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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

The MAINE NoRMAL.-The first number of
this publication has appeared, making. as was
promised, forty hit pages The veteran au-
thor Jacob Abbott, contributes an excellent ar
i--la------ P~~-----~~-.5.+io.--
encouragement as means of Indictment to
study Mr.. Abbott has been engaged as reg
ular contributor for year. Mr.. Furbush, prin-
cipal of the Florence Grammar School, at Rox-
bury, Mass, furnishes some good hints about
the well nigh lost art of reading aloud. There
are some other good articles, and there is some
padding" in the number The book notices
are judicious, and the editorial miscellany of
educational news is feature which will prove
extremely useful. A table of contents is want
ing-probably through inadvertence. All things
considered this is good beginning. If now
the Normal will proceed to occupy the field
which lies before it, if it will from month to
month furnish us with birds eye view OF the
progress of education at home and abroad; if
it will enter seriously upon the discussion of
the practical questions which interest this COM
munity, concerning the Agricultural C.liege,
the whipping question, the college curriculum,
&C., &C., it will deserve to succeed Some "pad-
ding" is necessary and pardonable, but we hope
the professional aims of the magazine will be
held paramount to all other considerations
The seven Thousand teachers of Maine owe
it to themselves and their profession to give the
undertaking fair chance by sending a years
subscription (only 81 ,50) at once to j. Weston
Swift & Co., publishers, Pennington Me. If
after this encouragement the magazine does
not come up to their reasonable expectations
they will be justified in dropping it at the end
of the year. We understand that an agent will
soon visit this city, and hope our teachers will
not trouble him to produce his arguments but
surrender at once
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

A BOLD PRoPosITIoN.-The Argus offers to
bet $1,000 that its circulation is more than half
that of the Press Well, it may be-a little.
We said that with half our circulation and a
proportionally limited amount of advertising"
it was not well for the Argus to provoke COM
parison. If the expression had been qualified
g about habit would have been strictly cor
rect. By '.proportionally limited amount of adj
vertising," the Argus understands one-half
which is absurd, as a glance at the two papers
will show. We meant an amount less by the
usual proportion depending upon the difference
in circulation-not an equally but proportion
ally limited amount. The difference in this
case is about one-third, taking the year through
We intended to include in the word proper
tionally'' all that our neigbLor has thought it
needful to explain about business men adver-
Using in both papers, &c, &c. 1t appears that
in the effort to be brief we did not succeed in
conveying our full meaning. We should not
say that the Argus is supported wholly but
mainly by Democrats, as the Press is by Re-
publcans; and that the advantage just now is
on the Republican side. We do not take that
bet, Though we believe the Argus's figures are
slightly erroneous, we do not raise any further
question. We concede, for the sake of peace
that the circulation of the Argus NAV be lit
tie over half the circulation of the Press.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

The MAINE NoRMAL.-The first number of
this publication has appeared, making. as was
promised, forty -eig hit pages. The veteran au-
thor Jacob Abbott contributes an excellent ar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

HE PRESIDENTS PoLIcY-A CHANGE UR-
GENTLY DEMANDED.-A Washington special
says:
johnson men here exhibit growing ankle
ty that the President should abandon Some of
the positions he has held SO stubbornly. They
are declaring openly and earnestly that some
settlement of our troubles, and that as our oney
policy has not succeeded, some other must he
tried. The pressure brought to bear upon MI.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

[Fyom the Kennebec journal Of augusta. !,
aaa Augusta, Me-, August 2, 1866
was very deaf and suffered from Inflammation and
constant and profuse discharge from both ears fol
ten years one ear was totally deaf the other nearly
useless. DR.. Carpenters Remedies cured me. can
now hear as well as ever in both ears.
Miss E. o. BACHELOR
We have seen and conversed with Miss Bachelor
and her statement is full and Ken. Jour
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04
uolgate,s Aromatic Vegetable Soap.

superior Toilet Soap, prepared from refined
Vegetable Oils in combination with Glycerine.
and especially designed for the use OF Ladies and
for the Nursery. Its perfume is exquisite and its
washing properties urivaled. For sale by all Drug
gisfs IL fe10'66sNdly
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l.. F. PINGREE. %
PNtteT7l and Model MuEer,

Machlnlst and Mill-wright, q
Shop at C. P. KIMBALL's Carriage Factory No .
No. Is PREBLE ST., PORTLAND. ME.
ER-Orders from Founders, Manufacturers. Print
ers, Painters, Surgeons, Hatters and Shoe-Makers.
promptly executed. g3 a1H sep1sd&w3m
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MQrch -, 1865.

[From the Bangor Wing Courier1
Under the care of DR.. Carpenter, have been en-
tirely cured of Catsrr with which was severely af
ficted 10 the great improvement ofmy general health
Miss LOIS Il. YOUNG.
lfn.ch 10 1865
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

Jobnson Inv those who have been his real friends
has heen and still is very great, and this inn
patience with the President is rapidly increas-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04
SURE REMEDIES.

DR.. T. X. TAYLOR II Hanover Street, Boston,
has received the new French Remedies and modes of
treatment practised by Drs Dumas and Rcord-Safe
pleasant and warranted Positively efectual in all
Diseasespf the Blood, Urinary and Reproductive Or
gans, and all Irregularities and Complaints peculiar
to Women. Enclose stamp and receive full particu-
lars by mail. oct3-d&w3m
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Testimonial of Rev. MIR. w. O. Thomas.
Having been afflicted with irritation and discharge
OF my six years and receiving only temporary
lief was induced to consult Dr. Carpenter last Feb
ruary.. His treatment cured me. My ears remain
perfectly well. w. D. THOMAS.
I RP[faSt, Oct. II. 1869
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CATARRH.

Testimonial of Hon. Theodore Wyman
~ IFron, Maine Fdrmier.i
DIR. Carpenters Remedies have cured me of Catarrl
and Polypus from which suffered six years. Had
copious discharges, dullness in the head and mucl
difficulty in talking or breathing l now have non,
of these troubles.
= - f'7'1-II s. a, THEODORE WYMAN.
State House, Augusta, Jan. Is, 1866.
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Ii is of Great Importance

That every one should know where to purchase SUI
p .rior walking dress CATERS or slipper We know
u no better place than T. E. MOSELEY & cos,
Summer street Boston. IL aitl T3a hsf +
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

READING WITHOUT TEARS; or A Pleasant
of Peep of Day" "Streaks of Light" More
about Jesus" etc. Part Second. Small
Quarto. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Mrs. Mortimers skill in preparing books for
children is well known. In this little volume
the early difficult steps of learning are made
as smooth as possible 1t is a pretty book,
handsomely bound and freely illustrated.
For sale by Davis Brothers.
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IFrona the Maine Farmer. i

AUGUSTA, Oct. 8, 1866.
DR.. Carpenter cured me of deafness Of fifteen years
standing over a year ago. My hearing remains per
fectly good. reside in Union, Me. IS s
LEROY 2. COLLINS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Long Sought For!
Come at Last i!
Mains Elder Berry Wine.

We take pleasure in announcing that the above
named article may be found for sale by all City
Druggists and first class Country Grocers.
As a MEDICINE Mains Wine is invaluable. being
among the best if not the best, remedy for colds and
pulmonary complaints, as well as one of the most
iuice of the 6eyTU and unauthorized by any impure
Ingredient we can heartily recommend it to the sick
as a medicine, and to the well, as a beverage.
.sTo the DAYS of the aged it addeth length,
To the mighty it addeth strength"
IT'S balm for the sick a joy for the we'll
Druggists and Grocers buy and sell
MAINS, ELDERBERRY WINE.
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{ BLINDNESS.

a'I.7F Augusta, Oct. 8, 1866.
My daughter suffered from sccrofulous eyes for
eight years and had become nearly blind We en-
poyed many physicians without benefit DIR. Car
penter cured her over year ago. Her eyes remain
perfectly well. l--
Mrs. RACHEL SCHOLES.
Mrs. s. resides in Augusta, and the above state
ment is given in her own hand and is correctlGos-
pei Banner, Augusta.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

Several marked cures have come under our obsery-
alton, and we have conversed with many others who
have been benefited by DR.. Carpenters treatment,
and we have become satisfied that he is slul in the
class of diseases which he treats and careful to prom
Use only what he can perform. -(Bangor Wing Cor.
See other Certificates in Portland Transcript.
noy19 d&Wtf
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TFrom the Rochland Gasette.l

From the Rockfand Gazette.l
suffered from Catarrh and Deafness twenty-sever
years. DR.. Carpenters Remedies cured my Catarrl
entirely, and greatly improved my hearing.
~ = ND Miss A. L. STAPLES.
Rockland, april 10, 1865.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04
New Publications.

A RAY OF LIGHT. By the Author of "a Trap to
Catch a Sunbeam" etc. 16mo. PIP. 160 New
York: Carter & Brothers. 1867.
All who remember "The Dream Chintz," "a
Trap to Catch Sunbeam" and other little
books by the same hand published several years
ago, will gladly welcome this pretty volume.
1t will be perceived that the author, Miss
blanche. has lost none of the peculiarly win
ming charm which characterized her earlier
efforts. Few better books for children are
written than hers
For sale by H. Packard.
THE STORY OF MARTIN LUTHER Edited by
Miss Whately. 16mo PIP. 354. New York:
Robert Carter & Brothers. 1867.
The design of the author of this little work
has been to prepare a simple, clear and con-
nected narrative of the leading events in the
life of the great Reformer, in form suitable
to young readers and others to whom the larg-
er works on the subject might not be accessi-
bic Tho of its editor is sufficient
guaranty for the faithfulness, care and accura-
cy with which the facts of the history have
been collected and arranged, and the style Of
her narrative will be found extremely clear
and attractive.
The book is for sale at Packard's.
The WHEEL OF FORTUNE; or, The Dignity
OF Labor. By Mrs. Madeline Leslie, author
"Georgie's Menagerie," "The Leslie Stories"
etc. Boston: Graves & Young.
A pretty illustrated volume in which the
difference between a life of fashionable idle
ness, devoted to mere amusement, and one of
noble usefulness is well shown. The course of
discipline by which Helen Carter is cured of
her faults and follies is severe, but effeotual
tits good story for girls.
For sale by III. Packard. u.
CRIPPLE DAN. By Andrew Whitgift VOL
l6mo. PIP. $780, New York: Robert Carter &
Brothers.
A collection Of short, well-told stories, illus
trated, and combining instruction with amuse-
ment. 1t is one ofthe popular Fgreside Series.
For sale at Packard's
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MISCELLANEOUS.
~ - -
D r.. c AR PEN T Err,
OculiSt and AuI'iSt,

(tAN be consulted at the o. s. HOTEL, Port
~ land, on Friday morning, November2i, and until
fIrthar notice nnnn
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~ HALLS ELASTIC
Horse Shoe Cushion !

Prevents SNOW and ICE from adherng to the shoe
or hoof of the horse prevents aeness In tender or
footed horses; Keeps gravel and Gand from get
ting beneath the shoe prevents the horse from inter-
ferng, and in fact is invaluable IN all respects Every
horse should have them Send for cire uars, cali
and see samples and Judge for yourselves, at prjnc
pal office of Elastic Horse Shoe Cushion
NO-57 Washington 50, Boston, Ms,
sale. sept8---d3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

Dr. Carpenter has entirely cured persons in this
city who have been under treatment at the Eye and
Ear Infrmaries without being benefited. BELFAST
Age.
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warren,s Couph Ralsam

The best Remedy ever compounded for Colds,
Coughs, Catarrh and COnsuMp tf0n, and all
diseases Of the Throat and Lungs.
0Y-For sale by all Druggists. Manufactured by
b. #. BRADBURY,
oct15d&wsN6m Druggist BANGOR.
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BIindess, Deafness, Catarrh,

BRONCHITIS, NASAL and AURAL POLYPUS
Discharges from the Ear, Noises in the Head Scrof-
la Sore Eyes Films Opactus, and all Diseases of the
Eye, Ear and Throat.
eB- In most cases the remedies can be applied at
home without interfering with the patients occupa-
ton.
Artificial Eyes Inserted Without Pain.
i7 CONSULTATION AT OFFICE FREE,
R-But Letters must contain One Dollar to ensure
an answer. t.-.;r..s, ..s f. If...
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

The Certificates, published in our columns of DIR
Carpenters cures bona tide to our own knowledge
He Is all he processes to be, and will not humbug OF
deceive the public.-[ Kennebec Journal, Augusta
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DEAFNESS.

- - PROM The Bangor ISmeS.1 -
had been growing deaf fifteen years and had be-
come so deaf could hear minister, who is a
very loud speaker. Under DIR. Carpenters care, at
the Bangor House, have recovered my hearing can
now hear well as ever. reside in Benton.
T7fi Mrs. CLARK PIPER.
Bnn0Or Oct. 1. aal~
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HOME TESTIMONY.

The Testimonials below are all received in this
State and be readily investigated by those desir
GUS Of SO doing Hundreds of other certificates car
he seen nj the DIR Is Office .sNt =t.sL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

All the published Certificates of DR.. Carpenter are
bunu fde.-T Maine Farmer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-12-04

CHILBLAINS, &C., &c s
Grace's Celebrated SaIve!
Is prompt in action soothes the PAIN takes out the
soreness and reduces the most angry looking swell
ings and determinations, if by magic; thus afford
ing reiiet and complete cure p
= Only % cents a box; sent by mail for IS cents.
SETH w. FOWLE s. SON, is fremont st, Boston,
ally. y oe W As e@e'
Febl9 ta.-.SeodT.r.s&weow = sffk4
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09
Land Sales in Iowa.

Commissioners Edmunds, Of the Cen
eral Land Oh1ce has made public the
following notice:
Notice d hereby given that public
lands which have been heretofore with
held from ordinary private entry for the
adjustment Of Railroad grants In the
State Of Iowa, to the aggregate quantity
Of 641, 40S. Is acres, held at the double
minimum price Of so per acre, and L.
627, 014.46 held at the ordinary minimum
Of $l,25, will be restored to market a.
follows, viz:
On Monday, the 18th day of septem-
Der, 1858, at the Land Office at Fl. Dee
Moinee, 1,772A acres at $3.50 per acre,
and II, 1851 acres at 81 ,25 per acre.
On Monday, the LIST day Of October
1858, at the Land Once at Council
Bluffs, 1S,82l.43 acres at $3.50 per acre
and 2, 385.0S acres at 81 ,25 per acre.
On Monday the 18th day Of October
1855, at the Land Once at Fort Dodge
l02, 9O7 80 acres at s., so per acre, and 145,
0O6.62 acres at 81, 25 per acre.
On Monday, the 18th day Of October
1883, at the Land Office at Sioux City
ST., 828.32 acres at $3.50 per acre, ant
Lace, IS acres at 81 % per acre.
Lists descriptive of the above lands b.
legal Subdivisions will be retained in tn
respective Land Offices above meution
ed for the inspection Of parties wishin,
to purchase.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09

A strange circumstance occurred on
the occasion Of the hunting for the body
Of the son Of Mr.. John Imhoff, who was
drowned on Sunday the LIST ult., at
Charles bridge. near Mansfield. Ohio
The facts, a. related by an intelligent
gentleman Of unquestionable veracity,
who had it from the lips Of Mr.. Imhoff
himself, are these: An old lady living
near Ontario, sent word to Mr.. Imhoff
that II he would cast q loaf of bread into
the water where his son was drowned, it
would float to where the body lay, and
there stop. Mr.. Imhoff accordingly did
%, aud followed the floating loaf down q
mile, when it turned in the mouth of a
sort of bayou, where it stopped, and
Mr.. Imhof, getting up q tree which
leaned over the bayou, there saw the
body Of his son near the surface of the
water, and the loaf of bread but q few
feet from it. This is certainly very
strange; but may not the bread have ia
ken the natural current of the creek and
been arrested there as was the body OF
the boy.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09

FROM DOOMED MAN.-Watson. the
professional burglar, and murderer of
captain Menter, who is to be hung on
the 3lst day of next month, sent recent
~, per Adams Express, to the clerk of
Perry county, Indiana, a package con-
tanning letter, and the revolver with
which the murder was committed. In
the course of his operations last spring,
Watson entered the residence of the
clerk above mentioned for the nurnose
of obtaining his keys and robbine the
safe. Gaining access to the sleepnp
apartment Of the clerk, he found, sleep-
ing soundly and entirely without suspi-
cion OF harm, the husband, wife, and
infant child. Turning the light of his
"glim' around the room, the guilty
''crossman' noticed on the table load.
ed revolver. He looked at the weapon.
and then at the sleeping child and moth.
er, and thought that if in the course Of
his search for the keys he should wake
the father, he might have to murder
them al In order to escape. Dreadinp
such work, he quietly took the revolver
and LEFT the house; and with this revol.
yer he murdered Captain Menter.-Cn
6bnEnaret9k
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09

A RACY DEsCRIPTIoN.-From q trea-
tise on races by Griswold, (the Fat Con-
tributor), we quote paragraph or two:
Il fatter myself that know some
thing about the horse race. l had pas
sion for horse racing when lad, and
used to run horses with neighbours boy
In Tomkin's lane. How wildly do l
recall my last race. rode the Govern
or's grass fed mare, sorrel roam, if l re-
member correctly, with two white feet
in the forehead. She was little foun-
dered in one eye, but, with the excep-
ton of something like watermelon on
each knee, her intellect was unimpaired.
She was sired by Canal Horse, and id
by every one who drove her. Neighbours
boy drove a cream-colored chestnut.
with spring halt to harness. On the
home stretch | was neck and half a
shoulder blade behind, gently encour-
aging the old mare to do her level best
by the application of corn cutter to her
aged ribs. The limp which she had in
her eye prevented her taking clear
view Of heap Of cobble stones in the
lane, and when she struck them there
was stumble, clatter of stones, horse.
shoe and old bones, and the old mare
was wrecked and no insurance.
Il was picked up bleeding and insen-
sible and made the remainder of the
home stretch on stretcller, coming in
under one blanket. The race was decid-
ed in my favor. The judges allowed,
although | was neck behind when the
Old mare stumbled, yet, as / escaped
without my neck being broken, came
out neck ahead.n
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-09

A correspondent of the New York
7inaes, writing from Beaufort, s. G.,
says there is no city in the Union that
has experienced such change as that
It was formerly rich, aristocratic win
ter resort for Southerners-men of luxu-
rious ease, who had plenty Of money,
and spent 1t without stint. Beaufort is
now completely Yankeeized-that Is, it
Is almost wholly inhabited by New
Englanders; and although the present
inhabitants are more thrifty and indus
trious than the nabObs who formerly
were the possessors of property here,
they keep their purse strings much tight
er, dispense charities, &C., less lavishly.
There are between fifteen hundred and
two thousand white people in Beaufort,
almost all of whom are genuine Yankees
all rich, too. In and about there are
some ten thousand colored men, who
mingle with the whites just as though
they were Of the same origin as the
whites. The Mayor of the city is New
Highlander, and every office holder, land
holder and store-keeper halls from the
same section. The best proof, however,
that Beaufort is thoroughly Yankee
town, Is obtained from the fact that the
people are in favor of negro suffrage, and
to man-offict .lolders and ail-pro-
nounce Andrew johnson traitor.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-09-28
Take Time by the FOrelOck.

The miasma which generates epidemic feveTs Is now
rising in clouds under the blazing beams of the dogday
sum- Every living body, as well refuse animal and
vegetable matter, emits unwholesome vaporH, and in
CT wded cities and the dense assembages which business
and pleasure call together ths elements of disease are
evolved The pressure upon every vital organ is
so 1est as the second Snd third months Of summer
ana teaches that these organs require
to he reinforced to meet 1t.
We hold our lives to speak, repairing lease,
this is the when the process of
in most rapid and repairs most required Therefore
build np prop and sustain tbs pOrers with that
mighty egetatle recuperant H0STErTERS BITTERS.
He who takes may BE- said to cothe himself in santa
nv mail against which epidemic disease will hurl its
poisoned shafts in vain This is gratutous assertion
but great medical fact sttesed by twelve years expe
riepcs in every climate OF the hsbtabe gobs Extremes
OF temperature always disturb the functions Of the stom
ach the bowe the liver and the skin. II ia through
these that the most dangerous msa5ies assal Tone
fy heat and malaria. L3Tw4.1