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The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
FOR SALE.

O.. THE new house recently erected by Lorenzo
kas Ia. lor Esq, making the corner of Quincy Lane
- and Congress street, directly opposite the Park
rms house contains 10 finished rooms, has Gas and
5. bago, every room frescoed by Schumacher
Drainage perfect, location better on Congress
street. Terms easy $4,000 down, balance to suit pui
chaser
G. r. DAVIS,
se1d4w Real Estate and Mortgage Broker
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
Abbott Family School for Boys,

Il the comforts of HOME are here combined with
superior school Boys prepared for college busi
ness Graduation and diplomas are conferred upon
all who finish the required course of study. Send
for an illustrated circular, address the Principal,
jul1d3m ALDtN j. BLETHEN. A. M.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
TwO U0uses for S0sOO.

MYTH 1000 feet of land, pleasantly located on
w Munioy; will rent for $500; plenty Of water
good neighborhood. Apply TO VIM. H. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent, Cahoon Block
Portland Sept. 15. 1873. se15*3w
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
House and Lot for Sale.
HOUSe for Sale

1.-TWO Story house, II rooms. Sebago water, lot &c
by 120 feet, western part of Brackett St. Price
$4,000, Apply to W. IL. JERRIS, Real Estate Agent
sel3 *lw
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
A Good Lot for Sale.

fENHE lot on India Street, next below the Univer-
Il sast Church-4O by Sc feet Can De had On lib
eral terms payment Apply to VIM. FL. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent, Cahoon Block.
Portland, Sept. 6, 1873. se6d-2w
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

A WEST End. good brick house, twelve
"A rooms, hot and cold Sebago and bath rom
Fine lot $4,000 feet nice grapery first class negc
hood. Apply to w. III. JERRIS, Real Estate Agent,
Cahoon Block. se1Is3w
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

We are always lool ing into the future, but
we see only the past.-Mme. Sretchine.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

The ladies IN Paris have revived the fashion
of wearing the hair low ON the neck.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale.

FENHE very desirable brick house. No. Park lace
Il suitable for small family Please examine at
once II not sold by the 20th inst. will be rented to
a ,sirab'e tenant. Apply to JOHN c. PROCTER.
80 Exchange St. seI6d1w
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

A young New Yorker, spending a month
with his uncle in New Jersey, wrote thus to
his mother: 1.-The peach trees here are too
slippery for me to climb; uncle won't let me
sail boats in the milk pals; there's no birds
nests around that 1 can see; Sallie Law
split molasses on my best pants, smaller
boy than l am, who plays with me, wears
gold chain, and want to go home"
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
Two New Houses for sale,

fENHE Block of two French roof Houses on
Il Congress street, next west of Bramhal street
a few rods from the horse cars. These houses con-
tain seven rooms each, Sebago and gas water closets
&c, &C. are very pleasantly located. and can be had
on favorable terms. Just finished and ieady for i'm
mediate occupancy. Apply to VIM. H. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent.
Portland, Sept 49, 1873. se15tf
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
Notice..

A NY one wishing TO go into business will please
IA call at W. W. Carr d Co. fruit Store No. Ex-
change street where they will find an opportunity Of
buying ont good stock fair terms as he wishes to
retire from business. seSd&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
NOTICEi

TNHE undersigned have ormel an Association IN he
Il known as Cuandlr's Band for ihe pnrpose Of
urni-hing mnic foi Balls. Parties, Concerts, Le-
v es, &c, after Sept. 1st 1873.
d. II. CHANDLER, CHAs GRrNMrp
j. VI. MULLALY, O. M RIcHaRnsox
y. TYLER, E. M. CANNON.
AL Engagements must be made with ID. H. Chand-
Ter. Leader.
Any number Of pieces furnished.
advertiser copy.l jycstf
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

Ex-senator Foote has fought thirteen cuels
and now he is telling the youth of his coun-
try to aim high.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
Country Cottage for Sale.

HOUSE containing five rooms in good order, Eli
II W0odhouse and Stable connected; one and ore
NTH acres grass land, garden and fruit trees very
high airy and healthy location, commanding beautiful
views OF country and mountains 13 miles from til
cit, and miles from q o. r. X Depot, pric
IN )derate. CHARLES M HAWKES.
Ju2leoj3m 96 Middle Street
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

A new sewer in Louisville is four miles long
and large enough to admit a carriage and
span of horses. 1t is not, however, a popular
place for driving.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

WEDNESDAY, MORNING, SEPT. II. '7s.
Gossip and Gleanings.

Gossip and Gleanings.
We are always looling into the future, but
we see only the past.-Mme. SWetchine.
The ladies IN Paris have revived the fashion
of wearing the hair low ON the neck
Ex-senator Foote has fought thirteen fuels
and now he is telling the youth of his coun-
try to aim high.
new sewer in Louisville is four miles long
and large enough to admit a carriage and
span of horses. 1t is not, however, popular
place for driving.
Convey thy love to thy friend, as an arrow
to the mark, to stick there, not as a ball
against the wall, to rebound back to thee ; that
friendship will not continue to the end that
is begun for an end.-Quarles.
Coral will be one of the fashionable orna-
ments of the season. Those cut in the shape
OF stars and made to fit the ear as studs. are
newly imported and very pretty. There is no
demand for imitation coral.
We are glad to announce, on reliable au-
thority, that the earth is perfectly solid. This
will be welcome intelligence to those people
who have always moved around az if they ex-
pected to fall through every moment.
Ladies are gradually di, carding one by one
the little trinkets and cheap knickku, cks worn
on promenade depending from the wast-bet.
The umbrella and fan is about all they can
manage.
A step toward the fabrication of artificial
flowers from parchment paper has been made
in the successful manufacture of artificial
grass, which has the advantage of being
much tougher than that from common and
oiled paper, and in no way inferior to it.
Belts with pockets attached, and travelling
bags made of alligators' skins, are the most
novel importations of the week, and are s1id
to be the caprice of the season abroad. This
leather is light ecru-color, with many irreg-
ular indentations, and is mounted with gilt
oxydized silver or Russian leather.
A young New Yorker, spending a month
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. =. DYER, No. 252 Middle st. All
Kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-17

Convey thy love to thy friend, as an arrow
to the mark, to stick there, not as ball
against the wall, to rebound back to thee that
friendship will not continue to the end that
Is begun for an end.-Quarles.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
Giant Powder.

Chemistry itself is Mt loss to esti
mate the power Of nitro glycerinc, says
the Virginia City (Cal,) Chronicle, aud
vet this new agent Of death ~ twenty
Der cent stronger. That our readers
NAV be enabled to form faint concep
ton of the danger of such u prepare
tion, we will give brief description OF
the process by which nitro-glycerine,
giant and Hercules powder are sup
posed to be manufactured, and of the
extreme caution necessary in their manu-
factnre.
In the manufacture OF nitro-glycerine,
two tubes, each about n quarter of an
inch in diameter and six inches in
length, lead iuto Il single tube Of double
their capacity, but of the same length.
Nitric acid is introduced into one and
sulphuric acid into the other of these
small tubes. The large tube contains
glycerine. The two aci, are then
forced gradually into the glycerine, and
the chemical combination thus forms an
explosive Of incalculable power. SO
powerful and dangerous is this article,
that not an ounce of it is allowed in the
mandatory while this little tube, six
inches long and half an inch in dame
ter, is being filed, and this tube is kept
constantly swathed in ice during the
process. To make giant powder, this
nitro-glycerine is allowed to drip upon
a clay (similar to meerschaum) imported
from Germany. The clay is the only
perfect absorbent Of nitro-glycerine
known. As Hercules powder is darker,
it is believed that that explosive is
manufactured by the same process,
charcoal, an imperfe t absorbent, being
used instead of SAID quality of clay.
If, in the manufacture Of nitro glycerine,
a strong tube is kept swathcd in ice,
and quantity of the liquid only six
inches in length and half an inch in
diameter is allowed in the building Mt
the same time, no wonder that General
Won Bokkelen, with his preparation
twenty per cent. more powerful, re-
marked that he would have it handled
thermometer in hand
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
Contagious Diseases.

The English papers reporteda lecture
on liabilities to disease, recently de-
livered by Dr. Alfred Hudson, in which
that distinguished physician stated the
following as some of the conclusions to
which he had arrived That liability
to zymotic disease may be considered
inherent in our constitutional law of
our nature; that this varies in degree
in different individuals, at different
times and under different crcumstan-
ces that these circumstances are part
ly external, or intrinsic conditions
that both are partly preventable, and
partly non preventable; fifth, that
c1teris paribns liability is least in those
i'll whom healthy blood, healthy tissues,
and healthy exertion coexist. cor stitu
ting perfect nutrition; and that it j:
greatest in those whose blood contains
the greatest amount of the products Of
waste of the tissues, and of matters in
state of decomposition, introduced
into the circulation from without. DR.
Hudson also asserts that fatigue is one
of the most frequent causes that pre-
dispose to disease-this being shown
particularly in the case of soldiers who
suffer so much after long marches
often exposed to the worst influences OF
the weather.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
Rusticus In Urbe.

A dusty, sun-brown stranger stalked
into one of the principal hotels early on
last evening, laid big black valise,
which had perhaps made quite smart
appearance in its youth, carefully be-
side him, and with n hand unaccus-
toned to public writing, scrawled, with
Smith upon the register.
"Will you have some supper, Mr..
Smith p asked the clerk.
Wall, no, I guess not, returned
the rustic gentleman. The folks at
home put up good bit of grub, and
thar's enough left in this var carpet
bag for n supper, reckon"
The clerk smiled and the country
man and his corpulent carpet-bag were
shown to their room. Country was
somewhat dazed Mt its magniticence,
but he WAS hungry, and placing the
satchel on the centre table he drew
forth large chunk of boiled ham,
numerous pieces of cold chicken, sew
eral enormous doughnuts. and half a
dozen hard boiled eggs. He was about
to absorb the meagre repast into his
starving system, when his eye caught
sight of the rules for guests, tackled
upon the door, He goS up and read
them aloud. He came to the last one,
and read, "meals in rooms charged
extra" He read it again, this time
slowly. "Wall, I'll be DANCED" he
calculated, and turning to the table, in
an instant he had removed the ham,
loughnuts, eggs, and all into the ON
niverous carpetsack, and in another in
slant he was down in the office, where
he accosted the clerk with, 81 see,
stranger, yer sign up thar in my room
says meals in rooms charged extra.
Eyes, )" responded the clerk, who re-
cognized the customer few minutes
ago, "$l extra" Wall, I'll be con-
sarned, guess the expense of a hot
meal won't be much more, and beckon-
ing to bell-boy, he called ont, "hy'ar
boy, show me the way to your kitchen,
and in moment later he was in the
hands of the walters. Chicago Times.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15

principal Dining Hall il 1875 by Is feet the Ia
dies Ordinary rs by rs feet; tho Grand Parlor
100 bv 25 feet; the noble promenade with It's
Cornthian colonnade ~ 1870 by 80 feet. The
kitchen. fitted up with the most approved ap-
pliances OF the cuisine, in 40 by GO feet. The
aystem q protection against fire is perfect
Tho floors are filed in with cement. and the
floor beams bricked in between partitions
The house has its regular disciplined fire bri-
gade of City trusty employees. Standing iron
columns from tho street, vast tanks in the
roof. the most powerful steam pump in the
CITY. with 5000 feet Of hose always kept at
tached in various parts OF the house, tee-
graph fire alarm in every room and the new
and perfect electric clock system OF Prof.
Hambet arc among the appliances aud safe
guards against conhsgration. From three by
drants on the roof tho hotel force can protect
their own structure and help the safety OF ad-
Joining buildings 1t would be difficult to sug-
gest A feature in great hotel which the Grand
Pacific has not Tho entire work OF carrying
the structure to completion has been for many
months in charge OF the lessees, whose repu-
tations and fortunes were made in the Sherman
House. destroyed in the great fire. Few stran-
gers will visit Chicago without making the
Grand Pacific one OF the principal lions Of their
visit Twenty months have given Chicago .
marvellous beauty in her new structures, which
in extent more than restore her former bust
ness capacity. Her streets are now lined with
tall blocks that are unsurpassed in variety
and richness in any city IN tho world Our
readers will thank us for tho presentment Of
the largest and most striking structure OF all
the Grand Pacific which, on the first day OF
June. 1873. opened its doors to guests
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
Persian Laws,

All the Persian laws, like those of
every Mohammedan country, are sup
posed TO be based upon the precepts of
the Koran, and though the power of
the Shah is practically absolute, in
theory it is only in so far as it is not
opposed to the accepted doctrines of the
Mohammedan religion, as e:pounded in
the sacred book of the Prop ct, in his
oral commentaries and sayings and in
the Interpretation given to them by the
High Priest. Hence the enormous
authority and influence of the Persian
and Turkish clergy. The Shah is re-
garded as the Vice Regent and repre-
sentative of the Prophet upon earth;
and ii is in this sem-sacred capacity
that he claims implicit obedience by
divine right from the faithful. Under
HIM the executive government is at
present carried on by the mockery of a
Ministry, who are mere creatures of the
Shah's breath and who have no indie
pendent will of their own; neither would
they dare to express it if they had one.
They may be raised to honor or degrad-
ed to infamy at any moment, and surely
one of the most undesirable positions in
this slippery world is that OF Persian
master.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
New Use for Substitutes.

The enforcement of the liquor law
has developed new, and it is presumed
paying, branch of industry at Boston.
1t is serving AS substitutes in working
out sentences to Jail administered to
liquor sellers. At least one liquor sell
Ter, against whom n sentence OF twenty
days to South Boston jailis duly record
ed on the court register, has not been
absent from his usual haunts for n day,
while a man called by his name is actu-
ally serving out the sentence and it is
pretty certain that such cases have been
numerous, and, of course, have been
made possible by the connivance of
prosecuting officers. In China it is
possible even fora man sentenced to
death to hire a substitute to endure the
infection of tho punishment but never
before was it possible for offenders
against the law in Massachusetts, to ex-
plate their crimes thus vicariously.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
How 10 Prevent Sunstroke.

The following specific against sun
stroke may save from illness and deatl
many whose occupation obiges them tt
be in the field or out upon the streets
"About " year since / saw in n news.
paper an account of case OF sun
stroke, written by the party himself.
After suffering long time from the at
tack, and having, to considerable de-
gree, recovered, he experienced suffer
ing even from the rays of the moon.
This led him 10 the reflection that it
was not altogether the heat of the sun
that produced prostitution. After much
research he discovered that the injury
came from the chemical ray, and not
from tn, heat ray. He was guided to
this by observing the fact that photo
graph could not be taken through a
hollow glass. Accordingly, he lined his
hat with two livingstone OF orange
yellow to arrest the chemical ray, and
one of green to arrest the heat ray.
Thus prepared, he went where the rays
of the sun were most intense with per-
feet impunity. 1t is well known that
the negro is seldom or never sunstruck.
The color of his skin over the skull be-
ing of the orange yellow may assist in
accounting for the fact. ! practiced
upon this suggestion all last summer,
lined my hat with green and orange yell
low paper. and had confidence enough
in the truth of the theory, to neglect my
umbrella, VIII eli had never done before
| mentioned it to many, who tried
it also, and in many cases that came
under my observation, they uniformly
asserted that the oppressive heat of the
sun upon the head was much relieved"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
The Atlantic Balloon.

The balloon in which Professor Wise
and others hope to cross The Atlantic
and which is expected to get out some
time during the month of September, is
no baby affair 1t weighs 1000 pounds !;
netting, 700 pounds car, $50 pounds ;
boat, 700 pounds; instruments and
drag rope, 1000 pounds total, $3.50
pounds. Four hundred thousand cubic
feet of gas, having a carrying capacity
of thirty-five pounds per thousand, give
total carrying force of 1900 pounds.
Deduct 8, $50 from this, and you have a
balance of more than 5000 for passen-
gers and ballast. All our provisions
will be SO much ballast, says the pref
fessor, in answer to correspondent.
All the water on board the balloon will
be ballast. Directly we come in sight
of land, we can dispose of the boat as
ballast. It will be Of no further use.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15

One OF the most marked institutions OF tho
outgrowth Of life in our larger centers OF
population is the great hotel, and no feature
il moro notable and remarkable in new Chi
caco than the vast carayansaries that are to
make her the hotel city Of the continent Inc
largest of these. and the largest hotel s'ruc-
ture in the world, il the Grand Pachc n cnt
OF which we give in this issue, ut once the
pride aud tho marvel Of the Garden CITY. Its
immense size and elegance are well indicated
in the engraving. and very reliable IN suggest-
iveness IA to the appointments and aaorn-
ments Of the interior. The Grand acme coy
ers an area Of GA, 900 square feet, an entire
block. bounded 10y Clark, Jackson. LaSalle
and Quincy streets. Opposite, on Clark street
ia rapidly rising the vast Government building
also occupying an entire square: Tho material
OF the fronts OF the great hotel is tho beauti'
ful olive-tinted Ohio sandstone. The strnc-
ture cost Jyer one million dollars, and its fur
nshng bv the lesseea. Messrs. George w
Gage. David A. Gage aud John A. Rice nearly
four hundred thousand dollars. an expenditure
warranted by their twenty years lease, and
securing throughout richness elegance and
solidity that will give enduring attractiveness
to tho hotel, and carry its fame among travel
ers all over the globe. The carpets OF the
house. Administer, Aubsson, Wilton and Eng
lsh Brussels, arc all in new styles. and large
" in special designs, and aggregate over sir
acres The beautiful carpets of the corridors,
eleven feet wide, amount to orer mae III
length. The features Of the hotel that most
strike the visitor and guest are the two I'M
mensc interior courts. used respectively for
the grand Office and the Office arcade. The
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
A Suicides Money.

VIM. Ross, a resident of Sonoma
county, committed suicide ut the Coso
House, in this city, on the 18th of June,
leaving about 81, 100 in coin and drafts
on his person, and written request
that the money be sent to his relatives
He omitted to say i'll the note where
his relatives lived. The facts of his
death and last request was republished
in the evening papers. Since this pub
lica ion, the coroner has received SIX
letters from people in as many different
States, laying claim to the money. In
each case a member of the family named
William Ross, corresponding exactly in
personal appearance with the descrip-
ton of the suicide was stated to have
been in this country, and, was last
heard of before his death in Sonoma.
In fact, there was no doubt that the
suicide was the much mourned relative
of the writer in each case. Unfor-
tunately for these would-be bereaved
writer's claims, it has been definitely as
certained that the suicides relatives
live in England. Francisco
Chronicle.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15
Indian Forays IN Texas on the Increase.

The Washington Republican has a
letter dated Fort Black, Texas, saying
that the Indian forays seem to increase
to an alarming extent. Scarcely day
elapses that the bleeding ard sealped
body of some poor isolated frontiers
man is not found scorching under the
summer sun. Stock and horses have
been taken away from the midst of po-
pulous and seemingly secure settle
ments, and driven to the wigwams of
the savage or the haciendas of the Mexi-
can allies. The troops which were re-
Gently stationed here-over 900 strong
are now scattered in detachments
throughout the country, SO that the gar
rison here may be considered as without
cavalry Several infantry companies
yet remain for garrison duty The
cavalry are kept constantly in motion.
They have secured every portion of the
country from the Rio Grande to
the Rio Honda, and have closely
guarded every creek and crossinf.
Yet, Notwithstanding this vigilanc
on the part of the troops, the savages
and their allies continue to increase
their incursions, and carry on a more
extended devastation of our territory
than they have dared to attempt for
many years previous. The same letter
saws that the people of the Mexican Dor
der States not only permit the savages
to cross and recross the boundary line
without hindrance, but aid them inevery
manner possible. The National Gov
vernment is not altogether so culpable
in these matters rs are the State admin
istrations. Every effort of the former
to bring about an am cable settlement
of the frontier difficulties is sure to be
thwarted,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-15

No MORE HEROES. deadly veg
etlbe lkuloids such as Mercury,
Strychnine, and Prussia Acid cannot
cure disease or produce any but the
most disastrous results. Perhaps no
event has occurred of late years which
is so well calculated to disahnse the
public mind of belief in the efficacy OF
mineral poisons and bleeding as the dis
covery of DIR. Walker, of California, OF
certain medicinal herbs, whose healing
principles he Las extracted and COM
bined IN the form of VINEGAR BITrERs.
The cures wrought by it seem marvel
ous. Its action is mild and agreeable,
but at the same time rapid and effectual,
and being unimpeded by the presence
of alcohol or fermented liquor of any
description, is attended with results
hitherto nnachieved by any remedial
agent. The cures of Bilious Com
plants, Malarious Fever, Dyspepsia,
Rheumatism, Scrofula, and all diseases
arising from impurities of the blood,
attest the paramount excellence of tins
medicine, and justify us in recommend
ing it Com.