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The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
SUGGESTION OF VALUE

Hot irons should never be used for
embroidery.
In beating butter always take the back
of your spoon.
Spiral mignonette is used in great pro-
fusion for flower decoration.
Mirrors should not be hung where the
sun shines directly upon them.
To relieve hiccough at once, take
lump of sugar saturated with vinegar.
Alum is one of the best additions to
make whitewash of lime that will not
rub off.
Uemorrhage OF the lungs or stomach
may be quickly stopped by small doses
of salt.
Dried bark of sassafras root put around
dried fruit will protect it from worms.
Raw starch applied with little wafer
as paste, will generally remove all stains
from bed ticking.
Ifyou wish to produce glue that will
resist water, boil one pound OF glue in
two quarts of skinned milk.
Folding screens for holding eight or
ten photographs are handsome when
covered with plush OF velvet.
An orange eaten before breakfast cures
the craving for liquor and improves
disordered stomach.
To prevent sausages from bursting
when cooking, never make a hole in
them with fork while turning.
Among house decorations none are 50
popular az jardinieres of fine majolica
filled with artificial plants and tiowcrs.
Those who have remnants of plush can
take them to the picture-farmer to be
made into picture flames and easels.
The rage Of Japanese ornaments of all
kinds, for rooms, halls, parlors, cham
bers and boudoirs, is on the increase.
A thin coat of varnish applied to straw
mating will make it more durable, and
keep the mating fresh and new.
Filling lamp when it is lighted is
sometimes dangerous, that ought never
be done. 1t can be avoided by filling
it in the morning.
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The Weliand Canal.
Gath" in New York Tribune.

httn III new 1ork lrtDune.
Few Americans have any idea about
the Wuelland canal. l looked at this
new achievement of the Canadians last
week; the Great Western railroad OF
Canada runs beneath the canal by tun-
mel; the old Welland canal, which is still
used lies some two or three miles to the
west of the present one. The old canal
was towpath concern and did not adj
nit steain-tug coincident with the YES
sci. The new canal has fourteen feet OF
water when there is high water, bat in
in summer drouth it is said to be less
than fourteen feet. II is a magnificently
constructed work, and cxcitcs surprise
that the Americans should have permit
ted the Canadians to anticipate them.
Yet it viii be observed that the facil-
tiles for this canal through Canada are
much better than through the United
States. The axis OF the two lakes, Erie
and Ontario, passes through Canada
the Niagara river issues ficn the exit rme
eastern end Of Lake Erie, while Lake
Ontario owe rlaps Lake Erie consider bly,
in Canada. II is rather startling TO see
moving through the apparently solid
ground. Ri the country is very high
where the new Wclland canal is built.
tall, massive ocean steamers, iull-ngged
ships, etc. sometimes IS continuous as u
caravan across the desert. They 20
along silently, not a seuud or whistle es.
Gaping them, and the visitor sometimes
thinks his mind is deceived and that
the landscape is haunted.
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awake It; and it altogether proved to be
one of the most remarkable instances oil
the sleep of fishes we recollect to have
met with.
The weather was heavy and the tide
low. and the probability is that lethargic
fishes, such as these ground dogs, are
readily affected by the weather, and that
sleep will account for a great many
strange actions on their part, and occa-
sionat examples of imbecile conouct
even in unusually intelligent species.
A few days previously, as We suddenly
approached the tangle-fringed shore OF
an island, our champion shouted, Il
have the first fish at any rate" and leap
ing ashore, drew beautifully specimen
of Muller's Topknot from among the sea-
ware, where it was struggling, belly up
having apparently been disconnected by
the approach of our boat at low water
In all likelihood this fish had been
asleep, or it could not have been taken
80 nnawares. All the specimens of this
elegant species of flat-flsh taken on our
shores, either in Loeb Linuhe, as in this
case, or in our own loch, have the bril-
liant orange spot soTe way above their
tails. This bright spot, with dark ring,
imparts brilliance to this .richly-toned
little fish that no others of the class can
lry claim to. One would naturally sup
pose that this fish, like other flat-fish
would be sand and mud frequenter,
but we have almost invariably taken
them in the vicinity of rough ground =
tangle-grown, rs, in this case and to
cur mind this would account for the
richness.ofton that the tangleIsand alar.-
as seem to impart to their habitues.
Our experience is constantly pointing
TO the fact that these rough tangle-grown
stretches of sea bottom are among the
greatest nurseries of our fishes, and is
quite mistake to suppose that they are
devoid of fish-life, other than the various
classes of notwithstanding wrasses and
perches
A party of salmon fisherman were
drawing net in the neighborhood, when
boat load of Obar trawlers were pass
ing, and these chaffed the fishermen un.
mercifully for drawing stretch of rough
rock-invaded coast. No doubt this Is
rarely done on account Of the danger to
the net, but in this case these skilled
O5an poachers, who are especially well
acquainted with the habits of the salmo-
nidac at sea, alluded to the absordity OF
expecting salmon to be on rough and
dirty with seaweed) shore. Their as
sistance was, however, good-naturedly
given a. the drawing of the net, which
to their astonishment, contained an ex
ccptional draw of unusually fine fish
There is thus unquestionGbly secure
breeding-ground left around our rocky
coast for certain classes of fish ant
whether the salmon enter this GROUND
for feeding purposes, or more to pass the
time until they get into their particular
fresh water, we are, of course, ignorant
As yet We arc entirely lat sea" as tC
the progress of the salmon at sea.
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The Approaching Comet.
Toronto Globe


Prof. Carpmael caught glimpse the
other night of the new comet; but, as it
was only few minutes in an opening
in the cloudy sky, time was not afforded
for the measurements of brightness and
dimensions. Prof Carpmael says the
nucleus was not well-defned, but tail
was peceptible apparently few rninutes
in length.
This comet, which was discovered
September B, by Prof. Brooks in the con-
stellation Draco, is still in the same con-
stellation, but is brighter for its distance
from the earth than it was at the same
during its last appearance in 1872. 1t is
still in the constellation IN which it was
first noticed, and is making but slow
progress across the heavens, and but
slowly increasing in brightness. It's flu
ture path, from its present position in the
northwest heavens, will be across Lyra
and Cygnus and Pegasus, till, about the
end Of January, it disappears below the
horizon in the South, II will reach
perihelion, the point in its orbit nearest
the sun, on January %, when it will be
about 100000 miles from the earth.
II will be visible TO the naked eye about
the middle of Decenber, aud will rapid
ly increase in brightness after the end of
November. Although it will be brighter
than its last appearance, it will not be
nearly so prominent an object in the
heavens as the great comets of last year
and 1881.
The comet reached perihelion Septem-
Der Is, 1912, and the interval between
then and January 25 its next perihe-
lion, will bs 7l.5 years. Calculations
made in 1912 predicted its return in
7O.6 years, so that our present celestial
visitor is overdue nearly nine-tenths of q
year-certainly not very surprising
lateness in visitor who calls so seldom
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either side of the Golden Gate, the cable
to pass through pulleys anchored ON the
bar a second plant of cables running
straight across the channel at Fort point,
and still a third one to bar the entrance
to the bay at Black point. The object is
not only to keep hostile fleets from en-
tering the harbor. hut also TO prevent
ironclads from shelling the city. The
cables of course, are to be strung in time
of war only. Senator Jones and Con.
gresham Rosecrans approve Of the plan
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
Onward The Power OF Beauty Takes s

The pursuit of beauty is becoming the
master passion of the nge.
And il is well.
Supreme beauty is the ultimate end
of all effort.
The age Of decoration is upon us; ana
because the age of decoration can only
come after the age of utility is fully es'
tablished, we hail it as the dawn OF the
new era.
The ultilitiarian age was the age OF
man. The decorative age is the age Oh
woman.
Utility represents the needs of the
spirit.
Man is the representative OF the pny
steal; woman is the spiritual.
The man era has laid the foundation
in uses, for the woman era that Is 10 F"
built in beauty.
And the woman era is here, ana wv
man is ripening for her queenshlp IN he'
own dominions. an
Every day, every hour, sees her SUI,
farther emancipated from mans reeehr!
still farther precipitated upon her oSs ,hs
true course marked out for her IN t,r
very essence of her being; predicted ~
infaIl'ble law, unalterable and unde'"
ting as life itself. :. ,hs
Hope and fear! What place IN lne
growing soul can these feelings ocGuT'
Absolute certainly destroys them pc.rI
and substitutes the repose OF hign ~.
holy receptivity TO the influx OF '"'
light now descending upon Us, ...,
To be true to ourselves, TO that n.ns.
consciousness las yet scarcely COMP,
hended by NAM telling Us forever anof 81
beauty is nobler than use-propneu. -
the perfect fruit justice. this is our d".} s
For jus ice is equilibrium. IL u me T
balancing ofthe male and female OF hs Ihs
physical and spiritual. IL means ALE Ms
movement which order renders poSsihvi;,, shs;,
like that which holds the planets IN .psm han
orbits. 1t means uncnding life, the can. SrI'
ishment of death. II means the iu,nh
ment of Christs mission and the es'''
lishment of Immortality in the nes"'
The drouth has affected the crsn ;ss p-m;s
crop TO such an extent that crahpe''''
may be scarce.
Bismarck 10 timber merchant sno
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
THE WORD "0BEY.' -
Is u Commonly Used In tho Marriage
Service?
Boston Globe

Rnston Globe
Announcements having appeared fire.
qnently of late that clergymen in Canada
and elsewhere emitting the word 'obey"
from the marriage service, prominent
Boston ministers were visited by Globe
reporters. yesterday, to ascertain their
customs and views in the matter. The
result was given below:
Res. n. Bernard Carpenter said: Il
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10

The crop of potatoes in the United
Kingdom this year is estimated to be
double tina. of last year.
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
They Wouldn't Acclimate,
Pittsburgh Dispatch.

There was recently brought here for
exhibition band of six natives of the
headwaters of the Amazon, South Amer
lea. They are known by their Portu-
guese name of Botocutoes," and have a
tribal popularity in the unnatural dis
tension of the lowar lip of the female
The band here comprises FIVE persons,
two males and three females, two of the
females have their lower lips distended
nearly four inches from the gums by
means Of a block of wood over which It
is drawn. The lip protrudes at right an
giles with the face; fiat and rounded at
the edges, something resembling the
palm of the hand. Cuiquebctzo. the
youngest of the women, whose name
mean " Bird on the Wing" now lies at
the p int of death at the Red Lion Ho-
tel. 'hc could not acclimate, and having
been attacked with pneumonia, is sink.
ing rapidly. DIR. Shaw and two other
physicians are in constant attendance
upon her
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10

{Dns million cattle have died oftl,e
1e q HsgoPeen Rnsnia, IN the paa
;ss = -
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10

The Prince OF Monaco has had the
census taken. Persons who have an in
terest in Statistics, and in the decrease
and increase Of the inhabitants of large
states, may be glad to learn that the pop
ulation of his domains now reaches 9,l6s
souls including strangers of all nations %
In the good old days before the establish.
mept Of Monte Carlo, viz. in 1867 they
mustered 27.O00
Wood ashes and bone dust are good
lbr grape vineA
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10

Bismarck 10 timber merchant ~" Ivy
distillcr. He has just built q new "s''s
OF German brandy at Varztn.
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
THE IMPAssABLE FALLS.

When Porter was informed that the
army would soon take up the march in
retreat his entire fleet was above the
falls. Some of the vessels had been ta-
ken above after great trouble and now
all were in trap. The river had fallen
until there was not sufficient depth to
float the lightest craft.
The current of the river was about
eight miles an hour and the greatest
depth of water on the rapids only six
feet. The bed of the river seemed full Of
rocks and the water tumbled over them
until it seemed as II skiff could not
find safe channel Porter must either
get his fleet over these rapids or aban-
don it and march his men with the army.
1t appears that the idea of dam was
first bioached by an engineer named
Bailey, ranking asa lieutenant colonel
The river was nearly 800 feet wide, the
water falling every day and thus adding
10 the velocity of the current, and Bal
ley's plan was hooted and ridiculed by
engineers and officers alike. Porter
eushci over il before the fleet was safe,
but before the work was begun he scout
ed the idea and announced that he
would blpw up every boat in his fleet il
the water did not rise in time.
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
THE RED RIVER DAM.
How a Lieutenant Colonel Saved
Admiral Porter's Fleet.
4 Brilliant idea from a Subordinate Is De-
vslopsd into an Eight Days Wonder o'
Engineering Success.
N. Quad in Detroit Free Press.


Banks Red river expedition was back
cd by Psrter with his Mississippi fleet OF
gunboats. The vessels had made their
way up on rising river, and were all
above the Alexandrian falls, when early
in May, Banks received orders to evacu'
ate the country. The expedition had re-
suited in the capture of a few river YES
sells, two or three small forts and posts
and the occupation eta long stretch
Country, but no great advantages had
been secured. The expedition, as a
whole, was ordered by Halleck, inteffeT-
cd with by Grant and SherHan, broken
up by UNLOCKED for accidents and circum-
stancesrsnd taken altogether was blum
dgeS for which some one higher in author.
ity than Banks should have been inves
tigated. Porter, in his official report
says he requested Gen. Banks to have
the dam built. Banks, in his official re-
port claims to have first broached the
subject to Porter. 1t was an expedition
in which no one had faith, no one seem.
cd to have supreme command, and about
the only advantage gainedwas the cap
iure of large quantities of cotton. Had
not Banks received orders to evacuate
the country he could not have tarried
lonrcr. Provisions and ammunition were
running low, the Confederates were
gathering to fall upon him, and that he
Succeeded 81 in getting his army out of the
tap when ne did was locked upon as a
piece of good luck. $50
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BEGINNING WORK.

Banks agreed to prolong his stay until a
dam could be erected, and when the task
had been decided on at least $4,000 men
went to work, There were wood chop.
pers and loggers and lumbermen and
bridge-builders in that army, and had
the question been put them in the tirsl
elace it,would have been carried by q
unanimous vote.
There was plenty Of timber and stone
at hand, though chimneys and walli
were torn down for bricks, and som,
square timber hauled several miles. Tn,
work was porto ned off to gangs, and NJ
task was ever prosecuted with greater
harmony. After the choppers had thrown
down tree another detail trimmed of
the limbs, third scored and faced, an(
the timer was then picked up and car
ried to the bank. In some cases fifty
men, each seizing the end of hand
rpike thrust under the log, carried i
along with military step and perfec
ease.
Inc uain WIS Tuue dl,ur -inttHuco
simply TO back up the waters until the
fleet could pass over the rapids. A par
of the dam was composed of cribs of tim
bcrs filed with stone. and the ston,
were hauled from one to three miles. Ii
eight days the 1900 men had accom-
plished what a civil engineer would no
guarantee to do in four years. The dan
stretched out from both banks until tn,
csrrent and depth of water would per
NIT of no more work. Barges filled witt
stoue were then sunk to narrow Tho
passage still more, and in eight hour
The rapids had almost disappeared il
tho hack water
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10
THE ACCIDENT.

Had Porter been ready to go over at
this time nothing would have been easi.
or, but he was engaged in sending his
heavy guns ashore. II was seen that the
pressure ON the dam was becoming so
.reat that it must give way, and the three
or four nearest boats were put through
the channel at a moments notice and
without much peril. The last boat came
down as part of the dam near the CEN
tire was forced out by the pressure of the
water. In tweuty minutes the six feet
of back water on the rapids had disap-
peared, ana the army realized that it
must renew its labors.
The work of choppiRg, digging, carry
ing and lifting was the easiest part OF
the work. Nearly a thousand men, all
Oh them stripped of coats and vests, were
obliged TO work in water from two to
four feet deep, and scores of them with
ropes around their waists to prevent the
current from tumbling them down stream.
Scarcely one had cscaped chills aud fe-
yer and rheumatism, and OF those on
shore every back ached and every hand
showed blisters. And yet within an
hour after the break il the dam the ar.
my was at work apain. There was no
longer any doubt that the fleet could be
saved.
THE NEW DAM.
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The drouth has affected the Gran pe.,s r;ss
crop TO such an extent that crahpe''''
may be scarce.
The Osceola times., 1883-11-10

Col. Bailey saw that he must leave a
- ~ 6pcro n The centle, and while
- ~ 4 ~ = two q
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-07
FREE BAPrISTS.


The Maine Central yearly meeting conven-
ed, Monday, with the Court street Free Bap,
fist church, Auburn. An interesting prayer
meeting occupied the hour from to o'clock
At this hour the COME renee organized as fol
lows: o. b. Cheney, D. d., president; Rev
C. F. Penney, vice president; J. J. Hall
clerk and treasurer l.. Given, assistant clerk
business committee, Rev. Messrs J. J. Hall
S. z. Morrill,, J. n. Hall, II. J. White, A.
NJ. Jones.
The forenoon session was occupied by the
usual business of the Quarterly Meeting.
AT the afternoon session. Rev. II. j. White
of Bath, preached AN nt,resting sermon. 1t
was followed by the consideration of the
Home Missionary work in Maine. Address
es were made by Rev. Messrs. J. J. Hall
o. ID. Patch and others. Wednesday even
ing Rev. C +. Penney of Augusta, preached
at 1.i5 o'clock.
The delegates present from Arson Quart.
erly Meeting-G W. Colby, f. H. Butts, L.
Hutchins E,lgecomb Quarterly Meeting-G
). Hill Pennington Quarterly Meetings..
z. Morrill,. q. w. F. Hill, c. Campbell
Bowdoin Quarterly Meeting-C. F. Penney
B. Millari. o. Il. Cheney, A. NJ. Jones, y
ID Patch q. l.. Gle, J. n. Hail. NJ. Getch
ell, +. q Page, J. Nickerson, II. J. White
j. J. Hall. A. Lib5ey; Watervile Quarterly
Meeting-L. Given, J. Spinney. Also {
large number of visitors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-07

The following are the trotting premiums
offered by the Eastern Maine Fair Associa-
ton at their opening, to be holden in Bangor,
Sept. 18th, 26th, 27th and 2sth:
FIRST DAY.
No $500 for three minute class.
No. $3.50 for stations that have never
beaten = -.
No $3.50 for year olds and under-best
in 81 haltmile heats.
SECOND DAY.
No $500 for two-forty-fiv class.
NJ. 5.-Sl50 for 4-year-olds and under
best in ;.
No. $500 for two-thirty-one class.
M. 7.-Sl50 for running race, (fleet) mile
heats-best in 3.
THIRD DAY.
No. $500 for t~o-ffty class.
No. $3.50 for two-thirty-six class.
No. TO- 500 for best gentleman's driving
horse to ~a,on-style and speed considered.
FOURTH DAY.
No U-S200 for ,wo-forty class.
No. I2.-sl200, free to all horses, with
$500 to the winner of fastest beat, If better
than ~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-07
A Noteworthy Family Reunion.

The pleasant little village of Brunswick
has been the scene of a delightful reunion in
the family of Deacon Favel Bowker, former.
iy of Phippsburg. Five Daughters repre-
senting FIVE different States, viz, Mrs. Can't.
5. c. Morrison of Brunswick. Mrs. DR..
Thomas Henderson of Denver. Col, Mrs.
Walter l.. Cliff of Washington. ID. c.. Mrs
Charles E. Thyng of New Hampton, n. H.,
Mrs. Dr. StanwoOd of Newark, n. j., and
the only son, Mr.. Edwin Bowker of Bruins
wick, gathered around the family hearth
stone and made the air merry with their
"reminiscences of childhood The dear old
hymns were sung, and for brief space time
seemed Ia have rolled back the heavy burden
OF years, and brought again the band of light
hearted children with no trace of care or sor-
row. The family record is an honorable
one. Mrs. Flavel Bowker, the mother. is
the daughter of the late Col. Andrew Reed Of
RhIppsburg, who during the war of 1915,
commanded the regiment stationed at Fort
Popham to guard the mouth of the Kennebec
river. She is the granddaughter of Briga-
der General McCobb, who accompanied
Benedict Arnold in his celebrated expedition
against Quebec. Deacon Bowker's father.
Major Bowker, will be remembered as the
first man to draw up and sign temperance
pledge. He reared large family of chill
dren, all of whom have strictly followed in
their fathers footsteps, and are honorable
men and women. The children of Deacon
Flavel Bowker, now so widely scattered. bear
testimony to the value of their early Chris
tan teachings, and the value of consistent
Christian example.