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a Great Gum Year.
THE CROP IN MAINE-How IT Is MADE Up FOL

THE CROP IN MAINE-How IT Is MADE Up FOR
SALE.
This Is a great gum year In Maine especially
on the Penobscot, and now that the sun is
climbing up into the north "A little and the ium-
bernen are coming out the air is fairly redoIept
with the perfume of spruce. The logs, knees
and bark are not the only valuable parts of the
great timber tree, for the gum is worth consid-
cradle even in its rough state just as it is hacked
from the crotcheS OF the old trees.
There are two three firms in Maine saws
OF Il from lumberInen and gum hunters tor the
purpose of refining it, as they say. But, as a
general thing, the refining consists in aduitera-
ton with resin. They throw il into "a big kettle
bark and all, and boil IL into about the consist
eney OF thick molaS>es. Swimming he i'm purities
on as they rise to the surface. Then, IL the pur-
pose be TO adulterate, some lard or grease aud n
lot of resin Is added. and in some cases "a little
sugar. The mixture then becomes thicker. and.
after more stirring, Is poured out on a slab.
where, while IL l. yet hot, il is rolled out in -
sheet about quarter of an inch thick and
then chopped with a steel die INTO pieces bali
an inch wide and tbree-quarters OF an inch
long. These pieces are wrapped in tissue paper
ana packed In wooden boxes. There are 300
pieces in a box.
some gum is treated in this way without
adulteration. The best gum comes from mo
particular locality, but always from the biggest
trees The Ioggers, in their many idle hours by
the camp fire, whittie out miniature barrels
from blocks of cedar or white pine hollow them
out and Till them with the choicest gum the
woods afford for the gifts to their sweethearts
children or friends, when they "come down. In
oae spring.
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JinSoisan the Greatest Danger.


From the Spectator.
The gravest danger In foreign affairs arising
from the accession of conservatives to power is
the pressure which will be put upon the new
cabinet to "do something startling which may
have an effect upon opinion before the elections.
Great numbers of tories are genuine Jingoes
and never feel happy unless England in some
way or other is waving the flag. and a great
tors care nothing about position in the eyes
of the world. They do not understand the
sullen pride which underlies the British char
acter, and think that the haughtiest population
in Europe is as fidgety about precedence and
Difference as a middle-class matron. They will
to do them at once; and the govern
ment, aware that it has no chance in
internal affairs. may be led into some
SLOWLY useless and costly line of action abroad
The guarantee against this in the temper of the
country Is, however, q very strong one, and the
ceedingly short. The continental statesmen
perceive clearly that the Salisbury admins
tration will be but Q stOpgap government
and they Overrate rather than underrate the
great election. The idea will be to wait before
forming any effective alliance, and it il only
from not waiting that misfortune of any mag.
nitude Is to be expected. 1t was with a sub
missve majority behind 1t THAT the Beacons-
field government adopted a swelling attitude,
the danger of action being all the while averted
by the large concessions embodied in the
ssecret agreement" Unknown Quantities
will, no doubt, enter into the composition of
the cabinet, and there will be some danger
from the desire for q bold stroke; but, on the
o stroke must be delivered will be found SUE
6ciently thick.
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Clock .mepdinS TrnnDs.

THE DEVICES BY WHICH THEY PRETEND TO
EARN THEIR MEALS.
Old Tramp in the Erie Dispatch.
"All the old lays are played out and it takes
an artist to live fat like used to. really be-
i1eve the chickens roost higher than they did in
the good old days. Oh, times is getting awful!'
phoricaily speaking, he gave way to the
Hood of memories of the time before tramp bus
mess had been Frustrated by overproducti ton.
"A man has to either steal or work some fake,
like mending umbrellas or mending chimney
that's about as handy as any.
"Oh, there amt much to it. All mans got
70 carry Is some samples, which must be
or anything to hold the dishes together till the
man gets out of the neighborhood. You tie up
the dishes with string and tell 'em that they
must yet EN- alone at least twenty-four hours to
dry, which gives you time to skip. run out OF
glue water once and cemented my dishes to-
farmers pantry. 1t was pretty much the same
"Ceaning clocks is another good fake only it
has been worked to death. One of us goes
ahead and thinkers up the clock taking 1t par
TALLY to pieces tickling it UP with feather and
ann'inting it with lie or lard or something. I
always, when I'm on the tramp, carry boa con-
strlct0r lie OF yak lie for the purpose. It's coal
lie Or lard, just as it happens. When comes to
put 1T together if l don't know exactly where
al the wheels go I do the best know how and
ho!es to put em in. as is usually the case, jest
quietly slip EN- in my pocket. I then hand
spike the hands ahead q half-hour and tells the
1olks 1t Is unhealthy to turn them back and
That they had better wait until the time comes
as pointed by the clock before they start 1trun-
ming. This saves disarrangin the innafds.
tells em. That halfhour lets me out, and
goes II the clock don't"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-27

From the Utica Observer, June Is.
1t was reported fin Utica this afternoon that
a gentleman in Chicago who had advertised for
wife was ans&eted' u lady in waterviue,
and that he came east last night and married
her upon first sight. TIT faetsr In the case, as
near as can be learned, are that some time ago,
through a mutual friend of the parties Mr. Z.
Hoover, at Rock Falls, Wis, entered iuto a
correspondence with Miss Edith Mccormack,
daughter Of John Mccormack, OF Waterviiie
The correspondence proved mutually pleasing.
andnnally eliminated in a desire between the
parties to join their fortunes tor life. They had
never met, but it's presumed they had AN idea
ot each others personal appearance nom hay
ipg exchanged photographs. AS a result Mr..
Hoover arrived in Waterville from the west
yesterday. when the intended husband and
wife saw each other for the first titne and this
forenoon he and Miss Mccormack were mar.
riea. the Rev. Mr. skeeI performing the cere-
mony. The couple reached Utica at 1I:2o a.
M, and will leave for Wisconsin via the New
York Central at 5:45: Mrs. Hoover is pleas
ant spoken young lady, of agreeable manners
Her husband is somewhat Older, and while i'm
Utica was evidently satisfied that ne had
gained prize in Waterville. 1t is understood
that he is q man OF property. ana will provide
home OF comfort and ease for the bride he
secured in the above somewhat romantic man
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Fayorite Names for Girls.

From the Philadelphia Telegram
What are the favorite names for girls-apart,
OF course, from the acknowledged supremacy OF
Mary? This has long been a disputed question,
and there is perhaps no way of settling it but
by going deliberately into statistics. Such an
opportunity is given in the long list of names
printed yesterday of graduates and distin-
guished pupils at the Normal school. We have
had the curiosity to analyZe this list of 800,
and, disregarding pet and diminutive names
on principle, and throwing aside initials of
necessity, we extract these fairly trustworthy
figures of cases where names are favored to the
extent of five each or upward. Mary leads off
with 80, but she is rather closely pressed by
Laura is good fourth with l6. Margaret il,
and katherine II, are the only other double
figures Then in order comes these choices of
Jane, Z; Louisa. 9; Alice, q; Caroline, 5; Emily,
5; Harriet, 5; Florence, 5. So apt are people 90
go in droves that 1t is quite likely these proper
tions would hold in 5000 names, or In any
other number, as we'll as in 800,
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The Skin.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.


There'sa skin without. and skin within
covering skin and lining skin:
But the skin within IS the skin without,
Doubled inward and carried completely throughout
The palate, the nostrils. the wndpipe and throat
Are all OF them lined with this inner coat,
Mnach throush every part is made to extend,
The outside skin IS marvellous plan
For exudlng the dregs of the flesh of man,
While the inner extracts from the food and the air
What Is needed the waste of the flesh to repair.
Too much brandy, whisky or gin
Is apt to disorder the skin Within
While if dirty and dry, the skin without
Refuses to let the sweat come out.
Good people all, have care of YOUR skin
10th that without and that within;
10 the first, give plenty of water and soap,
To the last. little else but waer, we hope.
But always be very particular where
Ion get your water, your food. and your air,
For if these be tainted or rendered impure
IL VIII have its effects on the blood be sure.
The food which will ever for you be the best
is that you like most and can soonest dige3t
All unrip" fruit and decaying flesh
Beware of, and fish that is not very fresh,
Your water, transparent and pure as you think it,
Had better be filtered and boiled ere You drink It,
Unless you know surely that nothing unsound
Can nave got TO 1t over or under the ground.
But of all things the most would have YOU beware
~ breathing the poison of once-breathed air
When in bed, whether out at home you may be-
Always open the windows and let it go free
with clothing and exercise keep yourselves warm,
And change clothes quickly If ca ght in storm
Eoracold caught by chilling the outside skin
fIes at once 10 the delicate lining within.
All you who thus kindly take care of your skin,
Ana attend to It's wants without and within,
Need never of cholera feel any fears,
And your skin may last YOU hundred years.
JOSEPH POWER
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From the Philadelphia Press


In the treatise on Therapeutics and Materia
Medical" by Prof H. c. Wood, of the University
of Pennsylvania, is given an account Of the re-
suits obtained by DIR. Roland G. Curtin, when
resident physician in the insane department of
Blockley hospital, from the use of sulphuric
acid during the severe epidemic Of cholera in
1866. DR.. Wood writes as follows Therapeu-
ties. Materia Med1ca and Toxicology, p. 1908
The disease ceased in the insane depart
ment s-within twelve hours after the
lunatics were all put upon the free use of the
sulphurc acid lemonade, the only new case
after this being in man who refused to use the
prOphylactic. Two days after the use of the
sulphuric acid was stopped two new cases oc-
CURED, and the epidemic was again arrested by
the use of the acid. In the surgical wards of the
hospital department the acid was used from
the beginning of the epidemic, and these
wards, although in no way Isolated, were the
only parts of the institution unyisted by the
disease"
At the same time new cases of cholera were
constantly being sent into thehOspital from the
city, so that the patients were greatly exposed
To the disease. The method OF making the
lemonade was as follows: about 10 drops of
the dilute sulphuric acid were mixed with 4
ounces of water, and sweetened with white
sugar. Some oil of lemon and few cut lemons
greatly assisted in the disguise" Every posi-
bic means of cutting short the outbreak had
been tried previous to this without good effect.
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The Fan Nuisance.

A correspondent of the Christian REGISTER.
writes: Ladies, why will you, Why must you,
fan, fan, fam? Through the Scripture reading,
through the singing, through the sermon, goes
on the incessant swinging Of the fam Do you
not know that as commonly used, three-fourths
Oh all the power Of the fam is expended upon
the pew in front Of you? The writer has suffered
long in silence, making the while, as occasion
to assert and maintain that the use OF the fan
at church and in other public places is simply q
habit, which, as a rule, results in no benefit to
the user, but is often the cause OF great discom-
fort TO her neighbors. Now, this Is really a
serious matter. in these days, when you ladies
so far outnumber the men at church. Who can
say that the fan nuisance is not responsible for
a part OF the absenteeism? You DO not mean to
be otherwise than thoughtful and considerable
thought of it until now. Remember, we who
sit in front Of you have neither bonnets nor
hack hair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-27

From Gen. Longstreet's contribution to The
Century war series, In the July number, we
quote the following: "The federals withdrew
after theeAe0eJ and the next day moved on
aFN1hdAspt4S route which it was proposed we
Should take the day before. I followed the
went down by another route in advance of Lee.
As soon as we reached the front of the federal
ordered an advance intending to make another
attack, but revoked it on Jackson urging me to
wait until the arrival OF Gen. Lee. Very soon
Gen. Lee came, and, after carefully considering
the position of the enemy and of their gun
boats on the James, decided 1t would be better
f to forego any further operations Our skirmish
lines were Withdrawn, we ordered our troops
back to their old lines around Richmond, and a
month later McClellan's army was withdrawn
to the north.
1.-THE Seven Days fighting, although decided
confederate victory, was a succession of mis-
haps. If Jackson had arrived on the 26th,-the
have been driven back from Mechanicsville
without q battle. His delay there, caused by
DISTINCTIONS rue placed in his road by the enemy,
ing the fight at Gaines Mill, and the destruc-
ton Of Grapevine bridge kept him from reach
tie. II he had been there, we might have
destroyed or captured McClellan's army. Huger
was IN position for the battle of Frayser's
Farm, apd after his batteries had misled me
into opening the fight he subsidized. Holmes
and Magruder, who were on the New Market
road to attack the federals as they passed that
Seen. McClellan's retreat was successfully
managed; therefore, we must give it credit for
being well managed. He had liz, 900 men, and
insisted to the authorities at Washington that
Lee had 200, 900. In fact, Lee had only 9O,O 900.
Gen. McClelan's plan to take Richmond by
siege was wise enough. and it would have been
a success If the confederates had consented to
such a program. In spite of McClellan's excel
lent plans, Gen. Lee, with force inferior In
numbers, completely routed him, and while
suffering less than Mcclellan, captured over
10000 Of his men. Gen. Lees plans in the
Seven Days fight were excellent, but were
soldier and a very able engineer,
but hardly equal to the position of feld-marshal
as military chieftain. He organized the army
OF the Potomac clevery, but did not handle it
skillfully when in actual battle. Still doubt
If his retreat could have been better handled,
though the rear of his army should have been
more positively either in his own hands or in
the hands OF Sumner. HeintZelman crossed
the w hite Oak Swamp prematurely and left the
rear OF McClellan's army exposed, which would
have been fatal had Jackson come up and taken
part in Magruder's affair of the 29th near
Savage'S Station.
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Charged with Embezzlement.
A FASHIONABLE SOCIETY MAN IN THE MESHEs


A FASHIONABLE SOCIETY MAN IN THE MESHES
OF THE Law.
Akron, o. telegraph to the N. Y. Herald ODD.
High society was shaken up here yesterday as
never before by the arrest of Frank c. Hayner,
alias G. F. Henderson, for a $4,000 embezzle-
ment upon the firm of Cash, Stewart & Co., of
St Louis. Late on Sunday night he was ar
rested in his room and taken before the mayor
on a warrant alleging him to be fugitive from
justice. After a hearing the mayor released
Hayner on $500 bail and took his wife for
security. A new warrant was sworn out in the
Qrning, but Ha ner could not be found. In
rs and 1879 Hayner was travelling auditor
OF the Kansas Pacific railway, and subsequently,
in the employ Of the Pacific Express company.
He got into trouble, but the affair was settled
by his father-ih-law, MIR. Jones, of Jacksonville,
Ill. Hayner then entered the employ of Cash,
Stewart & Co., in st. Louis. On Jan. 9, 1882, he
disappeared, and it was supposed he had fled to
Canada. In January last e. F. Henderson was
arrested at Lima, Ohio, on charge Of having
raised postal money orders, but got Off
on a plea of mistaken identity. In Chicago he
lived as a sporting man, and was well. known
among that class of people. He has boosted
here that he took a married woman from S ag-
nav, brought her to Cleveland and lived with
her as his wife. On March 18th sc. F. Hender-
son and wife, was written on the Hotel Buchtel
register here, and since that time the couple
have lived here in fine style. They were mar
ried at Piqua, Ohio, on March LIST last. her
name being Mrs. Mary King. She succeeded
her husband in a lucrative grain business there.
His first and lawful wife, with his twelve-year-
old daughter, are at Jacksonville, Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-27

MRS. JACKsoN's REoUIrAL FOR GIVING A COL
oRED TRAMP A GOOD MEAL.
Mrs. Mary Jackson moved from New York to
Warrenville, Somerset county, N. J.. two
months ago and rented q large dwelling in
which she proposed to keep summer boarders,
On last Friday morning negro knocked at the
door and asked for something to eat. Mrs.
Jackson got good meal for him in the kitchen.
In the afternoon, while she was alone in the
house, the same negro called again and asked
for piece of string. Mrs. Jackson said she
would get ii in a few minutes. She started to
leave the room, when the negro seized her, and.
in spite of her resistance threw her on the floor.
When he left the house Mrs. Jackson was In a
pitiabe condition. 1t was not until some time
had elapsed that she was able to call some
neghbors
The neighbors started out with shotguns and
found the negro four miles from Warrenvflle.
He made little resistance, but 1t was with diff
Guilty that the constables who were with the
pursuing party could keep the crowd from
lynehing him. He was taken to Bound Brook,
and committed to the Jail in Somerville. He
said his name was John Schenck, but refused
to give any further account of himself.
Mrs VIM. Gould, of North Planfield, was as
saulted by negro on Tuesday, November II.
Her assailant's description corresponds with
that of Schenck.
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The Fastest British Cruiser.

From Iron.
Our fastest cruiser In the squadron to be con-
centrated under the command OF Admiral
Horribly is the Mercury, and we are right in say
ing that she is the fastest ful-sized ship adoat.
The vessel has attained an average speed of
over 1Sl2 knots, or 21.2e5 miles an hour and
this surpasses by half knot the Gillian cruiser
Esmeralda Us knots, and the French cruiser
well as the Phaeton and the Iris, the latter her
sister ship, but launched year before her. lin
1870 AS the Mercury is 800 feet long and 46
feet In breadth, with draught of wafer OF %
et,this is an exceedingly high speed for SO large
vessel. She and the Iris thus stand unrivalled
as regards speed by any vessel of their size,
the Esmeralda being only, '27t1 feet in
length of 3O3 feet. Rat beam of only
33 feet. An authbf4ty etf"iFhese matters
says OF the English cruisers that they are the
nrst OF a new type designed for high speed as
the pre-eminent requisite. All other require
ments have been subOrdinated to this inn port
ant element. They present a beautifully sharp
DOW ana long, exceptionally clean run. and are
altogether admirable specimens of a design for
a swift and lightiy-sparred vessel. They are
OF course. The Mercury, which is to join Admit
raj hornby's squadron, has an armament Of ten
81 pOunderS She Is built bf steel and i'm pro-
portion -t0 her tonnage, has been one of the
most costly vessels afioat. Her hull and ma
ch1Aery; cost, altogether. somewhere about
'tiSo,OoO, or within 6lO,O Or $1,000 of the
Iris, which has been said to be as costly per ton
as the irOnclad InfieXble Notwithstanding
what mas been written and said to the contrary,
stands in the front rank regards naval con-
struction.
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BURGLARS ToRruRE THE1R Y1cr1xs -sat,

BURGLARS TORTURE THEIR vIcrIMs.-Satur
day night, between 10 and IL O'clock four men
went to the residence OF James Maynard an
aged farmer, who lives with his sister about
at the door, telling him they had q letter nom
his brother in Conneant: MIR. Maynard went TO
the door, carrying with him q poker. WhSn he
opened the door a revolver was presented "a
his head, but he knocked the man dovn,wi{lt
the poker. All four assaulted him, kn0ckine
his sister. The thieves then demanded to know
where their money was. They refused to tell
cigars from the hand to the shoulder The
thieves searched the house. but overlooked $3.50
and a ring
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In House Cleaning Time.
From Life.

rom Lie.
His cuffs were wandering Lord knows where
His shirts he could not find,
And Off his new embroidered vest
They'd evidently dined
His collars covered up with dust,
His neck ties just as bad
And all the shine rubbed Off his boots:
But why at this be mad?
Of course he had no reason for
His anger when at night
He had to sleep upon the lounge,
And whistle for q bite.
For houses ell must cleaned be
Ere June has reached her orbit,
And when man fells his passion rise
He'd better-just absorb 1t.
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From the Ans0nia Comm Sentinel
Not long since an Ansonia undertaken came
into the establishment Of a Birmingham bro
Their OF the black plume, with the request that
he be accommodated with pint of embalming
4uid. The Birmingham man had no fluid to
lpars. hat recommended call upon one CT the
sfrpest0res Borrowing quarter OF a dollar for
.dine0tedl. TO the drug store, but was unable to
procure the preservative, whereupon he re.
turned to the Birmingham man with so strong
q plea for accommodation that the fluid was al
once forthcoming and was paid for, as the Bir
mingham man afterward recOllected, with his
own money.
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Charged with an Old Murder.

A warrant mas been issued AZ MartlnSv1Ile,
Henry county, Va, for the arrest of Peter
Coins, colored, who is charged with the murder
of George Pannill, popular citizen, in 1865.
Mr.. Pannill was found dead In his office. Upon
examination it was ascertained that he had
been shot, the ball entering lis mouth and
coming out at the top of the head. A pistol
was found upon the floor near him, and his
locked: 1t was supposed to be case Of suicide
until Saturday last, when Coins daughter
made statement which led to the issuance of
the warrant. 1t seems that Coins was formerly
owned by Mr.. Pannill, and having been
thoroughly chastised for some rascality swOre
late he would kill his master. The story goes
that he made a key TO fit the Office door, and
that one autumn afternoon, in 1865, he en-
tered the room, where Mr.. Panni1l was stand
ing with his back to the door. He Coins took
up pistol from the table, and as Mr.. Pannill
turned to face him he fired, the ball taking eff
feet as above stated. He then placed the door
key on the table and locked the door with
the false key and escaped. The accused lives
near the countyline between Henry and Pittsyl-
vania counties, in obscure Out-of-the-wity
mountain IaStness. He is said to be desperate
fellow.