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The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

IT is suggested to Mr.. Tilden that now he
has got his hand in at letter-writing be can
find time to reply to letter addressed to
him in 1869. which up to date has not been
answered. The letter was from Horace
Greeley and in it MIR. Tilden was asked to
exert his great influence to put a stop to the
enormous registration frauds in New YORK
city. A reply just now would be timely.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

JARVIS LORD is out for Tilden. Somehow
the canal ring don't think the ''smasher" has
hurt them much. and evidently have 10 faith
in his promise to send them to the reniten-
tiary. The people will do well to follow their
example and put no,faith in Tilden's promise
about the Southern claims.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

A PORCELAIN tureen was recently sold in
Paris on which Is painting representing
the execution of Louis XVI, at the
moment the executioner is holding the
head up to the view of the
people. 1t must be cheerful dish upon a
dining table, or any other table for that mat
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

THE "Antigone" OF Sophocles will be per-
formed at Athens for the entertainment of
Dom Pedro. 1t is to be given in the Odeon
on the southwest slope of the Acropo-
lis, and the actors will be dressed in ancient
costume. Another case of the ass In the
lions skin.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

IT is remembered that in 1860 the Charles
ton clergy issued an address to the North
claiming that South Carolina was thorough
ly loyal. They were mistaken then. The
North will incline to the opinion that they
are mistaken now, and will prefer the testi-
mony of Gov Chamberlain to that of men
who have shown so great a capacity =
rOr
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

THE latest great reform agency to come to
the support of Tlden is the pool-room. John
Morrissey knows thing or two about that
moral Institution and has taken the manage
ment of that branch of the canvass, with a
view to helping his candidate and at the
same time turning an honest penny for him.
self. His plan is to work up fictitious odds
for Tilden and then quietly put up his mon
ey on Hayes In real bets with greenhorns,- -
and on the 7th of November the greenhorns
will find themselves 'sscooped."
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 80, 1870

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases indispensable, not necessarily 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., 1876-10-30

According to the Atlanta constitution, from
$4,000 to S50,OOO a month reaches Atlanta
from the gold fields of Northern Georgia. The
silver mines are very profitable.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

MURAT HALsTEAD summed up the situ-
alton in an epigiam when he described the
Democratic party as the claim agency OF the
Confederate States.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned BY Stanley T
Pulen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
fnurnal
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30
For Sale.

SCHR. HATTIE E. SAMPSON, 23O 61-10O tons
~ burthen, N. NJ, well found in sails and rigging
&e. Apply to MICAH SAMPSON.
Jne2ldd 10Commereial st.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30

"Commodus," General Lew Wallace's new
play, is commended to public favor. 1t is
founded on the story of Marternus, as related
in the first volume of Gibbons History of
Rome, and also by De Quincy in his Caesars.
During recent visit to Lafayette, Ind, of Mr..
Lawrence Barrett, General Wallace sub
mitted the play to him, and after reading it,
Mr.. Barrett said to the anthor: "You have
written the best play since Richelieu. Speak
ing more In detail, he said that both as a
poem and as an acting play "Commodus'
would rank among the best modern English
dramas. Mr.. Barrett requested permission
show the play to Messrs. Jarrett 6 Palmer,
with view Of having it brought out, and il
is now in bis possession.
The Portland daily press., 1876-10-30
FOR PRESIDENT,
Working the Wrong Way.

There is proverb held in much esteem
which says that he who excuses himself
accuses himself, and Mr.. Tilden's recent
letter in regard to the Southern claims is
held by most people to be an Illustration of
it. The letter has had quite contrary effect
from the intended one, for it has called closer
attention to the great peril involved in the
claims. The danger must be serious to in
duce candidate to depart from all precedent
aud write letter of excuse at this late stage
of the canvass. That the claims question is
an issue is acknowledged and even proclaimed
by the highest authority in the Democratic
party. Many who have been inclined to
think tina. the discussion of the matter was
mere campaign talk are now convinced that
the peril is menacing one, and that there
must be much in an issue which is recog-
nized by Mr.. Tilden himself.
People recognize, too, that in the firm of
S. ]. Tilden and Democratic party Tilden
has not controlling voice. He must depend
upon that party for the support and success
of his administration. No matter what bis
personal desires may be he will be compelled
to yield when the whole party is arrayed
against him. He has recognized this him
self, for in his letter of acceptance he de-
clared that Experience has repeatedly ex-
posed the futility of selfimposed restrictions
by candidates." That is true; the pledge of
presidential candidate that he will op-
pose the policy of the party which elects
him is an absurdity and not worth the paper
it is written upon. The Democratic party
can only succeed by the aid Of the South,
and that section will demand and exact its
reward. Mr.. Tilden's veto will be frail
safeguard, and he will find it easy to keep
the word of his promise while disregarding
the spirit.
1t is not necessary to believe that Mr.. Tilden
made his pledge with the deliberate intention
20 break it. But there are hundred ways
in which these claims can be granted and yet
escape presidential veto. They can be sat
isfied by appropriations ostensibly for quite
other purposes, or the claims can be SO COM
plicated with other and important legislation
that it will be pleaded that veto would en-
danger measures of great value. These con-
siderations suggest themselves to the people,
who are not inclined to take the risks. With
Hayes as President there are no risks.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
A struggle for Appcnramce.

A. 81. Louis paper relates an in
stance OF the pride of child who
struggled Ia Keep up appearances IN IA
way that WRS touching To wIlueSS.-
7 he hnI pirsrness at the endeuv0r was
nade painfully manifest Uy the well
meant action of her teacher, and the
facts are u.ese'
Just before the close of the Last ses.
sion nf the public SchOuls ia that city,
an incident took place which, rs an
Illustration, Is more than touching. -
A I one of the schoolS numbers of the
pulils were in the haiti of bringing a
Luncheon with them, which at noon
they ate together. Among those who
did nat PC home flr dinner, the teach
er in particular room noticed little
girl who always sat looking wiStfully
at her playmatps when they went out
with tleiI luuchenns, but who never
brought amy herself
I he child was always neatly hut
very poorly clad. aud one of the clos
est students in school hours. This odd
action Of the clIild's lasted for some
time. when one day the teacher mo-
ti"ed that the little thing had appar-
rutly brought her dinner with her
The noon hour came. aud the children
N'"'h litil iul' u ar h~hdl anu NfIll
Out tn eat it, the little girl referred to
alone remaining in the room, with her
dinner wrapped up in paper on the
desk before her. The teacher advanced
to the child and asked her why she
didn't go out with the rect, at The same
time putting out her haud toward the
package on the desk. Quick az
thought the lit.le girl c!asped her
hands over IL and pHcluimpI sal Hmm ,
Don't touch it, teacher. and don't
tell, please! lt's Ouly hlOcksW And
that was the fact. Having no dinner
Ia bring and too proud Ia reveal the
po'rrty Of her family, the chill. had
carefully wrapped up number oi
small blocks in l'aper aud brought the
package 10 present the appearance
nf lunch! IL was nothing n mere
ridiculous incident in school life but
II was sufficient Ia make wiser and OIL
der hearts than hers sad.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
A Pending German Battle.


The other day siiuple-miEded Ger
man called on grocer To lay u bill,
giving hIm II $40 note. The grocer rx-
auined 1t closely aud said: "Hullo,
where did you get this uotc?' ''Vut is
de reason mt does nuIe?n replied tire
honest TeuIOn: "dou't she wash good.
heinz" "GO1d!" answered the grUcpI :;
"why, you are u lucky mAu--tlat not.
is worth $l0. so. "lsh dat So? Why
foI?' You see the sIgua'ure over
burr, don't yuu? Dose Things like II
cnikSCrpw nit de worms? Yah. !"
'WelI, THAT'S SpInneT's signature"
"VrlI." "Well, Mr.. New TX now
Treasurer of the United states" you
don't tule me 81! Npll?" "Well, and
notes signed by Spinner are getting
scarce, and people pay five per cent.
more for them tuHn for the new isSu F."
by shimiuy, ish dot sn?'' Yes
Lemme see your bills. Why every
one of them is II Spinner. Man alive
your fortune is made In pursuance
of The grOrer'S a.vire Mr.. Schneider
called at the Suh-rreasury Saturday
afternoon to get the premium on his
bills. What success he had IL impos-
sihle to state. hut he was seen later in
the evening lurking round the street
by which the grocer must go home.
and on being accosted by an acquaint-
ance and the following conversation
took place: Der peehles Won Shar-
man fights well, heiu?" 80 yes! the
Germans are unquestionably mill
tary nation Of the first glass "Sume
hig fights, helm? Leip-ic?" Yes 1"
"Und Sadnwa?n Yes" "Und
Kmig-raiz?" "CertainIy." "Uud
" Orth aud Mars-la la-TOur, und Grave
lotte und Srdan?" "Of course, of
cOursc!" Dose WAS big battles und
der Drutsch licked?" Yes" "Vell.
you jonst wait till dat grocery shuts
hims, II und you saw Deuich victory
vot makes you forgot all dem little
ones"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
He suffered Long.

When 1t commenced to rain on Fri
day mRa stepped into All Office on
Grisw0ld street mud remarked;
This rain will cool the atmosphere,
Wont il?"
The proprietor agreed that il would.
Ia Shout nVe minutes another man
came in 10 borrow n paper, ana he re-
marked:
This rain will cool the atmosphere,
WON'T it?"
The proprietor thought 1t would,
and had just dated letter. when "A
nian called tn ask the loan Of an um-
hrrlla snd stond for moment and re-
marked:
This rain will cool the atmosphere,
won't il?
II suppose IL wilu" snapped the
office man. aud he turned tn his letter
again. He had written four lines,
" WheuR an tntpTedand asked him
tie way to tie CITY hall and then re-
NAKED;
'Thi- rain will cool the atmosphere,
won't ~"
Blamed II | care q cent whether II
does or nOtI ErOwled the bored man,
and he wrote five lines more, Gud was
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
Legends of Genesis,

Mr.. George Smith, who had charge
of the expedition cent to Assyria 10y
the London Ietegruph, has been busi-
ly enged since his reLnrn in ArraUgiug
the Inscriptions he found buried III
Chaldean, ana Assyrinn mounds
With several small pieces in the Brit
ish museum collection he has succeed
ell i'll obtaining continuous series of
legend, giving the history of the world
from the creation down To some period
after the fail of man Linked with
some 0f these he also found other le-
gends on primitive history. including
the story Jf the building of the tower
of Babel and of the confusion of
tongues. " hen his Investigations are
completed Mr.. smith Will publish IA
full account and Translation of these
Genesis legends. In recent letter to
the telegraph lie says:
The narrative on the Assyrian tab-
lets commences with a description Ot
the period before the world WIS Greg
ted when there existed II chaue of con.
fusion The chaos ID pre- sided over by
n female pnwrr named IisaIat and H.
Arnat, corresponding To the ThAlatth
uf BerOAus !; nut as It proceeds the As
Syrlnn accOunC agrees rather vi it'll the
hlhlt IMAM Will the SROfl account from
Ber0sus. We aIe Luld, in the inscrIp-
li"ns, Of the tall of the celestial heiug
who appears 10 correspond To Satan
IL his ambition lac raiAes his hand
against he sanctuary of the God Oi
heaven, Il; d the description uf him il
really magnificent. This rebellion leads
la var in heaven aud the conquest OF
the powers of evil, the goods IN due
course creating the universe in stages
a. ia the Mosaic narrative, surveying
each step Ot the work aud punuuuc
ing II good. The divine work culmi-
mates IN the creation of man, who il
made upright and free trOnI evil, and
endowed toy the gods with the noble
faculty of speech. The Defy then
delivers long address to the newly
created being, instIucting lam in all
his duties and privileges, and pointing
out the glory Of hIs state. but this con.
ditinn of blessing does not lust long
before man. yielding to temptation,
tuils; and the Dieiy then pronuunces
uIUn HIM y terrible curse, invoking
on his head all the evils which have
since afflicted humanity.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
THE OLD FARMHOUSE.

The easy chair all patched with care,
ls placed by the cole hearth slnue;
with watching grace In the old fire. place,
The evsrgreen's are stP-wn,
And pictures hang on the vhitened wall,
And tho old clock ticks in the cottage hall
More lovely still on tho window sin,
The dew. eyed flowers rest,
While midst the leaves on tue moss grown caves
The martin bHilds her nest
And all day long the summer breeze
ls whispering love TO the bended trees
Over the door all covered oar
with sack Of dark green srze,
Lays musket old, whose worth is told
Ia the events OF ether days
And the powder task, and the hunters horn,
Have hang beside 1t for many morn,
For years have 6ed with 4 noiseless tread,
Like fairy drHans away,
And In their flight. all shorn Of its might,
ftther -old and gray
And the soft winds play with the snowwhite haiI
And the old man sleeps Ia his easy chair.
Inside the door, on the sanded floor,
Light, airy footsteps glide,
And maiden fair, With nax N hair,
Kneels by the old mans Hidn--
An old oak wrecked ny the angry storm,
hIle the ivy elimgs TO its trembling form
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18

brought to our notice within n short
time, and this fact would be good
reason for entirely giving up swine's
flesh Hs an Article of food. But there
II a sure preventive for al this.
Thorough cooking will render pork
absolutely free from any injurious eff
frcts In this direction.
Ii we give up swine's flesh for the
reason that it contains eptUZa we shall
be Obliged for the same reason To dis
card all animal food. One of the same
family winch we have mentioned as
causing sickness among tile Egyptians
is of frequent occurrence among cattle,
sheep aud horses, the hare, the rabbit,
etc. Another species Is found I'm the
liver OF the sdlmOn, in the Hlimentary
canal Of the pike and perch, and many
species Iufrst the feathered tribes.
We ought perhaps to say that, al
though the careful smoking of pork is
said To kill the trichinR, is never safe,
in our opinion, tO eat pork which is
not very thoroughly cooked.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
MANS Microscopic Enemies.

Prof. l.. n. Piper says Ia q recent
PAPER. The name "trichina spiralisn
comes from two Greek words. signify
Ing haiI and curled, altuding To the
hair-lIke form of the animal and the
curlGd position which il assumes in
the cells in which it is found IN The
muscular system. The male worm
measures Ouly the one-lweutieth of All
inch in length: the female is n little
longer. Ii was discovered by Prof.
Owen in "A portion OF human muscle
sent t0 him from 81. Bartholomew
HOsI ilal in 1884.
Ia "A few hours after the diseased
meat IL taken from the stomach,
trichine separated nom ii are found
free in that organ. Thence they pass
into the duudenum, aud HIerwAri into
the small intestine, where they are
developed. On the third and fourth
day eggs are discovered these eggs he-
ing alive. Ms We have found Ia he the
case in other RiHlugOus larVe nf which
We have specimens. From the inter-
tines aud other cavities where the
youHg are produced they penetrate
into the suhstAnce of The muscles,
where sometimes as early as three
days after the deceased meat h taken
into The stomach they may lee found
In considerable numbers, Snd 50 fur
developed that the young entuE,A have
alnI0st attained u size equal tI that Of
the full grown trichiuSe' They pro.
gressiNeiy advance INTO the Interior Of
the small bundles of muscular NJ re,
where they uHy he often setn severai
ina file. one after the other. Brhind
u EN- the muscular tissue becomes
atroph led, that II hardened, aud
around them Nh irritation is set up
which ends in producing y cyst in
about two W'eSs. Thus II will Ice seen
that the whole mu~culAr system II
allied with these parasites, each one
the central pOint of Inflammation. and
Of course Of terrible suffering, until
the friendly hand Of death CLOSES the
scene.
These cases, we think. must he
more frequent than IL generally sup
posed, from our having so many
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18

biting his pen-hOlder when q man
jsmped INTO the door, shook himself,
and romarkvd;
This rain will cool the atmosphere,
won't ii?'
"Nn, sir!' yelled the office man at the
top of his voice. and he said he'd VOL
lop the next man who said "rainn to
him. He had turned his letter over
when along came a tall young man,
with long nose. He looked into the
office, halted, and. as he stood in the
door and shook his umbrella, he said;
Don't you think this rain wilt cool
the at-?"
"No! blast your two white eyes,
don't" yelled the man who was writ
ing. and he threw his pen and made
ready for the next one.
Along came the man who has an
office above, and who is a very good
man and worthy citizen, and stuck
his head In the door and called out:
"Ah! we'll sleep better Tonight
Don't you think the raiu WILL"
No, you Old liar!" yelled the office
man. and he shut the door with such
suddenness that the inquirer fell oil
the step. and rolled over his umbrella
and aat on his hat. He got up and
wanted tn lick somebody, and sand ho
thirsted for blood, out the rain calmed
him down, and the Office man locked
his door and hung up sign reading;
Not a blamed bit cooler than be.
fore. detroit Free Press
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
Cheap Enough.

A young and pretty woman, who
was IA passenger over the train from
the Cast yesterday morning, had her
attention attracted tO acme pictorial
papers which one Of the 'rwsbOys
MAS vending at the depot. aud enquiT.
ed the price. Ten cents Apiece.
Il would like to have one only
haven't auy change with me-" Then
you don't rot 'em, classically remark
ed the dealer in literature. The W.
man hrsitHl,,' moment. aud then in
GInIdt-d thAt she would Kiss the news
boy II he would give hsr the paper
Kissing WAS g0ndIes that he had new
er hoped for under such circumstances
aud he inlinaIed his willingness Ia
accept the proposal srsr'%ly thinking
she was In earnest : bat kiss him she
did, right out on Ih~ platform. sud then
pnsseSsing herself M the paper, she
entered the car. leHviHK the newshOy
hlnshiug, grinuiUE. ard yet lOnkiuY
worried, As IL he felt streak of cleo
triclty running down his back.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
The Possible Age of the Earth

NJ. d. Conway says in his recent lee.
ture! There IL little case that
came under my oOseI walton when |
ss in Kent cavern. There is in the
cavern mass OF stulAgmite rock
which stretches TO vast exteHt into
the cave. There IL nIasH Of this
which il five teet thick that has leen
deposited there by inhilraliOn from
the roof which las Lpen dripping for
ages, bringing down snHe of the soil
until il has hardened ii in this
mass five feet thick. Und r
the Queens c0nHpu tins rock has letn
cut little by little up Ag lar ss scrOes
this room and vt the end of the deep
cutting uudrIntalh the rock, have
heen found tiiut implements made by
man, aud the remnants uf fire. The
question now in, how long has this
mass of rock heen in forming since
the fire was built five feet IeueAtlI p
Cnriously enuugn, We have IA wItness
on that point, for this Kent cavern
WAS u place where prurle WEI tO
aInu-e themselves four or five hundred
years ago. 1t 10 noticed ia all tie old
books of English history. You know
it is the haiti of the A nglO-SHXOn in
Ills methods of high enjoyment where
ever lie goes to leave the trace OF
his march. Any one who should go
To Niagara or Mammoth Cave and not
leave there notification of his visit,
when perhaps he took his sweetheart
with him. would show himself wuut-
ing in some uf the pleasant feeling of
tue American, ana so with The Il 4
iiahmAn. And those people used %
cut their names on IhIs rock. Ard
there is one name There OF n man who
carved his name t0u great depth that
is one-eighrh Of All 'inch-HHd he
carved the date when he ciHw led over
OF the top OF that rock, aud II Is exact
ly 229 years since he carved il there
Nov, The drippiUgs from the roof la g
gone upon that hame. and the rm K
has been forming exactly the sanr
now as II was two, three or four nun
dred years ago. There has not been
any cessation of the falling OF this
water to make this slulagmite rock
~ Z 1u"stiOn is then since the fnrma-
tiOn is going ON, how long ii has taken
to fill up that name. which ~ cut TO
the depth of of auinch. while il is
Yet not quite 60 c'alrd? But SUP
pose tn-rlay, the I'd of January, /;
should become cOur, aled. then IL " ould
have taken 20 cars to have brought
down enough soil in the nripping from
the roof to have cor craled that name
that is to have deposited one eighth of
an inch, and at that rate To drpOsi,
the whole amount il would Require
l2O,OO years ! hat il one among II
hundred various facts in geology
which prove incOntestahly that the
worlds antiquity II no longer to he
limited by the speculations of Arch
bishon Usher -
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18
An Aucie,.t PMnch Bowl

There has been discovered in the
possession Of l1dy in New York u
curious onyx punch howl. which WAS
once in tie Duke of Brunswick's col
lection, aud the certificate, written in
Latin In 1852 rs tie town clerk Of the
city ~ .BTunsNick. shows that this
vase Was owned hy Milhridstes. The
collection To which il belonged. ac-
cnrdIng To Plinius, was taken from
POmp"ii To Rome. The vase fell into
the hands ~ a soldier, who sOld II to
Duke Francis Alhrecht, of SAKE Law
enhnrg, for In ducAts ! passed from
his wife the Pr ncpss OF Mech lenhurg,
to the wife Of Duke Augustus, 0f
Brunswick. in 1915. IL was in the
ducal museum nf Brunswick, and was
taken TO England, and then returned
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-01-18

slaves. clear Of kuols. to 10 inches
wide and to I thick. A feet long. aud
the hOgshesd 10 ~ thirty-eight inches
across the crow strongly and tightly
coopered, with s good hoops. and there
should be nail in every stave at the
bottom, for the convenience of strip
ping at the warehouse. Fine tobacco
should rather be carefully packed and
pressed than priced, Hopsheads of
fine manufacturing or stpmning to-
hacco should not exceed 1000 lbs. in
weight. Shipping tobacco and lugs
should be priced to weigh ! 400 to l 500
hounds