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DOMINION LINE.

<sSncr The steamers of this Line will
A.AN&~ srun. during the winter season
ltzzsszsSszssSs fortnightly between this port and
- Liverpool. The vessels are
Clyde built full powered and have superior accom-
mediation for babin and steerage passengers Pre-
paid tickets issued at reduced rate to those de-
srous of Iringing out their friends Dates of sail
ing from Portland to Liverpool, direct:
Steamship SARNIA, Capt Lindall. ...........6 Dec
Steamship ONTARIO, Capt. McAuley. ID Dec.
Steamship OREGON, Capt. Williams. ...... 20 Dec.
Steamship TORONTO, Capt. ellison, .......27 Dec
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Cabin. ................S $4,000 and s 5000, Gold
Cabin return. ..........$ $50. 90 and $4,000, Gold
For passage, &C., apply to DAVID TORRANCE,
& CO.. General Agents, Grand Trunk Freight Off.
ces, foot of India street. nov24dtf
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New York stock and Money HaarI.e.

By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Money easy at 2G2h on
call, prime mercantile paper at 5 a61s. Exchange
is dull at 48114@4S2 for long and 4841a for short.
Governments are strong. Railroad bonds less active.
Stocks dull and somewhat lower during the past
week..
The following are to-day's closing quotations on
Government Securities:
ffadC %ofa do Dc
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Grain.
"a. Corn, car lots.75
Mix Corn, car lots @74
Corn, bag lots. ...@77
Oats, car lots. .42@43
I Oats, bag lots. .-.45
Meal !" ..........72
CottonSeed. car lots % 90
|CottonSeed, bag lots30 90
SackedBran car lot,
10 50@20 90
do bag lots. -. ..23 90
Mids, car lots.
$241s @25K
| do bag lots ...26 80
| Pr0vsasams.
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Hides and TaIIOw.
Bank Statement.

Stock Market
rhe following quotations of stocks are received
daily by telegraph:
BOSTON STOCKS.
a. I.& S.Af I0H2
Boston q Maine. ..........,....,..........161
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leave FOR PORTLAND ANl BOSTON

From NJ Halifax, $40 a. M, e.15 p. m; g; John.
$50 p. M; 81. stephen, 10.16 q. M,
$50 p. M; Vancebcrc, LBS @. m. 1.30
p. M; Bucksport, $40 a. m. 1.3O D. M;
Hanger, 7.16 q: M, 7.45 p; M; Dexter, TOO
skowsegan, 800 q. m. 3.15 P. m; WATER
vile, 9.15 a. m. Los and 1000 p. m; and ON
Mondays at BID 3. m. Augusta. 500 q.
N. 1000 a.. m, 2.45, and 1o.65 p. I'M;
Gardiner. GIT q. m, 1O.1S q. m, 3.0T,
and lila p. M; Bath. 6.55 .. M. II. 100 q. M,
400 p. m, and Saturdays only at IL SO p. m.
Brunswick, 7.26 and 11.30 q. M, 400
m.12.sb q. M, tnightl Rechland, 8. Is 8. M.
LID m. Lewiston, 7.20 q. m. lilo q. M,
4.15p. m. IL 20 pm; Phillips, 6.55 q. m.
Farmington, $40 .. M; Winthrop, 101Sa.
m. being due In Portland as follows:1he morn
ing trains from Augusta and Bath 1855 a: m.
Lewiston, S.4O q. M. The day trains from
Bangor, and all intermediate stations and con-
Meeting roads st 12.40 and 12.45 D. m. The
afternoon trains from Watervisle Augusta, Bath,
Rockland and Lewiston st $40 p. The
Night Pull man Express train ct 1.60 q. m.
Limited Tickets first and second cfass fer
So. John and Halifax ON ale at reduced
rates.
PAYSON TUCKER, Gen1 Manager.
z. Il. BOOTHBY, Gen'l. Pass. & Ticket Agt.
Portland Oct. IL. 1888 ocf1 2dtf
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FREE HOSPITAL
Of.Seyenty Beds.
Forty BedsIfor Diseased and Orphan In.
ME fants from the NOrh End Mission
District.
Treatment and Food.
Murdock's Liquid Food, with Dat or Barley Cruel
of the density of milk. To each wine-glass add
quarter to one half teaspoonful Liquid Food.
Not case of Cholei Infs tum known during the
last three years where Liquid Food has been used
nor death from Cholera-Infantum when prescribed
by physician,
The ablest writer's on holera-Infantum recognize
it now as milk poisoning, showing The cause of the
great mortality in infants brought up by hand.
This is confirmed by results at leading Nursery
Hospital We extract from their last report: "Of
the twenty-seven bottle babies twenty-four died
during the year,
Thirty Beds for Women with Chronic
Diseases.
Treatment.
Murdock's LIQUID Food and Common Food.
Any physician who has a worthy case that will
not yield to treatment can have a bed assigned if
any are vacant.
Any physician can visit our hospital from 10 A..
NJ. to P. NJ. daily, by applying at our office.
Patients can receive any clergyman they may pre-
fer. Our attending physicians are members of the
Massachusetts al Suffolk District Medical Soce-
ties
Monthly reports will be published of the condi-
ton of all patients.
AT the request of any physician who has net tried
our Extract, and would like to do so, will deliver
sample bottle to the express in Boston, free. We
will also send free by mall essays from medical
cietes and testimonials from hospitals and physi-
clans, Of chronic cases treated with Liquid Food.
Liqued Food is Beef, Mutton, and Fruits, raw,
condensed many fold and free of insoluble matter.
1t can be retained when the stomach is so weak
that it will refuse water furnishing nutrition with
out the labor of Digestion making blood faster than
| all preparations known. 1t is the only food that
will relieve the consumptives from hunger.
Ask your druggists for Essays and Testimonials
from Medical Societies, Hospitals and Physicians.
1oz., 10 cts; 6 or, 55 cts; IL o., S1.0O.
aus Mn
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MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.

On and after MONDAY, Oct.
18TH, Passenger Trains will rum
as follows
Leave Portland for Dexter, Bangor
vancebcro, 81 John, Halifax and
the Provinces, St.Andrews, 50. ste phen,
Fredericton, Aroestook County, and ali
stations on =. & Piscatnquis n. r., 1.26
3 b. E%;i 1;so p. m. lille ?. nj
WaisrviIie, roo a. m. i.25 D. M, 1.sd
p. m. IL 10 pm and on Saturdays at 6.16 D. m.
Anguish ,1alioweIl, q ardjnerand Bruins
wick Zoo a: M 100 2; m, 6.l6,
p. m. and on Saturdays only at Ills D. m.
Rockland, and Knox a. Lincoln II. r.,
700 a: m. 1.3o p. m. Auburn and Lewis
ton, 8. Is a. m. l.25 D. M, 6,O6 D. m. Lew
isten vim Brunswick TOO .. m, Hills p.m.;
Farmingtcn, monmohth, Winthrop,
Oakland and North Arson, 1. rs p.m.lFar-
mington. via Brunswick, 700 a. m.
THE 11.16 p. m. train is the night express with
sleeping car attached and runs every night Sun
days included but not through to Skowhegan on
Monday mornings or to Bucksport and Dexter or
havOnd Rano0r nm
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
SOME HOMEMADE GIFTS.
sngeestlons Of Few. Things that ANY
clever Person May Manufacture
Nemn1k Adyertiser.

If present is needed for gentleman
There is novelty in shaving cases III
ropnd cardboard sides, which can pe
hand painted or decorated, edged WIN
lace or eimu and mounted upon giided
stock. the effect being both novel ana
prctty. So. too, are little shaving mats,
of Japanese canvas embroidered in 81 ks
The latest novelty in mats is that known
as the 'pond lily mat" which is very
easily made of colored tissue paper ana
is admirably adapted as lamp mat
Different shades of green and yellow
tissue paper are selected, which are cut
out in the shape of a pond lily in gradu'
ated sizes the largest forming the foun-
dation ann the remainder being placed
successively one upon the other. The
leaves are easily curled with the fingers
and the result is very pretty.
A pretty present for lady is a dress
ing gown. slippers and combine Jacket,
all en- suite, of pale blue silesia. Cut Gre
tonne roses out as a border and applique
on with silk. The roses should be on
the cuffs, pockets and down the 'front.'.
The slippers have few roses ON the top.
The shape should be cut at first on paper
then of The silesia and lining; next APP
pIiaue the flowers on and then sew on
to the cork soles. A satchel for night
dress is also pretty, cut out in
the form of large envelope, with clus-
ter Of flowers beneath the flap and a
smaller one above. This work will be
found very fascinating and quite worth
the time and labor bestowed on 1t.
A lovely cuff and collar box, either for
the use of lady or gentleman, caa be
made by taking for the foundation a
square box made Of heavy card board or
of thin wood. and this smoothly covered
on the outside with velvet, plush or satin
of any preferred hue. Dainty sprays OF
flowers are hand painted or embroidered
in graceful curves upon the sides, front
and back of the box, and prettily made
bow of ribbon is fastened in each upper
front corner. The box is lined with quilt
ed satin of some delicate or bright color
and hollow cylinder Of card board o.
the depth Of the box is covered with Z
contrasting color in plain satin and per
manently fastened in central poslhSr
to the bottom of the box. The cylinde
provides a commodious receptacle for th'
cuffs and the collars are arranged arcane
it. The lid is smotobly covered and
lined to correspond with the box, and ;
graceful cluster Of flowers decorates its up
per side. The bows at the back corner ofth'
box are formed of ties sewed b the cor
ners of the box and lid, thus connecting
the two ornamentally in hinge fashion
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
THE JOYFUL DEATH JERK
The Pain, the Bliss of Hanging, as Des-
cribed by DIR. Taylor.
Albany Times.

Albany Times.
DIR. Taylor, the celebrated English writ
er ON medical Jurisprudence, says:
Death from hanging appears to take
place very rapidly and without causing
any spilelinI TO the person. 1t is OBJ
served that in those who are criminally
executed there are often violent convul-
sions of the limbs and trunk There is
no reason however, to believe that the
individual suffers pain any more than in
the commissions of an epileptic fit" And
Prof G. NJ Hammond, who is instructor
in diseases of the mind and nervous sys-
TEN in the New York Post-G raduate
medical college, cites a number of we'll
authenticated cases of persons who had
been cut down and resuscitated after
hanging until all sensation had ceased,
and who testified that they felt no pain,
but either heard noises of a musical char
acter or saw vivid light, beautiful be-
yond expression, that seemed to fill all
space. But not content with these re-
ports, Prof Hammond was so enthusiastic
in his study of the subject that he deter
mined to try the experiment on himself.
He says:
with the assistance of two medical
friends was partially strangled in the
following manner:
AFTER being placedi in n sitting posi-
ton in chair, a towel was passed around
my neck and the ends twisted together.
OF course, with every twist OF the towel
very forcibly compression was made on
the entire circumference of the neck. One
of my friends was intrusted with the op-
Grafton of twisting the towel, while the
other was stationed in front of me, in
order that he might watch my face, and
at the same time make the necessary tests
of the cessation of sensibility. =
my sensations from the first twist of
the towel may be briefly stated as follows
| first noticed "a sensation OF warmth and
tingling. beginning in the feet and quick
ly Passing over the entire body; vision
partially disappeared. but there was no
appearance of any colored lights. Nv
head felt as il about TO burst, and there
was confused rearing in my ears, such
as is heard when the ear is placed against
the opening of a she'll. ] suffered no loss
of consciousness, and was fully able to
tell my friends whether felt any pains
from the knife thrusts he was inflicting
upon my hand. In one minute and twen-
ty seconds from the commencement of
the operation all sensibility was abol-
ished After few minutes rest, a Sec
ond trial was made in the same manner
as before. This was followed by symptoms
similar in character to those mentioned
in the first attempt. except that sensibil-
ity ceased in five seconds A stab with
a knife, sufficiently deep to draw blood,
was indicative ofno sensation whatever"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13

Aunt Chloe was highly elated at the
idea which possessed her mind, that she
and her husband were to vote together.
| exhausted all my eloqueDce in the ef-
fort to convince her that her sex was an
insuperable barrier TO her exercising the
right of suffrage. AT last said:
"'Why, Aunt Chloe, women are not al
lowed to vote; have been free airny
life and have never voted
at was comical in the extreme to see
the look of commiseration which she cast
on me-
"Lor, Miss Cornely, knows you
can't, chile; | knows you can't. But den
you see, honey, Pso cullud pusson. and
/ kin. Iou know, chile, it do make a
heap of difiance desc heah days. Yes,
Miss Cornely, me and Hairson is gwine
TO de lection, and we'se agwine to vote
togedder, we is. We'se gwine to vote
togedder here and in de promised land,
Hallelu, ah :"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
"PuT HER THAR"
Tn. Young Man Who Evidently hao
the Law on His Side.
Arkansaw Traveller.

ArkanSaw Traveller
The other day lank young man from
the country, accompanied bya good look
ing Young woman arrived in the city and
stopped at our largest hotel.
al want you to do the best you ken Tor
u.s." said the young man to the clerk
for we've just got married and want TO
splurpe a little. Down in my country
Pm the boss. | ken lift agin any man IN
the community, and ken split more rails
in day than anybody sepenter knock
kneed Bill. the old Guinea Niger what
works on the Lige Sanders place You
don't know Lige Sanders, ! reckon. NoF
Wall you amt stirerd around much Jule
NV wife is calculated to be the best look
in female creetur in the county. Dinged
eff | thought could git her. / always
thought that Nat Wheetly was the boss
with her until last week when she told
me that Nat was dinged fool, and put
her hand in mine so trustin' like, that |
emmegitly squz her and axed her to be
mine. Then thar appeared a big tear IN
her eye, that very eye what's shlnin
over thar right now, and she said, said
she, 'Rube, Pm yourn for life? What
YOU fellers scrougin' roun' and GRIMM
about? Mr.. Hotel man, you don't keep
much manners in your house. Tell us
where onr room is, please. Say, reckon
Wen have the range Of the big room
whar all of them big lookin' glasses Is a
shinin'."
'Do you mean the parlor?" asked the
clerk, twisting one Of his diamond shirt
studs.
"Yes, the perlur."
Certainly, sir"
The Young man and his wife followed
a grinning negro and assembled TO the
paror. shortly after that the clerk,
while passing the parlor door, saw Rube
throw his arms around his bride and kiss
her.
Here" said the official, none of that.
If Won stay in this room you've got to be-
have yourselves"
"Ain't got a right to kiss her" asked
the young man.
eyes, but not here"
"rve got right to kiss her here or
anywhar else. For she's mine, amt you
Jule?'
Yes Rube."
"Didn't the Justice of the peace say
that you must cling to me ~
"Yes, Rube." =.
"And so you are agoin' to cling, amt
you ?"
"You know am, Rube."
"That settles it, Put her thar and
puckering up his mouth he received a re-
sounding smack.
"The law of Arkansaw says you can
put her thar, so put her thar agin, julie.
We're on 'lasses moon. Put her thar,
"A honey moon, Rube," timidly sug-
gested his wife.
"a honey moon," he repeated. Wall,
/ knowed il was suthin sweet. Put her
thar. Now, mister man" but the clerk
had vanished, and Rube, turning to his
wife, said;
"Arter a while you'll find out that I'm
a hero and boss. Put her thar"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
The Use of Flowers Forbidden.
81. Ionis Rennhlican.


One regulation just issued to the Cath
Ollie people Of the diocese of New York
deserves hearty commendation and
merits universal imitation wherever
church authorities can control the mat
ter. The use of flowers at funerals is for.
hidden, except in the case of Young chill
drcn, where there is an especial signifi.
canee and peculiar appropriateness in
their use where also, il might be added
there is less likelihood of the wholesale
abuse of the custom in which is lost ell
there is in il that is beautiful and touch
ing. The parade Of the floral mechanics
handiwork has come TO be not only an
eyesore but a downright agront to the
sincere and sacred grief which should
surround every coffin Lovely enough
in ideal sentiment, these gifts have come
TO be hollow, and meaningless form,
and the expensive floral structures that
are built for pure decorative effect are
no longer tokens of aiiectionate regard
and esteem, but too often offensive dis.
plays of pride and wealth They make
a gaudy show of every funeral, and cover
each new-madc grave with the descent
ing monuments of worldly and envi aus
effort 10 outvie each neighboring mound
in the profusion and splendor of this
funeral art. OF course these gifte do not
always grow out of 50 low feeling but
they so often do that the whole custom
has come TO be an aflront to all delicacy
and truth OF sentiment and to seem a
hideous mockery of what the gifts are
presumed to testify, whatever the real
intent of the giver.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
A STORY OF TWO BONNErS.
Hew a Young Woman Tried Ia Exchange
a Green slouCh for n Red Beauty.
San Francisco Csll


Green slouch for u Red Beauty.
San Francisco Csll
Wilhelmina Bertholda residing on the
the corner of Clay aud Webster streets.
sometime since purchased green bon
net from Mrs. Lizzie Clark, a milliner,
paying her $3.50 therefor. After she
took it home she was displeaScd with
her purchase and returned it to the mill
liner, claiming that it was not new, that
the lining and ribbons were soiled and
that trst-class milliner had declared
that it was not worth 50. She asked that
the money be refunded, but this was re-
fused. A day or two after, Johanna
wilkins, a fri End of Miss Bertholda. at
her request, called at the store Of the
miIliner and selected a red bonnet, val
ued at $40, saving it should be delivered
to Mr.. Meyers residence, where Mrs.
Bertholda lived, as that gentleman in
tended it as a birthday present to his
wife and would pay for it on delivery.
Mrs wilkins paid 80 cents deposit and
at an appointed hour a young girl was
sent to the house with the bonnet, with
instructions 10 bring il back if the money
was not paid. The messenger was met
at the door by Mr.. Meyer, who declined
to receive the bonnet, as he had not or
cred it; but he sent for his wife, and in
few moments it passed into the pos
session of Miss Bcrtholda, who refused
to surrender it or pay the $3.50 due. She
| however, offered the green bonnet to
the messenger, with request that she
| take il back to the milliner, but this the
messenger refused 70 accept. She went
away and reported what had occurred.
The next day search warrant was
obtained, but the red bonnet could not
be found, hence the arrest. The defend
ant said that, feeling that she had been
imposed upon, she had resorted to the
trick described to get another bonnet
/ She agreed TO return the red bonnet and
| the case was dismissed
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
4 STORY OF A SONG.
Tho strange Adventure That Once Beteil
John Howard Payne In Georgia.

Southern World,
John Howard Payne, author of Home,
Sweet Home,' was warm personal
friend of John Ross, who will be re-
membcred as the celebrated chief of the
Cherokees. At the time the Cherokees
were removed from their homes in
Georgia to their present possessions west
of the Mississippi river, Payne was
spending few weeks in Georgia with
Ross, who was occupying a miserable
cabin, having been forcibly elected from
his former home. A number of the
prominent Cherokess were in Fri on, and
that portion of Georgia in which the
tribe was located was secured by armed
squads of the Georgia militia, who had
orders to arrest all who refused to leave
the country. While Ross and Payne
were seated before the fire in the hut,
the door was suddenly burst open and
six or eight militiamen sprang into the
room. The soldiers lost no time in TAX
mitted to ride his own horse, while
Payne was mounted on one led by a
soldier As the little party left the hovel
rain began falling and continued until
every man was drenched thoroughly.
The journey lasted all night. Toward
midnight Payne's escort, in order to keep
himself awake, began humming Home,
home, sweet, sweet home" when Payne
remarked: Hn.
Little did expect to hear that song
under such circumstances and at such a
time. Do you know the author?"
NO. said the soldier. "Do your
YES" answered Payne. II composed
it."
"The devil you did You can tell that
to some fellows, but not to me. Look
here. You made that song, you say. If
YOU did and / know you didn't-you
can say it all without stopping. 1t has
something in it about pleasures and
palaces. Now pitch in and reel ii of, and
if you can't I'll bounce you from your
horse and lead you instead of it,"
The threat was answered by Payne,
who repeated the song in q slow, sub
dued tone, and then sang it, making the
old woods ring with the tender melody
and pathos of the words. 1t touched the
heart of the rough soldier, who was not
only captivated but convinced, and who
said that the composer of such song
should never 90 to prison if he could
help it, And when the party reached
Milledgcville they were, after a prelimi-
nary examination, discharged, much to
their surprise. Payne insisted it was be-
cause the leader Of the squad had been
under the magnetic influence of Ross
conversation, and Ross insisted that they
had been saved from insult and impris-
onment by the power of "Home, Sweet
Home" sung as only those who feel can
sing it. The friendship existing between
Ross and Payne endured until the
grave closed over the mortal remains of
the latter.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
A DANGEROUS DECISION.
A New Mrs. Langtry, and Why She
Was Sent to Jail.


Arkansaw Traveller,
"What is your right name |' asked the
Judge of negro woman who was blackcr
than the flesh pots Of Egypt.
Mrs. Langtry, sah."
"You are arrested for stealing under an
assumed name. Now want to know your
real name"
MIR Langtrv, sah."
what is your husbands name"
George Washington, sab"
"Then your name must be Mrs. Wash
ington."
"No it amt, case doan love him, an
de law says eff oman doan love her hus-
band she needn'ter war his name
"Why did you take the name Of Mrs.
I.angtry"
Cease it Jest fitted me, sab"
"You are regarded as a beauty, | sup
pose"
"Yas, is
"lt makes no difference if you have got
a heel like jay binds and mouth like
a coal bin, they think you are a beauty,
suppose
"Yas, da does"
"Well, Mrs. Langtry, you are charged
with stealing about two pounds of brass
iewelry"
Il didn't take no brass jewelry. All de
jewelry tux was copper"
"And, Mrs. Langtry," continued the
Judge, despite the respect have for the
English government and the magnificent
society Of London, the laws Of Arkansdw
compel me to send you to Jail. 1t may
cause war; the English minister may be
called home just as soon as the telegraph
announces my decision, but | cannot
avoid the step am taking"
al doesn't know what yer's talkin'
about Judge, but I'll 90 ter jail if dat's wot
yer requests"
yes, Jersey lily, you must 90 to jail,
though the whole country be plunged in
war Mr. Constable, what news from
the English minister? No dispatches ?
| Well, then take Mrs. Langtry TO her cell. y
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13
One Majority.

II understand, Barklow," said friend,
"that yor have become quite politician
oh, yes. | ran for magistrate in my
township the other day, and although |
have not been living there long, was
only beaten by one majority"
That's doing first-rate. Only beaten
by one majority. You'll be sheriff of the
county after awhile. How many votes
are there in the township? | should
think that q comparative stranger who is
only beaten by one vote can with encour-
agement aspire TO something great"
81 don't think So" -
"Why" .t.. f7..
"You see was beaten by one major
ity." ~
Eyes"
"Well, there are only three votes in
the township"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-13

Judge Lindsay of Kentucky is said to
make more money than any man in Ken
tucky bar. At the close Of the war he
swung blacksmith's hammer. Fifteen
years ago he was a struggling young law
yer. He was elected to the state senate,
made his mark, and was elected Judge OF
the court of appeals. After serving one
term he resigned and dropped into an
immense practice.