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store Cattle-The call for them was light
Mich Cows and Springers-Prices have not adj
vanced trade slow. We note sales of new Mich
sos.
Sheep and Lambs-Lambs cost landed at the
yards 6@61ac p ib live weight; Sheep 5za96c.
Hwine-Western Fat Hogs cost. landed at the
SLAUGHTER houses S61AGDS53Ac ~ tb live weight
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CHEAP OCEAN TICKETS.

A LII desiring TO nd tor friends in the Old Coun-
"A try will save money by buying their prepaid
steerage tickets at the General Ocean Steamship
Office, No. % Exchange Street. don't mistake; hf
number) at the sign of the big Locomotive, at pre-
sent reduced rates by theCunaTd and other fast IRA
class mail steamers coming direct across tire ocean.
on the warm Gulf Stream route, thus avoiding al
dangers from Ice and icebergs. / can sell prepaid
steerage passage tickets from Queenstown, London
derry and Belfast for S2i.00; Dublin S22.0O; Lon
don, Bristol, Cardih and Galway, $4,000; Ham
burg, Antwerp, Hayre, Mannheim, Amsterdam, Ro
terdam Paris, Bremen and Har lngen, S27O0
Copenhagen, Christiana, Christi lsand, Bergen
Trondhjem, Goteborg, Malno, S28 DO; children IN
der 10 half fare. Sterling and Scandinavian
change at low rates. j. L. FARMER, Agent, ii
jan 24dtf % Exchange st.
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A Boel. for Every MAN: yOung. middle
FlSTULA AND PILES

cured without the Use OF the Knife.
WILLIAM READ on. D., Harv tcd, lS42), and
ROBERT NJ READ M. D., Ha1 yard, 1879, Offices,
EVaps House, e55 fremont street Boston,
give special attention to the treatn emit OF FHSTU-
IA PILES AND ALL DIs GASES OF
TEE RECTURH, without detention from busi-
ness Abundant references given. Pamphlet sent
on application.
feb10d1y
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,o-day's closing, quotations on
The Wool Market.

BosFoN, Oct. 10--[ Reported for the Pressl.-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon
Ohio and Pennsylvania
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......10 O0@12 90
n-.Hr


~ A4AAasf Z Oe-C ~
Sman.--,....3 1904 90
Pollock .......2 25a3 so
Haddock. 2 22M2 rs
Hake -. 2 25@2 30
Herring,
Shore, Rbbl. 3 1894 so
Seal " box. 25@3O
No. / $1,000. 1925
Mackerel, Pbbl.
Bay NO. i.
Bay No. g.. a
Shore No. liz 5o@2o SO
No. 2......14 26@l5 80
Large 3. =. IL 00@l2 90
Medium 10 50@11 90
Small 500. 6 1907 so
Clam bait... 5 0Ot0 q 90
GunpOwder.
Blasting 80. 3 50@ 4 90
Sporting. -. 6 25@ 6 5O
Hay
Pres'd' Ptonl0 00@13 00
Loose. ......Il 0O@13 90
Straw. ..... s 000lO 90
kimaes 4
Per cask. ,...,.. 1O(
Cement......... 15(
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,5NIbIhlUB, 10
salt.

Turks Islano.
" hid. (bd.)2 O0@2 90
Bonaire ....2,00@2 30
Cadiz. du. pd2 O0@ 2 so
Cadiz. b'd1 1 75@ 2 90
Liverpool.
Duty paid l rs az 90
In bond ] 50@l rs
Grind butter. 16 y box
Liv. fine sack. i 25M1 rs
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Barque j Carlton, Amesbury, at New York fin
Antwerp, reports. Sept and 2, experienced hur-
rcane lasting 80 hours, dnring which lost and split
sails Was under bare poles 10 hours.
Sch Sea Breeze Kent, from New York for Bucks
port, with coal, went ashore NJ 10th, on Brgadier
island. Penobscot river, and remains.
Sch Mariel, of Machias, which went ashore at Lit
tie Head Harbor near Jonesport, Sept 29th will be
a total wreck Sails and rigging saved also. her
cargo of.lumber.
Sch Sea Foam, of Ellsworth, was ashore 4th inst
on the lodges southwest of Sheep Island.
Sch Mabel Hooper, from New Yerk for Galveston,
which has been reported cut of time, arrived at
destination 9th inst
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CHICAGO. Oct lob ogs-Receipts 26 900 head;
"a: packing and shipping at S5de 10; light at
SOa5 20; skips at O0@4 rs.
Oaffle-Receipts /, 100 head; shipments $500 nd:
GOOD strong; common slow exports 6 OO06 so; good
To choice Shipping at 8 4O15 SIS.
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head shipments 200 head;
inferior to fair 25@3 90; good s 81; choice 90.
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For the week ending Wednesday, Oct. H.
Amount of stock at market-Cattie 267 Sheep
and Lambs 7060; Swine 1880; number Of Yves
tern Cattle 997 number OF Eastern Cows, Mich
Prices of Beef Cattle y 100 fb,ive weight-Ex-
ira aus lily at 50017 co. first quality at OOC0
6 871@; second quality 371a@5 81 a; third quail
itg at 4 50@5 25; poorest grades of coarse Oxen,
Bulls etc. at 8 00@4 90.
Brighton Hides at nc VI ID.
Brighton Tallow &c " fb.
Country Hides, heavy at 7c U 10
Country Hides light, at &c p ID.
Country Tallow 4g413c y ID.
Calf Skins lie " 10.
Sheep Skins 50075c each.
Lamb Skins at 75c9 90 each
The supply of Cattle was light and prices did not
vary from last week.
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-
Trains leave Portland
At Q .. m. Daily CSight PulIman) for saeo,
Biddof0Ed, Kennebunk, Conway Junet., Kittery,
Portsmouth, Eewbnryport, Salem, Lynn and
Boston, arriving ct $50 q. m.
At s, AS a. m. for Cape Elizabeth. Scarboro, Ssco,
Biddeford, Kennebunk Wells, North and South
Berwick, Conway Junction, connecting for all
stations on Conway Division. Kittery, Portsmouth,
Newburyport. Salem Gloucester, Rockport,
At 1885 p. m. (Express1 for saco. Biddeford,
Kennebunk, No. Berwick, Conway
junction, Kittery, Portsmouth,, Newburyport,
Salem, Lynn, and Boston, arriving at Ado p m,
connecting with Sound aud Rail Lines for all
Southern and Western points.
At $50 p- m. Express(, for Boston and principal
Way Stations, arriving in Boston at lOOO p. m.i
connecting with Rail Lines for New York.
Sundays at 2.00p. m. Express for Boston and
principal Way Stations, arriving at Boston 6.3O
p. m. connecting with Fall River Line for New
York.
Trains Leave Boston
At 100, 900 M, and arrive in Portland at 11.55
a. M and 1885 p. m. At IL. 80 p. IN. and arrive
IN Portland 500 p. m At 100 D On. Oaily5
Pullman ParHOr Cars
On Trains leaving Boston am, IL 80 and 90 D.
m. and Portland !. 40 a. M, 1855 and $50 p. m
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars
On Trains leaving Boston at 100 p. M and Port
land 200 a. m.
Through Tickets to all Points South and
West.
Pullman Gar Tickets fer Seats aaa
June IT. 1888 PAYSON TUCKER,
ID. w. SANBOKN, General Manager.
Master of Trans. LUCIUS FUTILE,
jun16dtf Gen'l Pass'r Agent
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Many times you want to keep meat OF fish
for several days. Lay it in solution of Rex
Magnus over night and you can keep it for
weeks. You can also keep milk week or
more By stirring in little of the "Snow Flake
brand"
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Ten YEARS before any of the baking pow
ders of the present day were thought of, the
Congress- Yeast Powder had large sale
throughout New England.
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Portland. Bangor. MI. Desert
And Maehias Steamboat Company.
FALL ARRANGEMENT
Commencing Oct. I'd.

.SzzsssO Steamer CITY OF RICHMOND
l,ksM ~ FCapt. VIM. E. Dennison will leave
sszszszsss isSzizs Railroad Wharf Portland every
= - TUESDAY Evening, at ltl5
O'Clock or on arrival of Steamboat Express Trains
from Boston, for Rockland, Castine, Deer Isle,
Sedgwick, Stage from Sedywick TO Blue Hill on ar.
rivai of Steamer, South West and Bar Harbors
Milbridge. Will leave same wharf every FRIDAY
Evening or Machasport via all landings.
Connect at ROCKLAND with Steamer for BLUE
HILL, SURREY and ELLSWORTH. At BAR
HARBOR with steamer for GOULDSBORO', La
NONE. HANCOCK, SULLIVAN and Ellis
WORTH each trip.
Also with B. 8 B. Steamers at Rockland, going
East, for River Landings.
TURNING. will leave Machiasport at A. 80
a. m. Monday, and Millbridge every Monday and
Thursday at 500 a. M, touching at intermediate
landings and connecting at Portland with Pullman
and early morning train for Boston.
Connect with Roston and Bangor Steamers A
Rockland, Coming West and receive passengers and
freight from Bangor and River Landings for Port-
land)
GEORGE L. DAY,
Treas. and General Ticket Agent
Z. GUSHING, General Agent
Portland, Oct. J., 1883. oct2dtf
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July %, lat 26 80 N, lon SO 40, ship Hoogey,
Lewis, from st John, NIB, for Adelaide.
Aug II, lat 8 20 s, Ion o. O8 W, ship Queens
town, from Philadelphia for Hiogo.
Aug 20, lat N, Ion 81 W. ship North American,
Fowle from Liverpool for San Francisco.
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General Ocaan Staamar Ticket nffiee.

NOR sale of passage tickets by the White STAR
n Cunard, Anchor, State, American, Red Star,
North German Lloyd, Hamburg, American, Rotter-
dam, Amsterdam and italian lines, all first class
fast passage steamers, 70 and from all points In
Europe. Cabin, I'd Cabin ard storage Onward and
prepaid tickets from Portland at lowest rates.
Steersge prepaid tickets from inland places in Eu-
rope to inland places in the United States. Ster-
ling and Scandinavian exchange at lowest rates
Choice Cumberland snd acadia coal for saie by tn
cargo For c@5in CLANS, circulars, sailing schemes
Sc. and other Information apply to j L. TANNER
Agent, ~ Exchange 81. P .. Box $40.
tgnl9 w
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-Al.A-RIN e n EWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10.
Arrived
Steamer State of Maine, Pike, Boston for East
port and ST John. NIB.
Sch Richmond, Hall. Reimbursement to L @
Cummings & Co.
Sch Wesley Abbott Whitaker. Reimbursement
to A Morse u Co.
Sch Fleetwing, from reimbursement to B
Morse 81 Co.
Sch NJ Morales, Waite, New York coal to H
Sch W woodruff. Torrey, New York-coai to
P Prince g. Son.
Sch Union, Cole, New York for Millbridge.
Sch Grecan, Robinson, Calais for Boston.
Sch A L Perkins, Thompson. Penobscot for Bos-
ton.
Sch Fair Dealer, Sellers, Penobscot for Boston.
Cleared.
Steamer Eleanora, Bragg. for New York; B
CoyIe Jr.
Brig Anita Owen. Branscomb. Cardenas-1saac
Sch Eta M Barter. Barter, Wilmington. NC-N
Reed.
Sch E Newbury, King. Baltimore-MsP Emery.
Sch Willie Martin, Holbrook. New York-Berlin
Mills Co.
Sch Julia S. French. st John. MIN Emery.
Sch Alton. Mcintyre st John, MIN P Emery.
Sch G M Gilmore, Gilmore, st George-N Blake.
Sch Brilliant. Teal, St George-N Blake.
SAILED-Barque Craigowl o s ship Alliance.
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"what is the infinity of silence?" asked a
philosopher of a married man. 81 don't know,
but should think it would be what man
had to say to his wife, when she caught him
trying to kiss the hired girl"
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FISHERMEN.

Ar at Gloucester 9th, schs George Willard, Gen
Grant. Eastern Queen John James, Lady Elgin,
and Ellen nj johnson, mackereling.
AR at Port Mulgrave MS, 9th inst, sch Jennie
Armstrong, from North Bay for Portland.
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Railroad ReceIps !.


PORTLAND, Oct. 10.
Received by Maine Central Railroad, for Portland
Al cars miscellaneous merchandise; for connecting
roads, 55 cars miscellaneous merchandise.
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New York Stock and Money Market.

(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Money on call was easy at
2@2lh; closed at 2; prime mercantile paper at q
Z. Exchange steady at 481s for long and 484s4
for short. Governments strong. State bonds quiet.
Railroad bonds generally firm Texas Pacific incomes
weak at 49@50; West Shore frsts were, transac-
tons enormous and price rose to TIN.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggreat
ed 319. 00U shares.
The following are to-day's closing, quotations on
Government Securities:
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European markets..

(By telegraph
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 11-12.30 p M-Cotton market
firm; uplands at Cd; sOreans at 61sd: sales 900
bales; speculation and export 1000 bales.
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NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ subscriber has been duly appointed and taken
upon herself The trust of Administrative with the
Will annexed of the estate of
MARTHA DARLING, late of Portland,
deceased, in the County of Cumberland, and given
ponds as the law directs; All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased required
TO exhibit the same ahd all persons indebted to sad
estate are called upon to make payment to
MAkY BRACKEIT COLE, of Brunswick, Admin
istratrlx with the Will annexed.
Portland, Sept 4, 1888. oct4d1awTh3w*
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MAINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Fer New York.

Steamers leave Franklin Wharf on Wednesday.
ana Saturdays at p. Returning leave Pier 49,
East River, New York. on Wednesdays and Satur.
sep21 az
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Il pride myself on my descent" said spin
ster of uncertain age recently. Zone of my
(which one was it," cried cruel miss, "your
father or your mother?'
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BANGOR-Ar 9th, schs Emma Green. Scott, Port
land; Albus, Clay, Freeport.
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SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.

Head Colds, Watery Discharges from the Nose
and Eyes, Ringing Noises in the Head, Nervous
Headache and Fever instantly relieved.
Choking mucus dislodged, membrane cleansed and
healed breath sweetened, smell. TASTE and hearing
restored, and ravages checked.
Cough, Bronchitis, Droppings into tie Throat,
Pains in the Chest, Dyspepsia Washington Strength
and Flesh, Loss OF Sleep, etc., cured.
One bottle Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal Sol
vent and one DIR. Sanfords Inhaler, in one package
of all druggists for 81. Ask for SANFoRD's RADI-
CAL CURE, q pure distillation of Witch Hazel, Am.
Pine, Ca. Fir, Marigold, Glover Blossoms, etc.
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TENTING IN THE SUMMER WOODS,

TENTING IN THE SUMMER WOODS.
Midges, Gnats, Flies, Ticks, Mosquitoes,
Hornets, Bees, Snafes. All these creatures
are more or less disagreeable. Some of them
bite. Some of them sting. All leave their
poison in your flesh when they have inflicted
their wounds on you. Perry Davis's Pain
Killer is not only good to remove the effects of
poisonous bites and stings, but to cure stomach
troubles caused by unripe fruit or overeating;
to drive away diphtheria, and to make impure
water fit to drink Don't forget to take it with
you when you go into camp.
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DRY Goods Wholesale Dmrket-
The following quotstions are wholesale prices of
woolens and Fancy Goods, corrected daily by Deer
ing Milliken Co., l58 Middle street:
UNBLEAoHED ooTToNs.
Heavy 36 in. "a @ 8 Fine 7-A.... 13Ls01S
Med. 36 in. GAG 71s Fine 81. ...18121
Light 36 in. SAG Fine "a. 22S@271 "
Fine 40Sin. q Sh Fine l0-4....25 $50
BLEAoHED' CoTT0Es.
Best 49,. 10h@121s Fine 6-4. ..,..15 OBS
Med. "A. -. 71a@101a Fine 7-4.....1S @2249
Light A.. 6 CT Fine 8-4.....20 @25
Fine 9-4.....221a 9271A
Fine 10-A ,..25 @32 ~
TIoKINGs. ETC.
Tckings, Drills. -, $3.50. 8@ 9
Best. ...14 @161z Corset Jeans. .61sG1 S7A
Medium. 101a GLIB " lSatteens. 800. @
Light. a Cambrics.. 59 51s
Denims, best l31a@I51s Silesias. .101s@18
Dncks.: @1s1s oottonFlannels Brown
" Bleached, 89l61a
Batting. ........,... 8@s @1o 91o1s GIL 1s@l21s
Warps... ...r.'.. 49,. ....lfgzo
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WORK TOR A
HOME
Com pan

The Union Mutual Life Insurance
Company, in 1882, issued. 258
policies in Maine, about OneefOurth
of the entire number issued in this
State by nearly thirty companies.
1t is popular with the People, the
largest financial institution of any
kind i'm this State, and this is a
good. opportunity for flrst-class
men to become connected with it.
Apply at Company's office, to
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THURSDAY MORNING. OCT. IL.
Wit and Wisdom.

A New Haven Conn., man, lacking faith in
the savings banks, deposited" in the baby's
cradle three hundred dollars which he had &C
cumulated. A servrnt girl drew" the amount
and disappeared.
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PORTLAND, MAINE
TO THE PUBLIC,
If in want of new furnace beg to direct your
attention to til Kohler Hot Air Furnace. Its SUI
periority all others will demonstrate if you
will call at ny store. The following well known
persons have the Kohler:
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Grand Trunk Railway of Canada.
CHANGE OF TIME.
On and after Monday, Sept. 24th, 1883,
Traius will rsur, as foIIOyvs.

Trains will rum as follows:
DEPARTURES:
Fer Auburn and Lewiston, z. 10 8. M, LIS
and $40 p. m.
Tor Gorham, 900 am, $3.50 (mixed, } and 5. 20
Pm.
For GorElam, Montreal. Quebec and Chi
cRg9 l.S0 p. m.
ARRIVALS.
Rrona Lewiston mad auburn, 8.35 a. M,
12.45, and $50 p. IN.
From Gorhana, mixed. 9.4O,a. m, 500 p. m.
EroUn ChicuGo. Montreal and Quebec,
1885 pm.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night train and
Parlor Cars on day train between Portland and
Montreal.
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THE HALLET 8 DAVIS PIANOFORTE

Is one OF the best ina the. market,
for sale and rent at VIM. p. HAST
ings' A49 Az Exchange 81. have
two well furnished Chambers TO
rent at % WillnOt Street.
oct4 dow
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The following quotations of stocks are reported
and corrected daily by Woodbury. s. Moulton, corner
of Middle and Exchange streets.
RoeT0N sTocVs
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HarpsNeIl steamboat Go.

Change of Time.
an and after Sept. II. 1888, the steamer Gordon
" win leave Harpswell daily, Sundays excepted
at a. m arriving at Portland ar 10 a. m. Return
ing leave Custom House VIII IF, Portland at D. m.
arriving at Harpswell at p. m.
For Freight or Passage apply on board TO
CAPT. SCOTT OLIVER.
sepI5 dtf
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RrIghtou CnnIe nnar,,e,

Inc WOOL market remains quite ady ana we DO
not look for any change for the present.
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Hides and TaIIoyv.

The following are Portland quotations on Hides
and Tallow:
OK and Steer Hides over 80 Tbs weight. &c ~ fb
OK and Steer Hides between 8o990 fbs.. &c W tb
Steer Hides under 80 Tbs, 51ac49 fb
Cow Hides, all weights ............-... 612cf tb
Bull and Stag Hides all weights. ....... 4e ~ fb
Calf Skins. ...........10c " lib
Light and Deacon Skins. % to 40c each
Rendered Tallow 71ac4Y fb
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Portland Wholesale Prices Current
Corrected for the PRESS TO October II, 1883.
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LFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
AR at Charleston 9th, brig Kodiak. Kennebec; sch
Welaka, New York.
Ar at New York 10th, ship Nancy Pendleton, I'm
Rotterdam,
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" Alleged"

Few words are commOner in the Ian
guage of the newspapers than the word
" alleged" To allege anything, il the
old meaning be good, is to affirm it with
the exactness of a dispatch. But the
participle of this verb has found new
service. Whenever any doubt is felt that
murder is murder, the deed is soft
ened to an "alleged" murder. When
ever a man loses his watch and his
senses, and cannot tell exactly how they
went, the lamentable occurrence is
chronicled as an "alleged robbery.
According to these new linguistic
lights, an allegation means a guess.
phenomenon" applied to something
wonderful and abnormal, is common
instance of high-fown vulgarity, much
in the mouths and on the pens of per-
sons who can hardly have compassed
the truth that shower of rain is just
as positively phenomenon as is a
shower of frogs, calf with six legs,
Miss Crummies, or an enormous goose
berry. Immense is an adjective
seldom used, but in such a manner as
to confute its own meaning. Thus,
in an account of some discovery be-
meath an ancient ruin, it was said that
skeletons of great size were found, one
of them being of ''the immense length
of seven feet ten inches.' If the length
of this skeleton was really seven feet
ten inches, or ten feet seven inches,
how could it have been "immense?
So, too, we read of walls of immense
thickness, and pumpkins of g immense"
girth. Are there, then, no foot-rules or
measuring-tapes to reduce these inn
mensitiesp A eonfagration'' is not
the burning of one house; it is the
meeting of flames, as when a street,
town or village is fired in several places.
+" Culminate" is verb incorrectly used,
unless in respect of something which has
reached the limit of its possible height.
When, therefore, the career of wrong
doer is said to :. eliminate" in the low
est depths of degradation, the term is
misapplied, even to being turned up
side down. So is the term /" assiduous'
when employed to strengthen the idea
of perseverance, if the particular kind
of perseverance intimated be locomotive
and not sedentary. So, too, is "prepos-
terous," unless clearly denoting the fig
ure which homely rhetoric describes as
putting the cart before the horse
Macmiitan's Magazine.
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The Fire that Old Nick Built.
NTFNPFRANCF.


This is the fire that Old Nick built.
MODERATE DRINKING.
This is the fuel that feeds the fire that
Old Nick built. ,.., 49,. ....s
RUM-sELLING.
This is the AK that cuts the wood that
feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
LOVE OF MONEY.
This is the stone that grinds the az
that cuts the wood that feeds the fire
that Old Nick built.
PUBLIC OPINION.
This is the sledge with its face of steel
that batters the stone that grinds the AK
that cuts the wood that feeds the fire
that Old Nick built. 3E i
~ 20 TEMPERANCE MEETING.
This is one of the blows that we quiet
ly deal to fashion the sledge with its
face of steel that batters the stone that
grinds the AK that cuts the wood that
feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
TEMPERANCE PLEDGE.
This is the smith that works with
will to give the blow that we quietly
deal to fashion the sledge with its face
of steel that batters the stone that
grinds the AK that cuts the wood that
feeds the fire that Old Nick built.
ETERNAL TRUTH.
This is the spirit, SO gentle and STILL
that nerves the smith to work with
will to give force to the blows which we
quietly deal to fashion the sledge with
its face of steel that batters the stone
that grinds the ak that cuts the wood
that feeds the fire that Old Nick built
Temperance Banner.