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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-20
Maine Central
RAILROAD.

Passenger Train leave P0rsiaud for Ram
gor, Dexter, Belfast and WaterviIle at
I230, IL IS and Las p. m.
Fer skowhcSan at 1880, 1885. 11.45 Pm.
FOR Augusfa, HallOwe1l Gardinc< and
Rrunswick al ECO a. M, 12.35, 500 11.45 D, m.
For 80ckland ana all stations on Knox q Lin
coin r. R., and for Lewiston via Brunswick at
100 a. m. and 1875 .. m.
For Bath at 700 a. m, i2.S5 and 5.2Op.m
For Farmingt0n, Monmouth, Winthrop,
Readheld, West Waterville and Water.
Vile via Lewiston at 1890 D. m.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-11-20

Advertisers will find it cheaper to ret their JOB
PRINTING done where they get their Advertising.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21
HOW TO ACTI IN THE CASE OF
BURGLARY.

/. Lie very still and draw the bed
clothes over you-
2. Sit up and listen.
8. Pinch your wife and tell her she
ought to be ashamed of herself.
4. Tell her to go down stairs and
see what the matter.
D. Call out to the servant 10 order
the robbers off the premises.
6. If the burglars still persist in
their nefarious occupation, go on the
landing and ask them if they know
what they're about.
z. II they don't desist now. make
your wife tell them then, that in your
opinion they are wicked men, and
that you have q great mind to he very
angry.
.. Say you are very dangerous
when you are once reused.
3. Beg them to leave quietly, and
SO obviate the necessity Of disturb
bance in the house.
10. Ask them if they wouldn't ike
some cold meat and pickles, and !
glass ofbeer anda cigar.
II. Let them have what they like.
do Whist they like and giva them !
dollar each beaides. when they,re
gone bring out yeur pistols and send
for policeman.
u. Go 70 bed again, ami say thu,
the only reason why you didn't "a
down stairs At frst, punch all Their
heads, shoot them, and take ths,.
prisoners, wss that You sidn.s wan,
1 to disturb the neiahbors. s.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21
THE CHANCES AT FARO.
THE EXPERIMENT THAT ELEVEN NEW
YORK GAMBLERS MADE.
Frem the New York Sun.


Having read the recent tragic death
of st. Louis gambler in last Sun
days Sun, I Ihave thought it advisa-
BILE to give the public an idea Of the
gamblers chances. 1t is safe to ven-
ture the assertion that If a person
could be thoroughly convinced there
was no chance whatever of his win
ming penny, but that he would to an
absolute certainty, lose every dollar
he might hazard at faro, he would
forever abandon q habit SO demoraliz-
ing in its results. There is no reason
whatever why mind capable of reas-
oning should not arrive at the conclu-
sion that, although one may enjoy
temporary luck ut intervals, his ulti-
mate defeat il as sure as that his NOR
al nature suffers depletion with the
turn of every card.
Probably the best proof Of this adj
vantage on the part of the bank was
offered by an experiment made by
eleven well-known gamblers in this
city. Determined to test the chances
OF the game, they established bank
with a capital of $4,000, placing it
in charge of one OF their number,
while the remaining ten played against
it for the term of one year, each with
q stake of $1,000. At the end of the
time specified it was found that not
one of the ten players had dollar of
his original stake, but that the bank
hand absorbed their entire capital.
Old gamblers declare that any man
will beat himself at guessing in the
long run. and upon the truth of that
axiom the gamblers who run these
dens of theft thrive at the expense Of
the infatuated men who refuse to ac-
cept it until ruin stares them in the
face. Those who have given the sdb-
iect much attention declare that not
more than four gamblers in this coun-
try ever amassed q competency by
gambling unless they owned and con-
Quoted games themselves.
1t is in small com muni.ies that
gambling hells occasion their greatest
amount of misery, for they depend
for custom not upon an army of pro-
fessiond sports, but their supporters
are furnished from the artisan popu-
lation and younger mercantile CON-
munity--the very ones who can least
afford to lose the money that the tiger
daily extorts from his votaries. i,
would be ridiculous were it not mourn
ful, this blind mania for play and be-
lief in treacherous chances. Your
novice, and your veteran as well, will
play the game on Monday and lose
| s25, repeat the dose on Tuesday te
the tune of $50, Wednesday ditto ot
$40, and If he makes winning of $50,
on Thursday he will go home perfect,
satisfied, confident of his ability te
beat faro, never pausing to reflect thai
summary of his four days wori
shows him S75 out of pocket to onl,
/ $50 received.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21

that gloomy house. Then she ac-
knowledged that it would be terrible
anywhere without--without-
She jumped to her feet.
''He will drive me Wild" she said,
changing in that way on the piano" I"
She passed into the hall and looked
into the drawing room, where he sat
placidly playing.
''Poor fellow!" she thought. 'sHow
can 1 call it obstinacy? 1t looks like
misery written all over his features.
And isn't he superb-looking? Why
no one else has ever approached him.
And he will be mine if / say it"
=. Suddenly-ean you comprehend it =!
she walked straight into the parlor
and stole up behind, put her arms
shout his neck, and pressed her cheek
against his.
Not word was said for moment
but his fingers fell from the keys, his
arms dropped listlessly at his sides,
his head sunk lower and lower on hi.
breast, and Madge felt a mist gather.
ing in her eyes, a mist of happy tears
"Come out under the stars" she
whispered. ST want to saw ives Il
you
II am answered, Madge," he sait
drawing one of her hands over hi
shoulder and talking with it agains
his lips. "Let us not mar this mo
ment of surprise and joy by singl
word"
''Lyndhurst, you are as provokin
as ever. When l would not, must
now / will, 1 shall not. l shall hav
to practice humility. 1 see, and stud
my lords moods. You've played th
high hand long enough, and 1 insif
on saying yes in my own way
There, now, if you don't want t
speak again in an hour l will rest m
face here and dream"
II don't believe you will find me
tyrant," he said, kissing her. ''Bt
come out, Madge, and let's compal
our mutual miseries during the pa
week"
He led her through the open viii
dow, holding back the swaying yin'
for her to pass. There, arm in arm
under the stars, let us leave them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21
or SIafs.
.
MORE THAN HER MATCH.

Long shafts of moonlight were
shooting down through what seemed
an almost impenetrable wood ana
on the green modses. q 4
faint wind a.dallied with the foliage
Wild flowers decket. the ground. 2
Here in this sylvan retreat, sa
Miss Barron, and she was very mucl
out of humor, for every now and thel
she drove the point Of her paras 9
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21
THE FAMIsHED CREW.
lruR7HER DETAILS OF THE cANNIBALIssG
on BoARD THE sALLIE N. srExLMAH---
SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT PooD.

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
New YoRK, Feb. 12.-Fcw tales OF
suffering at sea are more terrible in
their details than the experiences OF
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21

Mexico, Missouri.
Has for sale large selection of town
and country improved and unim-
proved property at very low figures
and on reasonable terms.
represents the following old Sub
stantial Companies
Home n. Y go. ..assets Sc, ,104 ,65l
Continental n. -. 3,04O,OS
InsuI ance Co. of N. A.
Philadeiphia -. assets 6,601 1884
assets. s............... 7o3, ,622
Fire Association of Phila.
assets. ................ s,77s,651
N. British e. Mercantile of
London Gold Capital. -. 10,OOO.O 900
Assets in the u. S...... 1,767 PIT
LIFE INSURANCE.
North Western Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
8RSeJS. .pAo,OoH,O@o'NS
Abstracts and conveyances furnished
on reasonable terms. Correspon-
dence soiited. 6-tf
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
Mgistellamen)ls Rradina.

THE END.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
CAPTAIN MARTIN SCOTT
The Most Expert Marksman Of his Day.

One of the most widely known men Of any
time-his name being embalmed in the heart
of an imperishable anecdotes Captain
Martin Scott. And yet but little is known
of his life. He is the hero of the "coon
story" The tradition runs that this story
first appeared in a country paper of New
York State in about 1S46. 1t was in SUBJ
stance as follows: Captain Scott and par
ty of friends were out hunting. They were
scattered through the woods, each hunting
separately. One of the party at length came
upon raccoon that was sitting in the high
est branches of very tall tree. He fired at
him and missed One by one the rest of the
party came up and fired, each one missing
the too remote coon. At length Captain
Scott arrived, and was in the act of pulling
trigger, when the coon looked around the limb
and said "Who are you?'' "I'm Scott. "
What Scott ?" Captain Scott" care you
Captain Martin Scott ?" "The same "Well,
then," said the coon, unlimbering himself,
"you needn't shoot III come down.
Martin Scott was, from his earliest days, a
remarkably fine pistol and rifle shot. While
blowing in the field one day he received a
letter, which enclosed him his commission as
ensign in the United States Army. He had
never applied for this position. and to the
day of his death never knew how it came to
be rendered to him. He accepted it, howev.
er, and was soon famous through ghout the whole
army as the best shot of his day. Upon the
authority of COL B. 4. Marcy, U. S. A., to
whose admirable information | am greatly
indebted will give sample of his shooting.
A playing card, with spot about the size of
dime, was tackled upon tree seventy, five
yards distant. Captain Scott then took
muzzlc loading squirrel rifle and proposed to
see how quickly he could load and fire three
times. He began, and in one minute and
twenty seconds had loaded and fired three
times. OF course this was very quick work,
allowing hardly any time for aiming The
firing was almost instantaneous. When Col
onel Marcy went to examine the target he
found one hole exactly in the centre of the
bulls eye. He remarked however, that
the other two shots had missed the target
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
THE VITALITY OF THE SHARK.

During the spring Of the year, 1862, when
the war was in progress, q number of army
officers left Boston in the new sailing ship
"Merchant" for voyage on Ship Island.
Among the passengers were DR.. Hooker,
Lieutenants Prince and Emerson, and the
writer and we all witnessed the scene / am
about to describe.
Early one morning, DR.. Hooker called
from the deck to us below that shark was
following the ship. We took this to be a
practical joke and did not move from our
state rooms.
But when we did go upon deck, about six
o'clock, we looked over the stern to the ship
and there saw an enormous, shovel-nosed
shark following us, but keeping his distance
about two hundred feet. Every person on
board was called to look at the huge fish.
The old sea captain said it was no unusual
incident to have shark follow ship for an
entire voyage They subsist largely on the
waste matter thrown overheard; and, as they
are very fast swimmers, can always keep up
with vessel
1t was proposed by Captain Lewis, one Of
the captains on board, to make an effort to
capture him.
We threw into the ocean pieces of bread
and other articles Of food, and were greatly
interested to see him eat them. The ship
was searched but there was not harpoon to
be found there was not even a shark hook.
The prospect of capturing this great fish was
not very bright, until Captain Lewis proposed
to make moose and lower it down into the
water, and thus entangle him.
But Sir Shark kept away from the rope.
l then proposed to put a piece of pork big as
my hand, on common fish line, and by a
little maneuvering of the the bait induce the
fish to pass his head into the noose But he
was very cautious and would not near the
ship when lowered the piece of pork, until
two little pilot fish, that rode on his back. one
on each side of the great fin, came forward and
inspected the bait, then returned and took
their places,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
Seletted guetrp.
A CONSTANT READER.

A CONSTANT READEH.
The overworked scribe of the MtdviNe Gazette,
Sat wondering-moneyless wight
If his Office would ever be cleared OF its debt,
With the times so deplorably tight,
When the tread Of old leather was heard on the
stair,
Who asked, with the ''dont let me bother YOU
Which the bore is so apt to assume
"How are ye?" The editor rose with smile
And pleasantly yielded his chair,
Placed the visitors sadly unbeautlfui TIE
(Which exhibited symptoms of wear),
On the top of the desk, alongside OF his own
CA shocking old plug, by the way),
And then asked, in a rather obsequious tone,
"Can we do anything for you to-day p
"No-I Jest called to see ye'-the visitor said,
''Pm friend to the newspaper mem
Here he ran a red handkerchief over MS head,
And accepted the editors fan
"Pve read all the pieces you've writ for your
sheet,
And they're straight to the pint, confess;
That ar slap you gin Keyser was sartnly neat
You're an ornyment, sir, to the press!'
Il am glad you are pleased said the writer
But you praise me too highly, by far
Just select an exchange that you're anxious to
read,
And while reading it. try this cigar,
Bv the way, I've melon laid up for treat
Pve been keeping it nestled in ice;
It's q beauty, sir, nt IOr an anger W eat-
Now, perhaps you will relish slice?''
Then the stranger rolled up halfa dozen or more
OF the choicest exchanges Of all
Helped himself to the fruit, threw the rinds on
the floor,
Or flung them at flies on the wall.
He assured his new friend that his "pieces were
wrote
In manner uncommonly able'-
AS he wiped his red hands on tho editors coat
That hung at the side of the table.
"By the way, I've neglected to ask you your
name,''
Said the scribe, as the stranger arose;
"That's Il fact" he replied, "Inh Abimalech
Bame
You have heard of that name, suppose?
I'm a. livin' out here on the Fiddletown Creek,
Where I own a good house and lot;
The Gazette gets around to me wunst every
week
I'm the constantest reader you've got!'
"Abimalech Bame" mused the editor, "B-a-m-e-
(Here his guest begged chew of his TWIST
am sorry to say, you mellifuous name
Does MT happen to honor my list!
"'Spcse not" was the ANSWERING reason II
should,
For We see, line lots with Bill Prim-
He's reg'lar subscriber, and pays ye in Wood,
And borry your paper o him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
BREAD OR BLOOD.
THE COMMUNE IN RICHMOND DURING THE
WAR.

THE COMMUNE IN RICHMOND DURING THE
WAR.
Major John w. Daniel gives the following
graphic account of the appearance and oper-
ations of communists in Richmond during
the war, and how they were suppressed:
When Harpers Ferry was captured at the
beginning of the war, all the available ma
chinery for the manufacture of arms was ta-
ken to Richmond. Hundreds of workmen
and their wives and daughters had been en-
ployed in the arsenals and machine shops,
and they followed the machinery to the capi-
tai in search of employment. They got it.
For time they were regularl y paid in good
money, and everything moved smoothly. But
as the currency deprecated they began to
suffer. The money received by the workmen
would not support their families. As the war
progressed, Confederate notes became almost
valueess. Grant had his hand on the throat
of the Confederacy at Petersburg. The wages
of the workmen would not purchase food for
their families. They protested, but in vain.
They were too patriotic to organize revolu
ton. Their women however, formed Sc
cret society based on communistic principles
They seem to have held that their husbands
were working for the Confederacy and that
the Confederacy was the only safety of the
grocers and shopkeepers Without clothing
and provisions their husbands and sons must
stop work. This would cut off necessary mu-
nitions and supplies, the government would
fall, and all would be involved in one COM
mon ruin. To avoid this, general division
Of food and clothing must be made. The
wives and daughters of laborers and mechan-
les throughout the capital generally joined in
the movement.
While standing in Main street one morn
ing the Major witnessed an extraordinary
scene. Hundreds of women suddenly ap-
peared. The broad avenue was filled with
them. They came filing in from the cross
streets by platoons, and began to sack the
stores, Hollow eyed and gaunt with hunger,
nobody dared resist them. A crowd of men
hung upon the outskirts, offering no interfer-
ence and expressing no sympathy for the
shopkeepers The women took the stores in
line, one after the other. They proceeded
Systematically, The goods we're piled upon
wagons drawn by horses driven by female
sympathizers. Not word was spoken. The
work was done with terrib earnestness.
When the mob entered the grocery certain
percentage of them piled the goods upon the
outstretched arms Of the others, and they
were borne to the streets and dumped into
the wagons. The women had it all their own
way. Neither soldiers nor police were in
sight Meanwhile the crowd increased. Oth-
er women heard what was going OF: and
flocked to Main street for share of the plum
der. Not man joined them, and for long
time no one made all effort to stop them. At
last Congressman Baldwin, of Virginia.
jumped upon dry goods box and made an
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23

A PRETTY CoMpL1MENr.-It was one of
the prettiest compliments in the world that
little seven.year old Milwaukee boy paid his
mother the other evening. The family were
discussing, at the supper table, the qualities
which 60 to make up good wife. Nobody
thought the little fellow had been listening, or
could understand the talk, till he leaned over
the table and kissed his mother, and said:
Mamma, when Iget big enough, I am going
to marry lady just like you. Wouldn't you
marry me, mammal"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23

pa- The report of the National Department
of Agriculture for 1877, now in course of
publication, states that the yield of wheat in
the United States for the year was 360,000,-
900 bushels, or $4,000, 900 more than was ever
before produced. Deducting the amount ne
cessary for home consumption in food and
seed, upwards of 100000 can be spared
for export. The acreage of winter wheat for
1878 is greater than that for 1877. The corn
product was 1,3O0,00O,0O0 bushels; with cor
responding yields of corn and potatoes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23

entirely. Captain Scott smiled, called for
an axe, split the log and found the three balls
imbedded in the single hole. These shots
we're all off:hand. Colonel Marcy says that
he has seen officers who vouched for the truth
of the following, having seen Captain Scott
do it. He would take two potatoes, and
throwing them into the air successively would
put pistol ball through both of them as they
crossed in the air, one going up and one COM
ing down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
CHAPTER XXI.

Of course it is almost unnecessary to state
that Colonel Dacre and Mary lived harmo-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-23
Au Original Storg.

Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-28
A Legal Dollar.

What constitutes dollar? This has be-
come a question of much Importance, and
the answer is readily at hand. Acontempo-
rary furnishes it: 1.-The dollar is 37ldi grains
OF pure silver mixed with 25l grains OF base
metal, and then shaped and stamped and
marked with certain devices; and. also, the
dollar is % % 100 grains of pure gold mix
ed with $500 grains OF base metal, and
then nodded, shaped, and stamped with GER
tain devices. Either of these is a dollar, and
they are exactly equal to each other by law,
and they are also by law Invisible into halves,
quarters, tenths, hundredths, &C., e. That
is this dollar is divisible into 100 parts, each
part called one cent, and the whole contain
lug 100 cents these cents being all equal, or.
in other words, 81 is first, 412s grains OF
coined silver and, second, it is 25 $40
grains of coined gold, each being just
equal to the other, and each containg 100
cents equal to each other; and, as a part can
not be equal to the whole, SC is 81 not
equal to 100. Hence, ifa silver dollar be
only equal to 81 cents, then is thing not
equal Itself, which cannot be-
Rust and chemicals of great power may
assail the precious metals, but are powerless
to harm them. So also may sophistry at
tempt to corrupt the argument sustaining
the dollars of our fathers, but it will fail to
impress itself with any force upon the can
lid mind. Whatever the Government UNI
der its constitutional power may stamp as a
dollar, and make payable at par for debts
due to itself or its people, is one hundred
cents, and the attempt to reduce 1t below
that standard by a wordy, scphistical war
will be as futile as an effort to put out the
light of the sun by impairing the sight that
seeks to discover it.-Not. Republican.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-28
Two TeleoramS.

A telegram from Ottawa, Ontario says
"Large quantities OF American capital have
recently been invested in Dominion stock.
on account of the uncertainty prevailing in
the United States in regard to the standard
of values created by fear of the passage OF
the Bland Silver BILL" 1t would be advisa-
BILE for the capitalists to follow the capital,
take up their residence where their sympa-
thies lead them. We regard this good
sign. It'sliows gold speculation will have
an end, and that capital must seek other
avenues of employment. Thislcxodus of
capital is charged to the silver bill.
Now for a case properly chargeable to a
policy that the silver bill will rectify-a case
that strikes at bone and flesh, at life itself,
and tracks the misery OF mothers and chill
dren. Here it is in brief telegram to the
Philadelphia Press s'TIle entire and par
tial storpage of operations in the different
districts in the coal regions has thrown put
Of employment between $4,000 and 10000
miners, laborers, railroaders, and other clas-
es of mechanics who are employed about the
transportation companies
The two kilograms need no further COM
ment. This torture of human beings with
hunger and want is the result of existing
laws, which the bill, whose prospective pas
sage has so frightened few stock gamblers
that they have expatriated their capital pro-
poses to change and reform. u