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The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

ONE OF Young LIES SWEETEST EXPERT
ENCEs,

''Breathes there man with soul so dead"
who has never swung on a gate with pretty
girl? If there is such an unfortunate, pity
him from the innermost recesses of nv heart
i pity him as one who has missed sensa-
ton, one OF the best of our imperfect ma
lures!
have swung that way with great many
girls in my time. i am going to swing some
more if | get tue chence-Ior if do not L
shall mourn for a lost opportunity
Coming hon from church of "moony''
night, bathed in the mellow light, a little
hand clinging confidingiy to your manly arm,
and pretty face bewitchingly close TO Yours:
bright ey S looking an utterable sweetness at
you; ripe-red lips moving to enchanting
small talk-celestial music to a man in love-
you reach that ll-remembered gate. You
open 1t for her to pass in, but before she does
that, s,mething unsaid must be remem bered.
and she stops to retail that pretty gossip.
You are hardly conscious of her words, but
you are in that stage of the tender passion
when her voice is the soul of music, and all
you want is to keep her talking as long as
you can.
The lamps are out in the house in front;
The sold folks have retiredtto roost," and yon
have the field all to yourself
AT last she passes in after certain concus-
sive sound has taken place under her bon
net. You dream of your first stick of candy,
OF maple sugar, of Charlotte r. sse, aud ali
sorts of liquid and solid sweetness land you
think them stale, fiat, and unprofitbale, COM
pared with that kiss.
Is she going to leave you, now that the
gate is closed? Not if know anything ofse-
male nature, and l have had something to
say to confidng females, of all ..dsses, and
they are alike in this respep.s That they de-
light in the COMPANY - passable young
man by moonicE' ana IN that they show
their good ta,se. l have heard it said that
I nes-sf met them, aid am eladsofit. / hone
|hever shall.
Something more to tell. She returns to
the gate and leans upon it. Your lips are
rather close to hers, and ii you do not kiss
her then have no respect for you, unworthy
as you are OF the name of man, You talk
aboHt the moon, a,out Tom Fellows at sea,
about the moon again, about the weather,
about the sermon-not much-the moon
again, Jennie Wade's bonnet; that horrible
old maid, Miss Virginia June ard her SLAM
des; the weather again, the dance of the
Knights Templar, the moon once more, with
slight sprinkling of kissing thrown in by
way Of spice. Some ancient persons of either
sex mar say that this is all very silly. Bah
Y ou have done the same in your time, II
you ever amounted to anything.
BIT all things must have an end, and part
ings must come. The lips cling together in
long parting kiss, and ,ugo home, through
the mellow light, full of poetic thoughts, AS
happy as young map ever is in this world OF
duns end debtors. Let's have more OF IL
this swinging on the gate
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
Another Sermon by Poecher in the d.
rectiOn % Cniversalism.

rectiOn % Cniversalism.
Mr.. Beecherfs evidently leading his people
to the acceptance of a modified faith in what
Is known in religious circles as ''Universai-
conorsSsahi sh therefore delivered yesterday to
- ,,sual poaon;t,,de what
might be considered a compassaa naS n''uuo
to that preached on Sunday week, in which
"Universalst'' doctrine was set forth in all
the attractiveness and glamour % Mr.. Beech
er's familiar cloquence. The text seierted
was the ninth verse of the sixth chapter OF
St. Matthew-"After this manner therefore
pray ve, Our Father which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.'
Mr.. Beecher commenced by asking the ioi.
,o,.;ng questions Who may say this prayerT
Is - a nr,ver limited to the use of the secta-
r;an or is it universal? May the employed
hv every one that desires to be better? Is IL
his title? Does it, so far as anything can
set forth in an address the holy nature OF
God. and to which our thoughts must ad-
dress themselves? Have we the right 10 de-
termine the government of God. and the
providence of God from title such as this?
In our time no subject is more in men
thoughts than the midst and bounds of the
tyue nature OF that government under which
we live and by which we are fashioned In our
h;,,,,sr %w life. All government depends for its
naf,,re and price upon the character OF the
Snnreme Governor; from his will comes the
supreme law. This is q universal prayer.
The lowest, the honest, the best, the worst,
tbe most cultured, the developing savage who
| has lust put one foot before Tue other IN his
| inward faith, all may draw near to God by
this sacred appeation. But have we the
right 10 determine from the imperfect condi-
tion to which moral relations are developed
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
NOuntain Air J

| = ,1o dry braciue air OF tbe
NY family PrcftshTrm fhe misf salt water q Ss beaa
- "A eng m1apn.I q very de sir"Die
z 'fnI villsRe OF TT
81, ,ocated two-story. with liaz,za,
be SSt mutt ses 5ia ana @ostsd E an modern
half of lana. ceIIor cisteIu, furnace. haru anu
In nishas IN the Kitchen and never falling wei Oh
S silendd wa ,nrge harm and sufficient out-buidings.
Ihersg easnSted for summer or Court boarders; bne hf
Village rs ;oe eat1 ae ot Sfy a yS eo% Foia anu
q miles rV the frpiture can be bought if desired
Price S5ooO Portland junl7du
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
B E @ A l. M !,
- .ors;der the weight of my advice.

III rort;es who are about introducing Steam, Gas
LII RTat ,mto their dwellings, stores any 9TH
So q OF vii favor themselves if they. will call me
doing claim it. to ssisaaticn X ar in Ths pIss
spare md nv p~romntness Of work. Hose alss sup
pheu' md repaireu' o' X. MCDONALD,
my5db 400 Fore street. foot OF
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

The Comm ,ncement season has begun land
the voice OF the graduate is heard in the land.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

Potato bugs are marching in squadrons into
Ohio and pitching their tents on all the hills.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
For Sale i'm Deering.
For Sale or To Let.

| "OUSE No. Deering st. Lot 30x110 feet. In
III qure at No. IL Elm street between the hours
of A. M and d. m. jun5d6
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

A SMALL Stable, to be removed Apply iuodtf
"A II. DAMON, 20 Elm street. '"'u'A
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

One of those doleful prophets who are for
ever preaching dire disasters to the human
race says that Holsters are doomed to exter-
mination, aud this generation is the last that
shall taste its delicate flesh. Our only conso-
la'ion is that another prophet has declared
that the world and all which it inherit shall
pass away before this generation is gone, and
in that case we shall not want the lobster any
more. In fact, if he is to be exterminated.
We see no induccment for the world to con-
tinue.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

An enraptured Texas ed.torr b. gives MS
Impressions of the opers- Inc aroma OF
violets expd.-s-.om it as though every note
were an odorous petal whose exquisite scent
is carried to the finer nerves of the brain up
on the balmy air Of sound, dying away in me
lodious and evanescent falls, and swelling
with the richness of perfumed life into being
agaiu, until the soul is wrapped in mantl of
sensuous delight that makes it faint with rap
ture."
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

A sense of honor serves many people, in
lieu of wisdom, and keeps them from making
themselves ridiculous through print.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

This is sketch of the late Alexander Du-
mas, by one of his contemporaries: 'Tbe
hsu:e OF a drum-major, the limbs of Her.
cules in all their conceivable extension, pr m
inent lips, African nose, curled head, and
bronzed face. Scrape his hide and we find
the savage underneath
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

Areporter for Western paper, speaking
ofa certain fair creature, remarked that 'the
Pofusion and color Of her hair would lead
one to look upon it as though it was spun by
the nlmble fingers of the easy hours, as they
glided, through the bright June days, whose
many sunny rays of light had been caught in
the meshes, and were contented to go no fur
ther." This is better than saying the girls
hair was red. -
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

HOUSE No. 53 Spring ST., near Park. Will be
IL ready about June 18th. For particulars en-
quire of GEO. E. DAVIS, "a Commercial st.
ju1l If
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

Two or three school girls in Athens, Ga,
were made quite i'll recently by swallowing
heartsease flowers. Their romance was, that
whenever they swallowed one of these flow
ers whole, and then expressed a wish, they
would have it gratifed.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

An exchange propcunds the following CO.
nundrum: "What shall be done with people
who annoy their neighbors at public enter
iainments by giggling and chatting all the
EVENING" The only remedy we can think
OF is, let them get married, which generally
ends their giggling days.-Cieueland Plain
dealer.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
FOR SALE.
Sanford's Improved Refrigerator

rbe three points OF excellence which claim. are,
lst constant and thorough circulation of pure air;
2nd; ryness, 40 dampDess monld nor taint; 3rd; no
inte mir Cling of odors purity and active air, the
elements of its success. Cal, or send for circulars
Manufactured and for sale by J. +. MERRILL, be-
tween Cross and Cotton sts near Leayitt, Burnham
& Co.'S Ice House. Portland, Me. je5dtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

a young man in Peoria sought to secure
his sweetheart by strategy, SO he took her
out for boat ride, and threatened to jump
overheard into the lake if she didn't consent
to marry him. But it did not work. She
offered to bet him dollar that he daren't
dive in.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

Old Mrs. Cotton of Norfolk, Va, is tie
proprietor of venerable mule that has been
an inveterate chewer of tobacco for mary
years. Whenever he becomes obstinate. as
mules occasionally do, it is only necessary to
give him chew, when he becomes perfectly
kind and gentle
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

An Ohio editor was rendered insane while
going home the other night, to hear The fol-
lowing words come from dark porch, on a
shady street: 'Oh! John, l wonder # that
moustache feels as good on your lips IS it did
on mine9' Johns answer be did not wait
to hear. Moral-don't make love when re-
porteris around
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

Pearls require airing as much as horses
and babies. Unless they are constantly
worn, they change color, and finally crumble
to pieces. This is not the case with dia-
monds, though many New York ladies act as
ifthey thought it was.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19

"Pure love is monarch of all difficulties.
Beautiful and light.footed, like the leopard it
leaps the chasms of separation, and crouches
delighted at the feet its ownp Just so.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-19
GIRLS WANTED.

TNO learn the Auction and commission business.
Il Saary $500 per week for the first six months,
ABRAM & BROS,
Auction Rooms 125 Federal ST., under U. S. Hotel.
JUL If
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13
COTTON MARKETS, NOVEMBER IL.

WlLMlSGroH.- mlGldlings, 13c. Ne
receipts, 81 bales. ENports-Loastwise, 352 bales
TO Great Britain, 25o bales. Sales, log bales
Stock, 2,0S4 halcs.
Observation-Disclosures: middllngs, 1870. low
middllngs, 13lrc. strict good ordinary i2'sfei &c
Exports coastwsc, rs bales Sales, $50 bales.
Stock. $3.50 bules. w
SAvASSAn-firm; middlings, 1876. Net re.
cciris b,Ol3 bales. ENpor1s-To Great Britain,
| $50 bales cnastwise, 2,OiS bales. SAFES, 2,2o3
bales Stock, SO, 729 bales.
low midJlings / 3Ac.; strict good ordinary, lZtc
Not receipts G91 bales. Exports coastwlSe, S26
b: les. Sales, 500 bales: lust efenlng, 41o DalSS
BosroS.--pu Quiet and firm: mIddngs. 14%c. Nct
l.pceipts, 1913 bales: gross, $50 bacS Sales, 2UO
bales. stock, 5000 bales.
Observation-Disclosures light; good ordinary,
, 1uAc; ordinary, lie. Net receipts, l:773 bales.
aXnorts coastwisc, rs bales. Sales, LOCO bales.
Stoca. 27,l96 bales
SoRFoI.K.-Firm; low midillngs, Sc. Net re-
ccIpts 764 bales. Exports coastwise, SO bales
Sales, 500 bales Stock, 5.994 bales.
administrative; low middin2s, 12Ic. Re-
ceipts. 1858 bales. Shipments, 2,2l bales Stock,
CHARLESTON mddllngs, l37s@14c.
low mddIIngs, 1856: strict good ordinary, 1879.
Net receipts, 1925 bales. Exports coaStwise, sos
bales. Sales, 500 bales. stock, 39,lS0 bales.
PHILADELPHIA .-Firmer: middlings, 14.c. Net
receipts. Ga bales gross, rs bales.
AUGVSTA-Eirm and i'll good demand: middlings,
13@134c. Receipts, 1899 bales. Sales 1896
bales.
INV URLEASS.-Firm and In good demand
middlings, 4nc. low middiugs, 34c. strict good
Ordinary, 12Ac. Net receipts, 3,10S bales; gross
receipts. SSH bales Exports 10 Great Britain,
3,S11 bales. sales, 5000 bales; last evening,
1900 bales. Stock, sS,773 bales
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13
Another Cashiers Flight-A CASH. Nv
Coutatntnr $4,000 Missing.

rho secnr;tv Rank. No. 3IS Broadway,
,,o. boon ,;c,;mizcd nv IFS cashier, Henry u.
Loves. to the extent Of about TSo'Voo.
The theft was discovered on Weahe'uay
n,orninr of last week. The bank was not
onnn on elcction-dav, and when II closea luz
night before all its funds and securities were
known TO be safe in its vaults.
The receiving teller opened the BANK on
"Wednesday. His cash-hoX, contnlng Mon,
DAYS current deposits between s2f,o"o anu
s33 00O-had disappeared. Mr.. Loves, WHO
lived IN Staten Island. was absent Inc nallN
officers. after waiting for him some ho''iS.
cont TO his house and learned th't LOWS
had not been home since Monday mornns.
detectives were sent to search for nun. ou.
M information Of the direction of his f'ght
h,s vet been obtained. The banks sccuti'
t,os wore at once examined, and everything
wos fonnd intact except the cash spoken OF.
Every effort was made to conceal the loss,
with entire success until yesterday. linen
rumor Of a heavy defalcation in an up
town bank startled and depressed the street.
The name of the bank was not discovered
until late in the day, when the story was
contradicted, and its origin stAed%l pe
merely change Of cashier,
Loves is onlv twentv-eight years OLD, ana
IN to the date of his theft maintained Spot-
less reputation. He had been III the chlpIoy
of the bank from its opening four years
ago. He was previously book-kcerer III t tt
Ninth National Bank, carrying from II lhs
highest recommendations for honesty anu
efficiency. During his first year Win the
Security Bank he was teller.
Three wears ago he and Mr.. Dewey tacn
cashier, exchanged places at the direction OF
the bark officials. Dir. Edward Clatk. tlc
president, says that Loves filled the ptsl',HSn 1
OF cashier with entire acccptabIeneSs. ~
SUSPICION of dishonesty ever attached ~
him until the event of Wednesday. :,
At the beginning of the money trouble. u
was deemed advisable to examine the cono'-
ton of the bank, and the examining COM
mttcc of the directors finished their work
The week previous to the detalcalion, ilndins
accounts and assets correct. Hence the OIL
Gccrs feel assured that his reputation was
untarnishcd up to Monday night. the
motive for the crime is undiscovcrah!c'
Loves was happily married. and moved Ill
fine best circlps.-Ne,c York Sun, l1M
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13

The FT1dro relates Il story of Marshal Ba-
zainc. WHO. as is we'll known, was once Il
simple private 1t appears that he failed TO
pass the examination for entry at st. Cyr,
and il was after this check that he enlisted.
At a review at Nancy some volunteers were
presented TO the Marshal who were prcpHr-
lug to enter ST. Cyr. Ileasked them several
questions, and made Il grimacc rs he per-
cciyed the general weakness Of tie replies.
Remarking at last that one Of the young SOL
dicrs was much disturbed by his apparent
failure, Bazaine said, " Bah don't torment
yourself about that. They would have no.
Thing TO ito with me at st. Cyr, and yet here
| am all the sane"
DR.. Cummings new book, from PatmOs
to Paradise, is Il series of SERMONS about
the book of Revelation. "Thc Doctor,'
says the AHemGnnl, is as rhetorical and
ungrammatical rs ever. Indeed, he seems
TO be in particularly good spirits, for he
thinks his old enemy the Pope is in bad
way, and he has discovered new solution
of the number Of the Beast"
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
recently gave the Governor, judges Of the
supreme Court and members Of the Legs
lature of the Choctaw nation Il free ride
from Caddo, Indian Territory, to Sedalla,
Mo-. and 4 nice warm dinner, i'll order TO
imr,rcss them with the bcncGcence OF clflll-
ton and the virtue of giving lana 10 rail-
roads.
One effect of the hard times in New Jersey
i an increased number OF robberes. A bold
,ttrmnt was made by three men TO rob the
driver of street-car few nights ago OF ali
fine money he had collected during the day,
INT one of the scampS was Knocked down by
the driver and the other two by the car.
Al.orney-Gener Denny reports that the
.Sigilautes (" of Indiana extend over four
counties and number about two thousand
members. Their business is to hang men
who don't behave themselves. They pro-
Tess 10 do the work that the courts are too
corrupt to do. Governor Hendricks has
threatened them, and they have promised TO
disband.
The Geographical Society of France pro-
pose to have portion of the Desert of Sa-
haIu surveyed, with Il view of learning the
plucticability OF turning the water Of the
Gulf of Gales on 10 this vast eXpanSc OF
sand, and thus convert it into IN inland sea.
1t is gratifying to learn that the Viceroy
of India has nominated his HlghnesS ear;t-
made Rajahae Hindustau Rnj kajendra Sri
Mallaljadliiraj Sivai Ram Singh Bahadur, of
Jaypur. q. &. 5. l., to be III additional MEN,
Der Of Council.
A Nevada paper says: 1.-The many friends
of Bill Thompson will regret TO hear that
lie was dashed up by Il catamollnt the other
duy OH Nixon's hill, while lying in wait to
shoot Chnamun. This WIS always 4
world of disappointment"
Among the Christian names to be met
with in The parish societies of Prestwich, In
Lancashire, Eng, are River Jordan, Venus,
Minerye, Pharaoh, Silence,
PhilaIelphu's real estate assessment this
year exceeds That Of last year by so, 0oo, 900
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13

PRESIDENTIAL GLAsswARE.-At the corning
elass-works il sci OF glassware, destined for
the presidential mansion, has just been COM
pletcd. 1t is described us follows by the FL
mira Advertiser 1t consists OF two doZcn
cobIets, which are cut about halfway up the
bowl. the remainder nf the bowl being richly
engraved, and PROMINENT among 1t IS the
United States coat Of arms. Four dozen
champagne glasses and $aIlcer bowls, cut ana
engraved as the goblcts two dozen regular
champagne glasses, engraved as the others !;
six dozen a,ary-colored hook glasses; scV'.n
dozen rrlby-bowl. flint stem sautcrn glasses.
These coorcd glasses arc very SUPERIOR
There arc also four dozen c!aret, FIX dozen
sherry. and four dozen cornial glasses, two
dozen iingcr-ipwls, which are cut and en-
ylaved with the roat Of arms; three dozen
punch-gasscs with handles; four dozen ice
cream plates cut and cngrarclas the glasses.
The value Of this glass is about $4,000. 1t
is not a full set. but ordered TO make good
the full set sent TO the White House some
time since 1t is I'LL gotten up with the best
OF taste, and Of the most exquisite pattern.
The engraving is perfect. We noticed, be-
side the above, Il large number OF entirely
new and beautiful samples of preserve
dishes, shell aud other forms also bottles,
decantcrs. &C., which far surlmSs anything
we layc ever seen.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-13
Statistics OF the Franco Prussfan war.

II will IN remembered, says the Bro61
.4rroir. that the authentic list OF French Oh
i!cers killed on the field Of battle or VINO
died in consequence Of thcir wounds was
published a short time ago. From this list
il appears tlIat the French lost altogether
2,l43 officers, including generals. On COM
D1rIug this number with the losses suffered
bv the Germans it will be found that,
Internationally. the losses Of the French
exceeded but slightly those OH the GER
man side; nay, in some German corps which
were especially exposed the loss of officers
Is even greater than that of the French.
Some of these corps lost three and tour
times as many officers as the French
CORPS opposed to them, and they lost thirty
and sixty times as many officers as the
Gardes Mobiles and the modified National
Guards. This striking fact is probably one
of the reasons why the French succumbcd
in the war. The total number Of German
officers who were killed on the field OF
battle. or who died of their wounds, was
1.GSS-that is to say, only 435 less than the
number shown by the French list. Arranged
according to rank, the German loss consisted
Of s generals, 1870 field officers. $50 captains,
1905 liCutCuuntS, II surgeons, ana al
minstrativc officials having the rank oi
officers. The French lost - generals. Ihe
following list shows the losses arranged
according TO The different arms: Ger
mans: lnfantry. ,483 officers: cavalry.
81 officers; artillery, 90 officers; engl-
ueers, II officers. French: Infantry, 1873
officers; cavalry 81 officers artillery. l2S
officers engineers, 50 Officers. In looking
at the losses suffered by the separate corps,
and by the large masses called out at u
later period of the war, the diSproporton
will be found very great. The French Guard
had lifty-siX officers killed this number III
cludcs here rs everywhere those officers who
died of wounds received in action); the first
French corps (MacMahon), IS officers; the
Garcics Mobiles upward of 400, 900 mcn). 1856
officers; the whole modified National
Guard (lbout COO, 900 mem, only G6 officers
the Franc Tireurs, etc, including Garibal-
dis corps about 10000 men, 80 officers kill
ed. On the other hand, the Prussian Guards
had 1jG, the Third Army Corps 1Gl, toe
Eighth 133, and the First Bavarian Army
Corp, as many rs POS officers killed. including
those who died Of their wounds. Each
Of these corps was, however, only from
30 900 TO $4,000 men strong, and the German
loss is therefore proportiomtcly greater than
that OF the French. The number of German
officers wounded during the war amountst TO
) .%%32-yiz., d,45S Of the infantry, 29I OF the
cavalry, i22 of the artillery, is OF the ensi-
Dccrs, uud of the trains. The whole num-
Der of German officers OH the lists during
the war was 20,S7G. The French list just
published does rot show the number oil DILL
GERS wounded without fatal result.