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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-31
Railroad Receipts.

PORTLAND. Dec. so, 1885.
Received by Maine Central Rairoad-For Port
and 80 cars miscellaneous merchandise; : for con-
Meeting roads "a cars miscellaneous merchan-
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You put funny uniform on a man, and let 1000
people pay 80 cents each to watch him. and he
will saw wood as hard as he will play base ball.
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LIVERPOOL. Steamship Polynesian-500 bxs
tin plates to A L Stevens & Co.
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Backache is almost Immediately relieved by
wearing one of Carriers Smart Weed and Bella
donna Backaehe Plasters. Try one and be free
from pain. Price 20 cts.
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BEWARE of FRAUDs.-Be sure you get the gen
uine DR.. Thomas Electric Oil. 1t cures Colds
Group. Asthma, Deafness and rheumatism.
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MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
On and after TUESDAY, Dec. list,
1855, Passenger Trains Leave
Portland ms follows:


1885, Passenger Trains Leave
Portland as follows:
For Bangor, Ellsworth, vat. Desert Ferry,
Vanceboro, 81. ohm, Halifax, and the
Provinces, st. stephen and Aroo.took
County, 120 p. m, via Lewisfon, 125 ana
Hills p. M, via Augustus; and for Bar Hnr-
Dor, and Bangor a. Piscafaquis *. H.,
Hills D. M, for showhegnn, Belfast and
Dexter, 1.20, 1.25, Ill. Is p m; Waterv1lle,
ITO a. M, 120, 1.25, III. 10 p. M; ana on SAT
urdays only at BID p. m. for Anguish, hai-
lowell, Gardiner and Brunswick, ITO a.
M LBS, 5.15, 411.15 p M; Bath, ITO q. M,
% g. D. m, and on Saturdays only at lib
D. M; Rockland and Knox and Lincoln
Is. r., z. 10 a. M, 1.25 p. nj Auburn ana
Lewiston at 500 a. M, 1.2O, 500 p. m; Lew
iston via Brunswick, ITO a. M, +11:1b p.
M; Pennington, Monmouth, Winthrop,
Oakland and North Arson, 1.2O p. M;
Pennington win Brunswick, ITO a. N.
and 1.25 p. m.
AT CONGRESS- ST. STATION
All trains excepting night Pullman trains Will stop
for passengers. -
sleeping car attached and runs every nlgnt sun
davs included, but not through to Skowhegan on
Monday mornings or to Belfast and Dexter or
beyond Bangor, on Sunday mornings
Trains are due in Portland as follows: The morn
ing trains from Augusta and Bath 40 an. .
Lewiston, $50 a. M; the day trains from Ban
gor and all intermediate stations and connect
ing roads at 1915 and 1910 p. M; the after
noon trains from Waterville, Augusta, Bath,
Rockland and Lewiston at 5.45 p. m; the night
Pullman Express train at l. 80 q. m.
Limited Tickets, first and second class, for
all points in the Provinces ON sale mt re-
duced rates.
Experiment not successful. Steamer will make
last trip Dec. 10th.
PAYSON TUCKER, General Manager.
F.E. BOOTHBY Gen'l Pass and Ticket Agt;.,
Portland, November 80. 1880. noSVnu
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OF all ants the servant is supposed to work the
hardest
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III OF. ......... 1c
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Superfine and
low .grades;3 25@3 Sc
X Spring and
Xxx Spring. IS 00d5 %
Patent Spring
Wheats :. 20 00@6 %
Mich. straight
roller 40 1906 SO
clear do. 30 0005 20
stone ground 4 1895 GO
ST Louis st'gt
roller. -. 80 5000 rs
clear d0....5 25a5 so
Winter Wheat
Patents. 8 1896 co
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4, A popular air with the ladies-@sweet Buy anl
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Racks ..13 00G13 80
Clear ...12 50012 rs
Mess. 10 5o011 90
Mess Beef. 8 5o01O 90
| Elk Mess. 10 0001o so
| Plate Ill 00@11 90
Elk Plate. IL 50@12 90
Lard
Tubs % P..6M @7c
Tierces. -. 634 @7c
Pals. .......7 @7Ac
Hams ~ fb. .91a@I0c
do coVered101a@11h
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Why is a eat like woman? Because there is
such delightfully."- tantaliZing uncertainty wheth-
er she is going to keep right on purring or turn
hlnnn
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sTell me- Thomas, how many voyages around
the world did Capt. Cook make?"
Three"
"And on which one of these voyages was he
killed?"
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High Mixed Corn.5S@59
Newborn car lots50n52
Corn, bag lots. ..55056
Meal, bag lots. 55@56
Oats, car lots =. 41@42
Oats, bag lots. .42043
Cotton Seed.
ear lots PA OOM25 co
do ag...25 C0@26 90
Sack'dBr'n
ear lots. IS O0GI9 90
do bag. 10 00d20 90
Middlings, 10 50,d23 90
do bag lots, 30 0O024 90
Provisions.
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cortland Wholesale prices Current

Corrected for the PRESS to December 81, 1885.
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More cases of sick headache, biliousness, CON
stipation, &C.. can be cured in less time, with less
medicine, and for less money, by using Carriers
Little Liver Pills, than by any other means.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
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The birds hop around upon the grass in
swarms, within an inch or two Of the cows
nose, while she is in pasture, and hardly
take the trouble to get out of her way. In
wild regions where the birds have not been
scared away and killed by cruel boys who
are called civilized, the little creatures are
80 tame that they may be taken in the hand
while they sit around the COW nose
One curious fact have not yet told you.
The COW bird never builds nest of It's own.
1t is lazy creature, not at all a good
housekeeper. Cow birds do not mate to-
gether, male and female, and raise their
family like other feathered creatures. The
female simply watches around till she
catches some other bird of its
nest. Then she slips slyly In and
lays her own egg in the other
birds nest. Strange to say. the rightful
owner does not find out the trick. She
never knows but the COW birds egg is her
own. She sits upon the eggs, her own and
the strangers. But the cowbird's egg
matches first Then the oldest thing hap.
pens. The other silly bird begins to think
her own eggs are bad, and are not going to
hatch at all So she ceases paying any at.
tention to them at all, but sets in and be.
comes most devoted mother to the young
cowbird, that isn't any kin 70 her. It Is
tough on her own young ones, but the little
cowbird wouldn't get any bringing up at
all If it wasn't for this stepmother
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
John McCullough's Condition.
New York Sun


New York Sun.
Reports have recently multiplied to
the effect that John Mccullough was
rapidly sinking in his home in the
Bloomingdale asylum, and that his
death was but question of few
months. DR.. Nichols, the medical
superintendent of the asylum, was
questioned yesterday as to the truth
of these reports.
"They are about correct" said the
doctor, "as nearly so, at all events, as
laymen can make reports that should
be technical. Mr.. Mccullough is gen
orally paralyzed and very weak. He
will walk quarter of mile
or so at time, with an attendant at
hand, but he moves about like an old
man, sitting down and getting up with
good deal of difficulty. Mr.. Nc
Cullough's physical condition is not
greatly changed since he came here.
He will not live years, he may not live
many months, but to say that his death
is but question of few months. as
has been said. conveys the idea that he
is nearer his end than he probably is.
He makes good patient. He is much
quieter and happier than when he first
came, and seems quite contented to be
here. He looks back som etimes on his
stage life, and recalls the coming on
of his disease with much feeling. His
case is, of course, hopeless, and 1 never
held out to his friends the slightest
hope of his recovery"
Mr.. Mccullough is very regular in
his habits at Bloomingdale, but follows
no cast-iron routine in disposing of his
time. The patients are expected to
rise at certain hour and take their
meals at fixed times. These rules are
not rigid, however, and are relaxed
when necessary. So far as his physi-
cal powers will allow, Mr.. Mccullough
endeavors to follow them, rising and
taking his meals at the same time as
the other patients. He passes his time
otherwise as he chooses.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
COW BUNTING.

At least, the little bird is great friends
with the cow, and the COW does not seem to
mind it, Perhaps she knows of what use it
is to her. This little creature is found in
both the Americas, North and South.
wherever there are herds of cattle. When
our western plains were covered with droves
of buffalo, eerly settlers observed that these
were followed by swarms of little, dark, mud
colored birds. The colonlsts named them
buffalo birds. But the bison herds disap-
peared before civilization. Their places were
taken by vast herds of cattle that belonged
to ranchmen. After that the focks of birds
changed their quarters and gave their
company to the ranchmen's animals. Then
they were called cowbirds.
The brlght-eyed, pert little creature is Of
inestimable value to the cow 1t skips all
over her and perches saucily upon her
horns, her head or her back. If you watch
you will sea it pecking industriously into
her body near the backbone. There is on
insect called the warble which burrows into
the poor cows flesh, Though the hide, and
causes her great torture Wherever you
feel lump under the cows skin, there one
of these painful warbles is imbedded. They
are also called wolves" Well, the COW
bird pecks into the lump with its sharp Lit
tie BILL digs cut the insect and eats it. Il
also devours the gadfie5 and other pest
that torment cattle in hot weather.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
TO Play POstOf1ca.

For postofFice-any gooi-sized card
board box will do for this purpose. The lid
should be fastened to it, SO that when 1t is
stood up it will open up like cupboard
door; 1t must be closed by means of button
and loop Of elastic. In the top of the box.
as 1t stands up, and in the upper end of the
door, slit must be cut out about an inch
wide and from five to six inches long. so as
to allow of the posting Of small parcels, but
yet not large enough to admit Of childs
hand, while on the door Of the postofice
should be written the times of the post
Most children are fond of writing letters to
one another, and this will, Of course, give
rise to grand manufacture of note paper,
envelopes and postal cards. and they will
call forth all their ingenuity IN designing
and coloring monograms and crests for their
note paper and envelopes. An envelope
must be taken carefully to pieces to form a
fiat pattern; then those cut from it have to
be folded, gummed together, and touch of
gum put on the tip Of the flap; monogram
to correspond with the note paper must be
drawn on it, and finally, they must be done
up in neat packets, say half-dozen IN each.
1t is wonderful what occupation this postbox
will afford where there is large party Of
children; of course, postman must be
chosen, and bag must be made for the
letters, and so on.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
PRepARtNa osggtcargp ooooANu4.
The Operation in Detail-CEaohine the
Nuts-Grinding the Pulp

The Operation in Deta1-CEaoklng tiSe
Nuts-Grinding the Pulp.
INew York Mall and Expressl
sNo siH, We don't make cocoanuts,
said member of firm whose sign read,
sCocoanut Manufacturing company, in
response to an inquiry of reporter.
what we do Is to prepare the cocoanuA
for confectIoners, bakers and families, to
be used for pies and pastry.
The nuts are brought here by the vessel
load, some ships bringing as many as
400, 900 in q cargo. They are put up in
bags Of one hundred each. The average
weight of the green nut Is one and one
half pounds. The best ore those thickest
in meat and richest N natural oil and
sugar. They come from san Bias, Cow
island San Andreas, Ruatans, Jamaica,
and Baracoa They grow on the Islands
of the Caribbean sea and the trees are so
planted that the roots are constantly
washed with salt water The nuts are not
picked from the tree but fall to the ground
when ripe because of the decay OF the
stems. When the husk Is taken off they
are ready for shipping. The perishable
nature Of the green nut has made desic-
Gated cocoanut more desirable in the
market and this is the article we manu-
facture and SELL.
"What is the operationP"
The cocoanuts are placed in large
hopper, from which they fall to a zinc
covered table on lower floor. In front
of this table several men are placed, who
crack the shell of the nut with hatchet
as it falls on the table. Then the shell is
pried off, leaving the meat whole. From
6 to II o'clock six men at this work open
$4,000 nuts. A peeling machine then
takes off the brown skin OF the nuts, after
which the meats are broken into pieces
the milk drawn off, and the pieces put
into tubs of clean, cold water The meat
is then inspected as to its quality, and
next it sput into grinding mill turning
400 revolutions minuta The pulp thus
made is mixed with granulated sugar and
put in long pans of galvanized iron,
which are put up in the desiccators and
the water extracted OF q high temperature.
An interesting fact about the work Is that
the entire process must be completed by 2
o'clock In the afternoon, because Of the
delicate nature of the fruit. The number
of people employed in this department is
forty.six. The desiccated nut is white as
snow, and perfectly dry, when it has been
through the process, and 1t Is then al-
lowed to cool, and is leftin dry temper.
ature for ten days before it is finally put
up for the market. At 3oclock each day
the work Is all done.
"What about the idea that cocoanut is
indigestibeV"
ut is supposed by many persons to DO
so. But the best gfoWths show by AnalV-
sis about 48 per cent of digestible oils, 5
per cent Of sugar, about 46 per cent Of
water, and only per cent Of ash This
being the case, there is scarcely anything
people eat more digestible and nutritious.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

Is the perfection Of harmony, while
Burns expressing human feeling. The
/ I'll -ee-Byron, Moore and Burns
make complete combination. Bul.
wer, among modern novelists, is per
haps the greatest. He is the only nov
elist whose style changed with age
his Last of the Barons being as differ
ent in every respect from Pelham as
though written by different persons.
The only connecting link between the
successive works is the retention of
the alchemist as the mysterious char
acter of his successive works.
Passing then to industrial questions.
he said that the greatest danger to the
country in the future is the vast ag-
gregation of wealth in single hands
Primogeniture was abolished as a rem
edy for that evil in times past. Now
large fortunes-beyond the power of
the owners to spend-can be accumu-
lated in ones life. Agrarianism as a
remedy would be greater curse than
the evil itself.
AS to the effects of increased knowl-
edge, he found a difference between
education and wisdom. 81 have
known" said Mr.. Davis, "wise men
who were not learned, and learned
men who were not very wise. A mans
discretion cannot be gauged by his
knowledge. The Scotch are people
of great knowledge, yet in many parts
of Mississippi, where book knowledge
is lacking, the people are always wise
in their conclusions, not always able
to give the reasons therefor. yet none
the less wise"
One more topic your correspondent
takes the liberty of giving since it
shows Mr.. Davis in the light of close
Bible student. Referring to the re-
vised edition, he did not see that the re-
visers had removed the few material
errors which were to be found in the
King James edition. yet they had made
many changes which only shocked the
conservative conscience of Bible read
ers, s,while the change was productive of
no corresponding good In the text.
For instance, where the King James
version says, "The Lord God spoke
unto Moses and sald." the revised edi-
ton makes it: "The Lord says unto
Moses" Now this is merely change
Of expression without changing the
meaning, and therefore unnecessary.
1t was thus, with easy changes from
one topic to the other, always taking
lofty views, that Mr.. Davis talked for
four hours. 1t was a conversation to
which the whole South would have
listened with interest, and only inabili-
ty to give lin Mr.. Davis phraseology
compels forbearance.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
The Models FFook Coat.


Speaking of the Garfield monument in
Golden Gate park, q paper of San Fran
cisco wonders why it is that sculptors in
general select for their models frock coats
of the most rural pattern, slovenly In the
collar, baggy in the sleeves loose at the
shoulders, dragging across the back, and
wrinkled in the skirts, as if the owner had
travelled to his historic pedestal by stage
or used his outer garment as pillow.
The presidents coat fits him none too
well, and the hand-me. down style of his
dress is an undeniable petition to be
placed above the reach Of vulgar curios
ity. A statesman's status should be like
the original, raised above the dead level
of ordinary humanity, for familiarity
breeds contempt, and the average mind
refuses admiration and awe to man
whose coat looks as If it had been bought
after fire.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
AQuestion Concerning Sleep.
[The Current

1t generally believed that negro re.
quires little sleep In state Of freedom
the negro takes less sleep than the white
man. Perhaps, In olden times, the mas
ter held to this theory because it was a
convenient idea, and perhaps heredity has
made the theory fact Colored thinkers
should investigate the matter, and deter
mine whether or not It would be wise to
advocate longer hours in bed for the
young and the succeeding generations Of
their race In fact, 1t would do all man
kind no harm to learn more about sleep
than is known. The loss of nightly rest
is seriously affecting American nerves
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
Furt therlng a Dirty Scheme.


A correspondent of the Vicksburg
Post gives an account of a political
meeting held by the colored voters of
Rankin county, to express choice OF
the candidates before thepeople." All
that we want to know about any meet
ing, to correctly "size it up" is that
Wilson Hicks presided over it, and
that it endorsed the delectable Harry
Kernaghan, the defunct postmaster
of Brandon, for the office of sheriff of
Rankin county.
We trust that our friends in Rankin
will not suffer such dirty scheme to
defeat that estimable gentleman and
sound Democrat, H. NJ. Parker, the
regularly nominated Democratic can
didate, for the office for which Kerna-
CHAN has been endorsed by the Wilson
Hicks crowd.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
My Sweetheart.
ga N-fokat.I

llOt' NlCuOlaS1
I'm in love with fair little maiden
With her eyes, with her lips, with hen
hands,
With her dozens Of dear little dimples;
And although she's petite
On her sweet little feet,
IT'S wonder to me how she stands
And she loves rre, this dear little maiden:
And her hands, and her eyes, and her lips,
And her dimples, all giving me welcome
In sweet, artless way
Have their say, every day,
AS to meet me she lovingly trips.
VIII she wed me, this sweet little maidenG
Bless you, no! That she will never do.
But, when 1 have told you the reason,
haven't fear
Twill appear to you queer;
For I'm thirty-while she's only twol
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
Pulling for the Shore.

A Portland man put large spider on a
floating chip in pond After walking
all about the sides of the chip the spider
began to cast web for the shore. He
threw 1t as far as possible in the air and
with the wind. 1t caught on some blades
OF grass. Then turning himself about
the spider began to haul the chip toward
tho shore
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
A PrOverb Among Proverbs,

Here is curious puzzle Take word from
each OF the proverbs below, one after an.
another. If you hit on the right word, at
the end you will have sentence which
forms another proverb very common one
We will help you by telling you that the
beginning word is never
l. The highway is never about
2. II you look not at costly thing you
may not be tempted to buy. '
3. Two OF trade seldom agree.
4. In remembering the gift remember
also the giver 0-
8. A nod Is as good as wink to a blind
horse
. When the wine is in the wit Il out
q The longest lane ynrot hava n tur,,,o.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
A Pyramid Of Skulls

The Arabs made a pyramid of the
skulls of Hicks unfortunate command
which perlshed in the Soudan before
Gordon rdo went there. OF this expedition
10000 soldiers including 1000 cavalry,
persisted, and 100000 rounds of Rem.
lH99gton ammunition, seven Krupp, six
Nordenfeldt and twenty.nine mountain
guns were captured.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
Facts Concerning Jurisdiction.

The islands in rivers between states usu
ally belong to one state or the other, and
are thus included In the states iurisdic.
ton If not, they are under the laws of
the United States Rivers within the
limits of any state are within the iurisdic.
tion of the state, and crimes committed
on them are punished by the state. The
phrase, "high seas, Includes the entire
open sea, the highway of all nations.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

A New YORK watch company has
just made for Patrick Rehill, Of Phil
adelphia, an elegant gold watch which
heintends to present to Mr.. Parnell.
"A diamond is set in one side Of the
case and on the reverse is engraved
tbs United States coat Of arms in COM
blnation with the harp and shamrock
Of Ireland. Inside is this inscription:
"Presented to Charles Stewart Parnell
by Patrick Rehill, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
y. S. A., as a token Of esteem, 1886"
The cost Of the watch was $4OO.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

The advance in cotton cloth both in
the United States and England is q to
5per cent; but it is due to the stop.
page Of 100000 Spindles through a
labor strike which represents 45,OOO,-
600 yards Of goods per week.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

In portions Of North Louisiana some
of the farmers are selling corn for IS
and 50 cents. Next spring these same
parties will, in many instances, pay Is
cents for corn.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

2. A. BROWN, of Terre Haute, Ind,
son Of George P. Brown, late Presi-
dent Of the State Normal School,
formerly Superintendent of the Schools
OF Indianapolis, ran away with grass
widow two days ago, leaving wife
and two children.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

PUGILIsT DoMINICK DICCAFFREY is
said to have once lived in Delaware
county. The Chester Times says he
was educated for the priesthood, but
disgraced the cloth, left the seminary
and was engaged as instructor of ath-
letics at Swarthmore college.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
EIght Hundred Thonsana mana 49,.

Eight Hundred Thousand Deaf NIutes,
There are in the world 307 institutions
for the education of deaf mutea Ger.
many has 80 of these, France az Great
britain 40, and the United States 8y.
Recent careful estimates place the mum.
Der OF these unfortunates at 800 900
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

IT is astonishing how SO many of the
cranks throughout the country who
kill their sweethearts and then kill
themselves are credited with troubles
of the heart, when, really, they are af-
ficted with troubles of the whisky
bottle.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11

The Atlanta Constitution publishes
the absurd query: "Are mugwumps
squabs?" Evidently the Constitution
thinks mugwumps is "pigeon" Eng
Iish.
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
Beauty Among Working Girls.

The correspondent Of western paper
claims that In thousand New York
working girls there are to be observed as
many beautiful faces of the Lady Clara
We're de We're type as in the same humber
o. young ladies attending the fashionable
Fifth avenue churches
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-11
Sixty T'umbiera mar nav.

An eminent English physician on oath
tne other day said that he had known
men who took their sixty tumblers Of
punch per day and seemed no whit tho
worse for the indulgence