance of the dark eyes. The
contrast between the white hair and
black moustache is most striking. The
traveller looks like young English bar
rister in horseha,r wig, or say one of the
powdered Garde Franchise of tn. old re-
gime. But the powder he wears is from
Times toilet-table, and it will last him
to the day of his death.
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Reminlscence Of Lincoln.

We copy from advance sheets of fScrib-
ner's Monthly the following passages from
"Personal "reminiscences of Lincoln" bv
Noah Brooks:
''Lincoln particularly liked joke atthc
expense of the dignity of some high civil
or military official, One day, not long
before his second Inauguration, he asked
me if I had heard about Stanton's meet
ing a picket on Broad liver, South Caro-
lima, and then told this story: Gen. Fos-
ter, then at Port Royal, escorted the sec
retary up the river, taking a quarter
masters tug. Reaching the outer lines
on the river, picket roared from the
bank, who have you got on board that
tug?' The severe and dignified answer
was, The secretary Of war and Major
General Foster Instantly the picket
roard back, We've got major generals
enough up here---why don't you bring US
up some hard tack?' The story tickled
Lincoln nightly, and he told it until il
was replaced by a new one.
"Anything that savored of the wit an d
humor of the soldiers was especially vel.
com to Lincoln. His fondness forgood sto
ries is we'll accepted tradition. but any
incident that showed that the boys were
full and jolly in all their pEivations
seemed to commend itself to him. HI
used to say that the grim grotesqueness
and extravaganza of American bumo,
were its most striking characteristics
There was story of soldier IN the ar.
my Of the Potomac; carried to the rear ot
battle with both legs shot of, who, seeing
ap1c woman lowering about, asked, Say,
old lady. are them pies sewed or pcgged?
And there was another one of a soldie,
at the battle of Charlottesville, whose
regiment, waiting to be called into the
fight, was taking coffee. The hero o
the story put to his lips a crockery mug
which he had carried with infinite care
through several campaigns. A stray
bullet, just missing the coffee-drinker's
head, dashed the mug into fragments and
left only its handle in his fingers. Turn.
ing his head in that direction, the soldier
angrily growled, Johnny, you can't dc
that again!' Lincoln, relating these two
stories together, said, 1T seems as j
neither death nor danger could quench
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Insanity Among the Higher Glasses.

Having referred to the bearing of the
habits of one large portion of the pupula-
ton upon the manufacture of ofinsanitY> we
pass on to the consideration of the rela-
ton between higher grades of modern
society and mental disorder. 1t has been
observed in institutions into which: pri-
vate and pauper patients are admitted,
that the moral or physical causes of lun-
acy are more frequently the occasion Of
the attack with the former than the latter
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Funeral Of the Late Reni. Wade.

The funeral of the late Senator Wade,
at Jefferson, Ohio, was largely attended. The
exercises at the late residence of the deceased
consisted Of reading from the scriptures and
brief address by Rev. DR.. Dickinson, pastor
of the Congregational church of the village
and a short prayer by G. s. shipman, of Girard
Pa. Unitarian church. Resolutions of respect
adopted by the Ohio Legislature were read,
and an address delivered by Hon. s. A North
way on behalf Of the bar Of Ashtabula. The
remains were then removed to the village
cemetery for interment. The pail bearers were
Hon. Fl. 0. Fitch: and Henry Fassett, ,Ashtabula
Hon. A. kellogg and N. E. French, of Jefferson
Judges Ranney, Tilden and Caldwell, of Clc,e-
land and Hon. H. Chandler, of Michigan.
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SteR1mb mbO9t sunk .

The steamboat Shannon, from Quachita
river,w 900 bales of cotton ,collided with the
monitor Canonicus, ,near New Orleans, La and
sank in few minutes. Captain Depart thinks
no lives are lost. The Cauonicus is at anchor
in the river, at the foot of Canal street. THIS
is the second steamboat sunk by collision
with her. Steamboat men claim the light
displayed by the monitor was insufficient.
60 may bc saved, badly managed. Boat and
cargo valued at 100000
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SuFe1tleA.

The bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Thurman, to prohibit men,
bcrs of Congress from becoming securities on
certain bonds, provides that it shall be unlaw-
full for any Senator or Representative in or
delegate to Congress, to become surety On
any official bond hereafter executed to the
United States or to any officer thereof, or on
any bond hereafter executed by any contract
or with the United States, or with any depart
ment or officer thereof, to secure the perform
ance Of any contract in Which the United
States may be interested, and any such bond
hereafter executed by such Senator or Repre-
sentative, or delegate, as surety shall be null
and void.
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NAILS B1rneA East srCh.eax..

A baggage Car from New York was
burned on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern road on the 11th inst, while as-
preaching Edgerton, about 10 miles East of
Chicago. All the contents were destroyed,
including considerable amount Of mail mat
ter which was in one section of the car The
fire was discovered shortly before arriving at
Edgerton, and when the train stopped at that
place the flames had rendered the use of water
OF no avail. No estimate Of damage can be
made although reports OF heavy losses by
passengers are current. The fire caught from
a candle which was carelessly left burning in
the vicinity Of large pile of pappers. Some
5000 pounds of mial was burned, but there
were no letters, and the mail was chiefly for
Iowa and Nebraska. Among the principal
losers by the destruction of baggage We're NJ
L. Scott and daughter of Erie, 5000 worth of
diamonds; Daniel Dows, New York, valuable
papers and baggage, and many others for less
amounts. The car was formerly in the fast
mail service, and was valued at $4,000.
Decisiens bv Postmaster General.
The postmaster general decided that
members of Congress have q legal right to be-
come sureties on bonds accompanying bids
for mail service. The postmaster general al
so decided that the bid submitted byJ.. B.
Price, citizen OF the State of Missouri, could
not be regarded as invalid, on the ground that
bis wife, who is one of the surctics thereon,
is possessed of sufficient property in her own
right. Another decision OF interest rendered
by the postmaster general is to the effect that
certain bidders of Messrs. Brott, of Texas, and
Price, of Missouri, who are not actual owners
of steamboats, cannot be awarded contracts
for steamboat mail service and are not re.
licved from the prohibition Of the law Oh this
subject by showing that they have secured
chatter Of parties for the use of steamboats,
conditional upon obtaining mail contracts.
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CQhan Items or News.

Heavy inundations are reported in the
Cuban district, damaging the sugar crop. A
water spout near Madruga destroyed four
plantations. The insurgent chief, Esten Arias
with seven hundred men, surrendered the 4th
INST, in the neighborhood of Yara. The same
day at Trocha, Jose Gomez and $50 persons
gave themselves up. surrenders continue
with perfect harmony between spaniards and
Cuba
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ApprOati0ns tor 1873.

The following are the appropriations
made by the Legislature of 1873 and the
standing appropriations which are drawn
annually under previous legislation:
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Suicide for Jeal0uSy.

Mrs. Kaiser, wife Of A. Kaiser, a prom
inent business man of Burlington, Iowa, com.
mitted suicide by taking mo.phine. The testi.
mony at the inquest developed the fact that
she had contemplated self-destruction for
some time. Jealousy and imaginary wrongs
on the part of her husband were the causes.
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About seven weeks since Miss Ella
Schultze, aged Is years, suddenly disappeared
from her adopted home with Henry c. Buell.,
q wealthy farmer living near Geneva Lake.
Wis. Deligent search was made, but no trace
of her whereabouts were discovered until on
the 9th inst, her lifeless body was found in a
water hole near Caledonia station, Boone
county, ILL.,, twenty-five miles away from
home. A corners jury pronounced it a case
of suicide.