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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-27
HALL TO LET.

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-27

HOUSE No. Free Street Block, (fN fourteen
III rooms. Desirable for Lodging or Boarding
House. Rent reasonable. Apply at No. 2So Con-
gress Street. HyIsodu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-27

To Let.
YEyWO Tenements on Clark Street, No. II. In
L quire of JOHN SWEETSIR, 8 Neal Street.
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
Short Hair and Slavery.

Herbert Spencer in Popular Science Monthly.l
But this as it may, however, the
widely-prevalent custom of taking the
hair of the slain, either with or with
out part of the skin, has nearly every
where resulted in the association be-
tween short hair and slavery. This as
ISOLATION existed among both Greeks
and Romans: "The slaves had their
hair cut short as a mark of servitude."
We find it thus throughout America.
Socially the slave is despised, his hair
is cut short" says Bancroft of the
Nootkas. "The privilege of wearing
long hair was vigorously denied to
Carib slaves and captives, says Edwards.
The slavery that punished criminality
was similarly marked. In Nicaragua
a thief had his hair cut off, and became
slave to the person that had been rob.
bed, till he was satisfied" And this
badge of slavery was otherwise inflicted
as punishment. By the Central Amer.
leans suspected adulterer "was strip
ped and his hair was cut Ga great dis
grace)." One ancient Mexican penalty
was to have the hair cut at some pub
lie place" And during medieval times
in Europe cutting of hair was enacted as
punishment. OF course there follows
a correlative distinction; long hair be-
comes honorable. If among the Chib-
chas " the greatest affront that could be
put on a man or a woman was to have
their hair cropped" the assimilation of
slaves in appearance was the obvious
reason, the honorableness of long hair
being an implication. "The Itzaex In
dians," says Fancourt, "wore their hair
as long as it would grow; indeed, is a
most difficult thing to bring the Indians
to cut their hair" Long hair is mark
of distinction among the Tongans, and
meme are permitted to wear it but the
principal people. Similarly with the
New Caledonians and various others of
the ancivilized, and similarly with semi
civilized Orientals, the Ottoman
Princes have their beard shaved of, to
show that they are dependent on the
favor of the reigning Emperor" By the
Greeks, Gin manhood, i. the hair
was worn longer" and "a certain polit-
ical significance was attached to the
hair" In Northern Europe, too, "among
hair less long and less carefully dressed
than freemen," and the freemen less
long than the mobiles: The long hair
of the Frank Kings is sacred. 1t is
for them mark and honorable preroga-
tive of the Royal race" Clothair and
Childebert, wishing to divide their
brothers kingdom, consulted respecting
their nephews, whether to cut off their
hair so as to reduce them to the rank of
subjects, or to kill them" l may add
the extreme case of the japanese mikado
Neither his hair, beard, nor nails are
avowedly cut, that his sacred person
may not be mutilated," such cutting as
occurs being done while he is supposed
to sleep.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
Billions and TrilliOns.

The ocean (says the encyclopaedia
Britannica y contains 200, 100000 cubic
miles of water. Each cubic mile con-
tains 5,431 ,776, 900 cubic yards. There
fore, in round numbers, the ocean con-
tains 5,400x300 billion, or 100000
cubic yards. Therefore, 1920, 900 cubic
yards is one-billionth part of the
ocean. Now 160,000x10 yards repre-
sents pond thirty feet deep and about
thirty-three acres in superficial area, or
to put it another way, pond ,620 yards
long and 100 yards wide. Roughly, if
the Serpentine were thirty feet deep, it
would be about billionth part of the
ocean. The encyclopaedia Britannica %
also tells me that millimeter cube con-
tains s, 100000 blood corpuscles. If SO, a
square meter of the thickness of one
millimeter must contain 5, 900, 000x1 900
900, or five billion blood corpuscles
and cubic meter would contain 5000
billions of them. Neglecting the differ
ence between meters and yards, the
ocean would contain ,620, 900 billion K
5000 billion or 8,100,000,000 billion
billion, or eight thousand one hundred
million trillions of blood corpuscles. How
much blood there is in an average man
l do not know, but certainly much more
than would cover square meter to the
depth of a millimeter, SO that there must
be in each of our veins good many
billions of blood corpuscles.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
$4,000 passenger carriages, and 100000
luggage trucks, in which were conveyed
during 1876 l, lao, 900, 600 passengers and
5,40O, 900, 000 tons of goods.
THE COL0SS4L TUE.

1t is said that the statue of " Liberty
Lighting the World" erected by France
and America in remembrance of their
old friendship, is coming out little by
little in the immense workshops estab-
Eshed expressly for its construction in
the Rue de Chazelles, No. 25 near
Monceaux Park. The arm and hand
holding the torch are already in Amer
lea; and at present the sculptor, Barth-
oldi, is finishing The principal portion of
the head. The first sentiment inspired
by the enormous head, nearly thirty
feet high, is almost terror. Its gigantic
dimensions are supplying; but by de-
grees the eye becomes accustomed to the
colossal forms, and the mind reconciles
itself TO the extent of those great lines,
and we discover in the midst of them
the majesty and the light which the au-
thor has endeavored to give to the fea-
lures. But the public will soon have an
opportunity to see the beauty of this
work, for the head of the statue of Lib
erty is to be exhibited at the Universal
Exposition. Nevertheless, we strongly
advise every one beforehand to visit the
establishment ON the Rue de Chazelles
and see how the different portions of this
head are prepared, worked and adjusted.
NJ. Bartholdi is making copiesin plaster
of his statue of Liberty. Two hundred
of them only will be executed, num-
bered and registered with the name of
the purchaser, who may in this way pre-
serve souvenir of this magnificent
monument commemorative of the CEN
tennial anniversary of the United States,
and destined to renew and enliven the
old friendship between France and
America
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
An AntidOte for Strychnine.

An instance of the prompt and sue
cessful use of an antidote in the case of
strychnine poisoning is circumstantially
narrated in Nature. A favorite Skye
terrier had accidentally obtained and
eaten the poison, which was intended
for mice. The amount taken by the dog
was probably about sixth of grain.
When found, the animal was rigid and
apparently lifeless, except having an
occasional spasm. The owner consulted
authorities and found that dose of
choral hydrate was the antidote pre-
scribed in such cases. To kill rabbit,
twenty-one grains of the chloral is suf-
ficent; the dog was twice the weight of a
rabbit, and the owner of the terrier,
therefore, proceeded to inject forty-fve
grains of choral Tin solution) under
the skin. About fifteen minutes after
ward, supposing the dog was dead, the
owner applied his boot to it, probably
feeling little disguised with the result
of his experiment. To his great sur
prise, the terrier struggled to its feet
Shortly afterward it took some milk, and
subsequently, though not for while
very lively, it seemed none the worse
for its experience. The essential point
in this treatment is that the dose of
chloral should be strong enough to kill !;
otherwise it may not be sufficient to
overcome the effects of the strychnine.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
" Stark, Starin' Mad!"

An English physician relates an anec-
dote of one of his patients, which is not
only very amusing, but expressive of
that particular type Of man who, as a
rule, does not practice what he breaches:
A patient of mine, middle-aged
clergyman, wassuffering from some slight
symptoms of govt. l recommended a
glass of hot whisky and water every
day, in preference to physics of any kind,
but my reverend friend, with upturned
eyes, absolutely refused to accept my
prescription, saying: NO, no, doctor !;
/ have all my life preached against alco-
hol in any form. If that is the only
remedy / must continue to suffer. Be-
Sides" said he, {" if rang for hot water
my servants would guess its purpose"
Said /, "You shave: ring the bell for
shaving water, mix your glass of medici-
nal whisky, and who'll be the wiser but
yourself?"
The parson at last submitted and we
shook hands and parted. In a few weeks
time my carriage passing the clergy
mans door, reminded me of my clerical
friend. / touched the bell and the thin,
care-worn face of once robust house
keeper, answered me. l inquired,
"How's your master"
"Stark, starin' mad, sir-mad as he
can be-" answered the housekeeper.
Madl how whatl how mad!"
"Lor', sir, mad as he can be; why, he
shaves hisself about twenty times every
dayp' was the innocent reply.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
How Lorenzo Dow Astonished a Congre
CATION.

Lorenzo Dow, it is said, was on his way
to preach in South Carolina, when under
a large spruce tree he overlook colored
lad who was blowing a large tin horn,
and could send forth blast with rise,
and swell, and cadence, which walked the
echoes of the distant hills. Calling
aside the blower, Dow said to him:
" What's your name, sirY' my name
Gabriel, sir" said the brother in
ebony. "Well, Gabriel, have you been
to Church Hillg" eyes, massa. Pse
been dar many time" "Do you re-
member big spruce pine tree on the
hillY' "Oh, yes, massa, knows dat
pine tree" 81 Did you know that Lo-
renzo Dow had an appointment to
preach under that tree tomorrow ?'
"Oh, yes, massa everybody knows dat"
"Well, Gabriel, am Lorenzo Dow, and
If you'll take your horn and go to-mor-
row morning and climb up into that pine
tree and hide yourself among the
branches before the people begin to
gather, and wait there till I call your
name, and then blow such blast with
your horn as | heard you blow a minute
ago, I'll give you dollar. Will you do
it, Gabriel?" Yes, massa, / takes dat
dollar" Gabriel, like Zacheus, was hid
away in the tree-top in due time. An
immense concourse of persons of all
sizes and colors assembled at the ap-
pointed hour, and Dow preached on the
judgment of the last day. By his
power of description he wrought the
multitude up to the opening of the
scenes of the resurrection and grand
assize, at the call of the trumpet peals
which were to wake the sleeping nations.
Them said he, Suppose, my dying
friends, suppose that this should be the
hour. Suppose you should hear, at this
moment, the sound of Gabriels trum-
pet" sure enough, at that moment the
trump of Gabriel sounded The women
shrieked and many tainted; the men
sprung up and stood aghast; some ran;
others fell and cried for mercy and all
felt for time that the judgment was
set and the books were opened. Dow
stood and watched the drifting storm,
till the fright abated, and some one dis.
covered the colored angel who had
caused the alarm, quietly perched on a
limb of the old spruce, and wanted to
get him down to whip him. Then he re-
sumed his theme, saying, forbid all
persons present from touching that boy
up there. If colored boy with tin
horn can brighten you almost out of
your wits, what will you do when you
shall hear the trumpet thunder of the
archangel? How will You be able to
stand in the great day of the wrath of
God 2"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

THEY have genuine cold weather in
Manitoba, where the thermometer marks
thirty degrees below zero for days
together, and frequently drops to fifty.
A correspondent says that what is called
poudre day is exceedingly dangerous
for the traveler-not because the
temperature is then lowest, but because
the air is filled with fine snow, so that
sight is entirely obscured at distance
of few feet. A wind sits the snow
over the paths, obliterating all guiding
marks, and the chilled traveller is lost.
The almost unconquerable desire to rest
is not the least important part of the
danger. The coolest days are still so
magically still that all the usual sounds
of nature seem to be suspended when
the ice cracks miles away with a report
like a cannon; when the breaking of
twig reaches one like the falling of
tree; when ones own footsteps, clad in
soft moccasins, come back from the
yielding snow like the crunching of an
iron heel through gravel; when every
artificial sound is exaggerated hundred
fold, and nature seems to start at every
break in the intense silence. The atmos-
phere is as clear as crystal, and the
range of vision seems to be unlimited"
On such days nose freezes with
wonderful quickness, and it is reckless
to expose that organ for many minutes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
Sliding Down n Mountain.

1t appears, says the Denver Tribune,
that on Sunday morning, March II, Mr..
Briggs left his camp to get pair of
snow shoes at Aspen dump, short dis
lance only, left there by @. M. Osman,
intending, after securing them, to 60 to
Arastra Gulch, or to Parsons cabin, and
from there TO Silverton. Mr.. Briggs was
watched by men from his cabin until he
disappeared over the ridge, when, know
ing the snow shoes were but few yards
away from him, they went into the
cabin, surprising he had reached them
safely. When Mr.. Briggs got within
about twenty feet of the snow shoes the
snow broke with him and carried him
down the mountain some two thousand
feet, and within one hundred yards of
the gulch, where the slide stopped.
On Mr.. Osman's return from Siiverton,
which was about 6 80 p. M, he saw that
slide had gone down where he had left
his snow shoes, and had taken them off.
He thought nothing of it until he crossed
the path of the slide, and saw on the
opposite side the tracks of Mr.. Briggs
leading into the slide, but saw no tracks
on the other side of the slide. The con-
viction then flashed upon him that Mr..
B. bad been carried down with the slide.
He fastened to the cabin, and on being
informed where Mr.. b. intended to go,
he went out and called upon the parties
down at Parsons cabin, and Immediately
learned that Mr.. B. had not been there.
Mr. Osman then went back to the slide,
accompanied by Mr.. Frank West. They
could see an object in the slide from
the trail, and they followed down the
path of the slide as fast as possible, and
on reaching the object, sight presented
itself to them that would chill the blood
of the bravest men. Mr.. BIS body was
buried in snow with his head downward,
and his feet and legs to the knees were
protruding above the surface of the
snow. The snow was solidly packed
around the body. The work Of extract
ing it from the snow was accomplished
in few minutes. Death must have
been almost instantaneous. The body
was taken to Quartsville.
The deceased leaves a wife and three
children, who reside in Pekin, Illinois,
aud had returned 10 San Juan only three
weeks ago from visit to his home and
family.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

A PARIS banker, self-made man who
had known the struggles of poverty in
his young days, had an old time-piece
over his bed when he breathed his last
a few weeks ago. When he was boy
he used to say to himself: "When you
are rich you will buy a picture-clock,
representing hamlet, with its church,
and in the steeple clock, and at the
foot of the village railroad, with train
in full motion, and on one side the sea,
with ships sailing by" All these things
were made to work by machinery in the
clock which the rich banker bought.
The train whistled and ran along the line,
and the ships were tossed in the sea, and
the key which set them in motion was
carried in the old gentleman's pocket.
The clock had the place of honor in
his drawing-room, surrounded by paint
ings which cost their weight in gold,
and there it remained for years. His
wife and children did not like it. They
laughed at it. They could not under
stand his within. They did not know of
all the old dreams which that picture
awakened in him. His friends laughed
at him for letting it remain in the draw
ing-room. So he took it into his own
room. Whenever he wanted to renew
his youth he would wind up the old clock,
and then the steeple would chime, the
sea roar, the ships toss backward and
forward, and he would feel as happy as
in the old days when he used to dream
about the wonderful treasure.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
Polling Jack ketch.
GAll the Year Round.1


There are some instances on record in
which the punishment Of sus. per col. has
failed, either through some popularity
in the peck and threat of the individual
or want of tact in the hangman. More
than six centuries ago (if the records are
truthfuD Juetta de Balsham, convicted
of harboring thieves, was sentenced to
be executed. She hung for three days,
revived, and was pardoned, as a phe-
nomenon who had somehow or other
overmastered the gallows. DIR. Plot
quoted a narrative, on the authority of
Obadiah Walker, Master of New Col.
lege, Oxford, to the effect that Swiss
was hanged thirteen times over, every
attempt being frustrated by popularity
in the windpipe which prevented stran-
gulation. We are not told whether the
thirteenth experiment was successful, or
whether justice was merciful at last.
Ann Green was hanged at Oxford for
infanticide, in 1850; nay, her legs we're
pulled and her body struck with soldiers
custom sometimes adopted of making
assurance doubly sure. Nevertheless,
she survived, after hanging some con-
siderable time. Her body was given up
for dissection. The surgeon observed
faint signs of animation, tended her
instead Of anatomizing her, and in thir-
teen hours she was able to speak. She
remembered nothing distinctly of what
had occurred, but seemed to herself to
have been in deep sleep. The Crown
pardoned her; she married, and became
the mother of family. Her husband
forgave the past errors of her life, posi-
bly, for a kind of celebrity which the
singular episode had brought to her.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20
The Worlds Doctors.
ILondon Globe.l

From statistics that have recently
been published, il waula seem that there
are many parts of the world presenting
greater scope than Britain for the med
ical profession, and very few presenting
less-if, at least, any opinion may be
formed by the simple process of putting
the numerical strength of the profession
in each country of the globe against its
population. Here, in Great Britain, we
are told that we have something APP
preaching $500 doctors. which, with a
population of about 32,500,000, would
give medical man for about 1860
people. The German empire, with its
Al, 900, 900 odd, has but some 5000 doc
tors, or one for 5000 inhabitants. At
first sight, therefore, it might be thought
that Germany is the place for good large
practices, Obviously, however, it would
be necessary to take into consideration
the normal condition of health among
the Germans. Austro-Hungary, it seems
has rather more than our population,
and considerably less than our number
of medical men. Its population is
nearly 100000 and it has something
under 1880 doctors, or one to every
A,oVV people. Inc NtleSllHl EUlplTe, uu-
fortunately, does not. figure in the list.
1t would be very interesting to know
how many of the easy.going, simple
living Chinese one doctor can suffice
for, aided by the signs of the zodiac and
various p tent charms. Nor have we
any facts bearing on the Russian En-
pire, where it is to be feared that
medical and surgical skill have of late
been at rather distressing premium
France seems to be scarcely so well sup
piled with medical strength, as we are
The population is something over 49,
100000, and their medicos about 10000,
or one for every 800 or 80 of the popu-
lation. But.all of the countries on the
face of the earth of which we have
knowledge in these matters, the United
States would seem to be the most tenn
ing with the disciples of Esculapius
With population mastering some 49,
100000, the Yankees have no less than
62,383 doctors, or one for every seven
hundred people. This, it will be seen,
is about two-and-a-half times the rela-
tive strength of the profession in
France, and three and-a-half times that
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Whether our country has an over supply,
or whether the others are wofully neglec-
ted in this matter, we cannot say, but it
would seem as though one or the other
alternative must be the case.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

The lady who attracted most atten-
ton at recent fancy dress ball in Lon
don represented "Young America"
She wore blue satin boots with silver
buttons, short white satin skirt, over
which was gracefully draped a silk Amer
lean flag, caught up at one side by a
metal eagle. The bodice was blue silk
covered with silver stars, over which
was very effective metal cuirass, on
the front of which was the American
shield with a prominent eagle. For
ornaments she wore bracelets and a
necklace of gold dollars, very neatly
made. On her head she wore crown
of thirteen stars in brilliants, her hair
hanging down her back. The lady was
Miss Kate Field. The costume was de-
signed by herself. The necklace was
made in Paris.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

A WRITER in the Boston Herald in
quires whether the armories in that city
are provided by the State for dancing
parties, or intended as places in which
soldiers can perfect themselves in mill
tary drill. The floors, he says, are
waxed until it is difficult to stand upon
them, and it is nearly impossible for a
company to march with the full twenty
eighth-inch step and the proper cadence
without half a dozen of the men slipping
down. And when it comes to stacking
arms the floor must be covered by a
strip of mating in order to prevent the
stacks from falling.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

WE hear of Keely, the motor man.
Mr.. J. B. knight, of Philadelphia, Sec
rotary of the Franklin Institute, who
has been engaged in examining the
motor for some time, accuses Mr..
Keely of humbug. He says there were
in the machine confusing number of
cocks and pipes, and Mr.. Kelly CON
stantly drew the observers attention to
other things. There were concealed CYL
inders, and many other devices calcu-
lated to deceive. He also says that the
so-called vacuum was not produced by
the condensation or absorption of the
alleged vapor, but by mechanical means,
such as previously exhausted chamber
or its equivalents; that the substance
used and claimed by Mr.. Keely to be
atom yapor of his own discovery is
simply atmospheric air which had been
previously compressed and stored up in
the various hollow spheres and other
chambers of the apparatus in the inter
walls between the experiments. Chas.
M. Cresson, M. D., on the request of Mr..
knight, analysed some of the "vapor +"
which was bottled up for that purpose,
and found it nothing but atmospheric
air
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-04-20

CURIOUS litigation is in progress be-
tween certain mill owners on the banks
of the Danube and the Aach. The
former claim that the waters of the
Aach are in reality escaped from the
Danube, and they are taking measures
to stop this subterranean drain. An
experiment lately made goes to sustain
their point, for coloring matter from
the waters of the parent stream was
transmitted to those of the tributary in
about sixty hours. The mill owners
on the Aach are solicitous concerning
the retention of their privileges.