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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-27

A. G. Mitchell, of the class of rs, State Col
lege, has accepted the position of engineer on
the Somerset railroad.
The Dexter Gazette says that on last Sun
day afternoon the children of Mr.. James l..
Fisher of ST. Albans were at play with pair
of wheels, which were connected by an axle
that had become SO rusted that it turned with
the wheels. The children obtained some reins
from harness, and attaching the ends of the
same to the ends of the axle, one of them aged
about four years, had put the loop thus made
over his head, and was trying to pull the
wheels along. The other child pushed from
behind and as the wheels rolled, the axle
wound up the reins until the child's neck was
brought across the axle with so much force as
to break il, causing instant death
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
Cut this Out.

Every person should know how to
treat q flesh wound. Every one IS
liable to be placed in circumstances
away from any surgical and vetrinary
aid, where he may save his own life,
or friend or beast, simply by the
exercise of little common sense. In
the first place, close the lips of the
wound with the hands and hold them
firmly together to check the flow of
blood until several stitches can be
taken and bandage applied. Then
bathe the wound for long time in
cool water. "Should it be painful" q
correspondent says stake painful
of burning Goals and sprinkle upon
them common brown sugar, and hold
the wound in the smoke. In minute
or two the pain will be allayed, and the
recovery proceeds rapidly. In my case
a rusty nail had made bad wound in
my foot. The pains and nervous irrita.
tion we're severe. This was all removed
by holding it in the smoke fifteen min
utea, and was able to resume my
read ng with comfort. We have often
recommended it to others with like re-
suit. Last week one of my men had a
finger.nail torn out by pair OF ice
toDgs. II became very painful, as
was to be expected. Held in sugar
smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and
promised speedy recovery"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
FOREIGN.

Immense damage has been done tc
shipping by gallo on tho British coast.
Alfonso was officially proclaimed king
Of Spain on tho 22d, by Capt Gen. Concha
Turkey and Montenegro have with.
drawn their troops, collected on the border in
anticipation Of hostilities.
A large number OF Sisters Of Char.
ity, expelled from Mexico, have arrived in
Havana, on their way to France.
The grand cross of the order of the
Bath has been offered to Mr.. Carlyle, and Al
fred Tennyson is to be made baronet.
The national army has already ad-
vanced on the Carlists and already taken somo
of their strong positions King Alfonso is
with the army.
The Montenegran government has
ordered its subjects abroad to return home.
Twelve thousand troops have been ordered to
tho frontier.
The London Globe says the British
government has adopted the torpedo system
for the defense of the harbors of Bermuda and
for the port Of Halifax.
The Carlists have left Biscay and
Guipazaca. and moved into Navarro with all
their material of war. The army OF the north
has assumed the offensive.
King Alfonso issued proclamation
to day to tho inhabitants of tho Basque PROV
inces and Navarro. He says he longs for
peace, but will fight for his rights that ho is
Catholic and will REQ that full Justice is
again done the church. He offers full am
nesty to all who comply with his terms. A
proclamation has also been issued to the
army, from whom the king demands renewed
energy
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
FACTS AND FANCIES.

-Delmonico, II Q lion tanner, has been
devoured at Berlin by one OF his own
lions.
One OF the latest inventions is a
species of knnckles, with revolver,
bowie knife and hatchet attachment.
That ought to fetch 'em.
"A husband in Wyoming territory
rode twenty-eiRht miles to get his wife a
bustle and yet Susan B. Anthony yeowls
around about mans tyranny.
--"I'm going where won't have to
cook beans |" was the farewell sentence
Of an Ohio woman who left this vale OF
tears few days since.
Tho resolution "to do or die " is
never so much to any body as to the
young man who bursts suspender
button in the midst Of the "lancers."
~ y Mail.
Some of the poor.house authors
ties in London have discovered q new
method OF utilizing paupers. The most
picturesque are let out as models to
artists at twenty. I've cents per hour.
-"Mrs. Samuel Revolver Colt is 60
ing to found an orphan asylum" II the
asylum is intended for the orphans her
revolvers have made, we should like to
know where she is going to find vacant
lo4 large enough for it.-Courier-Jour-
nal.
Patti, on her appearance at Mos
COW, was pr, sented with five stars Of
diamonds ard rubies. Two thousand
bouquets were thrown to her during
the night, and she was called before the
curtain sixty times. This is enthusiasm
at white heat. We hope Moscow may
escape second great conhagation.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers have 30, 600 members. II an
insured member dies, his widow,
children, or heirs receive S3 900. Since
the insurance company wa organized,
nearly 81, 900, 900 have been paid, the
amount the past year being Sl0,925.
The only saleried ilicers are the grand
chief engineer, first grand engineer,
and first grand assistant.
An American, who has been travel
ing at night on a Mexican railroad, says
he was astonished at the amount Of
cock rowing along the line about the
hour of daybreak. His first impression
was that the train must be passing
through endless rows Of ROSTERS, but
he discovered at last that every other
Mexican on the cars had gamecotk
under his Serape.
"A train running at a moderate rate,
which is about twenty.one miles per
hour, would run over distance of five
hundred miles per day Of twenty-four
hours, and at that speed would reach
British India from London in about
eight and half days, or Pekin in
China in eleven days, or from Gibraltar
to the Cape of Good Hope in ten days,
or from Quebec to Cape Horn in seven
teen days, or once round the globe in
tfty-one days, or seven times round the
globe in one year, or a distance equal
from the earth to the moon is about
sixteen months, or from The earth to
The sun in five hundred years, which IS
| 95, 600, 900 miles
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
A Slander on BARRIERS.

A dyspeptic wag describes his barber
as follows: He is always in state OF
and is greasy; he wears q
paper collar his fingers are pudgy, and
his nails are in mourning, evidently for
some near relation he snips and ships
away, pinching your ears, nipping your
eyelashes and your jaws until you think
he must have cut off enough hair to fill
mattress. He always says, "Sham.
poon, sir ?" to which you say, No !"
and he says, "Eh, sir ?" to which you
reply, "Nol" Two octaves higher,
Heads very dirty, sab" to which, il
you have experience, you respond, 81
always have it so" and cut off further
debate. But he has his revenge. He
draws his fingers in pot OF axle
grease, scented with musk and age, and
before you can divine bis fearful intent
smears it all over your head and rubs it
until you look like an animated gun
swab. Then he showers weak bay rum
down your back and over your shirt,
ingeniously arranges your locks in
way that would make Socrates look like
a thunder blasted idiot. and collects
his stipend with an air of virtuous con-
descension.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
Buffers Postal Telegraph Bill.

The postal telegraph bill, introduced
by Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, pro-
poses that all telegraphic lines of COM
munication shall be made postroads,
and the postmaster, general is author.
ized to advertise for the transmission
of all government dispatches in the
same manner as the transmission of
mails are now advertised for.
Section two provides that all oompa-
nies shall receive and forward dispatches
from other companies without any extra
charge for designating the point where
the same came upon its line, and pro
hibits preference being given to any
class of business.
Section three prohibits the several
companies on land and ocean being in
terested directly or indirectly in the
collection and transmission of CONNER.
cial news.
Section iour requires rates for special
kilograms to newspapers and CONNER
cial news associations to be the same,
which rates shall be publicly displayed,
such rates in no case to exceed the
rate charged by the associated press and
other pr ss associations on the first OF
January, 1875.
Section five provides that all tele.
grams shall be privileged communica.
tions in law to some extent that sealed
letters are now, and the contents shall
not be divulged by any agent or officer
of the company, except for purposes OF
Justice, by order of u court OF compe-
tent jurisdiction.
Section six makes the tariff Uniform
to all parties for similar services. Gov
ernment dispatches when certified by
proper officer, to have precedence with,
out prepayment, at rates to be liked
annually by the postmaster-generai all
other kilograms to be transmitted in the
order received, except those designated
to go at night.
Section seven makes divulging OF th.
contents of any telegram, or willfu
delay in sending, or injury to telegraph
lines or apparatus, misdemeanor, pun
ishable by fine and imprisonment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE.
A Cheap ana Eftc Dcpartme mt

A Cheap and Effective Department..
There are now so stations of the
brigade in London, and stations are
on tile Thames. where steam floating
engines are moored. In connection
with these stations which are all in COM
munication with each other by means
of the electric telegraph, there are 50
telegraph lines, and IS miles of tele.
graph, iron. floating barge to carry a
land cam fire engine, 5 large land
steam fire engines, IA small land steam
fire engines, Is finch manual fire en-.
gines, Sc 6inch manual fire engines,
and 1906 fremen. There are 105 fire.
escape stations and 1876 fire escapes.
The number OF firemen employed on
the several watches kept up during the
day is 80; the number at night is 1874,
so that 271 are employed on watch duty
in every twenty.fonr hours. The num-
Der sick, injured, on leave, or under in
struction, is usually between 40 and 30
The remaining men aro available for
general work at fires. During 1878 the
calls made on the brigade for turnout
of engines, were as many as 1,703. OF
these 83 proved to be false alarms, and
70 were alarms of chimney fires. OF
fires other than chimney fires there we're
!, 54S, of which 1f6 resulted in serious
damage, 1882 in slight damage. In 20
of those fires life was lost, and in IA of
them life was seriously endangered.
The number of lives actually lost was
35, OF whom 12 were taken out OF the
burning buildings before death, but
subsequently succumed in hospitals or
elsewhere. The total number of calls
for chimney fires, and in which no alarm
of general fire had been raised, was
1902. In these cases there was no at
t. ndance OF engines, but only of fire.
men with hand pumps. The quantity
of water use for extinguishing fires in
the metropolis during the year 1873,
was abort 81, 800 600 gallons, or 1O1, 900
tons. The working accounts for the
year show the expenditure of the bri-
gade to have been nearly 1870, 900. Of
this, between $l80,0O0 and $685.
vent in salaries and wages, and nearly
$40, 900 for mems clothing; something
under 81, 200 for payments to medical
officers, and about 81, 500 in pensions to
late officers and widows.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
SQUTH.

A. J. Sweeney has been elected mayor
Of Wheeling, West Virginia.
A fire in Sumpter, South Carolina,
Thur day, destroyed property to tho value Of
$4,000.
z Tom johnson, colored, who was to be
hung at Montgomery, Ala, Friday, has had
bis sentence commuted to imprisonment for
eIifo.
The Ohio and Mississippi transfer
company's stable in ST. Louis was burne d
last week with fifty horses and large amount
Of hay. The loss is estimated at 100000.
& AT New Orleans, last week, W. A.
jlWeaks, the colored assistant secretary of
state, was killed by George Paris, colored
tax assessor, in an alteration, it is reported,
about a woman.
The steamer City of Quincy sunk at
Chatard Thursday night. She will probably
DO raised, as the river is falling rapidly. STE
ran into bank with full head Of steam, in
u fog, and had full trip, but no freight will
be damaged except in tho hold.
: A resolution, as been offered in the
Missouri senate instructng the senators and
requesting the representatives from that state
to vote for the proposition for the government
to guarantee the interest on the bonds OF the
Atlantic and Pacific end the Texas and Pacific
railroad companies.
An Italian named Antonio Vacaro was
found dead in his doorway on Sunday morn
ing at Vicksburg, having been murdered for
his money. The murder is supposed to have
been done by negroes, n number of whom wore
seen in his saloon short time before his
death. The deceased was supposed to have
$4,000 on his person.
The annual statement of the trade,
commerce and manufactures of Memphis for
1874, furnished by the secretary of the cham
Der of commerce. shows very satisfactory
state Of business generally. The total value
OF merchandise imports for the year was s73,-
DIG 8G7, and Of the product OF some manufac-
lures $780, $50. The total gross business
was S7S,3l7, 727, Of which tho cotton sales
amounted to S34, 100000. There ia healthy
increase in all departments, as compared with
1878 and compared with 1861, the most pros
porous year before or since the war, exhibits
an increase of 526,Gi7, 727 The population,
which by the census Of 1870, was 40, 1926, and In
1860 was %, 62l, is now, according to the cen
sus taken in 1874, under the supervision OF the
school commissioners, G6, 9G5 an increase since
1860 Of 44.3i4.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
EVA TUOHILL.

Who's not heard Of Eva Tuohill,
MINISTER'S purest, proudtst jewell
Queen of Limerick's lovely maidena,
Cork colleens, and Galway girls
With her slender shape that's swimmin'
Like swan among the women,
With her voice OF silver cadence,
And her crown Of clustering curls?
Eva Tuobill, Eva Tuohill!
Sure you're just one precious jewel
LIT with lovely, flying flashes,
From delightful lip to brow;
Now In dreams your eyes they darkle,
Now with JOY they dance and sparkle;
Now your cheek ia bathed In bushes,
Drowned in dimpled laughter now
But your beauty, Eva Tuohill,
Is no opal false aud cruel,
Nor the meteor-star decciylng,
Flashing ruin from above
No! but some diyinest splendor,
ont OF angels tear-drops tender,
Crystalled, in one iris weaving
Faith and Hope and Virgin Love.
Tile Spectator
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
Hawaiian Reciprocity.

Negotiations for reciprocity with the
Sandwich Islands have been practically
completed and will be sent to the
senate in the course of a few days. At
the instance OF the Hawaiian commits
sioner, it has been provided that the
treaty shall not go into effect until the
house of representatives gives its sane
ton by appropriate legislation: The
question recently raieed by resolutions
of the Vermont legislature. as to the
right of the president and senate alone
t) decide such matters OF commercial
policy, will thus be avoided.
The Hawaiian commissioners have
also suggested the insertion OF clause
prohibiting the levyipg OF export duties
on any articles named in the treaty.
This has been done in view OF the ac'
ton Of the government OF Brazil, which
when the United States removed tho
import duty on coffee, levied an export
duty of five cent per pound on that ar
ticle, which has since been added 10
the profits Of foreign producers ana
paid by consumers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
he Knew What He Wanted.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells the fol
lowing: He came into the Office OF Q
West End undertaken yesterday with Q
look Of great care on his honest face.
His eyes were heavy and slightly blood
shot, telling Of nightly vigils and loss
of sleep. His hair was unkept and
shaggy. The soft-hearted man OF cof
fins looked upon his visitor with gaze
full OF pity and thankfulness- pity for
his customers loss and thankfulness for
his patronage. He was so young to be
burdened with the loss OF dear one
by death.
The manufacturer OF burial cases
nodded silent assent and condoling
recognition the young man from the
country said: Chow d'ye?" Then
ensued q painful silence broken at
length by the man OF grave business.
"Can 1 do anything for you to-day,
sir p
"Wall I reckin' so. stranger -
Another silence. Once more the un-
de' tOker began by suggesting: Your
sister?"
Young man stared moment, then, as
light gradually broks upon his per.
picked mind, he smiled smile more
suggestive of sorrow than happiness,
and replied
"No-my vife."
"Sudden ?"
"No-expected su'thun' of the kind
for several months"
Wben did n hannah ~
"'Bout 4 o'clock this morning"
"Looks natural %
"Rather." Spoken carefully, and
expressive Of some doubt)
"About what do you want the cost OF
it to be ?"
"Don't care a durnation for expenses;
git it up kinder nice. I'll treat her
handsum, cause she Is the first one /
ever had"
Every we'll, my friend; you'll have
it lined with white satin, suppose ?"
"Jest as you say, stranger"
"Si.ver. headed screws, too, l sup
pose ?"
"Y-a-a.s, Is'pose 60. An, stranger,
Just put a bully top tot
"Oh, of course and you'll want
glass in it, also, I suppose?"
"Y a-a.s-Oh certainly--you bet.
Git her up snipt:ous, you know, old
fellow. None of your drafted one
hosa fixins for me. No, Stree"
"Just 80. Silver handles, of course?"
"Eh? What's that you say, stran-
ger-silver handles Oh durn it now,
won't that be pilin' it on too hefty like
| kin stand silver screws and sich, but
theirs no use maxim the hull tarnation
trap of silver. The thing has to be
moved, and must have handles, but
amt quite 80 stuck up as thet now-not
quite, stranger"
every well, acquiesced the man OF
obsequies. "Tll put ordinary handles
to it, then?"
"Egg actly-them's 'em, mister now
yer talkin'. Or'nary handles II do.
But, I say, stranger (refectively), make
the wheels glisten like thunder"
VII wh-wh.eels |"
"Yas, wheels. What's thor matter
with you, anyhow ?"
"But who eve rheard of wheels to q
coffin ?"
"Coflin /" shrieked the detected
looking young man. Coffin Now,
who in the dickens said anythikg about
cotlins ?"
"Why, don't you want coffin ?"
"Ne.o darn your coffin want
cradle-a trap to rock my new baby in
"And isn't your wife dead?"
,I,n
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
Russians In Paris.

A correspondent writes: "The Ras-
sian colony is one of the most import
ant in Paris. Russians arrive here IN
troops. They like Paris and the Paris
ians: they are more Partisan than any
other country. They speak French as
we'll as the French themselves, without
the slightest foreign accent, and dress
as elegantly as the most elegant Paris
ienues. The French also like the kus-
slams better than any other ns''onaii'y
that GENES to Paris, and with
son the Russiars are the mo
GUS travellers who overrun u
The English may have been
once, but now they are the
tourists who swarm the Cont
they seem to think OF IS
miles they can go over at tn
sible expense. Americans
than the English-but even
secopd.class, and barter
charges Of q bedroom
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04

ing various rates Of duty on number OF ar
tices which are now on tho free list. In re-
gard to the latter, Secretary Brstow makes no
recommendation, but merely enumerates
large number Of articles which arc now I'M
ported free, to an aggregate amount OF some
forty million dollars per annum, and from
which the committee may select, with this de-
tailed information now before then, such as
can most properly, in their opinion DO made
to contribute TO the customs revenue. Tho
secretary also transmitted to the committee
statistics and estimates prepared by the COM
missioner Of internal revenue in regard to in
creased revenue that could bo secured by
adding to the tax on whisky. 1t is generally
believed that il any increase is made, it will
be to the extent OF ten cents per gallon.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
IT il reported that o man went home

about three o'clock ore morning, and,
using his umbrella for billiard cue,
smote his sleeping wife in the short
rib. CRYING spool /" and sunk into q
sweet slumber. He has since explained
to his wifo that women can have no
idea how the cares of business will
sometimes affect q mans brain,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
EAST.

Two women who keep baby-farming
establishment at Holliston Massachusetts,,
have been arrested on charge OF poisoning
ave infants within eight weeks.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04

When Florida Indian is likely to
die his friends place him where an alli-
gator can take him in, and thus save
burial expenses,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04
A Seasonable Story.

Lewis and Sam D., a couple Of
residents of Long Island, who loved
rum and hated snakes, some years ago
went down to tho salt marsh to NOV Z.
They hung their scythes and wereabont
commencing work, when Lewis pro
posed to Sam that they should take a
drink of the quart furnished for the
occasion.
Sam agreed, of course. Tt was hot
day, and they concluded to rest awhile
under the shade Of o tree, and then
take another drink 70 get ready on.
The bottle passed two or three times,
when Sam said to Lewis
"Lst's drink the darned stuff up,
and we won't be hankering alter it."
II was bargain, and betwixt the two
the balance was disposed of.
A pause ensued. Lewis rose to his
feet. threw his sscythe over his shoulder,
declaring:
=. "I'll be darned if I'll NOV without
my rum"
"Darnsd if I will either" says SAM
and with that they trudged home
without cutting q swath.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-04

Not bad story comes from the
Savage club, London, but it does not
seem clear who made the joke. A
"Savage" was standing on the steps at
Evans hotel, Covent Garden, where the
club is now located, when gentleman
came up 10 him ard asked him if there
was ga gentleman with one eye named
Walker in the club" "I don't know, 4"
responded the savage; "what was the
name Of his other eye p.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-11-24

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