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The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
Missouri Municipal Bonds.

COLLECTION of coupons in the Federal Courts
~ speciality. Boston references given. Cores
pondence solicited.
JOSEPH SHIPPEN,
Attorney at Law,
je25eod6w* 4l1 Pine ST. st, Louis, Mo,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
City of Portland.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,
June %, 1878.
OWNERS OF Hackney Carriages are hereby re.
" quested to present their teams for inspection,
and to receive their licenses and inspection cards for
the year commencing July 1, 1878, at the Marshars
Office MONDAY, July Sth, from to II a. M and
je25dtd el0 &. d. K. X BRIDGES. city marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
GORHAM, N. III.

A Gang of Burglars Broken Up-Prepar-
aiions for an Elaborate Fourth of July
Celebration.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
Citizens Mutual Relief ociety.

OHHAHOhH SVOhONyS
GTATED meeting for June will be held at Recep-
- tion Hall, FRIDAY EVENING next, 28th inst,
at o'clock.
The Directors meet at the same place, half an
hour previous. Per order.
je25d4t M. N. RICH, Secretary
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
WANTED.

A YOUNG man with experience desires situa-
n tion in the Wholesale Grocery or Boot and
Shoe business. Can keep books-Single or Double
Entry-and will make himself useful. Address
sSITUATION,.'
je2ed1w* Box e5, Norway, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
STATEMENT OF THE STANDING AND CONDITION OF
GORHAM SAVINGS BANK, GORHAM
LIABILITIES.

JOSEPH RIDLON, President. JOHN A. WATER
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

MATRIMoNY presents here and there
interesting peculiarities. A bridegroom
in Herkimer County, New York, unable
to relish the fun of discordant sere
made on the wedding night, got out of bed
and shot through the window at the
serenaders, wounding three of them. A
Mormon has just married, at one swoop,
mother and her daughter. Has he
mother-in-law? A miner returned from
California to Michigan to marry the girl
that he had left behind him. He an
nounced that he was commissioned also
to pick out girl for his mining partner
and take her to him to wed. After care
full prospecting he made choice, and
the chosen damsel has zone with the
welded pair to California, to meet her
future husband. Kepler and Stevens
traded wives in Upton, Iowa, two years
ago, the latter getting seven hundred
dollars on account of the wife that he
gave being far handsomer than the one
he received. Stevens has since grown
wealthy, and his lawful wife seeks by a
lawsuit to reinstate herself. Sally, a
Piute Princess in Nevada, married a
white man aud returned with him to her
tribe. The indignant Indians shaved
his head whipped him soundly, and drove
him back into civilization. A Troy
clergyman publishes complaint that
the pay received for marriage service il
not adequate, considering the risk that il
incurred in uniting couples against thu
wishes Of their families. He says tina
the fees given generally range from ont
to five dollars. Recently he rode tel
miles into the country, spent who'll
day, paid five dollars for the use of
horse, and received only one dolla
and twenty-five cents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18
GLEANLNGS FROM THE MUSE.
THEY MET.
BY ROBERT TURSEY.


They met-'twas at the garden-gate,
The moon shone bright the hour was late;
No prying eyes were round to see
And he was there, and so was she.
They wandered through each well known wAk,
They talked the talk all lovers talk.
The moonbeams peeped through bush and tree
And she was there, and so was he
"Thou art my life, my soul, he cried;
"There lives not on this world 80 wide
An Angel without wings like thee"-
And he was there, and 30 was she.
And from her lips these accents fell:
" Ny love for thee words fail TO tell;
IT'S boundless, dearest, as the sea -
And she was there, and 50 was ne.
Sweet moon. meath thy inspiring rays,
What pranks mysterious Cupid plays;
A rloonshfne little god is he
And he was there, and 30 was she.
" Hector-good dogl' the old man said,
" Yon maudlin fool should be in bed.
Ny noble hound, III cut thee loose;
Wen cook yon midnight wanderers goose"
" Adolphus, hyfp the maiden cried,
"Here Hector, with mouth open wide,
And eyes that glow like balls Of FIRE,
Comes, followed by my wrathful sirc."
He shook the dew-drops from his boots;
Like meteor through the air he scoots;
But Hector rushes like the wind,
Add grabs the flying man behind.
A rowl-a rip ahi never, never,
Dip pants from ties 50 quickly sever;
Freed from his clothes, Adolphus starts,
And DER the fence like lightning darts.
The modest moon still brightly shone;
Such sights she oft has gazed upon;
Such sights, while time remains, she'll see
And she was there. but where was he7
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COMPARISONS:

TIL. ,reeklv edition of the New York Times is 600
comics and advertisements are charged at 50 cents
line The American Newspaper mon gives an n az
TTnes thinks the American Newspaper Union List g
The Weekly edition of the New York Post Is 3 $50
a line The American Newspaper Mon gives an ad-
yertisement $3.50 circulation for less than cents
line. The Post don't think very well 81 tue Anefi
The New York Commercial Advertiser prints a weekly
edition Of copies and charges advertisers o
line The Adrertiser has poor opinion also VI 'no
The Boston Post weekly issues 800 copies chafses
advertisers 21S cents line, and expresses douDls "
the honesty of the American Newspaper Union whSn
gives that circulation for less than one-1ourtn hno
price which the Post demands.
The Boston Advertiser charges l2le cents line Ior
advertising in a weekly having 500 circulation, ana
gives 500 circulation for cents a line;
The Toronto Globe prints the best weekly IN Canama,
has 20 OO circulation and charges 2ocents ne Inc
Globe has contempt for the American Newspaper
Union, which gives 10000 Circulation ior 10 oe'
The Utica Herald prints 6,432 copies of weekly
edition which advertisers are allowed 20 us a. "
cents line. Itloins in crusade s Iie ~;
can Newspaper Union, which gives &, AZ clrcuauon
~ The warsaw IN " Democrat prints $50 copies.
CO. operatve paper only Z cent line was demandeo
for its columns, and it is no better now tha'i
then ,,,, i, m, .n;es weakly
tn Germans in and around St. Louis. Its adNe
ing rates 10 cents line and are very low. M
because the American Newspaper Union gives u 81
weekly circulation to an sdverflseme9t IEr ~ II
The Lockport n Y, weekly Times prints ~ copiee<
and charges advertisers 81 cents a line When the
Lockport weekly Times becomes co1operatse paPer
which is all the American Newspaper U mon oeInenos
| for papers of like circulation and influence
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

correct, and it was late in the evening
when the work was complete.
Chow is it now, Tom?" asked Mr..
Scott, as he came into the Westinghouse
and found the workmen ready to depart.
"She's all right, sir. You may give
your warrant without fear"
"God bless you, Tom! You don't
know how like sweet music the old voice
sounds. Will you take your place
Wait till Monday morning, sir. If
you will offer it to me then, l will take
At the little cottage Ellen Darcy's
fluttering heart was sinking. That
morning, after Tom had gone, she had
found a dollar in the coffee cup. She
knew that he had left it for her. She
had been out and bought tea and sugar
and -four and butter, and bit of tender
steak and all day long ray of light had
been dancing and shimmering before
her-a ray from the blessed light of
other days. With prayer and hope she
had set out the tea table, and waited, but
the sun went down and no Tom came.
Eight o'clock-and almost nine.
Harkl The old step! quick, strong,
eager for home. Yes, it was Tom, with
the old CRIME upon his hands, and the
oder of oil upon his garments.
4 have kept you waiting, Nellie"
"TomT
al didn't mean to, but the work hung
on"
"Tom! Toni You have been to the
old shopw
"Yes, and Pm bound to have the old
place, and"
"Oh, Tom"
And she threw her arms around
his neck and covered his face with
kisses.
"Nellie, darling, wait a little and
you shall have old Tom back again"
ooh, Tom! I've got him now-bless
him bless himl my own Tom! my hus
band, my darling"
Then Tom Darcy realized the full
power and blessing of woman's love.
1t was banquet of the gods, was that
supper-of the household gods all re
stored-with the bright angel of peace
and love and joy spreading their wings
over the board.
On the following Monday morning
Tom Darcy assumed his place at the
head of the great machine shop, and
those who thoroughly knew him had NJ
fear of his going back into the slough o.
joylessness.
A few days later Tom met Peter Tin
dar on the street.
"Eh! Tom, old boy, what's up?"
"I am up, right side up"
eyes, ] see, but hope you haven
forsaken us, Tom?'
al have forsakeh only the evil 20,
have in store, Peter. The fact is, con
cluded that my wife and little ones hac
fed on husks long enough, and if ther
was good kernel left in my heart, or il
my manhood, they should have it"
"Ah, you heard what I said to m.
wife that night.
eyes, Peter; and l shall be grateful
to you for it as long as l live. My re
membrance of you will always be re
lieved by that tinge of warmth AM
brightness"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18
Poor, But Not Proud.
breakfast Tablet


"Pm as poor as free-lunch turtle soup,
but don't glory in il" said a weak
eyed waif of trouble with breath like
the odor of an old stocking, as he sat
down on a bench among the pariahs in
Washington Park the other morning.
"Merciful Mosesw exclaimed
sparse-haired mendicant, whose back
hadn't carried a new coat for twenty
wears, " show me the man as does, an he
kin take my share, cheap"
"Trouble has follered me like shad-
der from the cradle, an there never was
time when I was any more free from
misfortune than I am of graybacks at
this minute, but l don't go round with a
tin horn an banner tellin' the world
Pm poor, do IT'
The crowd edged up around him and
listened with open mouths.
"I say don't faunt my poverty" he
continued. "Pm not proud of it, nor
puffed up over it, like some folks is, an
/ fdon't crow over them as is better off,
nor make brags that I have more trials
an less to eat than any other hvin'
soul"
"No more do l." put in a man with a
face that had long been stranger to
water. 81 grins an bears it.
"Job's turkey was a fat bird to the
side of me, but what's the good of my
putin on airs? 1t won't make feathers
grow on station-house plank, will it?
An kin boastin' about my misery put
another bean in the soup or give my
stomach any more to do? Nary time, it
can't. Conceit never put full spoon
to anybody's mouth. Land knows Pve
got plenty of rope if I wanted to brag
but that amt my natur.'
"Lots more of us can be hit with the
some pole," chimed in thin man with
eyes, maybe; but if you'll hold YOU
breath you'll say less" resumed the frs
speaker. "There was Lazarus, now
look at him. He was poor enough to bt
respectable. by long odds. But l dis
count him, boys, do, heavy. He hat
sores that was inticin' to hull pack O
dogs, but you couldn't find a scab OIL
me big enough for pup to smell of be
fore its eyes was open; an then agin
| you can't prove he didn't own tn
hounds himself! Do look able to kicl
my own dog? Well, [ should say not
Poverty, boys, is my best holt. It's tn
only thing in this world l ever ha
plenty of; but, as l said before, l dom
fiaunt it around and glory in it, nor
don't yarn for any more of it. Poor
You couldn't find fat enough about IN
to grease watch!'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18
Why La It?

The truths of science and progressive
thought have always been compelled to bat
ter down the bulwarks of prejudice and dis.
belief, or remain forever unknown. Why
is it that people are so reluctant to receive
facts that relate directly to the phenomena
of their own existence? Astronomers,
upon discovering star, assign it place at
once, and it is forever fixed. The rule by
which mathematical problem is once
solved becomes forever an axiom; but no
matter how clearly the principles which
govern health and sickness be demonstrated,
some refuse to believe. DR.. Pierce's Family
Medicines, which are now SO generally
used, and deservedly popular, were, in their
early days, very reluctantly received by the
people. To-day, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has outrivaled the old-time
sarsaparillas, his Pellets are in general use
in place of the coarse, huge, drastic pills
formerly so much employed, while the sales
of his DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and his
Favorite Prescription are enormous. Where
the skin is sallow and covered with blotches
and pimples, or where there are scrofulous
swellings and affections, few bottles of his
Golden Medical Discovery will effect an en-
tire cure. If you feel dull, drowsy, debili-
tated, have sallow color of skin, or yellowish
brown spots on face or body, frequent head
ache or dizziness, bad taste in mouth, inter-
nal heat or chills alternated with hot dushes,
low spirits and gloomy forebodings, irregu-
lar appetite, and tongue coated, you are
suffering from orpid Liuer, or " Biliousness." "
In many cases of Liver Complaint" only
part of these symptoms are experienced. AS
remedy for all such cases, DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has no equal, as
it effects perfect cures, leaving the liver
strengthened and healthy. Debilitated fe-
males who have undergone all the tortures
of caustic and the knife, and yet suffer with
| those peculiar drdgging-doacn sensations and
| weaknesses, can have guaranteed to them
prompt and positive relief by using DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription; while con.
stipation and torpid liver, or biliousness,' u
are promptly relieved py the Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets. Sold by all druggists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18
A sleep.Walker,s Fancy.
New York Herald.J

1t was close upon twelve o'clock the
other night, and Sergeant Haggerty was
doing over the Seventh Precinct blotter,
when the door was thrown open and a
young man with wild eyes and disor-
dered hair stalked into the station-house.
81 have committed a murder" was
the startling announcement he made:
"I have killed my girl" and then he
went on in a strange, incoherent way
telling how he had performed the
bloody deed. "She struggled" :" he said,
" oh, she struggled, but the knife was
throat from ear to ear. 1 am here to
give myself up. 1 am your prisoner,
sir"
This voluntary assumption of the onus
of so great a crime astounded the SER
geant for a moment, and, remembering
that April FOOLS Day was not entirely
at a close, he said to the new conner:
My friend, you are rather late in the
day with that story"
The other, however, in no way taken
aback, repeated his declaration with a
perfectly imperturbable face, and then
said:
"You doubt me? Then inquire for
yOuASolh' AAC SAI nave muTueTeu Is
Eliza Gleason, and she lives at No. SIG
East Fourteenth-street."
Sergeant Haggerty, thus assured of
the authenticity of the strangers state
ment, summoned Detective Bissert and
sent him to the address of the slaughtered
Miss Gleason. The latter went to the
house, knocked at the door, and after
repeated summons brought to open it
Eliza herself in the flesh and apparently
in robust health.
+, Meantime the self-accused remained
in the staiion-house with Sergeant Hag-
gerty quiet and motionless. One or two
questions the officer put him ne neg
lected to answer, and suddenly turning
upon his heel, he strobe to the door and
was about to pass out. The sergeant
however, was behind him in a moment
and seizing him by the collar, cried
No, you can't go now, my friend
You have made yourself out to be 8
criminal, and must abide the conse
quences." At this the other looked ur
with a start, glanced around in seeming
astonishment, and then blurted out
"Eh, what do you mean? What am
here for?"
"What are you here for?' said the
sergeant. "Well, that is cool. Why
you yourself say you are here af,el
numbering your girl; Eliza Gleason yol
said her name was"
This seemed to completely confount
the stranger, and, muttering some denia
of his guilt, he quietly submitted to tn,
sergeant, who had him locked up fo
further examination. He was taken be
fore Judge Flemmer, at the Essex Mar
ket Police Court. His name was Pete
Coby, he said, and he lived at No 51'
East Fourteenth-street, but thought O
; a murder had never crossed his mind
nor did he ever dream of giving himsel
up to the authorities for the commission
of such an offense. This made the cas-
still more complicated, but investigation
speedily explained it. Peter CODY wa
: known to be a sleep-walker. Once O
! twice, in the "dead waste and middle Q
! the night" he had sailed forth an
! acted in ways incomprehensible to him
: self or any one else, and it was clearl
l while in state of somnambulism tha
! he had accused himself to Sergeant Has
, gerty of the crime of murder.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18
Scientific and Useful.

Nicotia, the active principle of to-
bacco, is one of the best antidotes to
strychnia.
Soft gold solder is composed of four
parts gold, one of silver and one of cop
per. 1t can be made softer by adding
brass, but the solder becomes more liable
to oxadize.
Tilbury Fox, the English dermatolo-
gist, recommends in the February num-
Der of the London Lancet, the use of
hair-oils or pomades to prevent the catch
ing of ringworm of the head when this
affection is prevailing in family or
school.
To destroy paint, mix one part, by
weight, of pearlash with three parts of
quick stone lime, by slaking the lime in
water and then adding the pearlash,
making the mixture about the consis-
tence of paint. Lay the above over the
whole of the work required to be cleaned,
with an old brush; let it remain four
teen to sixteen hours, when the paint
can be easily scraped off.
A poison of any conceivable de-
scription and degree of potency, which
has been intentionally or accidentally
swallowed, may, it is said, be rendered
almost instantly harmless by simply
swallowing two gills of sweet oil. A
person with a very strong constitution
should take nearly twice the quantity.
This oil, it is alleged, will most posi-
lively neutralize every form of vegeta-
BILE, animal, or mineral poison with
which physicians and chemists are ac-
quainted.
DIR. James Croll, in answer to some
criticism on his paper regarding the
sun and its heat, says that as the forma-
ton of sun is an event which, on an
average, could only be witnessed once in
$4,000 years, the absence of any historical
notice is easily accounted for. 1t does
not follow that the two bodies coming
into collision should possess equal mas:
or velocity to convert their motion ol
trans lation into heat.
Caoutchouc is dissolved in bisulphidt
of carbon; the solution is intimately
mixed with enough starch -four to form
dough, and the mass exposed in suita
BILE pieces to the air, until all odor of th'
bisulphide has disappeared. The pro
duct is said to be an excellent eraser TO
pencil-marks on paper. If, in addition
] to starch -four, finely powdered pumic
stone be added to the mass, it will b
suitable for erasing ink marks or writing
| from paper.
, AS regards the relative cheapness o
3 steam and water, an engineer write
! that, since the steam engine has bee
[ brought to a degree of perfection i
7 simplicity, efficiency, economy, an
| reliability as we now have it, and a
t there are few localities in the thickl
j settled portions of our country wher
fuel cannot be procured at moderat
9 price, steam is preferable to waite
r power. This is particularly the cas-
j where the water power is unfavorabl
il located, and when the trouble inciden
to droughts, floods, etc., are taken int
It account.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

AS they were about to quatf, one of the
party suddenly called out to another:
" Hello, Doughertyl You drinking
whisky? Sure, it was only yesterday
ye towld me ye was taytotler." "Well," !"
said Mr.. Dougherty, evidently som,-
what disconcerted, ye're right, Misther
Kelly. It's quite right ye are. I am a
taytotler, it's true; but I-I-Pm not
bigoted wanl"
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even in summer, in a dry, cool place.
The yelk of an egg may be added to it.
From this pulp, or directly from the
above substances, an emulsion may be
prepared which will be rendered still
more nutritious by adding milk. Lailer
prepares 3.5 ounces of dried raw meat,
IA ounces of sugar, z ounce Of wine,
and one ounce of tincture of cinnamon.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

THE Cincinnati Breakfast Table, one of
the best family newspapers in the country,
will be sent from now till March LIST, 1879,
postpaid to any address for one dollar. 1t
is a bright, handsomely printed weekly of
forty-eight columns, full of original humor,
entertainment and instruction, tirst-class in
every particular, as its wide reputation and
immense circulation fully attest. Address,
E. P. Brown, Publisher, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

BOURBON (you know Bourbon son of
old Bourbon, of Bourdonville, Bourbon
County; his mother married Bourdon),
Bourbon says, "The PEARLS the image of
purity; and woman is purer than the
pearl" And do you know, somehow
we always think of this when we look at
a woman who has just got through black
ing O stove.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

MOTHERS! Mothers! Mothersi Don't fail
to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period OF teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and, by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother. 1t is an old and
well-tried remedy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-18

HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERs.-The
manufacturers of Sheridan's Cavalry Con-
dition Powders inform us that their powder
will eifectually prevent hog cholera and all
other diseases in hogs, and that they will in
crease the size and weight one quarter.
Large discounts to persons owning two to
three hundr ed hogs.