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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-07

a COMEDIANS CoMEDY.-William Carle-
ton, comedian at Tammany, New York,
brought suit for divorce from his wife Cath
crime. His wife not only denied his charges,
and made counter charges, but succeeded in
establishing her defence and obtained di-
vorce from him, with the usual decree for ali
mony. She afterward remarked. The hus-
band naturally objects to paying alimony, and
writ of attachment, not baable, was issued
against him. A motion was made TO vacate
this writ of attachment.
Mr.. Hummel, counsel for Mr.. Carleton.
besides statement that as stroing PLAYER
his client was unable to pay the alimonv, read
the following letter, said TO have been written
by the lady since her remarriage, directed as
follows:
WILLIAM CARLETON, Irish Comedian.
ln Ine care OF frank queen, Clipper Office,
New York.
ON BOARD STEAMSHIP GEO. WASHING
TON, April IL, 1S70.-Mu Dear WiLlion. T
have at last complide with your most ardent
wish. have LETT new york, and have arrived
safe at new orleans this morning a thing
whitch ought to have done long ago. yes
my darling, have lett for your sake. for with
all my erelng ways faults and with all your
faults my darling, L love you better
than any living man on earth. yes my darling
love you to my hart's core, and well you no
il; and do truly say from the bottom OF my
hart curse on huley, Ten thousand times a
curse on him. for he has been the cause of all
our unhappiness. 1t was sad day for me that
ever laid eyes on him but, my darling billy.
bury him with the past forever, and Danish
him entirely from my memory. yes, my dar-
ling, l, you can believe ME truly, when tell
you that | have given up new york with all
its gayeties and fascination, to come out here
to try to lead better and purer life and nv
darling, II you wish to come and share it with
me, will send you the money to come on
With, for, believe me dearest have given up
everything for your dear sake, and am reddy
lay down my life Tor you and to do anything
in the world ityou will only come TO the open
arms and pleading heart of your loving but
ereing Kate, for my darling shall never know
moments happiness untell you are with me,
dear billy il you have any love or affection for
me 90 come darling and sooth the broken
heart of an ereing, but repentant woman, for
darling shall never ceace to love you so long
as l breath the breath of life. dear billy | will
stop at the same hotel where you stoned
please come darling will send YOU the money
right way ltyou write as soon as YOU receive
this letter. please answer quich as possible, for
Oh, my darling. you can not immagin what l
have suffered since 1 parted from you. dear
billy, II you will only come to me, L will do
everything in the world to make us both
happy. must now close. my darling. Tor my
heart is bursting. from one who is truly yours
from now untell death.
CATuBINE CARLTON, Hepler
Address to Cathrine Carlton, New orieans,La.
Judge Cardozo held that the attachment
should not have been made non-bailable, and
admitted Mr.. Carleton to bail in $3.50, reserv-
inc his decision on the main question.
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Proposals for R0tiOns and
Ship Cha7adIe3y.
COLLECTORS OFFICE,

PORTLAND, June 3, 1870.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ office until Saturday. st ~ o'clock NJ. the 26th
day OF june instant. tor the supply of Raons to the
petty officers and seamen of the U. 5. Revenue
Steamer "Mahoning' or any other Revenue Cutter
or Cutters that may be stationed at this IT. for the
term OF one year from the first DAY OF July next.
The ration for the Revenue Service is the same as
that allowed in Naval Service, omitting the huuor
and consists of the following articles, vz Beef
Pork, Flour, Rice, Rsisins or Dried Fruit Pickles or
Cranberries, Biscuit, Sugar, Tea, Cocoa, Batter,
Cheese, Molasses, Vinegar.
The ratons to be OF good wholesome quality, to be
approved by tue Captain, and the different articles
comprising the rations to be delivered board the
vessel In good and sufficient casks and vessels to be
provided by the CONTRACTOR and the contents there
of to be distinctly marked on each. 1t is to be un-
nish upon reasonable notice, often as NAV be re-
quired by the Captain of the vessel, with the appro-
baton o! the Collector mot exceeding upon an
average one day in each weekly fresh meat and
fresh veg. tables may be equivalent to the cor
SERVICE Table of raions may be at the Custom
House.
Seated Proposals will also be rec cived at this office
until Tuesday, at l2 O'Clock NJ. the 2st day OF June
instant, for Ship Chandlery The of the above
named vessel or vessels tor said term of one year
from July 1st, 1870.
List OF articles be bid tor, and the Specifications
necessary to full understanding of the proposals
advertised for, may be seen at this office.
jun4td l. WASHBURN. Jr, Collector,
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Republican State Convention

The citizens OF Maine who rejoice in the progress
ofHuman Freedom and Equal Rights, achieved by
the Nation under the direction OF the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN PARTY during the last decade; who
heartily second the Administration Of President
Grant in its measures to national prosperity
by the restoration Of confidence abroad and tran
guilty at home; who endorse its wise policy tor the
reduction of the national debt ard applaud its
ccssful endeavors to establish economy and honesty
in the administration OF the government; who ap-
prove the record OF the Party in Maine on all ques-
tions of public policy, including its consistent and
straight forward efots for the suppression of the
evils ofintemperancc, are requested to send dele
gates to State Convention, to be held in Granite
Hall, Augusta, Wednesday, June 18th,
1870, at eleven o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose OF
nominating candidate for Governor and 10 trans
act such other business ss may properly come be-
fore the Convention.
The basis of representation will b, as folows:--
Each city, town and plantation viii be entitled
to delegate and one additional delegate for every
Is votes cast for the Republican Candidates for
Governor in 1868. A fraction of 40 votes will be
entitled TO an additional del egate.
Delegates are required TO be actual residents of
the municipality they claim 10 representa- in the Con-
vention.
The State Committee will be in session in the Re-
ception Room OF the Hall, at O'Clock the mornrg 6
of the Convention for the reception of the creden-
tals of delegates and to hear and determine all OF
contested elections, subject TO ratification by the
Convention.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Chairman.
WIN. p. FRYE,
CYRUS NJ. POWERS,
" Frederick RoBIr,
VIM. y. 10 NELL,
Jos. H. WEST,
PAUL STEVENS,
S. y. MARBLE,
TIMOTHY WALKER,
VIM. p. WINGATE,
STANLEY L. PULLEN,
j. W. WAKEFIELD,
HIRAM KNOwLTON,
:. q. THURLOw,
CHARLES b. PAINE,
GEO. H. KNowLIoN,
RepuJiian State Committee.
a. A .sSMITHA Sec. Rep. State Com.
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Whole number OF delegates 212
"A, BLANCHARD, Portland, Chairman
Jason w. BEATTY. Saco, Secretary,
GEO. LIBBY. Westbrook,
j. NJ. MASON, Limerick,
S. A. HOLBROOK, Freeport.
JOHN WENTWORTH, Kittery,
LUTHER BILLINGS, Bridgion,
Republican District oMNittee.
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STATE OF MAINE,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I
AUGUSTA Nav Il 1S1n [

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
AUGUSTA, May 81, 1870. !
n Office is hereby given that Petition for the
1N Pardon of Alden b. Dutton, n convict in the
Jail in Cumberland County, under sentences for the
crime of illegal selling intoxicating liquors is now
pending before the Governor and Council and a
hearing thereon will be granted in the Council
Chamber at Augusta, on Monday, The thirteenth day
of June next, at o'clock P. NJ.
FRANKLIN NJ. DREW, Secretary of State.
jun3 1aw2wF
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N O I'll CE

ii ARD and SOFT WOOD, Tor sale. at No 43 Lin
jan29 wu urrSE
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TWO Front Rooms, furnished and pnurnisbed. I
De let without boald d, at 122 Cumberland st.
myl9eOdt.
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Gentlemen and Indie,
Wood. WO0d!

XOU can get your washing done at SIS Green
street. MRS. MURCH
gS Eiease give her cali. my7*1m
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ITO smaH family, the upper tenement house, MOI
4 Crshman street, corner of Lewis street. con-
slsling Of six rooms well arranged with en- atun-
dance OF hard and soft water Enquire at the house
jun4@lw
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FOR SALE.
TO Contractors !!

IINO Let the building OF the Masonry IN six miles
i OF the Portland & Rochester Rail Road and in
cludes the Culvert and Bridge Masonry.
Also the Grading of three miles OF above road
Apply to HlTCHlNGS q CO.,
my 24dIw* No, 40 Market ST. Portland Me-
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w a ANTED.

A onnat art ienement-two rcoms-in the easterly
,,ontb " ,ne city. Rent net TO exceed $500 Ter
~ 4uiie at ~ IL Cumberland st. te21tt
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Wanted.

,aI .ne blacksmith and Shipsmith Business. at Nc
i lS7 Commercial St., Portland, Me. Terms Iiber.
al. ror iulther information call at the shop,
tmy16iO s. YOUNG.
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W AETED
Partner Wanted.

4 experienced salesman to travel in this State
Jnn2'lw Address w. VI, g. Co, PRESS Office.
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a. NENILEMAN and vile, or two single gentlemen,
~ can obtain board, with pleasant rooms on appli-
eatoh AT 10 CumOer and st. iun2- -d2Y
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To Let,
To Let.

TO Let,
WITH BOARD. A Front ParIor Chamber to
W gentleman and wife. Apply at 141 Oxford St.
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ACCIDENT.

Mrs. Simon Burnham of this town was
thrown from wagon on Thursday last and
quite seriously injured. although it was
thought by DR.. Webb, who was Immediately
called, that no bones were broken. C..
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BOARD AND ROOMS.
IL State Street
HQIiSA toilet.


ITO be letwith board. an e,econt hoo,-,o d..
i nlshed OF upturnsbed. aiSn ton. pa, n,a aVai na-
jun4'3t "'so " ii'ii' ehainper'
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Wanted.
/ olhL who can come wei recommended to do
- oss,s VOL IN family al Gorham Village.
aPIZotl~ Apply at this office.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10
Domestic MisdOings.

SOME cooks will throw out water in
which meats have been boiled, without
letting it cool to take off the fat.
Bits of meat are thrown out which
would make hashed meat or hash.
The flour is sifted in wasteful manner,
and the bread pan left with the dough
sticking to it.
Pie crust is laid by to sour, instead OF
making tarts for tea.
Cold pudding is considered good for
nothing, when ottentimes it can be steam
ed for the next day.
Vegetables are thrown away that would
warm for breakfast nicely.
Dish-cloths are thrown down where
mice can destroy them.
The scrubbing brush is left in the
water.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun TO
dry and fall apart.
Nice handled knives are thrown into
hot water.
Silver spoons are used to scrape kettles.
Cream is allowed to mold and spoil.
Coffee, tea, pepper, and spices are left
to stand open and lose their strength.
The cork is left out of the molasses jug,
and the flies take possession.
Vinegar is drawn in tin basin and al
lowed to stand until both basin and vine-
gar are spoiled.
Dried fruit is not taken care of in sea-
son, and becomes wormy- Western Rural.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10
Memories.

WHEN everything is counted, it will be
found that the sum total of our lives re-
solves itself into but two things, anticipa-
.tion and memory. The pleasures and
miseries of the moment are ephemeral,
and only to be taken note of as they have
been looked forward to, or as they leave
their record in the past. In youth, life is
richest in anticipations; but as the years
roll on, the mind acquires the habit of
looking backward, and when old age is
come, there is nothing left but memories
this side the grave.
Fortunate is that man who, In the
midst of the cares and trrmoils of busy
and often unsatisfactory life, has happy
childhood to look back upon-a picture.
gallery of loving faces that once formed
home circle; record of sunny years
which includes gentle tones, kind actions,
cheerful surroundings, smiling skies, twit-
tering birds, blooming flowers, and inno-
cent amusements. Whoever robs child
of these, robs him of more than he can
ever return to him in any other shape. A
close, hard, narrow life lived in childhood
not only dwarfs the future mans whole
moral and affectional nature, but leaves
him no blessed store of memories to fall
back upon when the present is unsatis-
flying.
Make your little child happy Provide
for him what epjoyments you can, be they
great or small, and begrudge no money
that you can spare in securing him these
In doing this you are not only giving him
present pleasure, which is a great deal, as
in youth impressions are stronger and
more readily received, and the capacity
for enjoyment consequently greater; but
you ere really laying up store of happi-
ness for him in memories which shall last
him all his life.
Let the whole atmosphere which sur
rounds your children be so impregnated
with affection, that they shall breathe it
in, as it were, at every inspiration, and
their hearts will grow larger, and their
blood run the clearer and purer for it.
/ Let your own lives, mothers and fathers,
be so upright and 80 pure, that when you
have passed away and your children have
taken your places, your memories will be
enshrined In their hearts, and halo will
surround them like the aureole of saint.
Sitting, my friend, by the evening fire.
side sitting in your easy chair at rest,
and looking at the warm light on the rosy
face of your little Toy or girl sitting on
the rug before you, do you ever wonder
what kind of remembrance those little
ones will have of you, if God spares them
to grow old9 Look into the years to
come; think of that smooth face lined
and roughened; that curly hair gray
that expression, now so bright and happy,
grown careworn and sad; and you, long
IN your grave. Of course, your son will
not have quite forgotten you; he viii
sometimes think and speak of his father
VINO Is gone. What kind of remembrance
will he have of you?
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10
Will Pills Explode I?

IT is really terrible to find out every
day some new danger to which we are
exposed. If there is gone thing, which
people have hitherto confided in, it is a
pill box; it is allowed to lie about any.
where, it is shut up in drawer or a cup,
board, or is carried in the pocket. A
general panic will therefore be caused
in many household by the &C
count given in the Pharmaceutical
Journal of what recently befell lady for
whom a doctor had prescribed twenty
four pills, each containing two grains OF
the oxide of silver, a twenty fourth of a
grain of muriate of morphia, and suffi-
ciency of extract of gentian, the pills be-
ing coated with silver in the usual man
ner. The pills, it is stated, were delivered
to the patient in an ordinary pill box; but
the lady, being in her nursery, and hav-
ing no pocket In her dress, placed the box
in her bosom, probably next the skin.
Little did this unfortunate lady know the
deadly peril which awaited her. In three
quarters of an hour a severe explosion
occurred her underclothes were reduced
to a tinder, she was seriously burned, and,
but that she had the presence of mind to
extinguish the flame with her hands, she
would have been destroyed. Oxide
of silver, being reduced by contact
with vegetable extracts, is, it seems,
in the habit of exploding 1t is really
as well people should be made aware of
the danger they run, in order that they
may have magazines for pill boxes attach
ed to their dwellings. We should also be
glad to know if pills of this nature are
liable to explode after being swallowed.
No information is given on this point,
which is of some little importance but
the Lancet, for our consolation, under the
head of Things not Generally Known"
says that similar occurrence has been
known in compounding the extract of
colocynth with the oxide of silver, and
that with creosote of oil of cloves this salt
is reduced to the metallic state with the
production of heat, amounting often to an
explosion. In fact, there are some pills
which are nothing more or less than in
fernal machines, and people with volcanic
temperaments and undermined constitu-
tions, for whom they are prescribed,
should be careful to take them in secluded
spots, where no one but themselves can
be injured in the event of an explosion.
--,ScSent!fc american.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10
house that must have been, four hundred

house that must have been, four hundred
and fifty feet high. =,
Seventh. "The Colossus of Rhodes" )"
giant figure 1O5 feet high, placed across
the harbor of Rhodes, with stride OF
fifty feet from rock to rock, OF which
there are two. The Louisville mail boats
easily passed beneathit without lowering
their smoke, stacks A lamp burned in its
right hand. 1t was burned in with hot
poker. An internal staircase led to its
summit, and around its neck was sus-
pended glass, in which ships might be
discerned as far off as the Egyptian coast.
By the aid of the glass you could Tell
Aunt Rody" (who lives at Rhodesl as far
as you could see her. The Cardiff Giant
is distant relative. The Colossus was
thrown down by an earthquake. in a
square hold. 1t was the champion wrest-
Ter, and nothing but an earthquake could
throw it. The contest now lies between
Vanderbilt and Fisk for the title of Colos-
sus of Roads.
If you have any more wonders, bring
'em on.-CSncinqaGt5 Times. -
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10

says the entire Democratic judicial ticket
was elected on the Goth, by majorities
ranging from 200 to 400.
Official returns of the municipal elec-
ton at Norfolk, Va, give John B. White
head, Conservative candidate for Mayor,
3S majority. The Conservatives elected
% out Of the 81 Councilmen.
The General Assembly of Rhode Island
met at Newport on the Both ult., and or
ganized by the choice of Republican
officers.
The President has signed the bill to en-
force the rights of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States, and for
other purposes.
A Richmond, Va, dispatch of the 31st
ult. says: "The Commissioners of Elec-
ton, this afternoon, gave certificates Of
election to Fl. Ell. Ellyson as Mayor, and to
the rest of those elected on the Conserva-
tive ticket. The Republicans will con-
test the election before the courts. The
Conservative candidates held meeting,
and declined to accept the offices for which
they had received certificates, if it shall
appear on legal investigation that their
election depends on the throwing out of
the vote of the precinct from which the
ballot-box was stolen"
The Ohio Democratic State Convention,
at Columbus, on the 1st, nominated the
following ticket: For Secretary of State,
William Heisley, of Cleveland; Supreme
Judge, R. A. Harrison, of London;
Comptroller of the Treasury, John FL.
Heaton, of Belmont; Member of the
Board of Public Works, VIM. Spencer, of
Licking.
The Ohio State Temperance Conven-
ton, on the 1st, nominated: For Secre-
tary of State, Jay Odell, of Cleveland;
Supreme Judge, Gideon E. Stewart, of
Huron County; Comptroller of the
Treasury, Thomas Edmonson, of Clark
County; Member of the Board of Public
Works, Enoch G.. Collins, of Hooking
County.
B. +. Whntemore was reelected to
Congress from the First South Carolina
District, on the 1st, over T. G. Dunn, both
candidates claiming to be Republicans.
The New Hampshire Legislature organ
lied on the 1st, electing Samuel Wheeler
Speaker of the House, and Nathaniel
Gordon, President of the Senate. In his
message of the I'd Governor Stearns re-
ports the finances of the State in sound
and prosperous condition. Of the State
debt, nearly $35s,OO0 had been paid,
leaving the balance a fraction less than
$2,SOO,OOO A further reduction of taxa
ton is recommended.
A Charleston, S. c., dispatch of the I'd
states that, though the vote was light,
Whlttemore's majority was overwhelm-
ing
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-06-10
How People Live Too Fast.

THE word "fast " has latterly obtained
peculiar significance as indicating a ten
deney to general high living and indul-
gence in sensual pleasures. A man of
reckless expenditure, who indulges him
self in all that can crafty his sensual
tastes, is a :" fast man in the common
sense Of the term This expressive ad-
jective has also been applied to those who
habitually risk money in games of chance,
and has in some instances been coupled
with the names of others, who speculate
in doubtful stocks.
We have come to the conclusion that
sensual indulgence, exciting games of
chance, or speculation in fancy stocks, are
not the only ways in which men may live
too fast.
Many godly and devout divine is a
fast man. Many an editor, lawyer, mer-
chant, or scientific man, against whom no
thought of suspicion exists as to the
soundness of his moral character, is fast
in as just, though not in so reprehensible
sense, as the man who wastes his sub
stance in riotous living.
Fast living in the sense of such living as
shortens life, is a much more common
evil than it is generally regarded. We
have been an observer of faces and char
acter for long time, as we have had op-
portunity in cars, stage coaches, and our
daily intercourse with men, and we be-
lieve that in the vast majority of cases it
would be found that the rapidity Of the
pulse in Americans is above the normal
standard. Every mans life may be
measured by pulse beats. He will live,
accident excepted, to make a definite
number of these, and his life will be
shortened in proportion to the excess of
work performed by his vital organs, in a
given time.
Excitement, physical or mental, is the
cause of the rapid rate at which most
American people are living. The love
for excitement is q vice, as positively evil
in its effects as the love for strong drink,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, or gambling. 1t matters
not what kind of excitement all excite
ment is fast living, and begets feeling of
exhaustion In intervals of Indulgence,
which clamors for relief from some other
form Of stimulalt.
Thus it is that the universal demand for
artificial stimulants has increased, until
there is perhaps not one in q thousand
who does not resort to something of this
kind. Alcohol, absinthe, opium, hashish,
tobacco, coffee, tea, or whatever else it
may be, is taken to support the system
under the effect of nervous prostration,
to supply in another form the excitement
which it Graves.
Now all this is just the reverse of what
should be the case. Instead of seeking
excitement, health and long life demand
that we should shun it. The natural,
healthy condition of the mind and body
is that of unruffled calmness. If excite
ments occur, they should be exceptional,
not the rule of life. AS soon as they be-
come necessity there is diseased state
of mind and body, and the candle begins
to burn at both ends-Scientifc american.