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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-18

FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK.-The Trustees
of this bank met on Wednesday and declared
semi-annnal dividend at the rate of pei
cent. per annum. A statement of the condi-
ton of the bank on the LIST inst was made by
the Treasurer. From it we learn that the total
OF deposits at that date was $605 981.i7; profit
and loss and interest account, $31 807 SO; total
$637 ,789.56.
This amount is invested in mortgages on
real estate in this city, $229OO0; United States
securities, $780, 300; public securities SIG $780,
Bank stocks, $49,6O5; Gas stocks, loans on col;
laterals and cash on hand, about $102 600.
The amount of deposits Oct 1, 1866, $685.
079.84, making an increase for the year past of
$2l7 9O1 49, increase of deposits for the last six
months, $152, S99.10.
Number of depositors, All; on April LIST,
1881; increase for last semi-annual term, $40;
number OF depostors of sums less than one
dollar, 3l4; over one and less than five dollars,
$50; five hundred dollars and over, 315
The bank is evidently in fiourishing cond-
ton, and is a safe and profitable depository of
the surplus earnings of people within the
State and out of it, 1t has unvaryingly paid
seven per cent per annum to its depostors for
several years, free of Government tax. and bids
fair to continue doing the same business here
after. pr = iA1a iaEsH
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New Marriage Guide.

an Ess1utor Young Men, on Physiological Errors,
Abuses and Diseases, incident to Youth and Early
Manhood, which create impednents to MARRI-
AGE, with means of relief. Sent in sealed let
ter envelopes free OF charge. Address, DIR. j. Skill
LIN 1IOUGHTON, Howard Association, Phiadel-
phia, Pa. Sept 26-d&w3m sN
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THEATRE.-DoHie Bidwelps Benefit. = This
evening Miss Dollie Bidwell has a grand COM
piimentary benefit, on which occasion, and for
the only time, the splendid new comedy of
caste, which is now being played in New
YORK and Boston to crowded and fashionable
audiences, will be presented, Miss Dollie Bid
well sustaining the character Of Esther Eccles.
and Mr.. Medium that of Hon. George DIAL
roy. The amusing farce of the s'Irish Tutor"
VIII also be performed, our townsman, Mr.
William F. Chadwick, sustaining the charac-
ter OF Dr. oToole, having kindly volunteered
MS servicessfor this occasion. AS there will
undoubtedly>be crowded house reserved seats
should be secured during the day by all who
may desire to occupy comfortable position.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-18

FIRE'-The alarm from box 10 Yesterday af-
ternoon' was caused by fire breaking out in
small house on an alley leading from Congress
street, near the Catholic school house, on Mum
joy, occupied by Mr.. Thomas. How the fire
originated Is not known. The family had gone
out, with the exception of child, that was
asleep in the house. The door was stove in by
a carpenter, who rescued the child, and the en-
gines soon extinguished the flames XII Il
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-18

fREsENTATIoN.-At the meeting of Arcana
Lodge NO l. %. of G. 7. in this city, on Mon
DAY evening last, Mr.. f. N Dow was made the
recipient OF splendid silver tea service from
the Grand Lodge, through the Grand Council,
In ACKNOWLEDGMENT of his services and devo-
ton to the cause of temperance in the editorial
management of the Riverside Echo. The pre-
sen.anon was made by Mr. #. G. Rich in be-
nan OF the Grand Lodge who made some very
complimentary remarks to Mr.. D., and to his
iatner' TO which the recipient responded in
pleasant manner, justly complmenting those
VINO mad been associated with him in conduct
ing the Echo, and who still manage that paper
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THE DAILY AND MAINE STATE
#sI 9es PRESS. fs

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis Robinson, Andrews, and
g. M. Curtis. 4.
At Bddeftr I'd, OF Pillsbury Bros.
AZ Saco Of 5. Locke and B. s. Boulter.
AT Brunswick of W. r.. Fields
At Watervile, of j. s. Carter
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MARRIED..

IN this cly Sept. II. by Rev. f. Southworh, Alfred
o'as a'o rSiss caroline Frost, both of this city.
In Yarmouth, Oct 16, by Rev. Geo. A. Putnam
Charles @ Soule of Pc tland, and Miss Mary s..
Converse OF Freeport. fsssfEH - -
AT Prospect liarbor, Oct. 10, by Il. M Sargent.
Esq, Capt Enoch 5. Bicklord and Miss Eunice A
JOY, both Of Gouldsboro - y u
=, In augusta, Wilson B. Clark, of Lynn, Mass, and
Mrs. Annie g. Grant, of A. IT
In Waldoboro, Oct r. Harrison Miller and Sarah
Creamer. both OF W.
In Hammock City. NJ. T., Sept 8, at the residence
VI Juuee iayior by Rev l.. r Williston, Hon +. r.
Phelps. OF New York, and Miss Mary Amanda
Jones, OF Portland AA44 tsStft
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Portland and Vicinity,

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN
Theatre -Bidwell q Locke.
October Meeting-Geo H. Smith Sec'y.A
AUCTION COLUMN.
Furniture, &c, NJ. Patten 4 Co.
NEW ADvERTIsEMENT COLUMN sss.aa-sz
Portland Horticultural Society.
Lost-Breast Pin 81 fkE NJ SIS
just Opened-J. F. Hill g. Co. - r. r II ga I
Jupon Skirts-Anderson g. Co.
Wanted-Rooms. go -
Girl Wanted. av.sfs
Notice-Early Closing.
Serge Boots-Palmer& Merrill.
Found-Drcss. gI,
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BOgle'S Mystic Hair Tint

A new discovery for colorinp the Hair wbisters
and Moustaches Overtops everything. Sales i'm
mense. SATISFACTION unlimited. One preparation.
perfect. 49, N&E7a u w R03IE
Wigs and Hair Work, POP Washington ST Boston.
October2. M W & FsN-tl1m sH..'D - -
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Mains Pure Elderberry and Cur


SO highly recommended by Physicians, may be
found at wholesale tbe drug stores OF W. w. Whip
ple& Co., H. Il. Hay. W. r. Phillips g Co., +. L.
Stanwoed and j. W. Perkins q Go. janl2sndly
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I'm TUESDAY, ON Congress st, bundle contain
Oing a Dress. The owner can obtain the same by
calling at the residence of Geo r Davis No 4O3 Com
gress st, and paying for this advertisement ocIsd3t
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IMPORTS.
DErAaruR e OF OCEAN STEAMERS.

HARBORvfLLE. MS. Brig T Il Ellsworth "a
cords wood, 100 lbs dults. to order.
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Found.

A GOOD respectable girl will find an opOrtunity
- To do house work in q small family by applying
to w. II. JERKS, under lancaster Hall, immediate
~. .... ......s Oc1Sdtf
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A LADIES Breast pin, Opal and BrilliaIts set i'm
leaving it at the Press Once
1ptA 90 a
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q The members of the Casco, with their en-
CINE, returned to this city last evening, arriv-
ing here little after 10 o'clock. They were
received at the depot with cheers from their
brother firemen, who had assembled to greet
them. The members of Hook and Ladder.Co
No. escorted them through various streets to
their engine house. As they passed other enr
CINE houses, and at various points, they were
cheered. All of them speak in the highest
terms of their reception and treatment by the
Bath people. AS for the trumpet, which is a
magnificent article, they prize it SO highly thai
nothing can take it fiom them. saa III =
ms trial speaks volumes in praise of our
Portland manufactured steam fire engines. the
Casco being from the Portland Company
Works, with the johnson patent pump.
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Portland horticultural Society
Wanted.
Help Wanted.

'NWo Furnished rooms, front preferred, with or
without board Address f. Il. b. box 1923.
October L. dIus
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In foot race Bardsley also distanced all his
competitors, running half a mile in 252
The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-02-21
No.739.
A Horrible Tale.

A newspaper, published at Colirna,
Mexico, tells the following frightfdi
story, and calls upon the public 10 pun
ish the criminals! So < 50. :
When General Pueblita entered the
town Of Ago, in September last, he Ell.
acted forced loan from the people, and
a portion Of it fell upon the. curate Of
the palace. The curate acted as though
he would pay, but he did not make hta
appearance at the point designated for
payment, and General Pueblita ordered
him to be arrested. A, party of, men
went to his dwelling, and knocked at
the door; there was no answer, and
they broke in. They found no one in
the house, and were about 10 leave It,
when they heard a frightful voice, pros
ceeding from the ground, saying, "rm
hu1gry." 49,. f... -. -.
The officer In command went back to
Gen. Puebhta, and told him about
the voice. The General appointed
commission 10 examine the house. This
commission went to the curate's DWELL
ing, and, after careful examination,
they found movable stone in the floor,
and under this was stairway leading
down to a vault, which was entirely
dark, and had no connection with the
air, save by the staircase and a small
hole that served as a ventilator. In this
vault, they discovered few articles of
furniture and a woman who had been
shut up there for eighteen years. She
was taken 10 General PuebIitas quar-
| ters.
When brought into the light, where
she saw number Of persons, she faint
ec. After she returned to her senses, a
thousand questions were asked Ler, to
which she replied that she had been
buried in that vault for eighteen years,
without going out for moment that
she had been married, and had children
by her husband, but she knew nothing
Of their fate; that while imprisoned in
the vault she had had children by the
curate, but she knew nothing Of what
had become Of these children and af.
ter that much, became obstinate and 81.
lent.
While this was passing, sergeant OF
the Pueblita Brigade, then present, dis
covered that this woman was his moth
er, and she recognized him as her SON,
and embraced him. The son then ran
for the father, who came and recog-
nized his wife. The husband, fifteen
years ago, was imprisoned three years,
under charge of numbering his wife,
this woman.
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JOSH BILLINGS.

SHIP BuILDINa.-It is asserted that
at the present time there is moi single
new merchant ship or steamer building
at any Of the numerous sbipyards Of
New York, BROOKLYN or Jersey City,
and but few in all the yards, Of the coun.
try and further, that there is no pros,
pect of any being built until the present
condition Of affairs is altered. Thon-
sands of,workmen connected with ship.
building are now out Of employ
and are likely to be for the present.
One cause assigned for this is the high
rate Of taxation upon materials used In
ship building. But that can hardly be
the cause altogether, as The business Is
quite as dull in England as in this coun.
try, and in one ship>bnilding district In
London fifteen thousand mechanics havs
been ont of work for months, and the
families Of many of them are now pau>
pers.
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Gossip with Contributors.

No notice will be took-from this
date hereafterwards-ov letters that
hain't got no postage stamp onto them.
Don't write only one side ov manu-
skript, and don't write much onto that.
Don't send a manuscript unless You
can read it YOURSELF after it gifts dry.
We pay, all the. way up hin, from
ten cents to one dollar. for contributions,
according tew heft. "7'H" "stE
Aul settlements made prompt at the
end Of the next ensueing year. -
Poetry and prose pieces respectively
serlicited.
The highest market price paid for
awful raleroad smashes, and elopements
with another mans wife. -.
No swearing allowed in our paper. .
Isaac.-Yurs article on frogs" il
received.
1t made me laff like lightning.
Iure idee that frog gs might be in
creased by propagation" is bully.
Yure idee that frogs waz diskivered
by 4Christipher Columbus, in the year
1892, had slipped mi memory.
lou Also say mat frogs grow more
bobtaiIed as they grow older."', This iz
too cUssed good to be entirely lost.
.Noah.-We very humbly decline
your essa on the flood.
,Yure remarks might possibly lead
one more man to think az you do, an d
we don't want our collums held re-
sponsible for increasing the number of
phools. .@ =.
The world has already got moro
phools than thar is any need of.
Thare aint no doubt in my mind but
that the food was perfect success, and
have thought that another just such
an one would pay we'll now in some
sektions Of the country.
JOSH BILLINGS.
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Is ~POPULAR EVENTS.g.
GREENvIILE, SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY q, 1867

be able to trace, three or four years al.
ter, the exact spot where it was marked"
He quoted the old couplet which con-
tanned much truth: r.. = NJ.
/" The use Of lime without manure,
win always make the farmer poor"
. = He stated (what has been discovered
in this country that there may be a
complete absence of lime 10 soils rest
ing upon limestone, and mentions cases
where the limestone has been within six
inches or foot Of the surface, and not
the thousandth per cent. of lime on the
soil itself, and adds that in some Of the
Southeastern countries of England they
are actually lining the Chalk Downs 10
great advantage.
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"God bless yon u murmured tie old
man, in trembling voice and bowling
his head upon his hands, he wept in
silence. - rr>- .~,. E.'-.s q.
He remained al that hospitable house
during the night, and was entertained
like an honoed guest. The next day
being fair, bt took. bis leave. As ne
was about tt depart, Harry Barret put
a crown IMP his hand, saying:
"Take /, my friend, and not word
I don't know who you are, and I've not
felt it my duty to inquire !; but this I
know-fror, your appearance, manners,
and angpdge-that you are not a com
mon beggar, and that you have seen
better days, which l sincerely hope you
may see again. It's as much as my
circumstances viii justify, and it may,
perhaps, serve to keep you from starv-
ing some night or sleeping by the way
side"
"God will repay you |" said the Ole
man, solemnly and he walked slowly
away. wiping the tears from his eyes.
"He has already y unused Henry
Barret placing his hand upon his heart.
II have it here-principal and inter
est"
Long, and in vain, did the selfish
families of Moses and Stephen Barre,
look for the appearance of their rich
uncle from India in carriage and four
and great was their disappointment and
vexation thereat. Then came the in
teI!igence that lie was sick IN Lordop
Next came the news that he was dead
and had left a will I What an intense
desire to know the contents.of that will
What a wild, furious excitement wher
its contents became known
To Moses Baret he devised on,
pound to buy coffin for the dog tha
his precious son had threatened to Sc
on a heggar,
To Stephen Barret, he had bequeath
ed one pound three pence-the pount
TO be devoted TO parish poor-the thre
pence TO bny cold potatoes for -beggars
with the hope that he and his piou
family would put their trust in th
t Lord. .
To Henry Baret, and his heirs for
ever, he had willed all the remainde
Of his vast wealth, some half .milliol
pounds sterling, with hope that h
and they would sometimes recall wit
pleasure the visit of the old white hair
ed man they had once SO kindly enter
lained.
The old beggar Of that dark, rain
night, was no other than Joshua Barre
himself 49,.
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The Use of Lime and Marl.

The English agricultnrisis have used
lima extensively for long time, and
have acquired great deal ofexperience
relative to its application. At a lecture
given while ago by Prof. Nesbit, be-
fore he London Farmers Club, he
stated a number Of ascertained facts,
which, briefly related, may be interest
ing 10 such Of our readers as desire in
formation on this subject. In speaking
OF lining and marling, he said it made
liltle difference, generally, whether cal
cerous matter was applied in the form
of chalk, disintegrated by frost, mari,
quicklime, or disinfegrated limestones.
Limestone is burned, and thus reduced
to very fine powder, it very soon re-
turns TO carbonate, precisely the same
state as before burning, except that its
mechanical condition is entirely changed
10 fine powder. This he regards as the
chief object Of burning. For lime acts
benefcially for many years in soil long
after all traces Of its caustic nature have
disappeared. Some limestones contain
a considerable quantity Of potash and
sulphste of lime, which sometimes add
much to their value. Here analysis be,
come, Of great use. AS to the ration
ale OF its action, he regards it as op.
Grating in several ways. First, in dis
solving the alkalies for the use Of grow,
ing plants, result which has been
found by trying the experiment during
period of six months, in the laborato.
ry. Secondly, il effec,ing a Glow de-
composition If organic matter, in soils
for the same nse, which is strikingiy
shown by the fact that new land or new.
ly broken fields are altogether the mos,
benefited BY its.action. The same op-
GRAFTON takes place upon manures in the
SOIL, The ammonia which has been alb
sorbed, is fed 10 plants through the as.
sistance Of lime. Hence, on hard crop
ped land, which has been nearly ex.
bausted Of organic constituents, lime Is
Of little use. 1t has also been stated
thai. lis application upon undrained
land is Of no value whatever. On the
other hand II soils are deficient in lime
even A. msnuriug Of guano will be Of
lhtle comparative use. "1f you go TO
such a place as Exmoor," says Professor
Nesbit, "where the land hasfnot~been
turned up within the memory of man,
and where he soil contains only enough
| lime for chemist 10 swear by, You will
fl nd the use Of any other manure Of no
syaiIwi,hout T.. have myself observed
| 10 certain parts of that moor, where
| lime had been put, turnips were splen
did, bnt the iastant you passed the line
up 10 which lime had been applied, the
| crop entirely failed. If you were to
take n handful Of Stacked lime and in
scribe your name on the soil, you would
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Theories of Advertising.

The theories of advertisers upon all
these conditions, particularly the last,
are wonderfully various those who dis.
believed in advertising at all, being now
loo few for mention. One man believes
in advertising in publications where all
his competitors advertise another,
where he will be alone one thinks ad,
vertising needless, when business is
brisk, and useless when 1t is dull. while
another, thinks the reverse. One be-
lieves in the city, another in the town
one bases his hopes on mere length, and
another takes half a page to print few
sentences, while another puts his an
nouncement upside down. Some ad.
vertise moderately and steadily, aud
some make snowy displays occasionally.
Large cities are full of devices outside
Of newspapers. Boys distribute hands
bills AT the ferries, and on the streets {;
a painted bed with nettings looped up
greets the eyes of those who cross Full
ton ferry in mnsquito time. Men march
sclemnly about, dressed in some mys-
terious garments that proclaims the
merits of 1ndia.ruLber goods and wea-
ther-strips, or covered with buttons from
crown 20 sole, or bearing sign boards of
chiropodists; a nuisance in the shape
of an advertising van haunts Broadway
and the curb stones, the fences, and the
very pavements everywhere are aflame.
'" IL may be called accidental, but the
fact is that nearly all Of the large for
tunes made in trade during the las,
thirty years, both in this country and
in England, have been made in con
nection with persistent and studied ad
vertising. DIS. Jayne, Brandeth, anC
Ayre, Davis's Pain Killer, Russia SaIve
Bonner's Ledger, Plantation Bil,ers
Hostetter's Bitters, Spalding Prepared
Glue, Holloway's Pills, Eastman's Bust
ness College, and Barnums Museum
are good examples. The amount o
money sometimes paid for advertising
is almost incredible some firms having
expended fifty thousand dollars in sin
gle week, and even tens of thousands
upon single advertisement. Beside.
burdening the fences, several parties
have their own poets and advertisement
writer's, at liberal salaries. Messrs. Pha
lon e. Son are reported TO have such s
man, to whom they pay three thousanc
dollars a year, and whose duty was, fol
time, comprised in devising new
conundrum every day which should set
forth anew the night blooming cereus.
"The secret. ofjudicious newspaper ad
vertising may be briefly stated. Ii consists
not in long standing advertisement:
which are inevitably placed in obscure
corners, but in short, fresh paragraphs
renewed frequently, and possessing th'
interes Of reading matter. These ar,
read for their own sake, and make new
customers, as well as guide old ones"