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The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01
European nIarket.,

European Markets.
LONDON, Aug. 3t-12.30 P. M.-American securi-
ties-Erie 31a.
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 31.-12.3O P. M.-Cotton market
dull and unchanged; Mddling uplands at sgd; do
Orleans at 81 q 8sd sales 12 900 bales including 20OO
bales tor export and speculation.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01


Hon. Joshua Nye, Insurance Commissioner,
left for Detroit yesterday, to attend the Ma
tional Insurance convention, and will be absent
about two weeks.
The Secretary of the National Conference of
Unitarian churches, in Saratoga, is camping
out at Cow Island with the pastor of the Park
street church, Rev. Chas. w. Buck.
Mr.. Daniel G.. Rollins, Jr., Assistant Dis
trict Attorney of New York, is visiting the
city.
We were pleased yesterday to receive . call
from Mr. George o. Goss, who appears to be
quite restored to health. He attributes his re-
covery to the skill and assiduous care of DR.. S.
c. Gordon. His many friends will be happy to
learn of the marked improvement in his
health.
Judge Fox goes to Bath this morning to hold
ses Jon of the q. S. District Court.
Rev. Dr.. Shaw of Waterville, by request of
the Baptist Missionary Board, will go for a
few weeks on a missionary tour to Aroostook
county.
Rev. A. III. Sweetser of the Universalist
church at Rockland, has rendered his resigna-
tion to take effect in November.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01
RockIand Lime Market.

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance 1000 bush cornmeal to Geo
" irr1a 81 Co
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01
A Centennial Celebration

WILL be held at New Gloucester, Sept. sth,
w 1874. Grafton by T. H. Haskell, Esq, at
10 a. M music by the band and choir. picnic dinner,
speaking in the afternoon, by able speakers. A
cordial Invitation is extended to all former citizens Of
JOSEPH CROSS, Com.
A.o. CHANDIEfR, Arraneemrs.
New Gloucester, Aug. 2s. 1874. ag2sd3t&w1ts
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01

Boston Steck List.
(Saes at the Brokers Board, Aug. 31.l
Portland Saco & Portsmouth r.. .113a q ia
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots Of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Brunel q Co.,
Andrews, Wentworth GIendenning, Moses, Hender.
son, and Chisholm Bros on all trains that run out OF
tbecity. }td
At Biddeford, of Pillsbury.
At Saco of L, Hodgdon,
At Waterville, of j. y. Carter.
At Bath, of j. o. Shaw.
At Lewiston, Of French Bros and Stevens g. Co.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-01

AGED BRoTHRRHoop.-The Aged Brother
hood held their annual meeting at the Common
Council Chamber yesterday afternoon.
On motion of Fl. G. Barnes, J. f. Weeks was
reelected President by acclamation.
Mr.. Weeks sent in letter declining the re-
election.
Mr. Todd presented the following resolutions:
RESOLVED That the spontaneous sympathy of
this Society, the Aged Brotherhood, flows out
in behalf of our Brother Joshua f. Weeks
during his protracted sickness, and our prayer
is that he may be restored speedily to his usual
health.
Resolued, That the unfeigned and heartfelt
thanks of this Society Of Aged Brotherhood be
presentedto our ex-President Joshua f. Weeks,
for the very valuable and faithful services he
has rendered to this society for the past two
years.
DR.. G. Morse was then unanimously elected
President.
Edward Waite, Joseph Chandler, Robert
Dresser, James Todd, Henry Trckey, n c.
Rice and jefferson Coolidge were elected Vice
Presidents. Elisha Trowbridge Treasurer, and
H. G. Barnes Secretary. Col. Thompson de-
clined a reelection as Secretary.
From the Report of Treasurer Elisha Trow-
! bridge, we learn that the Society numbers 217
members; that it possesses $1.748.6S in bank
and bonds, that $S4 were paid cut to needy
brothers the past year.
Elisha Trowbridge was voted gratuity Of
$40 for his valuable services as Treasurer dur
ing the past five years.
Section third of the Bylaws was amended SC
that meeting of the members can be called
by sending postal card to each one instead oi
publishing notice in the papers.
A committee consisting Of James Todd, Elisha
Trowbridge and Henry Trickey, was appointed
to prepare badge for the members to wear
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
Aversion to Manual Labor.

The nractiea of od,c.t;ns, ho,,s for ,ha
nrosess;on. vh;.b aro ,,.oadx o,,.,s,o.,,ad
or for tho morcant;la business !, ,,vb,cb
statistics show tbat n;natv.t,vs 4, /. bun
dred fail Of sueeess il searfullv On the a.
crease IN this count,v Amar;e.ns .ro
annu.llv hocom;,, n,sra .na ,novo .v...o
10 manual labor. and 10 cot a I;v;no bv
ones wits even At the cost Of iudenen.
dence and seleresnect and a fearful wa.r
and tear Of conscience il the ambition of
a large nroportion Of ouy vouno mon The
result il that the mechanical nrofess;ons
are becoming n ,oopopolv Of foreigners
and the ownership of the finest farms even
in New England is pass;up from Ameri.
cans to Irishmeu and Germans Pifty
wears apo n father was not ashamed 10 mt
his children 70 the plow or. 10 meoban;.
cal trade but now thew are s.too feeblen
for bodily labor, one has 4 main in bis
side. anotber n sl;cbt oouob anotber Ga
very delicate constitution . anotber IA
nervous and so Door Bobby or Billy or
Tommy is sent off to the city TO measure
tame. weigh coffee or draw mol,ssos
Il seems never 10 occur 10 their foolish
parents that moderate manual labor in the
pure and bracinp air Of the country ia
lust what these puny, wasp-waisted lads
need, and that to send them to the crow.
ded and unhealthy city Is to send them 10
their graves. Let them follow the plow.
swing the sledee. or shove the forenlane
and their pinched chests will be expanded,
their sunken cheeks plumped ont. and
their lungs, now acabincd. cribbed. and
confined 9 will have room 10 nlav Their
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

ri,
Inc lesson eqntained n Che following
narrative : earnestly recommended % tie
'noash'iai consideration qf every bqg u
'n's s'an'y
'pa1e copper ~ ! an starving
were .ne "o'us o ? poor haliss'afvea
''sssu man p gentleman fastening
nome oae p'.'sr eo'a night Spare
s0PPs'' ~ ana voa WI bless you
o1aok s''n 'hs Fellows man''er aud ep-
Pssssn's' 'hs gentlemen stopped and said
ou 'ook' as = you haa seen better
'ys = you w'l' 'e'' me cnnaIdly what
mas 1a Dsen your greatest failing through life,
= s,se you enough g pay your lodging.
% ai'a'a ! eoe'a hardly do that,
''s .sssal 4 answered WIN mournful smile,
y w t'eresa shilling 70 ahar-
psn oas memory ou'y g be sure you
'Psaa ''e 'ta'n
ss mag pressed me com lightly IN biz
'a'u' .na alier thinking ior nearly mia
we, sA,a
e e nones w''h yon' then, believe
My g'sa.es' iaul1 nag peen IN learning y
Al ''me' when ! vas boy I had
Ama 'os'ng parents VINO let me DO pretty
nusn = ',hea % 4 became idle and
',fs'ss', anp never once thought Of the
0hahse IN store ior me. l hoped that /
''v'..' ! - . ~ - raAs =, marx 70 tne world,
=. ss"' = s'''sss ou' 'here l wasted
- 49, : ''e qis'@'ng ana expensive
80 s. haa oeen poor boy
49,, ~ , ''.s'ns me y 'ne hces
80 'v.s aa's uone pettet Bat
- S. =. 'n'v 'as he''0' mat ''ie was
s { 8 81 sa'a4.u A0''uay gsaoaaily
- - . z "'as a"a company II .
-, IL ' 4, r's''s oo'' ''ea you can
e. "a M "as'sa ~na' '''l'e taey
h.s;,. ~ W. ' ! =" = .s, ~ 'a's Z 'om0a' my
r usnsss r. 1a'nea ne.
',r yva' s'oy' sa'a 'he gentle
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
The St. Louis Bridge.

The iron work Of the great bridge
across the Mississippi, at St. Louis, has
been completed BY the keystone Bridge
Company. The bridge proper consists Of
three arches each, over 500 feet in length.
Platforms could not be built from which
to construct the arches on account Of the
rapid river current, and Of their interfer-
ence, IL erected, with the business interests
Of St. Louis These difficulties were met,
however, BY the engineering skin Of the
contractors. From each Of the two river
piers arches were sprung which balanced
each other as they we're being built, and
from which the workmen's platforms were
suspended. The arcs to meet these were
balanced from the shore piers by eoun-
terpoisc weights. 50 arranged as 70 automat-
ieally support the arc in its proper position,
notwithstanding the contraction and cx-
pansion always going on in the metal
supporting rods. Link BY link the spans
were built ont from six different points,
until the three arches met over the river
and were firmly banded together. The
bridge is wonderful specimen Of skill 10
construction, and this, no less than its
great size and cost, win make ii attractive
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
A White Mans Skin Engrafted Upon
q Negro.

Mr.. George Pollock's weIl-known and
successful experiment, by which he tested
the success Of Rcverdin's valuable method
Of skin-engraftiug in surgery, has been
repeated iuversely in America. DR.. Geo.
Troupe Maxwell, of Newcastle, Delaware,
reports in the Philadelphia Medical Times
of October is, that in February, 1873, he
was called to negro who had been shot
in the face with bird-shot. As he was
only few feet from the muzzle Of the gun,
the discharge passed through the left cheek,
in as compact mass as if it had been a
ball, and passed out Of the posterior por-
tion of the ramus Of the lower jaw, just
below the lobule Of the car. There was
extensive sloughing, and DIR. Maxwell
proposed skin-grating. He conceived the
idea Of transplanting the skin Of white
man; and the consent Of the patient hay-
ing been obtained, Dr.. Maxwell cut from
bis own arm piece Of skin about the size
Of dime. He also took from the patients 5
arm similar piece, and having cut them
into pieces the size Of canary seed,
carefully inserted them on the wound.
All the white gratis except one died, and
this one increased rapidly in size, till il
was more than half an inch in diameter.
After the wound had healed, DR.. Maxwell
thus describes the patients condition :
"Meeting my patient on the road, readily
distinguished the white patch on the side
Of the face twenty or thirty yards distant.
Upon examination, dark-colorcd lines,
forming net work on the white skin, was
discovered. These lines increased in sire
and in number, deepening the color Of the
patch, until, at the end Of the third month,
the whole surface Of the wound was Of a
uniform black color" The experiment is
exceedingly interesting, and il is said to
be the first published case Of the kind.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

Before leaving this subject, says Paris
correspondent, l must relate a curious dis.
covery made on this occasion. NJ. Guye-
taut took me to see one Of his first artists,
who works at home. In the front room
Of a modest apartment was the intelligent
artist working at his lathe, and in the
back room was his wife working upon an
India shawl. A fine cashmere, worth
1000 francs, or perhaps, $1,000 in New
York, was cut into strings, or6gures, and
on glancing at it | could not help crying
aAh, how In the world did this fine shawl
get 50 badly damaged2 Was It eaten by
the rats2" M. Guyetaut laughed, and
said @0hl Monsieur, it Is not damaged
at all. I am rearranging IT," Probably
my lady readers win be as much surpris-
ed as was to find at these costly shawIs
are purposely cut iu pieces and then sewn
together again. The philosophy Of il is
this: Some yean the fashion is for white
figures, running about In scrolls as in all
cashmeres, and sometimes for black.
Hence the shavls with white ground fg-
ures are cut when black sell best, and the
black cuttings sewn 10. Sometimes, when
lof az shavrla hnVe heen far many vpars
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

enee, look well to two things in the man
you marry first, his great virtues sec
ondly, his small weaknesses. One very
pronounced and obnoxious vice, or one
ridiculously triding failing, in man, may
render your home an unhappy one. But
don't be alarmed; there arc hosts of men
in the world, and Il, as ! once heard il
suggested, a law we're passed compelling
forthwith every old bachelor oyerive-and-
forty, to marry a spinster over ave-and-
thirty, depend upon it the spinsters would
prove the most refractory. There is such
thing as Nemesis, and every man over
forty is just as anxious to marry as before
forty he was anxious not to marry.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

According to the New Zealand Herald,
the schooner Sanday, OF the British navy,
which has been employed in the suppress
sion Of the Polynesian slave trade, must
have brought away from It's late cruise
among the Solomon Islands some very
unpleasant impressions Of the .'customse
Of the natives Of that interesting little
archipelago. In one Of the group II was
found that the beach natives were on
such deadly terms with the tribe which
held the hills Within that they could not
meet without mnrderous consequences,
and just before the arrival Of the Sandy
one Of the latter tribe who had come down
TO pay secret visit TO his daughter, mar
ried to "beach native before the rnp-
ture, had been discovered and tomahawkcd
on the spot. The way Of disposing ef a
dead enemy being to roast and eat him,
Preparations were being made for thispur-
pose by the son -in-law Of the deceased
when the commander of the cruiser, hay-
ing learned what was going on, at once
interfered By means Of an interpreter, and
expressed his intention Of destroying the
village If the body was not forthwith
brought to his vessels side and there sunk,
which was accordingly done. Not long
afterwards the same officer arrived at a
village which had just been visited by a
slaye-catching and skulI-hgnting foray Of
another stronger tribe; the practice being
on such occasions to kill and eat the male
adults and carry the weaker members into
captivity. A threat from the schooner
and the show Of her rocket tubes compelled
the spoilers to take their departure abrupt
ly, which they did without showing fight.
On Lieut. NOVEL; and his party landing,
they found fourteen children, whose
parents had just been killed before theii
eyes, and number Of skulls undergoing
the process Of roasting, in order to be
retained afterwards as trophies. Soms
fugitives now returning, were treated with
presents and left in charge Of the children
but the skulls, for security sake, wer'
taken out to sea and sunk. On the whole
the account of the sanday's cruise inclinel
one to believe that the unfortunate NATIVES
Of the Solomon Islands could not be wors,
of If the group were to be annexed b,
China as depot for the emigrants refuse,
in California, or even by Spain as com
peusation for the probable future loss o
| Cuba
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

Tho fresh, cool sen breeze. sweet and
pure from the coast Of Africa Is blowing
on US now in this city Of Rio De Janeiro
(the river Of January,) on this Sunday
evening in March.
aYou have seen the sky over Csyuga
Lake, as you have been on the hin side
IN our village Of Aurora, and you remem-
Der the fantastic shapes the clouds assume,
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
Ride and Tie.

II the days when travelling was not, as
now, reduced to a system, in the non-exiat-
enee Of public conveyances, people had to
provide their own. Those who wished to
make journey we're sometimes put to
their wits. For instance, II might happen
that two men had the same journey to
make and only one horse between them,
and nc carriages The atime table, was
thus arranged "A. would mount The
horse, ride half an hour, and then dis
mount, tying the horse at the road side.
and proceeding in his turn on foot. b.
came along, and when he reached the
horse mounted, and rode his half hour,
passing A. on the road, and tying up IL
the end Of his time. Thus the paradox
was verified, that a journey i only half as
long when there are two persons 70 make
H.
This process illustrates one Of the many
Correspondence" which take place IN the
business and social relations Of the world.
Most people, Il they but knew it, are
moving along through life on the system
Of "Ride aud Tie" The steam horse, for
instance, is 10 the case Of the quadrupcd.
The railway system Of the country, taken
as whole, Is ahead Of It's business, and is
"tied up, waiting for the traffic and pop
ulation to come along and authorize the
further extension, which all admit must
come at some time. It Is toilsome work,
this toiling to come up with the waiting
locomotives, Speculation and @Fancy.'
But it is work which cannot be avoided
and the main demands for which ar.
patience and plodding endurance. It i
true that such a condition Of things is MOI
specially cheerful in this age Of hope ani
love Of excitement; but the accomplish
ment Of impossibilities is something :.
which neither the meatal nor scientifi'
power Of man is equal. "Ride and Tie
is one Of the unacceptable conditions 0
human progress.
The same rule holds in almost ever,
business relation. 0ver-trade or over
Eproduction, or whatever else exceeds th
absolute present demand, must come unde
the rule Of a. forced pause, because II ha
pushed on and left the best half, the pay
ing hall, behind. Those who can move n
faster must content themselves with afool
pace, which, though slow, viii be foun
sure. 1t may be inconvenient. 1t ma
involve disagreeable contrasts and painfu
sacrifices. But aride and tic" has il
compensations, and the pedestrian has tn
consolation Of fair certainty that hi
horse is waiting for him at the next stage
4 In morals and social and political refol
nations and changes, 'sride and tie" is tn
rule also. The man Sin advance Of th
age" is only cantering on, 70 tie up some
where ahead, and, perhaps, out Of sigh
But the age win catch up with him, ant
mounting his hobby, will, ride it farths
than he dared to do, or dreamed Of doiu,
Perhaps the reader is ready to say all thi
philosophiziug Is easy, So il is--quite .
easy as groaning, and much more pleasan
It is never so much the lack Of thing
needed that oppresses man as the failur
to get what he simply desires.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
The Growth Of Trees.

An interesting question relating to the
growth of trees is now being discussed by
botanists and other naturalists, the point
at issue being, whether the trunks and
branches of trees lengthen except by addi-
tions to the extremity Of the growing
points. Or, in other words, whether there
is, during growth, an elongation Of wood
already formed. A suit between two mill
owners, last Fall, turned on this question
the legal height Of the water at one mill
being fixed under an order of court, by
certain markings ON a tree trunk, which,
it was alleged, had been raised by the
growth Of the tree. The court decided
that the tree mark had not been raised,
and this is in accordance with the views,
not then expressed, Of Prof Gray, the
botanist He says: If trunks actually
lengthen throughout, that Of young tree
or sapling should show it more equivocally
than an older one, far greater proportion
Of it being in a living state" He recon-
mends that tacks be driven in the trees in
vertical line, at certain sharply defined
distances, 50 that If there should be an
elongasion of the trunk in growth ii may
be readily observed. Comparing a mark
on the tack with exterior marks or with
fixed objects may, or may not give indica-
tions Of the truth or falsity Of his views,
for the whole body Of the tree might be
lifted up by the swelling of the roots and
pressure against rock or other hard sub
stance. The growth Of a sapling is 50
rapid that an unquestionable elongation, if
any, should take place within six months
between any two points in vertical line.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30
Selett poetrp.
THE SECOND WIFE.

They told me he had won before
Another heart than mine,
And laid his first and deepest love
Upon an earlier shrinei
They said my spirit of must grieye
i'll my lot would cast,
With one who held SO sacred still
Remembrance Of the past.
/ heed it not, my bark is launched
With his on life's swifs tide,
And earth holds not a happier heart
Than mine---his second bride.
know that he has loved and lost
What life may ne'er give back
The flowers that bloomed in freshness once
Have withered on his track.
know that she, the angel called,
Looks out from yon blue heaven,
A watcher DER the earth-bound soul
From which her own was riyen.
Together do we oft recall
This dream Of other years
| do not love him less to know
He once had cause for tears.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

A school teacher in Dewitt county, ILL.,,
has introduced new method Of punish
ment into his school Whom one Of the
girls misses q word the lad who spells il
has permission to kiss her The Clinton
Public says: The result is that the girls
are fast forgetting allshey ever knew about
spelling, while the boys are improving
with wonderful rapidisy."
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

A cattle-farmerleft his COWS by win in the
following proportion one half Of them to
his son, one-third to his nephew, and one
ninth to his grandson but, unhappily for
the exactncss of the shares, he happened
to have seventeen cows, which Of course
were indiyisible. Under these circum
stances, the heirs boroped a eor, making
the herd eighteen. Then they divided the
property according to their relatives d.
rections, the son getting nine cows, the
nephew six, the grandson two--i, 9, sew
enteen cows in all, and then they sent back
the borrowed COW with their best compli-
ments and thanks.
There are very few who can detect what
is wrong in the tale Of these cows.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

An Illinois woman, when they first be-
gan 70 have Congressman -at-large out there,
hearing the fact alluded to, staightway
rushed into the kitchen, exelaiming, asa
rah Jane, don't leave the clothes out To-
night, for there's Congressman a large.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

Macaulay bad prodigioas memory, and
was won't TO say he knew Miltons Par
adise Lost 50 we'll that be could restore the
first SIX Or seven books ia case they we're
lost.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

Be not stingy Of kind words and pleas
ing acts, for such are fragrant giis, whose
perfume viii gladden. the hearts and sweet
en- the life Of al who receive them.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-30

When the Indians catch = bald-headcd
man they cut Of his ears to compensate
for the loss Of his scalp.
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NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

T,HIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT WAR
L rant in Bankruptcy has been issued by the
United States District Court against the estate of
H. MYERS and N. H. LICH~ENSTEIN, OF the
County Of Lincoln and State Of Nevada, who
have been duly adjudged bankrupts upon the
petition Of their creditors, and the payment Of
any debts and delivery Of any property belong
ing to said bsnkrupts. to them. or TO their use
and the transfer Of any property by them. are
Of nd bsnkrupts. to proye their debts and to
choose one or more aasgnees Of their estate
will Be- held at Court Of Bankruptcy, to be
holden 1t Medin Building. Virginia, in this Dis.
trict, on the twenty-nrst day Of March, A. D.
1874. at O'Clock p. M, at the Office of E. Stroth
er, one Of the Registers in Bankruptcy Of said
district.
GEORGE 1. LAMMON,
m3-T I. 9. Marshal and Messenger
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And in accordance with law. and an order of
the Board Of iectorr, made on the tenth day
Of January 1874, SO many shares Of each pavcel
OF such stock as may be necessary, will be sold
at public auction, at the Office of the company.
No. A3S California street, San Francisco Cslifor-
mia, on Friday, the Thirteenth day Of
March, 1874, at the hour Of twelve cleck M
Of such day. to pay delinquent assessments
thereon, together with costs Of advertising and
expenses Of the sale.
B. ]. GRAY, Secretary.
ofhce-No. ass California street. San Fran
Cisco California. f26-td
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stockholders Meeting.

Office Of the Alps Silver Mining Company
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
Alps Silver Mining Company, for the election Of
Trustees for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action Of such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting. will be held At the ONCE of
the company, No. 426 Montgomery street. San
Francisco California. on Monday, the 10th day
Of March, 1874, At 2 O'Clock p. m.
c. +. BALLOON. Secretary.
San Francisco, Feb. 90, 1874. f26-td