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The Portland daily press., 1875-01-08

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never require increase of DOSE do not exhaust and
and for elderly persons, females and children, are
just tie thing. Two taken at night move the bowels
once the next morning. Warranted in all cases OF
the PILES and FALLING of the RECTUM We prom
Use cure for all symptoms of DYSPEPSIA, such as
OPPRESSION AFTER EATING, SOUR STOMACH
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COATED TONGUE. BILLIoUSNESS,L LIVER COEPLAINT
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AND ALL IRREGULARITIES, NEURALGIA, FAINT
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as they are so compact and iRodOrous that then n
oe carried IN the eeet pocket, and dperiSpf ~
laxative these Lozenges hare no equal W
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Costiveness the most Prolific
Source of i'll Health.
DIR. RRIS ON'S
PERISTALTIC
LOZENGES.
COSTJYENESS, DYSPEPSIA, PILE,

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nails as the most Agreeable
Convenient, Effective and
Sure Remedy for
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Who has for the last twenty five years, given special
attention to the treatment OF
Diseases of the Lungs, Throat, Catarrh
and Bronchitis,
can be found at his Office and residence, daily.
Persons can be treated by letter.
20 FREE STREET,
PORTLAND, WE.
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Dec. %, 1874.
The Portland daily press., 1875-01-08

on Terms WHICH Snail De JuSG ana reasonable,
without distinction and unjust discrimination.
OUR SAVINGS BANKS.
The annual report of the Bank Examiner
shows that on the second day of November, the
fifty-eight institutions for savings in this state
had deposits aggregating the large sum of ga,
Dol 963-an increase of 81, 495, 439 over the de-
posits at the same date the previous year. This
gratifying increase of deposits, notwthstand
ing the financial depression which has prevailed
during the year; the marked improvement in
the character of the securities held; and the sat-
isfactory condition in which all our Savings
Banks have been found by the Examiner. are
calculated to increase the public confidence in
institutions whose deposits are two and half
times as large as the deposits and circulation of
all the national banks in the state. 1t is to be
regretted, however, that the trustees OF our saw
ings institutions have thought it necessary or
advisable to invest out of the state eleven and a
half million dollars, or more than One-thrd of
the deposits of the people of Maine-capital
which is needed at home for the development
of the abundant resources of the staue. 1t is
claimed, however, that so long as the law for
bids Savings Banks to loan on names alone, it
is impossible for them to find opportunities at
home for the investment of all their deposits.
The Examiner presents some important facts
bearing on this point which will claim your
considerable attention. The act of the last Leg
islature, relating to Savings Banks, has been
found defective in some particulars, and will
require amendment. 1t is believed however,
that the state tax of one per cent. intended to
be imposed on the deposits of savings institu.
tons by the existing law, will be considered
finality as it undoubtedly is the maximum as
sessment which could be made without causing
deposits to be withdrawn and the revenue to
the state to fall off, and at the same time is the
minimum tax to which popular opinion would
be likely to permanently assent.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS.
Notwithstanding the shadow of the great
financial disaster which more than twelve
month since palsied the industries and business
of the country, has rested on this state during
the entire year just closed yet there is reason
10 believe that our material interests have
suffered less than those of majority of sister
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
4 EanquiShed Eagle.

The Baltimore american gives an in
teresting account of Il recent attempt by
an eagle to carry off a cat, which oo-
CURED at farm on the bay shore of
Kent county, Maryland. A young me-
dium-sized cat was treading leisurely
along in a potato patch, when large,
full grown eagle swooped down, and,
catching her in its talons, bore her up.
Pussy wriggled and mewed piteously for
some moments, but suddenly seeming
imbued with courage, she began deter
mined effort to obtain hold on her op-
pressor. So great were her struggles
that the eagle was unable to fly longer,
and kept up continuous Tapping with
its wings to keep aloft. After much OK
ertion, the cat succeeded in her object,
and obtained firm grasp with her claws
on the breast of the eagle, which made
every possible endeavor to free itself in
vain. 1t tapped its wings, shook its
body, and appeared to heartily regret
having meddled with pussy in her peace
full ways. Finally, as if in despair and
exhaustion, it spread its broad wings
and fell slowly to the bay, over which
the struggle had been going on. I'M
mediately upon touching the water, the
cat loosed her hold and swan boldly
ashore, while the eagle, upon being freed
of its troublesome burden, shot upward
and sped rapidly away.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
How They Died.

Augustus chose to die in standing
position, and was careful in arranging
his person and dress for the occasion,
julius Caesar, when slain by the con-
spirators in the capitol, concealed his
face beneath the folds of his toga, so
that his enemies might not sec the death
pang upon his countcnance. Siward,
Earl of Northumberland, when at the
point of death, quilted his bed and put
on his armor, saying: "It becomes not n
man to die like beast" Maria Louise,
of Austria, short time before she
breathed her last, had fallen into an
apparent slight slumber, and one of the
ladies i'll attendance remarked that her
majesty seemed to be asleep. "No,"
replied she, 81 could sleep if I would
indulge repose, but am sensible of the
near approach of death, and I would not
allow myself to be surprised by him in
my sleep; L wish to meet him wide
awake" Lord Nelson, on receiving the
fatal shot, said to Captain Hardy: "They
have done for me at last, Hardy; my
backbone is shot through ;" and had the
presence of mind, while carried below,
to take out his handkerchief and cover
his face and stars, to be concealed from
the gaze of his crew. And last of all,
the great Bonaparte died in his field
marshaPs uniform and boots, which he
had ordered to be put on short timc
previous to his dissolution.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
Detroit Free DRESSINGS.

The German soldiers are going out on
target shoot this fall. There will be
only be 1000, 900 of them.
A tornado which crossed Missouri was
described as I" the wailing, writhing,
wriggling, whistling wind.
Some papers are mean enough to say
that the heutenant-governor of Michigan
would never have been heard of had he
not been caned for trying to kiss
woman.
A New Orleans man will sit on log
in the broiling sun and fish all day and
feel rewarded with one bite, and yet If
his wife wants pail of water brought
he will exclaim "Oh, yes-keep right
on-fx me for burial I"
If your son, or father, or brother went
to California last winter to escape the
rigors of this climate, and didn't take e
thousand dollars along, you should di-
rect your letters in care of some poor
house if you want them to go direct.
COULDN'T WHITEwAsH TIT was
only line or two in the daily paper-a
few words to the effect that the Central
station had been newly whitewashed.
Goodheart, of Sixth street, came home,
after nights absence, with whitewash
Oh his back, and as he met his wife he
said: Hang my luckl Got carried
off on a Lake Shore train" She picked
up the paper, placed her thumb ON the
word whitewash, and there were icicles
in hcr voice as she replied: "Don't let
that happen again, William Goodheart-"~ -
JUST AS WEnI.-An old farmer, mail
ing letter at the post-ofice. edged up
to the stamp window and inquired: ct
suppose you don't keep sheep-shears
here, do you2" "Of course not" was
the reply. "Never did keep 'em, did
YOU" "No, SIR, and never shall.
"Well, sheep shears sell pretty well at
this time of the year, but If you haven't
got 'em I must go somewhere else. It's
just as well, probably, for I may con-
clude to get me some summer socks and
let the shearing go until next year"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
Large Ears and Small Ears.

Large ears, says theorist, mounting
his hobby, hear things in general, and
denote broad, comprehensive views and
modes of thought; while small ears hear
things in particular, and show disposi-
tion to individualize, often accompanied
by the love of the minute. Large ears
are usually satisfied with learning the
leading facts of case, with the general
principle involved-too strict an atten-
tion to the enumeration of details, es-
pecially all repetition of the moro unim-
portant-is wearisome to them. People
with such ears like generality, nnd are
usually fitted to conduct large enter
prise", to receive and pay ont money in
large sums; they Prefer to give with q
free hand, without reference to the
amount. Small ears, on the contrary,
desire TO know the particulars of story,
as well as the main facts; take delight
often in examining, handling, or con-
structing tiny specimens of workman
ship; are disposed to be exact with re-
spect to inches and ounces in buying or
selling, to the extent at least of know
ing the exact number over or under the
at tel measure given or received. Peo-
pie with such ears would, in most cases,
prefer a retail to wholesale business.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
The Poor Children.

Do not tease sick child with much
dressing, but keep it as easy and COM
Portable as possible in loosely. fitting
garments that subject it to little or no
fatigue in their adjustment. Beware,
though, of altogether dispensing with
flannel, even in hottest weather, seeing
how variable is the American, climate,
and if change is required, let it be
made with all due caution. .Gauze fian-
| mel shirts protect the breast and other
vital parts without incommoding any
child, save one with n most exceptionally
sensitive skin. Death has been seen to
ensue from no graver cause than the un-
timely removal of a flannel shirt.
The thoughtless parsnt who INDUCES
her child with taste of every tidbit has
often sad cause to rue her imprudence.
Witness the case of young mother who
helped her eighteen months old baby to
n dinner of lamb and two of the tinicst
little new potatoes-wcc things Just suit
ed for pretty baby's palate That night
baby came near dying of cholera infan-
tum, and that mother has never forgotten
so severe lesson in baby dietetics
Natures provision of mothers milk is of
course the best food and medicine for
infancy, but, from some cause, this sup
ply ls often failing nowadays, or pro-
nounced by physicians not to agree with
the child. In that case such substitutes
must be sought as the constitution of
the infant may require, as indicated by
the state Of the bowels. Often the mere
change from brown to white sugar, from
raw to boiled OF scalded milk, may have q
decidedly Alternative effect, if the consti-
tuition las not been already injured by
the use of narcotics. In those alarming
and sudden attacks of cholera infantum,
which frighten even experienced nurses
If no doctor is at hand, the proper thing
to do IS to apply mustard plaster (not
too strong) to the stomach, and to give
mint julep, a little at time, prepared
with ice pounded up as fine rs can be,
no water, ssert.spoonful of best
French brandy, and little oaf-sugar.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

It is but one step from companionship
to slavery, when one associates with
vice.
Active natures are rarely melancholy.
Activity and melancholy are incompati-
BILE.
In life it is difficult to say who do you
the most misclief-enemies with the
worst intentions, or friends with the
best.
Toll, feel, think, hope. q man is
sure to dream enough before he dies,
without making arrangements for the
purpose.
Whatever rouses the moral nature,
whether it be danger or suffering, or the
approach of death, Danish unbelief in O
moment.
The height of earthly promotion and
glory lifts us up no whit nearer heaven.
It is easier to step there from the lnwly
vale of humiliation and sorrow.
Mary" said preacher, addressing
O colored convert, lis not the love of
God wonderful ?" She replied !: {" I do
not think it is SO wonderful, because il
is just like him."
Grace is glory militant and glory is
grace triumphant; grace is glory begun,
glory is grace made perfect; grace is the
first degree Of glory, glory is the highest
degree of grace.
Generosity during life is very diff
ferent thing from generosity in the hour
of death; the one proceeds from liber-
atty and benevolence, the other from
pride or feaf.
True science, which is the knowledge
of facts, and true philosophy, which is
the knowledge of principles, are always
allied to true religion, which is the
harmony of the soul with facts and prin-
ciples.
No mans life is free from struggles
and notifications, not even the hap
piest; but every one may build up his
own happiness by seeking mental pleas
ure, and thus make himself Independents
of outward fortune.
Human reason, after guessing and
roaming from sect to sect, yearns for q
Lord and Master, not to crush it down
but to take it up, weak, bewiidered and
weary, and fold it in that divine reason
whence alone it borrows vigor and illu-
mination.
1t is good and safe rule to sojourn
in every place as If you meant to spend
your life there, never emitting an OPP
portunity of doing kindness, or speak
ing true word, or making friend.
Seeds thus sown by the wayside often
bring forth abundant harvest.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
A Partisan Story.

A Paris paper narrates a story of which
Partisan recently returned from the
cape was the hero. One day, having
strayed away with two companions for a
long distance from the town, he, with
his friends, came upon a cabin, which,
being very hungry, they entered. In it
was an old negress, who was making and
cooking a sort of omelette. They
made her understand by signs that they
were very hungry, and particularly
wanted that omelette, and would
pay good price for it. She, by signs,
assented readily. Then, pointing to q
string of mushrooms hanging by, they
intimateL that these would make q
savory addition to the meal. The woman,
with a scream of horror, abandoned her
cooking and took refuge in corner.
They, without more ado, added the
mushrooms for themselves, and found
the whole delicious. AS they finished, q
cry of despair was heard at the door.
The negro husband had returned to see
the last of the ears of his deceased
enemies vanish down a Partisan throat.
The three friends were i'll for fifteen
days, and cannot hear mushroom
mentioned without turning pale.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
No Fear OF Death In the Dying.

A striking fact in connection with the
dying is that they are not afraid of death.
You notice this even in executions. The
majority of men who are hanged are re-
ported to die "game." Death following
disease or injury is, with the rarest ex-
septions, s,unaccompanied with fear. Dis
ease dulls the intelligence so that the
situation may not be fully ycomprehended;
or there may be pain, and death is
looked upon rs relief. Nature, by q
kindly provision, seems to prepare for
the flight of the spirit as the hold upon
life grows weaker, so does the desire for
life grow less and in scarcely single
instance has not the dying man re-
linquished life at the last without seem
ing reluctance or fear.
The several physical phenomena
which, accompanying the act of dying,
vary considerably in tho earlier stages
with the causes which produce death,
there is much similarity in the latter
steps. Death offers then physiognomy,
which, once witnessed, is not hard to
recognize again.
failing pulse, which gradually becomes
imperceptible, first at the wrist and lastly
Mt the breast itself the extremities grow
cold the countenance changes as the
vcnous blood courses the arteries; the
skin grows clammy and the vessels relax ;
the eye glazes; the jaw droops; the
fluids accumulate in the windpipe, caus-
ing the "death rattle" so called, the
breath comes short and finally ceases.
AS the red blood leaves the brain the
judgment becomes obscured, and the
senses deficient. Speech is incoherent.
Many times "last words " are imagined
by affection to mean moro than intended,
if there was any intention at all. eft
grows dark" or "more light" are COM
mon sayings rs the-optic nerve loses its
stimulus. Or strange sights may be
seen and sounds heard, rs occur some
times in the still twilight. The hallu-
cinations of the dying may be often ex-
planned upon natural causes.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
Can Have Them.

Does any one desire to have swarms
of mosquitoes about his house in the
course of few weeks? Well, nothing
is easier than to cultivate them-a little
pool of stagnant water on the premises
is all that is necessary. If you haven't a
pool near by, hogshead, barrel or tub
filled with rain-water and allowed to
stand in the yard a few weeks will answer
the purpose. About four weeks are re-
quired to make first-class mosquito,
that is, to develop it from the egg into O
buzzer and bitter. An examination OF
tho surface of stagnant water with keen
eyes, or, better still, with microscope,
will reveal the source of these destroyars
Of our summer peace,
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
A Colorado Gold Mine.

A Tribune correspondent, writing
from Colorado, gives tho following
sketch Of mine in that section L went
1000 feet into mine, following the
tunnel straight in. 1t was cut through
the solid rock without disclosure of
"pay" during the entire distance. 1t
was eight feet high and seven or eight
wide, and seemed almost large enough
for railroad tunnel A track was laid
within it for the donkey cars to haul out
the ore to the mouth of the drift. At
the end of the tunnel the veins were
found. They dive.ged in different di-
rections. Even underneath the tunnel
a sewer or canal had been built to carry
away the large streams of water found
in the mines, and J. saw what had not
thought of before-thatth the ore had been
taken out scores and scores of feet be-
low the level of tho tunnel, and that the
roof of one corridor, formed of timbers
and covered with earth, made the floor
of the corridor or hall above. Here,
thousands Of feet within the mountains.
where the sun never shone, were busy
workshops. Here large engine was
fizzing and putting; here was black
smiths forge; here was shaft extend
ing above and below, hundreds of feet
out of sight; here was hoisting ma
chine, with wire ropes and bells ringing
as signals for raising or lowering the
immense iron ore-tubs; here were steam
pumps working away as though the
mines would be flooded if they stopped
to take breath ; here were immense
water pipes to carry the water into the
main canal; here was q stable filed
with mules waiting,for their details; here
was an iron bin containing powder, fuse,
etc, for blasting, and here was chest
containing drills, hammers, and other
tools-in all, the most unexpected sight
possible to one who sees it for the first
time. A dull, dim, exasperating light
surrounds you, and if, in the uncertainty
of your vision, you stumble against n
car, or pickaxe, or step into bucket
of water, you arc laughed at by a dozen
owl-eyed miners, whose sight. by long
training, has overcome the darkness.
The superintendent asked me if I
would like to go down into the shaft q
to get down that distance. "You can
get into that tub" said he, "and we
will lower you with rope around q
drum -
"You are very kind" I answered,
"but I think will defer it.
"Or," said he, continuing, "you can
go down that ladder about eighteen feet,
when you will find n landing; then you
can take another ladder and go on I'M
til you reach the bottom"
As the ladder was almost perpendicu-
lar, and only the top round could be
seen in the dim light, again declined
the polite invitation. Ny present situa-
tion in the clammy atmosphere, the
sound of escaping steam i'll my ears, the
creaking of rollers, the digging of picks,
the noise of dozens of drill hammers,
the sound of water gurgling beneath my
feet, and Host in the heart of the noun
tain-al this served to fill me with awe
and apprehension.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
Burning Bodies In Ireland.

Some very interesting antiquarian dis
coveries have recently been made in the
sand hills of Finner, a wild district ex-
tending along the coast between Bally-
shannon and Bundoran, Ireland. It ap-
pears that the owner of the land, Colonel
Falliott, of Holybrook, near Boyle, has
given directions for the erection of a
wall on that portion of his estate, and
that the workmen employed, in helping
themselves very freely to what appeared
to them to be an ordinary heap of field
stones, came upon some very large blocks
Of sandstone placed in the center of the
pile. One of these they sledged to
pieces, and thus opened one side of
what appeared to be megalithic
chamber, containing large quantity Of
human bones, among which were several
skulls in fine preservation. It is much
to be regretted that before any intelli-
gent person had been made aware of the
find" the place was invaded by a
number of treasure seeking roughs from
Ballyshannon, who, besides doing much
damage to the cist, broke the crania to
pieces, and scattered the other remains
That the bodies had been subjected to
the action of fire, was evinced by the
scorched appearance of many of the
bones, and by the presence in the clay,
and among the small and larger stones
by which they were surrounded, of
pieces of charcoal in perfect preserva-
ton. Close by is q fine example of So
called "geant's grave" stone circle
and portion of another, and q little dis
tance from the chambered earn the
workmen had sometime previously
broken into n cromiese, which was found
to inclose human ashes, burned bones,
charcoal and fine cinerary urn, some
fragments of which only have been pre-
served. We understand that Mr.. Wake
man, honorary secretary to the Archeo-
logical Society of Ireland, has visited
this site of what appears to be great
pagan cemetery, and that nm account Of
the discovery, accompanied by meas
ured drawings of the various monu-
ments, will appear in the journal of that
association. We are sure, in the mean
time, Colonel Falliott will take steps to
prevent any further intrusion of ignor-
ance or acts of vandalism. The place is
we'll worthy of scientific examination,
especially now, when the pros and cons
relative to the practice of cremation
among Christian communities have be-
come somewhat ventilated in certain
circles.