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Says the Rome Sentinel, "Ths phosphores-
cence of Watson's jokes is the result of fish
diet. He is the original aid only Biddeford
MinnoW cheaCer.
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"PERFoRMERs on the vertical bar" is the
new Western name for sots.
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"Now does the youthful coaster,
With keen, perceptive mind,
Select good d-natured countrymen,
And tackle on behind"
Port JerUis Gazette.
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Cap and Bells.

My kingdom for a boss,
And acutier piinted blue
With little narrow seat
Just big enough for two.
-Elmira Gazette.
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Bridgeport Standard: If your icy sidewalk
attempts to haul down an American citizsr,
ash it on the spot.
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REAL. ESTATE.
For Sale.
Farm for Sale.

YENHE F. Fl. Gross Farm in Pownal, containing 65
IL acres; well divided into moving, tillage, pas
turing and WOODLAND. Cuts about 20 tons of hay
story house with addition, carriage house and work
shop, ban 42x4S Inquire of JOHN c. PROCTkR,
80 Exchange Street. ja15-d3w
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week, Sl.00 so cents per week after.
SP eCIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
Under head OF "AMUsEMENTs" and "AUCTIoN
SALES, 80 90 per square per week; three insertions
or less, $f.5O.
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE Sr&Tn
PRESS (which has large circulation in every part
Of the Sta:e for S1.00 per square for first insertion
and 50 ce ts per square for each subsequent insertion
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Detectives and the Dexter TRACED,

III the Union was worth hghling for it is
worth paying for.
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FOR SALE.

Epkk IA LEa
{R:A One or both of the elegant Brick Dwelling
ETs,; Houses on the corner of Pine and Carlton
Ig.ss..lsr Streets, in this city.
The Houses are now being finished and are open
inspection.
For particulars apply to
r. H. FASsETT, Architect,
Centennial Block. Exchange Street.
Portland, Aug. s. 1878. au5dtf
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For Sale ortO Ref.

FRsHE Three Story Brick House No. 6 Gray Street
q Can be examined any day after 10 o'c.ock a. m
For further particulars call on
j. F. RANDALL s. CO.,
sep10tf I26 COmmercial ST
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Boston Transcript: 1t is told as good thing
at Bay View, in South Boston, that we'll
known lady there being unable to speak aloud
for short time from bad cold, her four-yesr-
old boy was wouderingly led to ask of mem
Der of the household, "Where's mothers
hnllar ynnA tn2u
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Ancient joke revived: A young lady said to
her lover, 'Charley, how far is 1t round the
world?" "About twenty-four inches. my dar-
ling" replied he, as his arm encircled her
waist She was the world to him.
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.spGSH~ S ale =
The new and thoroughly built
hOssse Ellsworth ST. Very pleas
antIy situateds i'm the heaitasiest
part of tEle city. The best barsai1
i'm fgse mark ct tfsaS season,
Apply ON the premises.
j. ss. AVERKEE.
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THE
A ID v ANT AGE
OF HAVING A
Maine NOn-for eiture Law Policy
IN THE
Union Mutual Life Ins. Co,
OF MAINE.

In 1864 and 1866 Capt Charles L Gardiner Of Chel-
sea- Mass, insured in the Union Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of Maine, for $4,000. on two ordinary
Life Policies, payable at death provided the prem
iums were paid annually, according to the terms of
the contract.
On the I'd day of July 1877, Capt. Gardiner had his
policies changed to the form now used by the Com
pany, which gives the benefit of the Maine Non-for-
feiture Law.
On the 18th day of September, 1877, he sailed from
Boston as master of the good ship "Iceland'' on a
voyage to Calcutta The ship and all on board were
lost at sea. The premiums due July 27, 1877, and
August g. 1877, were not paid, and by the terms OF
the original policies this would have worked a for
feiture Of the entire Insurance.; but under the new
policies which d been gratuileusly offered by the
company the insurance would have been continued
in force more than three years, until November,
1880, notwithstanding the non-payment of the prem
iums due in 1877 and the fact of the death being es-
tabished to the satisfaction of the company the full
amount of the policies was pail on the 29th day Of
October, STS.
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have them by
two or three
you retire
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adapted to
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ANNUAL MEETINGS.
MAIZE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ANNUAL MEETING.

NyHE Annual Meeting of the Maine Steamship
IL Company fer the choice of officers and trausac-
ton of any other business that may legally come be-
fore hem, will be holden at their Office Fraoklin
Wharf, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of Februa-
ry, 1879. at O'Clock p. m.
Per order, HENRY FOX, Clerk.
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QUITE of rooms on second foor plenty OF sun
- light, air and water Heat and gas furnished.
Also one room on third floor References exchanged.
stable 20 Let
Situated in the western central part of city. Ad-
dress l.. E. T., Daily Press Office.
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them. Always
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NOTICE is hereby given that the aboye-named
IN streets have by order OF the City Council, been
renumbered according to plans in the City Civil En-
gineer's office and AL parties interested are hereby
notified hat the numbers so designated must be af-
fixed to the buildings on or before the first day Of
March next Per Order, H. L. ROBINSON,
Jan. 10, 1879. City Clerk.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY OF PORTLAND.

To Owners or Occupants of Buildings and
Lot ON ST John, Bramhal', Walnut and
willis Streets.
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HALL TO LET.

MISSION HALL. Williams Block, Cormerly
IVA known as "Arcana Hall,) having been leased
by the undersigned, will be lei most reasonable
terms for Lectures, concerts, Sociabes, Meetings,
Suppers, Fairs &c. Apply at the Hall, opposite
Casco Engine House.
ap15eodtf Il, M, BARTON
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-28
PANAMA.
Revolution, or a Case OF Tempest in a
Teapot.

NEW York, April 26.-News of a
revolution in Panama was telegraphed
here under date of 18th, and the Star
and Herald of that city of the 18th,
(the latest date received), has the fol-
lowing: Rumors of a revolution
have disturbed the city for the last
few days. President Casorla is visit
ing the interior, and his absence is
considered favorable by some aspirants
to distinction to accomplish their ends.
The negroes outside of the city are all
armed and only await a signal to pull
down the present and set up another
government. Conca is in a ferment
over the election. The Liberals APP
pear to have a majority Of the votes,
but the party in power are not disposed
to surrender the reins of government
The President of Bolivia announced
that he would march at the head Of
10000 men to recover Antonagasta.
The officers of the Bolivian army, in
proclamation, renounce their pay and
accept the ~rations of common soldiers
until the outrages committed by Chill
upon Bolivia are avenged.
The United States steamer Lucka.
wana was at Callao April I'd, and the
Pensacola, Admiral Rogers flagship
was coming up the coast from Val
paraiso.
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THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY.
A New Orleans Regiment Purchasing a
Monumental Statue.

New York WOrld.l
The Hinsdale- Doyle Granite Com
pany, of No. 65S Broadway, will send
a sculptor to New Orleans next week
to model a monumental statue for the
Washington Artillery of that city.
The Washington Artillery, under Col.
j. b. Walton, was one of the hardest
fighting regiments which took part in
the civil war, and the monument is
intended to commemorate the services
of its five companies and to do honor
to those who fell in battle. The mon
ument, which is TO c made Of white
granite from Hollowell, Me, will be
twenty-three feet in hight, eight feet
on the base and will stand on a mound
nine feet high. Upon the top of the
monument will be a statue in white
granite eight feet high representing a
private artillery soldier with a sponge
staff in his hand. Across the front of
the base the words Washington Ar
tillery" will be cut in large raised
letters, on the four corners Of the sub
base will be mortars Of white granite.
and Immediately above, on the cor
ncrs of the base, will be four cannon
balls. On the front of the monument
will be a tigers head, the emblem O
the regiment, and the regimentaI
motto; on the right a bust Of Wash.
ington on the left the c~oat-of-arms Of
Louisiana, and on the rear the badge
Of the Washington Artillery, with the
date Of the foundation, "l846 above
and the dates Of service, 'l861-lSG5,
below. The names Of the officers ant
men who died in active service will BE-
arranged alphabetically and engraved
in four sets upon the sides Of the die
block. Upon the right, left and rea.
sides Of the base bearing in front tn,
name Of the regiment will be caryeC
the names Of the principal battles il
which the regiment was engaged il
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
A site has been selected for the monu
ment in Metairie Cemetery, near NeV
Orleans, and the lot will be i%nclose,
with posts and chains, the posts 10 b
Of granite in the form Of cannon. tn
monument will cost $4,000, and vii
be completed in about a year, tn
design is after the design Of the monu
Z mcnt for which a prize was awarded a
the Centennial Exhibition,
4 The Washington Artillery wa
known before the rebellion as th
Coldstream Guard Of the South, an
was as famous for its discipline an
splendid appearance as a body as ]
the Seventh regiment Of New YorL
Is members were young mon who be
l0nged, IN many cases, 70 the wealth
families Of Louisiana. When Gener'
, Butler entered Now Orleans III
. Washington Artillery retired 10 Oh
. interior and continued TO ligl
throughout the war.
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The COmmOn-Sense view Of II.

Providence journal, April 14th.l
The papers come to us full of flip
pant remarks upon the great domestic
afiiction hat has befallen a distin-
guished family in Hartford, and with
sneering comments upon American
"aristocrocy" and family pride, and
with the assertion that an honest lad
is a fit mate for any girl. We do not
sympathize with this spirit. Our
sympathies are with the parents who
have watched over the infancy and
tended the growth of their child, who
have passed sleepless nights in her
sickness, who guarded with tender
care her young life, and who have
looked to an honorable settle
ment in a happy home Of her
own when t%ransplanted from that
in which she was born and
reared; who have found their highest
joy in her happiness and have made
every sacrifice for her good and for her
pleasure. To see her rudely torn from
their arms by a man her inferior in
everything that makes up the content
ment of married life is to us not a
matter of idle jeering, but of deep re-
greet. When a woman of mature wears
or a girl arrived at full age of discre-
ton deliberately makes up her mind
to marry a man beneath her in cult.
walton and breeding, she weighs the
consequence and she takes the respon.
Sibility. She is supposed to know hei
own mind and her own heart, and such
a union may prove a happy one.
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Monday evening. AprIl IS. 1879.
The Patagoninn Expedinon.

AS the "Patagonians" are about
due in Memphis the following from
the Tuscumbia North Albanian of
the 18th will be read with peculiar
interest. We cordially invite Tudor
and party to give the LEDGER a call,
and assure them that they win find
Memphis as hospitable a place as they
will find in their long journey:
Most of our readers will probably
remember seeing a notice of the de-
parture of three equestrians from the
city Of New York at Y O'Clock one
night in February last, with the
avOwed determination to make the
trip from the Office of the Herald to
the Straits of Magellan, at the south
ern extremity Of Patagonia, South
America, on horseback and without
sleeping in a bed. We heard of them
several times between this place and
New York, and were not surprised to
see them in our town last week. They
arrived on Friday and remained until
the next Monday. The party is at
present composed of Colonel Tudor
an Englishman and the moving spirit
OF the expedition, Mr.. Aymie of New
York and Nh. j. Neal Hamilton of
Little Rock. They expect additions
to their party in Texas, sufficient to
make itself protecting. We learned
from Colonel Tudor, that the hope of
making valuable discoveries in the
animal, vegetable and mineral king
doms of the unexplored regions Of
Patagonia and the contiguous country,
together with the intention of writing
a book of travels in both Nerth and
South America, have prompted the
expedition. The party is proceeding
leisurely and noting carefully every
thing noteworthy.
DIR. Aymie will correspond with the
Smithsonian Institute and doubtless
furnish much scientific information
from the terra icOgnita which he ex-
poets to explore.
1t is their intention whilst going, to
keep near the West coast Of South
America, and on their return trip,
come up the East coast to the nearest
shipping port, and take a steamer for
New York.
They disposed of one of their horses
and a small two wheeled vehicle, the
only one they had, at this place. They
will cross into Mexico at Brownsville.
and if not delayed by the war going on
between Chill and Peru, and barring
other serious accidents, will probably
make the trip by the end of the year.
When they get beyond the equator,
after the LIST of July, they will have
cool weather, increasing in degree as
they 20 southwark.
All of them were in fine health, and
extravagant in their appreciation OF
the treatment they had received in
the South.
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FRED DOUGLASS TALK.
His Advice to the Negroes of the Shen.
!andOah Valley.

The Virginian, printed at Staunton,
Va, publishes an interesting synopsis
of the lecture delivered in that city
last week Tor the benefit of a colored
church by United States Marshal
Frederick Douglass. The lecture was
largely attended by the most cultiva-
ted white people of the place, who
warmly congratulated the speaker
upon the conclusion of his lecture on
Self Made Men" which occupied
over two hours. He advised his col
ored hearers not to trust to Providence
and prayer, but to go to work honest
ly, alphabetically and conscientious
ly. He himself had prayed for three
long years that freedom might come
to him, but it never came until
prayers got down into his legs and
carried him away. He believed in
helping no man who was able to help
himself, and advised the colored
people to be diligent, industrious,
economical, clean in their persons
and honest in their dealings, and to
stay where they are. He deprecated
the exodus from the South, say
ing that the warm climate was
the best for them, and that one
of the most unfortunate predicaments
that can be imagined is "a negro
in a snow bank" II don't look
right, 'the colors don't blend harmon
iously." stay where you are" said
the lecturer, 'and so conduct yourself
that men will be bound to respect you
work with head and hands-seek to
acquire knowledge as well as property
and in time you may have the honor
Of going to congress, for if the negro
can stand congress, congress ought to
be able to stand the negro"
Addressing himself to the white
people present, Marshal Douglas said
These negroes are among you, and
will remain with you. You need not
expect them to die out like the In,
dians. They are too fond of ciyiliziUl
influences for that. An Indian is
contented with a blanket, while a ne
gro's ambition is a swallow-tail coat
the Indian don't like churches anC
steeples, while the negro thinks the
higher the steeple the nearer they arc
to heaven. They are essentially imi
tative, and FLY their efforts they seel
to raise themselves from poverty anC
attain to the excellence of good citi.
zenship, give them a chance. Sci
them lands, and let them practic,
your economy and thrift. Teach then
to be honest, industrious and system
attic, and you will yourselves reap tn,
/ reward, for on the trade winds 0
eternal justice there will come to thi
land a peace and prosperity it ha
f never known before
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advance toward the Pole. 1.-THE COW
eted goal is not reached, it would be
possible to ascertain the truth Of
Petermann's theory that Wrangel
Land stretches to the Pole, and joins
Greenland under a very high latitude.
The impenetrable ice barrier known
to exist to the north Of our continent
would naturally lead the careful ex-
plorer to make at least a thorough ex-
animation of the other side. In two
seasons more might be accomplished
in that direction than has been done
in a century along the well beaten
track.
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OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH
How a Telegram Saved a Train Full Of
Passengers.

The Boston Globe of yesterday says
Among the cars injured in the acct
dent at North Beverly was one used
by the Eastern Express Company and
owned by the Eastern railroad. The
night train from Bangor last night
contained this car, and in it, Just be-
fore the train reached Portsmouth,
were the conductor, messenger and
baggage-master. Suddenly one of
the gentlemen felt a jolt, as if the car
was dropping from under him, and
sprang to his feet and caught hold of
something firm IN the hope to save
himself in the expected crash. The
conductor, seeing the movement,
seized the b%ell-rope, but as he felt
nothing strange did not ring, and the
train passed on to Portsmouth. No
examination was made here, as was
formerly the universal custom, and
the train proceeded toward Boston.
1t had hardly left the depot before the
night Waterman found on the track
between the rails a lateral car spring.
and thinking it could come from no
other place but from under this train,
he hurried to the telegraph Office and
sent a dispatch to Greenland, the
nearest station, five miles away, to
stop the train and examine it and see
if a spring had been lost. The green
light was accordingly displayed, and
the train brought to a standstill, when
it was found that the spring had come
from under one corner Of the express
car. 1t was the falling of this spring
upon the track which caused the jar,
already spoken of, and which awak-
ened the gentleman from his doze
beyond Portsmouth. If it had fallen
upon the rail a wreck would have
been inevitable. Had the car
lurched badly upon the bridge
at Kittery the signal tower there
would have been struck and disaster
would have resolved. Had the spring
dropped elsewhere than within the
range of the watchman's vision the
train would have sped on until it
reached some curve at speed, when
the Jars would probably have been
torn from the road-bed into ruin.
Thus the benefit of running a road BY
telegraph is exempliied, and thus the
tell-tale click over the wires saved life
and limb, and also the entailing of a
heavy financial loss upon the road.
But providence ruled that there
should be prompt discovery Of the
danger, and not only the passengers,
but the whole community should have
feelings of profound thanksgiving.
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senator Bruce on the Exodus.

The st. Louis special Washington
correspondent says:
There is no man in public life who
has less patience with the Radicals in
the political scheme Of starting the
ignorant colored man away from his
home han Bruce, the colored senator
from Mississippi. He denounces the
whole affair as having been a bad mis-
take and full of evil to his race.
Being asked if he had subscribed to
aid the exodus movement, he replied
that he had not, as he expected he
would be called upon to subscribe in
getting his people out of their plight
and back to their homes in the South.
He says that unprincipled men have
taken advantage Of the ignorance of
of his race, and that the movement
has been started and Is being used by
men who ought to know better, as a
political issue,
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Thc Route 10 the Pole.

san Francisco Daily Examiner, uth.l
A gentleman Of this city who has
given the subject of Polar exploration
much consideration, the Alaska APP
peal states, has conceived a theory
with regard to the most promising
route for the Jeanette to pursue,
which he has laid before Captain De
Long, and the latter seemed struck
with its p~lausibility. This theory is
briefly stated as follows:
Theimmense bOdyof fresh and COM
paratiyely warm water pouring from
the large Siberian rivers into the
Arctic Ocean along the coast Of Asia
causes an at least partially open sea or
soft ice at a much higher latitude than
it can be found north of the American
continent. Russian vessels have fire.
quently reached latitude e de-
grees, in the vicinity Of the Eadeieff
Islands, and Professor Norden
skjold's experience of last year bears
out the same facts. 1t may ho safely
asserted that the Swedish explorer
owes his detention in the Ice within a
short distance Of Behring Strait to his
mistake in not steering away from the
coast when he had passed beyond the
favorable influence of the immense
Siberian river, The instructions OIL
Captain De Long lay down his route
along the east coast of Wrangol Land
but it seems that an advance along
the southwestern side would offer !
much better prospect OF making au