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The bee., 1883-02-10
Careless About Yaluables.

Jules Janin tells story of the cele-
brated diamond, the Sancy, stone of
the first water, and worth an enormous
amount of money. One night, at ball
at Nice, the Princess NJ, to whom it
belonged, let it fall. amin picked it
up and the princess requested him to
put it in his pocket for safe keeping.
He did SO and thought no more about
it. Two days afterwards the princess
met Janin and asked laughingly for the
diamond.
"What diamond q said Janin.
What? That I confiIed to your
keeping the other evening"
"Ah, that is true; mad forgotten it.
It was a real stone, then?'
"Real? Yes. Only the Slncy."
"The Sancyl" cried Janip, and he
rushed home like mailman. He
searched everywhere. Not sign of it.
All at dice he remembered the coat he
had worn that night. "Where is it ?"
" AT the wasberwomans. The washer
woman had found nothing. Janin was
in despair. On the bank of the river a
child was throwing stones into the
water. Among pile of pebbles at its
side was the Sancy. The world was
again bright to Janin. The princess
smiled serenely.
The bee., 1883-02-10
Poor Pay.

Engineers on the Central Hudson road
are paid three cents mile and fremen
receive just one, half that rate. Passen-
ger conductors are paid $50 month,
and in some instances, so more. As
the engineer has control of the brakes,
the d.fashioned brakeman is displaced
by trainlnen," who help ladies to seats
and also assist them in coming and
going. These men receive $50 month,
but the man On the last car has So
additional as his responsibility is greater,
In case of any delay he must go back on
the track to flag approaching trains, and
may be left behind. Baggagemen are
paid SEQ, though in some instances,
where the route is of unusual length, il
is increased to $40. Station agents are
paid $50 and ticket agents Except il
cities) $50. This class are the poorest
paid of all railway officials, as they are
closely confined and serve long hours,
but there are so many women ready tc
accept such work that womens' pay be
comes tie standard. The track boss is
paid S45 month. Switchmen and flag
men have only $50, and yet this is one
of the most responsible positions on tn,
road.-Bnfalo, N, Y, Express.
The bee., 1883-02-10
He Had Heard.

a good story is told Of one OF the
old.titne Philadelphia Quakers, whose
sterling integrity was ingenioisly conn
mingled with worldly shrewdness. He
was an extensive vessel owner, and
during his life made fortune, which
has since, in the hands of his heirs,
been doubled again and again. At one
time, when long period of stormy
weather had greatly delayed shipping
of all kinds, he became alarmed for
the safety of a ship loaded with most
valuable cargo, and several weeks
overdue. Going to aii insurance agent
he tfuthfully told him that he feared
the vessel had been lost, but if the
agent wished to take the risk he had
no objections. OF course the agent
hesitated and put him off from day to
day, hoping for private information
regarding the missing craft. One bright
morning the Quaker drove up to the
insurance office and called to the agent:
Thee need not make out those papers;
1 have heard from the ship" Instantly
the Office was in a hustle, and in few
moments the agent came hurrying for
ward, exclaiming "Oh | you are too
late; the papers are already made out;
here they arer As the Quaker looked
them over (the ink being scarcely
dry) the agent asked: "Well, what
have you heard?" al have heard"
responded the Quaker, with childlike
simplicity, as he put the documents in
his pocket; 81 have heard that the
ship has gone to the bottom"
The bee., 1883-02-10
4 Forean Mefr0n0lis.

Describing Wonsan, a leading city
Of Corea. a British officer SAYS: One
main street. OF some ten or twelve feet
in width, winds through it from end to
end, and into this opens numerous
narrow and crooked alleys. The Cor
cans dislike our entering these lanes
no doubt, because in passing along
them one is apt to surprise their woman
whose delicacy is shocked by the near
approach of foreigner. In only two
or three shops were there any Euro
pean goods exposed for sale. Road
making at Wonsan consists in filling
up the hollows with soft earth, and
there seem to be no arrangements
whatever for cleaning the streets.
There are numerous pig-styes in front
of the houses in the main street, and
the passenger is constantly in danger
of stumbling over their occupants.
Almost the only pleasant thing to look
at is the luXuriant growth of melon
and pumpkin with gray fruit and white
orange blossoms, showing amid a mass
of green leaves, which cover many of
the houses. The clothing and per-
sonal appearance of the inhabitants
contrast favorably with the aspects
of the towns. Nearly every one is de-
Gently dressed, and really well-dressed
Corean, in his broad hat and white
robes, has an eminently respectable,
well-tO-do appearance. The Japanese
settlement of Wonsan is on the western
side of the bay, opposite to the island
of Changdodo, and about a mile from
the western end of the native town of
Wonsan. The settlement is infested
with COrean thieves, who rob the god
owns of the Japenese by picking the
locks or removing the foundation
stones, and the markets at Wonsan are
also said to swarm with them. Tigers
abound in the neighboring mountains,
and last year two Coreans were carried
off by these animals from the immed-
late neighborhood of the settlement.
The bee., 1883-02-10
Would Rather be an Editor.

A constable's life in Nevada is not
always happy one. One of them who
is also editor of the Ruby Hill Mining
Nes0S, in retiring from office says in his
paper: 1--WE step down and out with
a feeling of relief. We are few grains
beaver than when we resumed the
responsibilities of keeping the peace of
this neighborhood, having during that
pme acquired what might be termed
lead pcisining. Weyburn's bullet we
continually carry in our lung, and it is
a constant remainder to us that life is
uncertain. Since we have been cOnsta-
bic of this town our receipts from that
Office have been $500 less than what it
cost us to get partially cured of Our
bullet wound"
The bee., 1883-02-10
Distressed Him.

Miss Lightfoot of Baltimore tells fun.
ny store about well-known "esthete." !"
Replying to a remark that she had made
about the southern states, "esthete {"
said "Ah, what are the southern states?'
And then she entered into a little
account of the subdivisions of the
country, to which he responded so stu
pidly that at last she laughed and lid,
Have you never studied geography,
Mr.. X?' "Oh, no." was the response
'-"neyer, never! could not, for the
colors on the maps are quite SO utterly
discordant that they inf! itely distressed
me. I never could bring myself to look
at them"
The bee., 1883-02-10
peculiarities In Nature.

Flowers and insects have subtitle re-
lations not suspected by the multitude!
All admire the colors and forms of flow
els, but these arc only part of their
endless attractions. Close observers
have found out many curious things
which hasty lockers never see. That
close questioner of nature, Charles Dar-
win, who has lately shown rs how we
owe the means of our existence to the
humble earth worms, found that insects
were ;ttracted to flowers by iheir colors.
He cut the snowy petals of some OF the
flowers in ciumps in the garden, and
found that bees never went near these,
though very busy with the others. Sir
John lubbock put honey on glass over
colored papers, and found that bees
readily discriminate and always went
to the blue, as they do in the flowers.
Muller noticed that each kind Of butter
fly visited only its own favorite color of
lantana. Grant Allen shows that. as
nearly all colored flowers depend upon
insects to brush the pollen on the stig
MA and so au q them to produce seed,
that their preference for the intensest
color Of their cho ce tends to the pro-
duction of the most seed from them,
and so TO the fuller development of
color. He shows, too, that at first the
only color was yellow, as seen in tie
seed parts of nearly all flowers still, and
that white, pink, red, purple and blue
were developed in sue. c.,ession. Many
flowers still open with yellow or pink
tinge. and gradually change through
this series to some shade of red or
finally blue. Blue and purple are most
common in complicate corollas which
only bees and butterflies penetrate easi.
ly. Moths only see white flowers.
The bee., 1883-02-10
Starting HOuSekeeDing.

Scene: Fashionable boarding hous,
recently vacated by newly married
couple.
New wife Visiting former landlady)-
"Oh, it's just perfectly splendid, thiI
keeping house!"
Prosaic landlady-"How are you get
ting along? Are you fully settled?"
New wife-"We're getting on nicely
John has got the stove all up-excep
the pipe. And what do you Think
Landlady-"R "Really I don't know.
What?'
New wife-M never thought of any
thing to eat, and We got up SUNDAY
morning without a mouthful in thu
house. so we had to go to a restaul ant
Landlady-"Well, you are getting OF
nicely, indeed"
The bee., 1883-02-10
Protect the Bows.

It is a problem with some mothers
how to dress the boys warm enough
without making their clothing burden.
some to them. All children now are
supposed to wear knit wrappers and
drawers then long stockings, of tn.
heavier grades of yarn, and thick shoe,
clothe the lower limbs. For boys from
5 to 8 or 8 it is ia good plan to utilize
their outgrown blouses of flannel. Rip
out the pleats and make plain shirt
waists; at the side seams the buttons
which hold their stocking supporters
can be securely fastened. Additional
buttons can be put on at the back and
front and the knit drawers be buttoned
to his waist. With coat of ordinary
thickness, closed to the throat, the
chest will be sufficiently protected.
The bee., 1883-02-10

bodied men bearing seda1 chair. We
were now all safe, and gave vent to our
feelings by taking with mild enthusiasm
another drink around of chocolate.
Our welcome at zermatt was enthusi-
astic. Everybody English, German;
Freneh-wefe delighted to See US, aud
the Matterhornbesteiger were the heroes
of the hour. Tn the church at Zermatt
prayers were offered for the Queen of
England and for President Garfield, and
thanks were given for our deliverance
from peril. Corr. Philadelphia paper.
The bee., 1883-02-10
Atm Bad Time.

Commander J. 3. Coghlan U. S. N,
writes to us from the Navy Yard, at
Mare Island, Cal.-An enforced resi-
dence of two years in California made
me the subject of most painful attacks OF
rheumatism. Consultation upon mycase
by eminent naval and other surgeons
failed to afford me the slightest relief.
DR.. Hoyle recommended ME to st.
Jacobs Oil, the happy result of the use
of which was my complete ond ,Oonader-
ful Washington Cd. C.) Army
md Nary Register
The bee., 1883-02-10
alternating Animals.

The badger, dormouse, porcupine,
hamster and many others enter more
or less into this strange condition of
Information, while the cases Of partial
Information are extremely common,
hares having been found buried in the
snow for weeks, and even sheep have
shared the same fate without injury.
The dormouse erects its winter home
of various grasses four or five feet
from the ground, and so skilfully are
they interviewer and joined together
that the closest discernment is neces-
sary to distinguish the entrance-that,
indeed, is only known TO the animal
itself. Soft moses line the home,
among which the sleepers lie until
early spring, often awakening while
snow is yet upon the ground. From
now until warmer days they merely
sleep, awakening from time to time to
feed from a store of nuts laid up for
the occasion. In southern countries,
where the intense heat is as fatal to
animal life as the lowering tempera-
ture of the far north OF south. similar
condition is entered into by many
animals, known as astivation. In col
lecting about Bahia Blanca, in Sep
tember, Darwin unearthed spiders,
lizards, and toads, ell in a lethargic
condition. A week later they began
to appear of their own accord, and
three days before the equinox all nature
was prepared to greet it. Many aliga-
tors and crocodiles pass the dry periods
in similar manner. The mud cases
of the marsh crocodile are often found
in Ceylon, and have been taken out
perfect casts Of the animal, telling the
story of its Information. This habit of
the crocodile has been the cause in
various countries. especially Ceylon, of
ludicrous incidents. In one, an English
officer had retired to his tent, which
suddenly rose in air, with all its fur
niture, out of the wreck of which ap-
peared an awakened crocodile that was
here alternating, the fire built without
having, perhaps, disturbed its repose,
to the aStoniShment and confusion of
caMpers-out. The yellow snake of
Jamaica, that attainS length of
twenty feet, eXcavates burrow for
purposes Of partial Information, while
our snakes of the north are well known
top ass the entire winter in the deepest
sleep. Among the vertebrate sleepers
of the south is found the tanrec of
MadagascaS, that, burrowed in the sand,.
sleeps away three months of the year.
With hardly an execution, the mollusks
of the Mediterranean provinces lie dor
mant throughout the summer. Many
fishes are perfect hibernators, lying in
AhN Lluh huiihS lhe tciu SSdSOlIY OIB III
the south, passing the season of
drought in sun baked eases, in almost
perfect sleep. Not only during one
season is this kept up, but several
and, in India, ponds that have been
dry for extended periods, when filled,
were, as if 10y magic, populated with
the awakened finny sleepers.
Are not our trees in winter sleer-
ing? The sap has ceased to flow.
their growth has stopped, and all their
functions are at rest. Seeds lie dor
mant for years. Corn taken from the
Aztec tombs has been awakened P) in
the present decade, a process analogous
to the awakening of animal life from
summer and winter sleep.-NeoC York
EceniRg Post.
The bee., 1883-02-10

suffering from functional arrangements OF
any of the painful disorders or weakness
incident to their sex. DR.. Pierce's treaties,
illustrated with wood-cuts and colored plates,
suggests sure means of complete self-cure.
Sent for three letter postage stamps. Address
WoRLD's DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo n Y
The bee., 1883-02-10
Cure that Cold.

DO not suffer your lungs to become diseased b,
allowing cold to continue without effort to it.
Thousands have died premature deaths the victims of
Consumption, by simply neglectinS a cold
DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs win cure Colds
Coughs and Consumption and quicker than any
other remedy. Though SLOW is If persisted In 10
cording to directions.
The bee., 1883-02-10

Is unfailiUg and iliA!s
liable i'm ruuug BpIr
eufIc Fits. ~pLuis
C'nnvu!s ions. - WIS
Dance. A,cour.ljm.
Opiuut Batting Net
vous debility ,Scfoil'li
and an Nervous all l--
Blood diseases ly
LaU{TssiI,,'
Literary men, As.
chants. Bagbefs. IA
dies ana all whCsrse.
deutarv employment
caugcs Nervous Pros
Irrer1Iar'ls'
ofthcbloOd. stomach. :.
bowels or kinteys. ..!, :,
who REQUIRE a neI,s y.
tonic. appeiiser .1, ~
stinuiau', NHnel s', .1,'
NprviuCt- .nfaiI ~, +,
Thousands proclaim !.
-I,e mostwonderllr ra, y.
r. r SO, :. A. RICHMtQ}NsD %
ors. !, ST. Joseph, NO
The bee., 1883-02-10

While the United States produce
about 1000 barrels of crude oil daily,
its daily consumption is about $1,000
barrels, and the remainder is exported
or goes into stock.
The bee., 1883-02-10

Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer" re-
stores health, cures dyspepsia, impotence. 81.
'Rough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Quick,
complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
The bee., 1883-02-10

Unlike other cathartics, DIR. Pierce's "Pel-
let's" do not render the bowels costiye after
operation, but, on the contrary, establish a
permanently healthy action. Being entirely
vegetable no particular care is required while
using them. By Druggists.
The bee., 1883-02-10

A fossil star-fish has been found in
the lower silurian rocks of the hills
north of the city Of Madison, Ind. 1t
is said to be a rare and valuable speci-
men.
The bee., 1883-02-10

Those who use Carboline, as now improved
and perfected, the great petroleum hair re-
newer, are always distinguished by the beau
tiful soft texture of the hair produced by the
use of that most exquisite of all toilet prepa-
rationE
The bee., 1883-02-10

golden MEDICAL. DISCOVERY" (Trade-
mark registered) is not only sovereign
remedy for consumption, but also for con
sumptive night t-sweats, bronchitis, coughs
splitting of blood weak lungs, shortness of
breath, and kindred affections of the throat
and chest By druopists
The bee., 1883-02-10
TO LADIES

The United States is worth JO,O01, ,OOO, 900,
or $1,000. 100000 more than England, and
S13, 600, GOO, 00J more than France.
The bee., 1883-02-10
DON'T LIFT

More than you can tote! That cough is dangerous.
Better New Life IL will you. Thos. w. ker-,
2S0 Saratogs street, Baltimore. Md, says New Ii
yred him after he lad laid in bed whole winter with
violent lung affection. He thinks New Life th,
andest remedy in the world. 1t only costs 30 cents
t.y this wonderful curative.
The bee., 1883-02-10

woman employed in the knitting mills
at Dundee, Scotland, spins, to earn 81,
enough yarn to reach from Dundee to Aber-
deem, sixty-five miles.
The bee., 1883-02-10
HEALTH Is WEALTH !

DR. T.. G. WEsTs NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT
specific for Hysterig, Dizziness, Commissions, Ner
yous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory
Premature Old Age, caused by oYere1erton; which
leads to misery; decay and death. One box will curs
recent cases Each box contains months treat
ment One Collar box, six boxes for i've dollars
sent hy m prepaid on receipt of price. We sarautee
sG boxes to cure any case With each order received
By us for SIX boxes, accompanied with five dollars We
VIII send the purchaser written guarrntee to return
the money II tho trT1tmcnt does not effect n cure
Guarantees issued only by g.. j. LTHN. Charles
ton, ST. Orders by mail promptly attended to.
The bee., 1883-02-10

Manila, and the province of which
it is the capital. had 26,000 deaths from
cholera last fall.
The bee., 1883-02-10

The society young man is like brio brac,
ornamental i'll some places and a nuisance
in others
The bee., 1883-02-10

We recently overheard sufferer from Nervous De
bility say of Aliens Braiu Food: ''It is Meat
Drink, Lodging, and a weeks washing thrown in >
The bee., 1883-02-10

What is the use of getting up loan exhibit
tons when all the windows of pawn shops
are open to gaZers.
The bee., 1883-02-10
Jose Cup. Advertisement in another column

25c buys pair of Lyons Patent Heel Stiff
eners; makes boot or shue last twice as long.
The bee., 1883-02-10

The dead beat, poor in the goods of thia
world is generally rich in taffy-N. o. Pic.
The bee., 1883-02-10
ue,rv,s C,rhoIj. S.Iv.

Henry's CRrbOIic SnJve
Is the best Salve for Cuts Bruises Sores Ulcers sals
Rheum, letter. Chspped Hands, ChilbIains, Corns
and all kinds of Skin Eruptions Freckles and PIN.
Piles. Get Hsnry's Carbolic SslTs. a. al oehsrs ars
eounterfeits. Price 25 cents.
The bee., 1883-02-10

A GENTS WANTED for tfie ISsss ana Fastese-
"A selling Pictorial Books and Bibie1. Prices reduced
Hper cent. HAIIoSAL PCBLIsHIEs Co., Phila. Pa.
The bee., 1883-02-10

:REC IBy Return NIaiI-A full description Of
hEE sMOODX's NEW TAILOR System Of DRESS
JUTTNe. d. W. MOODY Il Co.. 81 W. sth. Chm. o.
The bee., 1883-02-10
y ,T,I. m IS ~ on llurt Q, aIIng ln
GRAIN, PROVISIONS GSTGGKS

Each member gets the benefit Of combined capital OF nc
Club Reports sent weekly Diyid. n,ls paid month";
Club . paid shareholders back Icr money ia UyOffy IN
SSt three months stili leaving original amount max me
money IN Club ur returned on demand Shares SUcach
Explanatory circulars sent frce Reliable CORRESPONDENTS
Mahlttt everywhere. Address X. l.. KENDALL s Co.
ON II HcltS.. La & 1i9 III Sale ST. CHICAGO LIZ
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-19
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
June 20, rSs3
OFFICE HOURS:

OFFICE HOURS:
From 7.3O a. m. to 20 p. M, Sundays excepted.
Sundays, open for \ riers and General Delivery
from $50 10 a. m.
ARRIVAL AND, r.4ARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston ana intermediate ofiees-Arrive at 1910
p. m. Close at SIS a. M. 1900 m. and 900 p.
Boston and the west-Arriye at 1910, 5.l0 s 30,
and lilo p. m. Close at 5.l5 a. M, 1900
M, 6.45 and 500 p. m.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston & Maine
Railway-Arriye at 10 and $50 D. m. Close at
S.lb .. N. and 1900 M.
Great Southern s. Western-Arrive at 1910 5.lO,
II. 6.45 and eco D. m.
Bangor and connecting routes-Arrive at 100 D.
m. Close at 1900 m.
Augusta and connecting routes-Arrive at 800 a.
M and LOO p. M. Close at 1900 m. and zoo
and 800 p. m.
Morning Northwestern, by Grand Trunk Railway
Arrive at S.45 a. m. Close at s. 8 a. m.
Lewiston and Auburn-Arrive at 2. O5 and 9.Oo a.
m: and LOO p. m. Close at clio a. m, 1900 M,
Castine, Deer Isle, sedgwick, S. W. Harbor, Mt.
Desert, Jonesport, Machias, Machiasport, East Ma
ehias, Miilbridge and Bar Harbor via each steamer
Arrive at q a. m. Close at 8 p. m.
Eastport, wa each steamer-Arrlve at 900 a. M
Foreign mails. via New York, day previous to sail
z.g OF steamers-Close at Sic a. m.
Express, Augusta Bangor and the East-Arrive at
06 a. M. Close at 800 D. m.
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and the norIn--
Arrive at LOO p. m. Close at 1900 m.
1ekowhegan also closes at 800 D. m.
Canada and intermediate Offices via G. t. R.-Ar-
rive at 2.45 p m. Close at 1916 p. m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards 1sland-Close at
1900 and 300 p. m.
Swanton, VT, and intermediate Offices via P. Il o.
K. R.-Arrve at 500 p. m. Close at 7.45 a. m
bartlett, n. H., and intermediate offices via p. b
Q. r. R.-Arrive at S.55 a m. Close at 1900 p. M
Worcester, Mass, and intermediate offices, via p.
B. r. r. R.-Arrive at 1.35 p. m. Close at 1890
p. m.
Rochester, n H., and intermediate Offices via P.
q R. r. R.-Close at 700 a. m.
Carriers deliveries made daily Sundays ez-
eepted in the business portion of the city at 700
and 1000 q. M, and 200 p. m. In other sections
at 500 a. M. 200 p. m. Collections are made on
week days at TO and 90 a. IN. and A. 10 and
500 p. On Sundays at 800 %. m.
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with good mulch of cheap dirt placed
around them. The leading insect pest is
the currant worm (nemotIs centricosisl,
This is the worm of fly Introduced from
Europe about 1867. The insect appears
when the leaves unfold, and the female de-
posits its eggs along the principal veins on
the under side of the leaves. In about ten
days the small grayish worms begin their
work and If left undisturbed win soon de-
foliage the bushes and spoil the crop. This
pest is now so common and widespread that
the remedy is not unfamiliar TO many. With
the proper use of powdered white hellebore
the worms may be subdued with little trou-
BILE.
The powder may be sprinkled on the
bushes with sitter, but is notsso pleasant or
@effectiye as to mix it and apply with water.
Place tablespoon of the helebore in a
bowl of boiling water, and afterwards turn
the scalded powder into watering pot and
fill with cool water. Wet every leaf thor
oughly with the mixture. Repeat the appli-
cation as frequently as il is found necessary.
The rains will wash off the poison, and two
or three doses may be needed in a stormy
season. The helebore is not a dangerous
poison like the areenic compounds, and no
trouble need be feared from its use upon the
current or gooseberry bushes.-Beedy Aich,
in Farmers Review.