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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-04

When the missing link of railroads between Me-
gantic and Moosthead lakes, 90 miles, is completed
Montreal will be only nine hours distant from Mt.
Desert ferry, and, via the New England and Aca-
dia Steamship Company g route, but "a hours from
Halifax From the ferry freight is carried without
change of cars to Toronto at 15 cents per 100
pounds, Chicago at 81 cents and Cincinnati at 20
cents.
The Eastern railroad has just added to its rolling
stock new hand car, different from anything Of
the kind ever used that road. 1t is propelled in
similar way TO a velocipede, can accommodate
four persons, and 1t is said can be made to run
twenty miles an hour. The seats are of cane with
cushions. and altogether the machine is ouite a
stony affair.
In compliance with law the New Hampshire Rail-
road Commissioners will consider the subject of
maximum fares and freghts at their office In Con-
cord, n H.. beginning on Monday, Dec 22, 1884,
at L o'clock a. IN, and continue from day to dav
The board will be pleased to receive from railroads
or their patrons any suggestions or information re-
latng 10 the subject under consideration. For the
convenience of all interested each system of rail
roads in the State will be taken up and considered
By itself upon the dates following Boston & Maine
Railroad, Monday, Jan. 8, 1885: Eastern Railroad
Monday, Jan. 1; Worcester Nashua and Rochester
Railroad, Thursday, Jan. rs; Grand Trunk Rail
road, Tuesday, Jan. 27 Portland & Ogdensburg
Railroad, Thursday, Jan. 20.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-04
se47,l41.3s 5
Number of miles run were:

An increase of 1888 miles over 1928.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-04
ROOMS To LET.
TO gE LET.

TTNFURNIshED rooms at the St julian Hotel.
O No. 1876 Middle Street.
The Dining Room has been thor 1ughly renovated
and is under the proprietorship of Richard w. Un-
derwood. For rooms &c. apply to
RICHARD ". UNDERWOOD,
0cb2d1 ,lGnit0r
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Children's Questions.

Why should not children ask ques-
tionsp How shall they ever learn the
worlds queer customs save by question
ing us who, through a longer residence
here. have succeeded in finding an
answer to some of life's less perplexinp
riddles? Happy the child whose many
oueries are received with the considers-
ton they deserve as, in spite OF any
seeming aimlessness, the instructive out
readings of an immortal soul for an
acquaintance with its yet unwonted sur
roundings. Here is a picture in this
| line-a picture that isl memory swell;
many person from his own experience
| could duplicate 1t: A little boy and an
old man, exempted the n by his youth
and the other by his age from the noisier
| services of life; one eager with tho
curiosity of childhood, the other wise
with the knowledge of advancing years.
holding many q discussion owe the
queer things in the world. Together
they fish in the little trout-brook behind
the house; together they wander through
the summer woods; together they drive
over the sunny New England hills to
store and mill, and the slower the old
horse goes, the faster the little boys
tongue runs on with the thousand and
one questions that crowd into a child's
busy mind. Never is q question an
swered impatiently or ignored. How
ever the busy cares of life may keep
others from attending to his small
speculations, the little boy can. always
comfort himself with the thought that
there is one source of information
never inaccessible. Sometimes in the
long Sunday afternoons, after church
and Sunday-school, these two take a
nap side by side; and when they waken
they read together a chapter from the
Bible-the n stumbling often over
the long words and deep truths,
the other explaining, in words q
child can understand, what seemed
so deep and strange and incompre-
hensible. From the memory of that
little boy, a little boy no longer, the
themes and texts of most of the sermons
he has heard since then have departed,
but much that he learned in those queer
little Bible studies with his grandfather
has never passed from his mind, and
never will. One chapterin Johns Cos
pei, especially, he never reads but he
sees gain the sunshine pouring in st
the iarm-house's western windows; he
feels the hush of the New England Sab
bath in the air, and he hears once more
the kind tones of a voice silent now for
years. So was on little boy led kindly
and tenderly into the knowledge he
longed to win; so did one old man keep
under the gray hairs of age his child
hoods sympathies and boyish heart,
until, in the fulness of his years, he
passed on into the eternal youth of the
life that never ends. The children must
ask questions if they would over know.
Happy the child whose many. question.
inggs are thus patiently and wisely met.
IS. S, Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
The Electric Light for Domestic Use.

The Liverpool Post states that a dis
covery has recently been made in cleo
trio lighting which, it is hoped by the
p%atentee, will solve the question how to
bring the electric light into operation
for domestic use. It has been found
possible, it is said, to produce the light
without the aid of either engines or
dynamos. All that is required are
merely the ordinary metals and carbons
and d peculiar kind of acid. These are
put into an ordinary cell, and imme-
diately the acid is pouredin and the con-
tinuity established the electric force
begins to develop. Experiments have
recently been made by Mr.. E. H. Thorn
son, the well-known electrical engineer,
by which a twenty-candle light has
been kept continuously going by the
electric current being generated in this
way, and the experiments have been
pronounced a decided success by all
who have witnessed them. By this pro-
cess no accumulators are required, and
the batteries can be SO made as to sup
ply n or a hundred or more lights, &C
cording to the number required. The
new light, which is called the Acme, it
is asserted, will be admirably adapted
for country residences, yachts, etc., and
can, it is estimated, be produced at a
price about the same as that of gas,
with very superior Illuminating power,
while the original expense of providing
twenty lamps of twenty-candle power
each is calculated at about ESQ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Choice Selections.

There is nothing so strong or safe in
IN emergency of life as the simple truth.
Dickens.
i find the doing of the will of God
leaves me no time for disputing about
his plans.-Gcorqe MacDunald.
"A man who puts aside his religion
because ne is going into society is like
one taking off his shoes because he is
about to walk upon thorns.-Ceci.
Perhaps your Master knows what a
capital plowman you are; and He never
means to let you become a reaper be-
cause you do the blowing SO WE'LL
S%puryeon.
Satan selects his disciples when
they are idle, but Christ chose his while
they were busy at work, either mending
tnelr nets or casting them into the sea.
-Fcrrendon.
The Lords Prayer is not, IS some
fancy, the easiest, the most natural OF
al ueyout u~ttterances. 1t may be COM
nltted to memory quickly. but it is
slowly learned by heart Maurice.
10 the Apostles every Sunday wa
a. Easter Sunday. The resurrection of
.helr Lord was too recent an event and
700 large a one for them to await tho
circling year for its celebration; the re-
urn OF their Lord was a hope too high,
an anticipation too immediate to allow
Twelve months to intervene between the
aays OF joyful prophecy. So memory
ano nope combined to make every first
aay OF the week an Easter, and so trans
l9lm me Gay Of rest into a day of life.-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
The Highlander's Prayer

Wait on the Lord; be Of good courage,
and He de s tha str stI1ean. Nb.a thin thine heart: wait ]
A Highlander in the British army,
during the war of the Revolution, was
caught one evening creeping out of a
thicket just beyond the lines. evidently
returning from some secret errand. The
American outposts (along the Hudson)
were then quite near those of the Brit
ish, and being concealed in the forest,
their exact number and distance were
always uncertain. Under the circum-
stances the Highlander was suspectedo Of
being an informer, i. e., in communities
ton with the enemy. 1t was shortly az
ter the execution of Major Andre; and
the enraged British were in no state to
let q man 60 who was, accused Of SYM
pathy with the Americans. The soldier
was taken before his Colonel, and the
witnesses of his presumed guilt told
their story.
"What have you to say for YOURSELF"
demanded the Colonel, with a threat
ening frown.
"Only this. sir; I got away quietly
from my comrades to pray a bit while
in the bush, and was coming back when
the soldiers took me-"
care you in the habit of praylng?"
demanded the officer.
eyes, STRIP
"Then pray now. You never needed
it more in your life" And the Colonel
took out his watch. Fully believing
that he had but a few minutes to live,
the Christian soldier knelt and poured
out his soul in such language as only a
friend of God could use. All who
heard it were astonished, the com
mander himself among the rest. &C.,"
sald he; ''you have told the truth. II
You had not been often to drill, you
could not have done so we'll at review"
The Wdtchnan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Religious.
EASTER HYMN.

"
The little birds with tamid voice, ..,,.,r,
A aooh ,varm breath their hearts rejoice,
Their Voice rise in sweeter strains
The trees extend their frozen arms
To catch the sunbeams as they pass
The buds peep out with vague elarms Lao.
Lest warmth 4unshlne snouio LOS
The tiny flowers lift up their heads
no see IL winters night be gone,
leave their cold, unyieldlng peoss
And happy rise to greet the morn.
The rivers feel their coats OF ice ..
Melting beneath the suns war.n D.I ans
m And their slumber was not death.
The earth disoards its faded dress,
And takes again the living green3
Which clothes the hills and nelds atresn'
Till not barren spot IS seen.
And thus all nature shares our joy
That winter, with its icy hands,
Can ne'er the germ of life destroy,
Nor crush it in its frozen bands.
But we have joy far higher still;
We know the hands of Death are weak.
He can not bind us at his will
We only for q season sleep.
As bird and bud, and grass and flower,
Revive again at touch of Spring,
b WI, BY Christs reviving power,
Shall Heavenward rise on joyful wing.
Thy bands are ioosed. thy terrors ned
All conquered by this mystery.
The Lord is risen from the dead.
~. Y. Observer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
4 SONG OF EASTER.

Sing, children, sing!
And the lily censers swing.
Sing that life and Joy are waking and tha'
Death no more is king.
Sing the happy, happy tumuft Of the slowly
bristening spring;
Sing, children. sing!
Winter Wild has taken wing.
Eli the air with sweet tidings till the frosty
echoes ring!
Along the ave- the icicles nc longer glitter
ing cling;
And the crocus in the garden Lifts its bright
face to the sun;
And in the meadows softly the brooks begin
And the golden catkins swing
In the warm airs of the spring:
Sing, little children sing!
Sing, little children, sing!
The lilies white. you bring.
In the joyous Easter morning for hope are
blossOming,.
And as the earth her shroud of snow from OF
her breast doth fling,
80 We may cast our letters of in Gods eternal
30 may We find release at last from SORROW
So may we and our;childhood's calm, delicious
Sweet are your eyes, o little ones, that look
Without . shsae Of doubt or fear into the
Sing. sing, In happy chorus, with joyful voice.
That death is life, and God IL good, and al
things shall be well!
That bitter days shall cease
In warmth and light and peace
That winter yields to spring
Sing, little children, sing!
-Celso Thaztsr.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

Bob Mcdonald and Sue Mitchell
have decided to slide down the cellar
door of life hand-in-hand together, and
consequently have taken out q license to
we'd Lampasas, lIs@.l DfspatcA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

pess and bliss to come, as wen as in he.
lieving recognition of the grandest and
most luminous fact in the past.-GticaSot
AdUance. Y
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

One of the stories of the Georgia
cyclone is to the effect that a towel VA
blown from n county into another,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-25
nd Washington Indian War
& Claims.

CAaAms'
There IS pending in the Senate a
bilf to provide for the payment OF SO
I much 81 the expenses incurred by the
! T6rritories of Oregon and Washing
ton IL WE suppression of Indian hos
tilities Herein, in the years 1906,
"a has not hitherto been provided for
INA paid" The bill, in brief, provides
for payment of volunteers, embracing
I the First, Second and Fifth Oregon
4 regiments and the three companies of
minute men numbered Sixty, Sixty
one and Sixty-tw and the First and
I Second Washington regiments and
promiscuous companies, including the
companies of Captain Strong and
! Captain Hayes, $1,529,l97.57, after
deducting stoppage according to the
RI report Of the commission of 1886, the
claims to be examined and allowed
bv the third auditor of the treasury,
a who shall give to the volunteers the
Nj pay and allowance reported as due
them NV the commission, deducting
d
from any claim the payments made
n thereon under the act of 1861 provided
that payment shall only be made tc
Y such of tha above named companle:
Is shall be shown by satisfactory
llT proof to have been engaged in actua
" service in the field for the period an'
- ia manner claimed.
~ For the payment of claims for SCI
vices, supplies transportation, etc, II
an Cured ia the maintenance OF SAID vo
w unteers, 81, ,402, 1926. In this connet
tion il can be said that there Is befor
r& the house committee on Military A
fairs proposition to extend the bel
efits Of the bounty to the voluntee1
who served in the Indian wars aboS
considered. - Washington Correspol
!nM denoe of Oregonian.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-25
Roreot which Church.

An OIL citizen last evening found a
Y Young man on the corner swearing to
himself.
ppEt uVVhat's the matter?" he inquired.
:. .ssMatter!'' was the reply; "Matter
!. Iass ,Sss enorph!n and then followed another
p's string Of scripturaT and unscriptural
,.et words sadly mixed together.
A'' 'sIll tell you what's the matter |
BATH took my girl to church and lett her at
1.-The door and now III be diddledy-dad-
eat Iau&e& Al Cdil i0tiiohiNOi " iiNA
mDsS church it was"
-n And then the citizen passed on
leaving the young man in cloud OF
10 sald gloom as big as barn. Oil City
Blizzard.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-25
Weekly World.

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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-25

ssWhat is the meaning of a backbi-
ter?" asked reverend gentleman
rdotss during an examination at a parochial
ants O, school. This was puzzle. 1t went
he down the class till it came to a simple
~, little urchin, who said, "P'r'aps it be
800" Aea.n
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-25
Administrators Sale of
REAL ESTATE.


MaOTfCE is HEREBY GIvEN THAT IN PUR-
IN suance of order of the Probate Court of
county of Boise, in the Territory of Idaho made
the fifth day cf April, A. D. 1884, in the matter
of the ate of Thomas Hays. deceased, the under
signed administrator of said estate will sell either
at private sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash. in parcel. and subject 10 con-
hrmation by said Probate Court. on Monday the
28th day of April, !. D. 1884, between the hours OF
the rising and the Setting of the of said dav on
the premises in said county, all the right title in
and estate of the said ntestate at the time of
his DEATH and all the right title and interest that
the said intestae has by operation of law other
wise acquired, other than, in addition to that OF
the said int state at the lime of his death. in ana
to all that lot piece parcel of land situate lying
and being in the said county and described AS fol-
fows
| possossory homestead right No 1857 on N w, i
| S ". a & S. y y. W. a & n. E. 4. n. ". 4 Sec
81. TIP. 8 \. of r. 1 E. l6O Terms and condi-
tions OF sale, ten per cent OF the purchase money
to be paid to The administrator or auc.i .ioneer, Oh
the day of sale, balance confirmation OF sale by
said Probate Court. and at expense of purchaser
Also--will be sold at the time and place
two mares and other personal property belonging
to said estate. s. o. SIL,BY, administrator
i of the estate of Thos. Hays, decd.
April 9, 16s4.-3w.
/ n TICE.
The above sale is adjourued till the 10th dav o
My, 1884, betwt en- the hours of IL A. NJ. and 2 P
Nj. :, G.. SILsBY.
Administrator.
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Postomce Hours.

". ring week days. 1ntil further notice
the ostoffice VIII be Kept open from seven
A. NJ. until nino 2. n
s, ndays from haif-past twelve to one
and from tour until SIN 2. NJ.
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
The Money Order Office will not be
e,,cncd at all on Sundays; and no Money
Order business will be transacted on Sat
rr,lnvs after four O'Clock L. NJ.
). &. SILSBY,
| aho City, Dec ). $50. Postmaster
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-27
CRUEL rREIIMEAr oF4 SICK Child

-nY TELIGNNH 10 THL IEIEINII
EAsToN, Penn, Aug. 90 Michael Hun and
his wife arrested to-day i'r cruelty 20 their Child
age ten year The boy home from wcrk early one
morning suffering from scarlet fever Ms Hun refused
10 permit him 10 enter h Aou,e 80 he aid down on The
porch until h- father came home a. night Han told his
son 10 ellie there" and uucouceuedy wa kel into lhe
housc Tho boy lay there suffering and ug until
II o'clock when the parents finding that citzen- Aad
Informed the agent OF the Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty 70 Children, took him indoors. Next day was
learned that the boy kept in the hot kitchen IN
without ATTENDANCE Hun ans b VIII Wrr- called upon
hy the aud par. cu.arly disdSr tInr Io lm
threatening him vi bodily violence. The "ifr s4ld lie
tu. bo. cpWoth-r ''.at not marr q Hun %
axe C.rc OF Lis bra f." Hun siI rs chi Dir were Al7
own aud hc wOn DO with heu a, he pie t-ed. The
society took fhc cb l b., and tls e' noon
tie alre,s We're made. The boys lie Is en- nse!ed
OWING TO ant OF care.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-27
ALrcrrEE By DIR. DEEMs.

RIcHFIELD SPRINGS, Aug 26.-The annual
dre-, fore The American Institute Of Christian Phil
osapny was de yere yesterday oy Dr. Deems, the Pr SIC
dent who took for us sub Tne Field Of To-day;
view of the Progress Of Christian Tn ught and Christian
Work during the Year" Bre speeches were made by Sc
cretary DAVIS Messrs Lyon Whitfield and Rankin, Pro-
fe ors ii let Be.chrr and Others In the aern on the
oers OF he school took hal: holiday, going 70 Of
.,, axe In coaches and ig steamer CoOpe sOwn.
I ey returned IN time fr supper Today the Rev Dr.
Pla l. Roche ter In place o. Dr. JOS -pl Parker W
va. .uld, u V ca led home London. ctured on the
on Of Physical ana Spiritual Fore - Io-mO-
Professor 40 IN X Dav =. n the n'erslty OF VII
enia Will lecture. theme being Is Prayer Reason
.br
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A MYSTERY ON TIE HUDSON.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO TIL rRr-N2.I

q
LAXsrNGBURG, Aug. 2G. - Soon after 7
O'Clock this moruins John on>ee track walker on
the Hudson River Railroad discovered young italian
in a terrible C nj ton on the railroad track milo
south OF Caseton. on his wris were handc IFS par
TALLY br ken. His heal seemed almost cut OPEN ana
the blood WIS flowing from me wound proius-ly His
legs arul- and parts OF hi body re covered with
bruises. one leg was broken. se,erl empOye, Of the
road were called and tn young man was placed on
haudclr and taken to the station The track walker
brought with him a pad If blank paper
wooden pipe. a to,th brush and three keys
which were found near the stranger Or.
Warat', of Cast.et)n. made an examination and
pronounced the -uieri from tractur- az
tI. base # tr- SKULL an III dyiur con. ltion.
john ". Mcknight, clerk 40 tue X ns-Hlaer county
jail resident in taseton. nrou ht the IN n 10 Troy ON
iaoad tram ana hId nm tr1 or % no pltaD
EHors 10 di u identity have not proved su ce--
fuI lac cannot spcik. II, ue' th his eyes close aud
p, motion as ave IN OccdsiOua. III Ivemeut %, MS
shacklcl ha across his body. o. suffering .rom
ga n Jai VI lis express tu. up % on nat ne man
was h- WY W --tche-ter County TO I'll" Albany
Pcni eut aIy aud aped from north un1 ran pass
I'm. througI Cas- Teton at o'clock t1i- N 'rliug i'e
zen tyntlry aut-or dJ not nave any know edge Of
tn. matt r.