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The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29
CITY AND VICINITY.
PileSl PileSI PileSI

consumption or debility in its first stages
promptly arrested by Malt Bitters.
The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29
For the Islands.
CaSco Bay Steamboat Company.
Steamer G-AZELLE, Capt: A. s. Olicer.
Steamer EXPRESS, Capt. NathI Haskell.
Steamer Mary W. LIBBY, Capt. J. A. King.

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Leave end of Custom House Wharf, Portland, for
Peaks, Cushing's, Long Island and Little Che
beague, as follows:
Leave Portland at $50, 100, 900, 1890 g. NJ,
300, 3. 80, 4.30 and 6 10 D. m.
Return from the different landings as follows:
Peaks Island-Scott's landing at $50, TAO 500,
11.15 a. m, 2.45, 10, $50, $50 and 100 p. m;
Evergreen at 6.10, 9.45, IL M, $780, BIO and
Sd p. m Cushings Island-White Head at 6l5,
7.3O. $50 11.05 a. M, ESQ, $50 and 6.45 p. m:
Ottawa Landing at $50, 9.45, 1850 "a. M, 2.2O.
BIB and $50 p. IN.
1.25 and 7.30 p. m. trip from Portland will not
commence until July 9th.
+The only trip to Long Island and Little Che
beague, leaving Portland at 2 p. m. Return, leav-
ing Little Chebeague at Lao p. M, and Long Island
at p. m. To commence July 10, 1880.
Fare % cts. for round trip. Children 10 cts Sin
gle passage one way Is cts. Five tickets Sl.OO.
Communication tickets, 80 round trips $500.
Arrangements for Picnics and Excursions can be
made with j. S. Morris, No. % Exchange street. or
J. l. LIBBY, Manager
Office, end of Custom House Wharf.
Portland, June %, 1880
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The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29
Lost.

pAlR Eye Glasses gold rim: lost Sunday evening
Il either in horse cars or corner State and Spring
SITS Finder will be suitably rewarded on leaving
same at this office. je2O d3t*
The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29

Steam Yacht For Sale.
Bakers and Packers Wanted.

Y
1.-TWO Cracker Packers and two good Bakers
4 wanted Immediately at Cobb's Bakery. Those
who can bring good references as to character are
the ones required. je29 diff
The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29

Cash received on accounts notes and sales
from April 10, 1880, to June "a, 1890. SO ,e2o
Cash received on accounts, notes, &c., same
time last year. ......,................ 1881
The Portland daily press., 1880-06-29
WANTED.

"A first class Salesman at 4. T. Merrill's boot and
"A shoe store. Only those having had experience
need apply. Good references must be given.
1e29 d3t 179 MIDDLE ST.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
Blue.Tinted Paper.

The origin of blue tinted paper came
about by mere slip of the hand. The
wife of William East, an English paper
maker, accidentally let blue bag fall
into one of the watts Of pulp. The work
men were astonished when they saw the
peculiar color of the paper, while Mr..
East was highly incensed at what he con-
sidered a grave pecuniary loss. His wife
was SO much frightened that she would
not confess her agency in the matter.
After storing the damaged paper for
four years, Mr.. asst sent it to his agent
at London, with instru ctions to sell it
for what it would bring. The paper
was accepted as purposed novelty"
I'd was disposed of at quite an advance
over the market price. MIR. East was
astonished at receiving an order from
his agent for another large invoice OF
the paper. He was without the secret
and found himself in dilemma. Upon
mentioning il 10 his wife, she told him
about the accident. He kept the secret.
and the demand for the novel paper far
exceeded his ability to supply it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
For the Curious.

Mezzotinto owed its Invention TO the
simple accident of the gun barrel of
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro Of chande-
iier in cathedral suggested to Calico
the application of the pendulum.
The process Of whitening sugar was
discovered in a curious way. A hen
that had gone through a clay puddle
went with her muddy feet into sugar
house. She left her tracks on pile of
sugar. 1t was noticed that wherever
her tracks were the sugar was whitened.
Experiments were instituted, and the
result was that wet clay came to be used
in refining sugar.
The art Of etching upon glass was dis
covered by a Nuremberg glasseutter.
By accident a few drops of squafortis
fell upon his spectacles. He noticed
that the glass became corroded and
softened where the acid had touched it.
That was hint enough. He drew figures
upon glass with varnish, applied the
corroding fluid anu then cnt away the
glass around the drawing. When the
varnish was removed the figures ap-
peared raised upon dark ground.
The shop of a Dublin tobacconist, by
the name of Lundyfoot, was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing dolefully
into the smoldering ruins, he noticed
that his poor neighbors were gathering
the snuff from the canisters. He tested
the snuff for himself, and discovered
that the fire had largely improved its
pungency and aroma. It was mint
worth profting by. He secured another
shop, built a quantity of ovens, sub
jected the snuff to q heating process,
gave the brand a particular name, and
ia few years became rich by an acci-
dent which al first he thought had COM
pletely ruined him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
a keIic Of the Anclents.

A Roman villa has been discovered
near Brading, in the Isle of Wight. The
external walls, as at present cleared,
measure about fifty-two feet by thirty
seven feet, and inclose about six or seven
chambers, with passages, etc, con-
nected, there is reason to believe, with
many others. In addition to tessellated
floors, remains Of hypoeausts, fues,
tresco paintings. roofing tiles, coins,
pottery and other interesting relics,
tt ere are the remains Of a mosaic pave
q. ent, with q design upon it of unusual
character, and one which is worthy of
careful study and attention The de-
sign. though grotesque, is doubtless
symbolical, and may be connected either
with the mythology of the sncients or
the early introduction OF Christianity.
Moreover, a new chamber has been
opened up, inclosing an interesting
mo aic, the central design of which is a
representation Of Orpheus, playing on
the Tyre, and surrounded by animals, as
usual. The border is an unusually good
example of what is known as the gull
loche pattern. Pottery, glass and coins
have been also found; among the latter
several brass coins of the reign Of Vic
torinus, A. ID. 265.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
The RaGuet.

The latest thing in dances is called
the ''raquet," and is neither waltz nor
| polka, though the best parts of both
are preserved. The girl is taken around
the waist. The music strikes up with
crash, as though a new volcano had
broken out, and the girl will clins
tightly as though frightened, if she
understands the dance, and the young
man will reassure her by a gentle pres.
sure, if he understands the dance, or
knows anything at all. At the secor d
crash they dodge, as though some one
had thrown blacksmith shop at them,
and they start in. They begin by i'm
ltating the struggle for life, representing
person who is drowning, but at each
crash Of the cymbals and bass drum
they dodge and scoot to one side, then
dart back again, jam each other side
ways, and than as the crashes of music
become more terrific and deafening, they
try to drive each other through the
floor, by main strength, get desperate
and claw and tear and pull, and all at
once they go raving mad with hydro
phobia and the delirium tremens, and
gnash their teeth and rave, and suff4r
The most terrible agony-and it is all
over. 1t is short dance, as the design
is anus semfnt ard not murder. But
hort as it is, it is said 10 be very sweet
Where it has been intro duced it seems
give the most perfect satisfaction,
many young people preferring it to the
slow and solemn polka, or the cold and
reezing wal r ek'S San.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
Tree CnItnre.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune remarks that when we know
what the future will require. it is wise
economy to provide for it. Ten years
hence not less than 10000, 600 railroad
ties will be needed annually; fence posts
by the million will be wanted; while
the immense consumption of lumber of
all kinds will be largely increased.
The farmer should provide for this
certain demand for the future. There
are millions of acres of rough land, hill
sides and untillable spots which could
be clothed with forest trees growing
into money. Trees also make the coun-
try more fertile by drawing down more
rain.
Nj. Fautrai, of France, after four
years of observation, reports that pine
and resinous forests extract a greater
rainfall from passing currents than any
other description of words. His OBJ
servations also show that the foliage OF
some trees intercepts one third, and
that of other trees one-half of the rain
fall
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
NO. g..
HUMOROUS.

Love- says WI er, "lightens the
heart" 1t has been J own to have pre-
eisely the same efef upon a pocket
book.
knowledge is bettei han wealth, yet
how many people in this wicked world
who prefer the inferior article.-KeoEuE
Gate CITY.
All | know about good or bad luksiz
this: Our good LUX we attribut to our
shrewdness; our bad lux we charge
over to somebody else's akount.-Josk
Billings.
The ether day two Milwaukee cooks
got to fghting g and upset a stove and
table covered with dishes. Professor
Bjorenstern Bjornson, who happened to
be present, arose and asked who was
calling his name.
At London bazar recently lady
handed round her baby to be kissed at
sixpence each. If it were a girl baby
we would have paid the price and taken
a due bill due in sixteen years. 60
sDarsda Enterprise.
Among the newest hats for ladies is
one called " Sunrise" So called, prob
ably, because man has to get up be-
lore sunrise every day for week to earn
enough money to pay for one.-NoTTts-
tOa07s Herald.
This is game season and we want to
caution our sportsmen that it is just
about as safe to pull gun over the
fence by the muzzle as it is to lead a
mule out Of the stable by tile tail.-lAsd
dZeto0as Transcript.
There is one enterprising woman in
Indiana who deserves medal. A prize
was offered for the mother who pre-.
sented the greatest number of her chill
dren at the State fair. Mrs Smith and
Mrs. Line were each accompanied to the
fair by nine, but Mrs Line gave birthto
a tenth on the grounds and so took the
prize.-Quincy Modern Argo.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
WOODBURY. J. THURSDAY, OCTOBER %, $780,
Old saws Reset.


A bad day never has good night.
| A bad lock invites burglar.
A bad thing never dies.
A bad workman quarrels with his
tools.
A bald head is soon shaven.
A young barber learns to shave by
shaving fools.
A bird is known by its note, and man
by his talk.
A bird may be caught with snare
that will not be shot.
A black hen will lay white egg.
A blind man would be glad to see it.
A boaster aud liar are cousin-ger-
mans.
A book that remains shut is but a
block.
A bridal for the tongue is necessary
piece of furniture.
A broad hat does not always cover a
venerable head.
A bankrupt apotheeary, a new doctor.
a broken friendship may be soldered,
but will never be sound.
A careless watch invites the vigilant
foe.
A charitable man is the true lover of
God.
A civil denial is better than ride
compliance.
A clean hand wants no washing.
A clear conscience laughs at false ac-
cusations.
A common jeerer may have wit but no
wisdom.
A constant guest is never welcome.
A contented mind is continual feast.
A courageous foeis better than cow
ardly friend.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
Lithographing.

The art CT lithographing was per-
fected through suggestions made by
accident. A poor musician was anxious
to know whether music could not be
etched upon stone as well as upon cop
per. After he had prepared his slab.
his mother asked him to make memo
randum of such clothes as she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not hav-
ing pen, ink and paper convenient, he
wrote the list on the stone with the
etching preparation, intending to make
a copy Of it at leisure A few days
later, when about to clean the stone, he
wondered what effect aqua FORTS would
have upon il. He applied the acid, and
in q few minutes saw the writing stand
ing out in relief. The next step aeees-
sary was simply to ink the stone and
take off an impression.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
Statistics q the PRODUCTION of Beer.

Some official tables connected with
he production of beer in all the Euro
pean countries and the United States
have been lately issued under authority
OF the Austrian government. The fol-
owing is summary OF the production
during 1879: The whole German en-
pire produced IS ,946,5l hectolitres, or
23,9Il. III British barrels; Great Britain.
36, 597 $50 hectolitres, or %. SIS, ,0l9 bar
res; the United States of North
America, Is, 400. 600 hectolitres, or 425,-
252 barrels; Austria Hungary, IL, l84, ,68I
hectoitres, or 6,83S, 900 barrels; France,
8,72l 0C0 hectolitres, or 33l. 845 barrels; ;
Belgium, 1854, 600 hectolitres, or 4, Sol !.
778 barrels; Russia, 2, 300, 600 hectolitres,
or 1,4O6. ia barrels; the Netherlands.
| 100000 hectolitres, or 6,2(8 barrels !;
Denmark, /, ,l00,0 600 hectolitres, or 672, :
5l8 barrels; Swe6en, $50, 600 hectolitres,
or 569, ,583 barrels; Italy, $4,000 hect; :
litres or 53l 300 barrels: Switzerland,
724 600 hectolitres, or 448, ,753 barrels !;
Norway, 6l5,O 900 hectolitres, or 376, ,000
barrels. The greatest production in
proportion to the population is in
Belgium, where 167 litres, or little over
341 gallons per head were manufactured /;
and the smallest production was in
Russia, where the ratio was only three
litres, or little more than fiveeand one
quarter pints for every inhabitant.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
Some Singular DeIusiOns.

The police central office in this city, as
well as the courts and the newspaper
offices, appears to have its special mono
maniac. AS in the other cases the de-
Iuded person is a woman, and like the
others she is a poor harmless creature
who excites pity notwithstanding the
absurdity of her disordered fancies and
the sincerity and enrnestness with which
she narrates her imagined wrongs. She
believes herself to be under the espionage
OF 1900 detectives, who follow her in tie
interest of the German consul. who she
thinks has secret ffices in police head
quarters and deep designs against her
peace ard comfort. She tells all this
with q rational air and quiet manner
until she perceives that she Is not cred
tied, and then grows little excited and
becomes noisy.
Some years ago a man with similar
MAJ ia infested the station houses and
newspaper offices. He imagined that he
was pursued, not by detectives. but by
doctors who wanted his body for dis
section; and he would narrate to any
one who would listen long tales of the
methods they pursued to capture him.
AS proof of the truth of what he would
relate he would produce an old copy of
the London Times, in which was
report of the trial of q physi-
clan of London on q charge of conspiracy
against him. OF course the report only
disclosed that he was insane, but this
the Door fellow could not recognize.
He disappeared several years ago. His
natural successor seems to be the unfor-
tunate creature who appe red at head
quarters recently. Another unfortunate,
familiar in the newspaper offices, is an
old man who claims TO know where
Stewards body rests, but who
saws that the executors refuse to
take possession of it, not to
escape paying the reward be
will tell you with great earnestEess, but
because one of them wants the grand
mausoleum which Mrs. Stewart built at
| Garden City reserved for himsefl He
| tells his story with such plausibility of
manner and incident and detail, too,
that one hardly suspects his sanity until
he reaches this astounding climax, when
his manner changes instantly TO fierce
ness.
The little Miss Flite, of the court
house and city hall, is a woman Of forty
five or fifty, and evidently very poor.
| She visits the public buildings once
every month and makes formal demand
of the various officials for her rent for
the use of the bulldogs. Her mania is
that she is the owner Of the public prop
erty of New York. In her demands for
her money she interrupts proceedings in
| the courts and other offices, but she is
never violent, and is easily induced to
go away, She accepts anything in the
form or shape of check as payment,
| but if refused this tender she threatens
a writ of ejectment. Yor.. ISibuaas
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28

The wife of Charles Barret, Of Strath-
roy, Canada, was walking with her
husband through his wheat field, when
she was attacked by monstrous blow
ing adder. The first blow was on her
leg, at the knee, and the second left the
snake fastened TO her skirts. She en-
deavored to shake him of, and ran,
but tainted before she had gone ten
feet. Her husband then caught the
III was killed. When inflated it was six
inches in diameter and five feet long.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28
The tourney oil the Pens.

A rapid penman can write thirty
words in minute To do this he must
draw his pen through the space of rod.
sixteen and a half feet. In forty min
utes his pen travels a furlong. We
make, on an average, sixteen curves or
turns Of the pen in writing each word.
Writing thirty words in minute, we
must make 46O to each minute; in an
hour, %, 500; in day OF only five hours,
l44, 600; in year oi 300 days. 43. 200, ,0OO.
The man who made 100000 strokes
with his pen was not at all remarkable.
Many men, newspaper writers for IN
stance, make 4, COO, 600. Here we have,
in the aggregate, mark of 300 miles
long to be traced on paper BY such q
writer in year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-10-28

West Dayton, Iowa. comes forwar
with the champion snake of the season
DR.. G. d. Brown and B. Pierson sa
that by the use Of chloroform and drugs
they were enabled to cage a snake
whose length is twenty-seven feet. and
which il ten inches in diameter he -
five inches between the eyes and the
eyes are fiery red,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-02

dumped into boat which was an
chored off the rocks and rowed swiftly
out
glanced over my shoulder.
They were both down.
. But even then | saw the head loved
| 80 we'll rise above the water, and few
more strokes brought me to her, and
grasped Mabel.
drew her into the boat, and then
caught Flora and laid her beside her.
dared not look at the brave white
face so strangely still till / reached the
shore.
j Charles was standing there supporting
Mrs. Lang, and leaving him to see to
Flora, | carried Mabel to the house.
1t was long before her eyes unclosed
but when they did, they rested on me a
moment, and l felt she knew had saved
her.
Flora had foolishly Yeatursd beyond
her depth. fseos''
The tide was running very swiftly land
in spite of her Efforts to regain her foot
ing, she was carried out.
| Nv OuOC swain OuN W 1avO u6Is
Careful nursing is wonderful doctor
and both the girls were soon we'll again
Charles lowered between the two
sometimes devoting himself to Mabel,
sometimes to Flora. /,
saw he did not know his own mind :,
but was dazzled by Flora's pink and
white beauty, yet held in bondage by
Mabels noble soul.
And Was not surprised, one evening,
to overhear, unwillingly, his plea to Ma
bel to renew their engagement.
II am sorry you have spoken to me
thus, Charles" she said, kindly. ut was
your own wish our engagement should
cease, but now that it has ceased, have
no desire to renew it, for | no longer
love you."
mo" he answered, angrily, II sup
pose you love Frank noww
She made no reply to his taunting
words.
"Well, know who does love me, if
you do not" he said.
And he left the room and sought
Flora. o
We were little surprised, the follow
ing morning, to find Charles had taken
mis- departure before breakfast.
If Flora knew the cause, she gave no
explanations.
Yet, as she announced her engagement
with Mr.. Durand that SINE day, pre-
sumo she intended us to know she had
refused him.
And what Of Mabel and myself you
ask.
I remained at N--till the autumn,
but spoke no word of love to Mabel.
/ could not so have wounded her.
But that was three years ago, and this
summer nay wife and are going to N
to visit her mother.
So, Of course, you see, l married Ma
bel.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-02

many lookiug-glasses with correspond
ing number Of chairs. Upon these chairs
sal the female models on whose heads the
artist in hair were operating. Some of
the models had evidently been chosen
because of their abundant hair, others
on account of their deficiency in this re-
spect. With dextrous fingers the opera
tors twisted their locks into every imag-
Unable shape, producing ships and Towers
of Babel, and other eccentricities, besides
every style that has found favor since
hairdressing became an art
Those who were not luxuriantly hir-
suite were adorned by the professors with
artificial embellishments in the form of
curls, plaits rolls and many other name
less ornaments, the object Of course
being to show that art is always ade-
quate to supply the place of nature.
Although the effect Of this process was
in the end truly SURPRISING, the appear
ance of the heads when only q quarter
or half dressed was peculiarly ludierous.
l never, until attending this soiree,
noticed what a diminutive race hair
dressers are. Another thing that struck
me was the difference in physique be-
tween the English and French dressers.
Nearly all the latter wore their mus
taches and boards in the Mephistophe-
lean manner, while the former grew
theirs with that curious disre-ard of the
requirements Of the face habitual with
E.'glishmen. A fat round face had
bushy whiskers, which increased its
obtru,ive rotuhdity. The long-chinned,
lantern-jawed species wore imperials, and
those who had peculiarly long upper
lip of course shaved it. All tie hair
dressers, without distinction Of nation-
ality, did their own hair very badly.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-02

Near almost every village we found
men engaged in fishing, for as We pass d
here in June, the first run of salmon had
already commenced, and salmon is the
staple, almost the exclusive, article of
food among these Indians. When the
salmon fails, as it has sometimes done,
the distress and deslitution are very
great, for the natives seldom raise any
kind Of vegetables, the character of the
country, az we'll as OF the people, b,ins
adverse to agriculture. When, however.
the salmon can be taken in their ordi-
nary abundance, a man may in less THIN
month lay in his supply Of food for the
year. @
The salmon are cured, after being
cleaned, simply by being dried in the sun;
and, as the curing-ground is usually near
the beach, quantities Of sand are blown
over the fish. One result of this is that the
teeth of the Indians are gradually ground
down by the sand which has BEEN incor-
porated with their food, so that you can
approximately tell the age of an Indian
T by "mark of mouth" the teeth of the
young being but slightly affected, while
those of the aged have in most cases,
been worn down to the gums. The dried
salmon are stored in cache, large
box or casing made Of rough-hewn cellar
boards, and usually built around a tree
at some distance from the ground. No
Indian will interfere with another mans
salmon-cache; it is as safe as it, it were
guarded by a regiment.