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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15

THE English papers, perhaps spurred by
fear of increasing emigration, now aver that
the English laborer is in pretty comfortable
circumstances anyway, and vastly better of
than his fellows on the continent, or even in
America. He is practically untaxed unless
he uses spirits or tobacco, has employment at
fair wages all the year round, and is free from
the burden of military service. But the labor
er takes issue with the papers, and contends
that his lines are not cast in pleasant places
and be oughtto know if he is happy and con-
tented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15

ONE of the Washington correspondents
makes this remark: Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, jolly companion and convvial good fel-
low, no longer has steadied himself to the line
of duty admirably this session." Now this
is too bad. The Democratic victory is even
greater disaster than we at first supposed.
If responsibility is to take the mirth out of
man let us do away with it. Weed the DEM
ocratic party of its jolly good fellows and
there will be precious little left oft worth at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15

THE Maine Farmer intimates that the Au-
gusta correspondent of the PRESS is infu-
enced in his opinions by his commission as
member of the Governors staff. On refec-
ton the Farmer will probably regret having
suggested so trivial and absurd "a thing. A
gentleman who has earned a military title by
good fighting service and conspicuous desert
in the field, is hardly likely to be unduy
elated by an ornamental title of no higher
grade than his real rank in real war gave
him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15

FIRE AT NORTH CoNwAY.-The elegant
summer residence of e. B. Bigelow at North
Conway, which cost over $4,000, was entirely
destroyed by fire Friday night. The house was
unoccupied and occasional fires had been built
to keep it dry, and defective furnace was
probably the cause of the fire. A heavy gale
at the time prevented saving anything of the
building or its contents. Insurance not known.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
Valuable Real Estate for Sale.

DHE well-known Deane property or State street
containing about 10000 feet of land, with COM
modiOus dwelling house in good repair is offered Tor
SALE The house can be seen every Thursday and
Friday from to 3 p. M. o,,,>,oo~, ~,
For terms, etc.. inquire Of s. W. ROBINSON, Real
Estate Broker. 2O5 Middle Street, or VIM H. MORSE,
corner of Pearl and Middle SITS. jal5dH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15

Thurlow Weed is confined to his house by
severe injuries received by falling on the ice,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
COPARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE.
DUNCAN, SHERMAN & co.

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Issue CIRCULAR NOTES and LETTERS OF
CREDIT for TRAVELLERS IN EUROPE AND THE
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FOR SALE.

LOT of vacant land, situated on the west side
"A of High, between Pleasant and Danforth, SITS.
This lot has front Of about 81 feet and is about 1874
feet deep, and plans have been drawn by How, for
dences and ADAPTED for the same. Enquire OF
EDWIN CHURCHILL,
No. 4POrtand Pier,
mar2a From 12 to O'Clock. P. M.
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A Farm in Brunswick, for $1,000.

A EHrm III DFuHSWICk, IOT PIVOV'
CONSISTING OF a one story House. six Rooms
" Cemented Cellar, good Stable connected with
House. and fifteen acres of land, with some sixty
Apple and Pear Trees. This property is situated
about one mile from Bowdoin College,, and is offered
at bargain. Terms of payment made satisfactory
to a responsible party. Further particulars can be
had of FIG. PATTERSON,
feb3d2w 10 Fluent Block.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
FARM FOR SALE.

NyHE WELL known George Smith Farm in
Il Deering will be sold at bargain if applied for
soon. Inquire of the subscriber on the premises
r. MAYO,
or H. CHASE, 86 Portland St.
fah10 d1w*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
REAL ESTATE.

For Sale or to Let.
HyHE Pleasant Cottage corner of Oxford and
Il Cedar SITS. Gas, Water and Furnace. Possession
given Immediately.
dec16deOdtf M. &. PALMER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
Rare Chance for a Grocer.

UNHE stock and lease of Grocery Store, doing good
Il business in fourishing village within two miles
of Portland is offered for sale. Any wishing to
engage in the retail grocery business will find this
feb2 Rw*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
S. TUBS
Choice Vermont Butter.
10 BrIs. New Orleans MOIasSes.
FOR SALE BY -
ID. B. KICKER & CO.,
1856 FORE STREET..
decs dtf
Medical.

nR. g. A. CLARK would respectfully inform his
II friends and patrons that he has returned home
and may be consulted professionally at his Office Cor
PARK and Congress Streets Office hours from 2to pm
Portland, Jan. Is, 1916. ja16tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-15
REMOVALS.
Removal.

WILLIAM ROSS, Treasurer of the Portland,
w Bangor and Machias Steamboat Co. mas re NOV,
ed his Office from 170 Commercial Street to hailroac
Wharf at the landing If the Co.'S Steamer. -.
mar23 uu
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To Let.
OFFICE in Casco Bank Building. Apply to
~ VIM. H. CONANT, Treasurer's Office,
Portland g. Rochester Railway, 1871 Middle st:
ja27 du
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DAILY NEW STAGE LINE.

PRINTING of every description neatly
xecuted at this Once.
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Locust TreenaiIs.

100, 900 best Rift Locust Treenails,
30 900 best qualify Canada Knees
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26
ate1andria, Qirginia.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %.

The tunera services of the late Vice Prcsl-
dent Wilson took place in the Senate Cham.
Der Of the Capitol, this morning, at half past
ten clock, after which the remains we're con-
veyed under military. and civic escolt to the
depot Of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad,
where they were placed upon special train
for Baltimore, arriving in that city at p N.
They were taken from the train at Charles
street depot and conveyed to the city hall, cs-
corted by the Fifth aud Sixth Regiments
Maryland National Guard, and laid in state in
the rotunda. After lying 10 state about two
hours the remains we're escorted back to the
Charles street depot and left for Philadelphia,
where they are expected to arrive at about ten
o'clock They will be laid 10 state in indie
pendeoce Hall, tonight. remaining until IL
o'clock Saturday morning. They will then be
taken to New York, thence to Boston, where
funeral services will be held at the State House,
and finally delivered to the authorities OF Nat.
lex, Massachusetts,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

The Alicante correspondence to the London
Times says The cigar factory presents most
animated andnterest'ng sight Imagine 4, 500
such is the number at present employed
girls and women, of ages varying from about
fourteen or fifteen up to forty, but mos, of
them young and pretty women, all dressed in
the gay costume Of their provinces, their rich
black hair being their only head dress, the su
perntendeuts (most of them very pretty and
lady. like young women) moving about among
them in wholly vain attempt to keep an
amount of silence and order.
Imagine such gay. chatteriug crowd, their
nllnoIe hugers working with the regularity the
s"ltucss, the whirr and whrl of machinery, all
crammed close together, their little baskets of
loou hanging over their heads, occupied ip
making paper cigarettes puros, or government
cigars OF various classes, and paper bags for
the cigarettes. They SIT in long corridors, with
open windows; the air is oppressive, but laden
with tobacco dust like snuff, the Spanish to-
Dacco being the trltuated leaf not the birds
eye and shay which are unknown to Spanish
smokers.
As you pass along, joke after joke is Ievecd
at Sou, uail d nuburGQ baskets OF salt fish
bread and fruit are protfered you; pcals Of
laughter 60 up around you as you venture to
inquire whether the close atmosphere is not
prrjudlclal to health. Vain are the malron's
rcnionstrauces; the good. hearted, vivacious
crew VIII not come to halt uut!l stranger, ma
tTou and all are fairly couvused with laughter.
These girls, if sklllul workers, can earn even
as much as IS. per diem, but this is rare.
About Is. 3D., perhaps, would be the average.
Children, Of whom there are scarcely any, it
| appears TO me, earn less amount. The wo,
men are paid, of course, by the amount of
work done-l. e., the uumber Of cigars or CT.
garet'es turned out per diem.
10 convey further idea of the magnitude
OF the trade, it may be Noticed that 400 bar.
rcs OF tobacco leaf from Havana lay in the
courtyard below stairs, each barrel weighing,
Was told, 600 kilogrammes-i. e., about | 800
or 1000 pounds. The sheds below, where
tWenty-iour men, naked to the waist, their
skin, beard, hair of rich brown color, begrim-
ed with sweat aud tobacco dust, chop up, and
rub through iron sleeves the leaf, earring there
by from four peSetas to one dollar per diem,
are study OF themselves. One nan had
worked here for twcutyio years, and said
that he found the work healthy, aud that the
atmosphere had no effect Oh the lusgs, AZ u
rule. These men, owing to the severe nature
OF the work, work short hours.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

At Moody and Sankey's morning meeting 10
Philadelphia yesterday, after the reading of
the requests for prayer, Mr.. Moody made au
address, taking for his theme Thanksgiving
and Christian UNITY Among the prayers Of
ferea was one by George A. Stuart for the
President of the United States that he might
be brought to the feet of Jesus, and that the
death of the Vice President might be sancti-
fed to the good Of the nation-to which all the
people will say, Amen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

THIRD TERM.-The Washiu gton correspon-
dent Of the Boston Herald thinks the third
term is inevitable. He writes: IF Grant is
renominated it will be done, not because he
wants to be renominated, but because the ma
jority of the patty managers will come to the
conclusion that their chances Of elccting him
are better than of electiug any other cau4datc
they can take up He Will be nominated, if at
all, by men who will mean to elect him, and
who will have faith iu their ability to do it. |
state plain fact when | say that this belief is
growing sentiment III the mlnds of very
shrewd men in the party. 1t is d subject of
careful reflection in the minds of Republicans
who make a show of scouting it as impossible.
The question that must be answered is, IF 40,
Grant, whom will we nominate? and it is the
answer to that question which cannot be
reached. The domination of Grsnt hangs over
the party like the crack Of doom. Rcpubli
caos may ridiculo or ut it =; it is, to-day, the
entirely possible thing. Two months hence it
may be certainty"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

ADJUSTMENT OF THE VALLEY RAILROAD
CAsE.-On Saturday last au agreement was
entered into between the authorities Of the
Valley railroad and Messrs. G. r. Mason, A..
W. Hartman and Dennis Shauahan, members
of the syndicat,, by which the amounts due
these contractors were amicaby adjusted, aud
final settlement made. The basis Of settle.
mcut was upon the estimate of the chief cpgi
neer, between which and the estimate of the
resident engineer there was difference OF
about $3,50O-$2,000 on Mr.. Masou's work,
and 800 on Col. Harman's-n reduction of
the resident engineers estimate hayiog been
made upon the work Of Major Shanahau.
by this arrangement the company pays to
these gentlemen about $l53,0O0, equivalent t,
cash, which is about Is per cent. of the amount
due, the residue being paid in bonds -Stam-
ton Trginion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

HE PASSIONS THAT INDUCE DISEASE
DR.. b. W. Richardson, in Popular Science
Monthly, says: The passions which act most
severely on the physical life are anger, fear,
hatred and grief. The other passions are COM
paratiyely innocuous What is called the pas
sion Of love is not inj urious until it lapses into
grief and anxiety; on the contrary, it sustains
the physical power What is called ambition
is OF itself harmless; for ambition. when it ex-
lists purely, is a nobility lifting its owner en-.
tlreIy from himself into the exalted service of
mankind. 1t iojures when it is debased by its
meaner ally, prlde; or when, stimulating man
to too strenuous efforts after some great object.
1t leads him to the performance of excessive
mental or physical labor and to the conseouen-
ces that follow such effort.
The passion called avarlce, according to nv
experience, tends rather to the preservation Of
the body than TO its deterioration. The ayari-
clous man, who seems to the luxurious world
to be debarriog himself of all the pleasures of
the world, and even to be exposing himself to
the iangs OF poverty, is generally placing him
self 10 the precise condition favorable to long
and healthy existence. By his economy be is
saving himself from all the risks incident to
penuTy; by his caution be is screening himself
from al! the risks incident to speculation or the
attempt to amass wealth by hazardous means:
BY bis regularity of hours aud perfec, annro,
priation of the sunlight, 10 preference to art
fetal illumination, be rests and works in ne
RODS that precisely accord with the period-
city of nature; by his abstemiou soess 10 living
he takes Just enough to live, which is precise
ly the right thing to do according TO the rigid
natur Law. Thus, in almost every particular,
ne goes on his way freer than other men from
thelexternal causes of all the induced diseases
and better protected than most men from the
worst consequence of those diseases which
spring from causes that are uncomfortable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26
Life in the Sandwich Island

Here Winds are things almost unkuown, eX-
cept the trade winds, which blow ever gently
and steadily, with breath of balm and heal
log. Low brcezes whisper softly morning and
evening, rain drops with the sottcst of touches
aud the murmur Of drowSy surg4s alone breaks
the stiffness. The great cxpanse of ocean is
disturbed by little more than mere ripples
The skies arc rose In the cool morning, gold in
the c3oI evening, while sails come aud 90 no
larger than butterfly wings on the horizon
People speak IN hustled voices, and move as 10
lethargy. Life Is dead, and existence little
more than delicious langour. Even the ener.
getlc foreigners soon yield to the spell, and be-
come as Ieunys0n l0tos eaters:
They sat them down upon the yellow sand
Between the SUI and moon upon the shore :;
And sweet l. Was to dream Of Fatherland,
=; but evermore
Most weary seemed the sea, weary the oar,
" cary the wandering f lid of barren foam ::
Then some one said, I'VE will return no
more.
Here, everything in nature is profuse fer
wa, paSslonate, vvIficd and pervaded by SUP
shine. Inc earth is restless in her productive
ness and constantly repeats the miracle OF
Jonah S goard. All decay is quickly conceal
ed, and through the gowiug year, flower, bud
and fruit watch each other side by side on the
same tree Ferns are always uncurling their
frontls, bananas unfolding their shining leaves
and spring continually blends her promise with
the maturity OF summer. Is it wonderful,
then, that the native pines and dies when away
from his Pacific home, and that even the for
eIgncr who has once tasted its delicious life
looks back with logging to Hawai2 Letter
from Wuvaii.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
Toledo, Ohio, has Chinese female phys-
clan practicipg there
1t is estimated that the rebuilding of the
Hotel de Vile at Paris will cost over four mil.
lion dollars.
1t is estimated that $4,000 hogs have died
of cholsra in Morgan county, ILL.,, during the
past year, and the disease still RACES.
A Kentucky judge has decided that it is not
legal for farmer to hitch his wife up with
mule, no matter how anxious he is to pillow.
At the Moody and Sankey revival services
in Philadelphia, yesterday prayers were Of
fered for President Grant. We reckon he needs
them.
Iu recent case Judge Hughes has greatly
reduced the fees OF the register in bankruptcy
(Cobbs,) and decided that the allowances
therein permitted must remain the standard.
Good
Ann Connolly, Of San Francisco, aged sew
entythree, has sued for divorce from her hus-
band Henry. aged scventy-three, because he
had failed to keep the promise he made t. her
before they were married AID give up tobacco.
The meeting Of Congress is onIy little more
than week distant, and as it approaches the
interest 10 the election of Speaker of the House
becomes more intense and the work of the
friends Of the Candidates moro earnest
AT the county unatic asylum, at Gettysburg,
Pa, yesterday, lunatie named Hill killed Il
woman named Beatty, who went Into his room
to clean it. He choked her uutil insensible,
and then drove the small end of d brooms,ick
into her brain.
A romantic story is told OF Cuban woman
who, with her son of fourteen years, commands
detachment Of the rebel army. She leads
the insurgents 10 person, dressed in q riding
habit, and mounted on fine horse, and is as
brave as lion.
The bones of over one thousand Cinnamon
have been gathered together at Sacramento,
CAL, FROM all parts of the State, preparat, ry
to their being forwarded to ChiDa-if somc
enterprising Individual dout convert them
into phosphate.
10 Milan, Tenp., there is said to be negro
l2S years old, whu participated in the rcvou-
tlonary war, and could easily have signed the
Declaration of Independence il free blacks of
q years had not then been exempted from the
privilege. H is to be at The centennial, of
course
Samuel j. Randall, of Pennsylvania; Fer
naDdo Wood, of New York s. S. Cox, of
New York, and NJ. q. Kerr, of Indiana all
mentioned in connection with the Speakershp
of the House, are now iu Washington, all san
guine, and all but one certain to be diSap-
pointed.
The maddest man in Wisconsin is John
Leigh, of Oconto. He was candidate for
member of the Assembly, and being consci-
entious man be voted for his opponent. His
opponent was elected by just one majority. 1t
won't do t. have such prrjudiccs when Que is
running for office in these days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

A Boston dispatch announces that Royal,
Gilkey & Co., extensive coal and lumber deal
ers, in Watertown, Massachusetts,, have failed,
with liabilities estimated at S250,000, caused
By their inability to collect from large num-
Der Of master builders and carpenters indebted
to them. A Montreal, Canada, dispatch says
that Baldwin & Sleeper, of the Coatcoake
Mills Company, have failed, with liabilities
between $40, 900 and $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

When objection WAS made in the Southern
Pacific Railroad Convention at ST. Louis to
Mr. Jefferson Davis taking seat on the plat
form. that gentleman arose 10 the hall and
stated that his place was on the foor, as chair
man Of the Mississippi delegation. For the
benefit of those who voted ''no' he would say
that he would have declined the honor even if
freely offered. Mr.. Davis's remarks we're
loudly cheered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

The Paris journals have been notified that
they will be prosecuted if they publish the
speech delivered by NJ De Cassagnac at the
Bonapartist meeting at Belevie. Proceedings
have already been taken against LIE Gaulois,
aud LIE Pays was seized last evening. Repub-
lican France
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

The Clerk of the House OF Delegates, Mr.. J.
Bell Bigger, has given notice that the time of
meeting of the General Assembly has been
changed from the first Monday to the first
Wednesday in December, which this year is
the first day of December.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

Thanksgiving services We're held yesterday
morning by the National Graz &c at Louisville,
KY. At their afternoon and evening session
resolution was under consideration praying
Congress to repeal the law creating the national
banks and Withdraw their issues from circua-
ton, and substitute greepbacks in their stead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-26

There was rumor yesterday on the London
Stock Exchange that Parliament would be
summoned to consider the Eastern question,
particularly with reference to Egypt. A rumor
has also been circulated that British feet has
been ordered to the Mediterranean.