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The Portland daily press., 1882-04-04
IL. M. G. A.

IL. M. G. A.
The following is the tabulated work of the
Young Mems Christian Association for JAN
uary, February and March.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-04
WI, C. MI. Association.

FIyHE Annual Meeting of the Maine Charitable
Mechanics Association, will be held in the
Library Room, Mechanics Building, THURSDAY
evening April 6, at 7.30 o'clock. Election OF Off
Il. B. SWIFT.
anA aga Secretary.
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a CARD.

fam DESTROYS of assocating with me as Agent
for this city, thoroughly live, energetic gentle
man possessed of go ID business qualifications and
integrity and with whom am able to make a very
satisfactory arrangement. l aso desire agen IS at
several prom ent places throughout the State pre-
yous knowledge of the business not necessary, and
also Especial Agent to travel, who is not to "higA
toned" to W ,rk for business 1 do not wish too en-
poy any "oice manager, any one to sit In an Of
nee while other men do the work. Our city agency
has been very satisfactorily filled for the past four
months by Mr.. w. A. Norris who retires from II TO
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naaehars. Association.

At the meeting last evening Prof. Rounds OF
the Pennington Normal School gave an inter-
esting talk on arithmetic.
Superintendent fash reports for the month
of March as follows:
REIONGING.
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Alderman Little read petition fromt.h he Off
GERS Of the Fire Department stating that they
deemed the salary now paid them as INSULT
Gent, considering the many risks they were
obliged to take, and asking that they be raised
to 500 for common firemen and $110 for Off
GERS. This petition was referred to the COM
rnittee on salaries
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Letter Carriers Report

The following is the letter carriers report for
March 1882:
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Meteorological Report for November.
Sergeant Murphy, of the Signal Service, fur
nishes the following summary of meteorolog-
ical observations at the Portland station in
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.JOinePs Wanted.
WANTED.

ON Steamer City of Richmond. Railroad whar
ap4 diff
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
Advancing Through Sad Periods.


Evidently man has a nature which
needs to eat not little of the bread of
adversely. If not every individual need
do this the race must Lave much Of this
food, that there may be certain drift
of thought and feeling for each men,
Der Of the family Of man. Not all must
be wounded by assassins or smitten
with disease or early death. but there
must be enough Of these griefs to touch
all hearts and fill all eyes with tears.
Personally you may have suffered no
great afaiction, but the ills Of others
have always incompassed you, and you
have been modified by the commissions
of the surrounding scene. You may
have wept little, but you have seen
tears; not having died you may have
seen the marble face; 50 that in some
deep sense the adverse winds of life
have blown over all souls, and as re-
suit civilized man stands to-day the
embodiment Of much humility and
pathosl His natural vanity is rebuked,
his language is made more musical, the
tones Of his voice are lowered and
sweetened, and his steps will turn to
save the life Of worm. His love and
friendship are made more powerful, not
only by ills that once passed along, but
by ills that may make sudden return.
AS the storm drives doves into flock
and makes them seek shelter together,
so have past and coming trials hurried
the group Of mortals to join hands for
common fate. It is said mothers love
most tenderly some sickly or disigured
child. The principle is deeper than
this incident. Earth has marked soma
misfortune upon US all, and we all love
each other more deeply because our
world is not a paradise by any means,
but land where pity is SO needed that
it is called divine. Thus what the
atheist and stole call the crueIties OF ma
ture are for the most part only method
Of transforming the dust of the earth
into sensitive and appreciative soil.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
Fights Among Seals.

About the first of June the seals seek
the breeding-gro or 'srookeries, .
as they are called. The bulls come
first, and there is constantly sustained
fight between the first corners and the
succeeding ones for advantageous posi-.
tions on the ground. Those that come
first are best served. Itseems to be 8
well-understood principle among them
that each one shall remain undisturbed
on his ground, which is usually about
six TO eight feet square, provided that
from the start until the arrival Of the
females he can hold the ground against
all corners. It often happens that one
able-bodied seal, having first arrived
and exhausted himself by fighting
early and late, is finally driven by 8
fresh animal back further and higher Oh
the rookery. Mr. Elliot marked one
veteran at Gorbatch, who was the first
one to take up his position early in
May, and that position, as usual,
directly at the water line. This male
seal had fought at least forty or fifty
desperate battles, and when the fight
ing season was over he was still there,
covered with scars and frightfully
eashed raw, fostering and bloody, one
eye gouged out, but 1ording it bravely
over his females, who were huddIed
together on the same spot Of his first
location, around him. The fighting
between the males-for the females
never fights done entirely with the
mouth. Mr.. Elliott says
"They usually approach each other
with comically averted heads, just as
though they were ashamed Of the
rumpus they are determined to partici
pate. When they get near enough tC
reach one another they enter upon ths
repetition of many feints and passes
before either one or the other takes the
initiative by gripping. The heads are
darted out and back as quick as flash
Their hoarse roaring and shrill piping
whistle never ceases, while their fal
bodies writhe and swell with exertion
and rage; furious lights CLEAN in then
eyes; their hair flies in the air, and
their blood streams down all combined
makes picture SO fierce and SO strange
that, from its unexpected position and
its novelty, is perhaps one of the most
extraordinary brutal contests man car
witness. Boston Glo5s.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
SnnL Rnrxinn.


Whenever an Abchasian is drowned,
his friends search carefully for the
body, but if this is not found they pro-
ceed to captured the soul of the deceased,
measure which then has become a
matter Of Importance.
A goatskin bag is sprinkled with
water and placed with its mouth, which
is stretched open over hoop. looking
toward the river, near the place where
the man is supposed to have been
drowned. Two cords are stretched from
the spot across the river as q bridge on
which the soul can come over. Vessels
containing food and drink are set
around the skin. and the friends Of the
deceased ccme and eat quietly, while a
song is sung with instrumental accom-
paniments.
Tie soul, it is believed, is attracted
by the ceremonies, comes over on the
bridge that is laid for it, and goes into
buo hap. AS sOOn ~ 10 AdS 0uIcrcu-
that is, when the bag is inflated BY the
breeze-the opening is quietly closed,
and the bag is taken up to the burial
place, where grave has already been
prepared. The bag is held with the
opening to the grave, and the strings
are united, and the bag issqueezed into
the grave, and the buria. is afterward
completed.
This rite ID Of equivalent value with
the burial Of the body, and the grave i
treated with the same honor as-if the
body was really within it.-Popasla,
Science Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
kIcohOI ExperIments N Plas.

It may not be generally known that
systematic experiments upon pigs are
being made these days at Paris by q
group Of scientific men with the view
Of agcertaining the precise action Of
alcohol upon the processes Of digestion.
respiration and secretion. In a very
interesting paper upon these expert
ments by NJ. Duiardin Beaumetz We
find it stated, with touch Of uncon-
sciousl humor, that the pig has been
chosen to be experimental upon be-
cause, in the first place, his digestive
apparatus closely resembles in all essen
tial respects that Of man; and, in the
next place, because the pig is the only
animal (besides man, we presumed Tia
viii ungrudgingly consent to b
"dosed" with alcohol. The congress
at which the final results OF the invest
cations Of MI. Beanmetz and his coadiu
tors are to Be made known, will be mel
in the autumn at The Hagae.-Ps
MaH Gdsette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
Detained by Business.

You were out late last night, DEAR
said Mrs. Breezy, taking her seat at the
breakfast table and fumbling nervously
with her fork.
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Breezy, it wasn't
late. You see, darling, you were asleep
when I came in"
"No, Mr.. Breezy, I was not asleep,
but as you say it was not late. Nothing
will convince you that the clock struck
8 as you closed the hall door. OF
course business detained you, my dear.
It is wonderful how much business o
man will find to transact after
midnight, but of course we women
know nothing about such things.
We can never understand you men,
can we, dear? We are always
imagining all sorts Of horrible things
when you happen to stay away day or
two without sending us line. Women
are so nervous, are they not, dear !?
What silly creatures we are, to be
sure. II we would only go to bed
and go to sleep it would save US a
world of trouble, wouldn't it.? We
might know that you great, strong men
can take care of yourselves. If you
are obliged to sit up until 2 or 8
o'clock in the morning talking bust
ness with your customers, il is really
ungrateful in us to complain, for Of
course you have the worst of it, don't
you, darling? How it must have
bothered you, and how tired you must
get, and think it is for our sakes. When
you come tottering home SO tired that
you can hardly get upstairs, and
throw yourself on the bed without even
the strength to remove your boots, We
should appreciate your devotion in thus
laboring to support us. Now, last
night, dear, when you STUN
bled over the rocking chair and
found yourself obliged to cling to the
headboard to support your weary form,
you presented a really sad example Of
the overworked husband and father.
When your shattered nerves caused You
to upset my fresh bottle Of cologne and
scattered the contents of my work
basket over the floor, you really looked
the typical martyr of married life. Oh
course too tired and worn out with that
horrid customer I'd remember anything"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
WORDS Or WISDOM.

There is blessing attending the min
is.ry Of mercy.
Faith and hope cure more diseases
than medicine.
Give neither counsel nor salt unit
you are asked for It.
Industry need not wish, and be who
lives upon hope will die fasting.
Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality, and has been called the bright
weather Of the heart.
No school is more necessary to chill.
dren than patience, because either the
will must be broken in childhood or the
heart in old age.
The grandest and strongest natures
are ever the calmest, bat without earn
estness no one is ever great or does
really great things.
People who are always taking care Of
their health are like misers who arc
boarding treasure which they have
never spirit enough to enjoy.
Those men who destroy healthful
constitution Of body by intemperance
and irregular life, do as manifestly kill
themselves as those who hang or drown
themselves.
The noblest part of friend is an
honest boldness in the notifying Of er-
rors. He that tells me Of fault, shining
at my good, I must think him wise and
faithful-wise in saying that which
see not; faithful in plain sdnonishment
not tainted with fattery.
Beyond the river of time walk the
brave men and the beautiful women OF
our ancestry, grouped in twilight upon
the shore. Distance smooths away de-
fects, and, with gentle darkness, rounds
every form into grace. It steals the
harshness from their speech, and every
word becomes a song.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
POPULAR SCIENCE.


Remarkable transformations have
been made in the Algerian Sahara by
irrigation. Under its operation soil
has been formed in which plants grow
with great yigor.
BY an experiment made with chest
nut tree thirty-five years old, to calcu-
late the amount Of moisture evaporated
from the leaves, it was foundt to lose six
teen gallons Of water In twenty -four
hours.
Within the last fifteen years no fewer
than 1880 houses in Edinburgh, SCOT
land, have been pulled down as unfit for
human habitatio j. In 1868 the death
rate in that city was 2s per 1000; now
it is down to 20 per 1000.
The vegetation on Behring Island is
exceedingly luxuriant. The sea in the
neighborhood is especially rich in algm.
Forests Of it from sixty to one hundred
feet high render dredging exceedingly
difficult in some localities.
By registering apparatus, contrived
for the purpose, the frequency Of the
strokes Of the wings Of different insects
has been determined. Il is found that
while the common fly vibrates its wings
$50 times per second, the honey-hee
makes 100 strokes and the dragon "
only twenty-eight.
It is maintained by some scientists
that the aroma of fruits increases with
the latitude, while the sweetness de-
creases. Many herbs, such as caraway,
are richer in essential oils in Norway
than in more southern regions. This
effect is ascribed to the influence Of the
prolonged light of the summer months.
Attempts have been made in Spain
to substitute orange for grape juice in
wine making. -Four kinds of wine, one
a sparkling wine, have been successfully
produced. They are all Of an attractive
color, perfectly clear. of an agreeable
sweet, slightly acid flavor, and Of alco-
holic strength Of about fifteen per
cent.
Mr.. W. R. Brown has published a
paper proving very satisfactorily that
the main agency which keeps clear the
channels of tidal river is not the run OF
the tide passing up and down them
every twelve hours, but the upland or
fresh waters which pass down them at
the period OF low tide, more or less aided
by the oozing out of the salt water
which may have soaked into the banks
while covered with the tide.
Much has been heard of tougbened
glass, but Frederick Siemens now pro-
poses to adapt that made by his process
to the manufacture ofstreet lamp posts,
water mains and other articles now
made Of cast iron. He claims that his
glass is stronger than iron castings, i'm
perishable and incorrodible. The cost
per pound allows more profit TO the
maker than can he obtained from iron,
is twice as much as the cost Of the latter,
but the specific gravity is SO much less
that the consumer will be able to obtain
glass articles about thirty-three per
cent. cheaper than similar goods in cast
iron.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23

than the lark's whistle. I have beer
dimly conscious Of it for some time, and
now am quite certain that love her,
Ny city friends viii probably say that
am fool. Well, let them III sue,
ceed in meeting here the full, rounded
perfection Of my life, why need I care
for the babble Of the world? 7 love
her, and that is enough"
And SO, quietly crossing the meadog,
where the tall, blue fower-de-luces
lifted their banners along the course OF
the stream, and the silvery-leaved will
lows kept up dreamy rustic, he came
upon Click, sitting, all alone with her
book, upon the rustic bridge.
Sweet as a wild-fower she looked.
True, the long, dark luxuriance of her
hair was gone, but the tiny, silken rings
curled all over her head, like baby's
looks, and dropped in picturesque ten
drills on her brow. A faint crimson
burned on her cheeks; her eyes were
full Of changing, limpid light.
"Mr. Cheveuix |" she said, starting up.
"Don't move, Click" he said. mo;
stay just where you are. Iwant to talk
to you. You give me no chance in the
house; / viii seize my one opportunity
here"
Click looked at the deep, brown-rip-
pied water, then at MIR. Cheveuix. There
was no way Of escape, unless, indeed,
she choose to swim like wild duck.
She lifted her large, startled eyes to his
face.
Opportunity p she replied.
81 have great deal to say to you,
Click" be began.
HHave youY
Oh, surely, surely he must hear the
wild. tumultuous beatings of her heart |
"Why do you avoid me SO systemati.
cally?' he asked. gently taking her
hand.
Cllck was silent.
'eTell mel' he pursued. ''Do you
dislike me?'
'sOh, no |"
'tDo you like me. Click 2" he asked,
looking intently into her eyes.
'sOf course I like you," she naively
answered.
"And is there nothing deeper, ten.
derer still, Click? Were to sue for
your love, what answer would you make
to me ?"
When they came up, beside the
flower de-luces and the hoar-leaved
willows, to the house, Mr.. Chiveuix and
Click were engaged to be married in
the spring. Mr.. Cheveuix was to assume
chair in Western college, and Click
was to be the professors lady.
And Mrs. Baldwin and her fair daugh-
ter could scarcely believe in Clicks
good luck.
'Of all people in the world, how
came he ever to propose to you, Clar-
issa ?" said Aunt Dorcas.
81 don't know, aunt" said Click,
hanging down her head. "I-I sup
pose because he loved mer'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23

Astor was to receive one-haH the profits,
and Mr.. Livermore to furnish vessel
and cargo. The ship was selected and
loaded partly with specie, Spanish
milled dollars. about $50, 900 ; and the
other half was ginseng, root some
what resembling licorice, which is highly
valued as medicine by the Chinese,
and lead and scrap iron. The ship
sailed for Canton, and the pass enabled
her to anchor at Whampoa, few miles
below that city, and she loaded and un-
loaded her cargo the same as if she had
been vessel belonging to the East
India Company. The ginseng. which
cost twenty cents per pound in New
York, was sold for $3.50 per pound in
Canton. The lead and scrap iron also
brought enormous prices. The vessel
was then loaded with tea and sold In
New York at 81 per pound profit on
cost in Canton. When the return cargo
was sold and the accounts make out,
MIR. Astor's half share, which was $780,
GOO all in silver, was packed in barrels
and sent up to The store. When Mrs.
Astor saw the barrels she asked what
was in them. "The fruits Of our East
India pass" replied her husband. Mr..
Astor got his pass back, bought ship,
loaded with an assorted cargo, and dis
patched her to Canton. On her voyage
out she touched at the Sandwich Islands
to take in water and fresh provisions,
and large stock of firewood was also
taken on board. On the arrival of the
vessel at Canton, Mandarin came on
board, and noticing the fIewood, i'm
mediately asked the price of it. The
captain laughed at such question, but
signifed that he was open for an offer.
The Mandarin offered $500 ton and it
was all sold at that price. That was
sandal-wood. For seventeen years Mr..
Astor enjoyed the lucrative sandal-wood
trade without a rival. No other concern
in the United States or Europe knew
the secret, and it was only discovered
when shrewd Boston ship owner de-
tailed ship to follow one of Mr.. Astor's
and observe the events of the voyage.
Then for some time that house was
participant in the trade. Capt. Whetten
commanded one of Mr. Astor's ships,
and he married the captains sister.
Mrs. Astor knew more about the value
of furs than did her husband, and she
could select a cargo for the Canton
market and never make any mistake.
When they became very wealthy she
demanded, as an expert. $500 an hour
for using her judgment and knowledge
of fur to promote his commercial plans;
and he paid her whatever she asked.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
Siberia as L Is.

The tales which Americans have read
in regard to Siberia have always been
OF such a narrowing and repulsive de-
scription that they have come to asso-
ciate the name of that country solely
with chain gangs of Russian criminals
and slow, lingering deaths, resulting
from the brutality of officers and the
rigors of the climate. A Washington
lecturer, however, throws some light
upon the resources and occupations of
the inhabitants Of that wild country
which will have tendency to modify
this pessimistic view. The population
is now about 100000 and the people
are settled mostly in the fertile zone,
for it must be remembered that the
area Of Siberia is 100000 square
miles, its length $500 and its width
$500 miles. The lecturer referred to,
MIR. George Kennon, commenting upon
letters In the London Standard and
Pail Mall Gazette, depicting the inhu-
man treatment Of exiles, their slow
death from poison in quicksilver mines,
out of which they are only allowed to
come to die, and the agony they suffer
from the long Siberian winter, says:
There is not quicksilver mine in all
Siberia, and in that part Of Siberia,
where, according to the Standard, ex-
lies are dying Of cold, in 1876 1O0, 900
pounds OF tobacco were grown. In the
first half Of the seventeenth century
exiles began to be sent to Siberia to rid
the country of those convicts manned
by punishment. As methods of pun
ishment have relaxed, banishment has
tsken the place Of most of the other
forms of punishment-as for murder,
assault, larceny, yagrancy and desertion
from the army, the purpose constantly
kept in view being the popula-
ton Of Siberia. Between 1927 and
1S47 159, 755 exiles were sent
to Siberia, Of whom only 443 were ex-
lied for political offenses. OF thefe
443, two-thirds belong to the nobility.
From 1867 to 1872 64,274 persons were
exiled. OF these. 5000 were sentenced
to hard labor and the other ninety-two
per cent. simply banished and allowed
freedom within smaller or larger dis
trict in proportion to the gravity OF
their crimes. There are only two mines
now worked BY Russian convicts, one
coal mine, the other q placer gold
mine. Both are worked above ground.
The pictures Of the horrors Of trans
portation Of Russian exiles by Mr. Green
vile Murray and English journals sre
absurd. They are transported by rail,
by boat and by wagons, and are sup
Piled with the necessities Of life until
they find work or get into business for
themselves. Trade between China and
the provinces Of this fertile zone is
large and carried on by 1000 merchants.
Millions Of bushels of grain are raised
and the manufactured products are
valued at millions Of dollars. These
exiles ale, as a rule. prosperous and
happy. A Polish political exile once
stopped with was > prosperous photog-
rapher. ! would rather be banished to
this country for life than spend Eve
years il Sing Sing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-03-23
From lie freach.

call across the rolling plain.
"0h moantains from your sleep awake,
Oh stupid rocks your slumber break,
Hear and give back my words again 20
And bark the Echo doth rebound
In accents made the soul of sound,
Replying to my laughing voice,
Rejoice r.
There fsereth by flock of sheep,
Above whose clamorous bleating syells
The tinkling of their hundred bells.
In sympathy with me. the steep
Takes up the wild pell-mell of sound,
Makes jargon human in rebound,
Compels uproar to flow along
In song.
Where curves the lakes green crescent coast,
The fishers flock with net and boat
With song and shout ashore, afoat;
Yet all the babble Of their host
Melts into music in rebound,
Confusion into tuneful sound,
One heart Of oyerhowing cheer
hear.
Behind me is the murmurous.sigh
And rustling Of the forest trees,
While loud or loy as flows the breeze
Comes song of birds afar and nigh,
And, sheaved into the one rebound,
One note on Echo's lips is found,
AS if from one poetic brain,
The strain.
And thus from all the race ascends
Earth's myriad sigh and song and prayer
Of hope, Of anguish, praise, despair;
z { gathered into one descends
Di@ine-not Echo, not rebound
One answer from the blue above,
IT'S iovel
Austin anderson. an Our Continent