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The bee., 1882-12-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Motions in drawing, writing and all
mechanical labor are from right to left
in inferior races, and the opposite in
more highly civilized ones.
In the German army more and more
attention is being paid to the science of
aerostatics, and officers are being
lned to make balloon ascensions.
Analyses by N. E. Reyer indicate
that the brOnzes used by the ancients
contained neither lead nor zinc. but
were alloys of copper and tin, with
small quantities of nickel, iron, phos-
phorus, and occasionally cobalt.
Where the air is charged with sui
phur fumes the tints of foliage in the
fall, SO noticeable elsewhere, are not
produced, and there is no burst of glory
in the woods before the trees sink into
the repose of winter. The leaves sim
ply blacken, shriyel up, and fall to the
ground.
The bee., 1882-12-23
Foreign News,

LONDON. Dec. 19.-Westgate was charged
with the murder of Lord Cavendish IT thS
Dublin Police Court yesterday and remsndeo
At Loughrea on Monday laborers paraoeo
the streets and demanded work or food.
In the trial of Michael Flynn for the mnr'
der of the HUddys, testimony to estooiiSn aD
alibi was taken.
The council general of the Seine nave
urged the French government to proceso
with the Simplon tunnel scheme as a rl'al
to the st. Gotbard tunnel
The storm on the coast of Scotland con
tlnued yesterday, and the crews OF "''s'
wrecked vessels were drowned.
The unsettled relations between Russi" anu
Germany have caused panic on the be''H
bourse, depressing Russian exchange.
The Austro-German alliance Is approved
by the German press.
1t is semi-offcially announced thai tne ~
lations of France and China are eXceIsh''
The political prisoners at sDamietta n"''
been released. go,
The French budget committee has ue'i"sN
to vote 23,OOO OO0 francs for the maln'en'AS~
of the army of occupation in Tunls'
The bee., 1882-12-23

The tunnel cut into the main range
of the Rocky mountains, $50 miles
southwest of Denver, Col, is the high
est either in America or Europe, and
its approaches are described as marvels
of engineering skill, laid through
scenes unrivalled for grandeur and
magnificence. 1t is LOO feet in length
and 1880 feet above the sea. So
nicely was the engineering done, that
when the workmen met the variation
in the bores was only about one inch.
1t was the work of the Denver and
South Park division of the Union
Pacific railroad.
The bee., 1882-12-23

What the people of this city need is
the right of suffrage. Gen. f. w.
Whitaker and Professor r. T. Greener
are the best men TO put at the head of
a suffrage movement. Let the General
and the Professor put their heads to
gether and go TO work.
The bee., 1882-12-23

The smallest insects are proportion
ally the strongest of all animals, ac-
cording to some ingenious experiments
by NJ. Pateau. 1t was found that a
horse can pull six-seyenths of its
weight, a cockchafer fourteen times it's
weight, and bee twenty times it's
weight.
The bee., 1882-12-23

The banquet to be rendered Hon.
Fred. Douglass on the first of January
by the representative men of the coun-
try will be one of the grandest events
in the history of this country. A COM
plete program will appear in our next
issue.
The bee., 1882-12-23

The President made an excellent ap-
pointment when he appointed Mr..
Armstead TO succeed Commissioner
Morgan. Let us have reform in the
District government. Mr.. Armstead
is gentleman and a wide-awake man.
The bee., 1882-12-23
Special notices, 80 centa each.
Ten lines constitute an inch.

All communlcatlons pertaining 70 business
must be addl essed TO the Business Manager
Matter for publication and on private business
must be addressed 10 the Editor and Proprie-
tor. In conjunction with the BEE, the mana
lsers have established News Bureau of the
Colored Press. We are prepared to furnish
biographies, special correspondence and news
items at reasonable price. The object OF the
bureau is TO furnish cOlored journals with
special Washington letters when they have no
special correspondents We have some OF the
best writers in the country connected with the
bureau, which will enable us TO furnish truth
ful, spicy and concise correspondence. Give
the News Bureau q call.
The bee., 1882-12-23

In our next issue we shall matn n
acNIem OF the career and services of
Hon. j. III. Lewis, of the Ninth Illinois
district, Mr.. Lewis is a true friend to
the colored race.
The bee., 1882-12-23

Mr.. Brown has given vent to his
feelings, and it is hoped that the peo-
pie of his district will decide which of
the two Congressman should be weighed
in the balance and found wanting
Ed
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
A Foolish Mistake.

Don't make the mistake of cOnfOund-
ing remedy Of merit with quack medi-
cines. We speak from experience when
we say that Parker's Ginger Tonic is a
sterling health restorative which will do
all that is claimed for it. We have used
IL ourselves with the happiest results for
Rheumatism and when worn out by over
work see adv.-Times. =
Grateful to Invalids.
FlorestOn COlOnge is grateful to inva-
lids, because it is refreshing without the
sickening effect of most perfumes. =
Questions and Answers.
What remedy Is leading the sale of all
other remedies?
Ans.-BrOwn's Iron Bitters.
What medicine is proving itself to be
of miraculous merit in restoring lost
health, strength and vigOr?
Ans.-BrOwn's Iron Bitters.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
Experience Is the best Guide

The reason why women everywhere
use Parker's Ginger Tome is, because
they have learned by experience the
best guide-that this excellent medicine
OvercOmes dependency, periodical head
ache, indigestion, pain in the back and
kidneys, and other troubles of the SEX
Home Journal. =
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1882.

Bean pods 40 inches in length grace
the editorial table of the Nashville
World.
If the Erie canal il made free, Canada
fears the Welland will have to be OPEN
ed, likewise free.
A balOonist of the United States circus,
which exhibited Mt Maysville, KY, Sat-
urday, alighted in the Ohio river and
was drowned.
For the week ending July 30, the num-
Der of cattle passing up the trail through
Indian Territory was 1,lO6, 7OO-the larg-
est drive on record.
The Rev. ThOs. Payne, aged 20, reg
ularly ordained minister of South Caro-
lima, married girl only II years and
months old, recently.
Secretary Lincoln says that there will
be no difference in the disbursements of
river and harbor appropriation from the
policy pursued last year.
A Democratic paper is authority for
the statement that the 10000 rum shops
of New York insure continued Demo-
cratic majority of 10000.
The Cincinnati Gazette fixes the beer
product of Ohio at 99O,OOOOOO mugs an
nually, which is sold for 100000, half
of which is profit to the retailer.
Illinois has more railroad miles than
any other state, on which there are $780,
100000 of yearly earnings, one-half of
which is paid as wages to 10000 men.
The Cleveland Leader says the Cincin-
natl brewers have subscribed $4,000 to
assist the Democracy in Ohio in the COM
ing campaign. Pendleton's civil-service
refOrmers.
BY the explosion of the boilers of the
river steamer GOldust, at Hickman, KY,
seventeen persons were killed, fOrty-sev-
en- were wounded, and the vessel itself
burnt to the waters edge.
There have been introduced in Con-
gress $500 bills and 500 resolutions dur
ing the present session, $50 copies and
sometimes more of each are printed,
and the pages would cover an eight inch
track from New York to San Francisco.
Twenty women of Iowa have won re-
pute by remaining together for an hour
without speaking word. As the Goth |
minute drew nigh, all the men in the |
vicinity fled to escape the loosened tor
rent that was so near at hand.
Sections Of the New England states
New York, and Pennsylvania were visit |
ed by terrific thunder and rain storms,
Monday. Lightning struck and demol-
ished churches, residences, and barns,
and severely shocked many citizens. The
loss from all sources is very heavy.
The yellow fever at Metamoras, Mex
leo, has assumed alarming proportions.
There are 400 cases reported, and the
death rate large. At Havana also the
disease continues. A few cases have &C.
Cured at New Orleans, but the good san
itary condition of the city and the care
used, it is hoped, will prevent any cpl
demlc.
A terrible accident occurred, Friday
of last week, at Cranberry Coal Railway,
near Oil City. A large train of freight
cars was coming from the mines, and in
descending decline leading to the de-
pot the brakeman lost control of the
train, which dashed along at a terrific
rate and jumped the track, killing six
men and wOunding fifteen others. The
unfortunate men are of the mining
classes.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
Grateful to Invaliils.
The HIGHEST Rank.

Made from harmless materials, and
adapted to the needs of fading and fall
ing hair, Parker's hair Balsam has taken
the highest rank as an elegant and re-
liable hair restorative. =
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12

Baths! baths! Baths!
baths, hot and cold, at W. c. Moore's
Is cents.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-08-12
METIVIER.

COUNTY CLERK & REGISTER OF DEEDS
mcehoursfrom O'CLOCK A. M.to ~ N, and
from o,clockP.M. to r. M for entering and re
cording deeds or other struments to be oajd Ia
when the same is left for record. tisnt.S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28
WINTHROP.

c. NJ. Bailey's Sons & Co. Of Winthrop,
have just put in a sizing machine at their
Baileyvi.le factories which is a marvellous
piece of mechanism; yet it is so easily man.
aged that boy and girl can run it. The
burlaps entering one end of the machine
come out at the other all sized, dried and
prepared to r ceive the paint. The drying is
accomplished by carrying the cloths over
cylinders of iron heated by steam. Over
1000 yards can be prepared in one day. This
is great improvement over the old method.
as by it the canvass after sizing had to be
drawn into racks. Here it had to remain for
several days before being in a suitable con-
dition to receive the paint. The building
which has recently been erected to receive
the new sizing machine is sc feet in width
by 80 in length During several years past.
up to the introduction of this machine all
the burlaps for the use of the Baileyville fac
tories have been sized at the village.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28
Maine state Prison.

The Prison is a substantial structure, CON-
posed of two wings, each containing three
tiers of stone cells. and is capable of accom-
modating about 225 prisoners. As the struc-
ture vas erected before iron began
to assume so prominent . part Of modern
prison architecture it has an appearance of
soidity that speaks we'll for its builders. how
ever much they may have erred in other
respects. The discipline Of the prison is
excellent. Everything is clean and whole
some, and the prisoners breathe an atmos-
pbere a. pure a. circumstances will admit.
OF the 149 prisoners, about IS are employ
ed in the manufacture Of carriages and
sleighs, 10 in the wood shop, 20 in the
paint shop, 80 in the smith shop and in
the trimming room. Thirty-three others
are engaged in the manufacture of har-
nesses. The work done is frst-class.
Some of the best workmen in the State are
employed to superintend it, and the pris-
oners themselves seem to possess spirit OF
emulation unknown in . prison where the
labor 10 contracted to outside parties. Every
article manufactured is numbered, and on the
books of the prison the name of the purchaser
i. entered opposite the number. system IN
troduced ny the present Warden, which has
proved wise policy. In case purchaser
wishes to duplicate harness, carriage or
sleigh, ne can fOtWATu TIC Hu"oei, s"u "
reference to the books the order is at once
correctly filled; or in case an article Is stolen
from the purchaser an accurate description OF
il NAV be obtained, or BY forwarding the
name Of the purchaser the correct number
NAV be secured. which will be conclusive
proof of its identity when found. About
everything manufactured during the year has
been already sold.
The policy pursued by recent legislatures
of granting q meagre appropriation to the
prison has caused the establishment to fall
behind the other State Institutions in its ap-
Monuments. To-day the entire buildings
are heated with stoves. which consume more
fuel in the aggregate than boiler OF Gum
Gent capacity to do the work would require.
and the power employed in the differen,
shops is furnished by the prisoners, some OF
vhom are thus prevented from becoming
skilled vorkmen, capable Of producing an
increased revenue for the prison. Az this
es,ablishment comes in competition with
sth.r manufacturers of the same articles. EN-
blowing skilled labor and modern mehan
icsi appliances, it il thus placed at . disad
vantage. which il not decreased by the feel
ing Of Jealousy that naturally exists regarding
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

DR.. W. B. Lapham has improved the SPARE
moments Of busy life in writing the history
Of Woodstock in Oxford county, which has
just been issued in = comely volume from
the press Of Stephen Berry of Portland
This work will not only be q treasure to the
people of the town whose history is preserved
in it, but also to future historians who NAV
labor in gathering records on the broader
field Of State and nation. DR.. Lapham is an in
defatigable and skillful cleaner in local history
probably not excelledin that direction by any
person within our State. And as Woodstock
was the place in which he pitched his tent in
early life, and where he obtained his estima-
ole wife, he had peculiar reasons for under
taking this historical venture. Woodstock 10
the town whence Gov. Perham originated.
whose portrait forms one Of the illustrations
of the book. of which there are eighteen, the
good-looking portrait of the author forming
the frontispiece. In the Introduction the
author says:
1t 10 "a years since the first clearing was
made with view to settling upon the lands
"'s"'"' VIC Abuits VI tbot tOWH, ANU IL Will De
81 years in November next, since the fret
two families moved in. It is 81 years since
Plantation Number Three was incorporated
and became town, and all those who par
ticipated in organizing the new municipality
have passed away. The last was Gideon
Swan, who was born in 1884, and was a lad
Of IL or Is years when his people came here.
He died in 1877. Next to the last was Jacob
Whitman, who was one of the first families :;
he died in 1873. But few of the children Of
the early settlers now survive, aad the mum.
Der grows less year by year. Those who
survive are old, and in the course of nature
must soon pass away. When one of them
goes, the sources of information concerning
the early settlement of the town are dmin-
ished, and it will not be long before the last
link that connects the present with that early
period will be broken. 1t was this fact that
induced me to undertake the task of collect
ing and recording, before they had all gone,
some Of the incidents connected with the
first settlement, plantation period and early
municipal life Of the town of Woodstock.
We are indebted to the author for a copy
of this valuable local history, for which we
shall have much pleasure in making a place
in our library for reference and information
regarding one Of the bright towns Of old
Oxford and its early settlers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28
REAL ESTATE.

Important Transfers In Kennebee County
for the Past Week.
The following are the important transfers
of real estate in Kennebec county, Is re.
corded at the Office of the Register of Deeds,
for the week ending Saturday November, %.
AUGUSTA. Manchester Haynes Of Augusta to
John r. yman Of 8 me city, land in Augusta 81.
40. Cyrene NJ Giidden Of Augusta TO Martha j.
Fifeld of same city. land in Augusta $500 L. L.
Underwood of Hickman, Kentucky. to Martha A.
Whiimorr OF St. Loui. Missouri. real estate in Au
gus tl62.
HALLowELL HalloweIl Savings Institution Of
Halloweil TO Lemuel Mari of same city, land and
buildings in Halloweil $3.50. Charles ". Bates of
Nafick. Mas, TO Sarah E. Dodge of Halowel,
land and buildings in Halloxe Is
LITCHFIELD.-Wm. q. Webb,r of Liichfeld TO
Joseph 5. Elliot Of same town. lsnd and buildings
in LifchfeId $3.50
PITTsTON.-Albion johnson VI Pitfston to Annie
b. Erskine # same town, land in Piffston &6Vn.
READFILLD-George V. PAWS of Readhed to
J. p. Dudley Of same town, land and buildings in
Resdfeld t5Oo.
NATURALIZATION b. Gage of waterville to
Mary Bessey Of " est Waterville land in West
Watervie e457.5O. Frank Murray of Waierville to
Thomas Huard of same town, land in Waterville
$3.50.
GARDISER.-Simeon l.. Gould of Gardiner 10 the
kennebsc Ste am Iron Works of Gardiner, land in
Gardiner 1i3j6.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

Very little has been seen in print regard
ing the monster said to inhabit the large pond
in the town of Weld. Residents of Weld
seen the evidence Of even more than a prob
ability Of the fact that some unknown mon-
ster does inhabit Weld pond.
A short time sgo Mr.. Libby Of Weld
picked up on the shores of the pond strange
piece of bone, which, though totally unlike
anything We have ever seen, Is at once pro-
nounced q portion of some monsters tooth or
tusk. 1t is not quite two inches in length,
having been broken short of probably below
the centre of the tooth. 1t is colOred some
thing as q meeschaum pipe;should be. though
of dull color, dark at the break an |
lighter near the lower end. It is
about an inch in width and nearly as
thick; curved in two ways; creased and
rough exterior. with irregular holes running
lengthwise, and filled in like the interior of
a nut. Two deep grooves run the length of
the outer and upper or front side of the tooth,
and the end terminates in scallops or some
thing like double lips. The end is not worn
showing that the tusk was not for general
use. The double lips-like formations of the
bottom end of the tooth sink upward and ter
inmate in holes q trifie larger than pin
might make, in the right and left centres of
the tooth end. The irregularities and crevices
near the lower end of the tooth are more OR
less filed with what is known as tartar IF a
human tooth. 1t has the appearance of hav !
ing been broken from its original position
for some few years, the remainder being not
in the least decayed, but blackened as would
any bone when exposed to the weather for a
year or two.
In regard to the amin al itself, whatever it
may be-for it would seem to the most skep-
teal that the tooth proves that some monster
does now or has in the near past inhabited
the pond-it is said that young man a few
weeks ago saw something upon the water
that resembled log, about 90 feet in length.
He rowed to within q short distance of it,
when he observed that it was q live creature,
colored dull red, and about as large round
rs a mans body. Two fins were observed.
which resembled knots upon the supposed
log, at distance. On the near approach of
the man in u boat, the creature sank from
view.
The tooth is now in our possession, and
will be sent to any responsible person, who
may desire to examine the tooth, provided
they are well known and will agree in their
application that it shall be safely returned in
due season--not to exceed one week. The
tooth is the property of Mr.. Libby, Of Weld.
Phillips Monograph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

Last week David Roman, Charles Berry
man and C. e. Plummer, seaman, regularly
engaged to 90 on . voyage from Gardiner TO
Warrington, d. c., on the schooner Bessie
Morris, Capt. Magee, carried their chests
and bags ashore, and announced their inten-
ton to desert their vessel, and on the next
day did desert. On complaint ofthe captain
they were all arrested and tried in the Police
Court room at Gardiner, found guilty and or
dered to be detained in the city lookup
until their vessel was ready for sea. Ac-
cordingly Wednesday morning the City
Marshal. accompanied BY his aids, delivered
the men to the Captain on board the schooner
after which she proceeded on her way to sea-
The men allege cruelty on the part OF their
officers, and the unseaworthinsss Of the YES
Gel, ~ the cause of their desertiou. But from
outward appearances, the Captain and officer'
Of the Bessie Morris are neither harsh nor
cruel to their men, while the vessel herself II
one Of the staunchest ON the Kennebec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

Infantry, OF Gardiner, will have rife match
and glass ball shoot At what is known as
Copsecook Grove, At the New Mills. on
Thanksgiving Day. The rife match will be
open sight at $50 yards. off hand. five shots at
. four-inch bulls eye. regulation target, and
81 entrance fee. The glass ball shoot will
be governed by Cards Rules for shooting
All entries must be in BY Wednesday the
29th., in order to offer prizes, and can be
made At the shop of Geo. w. Cross, Water
Street, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

IT. work. What the State should demand.
from business point. il that successive
Legislatures shall appoint prison committee
composed of men skilled in the various
trades carried on here. and not afraid to make
such recommendations as they would make
were it a private enterprise. The legislative
appropriation last year was only 81 600 for
repairs on the buildings. and an insufficient
amount in addition to pay for guard duty.
Beyond this the prison has been compelled
to be self-supporting or to run the State into
debt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28
Bswdoin College Notes.

Hon. VIM. F. Parsons of Boston, one of
the Redpath Lecture Bureau, opened a
course of five lectures in Memorial Hall,
Saturday evening. Everybody was we'll
pleased The following Juniors are appoint
ed to deliver parts at the exhibition at the
end of the term. The parts are assigned on
account of excellency in scholarship: c. c.
Torrey. Yarmouth; E. c. Smith, Augusta !;
y. w. Means, Auguata; j. A. Waterman,
Jr.. Gorham. - Thanksgiving recess from
Wednesday next to the following Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

The Eichberg String Quartette will appear
December 4. The young ladies who compose
this company have recently returned from
Berlin, where they have been attending the
Royal High Sch DOL of Music. and are highly
spoken of by the press wherever they have
appeared. Sale Of seats will begin At the
American Express Office on Wednesday, the
29th
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-11-28

An important referee case was begun at
the Court House Yesterday morning before
Judges Peters and Libby and Joel w. Taylor.
Esq. The case in hearing 10 where on the
afternoon of Oct. IL, 1881. an express team
belonging to the Insane Hospital had been
leit unhitched ct the freight depot in this
city while the driver was loading freight,
when the horse suddenly started and dashed
away down Bridge street and into Kennebec
bridge, dragging . part Of the express
wagon with him. About midway Of the
bridge he struck the team containing Mrs.
Seth II. Moody and Mrs. Freeman Carey.
Who live in the eastern part Of Augusta,
and both ladies were thrown out and,
as is claimed, were severely injured.
This reference is arranged by the plaintiffs
and the trustees Of the Hospital to ascertain
the amount Of damages in each case. Orviiie
d. Baker and L. c. Cornish appear for the
plaintiffs and H. M. Heath, Esq. for the
Hospital.