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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

ELEPHANTS have been known to liy.
Ioo years, and 1t Is supposed whale,
may live 1000 years.
1HE elephant has been known TO die
Tor grief when, in a sudden fit of mad.
ness, he has killed his keeper.
a sNA1L's head may be cut of. and in
certain time another head will he
formed. AT least, so says Spallanzani.
PROF. UNTHANK, of Tucson, is alleged
10 nave III his possession a brick taken
I 1rom the great wall of China. The
treasure Is 4X12x16 inches, is composed
| OF gray clay, and is as hard as granite
Inere are said to be several similar
Dicks yet remaining in the wall for any
nardy antiquarian who can obtain them.
but as there is "a rigorous Chinese Law
against the demolition of the ancien+
barrier the only way to smuggle a brick ont
sA .Alta country Is to bring it in ones hat
IT is a curious fact that most or -tb{
eminent men who fourished in tie
revolution had an especial penchant for
widows. Washington married widow
Aaron Burr's wife was the widow of Col.
Provost of the British army. John
Hancock had an especial taste for
widows, Mr.. Madison took widow. and
SO did Stephen Hopkins. So did Am
brose Gwinett, so did Patrick Henry.
and SO did at least one-fourth of all the
patriots and heroes of the days that tried
mems souls as well as their pockets.
IHE HmdoO thief S manner of scaling
walls Is very ingenious. 1t is by means
OF huge lizard which he carries with
him IN his NOCTURNAL rambles. The pro-
cess is as follows The lizard, which is.
perhaps, yard in length, with great
aIrrrr l..4%
powers like those of a fly, is made fast
to the dacoit 10y tough cord tied to it's
tall. When the dacoit Is pursued and
comes in his hasty flight to a wall. he
quickly throws his lizard over il. hold
ing fast to the other end of the cord.
BY means of its suction power the lizard
fastens himself in the wall on the oppo-
site side, and the thief draws himself to
the top and jumps lightly down. By
choking the lizard he is made to release
his hold.
AT the City of Medina, in Italy. and
about four miles around it. wherever
the earth is dug, when the workmen ar
rive at a distance of sixty-three feet
they come to n bed of chalk, which they
bore with an auger, five feet deep. They |
then withdraw from the pit before the |
anger Is removed, and upon its extrac- |
ton the water bursts through the aper- |
ture with great violence, and quickly |
fills the newly-made well, which contin- |
ues full and is affected neither by rains |
nor drought. But what is the most re-
IN the operation Is the layer of
earth as We descend At the depth of
fourteen feet are found the ruins of an
ancient city, paved streets, houses, floors
md different pieces Of mason work.
Under this Is found a soft, oozy earth,
made up of vegetables, and at twenty
iix feet large trees, with the walnuts
till sticking to the stem, and the leaves
md branches in a perfect state of preser-
.,4sta .asi2pi :. At leuz tS9a - E. 4sss.G
ity of shells, a.ss ossrs ed Is two fo.-SS
hick. Under this vegetables are found
again.
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Lord Bacon.

Francis Bacon was born at London,
Jan. %, 1861. His father, Sir Nicholas
Bacon, was Lord Keeper of the Great
Seal under Elizabeth. Soon after COM
pleting his twelfth year, he went to
Cambridge, where he distinguished him
self He travelled on the continent, and
returned to England in 1879 on account
of his fathers death. In 1882 he was
admitted to the bar, and in 1889 became
a member of Parliament, and in 1890
Counsel Extraordinary to the Queen, a
distinction almost without example for
one so young. In 1905 he married Alice
Barnham, the daughter of rich Lon
don merchant, and the succeeding year
was made Solicitor General, and in 1913
became Attorney General and member
of the Privy Council in 1917 he became
Keeper of the Great Seal, and the fol-
lowing January was made Lord High
Chancellor, the highest civil office to
which any subject could then attain. In
the following July he was created Baron
Verulam, and admitted to the House of
Peers, and IN 1919 became Viscount
Saint Adams. In 1920 he published his
greatest work, the &c Novum Organum.
He was accused of accepting bribes,
and, though at first strongly asserted
his innocence, yethe afterward confessed
his guilt, and was sentenced May 3,
1921, to pay fine of e40,0O0 and to be
imprisoned at the Kings pleasure. He
was shown every indulgence, being sent
to the Tower but released two days after,
and the fine was remitted. He was al
lowed an income Of e1, 800, sum equal
to five times that amount at the present
day. He died April 9, 1862. His works
are numerous, the best known being his
Essays" the 'Novum Organum, '' On
the Wisdom of the Ancients, " etc. He.
is described as one of the most illustri-
Gus of modern philosophers. Quite a
number of able thinkers and writers
attribute to him the authorship of some
of the great plays of Shakespeare. Lord
Bacon left no children
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Princess polgoroukps Hair.

Princess Dolgorouki was remarkable
for the beauty and abundance of her
hair, and Court gossip tells us that, like
many other great men, Alexander ii. had
been caught In the fEet a amour, which,
according to old Marot, the poet, cap
lures the souls of men. The Emperor's
admiration for the tresses of the Princess
was so great that he often said to her:
GO If die first [ shall rest all the easier
if that hair lies with me in my coffin.
The impression on the mind of the Prin-
cess was so vivid, that at the very
moment the news of the Emporer's
death had reached her, she cut off with
her own hands the rich abundance of
her tresses, and inclosed them In sealed
packet directed to the Empress, with
humble request that the late Emporer's
desire might be fulfilled. The Czarina's
gentle and affectionate heart was moved
to the core by this sacrifice and the re-
quest, and it is well known among the
ladies of the Court that the white satin
pillow upon which reposed the head of
the late Gar contained the last token of
love and remembrance from the Princess
Dolgorouki
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Investigating His Historical Learning.

"And SO you are studying American
history?" asked fond father of his
hopeful.
"Yes - responded the lad.
Good enoughr" roared the delighted
parent. "Now tell us who George Wash
ington was.
''He was nurse to lot of old colored
women, sang the boy.
"What was he first in p
"First ashore, first to leave, and first
in the carts of the hungry man"
"Look here, you scalawag," said the
old man, riling up, you want to get
this thing straight What was it Wash
ington couldn't do?"
He couldn't lie /" snorted the young
ster
You've got the right man. What
fight did he win p
"He licked Hunker Bill on Boston
Common. in three rounds"
"What was it he cut when he was
boy?"
"He cut his fathers cheese, and ex-
claimed, Father, spare me; I cannot tell
a hatchet from lie ?"
His father graduated the boy at once,
and he now makes living selling papers.
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: Glycerine.

Th is derived from a Greek
wort ying :" sweet, and has refer
ence Vaste. As oil consists of acids
and grxrine, the latter is obtained by
sepaSs the oil-the same is true of
fat zecomponent parts.
H&3 Glycerine are becomingmore
an he'd and valuable. There
is 3 ION that is better than
few bed daily over the hands,
to 1 moist and smooth. The
han. be first moistened with
wat sglycerine otherwise alb
so., rom the skin.
"a carbolic acid-three
ourls 3 former to fifteen grains of
the - are among the most effective
applieIns for chapped hands, and
equal Pr scurfy skin. 1t may be
used - three times a day.
Gly lis also said to be exceed
ingl1 In some cases of piles. A
gent had suffered from them
for. hose case appeared to
def = satment, was cured by
tax Jith his food. A dose
w. half to a whole table,
fhe London Lancet strong
ly d it for acidity of stomach.
Its us mis- trouble was first discov-
cred private gentleman, who had
long 8 sufferer from it. Having
read paper that glycerine kept
milk = sEing, he said to himself,
keep me
a Sb complete success, and
was, birth to take food from
whit pen forced to abstain. It
waAs y employed by physi-
clans 1891 results.
1t 800 remove acidity; it only
preveSf occurrence. Take from a
teaspd d5b tablespoonful immedi-
ately a Rting; or take it in the tea
IN place &ugar.-Yoatth's Companion.
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A Prodnetire Battle Ground.

Hundreds and thousands of old sol
diers. both Confederate and Federal, will
remember Missionary Ridge, near Chat
tanooga. 1t is the site of one of the most
decisive battles of the war-ragged,
rocky, steep, poor in soil as any part of
the table land, and was until recently
regarded as worthless. For what pur-
pose men held it was not known by
themselves or anybody else. Three or
four years ago its lands would not bring
over 81 to 81 an acre. Now the ridge
Is covered with orchards, and the profits
are such that no land can be bought for
less than $40 or $50 an acre. 1t Is thus
old ideas give way before new conditions
and new infusions of brains and energy.
-ISaVannah Net0s
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Ah. there he is, lad, at the plow;
He beats the boys for work,
And whatsoe'er the task might be
None ever saw him shirk.
And he can laugh, too, TIL his eyes
Run Ger with mirthful tears,
And sing full many an old-time song
In spite Of seventy years
"Good morning, friends; it's twelve O'Clock;
Time for q balf-hour's rest"
And farmer John took out his lunch
And ate II with n zest.
"a harder task It is" he said,
" Than following up these steers
Or mending fences, far, for me
To feel my seventy years.
:" You ask me why feel young,
I'm sure, friends, can't tell,
But think IL is my good wife's fault
Who's kept me up well;
For women such rs she are scarce
In this poor vale Of tears;
Co. given me love and hope and strength
~ more thar forty years
" And then my boys have an done wen.
As far as they have gone,
And that thing warns an old mans blood,
And helps him up and on.
My girls have never caused pang,
Or raised up anxious fears;
Then wonder not that feel young
And hale at seventy years.
"Why don't my good boys do my work
And let me sit and Test7
Ahi friends, that wouldn't do for me;
like my own way best
They have their duty; have mine,
And, till the end appears,
mean TO smell the soil, my friends"
said the man Of seventy years.
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WHEN traveller goes to Europe does

WHEN traveller goes to Europe does
he generally complete the Turin, Italy?
- Yonkers Statesman. Not always. Ii
in summer, Marseilles suit may bring
him to France. e.-RichDond Baton. And
if it is Toulouse and he sees Nancy he
goes to Rouen n-iSteubenUiue Herald.
But he will surely have nice time, no
doubt, if he goes to visit Florence. He
will certainly not Sienna handsomer girl,
for there Arno women in all Europe who
will bear com-Parison with her.-BaLti-
more Every Saturday. But she would
hardly be suited with Bologna dinner.
Chat. And if the Paris is not too
nice, they might visit Germany and take
in Cologne. = Teyre Hoatte Saturday
Night. Suppose he prefers not to Hayre
accompany him, would he then be at
liberty to Rome without her 2-Etev0ted
RailtOay Journal. Yes, if he didn't go
TO Lap land.
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MISSISSIPPI writes fewer letters to the
inhabitant and fewer in gross than any
State III the Union. Colorado stands at
the head in the number per citizen.
Mississippi's average is six; Colorado's
fifty-fiye for the entire population.
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Mr.. JOHN PENDER, NJ. p, is the
Chairman of six submarine cable COM
panies and Director of three. He Is, be
sides this, Chairman of the Isle of Man
Railroad Company, of the Dude and
Rohil Kund Railroad Company, and OF
the Panulcitto Copper Company, aud ne
is Director of the Fore Sheet Warehouse
Company, and of parafine oil company
that is to say, he is either Chairman
or Director of fourteen companies, ana
may be supposed to make comfortable
income of about e15, 600 per annum from
his directorial functions.
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Saved by a Goose.


Ated of the fourth siege
- EAR 3S7 before Christ.
f ffls, under the command
sred Upper Italy, and
I; seral places. Rome in
| IN 10y this act simply irritated
{" who marched against the
for &2Sof the World" A battle was
Ro,S ,he Romans were defeated.
| of, Te<SSqw practically at the mercy
-, - The Senate had not enough
. 49, Ise battle to defend the
| klnd so they threw all
| a. 10 of bearing arms into
VI q sent away all useless
u ~ Id men and women and
m m, 4efuge IN the nearest cities.
IN. Rome only a Jew
Pontin lcieilt Senators, who, not,
being - to. survive either their
country e on glory, generously deVoeea l's
sheEIIlselsss to death, 20 appease' accoEu- !'l
ing TO their belief, lie anger st - taas w
IslnaI Rrd gods. - tinre tier splendid
Iat!, IIiihus. az SIlite boards, their air of
sr'1 it th2Ad nfrmness astonished the
{en ,n q b spired a religious fear in
e. ~, inally, however, the Gauls
mass' ~ Senators, and all who
hF &sed were slaughtered, and
= Acked the Capitol While
= slered the city, the coun-
81 fecover.ng from its defeat.
Z chosen leader of the Ro-
= nile the Gauli were revel-
IN attacked the invaders and
xii n of them. Cmillus was
- Sse savior of his country,
6J sed to do anything as their
les but the ordG of the Senate
ana <$bple shut up in the Capitol.
1t VI most Impossible to gain access
to A young roman, however,
had H% hardihood b undertake this
per, Enterprise, AID was successful.
Cam was declaed Dictator, and
q barge army. The Gauls had
pc tracesleft by the young
I Brennu attempted during
4 surprise the Capitol by the
- After many efforts, few
81 - "a gaining the summit Of the
ROD were on tie point of scaling
the the sentinel was asleep and
not eemed to oppose them. Some
gee ksecrated Juno, were awak-
noise made by the enemy,
and Rgan to crI as they do when
they ae disturbed Nautilus, a person
of co,sular rank, ran to the spot. en-
counted the Gayls and hurled several
from he rock. Tie Romans were reused
and tis enemy wsre driven back; and
ultimaely were oefeated in open battle
by Canillus. VIII. has been called Rome's
Chicago Inter ocean.
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GrumhlIng at the Mnler.

not uncommon tohear of n man
- 10 not sense enough to 60 to the
Iii h,,t II would seem slanderous to say
tI,a+ +ba majority of men.wAo are ALWAYS
.a"a,,ia;1ing ol,''s 'Iai of the miliers have not
-s,'oI1e2b Il, see that the majority of
ss'ii9S S;sin,,if;es conplaiRed Of arise from
slio 5;tions that the farmer NAV
llrraot 800 AZ least Mr.. j. Hollistor. now
ru sarIoer once a miller, says as much to
al AJr;on Farmers, Clubin n paper on
a. a. ,,a;Il;no, question. One would SUD-
.,+,s.a tIat Farmers wouldknow enough to
IL only clean wheat tomill when they
1t,d $50 But Ihe fact is. the
~ Il STOCK OFSnafo clean ont all
321DAH - sfsprouted wheat
q, - sat of such
!, = ~ @1cto
: = -. .kllJl "
n - = = - - - - :
4 - = :
j. + ny
wheatF sly as nlueh good
flour as the good wheat Will make, less
the toll.
for cIeahlng IL he gets Wen pald IN tne
screenings, which go for feed, and winch
the farmer had better kept at home.
Mr.. Hoillster advises such men TO thor
oughIy clean their gram before gong 10
mil.
Agaln, some farmers think clean
thing can come out of an uuc'ean one, or
! pure noun OF meal can come out OF a
hithy old bag that perhaps mas peen
used Tor carrying out rotten potatoes
from the cellar, and moist and dirty,
thrown down to mould, to be picked up
IN hurry ana carried on 10 prlhg nome
the flour IN
>. Inc very men who take dirty wheat IN IN
dlrty SACKS are the chaps VINO complain
that they gel. short returns ana poor
llot,r Iron thelr gr1sts, ana as tllls Class
a. iil'n o.Ae olliy Two o'l'liei 9.'cA az d
.tille 'leti poor SlEes aie iieNe S'1e iio~
liiaD ne" paVch Vi nouL 10 SoiHS " ao',
anu pTead-maklng Is all luck ano chahce
III that household.
Mr.. Holhster says three times year
| is often enough to go to MILL The Hour,
II packed IN paper SACKS, VIII grow oet-
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NIAGARA would seem to average about
one suicide day, and they are Regarded
by some people as leading " feature y
of the season.
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YouNa lady to her uncle; 80, Uncle,
what shocking thing A young lady
was made crazy by a sudden kiss !! Old
uncle-" What did the fool go crazy
for?" "Why, for more, suppose.
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ThistlpOd's Dig with RattleS on His
Tail

"Sg, said old Mr.. Thistlepod, chew
ing his morsel of navy plug with the
rapid ntonstion of n man who was in
earnest "Say, you know that spotted
coach .log Of mine that bit his leg with
a rat&snate nigh onto three weeks ago?
ssince he's been tryin' 10 coil
S.. s6ILe time, and haS,eleyen
- .l.s,5r.l = Isffglfis,a l,A1,su ..s
+ stne house, it sounds like a
drSX. .Sfps goin' by. 1 declare to
goodISs / wished I'd brung him in TO
let yoSee him. Nero, the dogs name
Is, hewent on. Nero; 6 years old
this sping Raised him myself; you've
seen Inn hundreds of times under my
wagon
Surprised that no astonishment was
expressed, the old man added
"YO probably remember that shaggy,
rough-laired Scotch terrier of Ben Mar
tins? Well, sir, Ben he sent to Phila-
delpkyand got couple o. dozen silk
worms md fed 'em to the dog, an'-ye
hahn teen that terrier since last Satur-
day, 4ye ye? Well, sir, hope may
die SO time if that dogs hair hain't
come 1T the softest, finest silk fringe
ye eyksaw in your life Silk fringe,
with raid two inches deep along his
bacI NJ bail of chenille bangin' from
the each ear. Ben's goin' to buy
up ble o hundred cheap long
hal IS, feed 'em silk worms and
sb yery spring"
thought there would be
gold mine," the old man
you know, while he was
fs %, Ben forgot to take off
the 5Ilar, big leather collar"
nat happened to the collar 2"
the asked, little wearily.
said the old man enthusi-
astiS +" 1t grew Lyons velvet, with
puckle."
promised to make note of
u er the head of --latest In
= - Thistlepod went away
pc fed with himself and the
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WHEN le Emperor of China travels
in public is said that 100 men dressed
just like ln travel with him. SO that
hls ldena'cannot be discovered.
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The art of education has been re-
duced to so fine a point that even
hawser can be taut.
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WHEN may two people be said to be
half-witted? ? When they have an under
standing between them.
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"PLLhise your wages" said the
thief to workingman when he lifted
ms last tek's pay from his pocket and
Skipped & with it.-.Steu6enUille Her
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TRAGEDY IN THE FOREST.
BIT GEORGE C. MAXWELL.

The family of Cliffhurst were sitting
at breakfast, when Gresham, the district
attorney, drove up to the door,
"Come with me to the forest" he
said to Mr.. Mordaunt, in some excite
ment.
"There has been a terrible murder
committed there, and 1 want your ad-
vice"
Mr. Mordaunt was a retired lawyer.
who had been particularly celebrated in
criminal cases, and who spent his sum
mers at the estate he owned, called Cliff
hurst, few miles from Berkton.
"Wilhngly," he said. 81 confess L
still take an interest in all difficult
cases."
When we were seated safe in the car
riage. Mr.. Gresham said:
81 was not more explicit before the
ladies, because the accused is one they
know-Miss Stray. She has killed her
father"
Impossible" cried Mr.. Mordaunt. in
an accent of horror and incredulity.
'' So l said, when 1 first heard of it.
But the proof is unanswerable. She is
now in Berkton Jail"
% L don't believe a word of il, retorted
the other. eve know her slightly, vet
well enough to make me sure that there
Is some mistake about it, No, it can't
be-
His companion shook his head. al
fear you are too sanguine But YOU will
see and judge yourself. There is to be
an inquest at the Locks"
The Locks, as the name implied. were
"a \ ho1 oil
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"Do YOU play the piano ?" "NoI |
don't play the piano; but my sister
Hannah. who is in Savannah, she plays
the piano in the most charming man
oah .
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IsMEMoRrAn custom is transcendent
law
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India Street UniversaliSt ChurcI
MORTGAG EE'S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given to the India street
N Unversalst Society in Portland, duly moor
porated parish at Portland county of Cumberland
and State of Maine present owner of the equity of
redemption and TO all persons having mortgages on
otherwise interested in the real estate herein
after described that:
BY virtue of the power of sale contained in GER
tain mortgage deed given by the said India Street
nirersalist Society to the undersigned trustees
90 hold for the purposes therein named, dated the
fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
thousand eight hundred and seventy one and
recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of
Deeds Book 3S4, page 249, and for breach of the
condition of said mortgage will be sold at Public
Auction, On the premises hereinafter mentioned
and described the twenty eighth day of July, A.
ID. 1881, at three of the clock p.
All he premises described in and conl eyed by
said mortgage follows:-A certain parcel of land
situated ON the east corner of Congress and India
streets in said Portland with the church edifce
thereon, bounded as follows beginning at the stone
monument placed by the city of Portland on the
easterly corner of India street, at its junction with
Congress street, thence running in south-easterly
direction along the side line of India street one
hundred and two feet and thrty-hve one-hundredths
tion eighty six feet and one-tenth of foot (S6. ~
to land owned by the city of Portland; thence in a
ncrthweserly direction along said city line one hun
dred and four feet and six-tenths of foot Q04.6
To Congress street. thence in a south-westerly di-
recton and along the line of Congress street eighty
fonr feet (S4) to the stone monument first named,
containing eight thousand eight hundred square feet
and five tentbs of foot with all the privileges and
appurtenances thereto belonging.
Portland, July z, 1881.
ROBERT PEENELL,
SAMUEL H. C0LESWORTHY, Mortgages.
JOHN III, DENNIS0N.
1y7eod3w J. e. DOW, Auctioneer.