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The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20

For all cases of poisoning by ivy or dogwood, caI
warrant CUTIcURA to cure every time. i have sold
it for five years and it never fails.
G. Il. MORSE, Druggist, HoLLIsToN, MASS.
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Clerk Portland and Cape Elizabeth Ferry Co
Portland NAV II. 1885.

On the foregoing petition it is ordered: That we
grant the petitioners hearing, and appoint Thurs
day, May 21st next at O'Clock p NJ, at No.
Exchange St.. as the time and place where all par
ties interested may be heard and it is further Or
dered that notice of the above petition together
with this our order thereon be given by publication
in two of the daily papers published in Portland for
seven days previous to the hearing.
JACOB McLELLAN,l Harhor
(Signed,) CHAS. MERRILL, Commissionars
G. III. FARLEY,
Portland, May IL, 1885. may13dtd
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20

SooTT's EMULSION OF PURE COP LIVER
On WITH HYPoPHosPHFTEs.-Ism more nutri-
tious and strengthening than any other single
OF combined remsdy.-In Consumption and
wasting diseases its effect is very astonishing.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
Ngaime yyedicaI Association

THE THU third annual meeting of the Maine
Il Medical Association will be held at City Build
ing, Portland, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, June 9th, 10th and 11th.
my9d1m CHAS. d. SMITH, M. D., Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
Portland Daily Wholesale Hartsos-
Aro,

Sugar continues strong and higher again at TAG
and Extra 6s4c. 1
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Flour Grain, Provisions. sc
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
airline NEW s
PORT OF PORTLAND.

TUESDAY. May 10.
Arrived.
Steamer New Brunswick, Colby, st John, NIB, via
Eastport for Boston.
Sch Harry MaJhers (Bp Smith, harrington. Ms
canned lobster to Portland Packing Co.
Cleared.
Sch Addie M Chadwick Thatcher, New York-M
Emery.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
REDUCED OCEAN TICKETS.

REDUCED OCEAN TICKETS.
10y the largest fastest and best passenger and
ID mail steamers between America and Europe
Rates: First cabin $50 to 500; second cabin $4o
and prepaid to and from British ports, S16, round
trip $50; Storage outward and prepaid, to and
and Sterling sight checks at lowest rates. Apply to
j. L. FARMER, % Exchange street. iel9du
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
1873 WEST AVENUE, ROCHESTER,, n. Y.


Your most valuable CUTIoURA REMEDIES have
done my child so much good that feel like saying
this for the benefit of those who troubled with
skin disease. My little girl was troubled with Ecze-
ma, and tried several doctors and medicines. but
did not do her any good until used the CUTIoURA
REMEDIES, which speedily cured her, for which
owe you many thanks and many nights of rest.
ANTON BOSSMIER. EDINBURGH. IND.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20

Portland Army & Navy Union.

THYHERE will be Special Meeting Of the Union
Il on Tuesday, May 10TH at p. M, to make ar
rangements for our anniversary and any other bus
mess that may come before the meeting.
Annual Meeting, Tuesday, May 26, at p. m.
Regular Meetings first Tuesday of each month.
my1Sd3t* @. E. SOMERBY, President.
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
yarie,vis tl,o spice OF Life.


There is variety in the letters received by
Mrs. LydiaE. Pinkhsm, testiiying to the cures
effected by her Vegetable Compound and the
great relief afforded to thousands OF women in
all sections Mrs. G of Toronto, says: 81
have taken three bottles with very gratifying
results" Mrs. Stephen B - of Sheting
ton, Quebec, says: 81 am now using the
fourth bottle and have derived great benefit
already" Sarah G OF Eugene City, Ore
gon, Gays: SIT is the best medicine for the te-
male sex have ever found" Mrs G of
Santa Fe, says: your Compound has done
me great deal of good" Mrs. II. S. D
of Portland, Me-, says: sit has done for me
all it claimed to and cheerfullf recommend
it to ali suffering as have done" Mrs d.
H. E of Lexington, Va, says: II have
taken one bottle and assure you feAl great
deal BETTER [ feel strong as eUer and I've never
felt a pain in my back since the second dose"
The Portland daily press., 1885-05-20
ssacss iisarkes.

The toilowing qaogstioDs Of stosss reee
daily by telegraph:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
uov Q nanr : Thermomet,n

For exact meteorological observations
the instrument should DO placed 50 high
as to DO entirely removed from any IN.
huenCCs caused by the reflex OF tho sun
as well as the wind from surrounding
objects, For ordinary observations the
instrument may be located low enough
to DO convenient for inspection In ey.
cry case 1t should bea as FREQ as possible.
so that tho tube Is accessible to air and
current from all sides. Even then
there will be differences in first class IN.
struments.
The great variations between the
thermometers OF the signal service and
those Of opticians are simply due 10 the
difference In attitudes. These varia.
tons are greater In hot weather, when
they reach sometimes 4 or 5 degrees,
because the heat Is reflected from side
walks and houses upon the very sens.
tive mercury, while up in the clouds,
where tho signal o t.cers dwell, there d
little or no 70 OK. During tho winter
months the a'iations seldom range be.
yond / degree.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
Men and wlinsn Who Grow Gray.
i" tW.dIcai and an,vin.j pan,ytsr

Many persons begin to show gray
hairs while they are yet in their TWEEN
ties, and some whilo In their teens.
This docs not by any means argue q pre-.
mature decay Of The constitution. Its
purely local phenomenon, and may
coexlst with unusual bodily vlgor. The
celebrated author and traveller, George
Borrow, turned quite gray before no
was 30, but was an extraordinary swim.
mer and athlete at .Bb. .o I'd Il ba;1l
Many feeble persons, and others who
have suffered extremely, both, mentally
and physically, do not blanCh q hair un.
Ill past middle life; while others, with.
out GSsignhble cause, lose their capil.
larry cOloring mates rapidly whom about
40 years OF age. gl.' ,il'f7a, t..
Rae has a marked influence. The
traveller, IN. ,Qrblgpy, says that In tho
many years. hO spent In South America,
be never saw q bald Indian, and
scarcely ever q gray haired one. The
negroes turn more slowly than the
whites Yet We know q negreSsot pure
blood about IS. years DID, who is quite
gray, In this country, sex appears to
make little difference. Men and women
grow gray about the same period Of life.
In men the hair and beard rarely
change equally. Tho one Is usually
darker than the other for several
yehrs, but there seems no general rule
Is 70 which Ehitcns .Hrst The spot
where grayness begins differs with The
individual. The philosopher sChopen.
hauer began TO turn gray on the tenn
pies, and conplacently framed q theory
that this Is an indication Of vigorous
mental activity. ,i,.s 49, /.
Tho correlation Of the gray hair, as
we'll as It's causes, deserves more atten-
ton and study than they have received.
such aehahse Is individually lndica.
tive Of some deep seated psychological
process, but what this Is wc eau only
ascertain by d much wider scrlcs OF Oh.
seryations than have yot been submit
tod 10 scientific analysis .ii VI a3t.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23

ANa NAAf - hAAsN
At most Of the smaller packIng.houses
at the yards, each morning, long before
breakfast and sometimes is early as 5
0 clock, carriages draw up near the
slAughtet. houses, ladies and gentlemen
alig6t aud enter. Then the coachman
have a long wait Equipages come and
go until about I o'clock. Then they all
disappear. During the two hours while
the blood.drinkers are coming and
going there are more wan faces and
more emaeiRted figures about the pack
ing-housc district than during all the
other twenty-five hours Of the day.
Thcy are the poor mortals whose vitals
have been attacked by disease, and who
believe that by drinking the warm
blood Of freshly killed animals they can
Iare or prolong life. They are not
fierce people Of the 70, a, 10, fun sort,
but pitiful obects, with sweet.faced
women aud kindly and intelligent.look.
ing men,
with a very long and clean white apron,
who attends 10 the butchering OF the
animals for the accommodation Of these
invRlids, always prefer lambs blood.
The rich friends OF inyalidsgo To almost
any expense to do away with o scent
which Is, Of course, OF lts bcst nau.
seiting TO the sick onrS. ] have often,
when well paid, taken q young lamb
and had It's fleece carefully washed be-
fore BlLughter TO please these people.
When the invalid Is ready shave the
neck ofthe lamb and the throat over
the iugular vein, then q surgeons tube
Is inserted % that the blood flows
rapidly, without air entering the vein.
AS soon as the gobOt Is full Il Is hurried
10 the sick person and hastily drank
Of, ill tHlll .B f1. IL
MAKE them sickl Oh" said the man
with the white apron, 1T Is not pleas.
ant at first but after awhile they drink
It OF without effort II they do not got
mp an appetite for IL Rich patients
usually nay the price Of the lamb when
We 70 10 this trouble. We have the car.
caSS, the hide, and everything for our
pains The poorer people drink bul.
locks blood and bring their own
glasses" Wila
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
Tae orovIng Aea.e. Of oalalay.,.:


Have you noticed the growing use Of
quininel" asked druggist In tie yicin.
ity Of tho fifth Avenue hotel. At the
same moment he Lowed and smiled to o
tall, red.whiskered man who strolled
in.
"Just watch this customer u be said.
The man was very thin and cadayer.
Gus looking. Without saying aword he
walked up to the soda.fonntain, and tho
boy drew out pill box, poured three
pills into the palm Of the customers
hand, set o glass Of mineral water in
front Of him, and turned to the next
customer. The tall man swallowed the
pills, drank the water, turned on bis
heel, and stalked away with another
pleasant nod to the proprietor.
THAT costs him Sl.l6 week, y said
The proprietor, "and lefore long Il will
Eill him. lie started to take one i've
grain pill every night about six months
ago; he now tates fifteen grams q night
before be goes home, so that II will
brace him up for his dinner Within q
month he will DO taking twenty grains
night. " course he takes Il at home
besides what he gets here. I've gone
out Of my way three or four times TO
explain to him that he had q good deal
better drink rum. even II he Is q deacon
10 a church, but his answer Is simple
one; ho says quinine makes him feel
cheerful and strong, and II has no III
effects. lie tried stopping It once, and
caycd IN; hence he wants 10 know why
he should stop. You can combat such
reasoning as that" l q 95IV ~
Have you many such regular Gus
tomersr
well, to bo accurate, we have only
three men who come in every day and
pay at the end Of the week, but there
are many others who take their uuIhine
as regularly as most drinking folks take
whisky, It Is certainly q great tempta.
ton to weakly organized and frail peo.
pie. All they have 70 do Is to swallow
pill or two, and they feel robust,
wide awake and cheerful. The practice
grows on them continually, and Il
seems to Ue spreading, for our sales Of
quininO are constantly growing. A
proportion Of the custom comes from
women who grow fatigued or weary
while shopping, and who. instead OF
buying nutritious luncheon or drinking
a wholesome hottie Of porter orale, 70.
sort to the inSidiouS quinine pill"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
EilllnE up the Dead Sea.
tc.-,kH, Ns.-,.,


The Dead sea Is an old and decrepit
salt lake in o very advanced stage Of
evaporation. II lies several feet below
tho level OF the Mediterranean, lust as
the Caspian lies several feet below the
level Of the black sea; and as In both
cases the surface must once have been
continuous. II Is clear that the water OF
either sheet must have dried up to
very considerable extent. But while
the Caspian has SHRINK only 10 eighty.
Ave feet below the Black sea the Dead
sea has shrunk to the enormous depth
Of l,292 feet below the Mediterranean.
Every now and then some entOrpris.
ing Dc LeSseps or other proposes 70 dig
q canal from the Mediterranean 10 tho
lead sea, and 90 re.establish tho old
high level. The effect Of this very reyo.
lntionAry proceeding would bO 70 flood
the entire Jordan valley, connect tho
sea Of Galllee with the Dead soa, and
play the mischief generally with Script.
uro geography, 10 the infinite delight Of
Sunday.SohoOl claSSeS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
When AMI How to BathS
fSaw Vo.l, nj. ...a1.

There Is a class Of persons for whom
SEQ air aud bathing Is more hurttul th IN
helpful Yet people who aro regularly
III, year after year, while undergoing
tho penance on tho sea coast, never
think Of asking medical advice There
Is no manner Of doubt that some 70.
celye harm, while Others receive much
less good than they otherwise would do
II they were to adopt modr 3ation In the
use Of q good thing. Some people rush
of Immediately they reach their desti.
nation and bathe under q hot and broll.
Ing sun, and TO economl o their short
holiday take three or four baths daily.
Visitors TO the seaside should walt
two or three days 10 accustom them.
selves to tho change Of air before vent.
uring into the water, and they should
Conane themselves 10 bathing on iine
and dry mornings, between b AMI ~
o'clock, or perhaps between or 9
0 clock IN tho evening; but OF course the
state Of the tide should to some extent
influence their moyemsnta During the
middle Of, the day, when tho sun Is
aiming aercely, the sea Is more likely
70 hurt than 10 beneat them, and may
even do serious or fatal injury. The
chief thing to guard against, however,
. the imprudent assumption that
bathing Is good for everybody; but this
Is not 90, a. many find 70 their cost
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23

ntAAl,aA q. u Of. Nv Yort sun:l

tStAhlyah q. ~ ct. ssv York sun1
Postum arc pretty lean yet but they
are fattenlng rapidly and, IN Z mouth
the darkies viii begin hunting for them.
Just above here, across the New York
state line, Is tho gap between tho
Hayerstraw and tho IaInapo mountains,
through which the Erie railway enters
the Ramapo valley. There are lots Of
them In the mountains, and in the
l.idge woods, to the southwest, they
also abound. ON the rugged sides of
the mountains, where the land can not
be used, dafkies have made little clear
ings and built log houses The coloTed
people work on the farms and In the
woods wherever they can pick up Jobs,
and, o. Il costs them little OF nothing 70
live, they get along comfortably
On moonlight nights when the possum
are fat the dSrkies are In the woods
hunting the animals, whose meat Is sweet
TO them. Tho posspms run up the
trees, climb out on the limbs, twist
their tails around them and hang head
downward. They sleep that way when
they are In trim. their winter quar-.
terS are holes in the rocks or hollow
trees They roll themselves up into
balls and live on their own tissues nn.
til warm weather comes again. The
natives around here say that they eat
vegetables, fruit, crickets, and. when
they can find unsuspecting ones roost-
Ing low, chickens The presence in the
woods Of 'posum removes suspicion
from the darkies when the population
OF q henroost herealouts Is decreased.
Some Of the dArkies have dogs to hunt
the possum with, and guns with which
10 shoot them. Others have not, and
they are obliged to depend entirely on
traps. Figure deadfalls are used o
good deal. A big fat stone Is secured.
II Is held up In slanting position by
sticks arranged like the figure 4, and
baited with an appe. When o possum
nibbleS the apple the arrangement Of
sticks eollapSes and the stone falls on
tho animal. The possum Is pinned to
the earth, and, II the life Is not crushed
out Of 1t by the tImO the darkey gets
around to look after the trap, It Is dis
patched with q stick. Figure 4 dead
falls arc easy to arrange, and q darky's
luck at hunting possums Is largely de-
pendent on his industry. IS
The posSumS here have o pretty 0
gamy taste. To remove this the
animal, after It's hide is taken of and
its entrails are removed, IL FIRST par.
boiled. Then, II the hunter has stove
II is put in the oven In a pan 10 roast in
It's own fat. When q lot Of the fat has
been fried out potatoes are put in the
pan to be cooked with the possum. II
the hunter does not own q stove q big
wood tire Is started. When 1t isre.
duced 70 Goals q hole Is dug in the glow.
ing mass aud the 'possum Is laid in IL
and covered over with ashes and embers.
At the right stage potatoes and corn are
put in the ashes to roast. The darkies
Of the family sit hy the FIRE and wait
with yoarning anticipation for the time
when the 'poSsum can be drawn out Of
its hot bed. Tho darkies arc now clean
ing their guns and nokhing deadfall
sticks and getting ready for the poSum
season.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
slsh Headache ,


. .
This complaint Is the resnlt Of eat.
ing 100 much and exercising too little.
Nine times In ton the cause is In the
fact that the stomach was not able TO
digest the food last introduced into Il,
either from It's having been unsuitable
or excessive In quantity. A diet Of
bread and butter, with ripe fruit or
berries, with moderate and continuous
exercise in tho open air sufficient to
keep up q gentle persplration, would
cure almost every case In q short time.
Two tcaspoonfuls Of powdered charcoal
In 8 half a glass OF water, and drank
often, gives instant relief. ss's
Sick headache with some persons
comes on Rt regular intervals, and d
the signal Of distress which tho stomach
puts out to inform Us that there Is IN
orer.Alkallne condition Of its fluids; that
II needs natural acid to restore the
battery TO It's normal working condl.
ton. When tho Arst Symtoms Of head.
ache appear take Q teaspoopful Of
lemon Juice clear fifteen minutes before
each meal, and tho same dose at bed.
time Follow this up until all symtoms
are passed, taking no other remedies,
and you will soon be able 10 20 FREQ
from this unwelcome nuisance. Many
will object 10 this because the remedy
Is too simple; but many cures have
been affected IN this way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
gxrRAYAaANoE lN SPEECH.
Touns Ladies and Gentlemen VINO Use
Slang Needless Over -colorias.

paeAk Ak-NepuAot4 ONtf-Soluflhfs
IBosiau Budg6tl
There iSa certain class Of young Ia
dies whose dialect divides all things into
two classes. the horrid and tho sblen.
did. To the category Of things splen.
did belong moonlight nights, tashiona-
Die parties, Ice creams, attentive and
Well-behayed young gentlemen, sleigh.
rides, the german and the last new sen.
sational novel. To the class Of the hor.
rid belong most Of the wardrobOs Of
theirlady friends, rainy weather, mus.
',uitoes, independent and inatten.
tive young gentlemen, solitude and
books well furnished with ideas.
Nor Is this characteristic dialect by any
means confined to the young lady Of the
bOarding'school There Is q large class
Of full.grown people OF both sexes to
whom the habit Of employing exaggera-
tons Of speech has become a second
nature We are constantly hearing,
from people who ought to know better,
Of a laundering great crowd" Of
great Dig dogs" or an almighty great
country" Of things terrible " 'im.
Uense, enormous and internal, y Of
an awful sick family, f" or a powerful
sight Of medicine" or a tremendous
lot Of people"
This kind Of bombastIc talk Is some.
times the fruit Of a want Of thought,
and sometimes Of q want Of
knowledge. l'ncultiyated persons in.
dulgo in 1t as the most or.
pressiye language they can find ready
to their hands, and even people Of good
education fall easily into the habit Of
echolng the slang phrases Of tho street
and the market place, without stopping
to think Of their want Of fitness Of their
improperly,
A certain intensity Of style, 1t Is said,
seems to belong to the American char.
acter, Why this should be and why
tho English tongue should be more
hardly dealt with by Us than by the
lnglish, does not clearly appear; In.
deed, we greatly doubt whether the 40.
complshed people Of both countries are
not eiually moderate In the use OF
speech, and we think invCstiga.
ton will show that tho ruder
masses Of England, as well as Of
America, indulge in much needless OK.
trayagance Of language. What the
british people call ''toance" Is as co y.
mon in London or Birmingham as in
lew York or Cincinnati, and those
familiar and expressive, though not
over.nice, words, a ''thumper," a
"whopper" and a "spanker," arc, we
believe, Of purely English derivation.
Strength Of expression Is, by no means
to be measured by srandiloluence Of
speech; on tho contrary, the more
crowded with splendid ad .eCtives any
piece OF writing lS, tho less effective Is
It likely to DO upon the mind. Over.
coloring in tho use OF language is like
oyer.coloring in art, a fatal bluuder on
the part Of the painter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
Why Thsy Walk on sul.A

Inthls part Of tho Landes during the
summer heats Il d useless To look for a
spring, Tho wandering herdsmen know
this 50 well that thcy carry Rourds Of
water in their wallets. The water Il
only reached by wells, and II Is usually
Of.A bud color and often brackiSh. Such
as Il Is II eau generally bO found at no
great depth, lecause underneath tho
luyArlable bed OF sand there Is a very
solid layer OF tut, composed OF sand
cOnglomerated with organic matter, 50
lmperyiolS to moisture that the rain
which quicSly soaks down 70 It can no.
escape TO the strata below.
This explains why the land e 50
marshy during tho winter that In some
districts stills are then absolutely indis.
penSablG The lAndAis are such adopts
In tho use Of those artificial legs that
they can travel over marshy ground BY
stepping from tllft 70 tu q heather Rs
fast aS q horse can trot over 4 good
road, Tho marshes cause malarial fever
when the strong evaporation sets IN,
but Of late years scientific drainage has
been carried on 10 such an extent that
the department is no longer unhealthy.
Louis Kossuth h living in tho I4AuIo
valley at tho foot Of tho savoy MpA
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
No Looked Ahead.
.Ihlnnll II. mn

Ono mild day, during the pas. win.
tor, IN old darEOy walked into a store,
in small town In North Carolina, and
said be wanted 10 look At ,some horse.
collars, Tho clerk showed him several
klnis telling him the prices, and eSpa.
tinted at considerable length on their
quality and ChpapnesS, as the practical
salesman knows 50 vol how TO 10.
After somo time, as the old man did
not sccm 10 be IN any particu.
lar hurry about making q selec.
ton, the clerk, who had pretty we'll
exhausted his stock Of talk, asked him Il
hlS horse was near BY, remarking that
1t would DO better 70 hrlng him 10 ths
store, as be could give him ( collar that
would Gt hun more easily II no Wero
present.
"aell, yon see, boss, . said tho
darkcy, u amt iist got boss yit, but {
lows % glt QUO neS spring II | kin flnd
anybody % stan my SeaFity, and / iist
tho't Tdlo5k rom and see whar | cnd
GIT 4 COLLAR, % ldiknow whar 70 cum
when I got my hosS III cum ROM
again IN DO spring and ho saun.
ltfgu ~, ..er-e
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-23
On tho Safe L.mp's Principle,
Hr...k

A western inventor proposes TO sur.
round oil tanks with several thicknpsscs
Of wire gauzo to protect them from
Lightning, lie also thinks that A few
sheets Of the gauze a yard or two wide
run hastily in the shape Of a dam across
a creek or river aaamO with oil would
prevent damage below Il, because the
oil would pass though and loiyO the
flame behind.