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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-25
Latest From Maine.
The Latest Yet.
But the Same Result.

So. Norridge ock, Me-, Feb. l, ISL.
Messrs Morris L Ireland, Boston, Mass:
The safe bought of you last October, was IN
two story wooden building, which burned January
s5 The building tsok fire In the highland the safe
bsildpe and its contents, fell into the cellar upon
pile dry wood making hot fire which 'a.tea iol
ten hours. The outside o: the safe WAS h'ateu rsu
hot II melted the handle and dial on the d2o.'
The contents consisted of watches. leweHy,
sverware. books papers. etc.. all of which Ca came ~
out in good condition. PAPERS lying agin. W. hons
for itself what It is. and feel well satisfied MIL W
what it has done. Please write what you can ai'o"
~ ~ 'o""'"s "s" WV o. +. HALL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-25
xAINE CIVIL OFFICER.
FOURTH EDITION.

This work has been carefully corrected reslse"'
inproved and new matter added, by BYRON v. 'Ea.
RIL, Esq. The revision includes all amenan'en's
Of the Revised Statutes of 1871. and acts addton".
therto. passed At each Legislature, dncindne Una.
es7g and notes all decisions Of the Supreme ooul'
to the present time Sent postpaid on receipt ss0e
1oRIMe, SHORT ( HARMON.
PORTLAND. ME. ......,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-25
Daily Kennebec Journal.

Issued every morning, except Sundays Itcontain
he latest news by telegraph and mall gives reports
ot Markets. and has carefully prepared political and
"csl articles, and generous amount of farming.
home and miscellaneous reading with full compila-
lion of Ssite news.
Terms, 81 per annum in adrancs, ss If payment
ia NOT mae within the year. Single copies Scents to
=. had at.the bookstores and at this Office
idvertfsements inserted On reasonable terms Ra.es
nav be hsd ON application at this Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-25
Weekly Kennebec Journal

Published every Wednesday morning, Is the largest
milo paper in the State containing news political ar.
,e. agricultural and scientific matter tales poetry
.necdotes, household matter, markets, &C., &C.
FERNS, 81 per annum i" adcdnce.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
Ladies in the British Parliament

Kate Field III n recent letter says
From l77s to 1884 women obtained
Il glimpse Of the House by looking
through n hole over the largest chan.
delief-a hole constructed to carry off
hot air and the smoke Of candles
Before the present houses of Par
lament were designed, Legislation was
carried on in temporary building.
Women were allowed to stand and peep
through eyelet. holes bored In II sort Of
box erected behind the strangers gal.
lery. Far better Ii the sheep:pen of to-
day, but it Is n pen. Originally IL was
divided into three compartments of
seven persons each. A dozen years
ago, however, the dividing walls were
removed. Since then other improve.
ments have been made. the last of
which Ia the elevation Of the ceiling
and IN attempt ut ventilation, but the
gallery still remains small, dark, and
wellnigh intolerable. Hung high in
the air, like bird cage. n heavy iron
grating eonceals its occupants from Il
view of the House, and, unless u
woman Is furtunate enough to obtain
one of ~ front seats, she sees nothing
and hears with difficulty. On my visit,
one hour before the house assembled.
1t was locked. and dozen women stood
before it ready to make Il raid on the
front seats. At last the imposing
usher appeared, unlocked the door, and
the scramble began. but we were stop
ped in our mad career by the imper
turbable person in black. who. after
comparing our names with those on
his list. allowed us to proceed. BY u
firm but not riotoue display of muscle
] secured front seat. "fhis Ia beanti-
ful, liz IL notf" said IN elderly lady TO
her companion. "What have you
brought with youl" SHERRY, sand
wiches and some sal volatile" Every
sensible. my dear. added the elderly
lady. Just before leaving home l had
some sausagea, because they are
staying" Women speak little In this
pen. the effect Of the grating being de-
pressing. No men are allowed. NJ. L. q
excepted, who drop in occasionally to
ace their friends. The only diversion
is tea, or retiring room.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
BiOplasm.

Among the recent discoveries In
aeience, none, perhaps, viii prove OF
more utility to man than those relating
to hioplasm, because they throw light
on physiological question, particularly
those concerning the construction and
nutrition Of the body and the causes
of disease. 1t was formerly supposed
that our bodies were alive from top to
toe. inside and out: but this Is found
to be mistake. Only about one.titfh
part Ia alive, the rest is formed mate
rial. Every. body knows that "a tree
may become 80 hollow that only shell
Is left; yet the tree may grow and ma.
ture buds and leaves and fruit. 1t
Ia because the outside of the tree
the bark-is alive. the wood In non.
living; 1t is simply formed material.
Now the body Is not like tree-alive
only on the outside, but the living por-
tion and the formed material exist to-
gether in every tissue, organ and ves-
sci.
A slight abrasion OF the cnticle. or
the rupture OF cell, In followed by
PARTICLES Of fluid which we're formely
overlooked as Of account. But the
microscope has revealed to one that
this apparently usless, insignificant
ooze is the vital. living part Of the
body, 1t is bioplasm.
This Is the mechanic. the skilled art
ist. that constructs the cells, builds
tho organs. and perhaps, under the
direction OF higher power, adapts
each part TO one harmonious whole.
For the last fifteen years, certain
English and German psychologist have
spent much time with the microscopic,
watching this workman. They have
seen 1t forming Tissue, muscle, and
changing food into blood, making the
secretions. and. az parts of the body
become worn and efrete. silently disin.
tegratIng and utilizing them, or re-
moving the useless parts from the
body.
The frat decided knowledge OF biop-
asn came by accident Qf finding thing
we are searching for can be called a. .
cident; Is IL not rather revelationO by
ascertaining that when peace Of live
tissue is immersed in solution OF car
mine the bioplasm is stained. This
discovery has enabled observers to
find and watch this little workman.
while busy in constructing every part
OF the body.
Bioplasm Is tho builder, not only Of
the body. but of ali animals and plants.
TO 1t every organized whether from,
animal or vegetable, owes It's forma-
tion and growth.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
III BELLE DAME.

"She's faded somewhat say the critics
Who knew her In earlier days,
When maideDbood's radiant beauty
Brought 50 many tributes OF praise,
The daughter ie fairer,n they whisper,
Impressed by youths freshness and grace;
Bnt think the loyeliest lady
il she with the calm mother face
Ihrngh Goldiloek'e curls may shine brighter
And silver hair CLEAN like q crown,
hold there Is nothing more bonny
Than her glossy tresees Of brown.
Her faintly1ined forehead seems fairer
Than many smooth brow Of yontb,
For hers shows beauty far rnrer-
The impress Of purenees and truth.
Her eyes DER my heart have power
All bright eyes Of maidens above;
They healtk Of the treasure long for
A wealth Of sweet motherly love.
No young mothers eyes half express this,
For love must look from them for years
In tender and constant devotion,
Ere this blessed beauty appears.
Her smile falls on me,-and my eyelids
Are wet with hot, sudden mist
no like is she then TO the mother
Whose dead, smiling lips have kissed!
beautiful faeel While render
The homage to loyelinees due,
own that its chief charm 10 me, In
The motherly heart that shines through
Emile Poufss0n in Golden Rule
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
lsagster's Bibles.
From the London Bookseller

Some So or 60 years ago, Samuel
Bagster. then thriving bookseller
and publisher In the strand, discover
ence Bible and set about supplying
the want. At that time the Bible
was close monopoly, not only In
England, but also in Scotland and
Ireland. In England the kings print.
or and the two universities alone were
permitted to print Bibles. Sir David
Hunter Blair had n similar right for
Scotland and Mr.. Grierson for Ireland
But 1t had been settled that the patent
did not extend TO Bibles printed with
notes. Mr.. Bagster having decided
upon the plan of his book, set 10 work
by engaging some compositors and
turning one OF his top rooms into u
printing office. He was himself q
good biblical scholar. but he also had
the assistance. we believe, OF Mr..
Greenfield, and being intimate with
DR.. Lee Of Cambridge, had tho bcnent
OF his advice when needed. From
DR.. Lee he got well-known motto.
"Muif0 ferriesiis Rngp0 tnLesfians
una" which may be rendered, "On
earth there are many languages, In
heaven only one" The references
were mainly selected and all verified;
the work went on slowly, and was.
no doubt, printed sheet by sheet, as
composed. and the type distributed.
Those were not days when largo edl.
tions were printed by machinery.
Hand presses only were In use, and
1000 was considered good edition,
and 1900 very large one. The pap
er, thin. Opaque and tough, was proba-
bly, made by John Dickinson. then n
young man. who, having given great
attention TO chemistry and 10 the
manufacture OF paper by machinery,
was pushing his way toward the fame
which he eventually obtained. The
Bible came out and was nm immediate
success. II was different from any
other. There were diamond. pearl,
ruby and minion "a mo. Bibles In
market already, but they were all
thick dumpy volumes, and they had no
references. The smallest reference
Bible was Cambridge medium octave,
and royal octavos OF the other two
presses; but no pocket reference
Bible. Bagter's was thin, compact
volume. just suited for pocket use.
Another favorable circumstance
occurred about this time. A violent
controversy arose about the use Of tho
Apocrypha In Bibles, and the Bibl0
society decided not TO circulate any
Daily globe., 1881-01-16

containing the Apocrypha. IL was
Uncovered that in the Bibles In com
mon use there were numerous refer
ences to the apocryphal books, and
still worse, that the Cambrige medium
Bible contained references TO the
prayer book also. This finished mat
ters. A standing order was made
That the Bible society would not only
not circulate the Apocrypha, but
would not circulate any references
thereto. 1t was at this time that
Bagster's Bible made its appearance,
and for minister to be seen with one
in his pocket was sufficient TO mark
him ~ Protestant and III eyangelical
both he and his congregation were CON
vinced that the quotations made were
genuine they were the pure
gospel and, unlike those from the
net be tainted with heterodoxy.
Another matter greatly conduced 10
the success Of these Bibles-the bind
ing. Hitherto all the Bibles had been
bound with open backs; stiff, unyield-
ing, easily broken, and not adapted to lie
open. Mr.. bagster introduced hexi-
bic tight back: and by sewing the
sheets with very thin thread, ,,or with
silk, secured strength while preserving
iiexibility. The modern Turkey mo-
| rocco, now 80 common, was then but
little known. We have been Informed
that he not only used the Turkey
grain, but for some years prepared
seal.skins, and that most Of the covers
30 much admired for the 'pinhead"
grain were really seal-skin and not
morocco. Many Of the books were
most daintily "blind.tooled' by hand.
He did not approve Of gilt Bibles, and
1t was not until some years after his
death that gilt Bibles were sent out
from his establishment. Singularly
enough the authorized presses did not
for some years make any attempt TO
supply the want pointed out by
Bagster. 1t was not till 1885 that the
Oxford Pearl Reference Bible appear
ed and about IL months later similar
edition from the queens printers.
Since then there has been plenty Of
competition both IN England and in
| Scotland.
After attaining n good old age
Samuel Bagster was gathered TO his
| fathers and his SONS reigned In his
stead. They in turn have given place
to his grandson, Robert Bagster, who
now carries on the business.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
Our DARLING.
ny JENNIE ". ow EN-


We laid her by with loving care
Our darling md our pride
And wept that one 40 good and fur
No early should have died,
We laid her In the silent grave
And wept above her tomb,
We loved her ~ the summer loves;
A pure and tender bloom.
And In our hearts we half.rebeled
That God had plueked away
The blossom who had cherished since
lts first glad, blooming day,
And SO, with hot andbitter tears,
We wntered oft her grave,
Nor thought that Who had ta'en away
Was also ue who gave;
Until, one cool September morn,
We came 10 weep In gloom,
And found one little, lonely Hover
Still blooming on her tomb;
And, fearing lest the early frost
Should blight It's petals fair,
We took II home and pressed II
'Twixt the Bible-lide with care,
And, looking on that little bloom,
We learned TO think that God
Had ta'en away our little flower
From earth'e hard, chilly sod
Had ta'en II ere the early frost
OF sin could come 10 blight
The little flower we loved so well,
10 epotlese, pure and white.
-Onargd, ~
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
IN A BEAR CAVE.
Jerry Greening Has Terrific Fight
With a Great Big Beast.
[Honesdale PENN Special Correspondence o.
the Times, November Mth,1

tHoneedalo PENN Special Correspondence OF
the Times, November Mth,l
The details of an adventure in the
wilds of Pike County have just reached
this place. Jerry Greening Is one Of the
oldest and most skillful hunters In
Pennsylvania. and his adventures with
wildcats. bears and deer are pretty
we'll known in this part of the country.
A few days ago, just before the cold
snap. Jerry started out on u grand bear
hunt, taking with him provisions for Il
two.cays' stay. The first out he killed
fine four -pronged buck, which he
dressed and hung up in n tree out of
the reach of wild animals. He built a
fire short distance from where he had
hung the buck, and after eating u
hearty supper rolled himself up In his
blanket, with his feet to the fire, and
and was soon asleep. In the middle Of
the night he was awakened by u loud
noise and turning over noiselessly on
his side he discovered u large bear
trying TO pull the buck out Of the tree.
Jerry grabbed his rifle and after taking
careful aim fired. The bear gave Il
loud growl and galloped off in the
underbrush. In the morning Jerry
saw blood stains on the gaound, and
after following the tracks some dis
tance he came to the entrance ofa cave
In some rocks. In front of this cave
saw largo pool of blood, and the hunt
er was convinced that his game was
with in. He procured pine knot, out
- ts.l kA Ia tlf "A r
the manner of Isreal Putnam, he en-
tered the cave. The entrance WAS
small and he was obliged 10 creep In on
his hands and knees. bat M he advanced
the opening grew larger and larger,
until finally he could stand upon his
feet. He was advancing cautiously
when be heard n terrific growl, and
before he could draw his rifle the bear
sprang upon him from behind large
bowler. Knocking him down and inAict.
ing severe wound in the shoulder
with her claws. The torch which
Jerry carried was extingnished and
the old hunter WAS left to fight for his
life in total darkness. He succeeded
Ia reaching his hunting knife and
dealt the bear several vigorous blows
In the neck and side with the weapon.
The blood from the animals wound
spurted into Jerry's face, nearly blind.
ing him. The bear released her hold
and made for the mouth Of the cave.
Jerry followed, but In the darkness
wrs unable TO find his rife. He pur.
sued tho bear. and just outside the
cave another hand-to-hand conflict
took place. The struggle lasted about
half an hour. and latter the bear had
succeeded In nearly stripping Greening
of all his clothing and had inflicted
several moro wounds she was dispatch.
ed. Jerry got another pine knot and re.
entered the cave and procured his rife.
In the furthest corner of the cave he
found two little cubs, not larger than
kittens. which he took home with him
to raise as pets. The floor of the cave.
Greening says, was literally covered
with bones.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
A SHINING LAND.
.. Wonderful Wealth Contained In the Dead
Rivers Of the Pacific Slope.


Rivers Of the Pacific Slope.
Mr.. A. j. Bell, practical mining
engineer of Chicago, who has been
making personal observatione,is is Of the
opinion that there Ii more richness IN
the 'dead river" Of the Pacific slope,
in the shape Of gold, than there Is in
the silver resources Of the carbonate
regions" He predicts marvellous re-
suits from hydraulic mining for gold
in these dried.up river.bede in Cali
fornia and Nevada. and extending
through portions Of Montana, Wyom-
ing, Western Colorado, passing out
through the region of San Miguel into
New Mexico, Il region but little OK
plored in very few places, even by
boring, to find the lower or main old
channel, He says:
1t Is already estimated that among
those dead rivers. lying up 1000 to
5000 feet above the level of the sea,
there lies treasure of more than
| $500, 600, 900, the annual product being
uniformly about $sS,000,000. In one
little spot in Nevada county there has
| been taken out about 100000, 900.
Some Of these dead rivers have fall
of eighty feet to the mile, affording
good opportunities for drainage, under
| currents and various modern applian.
ces for saving fine gold.
In some Of those old rivers the gray.
el is whitish and the gold quite evenly
distributed, 80 that very exact esti-
mates can be made as to the probable
amount of gold. 1t is easily swashed
out. while the blue grrvel is mixed
more with tenacious clay, giving
much trouble often in getting out the
gold, but it IL much richer than the
other, especially near the bed rock.
| There have been some wonderful rich
specimens taken out Of the blue lead.
| noticed one ut Dutch Flat, the finest
| have ever seen, was an immense
bowlder studded with gold nuggets,
which were worn smooth on the sur.
| face. | was told afterwafd 1t was
valued at $4,000. 1t was surely Il
grand bowlder. 1t was no uncommon
thing to pick up In blue lead digginga
fine specimens Of rock carrying mug
gets Of gold, which, to the inquiring
mind, naturally bring up the thought
| from whence came these wondfoua
stones, and 'this same question will,
perhaps, bother the brains Of many
scientific men while the practical min.
er will be studying equally hard to
find out how to get the vast known
deposits out. No doubt other dead
rivers will be found in other parts OF
the mountains. and at very different
attitudes; one class of men speculating
as to how IL came 80. another practical
class getting out the precious metal.
With $l00,000.000 from Nevada,
100. 100000 from the little county Of
Placer, what may be expected when
tho whole Pacific slope has been put
in thorough working orderY In the
matter Of hydraulic mining, surely
this class Of mining promises ~ good
returns for the outlay as any opening
up. even "cafbonates' not excepted.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16
How lAfayette's Statue Came Ia
Wear IA FrOwn.

The San Francisco Post recalls an in.
cident connected with the colossal
equestrian statue Of Lafayette. front.
ing the east entrance of the agrienl.
tural department In Washington. The
statue was finished by it's designer. a
young Italian sculptor without means.
early In ls40. but, on one excuse or
another. payment for the work was
put off until the dedication. which
occurred in the spring Of 1851. BY
this time the artist had became weary
of assailing Congress with his inn
portunities for relief. and had sunk
into absolute poverty-indeed. had
become quite forgotten. The anveiling
of his work took place at last, how.
ever. amid pompous ceremonies and
the booming of cannon. As the canvas
drapefy was drawn aside, amid the
huazas of the enthusiastic multitude,
a tattered. miserable object was dis.
covered seated astride the bronze steed.
just in front of the great French gen.
eral. and apparently sleeping peace.
fully. protected by it's huge bronze
arms. The committee of ceremonies.
among whom was an uncle OF the
writer. approached and angrily
ordered the tramp To withdraw But
the sleeper did not stir. and when a
ladder was lifted to remove the impu-
dent intruder they fonnd the starved
form of the sculptor dead, with his
stiffened cheek resting upon the breast
of his own creation.
There is local tradition that the
statues face has borne frown ever
since.
Daily globe., 1881-01-16

A moment later the same CHEEKY
voice spoke again.
Drink this, old fellow. See see |!
here IL Josie Don't you know Josiey'
Then another yoice-O! 30 very
faint said
"J0sie-little wifev'
A moment of utter silence followed,
and then Josie said:
There are gentleman and lady In
the other room, Fred, who want to
see Frank. VIII you SEQ themY"
And Fred, appearing IN compliance
with this request, found his uncle
vigorously tanning Maud Chester with
u newspaper TO bring her out Of u
fainting tit, Before he could frame II
question, his uncle said quickly;
"Get me some water !"
lie obeyed, Then. when Maud's
blue eyes opened with n bewildered
stare, the old gentleman continued,
I'VE were sent here to see your do.
nestle felicity, and we seem to be mis-
Informed"
my domestic felicity!p cried Fred.
"Read that" said his uncle, hand
| ing him the anonymous note. And
Fred complied.
"Humph, yes," he said. $50 you
came TO see Mrs. Fred IIolty Well,
that lady has made me happy man, =
, and his eyes flashed merrily upon
Maud. But | will introduce you to
my cousins wife. Mrs. Frank Holt.
'Maud," he continued with gentle
gravity, ''since you have come here it
will be an act Of Christian charity to
remain. for''-his voice sank very
low-"we are afraid theJpoor little
woman will be widow before the
morning."
Poor fellowl" said James Ruther-
ford. "What is the troublef'
"Overwork. lie thought he could
increase his small salary by toiling
over fine engraving In the evening, and
he broke down. / never knew Of his
marriage till last week, when he wrote
me a painful note, begging me to care
| for his wife, If he died. | came here
ut once. and was fortunate enough ia
win poor Josie's siaterly confidence
and affection. Maud, If the great
| trouble we fear comes
| II will be her true sister. Fred,
interrupted Maud
Here was deel silence Of several
minutes. Then Josie, very pale still,
cfept softly into the room.
"He is aeleepE she whispered.
"'The doctor said If he slept he would
live!"
| And when she broke into hystefical
weeping. Maud held her close in lov.
ing arms. whispering that she must
let her stay and comfort her, for Fred +
sake.
| Nearly eleven O'Clock came, and still
Harvey Foster waited, half. frozen, ii
the dark courtway, to see the diaeon'
| iiture of his rival. Then his patience
was rewarded by seeing Fred and his
uncle come out of No. %, arm.in'afm,
evidently the best friends, and enter
Miss Chester's carriage and drive
away.
Not until the day Of the wedding,
when he saw Josie IN honofed guest,
and was introduced to Mrs. Frank
Holt. did Harvey Foster understand
the slight mistake he had made.