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The Portland daily press., 1876-07-06
Eastern Railroad,
JULY 3, 1876.

PASSENGER TRAINS leave Portland
for ScarbOrO'. SacO, Biddeford, Ken
nebunk. Wells. North Berwick, South
Kerwick, Conway Junction, EliO I,
kittery. Portsmouth, Newburyport,
salem, Lynn, Chelsea and BostOn NJ
300 a. M, arriving in Boston at p.
SacO, BiddefOrd. Kennebunk, Kiitery,
Portsmouth, HamptOns, NewburypOrf,
Salem, Lynn, Chelsea and Boston
1.3O p. m. arriving in Boston at 5.l5 p m., in
season for New York and Western connection.
Pullman Paror Car attached.
500 p. m. Biddeford mOdating train.
Returning, leave Biddeford at 500 a. m.
SacO, BiddefOrd, Il ennebuuk, Wells,
North and South Berwick, Conway
junction, Eliot, Kittery, POrtsm OuilI,
HamptOns, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem,
Lynn, Chelsea md Boston at 100 ID.
M, arriving in Boston at 10. 90 p. m. Pullman
ParlOr Car attached.
Night Express with Sleeping Gar, for
Boston AT 2.15 a., M, every day except
M0ndays.l
RETU
Leave Boston at 7.3O, 1900 n. M, t12 30
and at 700 p. m, connecting with
Steamers for Mt. Desert and Bar
Harbor. Pullman Sleeping Car attached.
Through Tickets to all Points South and West at
lowest rates. Pullman Car Tickets for Seats and
Bertks at Ticket Once.
ju1dtf GEO. BATCHELDER. Supt.
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LOST AND FOUND.
StraYed OR Stolen.
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale 0r Rent.

- A first class residence, centrally situated on
iI State Street; all furnished. Address
W ju2Sdtf P. o, BOX 1902
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-06
FOR THE ISLANDS.
Peakes' Island Steamboat Co.

sK---A STEAMER GAZELLE, Capt.
A. S. Oliver on and after Monday,
July 8, 1876, will leave until further notice end Of
Custom House Wharf, of foot Pearl Street. for Jones'
Landing, Peakes' Island, daily at and 1Ot a. m.
2 and 81 p. m. Returning leave Peakes. Island
at 81 and III a. m q and 81 p. m. Fare down
and back 25 cents; children half fare. Special ar
rangements for picnic parties can be made at the
office ON the wharf
Steamer GaZelle OF Express will make an evening
trip to Jones' Landing at 7.i5 Returning, leave
Jones' Landing at 8.
eB- Win make the regular trip SUNDAYS
except early and late trips.
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For Sale.

.s.& A Two Story House with Stable attached,
n; with large lot of land buildDgin good repair
ssH situated in East Deering, on Veralidah Street
i nird house from Corner Store. Apply to PERLEY
q RUSSELL. 102 Commercial Street. my3Odtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-06
MURRAY'S
LAXATIVE And PURIFYING
Bitters!

This medicine has been before the public most of
the time for the past twenty-five years. and has given
excellent satisfaction to all who have used it. The
table kingdom, and are again prepared by the
original inventor, and are confidently recon-
mended of the best articles offered to the
public especially for all those difficulties and ills at
tendant upon this season of the year. They are par
ticularly recommended Tor the cure of
Indigestion or Dyspepsia, Jaundice. Loss
of Appetite, General Debility, Cos
tiveness, and all diseases caused
by an. unhealthy stale Of
the stomach or bowels.
Any number of recommendations might be pub
ished but the article is well and favorably known
that it is deemed unnecessary. Let the sufferer
them short time according to the directions on each
bottle and be convinced that all is true which Is now
said of them. The best article of the kind ever Of
tered for the relief of the sick and suffering.
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-06
Charcoal.

Meet At LitiIefeld Camp Wednesday and
Fhursdry Evenings. Dinner at Ross
House Sunday,
WANTED 1000 Bushels Hard Wood Charcoal al
w Eastern Railroad. Address 772 Portland
Post Office, or PALMER CLARK, Corner Portland
and Grove Sts.. Portland, Mondays.
X. X. KS will wait 80 days for orders.
ju7 DIFF
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For Sale or to Let.
(OAKDlNG house centrally located. Will ex-
- cnange Tor real estate In this city or vicinity.
Appy to n Pearl st, iu1dtf
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Wholesale Store.

Tn the Thompson Block, Nos. ~ & 10
l. Middle Street. Good location below the Post
Office where al the wholesale dry goods and other
classes of tradhre located, The finest store in the
city, with light and airy basement, two entrances,
two counting rooms, brick safe, and elegant show
windows, tables, counters and other fixtures. Will
be let very reasonably applied for soon. Apply to
III. e. THOMPSON,
No. 321 Emery ST. on the Spring st. Horse Car Route.
mhl4 d&W22
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A Very Desirable Residence at
West End for Sale.

6IONTAINS ten rooms, two water closets, bath
~ room, hot and cold water, gas, furnace, &C.. to-
gether with nice stable. Apply to WIN, H. JER-
RIS. Real Estate Agent. iu06d2uK
The Portland daily press., 1876-07-06
For Sale in Deering !
FOR SALE.
House for Sale,

a Il Woodford's Corner, convenient two stor,
"A house and ell carriage shed; wood shed, stable
22x22. Inquire OF c. A. RACKLEFF.
ju15 diff
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
Wouldn't Do Because She Had Beau

She was at one of the union school
houses half an hour before school opened.
She had "Linda" with her. She was a
tall woman, forty years old, with jaw
showing great determination, and
LINDA" was sixteen, rather shy, and
pretty good looking. The mother said
she hadn't been in the city long, and it
was her duty to get "Linda" educated.
When the teacher came, the mother
boldly inquired
"You know enough to teach, do you?"
al think 1 do" replied the teacher,
blushing deeply.
"And you. feel competent to govern
the scholars, do you? ?"
"Yes' 'm.n
ado you pound 'em with ferrule, or
lick 'em with a whip?"
ave seldom resort to punishment
here" replied the embarrassed teacher.
"Thats better yet," continued the
mother. 81 know if Linda was to come
home all pounded up, I'd feel like kill
ing some one. 1 suppose you are of re-
spectacle character, amt you?'
"Why-ahem why" stammered
the teacher, growing white and then
red.
az expect you are," continued the
woman. 'Tt's well enough to know
who our children are associating with.
Now, then, do you allow the boys and
girls to sit together?'
mo, ma'am."
"That's right. They never used to
when l was young, and l don't think
Linda is any better than / am. An
other thing-do you allow any wink
ing?"
"Any what ?" exclaimed the puzzled
teacher.
"Do you allow a boy to wink at a
girl ?' asked the woman.
"Why, nOr'
"I was afraid you did. Linda is as
shy as a bird, and if she should come
| home some night and tell me that she
had been winked at, don't know what
I'd do, Now, another think-do you
have beau ?r
"Why-why-" was the stammereG
reply.
~ think you do !" resumed the WON.
an, severely. "T know Just how il
works. When you should be explain,
ing what an archipelago is, you are
thinking of your Richard, and you
mind is way, way of ~
"Rut, madam
"Never mind any explanations, in
terrupted the woman. 81 want Lindf
brought up to know joggerfy, figures
writing, and spellOgraphy, and if you've
got beau and are spooning to the the
ater one night, candy-pull the next, ;
horse-race the next, and so on, you
mind can't be on education. Come
Linda, We'll go to some other school
house."
And they logged. Detroit Free Press
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
Journalism in l776,

There were no daily newspapers in
the time of the Revolution. Of some
fifty papers which were born, and
lived, or died, between 174S aud 1888,
all were weeklies or semi-weeklies.
There were forty-three such In exist
ence at the end of the war. They were
poor affairs, viewed in the light of the
journalism of to-day; but, measured by
their times, displayed considerable en-
terprise, and exerted an immense infu-
ence. 1t was their characteristic that
they aimed not so much to print the
news of the localities in which they
were published, as to bring to those To-
calities news from distant parts of the
country and of the world. In fact, the
newspapers of the Revolution had COM
paratively little to do with news of any
kind. The gathering of it had not been
reduced to q system. The publisher
was his own editor and reporter. There
were no telegraph tolls to pay; and, had
there been, there would not have been
any money with which to have paid
them. News travelled to the paper by
private conveyance. 1t was two
months coming from Great Britian,
and six months from ConstantinOple.
That useful and widely-known individ-
ual, "a gentleman of undOubted verac-
ity," lived, however, in the country at
that time, and rendered valuable ser
vices. The papers were filled with po-
litical sayings, satlres and lampoons.
By many of them, the largest liberty of
discussion was allowed; and there we're
noticeable tendencies to the freest sort
of speculation. Of journalism in the
modern sense of the term-elaborated,
enterprising, competitive, lavish in
outlay, and presenting a field for the
highest attainments aud most carefully
acquired professional skill-there was
absolutely nothing. And yet, we must
accord to the journals of the Revolu-
tion, small, irregular, struggling sheets
that they were, the credit of generally
heroic spirit, and very noble achieve
ment in shaping the patriotic temper of
the times.-EdWdrd AbbOtFS ReUolu-
tiOnGry Times.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
Yankea Doodle in 1914,

Americans, when questioned what is
their Irrational air." or tune, some
times hesitate whether to say they have
none, or three. The tune called "Amer-
lea" is perhaps oftener performed as
such than any other, though It's music
is not native to our country. But, in a
sense, America" "Hail Colum bia, +"
and "Yankee Doodle" are all national
airs" of the United States. The follow
ing incident shows how the question
stood in the minds of our statesmen
more than sixty years ago.
At the close of the last war in Eng
lani, by the treaty of peace signed at
Ghent, in Belgium, after the Ministers
Plenipotentiary of Great Britain and
the United States had nearly concluded
their pacific labOrs, the burghers of that
quaint old Dutch city determined to
give an entertainment in their honor,
and desired to have the national airs'
of the two treaty making powers per-
formed as part of the programme. So
the musical director was directed to
call upon the American Ministers, and
to obtain the music of the Irrational
air" of the Uuited States.
No one knew exactly what to give,
aud consultation ensued, at which
Bayard apd Gallatin favored "Hail
Columbia" while Clay, Russell, and
Adams were decidedly in favor oi
"Yankee Doodle" The musical di.
rector was called in and Informed o.
the decision.
He then asked if any of the gentle,
men had the music, and, receiving 6
negative reply, suggested that perhap:
one of them could sing or whistle the
air.
''I can't" said Mr.. Clay. "I nevel
whistled or sung tune in my life. Per
haps Mr.. Bayard can."
"Neither can I" replied Mr.. Bayard
"Perhaps Mr.. Russell can"
Mr.. Russell, Mr.. Gallatin, and Mr.
Adams in turn confessed their lack o
musical ability.
81 have it," exclaimed Mr.. Clay, and
ringing the bell, he summoned his col
ored body-servant.
"John," said Mr.. Clay, "whistl
Yankee Doodle for this gentleman
John did so. The chief musician
noted down the air, and, at the enter
tainment, the Ghent Burghers BAN
played the "national air'' of the Unite,
States, with variations, in grand style
Boston Journal.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
The Last Words of the Dying.

The last words of the dying are ca
gerly sought after, and enchained in
memory's bosom, by loved ones. The
hero standing upon the field of battle,
amid the booming of cannon and the
rattle of musketry, is stricken down,
and, dying, he uttered some sentiment,
which tells the living he fought bravely
and died loving his country. His words
thus uttered are chanted in his praise,
pass Immediately into history, and are
preserved to be handed down from gen.
Grafton to generation.
The mother, bending over the couch
of her dying child, eagerly listens for its
last words. AS the hearts pulsatiOns
grow feeble. the respirations become
more laborious, she silently listens.
Now the pale lips are parted, and she
draws nearer, until her ear comes in
contact with the cold breath, when she
catches the last faint murmurs of the
dying one. Oh, how she treasures in
her pure heart that last "Good-bye,"
that last token of going to Heaven!
The husband, through weary days
and nights, has been watching at the
bedside of his darling wife, until now
the dread moment approaches when she
shall be waited beyond the River of
Death. Under no pretense will he now
leave her, and why? All, he is waiting
and listening for the last whisper. AS
she speaks, her words echo and re-echo
| through the chamber of his soul, and
remain there throughout the mystic fu-
| ture.
AS a young lady reads over the list oi
| the slain in battle, and her eyes rest
upon the name of her lover, almost hel
first thought is, "Did he leave me dy-
ing message ?"
The sweet sister of shipwrecked
brother impatiently awaits the arriva
of some rescued from the wreck, to learn
if her brother, as he was swept beneath
the dark waves, sent her a dying word
Yes, the dying words are those mos
sought after and cherished by the hu'
man heart Amid all the cares and dis
appointments that may surround US IL
life, we never can forget the last fain
whisperings of the dying.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
How Long to Sleep.

How much sleep is necessary to re-
new the exhausted energies of the brain
and fit it perfectly for its work, must be
determined by individual experience; /;
but as to children, it is safe to say they
ought to be INDUCED to the extent of
their inclinations. They require more
sleep than adults, and old people, if
their slumbers are sound, incline to
sleep at shorter intervals than persons
in the prime of life. The difference in
individuals in this respect is very great.
DIR. Cooch mentions a man who sleeps
only fifteen minutes a day and enjoys
good health.
Blaine, in his 'fMedical Logic" speaks
of some missionaries in Cuba who re-
dueed their sleep to the minimum, that
they might pursue their labors with the
least possible interruption. When
forced to rest, they threw themselves on
a couch with brass ball'in hand over a
brass basin. The moment they lost
their consciousness, the. ball dropped
from their fingers, and ringing on the
basin, walked them; and this sleep they
found afforded all the recruit that ma
ture demanded. Seneca declares that
Macenas passed three years without
sleeping a single hour; and Boerhaave
affirms that he passed six weeks at one
time without sleep; but neither of these
statements is credible.
Blaine was informed by Gen. Piche-
gan that during his active campaign in
Holland he never for a year slept more
lhan one hour in twenty-four; and the
same is related of Charles XII, OF
Sweden, during his wonderful career.
Jeremy Taylor, during part of his life,
slept only three or four hours in the
twenty-fOur; and Napoleon slept only
four or five hours during his military
career; but he was able to fall asleep at
any time in the midst of his work when
he felt drowsy. John Hunter, the great
surgeon, slept four hours at night and
one after dinner.
Sir John Sinclair gives the history
of a man who had reached the advanced
age of ninety-one, and all his life had
slept but four hours in the twentyfour.
Sir Walter Scott said that he was not
entirely himself unless he passed seven
hours in total uncOnsciousness. Southey
required ten hours, going to bed ct ten
and rising at eight. Sir William Jones
laid down the rule of life students in the
cOuplet,-
"Seven hours to books, to pleasant slumber.
Ten to the worlds allot, and all to heaven"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26

A VERY GOOD REAsON.-Says Max
Adeler in the Philadelphia Bulletin:
Judge Pitman came down stairs the
other day in response to a call by his
servant-girl, and found standing at the
front door a man with a carpet-bag
The man said:
"Is your piano out of tune? ?"
mo; l don't think it is" said the
Judge.
"Ain't you sure about it? ?"
mo; l never tried it to see."
"How long since it has been tuned ?'
at never has been."
'Then, of course it ought to be tuned
at once. You'll ruin it if you don't
have it attended to-"
''I don't believe / will"
"Oh, yes, you will though. NOthing's g
worse for piano than standing un-
tuned"
"Do you think you can tune it?"
"Certainly can"
"I don't believe you can," said the
Judge.
"I'd like to know why not. I never
saw piano yet that couldn't tackle" "
''There's one mighty good reason
why you can't in this case"
'tpd like to know what it is.n
"You want me to tell you, do you ?"
eyes"
"Well, it's because 1 haven't got any
piano."
Then the man put the carpet-bag
under his arm, rubbed his nose
thoughtfully and left.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26

WOMAN's WORK IN GERMANY.-A
suggestive account has just been pub
lIshed by a German woman in this
country of the work done by certain
women In Berlin in reducing the price
of living in that city. In 1866, Mrs.
Lena Morgenstern, with two or three
other ladies of wealth and influence,
finding that the cost of provisions was
enormous, established several Volk's-
Kuchen, or peoples kitchens-restau-
rants where meals could be had at the
retail cost of the materials alone. In
1873 these women determined to bring
their charity into their own homes by
forming a HOuse-keepers' Association,
whose object should be the reduction of
the cost of living, the promotion of
plain and economical habits, and the
improvement of the condition of SER
wants. In 1874 there were $50 members.
Cooperative laundries, bakeries, intel
ligence-offices, and stores for groceries,
meat, and provisions were opened, all
under the supervision of women. At
the present time the membership EN-
braces 5000 families, and issues
weekly paper of high order, contain
ing it's price lists, etc. The central
bureau imports its supplies direct from
China, France, Java, the United states,
etc., and is thus enabled to supply the
cooperative trade throughout Europe.
Coal is also purchased at wholesale by
the Association, aud sold in accurately
measured cars, an improvement on our
own system, which every householder
| in New York or Philadelphia will ap-
preciate. The whole of this vast busi-
ness enterprise is maDaged-and aceu-
| fol m ronaH xUODnan fNhair lost
annual statistical report is as suggestive
and forcible a commentary as any SER
mon on woman's duties, work, and op-
/ DOrtunitias - EIrob0D0e
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
Marriage Manms.

A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing. A man is what his wife
makes him. 1t is the mother who
moulds the character and destiny of the
child.
Make marriage a matter of moral
judgment.
Marry in your own religion.
Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from your own.
Marry into family which you have
long known.
Never talk at one another either alone
or in company.
Never both manifest anger at once.
Never speak loud to one another, un-
less the house is on fire.
Never reflect on a past action, which
was done with a good motive, and with
the best judgment at the time.
Let each one strive to yield oftenest
to the wishes of the other.
Let self-abnegation be the daily aim
and effort of each.
The very nearest approach to domes-
tic felicity on earth is In the mutual
cultivation of an absolute unselfish-
ness.
Never find fault, unless it is perfectly
certain that a fault has been committed; /;
and even then prelude itwith a kiss and
lovingly.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Neglect the whole world besides,
rather than one another.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
81 forgot" is never an exceptable ex-
cuse.
Never make remark at the expense
of the.other; it is a meanness.
Never part for a day without loving
words to think of during absence; be-
side, it may be that you will not meet
again in life.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26
NUMBER 80.
Barnum as a Young Lover.

That was a big book P. T. Barnum
wrote about himself. It is very COM
plete, too; but there is one little incl
dent which he either forgot to mention,
or which got pied when the forms went
to press. It occurred when the great
Snowman was young man and resi-
dent of this section. He was paying
impetuous attention to a lady living in
Newton. Being a son of poor but hon.
est parents, he was obliged to walk over
to the village which contained his
adored, on the Sunday nights he visited
her. When there, he labored under an
other and more awkw ward disadvantage.
The young lady's father conceived a
singular and most violent dislike of the
amiable embryotic Snowman. This ne
cessitated extreme caution on the part
of the lover, aud he was equal to the
emergency, as a matter of course. His
ingress to the house was by a window
on the second floor, which he reached
by springing from the cover of cistern
curb, and catching hold of the window
ledge. His egress was effected by hang
ing full length from the ledge and then
dropping to the cistern cover, a fall OF
about six inches.
On Sunday he took with him on the
visit young man who now carries his
silver hairs behind a Danbury'grocery
counter They reached the place, the
young lady saw the signal, opened the
window, aud the famous Barnum sprung
up into bliss. The young man was to
amuse himself about the village until
the time of departure. He amused him
! self. 1t don't seem possible that any
one could be so brutal, but that young
man actually removed the cover of the
cistern. Then he sat down by the fence
and ate currants, and calmly waited fol
the result. P. T. finished his sparkling,
and backed out of the window the full
length his hands would permit.
"Good-bye," he gasped, in a whisper
as he prepared to drop.
Goodbye, Phinny," she whispered
back. Then he let go, and instantly
shot from sight into the yawning abys:
of darkness and rain water, and if hG
had been of solid iron, heated to white
glow, he could not have created more o
commotion in striking the water. i
is not necessary to repeat what Mr.. Bar
mum said, both when crawling out o
the cistern and during the eight miles
walk home. but shortly after he became
Universalist.-Dd Ne1OS.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26

LAUGHTER AS A MEDICINE.-A gen.
tleman was suffering from an liberated
sore throat, which finally became so
swollen that his life was dispaired Of,
when his household came to his bedside
to bid him farewell. Each person
grasped his hand for a moment, and
then turning, passed out weeping. A
pet ape, which had modestly waited un-
til the last, then advanced, and grasping
his masters hand for an instant, also
turned and went away, with his hands
to his eyes. This assumption of deep
grief, which it is hardly possible the an
imal could have felt, since it could
scarcely have comprehended the prob
lem of mortality there so powerfully
presented to the human mind, was SO
ludicrous in its perfection, that the pa
tient himself was seized with such an
uncomfortable fit of laughter as to break
the ulcer in his throat, whereby his life
was saved.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-26

Too MUCH FOR THE WIDow.-A Fifth
Ward widow moved into her new house
the other day, and her first six callers
were lightning rod agents. She bluffed
them off one by one, but when the sew
enth came he said: 81 don't claim that
rod will protect the house, but do
say that if was looking for a second
wife, I'd never marry a widow who
didn't have a lightning rod on her
house. And that's the way all rich men
think" "You may put up two of
'em ~ she promptly replied, "and be
sure they are conspicuous, too "-De-
trOit Free Press.