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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-29
SALOON FOR SALE.

A FIRST .CLAss SALOON. on MAIN
n street. In the heart Of tho business portion
Of Gold Hin. doing . dns business. 10 onerea
fof esis. tosrsher with Stock, Fixtures. bniiard
Table, etc.
Inquire d this once. oc2sim
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-12-25
SOMERSET. Pa. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER %, 1878.
Written for the H<RALD.
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
ny OLIVE nsHrEn.

There is a story oiden. golden,
Laden with the sweetest peace,
ora stranger. In manger,
Couchsd on Autumn's rich Increase;
Robsd not In sable, fora stable
Where the nude and straw-ciad walls
Formed a shsiter, where diI swelier
Cattle In thei- sitting stalls.
Sofi and slowly, pure and holy,
Raised the mother on her arm,
Smiling sanity, whisp'rlag lainiIy
Sweetest notes the child 70 charm.
On, the splenlor Of the tender
Light Of love wiihia her eyes;
ON, the meaning. as she lssnin1
Ger her son, dii bless with si3hs.
Through silver iiaisg, above was shining
Bright the star Of Bethicheus;
TErongh crcylcsd gable Ia the stable
The rays fell on the heads them
Ths pure ami holy. though weak aaiisviy,
Chosin Of G5i, desplssi orn.a;
And nearer. nearer, bri her, clearer,
Burned the star of glory. thea.
Above the stables p9lntci gables,
DID the slar OF glory stand;
And adoriag wealth outporring.
Knelt the mcn from stranger land;
softly saying with their praying,
While their eyes with tears were dim;
'Froin sisr we've seen this star,
And have come 10 w0rship him"
oh, the holy, Poor and I0vly
Prime OF Peace thus meanly born:
Glory render to the spiendor
Ofthat shining natal morn;
TO our Saviour, whose behavior
Gained Him but a thorny crown;
Who, for the winning OF the shining
Len for Us this golden thr1ne
Oh, remember that sweet December
When the Son of MAa was born:
And. may ever our endeavor
Sanetiiy that blessed morn.
And, louily yoieing our rejoicing,
our things glad OF this day, when
Heaven aiorning the Star OF Morning,
Flashed peace on earth, good viii 70 men !.
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yaEsSsI;aASE5
- ONIY TRUE REIIFo7 FoR CONS.

Walker & Badger afg. Co., Prop'rs,
a LII. \ A.rt
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KSLAF1ENESI oT ANENpNESE ste.
GE-TFD.

THURMAN PICKED Up.
Sir. BLAME do not desire 70
de;aio the Senate, but | wish ore
word The honorable Senator from
0nir has informed the country, a8d
istormed il with as much authority
a. a1y man eau speak, that properly
in the South will rule
Mr THrRNAS-I ssid 30 such
.hing. said 10 more Of the Soulh
than | have said every v here-tast
property, Intelligence aod education
will rule.
Nr. BLAIxE-RegardleFs Of nun
begs5
Mr. TauRMAS-Oa, well, aow, Toe
Senator can make il regardless of
aumbsrs if be wants
Mr. BLAISE-I understood tie
Senator. I vas going to state bin
correctly.
NJ. THURMAx-Tbe Senator cal-
cot nisrepresent me ia regard -
that. How viii they rule regardless
Of numters-by uolawful means
No. sir. Does no. the Senator IL
auenec a good nsny people 10 Name
10 vote as be thinks,
Mr. BLAISE-I should Ike 70 IL
gaesce some 10 Ohio (Lsugbter.
Mr.. THCRMAS-He failed tbs
year. He does it every year, yearin
aad year out, because ne has inteiii-
genee aud edaestion and property
That il the reason Of il, and 20 les
(Contisred on Fourth Pags
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DENTISTS
VIM COLLINS
DENTIST.

Nl.s ahoTe Cascheer = F7ease's store, Se1nerset,
j. III ihe lasi aeeeu years have greatly re-
r1lt DE psices oi artificial teeth IN this place.
4lr c.1slari Increasing demand fl-tecth has IL
tu7Ht re to so cnlsrge ny facilities thas can
ulke rHai seis ll teeth AZ lover frlcfs than you
GO go then In any other pisce In this country =
ial llr making god 81 u teeth Tor 81 AMI II
efl slllid T. any pcrs1u among ny theasan-s
= e-lll ~ il thls - tne at3uilirE fpurtict thAf
tare rall teetltlr that L. ~ FlsiuE rs-ei sat
r. t.fT ar .sll u- ne % AM time ani 80
80 ssi ircl ci charEc.
unr.l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
Blasting Rock Under Water.

A few days age, in long railway ride, had
for companion in the same seat, very IL
tellgent man, whose profession was that CT
contractor for the removal of submarine rock
iI rivers, haibors and along shore; anywhere
in fact
did not understand very clearly the process
traveller very kindly explained the whole
thing most satisfactorily. Mary persons may
like to know about it as did.
"I bave done great deal Of work. said he,
"under General Thorn. If all United States
officers were like him, the government, L
think, would be much better served, than L
fear it now is. l fiud as the General grows
older, he becomes more and more particular,
and wants the work sand pdpered IF more than
than he did,
"But should like to know exactly how sou
go to work to remove living rock from the bot
tom Of river or harbor, SO as to deepen the
channel"
Exceptional cases require exceptional
processes, but generally, this IS the way of de-
ing it. We procure, to begin with, a lighter OF
scow or two, according to our needs; sometimes
steam tug, if necessary, also. These scows
we moor over the rock or about il, according to
circumstances, so as to be in the most conven'
lent position. We have diving suit and all
the necessary apparatus for remaining under
water. We have tripod for our drill, made
generally cf iron gas or water pipe, which may
be IN ade longer or shorter, according to the
depth of water; the change from shorter Il
longer is very easily and speedily DONE"
"The drill, of larger or smaller diameter, &C
cording to our needs, is so fixed upon Lhi
tripod, that it may bs worked with cqaal facil
ity at any required angle With the horizon
We have heavy cylinder of cast iron, Il
nches in diameter and "a inches high, with
| hole through the centre for the drill to worl
in. This cylinder is placed upon the rock tt
be operated upon, and stards on three sharl
pointed iron legs"
| "What is the use of this piece OF iron?'
| "It is to direct the point ef the drill and kee
| it steadily at one spot when IT begins to ac
| upon the surface of the rock. Without this
the drill could not act upon the same point
| until il had made for Itself hole so deep ths
J the end would play always within it,"
"Where is the steam engine that ac.uate
! the drill?"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

THE Richmond Dispatch has taken up the
Southern refrain, "let US alone. 1t says
SIN word, if the North will mind its own
business and let us mind ours, there will be
peace. But it is insufferabls that Northern
ers should consider it their mission to regu-
late the affairs of the Southern States"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

THE Tribune has advices that the unac-
countable appearance of three Republicans in
the South Carolina Legislature is explained at
last. Ten thousand tissue ballots were shipped
from Charleston for Beaufort county, but the
boat which bore them ran on sand bar, and
did not arrive till after the election. In this
way "negro ignorance was enabled to tri-
umph over 'white intelligence and expert
ence" and send three men to the Legislature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

II Mr.. Norman Lockyer, scientist, is not
grievously mistaken, Greenbackism is dead
issue; for Mr.. Lockyer thinks he has real
lied the dreams of the alchemists. He has
discovered the secret of the transmutation of
metals. The other day, in the presence of
number of scientific men who met at his
laboratory in London to witness the expert
ment, he volatiized, by the aid of powerful
voltaic current, copper within glass tube,
dissolved the deposit formed within the tube
in hydrochlorc acid and showed, by means
of the spectroscope, that the solution no
longer contained copper, but another metal,
calcium. Other metals underwent similar
transformations. Nickel became cobalt, and
calcium strontium. Mr.. Lockyer did not
manufacture gold, but of course he could
have done so had he chosen, for, if copper
can become calcium why can it not become
gold? The London Ne,rs says that leading
chemists admit that ''the results of the ex-
periments were inexplicable on any other
grounds but those admitting the change of
one element into another, unless our whole
system of spectrum analysis is to be upset."
MI. Lockyer strangely enough, does not
see that his discovery will have great po-
litical effect. He regards 1t from the scien-
tific standpoint only, unaware that it dis
poses of the greenback question in this coun-
try. Fol. if we can convert worn-out tin
pans and old hoop-skirt springs and iron
scraps into the precious metals,-not BY the
old process of exchange of values, but by the
new process of transmutation-gold and sill
yer will have little enough intrinsic value to
satisfy the fiat money men. Debts can be
paid without effort-though it may prove
rather more difficult to contract them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

THE British Mercantile Gazette is much
concerned at the progress of American manu-
facturers, and of their tendency to invade the
British and foreign markets where England
has hitherto enjoyed monopoly of trade.
1t says: "On first appearances it seems
somewhat strange that American manufac-
lures should be successfully competing with
Sheffield houses in the manufacture of silver
plated goods. Yet really it should not be
matter for surprise, for in America there are
some of the best workmen whom Sheffield
ever sent across the Atlantic. This, of course
a great advantage in itself, is heightened By
the large employment of labor-saving ma
chinery, and the result of the combination is
that American goods have smarter and
more perfect appearance than have those
made here. That American electro-plate,
however, should find market in England is
certainly somewhat singular; but such is the
fact. We hear OF one or two large export
houses that are buying American plate al
most exclusively, and who have well nigh
discarded the goods of Sheffield houses.
That the trade is developing is evident from
the fact that American travellers in this line
visit England three or four times year, and
that their pattern books are freely dis
tributed."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

THE Bangor Commercial says "Tens of
thousands of young men and women Of
Maine' shave been driven out of our State
during the last sixteen years by excessive tax
ation." The census reports will hardly sus-
tain this assertion. But if it be true, where
did the tens OF thousands go? What is the
name of the favored State that is governed
so much more economically than ours? In
what direction was the new Retreat Of the
Ten Thousand made? The Commercial
should be more explicit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

WHILE the liabilities of life insurance
companies have increased seven per cent.
,ince 1878. their assets have increased ten
per cent. The popular impression that many
claims are contested is erroneous, for nine
and a half per cent. of all claims have been
paid without contest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

In South Carolina the tissue-paper ballots
are known as onion-skin tickets. The
offense of using them certainly rank enough
to smell to heaven.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. IL.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi.
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
New EsOuse For Sale.

One-half OF double House No. TO Congress Street
now completed and ready tor occupancy. Said house
is first class in every respect. Dining room sitting
room, bath room and kitchen finished in hard wood. j.
Plumbed for hot and cold water. White marble
mantes. CRATES. &C., &c Cemented cellar and
everything first class, and will be sold at very low
price. Enquire Of A.. M. SMITH,
au19eodtf End of Portland Peir.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.

|INHIRTY TONS of best Lehgh Coal, furnace size
are wanted at the Normal School at Gorbam.
cellar OF the school building will be received bv
Il Puep, ESQ.,. for the Trustees of the school until
Wednesday next, Dec. II. 'A'o'' "n'''
Portland. Dec. Z, 1873. decqdat
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

A PLEASANT front room. with hot and cold
"A water, two large closets. at No. TO Congress
street, will be let to man and his wife. oc23dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
REAL ESTATE.

For Sale =.
The new and thoroughly built
house 9 Ellsworth 81. Very pleas
antly situated; in the healthiest
part of the city. The best bargain
in the mark ct this season.
Apply on the premises.
j. Ek. AVERILL.
july3, dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

MON " to loan on first class Real Estate
.MON T. 4 Security, in Portland, OF Vi
cinity. Rents collected, taxes paid, &f /. on Com
mission. Apply to +. &. PATTERSON, Dealer tn
Real Estate. 379i Congress Street. no5eottf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

TO-DAY will be field day in the Senate.
The Blaine resolution comes up for consid-
Grafton
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
To Let.
Room fU Let.

q GOOD rents, FROM S. to s Is per month. All IL
- good repair. Apply to
oc26dtf W. w. CARR, 1877 Newbury st.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
Tenement To Let

A GOOD tenement to let on Green street. Gas
"A and Sebago. Inquire OF j. G. WOODMAN,
at 1t9 l-2 Exchange street. noy27dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
FOR SALE.

ft.A One or both of the elegant Brick Dwelling
@t;,:I Houses on the corner Of Pine and Carlton
-lxGssll Streets in this city.
The Houses are now being finished and are open
inspection.
For particulars apply to
II. q. FASsETT, Architect,
Centennial Block Exchange Street.
Portland. Aug. 5, 1875. au5dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11
A Dream Come True.

If the Union was worth fighting for ia is
worth paying for.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-11

A BRICK house. centrally located, containing z
a rooms, With furnace, gas and Sebago. For par
tculars inquire of
no27dtf D. S. WARREN, 1862 Commercial st.
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TO LET.

n PLEASANT Parlor and two chambers with or
"a without board in a private family near Civ
Hall. Address, P. o. BOX 1888. no3od2ws
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-08

THERE are are some anomalies
In European politics which are
past finding out. When Prussia
and Austria combined to rob Den
mark of Schleswig- Holstein the
r,st of Europe did not deem 1t &C.
essary to interpose a veto. There
was some muttering on the part of
England, but that was all. When
Germany annexed the Rhine prov
inces, after the Franco-Prussian
war, nobody saw fit TO object. How
different now, when Russia seeks
to extend her dominions at the ex-
pense Of Turkey, only quasi Euro
pean State? II was the dream of
Peter the Great that his descend
ants some day should possess Con-
stantinople. There Is to-day hard
~ an impeachment to the accom-
plishment of this dream except the
jealousies Of the great powers. The
Muscovite legions are now en-
caniped under the very walls Of
Constantinople. aud yet the Gear
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-08

IT is a father eccentric thing &c
read the daily announcements OF
the embarkation of native East
Indian troops from Bombay for a
possible European battle field. Ii
is now just about twenty years
since the terrible insurrectlon in
India broke out which tested to
the extreme the cohesive power OF
the British Empire. England must
have very materially improved her
military system in India, she
must have soiidified her pow
er very sensibly and have perfected
her entente cordiale with the ma
tive Princes, to render such an ex-
pertinent a safe one. The breed of
Hyder Ali and his ferocious son
Tippoo Saib must have become ut.
terly extinct in India to justify
such an experiment. The actual
loss of the British military force in
India, may, it is true, be compen-
stated for by the lively sympathy
of the Mohammedan population OF
that country, which probably en-
braces q larger number of fighting
Mohammedans than the Sultan
TODAY has at command, of his
own proper subjects. Still we
should regard the experiment as
hazardous in the extreme. Unless
England takes immediate steps to
increase her effective military
force to thrice the standard at pres
ent existing, it would seem to us
that she must moderate her ambi.
ton. A really lively war, on a
colossal scale, might result in the
discovery of the fact that the Brit
Ish power is really q thin crust
spread over very large crater,
with Ireland and India in danger,
at any moment, of breaking out in
flame and sulphur belching erup-
tions.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-08
Latest Eastern News.
Washington News.

WASHINGTON, May 7th.-A bill
to alter and amend the laws rela-
tive to the filing of reports of the
Pacific railroad companies and for
other purposes was introduced to-
day in the Senate by Thurman. 1t
repeats section 20 of the Pacific
railroad act of June %, 1868, and
establishes the office of Auditor of
Pacific Railroads as one of the Bu-
reaus of the interior Department,
with book-keeper, assistant
book-keeper, clerk and copyist.
The bill provides that the Auditor
shall prescribe system of accounts
and that any Pacific railroad com.
pany having received aid from
government that neglects or refuses
to furnish the accounts required
by the Auditor shall forfeit for
each offense $1,000 and a continu.
ance Of six months or more of such
neglect or refusal shall work the
forfeiture of all the rights and priv
ileges granted to the company by
the United States.
The House decided by 100 yeas to
1913 nays to go into Committee of
the Whole on the tariff bill. The
result was obtained by four Demo-
Gratis changing from no to aye.
The Senate Committee on For
eign relations to-day decided to re.
port and recommend for adoption
a concurrent resolution taking the
ground that treaty provisions
which allow unrestrained Chinese
immigration to the United States
might wisely be modified, and in
viting the attention of the Presi-
dent to the subject. This concur
rent resolution will be reported as
q substitute for Senator Sargents
joint resolution.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-08
European Gable News.


LONDON, May Tt seems to be
the general impression that Prince
Gortschakoff will not be able to re-
sumo the Chancellorship. His
present endeavors are stated to be
directed to securing such an under
standing between England and
Russia as will permit the reassem-
bling of the Congress. The state.
ment of Lord Northcote in the
House of Commons last evening is
regarded as reassuring. 1t is also
thought that the visit of Count
Schouvaloff, Russian ambassador
at London, to st. Petersburg can
not be otherwise than helpful to
the cause of peace, as he can ex-
plain the views of the English gov
eminent and people more effect
lively than could be done in cores
pondence. The change in the pub.
lie opinion of Russia in a peaceful
direction is said to be very marked
and to be the result Of the recogni-
ton of the serious consequences
that would inevitably result from
new war. The Czar's predelic-
tions are entirely in favor of peace.
Repeating Rifles for Malta.
LONDON, May 7th.-Twelve hun
dred Martina and Henry rifles have
been ordered shipped to Malta i'm
mediately, probably for the Indian
contingent. 1t is stated that q
national convention will be called
at London.
The Usual War Talk.
LONDON May IA Russian cor
respondent writes from Cracow at
the Russian government is said to
owe one company for victualing
the army 100000 roubles. The
company must suspend unless paid
Immediately. A dispatch from
Vienna says the insurgents seem
to have entirely disappeared from
Martha valley but 1t is unknown
whether they have been driven
back or are merely concentrating
to resist the large Russian reinforce.
ment.
Bismarck's substitutes,
BERLIN, May 7th.-Count Won
Bulow, Secretary of State for the
Foreign Office, is gazetted as an
official substitute for Prince Bis
marck in the Department of For.
eign Affairs. Admiral Won Stosch
officiates in matters connected
with the navy and DR.. Stephan in
the administration of posts and
telegraph.
Important Posts FIiied by English.
men.
LONDON, May 7th.-The most i'm.
portant army corps in front of Con.
stantinople is commanded by an
Englishman, Baker Pasha. Cap
tain Manthorp, an Englishman,
second in command of the Turkish
fleet, has just received decoration
from the Sultan.
The attempts to create a scare
about Russian rrivateers were made
to affect the underwriters, who
continue willing to take any guam.
tity of risks on British bulls at 7
to 10 shillings.
Misery ana DestisutiOn.
LONDON, May 7th.-Great mis-.
cry and restitution prevail among
the peasants of the Russian gov.
ernments of Kasson, Viatka,
Mimic, Novjarodderm and Linn
brisk. The local administrations
cannot afford relief as the people
are too poor to pay taxes.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-08

THERE is pretty kettle Of fish
in the Workingmen's organization
in San Francisco. Mr.. Francis
Rooney, the Brutus Of the party,
is out in a pronunciamiento depos-
ing Mr.. Denis Kearney, its Caesar.
When the eloquent voice of Kear-
ney is swelled to its full diapason
in the free modern version Of Ell
tn Brute-and you, you brute the
welkin will ring with cacophony
Of discords only rivaled by the
famed caterwaulings of the Kill
kenny cats.