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PARIS HILE.
Hubbard Hotel, H. Hubbard, Proprfeto

PHILLIPS.
Barden House. Samuel Farmer, PrOpri
etOr.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Executor of the viii of
SAMUEL N. MERRILL. late of Portland.
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving bonds AS
the law directs. All persons having demands upon
the estate of said deceased required to exhibit
the same and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
SAMUEL G. MERRILL, Executor
Portland, November 6, 1877. nov8d1aw3wThs
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For Sale.
House for Sale,

YEtHE English Schooner Anita, 1877 TONS four years
II old, well found in sail and rigging Will be
sold cheap. For further information apply to
0c3Udlm j. s, WINSLOW & co.
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The Ameer is represented, when at
his capital, as in the habit of going
about incognito, after the manner of
Haroon-al-Rashed, and be has sever
a.. times been taken up as vagabond
by his own Police 0n such oeca-
sions be tests tie probity of his cap
tors by Offering a bribe for his release,
those who accept it are seized aud
brought before him on the following
day, aud the lightest punishment
they are made to undergo is severe
whipping, while those that have
withstood the temptation are promo
ted The Ameer. in conformity with
Oriental usage, sits daily at the gate
of his capital receiving petitions, hear
ing complaints, and administering
justice The FIRST object that meets
the eye of q traveller on entering the
City Of kashgar is the gallows, and
that instrument Of punishment has
not been in such activity in Central
Asia for centuries. In no part of
the world is life more safe or property
more secure. All serious crimes are
runished with death, and even petiv
theft with loss of hands; and woe be-
tide the dishonest shopkeeper; tor
any tradesman convicted Of using
false weights has the scales tied
round his neck, his shoulders barred.
and be is conducted through the
streets Of the city BY the Police, who
mercilessly scourge him with leather
thongs. 1t is greatly to the credit of
this Asiatic ruler that be mas sup
pressed the slave trade throughout
the whole of bis dominions.-Se,c
Quarterly Magazine.
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We met on the floor a frightened,
ten year-old, handsome little boy. q
son Of Hon. John Young Brown, OF
Kentucky. Impelled BY the push Of
his pioneer Virginia blood. be deter
mined to see everything be could at
the capital, and attended on his own
hook matinee al the National Thea
tre. While gazing on the brilliant
tableaux, new to his eyes, there was
8 commotion and the announcement
that the President of the United
States and bis family had entered a
box This was new sight to the young
American, and iu the self possession
and independence of innocent curiosi-
~ be determined 70 interview all the
majesty of this great Republic. By
himself, he opened and entered the
box, and introduced himself az John
Young Brown, Jr-, of Kertuckv.
General Grant received bim very cor
daily. introduced him to all the fam
liz present. and gave him 8 pressing
invitation TO visit him personally a1d
speedily. He looks on the matter as
= rery pleasant enlargement of his
sequainfauce, and informed bis faith
er thar be desired TO pay the visit
The child may have been doing bis
little part in the great work of recon
ciliaiion, and the kindly smile for q
Southern Democratic child by Gen.
Grant win perhaps stop many 3 Bit
ter word rising to the tongue of the
harried asd oppressed mothers and
fathers in the far South Washing-
ION Letter IA LyHeh6urg, Tir9ia1G.
Nesrs-
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all the nstions Of the world.

THE LATE POLITICAL CONTEST
Fellow citizens, we have reached
the close of political contest marked
by the excitement which usually at
tends the contests between great po-
liticaI parties, whose numbers es-
pouse and advocate with earnest
iaith their respective creeds. The
circumstances were perhaps in no re-
spect extraordinary, save in the close
ness and the consequent uncertainty
of the result. For the first time in
the history OF the country it has bern
deemed best in view of the present
circumstances of the case that OBJ
iections and questions iu dispute in
reference to counting the Electoral
vote should be referred to the decis-
ion of a tribunal appointed for this
purpose. That tribunal, established
by law for this sole purpose, its men,
bers, all of them, men of long estab-
lirhed reputation for integrity and
! intelligence, and with the exception
of those who are also members of
the Supreme judiciary. chosen equal
ly from both political parties, its de-
liberations enlightened by the research
and the arguments of able counsel,
was entitled to the fullest confidence
of the American people. Its deei-
sions have been patiently waited for
and accepted as legally conclusive by
the general Judgment of the public.
For the present, opinion will widely
vary as to the wisdom of .he several
conclusions announced by that tribu-
nal This is to be anticipated in
every instance when matters of dis
pute are made subjects of arbitration
uLder the forms of law Human
judgment is never nnerring, and is
rarely regarded as otherwise than
wrong by the unsuccessful party in
the contest The fact that two great
political parties have in this way set
tied dispute in regard to which good
men differ as to the facts and the law,
no less than as to the proper course
to be pursued in solving the question
in controversy, and is an occasion
for general rejoicing. Upon one point
there is entire unsnimity in public
sentiment, that conflicting claims to
the Presidency must be amlcably and
peacebly adjusted, and that when so
adjusted the general acquiescence Of
the nation ought surely to follow.
1t has been reserved for q govern
ment of the people where the right of
suffrage is universal to give TO the
world the first example in history of
great nation in the midst of q strug-
gle Of opposing parties for power,
hushing its party tumul.s to yield the
issue of the contest to adjustment ae-
cording to the forms OF law. Look
ing for the guidance of that Divine
hand by which the destinies of na-
tons and individuals are shaped, /
call upon you, Senators, Representa-
tiyes, Judges, feliow-citizens here
and every where, to unite with me in
an earnest effort to secure to our coun-
Try the blessings not only of material
prosperity. but of justice, peace and
union, union depending not upon
the constraint of force, but upon the
loving devotion of free people. and
that all things may be go ordered and
settled upon the best and surest foun-
dation that peace aud happiness,
truth aud justice, religion and piety
may be established among Us for all
generations.
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Having spent more .hsa two years
among the Chippewa Indians living
on the northwestern shores Of Lake
Superior, around Chan-wO-mi-gsn
Bsy, and the mouth Of the River
Mns-Ke-ziba, l often heard Of the
secluded tribe of indians north ci
Vermiliion Lake, who in winter sink
their children under the deep waters
Of the lake in their vicinity, and IN
the spring raise them up from the
bottom Of the lake alive aod well.
after being ak months dormant and
unconscious
The Chippewa Indians who related
this circumstance 70 me were all re-
spectacle in their way. and are gen
orally trustworthy aod trathfoi peo-
pie, being mostly Christians, having
been Instructed by Bishop Bsrrszs,
of pio1s memory. Hecee, wnen they
informed me Of the custom among
the Rabbit Indians OF eonsigring
about o1e-thlrd OF their Tribe 20 : zloc
Of tomb for sir months, in order that
the other tEo-thirds nigh. be saved
from death By starvation, though l
regarded wha, I heard 81 almost IL
credible, could not bur paw some al
tension 70 a statement 30 freqGently
made by 50 many persons otherwise
creditsble.
The manner in which the thing -
done, as they stated, is 10 this way :
The children from the sze of three
years 70 that Of foHrseea. st the ap-
proach Of winter. are iEelosed within
sir-tighs vessels or bags, made o1s Of
The bark Of the bireb-tree, or vstaia
ala, and after Ibe ~Xokoek, IS i .
called, is sealed ore- sad made IN
perTious 10 water. Il i sunk with "a
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A BIT Of History

When Washington was a mere
lad Of fourteen summers be was
about to enter the English navy as q
midsbipmaD. He was possessed af a
taste Of adventure, which became
the more intensely melted by the
thrilling incidents related by his as
sociates that surrounded him His
ineliBstiOus were encouraged by his
brother Lawrence and Sir William
Fairfax and bis mothers consent
having been reluctantly obtained. bis
baggage was placed on board . man
of-~sr, Mas 10Th, lT47. But for
,aneateiy f0r Washington, whose
highest ambition was the happiness
Of mankind, upon the same date bis
mother received letter from Der
brother who resided At S;raiford-by-
Bow, England, sayirg: Il usdeF-
stand that you are advised sad have
some tboaghts Of patting your son
George 70 sea. / think be bad bet
ter be put apprentices 20 a tinker.
Bot for bis uncle, Joseph Bal. the
memcry Of Washington would not
aow be reyered as the creates. man
this country ever produced, aod bad
be not discouraged the idea Of going
20 sea, bis name very likely would
remain anwrIIien and unused sod
vet had be followed il be would have
become a tinsmith with perhaps no
better prospects IS 70 the fame which
s,ill 20 brightly Eliminates the great
ness Of the 1Deoaaled history Of The
man who's achievements are 8 syoO-
avn with the unparalleled record u
the country whose system Of govern
ment il 9 monument 70 bis memory
and tbs. Of his copssriOts, towering
in majestic grandeur, fsr beyond that
Of any other in aBeien. or modern
history.
Al lie age Of sixteen be surveyed
the thousands Of acres Of lsnd De-
longing 20 Sir Wn- Fairfax, seross
the Blue Ridge, and after his return
was appointed pobEe Surveyor Of
CuIpepper ecg5ly. Va Duriog the
whole oftts seven years war be was
bone but twice, snd one o. these
occasions was while On bis way 70
Yorktown 70 afterwards receive ibe
sword of tie proud Cornwallis-
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THE GRAND DUKE.

When the Grand Duke Alexis was
here few years ago, New York
went wild over him. He was feted
and danced and balIed and ridden
and pbotogrsphed-snd bellies quar-
relied for the privilege Of dancing
with him. He is here again, bat
alas bis Royal Higbness doesn't
excite as much sensation as old Gro
min, the fraad with the nose. He
walks about the streets followed by
al English bulldog, tie same as
any other man, and the crowd scarce
ly turn and look ct him. He is a
good fellow, and rather likes the be-
ing let alone. New York needs a
new prince every time-it don't gush
over an old one worth cent. IL is
said that his business is to marry a
girl with whom be fell in love when
be was here first. She is the daugh-
ter OF wealthy mechanic up town,
and is beautiful and accomplished.
The Grand Duke met her at a big
ball given in his honor. and was so
smitten that be demanded permission
Of his father to marry her. The old
Emperor suggested that possibly il
might be well TO ascertain whether
the lady would marry him-some-
thing that hadn't occurred TO Alexis.
SO. after worrying the imperial fam
lily for four years. be got permission
TO come over and pay bis court in
person The girl will marry him,
never fear The New York girl who
would marry apenniless fraud il he
had title, will not stop at taxing an
actual Grsad Duke, with revenues
enough for q dozen German or
French Counts She has already
signifed her aequieseence, and now
comes new trouble. The Emperor
never supposed that be meant matri-
mony-he presumed that his bov
vas struck with 8 pretty face and
figure, and tbs. be wanted her for a
sort OF iefs-hznded wife, such as sll
German Princes are allowed He
was willing 70 receive the American
girl in the capacity Of bis sons mis-
rress, bot as his wife--that vas
another thing. He might want 70
marry his son 20 some one OF the
families 70 strengthen his
empire after toe fashion Of kings and
who make no more account
OF love in such matters than they do
OF vhipping-iops- So be bas posi-
lively forbidden the young man TO DO
anything Of the Kind, snd sent out
royal officers in any number 70 pre-
vent the match And the Young
man Is under orders to either give up
his mad design or come home. And
Alexis swesrs. in aDe1eeptions5ie
Russian, thst his imperial father may
90 70 blaLes, aad that be vii follow
the dictates Of bis own heart, which
be claims - his personal property and
not . part Of the Great Russian En-
pire. He has dozen or Two millions
in his own righs, aud be rather fa1-
cies the notion Of settling down .s
quiet gentleman IN Anerics. and
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| HOLLOWAYs PILLS.
HEALTH and ITSpLEASURES
Disease with its Agonies:
CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM.
CHOOSE BETwEENTHEM
yeryous Disorders,

What is more fearful than n breaking do.sh ef
theueryOus sysIem To be excitaDle OF nervous in
snail deyree l. most distressing. ter where can .
remedy be loaad There is one drink but little
vine beer OF spirits % Tar better none; take
no cotiee,-w * tea being preferable; get all the
fresh afr yon can: take ihree or four Pil.s every
night: eat plenty @! solids. ayciailg the use Of
slo;,s and il these golden rules are followed you
viii be happy IN mind and sirong inb9dy, ard for
re. you have any nerves
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rira

These feelings which 50 ssdden US. frequently
ARISE IRON anneyanees oT trouble. irIm 0bsIrueied
Precipitation uz IRON eating and drinking what Il
uni Tor us. thus ols0rdeTing the liver and siora-
ach IhesS organs iaust be regulated ii yea wish
10 DC well. The fiils il taken according TO the
printed instructions. wiliqGckly restore healthy
action 70 both liver ami stomach whence follow,
as 4 natural consequence, a gosd appetite and a
clear head In tie Ezst and West inGies scarcely
any other medicine Is ever used Tor these cisoC-
dcrs.
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JOHESTOHN SAVINGS BANK,
iae CLINTON STREET.
JoH.srowN.PA.


cfar7crel September T. ls5e. Deposits feceiv'
q, VI ali sans lst hess than o1esioliar Present
rate 81 lnteres. s.x ler cent Interest is a9e IL
the fuqnihs u June and December, AID ii not
N4sisirsYn e slaua 70 tRe deposit tins coinRoan-
ding srice s. year without troubling the deposi-
ter To call u even 20 present the ielosit book
Money loaned IN real estate. Preference. witn
liberal rates ant long ailae given 10 borrowers o.
i5rins nrsl laortssss farms worth tour or more
riilss tns ai1 slll o. l0au desired. Good refer
eGcc. ferlect tities &c, required.
This eartyyAlloilI = cxciasly ely . Savings Bank-
No cs1ltaergiAl deposits recciyei nor a1se"rilts
made 10 iczrs on PERSONAL security.
blank applications isT bgrEOweTs. copies o. the
rules oy-llws and special law relating 70 ;he
tank seat 70 any address requested
-rkEs---JAInes Co0PeF, David biD~r., y
b. Ellis A. J. Hnues. r. " Hay, Iotl LgninAn
l. a. f.afsiy Bal.iei Mclaughlin ID. ) - oTEeiis
I-aNis Flll 4 4. Bc-ss. sOlrad Sgpl'es- Gee;
r. Ssank. James Nck.iilen, Jsfass Morley ans,
-. -. Eal.e-f.
Daniel J. AIarres, President; Fr-Pk Dibert,
Treasurer; Cyras Eslsr. sliiciser ros-a
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How TO be Strong.

Never let the bowels be confined or un,suly act
upon. Il may appear singular that heil0~sy :
Pills should fe recommended tor run upon the
bowels many pers5us surprising that they would
Increase relaxation Tais ls great mistake. how
ever: for these Pills viii Immediately correct the
liver ami stop every Kind OF bowel complaint In
warm climates thousands Qf lives have been saved
0y the nse Of This mclscine. which n all eases
gives tone and yigor 70 the whole organic system,
however aerar sec,--nealth and strength following
a. q nlattcr0 OF cuursc. The appetite, too. Il Wen
deriuiy increased BY the use oi those PIIla, COIN
hine IL the use os solid ia preference b iuid diet.
Animal i,ol Is better than Drogas aud sIews. BY
rcu3oyln-. acrii, fermeHIed. OF other Impure Id
Igrs IRON the liver. stomach, or blvd, the cause
o. dyssnte.y diarrboea. and other bowel con-
plains Is expelled. The result is. that the dis
iur5ance IS arrested and the aetiOn Of tie bowel
becomes regular. Nothing VIII stop the relaxa-
gion q the bowels quickly As this me correcting
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d0dging the cares OF royalty How
: it will result no one can tell. II ID,
Grand Duke is as stubborn as To,
rest of his family be viii do il. III,
is good deal Of a Democrat. ant
cares very little for the forms of roy
atty. The attendants that his state
imposes upon him are irksome to him
and be enjoys nothing 80 much as bis
| liberty.
TALMAGE.
No man who ever made religion a
business does so inuch that might be
called advertising of himself as the
eminent sensationaIist who sails un-
der the name of I. De Witt Talmsge.
He had built for him church tina,
looked more like theatre than any
thing else, and be fitted it up solely
for effect. He is long. eadayero1s
man, with a sepSlehral voice and a
birthstone manner and he got up
his place Of meeting with a vie "
solely TO It's fitness for him He has
the best organist and cornet-player in
the city 10 lead the congregational
singing, and as five Thousand voices
are uoraised the effect ia wonderful.
TaImsge aims constantly 1t sensa-
tion. Just now be is preaching to
the different professions, and bis SER
mons, as be calls them, are singular
mixtures of psthos, cant, and what
iu any one else's mouth would be
blasphemy. Last Sunday he preach
ed to the insurance people, and what
do you think OF these as sample
bricks:
''If / did not think that God insti-
tuted the life insurance organizations,
| would not take up your time and
my own on this Sabbath morning in
diseoursing on the subject. Life in
surance provides for our families when
we are gone.
"lf we do not pay the premiums
we have no right TO expect mercy (;
we are worse than infidels After
the certificate Of death is made out,
and the thirty insurance days have
passed, and the officer Of the compa-
nv pays down the hard cash, that
officer and the company are per-
forming a religious rite. Set thy
house in order Ia our day that
would mean make your will. Do
not deceive your heirs with railroad
stock or Jay Cookies Northern Rail-
way bonds do not deceive them
with deeds for Western lands that
never will yield any crop, but fevers
or second mortgages on property that
won't pay the first
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There is coming a eonfagratiOn,
compared with which that of Chicago
in 1871 or that Of Boston in 1872, Or
that Of New York in 1887 or 1882.
I've forgotten which, is as nothing.
BROOKLYN on fire, New York on FIRE,
Vienna on FIRE. Canton on FIRE, Paris
on FIRE, London on FIRE, the Andes on
fire, the Apprentices on fire, the Him
alayas on frel And what aiil be
peculiar about that day will be that
the water with which we put out
great fires will itselftake fame. The
Ohio and Hudson, and Mississippi
and trembling Niagara shall with red
tongues lick the heavens. The geo
logical beats 10 the centre Of the
earth will burn out toward the cir
conference, and this world will be q
living coal, the living coal falling in
70 ashes. the ashes scattered by the
breath of the last hurricane, and all
that will be left Of this glorious plan
ct will be fakes of ashes falling on
other worlds. On, on that dsy will
you be freproof. or win you be
total loss (! VIII you be rescued or
will you be consumed When this
world in its bsDtismal font Of the
sea shall blaze, viii you 60 ont on
the Ere escape Of the Lords deliver
ance Oh, on that day, for which
all other days were made, nav il be
found that this life insurance man
had q psid-up policy, and that this
FIRE insurance man had given him,
instead Of the debris Of q consumed
world, q house not made with hands,
eternal 10 the heavens
And after this turgidity be sta nds
for 3 moment, as If overcome By bis
feelings, looking slily out Of his left
eve 70 note the effect upon the throng,
and with ilet Us pray" utters what
be calls = prayer, which is very Ike
his sermon, and as blasphemous.
Sill this humor draws more people
every Sunday than Beecher or any
other preacher 10 the two cities.
Curious thing, human nature
BUSINESS.
is somewhat better, and shows signs
of permanent improvement Buyers
from al parts Of the. country are
here. and, am happy 70 say, are
purchasing freely.
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Mothers and Daughters.

1fthere Is cEe thing more than another for
which these Piiis famous, II s there pur
lg properties, especially their power Of cleansing
the nlood IRON al impurities. and removing dan
gerouS ami suspended seeretiens. Universally
adopted as the one grand remedy ior female CON.
plaints they never iail never weaken the system,
aud always bring about hat i- required.
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Teacher 20 little boyl-@Weil, ny
boy. DO you know your tables I.
PapT-~Yes rs'sn ;brezkfss- table,
dinner table, ssd supper tzoie. :
The boy goes % he head Of the boii-
cay CASA
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RELATIONS WITH OTHER LANDS.

Passing from these remarks upon
the condition of our own country to con-
slider our relations with other lands,
We are reminded by international COM
plications abroad, threatening the
peace Of Europe, that our tradition
al rule OF noninterfere1ce in the sf-
fairs Of foreign nstions has proved Of
great value in past times and ought
TO be strictly observed The policy
iraugurated BY my honored prede-
cessor, General Grant, in submitting
TO arbitration grave questions in
dispute between. yourselves and foreign
powers, points TO new and incom-
psrAbly the best insrrumentslry for
the preservation of peace, and will,
as l believe, become beneScient ex-
ample of the course to be pursued in
similar emergencies by ether nations
If unhappily, questions Of difference
should II say time during the period
OF nv administration arise between
the Gated States aad snY foreign
Government, il viii certainly be nv
disposition and my hope to aid in
their settlement iu the saue peaceful
and honorable way. thus securing
to our country tie gres: blessings Of
peace and mutual good oaices with
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For stonachs Out of order,

Ne IacGielne viii 50 eeeetRaliy improve the tone
OF The stomach as these Pills they remove all
scidsfy, pccasioBed ei.sr by in.empeTanee or i'm
lsraler ,ilct Ihex reach the ire- AMI Eeuce IL 20
= Healthy actfsr: they wvnderiuiIy et.lczcious
in cases of spasniH fet they never tail in cn-ing
sli Disorders ~ the stomach.
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pisordersosshe Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs. whether
they rfcreie To much 0r too littfe wafer; OF
whether they be afioteG with stone OF gravel. or
Elfh aches and pains settled in the IONS over the
regions of the kldneys these Pills should be tax
en aeoouling 20 the printed disretioas. aud the
Ointment sn.luld te we'll rehbec into tre smaiiof-
the hack az bedtime. This treatment viii give al
most immediate relief when al ether means have
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A man shonld al~sys i've within
bis income. even II he has TO borrow
70 do IL
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The nsn Eho keeps bis word
The ns1 WHO neTer speaks
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a Marvellous story
PIETEO

INDIANS wHO SINK THEIR CHILDREN
L AIR-TIGHr ESyELoPs DUgTse
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