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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Upon the fourth page will be found a
tribute to the memory of George Cruikshank,
the famous English caricaturist who died in
London last week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

The marked falling off in the public reve-
nues, noticeable within few weeks, has ex-
cited the apprehension in the Treas ury De-
partment that if it continues special legisla-
tion will be needed to make provision for the
current expenses of the government. The
reduction is attributed to the stagnation Of
business, the prospect Of debased silver coin,
and the action of the Democratic House upon
tariff and revenue questions-action which
tends to unsette all kinds of business.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

DIsRAELI talks like an American states
man. He denounces the statement that he
has encouraged the Turks as Gan infamous
fabrication
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

The House has at last consummated the
California infamy by seating Wigginton.
The Democratic majority shrinks at no means,
however base, to further its bad ends.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

THE Louisville Courier.Journal thinks
that ''the drink punch scheme for accumulat-
ing fund for the improvement of our rivers
is not only good economic project, but it is
invested with kind OF poetic retributive
justice" The drink punch scheme has been
tried hereabouts for many years, and has not
resulted in the improvement of rivers Or OF
anything else. The only fund that has ac-
cumulated is in the pockets of liquor sellers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Messrs. Harper Brothers have Issued another
volume of their popullr edition OF Snakes
peare's Plays, edited by Mr.. William >. k1lfe
These little volumes present the plays, esoh by
itself, in agreeabl, style and are well suited to
the needs of students. The illustrations are
good of their kind. (Loring, Short s. Har-
mon). >
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LOST AND FOUND.

Lost.
"WEDNESDAY afternoon, a Lady's POCKET
w BOOK, containing a sum of money. The fin
der will please leave it at this office. fe7d3t*
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WANTS.
Partner Wanted.

WITH S2o00-in irst.class Livery and Boarding
w Stable in New York City, or would sell hall
interest if desired Sickness Of our partner the sole
cause of selling. Address
CHAS. LYMAN
feSd4t Is East % Street, New York City
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HOTEL TO LEASE.

The New England HOUSE, Portland, Me,
Address AUG. P. FULLER,
de2Sdtf Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

the Rev. @. Culverhouse, than that this impas
stoned daughter of hers has poisoned her stern
parent for my sweet sake. So this youth,
whose faith in his personal attractions seems to
surpass his belief in his power of impressng
the favorite lamb of his flock with ordinary re-
gard for the commandments, gives her up after
mental struggle of five minutes duration, ,and
some posing of himself as a martyr. Then this
modern Saint Kevin, having pushed the lady
over the precipce settles comfortably into a
parish where he converts a muscular young
doubter and is at peace with both worlds. At
ter much depression, the innocence of Beatrix be-
ing proven,the curate condescends to marry her
stating that he had all along cherished belief
in her rectitude but chat his wife like Caesars 8
must be above suspicion. The readerlis no. as
sisted however, to a solution of the question
how nearly the Rev. O. Culyerhouse resembles
Caesar. Perhaps the answer may be found in
Miss Braddon's next work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09
Salesman Wanted. /.

M UST be smart, reliable and thoroughly
lNl acquainted with the retail dry good business
Address with references "B. b." Press Office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Mr. Bret Harte's Story of Mine, Boston
]. r. Osgood; Portland: Loring, Short s. Har-
mon) is hardly up to the Standard of his Cali
fornia sketches in the rapid exaggerated, pre-
posterous, delicious quality that gave his ear
ler stories their Instant command of popul ar
fancy. Bat it is lively satire upon the legal
and governmental processes in regard to the
proprietorship of sill yer mine, aud contains
some good strokes
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Mr.. Longfellow adds to his Poems Of Places,
volume of selections relating to the often
sung beauties of Greece. and Of Turkey in Eu-
rope, to which at present war imparts painful
interest. Boston: j. r. Osgood; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

10 Let.
THAMBERS in house SO Paris Street. Six, seven,
" or eight rooms, as desired. Inquire at
fe7d1w* SO PARRIS STREET,
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Romances Of the East, from the French of
Comte de Gobineau New York: d. Appleton
& Co.; Portland: Loriug, Shors s. Harmony is
collection of remarkable tales, characteristic
of the customs and spirit of Oriental life. M.
de Gobineau preserves in them the fascination
Of the Eastern story-teller whils retaining his
own keen sight and pointed expression of the
freedman. The impression left on the read
er's mind is not unlike that resulting from the
perusal of the Arabian Nights, while-though
the intense power of the narrations OF Schehera-
zade over the imagination cannot be repro
duced fully by any modern wrter-the stories
of NJ. de Gobineau afford much fuller knowl
edge of the traits of the Orentals, by means OF
his analytical gift which he conceals with adj
nrable art in the guise of tales that might be
drowsily heard in some dusky bazar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Shepherds All and Maidens Fair (Harpsr's
Half-Hour Series; Portland: Loring, Shert s.
Harmony is bright and attractive story by
Messrs. Besant & Rice, authors OF the Golden
Butterfly. Da Capo, in the same series, is del
icate and shadowy little romance by Miss
Thackeray
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Memory Gems by Charles Northend New
York: D. Appleton & Co.; Portland: Loring.
Short & Harmony is compilation for the use
of schools of short passages in prose and verse
worth reciting and remembering. While they
are well chosen, these lessons are too discon-
nected and short, most of them not exceeding
four lines, 50 that the book has rather the ap-
pearance of a dictionary of familiar quotations
than of selections for recitation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09
TO Let.
To Let.

gsSO Gentleman and Wife without children)
n pleasant up stairs rent of four or five rooms on
New High st For particulars inquire of A. S. FER
NALD up stairs, 237 Middle St. jan16d1m
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FEJHE lower part of house No. 232 Oxford Street,
l. containing all the modern improvements, gas
and Sebago. For particulars, apply to
j. B. PIKE,
oct6dH 81 Union Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

Kathleen, by Mrs. f. Fl. Burnett Is another
OF the tarler works of that charming writer,
which e at present being published by Messrs.
Peterson against the desire of the author.
Kathleen is somewhat conventional in design,
the heroine herself being one of the brilliant
and fascinating beings effective in a novel but
not often encountered in actual society But it
would be impossible for Mrs. Burnett at any
time to write story that should not be bright,
entertaining and abounding in touches of the
genuine and rich talent that pervadss her later
work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-09

TERMS: Eight Dollars Year in advance. To
mall subscribers Seven Dollars Year il paid In ad-
vance.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

A COOP Boy REwARDED.--A good boy of
twelve, having tear in his eye and lump in
his throat, SHE'D in very quietly and informed
Bijah that he had a composition to write for
school, but no one would lend him q helping
hand. His father hadn't time, his mother was
sick, and his big sister couldn't even write a
love. letter.
"a composition ON Machinery, is it?"
observed Bijah as he reached for his pen.--
"My son, I've written millions of compost
tions, and I'll help you out with the greatest
of pleasure. will now begin:
,.4ii,uro s.rs, ss-asras kiuds macninery, one
of which is wind MILL II it wasn't for the
wind mill the world would soon return to bar
barsm. A bootjsck cannot be classed as ma
chinery, because it has no escape-valve. The
same can be said of an extension table,
Among the greatest inventions IN machinery
may be classed the engine, locomotive, saw
mill, cider press, buck-saw, hair-brush and
haud-o II it wasn't for machinery we'd
all have to walk around with our hands in
our pockets, and the price of admission to the
circus would be dollar and half. We must
all give credit to inventors. We must speak
kind words TO them, never steal their wood
piles and il they die we must feel very sad.
This is all about machinery, except that the
man who invented the horseradish Crater new
er received half praise enough. Good-by--
love to ALL"
It'll beat the stockings off'n any compo-
sition ever read in our school " he chuckled,
as he received it.
Ill fiatter myself it will, J" replied Bijah,
as he stroked his chin in a self-satisiicd way,
and / hope that the moral that runs all
through it, and sticks out in every chapter,
will have good effect on teachers and schol-
ars. Good-by, my son-remember that the
good boy is always rewarded. Detroit Free
| Press
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rae SAWYER MAN III EoraIc IAMp.

The Scientific AMERICAN OF last week con.
tains an illustrated descriptions In detail Of the
Sawyer-Man Electric Lamp" which ap.
pears to remove some, If not all, Of tho OBJ
stacles to the use Of electricity In place OF gas
for general purposes Of illumination, The
lamp itself is about the size aud shape Of an
Argand burner with lbs shade, but the shade
of the Sawyer Man light is bell glass The
source of light is a small pencil Of carbon,
which is placed under this shade and near the
top, the carbon point being made incandea.
cent by the electrical current passing through
IT and conducted there by rather intricate
arrangement of wires, which, however, are
fixed, and do not require to be again changed
or adjusted In any way. A switch" has
been devised to control the amount Of current
passing through the carbon, and at the same
time to maintain uniform resistance 10 the
subcircuit. This, 1t is claimed, allows the
division of the current, one of the most es.
sential features of the invention. The bell
glass or shade IN which the pencil of carbon
is contained is filled with pure nitrogen and
Theoretically sealed, so that the carbon pencil
is not consumed nor chemically attached, but
remains permanent fixture, to be lighted
whenever the current of electricity is turned
on. The intensity of the light is regulated
by the switch, the carbon being made dull
red, bright red or glowing white light at
will. The inventions of Messrs. Sawyer and
Man also include meter for recording the
number Of lights and time of their burning
not the amount OF electricity furnshed--and
systems of main and branch circuits, with
shunts devised to secure uniform resistance -
One of the objections to the electric light on
the score of cost has been the great loss which
results from division of the current, but
Mr.. Sawyer states that the Illuminating pow
or of carbon increases with vastly greater
rapidity than the temperature, so that when
the light is we'll as very slight increase in the
current increases the light enormously. The
question of the economy of the light furnish
ed by this lamp can be demonstrated only by
protracted test ON largo scale. Compared
with the cost of gas in New York, It is esti-
mated that the electric light would cost only
one-f ortieth as much which leaves a large
margin for errors Of calculation.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

MERcIFuL FRIEND.--An elephant be-
longing to an English garrison in the Indies.
was one day amusing himself with his chain
in an open part of the town when q man who
had committed theft, and was persued by
a great number of people, despairing of all
oJner means OF safety, ran under the ele-
plant. Apparently delighted with the poor
mans confidence, the creature instantly faced
about and met the crowd, erected his trunk,
and threw his chain in tho air, us IN the man
ner of these animals when engaged with the
enemy, and became so furious in defence OF
the criminal that, notwithstanding oil the gen.
tie arts made use of by the surrounding null
titude, neither they or even his mahout, OF
driver, to whom he was fondly attached, and
who was sent for to manage him, could pre-
vail with him to give up the malefactor. The
animals wonderful kindness met with a re-
ward. After three hours contest, the COVER
nor heard of this strange rebellion to the laws
of the land, and came TO the scene of strug-
gle. He was so much pleased with the gem
erous perseverance of the honest quadruped,
that he yielded to the elephants interposition
and pardoned the criminal. The poor man,
in an ecstaey of gratitude, testified his ac-
know ledgment by kissing aud embracing the
proboscis of his kind benefactor, who was APP
parently so sensible of what had happened
that, laying aside all his former violence, he
became perfectly tame and gentle in an in.
slant, and suffered his keeper to conduct him
away without the least resistance.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

THE TINES THAT TRY MANS SouI..--
When he goes home at night, finds house
full of company, and his wife blissfolly ignor-
ant Of the fact that dinner is not ready.
When he dives down into the bottom of his
trunk, jerks out what he supposes is clean
pair Of socks, but finds only an old table nap
kin, with four white neckties, put away for
next Summer.
When he buys new pair of shoes and dis
covers two big nails sticking up in the heels.
When he takes his girl out and discovers
that he has left his pocketbook at home in his
old trousers.
When he hurries around the corner and
lands square in the arms of man who holds
his l. o. U.
When he writes to his best girl and has to
wait two weeks for reply.
When hash is placed before him five success
i've mornings at his boarding house.
When, after waiting in barber-shop for an
hour, and hearing the welcome word :. next. /"
he sees little fellow shoot up from behind a
paper and slide into the chair like streak of
CREASED electricity.
When his wife wants to talk and lie DOESN'T.
When. he pokes his head through his last
clean shirt and finds no button on behind.
When in his dreams he is standing upon
the verge of precipice, and his wife sudden
ly reminds him that he isn't, but that he is
jerking her banged y hair all to pieces.
NeW York Express.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

THE DOMESTIC LAMA writer in the
Boston Journal of Commerce describes new
electric lamp for domestic purposes as follows :
1t weighs fourteen ounces, and is one of the
ingenious sontrivances of the century. Not
yet patented, it has been kept away from the
scent of the slueth reporters, SO that it will
come to the public pure and " unadulterated !"
There is little or no mechanism. A clock COM
bination of wheels rotates glass disk against
a surface of raw silk. This wheel combina-
ton is moved by spring wound as time
piece and which runs six hours. About the
points of combustion there is above, a small
er carbonate, the constituents of which are
secret with the inventor below this carbon
ate is an electric galyaDic wire plated with
nickel, except the point of impact that is
raw and bare. To start the light, trigger,
not unlike that of gun or rifle, only not SC
prominent, extending from the side of the
lamp, and pulled gently downward. This
causes current OF electricity to emanate from
the disk, run up the connecting wire to the
platinum point, from which spark fies.-
This spark is held by carbonate. Meanwhile
the clockwork is started by movement, and
instantly the light is in full feather For siz
hours it is guaranteed to give the light o.
nineteen hundred candles power at 3 cost Of
one-half cent per hour. 1t can be carried
about as any other lamp for house use i
cannot explode and will be on the market
next spring for SO. Such lamp. IL placed il
hall unbroken by arches, would light an en-
tire house.
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LAMBERTvIILE, n. J.WRDNEsDAY DECEMBER 4, 1873

A mother does not pause to measure her own
power and consider whether il be worth while
TO exert it for the protection Of her child. It
il In danger and she PUSHES to save 1t or 1t Is
in need and she springs to supply It's wants.
It is the utter forgetfulness Of herself and her
own abilities that enables her to DO so power
ful benefactor. So when we put our hearts
into our work, earnestly desiring its accom-
plshment, we shall instinctively give to it all
our abilities, be they few or many, and t will
never occur to us to ask the question, /" Is it
worth our while ?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

THE TRAMP's LAST REQUEST The Mich
igan tramp does not sit still and let moss &C.
cumulate on his back, while all the rest of the
world goes ahead. Recently genuine speci.
men of the iron-plated traveller of highways
called at a house and asked for dinner.
" No food to spare was the reply.
Can't you give me an old coat +? ;"
"No."
"Or pair of old boots }"
"No."
Cant you spare me even pair OF
socks 2 4"
mo"
Nor piece of bread ?"
"No"
The fellows chin fell as he fumbled in hi.
pocket, and his voice had a lonesome sound a,
he pulled out small autograph album ant
said
Well, you can't do any better, I'll hav,
to be satisfied with your ottergraff Pleas
use blue ink | !"
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WEBSTER MATCHED BY A WoMAN.-In tho
somewhat famous cases of Mrs. Bodgen's will
which was tried in the Supreme Court soma
years ago, Mr.. Webster appeared as counsel
or for thA-aer4isrnt. Mrs Greeneagts, ,sevsfr
hev. William Greenough, of West Newton, u
tall, straight, queenly-looking woman, with u
keen black eye--a woman Of great self-posses-
sion and decision of character-was called To
the stand, witness on the opposite side from
Mr.. Webster. Webster, at glance, had the
sagacity to see that her testimony, If it con.
tanned anything of Importance, would have
great weight with the court and jury. Ho
therefore resolved, If possible, to break her
up, and when she answered TO the first ones
ton put to her, 81 believe" Webster roared
out, "Wc don't want to hear what you b.
lieve we want to hear what you know n'---
Mrs. Greenough replied, That is just what
was about to say, sir" and went on with her
testimony. And, Notwithstanding his rcpea'.
ed efforts to disconcert her, she pursued tho
even tenor of her way, until Webster becon,-
in quite fearful of the result. arose apparent
ly in great agitation, and drawing out his
largo snuffbox, thrust thumb and finger to
the very bottom, and carrying the deep pinch
to both nostrils drew II up with gusto aud
then extracting from his pocket a very large
handkerchief, which flowed to his feet as he
brought it to the front, he blew his nose with
a report that rang distinct and loud through
the crowded hall.
Webster" Mrs. Greenough, was Mrs. Bod
Opn n mat woman o
Mrs. Greenough--"I cannot give you full
information as to that, sir she had one very
dirty trick"
Webster" What was that, ma am p
! Mrs. Greenough--"S She took snuff"
The roar of the court house was such that
the defender of the Constitution subsidized,
and neither rose nor spoke again until after
Mrs. Greenough vacated her chair for another
witness--having ample time to reflect upon
the inglorious history of the man who had a
stone thrown at his head by woman.
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Prisoner at the bar" said the Judge,
'tis there anything you wish to say before
sentence is passed upon YOUR The prisoner
looked wistfully before the door, and remarked
that he would like to say .'good evening" il
1t would be agreeable to the company, but
they wouldn't let him.
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NATURAL Hrs7oRr-rnE car

What is this?"
"This is cat. Do you see the beautiful
curve to his back you continue to be a
good boy You shall some day have thousand
cats.v
Are cats useful animal?''
Yes, very. If It wasn't for the cat ~.
cry house would BE- overrun with canarv
birds. = $500
- Are cats very brave =
: fes. They'll hang around 4 corner for
four hours TO get their claws into a poor little
mouse, not one-fortieth part their size.v
What food do cats prefer?r
+" a $50 hooking bird Is their first choice
II the family are not able to keep mockin,
BIRD the cat must put up with an oriole ~
German canary. II is only when suffering + =
FOOD that cat win accept of a sirloin steak. },
Cats can't sing can they ?''
NO, but, bless 'eni, they keep trying to
learn how. They have got so they can sonnd
the first four notes on the scale, and they ara
determined to get the rest.''
What time do they sing the sweet
est ?"
AT night, between the hours of eleven p
M. and fonr A. M. You have probably read
items about bold, bad men ilinging boot jacks,
SUCKS OF wood and other missiles at sinuinr
cats. Don't ever associate with such peon|c
cats have as much right In America as any,
body else, and it is only the meanest kind of
folks who will try to keep 'em from rising IN
In the world.'
How long do cats live pr
Nobody knows, as no cat ever had fair
show to see how many years he could put in.
After he has hung around one neighborbooi
for fifteen or twenty years, some one murders
him in cold blood"
" Does the fur OF the cat contain electric.
TYP"
Yes, and It is great wonder why some
OF these scientific men did not make use Of
the fact in searching for the clue to the tele-
phone. There Is not much doubt that tho
day will yet come when cat in Detroit, con
nected by clothes line with one in Chicago,
Will form perfect telegraph line"
Do cats suck cbildren's breath ?''
They do. Mothers should let their child.
ren eat onions as a preventive Plug tobacco
will answer the purpose Free Press.
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When he had called the meeting to order.
Brother Gardner arose and said "Gen,'len,
If it wasn't for de wheels on de waai do
wagin wouldn't move. When de wheels arc
on, den what?' "Grease p solemnly ex.
claimed an old man. Kerect" whispered
the president softly, rubbing his hands To-
gether. "We hez de wagin an de wheels
we will now pass de hat around for do
| grease
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-12-04

Nothing at first frames such false inmates
as an imaginative temperament. 1t finds the
power of creation SO easy, the path it fashions
SO actual, that no marvel for o time hope is
its own security, and the fanced world APP
pears the true copy of the real.
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Temptation is fearful word. 1t indicates
the beginning of a possible series of infinite
evils. II is the ringing of an alarm bell,
whose melancholy sounds may reyerbate
through eternity. Like the sudden, sharp
cry Of g fire y in the night, it should rouse
us to instantaneous activity, and brace every
muscle to its highest tension.