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The Portland daily press., 1879-05-14
Household Furnit,Ire nv Auction-

IN TUESDAY, May goth, at 10 A. NJ, we shall
" sell at House No. 1O4 Bracket Street, Parlor
Furniture, Chamber Sets Marble Top Tables, Mat
tresses, Feather Beds, Toilet Ware Curtains Mir
rors, 2 and 3-ply Carpets, Dining Table, Chairs,
Sofa, Lounge, Crockery, Glass and Sver-plated
ware, Magee Range together with the entire
Kitchen Furniture.
F.O. BAILEY a. CO., Auctioneers.
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For Sale.

A SMALL Farm of 40 acres in Gorham Village,
"A in excellent condition. Also new mich cows
full blooded Jerseys Enquire of
my14d1w CHARLES ROBBIE, Gorham Village.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-14
The East Maine Appointments

The following are the remainder of the APP
pointments at the East Maine Methodist Con-
ference at Dover, delayed by an accident to
the wires
RoCKLASD DISTRICT.
Westinghouse. B. Chadwick
q. A. Crawford Chaplain in the United States
navy, and member of the Camden quarterly confer
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Maine Eclectic medical society.

IHHhEHO HIChCVtHC NHteIHCsxH 9UCHCtys
VNHE 14th Annual Meeting of the Maine Eclectic
Il Medical Society will be holden at the Preble
House, Portland, on the 4th Wednesday of May, the
2Sth inst, at 10 O'Clock a. m. full attendance is
requested. Per order j. L. WRIGHT
my14d2w* Secy
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DURSUANT to an order from Hon. Edward Fox
Il Judge of the United States Court for the Dis
trict of Maine, shall sell at Public Auction ON
saturday, the 17fh day of May, next, at ne
O'Clock W .,on the premises, the pleasant and de-
sraDle house and lot No. % Gray street. For par
mercial Wharf.
!. II. EAT EATON, lAsslgnees of the Estate
>. q. COOLIDGE of Jordan 4 Blake
F. o. BAILEY g. CO., Auctioneers. myl2dlw
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$500 REWARD.

CHEW JAcKsoN's BEST Sweet Navy Tobacco
de2SS&Ww1y
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Miss Julia Gaylord of the Carl Rosa Eng
lish Opera Company has arrived in Boston.
A Philadelphia paper says Of the audience
that attended the Church Choir "Pinafore"
performance in that city: "The audiences
were large, and mostly good people, accustom-
ed to church. They came with wrong tick
cts, got into wrong seats, and wanted all they
could get for their money, and were impera-
tive in encores. The tremendous damn of
their friends was delightful to them. 1t was
deliciously wicked to hear the naughty word,
and they yelled with glee over it."
Miss Emma Thursby will return England
for the Hereford Festival in Sept nber, and
for the fulfilment of engagements / the Prov
inces during October and November. She
will afterward go back to Paris to sing at the
Conservatoire, and also at the concerts of
Pasdeloup and Colonne. Then follows tout
in the French Provinces and in Holland, tC
which succeed engagements in Berlin, Vienna
Prague, Pesth, st. Petersburg and Moscow
The next seasons she will spend in England
and will return to America in the autumn Of
1880.
Nine Favart, which is just now the mos
popular opera-bouffe in Paris, is one of the
latest, if not the latest, of Offenbachs works
1t was produced at the Park Theatre n. Y
last evening, with Mile. Aimee in the title
role, supported by the best members of hel
company, among whom are Mile. Raphael
NM. Jouard, Juteau, Mezieres, Duplan anC
Dupuis. Handsome costumes, fine stage
setting, large orchestra and chorus were pro
yided
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-14
Assignee,s Sale of Real Cs,.,e

10y authority from the Insolvent Court for Cum
II berland County, | shall sell by public auction
on the premises, Thursday the 22d day of NAV nm
less sooner disposed of by private sale the following
real estate situated in Portland in said County be.
longing 10 the estate of Alexander d. Whidden
Insolyent Debtor and assigned to me in accordance
Law of Maine, viz:
= The two story wooden house and lot No. 287
spring Street, located in one of the finest sections
of the City, said house containing ~ finished
rooms, supplied with Sebago Gas and all modern
improvements. VIII be sold at three O'Clock Z. NJ.
The sale will be all right title and interest which
the said Whdden had in and TO said property at the
time said assignment was made, and all the right,
title and interest therein, which have by virtue
thereof subject to all membranes. Terms cash
upon delivery of Deed. Deposit of 800 required
at time of sale. Property may be seen at any hour
up to the time of sale.
r. A. JOSSELYN,
Assignee of a. ID. Whidden
Portland, May IL, 1875
r. o. BAILEY a. CO., Auctioneer-.
my13 dtd
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BEFORE JUDGE BONNEY.
YUEsDAY.-State VS.. Ellen Dennis, appellant.
Complaint for search and seizure Verdict not guilty.
Talbot for state.
NAH. B. Cleaves for defendant.
The grand jury came in at ten O'Clock and report
ed thirtY-seven bills of Indictment The following
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-14
Farmers Attention.
PINEAPPLES {!

RECEIVED THIS MORNING by steamer from
New York, a choice lot of
PINEAPPLES,
fnrc ,1eI,,
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ro..lnr uron a nsa OF Aronr.

Tortured in every JOINT with infamma'ory
rheumatism, is prospect which msy become
a melancholy fact n the twinges OF the dread
disorder are not checked At tho outset. Per-
sons Z n rheumatic tendency ind Hostetter's
stomach Bitters a useful RENE ~. nor do they
encounter the nsk I'M M ng It they do from
which Is often employed TO arrest the ma adv.
The use oft Bltters is eq iallS a. effective
in it's results, aud Ia attended with no risk
There 10 ampe testimony TO prove that the
med cine possesses blood depura,ing qua iii a
Of no common order. besides those OF tonic
and general Alternative. IL stimulates the ac-
ton OF the kidneys aud promotes tho removal
from the system OF impurities ch develop
disease, and are fraught with serious danger
Fever and ague, dyspers a debility, nervous
ness, consti patton, &c, arc Temcdied by Il.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29
London

London is vast world i'm itself You
are impressed when you find yourself i'm il.
with Its immensely; rs one is impressed by
the vast reach of the ocean when he steams
over ii, day after day without glimpse of
land, or the sight, perhaps, OF single sail
You feel like "A mere atom IN this vast bill
lowy tide of human life. Cut up into
smaller communities London would make
dozen cities equal in population to New
York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timOre, Washington, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St Louis, New Orleans and San
Francisco. Ii contains more people than
our six pOpulous New England States more
than the whole kingdom Of Denmark, more
thah twice as many as Norway, nearly as
many AS all Scotland. II is said to contain
more Jews than Palestine, more Catholics
than Rome more lrishmen than Dublin,
more Scotchmen than Edinburg. There
are omnibuses running across the city, by
as straight route as its cow-path streets
allow, which start before five o'clock i'm
the morning and barely make two round
trips before midnight And year by year
the great city pushes out its borders, en-
comprising village after village of the out
lying suburbs in its spider web of pave
ments, and water mains, and omnibuses
uuSN lldult. Ht Villas HTOunu It's
fringes, rs Hare says, scemto bc constantly
making an effort to get into the county and
never succeeding. Many neighborhoods in
the solidly built city, still bea- the names
by which they were known when they
were only little hamlets in the fields, miles
from the city gates-such rs Chelsea, Ken
sington, Camberwell Bayswatcr st Johns
Wood, etc Ii is partly because of the alb
RDTntiOn Of villnsrgo 10
metropolis that il is afflicted with such con
fusion in its street nomenclature. II you
wish to visit King street IL is possible for
you to explore nincty-four different streets
OF that name before you find the right one.
II tits Queen street your chance of hitting
1t tho first time is Just one i'm ninety. nine.
Does your friend live on Church street
you are confronted by one hundred streets
OF that name besides the one you want!
Even OF John streets there are one hun
dred and nineteen, and OF New streets
new long while ago, in most cascs-one
hundred and siXty-six! ItbecOmes neccs-
sity, in such cases. to give the street a sur
name, so TO speak-as men began to take
surnames when James and John, and Mary
became frequent in the same circle of ac-
quaintance. Streets are often designated,
therefore by adding the name OF some well
known thoroughfare into which they run,
or the special neighborhood to which they
belong, as Queen street, Cheapside; King
street, st. James Square; Church street
FOOTING; High street, Marleyhonc, etc
And IN any case the initials of the gen
eral division of the city are usually affixed
10 the address-"E. C." for east centre.
wv. c." west centre; IS. f.. ;" south east:
y, north, etc.
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DOMESTIC.

CHEMICALS FOR HOUSEHOLD UsR -
IL Is surprising, considering how many
women have been instructed in chem
lstry in schoOl-days, TO find how few
hOusekeepers make any use OF chem =
calls I'm various household processes.
Especially I'm this the case I'm cleansing
processes. The washing of clothes il
usually wholly accomplished 10y rub
bing the clothes on the wash-bo lrd -,
and with no other detergent than soap.
The rubbing CT the clothes wears them
out far more than use, and II house
keepers only knew or IL knowing, they
would take advantage of the fact, that
many washing compounds will almost
entirely cleanse clothes which are
soaked i'm them over night, and thHs
almost entirely do away with the la
Dor and wear of the washboard, wash
day might be robbed OF half its terrors.
Recipes for washing fluids, the princi-
pal ingredients of which are soda, ash,
ammonia, and lime, can be- found i'm
nearly every household recipe book and
they are very cheap and harmless.
All such washing compounds are use
ful ana convenient Tor cleaning wood
work, panels and carpets i'm house :;
also in washing dishes ana securing
that desideratum of housekeepers-
clean dish clothes. Ammonia is a sim
pie, cheap and harmless chemical, and
should be bought by the quart and kept
la every family. a few drops added
TO water will cleanse children's hair
and make IL soft and sweet; IL is an adj
mirablc disintectant 10 remove the
odor of perspiration; il will remove
grease spots from clothing and often
restore color to stains. Its common
ana frequent use can not be too ire
quently urged. Borax IL another
chemical that should find common use
I'm every family. For cleansing teeth
and swcetening the breath. a few
grains of the powder IN water is uneX-
cclled. 1t softens and whitens nannels.
Salicylic acid is a perfectly odorless and
harmless, yet powerful, dlsinfectant,
and for many disiu1ectIng uscs i'm the
household Is Invaluable. II is very
cheap and convenient i'm form. In
these days when TO stay various forms
of disease is so important, mothers and
housekeepers would do we'll to give
study and thought to these things, and
try to make their knowledge Of science
practical. Ut 10 very encouraging to
note how many women are turning
their attention to studies I'm general
am applied science. Let us have its
benefits exemplified i'm the household.
Thousands Speak, YsgstHs 10 Acknowledged
be tho best purifier and clsa Of the blood Yet
covered, and thousands speak in it prAssw have
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Largest sapphIre In tie VIOLA.

A correspondendent writes as follows.
have recently been favored with the sight
OF one OF the famous Jewels of the world
stone that has its history and pedigree. and
is celebrated in the annals of the noted gems
OF Europe; have held in my hand and adj
mired beneath the rays of the sunlight the
finest sapphire that is known to exist. This
beautiful and well-nigh priceless stone com
bines in singularly perfect degree the lead
ing qualifications of size, shape, color. and
water. In form il is fiat oval, being about
two inches long by an inch and half wide
1t is cut slightly ON Cabochon on top and in
TO multitude Of small facets beneath Its
hue is perfect, being a warm lustroue
Marie Louise blue, not so dark as TO show
black beneath the gaslight, but having all
the velvet sOftness and purity of tint that is
required in really fine gem of this descrip-
fion It's weight is 800 carats, and 1t be
longs TO noble wealthy Russian family in
whose family it has been for the past two
centuries, and it has been placed bv its
owner in the hands Of one Of the great dia-
moud merchants Of Paris for safe keepipp.
One OF the Rothschild family has offered
for it no less than $500, 600 but tho offer
has been refused. | asked the courteous
gentleman in whose care it has been left as
70 the actual value OF the stone He told
me that, being, as il was, perfectly unique.
no precise value could be set upon it. but
that he was inclined TO estimate il at some
100000. He also showed me n string of
enormous graduated pearls of extreme pur-
ity and fineness (the center one was as large
as a small cherry, and he told me that the
necklace belonging TO the noble Russian
was composed of six similar strings Of equal
beauty and exceptional size The great
sapphire was mounted to be worn as a
brooch, being surmounted with large dia-
m0nds OF twenty carats each It's guardian
informed me that the pendant belonging to
this brooch was composed OF a large pear
shaped sapphire weighing sixty carats, and
SGT in diamonds. The whole collection ef
jewels belonging 70 this one family is worth
over 81, 200, 900! "Thero is no such sap
phire az that largest one" continued myin.
fOrmant even among the crown Jewels Of
Russia. furnished myself two very sfne
ones 70 the Empress, each weighing sixty
csrats, but they do not compare with This
magnificent gem" The gentleman who
spoke was well qualified TO give an opinion.
as he is ono Of the few great diamond mcr-
chants u the world. and is, moreover.
noted expert. Re il is who was recently
sent Tor by the Russian Government To- 20
70 81 Petersburg 60 make q full estimate
Of tho value Of the crown jewels, and he
furnishes whatever ornaments Boo precious
stones arc purchased by The members Of the
Imperial family
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y suyth ng sat vii ease pain sud y public
behciactOr one who is able b. relieve human
hImeht7. Tie most painful Of all bodily lila
i5 surely piles and such has been ths absurI
empirical berbarOus treatment OF Ibis terrible
alsease Tor 5yyO years that scientific men beam
20 despair aud distingu modern surgeon
hus pronounced 10 tho 'opprgb1ium of Inc
profession Afflicted millions tortured gat
PAIN and deceived by tie false prttsusious II
Pie nOstrums. cried ont in the lauauaQe OF Enc
hDis. who is This that darkeueth counsel bv
words without knowledge oaust thOu draw gu
= Lewaihan with q hook Dr. silsbes h.
Deneiaebor ard hUakcsIa tho great infaIlb.e
pie remedy the most bcusfcsut discover a.
the age q simple safe prompt and permanent
cure Tor This terrible painful and heretofore
almost incurable disease. Half million suf.
lerers pronounce 10 iufaIible. mono ure 10
Wtbout benefit aud doctors d aIl medical
schools now prescribe C. It is tho discover
~ scientific chemist aud pra,fieI hvsr.af
siter 40 ears experience and prououn cd fo
be tne nearest 70 az IufaIhJle remedy known
Anotests Dr. D 5lsbe8s External pIs ~
~ dY s sold ~ an fr-t-cIaar druzgats Price
~ % per box. Samples mailed free b. ali suf
terers On appi cation ~ T. NsuslseItor b co.
Box $3.50 New YORK
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ANY pas is not a knee pan.
Consumption cured.

Ak OLD physician, retired from prac-
tice, having mad placed iu his hands by
AN East ludiu missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catnrrh, Asthma
aud all Throat and Lung Affections,
also q positive and radical cure for Ner-
vOus Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested lie wonder
ful curative powers in thousands Of
cases, has felt it his duty 10 make IL
knew to his suffering fellows. Actu-
ateJ by this motive aud desire 10 re-
licve human suffering. / VIII send free
Of charge To- all who desire lt, this re-
cipe, in German, French, or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, W. w.
SHERAR. ~ POUers' block, Rochester,
NcD York.
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HUMOROUS.

IHE OTHER NALIsE.-I'he other day
an omnibus full Of pas sengers drove uD
town from the Union depot at Burling-
ton, Iowa. Side by side sat CONNER
Cial traveller, named William Maccabv,
and Mrs. Winnie &. Dumblcton. the
eminent lady temperance lecturer.
when the omnibus reached the BarreL
House the commercial traveller seized
his valise and started out. The lady
made a grab after him and he halted.
II beg your pardon" she said, "but
you have my valise."
You are certainly mistaken, ma
dame" the traveller said, cOurteOusly
but firmly, this Is mine"
"No, sir, the lady replied, firmly,
cit IL mine. / would know il among "A
thousand. You must not take h.. -
But the traveller ia listed and the
lady insisted, and they ga ne very near
quarreling. Presently one OF the pa
sengers pointed To twin valise In the
ON nibus and asked:
Whose is thatY'
1T isn't mine," said the traveller; il
is Just like 1t, but this Is mine"
And 1t isn't mime" said The lady:
he has mine, and IN have It or I'm
have the law upon him. It's pity iii
lady can't travel alone in this country
without Oelhg robbed OF her properly
In broad daylight"
finally the traveller said he would
open the valise TO prove hi claim. The
lady objected at first, saying She did not
want her vdllsc opened in the presence
OF crowd o. strangers. But rs lhei q
was no other WY OF settling The dis.
pute she at length consented. The
traveller sprung the lock, opened the
Valisc, ana the cuI ious GROVE bent tor
ward 10 see.
On the very top of everything lay
big Nat flask, half full of whiskey, "A
deck of cards, and one or two things
that nobody knows the name Of.
Zee traveller was the first to recover
his seli-possessiOn and speech
Madam" he said, "you are right.
The valisc IS youIs. | owe you thou
sand apollo"
But the lady had tainted, and the
traveller re-lockcd his valise with "A
quiet smile. Early in the afternoon "A
sign painter down town received "A note
in feminine hand, asking him to come
to the Barrett House to mark a red leather
valise i'm black letters foot and half
long.
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IHE REroRT CoURTEoUs.-A young
glrl occupied one OF the front chairs at
the entertainment in the Opera House.
y snobblsh young man with Il face
showing considerable assurance and ac-
companying two young women, tapped
her on the shoulder and blandly in
quircd:
Would you mind taking a seat at
the door, ma'am, and give these two
ladies place at the front, so that they
may see good 2"
She looked up into his face and inno-
Gently asked:
us there plenty of room at the door ?"
Helps of it," he eagerly uttered.
sit there them was the exhaustive
reply.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

APPLE OMELETTE.-1akea about six
large apples, pare and stew them az
for sauce, beat them smooth while hot,
adding one tablespoonful Of butter,
five tablespoonfuls OF sugar, nutmeg
To taste, or lemon should you prefer;
when cold add the bcatcI yOlks. aud
lastly the whites Of three eggs; pour
into a buttcred dish, and bake in
moderately hot oven, and serve for tea
with Graham bread.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

ANrI-FUNGUs PAINT. The Thon IN
duStrie Zeitung describes a sanitary. paint
for walls, ceilings ana the like, one
which renders the penetration of fluids
or vapors impossible AMI prevents the
formation OF fungi, at the same time
being of such stability that It can be
washed down with boiling water,
without injury. This paint is, essen
TALLY, solution of stoaratc of soda in
spirit, in the proportion of about fifty
grammes of the stearate to one thous-
and of sp. gr. &C. Spirituous solution
OF soap, OF all kinds and strength, can
be applied in a similar manner but the
stearate of soda is far preferable. The
paint Is said TO present an especially
handsome appearance, and i'm the sick
wards of hospitals, or in cattle sheds
where disease is prevalent, can readily
be mixed with disinfcctIng materials.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

DESSERT Ices, Dessert ices are now
served i'm many beautiful forms, TO
represent flowers, fruit, vegetables al d
other tasteful objects. For these
moulds are provided, into which the
ices, having been made as before de-
scribed, are pressed. After being left
Embedded i'm ice for more than an hour,
the moulds are dipped in lukcwarm
water to facilitate turning out. and,
having been carefully wiped to free
them from salt, the moulds are opened
the ice placed ON a suitable dish, and
they arc then rapidly painted with
carefully prepared vegetable colors, as
the nature of the case may require.
These ornam entail ices must have con-
siderable care, but any person with or
binary skill, and able to give time and
attention TO detail, may manage them
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

TAXING CARE OF THE Corn CROP -
There is "A great deal of nonsense
written in regard To cutting and shock
ing corn, tying the fodder, etc. All
kinds OF plans are suggested and all
kinds OF material recommended to tic
With-twine, wire, hay, flax waste,
oats straw, &c.-and elaborate instruc-
tons given about making the bands.
After all, there il no material better
than goodbye straw, and the best way Is
to carry it TO the field i'm bundles and
make the bands as you want to use them.
In cutting corn there is no better wav
than the old one-tying two, three or
four hills together by the tops to sup.
port the shock. The device known az
the "grasshOpper" is very good, but
the shocks do not stand up "a well rs
10y the other method. 4 device for
pressing the shocks together before ty-
ing Is described in this numuer. and it
Is an excellent one for the boys who
have not the stature and strength nee
essary, but Il good stout man has moth
ing but his arms. 1t is conceded by
all good farmers that no work on the
farm pays better than saving the corn
fodder In good shape. 1t is the very
best kind of feed for horses and cattle,
and even for sheep, if properly prepar-
ed. Cutting up to the ground is the
speediest method of harvesting, besides
being most economical. Topping Is IL
slow process, especially If an attempt
is made to save the leaves below the
ear, and is rarely practiccd by corn
growers now.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

y WORLD or GooD.-One OF the
most popular medicines now before
inc American public, is Hop Bitlers.
You see 1t everywhere. People take it
WIN good effect. IL builds them up
III Is not as pleasant to the taste IA some
0tner Bitters as IT, is not whiskcy
drink It's more like the old-iashIor,-
ed bone set tea that has done a world
OF good. Ii you don't feel lust right
try Hop Buffers. Nunda Ne,cs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

HONE SWEET HOME, " Is much sweet
erwhere Dobbins' Electric Soap, (mado
by Cragin 81 Co., Pnllad'a., Pa.,) is
used. Labor, clothes and temper are
preserved by its use. Trial shows its
merit. Have your grocer get it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-11-29

HrEsKmIs letter Ointment will cnre Sore
Eyclids. Sore Nose Barber's Itch on the acc
or GrOoor's Itoh on the hands. 10 never fails
90 cents per box sent by mail for 90 cent?
Johnston, Holloway A. CO..
COZ Arch SO. phla Pa.