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Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04
Newspaper Patronage.

There seem to be great many differ
ent WAYS of defining and understanding
the phrase newspaper patronage; and,
as party interested in a correct detinl'
ton of the same, we give the following
discussion on the subject by one who
knows whereof he speaks. 1t may
serve, perhaps, as mirror, in which
certain parties may be able to see
themselves as others see them"
Many long and dreary years In the
publishing business has forced the con-
7iction upon us that newspaper patron,
age is word of many definitions, and
that q great majority of mankind are
either ignorant of the correct definition,
or are dishonest in strict, Biblical
sense of the word. Newspaper patron.
age has as many colors as the rainbow,
and is as changeable as chameleon.
One man comes in, subscribes for q
paper, pays for it in advance, and goes
home and reads it with proud satisfac-
ton that it is his. He hands in his ad-
vertisement, and the advantages there
of. This is patronage.
Another man asks you to send hum the
paper, and goes off without saying q
word about the pay. Time flies on; on
arc in need Of money, and ask him to
pay the sum he owes you. He lies into
passion, perhaps pays, perhaps not,
and orders bis paper stopped. Ibis is
called patronage.
One man brings in a fifty cent adver.
tisement and wants two dollar puf,
thrown in, and when you decline, ne
goes off mad. Even this is called pa
tronage. -.
One man don't take your paper. II
is too high priced; but he borrows and
reads it regularly. And that could be
called newspaper patronage.
One man likes your, paper; he takes Q
copy, pays for it, and gets his friends to
do the same; he is not always grumbhng
to you or to others, but has q friendly
word. If an accident occurs in his sec.
tion he informs the editor. This Is
newspaper patronage.
One hands you o marriage or other
notice, and asks for extra copies con
tanning it; and when you ask him fol
pay for the papers, he looks surprised
"You surely don't take any pay for such
small matters2" This is called news
paper patronage.
One (it is good to see such) comes in
and says "The year for which I paid
is about to expire; want to pay for an
other" He does 80 and retires. This
is newspaper patronage.
It will be seen from the above that
while certain kinds of patronage are the
very life of the newspaper, there are
other kinds more fatal to its health and
circulation than the coils Of boa con
strictor are to the luckless prey he pa
troniZes,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04
A Mans Life.

According to French statistician, tax
ing the mean of many accounts. a man
of fifty years of age has slept 5000 days,
worked $500 days, walked 800 days,
amused himself 1000 days, was eating
1,5OO, was sick 500 days, etc. Ho has
eaten 1900 pounds of bread, $4,000
pounds of meat, 1900 pounds of vegeta-
bles, eggs and fish, and drank 1000 gal
Ions of liquid, viz: water, coffee, tea,
beer, wine, etc., altogether. This
would make respectable lake OF BOO
square feet surface and three feet deep,
on which small steamboats, could navi-
gate. And all this makes up the routine
of an average mans life.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04

A Cincinnati veterinary surgeon has
succeeded in remarkable experiment..
He has Gifted wind broken horse with
a silver throat" An incision was made
in the windpipe, silver tube inserted, !,
and now tho animal breathes easily and
sesus to suffer no inconvenience
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04

An Edinburgh ieweler will exhibit at
the Centennial q showcase which, with
its contents, will be worth upward OF
S100,ooe,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-04
The Mysteries.

Once on my mothers breast, child, orept,
Holding my breath
Then, safe and sad, lay shuddering and wept
At the dark mystery Of death.
Weary and weak and worn with all unrest,
Spent with the strife
Oh, mother, let me weep upon thy breast
At the sad mystery of life!
w d. Ho,oeuS.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
SUPERINTENDENT oF BuR1A1s, REPORT.

SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS' REPORT. j.
S. Gould, the Superintendent of Burials, has
completed his annual report, from which we
learn that during the year ending March LIST,
1876, theirs have been 735 deaths in this city;
172 have died away and have been brought
here for interment, making a total of 9O7 inter-
ments. The deaths in this citS have been from
the following causes: Accident, II; apoplexy,
8; diseases of bowels, 16; diseases or brain, 3S;
burned, 1; bleeding, 1; bronchitis, 1; child
birth, II; convulsions, 5; canker, 1; consump.
tionl1S5; congestion, 2; cholera infantum, 81;
cholera morbus, s. cancer, 10; Group 43; car
buncle, 1; dyspepsia, 2; dropsy, 20; drowned
3; diphtheria, 19; diarrh@a, 4: diabetes, q;
erysipelas 15 general debility, 4: gastrics, 1 !;
heart disease, A; hip disease, l.; humor, L;
infantile, IL; insane, 2; kidney disease, 8; liver
complaint. 4; lung fever, IA; lung disease, 81;
measles, 1; old age,55; pneumonia,16; peurisy,
1; paralysis, Is; poison, 3; rheumatic, 2; spin
al, 4; spinal meningitis, .; scrofula, 2; scarlet
fever, 13: sun stroke, 1; suicide, 2; scald, /;
still born, A; stoppage, 1; small pox, l. teeth
ing, 3; typhoid fever, 81; tumors, 66; tuber-
culosis, l.; unknown, 81; whoopng cough, 4.
OF the above Al were still born, 140 under one
year of age; 105 from one to five years of age.
% from five to ten % from ten to twenty, 81
from twenty to thirty, 61 from thirty to forty,
56 from forty to fifty, 80 from fifty to sixty 81
from sixty to seventy: 20 from seventy to
eighty; q from eighty to ninety, from ninety
to one hundred.
Three hundred and sixty-four persons have
been buried in Evergreen Cemetery, 80 in For
est City, 269 in Calvary, 80 in Western, so in
Eastern, and in the Jewish cemetery.
-Four hundred and seven Of the deceased
were males and 500 females
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06

We expected to see in the Argus of Saturday
morning an affidavit of a man discharged from
the street department on Friday. Presuming
that the supposed thunderbolt will be in that
fair-play journal this morning, we give the
facts in the case: The man in question was
having some trouble with the foreman of his
gang and threatened to put "pick through
his heart" Commissioner Cousens came al ong
about this time and, seeing that the man was
ugly and excited, told him that he had better
go home and come back in the morning and
behave himself. The man with an insulting
remark said "If go now 1 will never come
back" &C., said Mr.. Cousens AS he was
leaving, he remarked, II intended to vote the
Republican ticket, but now L won't" Mr..
Cousens explicitly asserts that he has never
asked a man employed on the streets to vote
the Republican ticket.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06

How VILLAIN WAS CAUGHT.-Detective
John S. Heald, who has been employed of late
looking up criminals along the Maine Central,
was summoned to Belfast Tuesday to catch the
sceundrel who placed an obstruction on the
track of the Belfast railroad, near Unity, Mon
day night He Immediately got on the trail of
the man and followed him to A. G. Howe's
store in Unity village which the latter broke
into and took some goGdG He then followed
the man on the Bangor road to Dixmont, get
ting full description of him. Wednesday he
took the train for Bangor, and Wednesday
night, assisted by Marshal Bolton, arrested the
man in that city, finding some of the stolen
goods on his person. The next morning be
took him back to Unity, where he was ar
raigned before Trial Justice Rich and bound
over in the sum of $1,000 for placing the OBJ
struction on the railroad track, and $1,000 for
breaking into the store of Mr.. Howe. The
mans name is William Barnes. and he is only
IS years of age. He was put off train last
summer and has very bad reputation gener-
ally. Mr.. Heald is very successful in this
class of cases and is undoubtedly the best de-
tective in Maine
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
In Men0riam.

Died. In Portland. March 4th, Eliza Pay
son Thomas. wife of Edward G. Jordan, Esq,
and only surviving daughter of Hon. w. W.
Thomas.
Many heart outside the home circle will ache
to read these lines telling that loved playmate,
cherished friend and trusted companion is no
more. Born to lead rather than to follow, Mrs.
Jordan was the brilliant center of the Joyous
circles of her youth. Beauty, wit and varied
accomplishments drew around her hosts of
friends which her sincerity and truthfulness
ever held fast With the gentleness of woman
she united the bravery of a hero-that bravery
which scorns the slightest indirection. She
lived and moved and spoke sin the face of
the sun and in the eye of light" She held a
rare communion with nature; birds ate from
her hand, the horse she rode was never so
proud as when he bore her, and household pets
always evinced their delight at her presence,
and obeyed her slightest nod. Whatever she
attempted she mastered, whatever she under
took she achieved. Music was her delight,
and it is sad to think it is hard to believe that
those skilled and nimble fingers which so often
and so willingly drew forth harmony for the
JOY Of ALL are now folded forever. Her kindly
presence, cheerful Thought and CHEEKY ways
made her the light and idol of her home. Ra-
diant with youth aud health, the future seemed
opening to her bounteous opportunity, where
in her strong will, firm character, joyous
heart and discerning mind might de-
velope themselves and be moulded into the
highest type of full, true twomanhood. But
God, whose providence we cannot fully see, but
whose goodness we cannot doubt, Lad not so
willed. For long, dreary months she has slow
ly faded away All that skill could suggest, or
love perform was done, but in vain. As she
sank in strength, she seemed to glide back
ward along the years, and as the end drew
nigh she became as little child-patient and
submissive to the Fathers will, and with the
great and trusting love of childhood drew all
near her own heart as she drew near the heart
of God.
sour very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears, our hopes belied,
We though her dying when she slept
And sleeping when she died."
Loved friend, sister, daughter, wife, farewell.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
GrRYa CHARGES,

We understand that the Argus will immedi
ateiy demand, in double loaded editorial, the
summary impeachment and removal of James
S. Gould, Superintendent of Burials, for high
crimes and misdemeanors. The charges arise
in connection with the finding of the dead
body of an infant in the dock on Saturday.
Appended to the body was a fat-iron, origi-
nally of the value of fifty cents, and the Argus
will contend that this flat-iron was the prop
erty of the city and should have been applied
to the funeral expenses of the infant, or las
the Argus will suggest would be more ap-
pIopriate considering the use it had already
been put to) turned into the sinking fund for
the reduction of the city debt. The Argus will
show that in f1agrant violation of law the fiat
iron has, with the personal knowledge of Mr..
Gould, been allowed to remain in the possess
sion of Republican undertaken who has since
commuted it to his own use For this gross
outrage it will demand the immediate removal
of Mr.. Gould and disqualification forever of
the aforesaid undertaken for burying the dead.
The Argus will also seek to prove that the Re-
publican party is directly responsible for the
drowning of the infant, which, it will allege,
Is Ou6 VI tu6 IduluCdlluuS VI ulut W eAtlu-
guish the Democratic vote in this city. In sup
port of this theory it will call attention to the
facts that the child could neither read nor
write; that there was something in the contour
of its head which interpreted by the light of
phrenology Enthusiastically showed that even if
it had grown to maturity and had not entirely
escaped the contamination of the free school
system, it would have still painted 'Secutary''
on Democratic transp arercy and spelled
negro with two "g's"; and that its legs were
remarkably long, well adapted to straddling,
indicating corresponding mental ability and
inclination to keep on all sides of question.
These characteristics, the Argus will assert
and without danger of contradiction, demon
strate that the child was destined to vote the
Democratic ticket. With this fact established,
of course the conclusion that the drowning was
the work of Republicans, will be unavoidable.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06

Mr. EDITOR: An article which appeared in
the argus last Thursday relative to Molasses,
and which has been widely circulated, is cal
culated to give wrong impression with regard
to the value of this "sweet'' and to the mo-
lasses trade generally.
In the first place "quite revolution in the
has not "been inaugurated this year." for the
selling of molasses for boiling purposes by the
polarizing test has been in general practise
for more than foe gears. What is said of
the value of molasses for making sugar,
as established by test is quite true,
although the explanation should have been
made that the test denotes only the per
centage of crystalizable sugar contained in the
moasses but when the writer asks "Why
should it (the test) not be as beneficial and val
liable to traders and consumers for domestic
use?" the answer is very simply stated, be-
couse the same qualifications are not required
by the boiler, and the consumer for domestic
use. The former only requires that the molas-
ses shall contain as large percentage as pos
sible of crystalizable sugar. A percentage
lower fhan AGO is not profitable to work, and it
is seldom found higher than $50 or $50.
The colCr and flavor of the moasses though
desirable certainly, is not SO essential as the
test. The consumer on the other hand re-
quires that the molasses which he buys shall
be of good body and of light color. Molasses
from New Orleans or from Ponce, P. r. fer
instance, has been selling readily at sixty cents
per gallon, at the same time that molasses
from Cardenas or Matarzas has been selling
from twenty-eight to thirty-two cents per
gallon for boiling, simply because the former
has the qualifications in which the latter is
lacking, but Ponce or New Orleans molasses
will not test nearly as high as that from Car
denas or Matanzas, in fact would not be profit
able to work at almost any price, and the same
may be said Of most of the higher priced mo-
lasses.
Molasses may be quite rich in sweetening
properties, the sugar in it being uncrysIaliza-
BILE, and still be very far from ''sweetened wa
n n
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
STATE NEWS
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

Prot. G. FL. Pray of Gardiner gave the pa
tients of the Insane Hospital an entertainment
on legerdemaln Thursday evening, March I'd.
The new hall was well filled with the inmates,
to the number of $50.
The Augusta Reform Club will dedicate their
new hall Monday afternoon, March 9th, with
appropriate exercises.
Mr.. A. E. Taught of Belgrade purposes to
write history of that town, with genealogies
of the early families. The town was formerly
called Washington Plantation and was incor-
porated as the 102d town in Maine, Feb. 1885,
1t was settled in 1774.
The house and barn of Mr. George Gerald, in
Vassalboro', one mile south CT East Vassal-
boro', We're destroyed by fire on Sunday morn
ing, the 9th ult., at about o'clock. Insured
for $500.
KNOX COUNTY.
Mr. Addison Hemenway of East Union fell
dead Wednesday while descending the Maxey
hill in Warren. This is the third instance of
the same kind on the same hill. Mr.. Hemen-
way was about So years old.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
PORTLAND POST OFFICE,

j, W. YORK Observation-Disclosures rSs1MAsaTh
OHlce Hours.
From 500 m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 m.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. a. 1875.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive at 1.2O
p. m. and 12.30 a. m. Close at S20 m, and 2.30 and
Boston and the West. Arrive at 500 pm.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and Maine
Railway. Arrive at 1.20 and 500 pm. Close at
800 III and 2.30 m.
Great Southern and Western. Arrive at 100 D. m.
and 1890 m. Close at $40 M 2.30 and 900 p. m.
Bangor, Mattawamkeag, and connecting routes.
Arrive at 800 p. m. Close at 1890 D.. m.
Augusta and connecting routes Arrive at 900 a.
m: and 90 p. m. Close at 1890 and 800 p. m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arrive
at20O am. Close at 900 p m.
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and the north.
Arrive at 3.00p m. Close at 1890 p. m.
Skowhegan closed pouch closes at 900 p m.
Canada and intermediate Offices via G. L. r. Ar
rive at 2.20 p. m. Close at II. As p m.
Morning Northwestern by G. L. r. Arrive at S.45 a
m. Close at $50 a. m.
and $50 p. m. Close at $50 m 1890 and 500 p. M
Rochester, N. H., and intermediate offices. Arrive
at Las and 1125 m. Close at 7.30 m, and
North Conway and other offices on the P. & O. R
R. Arrive at 11.25 m, and 5.55 m. Close at 7.45
a. m. and 2.16 pm.
$50 am.
;Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at 600 m.
Close at 500 m.
Castine Deer Isle, sedgwick, Mount Desert, Mill
bridge, Jonespert and Machias, via each steamer.
Arrive at m. Close at p m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island. Arrive
Thursday at a m. Close Saturday at $50 m.
Foreign Mails per Allan Line direct close every
Saturday at 8 D N.
Foreign Mails, via New York. day previous to sail
ing of steamers, Close at 2.30 m.
Collections from Street letter boxes at Z. 90 a. m
IL M. and 2 90 and 500 p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
THE POLLS OPEN AT 10 A. M. AND
CLOSE AT p. WI,
Brief J0fiings.

Fresh fish are very scarce in the market and
those who observe Lent are anxious as to the
result.
assembly at Reception Hall this evening. A
fine time may be expected.
A little son of Hiram Billings, who resides
Smith street, was run into by sled on Cum
berland street Friday evening and had his leg
broken. There have been several accidents
from careless coasting in the streets of late and
the police have decided TO put stop to it.
To morrow evening the camps of the Patriot
ic Sons of America of this city will make an
excursion to Biddeford, on a visit to Washing
ton Camp No of that city.
The horses attached to one of Robinson's
hacks took fright at the procession in front of
City Hall Saturday evening and ran away,
smashing the hack against lamp post
A young man fished box, containing the
body of newly born child, out of the Back
Cove, in the rear of the salt mill, at the foot of
Green street, Saturday morning. Coroner
Gould ordered it buried.
The Payson Literary Society will hold their
fourth anniversary exercises at Army q Navy
UNION I1dll tuio C'OAlbS' IA WY iheSANobihr n
programme is arranged.
Rev. Mr.. Bicknell will deliver lecture on
the subject of temperance at the Chapel in
Cape Elizabeth on Wednesday evening, March
Sth, commencing at y o'clock. All are invited
to attend.
The weather yesterday was very fine, but th e
walking might have been better.
The police are looking for a man named
Enas who stole ring from young lady where
he boarded on Cleaves street.
Officers Huston and Hanson arrested a fellow
named Do1avan on Danforth street Saturday
night for assaultng a companion.
The Reform Club held q very interesting
meeting last evening at Sons of Temperance
Hall.
Last evening, about haif-past six, a man
whose name we were rot able to learn, fell or
Congress street and fractured his arm. DIR
Tolford was called and set the bone.
The White family gave concert at Ffesepor
last Saturday evening. Among the selection
were song and chorus Down by the Brook a
the End of the Lane, "Father will Settle tn
Bill" and "Old Maid of g." sung in costume
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
GET YOUR BALLOTS OF REPUR
LICAN DIsTRIBU TORS.

THE BANKRUPT LAw.-This morning pa
per will be started for signatures to protest
against the proposed repeal of the bankrupt
law. This matter is attracting much attention
among our merchants. The following is from
an editorial article in the New York Shipping
and Commercial List and Price Current:
The Chamber of Commerce takes correct
view of the bankrupt law, urging its amend
ment rather than its repeal, which would be a
grave error, as it would remand us back to the
old system, with its "thirty-seven different and
conflicting systems that would be exceeding
ly annoying and Improbable The chief OBJ
jections to the present system are that it is too
cumbrous and costly; estates waste away in the
hands of lawyers. 1t ought not to be difficult
matter for Congress to so amend the law as to
make it acceptable to the people, and t5e ex-
pertinent ought certainly to be tried before its
repeal is seriously contemplated.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06
Ward One.

The Republicans of Ward 1 are confident and
hard at work. If they do not give good
account of themselves to-day, they are greatly
deceived. The Democrats have colonized a
large number of men into the ward for the
purpose of securing Democratic Alderman
We trust they will fail. Mr.. Greeley. the Re-
publican candidate for Alderman, has had ex-
perience in the City Council. He has been
most faithful in tie discharge of his duties,
and as the Democrats are turning the issue
upon general politics, should have the vote of
every man who thought loyal soldier in 1861
IS was more deserving man than bitter
copperhead. Republicans of Ward 1; you oc-
cupy the little Round Top of the fight
Fight it out
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06


Mrs. Capt. Gilman of Searsport, was a pas
senger on the Peruvian, Saturday.
A telegram announces that Col. Charles E.
Shaw, son of Abner Shaw, Esq, of this city,
died at Austin, Tex, Friday. No particulars
are given. Col. Shaw was about AZ years of
age. He was graduate of Dartmouth, and
for several years a member of the wholesale
grocery firm of Shaw Brothers. When the 25th
Maine regiment, Col. Francis Fessenden, was
raised, Col. Shaw was elected Major, and after
wards Lieut.. Col. At the close of his term Of
service he moved to Roxbury, and met his
death at Austin, where he was travelling on
business for mercantile firm. He leaves a
family.
w. W. Thomas. Jr, delivered his lecture
"Rambles in Norway" in Brunswick Thursday
evening, in the Memorial Hall course. The
pext and last lecture will be President Cham
berlain, Thursday evening, subject, "Our
Flag
Mrs President Chamberlain and daughter
gave the seniors of Bowdoin grand reception
Friday evening.
John W. Perkins, ESQ.,, is seriously i'll at his
residence on State street.
The Portland daily press., 1876-03-06

evening
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE REFORM CLUB-Head-
quarters in Fluent Block, corner of Congress and
Exchange Streets, Rooms and 10. Open day and
evening" Business meeting every Monday evening at
u O'Clock.
PORTLAND TYPoGRApHIoAL UNION, No. 75.-
Second Saturday in each month.
MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Corner of Congress and Casco Streets First Thurs
day in each month.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Corner
Congress and Casco streets. Every evening
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Bramhall Lodge, No.
Thursday evenings; Munjoy Lodge, No. 6, Mon
day evenings; Pine Tree, No. IL, Friday evenings
At their Hall, Clapp's Block, Market Square.
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION Corner
Congress and Brown Streets First Tuesday in each
month.
PORTLAND INSTITUTE AND PUBLIC LIBRARY
City Building, Open and free to all from 10 to
OF and7 o.
PAYsoN LITERARY SocIETY.-Meetings every
Monday evening, Browns Block, cor. Brown and
Congress streets, at u O'Clock.
PORTLAND FRATERNIrT-No.567aC Congress street
Every evening.
Hall Block. Second Monday in each month. Deliv-
cry of books, 2 to 6, to 9, day and evening.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARs-Ar
cana, Monday; Mission, Wednesday; ForeSG Cny
in Williams block, Congress street. Mystic, Thurs
day, at Sons of Temperance Hall Congress st
Iron Clad, Thursday, at West End.
PATRIOTIC ORDER Sons OF AMERICA-Camps No
49, & 4 convenes over the Eastern Express Office.
Plum Street; No 1 on Tuesday evening; No. 3 on
Wednesday evening; No. 4 on Monday evening; NO
2 at School House, Turner's Island, Cape Elizabeth,
Friday evening.
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner Of Congress and
Casco streets.