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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18
Cartoons for the Tars.

Several huge scrap books, full of car
toons of every variety, entertained Wis.
itors at the barge office yesterday. They
were books that had apparently served
the childrensof some family. and were
sent to Captain Pickett to be put into
sailors libraries. They will afford much
entertainment TO some ships company.
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The Deaf Mute Society.

The Portland Deaf Mute sociey will give
an entertainment at the Y. M. G. A. rooms
next Wednesday evening. A fine programme
is being arranged, consisting of music,
Rotations, club swinging and drill by
pupils of the school for the deaf. all of
which will be pleasing to hearing people
and deaf mutes. A large attendance is
honed for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18
A Handsome New Block,

Mrs. William H. FERRIS, formerly of this
city, but now of Cambridge, will erect new
block in place of the old building on the
westerly corner of Congress and Oak
streets. 1t will be four stories high and
brick, with stone trimmings. Spencer
Rogers will do the carpenter work and Smith
and Blackstone the masonry. The store
front will have large plate glass windows.
Several parties have sought to obtain a
lease. The architect is John Calvin
Stevens.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18

Loading Lumber for South America.
The ship Centennial, Captain Colcord,
is nearly ready to sail for Buenos Ayres
with lumber.
Three banks, the John S. Emery, Ben
jamin Webster and Alice M. Claridge, are
also loading lumber for South America.
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Aged brotherhood.

A meeting of the board of managers Of
the Aged Brotherhood Association was
held Wednesday. Vice President A. P.
Gerrish having moved out of Ward S,
rendered his resignation, and Mr.. Rufus
Deering was chosen to fill the vacancy.
Two new member were voted in, Bar.
nabas Freeman of Yarmouth and Charles
H.Wyer of Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18
J Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup"

ssNdrs WinslOw's Soothing Syrup"
has been used over Fifty Years by millions
of mothers for their children while Teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures
Wind Collie, regulates the bowels, and is the
best remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising
from teething or other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup. CSC. bottle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18
A Small Boy is Fined for Malicious Mis-
chief.

| A little bright eyed eight or nine year old
| boy. named Joseph Regain appeared in the
| municipal .corrt, yesterday morning. He
| had been arrested for malicious mischief in
| tearing up some twelve feet of wooden side
walk on School street and piling it in the
gutter last Sunday. The officers make COM
plant that boys in that locality are making
| a good deal of similar mischief and are a
nuisance.
P. j Larrabee Esq. appeared for the boy.
He said that the latter said he was given
dollar to go and bring some brown bread
and beans, that he dropped the dollar
through the sidewalk and tore away the
planks to get it and neglected to replace
them. He urged leniency.
Judge Gould fined the boy one dollar
This should be a warning to these young
sters, who destroy public property because
they think it is smart. The officers declared
that the sidewalk was torn up by this boy
and others unknown out of pure mischief
and as IL feet of it was removed it seems
hardly probable that it could have been
done simply to get the dollar.
Marten P Ware plead guilty to a charge
of search and seizure and paid his fine of
800 and costs.
Other cases were:
George II. Wilcox Common drunkard, 80
days in Jail.
Frank f. Davis. common drunkard, 80
days in Jail.
William Frazier, Intoxication, SIS and
costs.
John Casbin, common drunkard, 80 days
in jail. Sentence RENTED on his promise
to take the pledge for year.
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Angostura Bitters cures collie, fever and
ague and indigestion. The genuine manu-
featured only by DR.. j. g. B. Siegert &
Sons. All druggists keep them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18
A Season that Makes Insurance Men So
elnn.


While the newspapers are chronic1ing
great fires daily the insurance men wear
anything but happy faces. The fire loss in
Maine this year is astounding. The total
since the first Of last January is over a
million dollars, or about as much as for the
whole of last year when the total loss was 6:
per cent of the amount paid for premiums
The insurance men say that the companies
did not make anything last year in Maine,
since the operating expenses were SO l-3 per
cent. Upon that basis they will lose heavily
this year, since the losses will probably
amount considerably above the premiums.
Some of the large Maine fires that have
occurred since January LIST, are: Bath,
loss S250,0OO; Norway, $25O,OOO; Bath Iron
Works, S65,O0O; Freeport, $4,000; Rowland
Paper Mill, 10000; hotel at York Beach.
$4,000; Bridgewater, $25, 900.
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New Wants. To Let, For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
their appropriate heads on Page g.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18

Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed !; Castorias
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-18

In Bangor, Me-, many people have been re-
stored to health by Hoods Sarsaparilla, among
them Mrs. William H. Pitcher, wife of we'll
known carpenter and stair builder, who writes
&C. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
about eight years ago began taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla for headache, with which had
been troubled from child. There were days
that would have such headaches that I would
have to lie in a dark room with my eyes covered
SO could not see ray of light or hear sound,
as I would go almost wild. My nervous system
was badly run down. decided to give Hoods
Sarsaparilla trial, and found in short time that
1t Was BenefIting Me
and continued regularly until had taken ten
bottles. 1t toured me, and from that time until a
year ago have beer free from headaches and
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EASTMAN BROS. 6 BANCROFT.
Wanted.

Wanted.
A skilled seamstress, for all kinds of
white work. Address, MRS. A. A. STROUT,
Cumberland, Maine. maylStf
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Owen Moore g. Co.
j. r. Libby.
Eastman Bros g. Bancroft-3.
f. g. G. B. Nash.
Messengers Notice.
Cressey, Jones &sAllen.
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HE TORE UP A SIDEWALK.

djourned to Thursday evening next
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01

and the yell they uttered in chorus was
enough TO make the hair curl. They
screamed and cursed and danced about,
shaking their fists in a defiant way, and
Il must have become clear 90 our cap
tain that Ne had a desperate set Of men
70 deal with.
Our brig was sheorcd in a bit closer
and a demand made that the convicts
surrender. They could plainly see that
we were a strong crew and had mounted
guhs. but the demand was received with
yells Of derision. Tho leader Of the gang
whom we had not before identified, now
mounted the rail, and in broken English
warned US TO keep off or take the conse-
quences. He boldly declared that they
were escaped convicts from the penal
settlement referred 60. and having got
safely 60 sea they would fight 20 the
death sooner than be retaken. lie added
that an English ship had no business 20
NEEDLE in the matter, and though we
carried guns he was not in the least
afraid of us.
Every man Of the 90, as may tell you,
had been transported for a serious crime,
and nowhere else could one have got to-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01

toned tnar -i1gnu 10 lngerrcro or ais-
cussod the best method Of recapturiag
tho brig, but they were not absent over
a quarter of an hour. When they came
ON deck, we got the order 60 load with
solid shot. and in 10 minutes every man
and gun was ready for action. one OF
tho convicts was aloft with a glass and
could plainly motto every movement
aboard Of us. and our captain. who was
likewise posting us, reported that tho
fellows had armed themselves with rifles
and revolvers and were erecting shields
against tho bulwarks. A solid shot was
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01
what ohIne.s chIldren celehrnte.

When do you suppose the Chinese
children fire off torpedoes, slkyrockets
and powder crackers? If you do not
know, you could never guess in all the
world, so You may as well be told right
away. They fire them off on New Years
day! And when you are told why they
celebrate New Years day as If it were
Fourth of July, you will be still more
surprised.
You know the Chinese havea different
religion from ours, and because of that
they believe many things which we do
not believe at all. New Years day the
firecrackers are set off TO keep evil spirits
at distance. The night before the new
yeat there are special services 10 the
Chinese deity, and at bedtime a pot Of
rice is left upon the table, covered with
cypress leaves.
New Years day there are social visits,
dinners and family games. And all day
long the Chinese youngsters are expect
ed to keep up firing of fireworks of all
kinds to keep off evil spirits.
York Ledger.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01
IN FARoFF RUSSIA.
Tho New Year Season brings jay 60 the
HeunE-rwelve Days Festival.

The New Year season Brings jay 90 the
Yaung Twelve Days Festival.
In the smaller cities % Russia. New
Years Gay Is In the Twelve DAYS Fes.
tival" The Russians In many parts have
held to the old ways from time immemo-
rial. The preparations for the season
begin early In November. The host Of
some great home begins to lay In stores
VI salted beef and sausages, liquors, etc.
The hostess calls on all her friends and
invites young and JiS. Next day she Is
succeeded by tie nurse. Who makes the
same rounds Il visits. Her 6Sty is 10 in
vito especially the young ladies. She is
bailed with joy, and the lady OF the house
hastens 20 mix for her the cup Of wine.
She delivers her message and Is piled with
questions a. TO the invited and rejected.
But the most important question Is,
who are the electedy' These are the
young men invited by the hostess for the
girls or fair maidens," as they are
called. The duty Of the young man thus
designated is 20 look after the amuse-
ment and pleasure of his "fair maiden
during the twelve days." The respon-
sibility Of the choice lying with the host
ess, she has to be careful in her selection.
But the invitation has again to be re-
peated, this time by the master Of the
house in the person of his servant or
swat" who, with mace in hand, per-
forms his mission. On entering each
house he offers a prayer before the shrine
of the saint to which il Is dedicated. He
then delivers the invitation in the name
of his master OF mistress. At first, ac-
cording 70 etiquette, the invitation is re-
fused, but after much pressing it is fin
ally accepted. When the day arrives. the
young ladies who are the heroines Of the
season appear in a sledge. accompanied
by their mothers and favorite compan-
ions. generally girls of inferior rank, who
sit at their feet. This sledge is followed
by another containing the tire women,
charged with caskets and dressing boxes.
Other sledges follow, the longer the pro-
cession the greater the honor to the
house visited.
On the arrival the host and hostess
meet the guests at the gate, bow with
out speaking and conduct them into the
house. The young maidens are then de
livered over to the care of the hostess,
and after friendly greetings, presents to
the domestics and sweetmeats to the
girls, the mothers and retinue return
home. On Christmas morning, as the
bells are ringing, the hostess herself
awakens the fair maidens and serves
their breakfast with the help of the
nurses. But a very important part is
the Interpretation of their dreams on
this first night. Then the elected" ar
rive. The days following are full of
gayety and pastimes for young and old.
This season is very important to the
young people in Russia. who at other
times of the year, by the strict etiquette
observed. are kept much apart
Among ourselves the Happy New
Year" greeting and the social gather
ings are now the sole recognition OF
Jan. Exchange.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01
New Year Custom. In Orkney Islands.

In Deerness, in Orkney, a band Of
young and old of the common people
meet and go around in the evening, and
sing a song before each well TO do per-
sons door, commencing;
This night it is guild New'r E'en's night;
We're a here Queen Marys men:
And we come here TO crave our right,
And that's before our lady.
Then as they sing they demand but
ter, cheese, ale, a fire and knife.
W houp your ale is stark and stout,
For mer 10 drink the auld year out.
When the song is ended, the door Is
opened, and the crowd rushes in pell-
NELL to partake Of the supper set out, and
so on from house TO house. Sometimes
this ceremony falls on New Years night,
and the custom of mummers, or maskers,
going about eating and drinking prevails
in many places. There is one rude play
enacted by these mummers which Sir
Walter Scott always had them enact at
Abbottsford. Burning the clavie," or
tar barrel, in procession, is another Gus
tom of the Hogamanay in Burghead.-
Philadelphia Press.
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gether a more villainous crowd. The
worst of the lot, however, looked honest
and m.ld tempered compared to that
fellow tiey had elected as captain. lie
was a giant in statue, as dark as a Span
lard. and his face was that of a savage
wild beast. We were SO near that we
could look into his ewes and catch his
ferOcious expression, and / think every
man of us realized that be would have
TO be killed before the brig could be
taken. The defiant attitude Of the con-
victs seemed TO put our captain in an
embarrassing position, but after mo-
ment's thought he called out TO the fell
low ON the rail:
"Iou must have captured the brig to
get away from Cayenne. What has be-
come of the crew."
"Dead-cvery one of them killed and
thrown overheard" shouted the fend in
answer.
40 You mean 20 say you murdered
captain, mate and all hands,
YES. all the crew, but we've got the
captains wife and her sister aboardl
Now, you've got the news, and You sheer
OF and go your own way! LetaFrench
ship pursue us and retake us"
We were compelled to widen the dis
lance between US to prevent accident
from the lubberly manner in which the
brig was steered, but we reduced sail so
as to keep abreast Of her, and the captain
and his officers descended for consulta-
ton. l don't know whether they ques-
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that the Chinese, who are not an over
charitable or forgiving race. should en-
join the forgiveness Of all debts at tho
beginning Of the new year.
II Is an amusing spectacle In China 20
seethe creditor meicilessly hunting down
the debtor during the few days that re-
main. No one Is exempt from the neces-
mty, for IN order to pay his own debts he
must IN turn collect what Is due 10 him.
The debtor who cannot fulfill his obliga-
tons by New Years goes into bankrupt
cy by the operations of custom stronger
than law. He undoubtedly earns thecon-
tempt of his fellow men, but az least no
Is free from their persecution. His debts
are forgiven with quite as much sincerity
as could be expected under the circum-
stances.
Besides this painful phase Of Chinese
Yuletide there are other preparations TO
be made for the fitting celebration Of the
great three day festival, beginning with
the first day Of the first month. The
red peach paper which has been removed
from the doorway must be replaced, and
therefore about this time the profession
al letter writer of the Chinese quarter
takes his station on the street cornerand
is busily employed in writing sentences
of good omen. Naturally some Of these
gentlemen are more popular than 9TH
ers, letter writer who claims TO have
passed one Of the inferior civil service
examinations, or who at one time has
been connected with fashionable Joss
house, being more in demand than no
who has picked mp his smattering of
knowledge at school, or by what is an
important factor in Chinese education
self help.
1t is quite customary also to bring
these red paper slips 10 the josshouse,
where for a trifling fee they are stamped
with the seal of the joss. Certainly il is
worth taking some trouble with little
piece Of paper which is to do duty for
an entire year, for as soon as the slips
have been prepared and stamped they
are glued to the doorposts against the
time when the evil spirits shall return
and make the last state Of the man worse
than the first The moral which the
Saviour pointed out TO his disciples, that
spasmodic effort is inevitably followed
by reactions unfavorable TO the true
spiritual development, is fully borne out
by the history Of the Chinese people,
Harper's Magazine.
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A SAILORS NEW YEAR
TYMo QUAD.

rCopyright 1870. All rights rcservcd.l
Att o'clock on tho morning Of Jan. 1,
1858, the British brig Adventuror, from
the Capo de Verde islands to tho river
Orincco, passed small French bark
at a distance Of about half a mile She
had been In sight for a couple Of hours,
and her actions had created no little talk
aboard the brig. When first sighted, she
had altered her course by three or four
points In the courso'o Of 10 minutes she
was heading as before. A bit later she
was of again. IL was as if her crew
was divided as to her port Of destination,
and as the crafts neared each other we
were puzzled by the lubborly looks of
things aloft. She was under short sail
IN q fair breeze, her yards were not
properly braced, and our first idea was
that she had sickness aboard and was
short handed. We shortened sail, ex-
pecting she would flya signal Of distress,
but she kept her course and did not even
return our salute. Our mate, Mr.. Hob
son. had the glass on her as we came OPP
posite. and he hadn't held It 10 his face
captain, who had just come on deck, and
exclaimed:
why. sir, there are three or four men
on her decks wearing the uniforms Of
Cayenne convicts!'
The captain seized the glass for q look
and speedily satisfied himself that such
was the fact. and five minutes later the
Adventurer had como about and was in
chase of the bark. Let me explain TO
yen that our brig was a government
craft engaged in harbor and coast sur
veys and was armed with two guns on a
side and a Long Tom mounted amid
ships. from the surveys made 10y this
craft between the years 1850 and 1860 all
the rivers and bays along the east coast
of Brazil were charted. She carried a
crew Of "a men. and while surveying up
the Para and the Amazon had been at
tackled on several occasions by the vicious
minded natives
We had no sooner come about than
there was great confusion on the decks
Of the bark. More sail was made ON her,
but in a buugling fashion, and it was
plainly evident that she wanted 70 es-
cape us. ltaIA AAltttAu dhAlooh say
ing to Mr.. Hobson that she was certain |
ly a French merchantmen, and he be- |
heved she had been seized by the con-
victs at Cayenne. She was doubtless in |
charge Of a sailor, but there were not |
enough sailors among them to do things |
in shipshape .7hion.
Numbers Of men started to go aloft, |
but stuck ut the crosstrees, and such |
sails as weI cost loose were not sheeted !
home TO do their best. We walked up |
TO her hand over hand, and in half an
hour were within biscuit toss, and our |
captain was hailing to know what was !
wrong. The answer was plain enough !
without words. When we passed her !
only seven or eight men could be seen /
on her decks. Now they fairly swarmed /
with men, all but five or six Of whom |
were in convict's dress. As matter Of /
fact. there were just 80 of them II was
useless for them 70 reply to the hail Ia
der such circumstances, and for a min |
ute they We're silent as they gazed az u.s.
Then thew suddenly found their voices.
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"Aim At her foromast and try 20 Grip
/ pie ncr. She must either surrender OF
/ III sink bert"
During the next 90 minutes we fired
six times. The foremost was carried
away about 20 feet above tho deck, her
forward deck plowod by two shot and
the yawl on her stern davits smashed to
splintors. A shot which crashed through
her bulwarks between her main and
mizzenmasts was reported from aloft rs
striking down seven or eight Of the VIII
lains, but with their craft lying a wreck
In the trough Of tho seas they continued
10 shout defiance at us. We suspended
firing 20 give them n chance 20 surren-
der, bat they had determined TO die first.
The crew Of a man-of-war could have
carried the brig by boarding, though it
would have been a desperate fight, but
we were not strong handed enough to
attempt such thing. The unfortunate
women must 20 down il the convicts
did, but death would be preferable TO
our sailing away and leaving them
In the hands Of the monsters. We
changed our shot TO shell as we loaded
Long Tom again, and the Sun was
pointed 10 strike the hull. One after an
ether tiveshell were sent into the bark,
each one tearing a great hole and carry
ing wounds and death, and we had re-
loaded for the sixth time when Il was
seen that the craft was settling away.
We had our eyes ON her as che was
heaved mp broadside TO us by a wave. her
decks almost awash. There was a wild
cheer from the convicts. half a dozen
rifles were discharged, and as the bark
dropped into the trough the waves ran
right over her, and she settled away
with the heaviness Of a block of granite.
We ran down to the spot, but there was
no one 10 rescue. Living and dead had
been drawn down together.
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fred across her bows as a summons 10
heave 20 and az a warning Of what was
in store for her il she did not but the
roar Of the gun was followed bya chorus
of yells, and three or four bullets came
whizzing over our heads. The brig wild
ened the gap until out Of rifle range, and
the captain then said TO the crew Of Long
Tom:
Il want 10 save .he women If they are
aboard. and though yonder rascals are a
desperate lot / don't want to sink them.
Aim to strike her above the water
line A few shot may take the fight out
Of them"
The first shot passed between her fore
and mainmast without touching any
thing. but the second smashed her bull
warls and killed two men. a third and
fourth were fired, both of them creating
havoc aboard, and we were looking for
some token Of surrender when the
bark ported her helm and came bearing
mp on our quarter. We had the weather
gauge. but she had been three OF four
points of the wind The fellows were
evidently determined TO get near enough
seamanship they stood no show.
We gave the brig more sail, and after
a couple of tacks were of her quarter
and sending solid shot aboard again.
There was great confusion among the
convicts, and we were hoping for a sig
nal when the wretches brought tho
women on deck. We could see them
very plainly without a glass, and their
presence put stop to our firing, as the
convicts had expected. While we con-
tinued to gaze across the waters one Of
the women was lifted above the star
board rail and dashed to the shrouds Of
the mizzenmast, and a minute later the
other was similarly secured in the shrouds
of the mainmast. 1t was scheme to
stop our FIRE, and every man groaned in
spirit as he wondered how our captain
would take it. He must have realized
that there was but one course open to
him, and after a bit he said to the cap
tain Of our big gun;