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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
The Buckner Bill.

The bill reported from the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency requiring
the National Banks to keep the same reserve
against note circulation that they now
do against deposits, and that one-half the
reserve so enlarged shall consist of coin,
will probably meet with little if any opposi-
ton on the part of the Banks. They have
now on hand in their vaults about S42, ,0OO,-
900 in coin, and the proposed law would re-
quire but a small increase. The effect of the
contemplated statute would be slight.
But the proposed law could be made a
beneficial measure bya few judicious amend
ments. 1t is assumed that the Banks will
draw upon the stock of coin in the Treasury
for the ceeded increase in their reserves.
That is, they will present greenbacks and
receive coin in exchange for them. If it is
good thing to hold half the reserve in coin
why is it not better to hold the whole? Why
not so amend the bill? Then why not de-
stroy the redeemed greenbacks as soon as
they come into the Treasury? They will
then be paid notes. Why put them out
more than meet it's expenses. What need is
there of running in debt, and reissuing notes
that have been paid?
Nor can it be urged against this plan that
it is contraction of the volume of currency
in use. For the greenbacks that make the
Bank reserves do not enter into circulation.
They are locked up in the Bank vaults. The
coin that will take their place is locked up
in the Treasury vault. 1t does not enter in
to the circulation. Its transfer from the
Treasury to the Banks will not in any way
affect the volume of currency in use. There
will for all practical purposes be no con-
traction. The only thing that will happen
will be this: the Government will pay off
rising SOC, 1000, 900 of its indebtedness, and re-
duce the national debt by that amount, and
no disturbance will result to business nor
practical contraction of the circulating me-
dunn follow.
With these amendments the Buckner bill
will become beneficial measure.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
Centaur
L.INI M Z rs

THE GREAT PAIN RELIEVING and
curative remedies have already worked their
way into every hamlet where the English Ian
guage is spoken. That the reputation OF and
demand for such remedies as these are,
should extend and increase, could not be other
wise. THERE rs NO PAIN, soreness OF
swelling which they will not alleviate. There
are but exceptional cases of constitutional
humors and distorted joints, which they do not
cure, and none they will not benefit. They
are SOOTHING, absorbing and emolllent
They EXTRACT THE PAIN from and heal
burns and scalds without scars. For RHEU-
MATIC AFFECTIONS, pains in the back,
stiff joints, wounds strains and eruptions, they
act with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY. These
preparations are of two kinds, the FAMILY
and the ANIMAL Liniments. Being univer-
sally adapted to the external ailments of man
and beast, the name of the HALF-HORSE
and HALF-MAN Centaurs was naturally at
tached to them. They perform cures never be-
fore effected by any remedy. Undoubtedly
more of them are sold than of all other lini-
ments, ointments, oils, embrocations plasters
and so-called pain-killers combined.
Liz w Ill l. ScutduI ouAOo ieiOo-
natisln, Soiatioa, Lumbago and Tic doul-
ourux.
1T RELIEVES Neuralgia and all kinds of
pain.
IT HEALS wounds, sores, gals and pois-
onous bites.
IT CURES Itch, Pimples and Salt Rheum.
IT SUBDUES Inflammation and pain
IT CURES broken breasts and sore nipples
BOILS, FELONS, ETC, are rendered near
ly painless,
CONTRACTED CORDS and stiff joints are
limbered.
MRS L. KIRBY, 800 Eighth Avenue, N. Y; Had
Total cost; one dollar.
R. f. SToBo, 165 w. 21st, n. Y; Infammatory
Rheumatism; ankle supppurated; foot turned black;
by two dollars worth of Centaur Liniment. Had
spent several hundred dollars with physicians, and
for other remedies.
six years. Maturated sore leg. Cured Cost; 5Oc.
Mrs CATHERINE LYNCH, South Boston, inhnm-
nsatcry rheumatism; hands, feet and nts
drawn out of shape Cured. Cost: one dollar.
r. HANCE, 67 years old. West Windsor, Eaton
Co. Mich; Rhcumafism 10 years Cured.
Cost: one dollar.
P. I. BARNuM the celebrated Snowman, says:
"y teamsters and veterinaries speak Ill the hghest
terms of the Centaur Liniments"
'sThe yellow Centaur Lnment is the best
remedy ever in our stables. We have used it upon
hundreds of horses" Signed:
II. MARSH Supt. Adams Express Co. stables, Ny.
E. PULrZ, Supt. U. S. Express Co. stables, n T.
N. S. OLIN, Supt National Exp Co. stables, N. y
P. McGRATH Esq, the great Kentucky horse and
mule breeder, says: "Nothing to be compared with
it (the Yellow LinimenD, has been used on my
stock.
Ten thousand similar testimonials could be added.
There no doubt uncertainty as to what
the Centaur Liniments will do. They perform more
than is advertised for them every time. They are
reliable, they are cheap, and they are everywhere
obtainable.
Thc Ceataur Co., 40 Dey ST., N. ".
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Journal
says: "Joseph L. Smith is to be made
Governor, and not Garcelon. The latter
wishes the people to know that he is too
virtuous to count himself in, and so he will
give way to Smith and Smith will appoint
Garcelon Superintendent of the Insane
Asylum Better put him inside.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING., DECEMBER 8

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but as a guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
CAS- 0RIA

The great success of Pitchers Castoria is be-
cause of it's power to assimiiate the food in the
stomachs of children. Thus, scur cure, vomiting,
wind-colic and diarrhea are prevented. Castoria
contains neither mineral, morphine, nor alcohol
Unlike Castor Oil it is as pleasant to take as
honey, and unlike narcotic Syrups, it is harmless
It alays feverishness, and is death to worms. When
the child has health, the mother can rest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

THE New York Sunday Tribune, which
has made its appearance, is an addition to
journalism. 1t does not differ in makeup
from the daily issues. IN telegraphic and
local news, in correspondence and in edito-
rial matter, it is not to be distinguished
from the daily. But it contains more purely
Sunday reading. It deserves success and
will doubtless achieve it. Let us hope no
stolen Treasury report will ever appear in its
columns.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

II will surprise that able lawyer, the Hon.
A. P. Gould, to hear himself described as
"the ablest constitutional lawyer in the
State" He will be tickled, too, to learn
from the Argus that ''his presence excited
some trepidation among Blaine's men,"
As we hear it they shook like church spire
in November gale.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley T. Pullen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hote managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

A PERUsAL of County Attorney Roundss
letter is good for the eyes of honest men. 1t
is well to understand clearly what sort of an
investigation this Council that ''doesnt
fear twenty hells all drawn up in battle ar
ray" does fear. The letter, which we re-
publish, will show.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
THE Springfield Republican. Judging

The Springfield Republican, judging by
the following extract from its columns, has
a clear idea of the situation in this State:
Since Marcellus Emery of Bangor died
the country has felt comparatively safe till
the Lewiston doctor undertook to play the
tyrant; but it makes the patriot shudder
now to remember that as Maine goes so goes
the Union. Is the country going to revolu-
ton and anarchy, and led, too, by that
hitherto most dull and proper OF States,
Maine? Scarcely anything more Mexican
has ever happened in this country than
Garcelon's performance. The old State,
with it's silver mines and revolutionary
methods, has relegated itself to the status
of border community, and it must not
complain if the citizens of more conserva-
tive Commonwealths, when they see Maine
man, are narrowed with the suspicion that
he may have razor in his boot.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

THOSE valiant Councillors took fright at
put themselves beyond the range of fire. 1t
was the better part of valor, for the cart
ridges are loaded with ball.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

The reason generally advanced for the
theft is that the Council have ''got mad"
But Councillor Fogg's paper the Greenback
Chronicle, probably gives the true
reason when it says: ''The time has come
in the history of our country when politics
are reduced to an absolute science. The
sharpest men enter this field, and those who
cheat most succeed best" If this be the
case the success of the conspiracy is
assured
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

AS it happens, DR.. Butler of Vassalboro
was not permitted to see the returns from
his town. Apparently they would not bear
examination.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

How about the application of technicaii-
ties to the privileged fusion officials of towns
in Washington County,.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

THE latest rumor of the President-makers
is to the effect that Mr.. Tilden will with
draw his claims in favor of Speaker Randall.
Does the bar'l go with the good will?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

REPUBLICANS will notice the fact that
not one Democrat in Portland has protested
against the plot to disfranchise this city and
deprive it of representation at the coming
session of the Legislature. In view of the
fact that the valuation is to be made for the
coming ten years, this shows how much
the Democracy care for the interests OF the
city. The Argus has been an ardent advo-
cate of the rascality from the start and has
evidently whipped in its followers as it did
in the Greenb back alliance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

THE Argus has at last discovered that it
was not 'old Mordecai' who was hanged,
but the other fellow, an evil Councillor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

CONGRESSMAN LADD is reported as say
ing that the Governor and Council cannot
disregard the act of 1877. But they have
done it, in effect, already.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09
Our New York Letter.

A New Job in Street Railways-a Larger
Percentage Of Righteous Men than in
the Ancient Sodom-Local Self Govern
ment-What a Reform Mayor Did-The
Cooper Administration-Its Absurdities
and inconsistencies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

l take this occasion to return my thanks to all my
friends and the public generally for past iavors and
have fitted up factory on Union st. with
Sieam Power and Steam Elevator and greatly i'm
proved facilities for handling work to advantage to
oc23 eod3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-09

WEI DE MEYERS
q "a L a r. T. In
Gu r {

The most important discovery in medicine
since vaccination, is that of a real cure for Ca
tarrEa by DR.. f. W. Vie De MEYER of N. Y. A
pamphlet containing facts and proofs Of the work be-
ing performed by the wonderful remedy, can be OBJ
tanned gratis of Messrs. D. b. DEWEY Co., agents,
4G Dey St. New York The testimonials therein
contained are the most remarkable on medical
record. The Cure is delivered at $1.5O for single
package, or packages for $3.50. Send for DIR. W's
pamphlet mhlSdlawT&weowl3
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20
Barbara Freitche's work is DER,
And Jackson rides on his raids no more;
Honor TO her, and let tear
Fall for her sake ON Stonewall's bier


For some time past the shoes worn bv
a Young medical Student Of this city have
been source of constant curiosity, and
no little comment among his friends. 1t
was certainly something unusual that
created this attention, for they were neither
particularly large nor peculiarly small,
nor vet were they in either so good or bad
repair as to excite,nore than a passing
glance
They were simply pair Of ordinary
low shoes, but it was their texture and the
strange material Of which they were con-
structed that made them at once curious
and remarked. The leather is light brown
in color and streaked with parallel vein
ing Of darker shade, the whole as soft
as silk. Among his friends the doctor in
embryo makes no secret Of the mystery
of his foot gear. "They were made from
the skin OF belle of Cincinnati he saws,
giving the name of one Of the leading
families of that CITY, aud while the hair OF
his listener begins to assume perpendic-
ular position, he goes on to tell how dur
ing his term at college he was one night
sought out by resurrectionist famous
among the medical men, who offered 10
sell him subject just "snatched' from a
city cemetery. How the corpse that of a
beautiful young girl whose white flesh and
the costly ring on her smooth, soft hand
showed her TO be Of no poor iamily) was
bought by several Of the students, and
how when the body, slashed by the knife
Of the dissector, lay upon the table, he
crept in and cut the skin from the round
limbs. The ghastly bundle securely wrap
ped and tied was packed in an old grip.
sack and sent, with an explanatory letter,
| to a well known shoemaker of this city.
The skin was then tanned and polished,
and finally placed in the hands of a
skiilful workmen and under his'manipu-
lations transformed into pair of low
summer shoes. The remainder Of the
tanned skin now lies in the shop, and it is
said NAV readily be produced to verify the
story. The body of the poor dead girl
hacked and mutilated, found a namcless
grave, while the mound reared in her
memory in the cemetery of the city is
draped with flowers and vines planted by
loving hands above the empty coffin.
| The shoes fashioned from her flesh
tread our streets every day. Their story
in all its hideous gro.esqueness, is vouch
ed for as strictly and absolutely true, ano
certainly furnishes no mean Leaf in the
history Of the dissecting rooms.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20

While this question was being dis
cussed, the fshermens attention was
diverted by more important circum-
stance.
Into the space of water lighted by the,
bonfire was suddenly driven Brainards 5
craft.
1t was being hurled along by the gale
with fearful speed, and in an instant it
was thrown upon the shore with force
that crushed in its bow like paper.
The fishermen rushed forward, and
NelPs heart sank as she saw them extri-
catSthe inanimate form Of her father
from the wreck.
Nell followed them as they bore him to
the cottage, where it was soon ascertained
that life was not extinct.
Careful attention soon revived him,
and he proved to be not much injured.
81 did think it was all over with me
once" he said, "when / couldn't sight
the lighthouse, for l knew there wasn't
any such thing as getting into the bay in
storm without it. The wind was blow
ing me on the thore, when all of a sudden
the light was shining again. Then knew
from the bearings that in minute more
I'd ha' been on the rocks"
When morning came, the two men
and the doctor returned from the light
house.
They reported that not being very
well acquainted with the crooked path,
considerable time had been spent in
reaching the lighthouse on the night pre-
vious
When they did so, the light had again
been extinguished and the keeper was
missing.
He had revived, released himself from
the rope, and put out the signal-lamp
again.
On scrap of paper were written these
words:
"Nell got the best of me- and should,
if live, be hung for the murder of James
Brainard. But l shall put out the light
again and then cheat the gallows by jump
ing into the water. JOHN HALLAN."
His body foated ashore the next day,
and nobody regretted his terrible fate,
although Nell was glad that his death
did not result from the blow inflicted by
her.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20
The Drink Difficulty
lNine,eenth Century.l

Drink has always been difficulty. In
all ages individuals have made great mis-
takes as to the quantity of Intoxicating
liquor which it was beneficial for them to
consume. lntoXication is species of
poisoning, in as much as alcohol is a brain
poison; and at first sight it seems strange
that anv one should wish, even temporari-
ly, to damage that thinking power which
is the sole distinction between the human
animal and the beasts which perish. But
there are some obvious explanations of
this apparent anomaly. First of all, alco.
holic drinks are to many very delicious
beverages.
A Quaker was once sitting in public
house, when man came in, blowing his
fingers, and said, "Give me glass of
brandy-I am so cold;" one speedily fol,
lowed who had been running hard and
he called out, Bring me glass of bran
dy-"I am so hot" Then said the Qua.
ker quietly from his corner, Bring me a
glass of brandy because | like it, He
spoke the truth. Would not the great
bulk of those who talk about health fash
ion, ETC., say the same thing if they spoke
from their hearts1 Then there is so much
misery in the world that it is easy enough
to understand Bvron's lines:
"Mar is a reasonable heing,
Therefore he gets drunk"
But the poets have much Of responsibility
in this matter. "Bow" rhvmes with
"soul" Many Of our most beautiful songs
are drinking songs, and somehow or 9TH
er it has come to pass that although drunk
enness is now pretty generally condemned
''from the teeth outward" as CARLYLE has it,
yet drinking is still looked upon as de-
| lightluI and honorable exercise for ration
al beings.
| But no excess. O no. No one favors
excess, but though no one favors excess,
it is admitted ON all hands that, as a ma
ton, we do exceed, and that $I4oooo,ooo
per annum is far too much to be spent on
brain poison by the people of the United
Kingdom. If drink were merely harm
less luxury, the above would be a startling
National expenditure: but when we re-
feet that the consumption of this drink is,
by the almost unanimous testimony OF
our Judges, police, prison, and poorlaw au-
thorities, and all those in position to
know the habits OF the people, pronounced
to be the main cause Of crime and pauper-
ism, it becomes truly alarming.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20

A Western trave.er having visited the
Down-Easters writes: ''Right across the
Bay Of Fundy, between st. John and
Digby, is the great worlds mandatory of
seasickness. That is where the first germ
was sprouted. There is the original pat
tern-slop and foundry. All other local
tiles are supplied from there. You can
get some inferior articles at other points.
| have some very good specimens OF imi-
tation seasickness that no one save anex-
pert could distinguish from the Aorigi-
nal article manufactured off the Ameri-
can coast, but for the clear-cut
article, genuine goods, fast colors,
all wool and yard wide, you must go to
the Bay of Fundy and inquire at st.
John for the Digby boat. 1t will take
you right to the manufactory. Walk up
two flights of stairs and knock at the
right-hand door. Knock hard. Dear
est Sister, Thou Hast Left U.s. Away,
| can not sing the old songs. On this
Digby route you can get any kind Of sea-
sickness you are fond of. Seasickness on
toast, boned seasickness, seasickness on
the half-shell, Lady Washington seasick
ness, seasickness with bitter herbs and
brandy sa,lce and Lorne seasickness a la
mode. II you want a new kind no,
down on the bill Of faro they will send
out and get it for you. / didn't care fol
any more"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20
LOUISIANA So. J1hS'S WILL.
How the Wealthy Spinster has IBIS
tribuisd III r Property.
lNa,U Vnrk fCimor

Louisiana st. John, a spinster pos
sessed of large wealth, estimated at from
100000 to $1,000,0O0, died in this City
on July %, 1879, and her will has been
filed in the Surrogate's Court, with pc
tition for its admission to probate. Mis-
St. John was born in Canajoharie, N. Y,
upwards of seventy years a.o, and her
name was given to her by her parents, in
honor of the admission of the State of
Louisiana the Union, the territory
having been ceded by the French to the
United States u short time before her
birth. In early life she taught in coun-
try school near Canajoharie, and some
forty years ago she came to New York,
and Tor many years kept hotel, in
which business she amassed some money.
which she invested in real est ite. About
twenty-five years ago she became aware
of the death in the West of an uncie,
who had considerable unimproved real
estate opposite the city Of St. Louis, No,
in what is now the City of East St. Louis.
Her uncle left the property for his heir,
at law, of whom she was one, but the
Others did not deem it of sufficient value
to interest themselves about it. Miss st.
john went West and looked over the
property and decided that it would, ere
many years, become valuable, and that
east st. Louis was destined to become an
important railway centre. She entered
into negotiations with the remaining
heirs, bought out their shares in the
property, and began to Improve" it BY
puttingup two or three shanties on it; for
squatter title was pretty good title in
the West at that time, and she wished to
amply fortify her own title to it, Az the
present day that properly is estimated to
be worth not less than from $400, 1000 to
$500,000 She also owned at her death
about twenty pieces of rell estate in this
City, including four corner lots with
houses on Flfth-avenue, four corner lots
and houses on Madison avenue, and other
property on Broadway, Broome, Eliza
beth, and other streets. Her last will was
drawn by herattorney, Thomas J. Mckee,
while she was on her death-bed and about
a week before her death.
BY this will she baqueaths the bulk of
her estate to her heirs at law, without
naming them individually. They are ali
nephews and nieces, and they live in
Canajoharie. They are persons in mode
rate circumstances, and are engaged in
farming pursuits. Their names are Lewis
NJ. st. John, Emily ST. John, Marietta
Walrath, (nee st. John,) Abby A. St.
John, Sarah St. John, Olive st. John,
and Harriet St. John. Marietta is the
only one of the female line who has been
married. Harriet is the young at, and is
a woman Of about forty years. All of
them are children of Sylvester st. John
a dead brother of the testat tx.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20
LOVE TURNS TINES GLASS

Turn the hour-glass, dearest,
Time forgets to weep;
II is Love thou nearest,
Singing Time to sleep
Dear heart no shadows fall
For love is over all;
Times asleep, my dearest
Love is over all.
II dark days thou fearest,
Learn the old, old rhvme'
Love, true love, my dearest
Turns the glass of time
An mel those runring sandsl
Times glass is in thy hands,
Love, true love- my dearest
Hath but golden sands.
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