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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-12-16
AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.


OFFICE Hours.
For delivery OF letters, from 700 A. Nj. to 900
r. NJ.
On SUNDAYS. from 9.l5 A. NJ. to 1915 A. NJ.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Boston, Portland and West, 2.55 A. Nj. $40 and
Bangor, 2.55 A. NJ. and 1925 p. NJ.
European u n. A. Il. r., 2.55 A. Nj.
Lewiston and Auburn, $40, u and 800 7 NJ.
B.tn and Rockland, $40 and sos 2. Nj.
K R)chlard stage, via Washington, Is L. NJ.
WalGoboro stage, via Jefferson, i Z. M.
Belgrade, West Watervile, Norridgewock and
Ma u.... 80 Z. NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth, 8 Z. NJ.
FArunpgton stage via Readheld. 2.3O p II.
Belfast, 200 A. NJ. and .25 +. NJ.
Is Hast stage, II NJ.
S-owhtgan, l2.25 z NJ
Grand Trunk X. Il and Canada, 2.jJ 4 M. and
$40 Z. NJ.
Sol .isls home II NJ. and 200 T. Nj.
MAILS CLOSE.
Portland, Boston and West, 5.35 a. NJ, l2.lj
ami 10 Z. NJ.
Bangor, $50 and 10 P. NJ.
European " y. y X. X. 10 Z. NJ.
Lc ..,to.. ana AubuIn, o.3j, 10 "A. Nj. and l2.l5
7. NJ.
B.,n and Kockland, 535 a. NJ. and l2.l5
Z. "a
Il >.and stage, via Washington, 700 A. NJ
" ,,. obvio stage, VIA Jefferson, 100 A. NJ
Be.-radl, Nest Waterville, NorrldgewocA, aud
Na1s Ii, l.l5 +. NJ
W,uturop and Monmouth, 1000 n. NJ.
ia u.n-tOu stage via Readhed, lilo L. Nj.
Belfast, $50 L. NJ. and 1000 L. Nj.
Bcuast a,age $50 L. Nj.
Skowhcgan, 5.3O L. NJ, and 1000 L. NJ.
G.ard Trunk x. H. and Canada, go . NJ,
II - and 10 Z. NJ
soldiers Home, I A. NJ. and $50 z. NJ.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE.
Drop Letters, per IL OF. | cent.
Mail l.etters, per l-2 OF. cents.
Book, transient newspapers, and other transient
pc uted aattcI Except un5eaed cucularsl IN pack
av,s not exceeding BIS. IL weight, per ounces,
cent.
Unseaed circulars, merchandise, and samples,
in pAcA, lc- not exceeding lbs. In weight, per
ounce, cent.
wrappeI that 1t can be examined, and must COL
tain no writn9 whatever, except as follows
Tn. sender of any article OF third class mall
mater may write hi or her name or address
therein. OF the outside thereof, with the word
Ufrom" above or preceding the same, or may
write briefly or print on any package The number
An names OF the articles incosed.
Liquids, glass and explosive chemicals are ex-
cluded IRON the mails.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE,
4Especla attention called to the Money Order
system IA, a safe and cheap method OF transmitting
small sums OF money through the maiis. Orders
are ISSUED tor amounts not exceeding $50. Larger
amounts can be sent to the same person at the
same time by additional orders.
RATES.
Orders not exceeding Sl6, l0cents
over SIS and not exceeding $50, Is
$50 I" I" $40, 20 "
$40 d" $50, rs
money orders are also drawn by this office on
Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and
Italy.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
Letters, ami other valuable packages, may be
registered to any post-ofce in the United States,
on the payment of postage and fee of ten
cents. HOhACE IL. HAMLEN' l. ~
Oct. 7, 1873.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-12-16

IMMoRTELLE and EVERLASTING wreaths
crosses and decorations, in rich and novel de
signs never before seen in this market, for Chris,
mas and the Holidays, at PARTRIDGE's Dru :,
Store.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Our First Chinaman.

The first Chinaman who came tn
America, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle, was Chum Ming, in 1847. He
was native merchant OF Mai Sang. q
province of Canton, intelligent and an.
terprising. He went into the mountains
and finding gold, wrote to a friend
Cheong Yum, in f84S about the new
country. Cheone Yum Immediately
came to the Pacific slope, but before do.
ing so told number of his countrvmen
of the discovery of gold in America r.
was then that the Cinnamon began 70
flock to the Pacific coast. There were
at that time no steamers to bring them
so they came in sailing vessels. In 1s4o
the Argonauts began to arrive from tho
east and at that time the Chinese iuAnx
was mere drop in the bucket. Within
the next four years the arrivals of Mon.
golians became more frequent and 4
larger proportions, 50 that in 1852 there
were 4 900 on the coast, of whom 2 0oo
lived in San Francisco. As soon AZ ~
tide of Chinese emigration set in toward
California the Yeong Wo and the Kono
ghew, the first two OF the present i,
companies began the business Of sddip.
the shipments,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
sPoRTNFLoRIDA.
wills Beasts Seeking the Ocean Beach The
Flights OF Game and Song Birds
Clouds OF Mosquitoes and
Other Annoying

The approach of the summer months
nm the eastern coast of Florida develops
q new source of amusements to sporting
gentlemen. Bears leave the inland set
Elements and gather On the ocean beach.
They Iuxuriate upon king crabs, turtle
eggs, and great fish stranded on the
shore. They find fish toothsome deli
cacy, and supplement it with dessert of
raw palmetto berries, The beach is one
vast thicket of pslmettos. The berries
are as large as the end of mans thumb,
and very nutritious and fattening.
Pumas and tiger cats also frequent the
beach in the summer months. They
spbsist on crabs and fish, and frequently
nail the young deer that browse upon
the mangrove buds. The islands skirt
;no the inner rim of the beach line are
covered with mangroves, and while the
bnds are tender, deer throng to them by
hundreds. The water surrounding these
Islands is shoaI, and immense salt water
marshes stretch north and south very
rear them. In early spring these
marshes are alive with widgeon, green
rinoed teal, mallards and other ducks.
kThey are favorite feeding grounds fol
English and yellow-legged snipe, and
countless snowy sherons fock to them
AZ ths season advances the ducks snd
ships wing their way north, snt
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Miscellaneous.

Lyman Sanford, of Prattsburg, Steu-
ben county, n. Y, has eve that this
spring produced five lambs ct birth, all
Of which are of fair size all are nursed
by their dam, and are doing well.
1t is fact first observed and made
Down by an English farmer and agri-
cultural writer Mr. John Hannam--
recently diseased widely confirmed
by many experiments during several
years past, that the later stages of the
ripening process diminish the proportion
o -four and nutritive value OF the
wheet =. me to secure the best
grain is when the kernel is still soft
enough to be crushed, but is compare
lively free from moisture, and breaks into
meal between the thumb~nails- II Ameri-
can Agriculture.
Commenting on report against the
patent COW mixer, published in the
New York Tribune fortnight ago, the
Toronto Globe remarks that sit scsrcely
needed the emphatic condemnation of an
assembly of practical farmers to show
the invention up in its true colors," as
nothing is better known than that it is
a matter of exceeding difficulty to keep
clean India rubber tubes through which
milk flows, and this objection alone il
sufficient to neutlalize all the good that
the milking mschine could accomplish y
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Burdette Sees the Eclipse,

[R. ]. Burdettes TraVel-Letter in Burlington
HswkeYe-I
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern railway company wrote a new
aud decidedly novel page in the records
of railroad enterprise. For the first
time the company furnished its passeR-
gers with smoked glass and held the
train while they looked at an eclipse of
the sun. 1t was Ogden's idea. The
glass was cut in Burlington, smoked in
the express car and, when the sun, OPP
pressed BY the heat, began to creep into
the shade, every man and woman on the
train blacked his or her nose with one
corner of the glass and watched the
eclipse through the other. The train
stopped and we got out. There was so
much smoked glass around that it made
all that part of the country dark long
before the eclipse. We turned our ex~
pectant faces toward the sun and kept
them there. Presently, with a crash
that was heard distinctly by all the ex>
eursionists, the shadow fell upon the
sun and dark spot on its bright surface
showed that the trouble had COM
menced. This was the only point
in the United States in which the noise
of the eclipse could be heard and the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
people had very carefully timed the ar
rival of the train at this point. Tn
dark spot grew darker and larger and
went tearing across the sun with rasp~
ing, grating sound that would have been
very annoying if it had not been so
wonderful. The shadow did not move
directly across the face of the sun, as was
the case from all other points of obser
walton. but at times dancing rapidly up
and wriggled itself violently from side
to side to the great amazement of the
Messengers. Vulcan was very plainly Wis
ible throughout the eclipse. 1t is a
large star, very enterprising and pro-
gressive, and contains two saw mills,
school house, eighteen stores, three
churches and twenty-nine saloons.
During the eclipse, and while the shadow
WAS at its darkest, most remarkable in
cident occurred, of which / have noticed
no account elsewhere. We saw the man
in the moon. Suddenly he grabbed up
q stencil plate, fsttened it against the
| face of the sun, brushed it violently for
a moment, and, as he.snatched it away
there glowed and burned upon the dark
eclipse, in letters of living light, the
words:
600 north by the Iowa route"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23

What kind OF a.shirshas two mates
and NO "a ,,a,,rt.l,s,

What kind OF ashirshas two mates
and no eaptain7 c9urtsbip.
Indians never kits each ,other, and,
having ssen . Few TndiarsS, we can't
blame them. sA'fNskF
II is very good ttiHgt6 mean we'll.
but if you-experf TO ret ,on-in the world
you must also do well Good intentions
pay no debts. -.-----
There is a particular cticring, which
is in woman, powerful above'all beauty,
wit or genius-that stbtIes ,something
whichwe name charm"
We buy our exreriences at a great
price by the time we are fofty, and then
offsr to give them away toyoung friends
of twenty, but can seldom fad any body
who wants them.
There Lasn' been tramp sunstruck
in the United States for more than
six hundred years There is something
for people who work for living to think
about Hawkeye r
T. People who are always longing for
lodge in some vast wilderness wouldn't
be happy if they had one. First thing
they knew they would be bowling for
street car, five cents worth Of fine cut,
and an evening paper.
"A good man was trying to tell his
son that "Order Is heavens first law"
and the young hopeful offered TO lay the
old man stake that heaven had no laws,
no sinners, and nonothing gofevil.-[ Plea
yune. sts'
1t viii be many years before the tel
ephone and the photograph succeeds the
red-hasred woman 03tts -uii1r1pisss
who lives in the center OF the village,
and who inquiries daily over her back
fence what the news il.
"A cheerful wife makes a happy
home, because the emotion is contagious,
and almost unconsciously the household
il happy in response, because'every mem
Der of the family is cheerful by the
genial influence Of the wife and
mother.
The good woman who tieda bunch
of variegated ribbon to the caudal of
her poodle, remarked that il was the
duty OF everyone to do somelhing to-
ward making the world brighter and
better. She might not be able. to point
moral as well as the minister, but she
could discount him at adjoining a tail.
Little Willie p who is about four
years old, was observed recently, by his
father, to be listening TO a neighbor,who
while working in his field just opposite,
was using much profane Language. The
father said to his little boy, ''Willie.
what are you thinking aboutP 81
think" answered Willie, "Mr-
ought to say, for Jesus sake, smen.'"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
VOL. XIV. NO. %.

superseding gas, and wherever it is ex-
tensiyely used the gaslights are extin-
guished. Whether it will ever be used
for indoor lighting is very doubtful, as
1t is too glaring a light when very close
to it, though it is shaded out of doors
with large and heavy frosted shades. For
railroad stations and all central public
places it is superseding gas, but it re-
qaires motive power near at hand to the
candles to keep up a steady current Of
electricity.
There are quite number of electro
cal Illuminating instruments in the ex-
position, but we have not had time yet
to examine them. They blaze away at
all hours of the day, but of course do
not show to advantage in daylight. They
throw out such an intense heat that's such
alight would probably be too oppressive
in doors in summer time
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
The Code 90 honor.

The duello is declining and falling. 1t
has been declining and falling for many
years. Time was when the idle and high
spirited young gsllants used to throng
the Orleans opera house every night,
and when look askance or an unweighed
word brought a prompt def, and an inn
mediate adjournment to the ballroom
across the way, where soon the coliche-
mards would be flashing, anu lamp light
and hot young blood, would have an op-
portunity of cooling itself upon the floor.
In those days everything was referred
to the code, and men grew ornamentally
courteous despite their fierce passions
and volcanic temper Human life went
somewhat cheap, perhaps, and we held
rather lightly the tears of families as
compared with our own humble
conceit or rufied dignity. There
were some compensations, L have
no doubt. We were vastly
more polite, for instance. 1t was dam
gerous in that age for loafers to litter
the baDquettes and the crossings, and to
force ladies to make detours in the
street, and to egle them closely as they
passed. Men did not brush each other
rudely, os. disregard each others COM
forts and privileges quite SO calmly as
they do now. A sort of veneer, cold but
brilliant, transparent but tenacious,
spread itself over the customs of the day.
It did not promote amiability or SINGER
ity, perhaps, but it produced fine arti"
Gle of deportment-careful, punctilious'
even, but wary and never reliable. The
blow followed too closely upon the bow
and smile. The elaborate courtesies OF
speech read teo much like an epitaPh.-
IN. o. Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23

rigorous quarantine established at many
points on the river and the railroads
| running out Of New Orleans.
The great annual tea-ship race Of over
ten thousand miles, from China to Toy,-
don, has been won this year by tine
Glenesgle, which brought nearly two
million pounds of new tea with ~,
She made the run from Han-Ko. -
Grayesend in thirty days, op AIouI
and four minutes, the best tho,a on
record. How close the race ss !.
inferred from the fact that o. f Dovor ~.
Gleneagle was twenty. seve, 1 mimi. -.
hind the Glenfoulss.
Mr.. Mechi, that acf Isaar1lisbed taru,s,
says in a letter to sha Gazette a ousr,
terly journal ed; .eea by the stud.,ntsst
the agrleuitp <si college, Cirenbester,
England: Many { worthy and even
weaitny English farmer, nos saVaneed
IN ye Ars, now laaAeasa he want of that
eor cation and enlightenment which was,
ayajjaple %. him in his esrlv,dsys
i1due uesztfon vas1 nj 81 give brains hslt it
can cuitsvate and improve them aud
even the barren mental fields gain By
cultivation. Ignorance in agriculture
Is net q blJss, it is improbable.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Foreign News items.

The population of the Australian COLI
lony of Victoria is now 763 $40, with the
males in the msjority by 100000.
ST. Petersburg is. with a single ex-
ception, the unheaIthiest city Of the
wolld-Madrid, Spain, being the excep-
ton.
The number of psupers in England on
the 1st of January, was 747, ,s11, a de-
crease of So, All from the number in 1875,
Notwithstanding the tshard times"
There i no doubt about the success Of
the Paris Exposition. Up to July 5 the
receipts were s753,384, or So, ,240 more
than they were up to July 1857, though
in that year the Exposition opened a
wear earlier
Tie lrogreas Of th- yellnw feyeg north.
rEa Is made difficult. owing to The
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Methods OF Counterfeiting silver
Coin.


A silver piece passes current 50 long
rs the imprint is not badly defaced or
weight greatly reduced. A hole through
the con, however, condemns it-a fact,
we believe, not generally known. The
low value Of silver prevents any such
proceedings asin the case of gold, as the
amount which could safely be abstracted
will not pay for the trouble of doing it.
Consequently all silver counterfeits are
true limitations, and there is hardly a
date of dollar, half-dollar or quarter
which has not been copied with remark
able accuracy. The counterfeiter either
makes mould in plaster from the real
coin, and casts from it, or he stamps his
imitation in dies. AS this last process
is the same as in use in the mints, the
counterieits thus produced are more diff
ficult to detect, because, besides being
more accurately finished, the cumpres-
sion which the alloy receives brings It
nearer to standard weight. A large
number of counterfeit silver coins are
made chiefly of type metal. A very
dangerous half-dollar is composed of
silver, copper and zinc, and is worth
about twenty seven cents. 1t is from
seven to ten grains too light. Spurious
half-dollars have appeared which con-
stantly deceive bank telleTs and other
experts because they are of full weight.
They are made Of compound similar to
German silver, and are 50 well plated
with genuine silver that the acid does
not affect them. They are, however, too
thick, and the gauge, as usual where the
balance fails, shows the fact. Counter
feits of the quarter-dollar, though very
plenty, are less dangerous than those of
larger pieces. They are composed of
antimony, tin and lead, and they are
both too thick and too light, although
they have good ring. A peculiar COM
position has been employed, to which
powdered glass is added to give clear
sound but this is but clumsy expe-
dient, as the coin is far below proper
leiS,bt fact easily appreciable by mere
hanohng'-L scientific American f
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
A Greek Gentleman's Costume.

The Greek dress is extremely tasteful
and picturesque, though we doubt if 1t
would be Just the thing for practical
Americans. We refer, of course tn the
genuine Greek. and not to him of the
genus Hibernian. A correspondent
writing to Temple Bar gives the follow"
ing description of the Greek dress as he
saw it in all it's brilliancy on a Sunday
afternoon:
"The fustanella, sort of white cotton
petticoat, fastened around the waist In
thousand folds, is the same for the pali-
kari and the peasant, and is unorna-
mented. The belt, always of silk, is wide
and long, embroidered with gold. The
waistcoat is of the greatest variety OF
black velvet or any colored silk, with
round buttons to match, and braided in
the most fantastic patterns--as a wit re-
marked: ga ball of string gone into
fits" A very short vest sometimes leaves
the neck open, or is fastened by double
button. This is the richest part OF the
costume; the sides and back are covered
with embroidery of silk ingled with
gold and silver, In the dress OF some
rich people the original stuff is entirely
hidden under mass of gold braid, such
an article costing about so, and oPeI
sleeves, also embroidered, shew the Sill
ahirt. Caters fall over patent-leathe
boos, meeting the silk trousers below tn
knee. where they are fastened by sill
earters. which are generally a chef d
.exvrs of exquisite workmanship III
I fez il the head gear for all alike, onl,
varying in the richness OF the black, blu
or gold tssseI, sometimes fastened by
diamond clasp
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
"Go north by the Iowa route"
A Model of the Holy Land.

A great attraction this year at Round
Lake, at a cost of $4,000, is on scale
of two feet and half to the mile. A
hundred workmen were employed during
March, April and May in its construc~
ton. under the direction of the Rev. DIR.
Wythe. Round Lake, a pretty sheet OF
water, represents the Mediterranean sea.
The surface of Palestine, with all her
villages, and the city of Jerusalem, is
produced in miniature. The visitor can
ride in small boat to Joppa and reach
Jerusalem bya very brief walk Mount
Hermon towers to a height of twenty
five feet, and the Jordan is fine stream.
The coloring is natural, and all is accu-
rate. Everything is labeledi else the
spectator might also believe that ha was
looking at the resi- Palestine the TFnns
way through powerful aeld glass
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-23
Popularity of the Electric Light

The introduction of the electric lignt
is becoming so general in Paris tnS. IL
now attracts very little attention. Inc
Dreprietors of hotels, restaurants, tnea'
tres and even stores are erecting eiectric
candles in front of their establishments
and there are quite number on .no
stems and around the Madeleine. Ah 'ne
public gardens and squares have oo1o-
or more lights, and the Place de foP e
literally blszss with them, making sne
gas Jets look like farthing candles me
Arch of Triumph has twenty eiec'ii0
candles around it, and wherever II vac
introduced by the authorities TO aus.
brilliancy to the great illumination =
remains a. permanent illuminating pro,
cess In nearly eli the gyest oen',s' =,
places Of gssss, electricity Is gradually