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TEMPERANCE.
An Appeal.


Men of high and loyal action, men Of valor
and OF truth,
Will you help to stay the flood that threateus
innocence and youth;
Will you help to stop the river, will you help
to quench the fire
That the demon Drink has kindleds-lift your
brother from the mire
From the earthquake threatening save him,
snatch him from the grasp Of hell!
Hes your brother, though degraded in
lonely conyicts cell.
Will the heart that teat in pity over lesse
woes than these,
In the hour of midnight darkness sit in idle
ness and ease:
Will you who would boldly venture into fire
or flood to save
Men from physical destruction, see them near
deeper grave,
And you lift no hand to rescue? VIII the
hearts that never fail
To respond to cries for pity, be unmoved at
such tale!
They who to the earthquakes fury yielded up
life's feetng breath,
They who mid the confagration saw their
dearest fall in death,
Never suffered, broken-heartcd as the drunk
ards Sorrowing wife:
Theirs the anguish of a moment, hers the
torture of life.
For the soul that enters, spotless, in the
presence Of its God,
We can feel JOY in mourning, standing by
the fresh laid sod.
But the grieving that is hopeless, and the pain
that knows 10 balm,
Is for those whose darkened pathway leads
away from Heavens CAIN.
Men AMI voters, rise and help them! May the
heal IS that ne'er before
Turned from duty keep their record pure and
spotlr>s evcImore
May the rulers of the nation guard her many
children well,
And no gilded dens of Satan mark the place
where manhood felli
M r. Winter
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An Annual Business Of $4,000, ,OOO

Probably the largest business done by
any single house in the world is thst of
Philip d. Armour & Co., during the Last
year, saya the Chicago Tribune. This
enormous volume amounts to over $780,
100000. Mr.. Armour was seen in re-
gard to the matter. He has been sick
for several days, but is once more in good
health. In answer to a direct question
he said:
"We have been favored with q re-.
markably good year, and have failed to
note the hard times which are accredited
to the East I think our business will
run considerably over sixty millions.
However, you can ask the red-headed
man about it and get the figures"
The red headed man was found just as
o white horse passed the window.
"You can put down our total distribu-
tive sales at $50, 900. 0O0.. This is exclu-
sive of Board of Trade transactions, of
which I have not the figures, but pre-.
sumo they would add many millions. 1t
was pretty good year for hogs, and we
just naturally slaughtered about $751;
900 of them. Cattle, you know, have
been plenty, and it is safe to say that we
killed 525, 700 of them. Sheep have also
been plentiful; of them we slew about
1873, 900. Here is table Of the chief
items of the rest of the business:
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Infant Musical PrOdigies.

At three, Liszt would leave his toys
for music. At eight lie played with ad-
mirabe finish. At nine his first concert
was given.
Meudelssohn played in public at nine,
and from his twelfth year composed with
wonderful facility. At thirteen lie wrote
five symphonies, two operas, some songs,
fugucs, etc.
Mozart loved music at three. In his
sixth year his first tour began, embracing
the co.lrts and great lcities of Europe.
At nine he composed his first symphony.
Josef Hormann, the ten-ycar-old piano
playing prodigy, is bright apart from his
inusi", and is Il great social favorite. His
American tour will net hun $50, 900, ex-
Guiding expenses.
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Sc PuSS. "

This common term used in England
aud our own country when calling a cat,
or when fondhng or carcssing ono, is, ac-
eording to the Globe Democrat, the an
cient Gaelic and modern Irish name for
the animal, who in those languages would
be called "a puss." In England the hare
is often called "puss." The origin Of
the application of the name to SO differ
cut an animal from that to, which it.
legitimately belonged dates back nearly
to the Norman conquest. At that time,
and for two or three generations after
ward, the fashionable language among
the upper classes in England was a mix
ture of Latin and Norman French.
Among those who spoke pure Latin, the
bare was called by its Latin name, lepus.
which was perfectly correct. Others,
probably, who spoke a jmnblc of both
languages, took the word to.be Norman,
and, supposiDg the first syllable to be-
the article le, converted lepus into lePalss.
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OF many people that W 1less' a'so ooas!s OIL
seven wonders: They are Snowdon,
Pystyl Rhaiadr Waterfall, st. Winifred'i
Well, Ovcrton Churchyard, Grisford
Church Bells, Wrcxham Steeple and
Llangollen Bridge.
But it is in the Scriptures that this
number appears oftenest as of special
significance. Among the Hebrews the
word for swearing is "septenare," OF
protest by seven. Abraham, you will
remember, appointed seE0a eve lambs
as his testimony TO the covenant with
Abimelech. The Creator-rested from his
work on the seventh day, and this day
was called Sabbath, or seventh. A
leprous person was either to bathe seven
times, O! be sprinklcd seven times with
the blood of sparrow. Seven years was
the periol for repentance. Every seven
wears the Hebrew servant demanded
liberty for himself And the Prophet
praised God seven times day. Cain, we
are told, was to be revcnged seven-io!d:
The gifts of the Hcly Ghost were said
to be seven in number and in the pres.
ence of the Almighty seven algels stand,
as we are told in Tobias. Seen lamp:
burn before God, and throughout the
whole book of Revelations the number
seven is constantly used. Jacob served
seven years for Leah and seven more fol
Rachel. Then there are the seven ears
of corn and the seven kline. 1t was seven
people that possessed the land of prom.
ise in Deuteronomy, and the story OF
Sampson tells how he kept his nuptials
seven Gays and then was bound with
seven green withes. lIele is also what
Livy has to say on this subject:
The seventh light is come, and then all things
Tabsolye the father of all lights begins
The serenth's of all things original,
The first seventh, seventh heaven we call
Perfect, with wand'ripS stars the heaven
'volved,
And with SO many circles is round rolrd.
Among the occultists again there are
in the seven planets seven birds, seven
fish, seven animals, seven metals, and
seven stones. Seven habitations like.
wise of the INTERVALS are described by the
Rabbi Joseph, the Cabalist of Castillo, IN
the Garden of Nuts
This number entered very largely in
the Egyptian ordinances and worship.
The feast of April lasted seven days.
Osiris was killed when 7x4 years old; his
body was cut in 7x9 pieces; their priest.
of the dead were 7xG, and their period o.
modification 7xG days; 7xl0 days wo
the duration of mourning for the dead.
Among the Brahmins the great cosmie
egg, which contained Brahma, broke in
twain, and one part formed the seven
realms of heaven and shc other the scves
regions of earlh.-Philadeiphia iAeOs.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Hymn for the New Year.

Hymn for the New Year.
take my pilgrim staff anew,
Life's path, untrodden, to pursue,
Thy guiding eye, my Lord, view;
My times are in thy hand.
Throughout the year, my Heavenly Friend
On thy blest guidance l depend
From its commencement to its end
My times are in thy hand
Should comfort, health and peace be mine,
Should hours Of gladness on me shine,
Then let me trace thy love divine:
My times are in thy hand.
But shouldst thou visit me again
With languor, sorrow, sickness, pain,
Still let this thought my hope sustain
My times are in thy hand.
Thy smile alone makes moments bright,
That smile turns darkness into light;
This thought will soothe grief's saddest
night,
Should those this year be called away
Who lent to life its brightest ray,
Teach me in that dark hour to say,
My times are in thy hand.
A few more days, few more years
Oh, then bright reverse appears,
Then I shall no longer say with tears,
My times are in thy hand.
That hand my steps will gently guide
To the dark brink Of Jordan's tide,
Then bear me to the heavenward side:
My times are in thy hand.
ICHARLorTE ELLIOTT.
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The Dahlfa.

According to communication made
by NJ. de Cazcnove to the National Ac-
ci;matation Society at Paris, France, the
beautiful flower dahlia was introduced
into France in 17l2. The father of the
famous aeronaut, Montgolicr, in that
wear received from friend residing on.
Ile- de-France tNIauritinsl, in the Indian
Ocean, some eatable bulbs. He planted
them, and, seeing the blossoms, was So
charmed with thei. beauty that he forgot
everything about'their being eatablc, and
took to cultivating them for the flowers.
From Annonay, where he lived, they
rapidly spread over France sad olher
countries Chiago Nens.
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4 Fall Of Terrapins.

A gooi many "diamond back" terra
pins arc reported to bc bought remark
ably cheap on the coast of South Carolina
and Georgia, shipped North and sold in
stews at profit. A Maryland man, from
St. Msry's County, says the terrapin
caught at Port Royal and purchased
from the colored people for about IS
cents each cannot, when cooked a la
modo by al artist, be told from the
grandee cfthe Chesapeake, Old epicures
smile at that. .-Baltimore Am ricaR.
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OnlinOuS,

The recent formidable mohs OF the nnenl-
ployed in London have an ominous. signitl.
cance. The drink waste in Great Britain Is
enormous, and nothing is more natural under
such circumstances than that there should b.
great poverty and suffering. i recent re-
port shows the Poor Guardians of London
have 81 COO paurers on the pari>h rolls com.
pared with 5000 for tho corresponding
month last year. THIS shows that the Len
don prisoners Of poverty are increasing at
rapid rate Beer and had trade are closely
linked together. Abolish the one and The
other would quickly improve. 1t is impo.si,
BILE for the people of any country to waste
their substance as largely as in great Britain
for strong drink and not have legitimate in.
dustries greatly paral wed thereby. - Ma.
tionoI Temperance .idrOcdte.
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Extraordinary Bear Shooting.

Mr.. Jeff Smith, boss ef the Smith
ranch Oh the Frio canon while within
five miles Of his house in the mountains
near Uvalde. Texas, encountered large
black bear in his path. Tying bis horse
to a tree he killed The bear, and hardly
ka2 the bear fallen when another cana
,,,,ou the spot, which with a bullet be
,liroppcd over the other. A third aud a
fourth appeared iu succession, which no
killed likewise, all falling, it is said,
within space of twenty feet. Bears are
so plentiful now that tho meat IS
abundant, and our ia oles ARE also supplied
with venison. -r Galrea!n hsrs.
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Tcmperance News and Notes.

A total abstinence society has been formed
in the composing room of the Boston fier"'a'
Sir Andrew Clark, the eminent physician,
saws that il all men became total at'stainer'
he would lose seven out of every ten or his
patients.
The six leading colleges i'll Michigan arc
overwhelmingly prohibition in sentiment
Each contains largo prohibition club, com
prised Of the leading minds in the insti-
tuition.
Governor Martin, Of Kansas, in late letter
to the Chairman Of the Iowa Republican
Committee, expresses the opinion that pro,
hibition would now poll from "a, ,O0Q to l0p,oOo
majority In that State,
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"a New Race Of Pcoplc.'

Sir Geol "a Treveiyn, NJ. F., in his speech
at Carnarvon the Other day, referred to the
question cf liquor traffic. He said that ON
his estate there had bccn no public-holsa for
thirty years, and the consequence was there
had grown up a race Of people who arr: as
different as possible from those who live
where drink is sold. There is 30 pauperisln,
ana absolutely there is no discontent with
the system. Thirty years ago everybody
used to blame his predecessor for his policy,
but now it is envied in the reighborhoed.
Why, he asked, should not the people be al
lowed to do for themselves what he and his
had done for them.
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In Buenos Ayres there IS bank which
has a paid-up capital Of 81, 900, 900,
and deposits OF $55, 600, 900.
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The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided In
favor of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad in suit brought against 1t by the
tho Milwaukee Malt Extract Company for
refusing to transport new beer in that State.
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Tie tender words and loving deeds which
we scatter for the hearts which are nearest
to us are immortal seed, that will spring up
in everlasting beauty, not only in our own
lives, but In tho lives of those born after us
-[Spurgeon
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Amodel prayer.-"Iord help me-, The
first word laying hold on heaven, the last
touching the earth, the two bound together
by n golden link Hastings.
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morning OF Dec 26, awOke, by dlVlne ar
rangement and i'll some unexplained way,
the child Jesus might have been found in
some comfortable cradle of the village. But
no, no. Motherhood for all time was to he
consecrated, and enc of the tenderest rela-
tions was to be the maternal relation. and
one of the sweetest words mother" In all
ages God has hOnored good motherhood.
John Wesley had good mother, st. Bernard
had good mother, Samuel Budget good
mother, Doddridge a good mother, Walter
Scott good mother, Benjamin West q good
mother. In a great audience, most of
whom were Christians, l asked that all those
who had been blessed OF Christian mothers
arise, and almost the entire assembly stool
up. Don't you see how important it is that
all motherhood be consecrateds Why did
Titan, the Italian artist, when he sketchel
the Madonna, make it AN Italian facet Why
did Rubens, tho German artist, in his Madon-
ma, make it a German face! Why did Joshua
Reynolds, the English artist. in his Madonna,
make it an English face! Why did Murillo,
the Spanish artist. in his Madonna, make it
q Spanish face! / never heard, but think
they took their own mothers rs the type Of
Mary, the mother of Christ. When you hear
some one in sermon or oratiou sp'ak in
the abstract Of 4 gool, faithful, honest
mother. your ewes fill up with tears while
Won saw to yourself: That was my mother.
The first word a child utters is apt to be
"Hlother," and the old man in his dying
dream calls Mother! mother 1t matters
not whether she was brought up in the sur
roundngs of a city and in atfluent home,
and was dressed appropriately with refer
snce @ to the demands of modern life, or
whether she wore the old-time cap and
great rounl spectacles and apron Of her
own make, and knit your socks with her own
needles seated by the broad fireplace, with
great. back log ablazo on winter
night 1t matters not how many wrinkles
her r shoulders stopped with The burdens Of
long life, il you . aintei Madonna hers
would be the face What gentle hand she
had when Ne were sick, and what voice to
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-28
Just Splendid.
Detroit Free Press.l


1t is to be hoped that the writers men,
toned in the following dialogue may not see
the following profound and critical analysis
and digest of their works. 1t would but add
to their vanity should they do so, aud of that
abstract quality they now have all that is
good for them;
"What you reading now, Mame?"
"0h, I'm reading Tolstoi,"
Isn't he splendid?'
speudid?"
cliffs books yet2''
"oh, yes I've just finished 'Dimitri Rou-
dine"
isn't it splendid?"
''Splendidp
81 think all his books are splendid!
so they are, Just splendid.
"How do you like Howells?"
Hes splendid, too"
Isn't he, thought"
Eyes indeed. Have you ever read any OF
Holmes?"
"Oh. of course. Isn't he splendid"
isn't he, thought He's so funny, too.
Isn't Elsie Venner' splendid?'
"Just splendid. But Miss Muloch's books
are the ones cry over.
"rhey are just splendid. Did you ever read
Hueo's Les Miserabiesp"
"Oh, Isn't it exciting? But it's spledid,
too. Don't it end tunnyb"
Yes. rather; but it's splendid clear
through"
Indeed it is. like to have book end
right"
books so splendid. They end SO good&
They are splendid, aren't they?''
Just splendid"
splendid"
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lLouuOn lclcsidph.l
The following appears in some Of the In
dian papers to hand in the last mail:
HAS any whist player ever held the thir-
teen trumps in one hand? The phenomenon
was seen at the United Service Club. Calcut-
Ia, on the evening of December 9th. The
players were Mr.. Justice Norris, DR.. Harvey.
DIR. Sanders and DR.. Reeves. Two new packs
were opened, and were 'trayed' and shufled
in the usual way. Or. Sanders bad one Of the
packs cut to him, and proceeded to deal. He
turned up the Knave Of Clubs and on sorting
his hand found that he had the other twelve
trumps. The other three suits were uneven
ly divided in the other hands, but In .he ex-
element OF the moment no record was taken
OF them. The fact was duly recorded in writ
ing, the four gentlemen signing their names
TO the document. The odds against this COM
bnation are said TO be 15S, 700, 900, 900 TO enc;
the probability OF a given player holding thin
teen cards Of particular suit, named before
the deal Is concluded, Is put by an authority
as once in 635, OOO, OO0, 900 deals.
Mr. Charles MOssop writes 10 the Times as
follows: "YOur readers seem exercised by the
fact published in the Times that some gentle
man In India held thirteen trumps in his own
hand. In the ordinary course OF events, this
must happen, and II must often have hap
pened without being recorded. In February,
1868, the fact was recorded in Bells Life. In
December 1873, 1t was recorded In the West
minister Papers, Of which was then the edi-
tor. And in April, 1869, it was again recorded
the Daily Telegraph"
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Leprosy in Cape Breton.

1T is perhaps unknown to many of your
readers that leprosy exists in several places
in the Island of Cape Breton" says writer
In the Halifax Critic, land that since its in
PRODUCTION, which, / believe took place some
40 years ago, it has undoubtedly spread, al
though not t. any very great extent. This
leprosy, so far as 1 have yet learned. is not
the same which afflicted the Jews. but is
more akin to the leprosy which is occasion
ally seen in Russia. The most serious thing
connected with it is, that those afflicted with
It are apparently in perfect health as chill
dren, and continue so until they have reach
ed ABOUT IL or 20 years OF age, at winch time
the disease breaks out. As the patient grew
worse, the hair, beard and eyebrows drop
OH, and the flesh decays from the fingers,
toes, and lips, leaving the bones bare. The
whole OF the feshy and cartllaginous parts
of the nose decay, so that the nasal bones
protrude, and, j believe. the teeth drop out
This terrible and loathsome disease is said TO
have been introduced by people who came
from Ireland and settled at Lake O'Law.
Their children having married and settled
elsewhere, have carried the cOntagion with
them. so that it is now to be found AZ Lake
OLaW, southwest Margaree, southeast Lake
Ainslie, and in other places. VIM. Fletcher,
b. A., who was attached to the geological
survey, and who SO unfortunately lost his
of 1881, had for some years studied medicine
and had spent great deal of time and
trouble investigating the disease, but before
he could take any definite steps in the matter
he was drowned leaving many to regret, not
only friend but an able and capable man,
whose loss will long be felt. The disease is
undoubtedly infectious. Mr.. MacFarlane,
of southwest Margaree, cites several cases in
which the disease has been contracted, all of
which terminated fatally. In one case. a
tailor had worked for leper, in another a
man had been given cap that had been
worn by one. Paper money would also prove
dangerou channel for spreading infection,
from the fact that it is carried days, and
perhaps weeks, about the person. / have
myself seen leprosy at southeast Lake Ain
size, and when accompanied, as it invariably
is, by great poverty, filth and vermin, it is
truly terrible. Such a state of things is ut
terlv disgraceful and degrading, and should
at once be remedied. So long as a spark re-
mains, the danger of conhagration continues,
ane who knows but one of those subtle
changes which effect epidemics may not at
any time send it sweeping over the length
and breadth of the land, carrying all before
it. Is it notstime that some Of our legislators
took the matter up, and put a stop to the
spread of SO terrible a scourge, before we
hear that cry, alas, too often raised, too
late P"
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companions, dances the antique syrto, or
long-drawn dance on the village green.
III there IS more than one daughter In
peasants family, she is sent out to service in
some nelghb0ring town. Very frequently, If
the girl Is well-conducted, and especially
should she happen TO be an orphan, she is
adopted as member of the family into
which she entered as psyehopdidd, or soul
sent to school for year or two, is clothed
and cared for She receives no wages, but
when she arrives at the age Of twenty-five or
six, she Is lowered and married from the
house of her adoption.
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A new Lincoln story is find worth max
ing, and the journal of Civilization has
found one. 1t relates that when Uncle Abe
reached General Grants headquarters at
City Point in 1864 he complained that the
tossing on the water had left him slightly
sea-sick. TRY oysters and champagne. :"
urged staff officer; that's the very best
remedy in the world ior sea-sickness.,"'
think champagne was intended to do much
curing. I've noticed that most of the men
sea-sick ashore have always been drinking
that very medicine"
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-28
Shinr,ing For Sale.

WE have, and offer for sale the following prop
w erty, viz: One-sixteenth of each of the
Scho0ners Gertie May, Daisy Lizzie Maud, Lila
b. Fernald and Hattie Maud: one thirty-second of
the Oracle q. Young, Henrietta Frances and
George Washington; and one-fourth Of the Lucy
w. Dyer and Idella Small For price and terms
of payment apply TO MATT0CKS, COOMBS e.
NEAL 80 Exchange st.
Portland April 4. 1888. aDr4W&S1m
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FOR SALE.--The spacious res
idence of Geo. w. W0Odman, stu
ated on Vaughan, Pine and Chad
wick streets, one of the finest in
the city, about $4,000 feet OF land;
will be sold as a whole or divided
into lots. For particulars apply to
JOHN +. PROCTOR,
apr2ld1w. Centennial Block.
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In Wiscasset. Maine.

a. FOR SAEE-To close an estate. a man
k4:;: sion house with two acres of land; view of
.Ns..H bay and hill beyond; 3-story house, broad
piaZZaS, Ii rooms, bath and furnace stable de-
sirable for residence or summer boarding house;
insured for 81, 500; price $4,000 Apply to Hon ii.
INGALLS, WiScassrt. AMI 2pOd Inns