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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03

Passenger tIains leave Portland for h Oston
and intermediate stations at 2 a. m. Night Ex-
press; $40 a. m. Accommodation; Ito p. IN.
Express); and p M. Accommodation.
Sunday trains leave Portland at 200 p. M, ar
rivlng in Boston in season for all New York and
Southern connections.
The 10 Express makes connections with the
Sound Steamers. The 600 p. m. train makes con-
nections with New York all rail.
On and after Monday, June 30th, there will be a
Pullman Sleeping Car ito be run between Portland
and Boston only for the convenience of the Port
land travel which will be ready for occupancy at
o'clock D. Tickets for berths can be obtained at
the Office any time during the day.
Through tickets TO all points South and
West at lowest rates at Depot Office, Commercial
street, and at Aliens Union Passenger Office, 2S
Exchange street.
Pullman Car Tickets for Seats and
Bcrths SOLE. at Ticket OGicc.
l.. FUTILE,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
j. HORNBY, Master Transportation.
ine2S diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland

DURSUANT to Warrants from the Mayor and
Il Alderman of the City of Portland, notice is
hereby given to the duly qualified electors of said
city to meet in their respective wards ON Monday
the Eighth day of September next at ten o'clock in
the forenoon then and there to give in their votes
for Governor Senator's Representatives to represent
them in the Legislature of this State, County At
torney, County Commissioner, County Treasurer,
Judge of Probate and Register of Probate. Also
viz; Shall the Constitution of the State of Maine
be amended as proposed by resolve of the Legisla-
ture approved ON the fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and
seventy-nne to wit,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03
For Lewiston and Auburn.

Passenger Trains leave at 12.5O and sos p. m.
The train leaving at IL IL p also has passen-
ger car attached, connecting at Cumberland juno
ton with mixed train for Lewiston, Auburn,
Winthrop and WaservilIe. The H. 10 D. M
is the Night Express Train with Pullman sleeping
car attached; making close connection at Bangor
for all stations on the Bangor & Piscataqus r. r.
the L. g. N. A. Railway, and for st. John
and Halifax, THouIton, Woodstock, ST.
Andrews, ST. Stephen, Fredericton, Fort
Fairfield, and Carbon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03
DR.. R. Il. WILDE,
The Natural Magnetic Physician,

Located az the U. y. Hotel, Portland, Me-,
has had unparalleled success in ALL Chronic Dis
eases, Weaknesses and Infirmties that human flesh
is heir to, for the last five years in Portland, as
many will testify. Go and see for yourselves. Con-
sultation free. Patients from out of town can be
furnished with board at reduced rates. at the HOTEL
P. O. Address, BOX 1853 Portland, Me.
jly23 d3m*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-03
MEDICAL.
JOY to SUFFERING HUMANITY

Let the sick and afflicted rejoice and be exceeding
glad that there is 0NE that CURE all your dis
eases, greatly mos your sufferings, without
the use of POISONOJ5 DRUGS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
Deafness From Tobacco Smoking.

Chewing is much less liable to cause
these troubles than smoking, because
the tobacco smoke comes in contact
with much larger surface than the
saliva impregnated with tobacco.
Cigarette smoking is the most injurious,
because the smoke is so often blown
through the nose, and at the same time
enters the eustachian tube. The tobac-
co smoke is laden with fine particles,
which gain access to the middle ear and
irritate its lining membkane. While
this does not admit of actual demonstra-
ton, it is rendered highly probable by
the fact that disturbances of taste and
smell are unquestionably produced in
m amer, and are frequently OBJ
served in habitual smokers. The long
continuance Of such all irritation gives
rise to a chronic Inflammation of the
middle ear. The characteristic want
of sensibility in the mucous membrane
of the throat and nose of smokers who
suffer from chronic angina is due to the
benumbing influence of tobacco.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
HUMOROUS.

DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB HIS WIFE.
A jolly, fun loving saloonist tells the
following good story on himself:-A
few nights ago he went home very
early--in the morning, mind you--with
his 'keg pretty fuli,h to employ his
own phrase, and concluded not to
alarm his wife, who was no doubt at
that moment enjoying delightful re-
pose; that sweet balm which Shak-
speare tells us "knits up the raveled
lessly he entered the gate Quietly he
sat down on the graveled walk to re-
move his shoes and stockings Stealth
lily he stepped upon the porch With
cat like agility he mounted box stand
Ing near by and began crawling
through the open transom over the
door! Just as he had succeeded in
pressing his body through the aperture,
and managed to wiggle one leg after
1t, he lost his balance and fell to the
floor with a thud as heavy as If a big
bag of sand had been heaved through
the hole. Naturally enough it aroused
his wife in an instant, and sprlngIng
to her feet she caught sight of her liege
lord lying before her all curled up in a
help.
"Why husband!" she exclaimed in
alright, "what In the word is the mat
ter?"
"Nossin, m'dear, JUS ought I'd come
home t'yer."
"Well, but didn't you fall2
Yes'm; reck'n so. Didn't sit down
(hic) anyway"
care you hurt, dear?"
"Guess not; Pm all here-reckon. :"
Chow came you TO fall, dear?'
"Well, ye-see, didn't want'o 'sturb
We rattlin' e door; SO jus'sought I'd
crawl through trans'um, don't-ye-see,
an los my balance. Dazwhazzemaz-
zer."
"Why. my dear husband, you must
have been tired and sleepy, for the
door has been standing wide open all
night, Itwas so warm was compelled
to open 1t to keep frem snffocating.
And sure enough the door under the
transom through which he had vedged
himself was standing wide open |
Looking around with a silly grin, he
said:
"Za's a fact! Deuced good joke,
(hic) amt il? He! he! Z'wonder l
didn't feel zat hole, ain n't-'t?"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
SCIENTIFIC.

French tcdshhag.-A system of washing
clothes has lately been introduced in
some French towns which Is worthy of
special mention. Its economy Ia so
great as greatly to reduce the cost.
This is the process Two pounds of soap
is reduced with little water to sort
of pulp, which, having been slightly
warmed, is cooled In ten gallons of wa
ter, to which Is added one spoonful of
turpentine oil and two spoonfuls of am
monia; then the mixture is agitated.
The water Is kept at temperature
which may be borne by the hand. In
this solution the white clothes are put
and left there for two hours before wash
ing them with soap, taking care in the
meantime to cover the tub. The solu-
ton may be warmed again and used
once more, but it will be necessary to
add half spoonful of turpentine and
another spoonful of ammonia. Once
washed with soap, the clothes are put
in hot water and the blue is applied
This process, It is obvious, saves much
time, much labor and fuel, while it gives
to the clothes whiteness much superb
or to that obtained by any other process
and the destructive use of the wash
board or of pounding is not necessary
to clean the clothes from the impurities
which they contain.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Some years ago, Professor TAFT of Ed
inburgh, when i'll, noticed In waking
from feverish sleep that the flame of
the lamp in his room assumed a dec p re d
color. There was ground-glass shade
on the lamp, and the effect of intense
redness lasted only about a second.
His explanation of this was that the
nerve flbrils of the retina with which
green and violet are seen do not resume
their activity when person awakes
quite so quickly as the red nerves.
Professor Ogden n. Rood of Columbia
College, New York, records some obser-
vations confirmatory of this view In the
last number of Silliman's Journal, show
ing that temporary green color-blind-
ness may be produced by nervous de-
rangement and prolonged excitation.
Twenty years ago he took chloform, ad-
ministered by dentist in Munich.
"Upon regaining consciousness" he
writes, "and raising my eyes to the face
of the operator, | was little surprised
at not having previously remarked his
unusually ruddy complexion, but the
next instant saw that this was due to an
optical illusion, for his hair appeared OF
a bright purplish-red hNe. The singu-
lar appearance lasted perhaps a couple
of seconds, when his hair resumed It's
natural color, which was white" Eff
fects of similar character have also
been noticed by Professor Rood i'm his
own convalescence from typhoid fever.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
An Indians Logic.

Sunday, 1853. Dined at DR.. Putnam's
with Col. Putnam and lady, and two
young gentlemen, nephews Of the doc
tor, and Colonel, and Miss Schooley
Putnam told story of an Indian upon
Connecticut River, who called at a tav-
ern in the fall of the year for a dram.
The landlord asked him two coppers for
it. The next spring happening at the
same house, he called for another, and
had three cOppers to pay for it. "How
is this, landlord" said he; "last fall
you asked two coppers for glass of
rum, now you ask three!o "Oh," says
the landlord, it costs me a good deal to
keep rum over winter. 1t is as expen-
sive to keep a hogshead Of rum over
winter as a horse" "Ah!" says the
Indian, 81 can't see through that; he
wont eat so much hay; may be he drink
as much ao0ter." This was sheer wit,
pure satire and true humor. Humor,
wit and satire, in one very short re-
partee.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

To DESTROY RED SPIDERs.-Fill q
barrel nearly full of water, slake in it
about a quarter of a peck of lime, and
let it stand until perfectly clear. Hold
the plants in the water, bottom up, for
about five or ten minutes, then wash
them with pure water. A little flour
of sulphur busted over and under the
leaves Is also efficaclous. Separate those
that are infested from those that are not
touched; do so as soon as you discover
them. They will always be found on
the unuer side of the leaves. The
plants should be taken from the win
dow to a place where water can be used
freely. Lay each on its side in the sink
pour water over and upon it, and keep
doing so as long as any red spiders can
be seen. Doing this once or twice a
week thereafter will be a good preven-
tative OF their return.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

The Umbrella Bird.-There is bird
that is wiser than man; 1t has lately
been discovered, and is called the UNI
brella bird, as it has covering like an
umbrella, which 1t can never forget
and can never have appropriated. The
bird Is native of the islands OF the
South American rivers, being seldom If
ever seen on the main land. In dimen-
sions the umbrella bird equals the
common crow Of England, and bat for
the curious plume which adorns its
head, and the tuft which hangs from
its breast, might be mistaken at dis
tance for that bird. The general color
of this species is rich, shining black,
glazed with varying tint of blue and
purple, like the feathers of a magpie's
tail. When the crest is laid back the
shafts form compact white mass like
an umbrella, sloping up from the top
of the head and surrounded by the dense
hairy plumes. Even In this position 1t
is not an inGlegant crest; but it is when
it is fully spread that its peculiar char
acter is developed. The shafts then ra-
diate on all sides, from the top of the
head, reaching in front beyond and be-
low the tip of the beak, which is COM
pletely hidden from view.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Some interesting experiments have
recently been made nv the medical fac
ulty of Michigan University in order to
determine the seat Of hunger and thirst
an the animal system. a dog was chic
reformed, after having been fed a hear
" meal, and while the musculo-mem-
brSnOus reservoir for food was largely
distended, an incision was made
through the abdomen, over the large
curvature Of the stomach, into that or
gans then a silver tube, a quarter Of an
inch i'm diameter and an inch and half
long was inserted in the cut, the other
end Of which was then crooked up.
The tube has half inch fianges at both
ends, the inner flange serving to keep
il in It's place while the other flange
closely shuts the exterior. The dog
still lives with his stomach permanent
ly on top; in fact, the operation in no
way affects the health of the mastiff, al
though i'm undergoing the severe ordeal
TO which he il now sometimes subject
ed in the. interest Of science hunger
compels him TO eat about six times as
much as formerly. The result of the
experiment proves that the seat of hum
ger is not in the stomach, neither is the
seat Of thirst in the throat, but both re-
side in the system at large, The dog
was permitted to eat a hearty meal,
which was taken from him, via the
tube in N few minutes; after recover
ering from his fright, he would eat an
equally large quantity of food, and so
on TO any extent. Again, he has not
been permitted to eat anything for say
twenty-four hours. Food would then
be injected into his stomach through
the tube. Notwithstanding his stom-
ach was already full, the animal would
at once gulp down more food but if
sufficient time was given for the injec-
ted food to enter the system, he would
then refuse all that was set before him
The conclusions arrived at from these
experiments find confirmation in the
fact, which has often been observed,
that persons suffering from thirst, al
though the parching sensation is ap-
parently limited to the throst, find i'm
mediate relief upon entering bath or
even from immersing the feet in water.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

OF General Albert Sidney Johnston
IL is related that one day in Utan when
his command was two days distant
from mailing station, he found that
a captain had returned to the camp for
getting TO post letter which the GEN
eral had intrusted to him. But all the
commander said was: 81 can imagine
no excuse for such carelessness, Cap
tain" Not long after, the General
himself discovered in a Winter coat,
which had been packed away, letter,
which a long time before he had re-
ceived from the surgeon with the re-
quest that he post 1t. He had taken it
to the station, forgotten to post it, and
it had remained in the pocket for six
months. The conscientious General
first apologized to the surgeon, and
then sent for the captain and said
II beg your pardon for reproving you
for an offence in which myself set the
example,"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Experiments in Riga, recently made
show that woolen and cotton rags, yarn,
etc., when soaked In oil, petroleum and
refuse organic substances, and kept at q
temperature Of from go to 20 degrees,
burst into flame after longer or shorter
intervals. Silk slowly charred away.
The heat produced by chemical combi-
nation was the cause of the com m5ustion
1t is suggested TO use hydrogen lamp
to give warning of the existence Of poi
sOneus gases in mines. Hydrogen burns
in air, with an almost cOlorless flame
and the amount and kind of color when
burning in an impure atmosphere will
reveal with moderate accuracy the quan.
tity and quality of the gas in time to
give the requisite warning.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

WICKED FOR CLERGYMEN--'I believe
Ii to be all wrong and even wicked for
clergymen or other public men to be
led into giving testimonials TO quack
doctors or vile stuffs called medicines,
but when really meritorious article
is made of valuable remedies known to
all, that physicians use and trust in
daily. we should freely commend it. l
therefore cheerfully and heartily COM
mend Hop Bitters for the good they
have done me and my friends, firmly
believing they have no equal for family
use. | will not be without them
Rev. -, Washington, ID. G.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

WATER RIsINGs FOR BREAD.-Take a
quart pitcher and spoon, scald them,
fill the pitcher half full of boiling wa
ter; let the water cool to the tempera-
ture of good hot dishwater; stir in flour
enough to make batter as thick as for
pancakes; add quarter of teaspoon
full of salt and as much soda; cover
closely and set where it will keep
warm, stirring occasionally. twill rise
in five or six hours. Some prefer this
to hop or brewers yeast.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

THAT THE PHoNoGRAPH can ''bottle
up" the voice and pass 1t down to fu-
ture ages, is indeed a wonder, but is
not the restoration of a lost voice more
wonderful ? And yet DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery speedily re-
stores a lost voice, cures hoarseness,
sore throat, bronchitis and consump-
ton. Many ministers who had aban-
doned the pulpit by reason of sore
throat and general debility, have, by
the use of the Discovery, been restored
to perfect health and strength. Sold
by druggists.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

On DRIVING OUT MOSQUITOES. -
Mosquitoes can be driven away from
room by the smoke of incense powder,
burned on a hot shovel. When it is
not easy to get fire, put a bit of gum
camphor in shovel, light it, and the
gum will catch as quickly as alcohol.
then sprinkle tablespoonful. of insect
powder (pyrethrum) on the flame, let
it take fire, and blow out the blaze,
close the windows and let the smoke
rise for five minutes. twill not injure
walls or furniture, and does not harm
human beings. though obnoxious to In
sects. Hanging a cloth on which a
teaspoOnful of carbolic acid is poured,
at the head of the bed. will keep mos
quitoes away, and the writer has re-
peatedly gained a good nights sleep by
this means when others failed. Take
care TO place the cloth or sponge SO that
there is no danger of touching it with
the hands in the night, as the acid
burns like caustic. 1t is not generally
known, as it ought to be, that the rem
edy for burns by carbolic acid is
Canada tir balsam, spread on the part
attacked.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

CURED OF DRINKINd.-"A A young
friend of mine was cured of an insati-
able thirst for liquor, which had so
prostrated him that he was unable to
do any business. He was entirely cured
by the use of Hop Bitters. 1t allayed
all that burning thirst; took away the
appetite for liquor; made his nerves
steady, and he has remained a sober
and steady man for more than two
years, and has no desire to return to
his cups; know of number of others
that have been cured of drinking by
it.'-From a leading r. K. Official,
Chicago, Ills.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

ACID DRINKs.-During warm wea-
ther, people tIoubled with biliousness
crave acid drinks. This want may be
met by the use of unfermented juices of
fruit, mixed with water. A little tar
taric acid added to water, just enough
to make it pleasantly sour, is of service,
of course emitting sugar if one would
secure the best cooling effects, since all
sweets counteract the intended good
results of the acids. One should not
drink for the mere pleasure of drink
ing.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

1s rheumatism Even a. the outset, the ordi-
mary remedies are frequently powerless to
cope with It This Is more particularly the
case when q tendency to it is inherited. It
should be combatted before it becomes chronic.
When the first twinges are felt, recourse
should be had to Hestetter's Stomach Bitters,
adepurent which expels from the blood those
irritating PRINCIPLES which, by contac', cause
Inflammation and pain in Q muse es and
joints. Poisonous medicines which are usually
administered for this disease, but which, in q
slight overdose. may t. rminate it by destroy
ing life itself, should be avoided, and this safe
and more effective medicine used instead
Those disorders OF the bowels, stomach AMI
liver which frequently accompany rheumatic
AMI gouty ailments are invariably removed by
this excellent botanic corrective.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
Important to Sufferers.

The greatest benefactor is one who relieves
pain and cures disease. DIR. Silsbee has &C.
complished both by his miraculous discovery
of "Anakesis," an absolute, easy, rapid
and infallible cure for PILES in all stages
of development 10000 sufferers testify
to its virtue. 1t is q simple suppository
icine. The relief is instant, and cure GER
tain. Price $100 per box. Samples sent
free on application to ''Anakesis" Depot, Box
3946. New York. For sale by all frst-class
druggists.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

CHEAP MoLAssEs CAKE.-One cup of
molasses, one of brown sugar, one of
milk, one of raisins. one of butter, and
five of -four, two eggs, two teaspoOnsful
OF cream-tartar, and one of soda Cor
three of baking POWDER; spice to taste.
Beat all well together. This is de-
lIghtful cake, and will keep fresh for
three weeks.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

SUGGESTION is a privilege all can
make use of, and we would suggest to
the myriads of sufferers from Bilious
Fever, Fever and Ague, Indigestion,
etc., to use DIR. Bulls Baltimore Pills,
whose curative power over these dis
eases is gratefully appreciated by thou
sands. Price only 25 cents.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18
DOMESTIC.

How TO CAN FRUTT.-Glass and stone
jars are the only kind to use-for the
acids of fruit will not be healthful IL
preserved in tin-and they can be pur-
chased very cheaply. Nearly all the
fruits retain their flavor better Ii they
are steamed instead Of stewed, as they
are not so much broken up. To four
pounds of the fruit take one pound Of
lump sugar, as it is less subject to adul-
teration. Fill the jars within two inches
of the top with the fruit; melt the sugar
in very little water and turn it boiling
hot upon the fruit; place the jars In a
pan of boiling water, and let them
steam about ten minutes, or until the
fruit, by expulsion OF the cold air, has
been forced to the top of the jar; put
the cover on at once, with a cloth, 80
as not to burn your hands, and screw
it down tightly while in boiling water /;
set the jars on the table to cool, and II
any bubbles appear in them take off
the covers and boil again until the
fruit is again forced upwards. Fruit
canned in this manner will keep its
flavor perfectly. Tomatoes can be pre-
served In stone jars with great success.
Stew them for two hours In the jars, In
the oven or in pans Of boiling water,
filling them up as the juice evaporates /;
then cover with cotton cloth, and put
In the large corks that came with them,
so as to prevent the hot air escaping.
Make sealing-wax of one pound of
rosin, two ounces of beeswax and two
ounces of mutton tallow, all melted
together. Put it on while hot, with a
brush, covering the cork and sides of
the jar completely. Keep in dry, cool
cellar.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

WHERE the farmers wife has large
washing to do, she can save half her
time and labor by using Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap, (made by Cragln & Co., Phil
adelphia). One pound Of it is equal to
three of any other.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

AN exchange, recently, In alluding
to politician, call him a "well-known
riRger." This the intelligent compost
tor transformed into a well-know mig
ger" while the proof reader, to tone it
down little, made IL read, ''the WE'LL
known negro" and now that politi-
clan, with blood in his eye, is anxlously
inquiring for the whereabouts of that
editor.