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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-04-13
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Like "a Chiid.
m Larl.s .nANnlEn M,rL1ox.

Playing there ia lhe SIN,
Chasing the batteries.
Catching hjs golJcg coy,
lloljing % fast I'm 70 dics;
Singing Co match the lird-,
Calling the robins q, will.
G'oacng here aud there,
Never moment still
like q child
Going to school, at last,
Learning I, read an, wite,
PUt4lcd over hi- slate
Busy from morn till night.
STRIVING 10 via = prize
Careless when il Is Won,
Fu1ng his Jos in the ,rite,
~; in the thius that done.
Busy IN eager t-aje,
Buying aud -eilIns again,
Chasing golden pti1e,
t,lIJ cf J % au>icut ain,
Always beginning anc'r,
Never tae long task 'ey,
jus. as is useu 90 be
The butterfly before.
seeking a woman heat.
Winuius il for his own,
Thea, too busy for low,
Letting 10 turn 10 stonv.
>ul, ol his phghtcl yr,th.
Wha, more had wifi % Ak
l. hc not doing for her
Zach day his daily task:
\ child, to pine AMI complain.
\ child, 30 grow ser Uale
For want of some foolish word,
shall q woman iAitt hil
words, hc "a "a them once
What neeI OF anything more
Doe ouc who has euterc'i room
go back and wait 40 the door
BABY Nary aAJ Kate
Never can climb his knee
No.lesIy arms are open
"ta,her 8, busy, you &c"
Too busy 20 stop 20 hesr
\ oabuic Of broken LliA,
60 mcui yae jumping jack,
o. make the new doll walk.
- lusy that when Death comes
III pleads FOR li,;lc lrl3y,
Ituot o. finish his work
AZ cast a.vorI 90 SAY
Awlri 90 vie aud child,
sentence % tell The truth,
Tha. be loves them now, at the last,
With the passionate sar. OF youth.
Chc bi--es %. Death are cold.
Aud they turn hi, lps % stone;
Ga, OF ,uc warm, lrish- world,
The nan goes 81. alou,.
10 angels wait Tor him theie
Over The soBnlie~s sea:
lie goes, a. he came, a helpless wight,
70 4 ncw worlds mytleT-
Lhc a child.
-Rarper's Monthly
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MisfellalleoMs.
CAPE PORPOISES AND BLACKFISH.

At present whales are scarce in Cape
Cod Harbor: and it is an extra-haZardous
thing for even q porpoise TO show his
black hose over the water in sight OF the
town. Onlya few weeks before last saw
the place eight hundred foolish porpoises
entered the harbor, and four hundred were
captured i'll an afternoon, and not only
in the legitimate way, so to speak, by men
with harpoons in boats, but a part of the
school was driven into shoal water, where
men waded out up to armpits, and grab
bing "A porpoise with the fingers OF one
hand IN his eyes and the other catching his
back lin, dragged him ashore by main
force. If You want to awaken Province
town very suddenly. hire loud-yoiccd
man 10 shout, "Blaekiish :" from the root
OF a house. You will fnd yourself in
less than two minutes in The middle Of
very lively population.
Blackfish mean money. They arc worth
about ten dollars apiece, and a capture Of
four hundred fish is Il handsome day 5
work, which adds to the wealth as well IA,
to the fragrance of the town Besides the
blubber oil which these animals and por-
poises yield, there is Il product of which
few people, imagine. think much, but
which is yet of considerable importance
to all of us. This is the peculiarly limpid
OIL which is drawn from the jaw bones OF
these fish. and which is used by watch
makers all over the world to oil the works
Of watches. y drop OF it goes a long
way; and in fact the civilized world uses
at present IN All its hundred millions ot
watche, only about two hundred gallons
yearly, most OF which is produced, or,
more correctly, saved on Cape Cod. An
old man who had been thrty-five years in
the business OF preparing this jaw oil told
me thGt when II school of fish was caught
he bought the heads, which he then tried
out carefully, refined the oil by boiling it,
and finally submitted it to freezing test
Two or three men furnish the worlds sup
ply OF this product; they have established
their regulations and control the market;
and this old man remarked that the stock
on hand was now sufficiently great, and
he would not save any more this year.
The oil is sold by the producers for from
tour to eight dollars a gallon. remarked
to the old fellow that if he could sell two
hundred gallons year at five dollars Il
gallon he would do u comfortable business;
and he replied. ''les. indeed I'd be hap
py with that, and throw eff half
Nor was he eNaggerating. On this iru-
gal Cape Cod a fisherman is not unhappy
nor unfortunate if he makes five hundred
dollars by his years work. His wife will
lay by some OF it, and he will subscribe
literally to church and foreign missions,
and think himself comfortable man He
owns his house and little garden patch he
is not afraid OF the taN-gatherer; he and
his wife know how to make money go far,
and they are not at all conscious that they
are pinched by poverty y.-CHAELE> NoEp.
HoFr, IN Harpcr'S Moga:iRes.
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PRONOUNCED lKCURABlE.

;osrOS, May So 1871.
ii. r. STEVENS: Dear Sir-I have been badly ti-
hicted with Kidney Complaint Tor ten years; have
suffered great pain in my back, hips and side with
great difficulty in passing urine, which was often,
and in very small quantities, frequently accompan-
led with blood and eXcrucatng pain.
have faithfully tried most OF the popular rene
dies recommended ior my complaint; / have been
under the treatment OF OF the most skiiul
physicians in Boston. all OF whom pronounced my
case incurable. This was my condition when was
advised by friend to try the Negetine, and could
see the good effects from the first dose ! took and
from that moment kept on improving until was
entirely cured taking in all, should think, about
six bottles.
1t is indeed valuable medicine and if ! should
be afflicted again i'll the same way would give Il
dollar dose, II could not get it without.
Respectfully, j. NJ. GLE.
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Kidnev Complaint.

Probably there is no complaint that afilicts the
human system which is SO little understood at the
present time, some OF the varied forms OF Kid
ney Complaints.
There is no disease which causes such acute pam
or more alarming in its results than when the KID
neys fail to secrete from the blood the uric acid,
and other poisonous substances, which the blood
accumulates in its circulation through the system
If from any cause the kidneys fail to perform the
functions devolving upon them, the culouiationo
are taken up by the absorbents and The whole sys-
TEN thrown into Il state OF disease, causing great
pain and suffering, and very often immc Iate death.
Hence the Importance OF keeping the kidneys and
blood III healthy condition, through which all the
impurities of tie body must pass
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PAIN IN THE BACK.

There is remedy known to medical science
which has proved itself more valuable III cases OF
Kidney Complaints than the Negetnc. 1t acts di
rectly upon the secretions cloanses and puriileS
the blood and restores the whole system to healthy
action.
The following extraordinary cure Of great suffer
ers, who had been gwen up by the best physicians
As hopeless cases, Will speak for themselves, and
should challenge the most proior nd a nton OF the
medical faculty, wen as OF those who aie SITTER
iEg from Kidney COMPLAINT.
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THE BEST MEDICINE.

EAST MARsIIFIELD, Aug. -! 1870.
MIR. STEVENS: Dear Sir-I au seventy -onc years
of age; have suffered many years with Kidney Com
plant, weakness in my back ard stomach. was
induced by friends 10 Try your Negetine, and think
1t the best medicine Tor weakness OF the Kidneys
ever used. have tried many remedies for this
complaint, and never found so much relief rs from
the Negetne. 1t strengthens and inyigoracs the
whole system. Many OF my acqGaintances have
taken it, and believe it to be good for ali the
plants ior which it Is recommended.
Yours truly,
II
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Europe, furnishing ty this broad led of opera.
tions, an adiiuona. aad exceptional safety TO the
Poicy-hol.lti,. The Insurances are made only on
the MutA;,i Prrciplc. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annnai'y to the i-.sured.
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AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.
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April, 1875.
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NEARLY BLIND,

ii. X. STEVENS: Dear Sir-In expressing my
thanks to you for benefits derived from the use Of
Negetine, and to benefit others, will state
When eight or nine years old was afflicted with
Scrofula, which made its appearance i'll my eyes,
face and head, and was very near b ind Tor two
years. All kinds OF operations We're performed on
my eyes, and all to no good result. Finally the dis
ease principally settled in my body, limbs and feet
and at times in an aggravated way.
Last summer l was, from some cause, weak in
my spine and kidneys, and it was at times very
hard to retain the urine. Seeing your advertise
ment IN the Commercial, bought bottle OF Vege-
tine, and commenced using according to directions.
In two or three days obtained great relief. After
using four five bottles noticed it had wonder
iul effect on the rough, scay blotches my body
and legs. still used Vegetne and the humorous
sores one after another disappeared until they were
all gone and tribute The cure OF the two diseas-
es to Negetne, and nothing else.
II am ever affected with anything of the Kind
again shall try Negctinc the only reliable rem
cdy. once more accept my thanks, and believe
me to be, Very respectfully.
AUSTIN PARROTT.
Dec ], 1872. No. 81 GanO ST. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Diseases OF the Kidneys, Bladder, etc. are al
ways unpleasant, and at times they become the
most distressing and dangerous diseases that can
affect the human system. Most diseases of the
Kidneys arise from impurities in the blood causing
humors which settle on these parts. Negetnc eN-
GELS any known remedy in the whole world for
cleansing and puriiing the blood, thereby causing
healthy action to all the organs OF the body.
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Meeklu Aennebet Journal,

Published every Wednesday morning, IS the
largest folio paper in the State, containing news,
political articles, agricultural aud scientific matter
tales, poetry, anecdotes, household matter marx
cts, &C., &c
Terms, 2 per annum in ddrdnce.
Transient Advert sements, - % per ln"h lul htsl
week; 80 cents per week lor each subsequent IN
sertion. -
Special Notices, $3.50 per inch for first week; -
cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices in reading columns 20 cent
per line first inoertion ~ cents per line t1rtAch
subsequent insertion
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VOL. vi.
Aennebft yonrnal*

Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water street,
DOT of Court by SPRAGUE, OWEN u NASH.
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TONTlNE PLAN,

upon the principle OF aceumulAting profits for
definite periods, which was first introduced by this
Society, and has been rec commended and endorsed
by eminent experts il Life Insurance and by lead.
ing business men. Forty.fOur per cent. has beer
earned aud accumulated on the premiums paid on
sit Tontine Life Policies and forty per cent, its
Tontine EGGowmcnt Policies Issued within the last
five years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the interests of the
Policy holder, and in presenting the Society to no.
tice they ;ec ha: t has strong claims upon public
confidence, because OF the strict and conservative
principles by whrh lis various departments ar
Governed. III the assets and in the administration
OF the society, perfect security is given for the iu
turu, which j. nt Great importance to those depend
ing li,1n Then "-tHHncc policies Tor the ultimate
suplol i thr'l ;aufilies.
No Li,V insur'"r Company has such arge an
nual transactions The Equitable; none ls more
prompt and jus; in its dealings.
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Premiums are received and Losses are paid in
cash only Policies are issued payable at the death
Of the Insured also payable the end of certain
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Aenuebee 9ouynal,

Issued every morning, cNctpt 9uHday . II !. VV'.
aims the latest news by telegraph and mail, give,
cports of the Markets, and has carefully prerarea
political and local articles, aud generous amount
OF farming, home and miscellaneous reading Win
Il full compilation of state news.
Terms, 81 per d),Rum IN ddtdacei IS II paymth,
is not made within the year. Single copies cents,
to be had at the bookstores ard mt this Office
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
Rates may be had ON anplicatiOn AT This Office.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10
News and Other items.

The dead body of Mrs John Harrison was
found in ditch near Gambia Island, in Gambia,
N. H., Thursday night.
The striking coal miners of Pennsylvania are
now busy in attempts at burning railway
bridges and wrecking trains.
Albert w. Sayles, contractor in the Lowell
machine shop, was dangerously injured satur-
day morning, by being thrown from his car
riage.
Colonel George Albert Mason. lately con-
yicted in New York of uttering counterfeit
notes. was sentenced Saturday to twelve years
in the penitentiary and fine of 81.
Sixteen illicit dstlleries with their contents
have been destroyed on the border of Virginia
and Tennessee, and of the operators arrest
ed, by mounted men under command of Major
Jacob Wagner
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

The request made by Germany that Bel
GUM should modify the municipal laws
which protect freedom of speech and of the
press is certainly bit of national impudence
which deserves rebuke. Indeed the policy of
Germany is at first view as unintelligible as
the plot of donald M'Kay." But an atten-
tive consideration of the situation reveals a
method in Bismarck's apparent madness.
France is determined upon a war of revenge
as soon as she gets strong enough to engage
in it. 1t is for the interest of Germany to
force the conflict now. At present the
throne of Russia is occupied by sovereign
who is warm admirer of the German en-
peror. His presumptive successor is friend
to France. Five years hence the czar may
be man who hates Prussia, and the neu-
trality of Russia is absolutely essential to the
success of the new empire. There are many
Germans too who will be faint-hearted in a
conflict with a power supported by the
Papacy. So it is necessary to uproot the
doctrine of Papal allegiance from the hearts
of all Germans. Herein is the explanation
of the anti. Catholic laws and ofthe menacing
foreign attitude.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

A MARKED turn of the tide in political af-
fairs is not to be looked for until the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives has been in
session some weeks. 1t is safe to calculate
that the Democratic leaders can commit more
blunders in one month than any other politi-
cal party known to history can in fifty years.
If the people are not thoroughly disguised
with the majority before the session is hall
through experience is no guide.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

IT seems TO be agreed by both political par
ties that Ohio is the great battlefield Of next
fall, and that the result of the preliminary
contest there will materially affect the presi-
Dental election of 1876. The Republicans
have every reason to be hopeful as to the is
sue of the conflict in that state.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. MAY 10. 1875

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley L.
Pulen, Editor. All railway. steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Journal as we have information that several "bum-
mers'' are seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRESS, and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sivey, a party to such frauds.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

THE fine little poem ''Endymiou," which
appeared in the PRESS of Tuesday last, was
published from the authors manuscript with
the authors kno wlecge. 1t was originally
written for the Tonic, the bright little paper
which enjoyed short but useful existence of
two weeks at the time of the fair in aid of the
Maine General Hospital. The merit of the
poem justified its reprint, and there seemed
to be no necessity of creditiug it to the short.
lived periodical in which it made its appear
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10
Republican State Convention.
The Republicans of Maine are invited to send dele
gates to q State Convention to be held in
NuEN nnnuNI Mn

Tuesday, june 10, ,1S75,at 4 4 o'cI'k A. NJ,
for the purpose of nominating candidate for
Governor, and transacting any other business that
may properly come before this convention.
The basis of representation will be as fOlows:-
Each city, town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate and one additional for every 75 votes
cast the Republican candidate for Governor in 1874
fraction of 40 votes additional to the full number
for delegate, is also entitled to a delegate.
Delegates are authorized TO fill vacancies only with
actual residents of the county to which the town
belongs.
The State Committee will be in session at 10 O'Clock
on the morning of the Convention for the reception
of credentials,
JAMES G. BLAINE, Kennebec, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. FRYE, AndrOscnggin.
HENRY o. PERRY, Aroostook.
STANLEY T. PULLEN, Cumberland.
A. III. s. DAVIS. Franklin.
JOHN ID. HOPKINS, Hancock.
j. II. H. HEwETT, Knox.
SIS. MARBLE, Lincoln.
ENOCH FOSTER JR., OXFORD.
JOSEPH W. PORTER, Penobscot.
E. A. THOMPSON, Piscataquis.
+. d. SEwALL Sa gadahOc
S. j. WALTON, Somerset.
FRED ATWOOD, Waldo.
NELSON S. ALLAN, Washington.
JOHN HALL, York.
2. A. SMITH, Secretary.
May 4, 1875.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

THE only subject which the Kentucky
Democratic State Convention deems worthy
of is consideration is state rights. The old
heresy which came near 10 dividing the un-
ion, and which cos: thousands of lives and
millions of treasure to put down, is advanced
with fond complacency. The platform is the
resolutions of '9S, done into modern and
somewhat guarded phrase. The Democracy
is still prowling about in the graveyard of the
lost cause and fattering itself that its fog
horn ia Gabrieps trump,
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10

QUACKERY is an ugly word TO apply TO any
system, and we hesitate to use it in connec-
ton with certain doctor in San Francis
co who 3teams the cheeks Of patients suffer-
ing from neuralgia toothache, and then shows
them worms which ne says the steam has en-
ticed from their teeth. "This man was
quack; he lied," exclaims an indignant jour
nal; "that the steaming actually did stop the
toothache was all he desired" But where
was the harm? Probably that was all the
patients desired, and if the worms amused
chem no injury was done. The same critic
speaks of remedy for lung troubles, in vogue
some years since, which was an extract of
onions and salt poured into the eyes of the
patients. Blu. it is in evidence that cures
were effected. The smarting extract caused
the sufferers to "take exercise which is quite
sublime" as local poet phrases it, and rap
id improvement in health was the result. The
end certainly seems to justify the means.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-10
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Wanted.
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1.-TWO good rooms, connected, furnished or unfur-
Il nished, to let with board at 203 Cumberland ST.,
corner Franklin, also single rooms to let at same
nIoce ma2u
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To Let.

DOOMS to let, furnished or unfurnishel. No.
III Cotton St., second door from Free Street.
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yEyWO Gentlemen or a Gentleman and his Wife can
Il be accommodated with first class Board and
Rooms at No. 20 Brown Street. myl9dtf
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