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New-York tribune., 1885-03-28

Tn this land Of newspapers where information
travels in an hour from its centre to its clrcum
ference, and where tho press watches ana exposes
fraud every day. it is astonishing that so many fools
continue to exist quack aud anonymous
doctor" living in Brooklyn has been receiving
thousapds of dollars in small remittances through
tho nails from all parts of the West and South for
= so-called catarrh medicine, which is of course
LIED in ts nature to Colonel Sellerss water.
No more interesting field for research is afforded
the nbilosopher than the human propensity to he
oulled and cheated. And the odd point is that the
Lnovery whichSs most apparent is usually the
kuayery that best succeeds
New-York tribune., 1885-03-28

To The Buffalo Courier You really haven't been
doing yourself Justice of late 1t must be as mnsh
aa ,Sreo or four days since the publication of the
La, chopter of your fascinating serial on "The
Traua of ,78,r and your readers must be yearnlng
for more as they that yearn for the morning. Have
you considered q proposition looking to making
Jramo ont of your weird romance and running It
for one hundred successive nights Please tell us
ali about it, carefully recapituating all the points
of interest.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-28

Women have been famous in the arts, in
literature and even in war, but Becky Jones mas
tho exclusive distinction of being woman VINO
can and does hold her tongue. We congratulate
her upop her release from JAIL and hope she will not
yrito n book about her experiences. Hers is fame
enough.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-28

The prophet who has bet his money on revival
eof the Robt Brigadier may be Pardcned nc oeghs
| 10 boast a little of his oracuar skill.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-28
Is il possible that Mr. Charles p. Miller is going
10 allow the great Higgins question TO eclipse him

II the facts in regard to the capture of Ireland the
American citizen who has been seized by English
authorities as a deserter. rs they are stated by
his friends the case calls for prompt action OF the
Government. Whatever Mr.. lrclands relations
with British authority may have becn,lt appears To
lac clear that no came to this country with the
intention to become a citizen IN 1876. and was
natnraized and became citizen OF the United
States in .lssO. According to lreland's statement
he has been entced to Canada. and there arrested,
and sent TO England as deserter, March 2C. If
th.ro is no allegation Of violation OF laws OF the
United states. or disregard OF the obligations
which Ireland took upon himself in becoming
citizen the Secretary of State will see that 1t is
proper to communicate with the British authorizes
about the matter at once. II makes no difference
whether the man was born in Ireland. or Germany,
or in Scotland no happens to have been; his oath
NJ allegiance TO the United Stotes and his residence
I'm This country for seven years as a law-abiding
citizen entite him to the protection of the Govern
ment.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-28
NEW MAPLE-sUGAR.


Sweet harbnger OF early spring,
1 sing thy praise;
What recollectious thou dost bring
OF early days.
In grocers' windows thou dost lie,
The source OF JOY,
And for thy saccharno juices sigh
The girl and boy.
Fain on thee would they make raid,
And care no rap,
Because, oh sweet. thou art not mado
OF maple sap.
What thou art mado Of no one asks,
Friend OF the masses
OF scrapings of the sugar casks
Or stale molasses.
II Is enough that thou art sweet,
Not hard to break;
And when boy takes thee to eat,
lie takes the cake.
The maple sap begins TO flow
When thou art hero,
"Now mape-sugar," and we know
l.. D.,1tR
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

Don't read this if you expect to find
the old stereotyped advice ~unamended.
Don't go to bed with cold feet, unless
they have been picked and taken in
wardly.
Don't lie on the left side too much,
lie on the right side all you can; as it
pays better.
Don't jump ut of bed Immediately
on awaking in the morning, but this
advice is unnecessary. No SAINT man
ever did it.
Don't forget to take drink of pure
water before breakfast, it settles things
after the last night seance, reduces the
size of the head and besides makes one
appear like a temperance advocate.
Don't take long walks on an empty
s~tomach-lf you want to walk on a
stomach at all try and find a full one.
as it is softer travelling. A stomach
is not a very good place for a long
walk.
Don't start to do a days work with
out eating a good breakfast-if you
haven't got a good breakfast, don't
commence work until after dinner.
Don't eat between meals-lf You get
hungry have the meals ofetner or when.
ever you get hungry.
Don't try to keep up on coffee when
nature is calling you to bed-cofiee is
an uncomfortable thing TO sleep on, a
sack of -four would be better.
Don't talk your sick friend to death
it will interfere with the %prerogatiye
of the doctor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21
VOLUME VII.
DRIFT

In brown holland apron she stood in the
kitchen;
Her sleeves we're rolled up, and her
cheeks all aglow;
Her bar was coiled neatly; and /, indis-
cretly,
ing the dough.
Now, whocould be neater, or brighter, or
sweeter,
or who.bum o song so delightfully."- low,
or ygholook so slender, so gracefully tender,
As Nancy, sweet Nancy, while kueading
the dough?
How deftly she pressed it, and squeezed
and caressed 1t,
Aud twisted and turned it, now quick
and now slow,
Oh, me, but that madness I've paid for in
,Tws 5sq my : heart she was kneading as well
as the dough.
At last, when she turned for her pan to the
dresser,
She saw me and blush ed, and said, shyly:
'Please 90,
Or my breadn be spelling, in spite OF my
toiling,
If you stand here and watch while I'm
~kneading the dough"
/ begged for permission to stay. Shed not
listen;
The sweet little tyrant said; ono. sirl mol
mol
Yet when I had vanished on being thus
banished,
My heart stayed with Nancy while knead-
ing the dough.
Pm dreaming; sweet Nancy, andsee you IN
fancy,
Your heart, love, has softened and pitied
my woe;
And we, dear, are rich in q dainty wee
kitchen
Where Nancy, my Nancy, stands knead-
ing the dough.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21
Famed Quarries OF Carrsra.

An artist recently said | have spent
some days at Carrara, where some 5000
men are at work in the guarries. There
are 100 studios Of sculpture at CaTrar4,
sixty-fve saw mills and twenty five
polishing wheels, which brighten dull
marble and smooth the slight fortunes of
some 400 plOdding workers, The hew-
ing of rough rocks, huge in their proper
tions is something approaching the
marvellous here. The men are hoisted
to the height of some 700 feet above the
level Of the quarry, and up aloft exca-
vate perfecly colossal Jumps of Carrara
marble. Each gang, or the foreman of
the gang, goes down with and OIL the
lump as it is swung by derrick ropes
out into the air and swiftly brought to
mother earth.
One of these Italians will sing in lustg
tones. "'Viva, Viva Garibaldi," from
his dizzy eminence and suddenly appear
below where you are standing, his
bright, big black eyes full Of unequaied
ex-pressiveness and his white teeth gilt
tering between unapproachable smiles
the %inalienable gifts of these people
and say, "Ah, signore, will you go up
with me again2" just as if it were a
perfectly ordinary feat. The free, easy
and primitive style Of this Carrara fly
ing trapeze work makes 1t appear d9ubly
dangerous. Hundreds of accidents
occur every year.
Children scarcely out of their swad-
ding clothes work amidst the glare and
dust of this lovely white marble and die
with sore eyes and stifed lungs. The
food is dry bread, a raw onion and
dirty water. 1t is the only place in
Italy where wine is not drunk. Worn
out by incessant severe toll, these peo-
pie, insuficiently fed, fall into dissipa-
ton, violence and crime, dying like
dogs and leaving on the white marble
the sweat of their wretched lives. We
see none of this under the hand of art.
Fully $500. 600 worth of marble goes
out annually from these quaTries, the
bulk of it to France. The price of It
varies according to its beauty. The
first quality is priced at $50 to $50 per
square meter at the seaport. This is
what we call statuary marble. The
second quality is priced at S45 to SOP,
and the spotted at $50 to $50. Then
comes pure white, but not stau-
airy, marble. The price is $50 per
square meter. The second quality is
$50 and the third is $50. The yeined
marble brings on the first quality $50
and the second quality $50. Violet
hued marble brings $50 to 800 per
square meter. These are the ordinary
tariffs, and on them the profits are alb
surdly high before the marble leaves
the quarry. In some instances have
known frst-class statuary blocks to be
rated at $4,000 each, regardless Of
market rates.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

Cigars were not known until about
1915. Previous to that time pipes were
used exclusively. Chewing had then
been In vogue to a limited extent for
some time, while snufirg dates back
almost as far as smoking. The first
p ackage sent tn CatLarlne de Medici
was in fine powder. She found that
smelling it in the box affected her SINH
| larly to smoking, which led her to fill
ont of her smelling bottles with the
dust. Her courtiers adopted the habit
of shutting small portions of it up their
| nostrils, and as the precious stuff be-
| came more plentiful the shutting habit
became more general, until al last a
man or woman was not considered as
in proper form unless they snuffed,
TINS custom became so common in
England that a snuff box was no longer
a sign of rank. Then it was the law
prohibiting the culture Of the plant,
except for medicine, was passed. About
the same time a heavy tariff was placed
on the imported article, thereby prac-
tically placing it beyond the reach of
the common herd and giving royalty a
| complete monopoly.
Since it first began to be used as a
luxury there have been conflicting
opinions in regard to its effects. The
Roman Church once forbade its use
and the Church of England declaImed
| against it. the Wesleys opposed il
hotly, and at one time it was considered
so unclean as TO unfit men for mem.
| bership in the Methodist Church. BAp-
fist and Presbyterian ministers preached
| against it, and societies were organized
| TO oppose the spread Of the habit, but
all to no purpose. Parents disOwned
and disinherited their children because
they used it, and husbands divorced
their wives on account of their having
contracted the habit of smoking.
1t is singular that when women get
into the habit of smoking a pipe they
prefer a strong one. There are few
| men who have nerve enough to smoke
a pipe such as a woman likes when she
has become a confirmed smoker. When
they first begin putting cigars they pre-
fer them very mild, but 1t Is not long
| until they want them black and lots OF
them.
The first chew or first cigar is always
long remembered, for they almost in
variably produce a sickness only paral'
leled by that of sea sickness, and, like
the latter, the victim is not at al
frightened, but wants to die, or at least
does not care whether he lives or not.
AS D o as the attack is over, however,
he is ready to try it again. BY patience
and persistence the nauseatingetfectsa
overcome and the deathly sickness gives
place to delightful sensations.
Spanish and Portuguese ladies of al
ranks smoke cigarettes-little segars
not those vile paper things that pOllute
the air, but fine Favored little segars.
They are also used to a considerable ex.
tent in France, but the custom ha:
never prevailed 10 any great extent in
either England and America. The
pipe is less popular among ladies in Thu
country now than il was fifty years ago
In the Southern States, however, the
women Of the middle and lower classe.
nearly all either smoke or rub snuff
and not a few do both. Storekeeper,
in many parts of the South buy snuff
by the barrel and keep it under Tia,
counter with the sugar and coffee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21
Baby's NJ eals.

The seasons of baby's meals should
be household habits by the time he is
allowed to partake Of cooked food. Do
not blunt the zest which he ought to
bring to the consumption of regular
rations by intervening nlbbles and
lunches. He viii learn to expect and
depend upon these, and be discontinued
when they are withheld. The practice
of a~ppeasing him when restless, from
whatever cause, by thrusting a cracker,
a slice of bread. or worst yet, a chunk"
OF gingerbread or a "cOoky" into his
hand is discountenanced by wise moth
ers. He besmears his face and clothes,
drops crumbs on the carpet and makes
a continual want for himsfl If. When
tie hour comes for feeding him give HIM
his quantum of proper food, properly
prepared. Let him eat it leisurely, and
as soen as he is old enough to sit al the
table serve his meal neatly in plate, cup
or saucer set on a neat cloth, his own
spoon, china and fnger.napkin laid in
order. These are not tTihes. More
Americans would breakfast, dine and
sup in healthful decOrum. and fewer
''feed" if they were trained from infan-
cy to consider a meal as a ceremonial
observance, and the need of popular
essays on ''Table Manners" would be
less urgent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21
A Osent-mndednes and smiles.

A popular hotel manager Of thus city
has determined to abandon the tempta,
tions of single blessedness in March and
settle down to the enjoyment OF mar.
ried life. Tuesday evening a CONNER
cial angel stepped up to the office desk
and addressing the manager, who was
writing on delicate note paper. asked:
"What time does the mex train 60
south to Norwich on the Central?'
Manager (promptly)-"March H."
The next question was:
SIS there a 'drawing-room' on the
train?"
Manager-"There will be no draw,
mg-room about it, it will be in the
church."
The laughter which followed aroused
the manager from his reyerie and after
a moments reflection he too smiled
and was obliged 10 make the CONNER
cial angels ''smile" in return,
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

1t is said by those who have made
themselves acquainted with the Ian
guage of Hawaii that the inhabitants of
that forlorn island have no word in
their tongue to express the weather.
Somehow, in rude, barbarous fashion,
they mix with each other and enjoy
such intercourse as they may. But
with the amenities of social life, the
delicate vulsations of hearts converse
tionally united by climate, the whisper
ed suggestions, the soft reply imagined
before it is spoken, all the engines of So
cial intercourse which break the ice of
first acquaintance and melt frozen ton
CUES to talk-wlth such things these
victims of fortune and of dialect having
nothing to do. 1t may be that they
are happy under it, habit is a second
nature; the Boston people eat baked
beans and still exist; Providence people
eat perpetual 'scalloped oysters, and
manage to survive. We never know to
what we may come, but we cannot help
feeling that Hawaii would lie just suit
ed to Gen. Hazen. In that remote
CLINE he might put away his barome-
tiers forever, and be at rest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

-Temesyar is the first city in Europe
to have its streets lighted by electrici-
ty.
There is a man IN this city that Is SO
lazy that when he ono gets to work ne
is too lazy to stop
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

London uses 140 tons OF chlotidt
of lime to deodorize the sewer outlets
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-03-21

There are 1000 elergymen in Lon
don.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09
Romance at Athens.

The marriage of George Finlay. the hi.to-
rian of ancient Greece, and for many years
correspondent of the London lines at
Athens, was attended By considerable ro-
nance. Finlay had become attached to a
beautiful Armenian girl at Coustantinople,
and, as her family would never have con-
scented TO her marriage with the young
Scotchman, determined to elope with her A
yacht OF an English friend was to take the
couple To Greece, and it was arranged that
the young lady was to be got on board in a
box prepared for the purpose. When the
eventful moment came the girl became
frightened and refused TO allow herself to be
placed in the box. Her sister. girl equally
lovely thought 1t u pity that the romantic ar.
rsngement should not be taken advantage of,
and entered herself the box in place OF her
sister suppose Finlsy must have been con-
sidersbly surprised when the box WAS opened
in the cabin of the yacht aud no, his sweet
heart but her sister, was revealed, dressed
in midshipmsn's uniform. The brother of
the young lady had discovered the affair and
was quickly on board the yacht to demand
explanation. Finlsy saw only one course
before him. The girl had been compro-
missed; he would marry her. The brother
giving his consent, the marriage took place
at once.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09

Instead of the hoped-for improvement.
says the Boston Traveller. the reports re-
ceived by Bradstreet's show an increased
depression in business and trade for the
week. and there is reason to believe that.
unless the strike OF the iron, workers in
Pennsylvania and the West reaches a
speedy settlement. the bottom point of the
depression has not been reached. The
volume Of merchandise moved Is COM
paratively small. the demand for fall
goods is below anticipation. and in the mat
ter of transportation freight rates are
lower than ever. The dry-goods market
is notably dull. and iobbcrs do not antic-
pate any Improvement during the month.
Renewed reports of short crops have had
the effect Of strengthening the bread stuffs
market, and there seems good ground for
the belief that the shortage of wheat will
be 125,000.000 bushels. as compared with
1884. There are also indications of a
stronger wool market, owing to reports
that the Texas and Territorial wool clips
will fall short some 25 per cent. The
strike in the iron districts has as yetshad
no effect on the iron market. The num-
Der of failures has been about the same as
In previous weeks. 1862 having been re-
ported TO Bradstreet's. as against 16l for
the week previous, and 1872. 14S and 1870,
respectively. in the corresponding weeks
of 1884, 1883 and 1882. Eastern and
Western banks. particularly at the centres.
continue to accumulate funds. and inter-
est rates are lower than ever. In fact,
in all the great centres of speculation
the decline in business shows no signs OF
Improvement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09
Personal.

Mark Twain's brother Orion Clemens. il
an Iowa farmer.
Phillips Brooks is to receive the honorary
dignity Of ID. ID. from Oxford.
RevsHenry Ward Beecher will pass the
summer on his Peekskill farm.
NJ. Rochefort saws that French revolutions
which are foretold never happen in France.
Mary j. Holmes, the novelist, is visiting in
Salt Lake City, and the public may look for
another novel soon.
After talking TO the Yale students at Com
mencement, Vice-President Hendricks will
travel through the Northwest for month or
more.
1t is Is years since Nilsson has been heard
on the boards of French opera house. Man
ayers there will not pay the prices which the
stars of opera can get in New York and Lon
don.
For more than week, says an exchange,
the window of Wait Whitman's humble
chamber in Mickle street, Camden, has dis
played a portrait of Victor Hugo draped in
Grape.
The Prince of Wales will doubtless get
grand ovation next Wednesday, when his son
comes to the bench Of the Middle Temple.
A distinguished company will be present, in
Guiding the primate. Lord Salisbury, and
Lord Randolph Churchill.
Several literary men-among them George
w. Cable, Roswell c. Smith of the Century,
Washington GLADDEN., Henry Watterson of
the Louisville Courier Journal, and Robert
West of the Chicago Advance-are expecting
to attend commencement at Berea Colleges,
Ky, Wednesday, June "a. This institution,
which was founded by the American Mis-
sionary Association, has about as many white
rnA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09
Father and Son.

The Detroit Free Press tells how father
and son compromised their difference on the
circus question:
mo, my son." he replied, as he put on his
hat, you can't go to the circus" but
why, fatherp" well, in the first place, l
can't fool away my money on such things"
"Yes, but I have enough OF my own" And
in the next place, 1t is a rough crowd. the
sentiment is unhealthy. and no respectable
person can countenance such things" "But,
faith" That's enough sir! You can't
go. want you to enjoy yourself. but you
must seek some more respectable amuse-
ment" An hour later curious thing hap
pened in the circus tent. A boy climbed to
the top flight of seats and sat down beside q
man who had jus, finished glass Of lemon
ade and vas lighting cigar. He had his
plug hat on the back Of his head, and seemed
to be enjoying himself hugely. It was father
and son. The father had gone straight to
the grounds from dinner. and the boy had
run away. They looked at each other
for half a minute, and then the boy got in
tn. first hlo~ by whispering: Say. dad, if
YOU won't lick me won't tell ma you was
here!" TIE father nodded his head to the
agreement, and the great spectacular parade
ia the ring began.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09

The Arc de Triomphe, in the Place de
rEtoile. Paris, under which the remains OF
Victor Hugo lay in state, owes its existence
TO Napoleon /, who decreed its erection IN
1906 TO celebrate the victories Of the French
under the republic and the empire. II is me
largest triumphal arch in Europe, being lo2
feet high. 1877 feet broad, and So feet deep
The height Of the principal arch is 80 feet.
Its cost was about 81, 900, and it was ~
years in completing, being finished in 1886.
There are various groups of colossal sfatua-
~, and Fame surmounts the whole, whiie
History is occupied in recording his DEEDS.
The interior /. assembled by winding staircas-
r.. which lead into several large halls. After
mounting 265 steps the top is reached, from
which one of the best views of Paris is
gained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09

The fairness with which Hanlan admits
the good points OF Beach, who beat him
in Australia. is an example which all pro-
fessional and even amateur athletes might
well initiate. He makes no attempt to
belittle his opponent. According to Han
Ian. the Australians are more devoted to
athletic sports of all kinds than any peo-
pie in the world. This is likely enough
and 1t is easily explained. The loyalty of
the British colonists to everything that is
English has often been remarked; and the
sports which are popular sat home" are
therefore sure to be doubly so in the col
onies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09

When the late Mr.. Frelinghuysen was 8
very Young man he had an ambition to be-
come an actor. and being convinced that
his hiironic talents would win him dis
tinction as an exponent of the drama, he
broke away from all social considerations
and was for short time on the stage.
Meade, the Hazlehurst. Miss, postmas-
ter, Of Copiah-murder notoriety, has not
yet resigned, and it looks as If he did not
mean 10 do so. He has certainly strong
backing. It consists OF Ku-Klux midnight
raiders, murderers and women beaters,
and these are the dominant element in
Mississippi.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-09
A Great Discovery

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia, says
"My wife has been seriously affected with a
cough for twenty five years, and this spring
more severely than ever before. She had used
many remedies without relief, and being urg-
ed to try DR.. Kings New Discovery, did so,
with most gratifying results. The first bot
tie relieved her very much, and the second
bottle has absolutely cured her. She has not
had so good health for years."
Trial Bottles Free at Devine & Coughllns
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