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The Portland daily press., 1875-07-31
Grand Trunk r. II. of Canada.
ALTERATION I'm TRAINS.
SUMMER ARRAN CEMENT

On and after Monday, June 2lst, 1875
~ trains will run as follows:
Express train $50 a. IN. for Auburn and Lewiston.
Express train for Island Pond, Montreal and Que
bee at a. m.
Express train at Ito p. m for Auburn and Lew
ston Mail train for Island Pond (stopping at
all stations to Island Pond)s connecting with night
mail train for Quebec, Montreal and the West at
100 p. m.
Express train for Auburn and Lewiston at $40
p. m.
Accommodation for South Paris at p. m.
Trains will arrive as follows:
Express from Quebec, Montreal and West at $50.
a. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at S.45 a. m.
Mail from Quebec, Montreal ana the West at p.
m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at 2.20 and
$40 p. IN.
Accommodation from South Paris at 6.45.
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Lake Winnipiseogee
VIA
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD

IN and after Monday, June 81, 1875, Steamer
for Wofboro' and Centre Harbor at 1900 NJ and 400
p. NJ, on arrival of trains leaving Portland at 900
A. M. and Boston at $50 A. M. and II 80 p. M.
Returning-Leave Centre Harbor daily for Wolf
boro' and Alton Bay at 7.15 A. M. and 200 p. NJ;
leave Wolfboro for Alton Bay at $50 A. M. and 3. Is
T. M. connecting with Trains for Dover Boston and
Portland JAS. T. FURBER Gen. Supt
S. II STEVENS. Gen. Agent. Portland.
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Upton, Dec. 3, 1874.
We take great pleasure informing you of the
surprisingly beneficial results from the use OF your
English Remedy, The Cordial Balm of Syricum and
bility and Prostitution, by member of our family
who mad been under Treatment by different doctors
for nearly three past without any apparent ben
eft therefrom but your medicines have produced
most wonderful change for the better, and the pa
tient now enjoys comparatively excellent health.
MRS. HARRIET STURGISS.
P. S.-We tell all with whom we are acquainted
who are similarly afflicted to try your medicines.
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Norfolk, Baltimore & Washington
STEAMSHIP LINE
GnI xkM& -Four times a week.

1WlkEhE Four times week.
nEEzENazE1e~ First Class Steamship
JOHNS HOPKINS. VIM. CRANE. u
VIM. LAWRENCE. GEORGE APPOLD.
From Boston direct every TUESDAY
and SATURDAY.
VIM. KENNEDY. BLACKSTONE.
and MCCLELLAN.
From Providence every WEDNESDAY
and SATURDAY.
Freight forwarded from Norfolk to Washington and
Alexandria by steamer Lady of the Lake and Jane
Mosely.
Freight forwarded from Norfolk to Petersburg and
Richmond, and Va. and Tenn. r. R. to all places in
the South, w. M. Clark, Agent, 2i0 Washington St..
Boston.
To all points of North and South Carolina by Sea-
board and Roanoke Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line
u. I'll. Keith, Agent 222 Washington street, Boston.
And to all points in the West by Baltimore u Ohio
R. r., G. A Chipley Agent, 2i9 Washington street,
Boston.
Through bills of lading given by the above named
Agents.
Passage $500. Excursion Tickets S25.
For freight passage to Norfolk, Baltimore WASH
ingtoD, or other information apply to
E. SAMPSON, Agent,
53 Central Wharf, Boston,
f. H. ROCKWELL, Agent,
no2dt Providence. X.
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POETRY.
Bridges and Wings.

Bridges and Wings.
Each cong send thee is bridge,
Built by thy happy lover
A golden bridge, by which my love
IL thee, sweet child, comes over.
And all my dreams have angel-wings
Made up of smiles and signing;
Lighter than air, on which nv love
10 thee, dear heart, comes fying
-IfGRSIated from Get6et by james Freeman Clarke
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SPECIAL STEAMBOAT NOTICE,


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Fare Reduced between Portland and
ROckland.
On and after Monday, June It'll, the magnificent
and safe Steamers, Lewiston and City of Richmond,
will carry passengers a
Between Portland and ROckIand
CYRUS sTURDIvANT. Gen. Agent,
ju4d2m h. h. Wharf Portland.
MT. DESERT & MACHIAS.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
FARES AND FREIGHT REDUCED.
TWO TRIPS PER WEEK.
~sSaxAxS The Steamer LEWIS
ffhA 6SS essi;us c@ %iil les Ss" Eaii.
-sssssss..s::s::s every T q e s ID A Y
and Il IDA Y EVE NING 9. Att
O'CLOCK. For Rockand, Castine, Deer Isle,
Sedgwick, So. w. and Bar Harbors (Mt. Desert,)
Milbridge, JonespOrt and Machiasport.
Returning will leave Machiasport every Monday
and Thursday Mornings at 4.3O, touching as
above, arriving in Portland night usually con-
Meeting with Pullman Train, and early morning
Trains for Boston and the West.
For further particulars inquire at Railroad Wharf
Portland
CYRUS sTURDIvANT, Gen'l Ag't.
Portland, March 5, 1875. marriott
PORTLAND & BANGOR.
THREE TRIPS PER WEEK.
FARE REDUCED.
The fast Steamer, CITY OF RICHMOND,
Capt. @. Kilby, leaves Railroad Wharf every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday Eve
nlnSs, at 10 o'clock.
For Bangor, touching at Rockland, Camden, Bel
last Searsport Sandy Point, Bucksport, Winterport
Returning, will leave Bangor every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings at O'Clock, touch-
ing at the above named landings, arriving in Port
land at o'clock P. M.
Steamer "City of Richmond connects with stages
at Rockland, and other landings, for neighboring
towns. Connects at Rockland with the Knox q
Lincoln r. r., at Belfast with B. & NJ. R. R., Ban
gor with Z. & n A. and other Railroads.
Fare to Rockland S1.0O, Camden. ............,S15O
Belfast, Searsport and Sandy Point -. 200
Bqcksport, Winterport, Hampden and
CYRUS STURDivANT. GEM Xs't. 1''O
Railroad Wharf, foot of State St., Portland.
Portland. April 18th, 1875 diff
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RECENT TESTIMONIALS.

FREwsBURGH, Nov. 12 1874.
have used the Cordial Balm and Syricum and Lo-
throp Tonic Pills as preventive and cure for the
of ardent spirits and habitual ntOxicaion, and
find them actually specific in such cases. I regard
them as most invaluable medicines, and nothing
could induce me to be without them.
JACOB MESERVE.
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Job Printing Of every description neat
y executed at this O@ce.
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PORTLA.ND
PHILADELPHIA.
Clyde's Iron Line of Steamers

,dFA IN Running between Providence
GHl IXNEAM and Philadelphia every WED
lMAnAN&tASSA NESDAY and SATURDAY gives
Eez11ElzAn1s2~ direct communication to and
rom Portland and all other points in Maine, with
Philadelphia and beyond. Through rates are given to
Philadelphia and all points reached oy the Penn.
Central and the Phil. & Reading R. rps, and to a
the principal cities in the South and Southwest. No
Wharfage. No Commission for forwarding.
Fall information given by d. d. c. MINK
Agent, 20 Devonshire St. Boston, or j. B. COYLE,
DR., Portland. r
VIM. P. CLYDE s. CO., Gen'l Managers
anil 1y 70 So. Delaware Avenue PHILADELPHIA
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MAIL LINE TO
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
DIRECTi

With connections to Prince Edward Is.
land, Cape Breton and ~. II hns, N. 4.
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Blood Medicine

Every placed befor the people, and are warranted
be the most Powerful Alternative ever originated by
man. They impart.
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not touch it," .REe f@&
"Nay, pluck it," answered Aylmer-
pluck it and inhale its brief perfume while
you may. The flower will wither in few
moments and leave nothing save its brown
seed vessels; but thence may be perpetuated
race as ephemermal as itself.'' etgs
But Georgiana had no sooner touched The
flower than the whole plant suffered blight
its leaves turning coal black as if by the
agency of fire. 'e- .a-tg
''There was too powerful stimulus" said
Aylmer, thoughtfully. s, b G.,-75 ii
To make up for this abortive experiment,
he proposed to take her portrait by scien-
tific process Of his own invention. 1t was to
be effected by rays of light striking upon a
polished plate of metal. Georgiana assented
but, on looking at the result, was alright to
find the features of the portrait blurred and
indefinable; while the miniature figure of a
hand appeared where the cheek should have
been. Aylmer snatched the metallic plate
and threw it into a jar of corrosive acid.
500, however, he forgot these notifying
failures. In the intervals OF study and chem
lcal experiment he came to her flushed and
exhausted, but seemed invigorated by her
presence, and spoke in glowing language OF
the resources OF his art. He gave history
OF the long dynasty of the alchemists, who
spent so many ages in quest of the universal
solvent by which the golden principle might
be elected from all things vile and base.
Aylmer appeared to believe that. by the
plainest scientific logic, it was altogether
within the limits of possibility to discover
the long sought medium. ''But," he added,
"a philosopher who would 60 deep enough to
acquire the power would attain too lofty a
wisdom to stoop to the exercise of it." Not
less singular were his opinions in regard to
the elixir vitae. He more than intimated
that it was at his option to concoct liquid
that should prolong life for years, perhaps in.
terminably; but that it would produce dis.
cord in nature which all the world, and
chiefly the quaffer of the immortal nostrum,
would find cause TO curse,
."Aylmer, are you in earnestw asked
Georgiana, looking at him with amazemeni
aud fear. ''It is terrible to possess such
! power, or even to dream of possessing it,"
| 70, do not tremble, my lovew said her
husband. II would not wrong either you OF
| myself by working such inharmonious effects
upon our lives; but ! would have you con.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
The TRANSMISSION Of Blood.

The subject of the TRANSMISSION of blood
from one person to another is attracting
much attention among medical men, and
many experiments are being made. At
the Buffalo medical college an expert
ment was tried, the details of which
have been published. The subjects upon
which the operation was performed were
two dogs, one good sized mongrel and
the other smaller animal, having some
thing of the coach dog in his compost
ton. The small dog was bled antil he
to all appearances was dead. He was
then supplied with blood from the large
dog, the blood flowing for three min
utes, when the animal gave signs of
life. Both animals were under the effects
of ether, and both recovered, having ap-
parently suffered no pain, and the ex-
pertinent having been declared most
successful.
The professor having the experiment
in charge concluded his illustration by
instructing the students that before try
ing the experiment upon human beings
they should repeat it two or three times
on animals.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
Finishing up the Tunnel,

The clearing of the central shaft of
the Hoosac Tunnel was brought to q
successful issue. The work has been
under the charge of Mr.. Bond, bright
young fellow of say twenty-three years,
son of Austin Bond of North Adams.
The shaft, it will be remembered, is
1000 feet deep, and, in exeavating it,
floors were put in once in eighteen feet /;
and these floors, with their heavy sup
porting timbers, have now been taken
out, one by one, from the bottom
up. To enable the miners to cut away
these timbers movable platform was
constructed, to fill the shaft, being sus-
pended from the top by wire rope
cable and secured by several independ-
ent fastenings, each capable of support
ing the platform. In place of the cage
was introduced one of the old buckets
used in digging the shaft to bring up
the stone, to remove the debris and dis
lodged rock. And so, carefully, a step
of eighteen feet at time, have the slip
perry, treacherous timbers been lifted
out together with one hundred and
twelve yards of loose stone, near the
top of the shaft, some of these last hang
ing pieces weighing five OF six tons, and
all without any blasting. Brick work
was put in to secure soft vein of rock
near the top, the platform was lifted ou
and the shaft was one clear, deep hole
without timber or rock that can evel
! fall into the tunnel.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
On a FOOl's Errand.

The sad fate of certain Nevada miners
who neglected their honest labors in a
paying silver mine to go in search of
mythical money, furnishes an admirable
example of thefoolishness of listening to
tales of " treasure -trove." Certain of
them being recently engaged in quar-
rel, one of the number was so grievously
wounded, that he was constrained to die
with his boots on but, before drawing
his last breath, he told them a wonderful
story. Once upon a time, he said, he
had committed a robbery, and had buried
the money-an immense sum in gold
in wild corner of remote valley,
which few even of the prowling miners
had ever visited. He accurately de-
scribed the place and the miners were
in such haste to go in search of it that
they did not wait to bury the unfortu-
nate man who had told them the secret.
They left their mining claim and wan
dered into the valley, many days jour
ney, to the spot where the supposed
treasure lay. Before they reached it,
however, they were shut up in binding
snow storm, and it was not until after
twenty days of terrible suffering and
privation and the death of a member of
the party that the rest succeeded in re-
turning to their claim, to find it oc-
cupied by strangers, and to learn from
persons who had recognized the dead
man that he hadnever been in the valley
mentioned, had never committed rob
berry, and had simply, with his last
breath, avenged himself on his fellows
for playfully killing him, ,bysending them
on fools errand.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
The Amateur Fire Brigade.

Mr., Bolink owns and runs a cooper
shop in Detroit, and as he keeps dozen
men at work he is bound to have his
shop run on "system.' The other day
he was reading a newspaper article in re-
gard to the prevention of conhagrations.
The article advised all employers to lay
out a regular programme as to what
should be done when fire was discover
ed in the shop, and drill his hands until
they understood it. He bought fifty
feet of hose for the penstock, detailed a
man to use it in case of fire, and then
instructed each other man and boy Just
what they should do when an alarm was
given. One was to roll out barrels, an
other to save tools, another to throw
slaves through q window, and each one
knew exactly what to jump for.
This was all right, and Mr.. Bolink had
good mind to cancel his insurance
policies and depend on his local fire
brigade. Before taking this step, how
gramme trial. He had little curiosity
to see if his employees would spring to
their posts according to instructions, and
he studied out plan. One morning he
passed up stairs, kicked pile of shavings
together on an old piece of zinc, touched
O match to them, and the next minute
ran down stairs crying out:
"The shop is on fire Fire fire ~
The man who was to use the hose
grabbed it up, threw it out of the win
dow, and jumped after it, shouting
"tire ~ until he was heard three blocks
off. The man who was to save the tools
threw an adj and hit Mr.. Bolink in the
back, and then hit him again with a
draw-shave.
AS Mr.. Bolink was paving around on
the floor the man who was to save the
ready-made work rolled five pork barrels
over him, kicked in the heads of three
more, and then dug out through the
back door. One man saved a piece of
board six feet long; another took up a
stave and broke two windows before he
fled, while third threw hammer at the
clock, uttered q wild shrek, and kicked
open the side door.
In two minutes the shop was clear of
every one but Mr.. Bolink, and he was
crawling out from among the barrels
when steamer No. 6 came galloping
down. The smoke was rollingup through
the roof, the boys yelling " fire ~ and
VIC nItlleu were ueUcIullueU W save
that coopershop or perish in the attempt.
Mr.. Bolink heard them calling to git
them hose around hyar," and to "play
her up to eighty-tive, and he got to the
door and shouted:
Hold on, gentleman, there is no fire
here p
"Git out'n the way!" cried the pipe
man; "yere's yer mineral water!"
" It's only joke, gentlemen; there is
no - Mr.. Bolink was shouting, when
the stream of water lifted him over the
barrels out of the back door, where he
Es Els dt9S%5Pp 81 bbrqksp G sheEe 59e hqEsa hqsa t
water, and the shaviDgs had burned out.
During the afternoon the next day his
whole force were engaged in emptying
barrels, wringing out draw-shaves,
hanging broadaxes up to dry, and other
wise getting the shop on working
basis
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
Changing the Government.

The natives of Strong's Island, in the
Pacific ocean, not long ago got tired of
their king and queen, on account of
their personal vices and general bad
character, and they made up their minds
to depose them. So they gathered in
the church to the number of about
hundred men, and, after opening the
meeting by prayer and singing "There
is rest for the weary" one of the chiefs
broached the topic, and suggested ar
other chief for new king, Each of the
chiefs spoke in order, followed by num-
ber of the common people. The chief
who first spoke (Kanku) was the choice
of good many, but they yielded their
preference, and went for his candidate
(Sigera). The old king was deposed,
and Sigera elected by unanimous show
of hands. The old king had got wind
of what was going on, and had packed
up his things ready to leave his palace.
The new king went in without delay,
had family worship in the evening, and
all was quiet and orderly. The old king
also had worship at his new residence,
himself leading the devotions, and SO
ended O bloodless revolution.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
Domestic Servants.

A correspondent of the London Court
Circular tells the following as illustrating
the attitude of domestic servants in
England. He says; A lady having
twelve servants in her house gave a
small article of dress, known among the
initiated as a chemizette, and composed
of muslin and lace, to her lady's maid to
wash; the lady's maid passed it on to the
laundry maid on the plea that the article
was muslin, and belonged to her depart
ment. The laundry maid declined to do
it because it was lace, and, as such, must
be "got up" by the lady's maid. AS
neither would do it, the mistress ordered
the necessary appliances to be got ready,
and herself descended to the laundry
and washed the article.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
All Full of Poison,

In lecture delivered in Baltimore, a
well-known professor of chemistry told
his audience of the dangerous character
of the nostrums 80 widely advertised as
toilet articles. A lady of fashion of the
present day, he said, considers her toilet
table incomplete without hair tonics, hair
washers and restoratives, depillatories,
enamels, salves and powders. By means
of peculiar arrangement of the ordinary
microscope, the root of the hair and a
section OF the human skin, showing the
roots of the hair, sweat-glands, ducts,
etc., weIe thrown upon screen, and
their construction and functions ex-
planned. A number of the so-called
chair tonics," =" washes" and ere
storers" were taken and their compost
tion shown to the audience by chemical
tests, several bottles of metallic lead be-
ing taken from one of the so-called
chair restorers." In every case, and
among the most extensively used articles,
large quantities of lead were used. The
professor explained the danger in using
these articles, and more than one lady
present promised herself that she would
use them no more.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
He Has Read the Papers.

The other evening when father boxed
his sons ears as a punishment for i'm
pudence, the lad stood before him and
remarked: See here, father, 1 was
reading this morning that the drum of
the ear is one of the most sensitive
things in the human system. A sudden
blow upon the ear is liable to produce
deafness, and the practice of cutting chill
dren cannot be too severely censured
1t is but a relic of that dark period when
q man with wart on his nose was put to
death as q sorcerer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
The Return Home.

You won't be hard on her, father?
II is JEANNE, our eldest born
JEANNE, the little girl-baby
God gave us one Christmas morn.
She has given us many a heart-ache
And, oh ! twas bitter day
When we hunted all over for Jeannie,
And found she had run away.
You cursed her that morning, father:
And bitterly then you swore
That the home that she left behind her
Should never receive her more
But know that you couldn't have meant it
Aud you won't remember it when,
Sick and broken and hungry,
Our JEANNE comes home again.
You won't be hard on her, father?
1t was years and years ago,
And think you have fretted for Jeannie
More than even you know.
She is looking 30 pale and sickly,
And see how thin she is dressed:
Look at the poor little baby
That is lying on Jeannie's breast.
You are forehanded, father,
And these are our flesh and blood.
And yet they are cold and hungry,
Starving, perhaps, for food.
You know we pray of a Sunday,
And every day that we live,
TO be for our sins forgiven
Even as we forgive.
Seth was shiftless fellow,
But he wasn't bad you know;
And jennie was young and reckless
And then she loved him SO
Our girl had good many chances
TO marry lkelier man,
But after thing is done, you see,
We should do the best we can.
He is only poor and hiftless,
Or he wouldn't come back again.
Perhaps if he had a chance, father.
To take his place among men--
If we could do something for him,
Give him a lift, you know,
Get him somehow to work again
Perhaps he might make it go.
Well take them back to the homestead
1t has been such a lonely place
just think how the dear old kitchen
Will welcome Jeannes face
JEANNE will help get supper
You know l am getting Old
And you shall sit in your armchair,
With Jeannies baby to hold.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25
Who Pays.

AS there are a vast amount of CORE
spondents about now a-days, New York
paper says, and Mr.. Beecher and his
affairs are pretty thoroughly sifted, it
may be well to satisfy public opinion
on two points:
l. Mr.. Beecher pays his own trial ex-
penses out of his own pocket.
2. He has had to mortgage everything
he has in the world to enable him to do
so.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-25

SPARE BEDs.-Here is a hint for
housekeepers, and very important one.
Merely covering up bed with blankets
and counterpanes will no more keep it
dry than pane of glass will keep out
light. The atmospheric moisture will
penetrate all woven fabrics. Hence,
the Importance of keeping the beds in
spare rooms regularly aired. Many a
dear friend or welcome visitor has been
sent to an untimely grave or afflicted
with disease by being put into a bed
which had been permitted to stand un-
occupied. Keep the spare beds, when
not in use, free from all covering but o
light spread.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-02-17

INDEPENDENCE, KAN, BURNED
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, February l2-By
the Fort Scott and Gulf train last even
ing, information Of very disastrous
confagration at Independence, Kan,
was received. The fire broke out in a
saloon in the business portion of the
town, about II o'clock Wednesday
night, and spread rapidly, burning, be-
fore it could be checked, sixteen bust.
ness houses. The full extentsnt of
damages is not known, and further
particulars could not be ascertained.
there being no telegraphic communica-
ton with this place and Independence
save that In charge of the Railroad
authorities.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-02-17

There is much speculation as to who
is to be Circuit Judge when Judge
Cate resigns. Capt. G. s. Park, of
Stevens Point, will probably be the
man. An effort is being made to have
a new circuit organized, taking in
Wood, Marathon and Lincoln from the
circuit. and Jackson and Clark from
the sixth circuit, and a bill is before
I'll Il psi .pfe T d. 7urr So