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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-29
Valuable Real Estate For Sale !

Lot of Land on the corner of State and Green
Streets in Augusta, containing one and oHe-fourth
acres, two hundred and thirty feet on State, and
one hundred and forty on Green st. Terms Car /. .
July6-ttd q. T.. NOsE, l57 Water st.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-29

f0NWIF1f on I0IrNS.
The Committee on Towns will meet in Room No.
10, on Friday OF each week, at az O'Clock L. Nj.
JASON HAsSELL, \ Chairoen
JEDEDIAH q. Larry, ! ..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-29

- f0mMittes on Fish6Fia.
The Committee on Fisheries will meet IN Room
No. &, on tuesday OF each week, at : O'Clock l.. VI.
JANEs iRIeH, ,,hairr,c,
j. II. kIMBAI.T,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-29

CoR,miHes on Indian 4fars.
The Committee ON Indian An airs will meet in
Room No ~, on Friday OF each week, at O'Clock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-29

COMMITTEE on Claims.
The Committee on Claims will meet in Room No.
10, on Thursday Of each week, at ? O'Clock Z. NJ,
until further notice.
q. LEARNED, I cbo,rmor
NJ. A. AUSTIN, ! N""'' 'e"'
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
To Put Out a Fire.

Some of our readers who live in neigh
borhoods where no steam fire. engine
responds to the fire alarm, may learn
much from this communication to the
Portland Press: H efft
One gallon of water at the bottom of
a fire will do more to quench it than ten
gallons at the top. Play low is the true
motto of the fireman, II the first en-
CINE that reached the Sumner-street
fire in Boston had burst into the ware
house and played into the goods eleva-
tor, where the fire broke out, it would
probably have saved fifty millions of
dollars. N,l gls ~ stLI
q 10 play on the roof of house ON fir
is to waste water; the roof was made to
shed water; the rain does not put out
the kitchen fire, nor would the Presump-
scot, flowing bodily on the roof put out
the kitchen if afire.
Play low, get the water TO the bottom
of the fire, and you need not pour in
the Presumpscot. tli4eW
A few gallons at the bottom of the
fire will rise in clouds of steam wherever
the fire is rising, and will quench it.
Even heap of rubbish turns rain and
water like a partial roof. A gill OF
water thrown into the bottom of a CRATE
quenches fire more than quart thrown
on top. Mood 5ree al.
For. similar reason, water on the
windward side is more effective than on
the leeward; / am speaking now Of q
moderate fire, when there are only one
or two houses. The big blazes on the
leeward look fearful, but they can not
be affected by playing on them. Throw
your water into the bed Of the Goals
under the retort that is sucking them
and it goes out. That is to say, play al
the bottom of the windward side of the
fire, and you take the surest and speed
lest way to quench the whole. leeward
side blazes included.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
BLSMARCKS SPEECH.

Bismarck's speech in the German
Reichstag has been the subject most
commented upon in every quarter,
though in fact, as he himself said in his
speech, he had little new to tell. He
discussed the separate provisions of the
preliminaries of peace, and showed that
Germany's interests. must oblige her
to deviate from her previous attitude.
He described the apprehensions respect
ing the Dandanelles as not justified by
the actual situation, Regarding the
position to take by Germany he said he
could not now give any official informa-
ton, as documents only came into his
possession that day He did not believe
in European war, as the powers who OPP
posed Russia would have to assume the
responsibility of the legacy left by 1ur-
key. Germany was in favor of hasten
ing the assembling within the first fort
night of March. He rejected emphati-
cally all suggestions that Germany
should intervene, and declared that she
was willing, honorably, to mediate, but
did not wish to exercise the office of
arbiter of Europe.
A Vienna correspondent says that if
the impression produced by Prince Bis
marcks speech in the German Reichstag,
Tuesday, be mingled one, the declara-
tons of Herr Bennigsen and Warmly,
and the sympathetic way in which they
were received by the House have in
Vienna produced unalloyed satisfaction,
proving as they do, that though the Min
lister in his responsible position must en-
hold the balance evenly between Austria
and Russia, nevertheless the scale de-
cidedly gravitates in the direction of the
former-and the great value of this is
fully understood.
In st. Petersburg, it is reported, Bis
marcks speech produced no impression
whatever in official circles, being pre-
cisely what was anticipated several days
before. Indeed, its general scope and
tone were confidently predicted by the
Golos, whose prophetic inspiration was
probably derived from an official source.
In Paris the chief thing remarked is
Prince Bismarck's desire to absolve
Germany from all responsibility, and
to maintain just equilibrium between
Russia and Austria. After this speech
the people are more than ever discussing
the policy of England.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
General narney's Foot.Race.

General William s. Harvey, of st.
Louis, when young man, had the
reputation of being the swifkst runner
in the army, as well as the best Indian
| fighter. lie was a strict disciplinarian
but not one of the stuck up" sort so
common nowadays. He would often
mingle with his men when not on duty,
and laugh and Joke with them on terms
of familiarity, and went so far at times
as to compete with them in the exciting
sport of foot racing. An impression
prevailed at one time that almost any
Indian could outrun white man, but
General Harvey believed that he could
beat any red rascal that wore moccasins
and whenever he met warrior who
boasted of his-Aeetness of foot, he took
great pleasure in giving him trial, and
always came out ahead. Only once did
he fail to reach the winning post before
his adversary, and that was by "foul."
The affair occurred at Fort Winnebago
in the winter Of 1887, when Fox River
was frozen over, and the weather was
very cold. An Indian had committed
some breach of the rules at the garrison,
for which Harvey, then Captain, con
cluded to administer fogging. He
always believed in giving every man a
" fair shake" white or red, and on this
occasion he conducted Mr.. Lo some dis
lance up the river and giving him
hundred yards the start, told him that
if he reached certain place without
being overtaken, he would escape the
hogging. The race was en- the ice,
which at some places was thinner than
at others, on account of the formation
of air-holes." Both men wore mocca-
sins, and both were stripped and belted
for the race, Harvey swinging cow
hide in his hand, with which he con-
fidently expected to accelerate the
movements of the Winnebago on over
taking him. At the word Ego" both
started at full speed, the Indian doing
his best to save his hide, and the white
man anxious to preserve his reputation
as runner. Harvey gained rapidly on
the warrior, and was getting ready to
swing his raw-hide, when the cunning
savage made an oblique movement
toward spot where the ice was thin.
Being of much lighter weight than his
partner, he passed over the most danger
Gus part in safety, but as soon as Harvey
sJeppeu upon inc tnln Ice III sulVeIeu
like glass, and down went the tall
Captain, sinking into deep water like
sea-lion. Being good swimmer, few
strokes brought him to the edge OF thick
ice, and clambering upon it, he made
his way to his quarters, spangled with
icicles, and as mad rs buffalo bull.
He lost his raw-hide, but that was
small matter, as Mr.. Winnebago never
returned to the fort while the Captain
remained there. Captain Harney's foot
race afforded "Old Twiggs" occasion
for many joke, and it was long time
before he heard the last Of it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
His Title at Court.

EDITORS Drawer In Harper's Magazine
Robert Heller, in one of his recent be-
wilderipg performances, alluded to the
" darkity and blackity" of certain pro-
ceedings of the Ring" men of this
city. 1t reminds us of the general tur-
pitude that prevails in some of the
frontier towns of Texas, and the hilarious
character of the local jailer thereabouts
let us say at San Antonio, whence
comes the following sketch:
Not long since young man with
blonde hair, a freckled nose, and other
marks of personal attractiveness applied
to the deputy-sheriff for pass to see his
father, whom he had reason to suppose
was an inmate of the county Jail.
whats your name? asked the
officer, turning to his register.
"Pm Jim MSnifter, from Arroyo,
Colorado" VI
What peculiar kind of playfulness
has your feyther been amusin' himself
at-murder in the first degree?"
"Wusser than that" was the M'Snif-
terrain response.
All levity vanished from the face of
the officer, who was really akind-hearted
man and there was human sympathy,
and perhaps tear, in his eye as he
turned over the page, and said, in low
voice.
"Worse than murder? My God he
must have stole ponyp'
-" 1t was some misunderstanding about
Newell" observed M'Snifter Junior,
Furnishing his cowhide boots with his
quirt. " ~ TGG
"There are none of the M'Snifters in
JAIL Maybe I've got capias for you. u
81 bleeve in the last indictment the
old mans name was spelt Bob White
The title of the suit is the State agir
White"
Why didn't you say SO at once? YOU
mean that is his title at court. Why
certainly! Just you come Along, and III
present you with his royal Majesty. HI
is in the ground cell. Just come along
/ want to see if the old rooster hasn'
been trying to saw his hobbies off," IN
And buckling on his armor, the dep
uty-sheriff conducted the crown prime,
across the square to the castellated sum
mer palace of his royal PARENT.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
Our Mild Winter.

People forget about the weather, and
then we hear it said that the present
mild winter is unprecedented. But a
correspondent, writing from New York
city, says;
NV occupations, during the winters
Of 1872 43, fixed indelibly in my mind
the following facts, viz: The farmers
were blowing, every month. The frost
interfered very little with their work.
There was no weather 50 cold as we have
had this season. The ice-makers were in
trouble. The heaviest snow of the
season fell on the afternoon and evening
of Tuesday after the March meetings,
and scarcely vestige of it remained on
Thursday following There was no
sleighing for one half day. The In
dian maxim that the winter will not
rot in the sky" was often quoted by my
neighbor. But it did. Yet the spring
was not earlier than usual. The apple
trees were in full bloom before the 2Vth
of May; but white frosts appeared every
morning till the 23d.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
Mexican COck.Fights.

A correspondent writing from San
Antonio, Texas, gives the following par
ticulars of the manner in which the Mex
lean residents conduct ock-fghts, which
are among their most popular pastimes :;
"The scene of this amusement is laid in
that delectabIe portion Of San Antonio
known as San Pedro, which is adjacent
to another locality known as chihuahua.
These two sections are inhabited exclu-
sively by Mexicans, and it is to this ele-
ment that the sport owes its patronage.
The fighting usually takes place on Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock. Upon
arriving at the pit you will find yard
about twenty-five feet square, with a
fence about five feet high surrounding
it, whereupon many of the spectators
perch themselves. Facing the yard is
an adobe or playhouse, which is the
mansion of the proprietor. It's he who
handles the cocks, holds the stakes, etc.
The birds are never trained, trimmed or
put in condition for a fight; on the
other hand, they are nearly all well
bred, numbers of them being brought
from Mexico. From any one of the
twenty to forty Mexicans squatting on
the ground, each holding bird, a
bird may be selected for the fight, you
paying the owner nominal sum, usually
about two dollars, for the use of the
bird. AS chicken rarely ever survives
a fight, this is very moderate. After
having selected cock, You offer to back
him against any other present. The
offer is almost invariably taken, the sum
required being Clipped in by differ
ent ones present. Then the fun com
mences; but it is of short duration, tht
time required for fight being scarcely
ever over two minutes. You will under
stand this better when / explain the
gafs, which are, in reality, diminutivt
scythes. Imagine to yourself piece o.
steel about four inches long and {
quarter of an inch broad, perfectly fiat
and the shape of scythe, with an edg'
as keen as razor. Then you will under
stand why SO little time is required t.
dispatch bird. After afhxing tn
spurs, the birds are leased for awhile
and then set together. In just about
minute and half, or, better, after abou
two flies at each other, either yours o
your opponents bird is down on hi
back, with a cash about five inches lon
| in his breast. The other bird stand
over the fallen one for about minute
and then, as is usually the case, fall
dead. This is the sum total of Mex
can cock-fght Every thingis conducte
fairly, and all bets honorably paid up.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

turely gray J. his rather deep set eyes are
dark and piercing, and now they are
restless, turning quickly from side to
side, as If he were watching for an
attack from concealed enemies. He
seems to be constantly preocupied, and
when ne is spoken to answers only in
monosyllables. in reply TO questions
regarding his discoveries and what he
has been through, he says yes or no as
long as that is possible, then when
neither word will serve he refers the
interlocutor to his book, saying that
will tell all about it, In fact, he has
the appearance of being little dazed,
like man who has been long time in
dark room and then is suddenly led
out into the bright, glazing sunlight.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
Breakfast Table Crumbs.
WHAT is home without A chrome ?

WHAT Is home without a chromoY
THE new Pope used to write poetry
but the conelave didn't find it out il
| time. rf
STANLEY is hero. Not content Will
simply Drawing the perils of Africa, h,
is now writing book.
THE man with squeaking boots gets {
good-sized taste of purgatory, anyhow
and Bob daresn't deny it.
EVEN the most reckless editor is
spared one insult. Nobody ever calls
him "bloated bondholder."
Amt it little singular that wo.
mans voice always has wiry tone when
it drops from the telephone
A YOUNG lady never wastes the second
and soiled shirt front. She knows he's
married.
ONE of the hardest things for a
woman to do is to maintain economical
notions while looking in milliner's
window.
CowHIDE horse-shoes are very much
used in England. This paves the way to
an India rubber appendix that will
temper the kick of mule.
CONSIDERABLE food for reflection may
be found in the fact that divorce courts
didn't flourish worth a cent until some
time after buttons put in their appear
ance.
IT ought to be some conolation to
the original poets to know that there
are over ten thousand newspapers pub
lished in this country. They can't all
refuse.
WE have just stumbled upon little
piece of history that mars the polish of
Washington's Ratchet somewhat. 1t was
he who first introduced mules into this
country. eaHa.
WHATEVER else may be said against
the Chinese, no one can truthfully say
he ever saw one who parted his hair in
the MISUNDERSTANDING. Or wore NUT
ton-chop whiskers.
A YOUNG lady in the Black Hills had
two hundred and seventy-five offers of
marriage within year, and refused
them all. Now where's the man who
SCOTS at miraclesY
EVEN an old cast-off rubber shoe can
do little something in the missionary
cause. a Providence woman whaled
an insulting tramp with one the other
day till he felt as meek as new con-
vert.
UNTIL the scythe of the untiring
reaper is hung up for good, meddling
tongues will always wag. 1t is now
charged that Queen Elizabeth used to
eat with her fingers, and swallow soup
with gurgle.
The Hawkeye man is blowing up the
inventor of pins. Withhold thine mi
precautions, brother; his "paper" has a
circulation that none of us can ever
hope to rival and everything he puts
into it has point"
"PM crazy am IT' says old man
Lord as the recent Mrs. Hicks tucks
napkin under his chin, cuts up his meat,
and buffers the bread for him, with an
affectionate caution to be careful he
don't choke again; "then j hope to
gracious I'll stay 80. That's the kind OF
a Methusaler ! am"
WHAT a difference it makes in the
appearance of things when you come to
survey them from scientific stand
point. Mr.. Tyndall says when a man
commits murder it is because he hasn't
phosphorus enough in his brain. II
that's the case, every man who has
blood thirsty feelings should carry
matches in his ears.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
A TIDAL WA We.

The correspondent of the Star and
Herald of Panama, writing January 27,
says of the great tidal wave of Callao,
that the morning when the tide receded
it was noticed that boats and coasting
craft along the shore were left high and
dry, and when theo wave returned it
passed with immense force over the
walls of Muelle Dorsena, rushing up
over the newly made ground toward the
station of the Oroya Railroad for dis
lance of three hundred feet, carrying
everything before it, Launches, numer-
Gus little cane huts, built on the esplan-
ade, and many Enclosures around the
coal and lumber yards, etc, were COM
pletely destroyed. The massive walls
of the Muella Dorsena, in front of the
English Railway Station, were torn
away, and in the station itself a train
of freight cars was wrecked, such was
the amountof water entering the station.
The surf was tremendously high. The
waters in the Bay of Callao during the
day were SO troubled as to render COM
munication with vessels almost impossi-
BILE. So the damage done them could
not be ascertained. For ten days pre-
viously several strong shocks of earth
quake were felt at Lima, but no serious
damage was done.
Callao, Iquique, and africa expert
enced several earthquake shocks on the
night of January %, causing great ex-
element and some damage, while Payti
was visited by heavy rain storm-a
phenomenon unprecedented there with
in the memory of man.
A correspondent writing the next day
notes the drowning of five men, two
being swept from the iron bridge con-
Meeting the shore with the docks. AL
though hundreds of persons witnessed
the drowning, no assistance could be
given. +.
The sea was very violent, in which
the ships rolled fearfully, and the decks
of the Peruvian man-of-war, Huascar,
we're repeatedly swept by the waves.
The eight ton blocks of concrete, of
which the coping of the Muele Dorsena
was formed, we're knocked out and scat
tered about. Coal and goods trucks on
the railroads were overturned and
strewed in different directions, and a
large amount of goods destroyed. Sew
eral vessels broke their mornings, but
were again secured. Almost all the old
moles have been swept away. All the
! forts fronting on the sea suffered.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

The Pontifcal treasury defrays, as it
did before the occupation of Rome, the
charges of his servants, amounting
yearly to some 100000 A few of them
have not objected to draw two salaries,
one from the Pope, one from the State !;
but the Pope, though he knows this,
keeps silence. The Italian Government
tenders, under the Flaw of guaran tees"
to His Holiness annually $645, 900 in
gold, for his civil list, a single note for
that sum being specially engraved.
This the Pope has always declined to
receive, and under the law after five
years the money has been coverted into
the Italian treasury Peters pence, I"
amounting yearly to over f3 OOO, 900,
defray the expenses of the Holy See.
A third of the amount is devoted to
Christian works. missions, hospitals,
schools, churches, etc., another third to
the maintenance of the Court and the
ecclesiastical administration. The re-
mainder goes to swell reserve fund to
be drawn upon in emergencies.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

The waste scraps of gutta percha, so
often thrown away as useless, may be
formed into caps for bottles by dissolv-
ing them in benzole. Dissolve the gutta
percha in benzole over a gentle heat till
a moderately thick fluid is formed, and
then vermillion or other coloring matter
to suit the fancy. The corked bottles
are then dipped in the mixture, as in max
ing capsin hotsealing wax. This mode of
making capsules is reported to give those
that are impervious to air and all ordi-
nary liquids, and the process has the
merit of being simple, easy and cheap.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

THE late King of Italy was very fond
of shooting, and on these occasions pre-
ferred preserving his incognito, going
about with his gun over his shoulder,
with his dog as his only companion.
One day, in the Savoyan Alps, peas
ant, who had seen a master shot of his
Majesty, went up to him and asked him
if he would shoot marten which had
done much mischief among the chickens
of the peasants. Of course the peasant
had no idea of the rank of the sports
man, and Promised to pay him two silver
coins if the order were punctually ex-
ecuted. Before daybreak next morning
the King was on the peasants land, and
had soon killed the marten.a The coun-
tryman paid the price agreed upon, and
asked him who he was. This" said
Victor Emanuel, " is the first money
I have ever honestly earned, my son;
am thy King" Il
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

ONE of Mrs. Mary Livermore's audi.
tors, at recent lecture, tells us that she
has forehead that "has both height
and breadth, real Boston forehead, the
&ind that reduces timid men to a state
of complete AFFECTION at sight, nose
that psychologist would call resolute,
and complexion that betokens an un-
impaired digestion and an unvexed
soul" We are further informed that
"she has beautiful wavy brown hair,
which on the evening of her lecture was
arranged in a coil at the back of her
head, and frightened with bow of pale
blue ribbon, set on the wrong place"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16

THE story which is going the rounds
of the press respecting the burial, with
Christian rites, of two dogs, in the old
Gnque port of Winehelsea, reminds one
of the attempt of the eccentric elder
Booth to have prayers said over null
titude Of dead pigeons. Mr.. Booth
wrote to clergyman to come and Off
ciate over the remains of some friends
of his. The clergyman came and was
astounded when Booth opened closet
door and showed him a number of wild
pigeons, which had just been shot.
Booth was very angry when the minister
refused to have anything to do with the
sbsequies, and tried to convince the re-
fractory rector that he was erring against
God to neglect His creatures, +" for" he
argued, they have souls to save as well
as men,"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-16
Sra RoBERr PEEL remembers his late

SIR ROBERT PEEL remembers his late
Majesty King George Nv. "When / was
at school at Brighton" he says, the
old King came often to see us. ] was a
very little boy, but I recollect the
scratching we made upon our states as
he came in. Then we all stood up and
he addressed US in this style: We'll,
boys, slating, en-, stating? I'll give
you half holiday. Does that please
you, chr On this we gave three cheers
for the Kingf"