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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

Messrs. G. A. Dyer & Co., are using at their
canning factory on Custom House wharf, a
novel invention devised by Messrs. Dyer and
Libby, of the firm. The invention is set OF
Russian bristle brushes, set in peculiar posi-
ton and rotated by steam. The mackerel
which are being prepared for canning, after
being split, are put under the brushes and the
entrails and all waste matter is removed from
them very rapidly. With one OF these simple
machines the work of five hands in the old
vay. is done i'm the same length of time and
done much better. About fifty mackerel per
minute can be dressed by this machine. When
the mackerel are plenty this firm can can one
hundred barrels per day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
z. M. G. A. Notes.

Cages of singing birds have been placed in
the reading room and library.
The open-air gospel meeting will be held on
Fore street, near the Custom House, on Sun
day at quarter to Eve o'clock.
The board of Managers have granted Mr..
Winter, the General Secretary, two weeks va
cation which he will probably take in August.
The attendance of young men at the Sunday
evening gospel meetings frequently numbers
over one hundred.
The Boys reading room will be re-opened
the first Saturday lin September with new
attractions.
The regular religious service of the Associa-
ton will continue without interruption during
the summer.
Several donors have offered to double their
subscriptions as soon as the Association gets
into better quarters. A movement is already
on foot to secure suitable rooms one flight up.
Meetings for the study of new hymns and
the rehearsal of old ones held every Monday
evening at o'clock. The public are invited
and requested to bring Gospel Hymns No 4
with them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
The Public Library i.

In a previous article published June 18th, I
did not claim that the present library was
free public library. claimed, the intent of the
founders, the increase OF the number of free
users from year to year, the collection Of
reference library, as evidence of intention to
make it free public library. And I showed
that the city could at any time assume the
ownership Of the library by vote of City
Council.
But as the article in Saturdays PRESS signed
J.F.H. calls it "the so-called Public Library
I Join issue, and claim that the present library
is Public Library in every sense of the term
This statement uphold by denying that a
free circulation and issue of books to citizens
for use at their homes, alone constitutes Pub
lie Library, The free library of this kind is of
recent growth, Thirty years. but the great pub
lie libraries of the world, the British Museum
the National st Paris and others, are much old
or than this century. These great libraries as
well as the Astor library, never circulate
book outside their walls, but students visit
them from all parts of the clyillZed world to
consult their treasures.
And when library has collected even few
representative books of the arts, sciences and
trades, when men can have free access to these
books every day in the week, the library is a
DuDLC llDfaIy. L dctoEb tudb bll0 ISSUE VI tuOu-
sands of amusing books for people to read at
their homes, is not the highest work for a pub
| lie library, but that the aim of public library
| should be to collect reference books for the
use of the artisan, and the student The cost
| OF such books is so great that few rich men
can alone afford to purchase them The pub
| lie library is great leveler, putting the poor
| man in a position to enjoy the same privilege
| that the rich man enjoys. The head of man
| ufacturing firm on Saturday assured me that
l. laf.FN IN
| his trade constantly, several times every week,
and that bis application for the purchase OF
| books relating to his trade had always been
promptly met L did not intend to suggest that
| the city should grant an additional two thou
sand dollars per year, but that this noble, edu-
| catlonal work should receive gifts of money
| from individuals to enable it to meet the de-
mands of the public more successfully.
wish however, to put myself on record as
asserting that it would be very much more to
the credit Of our city if it had paid out $50, 900
rather than $16800, for establishing a public
| library. E. a, N.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
STATE NEWS



George A. Wells of Fosters Mills, Vassal-
boro, met with ia peculiar accident Tuesday.
He was in the stable, tying up a COW, when the
animal suddenly tossed her head and tie
sharp tip of one of her horns struck the man
just below the left eye, tearing down the lower
lid, and, 1t was thought at first, destroying the
sight of the organ. DIR. Bolan was called, who
found that the eye itself was uninjured, and a
few silken stitches repaired the damage. But
1t was narrow squeak, and no mistake.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
During the batteau race at Bangor the
Fourth, when the Indian crew were on tne
home stretch off the Dirigo Mills, some mis-
creant, who was near by in yawl boat, threw
an oar at Robert Hamilton, one of the crew;
striking him in the breast intlicting painful
if not serious injury.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Piscataquis Game and Fish Protective
Society planted this week 5000 spotted trout,
5000 land-locked and 200 sea salmon in Lake
Hebron in Monson. They were obtained from
the Mt. Kineo hatchery.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
John Fox of Bath and John Frazier of Nova
Scotia went down the river in fishing -boat
yawl, on Monday, and are now given up as
lost Fox leaves wife and five children and
Frazier wife and seven children.
IN GENERAL.
Over sixty corn canneries in the State of
Maine annually put up nearly 100000 cans.
An exchange has made an estimate of the cost
at which corn is prepared for the market. The
farmer is said to receive three cents for the
corn contained in the can; the tin and solder
costs three cents, and the remaining four or
five cents goes to the manufacturer for putting
up and marketing. The can contains twenty
six ounces of corn, SO that farmers raise from
1000 to 5000 cans per acre, the average being
about 1900, giving it cash value OF $45
There are several factories in Massachusetts,,
but Maine is said to put up one-third of the
corn canned in the country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
60 e-aa.aa. Snow IN tha world.


OF this colossal exhibition to be here next
Monday, July 10th, the New York Daily News
writes:
The show, as it is, is the most wonderful {, ex-
hibition ever presented to New YORK puonc:
and without doubt it is the finest circus the
world ever saw, hence the phenomenally large
audiences that are to be seen at every perform
ance. The circus in three rings is immense,
and the costumes worn by the various. riders
and artists are marvels of elegance and good
, taste. The double menagerie contains the very
rarest animals, and the extensive museum has
some remarkably curious human beings. In
the menageries are Jumbo, the wonderful baby
elephant, and the young Of many other ami
mails, making the geological collection source
of great interest and value. The is also ba-
by Zulu and a troupe of these curious people.
The special and sensational acts of Lu Lu, the
manbird, the flying trapezists, of which there
are FOUR zazel, the monster, and the japanese
acrobats and i1gglers are intensely interesting;
Altogether, the show is magnificent, its equal
never seen, and its thousands of features and
attractions the best, unquestionably, IN the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
sunday School Excursions

The Pine Street Methodist Sunday School
will go OH an excursion to White Head leav-
ing State street wharf on the Gazslle at $50
a. m.
Free street Baptist Sunday School will go to
Pavilion Grove July 7th.
Park street Church and Sunday School VIII
go to Mitchell's, Spurwink River Friday.
The First Baptist picnic to Spurwink River
is postponed to Tuesday, July 18th.
Tie excursion Of the Second Parish Sabbath
School to Pownal has been postponed to to
morrow. Train will leave Grand Trunk Rail
road depot at 900 a. m.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
Most dangerous at the Breech.

A boy named Green, living in Saco, was fir
ing an old gun on he Fourth, when it kicked
terribly, knocking the patriotic youth several
feet, depriving him of his senses, breaking his
collar bone and jaw, knocking his upper front
teeth out, and cutting large part of his upper
lin almost off. Another young man who stood
near was knocked down insensible.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY z.
THE PRESS.


May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of y. G.
Fessenden, Marquis, Brunell g. Co., Andrews, Arm
strong, Wentworth Hodsdon, A. L. Cleveland, Rob
ert Costello, Forest City News Stand, Jewett
Bose. Hitchings g. Mcfarland, Watson, Stinson,
Boston g. Maine Depot, and Chisholm Bros, on all
trains that run out of the city.
Auburn, Willard Small & Co.
Augusta, +. Pierce.
Bangor, j. H. Babb g. Co.
Bath, j. o. Shaw.
Biddeford +. NJ. Burnham
,Jellerson's Bookstore.
Bridgton, Daniel Dickens.
Brunswick, Il. G. Dennison.
Cumberland Mills, +. A. Verrill.
Damatiscotta, Il. w. Dunbar.
Freeport, w, A. Mitchell.
Fryeburg, r. G. Harmon and Shirley LOWS
Gardiner, Palmer & Co.
Gorham, j. Irish.
Hallowell @. Z. Spauldidg.
Lewiston, Chandler g. Estes.
Lisbon, G. t. Judkins.
Mechanic Falls, A. w. Bridge, f. A. Millett
Norway, A. o. Noyes.
Richmond, G. A. Beale.
Rockland, o. G. Andrews,
Sebattus. e. H. Johnson.
Saccarrappa, at the Post once.
Saco of i. Hodson and I'll. b. Kendrick.
Thomaston, S. Delano.
Vinalhaven, b. Lane.
Waldoboro, G. Bliss.
Waterville, j. NJ. Wall.
Wiscasset, Gibbs g. Rundlett
Woodford's Corner, II. Moody.
Yarmouth, c. E. Coombs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
The Fourth at Frzeburg.

The celebration at Fryeburg passed off in a
very pleasing manner. The bells were rung in
the morning and evening, the antiques and
horribles" appeared in full array, and the vari-
Gus characters personated caused immense fun
and amusement. A bountiful dinner was
served by the ladies in the grove. The East
Fryeburg band furnished excellent music. The
literary feast of the day was the reading OF
Webster's grafton, delivered here over eighty
wears ago Brief addresses followed, by G. M.
Stearns Frank Hobbs and A. It, Lewis A
ball at Henry Andrews, and a promenade
concert at Court Hall closed tho festivities Of
the day. a. II. u.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

Mrs Wallace. Buffalo, N. z, writes: ri
have used BURDocK BLOOD BrrTERs for ner-
yous and bilious headaches, and have recon-
mended them to my friends; believe them
superior to any other medicine have used,
and can recommend them to any one requiring
a cure for biliousness. Price $1.00; trial size
10 cents. iy3-d&w1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
cortland societv of AZ.

At a special meeting of the Society of Art
held last evening, the following persons were
elected members:
Mrs. IT. S. Kaler, Miss Alice Buchanan, Miss
Helen G. Oxnard, Mrs. Harvey ID. Hadlock
Mrs. Samuel n. Weeks, Mr.. Lionel Cobb, Mr..
Harvey D. Aadlock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
Gorhan Normal School.

The examination at Gorham Normal School
took place yesterday. In the forenoon the ex-
aminations in teaching, arithmetic, geometry,
literature, chemistry, geography, study, didac-
tics and language were held; in the afternoon,
in geometry, grammer, physics, government,
botany and history. The graduating exer ises
occur to-day. Gov. Plaisted was present dur
ing the afternoon yesterday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
Are You Troubled

with conscientious qualms?" asked friend.
"You look troubled 80 am, said the
sufferer, ''but it is with the toothache." more
fool, you," replied the comforter; 'get it
pulled out, and buy bottle of SOZODONT,
'-and preserve the good teeth from like calam-
ity" jy3-M, w, #, S5w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

"Iam now ready to lay down my bundle"
So said laboring man, who, for long years
had toiled to support his family, and had be-
come reduced in health. He now says that
Hops and Malt Bitters has made him new
man. jy3-M, w # ,&wtc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
r1niuarsalist Rxacutiue Board.

The Executive Board of the Universalist
State Convention win meet in the vestry of
the Church of the Messiah, this forenoon, at
~ o'clock The interests of the Mission work.
etc. will be considered at that time. plan
Of work for the ensuing year will be mapped
out by this committee. The board for the
present year consists Of the following: Hon.
Ara Cusbman, L. H. Hutchinson, r. Dresser,
Revs. I. j. Mead, II. S. Whitman, 81. A.
Philb-ook, B. Fl. Davis, Messrs. j. V. Brad
lev. Moses Plummer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
Municipal Court.

BEFORE JUDGE KNIGHT.
THURsDAY.-Elizabeth Williams. Vagrant. Thirty
days in City House of Correction.
James Douglass. Intoxication Fined $3 and costs.
Arthur Mills. Illegal transportation of liquor.
Fined $50 and costs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
CITY AND VICINITY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ro-DA,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY
ERTAINMENTS.
Chambers Band.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
A Large variety.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Friday-Owen, Moore & Co.
Notice is Hereby Given-2.
Semi annual Statement of the Dry Dock.
Bowdoin College Examinations.
Miss Sewall's Day School for Young Ladies.
AUCTION SALES.
Carriages and Harnesses-F. o. Bailey d Ca.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

Pinckney's Extra Genuine" Mustard.
The finest quality and highest grade OF Mus
tard imported. Warranted chemically pure.
For sale by w. L.WLsoN q Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Portland, Me-
iv6-dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

Fatal Accident ct Cumberland Mills
jeremiah Clement, an esteemed citizen q
Saccarappa, was walking by car load oil iulh-
Der at Cumberland Mills yesterday morning
when the stakes gave way, allowing the heavy
timber to fall upon Mr.. Clement breaking a
leg and arm and SO iniuring him internally
that he died in two hours.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

From the cradle to the grave all are subject
to coughs and colds. Adanlson's Botanic Cough
Balsana is a certain cure in the most obstinate
cases. New trial size 10 cts. jy3.M, ", s, &w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

A LARGE variety of Picnic, Lunch and
Market Baskets may be found at
ily7d1w KENDALL & WHTTNEY's.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07

When you feel out of sorts, have the blues,
melancholy, ETC., it must be indigestion that
ails you. Browns Iron Bitters cures it.
iv3 MWF&W
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-07
FUSION CONVENTIONS.
HON. JOSEPH DANE NOMINATED FOR
CONGRESS.

Two Conventions That Were All One
Way.
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Unity Lodge.

The following is the statement of this lodge
July 1st:
Par Value. Market Value.
Funds July l, 1882. ....S17, 31d.a4 21,4S6'7 q
Funds per member. 1904 bO.12
Gain in months per member IA 1852
Average age of 20 members admitted. ....29Ha yrs
q " 353 present members. .....34 "
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-16
Wrong Use of Common Words.

The following words are often misused
in speaking and writings Pride is that
which makes us esteem Ourselves. Vanity
makes us desire the esteem of others.''
As Dean Swift said, "A man is too proud to
he vain" Only imports that there is no
other of the same kind. Alone means be-
ing accompanied by no other. An only
child is one who has neither brother nor
sister. A child alone is one who is left by
itself. Opinions signify 70 think, to Judge
sentiment TO feel. Opinions are more La
BILE to error, as they depend upon knowl-
edge, which is not always correct. Differ
ent opinions on different subjecos is of
common occurrence in the affairs of life.
"No, cousin" said Henry ", when charg-
ed by the Duke of Bouilion with having
changed his religion, 81 have changed no
religion, but an opinion
An adverb should never be used to de-
note quality. The soonest moment should
be the earliest moment. She looks sweetly
should be she looks sweet. No, as an adj
verb, can qualify comparatives only. "The
task no longer appeared difficult" Adj
verbs should be placed near the words
which they qualify. The auxiliary to
should not be separated by the remainder
of the infinitive by any intervening word.
"Be careful to not disturb him" should be
b careful not to distuab HIM" More than
n subject connected by or or nor, one of
them being in the plural, but the plural
subject should be next to the vNrb.'
Neither he nor his friends were to blame."
The pronoun you, though of n plural form,
when used to represent q single person, re-
quires the plural form of a verb, because
of the plural form of the pronoun, as
John you are in error
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-16
Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cocoanut.

The vanilla plant is trained On poles
placed abort twelve or eighteen inchec
apart; one planter has q line of plants
about three miles in length. Like the
cardamon, it yields fruit after three years,
and hen continues producing its pods fol-
an indenfiite period.
The cinnamon is, as its name indicates
a native of Ceylon. 1t is cultivated on i
light, sandy soil about three miles from the
sea, on the southwest coast of the island,
from Negumbo to Matura. In its cultipat-
ed state it becomes really productive after
the sixth year, and continues from forty
to sixty years. The superintendent of the
largest estate in that neighborhood stated
there are not less than Is varieties of Gin
namon, sufficiently distinct in flavor to be
easily recognized. The production of the
best so Injuries the plant that it does not
pay TO cut this at any price under 5s. Cd, to
Is. per pound. The estate alluded to above
yields from 10000 to 10000 lbs. per annum
a uniform rate of AID. per lb. of finished
bark is paid for the labor. Cinnamon oil
is produced from the bark by distillation
the mode is very primitive and wasteful
About 40 lbs. O bark, previously macerated
in water, forms one charge for the still
which is heated over n fire made of the
spent bark of a previous distillation. Each
CnhIRe VI DdTk ylelus hDOuJ tnIte OunCes
of of, and two charges are worked daily
in each still.
The cultivation of the cocoanut tree and
the production of the valuable cocoanut oil
are two important Cingalese occupations
These trees, it appears, do not grow with
any lu%xuriance ut a distance from human
dwellings, q fact which may perhaps be &c.
counted for by the benefit they derive from
the smoke inseparable from the fires in hui
man habitations. The cultivation of CO
coanuts would seem to be decidedly profita-
BILE, some 1000 nuts per year are yielded by
each acre, the selling price being f3 pei
thousand while the cost of cultivation il
about 80 per acre. In extracting the oil
the white pulp is removed and dried, rough
ly powdered, and pressed in similar ma
chinery to the linsed oil crushing mills OF
this country. The dried pulp yields about
60 per cent. by weight of limpid, ~colorles'
oil, which in our climate forms the whit,
mass so well known in pharmacy.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-16
The Wealth of the United States.

We stand near the head of the list
third in the list of all the Western nations
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland heads the list with a capital valua-
ton of $44.400.000,00 then comes France
with $780, O0.O OO. 900, the United States
with $4,000 100000 Germany with S22.-
000,OO0.0OO, Russia with $4,000. 100000,
and the Low Countries with 81, 150,000,-
900 of capital collectively. These are the
valuations made by those countries of
their entire resources. What is the annual
income perinhabitant of various countries?
We come to the front in this comparison.
The average annual income in the United
Kingdom is S165 in the United States,
Sl65 also in the Low Countries, $50; in
France, SIPS in the British colonies, $50;
in Germany, and also in Scandinavia, SIS ;
In this reckoning Russia, with her 90,000,-
600, people, is out of sight as yet; she will
not be very long. On the score of annual ae-
cumulation our case is even better, relative
ly far better. The annual accumulation
of wealth in Germany is 10000 900 it is
S325, 100000 in the United Kingdom $375,-
100000 in France; in the United States it
is $2S5, 000,0 Our Increase in National
wealth since 1850, says a good English au-
thority, would be enough to purchase the
whole German Empire, with its farms,
banks, shipping, manufactures, etc. The
annual accumulation has been $685., 100000,
and therefore each decade adds more to the
wealth of the United States than the CAPT
tai value of Italy or Spain. Every day
the sun rises upon the American people sees
an addition of 100000 to the Republic.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-16
The Crystal Palace.

The present Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham, is seven N a half miles from Lon
don Bridge, and is easily reached by rail
from almost any part of the great capital.
1t was built in 1854 as n permanent struc-
ture, and must not be coniounded with the
great Crystal Palace in which the worlds
lair was held in 1851, and which was soon
atterward removed. The present palace
cost s7,2O0,0O0. 1t is surrounded by beau
tiiul and extensive parks and grounds
has two towers, from the top of which TO-
Voo square miles of England may be seen
there are also an opera house and theatre,
art galleries, a great concert room, a zoolop-
zeal collection, an exhibition department,
and a large number of other attractions.
The gardens are delightful, and the parks
and grounds charming, and the whole pal
ace and its environs are well worth seeing.
No description, without illustrations, could
do justice to the palace within or without,
md even then only u visit can give the
traveler or tourist an adequate conception
of this wonderful structure.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-16

We received from a correspondent the
following somewhat incoherent account of
a duel which was fought in his neighbor
hood. Some way or other we are half in
the dark about the result of the duel in
question, but we shall leave the decision
to our readers: A duel was lately fought in
Texas by Alexander Shott and Joh S. Mott.
Mott was shot, and Shot was not. In this
cas- it is better to be Shott han Mott,
There was a rumor that Mott was not
shot, but Shott avows that he shot Mott,
which proves either that the shot Shot
shot at Mott was not shot, or that Mott was
shot Notwithstanding. Circumstantial evil
dence is not always good. 1t may be made
to appear on trial that the shot Shott shot
shot Mott, or, rs accidents with fire arms
are frequent it may be possible that the
sho' Shot shot shot Shot himself, when
the whole affair would resolve itself into
its original elements, and Shot would be
hot and Mott would be not. We think,
however, that the shot Shott shot shot not
Shott, but Mott; ANYWAY. 1t ~ hard 10 tell
who was shot.