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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-14
CITY OF PORTLAND
City OF Portland
NEWRURY STREET.

DURSUANT to an order of the City Council, no.
Z tiee is hereby given that the Joint Standing stand
the junction of Newbury and India streets, on SAT-
URDAY, the 14th day of June inst, at o'clock
P. NJ, to hear all parties interested and then de-
termine and adjudge whether public convenience
and necessities of the city require that the north
erly line of Newbury street, from India to Hancock
street be changed, and if they shall adjudge will
then and there lay out the same and fix the dam
ages as required by law.
GEORGE WALKER,
ALBERT H WAITE, Committee
LORENZO TAYLOR, on
j. w. ROBINSON, Laying out
GEORGE H. COYLE, New Streets.
NATHANIEL HASKELL,
ie6 dSt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-14

Fresh volumes of the Vest-Pocket Series of
Messrs Harper portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony are two containing Swift, Congreve,
Addison and Steele; and Prior, Gray, Pope,
Smollett, Fielding, Sterne and Goldsmith from
Thackeray's Lectures ON the English Humor-
lists; Macaulay's essay upon Lord Bacon; Half
Hour History of England, by Mr. Mandell
Creighton; Mr.. Grantley's Idea, novelette,
of real merit, by John Esten Cooke; and
pretty and thoughtful story for young girls,
My Sisters Keeper, by Laura NJ. Lane.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-14

Messrs. Houghton & Osgood publish manu-
al written by Mr.. Charles E. Pratt, called the
American Bicycler, which gives full instruc-
ton in the art of guiding the horseless, tandem
wheeled chariot 1t also contains much infor-
nation as to clubs and their rules, desirable
routes, dress, care of the bicycle, etc. Mr..
Pratt's remarks upon the courteses of the road
and the care and consideration due from the
bicycle-rider as to the prevention of accidents
to passers, or by frightening horses, should be
read and acted upon by all bicyclers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-14

Practical Boat Sailing, by Douglas Frazar
Boston: Lee & Shepard; Portland; Bailey &
Noyes) is convenient little manual of yacht
ing, with full explanation of nautical terms
and plain and explicit advice upon all points
of sailing, and the emergencies which may
arise. The author has had much experience
in several seas; and his excellent treatise will
save many an amateur sailor from danger
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-14

Two more volumes of Mr.. Longfellow's Po-
ems of Places are devoted to British America
and to Oceanica thus concluding the delight
full tour around the world with poet as guide.
1t was most graceful and fitting task for Mr..
Longfellow, who is known wherever readers
exist-to take his readers thus kindly by the
hand and make them known to each other and
welcome in each others homes, however widely
remote. The Epilogue-good George Herbert's
Travels at Home and apoem by Montgomery
seems as though the poet opened each mans
own door for him again, saying with a thought
full smile, 'Theres no place like home"
Boston: Houghton & Osgood; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-05
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Daily IND WEEKLY.

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to receive subscriptions and advertisements for the
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the kENNEBEc JOURNAL OFFICE.
Sept. %. 1879. sept2ttf
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TONTINE PLAN,

upon the primo pie of accumuating profits for de-
mite periods which first introduced by this Socie
ty, and has been recommended and endorsed by emi-
experts in Life Insurance. and by leading busi.
ness men, Forty -Four per cent. has bee earned and
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ment Policies, issued within the last five years.
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assurance So.
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holders. and in presenting the Society TO notice. they
feel that II has strong claims upon public confidence
becc Of the strict ana conservative principles by
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and in the administration of the Society, per.
feet security given for the future, which is of great
importance TO those depending upon their insurance
policies for the ultimate support of their families
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
transactions as the Equtabe none is more prom
and just in its dealings.
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Weekly Kennebec Journal

Published every Wednesday morning, Is the largest
folio paper In the State containing news, political ar
tices agricultural and scientific matter, tales poetry,
anecdotes, household matter markets, &C., &c.
Terms, - per annun IL adrdHce.
Transient Advertisements, 800 per inch for first
week 80 per week for each subsequent insertion
Special Notices, $3.50 per inch for first week; 80
cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices in reading columns, &c cents per
line for first nseron 10 cents PER line for each sub
sequent insertion
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ges out the lurking humors in the system, that un-
dermne health and settle into troublesome disorders
Erupions of the skin the appearance on the sur
face oi numers that should be expelled from the
blood. Internal arrangements are the determination
of these humors to some internal organ or or
gans, whose action they derange and whose sub
stance they disease and destroy. AYERS SARsAPA-
RIILA expes these humors from the blood. When
they are gone the disorders they produce disappear
such as liberation of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys,
Lungs Eruptions and Eruptive Diseases Of the Skin,
st. Anthony's Fire, Rose or Erysipelas. Pimples,
Pustules, Blotches, Boils, 1umors, letter and salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm Ulcers, and Sores,
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in the Bones, Side and
Head, Female Weakness, Sterility, LeucorrhGa aris
ing from internal liberation and uterine diseases,
Dropsy. Dyspepsia, Emaciation and General Debli-
ty. With their departure health returns.
PREPARED BX
DR.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and AmaIy ytical Chemists.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
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Ay g RS Sarsaparilla a
;F0R PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

This compound of the
vegetable alternatives, Sar-
saparilla, Dock, Stillingia
and Mandrake. with the
the Iodides of Potash and
iron. makes a most etfec-
tual cure Of a series Of
complaints which are very
prevalent and affecting.
1t purities the blood, pur-
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Premiums are received and Losses are paid in cash
only. Policies issued payable at the death of the
Insured, also payable at the end OF certain number
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Railroads ann Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

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KENNEBEC COUNTY-h Probate Court, at
Aug,std on the second Monday Of fNoreaber, 1879.
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to be
"A the last will and testament of Samu-
ei Stuart late of China, in said County. de.
ceased, having been presented for probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereofbe given three weeks
successfully prior to the second Monday of Decem.
Der next, in the Daily kennebec Journal, a newspa
per printed in Augusta that all persons Interested
may attend at a Court of Probate then to be holden
at Augusta, and show cause, IL any, why
the said instrument should not be proved, approved
and allowed, us the last will and testament
of the said deceased. II. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEWINS, Register.
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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
Inherited Memory in Birds.

About twelve years ago I was resid-
ing on the coast of County Antrim, at
the time the telegraph wires were set
up along that charming road, which
skirts the sea for twenty-five miles, be-
tween Larne and Cushendall. During
the winter months large focks of star
ings always migrated over from Scot
land, arriving in the early morning.
The first winter after the wires were
stretched along the coast, I frequently
found numbers of starlings lying dead
or wounded on the roadside, they hay
ing evidently in their fight in the dusky
morn struck against the telegraph wires
not blown against them, as these &C
cidents often occurred when there was
but little wind. I found that the peas
antry had come to the conclusion that
these unusual deaths were due to the
flash of the telegraph messages killing
any starlings that happened to bs
perched on the wires when working,
Strange to say that throughout the fol.
lowing and succeeding winters hardly q
death occurred among the starlings on
their arrival. It would thus appear that
the birds were deeply impressed and
understood the cause Of the fatal acct.
dents among their fellow-travelers the
previous year, and hence carefully
avoided the telegraph wires; not only
80, but the young birds must also have
acquired this knowledge and perpetu-
ated it, knowledge which they could
not have acquired by experience or
even instinct, unless the Instinct was
really inherited memory derived from
the parents whose brains were first i'm.
pressed by Nature. 9 :
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
Some Unthought of Statistics:

The Boston Transcript thus groups
together some statistics of the kind of
which almost every body might know if
any one took time to think Of them.
Allowing two square feet to each person,
the entire population of Boston could
stand on the public garden, with good
deal of room to spare. The entire popu-
lation Of the United States could stand
in Boston proper (not including Brighton,
Dorchester, and West Roxbury). The
entire population of the world (now esti-
mated at i, 440000,000D could stand on
the island of Martha's Vineyard, or in
the space of Boston, Brooklyne, Newton,
Needham. Dedham, Hyde Park and Mil
ton. The State of Massachusetts would
IN this way accommodate seventy times
the population Of the world, placed side
by side, and allowing two feet to each
person would encircle. the earth twenty
times. The states Of Maine, New lamp.
shire and Vermont, taken together, are
as large as England. Any one Of the
states of Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, and
North Carolina are as large as England.
Kansas is as large as England and Scot
land together. Ireland is about the size of
Maine. France is more than twice as
large as England, Wales, and Scotland
together. Texas is thirty: five times as
as largeM Massachusetts or as large as Mas
sachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York New Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware
Maryland, Ohio and Indiana combined.
The entire population of the United States
could be provided for in the state of
Texas, allowing each man, woman, and
child, four, acres of land. The entire
population of the world could be provid-
ed for IN the United States allowing each
person one and half acres of land. u;
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
; YELLOW FEVER,

AT Memphis, Oct. %, one new case of
yellow fever was reported, and 3 deaths. Do
nations to the Towards $3.50. If the present
cold spell ;continues the localboard of health on
Sunday will give official notification of safety
to absentees in returning to their homes,
provided the same have been thoroughly
fumigated and ventilated.
At Memphis Oct. "a, two new cases of
yellow fever and three deaths were reported.
There was afrost, and at daylight
the thermometer stood 80 degrees.
Donations to the Towards aggregated
s25496. Owing to the prevalenceof cold
weather, railroads running to Memphis will
resumebusiness and quarantine will be raised
absentees will return. The yellow fever cpl
demic for this year is substantially ended
evident.
At Memphis Oct. 26, one new case of
yellow fever was reported and two deaths
About 200 absentees returned on the after.
noon of that day. The Towards were to dis.
band on the 9th of October. Guarantees arc
being lifted. the runningI of regular railroad
trains to Memphis are being resumed, and
absentees are. returning to their homes from
other quarters. Weather cloudy.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
The Mothers Vacation,


Now the criticisms that men make on
women's work-and I dare say that
those made by women on men are no
more reasonable mainly of this
description-growing out of the impress
sion that all work is easy which one
does not understand. Just as hay-mak-
ing is the ightest and most graceful of
labors to those who have never person
ally handled a hay-fork, so is the great
er part of a woman's days work easy to
u man until he has tried it. Try him
for q while at the occupation that seems
ightest us, say, for two hours
steady work at taking out basting-
threads from that pretty blue bunting
that was bought to please him-and see
if he does not get some new views on
the subjeoti And all this has yet q
farther bearing upon the summer @rest,"
O. it is called, Of women, by the mount
aims, or sea-shore. We sometimes see
very ill-natured things said on this sub
iect by those who should know better.
It is easy TO contrast the hot summer
labors of tho husband il the city with
the Gael summer vacation of the wife
How few stop to remember that though
the husbands nominal vacation be
shorter, it is expected to be vacation in
deed; he lays his books or his handi-
craft absolutely aside; all that, is de-
manded Of him ordinarily is that he
should amuse himself. The woman's
vacation is nominally longer, but, if she
is housekeeper, . wife, q mother, she
keeps her work and her care with her.
H she keeps house In the country, it is
still housekeeping, with increased Diff
Guilty Of obtaining servants; eYen Il she
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
sweet Smiles.

WOMEN always claim to be anxious to
have as good husbands as possible, and
yet we never attended a wedding whert
the bride married the best man.-Bos-
tom Post.
IT was Trojan lady, a niece of Mrs.
Veneering and acousin of Mrs. Shoddy,
who invited lady to come around and
see her horse and phantom.-Albaaay
Journal.
MISS MADEUP OLDGAL-" Yes, I love
the old oak; it is associated with sc
many hours spent Der cath its shade. It
carries me back to my childhood, when
when" Young Poodle When
you-er-planted it,"
AN old Bridgeport co., woman, who
has pasted nearly 5000 medical recipes
in book during the past forty years,
has never been sick Gay in her life,
and is growing discouraged; some peo-
pie are born to il-luck, she saws
A Boston wife softly attached a
pedometer to her husband when, after
supper, he started to go down to the
Office and balance the books. On his
return fifteen miles Of walking was re-
corded. He had been stepping around
q billiard-table all the evening.
A YOUNG lady advertised for maid.
One applied, and, in response to the in
quiry whether she was quick, she re-
Piled: ooh! SO quick that 1 will en-
gage to dress you in half an hour"
In half an hour" reiterated the young
lady; and what shall I do the rest Of
the day."
You may talk about quality and all
that sort of thing but, until woman
can go weeks journey with no ether
baggage than clean handkerchief and
toothbrush, she can never hope to oc-
cupy position upon the same exalted
plane with us who are natures lords of
the universe.
Two LADIES with children are talking
in the garden of the Tuileries. Little
Billy leaves his companion and adj
dresses his mammals friend: "Say.
madame, will you take me walking with
your" With pleasure, my child; but
why do you want me to?" a'Cause you
could show me so many streets and
things and tell me about them. Mamma
says you are so much older than she
isl"-Paris newspaper.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
Farm Notes. :

Transpianting beets is nothing new; in
fact, if they are taken up when about an
inch through, the very best crops can be
produced by that means, and far better
than IN the spot they were first sown.
The soil becomes packed in the seed-bed,
and when the beet is transplanted, the
new, loose, warm, rich soil is just in con-
dition to make it grow. There is no
danger Of whiting if the top is small and
the root large at the time the change is
made. Transplanting always checks top
growth and encourages root formation,
hence to grow any root we have only to
make change OF base ~ 33-%e..:::c5 +:
. If you are attacked by dog and have
stick too light to hurt him with, hold
it so that he can bite it, and he will do
SO; this gives you time and you will
finally escape. Insects have a choice of
food, and frequently like something else
better than our plants which we wish to
save. Potato bugs like some kinds of
potato vines better than others; row or
two Of such vines in field Will attract
the bulk of the pests and save the patch.
Melon bugs like radish leaves better than
melon leaves, and If radishes are planted
ii the hill the melons escape entirely. y
Poisons in q garden or field are danger
Gus to poultry, animals and people, and
are mt at all necessary. There are many
things which, as the cases arise, may be
done to avoid loss on farm weeds must
be dealt with promptly; insects must be
provided for; dry or wet seasons must
he Offset by drainage or f.ffItivafi n n
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30

81 the south wing, bat which was fortunately
extinguished before doing any damag sus-
plcion points to Q person,who has been prowl-S
ing around town for some time past. !. f SIS
SITTING BULLS INDIANS.
! The commissioner Of Indian affairs q.
Washington, Oct u, received adispatah from
Agent McGillicuddy, at Red Cloud agency
saying twenty Sitting Bull Indians are Just IN
with pass from Maj. Walsh British officer
at nearest point across the border') Many will
come when the Missouri freezes. Do you want
them fed? To this Commissioner Hayt re-
piled as follows: Require Sitting Bulls Indl-
ans to surrender their arms and ponies. Place
them by themselves, under surveillance OF the
Police, and feed them. Further orders will be
given shortly. (signed) u E. A. H4AYT, Com
missioner. The secretary desires me to say
further that the Sitting Bull Indians return
ing must be looked upon virtually as prison
ers or waf. They must s ,rrender their arms
and ponies. The idea must not be permitted
to spread that they can simply come back and
be fed. Every one OF them If fed must be made
to earn his rations by work for the govern
ment. Enforce this policy strictly and keep
them well watched. A letter received from
the same Indian agent reports the Sioux under
his charge are exceedingly anxious to enlist
and "assist the great father" in the war
against the Utes. w. ~3g. Hsf+. i
- 81 p RAILROAD ACCIDENT. ,
- An accident. occurred on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad opposite At
Gibson, KS. Oct. 81. Engine number 83 start
ed to back down from Dekalb, Mo-, to East
Atchison, for coal and water. Five persons in
cab of engine, N. IN. Holmes, Superintendent
Bridges, D. D. Adams, telegraph operator H.
Mall, brakeman and engineer and fireman.
When near the lake about two miles east Of
the city the engine suddenly jumped the track,
turned over in a ditch. The fall threw young
Adams under the tank box, and he was instant
ly killed. Holmes and Mall were dreadfully
burned. Both have since died. g:
RAILWAY NAIL SERVICE.
The forthcoming report Of the superin-
tendent Of the railway mail service, will show
that during the last fiscal year 500 lines of
railway postoffices have been operated, and
over 1890 miles of railway, performing about
$4,000 miles daily service and nearly eighteen
millions OF miles annually. The aggregated
number of miles Of railway mail service of all
kinds, including transportation, not only OF
postal cards, but Of closed pouches, was over
ninety three million miles during the year.
The number ofletters handled and distribu.
ted by employees Of the railway mail service
on postal cars during twelve months was
about 1869, 600, besides which there were
nearly 9s0Oo0Oo0 newspapers, showing an in.
crease of about 400Ooo,O 600 pieces or nearly 90
per cent in amount of work as compared
| with the prece
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30

swinburn sings, q hid my head in a
nest OF roses" Did you, Algernon, did
yous That was wise in you to hide it
among the roses. Now, If you had COW
cred It up in q nest Of cabbages, when you
came to pick it out again, ron could not
have told for the life of you, which head
was yours. Stick to the roses, old boy,
every time.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

Rotrospocd0n.
Arose, leaf, two broken rings
Mamms, why keep these worn old thingsf
A lock Of hair. picture-see; s..-
Can al these things come play with met ~r~-~,
A piece Of whip, an old lid love-, , =
card with s10ve," "love." %EF}
A picture with blue eyes is hero
And two hearts on it-oh, SO near
And here's some violets slowed away,
90 Please may play with these todsy3
.. wonder If you moan to keep
These queer old things in here asleep.
No, no, my babe, my dark-eyed pet,
You must not touch these trifes-yet.
The leaf, and rose, and other things,
I've kept with thoughts kind memory brings.
That picture, with the eyes of blue,
Once loved mamma-if signs be true.
The violets hide thought of home
So let the tiny things alonei
could not, darling, give you these
Old broken rings nor withered leaves.
token bright they are for me,
. OF friends now far beyond the Sea.
The baby-face looked into mine,
And said: "rN play 10TH these some OTHER time.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-30
Cool COurtship.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, writing from the Azores, gives
this description of the way in which
counting is conducted: Passing a house
in the suburbs of Ponta Delgada one
day, I saw q Young man standing in the
middle of the road talking to a young
lady who was leaning over the railing
of the balcony. When he saw us he
walked away. Looking back I saw that
he had returned and was again chatting
=: with the lady,. In answer to my in
curing look an English lady of the
party said:
"Ohl that is Azorean ,courtship;
they always begin in that way. In
deed, they continue in the same way
for q long while. The young gentle
man is not admitted to the house until
about to be engaged to the young lady,
and then he sees her only in the pres
ence of the other members of the fam
i1v.0