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Oueen VictOria's Narrow Escape.

Apropos OF her majesty's review OF
the ironclads at Spithead, it may be IN
teresting to recall the fact that the queen
can look back upon at least one danger.
GUS maritime adventure. Cruising Oh
tho Isle of Wight in thu yacht Emerald,
while she was yet Princess Victoria, tne
beeeze freshened into gale, and before
the vessel could get into Cowes road the
decks were swept fore and aft. The COM
ing queen, however, undauntedly re-
mained O witness of the scene ; when
sudden squall took the Emerald aoack,
and crack went the topmast immedlately
above the cap. The pilot, Mr. Sann.
ders, quick as thought. sprang 10 wheie
the princess was standing, lifted her III
bis arms to more safe position further
aft. and the next moment crash came
the topmast down where the queen hao
originally stationed herself: Buttor the
prompt action of Mr.. Saunders the queen
would probably never have lived to wit
ness the porderous procession OF the
jronclads. Indeed, her majesty long
ago acknowledged that the escape was
something to be thankful for, as the
nilot. at her instance, was promoted to
be a master; and when the Princess
Victoria became queen of England, no
was early invited to court. Moreover
at the death of Mr.. Saunders, some few
wears after, her majesty made conslderate
provision for his wife and family.
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Useful for Reference.

In general, 10000 pounds is a car
load ; it is also seventy barrels of salt,
seventy of lime, ninety-nine of -four,
sixty Of whisky, two hundred sacks of
flour, six cords of hard wood, seven of
soft; eighteen to twenty head of cattle,
fifty to sixty head of hogs, eighty to one
hundred head of sheep, 5000 feet of
solid boards, $1,000 feet Of siding, 49,
600 feet of flooring, 10000 shingles,
one.half less of hard lumber, one-quar-
ter less of green lumber, one.tenth less
of ioists, scantling and all other large
lumber $40 bushels of wheat, AGO of
corn, $50 of oats, 400 of barley, $50 of
Aaxseed, $50 of apples, 48O of Irish po-
tatoes, and 1000 bushels of bran. The
foregoing table may. not be exactly cor
rect, for the reason that railroads do not
agree in their rules and estimates but
it appro1imates 80 closely to the aver
age that shippers will find it q great
convenience as matter of reference,
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After Many Years.

There passed down on the train the
other day and agaed but smart-look-
ing lady, between sixty and seventy
years OF age, having with her little
child about two years old, whose dark
complexion unmistakably betokened In
dian origin and naturally excited some
curiosity. The lady was communicative,
and told a story filled with romance. She
was widow, with an only son living in
Connecticut. Her boy grew to be a
young man, and, filled with love of ad-
venture, he forsook the parental roof and
came West His rovings at last led him
to Bismarck, Dakota Territory, where
he became interested with Indian traders
and finally married the daughter of q
chief, the fruit of their union being one
child. At length in an engagement with
the hostiles the young man was killed.
The sad news in due time reached his
mother. She was almost disconsolate in
her grief. With true maternal affection
she at once resolved to search for her
sons child, and, if possible, find in it an
object upon which she might bestow her
care and motherly love. Forthwith she
journeyed to Minnesota. The difficult
ties in the way formed no barrier to her
New England energy. Her diligent in
quiry along the Northern Pacific railroad
brought to her acquaintance a man who
had known her son. For fifty dollars he
offered to find the squaw who had been
the sons wife. Without going into de
tails of the search it is sufficient to say
that the tribe of Indians was found, and
with it the squaw and the child. When
the lady first saw her grandchild she
thought she could discern in his features
a resemblance to her son, but when the
little one was in the midst of a number
of Indian children, it was hard to dis
cover much difference. Nevertheless,
the grandmother of the dusky little half
breed was bent on having him brought
up under the gentle influence of Con.
necticut civilization, and she quieted
her compunctions of bartering in human
flesh by the exigencies of the case and
the gift of six sacks of flour to the be-
reaYed Indian widow. The old lady de.
parted with her new found treasure, as
happy as boy with new toy Wanono
(liinn.) Republican.
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Cattle Raising on the Plains.

W. A. Boland writes from North
Platte, Neb.. to the Jackson (Mich.)
Citizen, description of how the stock
business of the plains is conducted.
Following is an extract: The grazing
regions of the PLAINS extend from Kear-
ney, near the ninety-ninth meridian, to
the Rocky Mountains, and embrace
southwestern Dakota, southeastern Wy.
oming, western Nebraska, and part OF
Colorado and Kansas. Through this
vast region cattle and sheep range winter
and summer, feeding on grass and re-
curing no attention except branding
and driving to market when fat. The
VIII oe country is occupied by ranches,
from three to four miles apart. Ranches
are the houses-mostly made of sod
where the herders eat and sleep. Gov
ernment owns the land, except the stock
owner generally owns forty or 100 acres
on the watercourse where his ranch is
situated, and this ownership of the ranch
settles his title to the range, as the State
law forbids any other party to allow
cattle to remain on a range alrerdy occu-
pied more than three days. A ranch is
generally occupied by from two to five
men; one ranch can care for from 500 to
1000 cattle or sheep. Men having
over 1900 head of cattle, and there are
many who have 49, 900, and some 40, 600,
generally have contiguous ranches about
twelve miles apart. The whole cost OF
keeping cattle year and marketing
them ranges from $2.75 per head for
small herds (small herds are less than
1,OOO to 81 per head for large
herds. Three hundred two-year-old
heifers will keep family in moderate
comfort after the second year, and make
the owner rich in ten years. The sup
ply of cattle is kept up by natural in
crease and by the importation of Texas
cattle, which latter are driven in herds
of many thousands to Ogalalla, small
station on the Union Pacific railroad,
some forty miles west of North Platte,
and sold to stock growers all over the
grazing region. From June 10 till the
latter part of July these Texas cattle
arrive at Ogalalla in such vast numbers
that it is beyond doubt the greatest
cattle market in the world. No choice
is allowed the buyer except as to age
and sex-.a Thousand is thoueand-and
the buyer takes his number, drives them
to the ranch, brands them and turns
them loose. The present prices at which
cattle are held at Ogalalla are-for year
ling heifers, 50; for steers, SO; for two
year-old heifers, $12; steers, S13; tor
three year-old heifers, S13; steers, $l6.
These bring at four years old, grazed
one year, about s25, sometimes a dollar
more or less,
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Night Among the Hills.

So still So still
The night comes down on vale and hill
So strangely still, cannot close
My eyes in sleep. No wstchman goes
About the little town to keep
All safe at night. cannot sleep!
So dark! So dark.
Savo here and there fiittering spark,
The frehy's tiny lamp, that makes
The dark more dense. Ny spirit quakes
With terrcrsSague and underlined
I see the hills loom up behind.
So near! So near
Those solemn mountains, grand and drear
Their rocky SUBMITS! Do they stand
Like sentinels to guard the land ?
Or iailors, fierce and grim and stern,
To shut us in till day return?
hear q sound,
A chirping, faint, low on the ground;
A sparrow's nest is there. I know
The birdlings flew three days ago;
Yet still return each night to rest
And sleep III the forsaken nest.
No fear! No fear
Sleep, timid heart Sleep safely here
A million helpless creatures rest
Securely on Esrth's kindly breast;
While Night her solemn silence keeps,
he Rakes to watch vino never sleeps.
joy Allison.
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How to Choose a Horse.

An English paper tells us that the
purchasers of lorses for the French army
always endeavor to obtain a first look at
the animal when he is in the stable,
noting if the animal supports himselJ
equally well on all his legs, and, if one
seems to yield, especially examining it..
Attention is then directed to the large
ness of the pupil of the eye, which ought
to be more dilated when in the stable
than when exposed to light. After the
animal has been let out of the stable, the
eye ought to be again examined to see
if the pupil has been contracted; if not,
the sight is feeble. Others, to test the
power of vision, feign to strike the fore
head with the hand. If the hollow over
the eye be profound and the temple
grey, old age is to be concluded.
Wounds about the temple suggest attacks
of staggers; and when the end of the
nose presents circular scars, it may be
concluded the horse has been twitched
with cord to insure his quietness while
being shod or having had to submit to
some painful operation.
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A Nevada newspaper tells how Piute
souaw shoots: "She will throw herself
on her back, clap both feet to the bow,
draw the arrow with both hands and, let
ting drive, send it clean through tho
body of the deer"
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In England and Wales there are
68, ,538 persons Of unsound mind, an
increase of 1902 over last year. The
ratio to population is 27.57 to 10000.
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BY rolling it in a blanket soaked in
hot mustard an apparently lifeless child
was resuscitated at Wethers6eld, Conn. {,
recently.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-10-02

A Louisville young woman advertised
in the papers for an escort to a concert
and forty young men replied.
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An eminent German traveller in Africa
speaks in the highest terms of petrole-
um as a protection for men and animals
against mosquitoes.
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
A dust bath is essential to fowls.
Low perches are preferable for fowls.
Provide shelter for farm implements.
Peaty soils, we'll drained, are very pro.
ductive for grass crops.
Good, thorough tillage is death to
weeds and their propagating powers.
"Scaly leg" in fowls may be cured by
carbolic soap suds or sulphur and lard
mixed and rubbed on.
a morning wash with decoction Of
walnut leaves, the London Farmer
says, will keep flies from horses.
Gut your corn and shock it as soon as
1t is glazed, and thus avoid damage
from early frost and secure good corn
fodder.
Weeds absorb moisture as well as
plant-food from the soil, and nothing
but science and laziness can justify
their growth.
A dressing of linseed oil will serve to
prevent iron and steel from rusting, and
mixed with lead and applied will prevent
the decay Of wood of farm implements
and machines.
The great want in farming is more
stock and more manure. Exhaust all
your home resources in barnyard ma
nure and materials for the compost
cheap before investing largely in arti-
xoso do,,o
A legal bushel OF oats in Maine, New
Hampshire and New jersey must weigh
thirty pounds; in Canada, thirty-four
pounds; in Oregon, thirty six pounds;
in Missouri, thirty-three pounds; in
Iowa, Massachusetts, New York and
most other States, thirty-two pounds.
An Austrian journal states that COWS
have great liking for celery, and that
"in many districts the leaves are fed
to them either scalded or cut fine and
mixed with bran-mash, and that they
are preferred to red clever and bring
"a far richer and sweeter milk than any
other food"
A correspondent gives expression to
a commonplace but important truth,
when he says that sit is actually less
work to hoe field as often as weeds can
be seen, than to allow them to get the
start of you and then try to conquer.
He adds that he has "learned this
lesson many times"
Don't allow weeds about your door,
yard, barnyard, roadside, in the hedges
of your fields, in the garden where you
have taken off a crop, to ripen seed; nor
should you put ripened weeds, full of
seed, into your pigstye. Neglect not
these hints and suggestions, lest you
should ere long be inquiring how to
eradicate weeds. Prevention is better
than cure is an old adage.
A solid, compact, hard or densely
packed soil holds little or no air, hence
is a powerful conductor of both heat
and cold while a light, loose, porous
soil holds large volume of Dir, and is
poor conductor, is not liable to extremes
of heat or cold, retains moisture we'll,
but not water, is warmer in cool seasons,
cooler in hot ones, and thus. is more
congenial to plant growth at all times.
The following table gives the number
of froao to tho onra yvhnn set ont 0t Ger.
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The Prince of Wales in going next
year to Australia, China and Japan, and
Gen. Grant, at the same time, will visit
India, China and Japan, returning to
the United States By way of California.
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II ieeI ps IL AeeV'...'' '.''''''' '1N
A correspondent of O Philadelphia
paper says that milk set and kept at q
Temperature of forty degrees will not
sour, but the cream will become bitter
before it is ready to skim, and milk set
at high temperature, say seventy de-
grees, will sour in twenty-four hours.
A proper temperature for setting milk is
between fifty and sixty degrees, with
which fact, no doubt, the majority OF
dairymen are familiar.
To cure and heal up places of broken
skin on the shoulders of draft horses,
dissolve six drachms of iodine in half a
pint of alcohol, and apply it on the sore
with feather as sool as the collar is re-
moved, and when at rest, twice a day,
morning and evening. The article should
be in the stable Of every hostler, as it is
an excellent application on horses where
the skin is broken by kicks or other accl.
dents, and is sure cure for splints if
used in proper manner, says an e1-
change.
Household Hints.
The Juice of lemon will remove claret
stains from table linen.
Peel and bake ripe pears, with but lit
tie water. When cold, cover tho top
and sides with q cake-icing favored with
vanilla, and serve with cream and sugar.
This makes O delicate and healthful
desert, and but little time is consumed
in it's preparation.
Take full-srown tomatoes while yet
green, cut out the stems, and stew until
tender; press through seive; season
highly with pepper, salt, ground cloves,
allspice and nutmeg; boil the pulp until
thick. Worcestershire sauce may be
added if liked. This is nice with cold
meats.
Many do not know that hot fruit can
be put in cold glass jars without break
ing them. Place an ordinary table
spoon (silvcr plated, or pewter) in the
jar or can, before putting in the hot
berries, tomatoes, or anything that is
canned. Also, when putting jelly in
tumblers, place O tablespoon in the
glass, then pour in the hot jelly. Do
not be afraid, tho glass will not break if
sound. It saves much trouble in can
ming fruit. For an experiment, put a tea
spoon in tumbler, and pour boiling
water in and see if it will break it.
To whiten old flannel, make sllds of
hard soap and soft water; dissolve tea
spoonful of borax and put in the suds;
put the flannel in the suds and let 1t lie
a few minutes, then wash and rinse;
have ready some cloths dipped in melted
birthstone, and wound on sticks; two
will be sufficient, put them in candle
stick, or anything to hold them in an
upright position; hang the flannel in a
barrel, so that the smoke can come up
through the middle and around it; light
the birthstone candles and set them in
the bottom of the barrel and cover close
ly, If carefully done, they will come
out nearly rs nice as new.
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The lady conductor of q well.known
English magazine recently cut out a
leaf from an entire edition OF the period
ical because q novel running through
its pages contained reference of libel
ous nature.
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They have anovel mode of discovering
a criminal in Japan: The magistrates
OF the village of AVA, being unable to
discover the author of series of mys-
terious crimes, opened poll, inviting
every citizen to name on his ballot the
person whom he thought guilty. One
notorious ne'er.do-well was elected as
the culprit by great majority, and hav.
ing confessed his crime was promptly
executed.
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Much litigation is likely to grow out
the mill explosion in Minneapolis. The
insurance companies refuse to pay the
whole damage, on the ground that they
are liable only for the actual loss by
fire; but the mill owners held that fire
caused the explosion, and that, there
fore, the entire loss was in consequence
of fire.
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Statistics show that the actual con-
sumption of eggs in the United States is
about 100000 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed in 1877 is esti-
mated at $50, 900, 900 pounds of the value
of $68, 1000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-10-02

Edison, the inventor, proposes to pros.
spect IN California for ore bodies by
means of electricity, and thinks he can
determine by the resistance TO the cur
rent the extent Of any ore body, and also
determine it's relation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-10-02

1t is noted by a New Jersey nursery
dealer, as feather in the crest of the
sparrow, that whereas formerly he en-
ployed two boys all summer long in
keeping four acres of rose-bushes clear
of the destructive slug, this season has
been wholly unnecessary since the
advent of the sparrow.
The Portland daily press., 1878-09-14
PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET.

1.-TWO good counting rooms, over ISL Commercial
Il street. Rent moderate. Will let one or both.
je2Sdtf AUG. r. STEVENS 81 co.
The Portland daily press., 1878-09-14
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Or and Alter Nionday. LuIy
Essss-ses7s-sssSS 4, sS7S, trains will LEAVE
- PORFL EOR BOSTON
s----A--At els, S.45 a. M, Ito, $50 D. m, ar
irving at Boston l0l5 a. M, l.30, $40 1880 d. M
Returning, leave Boston at $50 a. m 1870 800 co
p. m, arriving at Portland I23O 500, 8CO, 1000 M
Fer Scarborough Bench and PINE PoinI,
6.l5, S.45, 1000, a. M, $50, $50 p. IN, Old
Orchard Beach, SAGE and 6sfdaefOrd els
S.45, 1000 a. No., LILO, $50. $50 D. m. For Ken
nebunL, at 6 10, 8,45 a. N. $50, $50 p. IN.
For Wells, No. Berwick, sRImoa RaiIF,
SsaverhiIi, North AndOVer, Lawrence,
AndOver and Lowell at 6.15. SIS e. ~, LILO
$50 p. N. For Rochester, EarmingtOu, Al !.
ton Bay and WOlfborough at s.45 a. m, 10
p. II. For Center HnPbOr at Si5 a. IN. For
Manchester and Concord (via Newmarket
Junction ut 6.15 a. M, 10 p M. (yis Lawrence) at
8.45 a. N.
The Ito p M. train from Portland does not top at
Scarborough Beach or Pine Point except TO take
passengers oiug west OF lsiddeford.
Morning Trans Will leave Aennebunk
for Portland at 7.20 a.. M. The Ito p. m.
train from Portland connects at Boston with
all Sound Line Steamers for New York and all Rail
Lines for New York and the South and West.
Throngn Tickets TO all rCiBIs SouIh
and West az lowest rates.
Trains on Boston % Maine read connect with
all steamers running between Portland and Ban
gor, Roekland, Mt. Desert, Mac lias, Eastport
Calais, st. John and Halifax. Also, connect with
Grand Trunk trains at Grand Trunk StGsioa and
Malne central and Portland 81 Ogdensburs trains at
All trains stop st Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland
Transfer Station, Exeter, Lawrence and Boston.
JAS. I. FURBEk, Gen. Supt.
3. VI. STEVENS, Gen. Agent, Portland.
je29 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1878-09-14
Physicians ver.u. Met.phys;ciuus

Last night an astronomer was standing in his
observatory Carefully scanning the heavens
with the far-reachiug eye of the telescope. In
a room below, the geoogist was studying the
constitution of our planet from the specimens
OF rocks scattered around him. The difference
between the occupation of these two men ex.
actly expresses the difference between the ply
sicians and the metaphysicians. While the
metaphysician is searching the illimitable ex-
panse of Thought with the telescope of Reason,
adding little to human knowledge but specula.
tive theories, the physician is studying the
tangible nature that enfolds us-this "temple
not built with MISUNDERSTANDING therefrom ex-
perimental truths that alleviate and improve
mans physical condition. These are the facts
that should be as current coin among the peo-
pie. Why educate your sons and daughters ia
the speculations of Desourtes, Kant, Locke,
and Spencer, before they have learned the laws
and conditions that govern their physical ma
ture? 1t is we'll to study your stomach before
you examine the stars. You will succeed bet
ter. Dyspeptics are subject to alteration of
sight as well as of thought The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser (new AMI revised
editioD) contains the latest results of scientific
research in Physiology. Hygiene, and Domestic
Medicine. Price $1.5O. Address the author,
r. V. Pierce. NJ. D., Worlds Dispensary and
Invalid's Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1878-09-14
PORTLAND &WORCRSFER LIMB
Portland 6 Rochester IL. Ii.
JULY L, 1875.
7.sza Trains will run 40 follows

- Trains will Faz Ss follows
r-aa4 Leave Grand Trunk Depot.
Portlsnd al 5.3O n. IN. and
Leave Preble st. Station at TAO a. mr. 1l2 and 6i5 D.
m.
S.3O A. m. Accommodation for Worcester. with
through car tor Boston via Nashua and Lowell
Arrives at Rochester at 9.55 q. M, (connect-
ing with Eastern and Boston & Maine Rail-
roads) At Nashua 11.47 a. M, Lowell
l2.l5 p. M, BOst0n LIS p. m, Aver 5unc-
tlSn 1910 p. M, Eiichburg LIS p. M, and
Wercesier at 2.10 p. M, connecting with
trains South and West.
90 Il. WI. steaDshoaI ExDress with Drawing
Room Car attached, through TO New LON
don wtthous change and through Car
for Lowell aud Boston. Connects at
Rochester for Dover and fsreai Falls,
at Ripping for Manchester and Com
cord at Nashua for Lowell and
BosteE, at Aver Sunction for Fitch
burg and the West via HOOsac TunneI
Line, at Worcester with Boston 8 Albany
Railroad TOR New York, at Putnam with
"Boston q Philadelphia Express Line' for
Fhlladelphia, Baltimore and WASH
Line Steamers. due at Pier No, 40, North
River New York, at 600 a. IN.
CHS p. m-From Preble Street. Mixed for Roeh-
ester and Way Stations.
Trains leave Rochester at TOO, =. 90 a. NJ Drawing
Room Car attached, and $50 p. m. arriving in
Portland at 1856 a. m. LIS and 11.00 D. m.
Close connections made at WestbroOk Junction
with through trains Of Me- Central RR, and at
Grand Trunk Depot, Portland, with through
trains of Grand Trunk r. K.
SUNDAY TRAENs-Leave PrebIe Street Sta
ton at 200 n. NJ, arriving at Rochester at
400 p. m. and at Worcester rs p. m, connect
ing with Boston & Albany X. r. for New York
and the West. Leave Worcester at 90 a. m,
Rochester 1880 and arriving at Preble Street
1920 p. m.
je2sdtf J.M.LUNT. supt.