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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-08

We have received from II. w. Bryant,
Recording Secretary and Librarian, vol. VIII
Of the "Collections Of the Maine Historical
Society published by Hoyt, Fogg DON
ham, Portland. The contents of the volume
are:
The North Eastern Boundary, BY Hon.
Israel Wasbburn Jr., l.. H. d., Of Portland.
Col Arthur Noble Of Georgetown, By
Hon. William Goold Of Windhsm.
Educational Institutions in Maine while a
District of Massachusetts, BY Rev. J. r.
Champlin. ID D.. l.. l.. d., of Portland
The Pemaquid Country under the Stuarts,
BY II. w. Richardson, a. NJ, of Portland.
Fort Halifax: Its Projectors, Builders and
Garrison, BY Hon. William Goold of Wind
ham.
Col. William Vaughn Of Matinicus and
Damariscotta, By Hon. William Goold of
Windham.
Norombega, BY Hon. John +. Godfrey of
Bangor.
Memoirs and Biographical Sketches; Hon.
Ruel WilliaHssT By John A. Poor, Esq.
Hon. Edward Emerson Bourne, L. l.. D.,
By II IN. Edwin b. Smith
Copies of the work may be obtained at the
bookstore of Horace North.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-08
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-08
Gbe Aenrebee yournal.
ublished at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street. foot
,fCourt, by SPRAGUE SoN.
Dailv Ken1ebec Journal.

Issued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontains
he latest by telegraph and mail, gives reports
OF Markets. and has carefully prepared political and
local articles, and generous amount or farming,
nome and miscellaneous reading with full cempila-
Lon of State news
Terms, 81 per anaam in adcance, ss If payment
4 not made within the year Single copies cents TO
,e had at the periodical stores of j. f. Pierce Au-
gusta; c. L. opauding, Hallowell; w. c. Palmer,
Gardiner; J. s. Carter, Walerve, and this Office
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Rates
nay b. had ON application at this Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-08

The International Review for February hes
the following contents "Alaska as it is" BY
Ivan Petroff; daniel Webster Today" Ju-
Illus II. Ward; "a Word about Hungary"
Joseph II. Allen; "Dr. Thomas and the Meth
odist Church" Austin Bierbower; History
Of the Loans Of the United States with dou-
bic page diagram" BY Rafael A. Bayley !;
Utah and Mormonism," by John r. Nc
Bride; 1.-THE Newspaper Press of America, .
s. d. North; "Some Recent Poetry" BY
Clarence Cook.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
4 Swell English Landlord.

Earl Fitzwilliam, who lately sum-
moned his tenants to Wentworth House
to inform them that they had no half
years rent to pay, is one Of the dozen
wealthiest mobiles in England. and comes
of solid, respectable race, which has
vigorously supported liberalism. and
never wasted their substance in riotous
living. He is grandson of the Earl for
whom Dublin put up its shutters when
he was recalled from the Viceroyalty
through the intrigues of those who an
ticipated from him policy far too favor
able in their eyes toward the Irish peo-
pie. Wentworth is about the only house
in England where the practice is still
maintained of having occasionally a
public day. 1t is then announced that
the Lord and Lady Fitzwilliam are at
home to all friends, and far and near
come the mobility and gentry" not for
getting the farmers. A member of the
family presides at each of the dining
tables. The servants of the guests are
duly feasted in the servants hall. On
one occasion the Fitzwilliam's enter
tanned at fete nearly 10000 people.
Lord FitZwilliam's income is not less
than 81, 100000 year, of which prob
ably a third comes from coliieries. His
estate in Wicklow, Ireland, (Which
comes to him from the famous Earl of
Strafford), is estimated at 100000 a
year. He spends every autumn there.
and did not miss his visit this year.
Last year, deeming his presence espec-
tally desirable, he was there for nearly
six months.-NeU York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
A Weak Point in Fire Insurance.

Here is the lame point in fire insnr
ance contained in a nutshell tine wills
ingncss 10 issue Il policy b,fore II fire
without protecting the company. and
then trying to protect the company af-
ter the fire by harassing the policy
holder. Tho time for n c 'mprny TO
protect itself is before it ISSUES policy
the same rs II merchant does before
he sells a bill Of goods. When a man
applies for credit at any well regulated
storu. his stan,ing and responsibility are
looked after before credit is granted.
So should it be in fire insurance. When
a man desires n policy his standing
and responsibility should bo known b.
fore policy is granted. and the value
Of the goods insured fully understood
to be enough to cover the face of the
policy, the same as collateral is expect
ed to be large enough to cover the
amount of good loan. But inthe I'M
seemly competition to issue policies.
risks are not carefully selected, anl the
result is that in case Of u fire all claims
aIe liable to DO cunte It'd, III which
event the innocent are generally the
sufferers. while rogues ana thieves are
the gamers. = American Rditfoad
Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
A Military Execution in Vienna.

The execution recently of q soldier of
the line for shooting his corporal, which
took place in the barracks of the Thirty
second regiment, at Vienna, was a some
what sinister affair. According to Gus
tom the major of the regiment and two
captains went early on the morning fixed
for the execution to ask the military
governor of Vienna if he would grant
the condemned man apardon, and on
meeting with a refusal they returned to
the barracks and ordered him to be led
out to execution. A gibbet was erected
in a corner of the barrack-square. and
the condemned man was led up to it.,
and his forage-cap was taken off his
head, by way of showing that he no
longer belonged to the army. The exc
cutioner who had been called did his
work so clumsily that the unhappy man
was struggling Tor nearly ten minutes,
and when life was extinct and the body
had been cut down, the executioner re-
marked: "Now that the work Is done,
a drink Of something will be very ac-
ceptable" Two soldiers tainted while
their comrade was in bis death throes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
The Accommodating Watch.

An item in the Virginia City Enter
prise runs as follows: A man of Cap
tain Cuttle's build and general tone was
yesterday at work in front of the regu-
latOr, at Frederick's jewelry store, with
an old silver watch, of warming pan
dimensions. As he turned the hands
of his watch about with n big brass key,
a gentleman said to him, in joking
way, THAT'S a fine, healthy-looking
watch you've got there, commodore"
''Well, yes" said the owner of the
watch. Il don't know that she keeps
any better time than this here big clock,
with all the hands and fixins to it, but
she keeps more of it. She's RATHER,
to go. You see me settin' of her now,
and givin' of her an even start with the
big clockp Well now, before that big
old hummer mp there on the wall has
waded through twelve hours she will
spin off from fourteen to sixteen, just as
she happens to be in the hunlor. She
amt handsome, but tell you she's just
q rattier to CO."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
LkuAn AurlCk.

YTlHK .isfentiaats, James Naley and Julia 4.
l. Malsy, who reside At Dickson. dickson
county. state Of Tensessce. will take notice
of November 4. b. lssi. filed nor petition in he
Common Pleas Court OF Portage County, state
o ohio. against said defendants, setting forth
Jnnes alley and Julia /. Maley executed asd
dclivsr 10 said Mary Ryan their mort
gage desd OF the flowoling described prem
County OF Portage and state Of Ohio. and
known As being part Of Lot number sky
three in the Boath Division Of Lots in said
Kobert Hunt East ,, land. Of h.irs Of Fred
erick Byers, deceased; south BY the old State
Road. and West by lands of n. Hoover That
the conditions OF said nerifags deed we're shat
we'll and truly perform all the provisions Of =
| certain WRITTEN contract. to support and pro-
vide for said Mary Ryan in sickness and heal
March Attn. A. ID. 1871 by and between said
Jane. Macy and Jaia 4. Axley of one part,
and u ary Ryan OF the other part. then said deed
force. copy of said Contrast. together wisa
u supplem ent.ry contract thereto. is attached
to said petition and made part thereof. Said
petition charges that the CON idioAs Of said
mortgage havo besn and are brOkea. and that
said mortgas go deed has bocOmc absolute. That
said James Aaiey and Julix 4. Maley have fer
fused and now neglect and refuse to care for
aud support said Mary Ryan, in compliance
with tho provisions of iaia contract.
The prs, er of said petition Is that said mort
gage .uay be fOreeloscd, that the real estate
dies .ribsd a said mortgage may bc appraised
ajIc tiSeo and sold according to law; that the
money arising thcrefrem may be applied to the
support Of said Mary Ryan and for such Other
ami further relief ~ equity May require. Said
James NJ alley and JniIa A. Aaley are required
to answer raid petition On or before the aesh
day of January, A. ID. 1854.
6SI 6w. By !. H. PHELPS her Attorney.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
POINTS" in Memorizinr.

think we have about the vilest plan
of education in our public schools that
was ever devised. To save my children
from being reduced to idiocy I sent
them to private instead Of public schools
as long as / could afford it, but this
winter concluded to give the matter a
trial. The other day heard my little
girl sobbing over a rule she was trying
to commit to memory. in the following
words. to-wit:
..Rule for short-division. dash, one
write the divisor at the right Of the div
idend. semicolon, begin at the left
hand. comma. and divide the number
denoted by each figure of the dividend
by the divisor, comma. and write the
Quotient beneath, period. Paragraph.
+ IF there is a remainder after any di-
vision. comma, regard it as prefxed to
the next figure. comma. and divide rs
before. period. If any partial divi-
dend is less than the divisor, comma,
prefix it to the next figure, comma.
and write cipher in the quotient, Pc
riod.
Paragraph Proof period dash null
tiply the. qnotient by the divisor, COM
ma. and add the remainder, comma, ii
any, comma, 10 the product, period"
the young should expect children under
10 years Of age to commit to memory
such = j1".om of words that even tho
mature mind cannot follow the mean-
ing of, made inquiry. and found that
the pupils were required to study rules
in this way in order that they might be
nble to write them out and point"
them not correctly, but according 10
the book. also found that il u COM
ma was left out though the sense re-
mained unchanged the pupil suffered as
much in loss of marks ns though she
had committed vital blunder. Thanks
to home Instruction. my little girl un-
derstands the rules of arithmetic. but
she cannot learn them by roto in this
parrot-fashion, and suffers accordingly.
Cnn We have nothing done in n,his
matter to relieve our children from ut
terly useless memoriZing, that leaves
them at the end OF II few years with
weakened minds and no taste for s!udyP
/ got u letter the othcr day from man
who hal graduated from "a university.
He could neither write nor spell Cor
rectly (spelling goes '.gose''). and yet
at school, n few years ago, he could
glibly rccite all the ru es Of grammar.
and was by no means an indifferent pupil
under the system that does not educate.
Cannot we adopt the Quincy SYSTEM. or
abandon all systems, aud let the teach
ers 60 rs they please. Thon we might
be fortunate enough to get few good
scholars instead of having all of them
reduced to one common level of bad-
ness. s.-Letfer to phiiodoiphta Letige'.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
LEGAL NOTICE.

TAMES MALEY. Jslis A. Aaley and Will
- liam DOnaidson, who reside at Dickson
notified that Margaret A Atwood, on the .1lth
day of November A. ID 1891, fiod her petiifsn n
in the Court of Comm.a Pleas within and for
tho Lonnty of Portage and State ofOhiO, az ainst
the III ct al. settiaS forth thai said aOes - alloy
On the 4th day VI October. 4. -. 1874 executed
and delivered 70 said Margaret Atwood his
promis note Tor tiie Of $21R. .O. bearing
interest at per cent. TO be pait annually. due
and payable 30 said Margaret 4. Atwood OF
Or'irr, two years alter the da atc thereof
That. to secure the payment Of said note, the
said .julis "A. Malay and James Asley. at the
date of said note executed and deliver Ell to aid
Mars .ret A Atwood their mortgage deed of
the fol Row ing described real eAtatc: =" Situated
in th, Tow nship of KootAtown. County OF For
fags; and State 0f ohio, and known as part of
lot number thirty (3i) in said Township.
and bounded by beginning At the point of in
tersGctiO1 of the east line OF said lot aud the
center OF the public road icading over the same
said point being marke by stake III the Gen.
ter OF Breakneck Creek. under the center OF the
bridge Of said .JOad leadins oyer said creek !;
thence south Westerly along the center of said
road to the lands OF the late Abram w ysle do
line to the township limo betw cen Kootstown
and Ravenna; thence eat along said township
CoiIrnsn to j iinrtIero.ir: thence southeriy
along the line of said creek as described said
last mentioned deed. to the place OF beginning,
containing about thirty two and One-haif acres
of land. more or less,
That the condition of said mortgage was that
if said james Malcv, his heirs, assigns cxecu-
tors or administrators. should pay said note
according to its tenor and fleet then said mort
gage should be void. otherwise to remain in
full force; that since the execution and delivery
of said note and mortgage. said W lillian Don
aidsOn claims some interest In said lands; that
said note is due; that neither tho " hole nor any
part OF said note has been paid that the copdi-
tions of said mortgage are thereby broken; that
there is now due said Margaret a. Atwood on
said naie the sum of }263 80 1tO and Interest
thereon Il ON the Iih day of October. 4. ID. 1891.
The praye, OF said petition is that said Mar
garct A. Atwood may have \ Judgment against
said James Malcy upon said note ior the amount
due thereon that unless tho same is paid by .
day TO be named by the Court, that said m srt-
gage be foreclosed. said premises be appraised.
advertised and sold to pay said note, and for
sach further relief as equity may require.
Amount claimed, $26f 50 and interest thereon
from October 4th, A. D. 1881 to be paid annually.
Said lanes Maley, julia A. Malsy and will
liam Donaldson are required to answer said
petition on or before the 7ist day Of January,
A. ID. 1882.
MARGA A, ATWOOD.
By 1. II. PHELPS. her Attorney. $50
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
Big Noses.


Napoleon was not the first person to
declare q preference for men with big
noses. A century before his birth the
author of Naug1 females, in response
to his own question, pronounced ''the
biggest nose the best nose," instancing
the cases of the Roman Emperors.
Numa's nose was half foot long, and
earned for him the honorable surname
Of Pompilius. According to Plutarch,
Lycurgus, and Solon ran to nose, and so
did all the Roman kings except Tarquin-
ius Superbus, and he was dethroned.
Homer's nose was several inches long.
':Big noses," says Vigneul Marville,
'.are held in honor everywhere in the
world, except among the Chinese and
Tartars." Titus Livius, Ovid, Camons,
and St, Charles Bnromeo may be num-
bered among men of enviable nasal de-
,yelopment. Henri Ills brother Francis,
Duke Of Alcncon. had his nose fairly
cleft in two by the ravages of smallpox,
q fact which inspired the epigram,
when, in 1883. he made pertidious at
tempt on the friendly city Of Antwerp.
Cyrano de Bergerac had so huge a nose
that he went about perpetually with his
hand on his sword prepared to punish
those who stared at him. Nine. de
Genlis had a model nose-at least she
thought 1t to be such judging from her
frequent illusions to it in her memoirs,
and from the scolding she gave the artist
who represented it as aquiline. 'ls
that" she said, 'thc little nez retrOussc
celebrated in prose and verse;" and she
went on to describe it in detail as most
delicate, the prettiest nose In the world,
with n lump on it, like noses OF that
sort. She thus anticipated Tennyson's S
heroine with her nose tip-tilted like the
petals of flower.
- Among tho ugly people mentioned in
history may be mentioned Margaret
Countess at Tyrol, nicknamed Sack s
Mouth - La. Tremouille, Mime. do
Savigne's friend. who when he turned
bis back on one person to pay attention
to another was said by the frat to have
paid hera compliment; Mile. de Scuderi,
Delilie, Floriau, Gibbon. Grimod de la
Reyniere. Mirabcau. and Dauton. Van
venargues found himself such picture
of horror after recovering from an at
tack Of smallpox that he refused to APP
pear in society, but going into seclusion,
made tho world his debtor for his books.
Hilsenberg, the Prussian naturalist. was
distinguished by the natives of Mazda
gascar with the surname of '.The
Fright Becker having denied the eN-
istence of the devil, was adjudged by
La Mouncio to complete his good work
and free humanity from all its terrors by
suppressing his own portrait. Scarron' s
account Of his phenominal ugliness is
too familiar to need mention. a3,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
Bananas,

A pound Of bananas contain more
nutriment than three pounds of meat or
many pounds of potatoes. while as a
food it is in every sense of the word far
superior to the best wheaton bread.
Although it grows spontaneously
throughout the tropics, when cultivated
its yield is prodigious, for an acre of
ground planted with bananas will re-
turn, according to Humboldt, as much
food material as thirty-three acres of
wheat, or over one hundred acres of
potatoes. The banana, then, is the bread
of millions, who could not well subsist
without it. In Brazil it is the principal
food of the laboring classes, while it is
no less priced in the island of Cuba
Indeed, in the latter country the sugar
planters grow orchards of it expressly
for tho consumption of their slaves.
Every day each hand receives his ration
of salt fish or dried beef, as the case
may be, and four bananas and two PLAN
tains. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

Cincinnati's board of trace OBJECT to
the passing of Il understanding or
dinance. 1t is claiI0ed that the great
est possible good that could result from
such a law would compensate only in a
small measure for the injury that was
sure to follow its enforcement.
''You were not riding this afternoon.
were you. Cicely. my dcare" inquired
her intimate, last evening. ''No. Don't
you think my dear little pony has tho
pinkeyeP Isn't that dreadful And a
dark-red pony. ut that. How unbecom-
ing to his complexion"
Matthew Tracy, of Frederick county.
Maryland. who died recently aged 81.
had policies for about 100000 issued
on. his life in various Pennsylvania and
Maryland companies. As the amouns
to be paid to the holders of the policies
depends upon the payment of assess-
ments, it is too soon 10 estimate profits.
If the policy-holders do no better than
did those VINO had policies on Jacob B.
Smith, which yielded but $10.50 on the
$1,000, they will not be repaid for what
they have expended.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
Rntter From a Hand-Crran.

The Keokul Gate City has umearthed
the meanest man on record and locates
him at Burlington, Iowa. The story,
as the paper mentioned tells it, is that
while q deaf, dumb and blind hand
organist was sleeping on the postoffice
corner the wretch stole his instrument
and substituted q new-fangled churn
therefor. and when the orgsnist awoke
he seized the handles of the churn and
ground away for dear life. and when
s'the shades of night were falling fast, !"
that meanest man i'll the world came
around. took his cl,urn. restored the
organ to its owner, and carried home
four pounds of creamery butter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
PORTAGE COUNTY, HEDGE 60.
4 v4iT H. E.FSu- aJns
MANAGERS

BOYDsTON s& CHRIsTY,


oss fs sS
some
all Icxamne ple
Interior; secretary
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

The constant occurrence of terrible
results from employing vitriol as means
of vengeance has induced the authori-
ties of Paris to take steps directed to re-
stricting its sale. Henceforth, by order
of the project of police, no vitriol is to
be sold to any one unprovided either
with a physicians prescription or a
permission from police superintend-
ent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

A bright little woman who loved a mad lord,
And his tantrums had often condoned,
One evening said gently, Dear Bob, pom my
word,
That coal is the worst that we'N g owned"
"What do you know of coal?'' he anxrily said,
And fumed till his vile breath spent
81 don't think we need any,, she tartly re-
piled,
ave Gun warm by your hot argument"
~ -lUolIy DaNdie.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

M. Carriere has invented an instru-
ment for storing the suns heat much
the same way as electricity is stored
He collects the SUMS heat by means of
powerful lenses, and transfers it to a box
where it is kept by means of non-con-
ductinQ materials.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
DIVORCE NOTICE.

Caroline i. Wick. ofOhio. ~
HlHE Defendant. Caroline Z. Wick who re-
i sides IN Bradford, State OF Pennsylvania
will take notice that the plaintiff. Charles W
Wick, on the 14tli day of November, A. ID. 1881
filed his petition in said Court. praying for q
divorce from said Caroline E. Wick. charging
hor with gross neglect OF duty for more than
three years last past, ana with desertiOn.
Said defendant is notified that the petition
will be for hea'ing six weeks after the first
publication of this notice. and at the next term
Of sold Court.
CHARLES ". WICK.
By I. II. PHELPS. his Attorney. s0S.6w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

Queen Victoria takes her daily drive
at Balmoral with q black straw bonnet
upon her head. and with a large shawl
of small check shepherds plaid upon
her shoulders.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
TTNHE partner ship heretofore existing between
/ Alvin L. Smith and William s. Elson do
ing business under the firm name and style Of
Smith Il Elson at Rayenaa Ohio. is this dav
dissolved by mutual consent Said Alvin T..
Smith takes all the assets of said firm and As.
sumes all the liabilities thereof.
ALVIN r. SMITH
WILLIAM 8. ELSON.
Raveuna. Ohio. November Isei. SM
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12
PATENTS.

r. s. 4 A. p. LACEY. No 6O4 Street
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experience as Solicitors of Patents We pro-
care Patents on Inventions. etc, and practice
Patent Law i'm all its branches i'm the Patent
Office and U. $. Courts. Our Handbook on Ia
tents with full directions and advice. sent Free.
Also, sample copies of the Scientific Record the
eheanest useful and family Journal published;
only 81 Cents YeAr.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

The Jewish residents of Boston are
moving toward the establishment of q
Hebrew school.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-12

New York has an association of ladies
known as tie Training School for
Women" Ladies' Protective Union."
and "Martha's Rest"