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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-16
IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of
Inn L. 80. In, uuE mn L.-n.


FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of
Charles v E s!sSs ems; In Bankruptcy
DISTRICT or MAINE,
AT wuteryille, the elshe nth day OF January,
Tn, Undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pc ntneut Assn hce OF Charles w. stevens OF
Nateryille, in the County oi keunebec aud state ot
Maine, vi hin said Distinct, who has been al
judged Bankrupt upon hi, own petition, by the
Dlstrice Court OF sald District
ISAAC ,. BANGS, Assignee.
.lauSo feb6, ls&wSw
KRNNKBEC COUI TY-la i.ro6.f, court heid al
-fugus'd on he secomd Nonddg of january, ls3s.
4 CtRfAlN iNofnU MEN, purtortlng TO be
~ the last viii and te lament oi Weldon smith,
late of MI Vernon, in said County, deceased,
having been presented for probate
ORDERED, T. AT uouce thereof bs given three
weeks successive prior to the second Monday OF
February next, IN the Daliy kenuebtc journal,
new paper printed IN Augusta, Ghat All persons in
terested may attend nj a Court OF Probate then to
b. holden at Augusta, and show cause, II any,
why the sa'd int umcnl should mol be proved.
approved and allowed as the last will and IL ,tdmcnt
BAKER, Judge.
Attest: . CHARLES IiEwl>s, Register.
jan45.t3N'
RENNKBEC COUN7Y-h PROBATE Court at
AHgaSfd on me J0HTh N0bday ~ JGaWaI Y, lois
CEkFAIN ~ ~rku MkNI purpurtius TO be
~ the la-t will aud testament 81 sarah Wade,
late OF Nugu Ia In sand Count, deceased, havin5
been pies. med Tor probate:
OKDERLp, That notice thereof be given three
weeks succt sstYtly prior to the fourth Mund ~ OF
February next, IA +he Daily keuueuer journal
utN spaICr printed in Auku-ta, that all persons
| utetts ed may attend at Court OF Probate then
to be hold, II 1T Augusta and show cause, if any,
Why tile said nslTumcnl ouil nol be proved, al-
proved anu auo~ Ell, last vii anu Testament
| OF the saId dc teaStd.
II. X. BAKER Judge
Attest; CHARLES iiEwlNs, Register. febt'5V
| KENNEBEC COUNTY.-M PROBATE court, heid
at .fuquSid, on the sec0Hd MUBdog ofJgRuury lo.o.
! - MI I'll 1iICDMB, Gda,diau Ul h-leue l..
| - Bo, utnn OF Boston Mas, in sald County,
minor. having presented his first "A count OF Guar
| dianAhip Of said Ward tor ullpwance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof he given three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY prIoI To the second Monday OF
| February next in the Dan y kennebec journal
newspaper printed IN Augusta that az per sons m
b. holden at Augusta, and show cause, II any why
the same should not be allowed.
| II. IL. BAK ER. Judge.
Attest: HARLEs HEwISs. Register jan 5tt"'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

AUSTIN ZUMBUNsEN, a merchant of
Bismarck, D. t., CHANGED to come upon
a herd of buffalo while riding near the
town where he lives. The herd con-
tanned ia full-grown animals and 60
calves, and, as Zumbunsen was very
cute man, lie managed to secure every
animal in the lot by building fire be-
hind them, which so frightened them
that they ran into pass with only one
outlet. He built fires along the mouth
of the outlet, and, heaping enough fuel
on them to keep them burning for hours,
he rode to the town and hired thirty
men to build strong fence at the hole,
thus keeping them in an inclosure. He
mas slaughtered great many, but there
are about 100 yet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
Idiosyncrasies of Men OF Genius,

Most geniuses and men of great tai
ents have been known for some peculiar
habit or striking idiosyncrasy. Napoleon
would tremble for fear at the sight of
cat. Gen. Elliott, of Gibraltar fame,
was always accompanied by a number of
them. johnson liked to imbibe floods
of tea or wine, and yet be none the
worse for it. Person drank everything
that came in his way. Visiting once
friends house, when evening came they
desired to feed the lamp, but the bottle
was empty. Person had drunk the
spirits on the sly, not knowing it was in
tended for the lamp. Douglas Jerrold
could not bear the smell of apples. Cav
endish hated women. If he met one of
his own female servants by accident in
any part of the house, she was instantly
dismissed. Garriok was vain almost to
the degree of insanity. Rousseau was
vain, and could not write except when
dressed as fop. Bulwer Lytton, it is
said, could write best when dressed in
court suit. Marlborough was miser,
mended his own stockings to save paying
for it, and would walk home ever so late
Mt night rather than pay for "chair."
Napoleon did his "thinking," and
formed his plans for conquest, while
pacing in garden, Struggling his shout
ders now aud then, as if to help and
compress thought. When Theirs
was engaged in his long oratorical
displays, he had always beside him a
supply of rum and coffee. The coffee
he got direct from Mecca. Gibson die
tated while walking in his room, like
Scott and many others. Moliere wrote
with his knees near the fire, and Bacon
liked to study in small room, which,
he said, helped him to condense his
thoughts. George Stephenson used to
lie in bed for two or three days, the bet
ter to think out" his plan. 1t would be
better if many people would do this who
have much thinking to do, as rest favors
abstraction and thought, and those who
have not a vigorous circulation find the
supply of blood to the brain assisted by
a recumbent position.-London World
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
connected with the postal service any
authority to invade the secrecy OF seeled
packages in the mail"

AN Indication that certain character
istics of Western civilization have not
yet given much trouble to the people OF
Japan, who are rashly copying after that
civilization, is furnished in the state
ment that the great Japanese reformer,
Okuba, assassinated not long ago, who
was the prime mover in the recent
mighty change in the current of Japan
csc customs, left an estate of precisely
$l40 in Japanese currency. He had,
but shortly before his death, mortgaged
his private residence for SO, 600, and sent
the money to Satsuma, for the re-estab-
ishment of schools in that quarter, and
the relief of those made destitute by
the ravages of civil war. Considering
the exalted station occupied by this Jap
anese statesman, and his opportunities
to have gathered in comfortable loot,
this evidence of barbaric and pagan re-
pugnance to theft and greed is matter
to make enlightened nations marvel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

A MAN in Waco, Mimi, having money
enough to indulge his desire for Sc
clusion, lives alone in room to which
nobody else is ever admitted. The rest
of the house is used by his family and
servants. His meals and whatever else
he calls for are handed to him through
an aperture in the door. He is entirely
sane, unless this eccentricity amounts
to mania. His novel mode of life was
begun year ago, and he says he likes
it so well that he will continue it until
he dies. He spends large part of his
time in reading.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
[v Gonna s;tro+;ons in life q man f;nf

In some situations in life man finds
himself with just about as much as he
can attend to. The Kingman (Kansas)
Mercury is paper that makes its first
appearance this week, and its editor
says: "Bear with us, kind reader, if
we do not reach your anticipations. Our
printing material has not all arrived (;
besides we are filling the positions of
editor, business manager, mailing clerk,
compositor, and last, but not least, that
of devil" These numerous responsible
positions ought to satisfy the most am
bilious of men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.


The Brave Men Who Have Made Their
Way tn the Ice-helds.
From the London worldl
The story of Arctic exploration is al
ways an enhancing one, even when told
with the dry curtness of log book. 1t
is the story of battle in its intensest
forms-of brave men called upon to ex-
ercise the sternest fortitude, and unceas-
ing watchfulness and ingenuity to meet
and overcome the giant forces of nature
in its most inhospitable moods. Many
glorious triumphs are inscribed upon its
pages, and also sad records of defeat
and death. But, whether the feeling
called up be pride or sorrow, the same
absorbing interest attaches to the story.
especially when the reader is an En-
glishman. America has gained honor
by her Arctic explorations, and Austria,
Germany and Sweden have left traces of
their nationalities in the frozen North;
but the Englishmen have always re-
garded the work as their own peculiar
heritage, bequeathed them by the long
line of Arctic adventures, from Davis,
Frobisher, Hudson and Baffin down to
the Inflated Franklin. Certainly the
loss sustained in the last named expedi-
ton chilled our ardor for many years,
but the work was only suspended. For
years after the mysterious disappearance
of the Erebus and Terror English in
terest in Arctic exploration was clouded
over. Expedition after expedition
went out, but the object
of each was primarily to clear up
the mystery in which Franklin's fate
was wrapped, and when the lonely little
Fox, equipped by Lady Franklin, found
the fatal paper on King Williams Land
which told of the abandonment of the
Erebus and Terror, the shock and dis
appointment to the nation were such
that any further attempts at Arctic ex-
ploration on the part of England were
postponed indefinitely. Indeed, the
special discovery Franklin had in view
the discovery of the Northwest pas
sage-has never since been attempted
and probably never will be. But
through all this long period the Royal
Geographical Society lever lost heart.
Year after year successive Presidents
have urged that another attempt should
be made to reach the pole, and at last
their perseverance, met with its reward.
Just thirty years after the sailing of the
Erebus and Terror, Capt. Mares cast
off from the dockyard wharf at Ports
mouth on board Fl. M. s. Alert, with
the Discovery as his consort. The gen.
eral plan of operations was laid down in
Capt. Mares sailing instructions from
the Admiralty-the main task set before
him being the attempt of the highest
possible northern latitude. There were
other geographical and scientific objects,
but the first and principal was to reach
the North pole, if possible. As all the
world now knows, Capt. Mares returned
without accomplishing that object, but
he did succeed in reaching higher
northern latitude than any of his prede-
cessors.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
THERE seems to be rush this year

THERE seems to be rush this year
to the farms. Time was when the young
men in the country packed up and made
for the city, having as their object the
construction OF colossal fortune in a
few years. Now, however, things are
reversing and the tide begins to ebb.
In the State of Minnesota the quantity
of land sold this year is thirty-two and
half times as great as the sales of last
year. Government and railroad lands
are being eagerly taken up, and west
ward the star of empire takes it's way.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
Labor and Wages i'm Germany.

The Department of State has received
from the United States Consul at Bremen
a very full report on labor and wages in
his district. For agricultural labor the
pay varies greatly, according to the prox-
unity to or remoteness from manufactur-
ing centers, and ranges frem 56 cents a
day in the neighborhood of Bremen to
81 cents day in the Lower Rhine valley,
and as low as Is cents in parts of Silesia.
At Bremen, Crefeld, and Dusseldorf car
penters, coppersmiths, plumbers, ma
chinists, and wagonsmiths earn from 81
to IS cents daily; saddlers and shoemak-
ers from AZ to 50 cents daily; bakers and
brewers, with board and lodging, from
81. AZ to So. IA weekly, and without board
from 60 cents day to 81 % week;
farm hands are paid from $107 to $215
yearly, with maintenance; railway Ia
borers from Sc to SO cents per day, and
as high as 95 cents daily for piece work
on tunnels; silk-weavers can earn from
So Is to So. 85 week per loom; factory
women, So Is, and children 81 week.
Business and wages are very low. In
good times wages are so per cent. high
er. The cost of the necesssries of life
has increased some so per cent. in thir-
teen years, although it is now but little
higher than five years ago. A man and
wife, with two or three children, can live
in two or three rooms in poor and COM
FORTRESS manner for 1915 year, and to
support such an establishment all the
members have to work ten or twelve
hours daily. For family of six persons
the cost is about 81 week-an amount
that few families can earn, as the de-
preston of trade and the reduction of
time allows few to do full week work,
although wages are trifle higher than
five years ago. The state of trade is de-
plorable. Factories are run and sales
made at loss, except, perhaps, the silk
and button industries. Retail trade is
somewhat more prosperous. : Washing
tom Cor. Ne,o York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

A DRIVER working in an Australian
river near the sea, the other day, had
terrible adventure, and a narrow escape
from death. While removing some rock
thrown up by blast he dislodged cut
tie fish, which at once clasped its arms
about him and held him closely to the
bottom. His most powerful struggles
were unable to dislodge the monster,
which finally got a better hold upon the
man, freed itself from the rocks and
fastened all its feelers about him. He
was thus enabled to get to his ladder and
finally reached the deck of the vessel
above, where the octopus was cut away
by his comrades. The body was only
about as large as soup-plate, but its
arms were four feet long.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
SmOke-COnsumers.

The Cincinnati Gazette describes a
plan in use in that city for consuming
the smoke of furnaces of steam-boilers.
There are, it says, two fires, enc under
each end of the boiler, fed from the
side. When one fire is fairly burning
the second fire is kindled, and by shift
ing the draught the smoke from the
new fire is carried over the live Goals in
the furnace first started, and is con-
sumed. The fires thereafter are re-
plenished alternately, and thus the con-
sumption of smoke is continued. The
device is in operation on large scale in
the steam furnace of heavy engine at
tached to one of the inclined plane rail-
ways that lift Cincinnati people to the
tops of the surrounding hills. The re-
suit, as vouched for by the proprietor
of the concern, is that the consumption
of smoke is complete, and the saving of
fuel about 40 per cent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

JOSEPH Cook had row with clerk
in Harrisburg store. Cook was look
ing at some paper, and, according to the
accounts in the local newspapers, was
very curt and exacting in his demands.
He finally selected kind that suited
him, and the clerk took down from the
shelf an unopened package of it.
"Open the package, so I may know you
are not cheating me-" said the lecturer
from Boston. The clerk replied that
the package contained paper exactly
like the sample, and that he was not re-
garded as a dishonest man. A lively
quarrel ensued, in which Cook called
the clerk a Molly Mcguire, and the
clerk called Cook a scoundrel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
"The Kiss of Peace.v

There was one use of ivory among the
early Christians not often alluded to. In
the early church il was customary at the
end of public meetings to exchange the
:" kiss of peace" This practice was,
however, found to be attended with some
inconvenience, because the oscillations
were Dot always devout-not always even
platonic. So fiat piece of ivory WAS di.
rected to be used for this purpose, and
handed round instead of the old practice
of salutation. Whether the change from
the warm cheek of youth and beauty to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
Cue Trne Murtherller.


Prisons entering saloons to order
beer should be careful not to affront the
dignity of the man who keeps the place.
AT Roanoke, in Huntington county, Ind,
a young man disregarded the etiquette
OF the bar-room SO far as to tell the pro-
prietor to "hurry up with that beer, )"
whereupon the latter drew revolver
and shot the impolite customer through
the head, inflicting fatal wound. .o
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

THE question whether postal officials
have right, azder any circumstances,
except by due process of law, to open
letters or sealed packages in the mails
has again been answered in the negative
by the Supreme Court of the United
States. "Sealed mail matter" says the
decision, "is as fully guarded from ex-
animation and inspection, except as to
their form and weight, as if they were
retained by the parties forwarding them
in their own domiciles. The constitu-
tional guarantee of the right of the peo-
pie 70 be secure against unreasonable
searches and seizures extends to their
papers, thus closed against inspection,
wherever they may be. No law of Con-
g,ess can place in the hands of officials
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
Buxz. BaH


Buzz, buzz 7" said the bee,
Summers here. you see
And the lilies blooming Whitley
Seem inviting to repose,
But cannot pass by lightly
The sweetness Of the rose;
And the queen would think il funny
III should want to stay,
And so I'll take my honey
And then III ny away;
Buzz, buzz" said the bee,
Summers here, You see.
at should like 10 rest an hour
In the petals of flower,
And be tucked in quite securely
So that nobody could know,
And then come out demurely
When the bud began 10 blow:
But the queen would think It funny
II should want 10 stay,
And so III take my honey
And then I'll fly away;
Buzz, buzz" said the bee,
summers here, you see.
"Buzz, buzz" said the bee,
1T would never do for me
To be idle in the summer
When there Is so much TO do:
And though sucll a constant conner
must look the clover through;
And the queen would think IL funny
IL should want to stay,
And so I'll take my honey
And then I'll fly away;
Buzz, buzz" said the bee,
Summers short, you see.
Buzz, buzz, said the bee,
Summers short, you see,
And there IL so much of beauty
Springtng mp on natures breast
That think il is my duty
To be busy with the rest:
AID the queen would think 1t funny
If should want to stay,
And so I'll take my honey
And then III fly away;
Buzz, buzz" said the bee,
Summers short, you see."
3. l.. c. Wilton, an July Wide A rake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05
The flutes and Mark Twain.

The Eureka Republican tells about
Mark Twain's lecture in Dayton, New,
some years ago. His agent used to get
up an excitement about the lecture by
building bonfire before the hall and
sending fife and drum through the
streets an hour before the beginning of
the entertainment. He did this in Day
ton, then q fourishing camp, and the
Piutes naturally got the impression that
some kind of an exciting show was TO
be given, so the chief tackled the enter
prising agent on the subject of half
price admissions, and some thirty paid
their half dollars and filed into the hall.
Presently Mark made his appearance on
the stage and began drawing away in
his usual style. The white people
laughed boisterously, but the Indians
looked puzzled, and, after standing it
for fifteen minutes, they began whisper
ing and grunting among themselves,
and finally the chief got up and went
out to the box-office, and inquired when
the tumbling was going to commence,
and that cheap big fool was going to
quit talking. Upon learning that the
performance was going to be all talk,
and conveying this horrid information
to the other Indians, they rose in a
body, left the hall and swarmed to the
box Office, and demanded their money
back. The agent couldn't think of such
thing, and the Piu es went out on the
street and gave vent to their feelings in
war-whoops. 1t looked, for few min
utes, as if the Disguised warriors wonld
start in to wreck the hall and murder the
lecturer. A crowd OF whites, attracted
by the loud, angry yells of the red men,
gathered, however, and Mark Twain
was saved to an admiring world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

To SOME pungent remarks of pro-
fessional brother, Western lawyer be.
gan his reply as follows: May it please
the Court: Resting on the couch of re.
publican equality as do, covered with
the blanket of constitutional panoply as
l am, and protected by the egis of
American liberty as | feel myself to be,
/ despise the buzzing of the professional
insect who has just sat down, and defy
his futile attempts to penetrate, with his
puny sting, the interstices of my imper-
vious covering"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

the coldness OF an ivory slab was a
change for the better, might be very well
left to the thoughts of those whom il
concerned. Anyway, all further scandal
ceased, and that, we might suppose. was
the intention in the change introduced.
boston Commercial Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

THE estate of Mark Hopkins, of San
Francisco is worth 100000 and
men able to qualify as bondsms n in
twice that amount could not be found
in the county. To get around the diff.
Guilty, about $4,000 900 railroad bonds
were withdrawn from the properly and
deposited in bank. Then Charles
Crocker and LELAND Stanford qualified
in $40, 900, 900 each.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

Tie DOnubu ueDt OF IHest BrtHI TUtIIS
may be nearly as much more; and, al
though this cannot be said to be dis
tinctly subject to his control, its value
depends almost entirely on his sagacity
and skill. This is tremendous prop
erty for one man to direct, and it is con-
stantiy being augmented, either by COM
mercial increase or by the accession of
new roads.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

LIGHTNING struck country house in
France the other day, and pierced a
hole in a pile OF plates on the kitchen
table.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-05

GREAT possessions rapidly accumu-
late. William HI. Vanderbilt now con-
trolls much vaster properties than his
father ever did. He seems to be the
virtual manager of the following cor
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-15

This 10 . Home Company, gotten up
expressly in the interest of the citizens
Of Southern Maryland, 20 enable them
10 overcome che difficulties they expe.
rishced In procuring Insurance in the
ordinary Insurance Companies, with n
majority Of its Directors well known in
that community.
It has been IN business now over four
years. AZ Losses accrued, and they hare
been unusually large, hare been faitl fully
and promptly paid, which il our best
guarantee for the future. -
The plan adopted Is the safest and
cheapest known in Insurance, aud af-
fords to all Insurance at its exact cost,
and ought to BE encouraged BY AL who
wish 90 protect themselves against loss
or damage BY FIRE.
IL those interested viii get it their
patronage and interest themselves in
the increase Of its business, In few
Years il will rank among the largest In.
suranee corporations 10 Maryland, q
credit and benefit to al, and an honor
20 the State. $3.50 s.s
June C. 1879 tia -rv
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