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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09

Attorney General Devens asks the hearty CO.
operation of all United States District Attor-
neys in retrenching and reducing expenses for
the next three months, as the appropriation
remaining is insufficient at the present rate of
expense.
The City Council of Portsmouth, N. H.,
have voted to exempt from taxation for period
of ten years any manufactures of any material
whatever, which may be located in that city
provided that the capital invested exceeds
$4,000.
The navigation of the Delaware and Hudson
canal begins April II.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09

The MAINE MILITIA.-A plan Of organiza-
ton is proposed which provides for three bat
talions of infantry-east west and centre, with
platoon or battery of artillery attached to
each battalion, the artillery to constitute of
itself battalion commanded by Major.
General Chamberlain and oiher officers OF high
rank are desirous that the militia law of this
state should be made to conform to the United
States rules Last year the encampment of
our volunteer militia took place at Brunswick.
During the present year it is not unlikely that
it will take place in Augusta on the state
grounds aud adjoining territory, which will
afford o fine field for tactics and maneuvres.
At the coming encampment it is proposed to
have the troops pay more attention to target
practice than has been the case heretofore
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09

Watches, Jewelry and Silver Ware.
J. A. IERRELL a. CO., 130 Hid die y
j. A. MERRILL. A. KEITH.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09

Real Estate Agents.
JOHN G. PROCTER, No. 93 Exchange
Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Plumbers.
JAMES MILLER, No. Of Federal Street
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PENoBsCoT COUNTY.

Mrs Hills, wife of Henry r. Hills of Day
ton, who was so severely burned few weeks
since by her clothes taking fire died last Friday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09
ENTERTAINMENTS.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS
AT 1os EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.

TERMs Eight Dollars Year in advance. I
vance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-09

Any person making a purchase
amounting to Ten Dollars will be
given a pair of shoes, they having
the privilege to select from n lot.
Remember the place to secure these
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
Beauty.

Pretty women are spoken Of as it
they, of all Others, were the elect; as
if woman's sole claim to admiration
rested on her possession Of fine eyes or
luxuriant hair. rs she pretty?' is
the first question asked concerning a
new acquaintance, as though that en-
braced the whole subject. If a man
likes woman he generally considers
her "pretty,' for the term is merely
conventional. A pretty woman, in
the private lexicon Of masculinity, sig
niiies woman interesting from what
ever cause. Who has not known wo-
men to be called pretty that could
hardly boast of a single handsome tea-
ture? Who has not been acquainted
with those enjoying n wide reputation
fer prettiness that had almost any 9th
er than a physical charm? She who
has distinctly graceful manner, or
an elegant air, or fine tact, or talent
for conversation. or quick sympathies,
or cordial ways, or the art oflistening
well, albeit plain in face and an ordinary
figure, is frequently styled pretty, and
the adjective is repeated until it is fas-
tened upon and constantly associated
with her. Merely pretty women can
not rule society-never did and never
will. When beauty is allied to pleas
ant manners,or accomplishments, tact,
quick wit, then indeed it is all-power-
full; otherwise a really plain woman
who has conspicuous graces of mind
and manner will prove more than a
match for her beautiful, insipid sis
tiers.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23

A Texas boy, after visiting a Gal
weston newspaper office, wrote the fol
lowing composition on "How They
Make Newspaper; "The head men
sit down to their desks and write on
square pieces Of paper what to print in
the paper. They put them in a box
aud send 4 EN- up stairs. When they
get up stairs a man takes them and
gives a lot of other men every one a
piece of this paper that is written on.
The man that the paper is given to
takes the types and fixes them one af-
ter another, so they read what the pa,
per reads. A man then takes the
words aud puts them in a box and
places it in some machinery that
makes il 90 back and forth; then there
is a boy that stands over the machi.
merry that puts the paper on the machi.
merry, and then some hooks bring it
down over the box with the types in
and the types have ink on, the types
print on the paper; there is hooks
that takes the paper and lays it OF an
other machine that folds it up and then
they sell them. The end"
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
A Medcss Mass A~fai Pyedica.
smenf.

a Modcsf MaW's AWfuf Predfc0.
asesf.
The "no sleeves" mania has create
quite commotion in some circles, and
is fast consolidating two parties-one
for, one against. On a recent occa-
sion,a gentleman had engaged to take a
young lady, with whom he was not well
acquainted, to large ball, but main.
ly to oblige her brother. an intimate
friend, who had suddenly been called
out of the city. The gentleman was
decidedly opposed to this fashion, con.
sidered il immodest. had long debate
with his own sisters upon the subject,
ultimately persuading them to overrule
their dressmaker and cover their arms
nt least to the elbows. What was his
horror on calling for the sister of his
friend, to find her pnrading before the
window in a decollette and entirely
sleeveless costume! He would have
retired If he could; he was not suifi-
ciently acquainted to demonstrate; be-
sides. the young lady, who was a large,
well.formed blonde, was gotten up re.
gardless of style, and evidently proud
Of her plump shoulders and large,
round arms. care you not afraid of
taking coldi" he ventured. But she
only laughed-."Oh, dear! no, l never
take cold" OF course there was moth
ing for him but to face the music. En-
ter,ng the ballroom with that awfully
bare arm on his coat sleeve, the first
person he met was his sister. She
glanced at the luxuriant proportions,
then reproachfully at his face; he felt
it growing crimson. The torture of
that evening was, he asserts, almost
insupportable to his nerves, which
seemed to have been barred by that
terrible arm. Aud now if any little
Puritan comes along with rufiie to her
ears and sleeves to her wrists, she will
stand mighty good chance of capti-
waiting one of the handsomest and most
desirable matches in New York, not.
withstanding his somewhat exaggera.
ted delicacy in regard to ladies arms.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
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and s,und Martin and Mrs. Warren
Iu,u,;ou.I, ,u.r,ered in N, ar;.,,crat.
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soreed ,o ali of Martin. propos,,ions.
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The interior journal., 1877-03-23

The following graphic passage is
from the description of a scene wit
messed by Mr.. Campbell aud his par
ty in the North Of Norway, from a
cliff one thousand feet above the sea:
The scene stretched away in silent
vastness at our feet; the sound Of its
waves scarcely reached our airy look
out; away in the North the huge old
sun hung low along the horizon, like
the slow beat of the pendulum in the
tall clock Of our granfather's parlor
corner. We all stood silent, looking
at our watches. When both hands
came together at twelve, midnight,
the full round orb hung triumphantly
above the wavss; bridge of gold rum
ming due Nor,h spanned the water be-
tween US and him. There he shone
in silent majesty which knew no set
ting. We involuntarily took of our
hats; no word was said. Combine, if
you can, the most brilliant sunrise
and sunset you ever saw, and its beau
ties will pale before the gorgeous col
oring which now lit up the ocean,
heaven and mountain. In half an
hour the sun had swung up percepti-
bly, on its beat; the colors changed to
those of morning; a fresh breeze rip
Piled over the food; one songster after
another piped up in the grove behind
us. We had slid into another day.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23

Miss Cora Dickson, young girl oI
22, arrived in Paris the other day,
from South America. Her life has,
thus far, been eheckered one. AT
the age Of Is, tired Of the monotony
OF home, she ran away from her faith
ers house with large sum of money.
She cut her hair short and douned a
boys garb. After becoming in sue
cession a cabin boy, a clerk, and a
horse dealer, she turned up in Buenos
Ayres. where she catered the army
still disguised. She distinguished her
selfin the service, and became a colo
mel. Some months ago, at a meeting
Of officers, she quarreled with one of
those present. A duel followed, and
she killed her adversary. On exam
lining the dead mans papers,she fouad
that she hal killed her oldest brother,
who had left home when she was two
years Of age. Horror.strieken, she
threw herself at the bishops feet. who
promised 10 intercede with her father.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
A Personal Adrertisememf Tragedy.


A warning story of folly and crime
comes from a small interior town OF
Pennsylvania, where young girl of
respectable parentage-the daughter
of bank cashier-opened "corres-
pondence with view to matrimony'
with stranger in New England, to
whom she was subsequently, married,
without the knowledge or consent Of
her parents. The married couple liv-
ed together for several years, but last
week a first wife. who had been deser-
ted with her children when the hus-
band married his matrimonial corres-
pondent. visited him at his home, and
establishing her claims to protection,
the second wife was in turn deserted.
She felt disgraced by her girlish folly,
and, driven to despair, killed herself,
thus ending, in tragic manner, u sto,
ry iull of warning to those who are
tempted TO enter into any kind of re-
lations with a stranger-and particu.
laly such a solemn obligation as that
Of marriage .--[Philadelphia Ledger.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
CONDENsED TIME.
Louisville & Great Southern
RAILROAD LINE.
TRAINS aosNa ssvru.


Passengers on 4. &. A y. H. n tshort Linel o. ".
Al n. ", q. A. " ". r. aud u. = Mail Iise
Steamers connect at Louisville 9Th TRAIN Ne.
I. TRAIN No cusncsts Al Lebanon Juuctton
with rrain No. ~ for all points on Knoxville sad
Richmond branches Traln No. ~ connects Al I~b
anon Junction with Train Ne. from all p,ints on
the Nemphis snd Montgomery tines, At 1rhanon
vith stss-- 10 snd frm springfield, Csmphellsvilie
Columbia and Grecnshurg, 81 Mitchellrhurg. With
stages ~ aud frum Ferry VILE and Hsrrtdshurp; ~
iAnvilie ststiSn with stages 10 and fcm psn,ill~
Cty; al stamford 9TH stages To aud from som-r-.,
~ Richmond Junction 10 aud from poiHts hot ween
there and Livingston; at Richmosd With stage. IA
The interior journal., 1877-03-23

The Norristown Herald has solved
the coDundrum, "Why was Washing
tou like newspaper mani" Answer;
because he couldn't tell lie !"
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

OVWt OWS W "S""Ss
THE countenanccis is paleand leaden-
coloretl, with occasional flushcs, or
a circumscribed spot on one OF both
checks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dila,e an azure scmicircle runs
along the lower eyelid the nose is ir-
ritatct, swells, and sometimes blceds
swelling oftfe upper lip occasional
headache, with fsHmming or throb-
bing Of the ears an unusual secretion
Of saliva; Shiny or firred tongue
breath very foul, particularly in the
morning; appetite variable. some
times voracious. with gnawing SEN
sation ofthc stomach, at others, entire
Is goue ileeting pains in the stomach
occasional nausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen;
bowels irregular, at times eos,ivc
stools Shiny not unfrcquently tingcd
with blood belly swollen aud hard;
urinc iurbid respiration occasionally
siihcul,, and accompanied by hic-
cough cough sometimes dry and con-
vulsive uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth temper
variable, b,t generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
arc found to exist.
DIR. c. MrLANE'S VERMlFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
1T DoEs Not CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form it isl IN innocent prcpara-
ton. not capable Of doing The SLight-
est njnyytO the most tender infant.
The genuine DR. Ms LANE VER-
MiruGE bears the signatures of c.
NJ. LANE and FLEMING BRos. on the
wrapper. -:o:-
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
TaAsNs GOING NoaTu.


TRAIN NO. 10 conpects at Richmond Jun. tion
10 and from fsints hot seen there and Iiving~ton;
st stanford With sssfr- Ia and rvm soner-et; 81
psnvtiIe station sith stages To and frum nsnsiils
CITY al Mi.heiishurg With stsres 10 aud frcss Ter
ryyiiie aud Hsrr,-isburs, at Lebanon With st.sss
10 from Springfield. csuph.il.,ille. Colu,shis ssd
Grr~nsbsrx al Lshsnon Junetica Nth Trains
leaving q. 20 '. n. and ! 50 a. ~, Coz Msaphi.,
Montgoa.srv, snd intermediate points. rs---nsrrs
sring 10 points North, East aud West heni Ioais-
Vile are transferred 10 Train Ne. g st IehanOn
Junctica Ttsin Ne 6 connects 1T Cincinnati Junc-
tios With T.. G. a q. " r. iss the North aud fs.i
st Loaisyiils In tnion peput With o. a ". aud J. j,
" al n fsr the North. East. and West. aud
utth u. ). Male Line Steamers iof Cincinnati aud
the East
Pullman Palace Cars Without Change
are rss seswe~s Lesssssise esd Nev
Orleans. Vie Nssss ews~vy, I.ssiss tlte
and New Opteaaa. Via MILAN, Leafs
vile and Little Heeht also setw ~es
Ioatss ttte and the pstnefpal etsks
North. EAST aud ~ est.
for information alout TiCkeis snd En,igrsnt
Rates 10 ilorida, Arkansas Texas, the south--es,
aud ssSIih, s.idr--S
L. ?. ArMoRE,
Geai f.s.. aud Ticket Ag't.
Ioat-,til~ kv.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
NkwSPlPIRs.
PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE
THE LOUISVILLE
coURIER-JoURNAL
Lsssc~' Heat s~s Csesp~.' v..sIy Pc
p~r In sse Csts~~s ss.s~e.
EDITED nv
HENRY WATTERSON,

The Osurisr-Jaurnal 10 a combination tmsss 10
isssl VI thr-e oid Lssn.tilis paIef- via the Jeai-
Hsl, ~siaiii.bei Ia i>tp IN. Courier, In iss. ssd
the irtn-rst In lsit. Its reputation :. nstkasi
~ell a. iis eir ulsiisn, aud II !. pr.aas~~d one ef
The abie-t .rri~st, sttts,t. sfun.r.i sai be-t
ransed Iapsr. IN the -sfd 10. nsAttsr bsins ssp>-
daily sdspisi 10 the Merchant, tsnaer. Ladies ss<
Chiklrsu.
The weekly C"uristJ-arusl IL not . IssIs hssty
hotsh hTntrh thru~u txrthsr fsui the daily sditira
hut clnpisi. shl.. spiry L-siit ses-p-t~t. cave
faily ani tntsls.nily ~iite,i in s.efy column and
paragraph.
The interior journal., 1877-03-23
hechesapeaks & ohioR.R

Ps,.sngers contemplating visiting the Atlanii~
Citiss should purchase tickets via this route, aud
visit the famous Watering places In the inonnlAiIs
Of Virginia
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26

II President Hayes becomes President by
the grace of Kelloggs Returning Board bis
administration will be weighted down from
the start as none ever was before. 1t will
have not only the House against it, not only
a greatly diminished strength in the Senate
not only popular majority on record against
it at election day 1t will have forfeited in
advance the confidence and support of men
without whom it could never have had a
chance Of coming into power. 1t will be
under the most damaging suspicion that u
popular government can encounter-the sus-
pcion that its title is fraudulent and its au.
thority illegitimate. Any such work of rad
ical reform and wise pacitieation, as we with
Others had hoped for from President Hayes,
will be utterly hopeless to an administration
lacking the confidence and moral support of
the country. The spotless reputation which
has been Hayes strength hitherto will he
smrched with an ugly suspicion of moral
obtuseness or of fatal weakness. And it the
Democrats show one half the prudence they
may be expected 10 show, if they abstain
even from glazing aud outrageous folly, they
will sweep the country at the next elections
aud leave the Republicans not ground
enough To rally on. A party of great moral
Ideas, indebted to fraudulent or doubtful
practice for victory, will fall not into tenn
Porary disadvantage, but into hopeless defeat
and extneIion.--Spri"afeid Republican,
| lRep.) ... ....
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26
A Boy I'm prisOned for SeveDteen Years.

A most terrible case of parental cruelty,
disclosing the imprisonment and neglect for
seventeen years of an idiotic son and the
possible murder of another has been dscoy.
cred in Milton, Mass. About seventeen
years ago, n quarrel occurred in the family
of Josiah Fields, by occupation laborer, in
which the father, mother and several sons
participated. In the course of the dispute,
Josiah, jr,, hardly OF age, offended his father
by his continued ohstinacy and the latter as
is supposed, struck the boy severe blow,
inhicting upon him some permanent injury.
In order to prevent the discovery of the
deed the wounded lad, it is alleged, was
locked in chamber. The parents account
ed for the sudden disappearance Of the lad
by stating that he had run away. They re-
fused to allow any of the neighbors to visit
them, and no one in the town, except the
immediate members Of the fanny, have been
in the house since that time until last Satur.
day, when one of the sors having died a few
days before was buried
During that day, Indy was going to
room, from which an almost overpowersg
stencil emanated, had the curiosity to an
lock the door and peep in, A shocking
sight met her ewes On the floor, wallowing
in his own filth, lay q strange man, naked,
with long hair anl beard. A general darn
followed and the strange creature was recog-
nized as the long missing son.
On Monday the select men of the town
determined 10 investigate the affair. They
waited upon the family and found a poor,
haif-witted fellow, sall0w in complexion
from his long confinement, with a nicely
shaven face and cropped head,
1t turned out upon further investigation
that during the interval between Saturday
and Monday, the inhuman parents had their
son shaved and put in presentable shape.
His appearance now is of an ordinary man,
who stoops slightly, and has a very sallow
complexion, and, what is peculiar, he is
quite stout,
The family assign no reason for having
kept him concealed all these years, and will
not allow him to be seen by any enc at the
present lime.
What adds to the terror of the foregoing
story is the fact that another SON has also
been missing for upward of sixteen years
and at the time of his disappearance an old
well near the house was suddenly filled up
The widest excitement prevails here, and
pending the digging out Of the well the
Fields family are under surveillance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26

While the Louisiana returning board were
at their villainous work, there was some
hesitation and doubt as to the extent to
which it would be safe to carry the throw.
ing out" business, and the inclination SEEM
ed to he to give the State to Hayes by a
very slender majority, At this junc;ure
Zach Chandler teegtaphed to New Orleans
that Hayes WAS becoming restive about the
apparent swindle, and it would be nect ssary
to give him good round majority to quitl
his nerves tnr that reason the figures are
set up to three or four thousand, ard John
Sherman wrote the atrocious jumble of lies
which Grant sent to Congress as defense OF
his infamous work 81 Chicago Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26
The Vast Multitude Want Peace

In favor of such tribunal the businss =
men of the United States appeal to Congress.
In favor of the peaceful determination of
the question by such means there will be an
earnest demand from the entire people inte-
rested in commerce aad interested in manu-.
iactures, and from the vast multitude Of
men and women Of all labor and industrial
occupations. These people ask for peace
and protest against discord and disorder
They ask that business be allowed to revive
that confidence in the ability Of the nation
to govern itself be restored, and that labol
and industry be put at work, production re.
newed and the present ruinous stagnatior
be terminated, These people will not hesi
tate to hold that party aud the men who re-
iect this means of recociliation ard adjust
ment TO severe and just responsibility.
] Chicago 2fitus. t..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26
REMOVING THE CAPITAL.

The Philadelphia papers are again talking
about the removal of the State Capital to
that city. They think the Art Gallery
would be just the thing for it. We are not
surprised that they propose this. 1t is well
known that Memorial Hall was butt with a
view to its eventually being made Legis-
lative hall, and if our Quaker friends do not
succeed in their object they will be greatly
disappointed. bill making the change
has been offered, and it is possible that it
may pass. A correspondent of the Press
who has been counting noses at Harrisburg
canvasses the vote as follows: To begin
with, Philadelphia will cast 81 votes for il
Chester 1, Delaware 2, Montgomery i, Bucks
4, Berks 8, Carbon 2, Monroe /, Pike
Wayne 2, Potter / Elk |, Jefferson /, York
4, Adams 2, Lebanon 2 Luzerne 8, Schuyl.
kill 8, Sullivan 1, Wyoming /, Lawrence >,
Northampton 3, Susquehanna 2, Bradford
3, Tioga 2, Montour !. This sums l05 vote.
sure" adds the correspondent, "and there il
no doubt there will be votes from Lancaster
Allegheny and Erie to give it still furthe
force"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-01-26
Eclectic Na0ayine

The February number of the Eclectic is
embellished with very fine and striking nor
trait of George Macdonald, the poet and
novelist, who made such a favorable impress
sion on his recent lecturing tour, in this coun-
try. In the letter press the editor supple.
ments the portrait with brief sketch Of his
life.
The literary contents of the number are OF
the usual striking value and variety of at
tractiveness, and present something of iute.
rest to ALL The leading article is a reprint Of
highly instructive address son Popular Gu
ture," by John Morley, which accomphshes
the difficult feat Of saying something new on
the subject of education. The other contents
are as follows Towards the North Pole -
The Secret Chamber; \ Ghost Story -
'Automatism and Evolution" by Charles
Eam NJ. d.; "A Rhymer's Wish !" Notes
on the Turk" by Edwin DeLeon Char
lotte bronte; A Monograph )" THE Rings
OF saturn" by Richard A. Proctor, b. A,
f. n. >; Henry the Fourth and La Belle
daerlelle;" "A Year Ago :" "The Fabulous
IN zoology" !" "roilers of the River ;""Iet-
Tvs Globe A Sonnet" by Charles TennysoD
turner and the usual copious editorial mis-
cellany of literature, science, and art.
Published by Z. Peltou, 25 Bond Street
New York. Terms, 50 per year; single
number, 46 cents. The Eclectic and ann >.
| mdqdzine 10 one address for S9