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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

BARNUM's AGGREGATION. Next Monday our
citizens are to JUICE for themselves concerning
the wonderful performances Of this troupe
The Hartford papers thus speak of it:
Mr. Harry Bryant, the Ventrioqual Miracle,
introduced his wonderful approximations of
character with great success Mr.. Bryant is
the most wonderful ventriloguist we have ever
heard Mr.. John Morris then amused the au-
lience by his character changes, made on tie
stage, which eclipsed anything in that line ever
exhibited here. Then came the comic Scat
Duet" which was fearfully realistic, and needs
TO be heard TO be appreciated. Delehanty aud
Hengler, the kingsof Ethiopian song and dance,
gave selection from their best delineations of
negro character, and won nnbounded applause.
These were succeeded by Prof. O. Reardon, who
elected the most delicate and exquisite music
from common drinking glasses and finally
wound up his really wonderful performance by
playing two separate and distinct airs on the
piano at one tune and whi>tlng third, feat
not easily accomplished, we should lodge
Fraulien Teresa Springer sang very acceptablv
Mr.. Henry Howe the celebrated caricaturist,
from London skefehed with lightning rapiditv
heads of p. 7. Barnum and b. b. Butler, viii b
were instantly recognized and appl;,uded by
tire audience. The marvellous Majitons, in
their really tremendous act entitled ''Les Trois
Diables," and the eccentric musical French
clowns, the Raynor brothers, whose comicalitles
closed tue performance, should not pass unno-
tced.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02
EQUIPMENT.

There has been added to the equipment of
the road since the last annual report 80 plat
form cars, making the present equipment 10
consist of locomotives, 9 passenger cars,
mail and smoking car, baggage , 81 box
freight cars, SO platform cars, snow plows,
dummy engine and car.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

CARR1ERs' DE11yERY.-The following shows
the mail matter collected and distributed during
the month of Sept 1873:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

PERSONAL Lieut. W, G. Manning of the
O. S. A, now stationed at the west is on
visit to his friends in this city,
Dr. and Mrs Isaac Isley Cummings of this
city sail for Europe on Saturday next in the
steamship CircasSiaD
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02
por,,,ud a, Rocbe.ter Railroad.

The annual meeting of the Portland and
Rochester Railroad Company was held at the
station in this city, at ten o'clock yesterday
morning.
President Lynch called the meeting to
order, and, after the call for the meeting had
been read by the clerk, Frederic ROBBIE, Esq,
Mr. Lynch read the annual report of the
directors as follows:
DIRECTORS REPORT.
To the stockholders of the Portland and
Rochester railroad the Directors respectfully
submit their annual report for the year ending
August 3lst, 1873:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02
shaw,s Final Concert.

The final concert of the series under the
management of Mr.. j. L. Shaw, will take
place this evening, and will present very great
attractions That the Haydn Association is to
take part in the performance is, of itself, a
guarantee that admirable selections will be
given in the most brilliant and finished man
ner The programme is adapted to please the
refined popular taste and the chorus selections
which we have had the pleasure of hearing
in rehearsal-afford very great variety and are
of high degree of merit, The magnificent
"Infiammatus' from Rossini's Stabat Mater,
for soprano and chorus. will display the noble
voice aud manner of Mrs Wetherbee. in con-
junction with the Haydns. Mendelssoh MS
beautiful Farewell to the Forest" and THE
Harp that once throuyh rara's halls" are al
ways favorites, each in its own way.
The spirited "March of the Men of Harlech''
gives opportunity for the exercise of the
promptness aud accuracy for which the chorus
is noted; and n contrast to this, and to the
powerful chorus from Sir Michael Costa's
- Naaman''-Barnby's graceful setting OF Ten
nyson's Sweet and Low" will display the ex-
qaisilely delicate pianissio, the purity of tone,
in which our Haydn Association stands urri-
vailed, and for which they are much indebted
to the fine musical Judgment and inspiring con-
ductorship of Mr.. Kotzschmar who directs their
study. Too much cannot be said in praise of
4he Haydn Association. which constantly pre-
sents to the people of Portland programmes OF
the highest type.
The solosts of the occasion are well and IA
yorably known; and We do not doubt that
we file house will evince substantial appre-
cati on of Mr. Shaw's excellent musical enter
prise, and of the artists who assist hin.
POLICE NorEs-At the police station may
be seen a.week's washing stolen from some
body's lines.
Last night Officers Hanson and Black were
standing at the corner of Elm street when they
heard crash, and going down into Federal
street to the shoe store OF Mitchell Bros, found
three men and a broken window. One of the
men, named JI1, Brown, they arrested. The
window was filled with boots, shoes and pack
ages of backing which the officers took charge
of and carried to the station. An officer was
left to guard the store through the night The
mel clam they were scuffling and accidentally
broke the glass.
A valuable watch awaits an owner at the po-
lice station.
Yesterday Charles Chamberlain, of the Ocean
House, Cape Elizabeth, came into the city with
a team and was arrested by the police for
drunkenness and kept at the station until be
was sufficiently sobtr to send home. He had a
half gallon of liquor with him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-The following is recapitu-
iation OF the public debt fol the month Of Sept as
it appears on the books of the Treasury:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

LoNasHrREMEN's BALL The bali given in
honor of the Longshoremen came off at City
Hall last evening, and was brilliant affair.
The hall was filled with smiling couples, who
went through the established round OF dances,
which numbered twenty, with every indication
of perfect enjoyment. The well waxed floor
gave additional elasticity to the supple toe.
Coles Quadrille Baud furnished the music.
The champion tags hung from the galleries.
SHAY's QUINcUPLExAL-On Friday and Sat
urday evenings this popular troupe eutertains
our citizens. Every member of this company
Is ''star, and the variety offered cannot fail
to please every taste. Shay has had long
experience IN catering to the public taste and
knows exactly bow To snit Il
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

The full PORTTA AND BAND win b,rr,.,,
befre zach hetnre4 i'" music
Season ekets, admitting to the entire cou,se ~
lectures ant ncers, $780, for sale at usunl ,Joces
members Tickets Sl.00, te CHI MEM or snt;ilaI -
tw yn 70 os Obtained Of The Treasurer Tnos j. Little
Ell Sea for the course at 81 C0 each Ssia ~, c,
m a on ihl sday Evening. Oct % Mt o'cock az
90 r s!, anu NV tail, after which date the plan
TO Music Hall entrance -'"''' NeA' uo0'
oo ndhc"uIagd by the liberal patronage and uppre-
ra nse su cess Of the past, the Cnmmi tee have
So."ir4 W great expense the above cnmbinai n Of
ysvai ma literary celebrities, be ieving that the
saoic VIII luly ustain D. cir Efforts TO make the
Lycrum a. attractive as D ssible
Ssue OF cou re ttkes will ne,e saiy he limited ana
arge Ior ten Of the Hall will be retained for re-
served seats.
LECVURE COMMITTEE
wa n SIMNnSS WM. L. ThOMES,
A K PAIL. FIG. RICH,
~ JOHN o. Ice.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
Whole No. 1914.
The Sunday Laws in Cleveland
and Cincinnati.

A Cincinnati correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader writes as follows to
that paper:
so you really have done a fine
thing in Cleveland-passed a strin-
gent Sunday law and enforced it.
Three cheers for the people that have
courage and decency sufficient to
suppress German animalism and
American rowdyism! It is not a
question of religion, but of good gov
ernment, social order and public Sc
cur7ty- May you be able to maintain
your position-the queen city of the
lakes and the brightpatter of respect
ability. 1 am strongly tempted to
sell out business and take up home
among you, being utterly disguised
with the accursed traffic here and its
accompaniJnents. I am not a Chris
tan, but the Sunday beer cart, the
thousands of open saloons, the ca
rousal of half-drunken and beastly
men, and the consequent demoraliza-
ton, deprive me of half the pleasure
of living. In the midst of such
things my property is not safe, my
life is in jeopardy, my children are
liable to be corrupted And yet there
is not man in our municipal gov
ernment lifting a finger toward re-
form. This is the paradise of bad
men, where lager-beerand whisky are
unrestrained. Your saloonists may
all come here and sell without let or
hindrance for twenty-four hours per
day, and three hundred and sixty-fve
days in the year.
Now, 1 know it is too bad to decry
ones own town; but 1 am mad, al
most raving mad; for 1 am not
permitted to rest on the day publicly
for that purpose, nor yet
to sleep at night by reason of the
reVelry in a certain place of pleasure
near my residence. 1 am tired of hv-
ing beneath these degrading infu-
ences; the very air seems filed with
noisome stencil. I long for one
month of refinement and quiet. If
you continue the well-begun work I
will come, though half my property
be sacrificed by the change. These
things are written that your good
people may be led to hold fast that
most precious thing to a laboring
day of rest. BUSINESS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
Injustice TO the Poor.

Poverty puts fearful strain on a mans
honesty. The poor man who lives an hon.
est life is entitled to more credit than the
man of wealth. The one is forced to fight
against temptation, which comes to him un-
der the guise of want and necessity; the
other has no motive except greed or ambi-
ton to tempt him from the path of recti-
tude. Yet when the poor man sins against
the laws of the land how few sympathize
with him, or seek to shield him from the
penalty incurred. He has no friends, and
the heaviest punishment that can be inhict-
ed is consideredhght enough for him. When
the prison doors close behind him, hope is
shut out forever, for he knows that the par
doning power will never be asked to inter
fere in his behalf. But the rich criminal is
looked upon as simply unfortunate; he is
honized. Justice bows in his presence, and
seems to ask his pardon for the unpleasant
relation which it bears towards him.. If he
is convicted it is an exceptional case; his
sentence is made as light as possible; his
prison life is ightened by pleasant employ
ment, and cheerful assurances that his con-
fnement will be short; and soon he walks
forth the recipient of executive clemency.
This is wrong. If any distinction Is to be
made in the treatment of criminals, we
would favor leniency to the poor and sever
ity to the rich. The one may have been
driven to the commission of crime by cruel
want; the other has no reasonable excuse.
AS ''Poor Richard" says, sits hard to make
an empty sack stand upright" This de-
scribes the condition of a poor man perfect
ly. An empty stomach, starving family,
a forlorn garret or cellar, are serious obsta-
cles to perfect integrity. If we would re-
press crime among the poor, we must first
seek to better their condition; afford them
means of obtaining an honest living, and
few will prefer from choice to seek dis
honest one. The poor man should receive
good wages for his labor, and should not be
robbed, as too many now are, by the wealthy
and avaricious. We believe the largest per
cent. of honesty is found among the poor
of the land. Remove the causes which in
duce crime among the lower classes, and
the percentage of crime will be extremely
small
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
ObstacIes 70 RESUMPTION. !.

General Spinner has tersely stated some
of the obstacles to the resumption of specie
payments in a recent letter. He says:
Many obstacles have thus far been and
they continue to be in the way of resump-
ton of specie payments. The friends of
the return to specie payments by insisting
that the only way to bring about the desir-
ed result is to reduce the volume of paper
currency; that the first duty of the Govern
ment is to return to specie payments, and
that the exchange of loans bearing high
rate of interest for lower one, should be
deferred until after that event. This has
enlisted the opposition of very large class
of our citizens, who are otherwise sound on
the main question, but who contend that it
is better and more economical withal to re-
tire the loans on which high rate of inter-
est is paid, than a loan on which no interest
whatsoever is paid.
Then come the real opponents of the
measure per sc. Chief among these is the
debtor class, which in this country is large
ly in the majority. The persons constitut-
ing this majority desire to pay their debts
with cheap money. Next come the manu-
facturers. These have learned that the
suspension increases their protection against
the importation of foreignsfabrics, by the
amount that the paper money is deprecated
below that in which impOst duties are col
lected. Then come the National banks,
which by suspension are relieved from the
Ito them) most irksome duty-the redemp-
ton of their circulating notes in COIN
There are many other interests that natu-
rally combine with those named, all acting
in the firm belief that the suspension of
specie payments is beneficial to them Our
Government being strictly representative,
of course large majority of the members
of Congress are elected to represent and
carry out the views of their constituencies
Thus resumption has been, and I think will
continue to be, put off until the time you
speak of, ''when the balance of trade shall
be in our favor" When that time arrives
resumption will be easy; in truth, it will
from that cause come of its own accord.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28

While it is taken for granted in the
United States that the Indians must
disappear sooner or later as distinct
race, in Canada they increase in num-
bers and improve in condition.
Thousands of them are attending
schools, and making rapid progress
in knowledge The reasons for this
pleasant and happy state of affairs
are that the British observe treaties
faithfully, and strictly enforce the
protection of the Indians. The tribes
now peaceful and civilized were once
as warlike and troublesome as those
of our western frontiers, but good
faith and fair dealing have converted
them from enemies to useful friends.
While the soldiers and settlers of our
Territories are permitted to break
treaties at will, to cheat the red men
and to give them whiskey, the latter
must remain degraded and danger
GUS, and the process of gradual exter-
mination will continue.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
lFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.J
Cure for Hay Fever.

About this time look out for 'hay
fever, 'Ipeach fever, and other un-
pleasant forms of summer eatarrh,
which are more common in England
than in this country, but which aflict
considerable numbers here also from
midsummer along through the
month of August. The part attacked
by the disease is the vicinity of the
upper air passages of the nostrils,
which become infamed, secroting a
thin, irritating fluid. This accompa-
MED by sneezing, head ache, fever, and
prostration, all of them being more
or less violent, according to the sus-
ceptibiity of the patient. Sometimes
several weeks elapse before the suf-
ferer gets rid of.the malady, and oc-
casionally its influence is felt until
cold weather sets in. In England
the disease has been supposed to be
caused in some way by an eff1uvium
produced by the hay harvest.-More
recently, however, it is believed that it
is caused by ''vibriones," as micro
scopical examination of the fluid dis
charged from nostrils of a person
suffering from the disease detected
the presence of minute infusorial
animalcula of that description. The
gentleman who claims to have made
this discovery describes himself as a
sufferer from shay fever" for twenty
years, but is now entirely relieved
from the malady. His cure is to get
saturated solution of quinine in
water, in proportion of one part of
quinine to 740 ofwater, lie down upon
his back, dip a small camers hair
brush into the solution, apply the
brush to the inside of the nostrils,
moving the head about gently so as
to make sure that the fluid reaches
all parts of the nostrils until it is felt
In the throat. He describes the re-
lief as immediate, and says that three
applications day, when threatened
by return of the disease, is sufficient
to prevent return.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28

Thomas Holloway, the well known
patent-medicine man, who amassed
something like $6O,OOO,OOO from the
sale Of gamboge, which, according to
his widely circulated advertisements,
will cure any body of any ailment,
has determined to use the great
amount of wealth he has acquired for
philanthropic purposes. Singularly
enough, and with an appropriateness
which cynic can scarcely overlook,
prominent and primary in his philan-
thropic gifts to the people of Eng
land is a model lunatic asylum for the
middle classes, to be erected at cost
of S500,000 at his country seat in
Berkshire. Other plans will take
concrete embodiment by -and-by, and
all of the money is to be spent in
useful purposes during the lifetime
of the donor.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
Gas from Water.

The miracle of making water burn
has just been achieved in England.
MIR. Ruck, practical chemist, is the
inventor. The water being first re-
duced to steam-the exhaust steam
from an engine will answer-it is
passed through a red-hot tube in a
heating furnace, where it is super
heated until the oxygen and hydro
gen are ready to dissolve their ALI
ance. 1t then is passed into reto4t
filed with incandescent coke and iron
fragments. The oxygen is taken up
by the iron, and the hydrogen pass
ing through the retort becomes a
heating gas, the cost of which is but
seven pence per 1000 cubic feet, and
this quantity is sufficient to boil so
gallons of cold water. This heating
gas may be carbonized for illuminat-
ing purposes. In this condition it is
said to have Illuminating power equal
to sixteen candles, and to cost less
than fifty cents per thousand ucbic
feet.
1t is contended that this invention
will do away with the coal scare now
prevalent in England, and greatly di-
minish the current rates of both fuel
and lights for domestic and manufac-
turing purposes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
Good Reasons for not Engag
ing iu u Duel.

A good deal of laughter greeted
the following letter, which is said tc
have been written in these circum
stances
Two well known young men had
quarreled about some trife. Cards
had been exchanged; seconds sum.
moned; a duel arranged At day
break the morning of the fight the
challenged principal received this let
ter from the challenger: "My dear
sir and adversary: I have two OBJ
jections to the duel which over-oblig
ing friends have arranged between us.
My first objection is, 1 am afraid of
hurting you. My second objection
is, 1 am afraid you will hurt me- I
really can't see what earthly advan-
tage it would be to me to put hole
in your body, even were I to lodge it
in the most feshy part of your back.
could not make the least culinary
use of you after death, for you are not
rabbit nor a turkey besides, I am
not cannibal, and do not feed on hu-
man fesh.-Wherefore, then, should
1 kill man whom I can put to no
sort of use Beef is a great deal
better, for, while I am quite sure
yours is tender and delicate, am
afraid it lacks that frmness which
takes salt, and I am sure it would not
keep long. As for myself, I confess
[ have decided objections to putting
myself in the path of a dangerous
proiectile. lam downright frighten-
ed to think you might hit me, and I
feel prudence requires me to keep in
doors at the time appointed by our
over obliging friends for you to shoot
your pistol. Ifyou persist in your
whim of trying your pistols, oblige
me by taking for your mark some oh
iect of nearly my dimensions-for
instance, the trunk of tree. You
will find plenty in the Bois de Bo-
logne. If you hit it drop a line to
let me know, and I will instantly con-
fess had stood in the trees place,
you would have hit me too. Accept,
my dear sir and dear adversary, as
surances of my most distinguished
consideration.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
The Republican Party.

The Republican party never stood
higher in the public estimation than
at present, The reason for this is, il
has justified by its acts the confidence
of the people. 1t has stood the test
of more than twelve years of power,
and during that time has given birth
to measures that have added largely
to the strength, wealth, and influence
of the Republic. Since the forma
ton of the Government no party
has been called upont to stand strain
as severe as the one putupon the Re
publican party. Both its Legislative
and executive branches have been call
ed upon to face difficulties almost in
surmountable.; yet with a firm and
patriotic hand, it guided the nation
through its troubles, and to-day it
enjoys the reward due its services
the continued confidence and support
of the people.
To retain this support and to gain
the active sympathy of the thousands
of young men who are yearly becom-
ing entrusted with the privilege of
voting, our party must put forward
its very best men for Office. Weneed
something more than ability in our
public officials we need sterling hon
esty to make and administer our laws
The party should steer clear of polit-
ical tricksters, for the election of one
OF these slippery gentlemen will more
than offset the good that dozen
worthy officials can do. The honest,
intelligent, and patriotic citizens
should attend the local conventions
and primary meetings. By this prac-
tice, good men will be selected, and
the party strengthened. The surest
way to purify the ballot is to place
none but worthy men in nomination.
Our principles are right; it now re-
mains for the people to see that the
right men are selected to maintain
our principles and carry out our OBJ
jects.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-28
pooh POOH p

Long, long ago, when earth was young,
And all were waiting for the wave,
Old Noah stood his focks among,
And said, 'eMy folks and stock III save
By fitting out large canoe
The young men howled, and cried
"PoohI Pooh!"
In after times, when men, grown bold,
Contempt of Neptune's power affected,
And in the steamship, stanch of mould,
To cross Atlantean wave projected,
Old, hoary men censorious grew,
(Puffed out their cheeks, and said
'Pooh Pooh !"
And, later still almost to-day
When thoughtful workers said, ave hope
Under the ocean to convey,
Along three thousand miles of rope,
Tidings of what men say and do" ..s
lDerisive prigs remarked
"Pooh! Pooh ="
Yet Noah steered his famous barge,
And steamships crest the ocean wave,
And through the deep with lghtning's charge
Flashes the news from cave to cave
Then, what about the young balloon7
["Pooh Pooh !" or what, old Pantaloon
-[Daily Graphic.