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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-09
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MASSACHUSETTS.
The American Electric and illuminating
COmpany's stock still Advancing.

Companys stock still Advancing.
Special to the Press.l
BosToN, Feb. s. The demand for electric
light stock on the Boston board continues very
active, with higher prices today. The Travel
Ter of this evening, in speaking of the matter
in its financial article, said
An activity that IL attracting very general
attention is now characterizing the common
stock of the American Electric and llluminat-
ing Com paDy. Since its listing only few
days since the sales have increased in volume,
aud the price has advanced from 3 50 to IL,
the latter Fl igure being the highest quotation
for this mornings Transactions. Wagers are
now freely made that it viii soon touch $40 per
share, its par value, aud as it pays per cent.
on that value it would seem as if it was worth
all of that, and indeed even more. The coDh-
dence of the general public in this and other
electrical stocks seems very recently to have
been greatly strengthened and as class they
bid fair to become very prominent in the deal
ings of the immediate future.
Law and Order Convention.
(To the Associated Press.)
Boston, Feb. S.-The Law and Order Con-
vention to be held in fremont Temple Feb. %,
all day and evening, under the auspices of the
Citizens Law and Order League, already
promises to be very large gathering. Among
others the following named gentlemen have
accepted invitations to address the convention {:
Rev. Lyman Abbott, editor OF the Christian
Union, New York; Rev. W. G. Styles, secre-
tary of the Brooklyn, N Y, Law and Order
League; Rt. Rev. B. h. Paddock, Bishop of
Massachusetts, Col Thomas w. Higginson, of
Cambridge; Rev. Phillips Brooks, d. D.; Rev.
F. NJ. Ellis, d. D.; Rev. James Freeman
Clarke, D. D., of Boston, Rev. j. f. Lowering,
of Worcester; j. E Curtis, Esq, of Marlboro;
B. T. Thompson, Esq, of Birmingham; Presi-
dent Elmer H. Capen. of TUFTS College, Som
m daily rAppiY1nU lRfs
ters from all parts of the State, in which the
writers manifest great interest in the meeting,
The names of other speakers will soon be an
nounced.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-09
stenographers for HI ouse Committees.

Speaker Carlisle today made the fist selec.
tion under the new system for appointing sten.
ographers to report the proceedings the House
commit se by assigning Andrew Devine as
stenogra pher for the committee on expendi-
tures u the denarlmenL of inhtica.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
How to Reduce Ones Weight.
Graphic.


A woman weighing 200 pounds called
on physician for advice. He gave hel
the following instructions:
l. For breakfast eat piece of beef OF
mutton as large as your hand, with g
slice of white bread twice as large. Fol
dinner the same amount of meat, or, il
preferred. fish or poultay, with the same
amount of farinaceous or vegetable food
in the form of bread or potato. Fol
supper, nothing. ....
2. Drink only when greatly ANNOYED
with thirst; then mouthful of lemonade
without sugar.
3. Take three times week some form
of bath in which there shall be immense
perspiration. The Turkish bath is best
You must work, either in walking OF
some other way, several hours a day.
4: You must rise early in the morning
and retire late at night. Much sleep fat
tens people.
8. The terrible corset you have on.
which congresses the center of the BODY
making you look great deal fatter than
you really are, must be taken off, and
you must have corset which any dress
maker can fit to you-a corset for the
lower part of the abdomen-which will
raise this great mass and support it.
She followed the advice tor six months.
and trained herself down to l52 pounds.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
ALL SORTS

Mr.. Oscar E. Droege, has contracted
with the Mexican government to plani
two million trees in the valley of Mexi
co within the next four years.
The Herald says: A lot of hair and
bread resembling Fourth of July pin.
wheel struck with lightning is being pub.
lished in the provincial papers as Dor.
trait of Tennyson.
A veteran British deer stalker. Mr.
Horatio Ross, laat year, at the AGE of SO
years went out at three in the inornino
and brought down eighty three birds AT
eighty three shots. He has spent seven
ty seasons on the moors.
Major Evans, has a grove on the Cal.
oosahatchie, Florida, that produces three
hundred or more cocoa nuts per tree. and
1t is expected that soon the whole coast
line of Monroe County will be one vast
cocoa nut grove.
Among the valuable mementos of Tom
Moore, Mr.. 6. w. Childs has the small
harp. light green, and decorated with a
shamrock vine in gold, with deliciously
mellow tones which the poet PLAYED Oft
en- to an"evening" at Mr.. and Mrs. s. G.
Halls, at Old BromI ton.
A proposition is made by the editor of
the Lancaster Ledger (South Cardinal to
tax the pistol as curse to humanity. a
boon to the highwayman, a companion
to the assassin, out of every Thousand
acts committed by which there is not
more than one good one
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
PERSONAL.

Congressman Cox is getti lg gray. He
is SO years old.
Representative Hewitt, of New York,
is unable to sleep more than one night
in three.
Lord Dufferin's picture is almost as
common in Canada as that of George
Washington in this country.
Miss Kate Greenaway is to have a
house built after her own design on a
piece of land she has bought at Hamp-
stead.
DIR. Cullimore, of the Northwest Lon
don Hospital, has written a public letter
strongly condemning the practice OF
children's parties in winter.
DR.. Clouston, of Edinburgh, has re-
Gently advised all students to abstain
completely from all alcohic stimulants
during the four years Of college life.
When Fitz-John Porter was at Exeter
Academy, he was good scholar, and
the best ROVER, swimmer, wrestler, and
general athlete in the school.
The works of the youngest son of the
artist David Neal are played by Strauss
orchestra in Munich. The boy is bnt
fifteen years old, and full of promise.
Mr.. John Dubois, of Clarified county,
Pennsylvania, is worth fourteen million
dollars, made in his lumber mills, where
he now employs six hundred men.
Mr.. R. Z. Auch muty, of New York, has
spent sixty thousand dollars in estab-
fishing schools in that city where boys
can learn the rudiments of various
trades.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, of New
York, has been reciting for The benefit
Of the newsboys. She often goes to the
Home of the Blind and reads to the pa
tients.
George Washington was born on the
18th of February, 1871. In I7E1 the
Gregorian calendar, or new STYLE" as
it is called, according to which we were
obliged to jump forward eleven DAYS,
was adopted; and so we celebrate Wash
ington's birthday on the 22d in place of
the 18th of February.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

An experiencedpoultry grower advises
keeping liberal supply ofcorn where the
laying hens can have access to it at any
tine during cold weather.
Colts, pigs and calves, not being requir-
ed for use either work or the butcher,
should be fed but little corn, as fat in ex-
cess is not necessary with them.
The sheep returns for 1888 show an in
crease more than sufficient to offset the
loss in 1882 in England, and satisfact-
DRY gain in Scotland and Wales also.
An old farmer who has been quite sue
cessful always adheres to the rule that
whenever an animal is fat then is the
time to sell it, as it will never be 50 good
again.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Manganese is the most effective dessl-
eating agent for 'accelerating the oxyda-
ton" OF drying oils in paint. That is to
say, it makes paint dry quickly.
Chlorophyl in pure state is obtained
by Herr. A. Tschirch by the action OF
zinc-dust on chlorophylan. Its spec
trum is the same as that given by living
leaves.
The sum of 100000 is granted annu-
ally by the French government in aid OF
astronomical and meteorological re-
searches. The total amount devoted to
the Ministry of Public instruction this
year is thirty million dollars.
The Sanitary Engineer is of opinion
that there is no method of removing
snow from citv streets that is worth talk
ing about except by carting it away bod
lily. The authorities of our cities would
do we'll to make note of his opinion.
A spectroscopic study of the Pons-
Brooks comet has been made with the
reflector of 0.50 metres at the Observa-
torp of Algiers by M. Oh. Trepid. The
results show that in its visible parts the
spectrum of the comet is identical with
tfat of fame of alcohol.
\ Wolgemuth, the conductor of the Aus
trian polar expedition, has told some of
the results of his work at late meeting
ofthe Vienna Geographical Society. He
observed 124 auroras, abont ten of which
were crown-sbaped. Among the old
lava streams and in the crevices of the
old craters of the island of Jan Maven
he discovered traces Of volcanic activity,
and three times observed well-marked
subterranean shocks.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
THE LIZARD OF THE GILA.
A Reptile Which is Looked Upon witt
Terror by Arizona Miners.
SAINT Ea Cor Cleveland Leader

A Reptile Which is Looked Upon with
Terror by Arizona Miners.
SAINT Fe Cor. Cleveland Leader.
The lizard family attains great perfec-
ton in the Southwest, climaxing in the
horrible creature called the ella monster
of Arizona. This is big black lizard,
from foot to four feet in length. He
has pair ofvillainous, bead-like, black
eyes in his head, beneath couple of
horny eyebrows that give his face an
uncommonly ferocious expression.
Around his neck is broad band of
beautiful yellow, and / am convinced
that should recently imported Irish
men run afoul of one of these vermin he
would consider himielf in the presence
of the devil himself, wearing the colors
of the Prince of Orange.
The Arizona prospecters tell of the Wild
est tales about the poisonous qualities of
the ella monsters, some even claiming
that the reptile kills its prey by breath
ing on it. Its poison is contained in
minute cells at the base of a number of
saw-like teeth. Though naturally
sluggish brute, it at times exhibits the
most frightful quickness, darting like
flash upon its prey, and Selling the
game between its jaws, which it shuts
and keeps closed with the strength and
tenacity of a snapping-turtle.
Meanwhile the poison slowly exudes
and penetrates the wounds made by the
teeth, and if the victim be an animal of
lesser degree than a man faintness and
death will speedily ensue. The poison
differs from that of every known venom
Gus snake in being an alkali, while that
of serpants is acid. 1t acts directly on
the heart and brain without local effect
of serious nature.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

learned that open bitches are an expen-
sive nuisance. They must be scraped
out once year to be of any use to US,
and then they do not dry the ground
like tile, which seems to drain the water
from the land like a hose, or suction
pump. Those who have done the most
tile-draining say they would never have
been able to get out of debt if they had
not improved their farms by this means.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Cotton Seed OIL.

Prof Meyers, of the Mississippi Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, recent
ly stated to the National Cotton Planters
Association, held at Vicksburg, that it
makes very little difference whether you
buy cotton seed oil as butter, lard, luhr;-
eating or olive oil, whether you apply it
as salve, as pomade, or soap-it is
good, and good everywhere. Dear Pro-
fessor, won't you except its use as butter
and olive oil?
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
FARMERS COLUMN.
CsSHkEsrkG q HsiASorrsftIExS
ING FOR FARM AND FIREsmE.
Value of our Farms.

A contemporary estimates the farms
in the United States TO- be worth $1,000
100000, a sum which is not equalled by
any other interest. The average acre of
the United States is worth $l9.02, and
the New Jersey acre tnearly all market
gardens) is worth $6515. The average
value of the product of each acre varies
in the different States, Jerseys being
$14.14; Massachusetts,, $11.34, and Com
necticut's $10.97.H The United States
farmers wealth-averages $157S per head,
those of Massachusetts, being worth $3.50,
and of Connecticut 5000, the farmers of
Ohio, New Jersey and Illinois being in
dividually richer.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
The Way IL is Done.
Marathon Independent

WELL said Snagby to Perkins: 81
have got my poem accepted at last by
the Atlantic"
What, the same one you sent last sum.
mer, and they returned?"
'The same"
"How did you work it?'
Oh, ! wrote it out with broom splint
and spelled one-s.xth OF the words wrong
and they took me for an old school poet
If l had spelled correctly and written in
readable hand, they would have said
'schoo. boy and sent it back.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
vine-covered Cottages.

1t is now said there is no truth in the
Popular idea thstvines allowed to climb
YaInst a house will make it damp. Keep
them cut down below the roof so that
they do not choke the cutters and there
will be no trouble from this source Re.
side the beauty they give to an other.
WISE PLAIN and perhaps implanted house,
the cottage covered with vines will pos
sess the advantage of greater GOODNESS in
summer and increased warmth in win
ter.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

If there ever was a specific for any one
complaint then Carriers Little Liver Pills
ere . specific for Sick Headache, and
every woman should know this. They
are not only positive cure, but a sure
preventive if taken when the approach
is felt. Carter's Little Liver Pills act d.
rectly on the liver and bile, and in this
way remove the cause of disease without
first making you ick by . Weakening
purge. If yeu Try tAsA yea viii net -
dissppodltod.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Work Wins.

Work is the great papacea for many
f's ~ tfHd Did body. So don't be idle,
dawdlihg AWAY precious time, waiting
for something to turn up" or that SUCK
which rarely makes the purse plethoric
Some philosopher has wisely said that
the difficulty with most people is that
they want to sitiin the sunshine and
have good fortune come tumblin into
their laps. Nature is an odd dame, how
eyer, and does not give even half loaf
to q man who can do his own loafing.
You must get your spindle and distaff
ready and then Providence will send
Won. the fax to;spin. 80
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Get Tools, Etc, Ready.

Some one tersely says that now is a
good time to clean, repair and oil old
tools. Do not wait until the busy sea-
son, when you will look around and won
der where you left that hoe hanging, and
in what tree, last year. Get your pillow
harness in good condition. Fix every
thing about your carts and wagons.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
See to the Girdled Trees.

As the American Cultivater suggests,
it is good plan to go over orchards SO
soon as the frost is out of the ground, or
the snow of, and mark any trees that
have been girdled by mice or rabbits.
A few scions cut from the tree and Slip
ped under the bark above and below so
as to form a connection will repair any
damage that may be done. 1t should be
done early, as the longer the delay the
more difficult il is to get the circulation
established.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Tough Story About q Maine Man.
Portland Mel Ar0,,s

5. ID. Edwards, n Justice of the Peace
In Oxford, has long claimed the power
OF reading any letter which can be ON,
on his head, not seeing the letter. Mon.
DAY this was put to practical test
q. ID. Jones, George Walker, and A. s
Fuller went into seperate room. Each
wrote a letter, which they carefully
sealed In envelopes and shook up in q
hat Then one was put on top of Mr.
Edwards head. Mr.. Edwards had NOT
even seen the envelope, still he read it
quickly and correctly. He was tested
each time.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

TIE tornado season is nigh at hand and
all property owners should insure against
these terrible destructive storms. The
Burlington Insurance Company, of Burlinp.
ton, Iowa, is the pioneer company of the
west In this branch of insurance and one of
the most reliable companies in the country.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

When you visit or leave New York city.
save baggage expressage and carriage hire,
and stop at GRAND UNION HOTEL. oppo.
ste s1 Grand Central Depot; 600 elegant rooms,
ntted up at cost Of ,000, 200, reduced TO
H. .na upwards per day. European plan.
best. Horse cars, stages and elevated rsil.
reads tc' depots. Families can live bette,
for less money ut the GRAND IINIoN Horn.
than at any other hrst-class hotel IN thu citv-
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

Pure Cod-Liver Oil made from selected livers
on the sea-shore, by CAswBLL, HAZARD Il Co., New
York. 1t is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken 1t prefer It to all Others
Physicians have decided 1t superior to any Of the
other oils in market
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

The special correspondent of the In
diaDapolis (Ind.) Journal, embodied in /.
recent communication the followins
from Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,: con
slider st. Jacobs Oil splendid remedy
l suffered from an affection of the bach
and kidneys, with some rheumatisn,-ir
fact, it was rheumatism of the back.
used st. Jacobs Oil. and found it very
efficacieus. 1t gave me instantaneous
relief, and finally cured me completely.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
PILES, PHEsi PILES!

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. One box has cured the worst cases OF
20 years. standing. No one need suffer five
minutes after using Williams Indian Pile
Ointment. 1t absorbs tumors, sllsys Itch
Prepared only for Piles, itching of private
parts, nothing else. Mailed for 81.
E. & T. CATLIN, Agents, st. Louis, Mo.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

An Invaluable article. An article like Elv,s
Cream Balm has long been desired, and now
that 1t is within the reach of sufferers from
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in head, there n
every reason TO believe they will make the
most of 1t. DIR. W. Z. Buchanan. w K. Hannah
druggist, and other Eastonians have given ii
trial. and all recommend it in the highest
terms.-Edston Pa Daily Argus. price 5Octs.)
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

PURIFY THE BLOOD with Eilerts Dsyligh
Liver Pills They act directly on the Liver, Stom
ach and Bowels, being mild and cleansing bu
never gripping or painful.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
A Model Farmers' Club.

The negroes of Sumter county, Ala.
|bama. have d farmers club in successful
operation with some. very practical feat
|ures worthy the consideration of white
|J0lks. 4 II any member fails to attend
properly to his team or keep his fences
"a repair; lie lis fined from 81 to $40, and
HE money is collected out of the first
proceeds Of his crop. Membership in
such club would prove expensive TO a
rood many white Farmers!
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

SAVE YOUR HARNEss-by oiling with Uncl
Sans Harness Oil, which viii make 1t soft an,
phable. This Ia the best oil ever made for leath
er. Sold by all harness makers.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

the medicine for mothers to have in the house
for the children. 1t will cure coughs, Co is sore
throat and regulate the bowels. Do not fail to
give Il trial you will be pleased with its charm
ing effect Sold by all druggists.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

Is your hair falling out or your scalp diseas-
ed? Carbolne, a deodorized extract of petro-
leum, as now improved and perfected. is just
the article you need. Buy bottle, and you
will value it as the choicest of all toilet prepa-
rations.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29
Q o M IN G +.

AT even. or at midnight, or at the cock.
owing, or In the morning"
1t may be In the evening,
When the work of the day is done,
And you have time to sit in the twilight
And watch the sinking sun,
While the long, bright day dies slowly
Over the sea,
And the hour grows quiet and holy
With thoughts of me;
While you hear the village children
Passing along the street,
Among those thronging footsteps
May come the sound of my feet
sTherefeR 1 tsiiSeu-wstch- ~
BY thehght s the evening star,
swhent heroosajs growing dsiskyC =
AS the clouds afar;
Let your door be on the latch
In your home,
For 1t may be through the cleaning
will come.
II may be when the midnight
Is heavy upon the land,
And the black waves lying dumbly
Along the sand;
When the moonless night draw close,
And the lights are out in the house,
When the fire burns low and red,
And the watch is ticking loudly
Beside the bed; Icouch,
Though you sleep, tired out, on your
Still your heart must wake and watch
In the dark room,
For It may be at midnight
will come.
II may be at the cock-crow,
When the nights dying slowly
In the sky,
And the sea looks calm and holy,
Waiting for the dawn
OF the golden sun.
Which draweth nigh; ling
When the mists are on the valleys, shad-
The rivers chill, .,
{ And my morning star Is fading, fading,
Over the hill;
Behold say to you-watch!
Let the door be on the latch
In your home.
In the chill before the dawning,
Between the night and morning,
II may be in the morning,
When the sun is bright and strong,
And the dew is glittering sharply
Over the lawn;
When the waves are laughing loudly
Along the shore,
Andths bhds hfe singing sweetIy FTEts
= About the door; ytss -tts
With long days work before you
You rise up with the sun,
And the neighbors come in to talk little
OF all that must be DONE;
But remember that may be the next
To come in at your door,
To call you from your busy work
Forevermore;
As you work your heart must watch.
For the door is on the latch
In your room,
And IL may be in the morning.
will come.
H0x.EsA .As
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

For nausea, dizziness, and sick head.
ache, DR.. sanford's Liver Invigorator has
no equal.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

Julian Hawthorne is busily at work
upon new novel, to be published in the
Boston Sunday Globe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-03-29

The house of John Fender, NJ. p, in
Arlington street, is one of the most arts
tic IN London. The beautiful pictures
by Mi)lais and Firth that adorn the
walls are greatly admired.