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The Portland daily press., 1874-07-03

REGATTA ON THE FOURTH.-The Portland
Yacht Club held an adjourned meeting last
evening and made arrangements for Their re-
gatta on the Fourth. There will be three
prizes, consisting of three champion cups, one
for each class. The following are the arrang
ments agreed upon for the day:
Yachts will rendezvous off the Club House
and be at anchor at 1.30 p. M, as nearly in
j line as practicable with the western side of
Custom House Wharf. No yacht will anchor
to the eastward of this line.
Signals will be given by the firing of gun
on the Commodore's yacht.
Preparatory signal, gun at LAO; and at 2
another gun, which will be the signal for start
ing.
Time will be taken from the firing of the
second gun,
The following are the courses:
First and second class yachts, after getting
the signal, will proceed down the harbor leav
ing Fort Georges, Birthstone Ledge buoy and
Cow Island on the starboard hand, out through
Hussey's Sound, in through White Head pas
sage, leaving House Island on the starboard
hand, and thence in ship channel way to the
place from whence they came.
Third class and steam yachts, on getting the
signal, will proceed down the harbor, leaving
Fort Georges, Birthstone Ledge buoy and Cow
Island on the starboard hand, returning through
Hog Island Roads, rounding House Island
leaving it on the starboard hand, and thence in
shio channel way to the place from whence
they came.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-03
HAYMAKERS

Umpires, Thad Noble of Deering.
Scorers, j. f. Day, Perry and Jacobs.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-03

TIE lemonade syrup prepared by Mr.. Chas
w. Lucy, 1854 Congress street, will be found a
nice article. 1t is delicious beverage, con-
tanning no de!eterious acids, and endorsed by
some of the first physicians of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-03

Friday hot game VIII be played between the
Ares and Drigos in the forenoon, and the
game of the week between the White Stockings
and Haymakers in the afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-03
NEW HAMPSH1 RE.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
One Person Killed and two Fatal
ly Injured.

NASHUA, July 2.-There was shocking rail-
road accident at Milford this morning. The
wife of Major George Daniels was instantly
killed and the Major and grandson were prob
ably fatally injured. by attempting to drive
across the track in front of the milk train To-
connective.
Def5at Of q Railroad Bill
CONCORD, July I'm the House the bill
uniting the Nashua and Lowell with Lowell
and Boston Railroad was to-day refused a pas
sage; yeas 100, nays 148. Notice was given of
a reconsideration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05
CATASTROPHE.

John Smith isn't his name, but he's
modest kind of man, and would OBJ
ject to being mentioned in the papers,
which will account for the fact that we
use that cognomen. j. Mr.. Smith is
sweet on North Hill damsel, and sac.
charine sentiment is fully reciprocated.
They are dual honey, double fholasses,
twain sugar, duet sorghum and two
lozenges. :, The maiden is notable
housewife, given to needle cushions and
is authority on sewing machines. The
time is drawing nigh for the consumma-
ton of their union, and her enterprising
fingers have been busy with the needle.
Last Friday evening was his regular
night for calling, and when he rang the
door bell Samantha held in her hand a
needle-cushion. from which she was
about to select one of those useful but
acute implements. Recognizing the
naturalization, she hastily threw the
cushion on the lounge, where it fell
/. the wrong side up, heads down
and points up, and hurried to the
door. Adolphus was cordially greeted
and ushered into the room. After q
brief stop he drew the maiden to his
side and together they sat down on the
lounge. just one-twentieth of second
after he reached that lounge he left it
again. He bounded upward as If he
had been shot out of a morter with a
charge of giant powder, and when he
landed on the floor he made frantic
grasp with both hands for fiat sack
stuffed with emery that adhered to his
person. He pulled it off, but not with
out on effort, and then, glancing re-
morsefully at Samantha, shot out OF, the
door, and, as rapidly as possible, made
his way homeward.. There his room.
mate assisted him to pick out the nee.
dies. At last accounts they had found
all the " sharps," but Q paper Of" be,
tweens" was still lacking, and half or
ounce Of the best drilled eyes," The
darning needle has been discovered
and measures are being taken to extrac
it. Unless the old lady had yarn IN it
at the time of the disaster, for darniue
stockings, there will be little difficulty
Meantime Samantha can't tell why
Adolphus dosen't come any more, and
has exhausted hor exchequer in pur
chasing new supply of needles, De.
4Moines Register. !@A4Vll'' '.4'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

+. The MAGNITUDE OF THE REVOLUTION.
The recent political revolution is so CO.
lossal and astonishing that the people
cannot fully comprehend its magnitude
till they withdraw their gaze from the
whole and look at it III some of its more
significant particulars.
In 1872 the States of Massachusetts,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, which ex-
tended in an unbroken line from the At
lantic coast to the Mississippi river, and
every one Of which Grant carried,
gave him an aggregate majority of 397,-
600.
This fall these seven States have all
gone against Grant by an aggregate
majority Of l33, 900. 1a. ma d
The history Of politics in all the free
States of the world does not furnish q
parallel for so great change as this.
In The present House of Representa-
tives, elected two years ago, Grant &C.
cured majority Of 1O2, The elections
of this fall show that in the next House
that there will be an anti-Grant ma
jority of IS at least. 9a. l3 H-.r'
At no election in the country hereto.
fore has there been so great change
from one Congress to its immediate
successor as now. ..,. r1 $50 ,
1t is by the light of such facts af
these that we can gauge the dimensions
of the crushing disaster which has over.
taken Grants administration.-N. Y
Sun,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

- q. .s,f ,sas. gtsa,
LrrERATURE AND PEANUTs.--There 10
still popular belief that it il less sx-
travagant to spend ten dollars, for 3
dinner than one dollar for q book. 4
festive person out on holiday &ill
spend twenty-five cents for . quart Of
peanuts which he does, not need, and
which he eats in an hour or TIVE TO hia
inward danage), who would never think
of buying for the same money tome
cheap edition of a standard book which
would furnish him solid enjoyment for
many days, and ada materially 70 The
value Of his life. Such . feldctAtce g.
there to buy books that slwhoael neigh
borhood, eager, perhaps to read su1slsl
work by popular author {ap4gyy, Tor
,it), viii wait for months to borrow it
and snatch the reading Of e. rather
than spend . half q dollar 10 own itsand
satisfy the intellectual appssits, attonos.l
Everyday in every city people tapeAa
five and ten dollars for elaborate
lunches which they do noeaeed, whsA
the money would buy Some 6ne Aditien
of a work that would sn;artsin them
for month or two and enrich t6sir
minds forever. They are pEs03ddeet
about eating and drinking. Spand{hs
liberally for dyspepsis. bat ltsnsl %
chance and borrowing 1 Ten yhat the
mind wants. The aample-room il moro
attractive to them than The nsws-rru4s
and they pass BY the bookstore fox ths4
restaurant. -COuTaM. ,g;ff !: sa,..,,..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05
? An OHIO VoIprRe.

It is narrated that in KinsmAul Tnn-
bull county, Ohio, there j. : italeNisl
Of ten years who has developed & r.
Guilty Of seeing without syss. Some
months ago an elder sister Was SteAekSd
with Inflammation Of tie eyes, end The
younger one attended her until abe ~
gained her sight. The little, nurse waa
afterwards attacked with the same a.
sease, and completely lost her sRht.
Her eyes were sscurely b&ndaged to Ell
clude the light, and shA WAS ooniiasd IN
o darkened room By degrees, n itsia
said, she developed the faculty ,ot, dis.
tingtrishing objects without the use a
her eyes. She could point out p66iSi 66iiaitoihi aSitoihi,
describe their attitudes and aStione, md
moreover, distinguish dsyighA frunt
darkness. To test her powers still fur-
opened it, described the pictgtss, finally
was enabled To read IL ausnt1y, hSr W.
all the time being bando9sd.fs HhelksS
since recovered ocular sight ssnd d hsr
eyes are pronounced ibYs physiciAps TO
be perfectly sound. = But strange TO
say, the faculty of seeing without thSm
remains. and when biindfoldsdl and
placed in dark roomshe can ssevitA
ease. The case has pnzzlsdi hsodost
tors. They are uncertain, whether, the
eyes have actually recovered ,fher
power, Or whether Tie faculty Of ssSihE
without them mohxs not survived entirely.
Not many years ago q this proisGGd
power would haze, subjected the, child
to torture. There are historical, esses
of alleged second sight which have
hitherto been treated as myths.' 'nA e.
vene test Of Ithe present case Woula
throw some light upon the uttshyunial
telligible science which, for the Hspt OF
better name, has been termed psy-
chology term nobody can define. '
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

81 very practical sermonizer made
these remarks on the soul-saving ques-
ton: "My brethren. q man connot
afford to lose his soul. He's got but
one, and he can't get another. If q
man loses his horse, he can get another;
if man loses his wife, he can get an
other; if man loses his child he can
get another. But If he loses his soul
goodbye, Johnw .,H.o te!'r u
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

S Carnivorous animals have the
upper jaw projecting, while those Of a
gramnivorous nature have the lower
jaw projecting. In man with project
ing upper jaw will be found large de-
structiveness and love of animal food
when the lower jaw projects, then the
love for vegetable food. ip l'ii 'i'i
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

"Sir" said an astonished landlady
to traveller who had sent his cup for
ward for the seventh time, "you must
he very fond of coffee" " Yes, mad
am, I am," he replied, "or ! never
should have have drank so much water
to get o little." ~,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05
HIGH LIVING.

The highest spot on the globe inha
bited by human beings is the Buddhist
cloister of Hanle, in the Thibet
where twenty-one priests live at an at
titude of 10000 feet. The monks OF
At Bernard, whose monastery il 8,117
feet high, are obliged to descend fire.
quently to the valleys below in order to
obtain relief from the asthama, induced
by the rarity of tho atmosphere about
their mountain-eyrie. AT the end OF
ten years service in she monastery they
are compelled to change their exalted
abode for permanent residence at the
ordinary levol. When the brothers
Schlaginswell explored the glaciers Of
the Ibi-G -Gamin, in Thibet, they once en-
camped at q 900 feet--the highest al
titude at which European ever passed
the night. At the top Of Mt. Blanc,
1871 feet above the level of the sea,
Prot. Tyndall spent night, and with
less discomfort than his guide, who
found it very unpleasant. .4...o..I.
In July, 1879, Mr. Glaisher aud Mr..
Coxwell ascended in balloon to the
enormous height of $4,000 feet. Be-
fore starting, Mr.. Glasher's pulse beat
76 strokes per minute, and Mr.. Cox
wells "A. At 1900 feet Mr.. Glaisher's
pulse had increased to "a, and Mr.. Cox
wells to 100. At 10. 900 feet the hands
and lips of the aeronauts turned quite
blue. At 10000 feet Mr., Glaisher
could hear his heart beat, and his
breathing became oppressed. At 30,-
600 feet he became senseless; notwith-
standing which ho assembled still another
5000 feet, when his hands We're para
lyzed, and he had to open the valve with
bis teeth. In the Alps, at the height
of IL, 900 feet, climbers suffer from the
rarity of the air, yet, in the Andes,
persons can dwell, al at Potosi, at a
height of from $4,000 to $4,000 feet
without inoonvnienee, ""> .' ....
@ Horace Hawes gave property
worth about two million dollars for the
establishment of several great educa-
tional institutions in San Francisco and
Mateo. These gifts were made partly
by deed and partly by will, The will
was set aside, because the jury did not
believe he was sane when he executed it;
and now the Supreme Court has de-
olared that the deed was void because il
did not convey the land at the time Of
its execution, but gave it, reserving q
life estate for the grantor; whereas, un-
der the law then in force, such con-
veyance in the future could not stand.
So ends the public institutions of Ho.
race H0wes. Nr' "
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

K Cloyerdale logic: California is
the noblest State in the Union. Sono-
ma county is the choicest, part Of Cali
fornia. Cloverdale is the loveliest spot
in Sonoma county. Therefore, Clover
dale is the incest place in America"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

E Wisdom is the best use of knowl-
edge. It is the highest attitude of man,
as love is Of women. To gain wisdom
and love, humanity tolls through life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

sT Asmall boy telling his Palshows !
he come to- be- datsctAa in ataAkne ap-f
Piles in grocery store, procseded tlnai
[" Well, I didn't cara so darned much
about bein' seen, bnt The, clark -
cross-eyed, an 4 thought bp was Fatlelh-
in q dog-fght across the street, but A
was lookin' square unto nAe. md ~
helped me clean into The 9uttsr. : 'i''9's''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

U When is hen not a HEMP II
the night; for then she is rooster.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

COMMON SENsE.-There is chilly
disagreeable article, called common
sense, which is, of all things, most rs
pulsive and antipathetical to all petted
creatures whose life has consisted in fat
terry. It is the kind of talk which sis
ters are very apt to hear from brothers,
and daughters froth fathers and mo-
theirs, when fathers and mothers ,lo
their duty by them, which sets the
world before them as it is, and not as 1t
is painted by flatterers. Those women
who prefer the society of gentlement
and who have the faculty of betwitching
their senses, never are in the way of
hearing from this cold matter-of of-fact
region; for them it really does not exist.
Every phrase that meets their ear it
polished and softened, guarded and de-
licately turned; till there is not parti-
Gle Of homely truth left in it. They
pass their time in a world Of illusions.
They demand these illusions of all who
them, as the condition of
peace and favor. All persons, az by q
sort of instinct, recognize the woman
who lives by Aattery and give her the
portion of meat to which she is entitled
in due season; and thus some poor wo-
men are hopelessly buried, as suicides
used to be in Scotland, under q noun
tain Of rubbish, to which each passer-
by adds one stone. It is only by some
extraordinary power of circumstances
that a man can be found to invade the
sovereignty of pretty woman with any
dsasreeable tidings, or, as Junius says,
to instruct the throne in the language
of truth. Mrs. II. b. StOUe. ~. .,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

@A Boston paper soothes Dr.. Aver
by saying that ballot-box and Tarbox
were too much for pill-box.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05
AN oLD-FAsHIoNED MOTHER AND A
REFORMED BOY.

Some time ago, Mrs. Buckelby, who
lives over in Berrien county, Mich, di-
rected her son Samuel, a lad OF IA years,
to take turn at the churn. Now as
Samuel had set his heart on going a
fishing at that very time, he" got his
back up" and fatty refused to agitate
the cream. The curvature was promptly
taken out Of his spine by slipper. and, I,
with tears in his eyes," he went on
duty with the dasher. In about half an
hour, and during the brief absence of
his mother, his eyes fell upon plate of
fly poison. and bright, smart thought
struck him. J Ity-..T
Just before Mrs. B. came in, Samuel
put the fatal platter to his face, and as
she entered he put the "poison" from
his lips with the dramatic exclamation:
g There, mother, I guess you won't
lick me no morew .... -...
Now what did t'lis Spartan dame do?
Did she shrek for doctor and fall
into Mysteries? Notmuch. Shesimply
took Samuel by the nape of the neck,
lifted him deity into the pantry, beat
the whites OF six eggs together, and
told him to engulf the same instanter,
he refusing, she called the hired girl;
and in twinkling Sam found himself
outside the albumen. Then Mrs. B.
began preparing o mustard emetic.
Seeing this. Sam 8 pluck dissolved, and
he commenced begging, crying:
I" was only tryin' to skeer ye." '''
But the stern mother was not to be
softened. and Sam had to swallow the
mustard. He was then forced to take
dose Of pain. killer, and had his back
rubbed with =" Vigor Of Life," and his
stomach with the "Oi of Gladness." {"
This being over, he took seven Ayers
pills, two spoonsful of castor oil, o tea
spoonful of salts and blue pill. And
now if you want to behold the maddest
hoy in Michigan, just say" y-poison"
to Sam Buckolby.' .'o"5 .ea 70
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

S The miseries of idleness none
but the idlers truly know. .5 r,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

SING MoRE.-Cultivate singing in TIE
family. Begin when the child II not
yet three years old. d The songs and
hymns your mother sang. bring them
all back to your memory and teach
them TO your little ones: mix them al
together, to meet the similar moods, az
in after life they come over ~ %. mts-
teriously sometimes. Many a,time AAd
oft, in the very whirl Of bpsipeses in
the sunshine and gayety OF Fith avenue
and amid the splendor of the drives in
Central Park, some little thing wakes tp
memories Of early youth--ths old mill;
the cool spring; the shady tree by The
little school-house-and the next in,
!stant we almost see again the ruddy
cheeks. the smiling faces, and the merry
eyes of schoolmates, some gfsyhsSd4d
now, most 60 lie nnoldering in the
grave" And anon T" the song my mo-
ther sang" springs unbidden 70 the lips
and soothes 4 and sweetans al these
memories. At other times, amid the.
crushing mishaps of ,business, q merry
ditty of the olden time pops up its lit-,
tie head, breaks in upon The ugly train
Of thought, throws the, mind into
another channel; light breaks in,qfrosmf
behind the cloud in the sky and s,nsv,,
courage is given to u.s., The honest,
man goes singing 70 his work; land
when the days laboris done, his tools
laid aside, and he 10 on his way hbme,
where wife apd child, and tidy,ttshla
and CHEEKY freside await him, be CAP,
not help but whistle or sing. TheIbur-
glar never sings. Moody silence, not
the merry song, weighs down the disai
honest tradesman, the per6dious lclefks si
the unfaithful servant, the perjnrsd
partner. Halls Journal Of HealA.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

sr Don't tell an editor how to run
anewspaper. Let the poor fool find it
out himself GIct - G9aasf aa,G siH
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

EA subscriber thirty wears in IN ar.
rears settled up with a Kingston paper
the otherday. n OHM ,lVlI.l 10
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

F A matter-of-fact old gentleman
thinks it must be very small base ball
that can be caught on fy. AZ ''7' 2
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

SG They fined man in Boston the
other day Just for singeing tito drive
the witches away. Shame! -''' q" ''S
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

J D~ The Alta California says: "Rais-
ing cork trees seems to be al approach
ing industry in California. They are
said to grow very rapidly among the
foothills, At Auburn there are num-
Der Of trees three or four years old that
have bark thick enough for any ordi-
nary cork.i''aIA mi I'D No l-N-- ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

4E The " Matrimonial Help Soci
ety. idea is spreading An organiza
ton of the kind was recently formed il
Connecticut town, and every old mai(
in the place and every widow under
sixty years of age joined it the first day
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05
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~ Legal notices will be charged to the at
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to Announcements of births, marriages
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

@ Experiments recently made il
England indicate that wagons are mos
easily drawn OIL all kinds of roads whei
the forsAnd hind wheels are of the sam,
size, and when the pole lies lower than
the axle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

20 An. enthusiastic ailmirer of Gold
smith Maid has pulled two hairs out O
the great trotter's tail, and intends t.
have them woven into ring. '-''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

@ An Alabama editor mildly al.
ludes to his rival as reservoir Of
falsehood and an aqueduct of men.
dacity." 'o' 7.' l'- : '" '' .- =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

a An hours industry will do more
to produce lcheorfulness, suppress evil
humors. and retrieve your affairs, than
months moaning. .,...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-05

CV Life, like war, is series of mis-.
takes, and lie is the best Who wins the
most splendid victories by the retlieval
of most mistakes .,f.> ,d. ,..s j..
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