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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-08
Notice of Assignee of His Appoint.
ment.

In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
FOX THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In he matter of Henry X. But |
terheld IN ii. Dow and TnnO. T., pA.
ny Dow, par ners a. VIM IL l" """Ai" P'eS'
Dow Il Co, Bankrupts.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
AT Watervlle, the twenty. second day of February,
II. 1873.
The Ia dtrsigne hereby gives notice of his ap.
ponmeut a Assignee OF Henry X. Butterfiel III and
Timothy + bow OF Waterve, IN The County OF
henhebec, and VIM, II Dow of FAN felt, in the
County oi S'meIseJ and state OF Maine, with n
said District who have been adjudged Bankrupts
upon their own peti ion, Individually and mem.
beers OF The firm OF VIM. H. Dow Co., by the Dis
trlct C~uttot SAID District.
CHARLES X. MATHEWS, Assignee.
Observation-Disclosures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-08
BlaCkVOOd'S Edinburgh Magazine.
Deposits over sAOo.ooo.

Es- These Reprints are NOT SELL CTiONs; they
give he originals IN FULL and at about ONE THIRD
the price OF the English Editions.
The latest advances and dr cOveries ia The arts
and sciences the recent additions to knowe,' ge in
every department OF literature and all the new
publications as they issue from the press fully
reported and discussed in the pages Of these peri
adc is, Ia language at once clear, iorcible and
conn rehensve. The articles are commonly more
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BUSINESS IN MAINE DURING 1877.
Fire risks written, u e55, 80 90
premiums received IS ,!8s ~
Losses paid, Al sos 70
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-08

NO1ce 10 Creditors In Bankruptcy.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF IHE UNITED STATE,
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.

In THE DISTRICT COURT OF HE UNITED STATES,
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
In the matter of Frantlin I
Land and Lumber Company,
against " hon petition Tor : In Bankruptcy.
adjudication III Bankruptcy
has be n file d.
At Portland in said District, on the 18th day OF
February A. ID. 1875.
nISrRICr OF MAINE, IS Upon the motion of
- w K. /. Dillaway. OF Boston, IN the County
OF suffolk and Cummonwealt tn ol Massachusetts,,
Attorney for tetltoning creditors IN said case anu
thereuBto Guly authorized, that the said petition
for adjadlca'ion in bank uptey filed against said
Franklin Land and Lumber ca. be dismissed:
Iii ordered, upon reading he foregoing motion,
that personal notice be given to all creditors
named In schedules furnished for conn o.ition
meeting and also by publication in kennebec Jour
raj, and that hearing viii be had heron upon
the fret Monday of March next. at 7. Nj.
VIM Z. PkEBLE, JR.,
Dept. Clerk of the u 5. district Court for the
Dittrict of NJ inc febg0-t2aw&w
KENAEBEC COUNT I'm Probate Court, at
augusta, on The fourth Monday oT January, 1875
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT purportIug to be
n the last will and testament 81 Sarah Wade,
late OF A ugu-ta ia said County, deceased, having
bee pres nted Tor probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given ihIce
weeks surct ssiveIy prior to the fourth Monday of
February next, IN the Daily Krnneber Joui nal u
new ptper printed in Augusta, that all persons
inter ested may alteud at "a Court o Probate then
to be hold at Augusta, and show cause, If any,
why the laid instrument SHOULD not be proved APP
proved ana allowed, as the last III and tesiaHent
OF the SAID deceased.
HK. BAKER Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs, Register. febs-td~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

"BE SURE TO BURN THIs.u-How
many millions of letters have had these
words somewhere in them? How many
receivers of the letters ever obeyed the
Injunction? The sentiment is not al
ways expressed In the same words. An
affectionate missive found in suicides
chamber in Brooklyn day or two ago
contained the passage "Please do not
let these letters lie where any one will
come across them" In another the
writer merely said, "Please destroy
this" But the meaning in all cases is
the same. The writer always admits
that he has written something which he
desires to keep from all eyes but those
of the person addressed. But with what
unanimity the receivers of such letters
fail to act according to request! They
are kept just for an hour or a day, SO
that they may be read again, or shown
to some particular friend who is sworn
to secrecy, or be answered according to
the remainder of their contents, and
one reprieve leads to another, until at
last they go into the great mass of epis-
tolary correspondence which sooner or
later is brought to light, and always at
time when the writer longs for the
darkness of Egypt to engulf the lot and
AAAAoOAt WILL tAOIu GNcTJ Ouc WHITES
silly letters sometimes. The editors of
the correspondence of the greatest men
find great many notes that should have
been burned, or, better still, have re-
manned unwritten, and frequently these
contain the cautionary clause, "Be sure
to burn this" but they still live. In
consideration of all the mischief that
silly and wicked letters have caused, in
spite of warning and beseeching clauses,
why not change the method of caution
little and have the writer burn his let
tiers instead offorwarding them ?-N. Y.
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05
ARE FAT-TEOPLE HEALTHY ?

Why are fat people always complain
ing? asks some one who entertains the
popular though erroneous notion that
health is Synonymous with fat. Fat
people complain because they are dis
eased. Obesity is an abnormal condi-
ton of the system, in which the saccha-
rine and oleaginous elements of the food
are assimilated to the partial exclusion
OF the muscle forming and brain pro-
duclng elements. In proof of this, it is
only necessary to assert the well-known
fact that excessively fat people are never
strong, and seldom distinguished for
mental powers or activity. Besides,
they are the easy prey of acute and cpl
demic diseases, and they are the fire.
quent victims Of govt, heart disease, and
apoplexy. Allan's Anti-Fat is the only
known remedy for this disease. It con-
tains no acid, is absolutely harmless,
and is warranted to remedy the most
confirmed case of obesity, or corpulency.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

FEMALE LAWYER.-Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood. an attorney-at- of Wash
ington. was ruled out of the court of Marl-
boro', Md, some time since. The Judge
in the course of his decision said:--
"God has set bound for a woman
Man was created first and woman after
and part of him. Like the sun and
the moon moving in their different or
bits, the great seas have their bounds.
and the eternal hills and rocks that are
set above them cannot be removed. u
He spoke of Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs,
Lavina G. Dundore, also an attorney, as
wandering women. He said he prayed
God the time would never come when
women would be admitted to the bar
of Maryland. Upon the conclusion of
his decision Mrs. Lockwood rose to
make remark that the court had mis-
understood the principal point in her
brief, when Judge Magruder ordered
her to take her seat, saying he would
not hear her. Mrs. Lockwood was
also told to sit down as she was
about to ask the court to put the decis-
ion in writing. The court was then
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The Chinese Astronomers ways are
past finding out by us western barba-
rians. 1t is related that in the fifth
moon of the present year the wise men
of Pekin noticed that the cum did moi
shine as brightly as was his custom. and
had q red and lurid appearance. Over
hauling their scientific books the learned
men saw that these signs, by all the laws
of antiquarian knowledge, portended
disaster to the imperial family, aud big
with the news they hurried out to give
timely warning. The household
guards were at once ordered out; the
wall and gates were fortified, and con-
sternation seized on the public. A few
days afterward great joy was caused in
thespalace by the birth of prince, and
the wise men Of the East returned to
their books to ascertain the cause of the
blunder. They learned that the evil
influences of a lurid sky and crimson
sun are averted when rain falls within
five days after their appearance. Of
course, rain had fallen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05
Pre-Glacial Americans,

THE REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES OF
ANTIQUE REMAINS AT TRENTON, N. j.
In writing of the articles in the Pea
body Museum at Harvard University a
correspondent says:
Perhaps the most momentous of these
additions, although certainly not the
most interesting to the casual glance,
unacquainted with their significance,
are the trays of "pal@oliths" dug up by
Dr.. G. c. Abbott, at Trenton, N. J. Dr..
Abbott has exhumen an astonishing
quantity of comparatively modern In
dian relics upon his farm, and some
years ago the Doctor began to find verv
rudely-chipped forms Of stone which
undoubtedly were the work of human
hands; and these occurred deep down in
glacial gravels. Further investigation
showed that among these implements,
as more and more were brought to light,
there was strong uniformity and a
constant difference from any accidental
fractures of stone. It would be difficult
to describe them. There was a rude
commoner types of modern stone i'm.
PIGMENTS, but they were evidently the
work of the very beginners in art (ap-
prentices in the work of civilization, j
and they bore upon them incontestible
marks of vast antiquity. As the evil
dence accumulated that these cru de
weapons of a forgotten race were really
of human workmanship, and that they
had not been drifted into the gravels
where they were found by any subse-
quent operation of nature or accident
q conviction which was supported by
the judgment of the most competent
geologists-the conviction forced itself
upon the finders mind that the men
who made these weather-worn, rough
implements must have been in existence
before the formation of the gravel banks,
and hence must have been at least con-
temporary with the ice sheet which dur
ing the glacial period capped the north
ern hemisphere. Such discovery as
this, which is likely to be followed by
corroborative evidence from other parts
OF the country, will surely throw great
light on the aboriginal history of this
continent and if it ever is proved, as
has been suggested, that the makers of
these palaolithic glacial buried imple-
ments, driven southwark by the advance
of the ice sheet, followed it northward
again to become the ancestors of the
present Eskimos, one great problem is
solved.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05
n SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
The Virgins Bones.

The Virgins bones are greater curl
osity of Cologne than the Cathedral, and
yet we rarely hear of them in America.
Among thousands of legends of the
Rhine, is that of the pious st. Ursula and
the II 900 virgins who, L. 400 years ago,
went up the river on a pilgrimage to
Rome, and returning were all murdered
by the Huns. Their bones were gath
cred together, and, in some way unex-
planned, were brought to Cologne, and
buried in q common tomb, over which,
for many years, was erected the present
Church of st. Ursula, which is $50 years
old. Subsequently the bones were ex-
! humed from beneath the church,
brought up int int it. and placed around it /,
forming ono of tho ;;;n,nsst extraordinary
displays that The eyes aI9 81 man ever Wit
messed. The church is not very large,
and its heavy walls, low ceilings, and
antiquity. All around this church are
recsptacles being filled with them, with
apertures in the sides through which the
bones can be seen, aud the skulls being
put on rolls of little shelves divided of
| like pigeon holes. All the skulls have
the part below the forehead covered
With needle work and embroidery, and
some of them Are inlaid With pearls and
precious stones. The collection Is Ger.
tainly 2 remarkable one, there being.
besides the collection of bones, l,soQ Of
these skulls arranged in cases around
the church; while In an apartment
known as the treasury. which is about
thirty feet square, there are 1872 more
skulls upon the walls, and the entire
upper portion i covered With bones
ing where the windows let in light
Here, under special glass cases, are the
skulls OF st. Ursula herself, her
lover, and several of the principal vir-
gins, together with the bones of her right
and left arm and anp foot. There are
also other relics, including one OF the
alabaster vases wherein the Saviour
turned the water into wine. This vase
1 would bold about four gallons, but part
of the mouth and one handle are gone
and it is SO cracked and dilapidated thai
it probably will hold very little now
Cologne Letter IN Philadelphia Ledger
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

NORMAN WILLIAMS Woo1NG. -The
following extract from the life of the
wife of the Conqueror is exceedingly
curious, as characteristic of the manners
of semi-civilized age and nation: "Af-
ter some years delay, William appears
to have become desperate, and, if we
may trust to the evidence of the .Chron-
icle Of Ingerbe,' in the year l047 way
laid Matilda in the streets of Rruges, as
she was returning from mass, seized her,
rolled her in the dirt, spoiled her rich
array, and, not content with these out.
RACES, strpck her repeatedly, and rode
off at full speed. This Teutonjc method
OF courtship, according to our author,
brought the affair to crisis, for Matilda,
either convinced ofthe strength of Will
liam's passion by the violence Of his be-
havior, or afraid of encountering a sec
ond beating, consented to become his
wife. How he ever presumed to enter
her presence again after svcA series of
enormities the chronicler sayeth not,
and we are at a loss to imagine"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

A little three-year-o old fell into vel
recently, where the water was only siz
inches deep. and remained there some
time before he was discovered. After he
was rescued bis pent up indignation
knew no bounds. There was crying a.
bout 1t, and such a volley of invectives
upon the heads of Deglectful parents
never before fell from infant lips. Here
Is sample: "You fink kin tay in a
Fly wasn't no better fadder'n mudder'n
ou' I'd go wifout childrenW
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The cereals and fruits of California
sell Tor more than her gold. Young
man, don't walk over an Onion bed to
pick up three cent piece.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The refinement of the poor is triumph
of Christian civilization. The antique
legend, which gave the sweetest song to
the nightingales that build their nests
near the tomb of Orpheus, may have q
moral for prose- WilInOtt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Seek only to;be true and you will hear
truth speaking from heaven, and from
the earth, and in your own being. Every
one that Is of the truth heareth her divine
voice. WSlli0ns II. Ftxrness.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The greatest thoughts are wronged if
not linked with beauty, and they win
their way most surely when arrayed in
their fit attire.-Channinq
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Only they who carry sincerity to the
highest point, in whom there remains
not single hairs breadth of hypocrisy
can see the hidden springs of things
Confucixs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The man eater sharks are becoming
numerous in the Sound. They are prob
ably New York hackmen thrown out of
business by the elevated roads.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

To be efficient police force must be
well paid. A man on half paw does not
care to get himself disliked by making
arrests.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

III can make money faster at work for MS than
~ at anything else. Capital not required !:
We We Will start you. $l2 per day at home made by
tne INDUSTRIOUS: Men, women, boys and girls
wanted everywhere TO work for u.s. Now is the
time. Costly outfit and terms free. Address
TRUE & Co., Augusta, Maine, AMPLY
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Whosoever will feel the tenderest par
ticipation in joy, let him not look at hap
Ply children, but at the parents who re.
joice to see them happy Richter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

He needs no other rosary whose thread
OF life is strung with beads of love and
thought.-Persian
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05
OUR LARGE STOCK
THE BARE WORD CREDIT.

Through the storm which we have passed
thr CASH MAN energies from the ordeal ten
times stronger, while the old regulars with
ledgers filled with worthless debts lay upon
every side like the dead leaves of autumn. The
time for apologies for the cash system is ended.
The. buyer recognizes it as the only safe way for
him to make his purchases, for by paying cash,
we save him at least 25 per cent. on long time
prices. Cash is an imperial master-credit a
death trap. Our stock is very large, all bought
for cash. and we offer unusual inducements IN
every department.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The old dairyman who asked the
Greenbacker if he could get any more
cheese from his milk by watering it is
still waiting for an answer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

What makes old age so sad is not that
our joys, but that our hopes cease. CAS-
Solomon says, desires shall fall. ~
Richter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Thou shalt abstain from deceiving
others by words or deed. Thou shalt
speak no word that is false.-Buddhist
Commandments.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

To be dumb for the remainder of lif,
is better than to spsak falsely.-Hito-
padessd.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Mrs. Throwcat resides in Columbus,
ia. If her business is all her name inn
plies, she ought to have constant en-
ploymsnt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

The wise maidens who kept their
lamps trimmed and burning would APP
preciate the luxuries of gas, and hot and
cold water in their rooms,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Verify hypocrites sink into a lower
abyss than any other sinner.-Mo-
hannaed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

Love lessons weman's delicacy and in.
creases man's.-Richter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-11-05

1t is only when one is thoroughly true
that there can be purity and freedom
Falsehood always Furnishes itself
Auerb0ch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
A HUSBANDS LOVE.

Apretty, dark-eyed girl about twenty yeau oF
age was arraigued in the Fifty.seventh Streot
Court yesterday, having been found the evening
before hopelessly drunk in the street.
"lti sa PITY to send 70 young and pretty a We
man to the Island" said the Magistrate rs there
no one in the Court who knows her7"
NO response was given for few momentH.
when handsome, well knit Young fellow came
quickly forward to the judges bench and said
with voice hoarse with emotion:
"she is my wife, sir. It Is not her first offsnse
and, God forgive me, had determined to let her
suffer this time. l find my love for her will NOT
allow OF my quietly seeing her punished, how.
ever much she may deserve It. Forgive her, your
Honor us now do. She has been, and will per.
haps be again. as good a wife as ever man was
blessed with"
The tears wera triCkllng down his face. and,
while yet his cheeks were wet his erring viii was
free to go,-Eew York Herald
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
"THE FIRST PRIVATE"

rare fpecimen Of soldierlv humanity onco
rppealea al Southern hotel In the large bar.
On ,,o' VI 'ne house, during the evening" dIscus-
0u aiose touching certain events that transpired
~ 'no Da'ue OF Shiloh The dispute Waxed
M Sm many OF those present had been in tho
some engaged on one side, and some on tho
.r VsuerIahd being military men, and oficeru at
'ua" 'hey were very emphatic. Atlength mod
o' sv"uenan' who had been sitting in the OoEneR
quieuy listening arose aud came for ward.
HenuemehF said he, II happened to be in
a' oa,'le-Was In II at the beginning, aud came
out at the end-and II you would like, l will tell
you lust how II WAS"
, All were respectfully silent when he smoke. and
sney could not be otherwise than attentIve-fop
tue mans description of that battle was precise.
.ToiIoums'an'ial, so eloquent and so startlingly
,,.', u sIa' tnose VINO were there seemed to be
nviug 'he merry scene over again, When he had
conclnded, all understood, aud there was no room.
lor more dispute. On the following morning the
soldier OF Shiloh went to the Off i,e to settle his
ni'I previous to his departure, and asked ths
amount OF hisindebtedness Said the landlord:
You were In the armyYr
"Yes, SIR"
May ask what Office you heldY"
soldier" P'''''
rs 1t possible? Well sir l shall claim the
privilege of celebrating this rare event by max
ing you present OF reoeipted bill without fur
ther cost to you. OF the Thousands of soldieu
VINO have stopped at my house since the close az
the war, you are the first private"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
DOES HER OWN WORK.

Does she2 What Of III Ia any disgracef Ia
she any less true woman, less worthy of respect
than she who sits in silk or satin, and is vain OF
fingers that never labori We listened to this
sneer few days ag1, and the tone in which il
was uttered betokened narrow selfish, ignobIa
mind, not fitted for country whose institutions
rest on honorable labor as one of the chief corner
stones Itevinced false idea of the true basis Of
society, Of true womanhood of genuine nobt ity.
ltShowed the detestable spirit of caste, or rank
which a certain class are trying to establish-a
caste whose sole foundation is money, and 70 the
meanest kind of rank known to civilization.
Mind manners, morals, all that enter into a good
character, are of no account with these socisF
snobsi position in their stilted ranks Is boupnt
with gold, and each additional dollar is another
round in the ladder by which elevation is gained.
$50 EgChun1e
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-12-26
ROMANCE IN REALITY.

French justice never sleeps Let a man once
become known as breaker o. law, and his rec
ord In all It's details is placed upon the police ar
ohives to confront him whenever he shall be
arraipned. Victor Hugo's Jean Vatican, won
'erful illustration Of the relentless character Of
the law of France has inst had his counterpart
In real life before the Court of Assizes at Paris
On the l2th Of November. very gentlemanly
looking man named Dumas was asked by the tri.
hunal just mentioned why he should not be sub
jected tn ten years imprisonment, a sentence
originally passed in contumacy because he was
not to lie found. With deep emotions he gave his
reason After faithful service as aSoldier, he had
&C ed as agent for an insurance company. and
becoming nearly crippled and wholly destitute
bv an attack OF rheumatic fever, obtained few
hundred francs by the issue of fictitious policies
As soon as he recovered he entered other EN- ploy-
ments under feigned name, and through third
persons more than indemnified the COMPANY he
had defraudtd He served as a volunteer during
rhe war with Germany, and would have been
awarded medal for his bravery, had he not ear.
nestly reQuest' hiS Colonel not to mention his
name. He had become rich as q wine merchant,
was well married. and highly respected by influ
initial neighbos His statements were confirmed
W unimreaohable witnesses and we are glad to
say that the jury, thinking he had more than
made up his offense, acquitted him.