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The Portland daily press., 1879-02-15
POETRY.
Waiting.
BY ELLA DIETz.

Penelope sat weaving all the day
her web; and weave mine of tender thought,
And many quaint device by me il wrought
vi fancY's golden threads What will he FAY when
he shall come
10 see the legend? VIII his heart be taught
by 1t? Nigh comes and brings me nought;
must unweaye. Ulysses is away,
But when my hero shall at last have come
And bis dear eyes rave proved my colors true,
wonder, will my siam efing liDs be dumb,
My hearts great love unspoken? Then must yon,
Dear woven thing, help eyes aud blushiug cheek
To tell him all feel, but cannot speak.
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-15
Botanic Raisam,

AdamsOn's Botanic Baisam, ]
4 RICE 80 CENTS.
For the cure Of Coughs, Colds, as 4
TINA, Influenza, HoarseRess, Dit
4 fcltit Breathing, and all Af-
n fectiORs of The Throat, 4
Il Bronchial Tubes aud
= Lungs, leading to
7C o N 9 u M p ITO N i
1t is prepared from Vegetable Ex-j
9tracts and Bark, of wonderful healingt
Properties, and this Balsam Ia highly}
recommended by physiciana. cl -Igy.
men and others. testimonials troms
whom can furnish without NUMBER
81 The following are few of the names
|3of those who have used this remed, i
Hon James G Blaine. ex-SpeakeTl
4douse of Representatives. WashiDg-j
4toD, d. @ 4; Mrs. Hon. james W
bradbury; ADson P Morrill,, ex Gov
ernor of Maine. Hon j. j. Eveleth i
Mayor Of ugusta: Rev. DIR. Kicker
|Rev G E. Penney, Rev. VIM. A
Drew, Col. F. NJ. Drew, ex-Secreraryl
3of State; Hon. j. T. Woodward. State
Librarian; Col George W. Stanley,
President First National Bank; 5. W !.
A<ohSy 9SNAStaAy VI 'OhdICs W dtlth II
Alden, Bangor; Charles G Natter
esq, 81 fremont St., Boston; Lieut.
Jonathan Osborn OF Boston; William
HI. Tay Tor, Beacon ST., Boston; W f.
Morrell, Esq Portland; Emory Cook /,
Providence, r l., and fifty thousano
others too numerous to mention
have had a Troublesome cough for
more than five years. and have had
advice of three of the most skilIfnl
pbysicians but found nothing TO re-
Iieve and cure nae Till I used Adam
som Botanic Cough Balsam
MRS. GEO. A ROBBINS,
Riverside Me.
From Weeks C. Potter, Wholesale
Druggists, Boston.
Mr. f. W. KiDsman We must have
some more Adamson's Balsam. foi
they do say il is the best thing u, /.
Please SEMI US ten gross Immediately
by freight. Yours very respectfully.
WEEKS & POTTER.
Don't fail to try it. 1t is pleasant
to take See thai the name of f, W.
KiDsman is blown in h bottle.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers.
t. =. 80 w "
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Congress Hall : ::::;:. +: !:
Dances. PARTIES Lectures. &c, by applying to e. A
SAWYER SAW l61 Commercial st. or JAS A. WHIT
NEY, 17S Middle st. oc7dtf
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*Marh ct value of United States and 9TH
er.<S Ond. above par, So ,445 SAG So.
LIABILITIEs-(As stated by the Matematician)-
Reserve Fund, a per cent
Mass Standard. ........ S 80, rs, 8z2 90
Policy Claims IN process of
adjustment ............ 668,502 90
Dividends due.... -. 1896 81
Estimated expenses on un-
paid premiums, 10 per
cent. $500. ............ 1858 IS
Premiums paid in advance 7,348 50
----S31, 3,357 So
Surplus as regards Policy Holders 81, 1851, 424 65
Dividends m 1878 Premiums, pay
able in 1885,. :. .........,... 1868 9 10
UDapportioped Surplus ..,,...... S921 075 46
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PURllAND &NORCESTER LINE
Portland 4 Rochester Il. X.
NOVEMRER IS, ISIS.

Trains will run ms follows
- .yss leave Grand Trunk Depot,
Portland . 1850 n % and
1.OO p m.
Leave Prebe st. Station at .io m. LIZ and $50 p.
N.
Y,3O A. n. Accommodation Eor Worcester, with
through car for Boston via Nashua and Lowell
Arrives al Rochester at $50 a. No. connect
ing with Eastern and Boston a. Maine Rail-
roads, at Nashua u.4T a. m, Lowell
I2.1s d. m, Boston LIS p. M, Aver June.
tiop 1910 D. M, FitehburE LIS p. M, and
W orcesIeE at 2.10 p. M, connecting with
trains south aud West.
LOG r N. Steamboat Express for New
Noudor. Through Car tor Lowell and
Aoston Connects at Rochester TOR Do
yer and ssrca, 1aIis, al Epptuk Tor HIM
chester ane Concord, a. Nushna for
Lowell an Bostop, al Aver suncffon
Hol Ettchburx and the West via aoosac
Tunae' 1iue, 1T w orceslcs with Boston
g. Albany Railroad toI New Horb Of Put
nam with Boston & philadelphia Express
Line' fol philadelphia, Baitimors and
" ash tngfon, at New Loudon with Nor
witch Line Steamers due al Pier No. 90,
Nor,h RiSei, New orb, a. 500 a. u
53O D. M From Preble Street. Mixed for Roch-
ester and Way Stations.
Trains leave Rochester al As, l1.G0 N, and $50
d. m arriving in Portland at 9.35 a. m. LIS
Close eonnecCions made at Westbxook Junction
with through trains of Me Central R.R and at
Grand Trunk Depot, Portland, With through
trains Of Grand Trunk r 4
ocldu d. NJ LoNf. supt'
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STEAMERS
Maine Steamship Company
Semi. Weekly Line to New York.
Steamers Eleanora and Franconia

Will until further notice, leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at
?. M, ami leave Pier SO, Eat River, New York,
every MONDAY and THURSDAY at p. M.
These steamers are fitted up with fine accommo-
dati0ns for passengers, making this very coDven-
lent and cou fort he route for travellers between
NeS York and Name Dung the summer months
these steamers will ouch 1t Vineyard Haven on
tbei' passage 10 and ron New ,oik Passage, m
Guiding State Room, "a meals extra Goods hes-
lined bey on Purtani OF New York forwarded to
destin Ation For flu theI information ,ppiy to
HENRY FOX, Gene,al Agent Portland.
f. ANES Ag't Pier 80, E. K New York
Tickets and State Rooms can be obtained at % Ex-
change street. decl6dtf
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INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP GO.
Kasta@rt, Calais, 81 Jeha, N. H., AnnaH-
oils, Windsor and halifax. N. ~,
Cbarioeterown, p. Ell.
WINTER a * AN g Ell ENT.
ONE TRIP PER WEEK.

60 On and after Monday, Decem-
msyEaN1k rber SOth, the Steamer New
Ks.1kaMzs4 Brunswick, Capt. d. S. Hall,
sss1s-zz&k1 .ansa1 will leave Railroad Wharf foot
of State street: every Monday at P. NJ, for East
port ana St John.
Returning, will leave st. jain and Eastport every
THURSDAY.
Connections made at Eastport for Robbinston, st.
Andre VS. and Calais
Connections made at st John for Digby, Annapo-
lis Windsor. KentviIle, Halifax, N. s.; Shediac,
Amherst, Pictou, Summerside, Charlottetoa P.
E. F EIDE, icktown, N b., and all stations on the
Intercolonial Railway.
Freight received on day of sailing until
O'Clock m.
For Circulars, with maps of Routes Tickets, State
Rooms and any further information apply at the
Gompany's office, No. Mink St., Opposite Ocean
Insurance Coz or of
dec27u R STUBBS Agent, R Wharf
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Inman A1rno
MEDICAL.
DIR. C. j. CHENEY,

DIR. G. j. CHENEY,
~LNw Dentist,
No. 25s MIDDLE ST., over Id. n Hays
All operations in dentistry performed at prices to
suit he times and warranted first-class.
Teeth extracted without pain by the of Nitrous
Oxi1e Gas, which we manufacture ourselves and al
ways have on band fresh.
r. sidencc, 2S High, corn,r Pleasant 81.
ocl4 div
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DIR. PIERcE's Golden Medical Discovery will
cure cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine; and it does it,
not by drying it up, but by removing the cause.
subduing the irritation, and healing the affect
ed parts Sold by all druggists
The Portland daily press., 1879-02-15
BOSTON STEAMERS.
THREE TRErs PER WEEK.


On and after Monday Dec 2. 1873, the Steamers
JOHN BROOKS or FOREST CITY will leave
franklin Wharf on Hood avs, Wedues-
days and Fridays, at o'clock z. M.
Returning, leave
Boston on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays, at O'Clock p. vi.
Passengers by this line are reminded that they Sc
cure a comfortable nights rest and avoid the ex-
pense and inconvience Of arriving in Boston late at
night.
20 Tickets and Staterooms for sale at d. II.
VOUNGS, 266 Middle St.
Through Tickets to New York, via the various
Rail and Sound Lines for sale at very low rates.
Freight taken usual.
J. COXAE, Jr.. General Agent.
dec30-76 dtf
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To LET.
BANGOR HOUSE.

NOR RENT for one or more years this well-known
IL Hotel Also two large stables. Possession Civ
en- April LIST next. Propositions received at Bangor
Savings Bank till Saturday March 7. 1879.
feSi3w s. d. THURSTON, Treas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
Too Smart for the General.

The celebrated Russian General Mar
shall Suwarof, was fond of practical
jokes. He would 90 about his camp in
disguise, and amuse himself with
cracking jokes with the common SOL
diers. On one occasion he met his
match. One freezing winter night,
during the Bessarabian campaign of
1883, the old marshal, visiting the Rus
sian outposts incognito. after his wonted
fashion, came suddenly upon sentry
posted on the crown of the steep ridge,
and exposed to the full sweep of the
January wind. The quick-eyed Rus
sian at once recognized his commander,
but cleverly feigning Inconsistencies,
continued to pace up and down.
"Halloo, brother!'' cried Suwarof,
assuming the tone and manner of a
common soldier, ''yOu seem to be hav-
ing good look at the stars; can you
tell me how many there are of them"
To his no small dismay, the soldier
coolly answered, "Just hold on a min
ute, and I'll count" and forth with he
began, ''Ono, two, three, four" and
counted up to thousand.
At this point, as the readyreckoner
showed no sign of leaving off, the gen.
eral, nearly frozen with standing so
long in the cold, made hasty retreat;
but next morning the arithmetical sem
tinel found himself promoted to the
rank of corporal, and was compliment
ed by Suwarof in the presence of the
whole army as ''the only man who had
been too smart for him."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
He Hung Himself.

jerry Mooney and his wife could
never agree. Whatever he did she con-
demned, to all she did she would not
permit him to utter a disparaging
word.
''MOllie," said he one day, 81 cannot
please you while / live. so | will see
whether my death will increase your
happiness. I'll hang myself"
''Do, please" was the cool response.
Half an hour later she happened to go
up stairs, and, sure enough, there was
Jerry hanging by the neck. 1t was not
a slip-knot, however, but a sham a cir
Gus man taught him. She gave scream
and rushed down stairs, while he
caught the rope with his hands, and
took a rest and laughed quietly to think
how he had fooled his wife. He heard
her rushing up again, followed by a
neighbOr. Then they cut him down
and took the rope from his neck, his
wife, the meanwhile, indulging lux1r-
Ously in grief. Suddenly he felt his
hands tied behind him and a tenacious
plaster slapped over his mouth, his wife
crying and moaning all the time.
"NOw, help me with all your might"
said she, to Mrs. Barber; "these are
the first things to be done when man
is half hung; the plaster compeis him
to breathe through his nose when he
comes to. Now run for the hot flat-iron
hurry"
And then began system of torture
for poor Mooney that would have put
the Inquisition TO blush. They held
hot irons to the soles of his feet until he
squirmed with pain; they applied a
to his chest that drew
like locomotive; they bathed his head
with ice-water till he thought of Ice
land. The more he kicked the more
vigorous their exertions; they slapped
his hands, rolled him over the floor,
and stood him on his head, and vice
versa. This was kept up for half an
hour, when he was released, and then
his wife quietly informed him when he
wanted TO humbug her again to heave
ahead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
HUMO RUUS.

The FoRCE OF ExAMPLE.-William
Miller attended the performance OF
Uncle Josh" and saw man thrown
through window and skylight, and
heard uproarious applause. He went
home and sought to practice the same
game on his brother, who was board
ing at his house; but the applause con-
sisted of wells of "Poliee :" and Muir
der!" and William was trotted off 10
the Incarceration. This is another proof
of what is one mans meat is another
mans poison. His Honor looked
over the desk at the prisoner and said {:
William Miller, this throwing peo-
pie out of windows is not only damag-
ing in its effects on glass, but there is a
faint show of somebody getting badly
injured. L cannot cOuntenance any
such performance"
81 don't feel as if | should ever do so
any more," replied the prisoner.
"And you'll leave five dollars as a
guarantee that you won't?"
William left it, but it was a close
shave.
After he had fished up four dollars he
had to hunt through all the Railways
and garrets of his pockets, and even
when he thought he had enough the
clerk picked out and returned to him
three pants buttons which the prisoner
in his excitement had counted for ten
cent pieces. He went away with his
vest pockets turned wrong side out, a
sadder and a wiser man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
& Great French PhIlnsopher

once defined doctor to be "a person who
pours drugs about which he knows little, into
a body concerning which he knows less, in
order to cure diseases Of which he knows moth
ing and the empirical, barbarOus, useless
treatment of piles since the days OF Hypoc-
rates, when doctors burned the tumors of
with red hot iron, down to the absurd wonder
cures and nostruns of modern quscks, would
seem to bear testimony to the wisdom OF the
Frenchmau. The great modern benefactor OF
the modern race IL now admitted by every one
to he DR.. Sllsbee. the dscoverer of an infallible
pile remedy IN AI,dkeSiS. This miraculous cure
for the most painful of all diseases is regarded
as the scientific triumph OF the age, and is
prescribed aud endorsed by physicians of all
schools. Ii Is not taken interna ly but applied
a. a suppos.tory directly to the affected part
it gives instant relief. soothes pain as poul-
tice. presses up the tumors ss an instrument,
aud Infinitely cures piles by its medication.
4 GLeSis, DR.. 5. SIi=bees Ext rnal Pile
Bsmedy, is sold by all Trst-c ass druggists.
Price 81 90 pr box Samples mailed free TO
all sufferers on Application To z. Neustaedter
Co., Box 1916, New York
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
SCIENTIFIC.

Atmospheric Grain Eleudtor-The prin-
ciple made use of in this curious little
machine is simply that of atmospheric
pressure, or the exhaust process which
has lately been applied with such won-
derful success in the great Westing-
house atmospheric brakes. The model
which Mr.. Wilkin has used so far is a
small air pump, rather rudely con-
structed, yet answering for all practi-
cal purposes at present. Connected
with the pump is One-inch tin-pipe,
syphon- shaped, and at the elbow or top
(sOme three feet above the pump is q
cylinder somewhat larger than the
pipe and connecting both parts of it.
Inside of this is smaller perforated
cylinder, while at the lower end of it
is valve through which the grain
drops out. The other arm of the sy-
phon is extended down into the grain
pile. When the machine was first
ready to be started, some wheat was put
in common envelope box, to represent
the car or vessel, and the grain was
sucked up at a rate that was per fectly
astonishing. As some one remarked,
at this rate the complete machine
would "draw the insides out of a vessel
in less than no time" This was max
ing an elevation of about five feet, and
some who viewed the remarkable eff
fects of the crude air-pump reasoned
that il would be possible to raise grain
only about thirty-twO feet, or as high
as the air will sustain a column of wa
ter. But. without arguing the case,
Mr.. Wilkin quietly had los of addit-
ional pipe made, and, planting his ma
chine in the third story of the Custom
house, forty feet from the ground, had
the satisfaction of seeing it take up the
wheat and corn out of the box placed
on the ground as easily as the whirl-
wind would take the dust from the
road. The next step was to place the
air-pump in the fourth story, over fifty
feet from the ground, where the result
was similar. The only drawbacks were
the mechanical defects in his applian.
ces. This settles the question about
raising grain to great heights by atmos-
pheric pressure. The reciprocating-
pump will be supplanted in practice by
powerful blowers, which, with their
continuous action, will exhaust the air
so rapidly, the manufacturers think,
that an elght-inch / ye will give all the
pressure asked for by the inventor.
The economy of power and the rapidly
OF transit of the grain are, Of course
predetermined. But many of the great
advantages OF the arrangement are ap-
parent. Among these is the capacity
for discharging several cars or vessels
at the same time by making the supply
pipe fork into several pipes leading to
the different lots of grain. Then the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30

Threatens every man. woman or child living in
a region Of country where fever and ague Is
prevale MT since the germs of malarial disease
are inhaled from the air and are swallowed
from the water of such region Medicinal
safeguard is absolutely necessary to nullIfy
this danger. As means Of tying and ac-
climating the system so as to be abe to resist
the malsrial poison, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters il incompsrably the best and the most
popular. Irregularities Of the stomach, liver
and bowels encourage malaria; but the e are
speedily rectified by the BitIers. The functions
of digestion and -eci etlon are assisted by its
use and vigorous as we n, regular condition
of tn system promoted bv it. Constitution
and physique are thus defended against the
inroa1s of malaria by this matchless preven-
tive which IL also a certain and thorough r.
medv in the worst cases of intermittent aud re-
mittent fevers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30

CoLoRING WOOLES GooDs. - ANY
kind of all-wool goods can be colored a
nice green, provided it is not dark
color to begin with. Say it is gray or
pale blue or bluff, or even an old wooden
blanket, for fancy stripes in carpet or
rags; say for an old dress of any of these
shades of color: Rip it apart, wash
clean with soap-suds, scald in hot alum
water and put it out to drain. / never
wiring any dress-goods that L am dyeing
over. Then dissolve a couple of boxes
of Barlow's blueing, taking care that
you dissolve it well, which is accom-
plished by dipping up the liquid and
pouring back, dipping and pouring for
a good while. Have dye enough to
cover il, pnt it in large pan or kettle
on the stove and scald or almost boil
the goods for half an hour, lifting it
frequently to air. All goods color more
evenly if aired. When dark enough
hang out and drain. without wringing.
The way to decide when a color is dark
enough is TO hold it and look through
1t, You cannot tell by the color of the
goods while wet, unless you try this
plan. When well-drained take down
and rinse in luke-warm water, and
when about half dry press smooth with
newspaper over. Never LEI the hot
iron touch the goods; if you do it will
have an old, tixed-over appearance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30

The excessive corpulency of certain
United States Senator has long been the
butt of editorial wit and spicy bon mots
from the pens of Washington CORES
pondents. Few persons have suspected
that his obesity was disease and liable
to prove fatal. Yet this is the sad fact.
Excessive fatness is not only a disease
In itself, but one liable to genera ate other
and more serious ones. Chemistry has
at last revealed safe, sure and reliable
remedy for this abnormal condition of
the system in Allan's Anti-Fat. Dis
tinguished chemists have pronounced it
not only harmless but very beneficial to
the system, while remedying the dis
eased condition. Sold by druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
DOMESTIC,

SIX RECIPES FOR REMOVING FRECKLEs.
-First-Get ten cents worth of gum
benZoin and alcohol. Let il stand
until the gum has dissolved sufficiently
to redden the alcohol, and then pour off
the mixture into a pint bottle, to the
depth of half an inch, and fill the bot
tie with soft water. The preparation
will then resemble milk, and is ready
for use. Bathe the freckles with a soft
cloth dipped in the liquid. If the skin
smarts under the application add little
more rain water. Second-Take beef's
gall, half an ounce; saIeratus, bOrax,
and gum guaiac, of each quarter of a
pint; mix and let stand ten days, shak-
ing occasionally. Use as wash twice
day. You can get this wash made up
at the drug stores; it will cost you
about thirty cents. Three-Emulsion
of almonds one pint, powdered borax
two drachms, tincture of benZoin COM
pound two drachms, mix and apply to
the face night and morning. Fourth
Sour bran water applied to the face at
night and allowed to dry there, will re-
move freckles and sunburn in a short
time; will make the skin smooth and
fair, but very easy to freckle again.
Five-One-quarter gallon rain water,
one ounce beDzoin, one ounce aqua am
monia, one ounce rain water, two
ounces glycerine: mix well: shake be-
fore using. Six-One ounce lemon
juice mixed with quarter drachm of
sugar will remove freckles. Keep this
lotion in a glass bottle, corked tightly,
a few days before using, and apply to
the freckles occasionally.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30

A ASUGGEsTIoN.-As sick room should
be kept as quite as possible. In cases
of illness there is nothing more annoy
ing to the patient than the noise made
by pouring coal in stove to replenish
the fire. 1t is a nuisance in more ways
than one; but it can be avoided. \
lady requests us to mention the very
simple plan OF filling a paper bag or
tunnel with coal and having it in readi-
ness to gently place upon the fire.
This is suggestion worth needing and
acted upon wherever there may happen
to be any person sick.