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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09
Lifa insurance hi Maine.

From the sworn official statements returned
by the various life insurance companies to the
insurance department OF this State, we ascer-
tain that a larger business was done in Maine
ia 1888 than for several years
The number of policies issued in this State
by all the companies. in 1883, Is as follows.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

Tie Express knows Of newsboy only eight
years old, who supports sick father, and lame
mother by earning dollar and quarter n
day selling milk in the morning and newspap-
ers in the afternoon.
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers OF real estate in this
county have been recorded at the Registry Of
Deeds:
Portland Martha e. Stuart to Charles Il.
Mouton, land and buildings.
Observation-Disclosures T.. Merrill to Ezekiel
Merrill land and buildings.
Bridgion-Mary Il. Chsdtourne TO Ida NJ.
Douglass, lot Of land
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Saccarappa.

The town schools will begin today
A few days ago silas Hall and Charles
Wiuslow had some trouble when the latter
threw a rock at Hall, which struck him on the
head and made n severe wound. Winsiow now
laaguishes a close prisoner at the Almshouse
awaiting hia trial
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09
"Isoynl EsolsInG Powders

'FIsOynA BnkImG POwder.O
Cream OF Tartar
Bicarbonate OF Soda
Carbonate of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch
Available earbonic acid gas 1910 per cent.
equivalent TO 1862 cubic inckes of gas per OF.
OF Powder
Ammonia gas 0.4J per cent. equivalent to
1O.4 cubic inches per or of Powder
NorE.-rhe Tartaric Acid was doubtless in
troduced as free acid, but subsequently COM
bined with ammonia, and exists In the Powder
MS a Tartrate Of Ammonia.-k ~ ~ s.
usf1aw1 Il. G.. LOVE Phi. u.
NEw YONG, JANIY 17Tn 1881
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

HAMPERS BAZAR.-This beautiful weekly
publication is a welcome visitor to the parlor
circle. The number for the ensuing week has
been received by N. G. Fessenden, 49, Con-
gress Street and D. Wentworth, 55S Congress,
corner Oak street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

Forty Years Experience OF an Old
Nurse. MRS. wINSLOW'S SOOTHING
SYRUP is the prescription of one of the best
female physicians and nurses in the United
Strtes, and has been used for forty years with
never-failing success by millions of mothers for
their children. 1t relieves the child from pain
cures dysentery and diarrh@a, gripping in the
bowels and wind collie. By giving health to
the child it rests the mother. Price Twenty
five Cents bottle. Dec4 MWS&w1y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

Why lay awake coughing all night long
when Adamsons Botanic Cough Balsam can
be had at any drug store? Trial size 10 cents.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09
Municipal Court.

BEFORE RECORDER DYER.
sArURpAY.-SamueI Edwards. lntoxication.
Fined IS and costs
Timothy Reardon. Fined s5 and costs. Suspend
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09
AUCTION SALES.
THE GEO. WARREN ESTATE
on
STATE SHEET
ny AUCTION,

nN TUESDAY, April II, at D. IN , we shall sell
" the above estate between Spring and Congress
streets, consisting Of substantial and thoroughly
bu.l. story brick mansion house. 42x34 feet with
ell 35xzb feet. The lot has front on State Of
about ~ feet, (and depth Of about I75 feet and
pear and other fruit trees The location Of The
'Warren Property Is unsurpassed; situated on the
west side Of grand old State street. which Is une-
qualed, and commanding fine view of Congress,
New State Spring and the entrance to Pine street.
State street, between Congress and Spring. is &C
kn0wledged TO be the most desirable location In
Portland. For private residences, situations like
the above are eagerly sought for but seldom obtain
able. We trust the public viii appreciate the fact
that an opportunity to purchase estate in such
magnificent locality may not be offered again for
years. This sale will be without reserve or limit
and upon favorable terms. For further particulars
apply TO
F.O. BAILEY az CO., Auctisneers.
ap5d2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

A pure, strengthening tonic, free from whis-
key and alcohol, cures dyspepsia and similar
diseases. 1t has never been equalled Browns
Iron. Bitters. apr4-W, IF, NAV
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The Government Chemist Analyses two
Of the Leading Baking Powders, and
what he finds them made OF

have examined samples Of "Cleveland's
Superior Baking Powder" and "Royal
Baking Powder" purchased by myself in this
city, and end they contain:
"CicyeIand's Superior EsnIsing Powder"
Cream Of Tartar
Biearbonate OF Soda
Flour
Available carbonic acid gas 1851 per cents
equivalent 70 1882 cubic inches of gas sper or.
Of Powder.
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MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 8.
1,HE PRESS.

NAV he obtained at the Periodical Depots of N. G.
,rssssy1den MARQUIS Brun.ll & Co., Andrews. Arm.
strong. Wentp orth, Hodsoon, Robert Costello
Gilnstrick, jewett, Rose. Hitchings & Mcfarland
watson strange, StmsOn, Bostoh& Maine Depot
and Chisholm. Bros. CO all trains that run ont o.
the CITY.
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sunreme Judicial Court.
CUMBERLAND NUlNl :
THUR C. Frost Y. Henry l. Holland.

The following rescripts in cases pending in this
Court have been received from the law coart by the
Clerk of Courts:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

If you do not feel well try tire Health Lift.
Rooms 1891 Middle Street, Portland, de.
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CITY AND VICINITY.

[FoR OTHER LOCAL MATTER SEE FrRsr PAGE.l
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
The Best Observation-Disclosures.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Lyceum Theatre
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Cash's Trimmings Moore s. Co.
New Goods-Frank b. Clark
Wanted-Milliner
Shirts-Owen, Moore & Co.
hottie is Hereby Given
Meeting-Iand League
For the Brooklyn-Steamer Phoebe.
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are as follows:
Presidential. L. Paine.
&Vice President-J. j. Hawkes..
Clerk-A. E. Chase.
TIeasurer-M A. Blanchard
Directors-J. B. Dunbar, Geo. e. Raymond
Albion Keith, Franklin Fox, Benz. Kingsbury,
Samuel T. Bearce and Geo. Il. Gould, besides
the President and Vice President.
Some changes have been made ia the gem
eral features, Of which the most important are
that the jurisdiction is now opened to the
whole State; the benefit is limited to $1,000 and
the membership is unlimited; the age is re-
stricted to the age OF % years: medical ex-
animation will be required, and the affairs will
be managed by the directors The annual
meeting will be held in January.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09
Portland masonic Relief Association.


At the meeting of the Portland Masonic Re-
lief Association Saturday evening, the change
from voluntary association to corporation
was completed. The officers of the corporation
are as follows:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-09

IFoR orHHR LOCAL MATTER SEE FIRsr PAor.l
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Temperature of Trees.

Professor Prentiss, after prolonged Sc
ries of tri-daily observations with Their
mometers, finds that the temperature of
wooded belt is somewhat higher than that
of an open field, that the fluctuations are
less rapid and extreme, and that gradual
changes in the temperature of the field
are not felt in the woods until day or
two later. The apparent difference be-
tween the temperature of the woods and
that of open fields is always far greater
than the real difference. By means of
thermometers, inserted in holes bored into
the hearts of trees, it was found that the
average temperature of the interior of a
pine-tree is one or two degrees higher
than that of an oak. During the winter
season. the thermometers will register
twenty five degrees below zero at the
center of large trees. This fact does not
strengthen the opinion of some scientists,
that trees and shrubs are killed, if the sap
in the living cells becomes frozen. The
low temperatures recorded do not prove
that the vital liquid is CONCEALED, but
they throw additional doubt on an already
very doubtful theory.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Recipe for Oatmeal Drink.

The proportions are one-fourth pound of
oatmeal to two or three quarts of water.
according to the heat of the day and the
work and thirst. 1t should be we'll boiled,
and then an ounce or an ounce ard half
of brown sugar added. If you find it
thicker than you like, add three quarts of
water. Before drinking it, shake up the
oatmeal we'll through the liquid. In sum-
mer, drink this cold; in winter, hot You
will find it not only quenches thirst, but
will give you more strength and endur-
ance than any other drink. If you cannot
boil it, you can take little oatmeal
mixed with cold water and sugar; but
this is not so good always boil it, if you
can. If at any time you have to make a
very long day, as in harvest, and cannot
stop for meals, increase the oatmeal to
half pound, or even three-fourths of a
pound, and the water to three quarts, if
you are likely to be very thirsty. If you
cannot get oatmeal, wheat-four will do,
but not quite so well.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
agricultural.
II. HosKINs, Newport. VT, Editor.
AFTER THE HARVEST,

TIE scythe ia rusting in the tree,
The rae lies broken on the glade;
The mower, in a reverle.
Ia stretched at ease within the shade
A goodly man the mower is,
with sinews tough as twisted rods
A form Of manly grace ia his,
A head az trenchant as a gods.
man of thought the harvest DER,
Its heat and triumphs left behind
lie rests, and gives himself once more
To pleasures of the heart and mind.
Such pleasures All the glorious skies
Their happy deeps, their lines their forms
That float are wonders to his eyes
He glories In their fires and storms
The sweet green earth he deems most fair
He knows her moods Of ease and toll
lie walks abroad, and everywhere
Sees blessings springing from the soil
The woods and pastures, near and far,
To him their secrets yield he knows
The shy spot where the berries are,
The corner where the sweet mint grows.
His friendships lie on every hand,
In man and cattle, bird and bee
And he is wise to understand
The language of the flower and tree.
The free air and the light he quaffs
Are turned TO sunshine in his veins
His speech is cheer, and when he laughs
Great natures JOY Is in the strains
For him the cloud shall break and pass.
And show behind the shattered bars
The splendor of its fields and grass,
The glory of the sky and stars. Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19

the mammoth implement tent, where the
dust is already so deep as to almost rem
der the Identification of varieties impossi-
BILE. SO dirty and unattractive display
of fruit was never before made in New
England, and yet in decent quarters, both
fruit and vegetables would have made q
very credtable display for such an UNI
favorable season.
The reader will see that this "New
England" show had in some of its inn
portant departments much poorer exhibits
than are usually seen at our county or
town fairs. AS for the dirt and dust
which everybody complained of, that is
what the sandy Marrimack valley is made
of, audit cannot be helped at Manchester.
There was quite an attendance of politi-
cal great men, including Governors But
Ter of Massachusetts and Jarvis of North
Carolina, Chandler, secretary of the navy,
and neither last nor least, the great Loring
of the Department of Agriculture, of
whose opening address his organ, the
Ploughman, says: 1t is comprehensive
in its scope, pictorial in its coloring,
searching in its statistics, fruitful in its
suggestions, inspiring in its enthusiasm,
and eloquent in expression. In fine, it is
Just such an address ON such an occasion
as only President Loring can make, and
such an one as was therefore expected of
him. He is able to address the farmers
of New England from much wider ex-
perience and observation than any other
one of their number could do, and to pre-
sent to them considerations and COMPARE
sons which would escape the grasp of
other agricultural speakers or writers"
Sho
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Smut.

Smut in wheat is a plant of the same
order or similar to puff balls. The smutty
grains are the seeds of it as dust of puff
ball is the seed of the puff ball. These
seeds cling to the seed wheat when sown
and remain all winter dormant, and in
the spring they rise with the sap until
they reach the grain, where they grow
and make smut grains again. Anything
that will, before sowing, kill the smut
grains and not hurt the wheat, will pre-
vent the growth of smut on wheat Salt or
lime will do this. What is better is to use
both. Take pork pickle or make pickle
as strong as pork pickle, with it wet (not
SOAK the wheat, then spread the wheat on
the floor and dust air-slacked lime over it
and stir it through the grain and SOW. Long
soaking in the pickle will kill the wheat
as we'll as the smut, and allowing 1t to lie
in large heaps will make it heat and burn,
If spead thin on the floor after lining, ii
will dry quickly and keep until sown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
ThOrOughness.

A young New Highlander, whose knowl-
edge was more snowy than deep, went,
many years ago, to teach a district school
in Virginia. Among his pupils was
small, rather dull, and insignificant look
ing boy, who annoyed him by his ques-
tions. No matter what the subject under
discussion, this lad apparently never
could get near enough to the bottom of it
to be content. One very warm August
morning, the teacher, with no little vanity
in knowledge not universal in those days,
began to lecture to the boys on the habits
and characteristics of a fish which one of
them had caught during recess. He fin
ished, and was about to dismiss the
school, when his inquisitive pupil asked
some questions about their gills and their
use. rhe question answered, others fol-
lowed, concerning the scales, skin, flesh.
The poor teacher struggled to reply with
all the information at his command. But
that was small, and the day grew warmer,
and the Saturday afternoons holiday was
rapidly slipping away. "The school will
now be dismissed" he said, at last. "But
the bones You have told us nothing
about the bones said the anxious boy.
Mr.. Dash smothered his annoyance and
gave all the information he could COM
mand on the shape, structure, and use of
the bones. "And now the school he
began. What is inside of the bones ?"
stolidly came from the corner where the
quiet boy was sitting. Mr.. Dash never
remembered what answer he gave, but
the question and his despair fixed them
selves in his memory. Thirty-fve years
afterward he visited Washington, and en-
tered the room where the justices of the
supreme court were sitting. The chief
Justice, the most learned jurist OF his day,
was a man like st. Paul, whose bodily
presence was contemplate. The stranger
regarded him at first with awe, then with
amazement. =" 1t is the boy who went in
side of the fsh's bones " he exclaimed.
If he had not tried to go inside of every
"fish's bones," he would never have
reached the lofty position which he held.
1t is the boy who penetrates to the heart
of the matter who is the successful
scholar, and afterward lawyer, physician,
philosopher, or statesman. 1t is the man
whose axe is laid to the root, not the outer
branches, whose religion is a solid founda-
ton for his life here and beyond Sc
| Lected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
The Slave Drivers Whip Attracting.

Professor Perry of Williams college
has issued new work on political econ
omy, which is, of course, largely devoted
to the propagation of his pet heresy-free
trade. The book is ably written, but its
publication from the study of professor
in a New England college is little less
than disgrace to the institution. As the
Williams alumni resolved at their annual
meeting Perry should 60. His
place is in. the West, or across the sea
somewhere outside the shadow of the
New England factories and machine shops.
We cut the above little paragraph from
that model organ of old.fashioned politics,
the Mirror & Farmer of New Hampshire.
Having lived in the South for many years
before the war we could but recognize,
though we confess with surprise, the once
familiar sound of the slave-driver's whip
ringing in this curious bit of medieval
political bombast. How many times have
addressed to any man south of Mason
and Dixon's line who exercised free
mans privilege of doubling the wisdom
or virtue of the slavery system. eco live
with the nigger-worshipers in New Eng
land, if you want to; we want none of
your abolition talk here So to Pro-
lessor Perry" Get out into the wild and
uncivilized West, if you want to, or over
the ocean-go None of your free trade
talk under the caves of cotton factory "
Is tyranny and prescription, then, abso-
lutely understandable from cotton fibre
Will our cotton lords abolish free speech ?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Our Goldfish AristOcracy.

Whatever they may have failed to &C
quire of Europe's long.storied social and
mental wealth, few of them failed TO learn
to initiate the least admirable of the man
ners and customs of Europe--those which
lie upon the surface; those which might
be gathered from superficial observation
of the most pretentious and most frivolous
society, the only society in Europe to
which such casual travellers or such tran
sient sojourners would be admitted. The
pitiable spectacle of the American colony
in Paris during the second empire may be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Ihe eGireside.
TWAS YEARS AGO"

Twas years ago. my love, that we
Within an old home-forest stood,
And plighted hearts, and dearly wooed,
And cut our names upon tree;
Dost thou recall2 Mays scented air,
And vlolets We'd within thy hair;
The shadow and the gold-lit ray,
Together danced across our way;
Beneath the dome of blue-built sky
The lofty wood, the quivering green,
Bent DER us like mantle high
And made for us a welcome screen.
-
Once more--full twenty years have gone
o love, we wander hand in hand
Here on fair midsummer morn,
Beneath the shade OF that home land;
The names have sunken in the tree,
Yet, true TO its sweet trust, It keeps,
Sacred within these lonely deeps
Their meaning clear to thee and me;
And do they tell thy love az when
We carved them in the May time then,
With Mays soft breezes in thy hair,
And Mays fresh violets in thy hair?
S. II. ThdVer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19
Continued from last leeek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

This process ofmanufacture was invented
by James Boss who started in business in
1854, and the methods and tools used in
making these watch cases are covered by
patents. This Is tAe only wateh case made
under this process. For many years the in
PRODUCTION of these goods was slow, owing
to popular prejudice against plated goods,
but gradually the public learned that the
James Boss Gold Watch Case was not
cheap qoid-pashed or electro-ptdted article,
but was made of genuine gold plates OF
standard quality and thickness, Conscientious
adherence to the determination to make
the best watch case ever put on the market
and the adoption of every improvement
suggested, has made the James Boss Gold
Watch Case the STANDARD. ,.,pr " MARX
In this watch case the parts . y
most subject to wear-the bOw crown, hinges,
h,unb-cdtches, etc, are made of SOLID GOLD.
Send cent stamp keystone watch faetOres PhiA
delpha Pa for handsome Illustrated mphst showing how
yAms. Boss and keystone Watch Gases made.
(I0 be eontinued)
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19

HAVE often noticed that gallant young
men, walking with their sweethearts, offer
the left arm, while devoted married men
with their wives offer the right arm. Why
is this ?"-Edith. The left arm is near
est the heart; the right arm is nearest the
pocket-book. -Philadelphia Neos.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19

A GENTLEMAN in Brooklyn, celebrating
the birth of daughter on the day of the
opening of the bridge, proposed to call
her Victoria, in honor of the Queen s
birthday, whereupon friend (not an al
derman) suggested that more appropri-
ate name would be Bridget.-Fourth joke
of NetC York Post.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-19

A LITTLE tired girl on going up stairs
with her mamma one night, said "pm 80
tired, mamma, the stairs are heavy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-30
miscellaneous Notes.

Traek-laying on the Dakota Central road Is
progressing at a very rapid rate. Tho line will
probably be completed In September.
The general superintendent of the Northern
division of the Mexican Central railroad, Mr..
Robinson, in his last report says he can be at San
Juan de Guadalaya, which is half way from Ell
Paso TO Mexico, by Jan. L. OF tins GIL miles 416
miles are completed, leaving but Ia miles per
day to be made for the remainder of this year.
The New York Graphic, which until quite re-
Gently has been apt to slur pools. in a recent is
sue says: "a great deal has been said by the
bears relative to a prospective outbreak in the
passenger pool and a war of rates this summer.
1t seems now certain that the roads Will continue
to work in harmony aud viii maintain existing
arrangements, while the joint conference with
the Western cOnnecting-links ensures their sup
port"
The enemies of the mouopolistlc Pacific roads
are in danger of Gripping their efforts TO secure
a reduction In rates by pressing their efforts too
strongly, already having gone so far as to petit
ton Governor StOnemRn, OF California, for the re-
mOval of two OF the ailway commissioners of
that State because they. DO not believe in a
further reduction OF rates on the Central and
Southern Pacific The also cover with fulsome
hattefy the hhird commissioner, who believes in
driving the bloated rail wav monopoly out OF ex-
istonce By cutting down rates 20 nominal figures.