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The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02

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Having passed several seepless nights, dis.
turbed by the agonies and cries of suffering
child, and becoming convinced that Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup was just the article need
ed, procured a supply for che child. On reach
ing home, and acquainted his wife with what
he had done, she refused to have it administer
ed to the child, as she was strongly in favor of
Homeopathy. That night the child passed
in suffering, and the parents without sleep.
Returning home the day following, the father
found the baby still worse; and while contem-
plating another sleepless night, the mother
stepped from the room to attend to some do
nestle duties, and left the father with the child
During her absence he administered portion
of the Soothing Syrup to the baby, and said
nothing. That night all hands slept well, and
the little fellow awoke in the morning bright
and happy. The mother was delighted with
the sudden and wonderful change, and although
at first offended at the deception practiced upon
her, has continued to use the Syrup, and suffer
ing, crying babies and restless nights have dis
appeared. A single trial of the Syrup never
yet failed to relieve the baby, and o iercome the
prejudices of the mother.
Sold by all druggists.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02
TEMPLARS OF HONOR,

At TempIars' Hail. No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Mondays in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02

ECONOMICAL New Foods cents will buy
package of Ses Moss Farne, m ade from pure
Irish moss, which W II make so kinds of dishes,
such as cakes, pies, buildings, etc, or 10 quarts
blanc mango, etc. Sold by all Druggists and
GrCcers. apr16eod daw1y
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1875
THE PRESS
CITY AND VICINITY.
New Advertisements To-Day,

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.
Allen Mission-Annual Excursion,
SPECIAL NOTICES
Cape Elizabeth-The Republican Voters
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Richardson & Boynton's-Nutter Bros. & Co.
To Let-On Spring Street.
Wanted Partner, Active or Silent.
Fruit Jars-F. A. Sargent.
Insure your Life-New Eng Mutual Life ms. Co.
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.

z. W. hubbard POSTMASTER.
d. w. YORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02

The friends of Byron D. Verrill, Esq, of this
city, will present his name in the county con-
vention as a candidate for Judge Of Probate.
We regret to learn that Fl. K. Morrill,, Esq,
of the Gardiner Home Journal, is in poor
health.
Hon. j. G. Blaine has gone to Saratoga for
few days.
Gen. Roberts of Bangor was in town Satur-
day, to attend the meeting of the Centennial
Commission.
Mr.. V. c. Tarbox Of Bath, who has for eight
years been connected with the agency of the
justly popular New England Mutual Life In.
surance Company. has been appointed general
agent of the company in this city, as the sue
cessor of J. M. Palmer, Esq, Mr.. Tarbox has
the reputation of being one Of the best men in
the business. The advertisement Of the COM
pany will be found in the appropriate place.
Saturday the employees of the Advertiser
Office presented Capt. Giles o. Bailey, who has
for the past four years been connected with
that Office, with an elegant silver ice pitcher
properly inscribed. The presentation was
made lby SMr. L. G. Wade. Capt. Bailey
terminated his lab DTS in the. Advertiser office
Saturday. He will hereafter give his attsp-
ton exclusively to the new Sunday paper.
MARROW ESCAPE.-About 1.30 yesterday a
horse and carriage, in which woman was
seated, came down Congress street from Nun
joy upon the run. The reins seemed to be in
reach, but the poor woman was so frightened
that she could only hold her sunshade over her
head and utter shreks Of fright. The horse
kept clear of the few carriages in the street
and also of the many persons who tried to stop
him. He kept down Congress street to the
United States Hotel. when he somewhat
slackened his speed, and turning down the
short street in front of that house, came onto
Middle street. He passed down Middle to the
corner of Pearl, where one gentleman struck
the animal across the nose with his walking
stick and others seized the brute, pretty we'll
winded by the long run. The lady was terribly
frightened, as she had right to be, as she run
great risk Of having her neck broken.
The horse started near the corner of Wash.
ington and Congress- and was frightened by the
raising of the sunshade which the lady carried,
which she put up before the driver had got in
or had the rens in his hands. Mr.. Joseph
Martin stopped the animal.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02

Steamer leaving Custom House Wharf, at and
1890 a. M, for Cushing's Island Fare for the Ex-
curson including Chowder 80 cents, for sale at the
Steamer aug2d2t
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$i3,36l,347.OO.

The great and special fea ture of the New
England Mutual Life Insurance Co. is
its NON-FORFEITAB Policies
This feature is the right of the POLICY
holders made so by the law of the State Of
Massachusetts Premiums already paid
continue the Policy in force until they are
earned by the cost of insurance. Fifteen
policies i'm the New England Co. were paid
under this law in 1874, amounting TO
$50 10000 which would have been n
total loss to the pOIicy-holders, had they
been insured in any company, other than
a III Massachusetts company
The advantages offered to Insurers by
this company in
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-02

From 7.30 m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted
. Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a m.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

DIR. Beard states that from an analysis
of the lives of a thousand representative
men in all the great branches of human
effort, he made the discovery that the
golden decade was between thirty and
forty; the silver, forty and fifty; the bra
zen, between twenty and thirty; the iron,
between fifty and sixty. The superiority
of youth and middle life over old age in
original work appears all the greater
when we consider the fact that all the
positions of honor and profit and prestige
-professorships and public stations-are
in the hands of the old. Reputation,
like money and position, is mainly con-
fined to the old. Men are not widely
known until long after they have done
the work that gives them their fame.
Portraits of great men are delusion ;
statues are lies They are taken when
men have become famous, which, on the
average, is at least twenty-five years af-
ter they did the work which gave them
their fame. Original work requires
enthusiasm. If all the original work
done by men under forty-five were an
initiated, they would be reduced TO bar
barism. Men are at their best at thai
time when enthusiasm and experience
are most evenly balanced. This period
on the average, Is from thirty eight L
forty. After this the law is that expert
ence increases, but enthusiasm de
creases,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
Ten Millions.

About three weeks ago there was an
arrival at the Brooklyn navy-yard. The
visitor was neither ship, gunboat, nor
naval officer, and yet this arrival created
more comment among the workmen in
the yard than hes any event of the past
twelvemonth.
The laborers were very much surprised
one day when number of boxes resem-
bling vitriol carboys were brought past
the sentinels and deposited in full view
of all the yard. At first the report was
spread that these mysterious boxes con-
tained vitriol, but that statement was
authoritatively denied. The boxes re-
NAMED under close surveillance for sew
eral days, and there was great speculation
among the employees as to their possible
contents. This curiosity was increased
upon the appearance of two strange men
who entered the yard, and evidently act
ing under official instructions, assumed
charge of the boxes. Notwithstanding
the fact that the labOrers had been Or
dered to keep aloof from the mysterious
packages, the men approached the two
strangers and ascertained that they were
about to open the boxes. This was ac-
cordingly done. Box No. was found to
be filled with greenbacks. New, bright,
crisp greenbacks! Greenbacks that had
never been soiled or folded, but were
fresh from the hands that finished them.
There were packages of one thousand
dollar bills that would have filled a
wheelbarrow or delighted the greedy
vision of Government contractor.
And still the wonder grew, for when box
No. was opened it was thought Gov
ernment vault was vomiting forth the
national treasure. Heaps of one hun
dred dollar bills, volumes of fives, for.
tunes in fifties, and tens of thousands in
tens and twenties, were packed in the
boxes Just opened by the two strangers
While the employees stood by, stricken
with astonishment at this revelation OF
wealth from such an unexpected quarter
the strangers made preparations to re-
move the boxes and their contents to the
foundery building. When this had beer
accomplished one of the strangers pro
ceeded TO thrust the greenbacks into the
furnace, and, as they burned, the Othel
stranger raked out and examined the
ashes to make sure that the fire had done
its destroying work. There was wonder
ment in the Brooklyn navy-yard ovel
this holocaust of greenbacks until it wa
understood that the ten million dollars
that had been burned were from a cele
brated counterfeiter's establishment, ant
that they had been destroyed by order o
the Government.-Brookiyn Argus.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
A Yankee Farmer and His Fat Cattle.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says: Franklin county has long been
famous for its fat cattle, but the forty
seven head now standing in the stables
of George w. Jones, at Deerfeld, 60 a
little ahead of anything yet seen in the
county. They are all Durhams, great
fellows SO large they can hardly move
themselves, the heaviest yoke weighing
1000 pounds, the next 4,4O0, and the
whole averaging over 1000 per yoke.
They are fed eight quarts a day each of
meal and bran, and all the hay they
want; the water is supplied to their
managers in pipes. Those now in stall
will be taken to Boston about Christmas,
when Mr.. Jones will stock for the winter,
his usual supply being eighty or ninety
cattle, six hundred or seven hundred
sheep, and about dozen horses. Last
year he cut about three hundred and
fifty tons of hay, all of which he fed out,
and some seventy-fve tons more. The
cattle are kept in a sub-basement of the
barn, which has to be well ventilated
during the winter, else it would become
oppressively warm from the number oi
cattle confined there. The sheep are
kept OH the floor above. Mr.. Jones puts
upon his own land, which lies along the
west bank of the Connecticut river fol
half mile, all the manure from his
stock, raising twelve or fourteen acres o.
heavy tobacco every year, for which he
gets prices considerably above that paid
for tobacco grown by patent fertilizers
In fact, he is one farmer who has fount
out how TO "make farming pay"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
The whisky Ring.

There were important disclosures in the
trial i'm st. Louis of Mcdonald for de-
frauding the revenue. The man who
collected the enormous sums of black
mail from the distillers was on the stand.
He swore that something like $400, 900 a
year was collected and distributed
among the thieves for four years; that
the emoluments" were more than
$4,000 week, and that one of the ring
who believed in "the policy Of silence"
received $4,000. A bad lot all around,
but the worst of them is Megram, who
willingly made himself confederate of
theirs for five years, and now betrays all
the rest in order TO retain his own share
Of the plunder and keep out of Jail. The
st. Louis ring seems TO have been con-
Quoted by shrewd and cunning men, and
it is to be hoped that their punishment
will serve as warning instead ofa profit
able trick to be initiated by unscrupu-
lous officials in other heavy revenue dis
tricts.-Ne,o York Graphic,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
One night a strange sound awoke the

One night strange sound awoke the
quiet village. 1t was the cry of fire.
Rhoda sprang from her bed. Lot Lam.
bert's house was on fire. The flames
lighted her chamber 50 she could see to
pick up a pin. Indeed, she was separated
but by few rods from the burning
building.
The village was all aroused and on the
spot. At first only one side of the house
was on fire, and willing hands brought
out the furniture. Sideboards, bedsteads,
tables, chairs were placed by the road
side until morning, when, the house lying
in ashes, and his fathers house being out
of the village, Lot come to Rhoda's door
and asked leave to place his furniture in
her unoccupied south rooms until he
could remove them to another place of
storage.
1t was the first time the two had
spoken to each other in twenty years.
Rhoda, was pale, but she gave quiet,
ready consent. Lot and his men brought
the things in and went away for the
night.
1t was June weather. In the morning
Rhoda went into the south rooms and
opened the windows and blinds. The
sunlight fell upon the household goods of
Lot Lambert, every article of which she
remembered.
There was the little sewing-chair he
had bought her; there was the dining
table which Lot had laughingly said
must be proportioned for large family
there was Let's desk, and the bedstead
upon which she had never rested.
The drawer of a bureau had been
broken open in the removal, and Rhoda
glanced in this. She saw silk dress,
ashes-of-roses in color, lying still unmade
in its wrapper.
The color had crept out of her lips.
She stood with her hand to her brow in
bewilderment and pain when a step
came. Lot Lambert stood beside her,
and his eyes, too, sought the silk dress in
the bureau-drawer.
A tight feeling came about Rhoda's
heart. She looked up into Lots face,
and he was looking at her.
am sorry," she faltered, hardly
knowing what she was going to say.
"And / have been sorry every day for
twenty years.. said Lot. Rhoda, is it
too late to forgive each other nowT'
In a moment her arms were around
his neck and he was kissing her as he had
never kissed Mercy Ray.
Soon they were married. And Rhoda
would be married in no other but the
ashes-ofroses silk, which she had once
sent back to him, and this strip which l
have in my hand is bit left from the
making.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
BETTER THAN GOLD.

Better than grandeur, better than gold,
Than rank and title thousand fold,
Is a healthy body, mind at ease,
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for neighbor's woe,
A. d share his joys with genial glow,
With sympathies large enough TO enfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold Is a conscience clear
Though toiling for bread in humble sphere,
Doubly blest with content and health,
Untried the lust of cares or wealth.
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and ennoble poor mans cot;
For man and morals, or natures plan,
Are the genuine test OF gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons of tell when their labors close;
Better than gold Is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumber deep
Bringing sleeping draughts to the dowhy bed,
Where luxury pillows his aching head
His simpler opiate labor deems
A shorter road to the land OF dreams.
Better than gold is thinking mind
That In the realm of books can lind
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live with the great and good OF yore.
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories OF empires past away;
The worlds great drama will this enfold
And yield pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold Is peaceful home
Where all the firesides charities come;
The shrine Of love and the heaven of life,
IIallowed by mother, or sister, or wife,
However humble the home may be,
Or tried by sorrow with heavens decree,
The blessings that never were bought or sold
And center there, are better than gold.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
Fourteen Infant Graves.

In an old graveyard in the north part
Of Grafton, Vermont, says the Rutland
Herald, there stands double maidstone,
on one table of which is the following
and epitaph:
Thomas n. Park, Jr., and IL children Of Thomas X.
and Rebecca Park
Youth, behold and shed tear,
Sc fourteen children slumber here;
Sc their image how they shine
Like flowers OF fruitful vine.
The other table bears the following in
scription and epitaph:
In memory Of Rebecca, Wife Of Mr.. Thomas X.
Park, who died
Sept. %, 1903, in the 10th year Of her age.
Behold and sc as you pass by
My fourteen children with me lie.
Old and young you soon must die
And turn 10 dust as soon as 1.
The iootston is double, and OH one
half of it is inscribed, "Mrs. II. Parker"
on the other, (" fourteen children" MIR.
Parker afterward had two other wives,
and had in all twenty-oDe children, six
teen of whom died in infancy. Old
people in Grafton used TO say that the
death of these children was in conso-
quence of curse pronounced upon the
family by an old negro woman. This
row of graves, after more than seventy
years, Is quite distinct; nearly all the
graves In the row can be easily traced,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
Memoranda.

The ordinary routine in bending metal
pipes, like gas-fixtures, Grassland instru-
ments, etc., is TO fill the pipe with lead,
and bend to the required curve by force.
The wrinkles that form in the inner side
of the curve are then hammered out by
hand. In the place of lead square wire
spiral spring is now employed. This, in
serted in the pipe, acts as flexible
mandrel, and by its aid good curves may
be obtained, and much of the usual
stretching and crowding up of the metal
avoided, while after hammering is not
needed. For square pipes two fiat strips
of metal are employed to reinforce the
spring and preserve the shape of the pipe.
Patents of this method of bending pipes
are pending, and it seems destined to be
of great value to the copper, brass, and
iron-pipe traders.
The Il rail exhibits disposition to
change its form. 1t is now being rolled
with wider fange or base and a thicker
head, without increasing the standard
weight of sixty-seven pounds to yard.
The material of the upright part is re-
duced to make up for the increased size
of the base and head. The head is made
more nearly square at the sides, and the
edges of the base are thinner. The OBJ
ject of this is to increase the resistance
to wearing by the fanges of the wheels
and to prevent the rail from cutting into
the sleepers In place of the notches Gu
in the rail to hold the spikes that have
been found 80 destructive to the life o
the rail, holes are now drilled through
the base, and through these the rail /
fastened TO the road bed.-Scribner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

THE annual report of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad shows the total
revenues for the fiscal year ending Sep
tember 80, 1876, to be 81, ,426, ,552, de-
crease compared with 1874 of $500, ,53S !;
net earnings, $4,490,0OS. The surplus
fund is $34, ,023, ,566, which exceeds the
entire mortgage Indebtedness of the COM
pany by $5,307, 1882. The report shows
a steady and continued annual expan-
sion of tonnage of through merchandise
East and West. Passenger earnings ex-
hibit an increase of $94,774. The report
says it is believed that the enormous
losses thrown upon the roadways of the
country by assaults made upon the Bal
timore and Ohio Company will cause a
wiser policy to be generally adopted and
maintained in the future. Such extreme
Irregularities and rates so unremunera-
tive az were needlessly made have i'm
periled such vast interests and injured
seriously so much railway property, that
the lessons of the past year should not
fail to secure hereafter judicious and
conservative policy. The following gen.
tlemen were elected Directors on the
part of the stockholders: Galloway
Cheston, Samuel w. Smith, Franci,
Burns, John Spear Nicholas, John Gregg
Francis T. King, G. Oliver, Jas. Harvey
William w. Taylor, Samuel Taylor
John King, jr., and G.. A. Vanlngen.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
An Original Idea.

A Michigan avenue saloon keeper,
whose place has been cleaned out two or
three times by roughs, has got things
fixed to his liking now. There is trap
door ten feet square in front of the bar,
worked by spring, and when rough
strikes the counter and begins to raise
row he Is dropped into the cellar. A
pail Of hot water is flung over him by
the same machinery, and hickory club,
worked by steam, strikes him ninety
eight times a minute. When the fellow
finally gets clear of the machinery a big
dog welcomes him, snuff is thrown into
his eyes, and he reaches the street with a
solemn vow upon his lips to become one
of the most exemplary citizens of De
troit.-Detron Free Press.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
Another Dog Story.

A Radnorshire lady, who was married
in March and came to reside in York
shire, recently paid visit to her father,
who, before she was married, had kept
two or three sbeep-dogs, of which she was
very fond. Since then he has retired
from business, and disposed of all but one
dog. This one met the lady with demon
strations of great delight upon her ar
rival at her fathers house, and that
night the dog went distance of seven
miles TO farmhouse where one of the
other dogs had been sent (the latter was
blind, but kept as being an old favorite).
In the morning, when the lady went to
the door, she saw not only the dog which
had given her such a glad reception the
day previously, but also the old blind
one, which had evidently been brought
by the other dog TO welcome her. When
the second night came the old blind one
was taken back to its home by the same
dog, which afterwards returned, having
travelled a distance Of twenty-eight miles
TO give pleasure to the old blind one.--
Land and Water.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

The situation in the British royal
family looks dubious. Albert Edward
has gone to meet her Highness Nugerool
Dowlah- Omrow Dootah Baku Mahomet
Khan Sahib Bahador, who is the neat
little begun of Bhopaul, and Alexandria,
poor girl, has gone home to her mother
at Copenhagen.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

AT the last election the people Of Kan.
sas adopted the constitutional amend
ments submitted to them by the Legis-
lature, by vote of not far from four TO
one. Hence the sessions of the Legisla-
ture will hereafter be biennial instead of
annual, and at each session the financial
appropriations will be made for two years
instead of one. The change is to take
place in January, 1877, the legislative
session Of January, 1875, being held, as
under the old regime,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

THE Methodist Episcopal Church has
over one hundred and forty Christian
women engaged daily in spreading Cos
pei truth In India. The total number of
adult baptisms in the different missions
in that empire during the last year was
about 5000.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02
MINOR TOPICS.

So far as was practicable, DR.. Lancas-
ter. of London, recently exhibited to the
audience, at one of his lectures, the pro-
duct of the analysis of mans body. DR..
Lancaster exhibited on the platform 23.1
pounds of carbon, % pounds of lime,
22.3 ounces of phosphorus, and about one
ounce each of sodium, iron, potassium,
magnesium, and silicon, and apologized
for not exhibiting also 5,595 cubic
feet of oxygen, 10000 cubic feet
of hydrogen, and fifty-two cubic feet Of
nitrogen.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-02

THERE are two hundred and fifty.two
Congregational churches in the State of
New York, sixty.one settled pastors, one
hundred and twenty-five acting pastors,
and twenty-eight thousand church mem
bers.