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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
He Mixed Those Bottles Up.

A gentleman returning from the Gilroy hot
springs by coach was asked to exchange seats
with lady who found riding inside disagreed
with her. As he was making his way to the
inside berth, she bade him take especial care Of
two bottles of Gilroy water, which she was
carrying to her husband. AS it happened, the
lady had con:rived to make herself very dsa-
greeabe to her fellow-visitors at the springs,
and the passenger she had ousted from his seat
determined to have his revenge. Opening
each OF the bottles, he poured out half the con-
tents, and filed them up with whisky. Be-
fore many days elapsed the proprietors of the
Gilroy Springs received the following elegant
epistle, dated San Francisco:
"SIRs-You are precious lot OF scamps, you
are! My wife made visit to your confounded
place, and brought back some spring water. /
drank about bottle of the miserable stuff,
and went to the Good Templars, and had not
been in the hall more than fifteen minutes, be-
fore L was rs drunk as any man you ever saw;
disgraced myself and the lodge; and this
morning am on a sick bed. My impression
is that any set of men who will run an institu-
ton of this sort ought to be soused into hot
water springs until life is extinct"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

GEN. GRANT has written letter in which
he says: ''My visit to Mexico last year has
resulted in the building of railroads in that
country to an extent far beyond my most
sanguine expectations at the time. The
Mexicans have a country of vast resources,
and these roads will develop them to the
mutual benefit of both republics. We are
now buying vast amounts of tropical prod
pcts, such as sugar, coffee, tobacco, and nu-
merous other articles, from countries that
take but little from us other than sterling
exchange, all of which Mexico can furnish
just as we'll, and for which she will want
the products of our manufactures and soil.
go on business, of course, connected with
these enterprises"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

The subject of anomalies in size of the
human frame has been studied lately by
Prof. Tartuffi, of Milan. From careful
measurements he concludes that in giants it
is the femur, or thigh bone, which chiefly
contributes to the elongation of their body.
On the other hand, their vertebral column
is short in relation to their enormous size.
The humerus, or upper arm-bone, elongates
considerably, but less than the femur. The
foot and the hand grow proportionately to
the stature. 1t may be generally asserted
that the longer the bones in normal indiv:d-
uals the more they are elongated in giants.
The Uranium of giants is commonly small
in relation to their stature, but it is enor-
nous in absolute measure, though their in
teligence is generally small. An example
was Broca's giant, Joachim, who gained his
living by exhibiting himself, and his friends
said he had only sense enough for that. At
ter death he fulfilled the same function, as
he Is now IN the Broca Museum. Yet this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
A Stuffed Weasel.
Artistic Hints on the Skill Of the Taxdder-
mist.
Laramie City Boomerang.1

Laramie City bOomerang.J
The art of taxidermy out on Vinegar Hill is
yet in its infancy. The leading taxidermist Of
that booming gold camp is, as yet, nothing but
an amateur.
The art critic of this paper is in receipt of q
stuffed weasel, which was the first handiwork
of the Vinegar Hill taxidermist Evidently he
had not tried to taxiderm before.
The weasel is naturally a delicate, graceful
little animal, with long, slender body and frag
lie proportions.
That's the reason he looks lumpy and unhap-
py when his remains are stuffed with baled
hay.
The dado editor, who writes these hints on
decorative art doesn't set himself up as an
authority, of course, but simply desires to sug-
gest little points of improvement.
This paralyZed weasel is too fiat, for one
thing. In preserving weasels, to avoid de-
stroying the outline, they should not be pressed
like an Autumn leaf, but stuffed like Bo-
logna sausage.
The casual observer will also notice that the
tail of this weasel Is erect, which gives him Q
self-reliant, Roscoe Conkling air, which iii be-
comes the shy and timid little weasel.
This is not true to nature. 1t jars harshly
on the aesthetic taste to see weasel with hi
tail over the dashboard that way.
die of the horizon like jack rabbit unless he
feels pretty hilarious. 1t is not his nature. We
should study the habits of these animals, and
when they are preserved try so far as possible
to still retain the natural symmetry which
they evince in life.
One more suggestion. This weasel was evil
IDENTIFY too dead before they tried to embalm
him. The weasel should not be too excessive
ly dead when he is placed in the hands Of the
taxidermist. After the remains have lain in
state for two or three weeks, it is fair to sup
pose that life is extinct, and the artist may
then get his sawdust and poison ready to 60 to
work.
The practice of embalming weasels who died
the previous Autumn is now obsolete.
One more suggestion and we are done. In
this specimen the eyes are omitted. This gives
to the subject vacant and preoccupied air.
In the absence of artificial eyes, the artist
should have inserted pair of overcoat but
tons, because the delicate taste Of the brio-a-
bracker is shocked when he gazes down into
the lustrous depths once so full OF life and SOUL
but now so full of bran and other inexpensive
stuffing.
If the weasel were not so emaciated where
he ought to be plump, and 80 bunchy where he
ought to be attenuated, he would be more true
to nature, and the cast-iron lithograph which
we herewith present would not look so much
like club-footed hat-rack as it does.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
James Bowie and his Knife,
[San Francisco Chronicle.

loan rranclSco CnrOnlcle.l
James Bowie lay for months in his bed, in
the city of Natchez, before he recovered from
his wound. He was man of much mechani-
cal ingenuity, and while thus confined whit
tied from piece of white pine the model of a
hunting knife, which he sent to two brothers
named Blackman, in the city of Natchez, and
told them to spare no expense in making du-
plicate of it in steel. This was the origin of
the dreaded bowie knife. 1t was made from a
large sawmill file, and its temper afterward
improved upon by the Arkansas blacksmith.
This is all that can be told about the origin Of
that deatw-dealing implement Since James
Bowie became somewhat prominent in his
efforts to advance the spread of republican in
stitutions it is proper to speak of what he did.
He seemed to have natural disposition to
protect the weak from the strong. At one
time he was riding through the parish of Con-
cordia, Louisiana, and saw man lashing his
slave with his whip. He told the man to de.
slst but he was met with curses He dis
mounted from his horse, wrested the whip
from the master, and laid it over his shoulders.
This led to a shooting match, in which the
slave-owner was badly wounded. Bowie, after
submitting himself to the law, paid the doctors
puls puHCudSou tuo slave dU QOuDl6 MS Valuo,
and gave him his freedom.
In after years Methodist preacher told the
writer this: He said he was one of the first
Methodist ministers sent to Texas by the
Methodist Conference. He travelled on horse
back, crossing the Mississippi below Natchez;
that the first day after crossing the Mississippi
river he was overtaken by a horseman dressed
in buckskin, armed with rifle pistol and knife.
They entered into conversation and he found
him to be intelligent pleasant and well ac-
quainted with the geography of the country.
Neither one inquired the name or business of
the other. Both were aiming at the same des-
tination, Texas. Finally they reached new
town filled with wild, desperate characters
from other States. He posted notice that he
would preach at the Court House the first
evening of his arrival there. At the hour
named he found the rude structure thronged
to overdowing-with men only He gave
out hymn, and all joined in sing
he announced his text and attempt
ed to preach one brayed in imitation of
an ass, another hooted like an owl, etc. He
disliked to be driven from his purpose and at
tempted again to preach, but was stopped by
the same species of interruption. He stood 81
lent and still, not knowing whether to vacate
the pulpit or not. Finally his travelling com.
panion, whom he did not know was in the
house, arose in the midst and with stentorian
voice said: "Men, this man has come here to
preach to you. You need preaching to, and
I'll be-if he shan't preach to you! The next
man that disturbs him shall fight me. My
name is Jim Bowie" The preacher said that
after this announcement he never had a more
attentive and respectful audience, so much in
fluence had Bowie over that reckless and dam
gerOuS element
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

IT is believed that the railroad tie of the
future will be cut from the beautiful catal-
pa tree. The Fort Scott, Texas & Gulf
Railroad have planted 800 acres of young
trees, and the Iron Mountain Railroad 100
acres near Charleston, Missouri. On the
tracRbed of the latter company, ties of this
wood have laid in the muddy silt of the
Mississippi for twelve years and are still in
good preservation. They have outlasted
two sets of the white oak ties, and bid fair
to survive the third. Fence posts in
Indiana and Illinois are now sound after
having been in service for forty, fifty and
even seventy-five years. In the muddy re-
gions about Cairo, where it is grown extern
sively, it is used as "corner stones" for the
most substantial buildings. 1t is of an elas-
tic nature, but not so soft and light as cot
tonwood. DR.. John A. Warder, President
ofthe American Forestry Association, claims
for the catalpa durability and power of re-
sistance to the influences of the elements
possessed by no other wood. 1t is found in
the Mississippi Valley and on the shores of
the tributaries of the great river. 1t bears
large white, highly-perfumed flower, and
grows rapdly
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

great imbecile had huge Uranium, and his
brain weighed nearly as much as that of
Cuvier. Prof. Tartufi's observations on
dwarfs are too scanty to be very conclusive;
but it would seem that in them, again, the
femur decreased most in relation to the stat
ure. The head of dwarfs does not generally
diminish in proportion to the stature. As
in giants, the upper limbs are less suscepti-
BILE of variation than the lower, and the ver-
tebral column and skull vary least with
stature. Dwarfs are commonly lively, ner-
vous and sometimes turbulent. Some h ave
been courageous and intelligent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
In Insolvency.

In Insolvency.
Court of Insolvency for the County of Cumber
land State of Maine.
APRIL 4th A. D. 1881.
In case of OLIVER D. RICE, Insolvent Debtor.
VHIS is to give notice that on the second day
4 of April, "A. D., 1881, a warrant in In
solvency was issued by Henry G. Peabody, Judge
OF the Court of Insolvency for said County of Cum
berland, against the estate of said Oliver D. Rice
of Portland. in the County Of Cumberland
adudged to be an nsovent debtor petition of said
debtor, which petition was filed on tho second
day of April, A. d. 1881, to which date, in
terest on claims is to be computed;
That the payment of any debts to or by said debt
or, and the transfer and delivery of any property
by him are forbidden by law:
That meeting of the Creditors of said Debtor,
to prove their debts and choose one more assig-
nees OF his estate, will be held at Court
OF Insolvency to be holden at Probate Court
room in Portland, on Monday, the eighteenth day
OF April, A. d. 1881, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
Given under my hand the date first above written,
GEO. W. PARKER,
Deputy Sheriff, as Messenger of the Court of Insol-
vency for said County of Cumberland
apr4&11
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
S t A T E OF M AIM E.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
n PrOClanation.

In accordance with pious and ime-honored Gus
toIl, come down to us from the Pilgrim Fathers
and found so suitable to our love and veneration,
!, Harris M. Plaisted, Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Council, do hereby ap-
point and set apart
Thursday, the Twenty first Day Of April,
next,
as day of humiliation, fasting and prayer And
do recommend to the Christian people of our
State to keep this their annual FAST refrain from
labor, business, amusements, and, in their homes
and houses of public worship, humble themselves
before Him whose mercy endureth forever;-sup-
plcating His favor upon themselves, the State and
Nation; confessing their sins and seeking for
giveness of the same, in humility of spirit. eff we
say that we have no sin, We deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in u.s. but if we confess our sins.
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta. this
thirty-frst day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty
one, and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and fifth,
HARRIS NJ. PLAISTED.
By the Governor.
JOSEPH Q. SMITH, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

THE Elmira IN. ~ Advertiser says that
one Of the most popular, liberal and influen-
tial of the acknowledged Democratic lead
ers in Western New York, in letter to a
well-known Senator of the United States,
describes the present condition of the Dem
ocratic party in the following terse and Wig
orous language: ''Our party has got so low
that body execution cannot reach it. 1t
has neither character Or property; nor does
anybody belong to it. Nothing in fact re-
mains but the Chinese letter and piece of
chalk with which to mark 329 upon the side
walks and door-steps.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

LETTERS from the United States for places
in Cuba should be prepaid by postage
stamps and not by stamped envelopes, as
the general post office there does not recog-
nize the stamped envelope, and double rates
are charged on letters under such enclosure,
the same as if they had not been prepaid.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

ACCORDING to Southern papers, Malone
has been "mutilated," smashed" "ground
up" "pulverized," ''sc orched," "grilled," )"
"whittled away" and "done brown, and
yet tie latest kilograms report him in Wash
ington holding up Riddleberger to the adj
miring gaze of Senators
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL IL.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for publca-
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
municatiOns that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

THEY are mad about the weather out
West The Chicago Journal condemns its
Irregularities, and the Detroit Post asks
with some asperity if a snow-storm that be-
gan October Is and never stopped, isn't
regular enough.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
the Twenty.iirst Day Of April,
next.

EACH number of Harper's Magazine since
December has had three extra editions, and
the May number will be the largest ever
printed. The regular English edition is
now $1,000 copies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
$500 ReWard!

WE will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Indi-
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the oi-
rections are strictly complied with They are
purely Vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac-
tion. Sugar Coated Large boxes Containing 80
pills, 25 cents For sale by all druggists. Beware
OF counterfeits and limitations. The genuine manu-
Makers" ISL & 1873 W. Madison ST.. Chieapo
Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt
Of q cent stamp. sep6deoW&weow1v
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11

Johnny" said his father, as the boy took
the primal biscuit from the plate, don't you
know it is impolte to help yourself before
your elders?" "Why, pa, mother told me to
help myself before you" "What do you
mean, sir?" asked his father, while his moth.
er looked up with astonishment depicted in
every feature. "Why, 1 heard mother tell
aunt Hannah that she hoped 1 wouldn't take
after you, and SO thought I'd take my bis-
cult frst."-Galyesten News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-11
The Diabolical Rascal.
[Atlantic Monthly.l

The disposition on the part of male birds to
carry ON filtration with some other female,
while their mate is setting, may be observed by
watching one in a flock OF common tame pig
cons. While his mate is employed in her ma
ternal duties, her lonesome partner resumes
the same loud cooling that was heard while he
was choosing his mate. The dslight which he
always expresses when some young, minated
female. hearing his call, alights on his stand
ing place is very evident. That constancy for
which doves have been proverbially celebrated
is trait of character which belongs only to the
female.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-07
CITY TAXES

became DELINQUENT ON THE
ID first day Of Novembe last, and un-
less paid within TEN DAYS I shall be
obliged to proceed ss by law provided, to
collect by DistrsiRt and Sale of Property.
ID JOHN r. WINDER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-07
SPECIAL TAX NOTICE.

COLLECTORS OFFICE,
No. z, CITY HALL,
November 3oth, 1881.
THE SPECIAL TAX LISTS FOR
1 the Improvement Of Side Walks on
the following named Streets, to witt
FIRST EAST STREET, on the West
side OF blocks Sc, II and "a; and On the
East eide Of blocks 81, 20 and IS.
SECOND SOUTH STREET, on the
North side of block 81 and South side Of
FIRST SOUTH STEET, OF the North
side of blocks IS And So; and South side
of blocks rs and ".
WEST TEMPLE STREET, on the
East side of blocks IS and II; and West
side of blocks SO and rs, have been
placed in my hands for collection.
The Taxes are past due and mus: be
paid within TEN DAYS, at my Office,
No. 2, City Hall.
@Psyments made on said Tax to
any person outside of said Office, will not
be acknowledged, as no person has been
authorized by me to make collections.
JOHN 4. WINDER,
al City Collector.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-07
NOTICE..

no THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
/ Utah Central Railway Company:
There will be meeting Of the stock
holders of said Company held at the Des-
eret National Bank Of Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 9TH day Of
January, 1882, at the hour of IL o'clock
am, for the purpose Of amending the
Company's Articles of Association so
that it can build, 1un and operate branch
line of said road from the main line at or
near Spanish Fork City, in Utah
County, Utah Territory, thence through
Spanish Fork Canon to the coal fields in
Pleasant Valley, in Sanpete County,
Utah Territory; also to so amend said
Articles so that said Company can ex-
tend its line ans change its southern ter
minus by running its road from Milford
to point at or near Iron Springs, in
IroA County, Utah Territory.
SIDNEY DILLON,
JOHN SHARP.
WILLIAM JENNINGS,
FERAMORZ LITTLE,
WILLIAM 81. HOOPER.
HORACE S. ELDREDGE,
Stockholders owning more than one
third the capital stock of the Utah Cen
trail Railway Company.
GEORGE SWAN,
d4 Secretary of the Company.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-04

Now lay me down to sic 3D." said
little Toddlepins. Then stopping min.
ute, "but ain't going to pray for man.
mas sole TO keep, cause it hurts.' He
is regarded az me Rob Ingersoll of the
family.
= a celebrated lawyer once said that
the three most troublesome clients he
ever had were young lady who wanted
10 be married, q married woman who
wanted divorce, and an old maid
who didn't know what she wanted.
= The yankee nasal twang ia odious in
London: but not n whit more so than Il
ls to the ear of well.bred people in our
Southern States. On the other hand. the
lovely soft, liquid intonations often re.
marked in Southern ladies, particularly
among those born in the Gulf States, are
admired in England, as they deserve to
be.-Ne,c York .Sun.
= Garfield once got mad at some fell
lows who crossed him wantonly when
driving in the road He said to Major
Swain in low tone: "Now am going
to take a wheel off," At that instant
Mis-. Garfield leaned forward and said :
NO, James, no, you are not % "Ycs |
aui, saiu Gafneld. James, you are not
going TO do it," In a minute he cooled
of, as if under her tone, and turned his
horses tho other way. How natural !
How many men know how it is them
selves
= A jealous barber deliberately shot a
young man down in the streets of Phila-
delphia on Sunday while the streets were
full Of people returning from the church /;
citizen of Pitts6uTg vas about the same
time brutally stoned to death by negroes
on Water street Of that city; and the
evening before, in Washington, one
6rother-in law another in the mutual
family circle, and almost in the presence
of the aged mother, and yet the North
ern papers, with daily occurrences like
these around it, taunt us With our back
ward civilization in the South.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-04
Life's brightest Hour.

Not long since, met gentleman who
is assessed for one million. Silver was
in his hair, care upon his brow, and he
slightly stopped beneath his burden of
wealth. We were speaking of the period
of his life time he had reached the most
perfect enjoyment, or rather, when he
had found happiness to be nearest un-
alloyed.
"I'll tell YOU" said the millionaire,
"when was the happiest hour of my life.
At the age of one and twenty had saved
$500. 1 was earning $500 year, and nv
father did not take it from me, only re-.
quiring that should pay my board.
At the age of twenty-five l secured n
pretty cottage just outside of the city.
l was able to pay two.thirds of the value
down, and also furnish it respectfully. |
WAS married on Sunday-a Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. My wife
had come to me poor in purse, but rich
in the wealth of womanhood. The Sab
bath and the Sabbath night we passed
beneath my fathers roof, and on Monday
morning went to work, leaving mother
and sister to help in preparing my home.
"On Monday evening, when the la.
bors of the day were done, went not to
wv PstASfthi ohCitCl1 OuI W lily OMu
house-my own home. The holy atmos-
pher of that hour seems to surround me
even now in the memory. opened the
door ofmy cottage and entered. / laid
my hat on the little stand in the hall,
and passed on to the kitchen-our ktch-
en- and dining-room were all one then.
! pushed open the kitchen door and was
in--heaven The table was set against
the wall.-the evening meal was ready
prepared by the hands of her who had
como to be my helpmeet indeed as we'll
as in name-and by the tea.table. with a
throbhing and expectant look upon her
lovely and loving face, stood my wife.
| could only clasp the waiting angel to
my bosom, thus showing to her the
ecstatic burden of my heart.
"The years have passed-long years
ani worldly wealth has nnnsn upon ine,
and am honored and envied-but as
true as heaven-I would give all-every
dollar, for the joy of that June evening,
in the long, long ago. Exchange