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The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
Sing Sing Prison at Night.

AS one rushes by Sing Sing in a Cen
trail Hudson train a glance can be had Of
the main prison building. At night
rows of lights can be seen, lights that
illumine the long galleries upon which
are the cells in which the convicts sleep
and the thought at once arises that the
big building is alive with moving figures,
keepers with loaded rifles guarding each
gallery, on the alert for any outbreak.
After 8 O'Clock at night not a sound is
heard. The ''all right" bell is sounded
at $50 every night, the day keepers are
replaced by few night men, the con-
victs are locked in their cells, iron en-
trance doors take the place Of the wood
en- ones during the day, and the prison
is closed for the night Even to the
warden's residence, where dinner is
served at 6, the influence of the quiet of
the prison extends, and about o'clock
every one is asleep or apparently so.
With 1889 people in that vast Enclosure
not sound is heard except the tread Of
the night guards or the FLASHING of the
river against the hullSheads
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
FIRE FANcIEs.

l am sitting by my Preside,
In its warn and rudy glow,
While the day Is slowly dying
And the shadows come and go;
And within the glowing embers
Shadowy forms I seem to see
Shadows that bring back to memory
Friends and days once dear to me-
And although this freight dreaming
Pleasant is, yet still there run
Through it all deep tones of sadness,
Like to shadows DER the sun;
For the dear ones whose sweet faces
Made my heart so glad and gay,
They with whom talked and journeyed
On each happy summer day
Now are absent; and miss them
AS sit alone tonight,
As I see their dreamland faces
In the dim and Pickering light.
Yet some day in the far future,
If our Father wills it so,
shall meet the friends dream Of
In the firelight's ruddy glow.
But tonight, when they are absent,
1t Is pleasant Just to see,
In the glowing light before me.
Faces Of those dear to me.
So sit and dream and wonder,
In the fire flames rudy glow
While the day is slowly dying,
And the shadows come and 60
Good Housekeeping
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
Compressed AIR Torpedo.



Still another torpedo, this one the in.
vention of an Austrian count, Buona.
corsi by name, has made its appearance
in the European naval and military
world. According to official and private
reports of the trials of this instrument
they were eminently successful, giving
results superior even to those obtained
from the Whitehead. The motive power
is compressed air, acting directly from a
reservoir upon the propeller without any
assistance or intervention from machin-
cry. The propulsion is effected by twin
screws working inversely and giving a
velocity greater and more continuous, it
is contended, than any obtained in other
torpedoes. One remarkable feature of
this invention is the faculty of auto
matte guidance, which enables it to
avoid protective nets and shields, and to
dive any distance bef- : rising to give
its blow
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

seems tnaU my Iauner and his companion
had gone out to the turnpike by the
public road, and then finding that was
already on my way home they had come
back by the path, hoping to oyertake
me. Near the foot of the hill they had
come suddenly on the wounded robber,
the cut mail bag and the scattered let
tiers. Though greatly alarmed for my
safety, my father waited to gather up
the mail and to help the wounded rob-
Der along; but 1 shall never forget his
look of relief when he saw me sitting
safe but exhausted in the big chair at
home, in the midst Of an admiring and
sympathizing circle.
Bill recovered from his wounds, and
served term of years in prison for his
offense, but Andy was never captured,
and even his identity was never known.
The mail package contained $500 in
crisp, new government bills
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
One of the Bravest OF Deeds


An incident of the battle of Waterloo
heard from the great duke himself was
told by Lord Shaftesbury, the philan-
thropist, to the late Sir George Burns, in
whose biography it is given by Mr.. Ed
win Holder. At one moment in the
battle the Duke of Wellington was left
alone, his aids-de-camp having been dis
patched with messages. A gentleman
in plain clothes rode up to him and said,
Scan | be of any use, sir?"
The duke looked at him and instantly
said, Eyes; take that pencil note to the
commanding officer" pointing to reg
iment in the heat CT the engagement.
The note was taken and delivered, its
bearer galloping through the thick of the
fight to execute its commission. After
the battle the duke made every inquiry,
but never could find out to whom he was
indebted for this brave service. He told
Lord Shaftesbury that he considered
this one of the most gallant deeds that
had ever come under his notice, seeing
that it was done without prospect d
honor or reward.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
GREAT GRANITE GORGE.
A:vIvId Picture OF the Scenery along
the Banks Of the Colorado.

Scribner's Monthly.
The great Granite Gorge is about forty
miles in length. That portion from its
head to the Bright Angel creek, some
fifteen miles, is narrow, dark and
gloomy. 1t stands at the upper gate
way of the great canyon as if by its very
frown to keep back the intruder, and
guard from vulgar eyes and sordid greed
the grandeur, the beauty and hidden
treasure of the lower canyon. At the
Bright Angel creek everything changes
the granite slopes are fatter, they are
of a softer black granite, cut into sharp
pinnacles and crags, and seem more as
if formed of very coarsely stratifed
slate.
The canyon grows more and more pict-
uresque and beautiful the farther we
proceed. The granite has lost its awful
and threatening look, and slopes back
in beautiful hillsides of variegated black,
gray and green.
At the side canyons, and from the
bends of the river, the upper portions of
the whole gorge are brought into view,
showing the great marble and sandstone
cliffs, benched back far away from the
river, while mountains jut in close be-
tween the side canyons and washes nearly
a mile and quarter in height. AS we
look down the river, or up a low side
canyon, with the placid water between
its polished walls of black and gray
and green for foreground, there rise
above the dark sandstone, tier upon tier,
bench upon bench, terrace upon terrace,
stepping back farther and farther, and
higher and higher, and in immensely of
height and proportion seeming to tower
almost over our heads. First above the
dark sandstone come the fattened slopes
of the lime and minerahzed matter, in
horizontal layers of yellow, brown,
white, red and green.
Then rise sheer walls of stained mar
BILE 1000 feet or more, the lower por-
tons yellow, brown and red, the color
ing of red growing brighter as it nears
the top. Above this smaller benches Of
marble, at the top of each little mesa
covered with green bunch grass and
bushes, and above these dozen or more
terraces of scarlet and fame colored
sandstone, stained on their outer points
with black, and the little benches be-
tween them relieved by the bright green
of the grease wood and bunch grass, the
whole crowned with perhaps couple of
thousand feet of the lighter gray, yell
low and white sandstone lodges, capped
by pinnacles and spires, turrets and
domes, in every imaginable shape, size
and proportion
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
A MATTER or PoRcINE IpEN-
THY.
Not the Value Of the Pig but the
importance OF the Principle.

indianapolis Journal
1"o CT three lawyers were talking of
Oil lAw5ui5j the other day, when one Of
TIE oldest members Of the Indianapolis
bar remarked: Il remember the Perry
township pig case that took up a good
pa,t Of enc term sf court, having come
up through 4 Justices Office. The case
was tried, believe, by governor Wal
lace, father oi'our postmaster, end there
We're 1T least two firms of layers on
each side. Sims Colley and Thomas
Walpole We're i'll the case, and SO far as
Mr.. Cooley was concerned, he was then
in the full power Of his renown.
Tho case gave him full opportunity for
the display OF his picturesque genius,
and the drolleries he infused into it long
furnished matter of laughter for the bar.
MIR. Colby, however, no matter how alb
surdly droil he might become, never lost
sight of the best interests of his client,
and certainly never lost sight of his own
in the shape Of as fat fee as it was pos
sible to obtain.
The question was about the identity
OF shoat, continued the lawyer 1.-THE
witnesses on one side swore it was pig
in barnyard, and had never been out
until it had been put into a pen, from
which it was taken to be slaughtered.
The witnesses on the other side swore
that they had known it from the time it
was sucking. But the great point was
the proof of an ear mark. One claimant,
sustained by one set of witnesses, said
he marked an ear of the shoat with his
pocket knife, and the cut was explained
at great length to the jury. The other
claimant said the mark ON the ear of his
shoat was torn by the teeth of dog. 1t
was at this stage of the testimony eat a
sensational feature was introduced. One
witness, having brought his testimony
to an exciting point, added climax by
pulling from his pocket picked pigs
ear, which he declared to be the ear of
the shoat in question.
This created great uproar in the
court room, as the effect of this pictorial
testimony upon the jury could not be
measured. This witness with the ear
was, however, measurably discredited,
and the case went on. Medical experts
were called in to testify as to what the
difference in appearance would be be-
tween a shoat's ear cut with knife and
one torn by the teeth of dog. The ex-
perts did not agree, and the jury dis
agreed, and another trial was held, the
second jury disagreeing as the first had
done. Charges of perjury were made
on each side, and number of assault
and battery cases grew out of it. The
costs of litigation were between $500
and $500 on each side"
"What was the shoat worthT'
"About $3.50; but the itigants were
fighting for principle"
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
IScientfic American

A few days ago several men from the
electric light station dug a hole for an
electric light pole opposite one of the
finest residences in Maiden, Mass. The
owner of the residence in the meantime
secured a man and told him to 90 UP
into the woods and dig the first tree he
could find, and hurry back and place it
where the hole for the electric light pole
was. Before the men commenced to
raise the electric light pole the owner of
the residence invited them to come into
his cellar and take drink, which they
all did. There the owner detained them
long enough to allow the man sent for
the tree to come back and plant it. The
others did not dare to remove tree. so
they put the pole into their wago- and
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
Embraced and then Stabbed Her.
TEorastland Srroar, SWW

l have sat by the hour in Ell Pravo, the
fashionable thoroughfare of Madrid,
spain, and watched the dark eyed beau
ties OF that celebrated city in all their
loneliness, but they were always associ-
ated In my mind with reachery and de-
ceit' While thus sitting one beautiful
evening, the thorougfare thronged with
Its usual gayety, 1 saw two splendidly
dressed ladies meet and embrace with
great enthusiasm, when, With chill of
horror, l saw one Of them stealthily draw
a stiletto and plunge it deep into the
back of the other. A shrek, a fall, a
sudden rustling of dresses as the murder
ess quickly mingled with the crowd, and
all was over. - -
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
A New Explosive carbonIte.

Tne new explosive ''carbonite" is CIV
ing satisfaction to coal miners. At a
meeting OF the South Wales Institute of
Engineers Mr.. w. Stewart stated that
within his experience ton of the mate
rial had been used without a sign of
fame or sparkling. 1t is stable COM
pound and can be stored without dete-
rioration for any length of time. 1t is
rendered comparatively safe by the fact
that a detonator is required to explode
it. If struck with hammer or stone no
danger need be apprehended. Carbonite
is lighter than dynamite, is of a brown.
ish color, and contains rs per cent. of
nitro-glycerine. Certain sulphureted
hydrocarbons are added to moderate
the susceptibility of the nitro-glycerine.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
PORTLAND & WORCESTER LIKE
Portland & Rochester IL. II.
STATION FOOT OF pREBLE STREET,

On and after Monday, Oct. NJ, 1880,
Passenger Trains will Leave Portlands
For - OFcesfer. Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua, Windknm and Ripping at 1.3O
a. m. and 1890 D. an.
For anchester, Concord, and points North
at 1870 y. nm.
For Rochester, springvale, Alfred, Water
bero and saeo River 1t 7.3O a. mr., 1850
and $50 q. an.
For GOrha mn at 80 and 1890 a. M. l2.3O
800, $50, 6.2O and N 90 d. m.
For saccaraPpa, Cum bertrand Wills, West
brock Junction and Woodf0rd'. at $50
and 1890 a. m, n. 30, 800, $50, GAO
and Hoo p. an.
Fer Forest Avenue lDeeringl, $40 y. IN.
The 1870 y. nm. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with "Ho0sac Tumnel
Rsuie," for the West and at Jnion station,
Wog cester, for Providence and New Vorx,
VIA 'Providenes Line" for Norwich and
new Work, via Norwich Line,' with Bo-goa
a. Albany II, u for the West, and with
New Kork all rail, via, G-pring n~td.''
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 80 p. M; from q Rochester AT s.BJ m.,
30 and ) 80 p. M; From Gorham at 6.4O,
s.3J and i.5O n. M, $50, Also, $50 and
~ 81 p. m-
saturdays only.
For through Tickets to all points West ana
SouIh b, apply to s. Z. CORDWELL, Ticket Agent,
Portland Me. W. PErEFS Supt
O. j. WIGGIN, GenI Tic ket Agent. oct7dtf
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
BOSTON & MAINE r. n.
Iu Rffeet Ocf. n. lAQO.

Trains leave Portland, (Unlon statIcn) for
Bo-ton 700, ts.45 am, s12.4O, $50 pm. Bos.
N. For scareors beach, Pine Point, 100
1o.16 a. m, $50, 6.15. LIS. y. m. did Or.
s.a5, 1o.i5 a. m. is'io. ssS $50 S 799
pm. KenBebunk 100, 8.45 a. M, i2.40 $50,
BIS, e:16 y. m. Wells Heacb zoo. S.4S a. m,
Eaiis, Dover 700, s.45 a. M, 1910, $50, SIS
2. m. so.tb New narket JaBciios, Exeter,
M, 1910, sac D. m. Roehesrsr, FaSmius.
ton. Alton Bay, Wsifbor~ 8.45, a. m, I2.4O,
$50 p. N; Worcester (vla Great Falls and
cord (via Lawrence) s.45 a. M, (vis south New
Market Junction,) TOO a. m. $50 D. m.
Sunday Trains from Union station.
Fer Boston and way sta ions 1885. 4.l5 D. m
Eastern Division from Union Station
For Boston at (t2.Oo a. m. daily 1900 a. m.
N1.O0 p m. daily 1000 p. m. Boston Tor
.. m. (s7.oo p. m. daily FOR Bidaeford,
Portsmouth,, Newburyport, salem. lynn
200, 800 a; M, Loo, 600: .. m. Amessury
From Commercial Street Station
For Portsmouth, and way stations, 4.3O D. m.
Cape Elizabeth aud scarboro s'ro-.inR,
500, $40, 1O.15 a. m, 1895, 325, 4.3O, 5.55 p.
Trains for Commercial Street Station connect
at ScarborO Crossing with TRAN Of both Dlvisons
connects with Ran Lines for New York, South
sConnacts with Sound Lines for New York.
western Division from North Berwick.
ttWestern Division North Berwick Sundays
All trains arriving and departing from Union
Station run via Western Division between Scar
Through Tickets TO all points South and West
for sale at Union station, Congress street
and at Commercial street station.
JAS. 7. FURBER, Vice p. and Gen. Manager,
D. j. FLANDERS, Gen. P. and t. A., Boston.
o.,, ~ L. WILLIAMS Gen. Agt. at Portland:
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

During his visit to the Ottunwa, Ia.
coal palace President Harrison sat in q
chair in which the four first presidents
of the United States and also President
John Quincy Adams had sat during
their terms of office. The relic is the
property of citizen of Keokuk and is
over 200 years old
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

In Alsace, not far from Worth, there
is now monument to the young English
man who was the first victim in the
Franco-German war. Young Lieut..
Winslow, who was attached to the Ger
man army, was shot while accommodating
with the staff by one of the first bullets
fred on the French side.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

Digestion would be greatly promoted
if rest could be taken for half an hour
after meal. A gentle walk with the
chest thrown out is excellent even in
doors. When a walk is taken in the
house the hands should be elasped at the
hack
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

It was formerly supposed that clay
was useful only for entertainments, fol
making bricks or pottery. But now a
most useful and beautiful metal is ex.
tracted therefrom, and clay banks, rich
in aluminium, will soon be as valuable
as iron mines.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
Theatrical stars on the Bowery.
washington letter.

snail never forget those old stock
days. There were rehearsals during the
day and long performances at night. II
was hard to snatch time for meals, and
we almost lived in the theatre. The
east side of New York was then po-
tent factor in theatricals. The Old and
New Bowery theatres were very popu-
Iar fiayhouses, and among the stars
VINO APPEARED there were the three
Pooths' Joseph Jefferson, James and
n n Waiiack, Edwin Eddy, John
6rougham, Lawrence barrett, Charlotte
Gushman. Kate Bateman, LAURA Keene,
Edgar L. Davenport and George L.
Fox.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

An officer of the Sixty-ninth regiment
of New York, says that when the regi.
ment turns out on parade it has n hand
OF sixty-five pieces, of which every mar
gets SO excepting the leader, who gets
$l2. The drum major gets so a day.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
WHITE nOUNTAINs' LINE
PORTLAND. MI. DRSERT and MACHIAs

Steamer City of RiehmSnd, Capt. Wm. e
Dennison. weather permitting) leaves PORTLAND
for Roekland, Bar Harbor and MachiaspOrt via
usual landings, Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 y. M.
returning, Ieaves Machiasport Mondays and
Thursdays at a. M, connecting at Portland with
early morning trains for Boston.
PAYSON TUCKER,
Vice Pres. and General Manage
Y. K. BOOTHBY, GenI Pass and Ticket AGENT
Portland. October q. 1890 ocDdt
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

There are but two epochs in q mans
life. The first that of hope and youth
full illusions, when he wears his hair
brushed behind his ears and leaves it
wildly floating in the breeze. The sec
ond when, gloomy and detected, he has
finally subscribed to Solomon's edict,
vanitas vanitorum, and pulls his thinned
locks mornfully over his evebrowa-
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
MAINE CENTRAL r. r,
For Bangor, Bar Harbor, NJ. 5ohn. an.
White Mountains. Montreal,
and the West,

For Bangor, Bar Marbor, NJ. John, an.
White Mountains. Montreal,
and the West.
On and after October IL, 1880, passenger tralr,
leave Portland, as follows.
For DANVILLE jet, AUBURN and LEWIS.
Lewiston Evils ron Vi via Bk si HTT Gas 1u2oAm
aoGki2 AM ann and PES6Bscor SHORE LINZ
sRUNss%iCk. BATH, Ga GAR RiDH HALO.
WELL and AUGUSTA, 6.46, 1920 am. "15,
F4RMfNGToN Via LEWISTON, s.45 n. "a.
Lilo p; n via BRUNSWICK, Lis 0. n.
MONMOUTH, WINTHROP. RKADFIELD ard
wATERvILIE Via LEWISTON, 1.1O p. m. via
AUGUSTA e.45, 1920 a. M, y 10 and t11.2c
p m; and Saturdays only q 800 p; N.
AUGUSTA, Gas a. m, LIS and I'll 20 D. N.
DOVER and Fo&CRoFT via DEXTER, LIS and
BANGok via LEWISTON, lilo D. M; via AU-
GUsIA, 6.45 a. M, sl.l6 and t11.2O p. m;
BANGOR & PIsCATASiIU H r. r. r.. via DEXTER
LILO and tll.2O p. ms via OLDrOWN at 6.45
EIiiLsw6RTEi al and BAR HARBoR at LIS and
vANcEB6Ro. Gas a. M. LIS and III 20 pm.
and the PROVINCES il 10 and iii .2op.m.
sRuns daily. Sundays included.
runs every night, sundays Included, but moi TO
5kOwhegan or Belfast Monday mornings or to
Dexter or beyond Bangor sunday mornings.
WHITE mOUNTAINs' LINE.
For CUMBERLAND MILLS ana SEBAGO
LAKE. $40. 1880 a. m, AS and 6.15 y. IN.
bkIDGr0N at S;46 a: m, l.45 2: N. FRYE
BURG, NORTH CONWAY GLEN and BART
VANS, ST. JOHNsBURY and MONTREAL.
$40 a. m, 6.1b p. m.
The s.46 a. m. tram for Montreal connects for
all points In Northern New Hampshire Vermont
Chicago and the Greai West The 81 D. IN. train
nas canadian Paclnc sleeping ear attached con
Meeting via 500 Line for Minneapolis ano ST. Paul.
Arrivals in Portland from Montreal. &C., $50 a.
n Lewiston S.85 a. m. from Augusta. Bath and
Rockland $40 a. M. Pennington, Skowhegan
and Lewiston, 1925 p. m. st. John, Vanceboro,
Bangor, Dexter, Dover FOxcrOft. Rockland. ETC.,
n 1880 p. M. Sebago Lake 1910 D. m; Bridgs
ton $50 am. 4.4O pm. Bartlett and No Conway
$50 a. m, 4.4o and 0.35 p. M; Montreal. st
JOhnsbury, Fabyans 8 80 a m. and S36 o. m
Waterville, Bath, Augusta and ROekland, 5.26
.. m; Flying Yankee, 6.35 D. m; Pennington,
WaterYille and Lewiston, 5.48 o. m. Might Pull.
man LAO a. m. and Sundays at 1890 D. m. from
St. John, Bangor. Lewiston and Rockland.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

The Methodist ladies of salina Kan
pledged themselves to raise 81 each for
church purposes. Among them was q
woman 70 years old, who earned her dol.
lar Lar py making eight baby dresses By
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
Notice Of CO-PaTtnerShip.

VNHE subscribers announce to their friends and
Il the public. that they have this day formed
cO.partnership. under the name Of Austin s. Lid
back, for the purpose OF conducting the Maine
General Agency OF the Penn Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. Of Philadelphia once at 90 Exchange
street. A. M. AUSTIN,
PAUL j. LIDBACK.
Portland, Me-, Nov. 10, 1890. nOY22eodlm
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
MAINE CENTRAL n. IL. co.
ANDROSCOGGIN & KENNEBEC R.R.CO
SLIGO, ooo, 90 LOAN,

VNHE Bonds Of the Loan falling due August 1,
a 1890, and subsequently will be paid at ma
turlty on presentation at the TreasuTers ONCE Of
Maine Central X. r. Co., Portland, Maine.
j. A. LINSCOTT, Treas;
My "A, 1890. Iy26du
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
GLOBE TEA co.
@ r d

Iwish 10 inform my friends and
the public generally thar 1 have
secured control of the grocery bus
iness formerly carried ON by The
late Geo. HI. Weeks, at cor. Con.
gress and Franklin SIS. and that
shall continue the business at
the same place and under the
same name as above. Il shall keep
a full line of fresh goods I'm stock
and shall seIithem at iivi1g prices.
VII. Joseph Weeks will continue
charge of the meat department.
1 shall be pleased 10 see all
the old customers, and new ones
will be heartily welcomed.
+. N. WEEKS.
Portland, December o, 1890. dec1Od1w
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

Since the enactment of the Maine
Non-FOrfeiture Law the UNION
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY has afforded extended
insurance upon some hundreds OF
policies that had lapsed, and has
paid In full no fewer tnan One
Hundred and forty claims there
under.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13

The policies OF the UNION MI
TUAL LIFk URANCh CON
PANY afford absolute protectlon
and In llberRlity are unSurptsso~
by those any other Company
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-13
TAPE WORM.

TestimOniaI.
FoxcRoFT, Feb. 10. 1890.
Dear DR.. True:-I wish to add testimonial To
the many you have had from all over thu country
most certainly believe 1t a duty that moi only
owe to you, but that owe to suffering humanity
many OF which are no doubt suffering today from
no other cause than which have lust been re-
lieved by the use OF True's Pin W orm Elixir, /
began taking this elixir for a balsam, having a
bad cold on my lungs, which resulted In the best
manner as balsam, and BESIDES relieving me Of
quantity OF pin worms and tape Worm be-
tween ~ and 80 feet IN length, measuring seben-
eighths Of an inch IN the widest place. For 81. so
expended In Trues Pin Worm Elixir have been
restoI ed from the most miserable state Of health
lof which l have suffered for years) TO perfect
health and happiness. ] cannot recommend too
time TO answer any questions that may be asked
10 my case and to furnish scores of witnesses 10
this testimonial.
Placing my name alongside Of the many al.
ready enrolled who have had good reasons for
saying God bless DIR. True, l am,
Yours very truly, A. +. BRAGG
Foxcroft,IMe. 12eodSw1ycS