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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

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
SIrtes, 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 diarrheas 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., 1883-03-31

+ the gentleman who picked up ladys wallet In
j. Spring street car last Wednesday hight about
$50 O'clock head of Spring street, win return
the same to 80 Salem street, no questions will be
asked. mar31d3t*
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

The above shows conclusively that "Cleve-
lands Superior" Is q strictly pure Cream Of
Tartar Baking Powder. 1t has also been
analysed by Professor johnson OF Yale Col
iege; DR. Genth OF the University OF Fennsyl-
vania President Morton of Stevens Institute;
VIM. M. Habirshaw, Il. @. S. Analyst for the
Chemical Trade of Now York, and other emf
nent chemists, all of whom pronounce IL ALSO
lutely pure and healthful-I iaH'S Journal Of
JTooyb
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

To one and all we say, use Adamson's Bo-
tanic Cough Balsam. 1t is a sure cure for the
worst cough. Trial size 10 cents.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

'FROynE NhAEBH FOWutTs'7
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate of Soda
Carbonate of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch
Available carbonic acid gas 1910 per cent.
equivalent to 1862 cubic incLes Of gas per or.
of Powder.
Ammonia gas 0.43 per cent equivalent TO
104 cubic inches per or of Powder.
NoTE.-The Tartaric Acid was doubtless in
troduced as free acid, but subsequently COM
bined with ammonia, and exists in the Powder
as a Tartrate OF Ammonia.
Il. G. LOVE. Phi. ID.
NEW YORK, JAN'y 17TH 1881.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

Ar 10 a. m. today f. o. Bailey & Co. will
sell at rooms IS Exchange street, large lot
Of new and secondhand furniture consisting
in part of chamber sets, painted and B. W.,
lounges, sofas. chairs. spring rockers, ward
robes, bookcases, crockery, Brussels, ingram
and tapestry carpets, glass and tinware, four
cook stoves in good order
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

WE have this day received one of
the best cargoes of oysters that ever came
from Virginia. From this date until the close
of the oyster season We can furnish any
quantity, fresh opened by the gallon or any
number bushels in the shell. Another cargo
in a few days.
TIMMoNs & HAYES,
mai26d1w ISL Commercial Street
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

Goss Sawyer & Packard, Thursday took
contract to build the largest ship that has ever
been launched In Bath. She is to be com-
manded when done, by Capt. Thomas Glib
boDs of Bath
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
TO LET.

g UTE of rooms, third floor. front. with board.
- SO STATE COR. GRAY ST.
ar eodtf3p
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
ELIXIR TARAxI-
CUM COMPOUND

An agreeable Elixir composed
of Fresh Dandeli0n, Wild Cherry
and GeDtian, chemically combined
with Iron, Phosphorus and Quin-
inc. One dose of Elixir Taraix
Gun will correct INDIGESTION
and from one to three bottles (ac-
co. ding to the severity of the d.
sease) win permanently cure the
worst form of the complaint.
APPETITE, One bottle of Tarax-
icum Compound will insure
hearty appetite and increased di-
gesti0n. Large bottles so cents.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31

we have already advertised stock of Silks say tina
though reduced the considerably
fresh supply and still continue to offer great bargains.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
GlLBERT'S SUITINGS.

we offer 30 pieces Ga Gbert Sungs at per yard and
consist of all the New Spring Shades and Mixtures
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
GINGHAMS. &C,

We have fine line of Gnghams Satn Cambries
the lowest prices
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
new SPRING DRESS GOODS
chamberlain & HOMSTED'S
4JI CONGRESS STREET.
COLORED DRESS GOODS

We are now ready to display before Customers and Friends
nearly closed out and what display all New and Fresh We
call attention to Three Lots of All Wool Goods AZ inches
sold for that price,
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-31
BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT

IN this department. claim that cannot exceIled
styles and l0wnes OF any retail Boston, TIL
appear very singular to those who consider the size store
theless it is true.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
4 H4PPY THOUGHT

An intimate friend of the late Rev. DIR,
J. B. Wakeley tells an amusing anecdote
of him, as follows:
The doctor was most inimitable de-
ineator, and fond Of good story. He
related to me, with great glee, how he
extricated himself once from a most awk-
ward dilemma. Preaching in Hudson
river town on warm summer afternoon
to congregation of farmers mainly,
from the text. eff any man draw back
my soul hath no pleasure in him." he
inadvertently observed, "My brethren,
sheep never fight" Those who were
awake looked up at him, and showed by
their interest that the minister had never
seen two old rams trying to butt each
others brains out. The doctor discoy-
cred his mistake as soon as they did.
but, not seeing his way out of it, he re-
peated his statement with greater en-
phasis. Those of his audience who were
awake nudged their sleeping brethren.
who, on opening their eyes, looked
about to see what had happened. This
greatly embarrassed the doctor, and he
was now sadly puzzled. He ventured.
with still greater emphasis, to repeat the
statement, "My brethren, sheep never
fight" when luckily he saw his way out.
and doubling his fist struck it into the
palm of the other hand, adding, with
genuine JUNCTION, "except they first draw
back. "-Editor'S DraUer, IN Harper's
MagGziae.
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THE SOUTHAMPTON rNsURREcTIoy.

THE SOUTHAMPTON TNSURRECTIONe
The Southampton instruction star
tied the people of Virginia in the MONTH
of August, 1881. The leader was slave
named Nat Turner. It is said that from
childhood he seemed to have been the
victim of superstition and fanaticism, and
to have grown up in the belief that he
was destined to accomplish some great
purpose. He was austere in life and
manners, and impressed his associates
with the conviction that he was pro-
phet of the Almighty, and that he was
guided by inspiration from above. In
his confession he related that Oh May
II, 1928, he had a vision, and a spirit
visited him, and commanded him to be
ready at sign to be given in the heav-
ems to rise and slay his enemies. This
sign was to be the eclipse in February,
1881. The Fourth of July was the day
liked for the rising, but he fell IL, and
that time passed. The sign appeared
again, he said, and then he determined
to wait no longer. The instruction be-
gan on the night of Aug. 81, by the
massacre of his master, Joseph Travis,
and his family. Turner and his associ-
ates had agreed that, until they could
arm and equip themselves and raise a
sufficient force, neither age nor sex
should be spared, and this was their
course. They went from house to house,
massacring the whites, until their num-
bers were increased to over fifty, all
mounted and armed with guns and
! swords. axes and clubs. Their acts soon
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
Il GRAVE NATTER,

He came into the office and flew
around the counting room and back to
the editor with the startling inquiry:
"Did you hear the news ?"
''No," said the editor, all aire: ''What
is it? Where ? When? How did it hap
pen? Fire ? Murder? What is it, man o
Why didn't you hear about it? It's all
the talk. There's over thousand dead
people scattered around near the plank
road, and I left the place not an hour
ago."
"Good heavens !" yelled the editor
Glow did it happen? Let's go out
at once!' and he tore up and down the
den, got his coat and hat, kicked over
three chairs, scattered the newspapers
everywhere, spattered the paste up
against the wall and made Rome howl
generally.
"Hold ;" said the man with the
news; "don't get SO excited. Go SLOW"
eco slow How can ?"
eyes, but
"But what-but what ?"-gasped The
editor.
Well-ah-well-you see," and he
edged toward the door, "these dead
bodies are all buried in the cemetery,
and you know
But the editor didn't know anything,
and when he recovered from his sudden
revulsion of feeling the man with the
item was gone. The editor has
bought Gatling gun and put it Oh file
for future reference. Ste u6enUjlle Her
aid.
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GAmBErrA rs IN EDITOR.

Boston Transcript: Gambetta was
not brilliant writer, and he never
knew when to stop. It is related that
he would enter his editorial room, say
II shall want about half column to-
night, and. sitting down, he would be-
gin to cover page after page with his
close, cramped handwriting. For so
impetuous man he wrote a curiously
stiff hand, and, though his fingers
moved fast, their motion was feverish
and spasmodical. It could never be
said of him that he dashed off" any of
his illusions; he rather jerked them off,
swaying the upper part of his body pom
derously to and fro as he wrote, and
then collecting his thoughts by passing
his large left hand rapidly through his
hair. Black coffee would be brought
him, and he would go on writing; then
he would call for bottle of Burgundy,
and gulp down two or three glasses,
munching sweet biscuits afterward, or
else sticks of chocolate in lieu of dinner.
The editor, who had been making al
lowances for half column, would see
Gambetta's article overflow one column
after another, washing away all other
articles and notes, till it spread like an
inundation over the entire front page of
the paper. Then with hearty "OaJ,"
the French exclamation of relief, he
would throw down his pen and say,
"There, I think those few lines will
state our case plainly; what! do they
really run to five columns? SacrebEeaIi
it seemed to me as if I had only been
writing ten minutes !" and upon this he
would break into laugh that resound-
ed all over the Office.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
"THE SCPERLATIVE At PUBLIC
DINNERS.

Ionce attended q dinner given to a
great state functionary by functionaries
men Of law, state and trade. The
guest was great man in his own coun-
try, and an honored diplomatist in this.
His health was drunk with some &C.
acknowledgement Of his distinguished SER
vices to both countries, and followed by
nine cold hurrahs. There was the vic
ious superlative. Then the great official
spoke and beat his breast, and declared
that he should remember this honor to
the latest moment of his existence. He
was answered again by officials. Pity,
thought I, they should lie so about their
keen sensibility to the nine cold hurrahs
and to the commonplace compliment of
a dinner. Men of the world value truth.
in proportion to their ability, not by its
sacredness, but for its convenience. Of
such, especially of diplomatists, one has
a right to expect wit and ingenuity to
avoid the lie, if they must comply with
the form. Now, had been present, a
little before, in the country at cattle
show dinner, which followed an agricult-
ural discourse delivered by a farmer;
the discourse, to say the truth, was bad;
and one of our village fathers gave at
the dinner this toast: ''The orator of
the day: his subject deserves the atten-
ton of every farmer" The caution of
the toast did honor to our village father.
1 wish great lords and diplomatists had
as much respect for truth.-RazpA
Waldo Emerson, i11 the Ce1atatry.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
TWO DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLERS.

Two young ladies of Terre Haute
were returning from California. The
parlor car they were in was crowded with
passengers. At small station woman
in snowy attire entered and demanded
whole section of sleeping car. It was
not to be had, and the conductor, brake
man, porter and cook, who seemed to
be impressed with the new passengers
Importance, were ali painfully exercised
to know where toput her. They looked
at the other passengers with scorn, and
seemed, without exactly asking, to de-
mand an apology for their appearance
in the car where they had paid for rights
and privileges. The cause of all this
commotion was very blonde, very large,
very richly clothed and very swell.
When it seemed impossible to get her a
whole section, or even half one, she
turned to the young ladies and said !:
evil you consent to take the upper
berth of your section and let me have
the lower?"
''Sorry we can't oblige you," replied
one Of the pink-cheeked fairies; "but
really we prefer to keep the lower berth
ourselves"
Then the big blonde Strengthened her.
self up, threw inefable contempt and
superhuman Importance into her pale
eyes and said: Perhaps you don't
know who am %
"No, we DON'T" replied the Terre
Haute girl, in a tone of serene indiffer-
ence.
'I will tell you," said the woman Of
silks and jewels, as her face bloated and
warmed with dissatisfaction; 81 am
Mrs. Colonel Dunlevy Wickersham"
Ounlevy Wickersham is known all
along that end of the road as bonanza
man-bushels of money-so much that
he needs nothing more).
care you, indeed?" replied the Hoos-
Ter maiden, not at all overwhelmed.
perhaps you don't know who I amp"
Madame Bonanza's face said that she
didn't, and also that she had some curl
osity.
"Well, I am Mrs. General Grant"
"And I" said her companion, who
had hitherto kept client, Sam Queen
Victoria.
Madame Bonanza sided.-Indian-
GpoiS ReUieaO.
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SUPERSTITIoNs ABOUT MARRIAGE.

That May, with us, is not month for
marrying, may easily be seen any year
from the list of weddings in the Times
newspaper, the popular belief being
summed up in the familiar proverb {:
"Marry in May and you'll rue the day. -
Some of the numerous reasons assigned
for the ill-luck attaching to this month
are the following: That women dis
obeying the rule would be chill less or
if they had children, that the first-born
would be an idiot, or have some physi-
cal deformity; or that the married
couple would not live happily together
in their new life, but soon become weary
of each others neutrality-suspicious.
which still retain their hold throughout
the country. In spite, however, of this
absurd prejudice, it seems that in days
gone by May was honored in feudal
England as the month of all months
especially congenial to lovers.
naQ not spoke so some the words, out she,
My soversine, did thank me heartily,
And sadie, "Abide, ye shall dwell still with me,
Till season come for May, for then truly,
The King of Love and all his company
Shall hold his feste full rally and WELL"
And there bode till that the season fell.
On the other hand, June is q highly
popular month for marrying, one reason,
perhaps, being that the earth is then
clothed in her summer beauty, and that
this is a season of plenty. At any rate,
this notion may be traced up to the
time of the Romans, and thus, when
Ovid was anxious about the marriage of
his daughter, he
Resolved to match the girl, and tried to find
What days unprosp'rous were, what moons were
unkind:
After June's sacred ldes his fancy strayed,
Good to the man and happy to the maid.
Equal importance has been attached
by some to the day of the week on which
the marriage is performed. Thus Friday,
on account of its being regarded as an
inauspicious and evil day for the COM
mencement of any kind of enterprise, is
generally avoided, few brides being
found bold enough to run the risk of in
curing bad luck from being married on
a day of ill-omen. In days gone by,
Sunday appears to have been popular
day for marriages; although as Mr..
Jeafreson, in his amusing story OF
"Brides and Bridals,% remarks: GA
fashionable wedding on the Lords day
in London, or in any part of England,
would nowadays be denounced by re-
igious people of all Christian parties
an outrageous exhibition of impiety.
But in our feudal times, and long after
the Reformation, Sunday was, of all
days of the week, the favorite one fol
marriages. domestic Folk Lore.
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THE scHEM1NG ELEPHANTS.

P. T. Banum gives this anecdote in a
temperance lecture: "Last winter two
of my elephants began shaking with
chills one morning. The keepers ran
down to the village and got six gallons
of whisky. Hastily returning, three
gallons were given to each elephant.
Fortunately it cured them. They liked
the artificial warmth it superinduced.
Next morning when the keeper came to
them he found both elephants shaking
with might and main. NO you don't,
he shouted, you are well enough to-
day. and they stopped shaking"
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the north side, if possible, should be a
chamber heated by fues, hot air, steam
or water pipes, and with one opening
communicating with the outer fresh air,
and another on the opposite side con-
nected by suitable shaft or airway with
the hall of the ground-foor and general
staircase. Each room to have an OPEN
ing at its upper part into the chimney,
like an Arnott's ventilator, and capable
of adjustment as regards area of aper-
ture, and other openings of correspond
ing or excessive combined area leading
from the hall or staircase to the lower
part of the room. These should be COW
cred with perforated zinc or wire gauze.
so that the air may enter in q gentle.
broken stream.
All the outer house doors must be
double, /. e., with porch or vestibule,
and only one of each pair of doors
opened at once. These should be we'll
fitted, and the staircase air-tight. The
kitchen to communicate with the rest of
the house by similar double doors, and
the kitchen fire to communicate with
the upcast shaft or chimney by as small
a stovepipe as practicable. The kitchen
fire Will thus start the upcast and COM
mence the draught Of air from the warm
chamber through the house toward the
several openings into the shaft. In cold
weather this upcast action will be greatly
reinforced and maintained by the gen
eral warmth of all the air in the house,
which "@,vif will bodily become an up
cast Shut Immediately the inner tenn
peratuso exceeds that OF the air outside.
But the upcast OF warm air can only
take place by the admission of fresh air
through the heating chamber, thence to
hall and staircase and through the
rooms into the final shaft or chimney.
In summer, the kitchen fire would
probably be insufficient to secure a suf-
ticiently active upcast. To help this
there should be in one of the upper
rooms-say an attic-an opening into
the chimney secured by a small we'll
fitting door, andaltogether inclosed with
in the chimney small automatic slow
combustion stove Or large gas burner.
The heating chamber below must now
be converted into cooling chamber by
an arrangement of wet cloths or by the
use of ice, so that all the air entering
the house shall be reduced in tempera-
ture.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
Il COSTLY VAR.

In the Franco German war the Ger
mans lost over 10000 men by disease or
the casualties of battle. It is to be re-
membered that every one of these was
a picked man, in the full vigor of life,
when he ought to be adding to the
wealth Of the country and raising up q
family to strengthen the state. Beside
the official cost of the war, the voluntary
contributions amounted to $4,000, 900
in money OR kind. This was the price Of
q successful war, waged by the most
economical of nations.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30

making these rows three feet apart.
then take small shovel pillow and mark
the ridges, making furTow with small
pillow Oh the ridges. A hand follows,
dropping the seed eighteen inches apart.
I then cover the seed with leveler, and
this leaves the ridges leveled. About
the time the cane begins to come out of
tine ground I take side-harrow (the
same as we use in our cotton and side
harrow the rows. After I get this work
done, I let it stand week. Then I go
into it with cotton-scraper and scrape
each side OF the Tow very close, so as to
let the cane stand on four-inch space.
Two hands follow behind with hoes, and
hoe the cane to stand, leaving five
stalks to the bill. After this working is
done, I go over it again, putting hill
to the cane with shovel-plows. After I
I go over it this time I let it stand eight
or nine days. At the end of that time
I go over it again with turning-plows,
and put hill to the cane and lay it by.
I think it very easy crop to manage.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
ORIGIN OF THE CAMP-MEETING.

UH1GIN O6 The CAMP-MEETING.
There are those who trace the origin
of the camp-meeting to Old Testament
times, and refer to many passages from
Genesis to the days of John the Baptist
for proofs. We will, however, consider
its rise as strictly American, and make
no other mention of the Bible references
than are suggested in the opening para
graph.
The first camp-meeting in the United
States was held in the year 1899, on the
banks of the Red river in Kentucky.
The way it came about was somewhat
peculiar. Two brothers named MCGEE,
one Methodist and the other Presby-
terrain, were on a religious tour from
Tennessee to place called in those days
the "Barrens. They stopped at O set
Element to attend a sacramento occasion
with Presbyterian minister, the Rev.
Mr.. McGreely by name. John MCGEE,
the Methodist, preached on invitation,
and his services are described as having
been marked with great liberty and
power" McGee's brother and the Rev.
Mr.. Hoge followed with sermons, and
their effects were remarkable, as they
produced clears of contrition and shouts
of Joy"
The several Presbyterian ministers,
the Rev. Messrs. McGreely, Hoge and
Rankins, left the house, but the McGees
were too powerfully affected to depart.
John was expected to preach again, but
when the time came he arose and in
formed the people that the overpower-
ing nature of his feelings would not al
low of his preaching, and he exhorted
them to surrender their hearts to God.
The excitement is said to have been in
describable. The reports of these Won
derful services were heard by the people
in the country round, and many rushed
to the place to see the preachers and
witness the unusual religious exercises.
the meeting house was overfowed, and
an altar was erected to the Lord in the
forest.
This added new interest to the move
ment, and people assembled from far
and near, with provisions and other nee
essaries for camping ont, and remained
several days, living in tents. For the
time UNCONVENTIONAL divisions seemed to
be forgotten, and the services were con-
Quoted by Presbyterians, Methodists
and Baptists.
The results were so wonderful that
another meeting of the same sort was
suggested, and was held on the Muddy
river, and still another was held on what
was called the Ridge, both having been
attended by great crowds who came fol-
many miles around. These services were
continued and extended with similar re.
suits, the Presbyterians and Methodists
directing and conducting them. It is
stated that at one of these meetings in
Kentucky there were present at least
10000 persons.
The Presbyterians gradually retired
from the field, while the Methodists
carried the meetings to all parts of the
country. Since then other denonlina
tons have adopted them, and they have
continued with more or less efficacy ur
to the present Chicago Int,
| Ocean.
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/: SWEDEN MAKING MATCRES FOR
THE TYORLD.

The British Consul at Stockholm calls
attention to the remarkable growth of
the export trade in Swedish matches
Nearly 100000 skalpunds (about 49,
00,00Opounds avoirdupois) were shipped
during 1880. One "tane-sticker fab
rick" alone, which is stated to be fast
gaining worldwide celebrity for the
quality combined with cheapness of its
products, employs 872 hands, of whom
$50 are women. This factory was orig
inally started on very small scale in
1916. The precautions adopted against
fire are said to be so efficient that the
buildings are insured for comparatively
low premiums. The little boxes in
which the matches are packed-now IA
miliar throughout the world-are made
by prisoners in the jails of Stockholm.