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Feed Fowls Little, and Often.

The Poultry World.
e 1t is very careless method of feed
ing fowls which we see so often adopt
ed, where the grain is thrown down in
great heaps on the ground or floor 1t
is not only wasteful, but injurious to
the fowls, because they get over-fed,
and it is in an important respect con-
trary to their habits. For their nature
is to scratch" Watch the old hen
with brood when she is just let out
of the coop. She hardly stirs from the
spot, but as soon as she has realized
her freedom, down go her claws into
the soil, and afterwards, whenever YOU
see her. she is at it,
= Always feed, then, no more than can
be eaten at once, and take care that
this is so scattered amongst some light
rubbish, that they may have the luxury
of scratching for it. If feed is buried in
fresh earth, then they get, with their
mouthfuls of grain, something of use to
their peculiar digestive organs. Grain,
however, should not be allowed to
come in contact with the filthy tainted
soil too often found in the poultry-yard.
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MEDICINAL.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

~ n For the relief and
f. cure of all derange-
~ ments in the stom-
49, ach, liver, and bow
!: ; i. ]: i
|A els They are mild
NJ AZ<TA aperent, and an
S$klA EATS excellent pnrgativc
&,sS5aehky4eS Being purely vege-
>%la. table, they contain
A lsh mercury or min.
EWV %fsa@ea eral whatever. Much
w. serious sickness and
~ ~ suffering is prevent
ed by their timely
use; and every family should have them on hand
for their protection and relief, when required.
Long experience has proved them TO be the SAT-
est. surest and best OF all the Pills with which
the market abounds. By their occasional use,
the blood is purified, the corruptions of the sys-
tenn expelled, distractions removed. and tho
whole machinery of life restored to its healthy
activity. Internal organs which become clogged
and sluggish are c!eansed by 4yor's Pills, and
stimulated into action. Thus ncipiont disease
is changed into health, the value of which change,
when Icckonei on the vast multitudes who enjoy
it, can hardly be computed Their sugar coating
makes them pleasant to take and preserves their
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable
Although searching. they mid, and operate
without disturbance TO the constitution, or diet,
occupation.
Full directions are given on the wrapper to
each box how to use them Family Physc,
and for the following complaints which these
Pills rapidly cure:-
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, ListIess-
ness. Languor, and Loss of Appetite, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom-
ach and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and its various symp-
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Head
nche ,Jaundicc or Green Sickness, Bill
ious Collie and Bilious Fcvcrs, they should
be iudiciously taken for each ease to correct the
diseased action remove the distractions which
cause it.
For Dysentery or Diarrina, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For rheumatism, Gout, Gravel, Pal
pitation of the Heart, Pain in tho
Side, Back and Loins, they should be contin-
uousy taken, required, to change the diseased
action of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and Dropsical Swellings,
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
TO produce the effect of n drastic purge.
For Suppression, large dose should be
taken as 1t produces the desired effect by SYM
pathy.
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels restores the arpciite, and invgorates the
system Hence it is often advantageous where
no serious arrangement exists. one who feels
to|erablv well often finds that dose of these
pills makes him feel decidedly better, from their
cleansing AMI renovatiag effect ol the digestive
apparatus.
PREPARED BY
DR.. j. C. iTEIi C CO., Practical Chemists,
LOWELL, Mss, L. s. 4.
FOR SALE Il III. DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
June %. 1s72--1y
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Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable.
healthy, and
effectual for
preserving the
hair. 1t soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to its original
eoZor. qy;th the
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ORPHANS, COURT.

TTHHE STATED MEETINGS of the Orpbans' court Of
L Cecil county will be held on the second TUESDAY
IN every month Executors Administrators and Guar
T.; me, waning Their accounts stated, viii please bring
REUBEN D. LAMAR,
NV oV, ioo'-y Register,
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+. THOUSANDS of persons have been
permanently relieved of sick head
ache by giving up the use of tea
Let the patient try it thoroughly for
weeks and "see."
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
The NortliAeet Disaster.


The President signed the bill abolishing tire
franking privilege Friday.
A meeting of the officers of the Army of the
Potomac was held in New York Thursday night
at which initial steps were taken to erect mon
ument to the memory of Gen. Meade
The arrest Thursday night on charges of fraud
or William Van Name President of the Mar
ket Savings Bank of New York, which failed
few years ago, has occasioned considerable SEN
satlon in insurance circles. Other arrests will
probably follow.
A Pittsburg despatch states that working
men there have petitioned Congress to take ac-
ton against the importation of coolies to that
city, as they are the cause of hundreds of
American workingmen being discharged The
petition claims that the habits of the coolies are
are debasing, tend to demoralze and degrade a
Christian community, and that their employ
ment is but species of slavery.
A canister of gunpowder exploded in a store
in Edgeville, King county, Georgia, completely
demolishing it and fatally injuring two men.
There is great rejoicing in Madrid over the
| birth of the Prince.
The Pennsylvania Senate by vote of % to l +,
requests its Senators in Congress to vote against
government purchase of the telegraph.
There is conflict between the civil authori-
ties of Missouri and the United States Arsenal
commandant, Gen. Girerson, relative to man
| held By the latter for desertion. Gen. G. will
| not recognize writ Of habeas corpus.
Il
Conner and Elder, two men engaged in an at
tempt to burn the town of Arrow Rock, Ark,
were hanged by vigilants Thursday.
Mayor Medill of Chicago, is having a war
with the police commissioners He is sustain
| ed by the Board of Tra.e
A case of small pox is reported in the Exc
| ter. N. H., Jail.
The Exeter Bank defalcation shows on in
vestigation to be very much heavier than at
| first anticipated.
The story that employees of the Pacific Rail-
road have been frozen to death is denied.
Fhe United States officers in Texas have ar
rested several cattle raiders and Attorney Gen
eral Williams nstructs the officers to hold them
against haheas corpus or other processes.
The railroads in Western New York were
bockaded with snow Thursday so badly as to
be impossible for several days.
There are 100000 slaves in Cuba.
fire in Jackson, Tennessee, Wednesday,
destroyed property to the amount of S100000
embracing nearly the whole of the business
portion of the town.
Ex-Gov. Joel a. Matteson of Illinois, died
at Chicago Friday
The spice and coffee mill of Fisher s. Co., Of
New York, was destroyed by fire Friday night
Loss $4,000.
There is not bushel of coal at Memphis,
Tenn, and many families are burning oil cake.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01

seller March rejected 27lc. Oats steady; No at 25
rejected 22ac. Rye quiet and unchanged at 6S q 6ec
for No2. Barley dull and shade lower; No Fall
at Toe; No do at 631 a. Csc, according to location
provisions in light demand and hol iers firm. Pork
steady at IL 20 cash; IL so seller April Lard IN fair
eSeaad and firm at so cash. Bulk meats steady
0pio1 44c short rib middles &c. Green Meats
Hams sSes OF shoulders at 81 a 4c-latter for light
pound a SIC for 16pound averages; nc for IL
o. for igh{ es. Dressed Hogs active and firm at
CO., LUZ Hgnt weights heavy Weights easier at co
esc nishey IN light demand and holders firm at
oo0 SHsbP bbls -four. % 600 hus wheat "a
bnsb barlaH $1,000 bush oats 5000 bnsf rye 40
shipments 900 bbls -four. 5000 ,,,s,, -. oo.
barley. '''V' '"sh rye, 1000 bash
CINCINNATI, Jan. 31.-Proyisions ,,o,.,.-,,
unchanged Lard dull at II a re for ste, maoiiinay
Meats steady; shoulders at 4sc; clear iii Sides h r1
clear sides Gse; fully cured c higher BacoS sc
shoulders at 5c clear rib sides at c clear sdaa
Green Meats firm; shoulders Ale; clear rib sides ~
81 hams sold at g Ole for 20 to 4i-pound AVERAGE
ceipts 1900 head. Whiskey is firm at Sc generally
held at ssc.
TOLEDO, Jan. 31.-Flour is firm and in fair de-
mand. Wheat dull and shade lower; White Michi-
gan on spot and seller Feb so; seller March 81
seller last half April 81 seller May 80; No Red
1 500; No on spot II. Corn steady; sales of high
Mixed $50 a SOC; seller May 44c; low Mixed 3sac.-
Oats steady No at SIC; Michigan at S5c rejected
at 32c.
Shipments-4OOO bush wheat, 5000 bush corn, 1000
bush oats. 1000 bbls flour.
DETROIT, Jan. 31.-Flour quiet and unchanged
Wheat is steady; extra White at 200; No White at
95; Amber Michigan "A. Corn Is steady at 42c.-
Oats in good demand at SIC.
Receipts--1 500 bbls -four, 1000 bush wheat.
Shipments-0000 bbls -four, 5000 bush wheat
CHARLESTON. Jan. 31.-Cotton firm; Mddlins
uplands 1899.
SAVANNAH, JAN 3i.-Cotton firm; Alil'llin3 mp
lands at 19fe.
MOBILE, Jan Sf.-Cottop finn: Middling uplands
19se.
ding uplanls zoe
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
MATTERS In MAINE.



RoCKLAND, Jan. 81 Yesterday was gala
day for the Masonic fraternity in this city, the
occasion being the dedication of the new Ma
sonic Hall, followed by an installation of the
various Masonic bodies and banquet in the
evening. The hall, which is thirty by sixty feet
in size, and has been finished and furnished in
elegant and costly style, making it one of the
most beautiful masonic halls in the county, was
dedicated at 2 p H., in the presence of a large
body Of the fraternity, by Grand Master David
Cargill of Augusta, assisted by full Grand
Lodge. The installation of the officers of the
masonic bodies took place in the evening a: the
Farwell and Ames Hall, in the presence of
a crowded audience of members of the frater-
nifty and their ladies, to the number of more
than one thousand. The installation was in
the following order: The officers of Rockland
Lodge by Grand Master Cargill; King Solo
mons Chapter by Grand High Priest j. w.
Ballou of Bath; King Hiram's Council by Most
Puissant Grand Master G. r. Garden of Port
land; Claremont Commandery by Past Emil
nent Commander j. w. Ballou. At the con-
clusion of these ceremonies the company re-
paired to the masonic rooms where a banquet
was served, and the crowd in waiting for their
turn at the tables beguiled the time with music
and social intercourse.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
Religious Notices.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Congress st., corner of
Wilmot Rey VIM II. Smaller, Pastor.-Preaching at
The annual collection for the Widows Wood Society
will be taken in the afternoon.
CONGRESS ST. NJ. E. CHURCH.-Rev. C. B. Pit
t}ado. Pastor. Prayer meeting at 0 a. m, and n. m
Communion at 1Ok preaching at p. m. Lecture at
New JERUSALEM CHURcH-Rey, Mr. Hayder
win preach tomorrow morning from Isaiah XVI 9
Evening Lecture in the Vestry at u O'clock
FIRST SECOND ADVENT CHURCH, 1881 Congress
preach tomorrow at the usual hours. Seats free
INDIA ST. UNfvERsAL1sr CHURcH.-Rev. Geo. w
bleknell, pastor.-Serviccs at 104 A. NJ, and p. NJ
Subject lecture Serpents in Life Happiness and home
CONGRESS SQUARE UNIvERsAL1sT SocIETY-Ser.
Concert at p. NJ.
PORTLAND SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION, Temperance
Hall, 3511 Congress st. Conference at 2. NJ.
PREBLE CHAPEL, corner Preble and Cumberland
streets. Sunday School at p ms preaching at 3; p.
M Sunday School Concert p. m. Free to all.
ST. LAWRENCE ST. CHURoH.-Rev. A. H. Wright,
Pastor.-Services will pc held at 1Gh NJ, and p.
BETHEL CHUROH.--sabbath 1esa: NJ, and u p.
Prayer meetings on Monday and Thursday evenings
at u p. m. All from sea andland are invited.
SPIRITUAL FRATERNITY, ARMY AND NAVY UNION
HALL-Children's Progressive Lyceum at 10I A. M.
Conference at p. NJ. Subject, Mediumship.
sEElder Kimball will lecture in the Y. NJ C. A.
Hall Sunday at and p. m. Subject, Fulfllment Of
the Prophecies,
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Union Hall, 81 Fret
! Slider j. c. Welcome of Yarmouth, will preach
Sunday at the usual hours. Prayer meetingat a. m
WEST Cong. CHAPEIs-Services by Rev. George j
Fierce. g. ). at IL A. N; Sermon at 3. and Evening
service at II p. NJ.
WILLIsToN CHAPEL-S S. 10A A. NJ. Preaching
service at 8 P. NJ. Social meeting at p. M.
ST. LUKE's CATHEDRAL-Sundays i $50 a. ms and
7.3o p. M Daily, $50 a. and p m. Free to all
NEwBURY St., CHURcH.-Prayer meeting at 10A a.
M preaching in the afternoon at p. m.
PINE ST. NJ. E. CHURcH-D. II. Hamburger,
paste. Prayer meeting at a. m. and Z p. m.
Sunday school at Il p. Preaching at 10i and g.
Young Peoples meeting at 6;
PLYMOUTH CHURcH.-Rev Moseley III. Williams
Preaching at LEI a. M, and p. m. Vestry meeting
at O'Clock.
CAsco ST. CHURCH-Social meeting at ~ a. M
Preaching at 101 a. IN. and 8 p. IN. Sabbath Schoo
at close OF morning service Evening services at u.
ALLEN MISSION CHAPEL, Locsst Street.-Preach
ing i'll the evening by Capt Duton, of the steau shK
Prussan.
FREE ST. BAPTIST CHURcH.-Preaching in thu
morning at 103 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. A X. r
Small. Communion service in the afternoon. Mis-
sionary prayer meeting in the evening.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
blowing were the quotations of Government
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, JAM 3l-Evening--.Cotton in good ex-
21sc. Flour quiet and firm; sales 5000 State 80
q 65; Round hoop Ohio 745 q 10 s.; Western 80
q 10 IS; Southern 80 g 1929, Wheat is very firm
I73 a IS; No 3 Spring g. @ p; Winter Red
Western 1 go q co.; White Michigan at 2 90 a 3d.
Corn is firm and quiet; prime offered sparngly; sales
90, 900 bush; new Mixed Western &C a 66Ic; old do
&C. Oats firm, scarce and shade firmer; sales Co.
900 bush; White 55 q 574c; new Western S. Beef is
dullc. Pork quiet; new mess at IA 25. Lard is steady
at st q SIC: Butter firm; State 80 q CSC. Whiskey
steady at s3tc. Rice strong g slc. Sugar is very
zoe in Gold. Molasses quiet; New Orleans at 70 q
&c. Naval Stores-Spirits Turpentine is irregular
at &c. Rosin dull and heavy at 65 for strained
Petroleum dull and heavy; crude SIC; refined at 20
q 20ic. Tallow is quiet at So q SEC.
Freights to Liverpool quiet Room scarce.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3t.-Flour firm and In fair demand
stock very light; extra Spring so 9 49, Wheat il
steady; No Spring 81 Mo- Spring 254 cash !:
25s az 25a seller Feb; 2Ss do March; No do ~
-; rejected at SO q 99c. Corn quiet and weak: No
Mixed at aolc CASH. 3oac for seller Feb sIs as si,c
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
BY TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA MATTERS.
Especial to the Press.l
The Railroad Commitfce

AUGUSTA, JAM 81.
This committee considered number of mat
tiers to-day. The petition of the Maine Cen
tral Tor an extension of time to locate its extern
sion from Danville to Portland was heard to-
day through President Rice, and G. F. Lbbey,
Esq, for the city of Portland Action was
postponed one week.
The petitions for uniformity of railroad tariff
were taken up and considered. The measure
was vigorously opposed by the Maine Central,
very central figure just now. OF course the
petitioners have leave to dust or legislative
ly put, withdraw
The committee agreed to report bill author
izng the Kennebec s. Wiscasset Railroad Co
to change its name to the Wiscasset s. Moose
head Railroad Co., extend its line in that dircc-
ton, and authorizing the towns along the line
to loan their credit to the enterprise to the
amount OF ten per cent. of their valuation The
Maine Central don't object because they deem
it paper railroad.
Ihe committee will report bill limiting the
time that excursion tickets are good. The
Maine Central didn't object.
The committee will report a bill to incorpo-
rate the Portland s. Deering Horse Railroad
Co. 1t is rumored that the Maine Central don't
object
The hearing for the Georges Valley railroad
charter was assigned for Feb 18th
An Irregularity.
1t is reported that the bill reported in the
Senate to-day, relative to the Portland location
OF the 2. s. & P. r. r. contained one section
that was interpolated after the committee &C.
copied the bill and is directed against the
Grand Trunk.
EFT Cetern.
The Committee on Legal Affair. completed
its hearing of the Rockland Water company
matter. but will reserve its decision until Tues
day.
The Military Committee visited the Bath
Orphan Asylum today and will recommend an
appropriation of $4,000.
The first petitions against any change i'll the
shire town matter of Somerset county were re-
ceived to-day from Canaan and Athens, repre-
senting that they signers were led through
misrepresentation to sign them for change of
the action of last year.
There are some very wild and impossible rll-
mors of irregularity in connection with railroad
matter afoat tonight.
Another Temperance Convention.
The Reform Clubs of the State will hold a
Convention in this city Wednesday, February
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01

MIR. fsrooks' SQ5i.In-Law Rc-Appears.s
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-In Judge Polands
committee this morning, C. III. Nelson, son-in-
law of James Brooks, was recalled and in re-
spouse to lnterrogatOries said he never kept q
formal account of his financial transactions
with Mr. Brooks. The latter paid the S10,500
for the Credit Moibier stock for witness, but
he made no formal memorandum of the fact at
the time. Witness gave Brooks certain Pacific
railroad stock as security. The bonds given to
Brooks as security were the bond dividends first
received as avails of the Credit Mobiier. Wit
ness was interrOgated at length in reference to
the loan of $4,000 by Dillon to him, but he did
not know how the loan was settled and adjust
ed. Witness had an open account with Brooks
but the only evidence of the transactions be-
tween them was by memoranda on a check
book.
Mr. Nelson was subjected to a long cross-ex-
animation in relation to his transactions with
Brooks, and it then appeared that Brooks had
possession of the securities for the last five
years, and had even kept them in his possession
at time when Nelson did not owe him dol
lar. The interest of the bonds was drawn reg
ularly, and sometimes by Mr.. Brooks
The testimony developed an amount Of per-
sonal confidence not often heard of in financial
transactions, even between persons holding
more intimate relationship than that of father
in law and son-in-law. Mr. Brooks produced
written notices, etc, to show that all the tram
Mr.. Nelson and not with Brooks.
Mr.. Niblack said there was no question about
the fact that the stock was in Nelson's name.
The companys books showed that the only
question was whether the dividends or other
moneys were afterwards paid over to Mr..
Brooks.
Statement by Mr. Durant.
Mr.. T. c. Durant then appeared before the
committee again and made statement, as he
said, to correct the statements made by Mr.
Alley on the 18th inst. Durant's statement con
sisted, first of a history of the Union Pacific
Railroad and extrats from the minutes of the
proceedings of the Board of Directors showing
how the Ames contract was entered into.
In the course of his statement Mr.. Durant
said he utterly denied Alleys statement before
the Wilson Committee, that he had said he paid
any sum of money to Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens
He never saw Mr.. Stevens but once from the
time of the passage of the bill until Stevens
death. The statement was in great part de-
NAL of the claim set up by Mr.. Alley that the
principal work was done under the Ames con-
tract Mr. Durant said that Alley, Ames and
their friends were not the original subscribers
to the Union Pacific Railroad; their only inter-
est in said company being acquired by the di-
rectors or stockholders in the Credit Mobilier
He said that Ames & Co. seemed to think that
all money saved to the stockholders of the rail-
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
Ncw Yerk stock nnd Monex Mnrlct.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l-liorainq.-Gold at 49,
Money at per cent. Sterling Exchange, long, 1922
do short, 1iol.. State stocks dull and heavy.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31-Eceninq.-Money more ac-
tive ranging most of the day at 697 per cent coin but
fell to q per CENT with later transactions high as
1-32 per cent?. Sterling Exchange heavy with limit
ed demand and the appearance of Gold lower falling
from 113s to113s closing at 1888 q 1881; loans at a
6per cent. for carrying and fat for borrowing
Clearances $3o,O00000. Treasury disbursements
$1S6000. Governments trle lower and dull, clos
ing steady. State bonds dull but firm. The stock
market was pretty strong all day but quiet except
for Pacific Mail, Erie Western Union, and Atlantic
Pacific. Prices tended upward during the morning
and downward in the afternoon but closed firm; Pa
cic Mail active and rose from 72s to 7is, but de-
lined to ISL closing at 73t; Erie active and adj
vanced from 66s to 66 closing at 66 Western Union
rose from s4s to ssh closing at Sit Atlantic & Pa
eifc declined from 3Si to 265. and Missouri Pacific
from 5sk to 80; Union Pacific advanced from 354 10
1885, closing at $50; Quicksilver advanced from Az to
4St and preferred from 55a to 5sf In other shares
lA@b per cent. Railroad mortgages active and
strong.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01


City Marshal Clark informs us that he ha'
stationed policeman near the small pox hut OF
Commercial street, so there need no longer b;
any fear of ingress and egrcss by fools. Tit
family are in very destitute condition, and al
rangements have been made to supply them
with food and fuel
The annual collection for the Widows Wood
Society will be taken in State street church to-
morrow morning, and at the First Baptist il
the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w Hatch have sue
ceeded in Matching up two very spicy CARDS
which can be found in our advertising columns,
the burden whereof is matrimonial lnfeliclty'
A sea captain, ill of the small pox, was taken
from one of the vessels in the harbor last night.
A big fire was seen in the direction OF Saeea-
Kappa last evening