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The Portland daily press., 1885-01-17
SUBURBAN NEWS.
FalmOmth.


One OF the most interesting events that has taken
place for long time in our quiet little town, oc
CURED at the residence of Mr.. E. L. Colley. OalS
Grove Lodge, No. 16I, I. o. G. t., purchased an
''easy chair" for Mr.. Colley as an expression Of
their gratitude toward him for his long service as
secretary of the lodge. The chair was presented
Dy hon. ID. o. Moulton with very appropriate re-
marks, which were eloquently responded to by Mr..
Colley Mr.. Coley was married on New Years eve.
and the chair will serve as beautiful wedding
present.
Cumberland Mills.
Some forty or more Knights of Pythias visited
AIavoshen Lodge. No. ], Biddsford, last night.
The tenement business seems to have been over
done in this vicinity 1t is estimated .lthere are
dozen houses vacant at this time.
The railroad authorities have put up large Ian.
tern at the depot to light the platforms 1t Is quite
noticeable improvement.
ssarbOrO.
The selectmen have laid out new road leading
from the old West Scsrboro depot to Miliken'a
mill. 1t is said that Old Orchard will Law ont a
road to meet this road at the town line.
The burnham Morrill, clam shop at Pine Point
has closed They have packed nearly five thousaoa
bushels of clans. Mr.. Boothby has also finished
operations at his shop on the Black Point side Of
the river. -
NatGhing smelts is new industry at West Scar
b,t DsPSt' HAN dozen little houses have been
M IN .ne ice, ana large quantities of smelts TAX
en-, They are sent to the Boston market. and brinz
apout eight cents pound
AS AS geo. w, Carter was blasting in the ledge TWEEN
" Ioas or more from the house Of Mr. Seth Scam
n, MAJ, fragment OF rock weighing about seven
pounds, was thrown into the air, and caHae down
upon upon MT ocamman's house. 1t struck with such
tSIee tnai II passed through the roof aud through
tne chamber ceiling, striking heavily upon the oor
az spot where Ers. Seamman had been sitting
only short time before.
we're Is some talk in the Searboro Corner district
Snne1g osg SCI on from Sesrboro Some favor being
anne4eo 70 Buxton, while others prefer the forma-
@ .loh Oh new town out OF parts of Scarboro bux-
~ .b anu oSco, Inc principal reason given seems 70
oe the location OF the town house at the eastern
emu oI the town, nearly nine miles away This the
pestlenefs say practically excludes them from tak-
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-17
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II.
The indications for New England to-day are
warmer, cloudy weather, with rain and sleet
in northen portion, easterly shifting to south
ly winds, and falling barometer. Calls on the
coast.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
III 27 p MI
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-17

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every DAY Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET PORTLAND. ME.
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
The Portland daily press., 1885-01-17

Mr.. James Thompson, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of Burlington, died
Tuesday night of pneumonia.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
An Ashantee Gentleman.

From Chronicles OF No Mans Land
The Ashantee gentleman has neither
a fsAt nose, nor thick lips, nor ebony
skin. To take Bossoonogo az a speci-
men, he is not darker than many
Spaniards. has features of the Europe
an east, and an eye that protrudes in
the manner admired by French people,
and called n feur ne tete. His dress,
even when prisoner, as | saw him,
is miracle of taste, uncqualed since
the Roman toga vanished. One single
piece of cloth it is. cotton print,
home spun and home dyed Your ma
tive gentlemen, whether from east or
west, would not condescend to wear
Manchester stuffs, and he is conspcu-
ously right, TIC see Bossoonogo was
to see picture of antique grace. 1t
was a marvel how he kept so clean
that sheet of cotton, adorned with
blue arabesques and flowers on white
ground. Nothing else did he wear by
day except the "brcech-clout. fringed
with silk, the ends of which fell below
the knees. AT night he rolled it round
him, and so slept, but the stiffening
never went out of il, and its folds were
ALWAYS statuesque. He looked a swell,
every inch, bright and wholesome. and
courteous. though tied by his wrist,
and trudging barefoot through the
mud.
When permitted the use of car
riage hammock Gnstead of walking
chained TO a common soldier) Bos-
soonogo stepped into his conveyance
with courteouos bow toward the ma
rine; through my interpreter he ex-
pressed regret that circumstances over
which he had no control forbade him
to reward Private Smith for his "uni-
form consideration, etc. The face of
that gallant soldier when he thorough
ly mastered this parting shaft of po-
likeness, did one good to see. "Why
-whyP' he said, "this nigger-he--
oh, blow IT," Words would not come
to him fitting to describe his senti-
ments. saw him again two days af-
ter, with his remaining captives still
in tow. Private Smith had changed
into a thoughtful man; the sublimity
of Ashantee manners had overpowered
him
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
A Sand Storm In New Mexico.

The air was still as death, and there
was not puff of wind or rag of
cloud in the whole horizon. / observ-
ed, however, that the sky had under
gone a curious change. There was no
the deep blue had been superseded by
a strange white glare that was nearly
binding. and the heat had increased
rather than diminished. We saddled
hastily, and were soon threading our
way through the broiling labyrinth of
sand hills and out on the broad mesa
again. We had not gone more than
mile or two in the direction of Espan-
ola when Joe, who had been glancing
about in all directions, suddenly re
marked. There she comesr and
jumping off his burro, commenced
tying him up behind an adjacent heap
of large powders. We stared in the
direction he pointed, but could discov-
CT nothing save the white sky the
hills, and the sandy plains. As we
looked. however, we gradually became
aware that far down the valley two or
,hree of the hills had entirely disap-
peared. and. stranger still. that more
of them were being eaten up under our
very eyes, A little brownish-blac
cloud, no bigger than ones hand, was
the monster that was thus devouring
the landscape. We hastily secured
the animals in the shelter of the rocks.
and came back to look. The cloud
had already spread quite across the
plain and valley, and was approaching
with frightful rapidity. 1t was not
more than five miles away. 1t swept
along toward us, with constantly ac-
tous black wall of dust. that sent long
waving fingers up to the zenith. Mile
after mile of mesa, and hill after hill
disappeared in its vast NAV, until
there was only one rise left, This was
swallowed up, and then. almost before
we could seek shelter, the storm was
upon us with shrek and Il blast like
the breath from a cannon.
In an instant every thing was oh
scured. | peered through my half
closed lids, and could not see sage
bush that | had noticed the moment
before only few feet distant. The
air was full of the dull roar of the bat
Ting winds. We could barely hear
the sound of our voices when we shout
ed. Everything had been wiped away
from the face of the earth. and blur
of gray dust was all that remained.
| could barely distinguish those near
est me through this strange mist. The
worst of it lasted for about half ali
hour, | should think, but the air was
still full of dust when we arrived home
about two hours later. Such is New
4 ~ Ill
our household goods covered with
mat of from half an inch to an inch of
an impalpable powder, which had
sifted in through every crack and
Granny. Nothing had caped--BIRGE
HARRISON, in Harper's Magazine for
May.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17

the Red Headed Angel of the Gulch,"
when 1913. AL, 555. 222 and Ill all went
down at once, just as the villain was
pursuing Bucolia. The girl was mad
because Of the interruption, land the
villain still pursued her. as she began
hellowing and setting plugs with great
rapidity. She caught a snatch of each
of the conversations. and heard 1888
ask Ill:
''Say, Permelia, why did you not
come to Princeville's last evening as
YOU Agreed"
why, LOOMS, / could not Jack
Marlin was down all evening, and
while wanted to go, could not get
away from him."
well, ! was fearfully disappointed.
I.should have thought you would come
anyway" Here the wicked girl
switched on 222 who was telling 1888
how she had been bitten by dog,
and the reply Loomis got was as fol-
lows:
at was too bad, | know, but he
caught me by the calf of the leg and
held me so tight that ! could not
bulge. | think he must have bit mo
in forty places, and this morning | feel
SO bad | don't know what to do. |
wish you would hunt him up and kill
him"
Loomis is now looking for Jack
Marlin with shotgun loaded TO the
muzzle, and the telephone girl has
warned the latter to keep out of his
way, as he is crazy and wants to kill
him, and there is the dickens in gen
eral to pay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17

The present government Is In fact O
military despotism. with every depart
ment badly and dishonesty managed
Neither the white man nor the colored
man has any rights which the black
man is bound to respect.
These are very serious charges. but
they are founded on trustw orthy evil
dence collected in Hayti, and support
cd by the persons who have the best
knowledge of the country. Mr.. j. j.
Aubain, a Haytian mulatto, who has
held many important offices, and who
has been banished several times, has
recently, III New York, given an ac-
count of Hayti quite as that given by
Sir Spencer st. John, excepting that
Mr. Aubain thinks cannibalsm infre-
quent, although he acknowledges that
the Voudoo worship is widespread
and powerful. Both Mr.. Aubain and
Mr.. Lazarc, who is one of the repre-
sentatives of the United States in Hay
ii, speak in the severest terms of the
government there. Hayti mas nothing
good to show rs the result of her
eighty years of independence. The
blacks increase in power and in bar
barism; the mulattoes, once the hope
OF the country, are disappearing.
What Hayti needs is annexation by
some civilized country. In that lies
her only hope of salvation.-Boston
ADVERTISER
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
Springs i'm Bavaria,

The Aiigemeine Zeitung gives some
interesting particulars of remarkable
success in indicating the presence of
water springs on the part OF n man
named Beraz, who seems to be a rec
ogniZed authority i'm such matters.
The scene of his performance was in
the Bavarian highlands, ut II height Of
more than | 300 feet above the level of
the sea. The commune OF Rothen-
berg, near UirSchhorn, suffered great
ly from want of water, and invited
BeraZ last autumn to endeavor to find
some source OF supply for them. He
Inspected the locality one afternoon i'm
presence Of the public authorities and
Il reporter of the AHgen,eine Zeitunq,
and announced that water was to be
found in certain spots at depths which
he stated. The first spot was in the
lower village, and he gave the likely
depth between 62 feet and ~ feet, ad-
ding that the volume of water which
the spring would give would be of
about the diameter of an inch and
quarter. After incessant labor for
four weeks, consisting mainly of rock
blasting, the workmen came on a CO.
pious spring of water at n depth of al
most 81 feet. What he declared about
water source for the upper village
Was very singular. He pointed to
spot where, he said, three water
courses lay perpendicularly under one
another, and running in parallel
courses. The first would be found ut
depth of between 22I and 20 feet of
about the size of a wheaton straw,
running in the direction from south
east To northwest. The second lay
about AZ feet deep, was of about the
size Of thick quill, and ran in the
same direction. The third. he said,
lay at depth of about 80 feet, run
ming in the same direction, and as
large as mans little finger. The ac-
tual results were as follows: The first
water-course was struck at depth of
pa feet, running in the direction in
dicated, and having diameter of one
fifth of an inch. The workmen came
on the second at a depth of 42i feet; it
had diameter of seven twcnty-fifths
of an inch. The third was found at
621 feet below the surface, and having
a diameter of three-iifths of an inch
all three running in the direction Ber-
az had indicated. Unfortunately, no
hint is given of his method of proceed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
New Use for Tramps.
New York Times.

New York Timss
The tramp is generally supposed 10
be a particularly useless person, but "A
use for tramps has finally been discoy.
cred. Recently two ladies, ut whose
house an able bodied tramp appeared
for shelter, permitted him To sleep i'm a
closet on condition that he should be Sc
curely locked in. The tramp, who evil
dentaly did not object To sleep in an un-
ventilated apartment, accepted the sit
ton and was duly locked in. In the
course of the night burglar entered
the house and attacked the ladies. One
of them consented TO give up all her
money, which she said she kept locked
in the closet. No sooner had she I'M
locked the closet than the faithful
tramp flew at the burglar and over
powered him, whereupon we may as
sumo that the tramp was promptly en-
gagged at large salary TO defend the
house from burglars.
We here see that tramps can be made
useful rs substitute for watch dogs.
The latter as rule, do very little
watching. and are always liable To be
corrupted by brides of meat. More
over, big dog must be kept in the
yard, and he is generally asleep in his
kennel while burglars are breaking in
to the house. The tramp, on the other
hand, can be kept in the house, shut
up in comfortable tramp closet or
chained securely in the upper hall. In
the moment of danger even the most
timid woman could unlock closet or
unfasten a chain. and the superiority
of an intelligent tramp to stupid dog
as burglar destroyer would, IN case
of need, be made very evident.
OF course pains must be taken to Sc
lect only the most faithful, strong and
intelligent breed of tramps for watch
tramps. They should be thoroughly
tanned, and trained TO discriminate in
the darkest night between burglars and
members of the family. They should
be fed sparingly and on raw meat in
order TO make them savage, and they
should never be fed at night lest they
should fall asleep. Tramps might even
be made useful as protectors for ladies
when walking in lonely country places.
A lady leading n large and hungry
tramp by a chain, and ready to loose
him at any moment and set him on an
aggressor, would never be attacked.
Those who are familiar with tramps
believe that the large black tramp will
make better watch tramp than any
other variety, but, of course, the supe-
riority in this respect of one tramp to
another must be settled by careful and
prolonged investigation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
The Education OF Women.

In regard to the education of woman
a radical change has come over Eu
rope during the past few years. In
1870 women were first admitted to the
university of Sweden. In Russia wo-
men may now pursue their studies in
all the great universities. Last year
for the first time women entered the
university of Brussels. About a score
of women are now in attendance at the
university of Geneva. and the number
of women is much larger at the uni
versity of Zurich, among them being
several American girls. The way is
now open in Italy for women to pursue
collegiate course; and in fact many
are availing themselves of the priv
lege. There are probably more women
pursuing collegiate course in France
than in any other country in Europe,
and the number will soon be much in
creased through the operation of the
law establishing intermediate schools
for girls.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
Rough Handling Of Children.
Cincinnati Lancet and critic.

Cincinnati Lancet and Critic.
The causes of Joint diseases in child
hood are frequently obscure, but this
much is certain. that the rough hand
ling which children receive at the
hands Of ignorant parents or careless
nurses has much to do with the mat
ter. Stand on any street corner and
notice how children are handled Here
comes lady with three-year. old
girl she is walking twice as fast as
she should, and the child is over-ex-
erting itself TO keep pace; every time
the child lags the mother gives it a
sudden and unexpected lurch which Is
enough to throw its shoulder out, to
say nothing of bruising the delicate
structures of the joints; gutter is
reached; instead of giving the little
toddler time to get over in its own
way, or properly lifting it, the mother
raises it from the ground by one hand,
its whole weight depending from one
upper extremity, and with n swing
which twists the child's body as far
around as the joints will permit, il is
landed after course of four or five
feet through the air. on the other side.
Here is girl twelve years old with
baby of a year in her arms. The babe
sits on the girls arm without support
TO its back. This would be hard
enough position to maintain were the
girl standing still, but she is walking
rapidly. and the little one has to gath
or the entire strength of its muscular
system to adapt itself TO its changing
bases of support to say nothing of adj
iuatiner ite Iiftla hodv IN cuddan lama
and darts on the part of its hayward
nurse. Sometimes during a sudden
advance you will see part of the babe
foot in advance of its head and
trunk, which have to be brought up by
apowerful and sudden action of the
muscles of the trunk and neck,
Probably not one child in hundred
is properly handled.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
Costa Rica's Coffee Crop.
Port LImon Cor. Inter.Ocean.

Fort Iimon Cor. lntcr-Occan.
The coffee of COST Rica is of supe-
rior quality to that of Rio, but here, a
in the other states fronting the Carib-
bean sea, the best grades are shipped
to Europe, and only the poorer quality
to the United States. The natives
think we have queer tastes in North
America to buy their bananas and let
their best coffee go to Europe.
1t requires four years for coffee
plantation to reach productive condi-
ton, and six years for it to yield gen
erous revenue. but the plants will bear
a quarter of century without being
replaced. and as the young shoots re
quire protection from the sun, the rule
is to set out banana and coffee trees to-
gether, the swift growing and broad
leaved banana furnishing shade and at
the same time yielding IA revenue until
the more slowly growing plant comes
to maturity.
The coffee plant resembles the Usage
orange in appearance, and bears q red
berry like cherry. This is carefully
picked from the little trees and placed
in water to rot When il has soaked
for a certain time the planter puts il
into crushing machine which grinds
off the pulp and leaves the seeds, which
are carefully assorted into their proper
grades by bright-eyed and sweet-tin-
gered girls. Although Costa Rica has
but 200, 900 inhabitants, the coffee pro-
duct last year was 40,505, 900 pounds.
The quality is said to be the best pro-
duced in Central America, and the
product greater here in proportion to
the number Of trees than in any other
states, Guatemala being the most for
midable rival. Here, among the 200.-
900 people, are 7,490 plantations. with
%, i46, 900 trees, while Guatemala has
50,0Si,0 900 trees. The product in Costa
Rica last season was, however, 40, 505.-
600 pounds, valued at about q, Zoo, 600,
while that of Guatemala, with almost
double the area cultivated, was only
43.425,000 pounds. valued at $4,000
600.
OF this crop 16,500. 900 pounds were
shipped from Costa Rica to England,
$3.50, 900 to the United States, and s.
206, 900. to France, the choicest grades
always going TO the latter country.
California takes about one-half of the
shipments to the United States. 1t
costs about two cents pound to raise
coffee and prepare il for the market.
and it sells for ten cents a pound in
New York. OF this sum about five
cents a pound goes for freight COM
missions and handling, so that the ac-
tual profit is about three cents to the
planter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
NOTES OF THE DAY.

EVERY publisher in the state car
heartily endors the following from the
Leslie Local; "A part of the WOO
money no moving be ongs to us and
has been ours for some time, but VT
have allowed our readers To use it,
charging them no interest. The time
come when it must be paid and
those who have bee 50 promising and
so sure to pay up soon cant sensibly ex'
pect longer ac ommodation. 1t is un-
fair to leave u until all others are paid
because the dc t is sma l. We don'i
want 10 hide the money, nor put it out
on interest. but TO use it in the improve.
ment of village property, tina will bene-
lit others rs well. A business can't be
run on nothing"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17
Algerinc Trays.

The trays usually called Algerine
are always beaten out on thin brass.
are not useful in a domestic sense, be-
ing apt to ''wobbleh when weight is
carried on them, but their color being
peculiarly golden, as decorations they
are perfect. They are ornamented
with many pointed stars or varieties OF
the double triangle. They generally
present n mosque. often ship, n cres-
cent and star, or one of the varieties
of the conventional sign known as the
hand of Mahomet. They are never
made now in Algiers; the only brass
work known there resembles that from
Tangiers patterns cut out in low re-
lief. Some very handsome trays of
this latter sort can be purchased, and
inscriptions or mottos made to order;
they are more expensive than the 9th
ers.
Women and children in Damascus
are much employed in restamping old
trays from which patterns have become
eifaced by long use-this being proba-
bly, not thought such important work
as the making of new ones, a task re-
served for men. Thus have seen an
Old Venetian platter preserving the
familiar twisted rope and embossed
center, but with all the rest of the sur
face incised in flat Damascus work
the conventional lozenge could still be
seen at the back. This was a most
unnecessary waste of labor on the
part of the Damascus workmen as
Venetian platters though riddled with
holes like a sieve when held up to the
light, are still cherished as priceless
bits of color The inscriptions on
Venetian platters are unfortunately
often dixie those on Eastern work. SO
degraded as to be comprehensive
even to the experts OF The British Mu-
scum.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-17

UNITED States Minister to Italy
is resident of Cincinnati and
is in his sixty-seco d year. He was
born in Germany and there ce'ved thu
advantage of most thorough educa-
ton. Coming to America he fonnd
employment as a teacher of Latin and
Greek, and also gave instructions in
mathematics at the St. Saviors college at
Cincinnati He studied law during the
intervals of his employment and going
to New York practiced there from 1S43
to 1S47 and during the latter year re-
turned to his adopted city. He has
served as a judge of the Cormon Pleas
court of hamilton county, Ohio. but
with this exception has devoted hi time
TO the practice of the law. AS a philol-
ogist, Mr.. Stallo has few superiors, and
his knowledge of the languages makes
his appointment an especially fitting
one, as Rome. doing the greater part of
the year is crowded with tourists and
pleasure seekers Ills address and his
kindly benevolent face make him
favorite with all with whom he is
brought in contact, and he will doubt
less become an especial favorite with
the Italians.