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New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

a rcv ard enlarged edition of Professor
Eoi.dIi'N O"r Iotc0 IdrpriaSis published 10y >hcidon
G" 1t C"u' tin> excellent selection from several OF
the h'S' Enr>h and American poets excluding pieces OF
any considerable length. aud confined the minor pro-
ductous the respective authors Several poems that
comparatively rare may bc found this volume
slth0GCL {! obvious principlc Of arrangement and
srha' .cal t Oi authors thc re',Ic!cc to con
tuts : Lot c;,sy task
New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

LAYS Lays OF ancient Rome with portrait OF inc "'s
thor and The Century Of Queens with notices OF sVrrai
Of the celebrated female sovereig,s ~ hhgisn n,,
and bjorraphical details. Jamcs Mi'l,rD
New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

In,cc's df Nomo, 10y G.. G.. WOOD (Chnlcs
Hcrhncr Il Coz tie itc "f pory En..l.I work pro-
f', l,' popular cunt Of the structure habits
ah Intlio:> oi The Insect world Ii treats the
tul ct m au instructive Ind'ncr, hut " thout any at
tTarI e. u.~..ge illustration, and j. Guite too
tree hc al t",hncd scientific tcrIns for the GEN
sral Icid'I demanding the CLOSE attention Of careful
stud, Ut ior its comprehension.
New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

From Mcs>rs. Randolph & Co. we have an ele-
giant volume of religious poetry entitled Songs of he
HPUd. EDITED bv the Rt. Rev. WikLIAM HENRY ODLN-
HLiAiK, d. d.. and FRLDEgIC NJ. BIRD, consisting OF
"hym's of praise and prayer TO God The Holy Ghort" "
ana iheh'"d both a. contribution TO the history Of doc
tnuc a. well az manual " Christian devotion. Apart
from H. rai> upoo the Interest Of religious read,
many 0f ~ quaint antique ry sufficiently curt
vus TO attract the attention OF literary ainateuTs
New-York tribune., 1871-12-19
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Controller Huburd has addressed tho following letter
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New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

Among the attractive gift-bOoks which now
tempt the taste and purse Of the holiday purchaser
may not" the IopuiW FAIRY Tales illustrated by GrsrAyE
HkK and Others, containing variety OF old familiar
i"'"r1tes In novel form highly ornamental edition Of
Ars BEowNING's P0tmE Of Memory and Hope; hACAC-
New-York tribune., 1871-12-19

The complete illustrated Longfellow an
nounced tim" since by James r Osgood d Co. is
Iut published II IS printed from new eleetrotvpe plates
$50 in,tra;.ons by the best English and Amer.
,An artist. and is Handsomely printed and bound
Bret Harte's Fo,0s, complete, is also published by
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Line introduced 10y this house, and contains all thc
i"eiis COMPRISED IN MI Hates two volume, prc yios
tibebcd, iIuslratcd from designs by MI. Sol EytInge
and Others.
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aud Co. -" b'H ,lt rt,i hOos "f arr II toiIns
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The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

which ba' retained its popularity for so many
years, has benz revised and enlIrged That
portion relating to Rhetoric has been so much
improved that it will now meet the wants Of
pupils in higher semparies without ceasing to
be elementary. But, by the way, what be ter
plan could be suggested to the youth of this
country for writing vapid generaities aud
meaningless platitudes than requiring exer-
clres in composition ON such tremendous
themes as "Truth,' "Hope," "Fhought,"
Time and "Nan?" Good Helvensl do they
expect the youth of this couatry to start In
lne as 'ull'blown Darwinians, for in.taDc,? F?
uonsneu oy Roberts $. Davis g. Co, Boston,
anu ior sale by Bailey and N NJye..)
very ciever satire is the Fail of Man; or,
AooeSV Ine GoTSllas. a little brochure publ .bed
Dy u. u.W'Carieson &-Co. New York It's puraoss.
as indicated by the title IS to ridicule the d ar
win'an theory of developme at by sexual seleo-
tion. bailey and Noyes have il.
Among the translatons recentIv nrhHsh.a
by James II. Osgood & Co., is The Lost De.
spatch, translated from the German OF Fried.
rich Friedrich by L. A. Williams. A much
worse story printed in such geoerous, eye-say.
ing type would be welcome. Paper covers.
Price so cents. The same publisher print
from advance sheets Behind the Teil' by Ifs
author OF six Months Hence" Paper covers.
Price 70 cents. Also from advance sheets
The Member for Paris, By Tfois Etoiles. This
is thought worthy OF cloth binding and will
eoIoy the popularity due to the works of
good author who has not tired out the public
with too much of himself. (For sale by Hall
L. Davis.)
1t is too bad to put 80 good book a. Harriet
Prescott Spofford's New England Legends into
such deplorablJ small anu indlstinct type.
The author tells pleasantly of Capt Kidd aud
he folk lore OF Charlestown, Salem, Ne bury
port, Dover and Portsmouth. More seductive
themes could not be we'll selected, and Mrs.
Spofford has we'll improved hef happy thought.
This is a thin book of only 81 cages, printed in
double columns, and illustrated by few SEN
sational GUS of the New York Ledger style.
(For sale by Hall l. Davis.)
Disraeli's Tancred: or, the Neao Crusade has
been added to d. Appleton & Co.'S Library
of Choice Novels" Paper covers; price 80
cents.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

Paul du Kock, who died recently at the aga
OF u, Was reckoned "tne novelist Of kitchen
maids" by his volatile countrymen. To read
him was reckoned horrib vulglr; vet every
body read him and laughed at MIN.
The Illinois farmers are said to be discour-
aged, their corn crop is 50 great, aud the price
consequently so small.
Warrington, the veteran Boston correspon-
dent OF the Springfield REPUBLICAN, who hates
General Butler and loves the coming woman,
has writer book on woman suffrage which
Lee & shepard will print next month.
The vaccination of every soldier Ia the
Prusslan army some years ag), completely
stopped the smallpox in all camps.
AT recent marriage In Indiana tbs
bridegroom was 10 years and 8 months old.
and the bride II years and IL mouths.
Indiana CLAIMS the largest woman 10 the
| United States, Mrs. Thornton of Rensse-
laer, whose avoirdupois is 4ls pounds.
| Perhaps no one ever heard before this
| year of a ceutenarian committing suicide, but
since lady 1l5 years of age recently drown
| ed herself in a well because she thought
deaths angle bad overlooked her, more old
| people lban Young ones seem to be making
| their own terms with the grim DESTROYER.
The latest is Henry Wolfe of Wadsborp, Ky.,
who alter living l08 years without ever bs.
ing sick, lay down in his cornfeld the other
day and cut his Tho oat.
While Greeley was at Des Moines, Ia, Mr..
| j. f. Gcnnell picked up the philosophers old
| white overcoat and SAID: ave are going to
stop your wearing this Wewant you to wear
| a coat made of Iowa WOOL trcm the loom
ol our Davenport Shield -" guess no." said
| Mr.. greeley; "the coat has lasted me twenty
years,and am pretty sure it will last as !olg,
or LONGER, than | SHALL"
A Russian engineer named Pobieski recent.
| Iv ran Lis railway lOcomative hundred miles
nsing uaphtha for 'uel, and found that by so
doing he saved fifty per cent. In weight and
much more in cost Of fuel.
A good-natured fellow who had been near
lv ruined by giving and accepting invitations
- dr;nl, in a town OF Nevada, and whose con-
science was aroused bg an attack OF derium
tremeaS. now goes about with revover 10
his pocket aud has gwen 1t to be general'y un'
derstooda that If any man asks him to take .
drink he will shoot hta. on he spot.
The Spectator complaining OF what u
terms ".he -xtrodinary decline In tie art OF
reportne," say that Mr.. Gladstone IS com
pletely misrepresented in the speeches pso'
iisbed as his by the reporters for tine dmtes'
and thinks If the practice continues ~,
will be nothing Tor it but to try tue A's
Can plan"
The American visitors at the passion pay
nj Omer Ammer gan have gwen muen oneuee
m the simpIe villagers. by following ,ne,I 90 80
monolitan tendencies OF going pehIuu
scenes and paying court 10 .1e osrtot tnr.
Through the Influence OF JuCs 49, hssn f,r-
ther opportunities for flirting nS''
hidden.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
For sale.

90 House No. AZ Pleasant street--Residence OF
Bs. the late N. j. Miller. Esq House contains fl
@l2ssAteen rooms bath room with all tie modern
applio noes: Furnace, Range Gas and fixtures
tn oughout; Hot and cold water in second story,
large supply OF hard and soft water.
The lot contains about twelve thousand square
feet Garden well st cked with Pear Plum and
Cherry trees, &C., &c., all in excellent condition.
Also good stable connected with house, all in good
condition. immediate possession given. Price low,
terms easy.
House will he shown to parties wishing to purchase
from /. TO five O'Clock p M. any day up 10 oct.
IS h. 1871 by applying at the house. For price and
terms tnqnire OF JOHN a. PROC Err,
oct3d3w 90 Exchange street.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

TERRIBLE DEATH OF AN AERoNAUr.-At
Paoli, Orange county, Indiana, Saturday, FRO
fessor Wilbur made arrangements for bal
loon ascension. He was to be accompanied
by George Fl. Knapp, editor OF the Orange
County Union. As they were about getting
into the balloon the cords gave way, aud they
made spring for the car, hut only succeeded
i'll graphing the ropes. AS the balloon rose
Knapp let go, and fell at height of about
thirty eet, without serious injury. Professor
Wilbur held on, and attempted To climb Into
the basket, but was unable to do so, and the
balloon shot upwards rapidly, with the aero
naut hanging below. The spectators were
thrilled with horror at the terrib scene,
which ended in dreadful manner. At
height of about one mile the doomed man let
| 60 lis hol9, and came 3hirling to the earth.
| At the height he had attained he looked like
| a small stick about foot long. As be ap-
| preached the earLh he was c,ming down feet
foremost, then sptead out horizontally, then
doubled up, turned over and then straighten-
ed ont, with his head down ward As be
struck the earth he fell upon hls bead and
back. His head was masbed into an iudis
tirguisbable mas, and hls body was bruised
and crushed horribly. The body made hole
in the ground Pish: inches deep and 1t re-
bounded four feet from where it struck.
To add TO the painful eharae'er of the accl-
dent, the Professors young wife AID little
daughter were on the ground and witnessed
| the terrible affair. The remains of Ihe uufor-
tunate man were properly careh for aud bur-
led at Paoll yesterday afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
Farm for Sala.

!. The subscriber offers his farm for
AIM n sale. silual ed in No ih Yarmouth
EsIMaEsz14A containing about three hnndl ed
EIiNEtiIAH acres OF good laid. with large lot
Hal111a=tlz of woe d and tim Der sanding there
oD, wltuIn halt mile OF Depot the M. O. tall
road, and twenty rods OF saw and grst mill on Roy
ais riv r. he faru produces aoous seventy five
al hay. il ell supplied with water, good fences
End in good condit ion every way, has large or
chard mostly graf ed and will eld from three TO
tour hundre ed bushels OF apples; h. tlrDI would be
just the place 'or Oc6 raising or a milk vender.
The budidirgs consist Of two dive ling houses and
five oarns with work sbop and OH budiug gs most
lv in good refair and is convenient two farms.
The dwelling house i pleasantly situate on heNew
Gloucester and Portland road, and within one half
mile of the g. T. bairoad, ou he esst, and one mile
from The Nj. c. Rauroad on the one hunbred
IDS from seboobouse. two mile. from Post Office,
stores and three different churches; mile from
good saw and grist mill, and sixteen miles from
Portland,
This tarm has never before been offered for sale
but old age and infilmy admOnsh me that retire.
meht from care and labor Is necessary Will be sold
in separate lo's it esirable. Terms reasonable.
0c3d3w w4Otf AMMI LORING.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
=, New Orleans.

ORIGIN OF THE HoNEYMooN.-It was the
custom OF the higher orders of the Teutones,
an ancient people who inhabited the northern
parts of Germany, and from whose lanonaoo
the Englsh is chief, derived. to drink Med
or Metheelin, beverage made with honey.
for thirty days after every wedding. FIom
this custom comes the the expression ito
spend the honeymoon" Attila, King of
HUNGARY, drank SO freely of this liquor on his
wedding day that he was found suffocaled at
night, and with him expired the empire of
thaI Inns
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

PROF. AGAssIE AND THE TIDAL WAVE
The New Orleans Times gives the following
letter which purports to be the answer Of
Prof. Asassiz to resident of that city, who
made inquiries respecting the apprehended
tidal wave:
CAMBRIDGE, Sept. IS, 1871.
Dear Sir-I never made the Statement al
luded to In your letter. I hava received of
late about twenty inquiries week ike yours.
L have no time to explain what are the GEO
logical changes our coast may undergo in the
next few hundred thousand of years.
Very respectfully yours,
L. AGAssIz.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

DICKENS WoRKs.-"Oliver Twist,o who
had some very Hard Times" in the Battle
of Life" and having been saved from The
Wreck of the Goldea Mary" By sour Mutual
Friend" "Nicholas Nickleby," had Just finisL =
ed reading, "A Tale of the Two Cities" to
"Martln Chuzzewit," during whicd lime 'The
Cricket on the Hearth" has been chipping
right merrily, while The Chimes" from The
adjacent church were heard, wnen "Seven
Poor Travellers" commenced singing
"Christmas Carroll" "Barnaby Rudge" then
arrived from "The Old Curiosity Shop" with
some PICTURES rom italy" and ''Skeicbes by
Boy" to show "Litile Dorrit," who was busy
with "The Pickwick Papers," when
"David Copperfed," who had been taking
american Notes." entered aud Informed the
company that The "Greai Expectations" of
"Dombey & Son" regarding "Mrs. Lhripers
Legacy" had not been reaized, and that he
had seen "Boots at tie Holly Tree Inn" TAX
ing Somebody's Luggage" 10 Mrs. Lirriper's
Lodgings" in a street that has mo Thorough.
fare" opposite BLEAK House." where "The
Haunted Man," Sho had just given one OF
"Dr. Marlgold's Prescriptions" TO an "Uncom-
| mercial Traveller" was brooding over The
Mystery of Edwin brood"
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05

New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
ROilr0od COnsD03au

Otter for sale bond which combines these advan.
tages to an unusual degree, The route lies bewesn
Mobile, Alabama, and Houston, Texas-passing
through New Orleans, the New York of the South.
Or the who lhe of 475 miles, about thirds are
already built, and tile Stockholders have expended
nearly TEN MILLION DOLLARS in the work,
The bonds now offered are secured by a mortgage
upon all that part OF the line west OF New Orleans
which has en- enormous traffic assured to it from the
s5art, this being the only rail connection by which
the cotton, corn, cattle and other productions of Tex
as can reach New Orleans.
So important is this road considered to Louisiana,
that the State has made very liberal grants in aid
the enterprise. by Lirect donations by endorsement
OF second mortgage bonds, and by subscriptions to
the stock OF the Company, amounting in all to owe,
eight million dollars.
The FIJI st Mortgage
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
.WM. III. JERRIS,
Real Estate and Loan Agent,

Houses. Lots ana Farms for Sale.
He would refer parties abroad to the following
named gentlemen OF this city: Hon. Geo. f. Shep.
ley, Hon. A. W b. Clapp, Hon. Benjamin Kings
N. @. ''
Portland, Nov 1, 1870. motif
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
u. b. BROWN de- SONS,
BANK ERS,

81 Exchange street, Portland.
Government Securities, Gold, Railroad,
Town and State Bonds Bought and
Sold.
Coupons Collected or Purchased.
Sterling Exchange Bought and sold.
Loans Negotiated and Commercial Paper
Rough and sold.
Advances Made ON approved Security.
Deposit Accounts with Interest as agreed.
Managing Agents of the Portland sugar
Company.
General Agents for the sale of the Bonds
of the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail.
road. iun13 tt