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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10

ana a minatory frown on his face. You
nave the same feeling that possessed Won in
your school days, when the master was adj
vancing ruler in hand. You inyoluntariIv
-squncn yourself up and prepare for the
worst. The watch is thrust under vonr
nose; then follows, IN vicious accents @So
you're late, chi" What is to be lone with
the hend? Report him to the proprietor
USELESS; the proprietor would rather lose
your custom than dismiss the iend. Seek
youT provender elsewhere? No, for You
might fall into the hands of other tends
who would develop more atrocious
quantities than your livliest imagination
could portray. "Grin and bear it?p Yes.
lIyou intend to live in Denver, and have no
nome" OF your own. In years gone by the
menu was snot, L believe; and under the re-
pressing reign of the revolver his 6endisb-
ness seldom rose to the surface. The close of
Christianity OF Cromwell was naturally sue
ceeded by the moral laxity of Charles IL.
but decency, after a while, resumed its
sway; and l presume that at some future
day
THE FIEND OF DENVER
will again be gathered to the fold of waiter
DOM. This place is full of Englishmen.
What they do, no one seems to know. They
seem to be a very decent set, mindine their
own affairs Whatever they may be-. A lord
is among them, a quiet fellow, who doesn't
hold himself aloof from the common herd.
and, who, apparently, has money
enough to pay his debts-a little mat
ter which all of our noble foreign friends
haven't attended to. Most of them. like
the oxford graduate, have a paper among
their curiosities, labeled Receipt ola trades
man-very rare" The morals of Denver
are said to bs improving. There is little
open vice. To be sure, Sunday is not as re-
ligiously kept as in the East. The billiard
rooms are open on that day. and the
echoes from the ivory balls mingle
with 1.-THE sound of the ch~urch-going
bell" The lager beer saloons and the bar
rooms have no closed doors; but we might
say pretty much the same of New York on
Sunday. Assuredly there is an improve
ment upon several years ago. That there
should re no circulating library of any de-
scription in a place of this size is rather
against its intellectual improvement. Per-
haps it is too soon to expect much.
The democracy of Cincinnati is said to
be made up of those who kill pigs, and the
aristocracy of those whose fathers killed
pigs. The great people of Denver are the
"Fifty-niners," those who came here In 1859,
and the small people are those who have
come since; so, as this city is but a youth of
fifteen, we must not look for the fruits of
maturity. In general 'goahesdativeness"
Denver certainly will rank superior to any
| eastern city of like size.
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REMoNsTRANCE
L THAxTEE.

GCome out and hear the birds sing! on Where-
At the western window watching, dreamy-pale
While he warm summer wind disparts your
tresses' clustering gold?
What is it on the dim sea line your eyes "ouAu
al seek a sail that looms from out the purple
1 rosy dawn, or fading eve, or in the noontide's
blaze
"a sail? Lo, many a column OF whloe canNa
All day they glide across the blue, appear ana
See now they crowd the dining iocking from
Why stirs a smile more sad than tears the pa
"They lean before the freshening breeze, they
cross the ocean floor, -o
But The ship that brings me uolngs OF my oNe
comes nevermore."
"Come out into the garden where the crimson
phloxes burn,
And every slender lily stem upoeais a ius'rous
A thousand greetings float to you from bud and
Their sweetness freights the breathing wind
how beautiful they areF"
their breath;
The whisper of this mournful Wlnd Is sau 10 hs
as DEATH"
s'And must you sit so white and cold while all
All, come with me and see how all is trimming
with delight
On the beach the emerald breaker murnnufs Oei
the Iawny sand;
The white spray from the rock Is tossed, Dy
melting rainbows s~panned.
"Nay, mock me not! 1 have no heart for ma
lures happiness;
One sound alone my soul can I'LL, one shape my
sight can bless"
"And are your letters forged so fast, though yor
were free and strong,
By the old mysterious madness, told in story
and in song
Since 6urdened with the human race the worlc
began to roll?
Can YOU not thrust the weight away, SO heavy
on your souls" b..
There is no power in earth or heaven sucf
madness 20 destroy,
And would not part with sorrow that's sweet
er far than JOY"
"FOh, marvellous content that from such still des
pair is born!
Nay, l would wrestle with my fate till love wer'
slain with scorn!
Oh, mournful Mariana! L would never sit 81
gale,
Watching, with eyes grown dim with dreams
the coming of a Sail!N
peace, peacei How can you measure a deptf
you never knew?
My chains to me are dearer than your freedom
is TO yOu,"
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SHOCKING

AN MOTHER AND
The st. Louis Republican of the Slst ult.
gives the following facts connected with an
unparalleled example of brutality: A case
probably of the most disgusting brutality
that st. Louis papers nave ever been called
upon to chronicle, was brought to the no.
tice of the police of the first district yester-
day. The story, as related by Captain Her
cules, is as follows: Living near McNair
avenue, between Pestalozzi and Lynch
streets, is one Peter Midway, and living
with him in the relation OF wife is one
Mary Hardeman. This Mulvay is the man
who, as was proved at the inquest, beat his
wife in a brutal manner last spring,
bringing on a premature birth, as a result
of which she died. By some technical means
Midway escaped indictment. He has sew
eral children by that wife, and, according to
the testimony of his neighbors, he frequent
ly beats them and drives them from home,
compelling them to find shelter in outhouses
or in the houses of plying neighbors. Now
to the present case. Mary Hardeman has a
little girl about two years of age, who has
on all occasions been beaten and mistreated
by both its mother and Midway. The
neighbors have frequently seen the little
thing abused in a manne that,
1t would seem, an adult could hardly
endure, and the matter had become the talk
of the entire neighborhood. Complaints
were frequently made to the police, but as
they were not witnesses to the cruelty, thew
were 10th to take any steps in the matter,
On Thursday afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, Bridget
Mulyay, a IO-year-old daughter of Mulvay,
went TO the house of her father, intending to
pay a visit, she being employed in another
family earning her own living. She found
the house closed, and was about going away,
when she heard a faint, moaning voice cry
80, mammal! o, mammal" The neighborstold
her that the little girl was in the cellar of
the house, and an investigation proved this
true. The opening to the cellar had been
nailed up, and this and the child's condition
went to show that 1t had been put down
there for the purpose of starving it to death.
1t was taken out, but it was so benumbed
with cold and SO exhausted from want of
food that it was unable to stand.
The neighbors took charge of it and
brought it out OF it's exhausted state, but the
woman Hardeman soon came after it,
and, threatening that if they ever touched it
again she would split their heads, took it
home, where it was beaten by Mulvay and
again placed in the cellar and left there all
night. Midway amused himself when it
cried by poking it through the cellar hole
with a long stick. Some of the neighbors
demonstrated with him, but he said that
the child was in his charge, and he would
do with it what he pleased. This is the
case, as ten respectable citizens are willing
to testify, and surely something should be
done to bring the brutes to the punishment
which they deserve. The child is still in
their hands.
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versity of Modern Languages was incorpor-
ated under the laws of Massachusetts,. The
report of the board OF trustees, lately read
before a large meeting at Newburyport
City Hall by Mr.. e. NJ. Boynton, showed
that accommodations had been secured in
this important line of instruction for 100
pupils. He offered to be one of 100 to raise
800, 600 fer the institution, end he had no
doubt that If Newburyport would raise as
much, 81, 900, 900 would be invested within
ten years.
In a speech at Oshkosh on the late visit to
Wisconsin, Gov. Seymour said: Several years
ago / was unfortunate enough to be a can
didate for public Office, and many unpleas-
ant things were said against me; but I con-
sole myself with the reflection hat the harsh
things said about me. which were untrue,
were no greater than the many which might
have been said against me but were not
said. was accused of being disloyal, dis
honest, hypocritical and intriguing. but my
neighbors cared little for that. But if my
enemies accused me of watering my milk, L
would nave been entirely ruined in the esti-
nation OF my ONEIDA county friends.
Julius, is you better dis morning."
ono 1 was better yesterday, but l got
over it,"
Sam der no hopes, den, OBJ your discoy-
ery?"
Discovery of what?"
"Your discovery from the convalescenc
which fetched you on your back"
ssDat 'pends, Mr.. Snow, altogedder on de
congratulations which amplify the disease
should they terminate fatally, the doctor
thinks Julius is a gone niger; should dey
not terminate fatally, be hoped dis colored
individual die anoder time. / said before, 1T
all 'pends on the prognostics, and till desc
come to head il is hard telling wedder the
Niger will discontinue dis time or not
Hartford Times.
A writer in Chambers Journal speaks Of
the fact as decidedly noteworthy that the
c1mmon opinion that excessive mental oc'
cupation gravitates toward insanity is not
only not verified by facts, put that, on the
contrary, one of the foremost of living ply
sicians doubts whether alienation of mind is
ever the result of overstrain; it is to phys,
icsl, not mental arrangement, he thinks
that excessive work of the brain generally
gives rise. Insanity, he points out, finds
the most suitable material for its develop
msnt among the Goldfish, ~uneducated
classes. while the worst forms of physical
diseases are originated and intensified by
the educated, overstraining brain-workers.
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THE wEDDING-vAIL.
ELIZABETH II. WHITTIER.

Dear Anna, when / bought her vail,
Her white vail OF her wedding-night
Threw DER my thin, brown hair its folds,
And, laughing, turned me TO the light.
"See, Bessie, see! you wear at last
The b~ridal-vail, fo-sworn for years."
she saw my face,-her laugh wa hushed,
Her happy eyes Were filled with tears.
With kindly haste and trembling hand,
She drew away the gauzy mist;
"Forgive, dear hearti her sweet voice said:
Her loving lips my forehead kissed,
We passed from put the searching Hght;
The summer night was calm and fair;
/ did not see her plying eyes,
felt her soft hand smooth my hair.
Her tender love unlocked my heart:
Mid falling tears, at last / said:
"Forsworn, indeed, to me thai vail,
Because / only love the dead!"
She stood one moment statue-still,
And, musing, spake In undertone:
"The living love may colder grow,
The dead is safe with God a'one!"
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A THEATER FIGHT.
THE POUNDING OF FACEs-A sANGUINA
CONFLICT.

THE POUNDING OF FACEs-A sanctuary
CONFLICT.
The New York Sun of the 31st. ult. con-
tains the following account of a unique en-
tertainment in q theater in that city: They
had a spectacle on the Bowery stage last
night, A play called "Life in New York;
"Billy" E~dwards's benefit, with a sparring
match between Edwards and Fiddler
Nearv. On Thursday Neary said that he
would not attend, and "Patsev" Hogan was
substituted in his stead. The the
alter was packed from pit to dome.
On the stage were Arthur Chambers,
Mike Coburn, Johnny Aarons, George
Siler, Bill Clark. Harry Hill, and a crowd of
others of the profession" Edwards stepped
to the toctlights and said that as Neary was
not in the house he would put on the gloves
with Hogan. At this Neary jumped from
his seat in the gallery and shouted that he
was con hand" and was not afraid of Ed
wards.
"Come down, then" said Edwards, sand
let's see.r
Neary descended tn the stage amid a
deafening shout. and stripped for a fight.
Both men were excited, and it was evident
that they "meant business" The stage was
surrounded by policemen, and others were
stationed in different parts of the house. A
riot seemed imminent. Old "Bill" Tovee
stepped forward and tried to pacifv the ex-
cited crowd, and called for fair play. At
length the combatants stepped toward the
footlights and shook hands, smiling grimly.
At the word slime , the herculean "Fid-
dler'' aimed a blow with a fist like a sledge
hammer. Edwards stepped aside and
struck Neary a fearful blow on the
ii tho fam Tho ronn 4ka,,
closed, and a terrific round ended with the
fall of both, with Edwards uppermost. Six
rounds followed, both pugilists fighting in
earnest. The "Fiddler," finding his antag-
onist more skillful than himself, stopped
sparring after the second round, and sought
only to throw Edwards, depending upon his
own superior physique. At length he grew
desperate and laid himself open to the
fierce assaults of his adversary, who kept
cool, waiting for his chance. Every
round ended with a fall, and
six times out OF the seven the
they struggled desperately, rolling over and
over, striking savagely, until the sports"
on the stage had to d~isengage them. The
contestants allowed each other hardly any
time, but almost as soon as separated re-
newed the fight. The admiring crowd arose
from their seats en- masse and shouted them
selves hoarse. Before the end of the fifth
round the "Fiddler's" face was battered al
most past recognition, and the blood,
which flowed freely from his nose,
was spattered over Edwards. AT
the end of the seventh round Neary "threw
up the sponge" and the spectators on the
stage lifted Edwards to their shoulders and
carried him to the "hies." de was loudly
called for. For several minutes the uproar
was so great that he could not make him
self heard. When it ended he walked to
the front, and, painting for breath, said:
"Gentlemen, 1 hope this viii be a lesson to
Mr.. Fiddler Neary, and the next time he
promises to put on gloves with me l guess
he will keep his word"
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THE ACORN.
f. W. b.

the Galaxy for November
An acorn swung
On an oak-tree bough;
So long IL had hung,
1t would fam fall now
To the kindly earth,
That its germ within
Might burstinto birth,
And its life begin.
And the autumn came
With its burning hand;
And each leaf grew a flame,
And each bough a brand.
And a worm came up
And began to eat
Through the hard, dry cup
To the acorn sweet.
And the acorn thought,
81 shall soon see now
The life / have sought,
When / fall from the bOugh;
For the worm gnaws through
Each tendon slight,
That about me grew,
Ana bound me tight"
And with dying day
Came the zepnyr's sound:
And the acorn lay
Next morn on the ground,
But its germ was gone
By the worms sharp teeth;
And the ground IL had won
Was its grave In death.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-19
Building and Provisioning Of Light.
Houses.

The building of lighthouse often demands
the utmost skill, ingenuity and knowledge.
Some are built or stones fastened together
with heavy iron clamps; some, entirely OF
iron, look like gigantic spider squatting on
the water. Some, placed on low beaches or
rocks, need TO be tall towers. Others, ike
Poiht Reyes, in California, perched on high
bluffs and cliffs, are oDly big enough to con-
tain the lantern aud It's apparatus. In many
cases lighthouses are built complete at some
foundry, and then transported to their proper
place. In Others men must work amidst the
surf under such difficulties that in laying the
iourdation OF MinOIs Ledge Lighthouse, on
the Massachusetts, coast. one OF the famous
achievements in this branch of engineering.
General Alexander, the distinguished officer
who superintended the construction, was alb
to get but thirty hours OF work done in the
first wear, and one hundred and fifty-seven
hours in he second year.
Nor do ingenuity and care cease when the
lighthouse is built and the keeper installed.
Most OF our light houses are on barren, desc
late, and exposed points OF our coast. In
some of them the keepers cannot communl-
cate at ali with the shore during the winter
months. and in such cases supplies of all
Kinds for the lights and the keepers must be
accumulated beforehand. In mauy tresh-wa-
fer for the keeper and his family has to be
caught in cis:erns; and there is an official cir
cular to light-keepers. telling them how to
avoid the poisonous effect of the wa. er drip
ping from the leads of the light houses by
putting powdered chalk into the cistern and
occasionally stirring it. In many cases it has
been found that cattle, attracted to the light
at night, destroyed the strong-rooted grass
which holds down sand dunes, and thus ex-
posed the lighthouse .tsef to destruction
and in such cases a considerable area OF land
must ,,e fenced in to exclude these beasts.
On stormy nights sea-fowl are apt to dash
themselves against the lantern glasses, blind
ed probably by the glare of the lights, ami all
lieiit-keepers are specially warned in their
printed instructions to be on the watch for
such an accident, and extra panes of glass,
| fixed i'm trames, are always in readiness in
every lieht-ho use. to substitute for those
which NAV thus be broken.
In fact, the Lighthouse Board carries ON
| and provides for an infinite number of details
many of them petty. bnt not unimportant. 1t
must provide oil for the lamps, and oil butts
must be ingeniously contrived so as to ex-
| clude air from their contents. 1t must keep
a store of wicss, and of lamp scissors to trim
the wcks it must provide the most durable
and economical paint for the iron Of the Ian,
terms it has to send on supplies OF food; and
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Don't go with cold, wet
feet nor let your neigkbOrs
suffer, as l will---fOr the
purpose of introducing my
rubber store to the ENTIRE
cOmmunity---se!l for TEN
DAYS rubbers of FIRST
and BEST quality, fresh
from Halls GOODWEAR
Rubber Works, Boston.
Mems Imitation Sandals so
cents. Ladies' Imitation
Sandals IS cts. Misses and
Children's Imitation San
dals 45 cents per pair; at
All FIRST FRS CLASS WAR
RANTED rubberS. and
these prices were never be-
fore known in this market
and may never be again, SO
rush before it is too late.
Also, mems heavy rubber
boots, made by WOOnSOcket
Rubber Co.. $500 per pair
at
HALLS RUBBER STORE,
under Falmouth Hotel.
fe14 eod1w
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Valuable Farm for Sale /!

The well known Mcintosh Farm
A<isN-N situat ed in th9 town of Windhxee
Ef1a5SsaE&R near head of Duck Pond, and about
E2sgl I4lI1 ten miles from Pof. land. This farm
7s4=lss5s5s@ contains about one hundred acres
conveniently divided into moving, ,tllage and pastur-
age; sixty under cultivation cutting from so to
10 tons OF hay per year. and with small outlay can be
made to cut $50 Tons. Connected with is hun
dred acres of wood and timber land. There is an
orchard of 15O apple-he.s, old and young on the
place. The buildings ire nearly new, the house hav-
ing been built In 1865. at cost of nearly $4,000; it
is large two story house with addition, in perfect
order and condition, with convenient outbudings,
excellent cellar, well of good water, and a syring
of living water near the house. Barn 40 so far in
good repair One side of the entire farm Is fenced BY
the Duck Pond and most Of the remainder by per-
manent ence. Every rod of field can be moved by
machine. This is one Of the best and most desirable
farms in Cnm aerland County, and there is none more
valuable farm in Maine for stockraising purposes.
This farm will be sold for one half its value about
the cost of the building will buy it.
For particulars term of sale, &c, apply to COBB
& RAY, Attys at Law, No. 423 Exchange Street,
Portland, Maine, fe9d&wtfi
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REAL ESTATE.
Money 10 Loan.
GROCERY Staud for Sale.


SAID property Is situated corner of Grove and
- Dalton stree sabout one mile from Portland,
consisting of q story house, with an ELL piazza
front, and containing ~ finishei rooms with an
abundance o Closets cemented cellar cistern water
and best kiod of furnace. A new stable, very con-
vepient, 22x30 acre land well cultivated and nne-
vines and different kinds of fruit trees. Enquire of
d. NJ. G. DUNN, 227 Middle St.. Portland. fel8dlm
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JOB PRINTINe.-Every description VI job
Printing executed promptly, auu at the lowest
prices, at the Daily Press Printing House, 1os
Exchange St. WIZ. M.MAREs.
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For Sale.

For Sale.
We offer for sale our property in
ASSSN-G Ligopia Village, C. E., consisting Of
MMTTEeR two Houses. arranged for eight FAM
laaEE:lSH lilies, anc land and utouildiugs con-
aaa3s2..x<11- -nected herewith These houses are
and tn Roughly ard subsant lily built, and
fully occupied by prompt pay ing tenants This is a
most desirable investment for any having funds
TO invest. This properly is entirely free of encum
brance and will be sold liberal terms.
For particulars rnd terms inquire Of us, at our
place of business.
CHURC HILL g. MELCHER,
81 Commercial street. Portland.
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For Sale.

IN West Cumberland, eleven miles from Portland,
4 25 acres land in wond and tillage with buildings
Stable, all finished and painted good Ce lar with ce-
mented floor, good well water, and young and
thrifty Orchard of so apple. pear and plum trees,
part Of them in bearing. Also Store, workshops
and Public Hall on the premises.
A good chance for Trader Mechanic of any
kind. For particulars inquire of
fe13d&w3w* w. H. WILSON, on the Premises
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$500 to $IOOOO.--Partner Want.

IN light manufacturing and wholesale business,
L with trade established through New England and
paying we'll. 10 young man who can command the
above cash capital this is of the best business
chances to he offered. SIN rt energetic young man
wanted, much as the money, must have good ref
erence to character; satisfactory reference given
in return. For more particulars address
G. G. D & CO Box 913,
fe12d&w2w7 Portland Me.
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For Sale.

fHNHE house on State Street, occupied by the un-
Il dersigDed. This house is thoroughly built of
brick and stone and has all modern convenences.
ALLEN HAINES.
Portland, Sep. 18th, 1872. sep19-tt
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FOR SALE.
Drug Store for sale

Ma fiourisbing Village on the line of the Grano
Trnnk R. R. Established five years ard d6ing
fine bu iness Reasons for selling ill-health oil the
W. F. PHILLIPS & CO..
fel3dtf Wholesale Druggists, Portland, Me-
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AGENTS

DROMPT and reliable, and all who are out of en-
Il ployment, will do well to inquire about the Ex /.
termi a tor, a standard article, new. and neces-
sity IN every household. Win furnish pleasant
AMI profitable business during the spring and sum-
mer months. Address
LORIENT CHE M1CAL CO.,
fe14d1w Sole Proprietors, Bristol, r. I.