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The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13
Art Progress In the Limekiln Club.

The Committee on international A.
fairs reported the following new scale
of prices for winter work:
For blacking cook-stoves. all sizes
and makes. twenty-five cents.
For blacking parlor-stoves. twenty
cents-no reduction on account of race,
color or previous condition.
For whitewashing ceilings, a general
charge of forty cents, with extra for
cornices. Landscapes will be laid
on at the same old price, if the old de-
sign of a red COW standing under a
persimmon tree be used against q back
ground of a range of green hills. The
new winter design lately procured by
the club represents q scene in the Alps
By rubbing the snow off the tops of the
mountains, it can be changed to q scene
on the Hudson. BY removing the fat
man in it and replacing him with a
grizzly bear. it can be made to repre-
Sent wild life in the West. By remov-
ing the besr and substituting a school
house, the scene Is changed to New
England. This unique design is the
invention of the Hon. Snowdrop Bluff
en-. of Troy. and all his right. title and
interest has been purchased by the
Limekiln Club.-Detroi! Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13
HUMOROUS.

The man who seldom uses IL should
have n clean conscience. Boston TruH-
script.
WIEN noted troitcr dies n shaft
should be raised to ats memory. -Lors!
citizen.
The Scotch should be astable people.
consideringthat their country is the Land
of BARNS.
WmES the leader Of a choir gets the
right pitch, he sticks 10 tn q. Pc
dyuIac.
A SCIENTIFIC man saws that he can
find no trace Of man in the monkey. but
finds abundant traces oi the monkey In
man.
WHAT does a woman want 10 put
on gloves in hot weather for?' asks u
male subscriber. Why to keep her
hand in. stupid. -5ost0H Post
WHES the shopman scizcs YOU warm
" by the hand a. you enter his estab-
lishmeni, you readily understand what
is meant by a pressure of business.
As AN attorney was speaking on a
case ut the Court-liousc yesterday he
SAID. Al inl> stage OF the game,
then. suddenly choking himself of. he
said 10 the Court: Il beg pardon. I
mean ut this stage Of the proccedingsr'
Cumberland (Hd.) CiJIiiln.
Two LADIES went To see Clara Nor
ris. In one of the most affecting pass
ages Of the PLAY. when the whole house
was hushed in stiffness. one lady who
had been using her opera glass attentive
" remarked Ia the other; Pooh! the
trimming on her dress il nothing but
Hamburg edging."
The Albany ArgHS prints the follow
ing: "A false friend resembles n
shadow. When the sun shines and YOU
have plenty Of money the shadow and
the friend are both close to your heels;
but when il comes TO be dark. where is
the shadow? and when your money Is
gone. and you wan 10 borrow from the
man who often borrowed from YOU.
where is the friend?" He is not at
home. lie is out borrowing FROM somo
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13
Utilizing Elephant Power.

ALMOST all the vehicles and other
property Of the London Circus. which
arrived in Bridgeport, Saturday night.
hare been housed. One feature Of the
work OF getting the effects under cover
was novel and interesting. Some 81 the
chariots are very heavy, weighing sew
eral tons. and were sunk deeply in the
soft soil. Too many horses 20 be used
conveniently would have been required
and accordingly the elephant-trainer
brought two Of the sixteen elephants Of
the herd into requisition- II was inter-
esting to see how in~teIligently the
beast did what was required of them.
and to observe their tremendous
strength Turning their trunks around
the hubs or the spokes. they lifted the
vehicles out OF the ruts. and after carry
ing them into the building. shifted them
10 any position desired. One Of the
chariots, which they picked up with
ease. weighed five tons IL was not A.
WAYS easy for them 10 take hold of their
load so that il balanced well between
them but they invariably succeeded
after q while in getting everything adj
justed -Sep RTreB Palladium
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

LONDON lady had . servant who
persisted in wearing her hair down her
back. This mistress thought it was un-
tidy, and finally insisted upon cutting
off the hair. The father of the maid,
valuing her long hair, and believing
that her good looks had been unneces-
sarily married, at once sued the lady for
assaulting his child. The girl testified
in court that her mistress had cut of
her hair without her consent and
against her will. The magistrate de-
cided that it wS an assault which was
punishable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

OTHER Judges as well as u r are laid
up and unable to discharge their duties
The Lord Chief Justice of England Is
Ill, and Barons Bramwell and Huddle-
stone are both wintering At Cannes. in
the south of France, for their health.
Sir John Mellor, who had retired on .
pension, has had to returnto do duty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

ONE Lord, q. member of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature. has been sent TO
jail for six months for having. while s
married man, proposed marriage under
an assumed name to a Miss Chamber
lain, and for havingassaGlted the lady's
father when he WAS forbade therhouse-
Six months seems . small term Of i'm
prisonment for the fellow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

IT has been decided in England t.
thrash young culprits instead Of send
ing them to work houses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

SOME Russian officers in NORTH chizx
waters recen,iY worked :hefnseIye. fa,S
asery needless state Of aisrm- A n-
nor sas cS~reulaIsl that Am~rs~,- a.
:. oakers bad bsen se~n d1llias
ehssesr Foo2s- Tee Ea.,.as eo-,'
~-II'1 1osHtaaa her Szhn cdr. Who
s.sa. seaH@s the tnathsalness Of
smea Tbs ksssxans. howsyaH
80 ihas they hal seen ihrough :
gas Anssrscsa officers drilling
ne on one Of tae United states
masw.r and this dsseso.sre enabled
ss Anisrs=sns 10 gre a a .fsetorv ex-
p1.ass.sn- IL sppesrs that The Chsness
$500 board the American vessels
- ,,nnes drilled with the marines.
nc tas kcssisns. u turned ouI.
asaa Tnffhro1yh their rnovrznentA
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-01-13

A YOUNG man died of heart disease at
St. Paulw while askinga girlto marry him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
Trial Justices.

Fines and forfeitures received by any Trial
Justice or Judge of any Municipal or Police
Court are to be accounted for and paid into the
county treasury within six months from the
time of receiving the same, under penal for
feiture OF double tho amount for any neglect
to do go.
This provision of law may be found in the
Revised Statutes, chap 1856, sect. 7. Section
of the same chapter provides that "every
such justice or judge shall keep correct dock
ct of all examinations and trials had before
him Of persons accused of CRIMINAL offences
setting forth therein true account of all fines
and forfeitnres by him imposed or received
upon convictions or sentences; and once gear
deliver or transmit to the County Commission
ers of his county, at one of their regular ses-
sions, such docket" etc., ETC., for their exam
nation Failing to do this the County Com
missioners may summon such justice to appear
with his docket for examination on oath rela-
tive 10 his official conduct and if he fail to ap-
pear on such summons 'the County Commits
sionNr may issue capiaS and have him brought
with his papers before them.'
This duty has been sadly neglected by some
of the trial justices of Cumberland county and
several have been summoned IN and had their
duckets examined and accounts settled.
The commissioners were in session yesterday
for the purpose of making such settlement
with justice whose docket has not been ex-
amined TOR over six years.
IL is understood that it is the intention of the
commissioners to make thorough examina-
tion of the accounts of all the justices in Cum
berland county AS soon as it eau conveniently
be done aud those who do not appear volun'
tarily will undoubtedly be summoned to ap
".
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
p0RTLANDpusT OFFICE.
October IL, bSSI
OFFICE HOURS:

From 800 a. m. to $50 p. M, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from y TO 10 a. m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate orhces-Arrive at 1920
.. m. Close at 5.15 a. M, 1870 and 900 p. m.
Boston and the West-Arrive at 1920, BIO, 10,
and lilo p. m. Close at 5.l5 a. m, $780, 300
Intermeiiafe or Way Mails, via Boston & Maine
Railway-Arrive at 1920 and $40 p. m. Close at
SIS a m and 1880 .. IN.
Great Southern q Weslern-Arrlye at IL 20 5.l0,
s.10 and lilo .. IN. Close at o.lo a. M, 1880
300 and $40
Bangor and connecting r0tlteS-Arr1ve az l-O0 p.
m. Ciase al l1.3 a
Augusta and connecting routes-Arrive at 800 q.
"a. and los p m Chose at l1.3u a. m. and 4.46
Morning Northwestern by Grand Trunk Railway
Arrive at s.fai a m Close at 7.no a. m.
Lewiston and Auburn-Arrive at .O6 and S.Or a.
m. and LOO p. m Close At 6.3O and ll3O a. m
z.4h and 800 y, m.
Castine Ileef Isle Sedgwick, S. W. Harhor, Mt.
Desert Jonesport Machias dachiasport, East Ma
chias Aiillbridge and Bai Harbor, via each steamei
= Arrive al & 3, m Close at 3 p N
Foreign mails Via New York, day previous to sail
Ing OF sieameFs-Cose at S.l5 a. m.
Express Augusta Bangor and the Easi--Arriye al
2.O6 a IN. Close al 400 =. IN
Skawhegan, intermediate offices and the no'tn-
Arrive at i-o5 p. M Close at tl.oo a m
Skowhegan also closes at 300 p. M
Cana,ia and intermediate offices, via G. 7. R.-Ar-
rive at l24 o Close at 90 p. m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island-Close at
IL 80 a N and 400 p,
Swanton VI. and intermediate Offices, via P. s. Q
RR-Arrive at 6. 10 o. m Close at 7.45 m.
Bartlett N H., and Intermediate offices, via P. &
o. R. R.-Arrive al ll.55 a. M Close at .3v p. m.
Worcester, Mass, and intermediate offices viz P.
q r. z. R.-Arriye at l.2O p. m. Close at l245
p. m
Rochester N. H., and intermediate offices, via P.
& R 4 R.-Close at 100 a. m.
Carriers deliveries are made daily Sundays ex-
eepted) in the business portion of the city at 100
and 1000 g. m, and 1.3o p. M. In other sections
= and 1 a m N (tOllBctlOQs
are made on week days at 100 and 11.00 a. M
and 200 and 500 p. IN. On Sundays at 500 p. m
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
Brief Jo,tings.

Bright and beautiful yesterday. Mercury
500 at 3. m, 95e at noon, 400 at sunset; wind
west.
The HISTORIAN of the Allan line is expected
from Glasgow direct. The Dominion of the
Dominion line will probably arrive today or
tomorrow.
IN. Gavin & Son, dry goods and clothing
Barnard Me-, have been closed by creditors;
liabilities reported, $4,000
Portland engine No. 2was employed to pump
out the reservoir in Market square yesterday
afternoon.
In the window of Loveitt's fish market on
Congress street may be seen large sturgeon,
caught by Cape fisherman while fishing for
cod The taking of the sturgeon at this time
in the year is unusual
About 175 members Of the Knights
OF Pythias from this city, together with dele
sations from Bath, Gardiner and Lewiston
went to Richmond Monday night and institute
ed Sagadahoc Lodge No %. The new ledge
starts with about sxty-nine charter members.
It is the largest lodge ever instituted in this
State.
Reserved seats for the Cadets ball ore sell
ing rapidly. Mrs. Ulmer is to furnish refresh
ments.
The O'Connor lecture netted the Land
League S178 and that amount has been depos-
tied in the bank. The Sheehy lecture will
probably net little over 5000.
Mr.. Marr, night turnkey at the Jail narrow
" escaped receiving a severe injury from a
falling brick Sunday night, while passing from
the Office to tue work shop, it missing his head
by only few inches.
The thirty-fourth anniversary of the Port
land division, S. OF T., No. 95 took place al
Sons of Temperance hall, last evening.
The Work Room Committee of Associated
Charities will meet at Room l, City Building
December 80, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The attention of members of the Turnverelr
is called to their meeting tonight.
A striped morse blanket was stolen from vii
son g. Co.'s yesterday.
A party Of 200 Scandivavians arrived in th'
city from the Black Hills. They sail in thu
Circsssians Friday to visit their homes in thu
old county.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
Personal.

EOI5Oucl
Advices have been received that Capt. John
Berry, of the bark Edmund Phinney, has died
at Hong Kong.
Wallace Ross and wife arrived at the Fal.
mouth Hotel yesterday
At the funeral of Capt. Chase, of the ship
Portland Lloyds, the Portland Lodge, Green
leaf Arch Chapter, and Masonic Relief will be
present.
Ex-Governor Gareelon, f. B. Torrey OF
Bath, Superintendent Spicer and Mr.. Reeve
OF the Grand Trunk, are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
Rev. Mr. Fem delivered an address before
the Bangor Theological Seminary last evening.
The musical society organized at Brunswick
about year since is to resume its sessions
this week. 1t is expected that Professor
Kotzschmar and George A. Thomas will give
their valuable services.
This morning at IL o'clock, at the Congress
street Methodist church, Rev. A. s. Ladd
formerly of this city, now of Lewiston, will be
united in marriage to Miss Marion D. Merri-
wether.
We are called upon to chronicle the death of
one of our Oldest citizens, Mrs. Hannah Thurs
ton, widow OF the late Ezekiel Ihurston and
mother Of President Thurston of the Common
Council, at the advanced age of 90 years and
months.
Robert E. Peary, formerly of Portland, has
left the United States coast survey, having
been one of four fortunate competitors, out of
two hundred, for good position for life in the
civil engineering department of the navy. He
1f
eight hours day. He is to take charge of the
civil engineering at the Washington navy
yard. His salary is to be increased from time to
time and when he is sixty years old he is to be
retired on the three-fourths salary. Mr.. Peary
was graduated at Bowdoin, and went on to
the coast survey from Fryeburg, after a rigid
examination in which he signally distanced
his competitOrs
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
Readinr Neeoed For Our sailorg.

IL takes not far from 1900 packages OF papers
and pamphlets to supply the vessels that come
to this port in a year. These papers are kindly
given by the people of this city. Some are
sent from abroad. These packages of reading
do double benefit They supply good, whole
some food for the mind-often to the exclusio
of what is iDjurious,-and they make the i'm
preston upon the men of the sea that they are
remembered .by thoughtful friends ashore.
We wish to call attention to this necessity, and
beg for such literature as may be furnished
cheerfuly 10 aid this important cause. We
trust that an impression circulated in some
quarters. that the chaplain sells the papers and
pamphlets he receives on his own account will
not hinder any one from responding form
ally We have frequently received miscellai :
eous clearances of attlcs and closets, contain
ing all sort of matter. These are always care
fully examined and old, worn-out books, or
literature of questionable tendency. are weeded
out and sold as paper stock, and the money
used to purchase good books for our sailors IL
bl aries An examination of our accounts
shows that $23 27 has been received from this
source; and the Q is quantity of unsold paper
stock on hand. We do not intend that any
thing that comes into our hands shall he lost to
the cause. Should any one have aDyth Dg to
aid in this work, please send postal to los
Newbury street ard we will call.
T. SoUTHWoRTH, Seamen's Chaplain.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30

Neglect cold, and severe suffering is the result
Some say, So ont use medicine and it will soon
we~r away" That may bring about the desired re
suit in but very few have sufficient physic j
strength to throw off cold, without the aid
of some good balsam, and we should certainly rec
ommend something of the kind One of tie best
ever introduced to the pubic is DR.. Graves Balsam
of Wild Cherry and Tar. preparation long known
for the speedy and certain relief of coughs, colds
sore throat hoarseness, bronchitis, &C. The pecu-
liar combination of wild cherry and tar with other
pleasant and soothins ingredients makes it easy to
take speedy to relieve, and to give satisfaction
Physicians prescribe wild cherry and tar as rene.
dies r pulmonary affections and if you give DR.
Graves Balsam of Wild Cherry and Tar trial you
will get relief. Sample, 10 cts Large bottles, Sc
cts For sale at Wholesale by j. W. Perkins & Co.,
Portland. so
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
Gum Chewing in Maine

A reporter Of the Lewiston Journal the
other day met gentleman conyersant with
the spruce gum business and from him CLEANED
the following information:
I'm Oxford county, said the gentleman,
"there is man who does quite flourishing
business in spruce gum Every year be buys
from seven to nine tons of the article he
purchases it chiefly in the region about Lake
Umbagog in the northern part of Oxford
county, ans, about the RaDgely Lakes. There
are men who do nothing else during the WIN
ter season but gather gum. They take pair
Of snow Shoes an axe, gun and a lew necessary
supplies packed on to sheboygan, and are
often absent on their trips into the woods days
at time, and make good wages at the busi,
ness. The pure clean Jumps of gum are sold
at a good price in their native state. Gum not
merchantable is subjected to the following
process The manufactory, if it can be called
such, consists of large brick arch in which
are placed three kettles, and from these pipes
are connected with boxes In the boxes are
sieves on which are placed spruce boughs on
which the gum is placed. By means OF the
pipes mentioned above, steam is forced under
the sieve and the gum is melted out, the
bougbs acting as a Strainer, which takes out
all of the impurities from the gum. Inc
boxes are set on an inclined plane, and the
g-m as it assumes liquid state runs into
boiler of warm water, which keeps it from
becoming hard; it is taken from the warm
water, pulled into sticks, wrapped in tissue
paper and is then ready for the marset"
.'Does it meet with a ready sale?" asked the
reporter. Yes; it meets with quick sale,
and large quantities are sold in Lewiston, Bid
deford. Lawrence and Lowell, Mass. and in
other places. A dealer in one city last year
purchased $1400 worth of the article. 1t
retails for 40 cents pound"
"Where does it meet with the most ready
sale?" asked the reporter. "It sells best" was
the answer, where there are factory girls"
How much in your opinion does the sale of
gum in Maine amount to in year?" "Well,"
was the reply, 1--WE can't get at it exactly, but
we can approximately. In the first place the
men who work in the woods gather quite
quantity. They get only the pure lump gum.
and sell it at fancy price, getting as high as
dollar pound for it. In the northern part
of the State large quantities of gum are picked
and sent to the manufactures out of the
State, and / presume there are number of
small manufacturers in the State who buy in
the aggregate quite quantity. don't think
it would be far from the fact to say that Maine
gets yearly income of $4,000 from its spruce
gum. There isn't city or town in the State
in which it is not sold, and when we take into
consideration tkat SO much is sent for outside
the amount l have estimated is
at least small enough
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
The Aroogtook Railway.

The Bangor Commercial of Monday evening
states that the party engaged in surveying a
line from the Maine Central railroad to the
Aroostook has been withdrawn. We learn
that this statement is incorrect and that ad-
wees from the engineers in the field show that
they are finding very satisfactory line through
good country. The report undoubtedly orig
mated from the fact that the engineers have
been withdrawn from the line between Dan
forth and Houlton BY the European & No rth
American Railway.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
The Nam Elevator.

The new elevator for the Grand Trunk
Company in this city, may be constructed by
an elevator company composed of gentlemen
of this city The Portland Company propose
sale OF their wharf property--some 24oo00
feet-reserving to themselves the right Of
wharfage, to the company for $4,000 The
company will then construct wharf some
500 feet long by 100 feet wide, and erect an
elevator of 25000o bushels capacity. The
property will be leased to the Grand Trunk
for term of years for AZ per cent. and taxes.
or abont per cent. per annum. 1t is proposed
that the company have a capital of $35o,Oo0
for the purchase of the wharf property and
the building OF the wharf and elevator. As
soon as the agreement is signed by the manage
ment Of the Grand Trunk the money will
probably be subscribed.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-30
CROUCH.
One Explanation of His Hccentricity.

The PRESS some time ago gave sketch of
the life of Crouch, the musician, who TO, mer-
ly resided in Portland, in which his wander
ings since the left this city were recounted and
the statement made that he was at present a
csbinet-maker in Baltimore. The Chicago
Tribune gives an explanation for his eccen-
tricity never before made public as follows:
"Crouch, the author of Kathleen Mavour-
neen' and many other popular songs, is now a
cabinet maker in Baltimore, and has been
there for years. Robert Hellers father was
the organist of Canterbury cathedral, and in
the little town of that name Henry Palmer
Robert Heller went to school in company
with Deighbors little daughter, and as boy
and girl they were little sweethearts. Tbls
early love of the great magician was named
Fanny Crouch, and her father was musical
genius who became quite celebrity among
his townfolk by his songs, attaining much fame
in after time by his Kathleen Mavourneen.
Heller had been before the public long while
when he drifted to Paris. There he beheld the
dashing equpase and gorgeous costumes OF
Cora Pearl the notorious, daily upon the
street. Being struck with something familiar
in her face. he followed her into shop one
DAY 10 obtain nearer view of the celebrity.
Suddenly she turned, met his gaze, and in
stautiy came forward with outstretched hands.
1t was Fanny Crouch his little schoomate.
Ia this country Heller came across the unhap-
by father and composer. DE was working at
the cabinet-making business in Baltimore,
where Heller's father-in-aw resided. Crouch
was not tramp nor in poverty; be preferred
the oblivion OF workshop in America to his
old home and friends-no doubt through shame
for his daughters conduct. Those Canter-
bury people are a strange lot. In poor Mr..
Crouchs case the knowledge that Cora Pearl
was native of that stiff cathedral town was
a thing to conceal and be ashamed of. But it
was different with Robert Heller