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The Portland daily press., 1871-04-06

Manufacturers' Sale of CrOckery
Ware to the Trade by Auction.
ON Monday, April 10, at 2 1-2 O'Clock p NJ, at
" salesroom, We shall sell large line Of white
Granite, q. c., Rockingham and Yellow Ware.
Catalogues can be obtained at the Office after the
7th inst.
ap5td +. 0. BAILEY & Co., Aucf'rs.
The Portland daily press., 1871-04-06

Ihe Commissioners made thorough and
careful examination OF the debt of San Domin-
60, and find the sum total Of all debts and cut
Standing claims against the Republic to be ST.
9o2S3l. The receipts of the government for
IS!o were $772684 of which $72s, COS was from
customs and $35, ,466 from taxes, The Commits
sioners lay great stress on their efforts to get
Ine exact state of the debt of the Dominican
Republic, and believe their conclusions sub
stantially correct. San Domingo is not be-
leved to be liable for any of the indemnity
exacted by France from Hayti, and the Com
mission is assured that no obligation or nego-
tlations have been entered into with any cOun-
Try except the United States.
The extent of undisputed Dominican terri
tory is 2,512 square miles. The portion which
formerly involved dispute With Hayti being
1OO0 square miles, The Commissioners pre-
sent full statement Of all the grants and con-
cessons of public lands and franchise, and de-
care that after the most searching and com,
plete investigation they were unable to tnd
any grant or concession in any form OF man
ner to any U s, Official, either in connection
with the negotiation or preparation OF the
The Portland daily press., 1871-04-06

NEW YORK, April 5-EUening.-Gold continued
quiet and steady during the afternoon, closing at
1O3 q 104. Cearances have been little over $685.
governments at the close we're slightly bet
tara at he tollowinu ouotofione. ~
The Portland daily press., 1871-04-06

Valuable Real Estate at A uctiOn.
nH Monday, April 10, at ten N, we shall sell the
" Store now occupied by A. Shurtlef No Moul-
ton street Also at ~ M, the property 35 Winter st.
For particulars In gard TO either property post
ers, or advertisement in Daily Advertiser.
C.P MATTOCKS,
Assignee in Bankruptcy OF A. Shurtleff.
y. q. BAILEY q 90 Auctionoess.
apI6dtd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
Renting Houses by Auction.

The plan of renting houses by auc-
ton has been adopted by some of the
real estates and house agents in Chica-
go, and the results, thus far, it is said,
have been very satisfactory to both
landholders and tenants; but whether
they will continue to be sufficiently so
to make this a permanent method of
rental, remains to be seen. The mode
pursued is this: The owner states the
lowest price at which he will rent
particular house to an approved tenant.
Persons desiring to rent it are then ex-
pected to bid the amount of advance,
OF premium, they will give, over and
above the minimum price stated. AS
tenants are brought into more immedi-
ate competition by this plan, the ten
dency would be to make higher rents.
The tenant of house, who desires to
rent it for another year at reasonable
rate might find himself in competition
with another bidder, who, though he
bid the most, might not meet the ap-
proval of the landlord. His family
might be larger than the landlord felt
disposed to have in his house, or there
might be other objections of even
greater Importance. Bidders of
this kind would, however, help to
run up the premium of the rent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
Americans Abroad.

A distinguished professor in one of
our theological seminaries relates the
following: Being in Germany, with a
red-covered book in his hand, Ger
man, supposing the book to be "Mur-
ray" asked in English if he was an
Englishman2 The professor replied in
German that he was not The CONVEX
sation presently turned upon an object
of architectural beauty near at hand, in
the course of which the professor in
eidentally raised the question of It's
cost. Sir" exclaimed the German
Instantly, you are an American p
How do you know that 70 reioined
the professor. "Sir," continued the
German, striking an attitude, and as
suming a tone of great solemnity,
"upon the resurrection morn, when
we stand before the great white throne,
the first question of every American in
the whole assembly will be, How much
did that throne cost?'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
How InfOrmerss:ire mtimidated i'm Ire.
land.

In Ireland, the great difficulty in the
enforcement of the laws for the tran
quillity of the country is the difficulty
of obtaining information against the
disturbers of the peace. The Pail
Mall Gazette gives an amusing illustra-
ton of the ingenuity employed In the
of lnfOrmers. 1t says:
" A man who was known to have given
against some persons i'm
plicated III the Fenian movement was
observed one day drinking or drawing
water at a certain holy well, said to be
the residence of sacred trout. The
opportunity was too good to be neglect
ed A dead trout was procured and
placed in the well and the neighbor-
hood was forthwith invited to behold
miracle. The thing was plain. The
fish had been unable to live in water
which had reflected the features of an
informer The trout was fshed out
inquiry into the indentify of the body
being for the time waived-fxed on the
top of a pole and carried at the head of
large procession of sympathies, who
Immediately proceeded to murder the
delinquent. This act of righteous ven
geance was not, however fully consum-
mated for the police interfered, and
with some difficulty rescued the man
at that stage of the process when the
subject is described, in the dialect of
the country, as being kilt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
The COmnaSS PIalt.

The history and natural history of
the compass plant is presented in the
Naturalist in a manner which offers
some hope that the debate whether it
is compass or not may soon be
brought to close. General Alvord
was the first to bring it to scientific
notice, III 1S42. He asserted the radi-
cal leaves of the plant (SSlg1aiune lociaa-
5dtun1) present their edges north and
south and their faces cast and west.
The stem leaves, however, do not fol-
low the same law. A want of care in
making this plain distinction has led
to contradictory statements, by differ
ent individuals, as to the main facts.
The first attempt at explanation of the
phenomenon, which became too we'll
attested to be set aside, was in a search
tor iron in the tissues of the plant,
which proved fruitless. It's resinous
character was appealed to as perhaps
provoking electrical currents but this
could not stand. Professor Gray, with
his usual clear insight, suggested, in
1849, that, granting the fact it was due
to disposition on the part of the plant
to put the leaves in such position
that they might share equally in the
benefits of sunlight this would incline
them to a virtical position and their
edges to north and south direction.
This suggestion, which is a very simple
one, has been followed up more recent
ly and confirmed. Ordinary leaves
have marked difference in the two
faces, in that the lower one has a much
larger number of stOno0ta or breathing
holes. The two faces of the compass
plant are in appearance quite alike, and
1t remained to examine them micro
scopically as to the prevalence of
breathing holes. The result seems as
suspected. The two sides have the
same number, as nearly as can be de-
termlned, while in other allied species,
which are not compass plants, the or
dlnary rule prevails. AS, then, there is
no proper under side to these leaves,
both seek the light equally; and, under
this tendency, the edges will in north
ern latitudes stand north and south, be-
tween the minimum and maqimum of
illumination.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

GEORGE SrINsoN & Cove take
pleasure in giving prominence to
Messrs. Stinson & Co. S advertisement,
which will be found iii our general
reading matter columns, for the reason
that we are sure our readers will be
benefited by the inducements extended
by them to those who are in need of
permanent, profitable work i'll their
OWE localities. We are well acquainted
with the business conducted by Messrs.
Stinson & Co., and advise those of our
re aders who are out of employment, or
who have spare time which they wish
to improve to advantage, to correspond
with them at once
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
VIM. Cullen Bryant's Habit of Living.

The letter of Mr. WiAian Cullen Bry-
ant, describing his mode of life, like
every thing that proceeds from it's ALL
thor, is entitled to respect and consid-
Grafton. 1t is receiving both, and the
papers every where are copying it and
commanding it to all who are in pursuit
of health, wealth, and wisdom. But
there is danger i'll this indiscriminate
laudation of Mr.. Bryant's regimen as
being the one thing needful for all men
of natural endewments Without de-
tracting.at all from its usefulness to
him, we may say that Mr. Bryant's Wig
orous health of mind and body at his
great age is due far more to nature than
to habit, and that at all events it can
not be impaired by recipe. Many
men have lived to Mr.. Bryant's age in
the possession, according to the meas
ure of their original endowment, of
equal faculties, and in constant practlce
of the habits which he condemns. DR..
johnson found tea a very slow poison,
inasmuch as he had drunk it moderate
ly for fifty years without injury Mag
men in spite of wine retain the vigor
which Mr.. Bryant enjoys by dint of wa
ter and so ON. An English Judge used
to inquire the habits of every man whom
he encountered, as witness or other
wise, who had obtained a reasonable
age in good health. He found that
they differed in every respect but one
they were all early risers But Dr.
Johnson who lived till seventy-five in
bodily health enough to keep all his
medtal faculties in play habitually lay
abed till noon On the whole ne quid
minis is abont the only infallible rule
of hygiene. The worst of the .promul
cation of Mr.. Bryant's modest and in
teresting statement by way of a panacea
is that pigeon -chested and bilious youth
will adopt it In firm conviction that
course of dum-bells and hominy will
make them mighty men of war and no.
bic poets, and consider themselves per-
sonally aggrieved by Mr.. Bryant when
they find that it will do nothing of the
sort. Wives and mothers and boarding
house keepers will have their lives made
q burden to them by their charges rising
at unnatural hours, prancing reckless
ly about, and damaging the furniture
with light gymnastics, and the like ne
farious practices, which will not only
bring weakly youth to premature graves,
but make them terror to their kind,
in the persuasion that regimen is uni
versally applicable because it has suited
the purpose of man of unusual vitali
ty, the fact being that without the vi
tality the regimen is useless, and even
with the vitality it is of partial and
limited utility.-N y World.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

THERE is very large and enthusias-
tic amount of study of human nature
involved in the following, from the New
Orleans Picayune:
ga rumor was circulated yesterday
that a certain gentleman had been
drowned in the river Of course it
reached his family, and his wife, in a
state Of great excitement, hastened to
the point where it was alleged he had
been drowned. Has my husband been
found p she inquired of Capt. Finnigan.
No, madam, we have seen nothing of
him. DO you think he is drowned p
she inquired, excitedly. i don't know.
It's just like him. reioined the affec-
tionate wife; he never is where he's
wanted )"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate on Friday :
James A. Partridge, Of Maryland, Min
lister to Brazil VIM. Herman, Consul
at st. Johns, Canada; VIM. A. Pile, of
Missouri, Minister to Venezuela; Will
lard Warner, of Alabama, Governor of
New Mexico; Franz Sigel, Collector of
the Ninth District of New York; Jos.
Lucas, of Illinois, Consul at Singapore;
Rev. Charles B. Boynton, Washington,
Recorder to the General Land Office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
Forget-Me-N0t.


small blue flower has fallen from thine hair;
Thou hast no care
Clerice, TO raise it where it fell
Still thy sweet smile
A little while
Sorrow may shadow, if its tale tell.
Its tale-an old wife's tale which yet may fill,
Against thy wip,
With tears thine eyes, and change to white thy red
But wouldst thou jeer,
These can not hear
NO rld1eule can reach the happy dead.
They long ago sat by the tabled Rhine.
Lovers like thine
The lsdy's eyes, and deeply musing she.
Till on the tide
By chance they spied
little blue flower floating out to sea-
" Oh, little flower, thou makest my heart to rue:
~ Thy disk of blue,
What reckless hand to these wild waters gave? /?
To know no more
ro.4 Thine own still shore,
Lost, lost forever on the weltering wave -
Already, ere her honeyed words had end
Words which could bend
HIM, whom love made as heated steel which bends
He for that prize,
Before her eyes,
Against those waters Wild, too wild, contends.
Swift flows the flower, he follows swifter still
And follows till
he grasps it but, alas returns no more
He seeks in vain
- Her hand to gain,
VINO prays for his vexed life on that lone shore =
trays Volceess, fixed, and still as breathing-stone
With her hair back thrown.
80 gre the dark waves Ger his dear head meet,
On that fell strand,
- Cast from his hand,
Inc little weeping flower falls at her feet.
And ere the dark waves closed his last voice cried
q My love is tried
Forget me not, my" and then came the end
All, little aowerI
That fated hour
Must sadness ever with thy beauty blend
Strange, empty horror held the silent air
Still stood she there
Tll deW-spent Hesper buried in heaven the day
Beyond all tears,
: u words all years
>he Knew her grief, remediess for aye.
And oftimes, q OF my idle dreams. she cried,
g Dreamt by thy side,
No part is left me any, any where
No kiss of thine
No fireside shine
No sound of pattering feet upon the stair "
So, never light Of morn made light her woe
Nor crescent bow,
Nor perfect round of night relieved her pain
So, till she fell,
As in some dell
fails, where none hears leaf tired out with rain
The flower laid on her bosom when she died;
And there beside
The Rhine, where buds of early roses bloom,
And maidens weep,
In dreamless sleep
Lie those lost lovers, in one common tomb.
Ay me / tell tale of long ago.
No stone can show
NOW Wnere those lovtIs rest; rose is there
The Rhine alone
With changeess moan,
Mourns them to Echo, listening child of air.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

One by one the old Yale College Gus
toms pass away. That of presenting a
class cup to the boy first born to a
member of each class at the triennial
meeting will be omitted this year, John
Lewis, of Hartford, to whom the dis
tinction belongs, having declined to re-
ceive the cup. The cup has been pre-
sented yearly for about twenty years,
and the presentation and reception
speeches afforded very pleasant even
ing's entertainment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

A CINCINNATI family have repeatedly
found their milk-can empty in the
morning. The other night they put a
few drops of croton oil in it before
setting it out to be filed Next morn
ing the two policemen on the beat were
dreadfully sick, and have been trans
ferred to another station.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07
HE Delaware Flax Mills at Da1

THE Delaware Flax Mills, at Della
ware, Ohio, were burned Wednesday
afternoon. The fire spread SO rapidly
that sixty operatives, employed on the
second floor, were compelled TO leap
from both doors and windows in order
to save their lives, and IN so doing
many received slight injuries. Several
had their legs and arms broken, and it
is feared one young girl will die.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

A PIGEON-sHooTING match for the
championship badge and one thousand
dollars, between Ira A. Paine, of New
York, and Captain Bogardus, of Hi
nols, will take place on Tuesday at
Fleetwood Park, near New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

A BOY Of eight years old couple of
weeks since was sent to prison for
month by three magistrates at Tam
worth, England. The poor little mite
had thrown stone at a bird, and
missing the bird, had broken a glass in
a shopkeeper's window.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

The Germans of Cincinnati are about
to erect new theater, to cost, inclua
ground, $250,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

The latest Far West invention is that
of a machine to kill grasshoppers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07

THERE are 100000 more women than
men in England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-06-07


GEN. LEROY, one of the commanders
of the Versailles troops, was killed III
action
The telegraphic cable from st.
Thomas to st. Kits has been success
fully laid.
The Spanish Ministry have decided
to stop all French refugees at the iron
tier, and deliver them over to the Yer
sailles authorities.
THE French cable between Duxbury
and ST. Pierre Miquelon, failed on Sat
urday. Communication with Europe,
however, is maintained by means of
the Western Union Co. IS overland lines
and cable to st. Pierre.
The Montreal Witness reports that
the Canadian Executive will ratify the
treaty oi Washington without asking
the consent of Parliament.
THE naturalization treaty between
the Austrian Empire and the United
States OF America, which was signed
by Baron Won Beust and Minister Jay
last september, has been ratified by
the Relchsrath, and will be submitted
to the Hungarian Diet on the 25th of
June.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
A CHALLENGE.

We hereby challenge the Agents of the
Clipper Mower 10 trial with the Champion
Mower on the following basis: The merits Of
the machines 10 be judged by committee of
FIVE practical farmers, two TO bcchoseR by us,
and two 10 be chosen by our competitor, and
the fifth 10 be chosen by the four, the cutting
TO last two days, and as much longer rs the
committee desire to fully test the machines,
VIC 10 select the grass and appoint the time
and place that one half of the cutting shall be
done, and our competitor te have the same
privilege. The Machines TO be tested BY very
slow, and very fast and medium driving
Starting in heavy Grass without backing,
running against distractions, cutting off
stakes and other tests 10 try the strength OF
the Machines, and their cutting power. The
committee in making their decision TO con-
slider the strength Of the Machines. cutting
capacity, freedom from choking, draft OF
Machines in proportion TO width ofcnt, free
dom fron side draft, and all other things
necessary to make a 6rSt class Machine, and
to decide winch is the best Machine; the
winning Machine TO take the other Ut It's
selling price in cash.
This Challenge to be accepted in writing at
least ten days before the cutting shall COM
mence, and if the Agents Of the Clipper wish
10 select the Grass and appoint the time that
the first chtting shall take place, they shall
name the time and place in the acceptance OIL
this proposition, all the cutting to be done in
the State of West Virginia.
Respectfully,
CHAMPION MACHINE Co.,
1t ua| Springfield, Ohio.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
~ CHANGE OF VENUE AT IA

re- CHANGE OF VENUE AT the
opcpipg of Court. the counsel for Overs
and Montgomery moved fer a change OF
venue. for the reason, as alleged by the
a(Fdavits of the prisoners, that they
could not get an impartial trial in LoTi'
county. After consideration, the
Court granted the change, and ordered
the prisoner to he tried before tho Cir
emit Court of Urshur comfy, which
couyenes on the 18th inst.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

&g- DOES ADVERTISING PAY.-We
ERE informed by Mr.. +. NJ. Cbaliant,
that in about four weeks he sold one
Hundred a,d Joay-tom bottles of Piso's
Cure for Consrmp;ion--thc result Of a
little judicious advertising in TaE
DguOcpAr for that length of time.
This medicine is rapidly increasing in
popularity and is well worthy ofa trial
II. NJ. Chalfant, agent for Lewis
county. f'
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

EE M6kCIrUL MERoEAErs.-We
notice that eur merchant, are signing
sn agreement to close their stores at
s s'clock every evening Saturday sx-
cept,d) in order to give their clerks an
opportunity for recreotionl Oh what
kind, considerats, merciful, and oblig-
ing fellows these merchants arc! Just
t. think-thcy propose to sire to their
clerks all the tins iAoy want for recrc-
stion after s o'clock at night. Happy
clcrks-picus merchants!
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
OBITUARY.

The Academy Of the Visitation Of At de
Chanial, near Wheeling, West Virginia, has
sustained q great loss in the death Of SISTER
XAviER 0soLo, who filed the position of Di-
rectress of that distinguished school for tue
last ten years. Her pupils now scattered
through tue States will recall the admirable
traits Of character which were hers. They
will dwell with affection on that singular gen-
teness which characterized her government
whilst they marvel at the rare talent with
which she united herewith that frwness so
indispensable for good discipline. They will
notiorset that during the many years of her
Office OF Direciress she was the victim ofmal.
aides which would have caused any one Of
less energy to sink beneath The arduous duties
which her responsible position deyolvedupon
Der. In suffering she was noted for heroic
fortitude aud sanity patience.
The news Of her death will perceived with
unfeigncd sadness BY those who knew her
many virtues, and wbo=feel indebted to her
for years Of the tendeiest care and most ma
tcrnSl vigilance Gratitude will swell in
many 4 heart, and the announcement that
Sister Xavier is no more will cause many a
pupil others 10 shed the tear Of affection.
A word Of most sincere sympathy for her
relatives, whom she left at the tender age of
seventeen; aword of coincidence too fer that
community cfladics who we're associated with
her in that noble work ofimparting the high
est order Of education TO the ladies Of your
country in the Academy of 1T de ChaLtal.
The death Of tho accomplished lady was all
tina. her edifying life warrant US 10 autici-
pate. -Wheeling Register.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
NATURES
Own AMNN NestovotNwe.

Contains no LAC SULPHUR, no Sugar OF
LEAD-po LlTHAEGE, no NITRATE OF
SILVER, and is entirely free from the
Poisonous and misunderstanding
Drugs used in other Hair prepara-
tious.
Transparent and clear as crystal, it will
not oil the finest MISUNDERSTANDING, CLEAN
and FRIcrEST-desideratum long sought
for and found at last.
1t restores aud.pre7ents the Hair from
becoming Gray, inparts soft, glossy ap
pearance, removes Dandrua,, is cool and re-
freshing to the head, checks the Hair from
falling of, and restores it 10 u great, extent
when prematurclyilOst, prevents Headaches,
cures all llumors, cutaneous eruptions and
unnatural Heat. AS A DRESSING FOR THEHAig
IRIS THE BEST ARTICLE IN THE MARKET.
DR.. G. SMITH, Patentee, Grotou Junction,
Mass. Prepared only by PRocrER BROTHERS,
Gloucester, Mass. The Genuine Is put up in
pane! bottle, made expressly fer it, with the
name of the article blown in the glass. Ask
your Druggist for Natures Hair Restorative,
and take no other
Send , cent stamp TO Proctor Bros. for
Treatise on the Human Hair. The informa-
tionit contains is worth S. to any person.
A. NJ. DENT, Main St, Weston,
OctSly Sole Agent for Lewis county.