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Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL.
New York Money Market.
EVENING REPORT.

EVENING REPORT.
New York. JAN II, isf7.
Money was easy at Sac per cent ON call. For.
eign exchange uuIi at 4s3- a4ses ivI banAers i,LK
and ts4i4 also for demand. Gold opened at lOoa
and closed ut TO- 4. Loans 6iS a. per cent.
Customs receipts, sls5aO Treasury disbursed
1856 OJo interest $3s5ooo for bonds and % OO0 fer
silver.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
Insurance.

The directors Of the Eastport Mutual Insurance
Company voted that the company liquidate its af-
fairs and go out of business. The cause is falling
off Of business, and policy holders prejudice to-
wards mutual companies changing to stock
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
PORTLAND.
Court atters.

PORTLAND, January II. j. b. Patterson of
simtu,h was found guilty in the superior cour
to-day, of sending a threatening letter to Mr.
Briggs, druggist, of FIeeport. He was caught
by decOy letter enclosing the black mail de-
mAnded.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
Marine News.

The fishing schooner Madena 3. Jerrald, Capt.
Chas. B. Mitchell, lett Gloucester, Nov. 2jth for
this port for bait and left here the 29th for Lahava
banks, since which nothing has been heard from
her. She is given up as lost She had crew Of
ten men and was valued at $500; insured for
S3900 Great anxiety is felt for nine others of
the fishing fleet, which are overdue and probably
all lost
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18

Ben X. Phelps was elected president of the re-
publican central conn ttee last evening, and a
re solution to purify the primary meetings passed
after long discussion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
Marine Disasters.

The steamer PERT, St John, n. b., for New
York. is ashore at Chatham beach and is leaking
badly.
The schooner Hope, from Arecibo, arrived to-
day, and reports, Dec. 26th lat. SO 30 long. 70.40
saw schooner Annie Jones waterlogged and
abapd Dued
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
Sentenced.

Nooman, the porter at st. Julian, was sentenced
six months in the county JAIL for theft ofproperty
from house.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18
tRarrteD.

In Monmouth, lot inst, W. G. Merryman 20 Mis-
Mary X. Morse both OF NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-01-18

Biographical Sketches.
A few copies of the Biographical Pamphlet may
be had at this Office or of the carrier at the State
House. Price, Is cents. If
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VEGETINE.
Y T G { T | N T
Purifes the Blood, RenOvates and lnvig'
crates the Whole System.
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent
and Diuretic.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES A

VEGETrTH 1s made exclusively from the
Juices of carefully prepared barks, roots and
herbs, and SO strongly concentrated that 1T
VIII effectually eradicate from the system
every taiut of ScrOfula, ScrOfulOus
HumOr, Efysipelas, Salt Rheum'
SyphiIitic Diseases, Canker, Faint
ness at the stomach, and all diseases
that arise from impure blood. Sciatica'
InflammatOry and Chronic Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, Cont and Sp1nai
Complaints, can only be effectually cured
throu ii tie blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases OF
the Skin, Pustules, Pimpies;
BIOtches, BOiIs, letter, ScaIdhead
and RingWOrm, VEGETIEE has never
ia led to effect permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney
Complaints, DrOpsy, Female Weak
ness, LeucOrrhea, arising from internal
liberation, ana uterine Diseases and Gen.
eraI Debility, YEGEYINE acts directly
upon the causes OF these complaints. 1t nvIg-
crates and strengthens the whole system, acts
upon the secretive organs, aliays Inflamma'
ton, cures liberation and regulates the bowels
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual
COstiveness, PaIpitatiOn of the
Heart, Headache, Piles, Nervous.
ness, aud General PrOstratiOn Oi
the Nervous System, no medicine ha
ever given such perfect satisfaction as thu
vEGETGNE. 1t purines the blood, Cleanses al
Of the organs, and possesses a conTollint
power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by VEGETINl
have induced many physicians aud apotheca
ries whom we know, to prescribe and use it II
their own families.
In fact, VEGErINE is the BEST remedy yet dis
covered for the above diseases, and is the onl,
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet place,
before the public.
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"The Age of Reason"

The hoy that went to the mill on horseback,
carrying the grst in one end of the bag and
q stone IN the Otner, when Ieprov1d by the
miller and told to divide the grist, replied that
his father and grandfather had carried 1t that
way. and he, being DO better than they, should
continue to do as they did Similar, or equally
as absurd, reasons are accounted rs sufficient
by some to warrant them IN indiscrim nately
c0ndemaing DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines,
even though there Is overwhelming proof tnat
they possess the merit claimed Tor them. For
many years the Golden Medical Discovery has
bean recognised as the leading liver and blood
medicine in the market. zach year has
b ought an increase III its sale, ana 1t is now
used throughout the civilized world. Thou
sands OF unsolicited testimonials are on file in
the Doctors office, attesting Its efficacy in
overcoming aggrafatAg coughs, colds, throat
and lung affections, also scroIula, tumOrs,
ulcers and skin diseases. Are you surerin <
with some chronic malady2 IL so, aud you
wish to employ medicines that are scientific
ally prepared that are refnet and puriaed
by the chemical process employed in their
manufacture; that are positive in their actlou
and specific TO the various forms of disease for
the cure OF which they are recommended, use
DR.. Pierces Family Medicines. Full parJicu-
lars IN Perces Memorandum Book, kept for
free distribution by all druggists
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Then comes the Jehu-drlVen milk
wagon, making street corners more per-
flous than doubling Cape Horn or rum
ming He'll Gate at low tide.
Baseball! Who at first realized the
calamity that had befallen our once
happy people by the thougAtless christ
ening this the Great National Gamep
The visitation was for q few years
looked upon with patient Christian res
ignation as only temporary, brought in
by climatic or atmospheric causes, like
cholera, the epizootic, the rinderpest,
the grasshopper, or the baby shows,
and like them would have its day and
pass away, leaving on the public soul
the shadow OF much sadness, but sad
ness which time would soon alleviate,
and which the assurance OF immunity
tor all time to come would convert into
great gladness. But baseball has be-
come chronic National nuisance,
bhrough the faulty of the-press. One
can not avoid the vapid twaddle about
red stockings, and blue stockings, and
striped breeches, by simply avoiding the
sporting papers. A mans soul is ha-
rassed over his morning or evening cup
of coffee, by columns OF baseball wash,
even in his time-honored and hitherto
respectable journal. If he turns to the
religious and sunday-school paper for
his daily recess, even there he sees the
"National Game" blazoned forth. Is
there no remedy for hot balls and sky
scrapers2 Must mankind mourn over
tue base uses to which the green fields
of spring are putp
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We will impart to our readers a bit OF
church history. The Mountain Mead
ows hero, John D. Lee, was one oil forty
everlasting priests selected by Joseph
Smith to form a quorum to test the rev.
Citations vouchsaled to that holy prophet
that they might pronounce whether they
were the true word of God. All revela.
tions which passed the scrutiny Of that
SYNOD OF devout men were presented TO
the congregation of the Saints in Con
ference as the declared will OF the Lord.
But the revelation on polygamy was
never presented to this quorum of forty.
And for this reason: One day Joseph's
wife, the Lady Elect, was greatly
shocked by discovering her prophet hus.
band in an clubhouse in very suspicious
relations with a female neophyte. The
injured wife made complaint to the High
Council, and the amorous Joe was cited
to appear. He admitted the charge, and
asked q continuance of two weeks to put
in an answer. In the meantime he
evolved from his true inwardness the
revelation on polygamy, and as immedi'
ate use was required OF this opportune
document there was no time to submit il
to the quorum.
This Is what the Illinois Legislators Of
the current session would call passing O
law with an emergency clause.-lsall
Lake Tribune,
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BRIDE AND GROOM OF A CENTURY AGO

A correspondent OF the Church Union
thus pictures the bride and groom of a
century ago: 70 begin with the lady.
Her locks were strained upward over
an immense cushion that sat like an in
cubus ON her head, and plastered over
with pomatum, and then sprinkled over
with a shower Of white powder. The
height of this tower was somewhat over
foot. One single white rosebud lay on
top, like an eagle on haystack. Over
her neck and bosom was lolded lace
handkerchief, fastened in front with a
bosom pin containing her grandtather's
miniature set in virgin gold. Her airy
form was braced up in a satin dress, the
sleeves as tight as the natural skin OF
the arm, with waist formed by a bodice
worn outside, from whence the skirt
flowed off, and was distended at the top
by an ample hoop. Shoes of white kid
with peaked toes, and heels OF two or
three inches elevation, enclosed her feet
and glittered with spangles, as her
little pedal members peeped curiously
out.
Now for the swain. His hair was
sleeked back and plentifully befOured,
while mis- cue projected like the handle
Of skillet. His coat was a sky-blue
silk, lined with yellow; his long vest OF
white satin, embroidered with gold lace ;
his breeches OF the same material, and
tied at the knee with pink ribbon.
White silk stockings and pumps, with
laces and ties of the same hue, com.
pleted the habiiments Of his neither
limbs. Lace ruffles clustered around his
wrists, and a portentous irill, worked
in correspondence, and bearing the
miniature OF his beloved, finished his
truIV penteel aDDearanGe,
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PUBLICATIONS.
THE POSTAL GUIDE.


The United States Official Postal
Guide for April is the first number of
this valuable publication issued under
the new administration. 1t contains
additional matter in the way Of acts and
amendments in relation to postal affairs
passed at the late session of Congress,
with all the postal laws complete; the
names Of the new officials in this de-
partment; the special circular
of the Post Master General
giving notice Of the partial restoration
of the franking privilege, etc. 1t has,
besides, two full alphabetical lists OF all
the post-offices in the United States, u
list of money order offices, all necessary
directions in regard 10 money orders
and registered letters, rates OF foreign
and domestic postage, the hours OF ar
rival and closing of the mails in all The
principal cities, ETC., etc. The rulings
of the Post-ottice Department on doubt
ful or disputed points is not
the least important portion OF the con.
tents. All business and professional
firms and others having an extensive
correspondence, will lind tue intorma-
tion gwen in its pages highly service
able. 1t is the only gufue authorized
and indorsed by tue Post-ot1ce Depart
menU, and it should be constantly Kept
for reference by all those in any way ln-
terested in postal matters. Published
quarterly by IL. y. Hougnton q Co., Bos-
ION. Price 30 cents number, OF III 81
per annum.
OFFICIAL RAILWAY GUIDE FOR APRIL
We have received the April numb Ell
OF the "TraVelerg' Official Railway
Guide" 1t contains a complete and ac
curate statement OF Railway time seized
ules, connections and distances, alsC
maps OF all the principal lines and lists
OF general officers, and an alphabetic in
deX of railway stations. 1t has also list
Of all the most important ocean ana In
land steam navig alton routes. There is
besides this, u large amount OF interest
ing and valuable miscellaneous lRfor
nation in regard TO railway improve
ments and progress, OF a charac.
| ter very useful and interesting
to the travelling public as we'll as TO the
general reader. Being issued under th'
auspices Of the General Ticket Agents
Association, and recognized as thei
official organ, its accuracy in all re
spects may be fully relied on. 1t is un
doubtedIy the best and most cOmprehen
sive Railway Guide ever offered to the
American public. Published monthly
| by the National Railway Publishing
Company, 233 South Fifth street, Philu
| delpnia. For sale by all periodical deal
ers, news agents and others, and also OF
trains and at ali dep0ts. Price "a pei
annum or 80 cents per single copy.
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THE SULTAN,

The Sultan lives quietly and takes
great care of his health. He spends the
greater part OF the day i'll his library,
and never signs a paper until he thor
oughlJ understands its purport. In the
evening the Sultan frequently asks one
or more of the Ministers to dine at the
palace, and after they have dined en-
cages them in conversations OF public
affairs, which are often protracteu to a
late hour. No one says he Is great
genius, but all agree that he is modest,
Intelligent, eager for information, and
greatly. interested in the affairs Of the
Empire. AS regards amusements, he
inherits his fathers lOndnesS for music,
and has "turn" for mechanics.
Paul Dussap was the music-master of
his boyhoOd, and he it is who conducts
the Sultan's musical evenings. Some.
body asked d. how these evenings were
passed-unlesS the Sultan is very busy
there is always music-and he replied
"The Sultan likes the piano with
strlnged quatuor; after playing few
pieces thus arranged, he generally asks
me to sing, and then he talks oil music
He likes the quaint wlldness which be-
longs to Turkish music and to its more
civilized Hungarian brother. Athis re
quest l composed march for him, il
which he particularly wished to have
the rhythm of the "Marsenlaise" com
bined with the characteristic mOdula
lions of Turkish ana hungarian music
He told me to keep it as much like hit
fathers own march as L could" ID
added that the sultan had maue severa
little changes before authorizing him II
have it scored Ter the iuIl orchestra
Foreign Letter.
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soon forgot her own language is dis
tanced by another young American,
appearance Of her papa and mamma. 1t
was on an incoming American steamer,
when she said to young gentleman
near hear, "You know Mr.. and Mrs. 49,
by sightT MIR. and Mrs. - are her
father and mother, but her dignity would
not allow her to call them SO. "Yes,"
he answered. "Well, they will probably
be on the wharf when we get in. IL is a
whole year since saw them. Will you
kindly point them outH 1would not like
them to think didn't recognize them"
sit is wise chlld," etc., but this is not
a wise child "by large majority."-
Philadelphia Press.
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Get the Best.

Humphreys Witch Hazel is one-third
stronger, purer and better, and give the
consumer more for his monev tnan any
other preparation OF Extract Hamamels,
or Witch Hazel ever sold. Humphreys
Witch Hazel has no equal as Family
Medicine for accidents, injuries, scalds,
burns, bruises, neuralgia, rheumatism,
piles, sore throat, catarrh, Varicose
veins, old sores, corns and bunions,
while for every form OF hemorrhages or
bleeding it is the prince OF remedies
For kidney complaint and chronic diar
rhea it is unfailing. Ask for Humphrey 8
Witch Hazel, and take no other. Price,
full measure, o., SOC. Pints ST. Quarts,
81 70. Sold by all dealers. No. 46 Vese y
street, N. Y. j. S. BURDSALL & CO.,
Cincinnati, Agents.
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munity is immense, and its popularity
universal, 1t should not be classed
with compounds put up by inexperienced
hands. Do not tail TO give this great
and potent remedy trial. It will not
and can not disapppint you. Tryit once.
Trial size 10 cts. Regular sizes % cts.
and One Dollar. Bold by JOHN NEE
SHAN, Sixth and Walnut streets, and
W. Ii. Adderly, Sixth and Mound streets.
Also agents for Prot. Parker's Pleasant
Worm Syrup, which never fails. Pleas
ant to take, and requires no physic.
Price 25c.
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IT is now announced that after al
Bismarck will probably accept leave
of absence instead OF retiring altogether
from public life. This course will moi
only be most satisfactory to his sover.
eign, but in all probability most accords
with his own inclination. He has beer
for ten years not only the mos
powerful man in Europe, but
one of the hardest workers in
public life. The cares and responsible.
ties OF high official station have become
part of his nature, and he would moi
now be as we'll satisfied il completely
freed from them as he is while perform
ing the enormous labor they entail. The
proposition Of the Emperor to reorganizt
the departments of Government in ac
cordante with the views Of the Prince
and make his labors lighter and more tt
his taste, will without doubt keep the
great statesman where he has accom-
plished so much.
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THE Legislature might with adVan'
tage pass alaw in some way simplifying
The requisition process. If there is not
system by which fugitiVes can be ar
rested in Ohio and taken to the scenes
OF their crimes, without all this muss,
there ought to be, and at once. The
people Of Ohio do not propose to set UP
an elysium for criminals, and besides
in the language of Ex-Governor Hen
bricks, "amicabls relations between the
States must be preserved"
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THE CINCINNATI STAR

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OLD DRINKING HABITS IN MAINE.

The Brunswick Me. Telegraph prints
communication, which, speaking OF
residents of the adjoining town of Top.
sham, fifty years ago, says: TN one
family OF FIVE persons, three of them
would each punish three plnts Of New
England rum every day; the other two
perhaps little less. Why l oan be SO
specific, was a clerk in store at Top
sham ana had them for customers. An
other instance: we had an old man, who
was o customer when l went there and
was there when l left, who purchased a
pint and half OF gin every day, and
Saturday three pints. He had 1t
charged, paid his bill monthly, and
never purchased another article to my
recollection. His family consisted only
of himself and wife, and she an estima-
Bile woman, therefore he must have used
all Of it himself. The average sales al
our store were at least $40 per day,
amounting to So, 600 per annum. There
were five other stores in Topsham, and
have aYery reason TO believe that they
sold as much rum as we did. Bruns-
wick had three times as many stores,
besides three successful hotels Crop
sham had noneL think sue must nave
sold at least double the quantity ol
ropsham. With New England rum al
40 cents a gallon, and the best oi Imported
liquors at 81, in almost every otner iaml'
| ly in Topsnam there was a druukard oil
drunkards. The evil became SO greai
that the people grew alarmed. TWO
generations Of my own family on boil
sides OF the house suffered severely"
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THE administration has made some
very important steps In the direction OF
civil service reform. But what is need
I'd is the understanding that tenure OF
office is to be determined solely by eff
uiency and fidelity. When the appoint
ing power and applicants for places
vecognize this and feel that the Govern
nent pays for the services of the men
who can best perform the duties re-
quired, the same as does business firm,
the problem is solved.
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THE wHITE-ROsR LOVER.


Up to her chamber window
A slight re-trellis goes,
And up this Rome0s ladder
Chambers bold white rose.
IlOunge in the lex shadows;
l see tho lady lean,
Unclasping her silken girdle,
The curtain folds between.
She smiles on her white-rose lover,
She reaches out her hand,
And helps him in at the window
see it where stand.
To her scarlet lips she holds him,
And kisses him many a time;
All me, it was he that won her,
Because he dared to climb!
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VEGETINE
The Doctor says "The Medicine
is goOd,--I KNOW IT,"


ROCHESTER, n. Y, Dec, 1876.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS:
DEAR SIR-I write this letter to inform you
what your good medicine Vegetlne has done
for me- wish everyone having the Rheuma-
hsm could only know they could be cured by
taking Vegetine. l have been one Of the
greatest sufferers from rheumatism: have
been confined to my bed for weeks and weeks
at time; had three different doctors; tried
different remedies, but got no relief only for
the time. One Of my acquaintances recommend
ed me to take the Vegetne l sent to the
druggist and got some. l found great relief
before had taken the first bottle. l have Ia
ken nquite.a number of bottles, ana the Vegetlne
has entirely cured me- l have since told the
doctors to give every one OF their patients sick
with the rheumatism the Vegetine. One of
the doctors says, "The medicine is good: l
know it," l can truly say that Vegetine is the
best medicine know Of for such complaints.
My health is also better than 1t has been for a
long time, and tell all Of my friends and ac-
qaaintances who are troubled with such com
plants to try Vegetine.
Yours, very thankfully,
MRS. IDA PRATT,
No. Chatham Street.
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A SOCIETY for the Prevention OF Cru
city to the Public is very much needed.
There are evils against which society
can only protect itself by,acting as
unit. Man in his isolated condition is
as helpless to resist the scourge OF the
street organ as the newborn babe.
Whatever natural taste or gift he may
have for the enjoyment of the concord
of sweet sounds is outraged from the
early spring days till the frosts of
autumn close the windows OF his dwell
ing and his soul by that internal grinder
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IN an Insane Asylum at Elgin, ILL.,,
they hold elections for the amusement
Of the lunatics. Elections such as we
have in this latitude might amuse the
lunaties, but they would all be incura-
BILE alter observing a single entertain,
ment.
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Dr.. Morris Syrup of Tar, Wild Cher
ry and Horehound has never been
known to fail in permanently curing
obstinate coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
spiratory organs, and it does it, too, AT
ONCE. It Is not necessary to take IL for
q long time before you can discover its
bspsfclai effects. Its sale in this COM