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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
Real Estnte Tranafers.

The following transfers of real estate in this
county have been recorded at the registry Of
deeds:
Portland Elizabeth A. Stevens to John
Dunpby, land. $75.
John W. Munger to George Gilman, land
and buildings. $500.
Alvin Deering to John Dunphy, land. 800.
Acknowledgements Perry to Hannah M.
Skillings, land and buildings 1875.
Smith Sweetsir to Inhabitants of Scarboro,
land. Consideration, acceptance as gift.
Windham-Amos Mann to j. E. E. G. Dol
ley, land. $25.
Christopher G. Hunt to William v. Tukey,
lands and premises, ST..
Freeport--Floris E. Gould to Erwin S. Por.
ter, land and buildings. $500.
Pownal-Nellie L. McConky to Elizabeth
r. Skolfeld, land. 81 and other considera-
tions.
Ursula G. McConky to Elizabeth R. Skol-
field, land. 81 and other valuable considera-
tiona.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24

The only game which can be arranged be-.
tween the Colbys and Dirigos, will come off
at Presumpscot Park at p. M, sharp, this
afternoon. As these are both crack clubs there
will be great interest manifested in the game,
and we expect to see every available foot of
ground occupied.
A Base Ball League is being organized in
this city by Messrs. Fred G. Morrill, aud John
Bresnan. Five teams have signed. They are
the A. Little & Co., Fred Morrill,, captain;
Deering, Milliken & Co., John McFall, cap
tain; Clothier's team, W. 81. Dougherty, cap
tain; Hardware team, e. E. Carney, captain;
Ohapman's team, E. L. Berry, captain. Any
one wishing to organize a commercial team
will find the articles with Mr.. Bresnan at the
Union Billiard rooms. Our business men
should encourage the boys.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
MRS. Livermore,s Temperance Lecture.

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will deliver an adj
dress on temperance at the Congress Square
church tomorrow evening. under the auspices
of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Her earnestness In this cause and her superior
ability are well known. For twenty-five
years and more, she has been diligent and fa-
nous in good works, and she is one of the
moving forces of the time. A noble, Chris
tian woman, Jealous philanthropist, distin-
guished orator, she has accomplished vast
amount of good in many ways. The opportu-
nifty to hear her in Portland is one which
should crowd the church. At the close of the
ad lress collection in aid of the cause will be
taken Nm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, FoR SALE, To LET,
BOARD and Rooms and LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
Daily PRESS one week for twenty-five cents,
II paid in advance.
When payment is not made in advance, reg.
ular rates will be charged.
The large circulation of the PRESS makes il
the best medium for these advertisements.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
Maine RihIe socief1,

The annual meeting OF the Maine Bible
Society viii take place at High street church
at7.SO o'clock tomorrow evening. The an
nual statistics will be read and addresses
made BY eminent clergymen, among them one
by Prof. Peabody of Harvard College. The
High street choir will furnish the music.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
Republican Caucus.

The delegates elected to the District Con-
Vehtion, which will be held at Reception Hall,
May 18th, will remember that they are request.
ed to meet at Republican Headquarters, No.
IL Market Square this afternoon at A o'clock,
to elect three delegates at large.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
Municipal Court.

BEFORE JUDGE GOULD.
FRfDAY-J. r. Henrickson, search and seizure
Not guilty; discharged.
John Flsherty, intoxication. Fined SO and COSTS
Bernard Ward and Timothy e. Rillihan, intoxica-
ton. Thirty days each in county jail.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
CITY AND VICINITY.

NEW ADVERTISEmENT TODAY.
Fathers and Mothers-Merry.
Coo, the Hatter-6
Ladies-0wen, Moore & 90.
Special Styles-E. n. Perry.
SOmers-6.
Horse for Sale.
For Sale-Span of Knox Colts.
Meeting-Portland Dispensary.
Wanted-9irl.
CITY Of Portland-2.
Seaside Cottage for Sale.
Decoration Day-Excursion to Sebago.Lake.
Special Meeting-Keeley & Bailey.
The New England Mutual Life Ine. Co,
To Let-Furnished House.
For Sale-Baby Carriage and Crib.
To Let-Tenement.
For Sale-House.
For Sale-Provision Store.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Drug Store-A. G. Schlotterbeck.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Fair.
temperance Lecture-Y. M. G. A. Hall.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
A Gard.
To the Editor Of the Press:

-
1t is not often that property and residents
In the vicinity of fire feel called upon to express
their unqualified approval of the efficient manner
IN which the fire department does its duty but the
burning of the horse railroad stable on Wednesday
night last furnishes case where such approval is
deserving The chief engineer G. H. Cloyes on that
occasion, proved himself to be the right man in the
right place The burned stables were closely sur
rounded by private residences, which, but for the
cool head, quick and excellent Judgment of Mr..
Cloyes, heartily seconded by his assistants must
have taken fire. in which the results of the con-
asgration would have proved exceedingly disastrous
Too much praise cannot be given to the fremen for
the prompt and fearless manner in which they did
their duty, and it noticeable that the orders of
Mr.. Cloyes were understood and promptly executed.
AMBROSE GIDDINGs.
MRS. M. A. LAWSON.
e. W. HUNT.
VIM. DEEHAN,
j. E. STRONG.
NATHAN GooLD.
GEO. M. SEIDERs.
FRANK w. ROBINSON.
JANE N. FLING.
A. P. SAWYER.
n. W. ALLEN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
PAINT.
PURE MILK!

MY facilities for furnishing this rticle are
H1 unsurpassed and 1 respectfully solicit a
trial. The fact that large number of leading
citizens are my customers and have been since
entered the business should be q sufficient recon-
mendstion. Address VII SOULE,
lAn1oeOau Woodford'a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24

ADVICE TO MoTHERs.-MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used
when children are cutting teeth. It rel .eves
the little sufferer at once; it produces matt al,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain,
and the little cherub awakes as bright as a
Dutton." 1t is very pleasant to TASTE 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and
is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arising from teething her causes. Twenty
five cents bottle.
dec1 sM&w&w1y
''The last Hot of Adamson's botanic
Cough Balsam is nearly gone, and you had
better make rs another shipment OF twenty
five gross. We have never sold any cough
preparation that gives such universal satisfac-
ton as Adamson's, aud the demand is con.
stantly increasing.
"GEO. @. GOODWIN & CO.,
Netc England Patent Medicine Warehouse, IS
and 3S Hanover Street, Boston.
May 10 MW&S&w
r. o. Bailey & Co. sell this morning at 10
o'clock at Mart on Plum street lot of new
carriages, consisting of phaetons, open and top
buggies, Concord wagons, express wagons, etc.
Also lot of second hand carriages, harnesses,
etc.
At 10 O'Clock today f. o. Bailey & Co. will
sell at rooms IS Exchange street, Brussels and
Tapestry Carpets, Parlor Sets, Tables, Lounges,
Hair and Soft Top Mattresses, 3 Refrigerators,
Winthrop Range, etc. See auction column.
DIR. 0. FTTzGERALD at Falmouth Hotel on
Friday and Saturday, May 23d and oath.
may22 d2t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
THE Kinks.

SKATING AND POLO AT TIRE PORTLAND RINK,
very pleasant skating party was given at the
rink in Storer Bros block, last evening, by the
Dirigos and Resolutes, two polo clubs of this CITY,
The early part of the evening was devoted to skat
ing, and at nine o'clock exhibition of polo by the
two clubs was given. The Resolutes appeared for
the first time in very pretty uniforms, and both
clubs played we'll, making it a very interesting
Dirigos. The first goal was won by Evans of the
Resolutes, and the three following by jose Morse
was referee.
THE BIJoU
Miss Fannie Newall, fancy skater, will make
her first appearance in this city next Monday even
ing at the Bijou. Miss Newall Is Ia very attractive
skater, and exhibits several very novel figures. No
doubt there will be large attendance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
Strengthen the System
NOT Holes ONLY.

Other plasters have holes, but Bensons Capcine
Porous Plasters alone have genuine healing virtues.
25c. WS&wnrm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
CITY OF PORTLAND.

ANHEREAS William Harrington and ell others
w have petitioned the City Council to lay out a
new Street or Public Way in said city beginning at
"Ponce's Wharf, Long Island, to Harrington's at
the West end; thence by the South side to Little
Harbor, connecting there with the road recently
surveyed" and whereas said petition was referred
signed, for them to consider and act upon therefore
Notice is hereby given to all parties interested
that the Joint Standing Committee of the City
the parties and view the proposed way on SAT-
URDAY, the 31st day. of May, 1884, at twelve
O'Clock noon, at Ponce's Wharf, so-called, Long
Island, aforesaid, and will then and there proceed
to determine and adjudge whether the public con-
venence requires said street way to be laid out
Given under our hands on this twenty-third day Of
May, A. d. 1884
MARQUIS F. KING, Mayor,
ELIAS B. DENISON, c..4
JAMES F. HAWKES., Ooininiteee on
FRANKLIN SIMONDS, nr layt eg ouG
HENRY @. SMALL, Ne" S1reeIs'
PATRICK O'NEIL, my24d1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24
MW&S&w

DIR. o. FITZGERALD at Falmouth Hotel on
Friday and Saturday, May 23d and oath.
may22 d9t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-24

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Fair.
Temperance Lecture--Y. M. G. A. Hall.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17
Popular Gossip.

The Harpers report that Ignatius
Donnelly's quite extraordinary work
Atlantis, published by them two
years ago, has reached a sale in this
country of over II, 900 copies, and that
during the past six months the sales
were larger than during the six months
previous. The author has received from
Mr.. Gladstone a letter in which he
says he may not be able to accept all
Mr.. Donnelly's propositions, though he
is much disposed to believe in an At
lantis."
The late great conductor, Sir Michael
Costa, had wonderful rapidity of eye, ear
and glance. He had a habit of listening
to the musicians likely to go wrong,
and they never escaped him. On one
occasion, when the swan in"Lohengrin"
failed to make its appearance at the right
moment he called out, where's that
goose?" At another time in civilian
TELL" when a storm, accompanied by
the usual atmospheric disturbances,
ought to have come and did not,
"Whare's the thunder ?" roared Costa
"Gone to dinner" was the answer
1t is officially announced from Rome
that Rev. 2. j. Ryan, d, D., of the
Catholic Province of st. Louis, Mo. f.,
has been appointed to the Archbishop
ric of Philadelphia, Pa, made vacant
by the death of Archbishop Wood.
Father Ryan was born in Ireland fifty
three years ago, and came to America
in 1850. He is a classical scholar of rare
attainments, and has been pronounced
by good judges the most eloquent
preacher of his church in the United
States. Bishop Ryan's new province
has a Catholic population of over 600,
600.
The death zeal Liverpool England, of
DIR. Richard Summer, aged SO years,
recalls this story; On a stormy night in
December, 1888, a pilot boat containing
twenty-five persons struck on a bank
within sight of those ON shore. Even
the hardy fishermen feared to put out
until Mr.. Sumner who was a man of
splendid physique, six feet six inches IN
hight, and of great strength, slung a
bottle of rum round his neck, stripped
off his clothes, tied a slender line round
his body, and plunged into the seething
waves. He reached the vessel, poured
some rum down the throat of each half
dead man, and so encouraged them that
when the boat arrived they were saved.
He received the Royal Humane Society's
gold medal.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17
The carbOniferOus Jungle.

If we could suddenly transplant our
selves from the gardens and groves of
the nineteenth century into the midst of
a carboniferous jungle on the delta of
some forgotten Amazon or some prime
val Nile, we should find ourselves sur
rounded by strange and somewhat mon
otonous scenery, very different from
that of the varied and beautiful world in
which we ourselves now live. The
huge foliage of gigantic tree-ferns and
titanic club-mosses would wave over
our heads, while a green carpet of pref
ty trailing creepers would spread lux
uriantly owe the damp soil beneath our
feet. Great swampy flats would
stretch around us on every
side; and instead of the
rocky or undulating hills of our familiar
Europe, we should probably see the in
terror country composed only of low
bridges, untitled as yet by the slow up
heaval of ages into the Alps or Pyrenees
of the modern continent. But the most
striking popularity of the scene would
doubtless be the wearisome uniformity
of its prevailing colors. Earth beneath
and primitive trees overhead would all
alike present a single field of unbroken
and unvarying green. No scarlet flow
er, golden fruit, or gay butterfly would
give a CLEAN of brighter and warmer
coloring TO the continuous verdure of
that more than tropical forest. Green,
and green, and green, again; wherever
the eve fell it would rest alike upon one
monotonous and unrelieved mass of
harsh and angular verdure .-Grant Al
len, in The Gentleman's Magazine.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17

stupid lady, who leans against carriage
| door, lets slip:
ooh, it Is charming hereW
Now the procession enters the ceme-
terry. The vocies are hushed. Nothing
is heard but the grinding of the wheels
on the sanded walks. The vault of the
counts family is at the farthest end to
the left-a lofty tomb of white marble,
ornamented with sculptures. They
place the coffin in front of it, and the
discourses commence.
There are four of them. The ex-
Minister of State recalls the political
life of the defunct, whom he describes
as a modest genius, who would have
saved France if he had not despised in
trigue. Then a friend tells of the pri-
yate virtues of him for whom all the
world weeps. Then an unknown man
spoke as delegate from an industrial
society, of which the Count was Honor
airy President. At last q little mar
with a soul face presents the regrets of
the Academy of Moral Science. Dur
ing all this time those assembled have
interested themselves with the adjoin-
ing tombs.
An old nan with pinched lips, after
catching this part of a phrase: "The
qualities of heart, generosity, goodness,
lofty character, " shakes his chin as he
"Well, yes, I knew him; it is a dog
ended"
The last adieu is lost in the air, and
soon there are none left in this secluded
corner, but the grave diggers who low
cred the coffin. The count is at home.
And the countess, on her lounge, has
not stirred. She continues to play with
the tassel of her girdle, her eyes on the
ceiling, lost in a r~everie, which, little
by little, has colored her blonde cheeks.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17

ter. No temperature effects If on
will pot vary five minutes in rnnn; ~
400 days. INNING
WhSn the "John Butt" newspaper wa.
commeGced in London the editor Woo
very free in his remarks concerpino
some Of the mobiles. A gallant Colonel
OF the army, a near relation of an iIIrs
trous family, taking amiss some freedoTo
of the editor, determined to use ~
horsewhip, and went to the print;nC
office whip in hand, and demanded =
see the editor. He was politely Show
into a Don and was informed the ed;tor
would directly wait on him. The colon
Ell, like a chafed lion, walked IN ana
down the room, fiourishing his weanou
of revenge, when a very powerful mar
with a heavy club walked in, ba;na
clothed in a thick coat buttoned to tbeo
chin, and politely inquired what was
wanted? 81 wish to see the editor" q
am the editor at your service" "In.
deed" calculated the colonel, 'then
there is som mistake, you are not the
person l expected to see. will call at
another time" Thus they separated.
In the tropical valleys of the Andes
there is a loathsome disease called ele.
phantiasis. The malady is not only
fearful and loathsome to the patient, it
is hideous to behold. The members of
the body become swollen with ulcers to
a formidable size the hair drops off, so
do the nails; the voice disappears, and
CLAN 70 vn,,r1nra1 To-. kh.a .,1-A -
full of human ills a cure has recently
deem discovered and used with the hap
piest results. This is nothing else
than eating the flesh of the turkey buzz
zard, or g~allinazo, a bird so filthy in
its habits that the meat it produces
has been refused by Europeans who
were dying of hunger. News has
reached Paris of several cures having
been effected of this direful plague by
the use of the flesh of the gallinazo.
Some interesting figures have just
been made public illustrative of tine
progress and present condition of
Christianity. According to the most
trusted authorities the Christian popu.
lation of the world in the year 1000 of
our era was about 90, 900 900. In the
next 500 years the numbers doubled.
In the year 1900 there were 200 900 900
and in the year 1880, TAI, 000, 900 of
the human race were under Christian
government. According to recent
returns, there are over 303 900 900
nominal Christians in the British do
minions alone. The population of Eu-
rope in the year 1900 was 100, 900, 900.
The Roman Catholics in the year just
named, representing the entire Chris
tianity of the west, numbered 80,000,-
600. The remaining 20, 000, 900 covered
Greeks, Mussulmans and Jews. In
1880 the population of Europe had in
creased to 327 ,502 900. OF these there
were Roman Catholics. 159, 3l5, 155;
Greek and Eastern, 81, 148 ,062; Pro
t~estant, 76, 6SS, 8S2; Mohammedans, g.
3O9, 9S9; Jews, 4,515, ABS; not classified,
524.467.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17
Swallowed by a Shark.

A cook on the steamship Chala fell
off the vessel as it was rounding out of
the harbor of Bahia, near Panama.
Every effort was made to rescue the
poor fellow, but suddenly the place be-
came alive with sharks, and it at once
became apparent the unfortunate man
was doomed Once he threw himself
almost completely out of the water In
an effort to escape the jaws of one of
the monsters, but a few seconds after
ward he was evidently seized and
dragged under, as nothing more
was seen of him. Other sharks, APP
parently disappointed in their hopes OF
prey, were then observed rushing
through the water in all directions, and
even appeared to mediate an attack
on the boat, which, after an Intellectual
search, pulled back to the ship. The
sharks were apparently %ravenous, and
the rapidity with which they swarmed
around the unfortunate man amazed
all who witnessed this striking proof OF
the v-oraciousness of the denizens of the
deep.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17
CAPRICE.

Give got two beaux, " she said, 'two beaux'
(She warbled in the choir
'The tenor and the basso both
Yours truly do admire.
81 alternate: when fears are scarce
As truths in screeds of Nennor,
And STRIPPING voices fit the day,
1 patrOnize the tenor.
"But when tits night, and horrors threat
My timid soul to lasso,
/ crave a voice that frights the foe,
And utilize the basso." Anon.
The Mineral argus., 1884-07-17

Kalpistri, who committed suicide in
Paris the other day, was a pupil of De-
bureau, the greatest pantomimist that
ever appeared upon the French stage.
Kalpistri's great character was the Pier
rot, or white faced clown of French pan
tomime. Nobody knows what that
whitened face really MEANS" he told a
French journalist one day. "It is death,
whose pale face reflects the emotions
more quickly and completely than the
living. The slightest wrinkle or
contraction of the features
has a world of meaning.
The most trifing change in the DISPOSE
ton of a dead mans features has more
poignant Specification than the most
violent grimace of the living. Pierrot
has the face of the dead. If he whitens
it, it is that the slightest play of feature
may excite emotion that Watching the
contraction of a dead man features
gives us. If our impressions are more
violent, because Pierrot is death-laugh-
ing, crying or surprised; that is, not
the ordinary deaths head, with its fish
less skull, eyeless sockets and mean
ingless grin, but the head of death the
moment after the soul has taken its
flight.
Il only tried it once" said the poor
fellow, "but the people were afraid.
They had to ring the curtain down.
They thought l was drunk" And he
burst into tears. He was a victim of
acute melancholia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-19
Homely Girls.

"Why are homely girls always the
best scholars, the best workers and
make the best wives ?" This question
was proposed by an observant and in
tel!igent gentleman, who has been twice
led to the hymenial altar and is ready
to be sacrificed again.
ais such really the case ~
II have reason 70 know that il is.
1t is natural enough, isn't it The
girl who is handsome in feature and
form concludes very early in life that
these are her stock in trade and with
them she enters the matrimonial mar
ket Nine times out of ten she is soon
off her hooks and at the head of a
house. Hor homely sister has scarcely
entered her teens until she discovers
she is made TO stand aside for the pret
ty faced girls. All that neatness of
dress, elegance of manners and prof
cheney of making ones self attractive
she does, deliberately and for pur.
pose, perhaps, or possibly for no other
reason than, Topsy like, she grew that
way"
The chances are she does it solely
for the purpose of compensating for
her lack of physical beauty.
"My observations lead directly to
the opposite conclusions replied the
intelligent observer. There is among
the great laws of nature one known as
the law of compensation, and | am
thoroughly convinced that to it the
homely girl is indebted for the taste:
and disposition that prompts hei tc
make herself useful when she cannot
be ornamental
"Then if yon had the choice of two
ladies, one beautiful and the othel
homely, would you take the homely
one p
Experience and observation boti
teach me that it would be the wist
thing to do The first impulse woulC
naturally be to take the prettier of thu
two, but | would give the first impuls
time TO pass off, and act upon sobe
second thought.
The old gentleman may be entirel!
right in this matter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-19
A Pretty Album.

Among new fancies is the leaf al.
bum. To make one only requires the
exercise of little care and patience.
First get a slab of plate glass and
spread upon it daub of printers ink ;
then get a small roller such as printers
nse, and roll it over till the glass is
equally covered then lay the leaf
clean and freshly gathered--on the
linked glass. aud carefully draw the
roller over it. Next lift the leaf by
the stalk-using considerable tender.
ness because of the frag'lity of the sub
ject--and place it between folded
sheet of paper press and rub gently
all over it, being careful not to let it
alter its position. Then take the leaf
out and you have beautiful clean i'm.
preston of both the front and back
The same effect might be got to Ger
tain extent with lamp.black, oil-coloi
or anything of that kind, but when il
is done with printing ink it is not only
far more clear and distinct, but perma.
nent. A bit of common plate glass, oil
a bit of marble, or even a china palette,
will suffice to put the ink upon-any-
thing, in fact, so long as it presents a
smooth surface, is non-metallic anc
non absorbent