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The Portland daily press., 1870-01-28
MAINE.
mAlNEs
STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.


LEWISTON, Jan. 27.-The State Temperance
Convention assembled in Auburn Hall this af-
ternOon and Hon. n. G. Hichborn of Stockton
was appointed temporary chairman, and II. A.
Shorey of Bath and w. y. Lapham of Wood.
stock temporary Secretaries. The convention
was permanently organized with Hon. Sidney
Perham of Paris for President, and one Vice
President from each county. A committee on
resolutions, with Mr.. Nelson Dingey. Jr. as
chairman, was appointed. Speeches were
made by several gentlemen, including Hon.
John j. Perry of Oxford, who expressed his
disapproval of Gov. Chamberlain course and
advocated holding the Republican party
to its pledge for prohibition and its enforce
ment Attorney General Frye of Lewiston,
favored sticking by the Republican party. He
took strong ground in favor of State police,
and commented severely on Gov Chamber
lain's declaration that the liquor laws were as
well executed as the laws against theft and
murder. AT the evening session speeches were
made by various gentlemen. The convention
is well attended and continues in session
through tomorrow.
GENERAL RAILROAD ACT.
augusta, Jan, 27.-The committee on rail-
roads agreed this 2. NJ to report a general rail-
| road act, by a vote of z to 3.
BURGLARIEs.
Rock ,, Jan. 27-Four stores in different
| parts OF city were broken into last night,
| and & les, ETC., stolen to considerable
| amount
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TWO THOUSAND
Oil Paintings,

Every OF which was selected BY their late owner
az prices varying from a few dollars 10 as many
thousands each he having made the COLLECTION o.
pictures the work OF q lifetime, and devoted " 20
te income OF princely fortune, until the year lsU,
collection.
Among them are originals by Benz, West, Sir Ihos
EE1S%tience, sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Peter Ley
1ouItey hheHer, Han Bamsa-, George Moreland.
hogarth, Iurner, Nasmyth, Coplcy, Opie, Stewart,
anu others OF the English School. Boucher, De-
Buie, isabey, Mgnard, DE Dreaux Disz. Lamoinet,
and others OF the French School. ScbiJoni, Guar
elmo, 1enlers, Van Ostade, ZuceaTelI Van Dyke &c.
Also large number OF the most ce ebrated
lists OF the 18th, 10Th and 18th centuries, such
Titan, Rubens, Jordeans, Honthorst, and otbers,
some OF which are unquestioued originals, snd az
such will excite and repay attention OF art connos
seurs.
300 Portraits of Distinguished Personagss
Also, early works OF men now famous. such as Sully
1nman Bierstfdt, Durand, Brown, Peae, Doughty,
Birch, Hart, and nearly every one known ten years
ago.
The collection Will be sold entire, inc
pictures Eaying been added or taken from IT. and
wi,houI reserve OF Limitation, 10 close the
estate. 1t is now on exhibition at the
LEEDS ART GALLERIES,
Nos. SB7 aud $50, and at the extensive Gal
leres, S3I Broadway. Bsnr 18th 50,
NEW YORK.
Catalogues lover 100 pRgesl will be sent to any
tan2-eod3t
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It Contains No LAC su1PEuE-No SUGAR
Of LEAD-No LITHAReE-No NITRATE
Of SILVER, and Is entirely free from the
Poisonous and Misunderstanding Drugs
used in other Hair Preparations.
1T is sure to supersede and drive out of
the community all the POISONOUS PRE-
P.4RATIONS notc IN sise. Transparent and
clear as crystal, it ariU not soil the finest
fabric. No oil, ao sediment, no dirt per-
fcctfy SIZE, CLEAf, and EFFICIENT
dcsideratun:s LONG SOUGHT FOR, aud
FOUND 1T LAST!
1t coIors and 2,,erents the Hair from be-
coming Gray, impafts q soft, glossy appear
cnce, rcEaorcs DGndraf, is cool and refrest-
ing to the head, checks the Udir from failing
off, and restores IL to u great ertent SrAeIs pre-
saatareiy lost, 2'feceRts Headaches, cures all
N"nors, cafaneO"s erHptiOns, and 11al'df-
nr0f heat. O-'LT 80 CENTS PEI, BOTTLE.
IL Is secured az TIE Patent Office of The
United States by DIR. G. SMITH, Pctcntec,
Groton Junction, MSS. Prepared oniy by
PROCTOR BROTHERS, GLOUCESTER, MASS,
To rcAom all orders should be addressed.
Goods Dealers. The Genuine Is put mp in a
panel bottle made expressly for it, Nth the
name of TIE article biO,cn in TIE 0lass.
AS1; yoer Druggist for Natures
lair Restorative, and take
No Other.
The Restorative is sold at wholesale in Portland by
W. F. PHILLIPS q CO,
AT RETAIL BY ALL THE DRUGGISTS IN MAINE.
iS3mjanl is
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Coal at Reduced Prices +!

fENHE undersigned offers best grades Coal at the
i reduced or totcest market prices such Har-
leigh llehighl broken, egg and stove sizes.
WHIT 4 ASH, Johns, Locust Mountain, ST.
Nicholas and Gold Run, various sizes.
BED ASH, Lorberry stove and egg sizes.
Also, Gu IN Il l. q L. AND COAL.
Coal well screened and picked.
JAMES n. BAkER,
Jor OK 1871 -d,f Richardson Wharf
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WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The Commissioner
of Agriculture, in response to numerous APP
plications for seeds, cuttings, &c., gives notice
that owing to the meagre appropriation by
Congress for that purpose he is unable to com
nlv with such renuasfs
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MUTTON sEI.vN.
Groceries, Confectionery, &c, at
at Auction.

ON MONDAY. Janu1iy 3ist, at l-s o'clock p.
Chests Tea, Boxes Starch, Spices, Clothes Pins,
SSanned and Bottled Goods, Boxes Lozenges, Ctoos
tooetbs.o merry, Cigars Tobacco, New Stone Ware,
fs TS Goods, and Store Furniture.
Jan2Gt1 FSs, anu =, contains inany ta . 1898
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norses' carriages. &c, at Auction

LIVERY SATURDAY at II o,o,o.,. =,
T. market lot, Market street pS h a. Nj on ~ ="
Carriages, Harnesses. &c, h SCH noise'
Apl29. r. o. BAILEY Ar,,.
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LO = II.

a WATCH SEAL. II the finder will leave the
"A same at No 353 Congress st. he shall be suitably
] rewarded ja26d1w-
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II II. LEEDS & MINER WILL SELL BY
Order of EEecutric,
tOhlan, the IaIe
THOMAS THOMPSON. Esq.

E9tUMAS IHeMPsON, Esq,
Commencing Monday, 9Th day of February
next, and continuing until The whole collecti "a
dispo ed Of at IL O'Clock A. N., and 730 o'clock p
NJ THIS extraordinary collection is the most ex-
tensve offered in the United States, valued at
$500 900, aud comprising nearly
The Portland daily press., 1870-01-28

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 27.-Cotton in fair demand
and firm for high grades Middllng rs. Molssse
tirmsr; prime Zoe.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16
Take Care OF the Feet.

"Of all parts of the body" says DIR.
Robertson, "there is not one which
ought to be so carefully attended to as
the feet" Every person knows from
experience that colds and many other
diseases which proceed from the same,
are attributable to cold feet. The feet
are at such distance from "the wheel
at the cistern" of the system, that the
circulation of the blood may be easily
checked there. Yet, for all this, and
although every person of common sense
should be aware of the truth of what
we have stated, there is no part of the
human body SO much trified with as
the feet. The young and would-be gen.
teel footed cramp their toes and feet in
to thin-soled, bone-pinchipg boots and
shoes, in order to display neat feet, in
the fashionable sense of the term.
There is one great evil, against which
every person should be on their guard,
and it is one which is not often guard
ed against-we mean the changing OF
warm for cold shoes or boots. A change
is often made from thick to thin sOled
shoes, without rejecting upon the con-
sequences which might ensue. In cold
weather boots and shoes of good thick
leather, both in soles and uppers, should
by worn by all. Water-tights are not
good if they are air-tights also; india
rubber overshoes should never be worn
except in wet splashy weather, and
then not very long at once. 1t is hurt
full to the feet to wear any covering
that is air-tight over them, and for
this reason india rubber should be worn
as seldom as possible. No part of the
body should be allowed to have a cON-
ering that entirely obstructs the pas
sage of the carbonic acid gas from the
pores of the skin outwa-ds, and the
moderate passage of air inwards to the
skin. Life can be destroyed in a very
short time, by entirely closing up the
pores of the skin. Good warm stock
ings and thick-soled boots and shoes
are conservators of health, and cOnse-
quently of human happiness.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16
Don't be Cruel.

Little boys are often cruel because
they do not think. Here is an in-
stance:
When / was about six years old,
writes a gentleman, on going to school
one morning, ground-squirrel ran in
to his hole in the rood before me. L
thought, "Now | shall have fine fun. F"
As there was n stream just at hand, |
determined TO fill the hole with water
and force the little animal to come out,
60 that ! might kill it. l was soon
pouring water in Oh the poor squirrel.
I could hear it struggle, and said, "Ah!
my fellow, ! will soon have you out
now"
Just then heard voice behind me ::
"Well, my boy, what have you got
there ?"
| turned, and saw one of my neigh
bors, a good old man with long, white
locks, that had seen 60 Winters.
"Why,n said /, "there is a ground
squirrel in here, and ! am going to
drown him out"
Said he, Jonathan, when | was a
little boy, more than 30 years ago, |
was engaged one day just as you are,
drowning a squirrel; and an old man,
such as am, came along and said to
me, You are little boy; now il you
were down in a narrow hole like that,
and / should come and pour water III
to drown you, would you not think me
cruel? God made that little squirrel,
and life is as sweet TO it as to you.
Why torture TO death little innocent
creature that God has made"'
More than 40years have since passed,
and L have never forgotten what the
good man said, nor have i ever since
wantonly killed the least animal for
amusement.-Ch ChioIrca'S Hour.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16
Different ways OF Eating.

A distinguished physician of our ac-
quaintance who has occasion to exam
inc the chests of many people, says that
he gets great deal of amusement i'm
observing the different ways in which
people put on q shirt. We find no lit
tie amusement in noticing the different
ways in which people eat. Those of US
who have business "down town" i'm
the city, mostly eat at D restaurant
where dozens and sometimes hundreds
are taking their noon-day meal. 1t Is
curious tn see the different ways in
which people will go about the same
operation. Some "gobble up" their
food as If on a wager to see how soon
they can dispose of it, and others pick
at it as if looking for something disa-
greeable in it-and they find 1t too,
sometimes, at restaurants. Sons act
as if they were the only persons at the
table, and reach directly across ones
face for salt or pepper, while Others will
be careful not to intrude upon their
neighbOrs i'm any manner. You can al
ways pick out the gentlemen by the
way in which they regard the comfort
of Others. 1t is bad enough to see one
wipe his knife on his lips and then put
it into the butter, but the greatest ap-
noyance is the man who leafs with his
elbows" We mean those chaps who
keep their elbows working like fid-
dler. 1t is real discomfort to sit next
to one of these, as the frequent nudges
and knocks that one gets from the in
dustrious elbow quite destroys the en-
jOyment of meal. 1t Is not i'm restau-
rants only that We have noticed this
uncouth performance, butin hotels and
private families. 1t is not likely that
those who annoy Others in this way
are conscious of doing so, but il is the
exercise of a bad habit formed when
young. We would not like to think
that any Of our young friends eat In this
way, but if they find themselves doing
so, let them try to cut the food and car
ry it to the mouth without spreading
out the elbows; they will find it quite
as easy, and they will not, in this re-
spect at least, annoy Others at the table
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A Diamond In the Rough.

In New York, the London of Anleri-
ca, there are thousands of children, OF
both sexes, shut out from the free shoots,
and forced to pick up scanty support
in the streets, selling newspapers,
blacking shoes, peddling tooth-picks.
attending apple-stands, running of er.
rands, and, | will add, stealing whatev-
er they can put their hands on unob-
served. Drunken parents often COM
pei their children to steal, and punish
them with merciless cruelty il they
come home eempty-handed. The ranks
of crime are kept constantly filled from
the troops of tatterdemalions which
throng this great metropolis, "for the
destruction of the poor is their power
ty." Now and then we find diamonds
in these dust-heaps of humanity. Per.
NIT me to state two instances to illus
trate my meaning. A little ragamuffin,
ten years of age, came to his wretched
home one evening, with wound on
his face from which the blood was
streaming over cheek and chin.
"What Is the matter with you?r in-
quired the angry and drunken father.
"a boy struck me-" replied the lad.
"What did he strike you for?''
L don't like to tell you, father"
"Then take that" said the father,
striking his son on the face with his
heavy hand, "and that-and that,u
repeating the cruel blows until the blue
flesh swelled about the boys eyes, and
the blood poured from his mouth and
nostrils.
80 dear o dear, D don't, father. I
t<,II oil 10 n
the little sufferer.
"Well, tell me quick"
I" He struck me in fight / had with
him. He was with lot of boys, and
he told them that you was q drunken
bloat and / licked him, and / will lick
him again if he says so when I meet
him-1 will do it, If you kill me for it,"
said the lad, sobbing as though his
heart would break.
Now this little fellow touched his
father i'm q soft spot. The courage and
the affection of the child were marked
features of his character, although he
had a rough, and perhaps not a COM
mendabIe way of showing those traits
but reform followed, and the lad, who
had thus far received only sidewalk
education, was sent to common
school, where he shone conspicuously,
and was known throughout the neigh
borliood as " the rough diamond"
The other case is that of a poor, bare
footed newsboy, who was cared for at
the lOdging-hOuse fo- homeless boys.
will make long story short by SIM
ply stating the fact that he is now one
of the leading business men i'm the city
of San Francisco.-G. W. Bn,gdy.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

The New York Sun says: "Unless
death should at once overtake Louis
Napoleon, the rest of his life will be
pretty comfortable, whatever may be
his political destiny. He has laid up
an immense fortune, and, considering
that thirty years ago he was penniless
lOafer and adventurer, he has done
pretty well in material point of view
as well If not better than Commodore
Vanderbilt or VIM. b. Astor, while he
has got himself talked about in history
even more conspicuously than Admiral
Fisk or the gentle Theodorus Of Abys-
sian renown. Eugenie, too, comes out
of her imperial spree and fashionable
revels as one of the most solid women
of the day, so far as money and jewelry
and laces are concerned. Considering
that she was penniless rs Mile. Month
10, too, has done remarkably well, and
really has no reason to complain. II
these people were in distress, some
sympathy might be expended upon
them but how Is it possible to commis-
crate an ex-Emperor and .ex-Empress
who have appropriated to themselves
the wealth which would have lifted out
of misery a large portion of the French
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4 yaaths' department.
From "Our Young Folks" for September.
THE OLD JUGS STORY:

II
THE OLD JUG's STORY.
| Twas the old stone jug,
The hay field jug,
Three times as old as l.;
And used to I'LL it
With the iron skillet,
To carry when the men were dry.
Twas pretty good lug,
That old stone jug,
When the weather was dry and hot,-
Getting meadow hay,
On a July day,
Way down In the Gordon lot
And the voice of the jug.
Going "glug, glug, giug,"
With such a frisky YANK,
Was a habit thought,
The jug had caught
Oflaughing when they drank
But one queer day,
When the smoke-haze lay
On the hills, and the sun looked red,
There came grOan
From the hollow stone.-
Like voice from the wretched dead.
Then with every glug
That came from the jug
A solemn story poured;
listened well,
And gladly tell
What the jug said, word for word
Your grandsire Dan,
Was fine YOUNG man
Asever you'd wish to see
And he might have gone
To Washington,
If Ii hadn't been for me-
But used to take,
For my stOmach's sake,
A great deal i'm those days
And as years went by,
Being always nigh,
lie DRANK into all my ways.
f "f remember the night;
Twas q winter night;
We had started home together.
And urged him sore
To drink once more
To keep OUT said /, THE WEATHER..
SO we drank again,
And again, and again.
Hclping each other along,
We were merry enough,
Though the road SEEMED rough.
And we hiccoughed tipSy song.
"Ah WE'LL at dawn,
On the drifted lawn,
They found us fast together:
had stuck by him,
Lying cold and grim,
But hadn't kept out the weather
But from that day
I've changed my way,
And never take GLUG;
And charge you, Dan,
As an honest man,
Hee'i the words of an aged Jug"
And the voice of the jug,
Going glug. glug, glug,"
Seems soways saying to me-
Your grantlsire, Dan,
Was fine YOUNG man
As ever you'd wish to see."
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BY Alfred =. Horslev
gpetru.
THE BATTLE OF BLENHElM

Southey's famous Battle of Blenheim /,
has doubtless occurred to many persons
within the past few weeks, who will be glad
to see it repeated. The future Kasper, how.
ever, will be able to tell what the great war
OF 1870 was about, when he recalls the wasted
country by the many thousand bodies that
lay rotting in the sun after the great victory.
The little Peterkin of that periord will learn
tnat it was because the Prussian King spoke
to a French ambassador or
something of that sort.
1t was a summer evening
Old Kasper's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun:
And by him spOrted on the green
His little grandchild WilhelInine.
She saw her brother Peterkin
Roll something large and round,
Which he beside the riyulet
l. playing there had found; 80
He came to ask what he had found
That was 40 large, and smooth and round.
Old Kasper took it from the boy,
Who stood eXpectant by;
And with natural sigh
And then the old man shook his head,
'Tis some poor fellows skull" said he,
Who fell in the great victory"
81 find them in the garden,
For theirs many hereabout;
And often when go to plough,
The ploughshare turns them out;
For many thousand men," said he,
"Were slain in the great victory"
Now tell us what twas all about"
Young Peterkin he cries;
And little Wilhelmine looks up
With wonder waiting eyes
Now tell us all about the war.
And what they killed each other for"
at was the English" Kasper cried,
"Who put the French to rout;
But what they killed each other for,
could not wen make out;
But every body said," quoth he,
THAT twas famous victory.
My father lived at Blenheim then,
That little stream hard by;
They burned his dwelling to the ground,
And he was forced to fly;
so with his wife and child he fed,
Nor had he where to rest his head.
with fire and sword the country round,
Was wasted far and wide;
And many a child and mother there,
And newborn baby died;
But things like that you know must he
After a famous victory.
They say IL was a shocking sight
After the field was won
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rofting in the sun;
But things like that you know must be
At every famous victory.
Great praise the Duke of Marlboro won,
And our good prince Eugene"
why, twas a very wicked thing."
Said little Wilhelmine.
Nay-nay-my little girl" quoth lie,
q, 1t was famous victory"
"And every body praised the Duke,
Who this great fight did win,"
" But what good came of IL at last 2"
QuOth little Peterkin.
Z" Why, that cannot tell" said he;
" But twas a famous victory"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

DESPERATE GAMING.-The Chinese
when their money is gone, sometimes
stake their fingers Oh a single chance.
During the game they keep them in a
vase of sesame oil, under which a fire
is kept burning, and between the play
ers is placed small but very sharp
hatchet. When one wins he takes the
loser, places it on stone, cuts off one
of the fingers with the hatchet. The
piece falls, and the loser Immediately
dips his hand into the hot oil, which
cauterizes the wound. The operation
does not prevent the players from be-
ginning again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

A little boy, asking a companion
who Good Friday was, received the
whitening reply" You go home and
read your Robinson CrusOe."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

Quite snug amounts have within
the last few days been added to the
French war subscription in New Or
leans and Louisiana. AT Opelousas
S2T2.50 have been collected among the
French residents, and S396,50 have
been received from Thibodaux. The
performance at the Varieties Theatre
Tuesday night, netted S2l2.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

How THE TIMBER GoEs.-The pres
ent consumption of wood in the United
States is enormous. One hundred
thousand acres of the best timber is cut
every year to supply the demand for
railway sleepers alone. For railroad
building, repairs and cars the annual
eXpenditure i'm wood is thirty-eight
millions of dollars. In a single year
the locomotives in the United States
consumed fifty-six millions of dollars
worth of wood. There are in the whole
country more than four hundred thou
sand artizans in wood; and, if the val
ue of their labor is one thousand dollars
a year each, the wood industry of the
country represents an amount Of near
ly five hundred millions of dollars per
annum
The Texas State Prison runs cotton
factory by convict labor, which nays
all the eNnane"-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16
Fat and Lean.

DR.. Thomas Chambers, Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians, London,
has published volume on Corpulency
or Excess of Fat i'm the Human Body.
In it he states that those who attain to
great age are generally thin and spare,
with considerable fat about the heart
"a prominent abdomen being as un-
common among nonagenarians, as it
is in youth" The fat, sleek-headed
man only olives up to a certain age,
those who top fourscore years being
rarely of the podgy order" The doc
tor has not told us how one gets fat
and another gets lean-but it seems
that it is not owing to the amount of
food consumed, for some men will get
fat, though they consume like horse
leech-then thin man grows off his fat
as soon as he makes it, the obese man
lays it up in deposit-the fiery breath
of the lion keeps him spare, the less
restless grazing animal gets flesh. Fat
has important duties to perform, it acts
as bed to allow the muscles to move
freely, and to protect them from injury,
blows, falls, &c. 1t also answers the
purpose of retaining warmth-it is.a
store-house of carbon for the use of the
lungs. The fat man will live longer
without food than the lean one. Lie.
big was not the first to discover this :
Galen, quoting from an older Greek
philosopher, says, "fat in the human
frame is used in the same way as oil
supplies the flame of lamp-when the
flame is less powerful, less fat is requir-
ed, and is laid by in treasure-hOuse."
An over-development of fat, hOwev-
er, is injurious, for slight accidents to
fat persons easily produce srysipelas,
low inflammation, gangrene, &c. In re-
spect to consumption, leanness is a
symptom of the disease, and in many
cases of this disease, DR.. Chambers be-
lieves that cod liver oil Is remedy, at
least to prolong life, ifnot effect cure.
The man who has the best chance for a
long life is not the very lean, and GER
tainly not the very copulent; but the
man with an erect form, good amount
of flesh on his bones, and whose front
exhibits but a small regard for alder.
manic distinctions