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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-17

FOUND AT LAsr.-A medicine that will cure
Kidney Complaint and Dyspepsia, without
costing fortune 1t is "ELIxR OF LIFE
Roor." One bottle will convince you.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-17

WANTED.
GOOD CUSTOM FRESHMAN, at ALLEN q
IA CO.'S, 229 Middle Street.
Portland, Jan. 10th. 1anlootI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-17

To Let.
wv INDOW to let No. % Market Square. In
w quire of W. d. AMES, No. % Market Square,
Portland, Me. dec25du
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-17
TO LET.
A Nice Rent,

"A NhCc NhCnts
JNIVE rooms on one floor, with Sebago. and Soap
10 stone tubs set in kitchen, wood and coal room
and closet. Apply at No. 6 Horton Place, leading
from Dow st. Janlouu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-01-17

The man who bought his son boys chess
of tools on Christmas has fine assortment OF
three-legged chairs in the house by this time.
-DAtroit Free Press
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

defense was insanity. There was no
proof Of hereditary insanity, nor much
of previous mental disease, but the
lawyer for the accused argued that the
lack Of any motive for the shooting, the
defiant publicity of the act, and the
total heedlessness Of consequences
shown; also the fact that the accused
gave various contradictory and absurd
accounts Of his reasons for the deed,
showed insanity. But the court held
that these are not sufficient grounds.
The law presumes every person to be
sane; If any one is not so this must be
proved. 1t cannot be inferred from
the extraordinary malice, wickedness,
recklessness or uselessness of the ect.
nor from abnormal insensibiiity to con-
sequences.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
The : seeret Out.

A reporter dropped into one OF our
largest retail establishments yesterday,
and held conversation with the pro-
prietor. lyon have 3 great rush." re-
marked the reporter. EYES," replied
tho proprietor, ga big rush-mainly on
account of Advertising" "How can
700 tell whether advertising pays and
what papers are good mediums r 81
can tell that advertising pays by stop
ping my advertisements. I've tried it.
Trade drops, not at once, but the tide
of purchasers flow some other way.
The cash receipts tell the story"
"Suppose you should give up adver-
tisingY' "You must keep tho boilers
heated If you want steam. II you bank
your fires too long IL takes time to start
up. Advertising Is the steam which
keeps business moving. I've studied
the matter" r."--Boston Journal.
How TO sleep In Sleeping Car.
|. Get berth In the fore part OF the
car. This Is because the pure air comes
IN at the front end and windows and
goes out at the rear end and windows.
always take the upper berth. NY
reason for taking the upper berth is,
because II il freely ventilated and away
from the hot pipes. 2. Havo your
berth made up head toward the engine.
This will keep ell drafts Of air from
your heed and prevent taking cold. II
the car IL very tight put lead pencil
under the window at your feet in case
Of lover berth or, in case Of the
upper berth, open the hind-sky window
at your feet .. Fix your pillow In one
corner Of the berth, and yohr feet in the
other By laying orosswise you will
not roll in your berth.--A Traueisr.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Harvest Time In IiaIT.

At harvest time there is feasting and
rejoicing. Ham, eggs and wine are
consumed in great quantities. During
"mietitura " scarcely any one stays at
home, and all other work is neglected.
The harvest home is usually celebrated
by dauce, and 1t Is at this time that
marriages are chiefly arranged. The
vintage is quieter proceeding, for,
although the soil is favora bile to the
vine, ii is no. so extensively cultivated
as corn. For some time before the
grape gathering peasants, chiefly
women and girls, may be seen guarding
their vines, and forming picturesque
groups beneath the festooncd trees
We're it not for this precaution all
those fine clusters of grapes would die
appear as IL by magic, respect for their
neighbors' property not being among
the virtues of these ArcadianH. After
the gathering wagon loads Of grapes,
some as fine as any in hothouses, are to be
met, drawn by the slow oxen along the
roads, on their way TO be deposited in
vat with hole in the bottom. This
is placed on the top of cask, and on
1t mounts a man or q boy, who begins
treading the grapes, che Juice of which
falls into the receptacle beneath. This
is hard and very unpleasant work. for q
swarm Of wasps follow the grapes, and
severely sting the naked feet which
tread upon them. The sight of the
muddy feet increased my distaste for
the wine Of the country so much that,
in Difference to my preiudices, our
wine-treaders we're made to wash their
feet before beginning their work-a
ceremony they considered sBperfuous.
-Co,7ihiH Magazine.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
To the Pole by Balloon,

ommauder Cheyne, who is trying to
interest prominent persons in the
United States and Canada in his scheme
for reaching the North pole by balloon
expedition, says: The ship of the expe-
dition is to be called the Grinnell, after
Mr. Grinnell's father, the celebrated
patron OF Arctic exploration. Lieuten-
ant schwatka has arranged to accom-
pany the expedition, provided he can
obtain the consent Of the government.
The three balloons which will cost $780,
900, will be made in England and will
be shipped in this country. New Yo,k
will be the starting point OF the expe-
dition, and we expect to leave in June
next. We shall go to st Patrick's bay, j,
where Captain Mares found an immense
bed of fine coal lying on the surface.
We shall build house directly upon
the coal. We shall put up apparatus
and manufacture hydrogen gas for the
balloons. The place is six miles from
where Captain Mares ship, the Discov-
cry. wintered in 1876, and is 496
miles from the pole. When we get the
right wind, it will take us eighteen or
twenty-four hours TO reach the pole"
Commander Cheyne SAYS further that
the experience Of the Jeanette is only
another confirmation OF the fact that it
is impossible to reach the pole by
means of vessels. In his opinion the
region of the polo is an archipelago
bound in solid ice pack, presenting
no opening for navigation. Each bal
loon will be provided with sledge,
boat and provisions for ffty.one days,
and will reel out telegraph wire as it
travels, keeping in communication with
the main station. II during the stay
Of tho party at the pole the gas should
escape 80 as seriously to impair the
ievity Of the balloon, the gas
OF one can be used to in
fate fully the two others. The
balloons will be weighted 20 as to travel
low, and Commander Cheyne il conf.
dent that he C n land within ten miles
Of the pole. He anticipates no diff
Guilty from cold during the balloon voy-
aga, which is to take place in June of
the summer after the expedition sails
Tho II
Mr.. Cheyne, will have to work with
their coats off 10 keep cool"
The expedition will be composed of
seventeen men, who will be joined by
three Esquimaux at Greenland. Orders
have already been sent from Denmark
to Greenland directing the authorities
there to aid the expedition in every way
possible.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

Men are never killed by the adversi
ties they have. but by tbs impatisnce
which they suffer.
Our doubts arc traitors, and make us
lose the good We oft might win by fear
ing to attempt.
IT many times falls out that We deem
ourselves much deceived In others, be-
cause weifirst deceived ourselves.
a trdly great and noble mind is al
ways humble in it's feeling and modest
in its department
We should always keep corner of
our heads open and free. that we may
make room for the opinions OF our
friends.
Life is bnt sighs, and when they cease
tits over.
The purestlwater runs from the hard
est rock.
No ashes are lighter than.incense. and
few things burn out sooner.
neither a man nora woman is entire
ly gafe until he or she oan..endure blame
and receive praise without excitement.
am not among those that fear the
people; they, and not the rich. are our
dependence for continued freedom;
and, TO preserve our independence, We
must not let our leaders load us with
perpetual excitement.
Do not say: 81 will help thee to-
morrow" Perohance the poor soul
may not need thee tomorrow; perehanes
thou mayest have nothing TO give to-
morrow; perchance there may be no
such day as tomorrow.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

warning and admonition to buy; "the
pr CO in the morning may not be the
price in the evenings" upon their scales
is written: "Be busy and be prosper
ous;" on the safe: Hoard up gold;"
upon the goods, perhaps: "Once seeing
and once speaking fixes Hit--not two
prices"
Over the doorway of dwellings: Let
the five blessings come to this door !"
or "Old and gaining in health and
peace"
Above the theaters is ascending lu-
minous dragon, and everywhere We SEQ
one or the other of the Six Companies
into which the population is divided;
Nine Ynng, which owns the most men
in San Francisco; Sam Yup, which
sends tho most men TO the States,
Hong Chow, etc.
I am told of story under story be-
meath the sidewalks, damp, dirty cell
lars where the coolies fit around like
gnomes, where no window let's in light,
no drain bears Off bad air am told
of the pent, full workshops and board
ing houses. each story reAoored once
or twice between the first floor and
ceiling, and their lodgings where the
inmates are shelved in tiers of their
courts of justice presided over by their
six.headed chief power, the strong Six
Companies; from whose joint decree
there is no appeal; of the theater,
grotesque in the extreme of the
gambling dens, with dice, dominoes
dragon or demon-pictured cards, where
Fan-Tan holds sway. of underground
depths like the abysses after death of
long passages with strange smell, a
smell that makes one faint, q smell of
death, where ghastly figures cursed
with leprosy cross the Shiny rotten
floors of-but enough let US out from
China and enter America, under starry
sky, and breathing an air fresh and free
from beyond the Golden Gate.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Hunting lis Hunter.

A lad named SIX, in Oliver township.
Mich, had IN exciting encounter with
deer a short time since. He fired at
the deer, large buck, and was in the
act of reloading when he noticed the
deer coming toward him. His rife was
q muzzlc loader, and his patches we're
not cut any fsstrr than he used them,
50 that before he could reload the deer
was close to him. He made lively time
around large tree. with the deer press.
ing him too closely for comfort. and
seeing two trees ut short distance that
stood quite close together he struck
ont for them, which he barely reached
when the buck went rushing by. Here
he could dodge between the trees, while
the buck would have to go around on
account Of bis horns. Finally The
baffled beast stopped TO study the situ-
alton. when the lad, hastily ramming
the ball home, fixed the zap with ner.
vous fingers aud, placing the gun be-
tween the trees and close to the deer's
head, he pulled The trigger, and-kcrfiop
went the beauty.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

An African correspondent OF Food
and Heath, speaking of the people and
incidents, says:
OF course hunters food. such as ele-
phant foot, buffalo hump, sea COW,
giraffe, and the hundreds Of different
kinds of deer that abound in various
parts of the country, are all more or
less good eating, especially when you
have a good supply of Dame Natures
sauce, hunger, on hand. also found
the coney or rock rabbit 4 fair dish, al
though too much like large rat to
look pleasant on the table. The natives
of the country are not, as rule, great
meat eaters. living generally on corn
(called there mealies), milk, pumpkins,
and sort OF sugar cane, now and then
going in for feast of meat. I have
often considered whether to this way OF
living may be ascribed the really won
derful manner In which they recover
from wounds.
In the Zulu war / saw four persons
wounded in the legs with bullets, one
OF them especially having received Q
bullet iust below the knee, smashing
ell The bones. and leaving hole that
ron could see through. The doctors
said the only hope for any of them was
amputation. This they refused to
allow. and they would do nothing but
pour cold w@sr from time to time.
When Last saw them ell bat The worst
could walk alone, and his wound looked
healthy, the bone having grown togoth-
er and knitted quite strongly. No
white man coald have lived without en-
operation. On The other hand, thes
mon aoon succumb to Illness or disease.
Hoe - eAsAxxn I'll sx.zx.2sux4 r.@@ss
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Jolned His wife and Child.

Mrs. Melvin 4. Major, wife of Thomas
Major, of Chicago. died shortly after
having given birth TO . child, whose
decease Immediately followed. 81 will
be buried with her." was the comment
Of Thomas Major. His brother lived in
the same house, kept close watch of
him, but The next morning, after visit
ing a priest, the former managed to
get away and secure . dose Of poison.
which he took early in the evening.
Tho mother and child we're 10 have
been buried Sunday. The next day
and night the watchers around the bed
were startled by the means Of some one
In great agony, and hurrying to Majors
room, he was found writhing with pain.
1 physicians efforts proved unsvailine.
and the suicide died about 6:30 O'clock
Sunday morning. The three wefe
buried together.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
Drought.

Why do We pity those who weep7 The pain
That fnds ready outlet In the flow
OF salt and bitter tears is blessed woe
And does not need our sympathies. The rain
But fills tho shorn field for now yield OF grain,
While the rod, brazen skies, the SUMS fierce
glow,
The dry, hot winds which from the tropics
blow,
Do parch and wither the unaheltered plain.
The anguish tnat thro' long, remorseless years
Looks out upon the world with no relief
OF sudden tempests or slow dripping tears,
The still, unustered, silent. smiling grief
That ever more doth ache, and ache, and ache
This Is the sorrow wherewith hearts do break.
- Eta Wheeler.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Although the hand organs have re-
tired from business, there are still lots
of cranks turning up.
The matchmaker can't afford to do a
cash business, because he makes all his
profits on time Wit and Wisdom.
Last words of the balloonist: Its
all up with me-" Last words of the
gosling: "It's all down with me-"
An exchange wants to know whether
our colleges turn out gentlemen. Ger
tainly not; the gentlemen are allowed
to go on and graduate.
Customer-"Y say that those fig
ures ure life size? My dear sir, they seem
very small" Artist" Perfectly cor
rect, air: you know life is short
"Live within your income" shouts
the philanthropist. That's easy enough,
old boy; it isn't living within one that
bothers q fellow half as much as living
without one.
A plumber went forth to plumb
TO kingly palace bv the way,
And when his half-day's work was done
Presented his bill without delay.
The king brought forth his bags Of gold,
His diamonds and his jeweled crown,
The plumber gave credit for them,
And took a mortgage ON the throne.
The question is raised in the Paris
Figaro whether q man should bow on
entering a railroad carriage. II he
wears q silk hat, and the car door is the
regulation height, the probabilities are
that he would be compelled to bow.
No man who las ever written book
can comprehend the awful JOY which
fills the soul of the author as he dis
covers the offspring of his brain sand
wiched in among a number of other
discarded volumes, and marked "Your
choice for ten cents"
"This butter, Mr.. Spicer," said the
dealer, "carried off the prize ct the
farmers fair" ani Seth spat out taste
of the compound. and remarked: "Un-
less the prize was a ships anchor and
chain cable, I should think the butter
could have carried it of easily"
Arabella Ton her toes in chair,
clutching convulsively at her skirtl-
"Oh, Bridget 4 mouse A mouse |
Come and catch it, quick r Bridget
"Shure, mum, there's no hurry. II
this one gets away, I can get plenty
more for ye, mum"
He was asking the conductor how he
managed to build house and buy
fast horse out of his $50 4 month.
"You see" said this noble man, "some-
times We get way passenger who pays
a quarter or half dollar for his fare.
Well, We flip the money up-heads for
the conductor, tails for the company"
But," persisted this Investigator after
truth, sometimes 1t most turn up
tails. What do you do them "Oh,"
replied the conductor, with an ineffable
contempt, "then We flip 1t up again"
so that passenger went home and sold
ont his railroad shares.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-01-12

How 10 restore oil paintings Garry
them back 10 the oKno.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-08-05
An Extraordinary Offer.

There are a number of persons out of employ meDt in every county, yet energetic men willing to work do not need to be. Those willing to work adn make from S100 to $500 month clear working for us in q pleasant and permanent business. The amount our agents make varies- some making as high as $500 month while oih CTS as low as $lO0, all depending on the energy of the agent. We have an article of great merit It should be sold to every h ,use owner, and pays over 100 per cent profit. Each sale is from s 90 to S10 One agent in Pennsylvania sold B in two days, and cleared SG4. An agent in New York made S45 in one day. Any man with ener- gy enough to work full day, and will do this during the year, can make from S2,00O to S6,0O0 year. We only want one man in each county, and to him will give the exclusive sale as long as he continues to work faithfully for us. There made Parties having from $200 to S1 900 to in vest can obtain a general agency for ten counties O. State. Any one can make an invesImen of from $25 to $1, ,0O0 without the least risk of loss as our circulars will show that those investing S25 can after 90 days trial return the goods un sold to us and get their money back, il they do not clear at least S1OO. They show that general agent who will take ten counties and invest S216 ea1 after trial of 90 days return all goods unsod to us, and have money returned to them if they fail to clear at least S750 in that time. We arc not paying salaries, put want men willing to work and obtain as their pay the profits Of their energy. Men not willing to work on our terms will not work on any. Those meaning business will receive our large descriptive circular ar q ex traordinary offer by enclosing three-cent stamp with their address, The first to comply with our terms will secure the county or counties they may wish to work.
 Address Renner Manufacturing Company, ,1ls Smithfield street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-08-05
First publication, June 10, 1sS2 Application No. 190, for Patent to the Wade Hampton Mining Claim

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE, TUG. U son, Arizona, May 3rd, 1882. Notice .s hereby given that Philip Corbin, by Samuel A. Moore, agent, has made application for patent to 1874 linear feet of the Wade Hampton vein, lode r deposit, bearing precious mt tals together with surface ground 60O feet in width situated in the Warren Mining District, Cochisc County, AriZo- na, more particularly described in the field notes and plat of the official survey, on file in th:s office, designated as lot No. 30, as follows, to wit;
 Beginning at the initial monument near the center of claim, oD the east side of discovery shaft, at pot feet long, 2x4 inches square. in mound of stones marked !" l. NJ. w. II M. C. No. 1, from which United States mineral monument No. bears north 12 3s east 47 feet distant thence north 22 52 west 3l feet to shaft 4xG feet 3l feet deep, and 674 feet to 4x4 inch post near the center of north end line, marked ''(N. @ W. H. M. (. No. q; thence north 66' 29 east 3G0 feet to northeast corner post, 4x6 inches square. in mound of stones marked "(N. E.) W. HIM. C. No. B. thence south 22 52, east 1874 feet to southeast corner post 4X4 inches square, in mound of stones, marked "(S. E) w. II. M. c. No. 4; thence south 66' 29. west 300 feet to south end center post, marked "(S. CD W. H. NJ. c. No. G." and 6O6 feet to southwest corner post, 4x4 inches square, in mound of stones, marked ''(S, W)W. it. M C. No. 6;' thence north 22' 51 west 1874 feet, to northwest corner post. 4x4incbes square, in mound of stones,' marked S"N; w. W. Il. M. c. No. 7;' thence north 66' % 299 feet, 10 post No , and place of beginning the survey ei the exterior bour daly of the cIaim. Variation IF 9 east 1; containing 1891 acres.
 Said claim is duly recorded Tn the office of the Recorder of Cochise county, Arizona.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the whole or any portion of the Wade Ham pton min ing claim are required to file their adverse claims in the United States Land Office at Tucson during the sixty days period of publication hereof or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 HENRY COUSINS, Register
 J. II. LUCAS, Tombstone. A. r, Attorney for Applicant.
 Ordered that the above notice be published for the period ofssixty days ten consecutive weeks in the EpitaDh, weekly newspaper published al Tombstone, A. T., which paper is hereby desig. Dated hy me as published nearest sych claim
 HENRY COUSINS, Register.
Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-08-05
ANOTHER FIRE.
4 Twenty Five Hundred Dollar Blaze
 on Fremont Street.

VII
 A little after eleven o'clock last Saturday u fire broke out in frame building occu- pied by some U.iners, on Fremont street, a little west of First. The origin of the fire is unknown, the house being unoccupied at tt e time, but it is generally supposed to have caught from a spark or light ed cigar stump thrown carelessly away. The ignitcd building was small frame house in the midst of other structures of like pattern owned by buildings, almost as easily ignited as a match, and the flames communicated | to six buildings, all owned by Mrs, | Mooney almost instantly. The 1iremen were instantly on the scene, but owing to a provoking difficulty in getting stream of water on, were unable to do effective work. It seems there are no fire plugs on | the Huachuca water mains below Third street, and the firemen unknowingly hitch. ed on to the Sycamore water plug near the scene of the fire, but with that water andthe headway made by the fire they might as well have stood back and spit on it The 1 six buildings were burned to the ground almost instantly, but before the shoulder ing flames were yet eXtingushed the hose was hitched on to the IIuachuca main oa Thlrd street and short work was made of what fire was left
 Mrs. Mooney occupied one of the build ings, a Mexican family another, Duffy, the leader of the band at the Bird Cage, third and couple of miners lodged in the others. Duffy saved the most of his prop erty, but the others lost almost everything Mrs. Mooney escaping with her trunk while most of her richest dresses, a piano and other valuable furniture was left at the mercy of the flames The buildings were
 insured for $l 700 in the Firemen's Proper ] ty Assoclatian, while the probable loss on building will amount to $2,500. There was no insurance on the furniture. Mrs. Mooney was asleep when the fire broke out, and had narrow escape