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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08

ALvAN CLARKE, the wbll-known tele-
Of Canbridgeport, Massa-
chusetts, is at present engaged upon
three powerful nstrumsnts--one for the
Austrian Government one for the Pritcn-
ard Institute Of Missouri, and one for DIR,
NJ. YAH Tskv
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08

Tue French Canadians are . prolific
race. Among the families employed in
the mills At Lewiston. Me-, is one which
consists offather and mother and twenty
four children, all the children large
enough being at work. The woman b
the fourth wife. A brother Of the hus-
band, living At Montreal, has twenty-five
children. Ten, twelve and fifteen chill
dren are common in French Canadian
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08

A COUNTRY dog came into town on
business with his master this morning and
went down to the steamboat landing to
inspect the Sunnyside. There he met two
city dogs who were strutting around look
ing for something to cat or fight. They
proceeded to mako tho acquaintance Of
tho country dog, but not inclined to such
sociability, country walked away, but was
followed by the city ours, who were not
long in kicking up three-cornered fight.
The dispute was near the edge Of tho dock
and within three feet of . horses hcsi..
The horse turned his head to see what the
noise was all about, and, taking in the
situation at . glance, turned partly around,
and giving one Of the city dogs broad
side, kicked him clear into the river. The
unpleasantness between the other two
dogs ceased at once. When the kicked
dog came out of the river, he trotted down
Second street in reflective mood. while
his city companion stood behind = bale Of
cotton, undecided what to do. = Troy
Prsss.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08
The First Umbrella in London.

An old English record states that as
early as the middle OF the eighteenth con-
fury some enterprising genius introduced
umbrellas at Oxford and Cambridge, let
ting them out, like edan-chairs, to the
students at SO much per hour. thus ena-
bling poor young men to pass from build
ing to building to their lectures, without
being drenched with tho rain. But peo-
pie no more thought of carrying an UNI
brella about tho streets of town or city,
than of taking bod to sleep in, or stove
to warm themselves by. as they went about
their regular business.
Tho first person who ventured on such
an innovation was Jonas Hsaway--the
same benevolent old gentleman to whose
exertions England owes the foundation
of its MARINE Society,"" and to whose
mend there is monument in West
minister Abbey. Mr.. Hanway had trav-
eled in China and other parts of the East,
where umbrellas were in general use, and
having brought one over as sort of curl
osity, no at length determined to avail
himself of its protective benefits, and SO
one day ventured on the streets of Lon
don, holding ''thc queer-looking apara-
tus" over his head during a heavy rain.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08

GET your babies all counted for the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-08

AMI effort at display is . conscious con-
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
Current Notes.

Good-by, Benjamin. Exit BENJAMIN. Get
thee to nunuery, Benjamin. Well none OF
thee, Benjamin. Thy jig is up. Thy comb
is cut. Thy goose is cooked. Vanish. Evap-
crate. kedaddle.-LOuisuitle Courter-Jour-
ndt aesaa
The general temper with which the Wheel
or compromise has been received in Louisi-
ana is very hopeful. The fact that the con-
seryatiyes themselves are divided as to its
utility is good thing. For one thing, the
so-caled "color line' will be washed out by
these conflicting views among what is preem-
inently the "white mans" party, and once
brought down it will be very difficult to rees-
tablish that organization.-New York Eoe-
ming Post. <. .u#a i
The country owes thanks to President
Grant for his very sensible and honest course
with regard to the bounty billy. 7. Irt-
bttne. ..er.
One of the benefits of the civil rights bill
already secured is the shutting up Of several
hotels in the South. Anything that causes a
Southern hotel to shut up must be good, for
the hotel is sure to be very bad one.-BoS-
ton Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

then, to continue for time our watchiul
care of the Southern negro? Governmental
interference may not be necessary, may be
entirely uncalled for and reprehensible; but
the North should proclaim in unmistakable
tones, through the ballot box, its determina-
ito to guard the interests of the black man
aud to enforce the laws passed ior'his pro-
lection. In time, and brief time, too, judg-
ing from his presen: rapid progress, he will
learn TO look out for himself, and we can pru-
dently let him alone.
There are those who will argue that the
dreaded result of which we speak will at least
restore order in the South. Here they mis-
take. The Southern disturbances do not al
together result from the race question. The
Southern community has ever been lawless,
seeking redress by its own hand rather than
by slower statutory process, and it is now
suffering from the decentralization consequent
on war of defeat Before Southern dis
turbances cease, Southern whites must learn
selfcontrol, and until they learn to control
themselves it is not well to subject them to
the temptation of seeking to dominate an
imperfectly civilized race.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
A Substantial Victory.

1t is poss ible that the prohibition vote has
defeated the choice by the people of Governor
in New Hampshire. But as the Republic
cans have good working majority In the
Legislature the election of Mr.. Cheney is as
sured. Great Republican gains have been
made, and two out of three Republican can
didates for Congress are successful The
victory, though not brilliant is a substantial
one. 1t is peculiarly gratifying as an indica-
ton that the reactionary movement of last
fall has come to an end, and that the people
are returning to the support of the party
which has accomplished so much for them
and for the nation, and for which, in spite of
its faults, they cherish love that will not
easily die out.
A year ago the citizens of New Hampshire
were minded to try Democratic administra-
tion. They have found the trial sore one,
and have availed themselves OF the first op-
portunity to be rid of the incubus. 1t is not
to be doubted that those states which tried
the same experiment last fall will be heartily
sick of it before the year is out. But it is not
alone Democratic mal-administration which
has brought the people Of New Hampshire
back. to their senses. Since the disaster of
last fall the Republican party has unloaded
itself, has dismissed the suffers and camp
followers who clung to its skirts and impeded
its onward march, and has demonstrated
that it is in trim to move forward in the path
of progressive liberty. This it is which has
reclaimed the confidence of the people of
New Hampshire. Let the temporary with
drawal of that confidence be warning to the
party not to cumber itself again with soldiers
of fortune and with measures of doubtful ex.
nediencv
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
Drinking Hard Water.

There is a popular prejudice that hard
water is dangerous to the health, and on that
account we are constantly warned by phys
icians to beware of it, but in England one OF
the leading authorities on this subject, DR..
Letheby, after devoting many years to an in
vestigation into the properties OF the water
introduced into English cities, and to a study
of the sanitary reports ON the subject, comes
to the conclusion that moderately hard water
is safer and more healthful than soft water.
Hard water is not only clearer, colder, more
free from air, and consequently more agreea-
BILE to the eye and to the taste than soft water
but is less likely TO absorb organic substances,
to sustain the life Of zymotc organisms, or
to exert solvent properties upon salts OF iron
or upon leaden conducting pipes. The lime
salts exert a beneficial influence upon the
animal economy, and even protect the sys-
tenn from dangerous outward influences. DR..
Wilson of EdiDburg has also collected valua-
Bile material on the subject and comes to the
same conclusion as DR.. Letheby. He takes
the ground that the human body requires for
its nourshment and support supply OF GER
tain mineral salts, among which carbonate
and phosphate OF lime play an important
part in building up the compactness of the
bones and in other functions. We usually
obtain phosphate of lime in our animal and
vegetable food, but net from the water we
drink. Carbonate of lime, however, is not
contained in adequate quantity in our solid
food, but generally obtains in spring and well
water.
1t has been incontestably shown that in
mountainous districts, where the water is
more or less hard, the inhabitants exhibit the
best physical development. On the other
hand it is believed that in large cities the
mortality is inversely as the hardness OF the
water supplied to the Inhabitants. A water
which contains about six grains of carbonate
OF lime to the gallon, is suitable for use IN an
household purposes. As drink, and for
cooking food, such water offers tne heces- ,9s
in the simplest. most natural and most easily
digested form, and is at the same time
more agreeable, fresh ard sparkling. 1t is
evident that our preconceved popular no.
vi,ing. and that it may be better to use such
water than to have recourse to rain or ice
water.-Western Rural. A.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
News and Other Items.

The Detroit Free Press says: A boy about
twelve years old knocked at the door of house
on Second street yesterday, and when the lady
appeared he said 'There'n be boy around
here pretty soon to clean your walk, but don't
give him the job. His names Jim; he's cross
eyed. and he blows up cats with powder-snaps.
I'll be here with my partner pretty soon. We
60 to Sunday school, never sass our mothers,
| and we're going to give half the money to the
| grasshopper sufferers" The job was saved for
| him.
A law forbidaing the payment Of different
salaries in the public schools on account of sex
has just passed the legislature of California
The first United States patent ever given to
Chiuaman has just been issued TO one Chang
Quan Wo Of San Francisco, whose invention IS
for the purpose of fastening the seams in over
alls.
A bill introduced in the Illinois Senate pro-
hibiting the reading of the Bible in the public
schools has been reported upon unfavorably by
the Committee On Education without single
| asserting vote.
The prohibitionists Of New Haven, by the
nomination of a state senator, have just COM
pleted full ticket, which, as including NOM
inee for Representative in Congress, is thought
to imperil the reelection of Representative
Kellogg.
Mr.. p. H. Mayo, of Richmond, Va, has just
presented to the library of the state authentic
portraits painted on wood, of Washington,
Madison, Monroe, John Adams and John
Quincy Adams, which have been in his posses
sion for long time. .r
James Stephens, the Fenian Head Centre, is
about to be presented in Paris with an address,
beautifully eugrossed and illuminated, from his
admirers in England.
A bill for the prevention of gambling in the
state has been defeated in the Nevada Assem-
lily by vote of % to II, after passing the Sem
ate. Tie vote was taken amid much excite
ment. TIE ladies of Carson were present in
the hope that they could thus strengthen the
hands of the reformers, but the gamblers lobby
| was too powerful. One of the friends OF the
| bill charged openly in the Assembly that the
| gamblers had contributed $4,000 to defeat 1t,
| and named several of the members who had
received bribes. ..-.5..
The Earl of Limerick succeeds Earl Percy,
NJ. p, as Grand Master of the Mark Degree Of
Freemasons of England.
j. w. Currier, of Alton, is the possessor OF a
sleigh 1903 years old. 1t has back as high as
| an old-iashioned one-story house, and is ioomy
enough to have taken all the human passen-
| gers in the ark out for sleigh ride 1t is in
| good repair.
| 1t is remarkable coincidence that the two
men who were elected Vice President when
| Mr.. Lincoln was elected President-Hannibal
| Eamlin and Andrew Johnson-are nov mem-
| bers of the National Senate.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

THE Hartford Courant has something OF
note to say about personal journalism in
reply to a query of the Hartford Times in
relation to Gen. Hawley, the reputed editor
of the first named journal. The Courant
uses the following language, which very
clearly states the correct position of a news
paper: '.The Courant. like the Times, is a
newspaper; it is impersonal, and will SC
remain to the end of its existence. 1t has
no more business to engage in answering
questions put to any one of its editors than
the Times has. Questions put to the Cou'
rant will be answered by the Coardnt. We
wish the Times might see the distinction
between personal and impers onal journa-
lismn
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

A CURIOUS law has just been introduced in
the New Jersey legislature. 1t provides that
fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding one
year shall be imposed upon any person who
shall transfer his property t., avoid taxes or
who shall incumber his estate for the purpose
OF claiming deduction for debts.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
THE PRES s.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. II, 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersisned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway. steamboat and hotel
managers viii confer favor upon by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
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, pas
sively, party to such frauds.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

The Rev. Father Saunders, of Atlanta, Ga,
in recent sermon, while inculcating the duty
of husbands and wives in remaining always to-
gether, alluded to the wife of Senator Gordon
as one who personally accompanied him while
he was Confederate General, through all
the vicissitudes of his campaigns in the civil
war,
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

THE Beeeher trial has brought out an un-
usual number of sharp witnesses, but none
sharper than Miss Hannah Augusta Moore,
who testified Monday. She succeeded, de-
spite the reiterated objections of Judge and
counsel, in telling all she wanted to tell, and
in giving her opinion Of Tilton-which seems
10 be very poor one. a-
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatiOns that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

IT Is well to know the price of an article,
even If one has no inten ention of purchasing;
so our readers may be interested to learn that
the cost of a seat in the British parliament is
about $4,000. As no salary attaches to the
position the successful man has little chance
of remuneration, except in the shape of
fame-a recompsnse not to be compared for a
moment with hard cash. The price is not
fixed one, and varies according to locality. In
North Durham, for example, the winning
candidates expended $4,000 each. But $1S-
900 may be safely set down as the average
cost. AS candidates have no office-holders, ac-
tual or prospective, whom they cali assess,
they are obliged to pay the election expenses
out of their own pockets.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
Contemporary Opinion.
WHAT JOURNALISTS THINK OF THE PRESS.
[From the Eastport Sentinel1

FROM tne EastpOrt Sentlnel.l
The publishers of this enterprsing newspa-
per (T0e Press announce that the price of the
Daily has been reduced to 81 year, strictly
in advance. The PRESS though a Republican
newspaper, is noted for its independent char
acter, fearlessly deDouscing official corruption,
whether Democratic or Republican, aud is
wide awake, newsy and enterprising news
paper. The Weekly PRESS has had improve
ments added that will commend themselves
o its readers
[From the Rockland Gazette.l
We shouldn't like to be obliged to "keep
house, in a newspaporial sense without the
daily visits of the Portland PRESS, which
brings us the news seven hours in advance Of
the Boston dailies. The Press gives full tele-
graphic news and commercial reports, besides
state news, correspondence and vigorous edito-
rials. 1t is a wide-awake, able, and independ-
ent paper, and is published at 81 year, includ-
ing postage, which is very low price for so
valuable daily paper. The Maine State
PRESS is an excellent weekly newspaper.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

CADET Midshipman Preble, son of Com
modore Preble, has been making an eeregious
ass of himself and throwing discredit upon
the great name he bears. He is afflicted with
the colorphobia and has yielded to those
mean prejudices which northern men at
least should be free from. In accordance with
the custom which makes each midshipman in
turn commander of the section to which he
belongs, Baker, the colored midshipman, took
command. Young Preble, who was in line,
began to make disturbance by talking very
loudly, plain violation of the rules. Baker
ordered him to desist a very proper order to
give, and Prebe refused, saying shed be d-d
If he would stop talking for any one who look
ed like him''-a reply as commendable for
the structure of its English as for the courtesy
of its tone. When quarters were reached,
Preble refused with an oath to answer his
muster. The superintendent has recommend
ed his expulsion. While we condemn south
ern mldshipmen for prejudice of C 'lor let us
be just and condemn northern midshipmen as
strongly.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
To Let.
Union House.

1.-TWO GOOD rooms, connected, furnished or unfur-
nisbed to let with board at 2O3 Cumberland ST.
corner Franklin, also single rooms to let at same san
place. maII
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
TO LET.

TO Let.
MICE Furnished and unfornished rooms to let
IN sNO. IL MYRTLE ST.
ma10 dlw*
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

is published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50 a
year, If paid in advance, at $500 year.
RATES OF ADYERTIsING: One inch of space, the
length of column, constitutes u square"
$l.5O per square daily first week; rs cents per week
after; three insertions, less, Sl.OO; continuing
every other day after first week, 50 cents.
Halt square, three Insertions, less, rs cents; one
week, 81 90; so cents per week AFTER
SPECIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
Under head Of "AMUsEMENrS," and "AUCTI0N
SALES " SEQ per square per week; three insertions
r less Sl.50.
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS" (Which has large circulation in every part
of the State) fr S100 per square for first insertion
and 50 cents per square or each subsequent nsertion
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING Co.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
ESTABLISHED JUNE 90. 1862. VOL. Is.
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,

AT 109 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
TERMS: Eight Dollars Year In advance. To
mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year if paid in ad-
vance.
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

A FEW more steam heated lodging rooms to let
a NO. II TEMPLE ST.
ma1&fm
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
TO LET (!
To Let.

10 Lei
CTORE No. 1873 in Woodman Block now occupied
- bv r. NJ. Jordan & co. This store is finished
with all modern improvements and is well calculat-
ed for almost any kind of business. Possession gwen
first of March, For further particulars apply to the
subscriber, GEO. w. WOODMAN. feb3t
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
For Rent.

A FINE residence on Tying near Danforth Street
N contains Is rooms has Furnace, Sebago water
and Gas. handsomely finished throughout, would be
rented furnished if desired. Apply to w. H. Simon
ton, Commercial St., Hoyoke's Wharf. maSdf
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11

A FIRST class Miliner wanted. Apply by letter
"A with references to
A. CUMMINGS.
Woburn, Mass.
m9 div
The Portland daily press., 1875-03-11
NOTICE.

WE have this day appointed Messrs. ChadbouIn
w & Kendall, Sole Agents for the sale oil all oui
eading styles of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-13
Stick to One Pursuit.

There cannot be greater error than
to be frequently changing ones bust.
ness. If any man will look around
and notice who has got rich and who
has not out of those he started in life
with, he will find that the successful
have generally stuck to some one pur-
suit. y
Two lawyers, for example, begin to
practice at the same time. One de-
votes his whole mind to his profession,
lays in slowlya stock of legal learn
ing, and waits patiently it may be for
years, till an opportunity offers to show
his superiority. The other, firing of
such slow work, dashes into politics.
Generally, at the end of twenty years
the latter will not be worth q penny,
while the former will have hand
some practice, and. be worth thous-
ands of dollars in bank stock and re-
al estate.
Two clerks attain a majority stimuli
taneously. One remains with his for
mer employers, or at least in the same
line of trade, at first on a small salary,
then on a larger, until finally, if he is
meritorious, he is taken into partner
ship. The other thinks it beneath him
to fill subordinate position, now that
he has become man, and accordingly
starts in some other business on his
own account, or undertakes for new
firm in the old line of trade. Where
does he end? Often in insolvency,
rarely in riches.
A young man is bred mechanic,
He acquires distate for his trade,
however; thinks it is a tedious way to
get ahead. and sets out for some new
country. But, In most cases the same
restless, disconnected, and speculative
spirit which carried him away at first,
randers continuous application at any
one place irksome to him; and so he
goes wandering about the world, a sort
Of semi-civilized Arab, really a va
grant in character, and sure to die in
solvent. Meantime his fellow ap-
prentice. who has staid at home-by
economy and industry and sticking to
his trade-has grown comfortable in
circumstances, and is perhaps, citl-
zen of mark. a
There are men of ability, in every
walk of life, who are notorious for
never getting along. Usually it it be-
cause they never stick to any one bus
mess. just when they have mastered
one pursuit, and are on the point of
making money, they change it for
another, which they do not understand,
and, in a little while what little they
arc worth is lost forever. We know
scores of such persons. Go where
you will, you will generally find that
the men who have failed in life are
those who never stuck to any one
thing long.-Headerson, Tenn 4dUo-
cate. .-....5
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-13
Who Killed Tecumsehg

William Poe, an octogenian, who
resides with his son, john Poe, some
seven miles north of Forest City,
Holt county, Mo, was in the fight on
October 3, 1913, where the Indian
Chief TecuHseh vas killed. Colonel
Richard NJ. johnson was commanding
the battalion, of which corps Mr.. Poe
was o member, which claims the honor
of defeating and killing Tecumseh.-
Mr.. Poe says Teeumseh Was killed by
a sharpshooter named David King, OF
Captain Davidson's company, and not
by Col. johnson, as is enormously sta
ted by many of the histories of the
present day.
VIM. Poe is Kentuckian by birth,
and hear relative of Adam Poe, the
early pioneer aud Indian fighter OF
that State. He retains his health and
faculties tolerably well, and his recol-
lection of the scene of 1Sl2-13 are
still fresh 10 his memory. Mr.. Poe
came to Missouri at an early day OF
its political history.-NissouFi &egt=
mel.