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LamOine.
llerher, Hodgkins has opened an Office
for the practice OF dentistry at the residence
of his father, Capt. +. d. Hodekins
After a long period of anxiety and sus-
pense, The glad tdings have been received of
the safety Of Capt, +. W. Higgins and
Shepard Cousins OF this place. The vessel
was bound to Bermuda. was tu ice blown of.
and thus was long overdue.
Mrs. Emma Mcfarland has gone 10
housekeeping in Capt. Charles Hodgkns
house.
L. X. Hodgkins has returned from Bos-
ton. with new goods for the spring trade.
Surprise parties seem to be in order now.
\ large number met at VIM. Il. Kings las,
Frds, evening and had a yer, peasau,
time.
Mr.. and Mrs.. J. G. REYNOLDS are to cele
brale the twentieth anniversary of their
Wedding one week from to-day, (April 5)
Mar. %. PrrRr1.
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The grand ball, given at Waltham on
Thursday last was a success. Over sixty
couples formed for the grand march. Among
the large number from Ellsworth was no.
ticed ex-mayor Holmes, who with all the
rest voted it the best time of the season.
The music furnished by II. y. Joys orches
ira was as usual most excellent and at
o'clock when leaving the hail all wished the
Waltham sewing circle would have their en-
tertalnment and nice oyster supper oftener.
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GouIdsboro.
SUPERVISORS. Wa. it very wicked, what
'aid To build up" teachers in the school
room, IS characteristic Of our worn out
distric, system. and II is natural that We Of
the old school should slill hold that way.
The fact il. We have had enough Of This
play keep school," and the time is already
here. when the matter Of our schools should
be conducted strictly on business principles.
II is the scholar. my friend, and not the
teacher. nor the supervisor for whom We
should be interested. Thu. IS different YOU
know. There are three institution. in the
State, and supported b, the State. for The
especial training Of teachers How We
.covl. some Of US, and how swiftly Ne hasten
10 call It only two term. :" Il i. no, per
sons. bat method. with which We have to
deal. and let no one 70 down With sinking
ship And theh-"Fair Play" makes his
communication hail from lais part Of tn.
town. Oh my. how sharp T..
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Raysds.
School in district No. IL, closed March
II. after en- interesting and profitable term
taught by Mrs. Alice NJ. llodgdon, Of
Hampden, this being Mrs. Hodgdons third
term in this district, and her thirteenth
In the town. She has a~avs given good
satisfaction.
Mr.. Lorenzo Stewart and Edward Ober
leave to-day for New York to join their
vessel, the F. A. Pike, Capt. Norwood.
Capt. Matthew S. Hodgdon and wife
leave tomorrow for their home in Hamp.
den.
Calvin NJ. Reed has boush, the home
stead of the late Ezra r. Reed, deceased.
Schooner Brave, Capt. John Hodgdon.
sails to-day Tor Sullivan, to load stone for
New York
March %. A. K. FARRELL.
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The Maine Central Railroad.
Commencinq, Nov. |, 1885
aims run Daily sundays excepted, as follows
Eastern Standard Time.
Bar Harbor t. Bangor


steamer runs to Bar Harlor at night and bark in
morning, only when weather permits.
These Trains connect at Bangor with through
trains on Main Line, from and to Portland Boston
and st. John.
The steamer City of Richmond will resume her
trips between Portland, Bar Harbor and Machas-
port on March IL, making one trip per week from
Portland every Friday night and from Maehias,
port every Monday morning, until April Cd when
two trips per week viii be Haade-fTom Portland
every Tuesday and Friday and from Machiasuors
every Monday and Tharstfas.
PA1SON TUCKER,
Vice Pres. and Gent Manager
r.. Z. BOOTHBY, Cent Pass. aud Ticket ag't
March I, 1886. 1yr2a
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North l smoIne
Nj Clifford Coggin. Ct Chico, Csl, who
has teer on visit TO his father. Mr. Wal
lace Coegins. returned home on "Wednesday.
Ms. LIZZIE Austin and her sister Venia
ho have spent the winter in Gardiner. re-
tlraed home on the Wednesday evening
tram.
Mr.. Mason Cocgins Of Chico, Gal. who
ha> been on a ylsi, to his sister Mrs JabeI
Irpp and other relatives IN town. lief, for
h,> home on he Monday morning train
Master Arthur $ Abbott who has spent
the fail and winter with his aunt, Mrs f.
u. Btagdon. started fer home on the Tues
ia, morning train from Ellsworth. and ar
r.Nfi at h.> aunt. in ChaIlestowr. Mass.
az j O'Clock 7. NJ. same day
Rev. Mr.. Foy preached at Lamoine church
Sunday morning FIR Mr.. Hatfield. and in
ctr school house 10 The evening. The in
,ere-i IA our meetings .iill continues and at
TIE Afternoon praise meeting, Sunday. some
p VOICES were heard in testimony. inter
.r,g,6d with spiritual songs Dea. Benz
hrns of lam"ine, who has spent the winter
IA Wal'hau1 Mas, With his son. was pres,
eat sud added much 10 the interest Of II.
mte:iaE Slnla, afternoon h. house va.
roads D'xETr.
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LOCAL NOTHCRA,

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HARRINGTON, MI
The undersigned having used SoTURLE Pa
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an excellent fertilizer. would respectfully
recommend il to the farmers Of our section.
MILFORD F. NASH.
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feet pain In the back, aud other form. Of
weakness are relieved by Carriers Iron Pfl>
made specially for the blood nerves and com
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THE BURDoCK PLANT is one Of the best
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Weary Washcrwomcn have been
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On Wednesday evening. Mar 2ith, the
friend, Of Rev. Mr.. Thompson and wife. q,
Surfy. made them donation visit. leaving
a .um RI money and other articles. Among
the article. was barrel Of -four which w.s
solicited b, the earnest labors Of two lit,e
gus abou; wears old Fannie Allen and
Iva Young Tor which they wish TO MAX.
grateful mention
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\ : m E\TAN.
/ I'LL AII-
lfor TIE fll-vorth American
A Free Ticket 10 Portland

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HARRINGTON, ME.
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Boys and Gents UnIaundered White Shirts.

These always found be satisfactory to Soc~
when bought at We sell for 80 good white
shirt reinforced front and back which guarantee equal
most of the Numbered shirts sold at SlOO Only
good fitting double front and back shirt Please examine.
Sizes in boys ID II - Is and Is - Sizes in men from II to
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superior and elegant finish, just erected in
Woodbine cemetery by DR.. Abby N. Fulton
TO the memory Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Redmsn. This hne monument il cut
from Bluehill granite. Its entire height il
thirteen and q half feet: il. three bases. which
are respectively feet square 81 feet square
and u feet square. were furnished by Nessrs
Long. johnson and Binders, and are samples
Of hne-cut granite work not often seen in this
county. The finely polished die. which |. "a
feet high. the deliberately cut cap and sur.
mounting urn were manufactured bv Mes.r..
Howard and We-cett, OF Bluehill. whose
skilled and superior workmanship show them
TO be artists In granite work. 1t was these
gentlemen who carved the soldiers monument
in Bluebill which has attracted so much at
tention and received 30 many warm word. OF
praise. On the north side Of the monument. on
the third base, we found the word Red
man. and above on the die an inscription in
gilt letters, which We copied as follows John
K Redman, died Sept. 20. 1872. aged IS years
Abigail Redman. his wife, died April rs, 1872,
aged IS years. Mrs. Margaret R. HartweI.
their daughter, died AT Lincoln. Mass. April 3,
AuO-t oeoo d ears on Inc west side OF the
monument, carved on the third base Ia the
word Fulton On the whole the monumen,
is very symmetrical in form and imposing
in appearance. 1t occupies commanding
position, and even from the Travelled road lead
ing BY the cemetery IT shows to good adj antage
A petition 10 President Cleveland in be-
half Of Capt. VIM. II. GoodalI, sentenced to
imprisonment for alleged cruelty to seamen.
has been in circulation here and received the
signatures Of large number Of our citizens.
Letters from Searsport captains at San Fran
cisco. who attended the trial throughout. say
the sentence was a most unjust and un-
righteous one and was manifestation OF q
spirit Of persecution worthy the dark ages
Belfast Journal.
Saturday morning a. d. l.. Weare, Of
Winter Harbor, was riding along near this
village. he SAW a man ly ing in the ditch. whom
he recognized rs George Pendleton. He sum-
moned help and took him to the nearest house,
that Of Jonas Rice. where he received prompt
attention. When Mr.. Pendleton regained con-
seiousness. be told them he had had an attack
OF heart disease, and had been troubled with il
before As nesr IS can be judged he bad lain
In the snow about an hour. He was quite
cold when rescued. Had il been cold norm
ing he would doubtless have frozen to death.
After being sufficiently restored, he was taken
to his home in Prospect Harbor.-Birch Har-
Dor correspondence Of the M. Desert Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-08-06
POPE LEO XIII.
An Interesting Sketch of the Present
Ruler of the Catholic Church.

An Interesting Sketch of the Present
Ruler of the Catholic Church.
Under the title of Souvenirs dun
Journalistic Francois Rome" M.
Henri DIES Houx, whose intimate rela-
tons with the Vatican are we'll known,
has Just written an interesting book on
the ms and outs of the Vatican. Here
is his sketch of the Pope himself: LEO
XIII. blesses his audiences with grace
full and kindly gesture. He has a merry
mouth. His smile does not possess that
sardonic Voltairian expression found in
so many of his photographs. On the
contrary, it is rather gentle and pater-
nal. His eyes are very black and brill
liant. His features, ascetic and strongly
marked, have become benevolent and
engaging. He must have had great diff
ticulty to accommodate his countenance,
such as nature made, it to the august
role of Holy Partnership. Perhaps the
the soul of a Pope modifies the exterior
lineaments in the long run, like st.
Francois de Sales, who was born dog
matte. but who became by cont!n-
ual self-subjection, an angel of sweet
ness. Leo Kill on being made Pope,
must have overcome, or at least sub
dued a violent character. His Holiness
is still vigorous in spite of his leanness
and senile trembling. His hair is white
and arranged in curls over his temples.
His cassock seems to envelop only the
shadow of a body, just enough humanity
to hold soul. He speaks very slowly,
particularly when he speaks French.
In Italian he improvises rapidly, but in
French he has to call on his memory,
which is excellent. The slowness gives
a.singular relief to the utterance of Pope
Leo The action precedes rather than
accompanies the word. With his arms
extended, he seems to invite the whole
universe to come and receive his
thoughts. The oratorical action of His
Holiness is in reality curious study.
1t can hardly be called classic, but it
gives his speech an academic breadth
and impassioned vivacity not to be found
in the printed text. Nobody reading his
allocutions would ever imagine the eff
feet they produced on delivery.-Patl
Mall Gazette.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-08-06
OSTRlCH-FARMlNG.
A California Industry Which IL Assumin 6
Tangible Proportions.

n SahoThfh IN
Tangible Proportions.
1t is not generally known that the
rearing of ostriches has come to be a
profitable employment in parts of the
United States. The announcement that
an enterprising man away off in Los
Angeles, Cal, has just imported thirty
six of these famous birds from South
Africa directs attention to an industry
which is carried on in the far South
west. The climate of Texas and South
ern California is suitable for the raising
of ostriches, and this, with the great
mercantile value of the feathers, has
developed thisline in America.
1t was some time since found in
South Africa that the growth and settle
ment of the colonies rendered it every
year more difficult to procure wild birds
to supply the market. Careful investi-
CATION and experiment revealed the fact
birds could be caught, tanned and reg
ularly plucked, thus greatly decreasing
the waste in the eggs, and OBJ
tanning the maximum crop of feath-
ers. When it is remembered that pair
of full grown ostriches are worth from
$500 to $500, and that their feathers
bring from $3.50 to 5000 a pound whole
sale, the importance of the industry and
its profits will readily be seen. These
considerations led to the establishing OF
what have come to be called ''ostrich
FARMS" and large fortunes have been
made by those engaged in the business.
The fashions of modern time have
given no evidence that the ostrich
feather is losing its ancient popularity.
The Yankee wit of the Californian sug-
gested this as an excellent branch of fine
industry. The climate was in its favor,
birds were imported, and it has become
recognized profession. 1t requires
money and skill, but with these the re-
turns are considerable. The home
grown feather is thus able TO enter the
American market and compete with its
imported cousin, and in this way the
public, by reduced rates, and the farm.
err" by fair profits, are equally bene.
fitted. There seems to be no good OF
sufficient reason why such States as
Texas and California should not, as the
latter has already done in grape and
fruit culture, become successful compe.
titors of the South African colonies in
ostrich-farming." - Chicago Inter.
Ocean.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-08-06
LIFE IN CUBA.
Impressions Received by an Observing
American Traveller.

American Iraveiers
At dinner we are confronted with a
waiter, who brings us a 'lestra" Chill
of fare) in Spanish, and we can neither
understand the one nor read the other.
In our dismay we cry Come y Ceg-
ular dinner), and our agile attendant
flies to the kitchen and soon brings us
an abundance of well-cooked food, with
elegant pastry, not down in the cook
books; fruits, tropical, and some OF
which we had never heard; viands,
choice and delicate enough for the
palate of king Our first financial
transaction was the purchase OF twelve
and half dollars of Spanish paper cur
rency, for which we paid five dollars in
greenbacks. Forty millions of this
paper was authorized; how much more
has been issued mo Teller can find out"
Ityis irredeemable, and those who were
responsible for its issue, it is alleged,
have made ''divvy," and the proceeds
twneth.' " Hotel bills are payable in
Spanish gold, which is worth seven per
cent. less than our greenbacks. Our
jehu takes his orders in Spanish from
the interpreter at the hotel, and we are
ratified over the rough streets at a
furious rate, our protests, remonstrances
and inquiries all being jumbled together
in a Spanish grunt. Forty cents
for driving two anywhere in the
city, or one half dollar for an
hour, payable in Spanish trash, is
cheaper than going on foot Some
streets are full of victorias at all hours
of day and night. Old knee-sprung
ponies and pigmy mules, hung with
bells and decorated with tassels, are
goaded and numerically beaten as they
tug at enormous loads on carts that
must have been used in the era of the
Pyramids. There is happy, easy
go-as-you-please style manifested by
peasant and Prince. Ladies in elegant,
rich attire ride through the streets, with
slave women and beggars tread the
sidewalks with little but thin dress
for covering. The climate, most de-
lightful, is an eternal spring, in which
the mercury never drops below seventy
or rises above ninety-eight. in which
there are but two changes - one a
"norther," which is simply cool, the
other the ''rainy season. in which it is
said most Spaniards are born. The at
mosphere is exceedingly humid. The
clothes you lay off at night in the
morning seem to have been baptized
by some invisible agent Your bed has
a feeling of dampness, and the starch
in your shirt collar has lost its power
to stand erect The soil of the island
is of reddish brown, and the clothing
of the market-women and tails and legs
of the mules are distinctly decorated
with its peculiar color Washingto,
Star.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-08-06
DICKENS STORY.
The Amusing Anecdote the Great Novelist
Was Wont to Relate.

The Amusing Anecdote the Great Novelist
Was Wont to Relate.
Charles Dickens would tell it some
thing like this: I
There was a very beautiful lady pas
senger upon that ship, and she inspired
three gentlemen, also passengers, with
the most passionate love for her. Each
declared his love and proposed marriage
as soon as the Great Western touched
the shore. They were all equal in their
attentions, as they were equal in their
social positions and fortunes, and this
triple conquest placed the unfortunate
lady in a sad dilemma as to how she
should choose and which to accept. So.
being without "A friend or adviser save
the Captain, under whose charge she
was placed, il became necessary to make
known to Captain Haskins the nature of
her solicitude and ask his advice After
giving him time to revolve it in his
mind, she said: Captain, wh..5 am to
dop' We'll, my dear lady, said the gal
liant old salt, IN tell you how to test
this matter effectually. Some calm day
lovers are also there, just you jump
overheard. | will have the boats ready
SO that nothing can befall you, and
whichever of the gentlemen jumps after
and risks his life for yours, that man s
hand and heart and fortune you should
accept The lady consented.
1.-The next day came serenely in with
scarcely ripple upon the bosom of the
trackless deep. The parties were all up
en- deck, and goodly number of other
passengers who had heard some vague
whisperings of what was going on in
this new nautical play of the Lovers
Leap. Suddenly splash was heard in
the water, and back to her native ele-
ment, from which sprung the Goddess
Queen of Cyprus Isle, floated the lovely
Venus of our own goodly company, and
two out of the three gentlemen jumped
| after her. Each grasping an arm of the
fair lady went swimmingly on toward
| the ship and, though all of them were
more or less frightened, safely gained
the deck of the noble steamer. There
was an uncounted-upon new situation,
however, the lady, undismayed, although
her fright was not wholly dismissed,
again addressed Captain Hoskins: my
| dear sir, how is this affair to be decided?
These gentlemen, so equal in their cour-
| age and devotion, have risked their
lives, giving full proof of their love-
Now, how is the gordian knot to be cut,
and how am to be released from my
unpleasant quandary?" The captain,
refectively scratching his head for a
moment, quickly replied: my dear
lady, take the man that didn't jump!
He is the most sensible of the three!''
"Then," Dickens would say with a
finishing nod, you will observe that
the race is not to the swift, neither is
the battle to the strong. - Cincinnati
| Sun
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by different persons. A butcher does
not sell all kinds of meat. One sells
beef, or beef and mutton; another pork,
and still another the animals head,
tongue, liver, lights and kidneys 1t
often happens that in the line OF toilet
articles you must look for applications
for the face and beard in one place, and
for the head and hair in another. Ii one
wishes lamp and appointments, he
buys the lamp at one shop. then searches
the city for an oil can, and, having
found one, purchases his oil, with the
expense of considerable further muscle
at third. A French drug store keeps
nothing but drugs and medicines, or If
it is little Anglicized or AmericahiZed,
perhaps little tooth-paste, or some
similar staple article. Tooth-paste or
powder Is found at one end of the city
and toothbrush at the other. Butter,
cheese and milk constitute separate
branch of trade, wholesale and retail,
sometimes each of these articles by it
self. The same rules apply to all other
lines of trade and manufacture with
more or less strictness. The convenient
showcase in American stores, in which
is found collection of small articles
in common use, is never seen in French
shops. The advantages of this minute
division of labor are these: y large pro-
portion of the population find employ
ment in some of these branches of bust
ness, and when times are good every
body is relatively prosperous. But
when the current of affairs changes, the
shops which have increased to an un-
reasonable number and have bought
largely, presuming on the continuance
of prosperity, find themselves all over
stocked, and the result is poverty and
disaster on all sides. There are some
exceptions to the system. Within few
years there have grown up in Paris and
in the large provincial cities large gen
eral stores, or bazars, where almost
every thing of personal necessity, ex-
cept eatables, can be found at slightly
reduced prices. These places are
numerous in Paris, and they are al
most the only ones that are exceptions
to the prevailing commercial stagna-
ton. There are some other exceptions,
such as the sale of bread and pastry in
the same shop, but they are not numer-
Gus. One of the most absurd results of
system which is to certain extent
necessary have been the cafes as they
exist at present in France. The hotels
and restaurants do not furnish coffee
without an addition to the bill. You
eat your dinner in one place and take
your coffee in another. Hence the evo-
luton of separate branch of business.
and the employment of thousands OF
bonnes and garcons who would other
wise swell the pauper list.-Paris Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.