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The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
The Rocks Of Maine.-NO. 1.
BY ''H."


The war of the rebellion proved the death
of the shipbuilding interest of Maine; an
interest in which the whole State felt a just
pride, and which more than any other inter-
est proved our enrichment.
When capitalists realized that ship build
ing as distinctive interest could be no
longer proftably carried on, they turned
their thoughts in the direction OF manufac-
tories. 'Maine' they said sis destined to
become a great manufacturing State; her
water power is immense; her facilities for
receiving and exporting goods second to
none" So, Stat. aid was invoked; an ap-
preparation secured, and as result, we have
an exhausted description of the ''water pow
er of Maine'' by Walter Wells. The publi-
cation of the valuable statistics contained in
that volume quickened the people from one
end of the State to the other. Cities and
towns voted to exempt from taxation, cap
ital which might be invested in new manu-
factories. In many instances towns voted to
furnish buildings at nominal rent. To all
these facts was given the widest publicity.
duo Nltu WiidI IcculL ITdCllCdlty UOIulII2.
There are indeed a few cases that may be
traced TO these eudeavours, and but few.
That these efforts have not been thrswn
away need not be argued. They are simply
premature. The times are not ripe for gen.
eral investment in manufactures. What
then shall Maine do? Shall she fall into a
condition of ''masterly inactivity?" Have
| we no resources other than Commerce, Agri-
culture and Manufactures Maine hitherto,
has not been classed as large producer of
minerals, or ores. Gnelss, Lime, Iron and
Slate have for some years been quarried and
mined, and exported in large quantities.
Of these minerals it may safely be said we
have an inexhaustible supply. But besides
these four valuable minerals, what others OF
commercial value have we ever discovered
in quantities sufficient to justify the expense
of mining? Not one. Why is it? Is it be-
cause the rock formation of Maine is peculiar
to itself and to itself alone? Did the Al
| mighty form the boundaries of Maine, drawing
the line of demarkation so squarely that the
Provinces on our one hand produce coal, and
ohO OoStCAh toWusiipo VI Cohou" oi bhC OthCt
copper, both these sections becoming enrich
! ed by the possession of these valuable miner
ais while Maine has neither? We do not be-
| lieve it. The fault must lie in ourselves, not
in the Almighty. Has there ever been sys-
tematic exploration for coal or copper, or zinc
or many other valuable substances, evidence.
of the existence of which have long beer
known to the scientific men of Maine. w,
have no disposition to cast the slightest reflec
! ton upon the scientific gentlemen of on
State. We view with feelings of the pro
fcnndest pride, what they have already ac
compiished in discovery and classification. Il
is for the State now to give direction, by
furnishing the necessary means for sys'
tematlc snd thorough prosecution OF research
4 es whose aim shall be to discover some one
or more of specifically named minerals, ndi
Il cations of the existence of which in large
quantities are known to exist.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM In ADVANCE

Let, for instance coal, be discovered in
IN Maine and there will be no fur
ther need to hold forth extra inducements to
foreign capital to invest within our borders.
The questions embodied in this article must
soon assume higher importance than they
at present occupy, and we propose to discuss
them in few brief articles.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

A new star-that is, a literary star-has
been discovered. As yet his name remains
unannounced, but his first volume, ''The
Brook, and other poems," has been so well
received by the critics who have had look
at it in manuscript that high place is claim
ed for him in American literature. Mr.. En-
erson is one of these critics, and although the
public may remember that when Walt Whit
man dawned he was the first to proclaim that
at last the poet for whom America had been
waiting so long had come, we hope his present
prediction will be better sustained.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

The PUREsr AND SWEETEST CoD-LIvER On
is Hazards and Caswelps, made on the sea-
shore, from fresh selected livers, hy CAswELL,
HAZARD & Co., New York. 1t is absolutely
nure and s,ceet. Patients who have once taken
il prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
market nov14-12w
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

CHAFfED HANDS, face, rough skin, pimples
ringworm. salt-rheum and other cutaneous af-
fections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUNIPER TAR Soar, made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York Be
sure to get the Juniper Tar Soap, as there are
many worthless limitations made with common
tar nov14-l2w
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
THE LAST OF THE LOAN
OF THE
CHICAGO
Danville & Vincennes
Railroad Company.
SAFE BEYOND QUESTION.

1t is seldom that Mortgages upon new Railroads
are considered sufficiently safe for the investment
Trust Funds. 1t is only when Railroad is earning,
net an excess of its interest obligations with cer-
tanty of steady growth, that its Bonds be said
to be perfectly safe.
The CHICAGO, DANvILLE & VNCENNEs RAIL
ROAD is doing this, and has this certainty. That
part of it known as the ILLINOIS DIVISION from
Chicago to Danyille 1872 Miles was finished last year,
and its gross earnings have increased from 464 OF
in December, 1871, to &c., 1863 40 in October, 1872.
The net earnings for October were S2s,39e g. at
the rate of S54Q,795 A per The total inter-
est ability upon the total issue of Bonds upon both
the Illinois and Indiana divisions is S2s0,O00 gold.
The Illinois division is, therefore, earning net,
than enongh to pay interest upon the entire bonded
debt upon the whole road.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

MONDAY MORNING, DEC. o, 1879.
Gossip and Gleanings.

should be careful to remove all vestige of the
wick before going into company.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

a coroner's jury at Quincy, ILL.,, found that
an old lady who died there suddenly, died of
superannuaton.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

A disguised Danburian wants to know if a
woman was designed to be the equal of man.
why it is she can't whistle.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

The Bay City journal says: THAT small
red-headed boy who so kindly came in front
of our office, and seated himself on the rail-
ing, and tipped himself over into the base
ment, creating momentary fright among
the passers-by, has ''ye locals" sincere
thanks. While men, women and children
were anxiously looking to see how badly he
was injured, he came up stairs, leaned over.
and looking down, remarked: ''Pll do it agin
for five cents''
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

: Young ladies show their superiority to all
mercenary considerations BY ordering five
hundred-dollar silk dresses from Paris, and
sitting in them on freshly oiled chairs at the
first party they go to.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

Some years ago young woman in New
York wore $4,000 worth of diamonds at her
wedding, and now woman with six chill
dren, who lost her only means of support by
the burning of large tailor's shop in Boston,
on the ninth of November, applies to the relief
committee for aid. However, the young New
York woman is not the same as the Boston
matron
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

Mrs. Gwin of Davenport assisted the kitch-
en- fire last week with the kerosene can. The
heavy rain kept good many from attending
the funeral
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
,E'ETE INDIANA DIVISION

is about eighty miles in length, traversng extensive
Bituminous Coal fields, and making direct and the
shortest possible line between Chicago and the Block
Coal district at Brazil.
The Iron and other materials for the Indiana Dvi-
sion have all been bought and paid for in cash, a
part of it is in operation and the entire Division
is to be finished this and opened to profita-
BILE business.
The company is not in debt, and owns large and
very valuable real estate in Chicago, beside having
equipment of twenty-four frst-class locomotives
and about 800 cars.
A first mortgage upon such road, at the rate of
S1s500 per mile is safe investment, and know of
no other railroad bond, at the price asked for this,
that demonstrate similar value as security for
savings banks and others.
We have sold nearly two millions of these bonds to
savings banks, trust companies and the most careful
investors, and have but S750.O0O bonds remaining.
They are for $1,000 each, and have forty years to
Tpt.r eft
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

Brides in good society nowadays avoid
most strictly the traditional gray and brown
travelling suits formerly in vogue, and dress
as unconspicuously as possible. so that ''all
creation needn't know we've just been mar
ried."
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

Poor Quaker city! Just hear what Wen
ma paper says of her: philadelphia is a
city of about half million souls. OF these
25 are on an average assassinated daily. The
police make hardly any arrests, and when a
criminal is taken before the judge the latter
frequently recognizes in him former asso-
ciate, and they leave the court arm in arm
to imbibe at the nearest saloon.''
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

A San Francisco woman recently recov-
cred from her dressmaker the value of the
material used in making silk dress, which
the latter had spoiled by improperly cutting
the garment.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

The New York World states that justifa-
BILE homicide is now held to include ''the case
of every man who kills any other man on ac-
count of any woman, and OF every woman
who kills any man on any account what
ever"
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

A London journal winds up its notice Of
Mr.. Stanley's new book by the following con-
clusions: ''The author is, evidently, a rask.
impetuous, daring man, with plenty of ener-
gy, fair amount of information, and Won
derful vanity"
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09

Though lonely be thy path, fear not, for He
Who marks the sparrow fall is guarding thee;
And not star shines Ger thy head by night,
But He hath known that it will reach thy sight.i
And not glief can darken or surprise,
Swell in thy heart, Or dim with tears thine eyes,
But it is sent in mercy and in love
To bid thy helplessness seek strength above.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Windham, Dec. ., 1872.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
Add.nEPotson 70 Poison.

There is no disease in which the blood
is not more or less impregnated with
unwhOlesome matter, and the direct,
inevitable effect of all preparations con-
tanning spirituous excitants to increase
the volume of poison in the veins, and
thereby aggravate and prolong the mall
adv. Hence it is that dyspepsia, bilious
fever, cholera morbus, lung complaints,
CONT, dropsy, rheumatism, nervous dis
orders, and cases of general and local
debility originally mild in type, are fire.
quently rendered chronic and danger
Gus by dosing the sufferer with the 81
coholic bitters advertised as medicinal
stimulants. AS a counterblast to the
cG9Grds put forth by the proprietOrs of
those pernicious compounds, the plain,
honest, philosophical statements of DR..
JOSEPH WALKER, relative to the nature
and effects of his CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BTrTERs, are doing world of good. He
has opened the eyes of the public to the
important fact that pure vegetable
tonic and Alternative, unpolluted by al
cohol, if not an absolute specific for
every variety of disease, is the nearest
approach to it yet attained. His VIN~
EGAR BrTTERs are unquestiOnably work
ing such wonders in affections of the
stomach, bowels, nervous aud muscular
systems, and the glands and respiratory
organs. $50 re. @
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
Thousands of Years from To-Day.


Our facetious brother, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, summons up a man of
the year 1902. and asks number
OF questions here are q few of them !:
Has any serious accident hap
pened to the planet in the last thous-
and years ?"
what is the present form of re-
Iigious belief?'
"What fuel is in use since coal
gave out ?" ETC., etc.
He suggests the asking of q great
many other questions among them,
it would be entertaining, if not prof
liable, to enquire:
Glow many articles of the Mate
ria Medica of 1872 remain besides
quinine, opium, mercury, ipicac, chic
reform, iodide of potassium, and
iron?"
"When were the essential causes
of malarial and zymotic disased dis
covered ?''
" What diseases, besides those OF
the zYmotic class, are now consider
ed essentially self-limited?"
When did the profession make it
penal to resort to the use of the spec
mum uteri on insufficient causes, aud
when was poking uterine sounds and
sponge tents into the uterus on all
occasions forbidden by statute? '
" How long did the homeopathic
humbug last, and what humbug sue
ceeded it ?"
" What plaeebos succeeded arse.
mic, witch-hazel, and carboEc acid
in the treatment Of wounds and
bruises ?"
When was the procreation of the
race regulated by law ?"
Has the lancet been permanent
| ~ cast aside ?"-AAaatic Medjca
journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
FTNHERS

Written by Miss Kate Holmes, and read by
her at the reception given by the young lady
Juniors of the Oakland Seminary
Tiny baby fingers, dimpIed, pink and white.
Patting mamma's check, playing baby-fght;
Pulling mammals hair, pinehing mammals
eyes,
Looking sometimes merry. sometimes very
wise.
Oh, you little fingers. mothers pride and joy.
Do you know their worth. cunning baby boy?
Busy. restless fingers, brown with dirt and sun,
Playing mammals soldier, with new drum and
gun;
Breaking sisters pies of mud. that were so nice
and thick;
Catching fsh in Bridget's milk with reed and
dirty stick.
Precious childish fingers, moddling every
where,
Father in Heaven keep them safe from every
snare.
Pale, boy sh fingers. turning page on page,
The weary little sufferer to cheerfully engage /;
Plating baby brothers little whips of grass,
Smoothing sisters golden curls, when curls and
sister pass.
Mothers darling fingers. always doing good.
Father wouldn't change them even if he
could
Slender, taper fingers. folded white and cold.
| Clasping snowy lilies, sleeping meath the
mould.
Soon may nc twining wreaths for some spirit
head
For while in Heaven they're living, on earth we
call them dead.
Pure angel fingers lost to those at home.
But found to those in Paradise, and greeted
as they come.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

PINTs AND QUARTS of filthy CatarrhaI
discharges. Where does it all come
from The mucus membrane lining
the chambers of the nose, and its little
glands are diseased SO that they draw
from the blood its liquid, and exposure
to the air changes it into corruption.
This life-Iiquid was to build mp the sys-
tenn, but it is extracted and the system
is weakened by its loss. To cure, gain
flesh and strength by using DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, which also
acts directly upon these glands, correct
ing them, apply DR.. Sago's Catarrh
Remedy with DIR. Pierce's Nasal
Douche, the only method of reaching
the upper cavities where the discharge
accumuIates and comes from. The in
strument and two medicines sold for 81
by all druggists. $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
The Effect of Salt on the Blood.

Mr.. Stevens, q French pbysic an
and surgeon, saw a but her killing a
pig. He observed that he stirred
the blood of the animal, and added
a handful Of common salt to It while
stirring, which Immediately made it
crimson, and if stirring be discon-
tinued, the blood remained fluid.
The change of color in tho blood
awakened his curiosity. The butcher
could give no explanation of the
phenomenon except that it kept it
from iellying and spelling. DR..
Stevens seized a vessel, caught some
blood, and made several exp eriments
by putting salt In it, and found that
the blacklist blood was instantly
changed into a bright vermiliiOn by
salt. "Oh," said he, hereis fact
which may lead to practical rule. 3"
He had observed in cases of yellow
fever III the army that the blood
drawn was very black and fluid, and
on adding salt it became vermillon,
and retained its freshness, whereas
pUtridity Of the blood is one Of TIE
characteristics of the yellow fever.
He therefore abandoned the usual
mode of treating it, and gave his
patients a mixture of various salts,
and in a very short time reduced the
NOR tality of fever in the West In
dies from one IN Eve to one in fifty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
Matches

Although friction matches are as
common as nails, very small pro-
portion of those who use them I'M
9erstand the principle on which they
operate. It is, in fact, q very simple
affair. The tip of the match is a
combination of sulphur and phos-
phorus. The phosphorus ignites at
the heat Of one hundred and twenty
degrees, which a sight friction will
produce, and this in turn ignites the
sulphur, which requires four hundred
and fifty or five hundred degrees.
The flame of the sulphur sets fire to
the pine wood, of which the match
is composed, and which ignites at
about six hundred degrees. The
combination is necessary, because
the phosphorus alone wouldnot kin
die the match, while the sulphur
alone would not ignite with the ordi-
nary fric ion.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

LIVINGSTONE, the African explorer,
describes an ingenious method by
which Africans obtain water In the
desert: The women tie a bunch 81
a reed, about two feet long, and IN
sert it ina hole dug as deep as the
arm viii reach, then ram down the
sand firmly around it. Applying the
mouth to the free end of the reed
they form vacuum in the grass be-
meath, in which the water connects
and in a short time goes, to the
mouth. - FsNJ
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

MISSIONARIES and others soiourning
in foreign lands should not fail to take
with them good supply of JofnsO,l's
AnOdy71e Lj9inent. It is the most re-
liable medicine for all purposes there is
in the world
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

The Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gar
deller is exclusively devoted to fruit
growing and homes adornments. Ed
tied by q life long fruit grower. Speci-
mems free or from Sept. to Dec, four
months, 25 cts. A. NJ. Purdy, Palmyra,
n, N
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
Labels for Frnif. Trnns-

The best labels are strips of zinc,
written upon with lead pencil, the
point of which is moistened. A bet
ter plan still is 10 dip the label first
IN water, and let it soak day or two
before using, and then write the
name with the lead pencil afterward.
Labels with the names as black as
ink and exceedingly distinct have
been known to last twelve years, and
yet appear able to last City longer.
We believe that this plan was first
discovered by Marshall L. Wilder, OF
Boston.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

EXPERIMENTS made by AR. Side
botham, in England, in the cultiva-
ton of madden for dyeing purposes,
have proved substantially a failure
The roots were nearly equal in size
to fine French roots, but showed in
fracture an orange and yellow, in
stead of a deep red color. On appi-
cation to fabrics the dyes derived
from the madden appeared at first
tull IN color, but, on beinr cleared
with soap, proved quite the contra
ny, resembling Dutch madden, the
purple element almost entirely
wanting, and the reds and pinks
weak and loose. Mr.. Sidebotbam
incllnes to the opinion that good
maddeT cannot be grown 10 England,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

ASK your grocer for Dooley's Yeast
Powder, the best baking powder for
preparing Biscuits, Rolls, Bread, Grid
die Cakes, Waf1es, &c. Depot SO New
St. n. Y. At retail by all grOcers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

THE proprietors of the New York
Tribune set forth in a statement IN our
advertising columns its merits as a fam
lily paper. Our readers viii doubtless
give it the attention it deserves,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

DIR. o. W. HOLMES and many distin-
guished men recommend Whitcomb's
Asthma Remedy. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

FLAGGiS INSTANT RELIEF has stood twenty
years test 1t is warranted to give immediate re
lief to all Rheumatic Neuralgia, Head, Ear, and
Back aches, money Naturalization.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

An AdyHntaRe.-A great advantage possessed
by the Evening star Stove IS that. owing 10 Its ca
paCity and draft, you can burn almost any Kind o
wood, and on account of Its substance and rpten,
ton Ofheat, you can run il with green wood after
il Is heated. by having a small amount of kindlnE
material Those having to prepare fuel for oTdiua-
" small stoves will appre9iate this ADVANTAGE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

CRIsTODORo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE stands
unrivalIed and alone. Its merits havebeen so uni
verSally acknowledged that it would he a superer-
OgatioH descant on them any further-uOtlIiDg
beat it.--COHP.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
NORWOOD r Ugh SCHOOL, va.
Session Isz2-'7s opens sept. 20, 1872.
WT. ID. ca BELL, University Of Va. PrinI
INST TIICtOr@,

Instructors.
r. KY ~ IA DE. Univ. Va Instructor in An
cieut Languages.
RD. ia ItRISGBN. n. a fITnfv Va D Instructor
IN mosiern Languages, EHgiish. &c.
IHO5. A. SEDLyON- fAfati Mcdailist. Univ. Va
Instructor IN Mathematics.
70. J.. BROWE. (Univ. Va-J Instructor IN Book
Keeping, English. &c.
WALLER HOLI4A DA =. y. So. g. e II. F. UNIV.
=. Va Instructor in Applied Mathematics and
~ \ ualytical and = ppiied Chemistry
D. s. O. CABEEL q niv Va Instructor IN Law
WlLLIA1I ID. CABELI4, Principal;
Norwood r. q. Va.
T-s~rvp.aerTy OF Va. Nay o. Is7s.
To VIZ. u. CABELL, ESQ. Principal:
/ q niE q ton
Of the work your school Is oing for the state and
the Country, and Of the Importance Of sending you
the best men as your assist ass.
Yours. tTUly.
CITAE. =. v EEA BIZ.
ChalFmaa oftha Faculty, University Of Virginia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

CONTAGIOUS diseases, such as horse
all, glander, &C., may be prevented by
the use of ShcridGD'S CGUGLyy COndi-
ton POlUder8. Persons travelling with
horses should take note of this. "
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
READ THE EVIDENCE.
CoFEEEvILLB, Miss, Feb. 1, 1871.

9TesSTs. Mansfield & Hiq6ee:
DEAR SIR have tested bottle of your LOuiSi-
ana Creole Hair HestOrer to advise myself of ITS
merits. and though my preJudiCes against all
such preparations, CandOF COmpelS that
it exCels anything of the kind. To Young America
l will say, if polished hair and healthy scalp is
your desire, they secured by the use of LOuiSl
and Hair RestoTer. Respectfully,
L. PRESCOTT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27

THE LATEST man IN town was OBJ
served last evening reclining upon
the grass IN the rear of his house
reading aloud to his wife, while she
sawed and split wood for the family
cook stoye.-1erTe Haute (Ind. Er-
press,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-27
GfVeita Trial,

La Creole Hair Restorer is no dye, but by its nat
uraI action upon the hair bulbs il gives them in
creased vigOT and thus restores the original cOol
to hair that is gray: gives abundant crop of new
hair, rich glossy and vigorous. II is elegantly per
fuEed and viii not soil cambria. Try il.