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The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22
INSURANCE
WHY YOU SHOULD INSURE
IN THE -
UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

UR HAAANSGs
IT'S AN OLD COMPANY. having been estab-
ished over thirty years.
IT HAS PASSED THROUGH EVERY GREAT
PANIC since its organization, paying every honest
loss without dispute or delay.
IT is A POPULAR COMPANY, having gained
an established character for liberality by many
years of fair dealing with its policy-holders.
IT HAS THE ENDORSEMENT of the highest in
surance authorities and the most prominent busi-
ness and professional men all over the country, and
for all these reasons is entitled to your consdera
tion and respect.
TITS A PURELY MUTUAL COMPANY, having
stockholders to take the lions share of the pro-
fits. Mutual companies never fail.
IT HAS OVER THIRTEEN THOUSAND POLL
CIES in force, and is therefore of fair aver
age mortality, and cannot be seriously affected by
epidelnics
HI as A HOME COMPANY.
INCONTESTIBLE POLICIESi All .policie
ssued after Nov l6, 1881, are incontestlble after
three years from the date of the policies for any
cause except fraud or mistatement OF age.
ITS DEFINITE CONTRACT POLICY provides
for every contingency which can occur during its
continuance and is SO simple and clear that even
child can understand it.
IT'S MAINE Law EXTENSION is the most Just
and perfect plan for protecting the interest OF the
policy-holder ever devised
ACCELERATED ENDOWMENTSl Whenever
the reserve upon the policy and the dividend addi-
tions thereto, amount to the sum insured, the poll
cy becomes payable at once as matured endow-
ment.
PROMPT PAYMENT OF DEATH LOSSES.
OUR ESTABLISHED RULE is to pay our death
claims promptly upon their approval by the loss
committee, without waiting the customary ninety
days-and aothout rebate Of interest
JOHN E. DE WITT, President.
DANIEL SHARP. Vice President
HENRY d. SMITH, Secretary,
NICHOLAS DEGROOT, Assistant Secretary,
THOMAS A. FOSTER, Medical Director.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22

Tho Missouri Democratic State convention
meets at Jefferson, July Goth.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22

John Crookshanks King was born in Kilwin-
ming, Scotland, October IL, 1906. He was edu-
Gated as practical machinist; came to this
country in 1929, and for several years after his
arrival.he was engaged as superintendent of
factories at Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, KY,
but in 1884 turned his attention to sculpture,
in which he met with great success, having
executed busts of Daniel Webster, John Qnin,
cy Adams, Agassiz, Emerson, Shaw and many
other prominent men. He devoted himself es-
pecially to cameo likenesses. He located in
Boston about 1S45, where he has since resided.
The deceased has two sons now living in st.
Louis, Mo.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22

(By Telegraph ~
HAVANA, April 21.-Spanlsh gold at l.fl52g
~. Exchange firm at previous rates.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22
WANTED.

a PARTNER in first class Manufacturers
IA Business, who has got $4,000 and can devote
his whole time to the business get in one of the
best paying businesses in the State. Orders enough
hand to last one year. Goods sold for cash. Ad-
dress at once, real name,
Post Office Box 1433, Portland, Me.
anl9 dlW%
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TO LET

TITO CARRY on a small farm. Wife must be a
IL good butter maker. Address A. B., box / 9S3.
mar Is diff
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-22
CANVASSERS

WANTED to sell Nursery Stock. Amy
w tive intelligent man can succeed. Lib
eral salaries successful men, For terms, address
GLENN BROTHERS g. ELY, 18 Pemberton
square. Boston, Mass. apSdS&W&w4w15
, 1882-11-10
Attempted Assassination Of Presi.
dent Jackson.

Thomas H. Benton, in his excellent
book, "Thirty Years in the United
States Senate" gives detailed account
of an attempt to assassinate Gen. jack
son, which was made in the year 1885 {:
On Friday, the Both of January, the
President, with some of his Cabinet, ut.
tended the funeral ceremonies of Warren
r. Davis, Esq, in the Hall of the House
of Representatives, of which body Mr..
Davis had been member from the State
of South Carolina. The procession had
moved ont with the body, and its front
had reached the foot OF the broad steps
of the eastern portico, when the Presi-
dent, with MIR. Woodbury., Secretary of
the Treasury, and Mr.. Mahlon Dicker-
son, Secretary of the Navy, were issuing
from the door of the great rotunda,
which opens upon the portico. At that
instant person stepped from the crowd
into the little open space in front OF the
President, leveled pistol ut him ut a
distance of about eight feet, and at.
tempted to fire. 1t was a percussion
lock, and the cap exploded without fir
ing the powder in the barrel. The ex-
plosion of the cap was so loud that
many persons thought the pistol had
fired. heard it at the foot of the steps,
far from the place, and a great crowd be-
tween. Instantly the person dropped
the pistol which had missed fire took
another which he had ready cooked in
the left hand, concealed by a cIoak-
leveled it, and pulled the trigger. 1t was
also percussion lock, and the cap ex-
ploded without firing the powder in the
barrel. The President instantly rushed
upon him with his up!ifted cane the
man shruuk back Mr.. Woodbury. aimed
a blow at him; Lieut.. Gedney, of the
navy, knocked him down he was Sc
cured by the bystanders, who delivered
him to the officers of justice for judicial
examination. The examination took
place before the Chief Justice of the
district, Mr.. Cranch, by whom he was
committed in default OF bail. His name
was ascertaincd to be Richard Lawrence,
an Englishman by birth, and house
painter by trade, at present out of en-
p!oyment, melancholy and irascible.
The pistols were examined, and found to
he well loaded; and fired afterward
without fail, carrying their bullets true,
and driving them through inch boards at
thirty feet distance; nor could any
reason be found for the two failures at
tine door Of tue rotun,la. On his exami-
nation the prisoner seemed to be at his
ease, as if unconscious of having done
anything wrong-refusing to cross
examine tho witnesses who testified
against him, or to give any explanation
OF his conduct The idea Of an unsound
mi1d strongly imp o sing itself upon the
public opinion, the Marshal OF the Dis
trict invited two of the most respect
able physicians Of the city Or. Caussin
and DIR. ThoS. SewelD to visit him and
examine into his mental condition.
Lawrence was declared insane, and
Ee,er brought to trial.
, 1882-11-10
Capturing MONKEYS.

The monkeys are frequently captured
in nooses and traps built in the shape Of
houses. The only entrance is trap
door in the roof, which communicates
with trigger set upon the ground.
Food is spread about inside, the mon
keys enter, and, skirmi hing around,
disturb the trigger, and the trap shuts
them in. The third method for catch
ing them is q most ludicrous one. An
old, hard cocoanut is taken, and very
small hole made in the shell. Furnished
with this and a pocketful of boiled rice,
the sportsman salles into the forest,
and stops beneath tree tenanted by
monkeys. Within full sight of these in-
uuisitive spectators he first eats little
rice and then puts a quantity into the
cocoanut with all the ostentatiOn possi-
ble. The nut is Il en- laid upon the
ground, and the hunter retires to Il con-
venient ambush. The reader may be
sure that no sooner is the man out of
sight than the monkeys race helter-skel-
ter for the cocoanut. The first arrival
peeps into it, and, seeing the plentiful
store OF rice inside, squeezes his hand
in through the tiny hole, and clutches a
handful. Now. 80 paramount is greed
over every other feeling connected with
monkey nature, that nothing will induce
the creature to relinquish his hold.
With his hand thus clasped he cannot
possibly extract it, but the thought that
II he leaves go one OF his brethren will
obtain the feast is overpowering. The
sportsman soon appears upon the scene;
the unincumbered monkeys fly in all di-
rections, but the unfortunate brute, who
still will not let the rice so, is thereby
handicapped beyond hope with cocoa
nut rs large as himself-a state OF affairs
quite fatal to rapid locomotion, either
terrestrial or arboreal. The sequel is
that he falls an easy capture to the hunt
er, a victim to his own greed. Even
when caught he reads in the actions of
his captor design to rob, him of his
rice, and he clutches it all the harder
and the very first thing he does when
the nut is cracked and the hand released
is to cram its contents into his mouth.
Thoughts of escape come afterward.--
London Field.
, 1882-11-10
USEFUL HINTS.

The system of drainage for dwelling
houses cannot be too perfect.
No DwELLING-HoUsE is really habita-
ble unless properly ventilated.
MILK which has turned may be sweet
ened, or rendered fit for use, by stirring
in little soda
SALT will curdle new milk: hence in
preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc.,
the salt should not he added until the
ARTICLES prepared.
GLOSSY starch is prepared by forming
the following emulsion, which is added
to one-quarter pound If boiled starch
paste In the proportion of two to three
teaspoonfuls One part spermnoeti, one
part gum arabic, one part borax, two
and one-half parts glycerine, twenty four
and one-half parts water.
OLD tan bark makes cool and tle-
lightful walk under the shade of trees.
1t must be laid on q dry bottom, or it
becomes very unpleasant in wet weather.
Stag from furLaces, ground up with
ashes, Is the very best material for gar
den walks, and the color is far more
agreeable in hot weather than gravel.
Notwithstanding its dark color, it is not
70 hot, and it does not pack quite 80
hard as the regular road material. Sand,
on the other hand, though it does not
pack ut all, is very hot, ON account Of
the very hard nature OF its particles.
The following is q very valuable
housewives table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand may
readily measure the article wanted to
form any receipt without the trouble of
weighing, allowances TO he made for any
extraordinary dryness or moisture of the
article weighed or measured: Wheat
flour, pound Is quart: Indian meal, |
pound ounces are quart; butter,
when soft, pound isl quart; loaf sugar,
broken, l pound is quart; white sugar,
powdered, l pound and l ounce are |
quart; best brown sugar, | pound 2
ounces are quart; 10 eggs are pound;
common tumbler holds half pint; a
tea-cup is gill; large wine-gass is |
gill; 40 drops are equal to tea,poonlul.
ARooM in which there is an offensive
smell may be deodorized by burning
coffee berries or rags, or even brown
paper. The smoke from these sub.
stances not only neutralizes the odors,
but really acts as disinfectant to a
slight extent. In burning coffee, paper
or rags Tor this purpose, care must be
taken to prevent them from burning too
freely. Ii they burn with free bright
flame, the proper effect will not be pro-
duced. They should be allowed to
smolder quietly, and they do this hest
when they are thrown on hot Goals, or Il
hot shovel, aud set on fire. An excel.
lent substitute for pastils Is heavy brown
paper which has been dipped il a sru .
, 1882-11-10
An Analysis OF lsoston Women,

How noticeable many of the Boston
women are. They are highly cultured,
intellectual, abound in theories and
opinions, and are very interesting to
ta k TO. And how busy they are, and
how full of system. They live by rule
they have an hour and minute for ey-
erything; their haunting dread is lest
they lose minute of valuable time. |
like them. They Nre piquant studies
they repay analysis. They appear to
have no sentiment, but they are full of
it. They keep it for their husbands,
actual or potential. Beneath all of their
composure they are intense and fervid,
and capable, when sufficiently moved,
of volcanic erupiions. When the Bos.
ton woman kildles she bursts into
grand contlaglation and is dangerous
TIE Hour.
, 1882-11-10
Ear and Brain.

The substance OF the following state
ments with regard to the car and braun
is from paper in the New York Medi
cal Journal, 10y Dr.. Andrews, surgeon
to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital,
New York.
Ear diseases are much worse than
those OF the eye. They are u principal
cause of deaf mutism. They aye also
among the most frequent diseases of
childhood, being developed ndiphtherla
whooping-cough, scarlet fever, measles,
smallpox, TYPHOID fryr, influenza and
tubercnlar affections Of the lungs.
Indeed, simple cold in the head oi
sore throut rapidly spr"nds along tn,
mucous membrane OF IlG HOStrlIs Hnu
pharvnx to that Of the rnr. Says tnr
late Prof. Clark. o. Harvard University,
$50 important i proper attention. to the
ar during and after ncute rXtntliema:u
diseases attended with rusi) that II
physician who treats such cases, aud
nrglec,s to give TINS attention, cannot
he said to perform his duty t. his pa-
Llent."
But the most serious fact about these
diseases grows ont OF the very intimate
connection between the ear and the
rrain. Most Of Uue bony wall which
contains the internal ear lies III direct
ontact with the membrane of ths brain.
Some parts oil the wul are 80 thin ~ to
De Transparent. There are also OPEN
,ngs through it for the passage OF nerves
and bIood-yes els, and often parts Of 1t
are wanting through arrest oi develop
ment.
Hence, purulent inflammations Of the
ear extend readily. to the brain-the
more 30, the younger the child. These
may cause similar inflammation of the
membranes, inflammation of large veins
and assesses of the brain.
Nearly one-half OF the latter are due
to this cause, chronic Inflammation oi
the ear-showing itself perhaps only in
Il slight headuche-being vastly more
dangerous than acute.-YoutHs Com
IOdniOn,
, 1882-11-10
WOnlem's Rights.

The correspondent who asks if women
have the legal right to wear mems
clothes i'll the streets is Informed :hat
they have. There is nothing in our laws
which prescribes how men and women
snail eat. drink, dress or snore. If
woman wishes to dress like hod.carrier
she can. Turned-up trousers she can
have, and red flannel what yer,call.'em
if she chooses, and no one can make her
afraid. Women have just as good n right
to make the tmselves ridiculous and kick
up row and a rumpus as a President
OF tie United States. .-NCW lOrk Com
UlCrciQL advertiser.
, 1882-11-10
THE GOLDEN WEDDING.
NJ WILL II. CARLETON.

Wake ap, wife!-the black cloak Of Night begins &c
And far in the east the Morning his kitchen FIRE Aas
made;
And he is heating red-hot his stove Of iron-grsy,
Aud stars are Ninking and blinking before the Light
o. day
Mind you what was doin', just fifty years agone,
bGushlh my sunday rslnlent an' putin my best
looks on;
Clothin' myself in courage 30 none my fright would
see,
An my coward heart within, the while, was pound.
ing to get free.
Ten mile wood an bramble, an three milo field an
dew,
In the cold ~mt'e Of morning walked to marry you;
NO horse had but my w-hrs-uO pllot hut a star:
But my boyish heart It fauced 1t heard you from
afar.
So through the woods l hurried, an through the
graSs an dew,
An little Thought . firing, the whole of my jour.
ney through;
Things neer before nor after do SO man rejoice
As on the day he mlrres the woman of his choice.
And then our country wedding-brimful o. grief
an g'se,
With every one a-petn an iokin' you an me;
The good cheer went and came, wife, as 1t some
tines ha' done
When couds have chased each other across the
summer sun.
There was your old father, dressed up in wedlin'
shape,
with all the homespun finery that he could rake an
scrale;
And your dear -hcarted mother, the sunlight Of
Shone through the showers of tear-drops that
stormed her face the white;
Also your sisters an bro hers, who hardly seemed to
Iiow they could scare up courage to A: their
sister so;
An cousins an school-house comrades, dressed up
NTH one OF them a-su k n because it wasn't him;
An there was tie good old pirson, his neck all
A bunch o. texIs III his lett eye, hymn-book in his
ri ht;
An the parsons virgin daughter, plain an severely
Who hoped we should be happy, but wasn't exactly
sure;
And there was the vctua!s, seasoned with kind re-
CARDS an love-
And holly wreatbs, with breastpins Of rubies, up
above;
An there was my heart a-wonderin' as how such
things cou Il b.,
An there was the word before us, and there
you and me.
Wake up, wife that god-bird, the sun, has come in
slght,
And OH a tree-top perches to take his daily flight.
He IA not old and feb 9, an he viii sail away,
As he has done 30 often since fifty years to-day.
You know there's company comng-our daughters
an our sons:
There's John, and James, and Lucy an all their lit
tie ones:
And Jennie, she will be here who in her grave doth
lie
provided company ever can come from out the
sky);
And Sam-I am not certain az he viii come or not
They say he is a black shcep--the widest Of the
lot
Before a sons di honor, fathers love stands
dumb:
But still, somehow or other, hope that Sam viii
come.
The tree bends down its branches to It's children
from Rhoye-
The sor ia Lord Of the father and rules him with
hts love;
And he will er be longed for, though FAR they DO
apart,
For tn drop Of bood he carries that came from the
fathers heart
Wake you, wife! the LOUD sun has reused Che sweet
Day glt,
And she has Dire sed herself up in red and yellow
and white;
She has dressed herself forus, wife-for our weddn
day once more
And my soul to-day Ia younger than ever 1t was be-
fore.
, 1882-11-10
NnyiMgS.

Sail Bishop b rkey-"I had rather
be master Of my Own time than Wear u
diadem."
Said Goldsnith-"I seem to have
been tied to circumference, and whirled
disagreenbly y roud, ~ il in II whirliyig." F"
Said Thoreau-" wonldrather sit on
a pumpkin, and have it all to myself,
than to be crowded on velvet cushion.
1t is desirable that man live i'll all re-
Spects so compactly that, if nh enemy
take the town, he can walk ont the gate
annuity handed without anxiety"
, 1882-11-10

IT is stated that the Bank OF France
has almost entirely abandoned chemical
tests in favor of the camera for detect
ing forgeries. The sensitive plate not
only proclaims forthwith the doing OF
the eraser or penknife, but frequently
shows, under the bold figures of the
forger, the sum originally borne on the
check. So ready is the camera to detect
ink marks that a carte-de.Uisite inclosed
in letter may to the eye appear without
blemish, while a copy OF it in the cam
era will probably EXHIBIT traces of writ
ing across the face, where it has merely
9een in contact with the written page.
, 1882-11-10
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Easter Bonnet.

Susan had an Easter bonnet
Broad and lofty-s.I by nine;
Plumes and RIB us grated ON it
Gracious goodness rant 1t tiucl
su'gn wore that Easter bonnet
Into church Oh Easter dav;
when the women pnlcd ul"u il,
Pcwtuis OF EN- swu OLcl ava
For II WIS a perfect daisy,
Tilted daiut'ly fore and uft-
Calculated tO ~ crazy
Half the giddy fcMa.e craft
Susan Thought the service splendid
A. shc te that b met loom,
And was torly Wien II ended,
And the bonnet ceased to bloom!
Fate seems cruel, as We con II;
Fate eft Anna IN tho lurch-
Anna had no Easter bonnet,
And she wOuldn 20 to church.
Vain her mas advice upon It
Naught cOu 4 check her misery's tido;
"N hat II church without bonuet?"
Foolish Anna, weeping, cried.
Which the better, 10 your Choosin'-
Answer, If erchu ce you can-
Vain and silly NJ stress Susan,
Or the vain and silly Ann?
, 1882-11-10

A PAPER laid before the Biological
So>'iety OF Paris tells us, from q scientific
point of view, what it Is to be "dead
drunk" 1t seems that this condition
exists when the vital fluid presents the
proportion Of OF alcohol to 1875 OF
blood. 1t is OF this stage that most
drunkards cease drinking, or we should
have more deaths from alcoholism for
when the inebriate continues to drink
until each 100 parts OF blood contains
part Of alcohol, death invariably ensues.
, 1882-11-10
Something Worth Knowing,

The French papers announce the dis
,oyery of a remedy, instantaneous in its
efficacy, for burns occasioned by oil Of
yitriol-a soft paste OF calcined magne-
STA and water, with which the parts
burned are covered to the thickness Of
an inch. The pain is almost Immediately
alleviated, and after few hours, wheD
the paste is removed, no scar remains.
, 1882-11-10
How She Fixed Him.

The young man WAS evidently honest
in his intentions, but three Years OF con.
slant counting had failed to overcome
his excessive bashfulness. They were
sitting in chairs ut respectful dis
tance apart. Said the young man, hay
ing spent five minutes in search of q
subject:
How do you get along with your
cooking?"
"Nicely," replied the young miss.
"rm improving wonderfully. can
make splendid cake now"
"Cun you?" said the young man in
pleased manner; "what kind do you
like best?"
81 like one made with flour, and su.
gar, aud citron, and raisins, and cur
rants, and lots OF those things, and
beautiful frosting on top, responded the
young miss.
"Why, that's n wedding CAKE" ex-
claimed the young man, nervously.
81 meant Wedding" said the young
miss, shyly.
They are published.
, 1882-11-10
A Family Episode.

A wife followed her husband down to
the gate as he was starting for down
town. and kindly said to him:
Miiian, you hnow how sadly Ineed
blue bunting dress.
"Yes, dear" he remarked, "but you
know how hard up am. AS soon MS
can see my way clear you shall have the
dress and new hat to boot. BE pa.
ticnt, he good, and your reward shall
be great.
Forty minutes after that he emerged
from restaurant with Il big basket aud
Il t'so-poie, DouId Up the river. In the
basket WAS chIrneu, pickles, cake,
frut, pie and II buI,ia OF liquid of rich
color, and he WIS just Lighting 20.cent
cigar when his wtu came along.
what yon here y lac exclaimed.
"Yes, was foi"g to the market.
Where ure you gomg-whats III the bas-
aetI"
Il was going to carry this fsh-pole
round to II frI,nd on jefferson avenue"
ne modcstIy nnsw' rcd.
"And timt lrsket?"
"This baske;-wrll, I was going to
take it TO the orphan asylum as pres
mt to the children. Ii is donation
from six leading citizens"
William, don't believe it,"
"Sh Don't talk SO loud |"
"Wlllinn. 1 shall talk louder w |"
she exclaimed. "Ill bet you are gorlg
fishing |"
, 1882-11-10

THERE are 200 artesian wells in Cal.
lforiin, $50 Of them being situated in the
Santa Clara valley. The depth Of bor-
Igs average FROM 80 to $50 fee..
, 1882-11-10

SHILOHs yITALIZERis what you need for
Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness and all
symptoms Of Dyspepsia. Price ~ and 20 cent,
per bottle Sold by Latimer y Co.
, 1882-11-10

II must be source Of great comfort
to travelling men to reflect that Grder is
Heavens first law.
, 1882-11-10
CHAs. i. KING. CHAs. CASE.
KING Go CASE,
STEVEDORES,
IN ALL PORTS ON PUGET SOUND.

~ From our long experience OF over hfteeu
years on Puget Sound In this business we can
guarantee satisfaction.
oFFGCE-With Rothschild & Co,
3J-tf Port Townsend, W. T.
, 1882-11-10

CPURTJ o2 GisGus1i2T rcacrs,
G:iuZles, Cracking Pans Ia Ito
lead, Totid L-enth, Dc2cnoss,
and any Catarrhal Complaint,
CGn bo oztcrrninatcd Ey Wei Ce
E-eyer's Catar-h Cure, o 1onsti-
tut!onal Antidoto, by E5soro-
t:on Tho most IMPORTANT Dis
covery since Vaccination.