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The Portland daily press., 1879-06-03
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ANNUAL MEETINGS.

Maine Medical Association.
TUNHE Annual Meeting of the Maine Medical Asso-
Il citation will be held in the City Building Port
land, on June 10, IL, and H. 1879, commencing at
1870. CHAS. o. HUNT, Secretary. my23dtd#
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COMPREHENSIVE.
Dissolution of Partnership.

FTNHE firm of d. RANDALL g. SON. American
l. House, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The business will be continued by d. Randall and
all accounts will be settled by him.
Portland, May 81, 1879. d. RANDALL,
je2d3t* 7. H. RANDALL
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Send $500 for the Musical Record one year.
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PROPOSALS.
proposals for the Construction of
a Life Saving Station.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT U. S. Life .Sdring 4
Serrice, Office of Gen. Superintendent,
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really uttered this pitiful nonsense and bosh.
| no doubt he had heard it; but l cannot con-
ceive OF a man being such a tremendous ninny
as to believe it. There is not word of it true
about the "impossbility' (difficulty) of get
ting the real stuff is quite true. But then
the Governor has before said-or is reported to
have said-that the law is not enforced and
cannot be. Throughout the whole reported in
terview the Governor is represented as fire.
quently uttering these manifest and absurd
contradictions.
g. SIS the Maine Law then a failure?"
Il cannot say that, and yet it has certainly
not diminished its absolute successfulness''l
CHere 1t is quite evident some one had taken
too much-"powder. y "After the thirty years
of trial it is still considered an open expert
ment. As for myself of course, all my sympa-
thies are with the cause of temperance, but
am unable to say whether or not believe in
the Maine Liquor Law. L mean in its efficien-
cy." Now it is not true that in Maine prohibi-
ton is considered an open experiment There
is no principle of government, no public policv
more thoroughly settled in Maine than this. It
is as firmly fixed here as the vote by ballot; as
the registry law and the voting list and the
Tree vote IN order to secure an honest election,
that the true will of the people may find ex-
preston. The Republican party has always
boldly and unanimously supported it, and the
democratic party has as openly and boldly re-
fused to favor license. The Legislature of
Maine In 1877 without dissenting vote passed
an additional act of greater stringency than
any which had preceded it; and the last Legis-
lature by vote of 127 to II re-affirmed the
whole policy of the Maine Law, and anew gave
in its adhesion to it. After all this, the Cover
nor is reported as saying that it is yet an open
question.
And so the Governor is now unable to say
one way or the other, whether he believes in
the Maine Law, that is in its efficiency, at the
same time he is reported as having stated
many things which demonstrate its wonderful
efficiency. The Governor lives in Lewiston.
the largest manufacturing town in the State,
the population largely made up of such foreign
ers as usually crowd such places. An English
gentleman told me that he was there some
time ago ON business, and at the largest hotel,
brandy. The landlord assured him that he
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

at this season, or of migrating to sum
mer quarters in the highlands or at
the seaside. There is a falling off in
the demand for summer residences on
the coast Many houses which used
to be filled at this season are standing
empty. Rents, which used to be,
perhaps, exorbitantly high, are un-
precedentedly low; and hotels, which
formerly took pride in turning away
travellers from their doors are fain to
reduce their staff of walters and their
stud of horses. All this, it is true
has little to do with depressed farm.
ing. Yet it is important, as showing
that farmers are not the only traders
who are entitled to grumble at the bad
times, and that if they have a fair
plea for a reduction Of rents. hotel
keepers and lodging house spectators,
not to mention other caterers for the
army of tourists, may be able to make
out for themselves quite as good a
case.
As regards farming, it may be taken
for granted that the season, in respect
both of tubers and of cereal crops
will be unusually, if not unprecedent.
edly late.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
Scotland In Summer

A correspondent of the London
Times, writing from Edinburgh ON
July 30, gives the following descrip,
ton of the condition of affairs in Scot
land The agricultural outlook in
Scotland is still discouraging, though
not so utterly hopeless as the farmers
would have us believe, The weather
is still broken and ungenial, and ex-
tremely unfavorable to farming opera
hons. The bleak, autumnal june has
been succeeded by moist and close
July. The warm sunshine which was
expected to follow the solstice has not
yet set in, and, indeed, makes no sign
of being speedily forthcoming. Not
only farmers, but also civilians of
every class, are grumbling vehemently
at the baokwardness of the season.
Great coats and winter clothing are
still the common wear; and where
according to custom, fires have been
discontinued, they have been generally
resumed, not merely as a luxury, but
as a positive necessity. This state of
matters had marked effect on the
tourist harvest, on which, in pic
turesque country like Scotland, large
sections of the population rely ior
obtaining the means of livelihood aud
a fair return for their Invested capi,
tai. This industry Is, Of course. af.
fected by the general depression of
trade, and also to some extent by the
Glasgow Bank failure, which has
forced retrenchment on many persons
who might otherwise be Inclined to
follow the usual custom of travelling
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
FEVER IN 1874

The highest mortality on any one
day during the fever of 1873 in this
city was so, Of which 81 were set
down by the authorities as yellow
fever This was from noon on the
9th to noon on the 9TH of October,
and frost appeared on the morning Of
the 9th of the same month aud q few
days later killing frost occurred,
after which the fever dwindled and
soon disappeared. On the Oath Of
October yellow fever deaths were "a /;
on the next day % deaths we're re-
corded.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
A Fentress County murderer.

knoxville Chronicle, l6thl
A man named Pennyouf was
brought from Fentress county to this
city by Captain Millsaps, on the X. q
y. train, yesterday, and lodged with
sheriff Reeder in the Knox county
Jail for safe keeping. The charge
against him is murder About three
weeks ago he had difficulty with a
neighbOr of his named Tudor. and in
the fracas shot him (Tudor), from the
effects Of which he died in about four
days. The difficulty grew out of a
disagreement between the two men
about some land, as we understand,
they both having been renters from
the same man. The Pentress county
Jail was considered unsafe, hence the
reason Of his being brought here.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
Mother and Son.

New ork Herald, 10th.
When the case of Weldon against
Weldon was called in the Essex Mar
ket Court yesterday pleasant faced
woman about forty years old stepped
to the witness stand and a young man
about twenty-One was placed at the
prisoners bar. Remove your veil F"
said the justice, and the woman did
SO, showing black and blue marks,
disfguring her countenance This
is your son?' said the magistrate.
Yes, sir" she answered, tears
gathering in her dark blue eyes.
" And he has beaten you?"
" Yes, but pardon him. You can
do so when | have already forgiven
him. He is not a bad boy when he is
sober. He drinks little and then
forgets himself"
" Say, old woman" said the prison
er, savagely, dry up, will you =?
Your tears amt goin' to convict me.
A nice hypocrite you are to make a
charge against me and then try to
-
" Don't listen to him, your honor.
He doesn't mean what he says" said
the mother.
Young man." said the court.
you have not been content with
beating your mother, but you must
llbe at her unfeigned love for YOU,
You are sent to the Island for four
months in default of $4OO bail to keep
the peace"
My boy my poor boyp said the
mother, crying bitterly, as she eft the
court room.
Damn her was the sons COM
menti "a pity l didn't break her
head while | was about it p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
Publisher and Proprietor

The subscription price of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is S5 per annum and
boO per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC pei
month in advance, with the privilege .oi
changing pOstOtioe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
UPHOLD THEM

Our authorities at home and abroad
must be supported and indorsed. Il
will not do to take their medicine il
half-doses, norwill it answer to swallow
more than they choose to portion out
to us, under the impression that be.
cause little is good more is better
People can go home at six o'clock in
the evening just as easy as others can
save themselves from an attack of vel.
low fever by passing through Chelsea
with written pass from the board Of
health. 1t makes no difference what
habits have heretofore been practiced
A night hawk, accustomed to prowl
and prey in the dark hours between
sunset and sunrise should teach him
self better ways and submit grace
fully, not try to cripple the powers by
talking of arbitrary rules. And it is
mistake to say such rules meet with
universal disapprobation. 1t is very
true that many persons believe
the night time to be the
healthiest for locomotion. The
dew-laden air after dusk has long been
taken advantage of by many as the
most delightful for promenades, often
for business purposes and frequently
for travelling from place to place with
no harmful results. The dark, damp
hours before dawn are likewise popu-
lar with many, especially so with the
chicken forager and COW hunter. The
humidity of the early morning hours
imparts elasticity to his limbs and
causes him to move with a quiet,
noiseless and confidential stride that
he cannot feel in the day time when
solar rays illuminate the armament
and makes perspiration exude copi-
oosly from the pores Of exercising hu-
manity. There are many learned men
of medicine who believe the yellow
malady now With us to be fever of the
heat that it cannot germinate and
flourish except through the influence
Of the sunshine, but the astute men
of science who sit in their high chairs
at Nashville indicate by their man
dates that such theories are wild
and visionary, and they further
make it mandatory that implicit
obedience to their behests is
requisite to secure a favorable con-
Bideration Of our application for fnan-
cial assistance through the half mill
lon now in the treasury of the Nation
al board Of health at Washington.
They have set their foot down upon
1t and will brook no resistance or
contrary argument, SO DR.. Porter says,
and he would not say it unless it were
so. People can so home at six ia the
evening and stay there until sunrise
next morning just as easy as they can
get along without riding in the street
cars, through Chelsea, or Of stopping
their ice supply by refusing delivery
wagons permission to pass through its
sacred and untainted precincts. What
is sauce for night owl is also sauce
for daylight buzzard, therefore keep
the police on hunt for every outdoor
toiler and unless he is armed with
proper passports land him in the Gala
boOse.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discov-
cred by missionary in South America. Send
aself-addressed envelope to REy. JOSEPH T.
lSMA1Ni Station D, New York City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

SUBSCRIBERS who wish to re-
new will do us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list is very
large, and our force to do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

Albany journal. We learn from
Lord Lorne, who gets the news from
Beaconsheld, who gave Queen Victo-
ria as his authority, that Sarah Bern
hlardt h is making pair of slippers for
Taimage."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

The onion is not without its uses
a clergyman at Table Grove, Ill.,, lad
planned to elope with another mans
wife, but he ate onions and the woman
backed out at the last minute.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

This Institution was regularly incornorotod
by the Legislature Of the State for Edueational
ana charitable purposes, in 1868, for the
term OF Twenty-Five Years, To which
contract the inviolable faith of the State Is
pledged with capital of q, ,OOO, 900, to which
Its grand Single Number Distribntlon viii
take place monthly on the second Tuesday
~ MEYER sSSALEs OR POsTPoNEs. Look at the
following distribution: WV
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
State National Bank of Memnhie

TQ OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS. This
i bank is still open, and will continnc onAn
doing a general banking, exchange and COZ
leeung business. All business will receive the
usual attention. SAMA A. TAYLOR,
l3S IL A Cashiar
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21
ANOTHER CITIZEN GONE.
Sudden Death Of Captain Samuel R,
Cannon.
Special 70 the Ledrer.l

Special to the Ledger.l
RoGERsvILLE, TENN, August 21.-
Captain Samuel r. Cannon, after a
brief illness, died yesterday near Rog-
ersville, Tenn, of congestion of the
liver and bowels, He was buried here
to-day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

No costigeness, diarrhea or any bowel
complaints where Hop Bitters are used
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-21

The Chinese have used beer for
1000 years,
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CAPTTAL PRIZE. $40. 600.

Responsible corresponding agents wanted at
All PREPAYMENT points, to whom liberal com.
Application for rates to clubs shopld only h,
made to the home office in New Orleans.
write clearly, stating full addresa, for fnr.
ther information, or send orders To
No Nj. A. DAUPHIN,
7 2. box GEE, New Orleans, La.
OF same ~ No. Sl9 Broadway, New York
Or to ID. l.. GILLESPIE,
No. West Court street, Momphis Tenn.
Au our Grand Extraordinary Drawings sro
under the supervision and manaeement ~
I1eneerHaJlA &. T. BEAVREGARD and JUBAI.
a. N'hiNhA' l43-Wts-ll
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LOTTERY.
sPLENDTD OppORTUNrrv M
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMpANv

"A WIN A FoRTUNE-Ninth Grand Dis.
S, SSloutlon, Vlass |, az New Orleans, Tuesday,
september " lo's-ll2th Monthly Drawing.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-23
A DREADFUL MISTAKE,

She gave him beautifully worked pair
of slippers, and although they were
too short and pinched him across the toes,
be smilingly submitted TO the martydom
which they imposed, and vowed they
should never leave his feet.
This reckless statement will be received
by the reader with becoming cautious
ness.
And so the young man made return
of her offering. 1t was bis picture en-
cased in handsome frame.
He wrote note to send with IL, aud at
the same time replied angrily to an Oft
repeated dun for an unpaid for suit OF
clothes. lie gave boy ten cents to de.
liyer The package and notes, giving ex.
plicit directions as TO the destination.
1t was an unusually intelligent boy with
freckled face, and be discharged his err
rand In a manner that should give him 3
niche in the temple OF fame,
The young lady received note in heE
adored one's handwriting, and flew to heI
room to deyour Its conteuts. She opened
the missiye with eager fingers and read.
pm getting tired OF your everlasting
attentions. The snit is about worn out
already. II never amounted to much
anyway. Please go TO thunderi
And the tailor wac struck utterly dumL
when lie opened parcel and discovered
the picture of bis delinquent customer
with note that said:
When you gaze upon these features
think how much owe you.
When that unfortunate young mar
called around, that evening, to receive
tue happy acknowledgement of bis sweet
heart, be was c0ntentatiously showed of
the steps aud over The fence by the yount
lady's father aud 10 the morning he wa
waited upon by the tailor's lawyer ant
4 imperdvcly ordered 60 settle or suffer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-23
ms NAME MAKING TROUBLE ron nIa

Yec Ley is Chinese lsuudryman Of
couyivial habits. His shingle swings In
the eighteenth ward, New York, aud be
works hard all day and sometimes all
night, but III bis moments Of relaxation
he let's the laundry take care Of itself, aud
enjoys 4 social cruise with some select
friends, most Of whom are Melicaus. One
evening recently was one OF Nec Ley's
nights of, and as usual be was enjoying
himself At il T. N. bis friends parted
with him, and be started on bis way
home, full Of fun and jollity, aud with
Just the faintest suggestion OF slagger IN
his walk. Whether he had Oriental.
lied himself with opium, or Occidental
lied himself with Mclean whiskey, was
not asceriained, but il is certain that
when be was accosted BY member oftbc
best police in the world, his voice was
hoarse and his tongue was thick.
What's yer name2 the officer demand
ed.
Yce (hic) Ley, the astonishod China.
man replied
lie, do /? Well, III show you whether
( / lie or not Come along.
Yee Ley, Yee Ley, the Chiuamsn re.
peatcd desperately, assured lhst there
was q mistake, but not able to correct H.
Yee Ley Yee Ley.
Oh, yes, the officer said sarcaslicslly,
av course lie, aud SO viii YOU purity
soon, but it'Ii be 10 cell.
90 his way TO The police station, be was
met by au Orientai friend who speaks
English. he explained the mistake and
zee Ley VS. released, but not without
an admonilion from tho officer;
Laru English, ye ovid haitian.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-23
\ nousn's srs>n OF SMELL.

Az African pony unlibe, Jobs war
horse, smeleth not the battle afhr or,
but lie will smell poisonous snake At a
sufficient distance to avoid BIN.
An English gentleman was leading bis
pony one day IN South Africa, when he
saw his Kafir servant Suddenly jumped
on one side. Knowing that 1t had been 3
snake that had alarmed bin, the gentle
man dropped the reins aud went forward
to kin il Il was pufI-adder, the reptile
which, II is thought, Cleopatra need to
commit suicide. Killing It with stone,
be examined is glands aud found them
filed with poison.
On returning aud advancing bis hand
10 take the reins, the horse SHE'D back ia
great alarm. For eeveral minutes hc
would not allow bis master to approach.
Some OF the oder Of the adder had attach.
ed itself 10 the gentlemsn's hands, and
the cautious animal, being warned by bis
sense Of smell, was afraid that there wa'
danger even in the masters touch.
The horse's nose, as every boy who
has trained colt knows, is one Of biz
means Of gaining knowledge. liza hors'
Ia afraid OF an object, the best way to re
move II Is to LET him smell Of 1t.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-23

bkianis reached Bis car soon after The
spectre appeared who banded back ihe
swore with thanks saying be bad slain
the ioc who had oppressed him fer macy
years. Tie then began TOE story OF his
fife and hopeless love, bow he hsd been
buried "a bis bones soil bot without
robe aud arms while bis enemy hAd both /,
bow bic rival With arms bad prosecuted
him how finally, having refrAinod from
conflict IN life, be bad with the borrowed
sword won The victory, and laid bis enc
my tlow. lIencelorih, said be, ! shall
watch over your safety. So saying, The
day beginning already to dswn and The
light TO break. The shade faded into thin
air, and tAs traveller was atone.
When the morning was fully come, be
looked Al bis sword and found u bloody
Poudcriug On The suAuge story he went
out aud visited lho triple tomb, and
there from the foot Of The grave ran a tiny
stream Of blood,
Ceularjes hayo passed away since The
maiden Of Unai was laid TO sleep with
her lovers. 4 thousand times have The
pine trees born their weight Of snow, .
thousand have the cherry trees bloomed
aud driited tdeir petals to earth, A
myriad OF moons have wRxed and waned,
aud the generations Of the stork and the
tortoise number more than ten, The
river Ikuta has nearly dried up and pass
away, yet still green aud flower fed IL
the grave Of the maiden Of Unsi. Never
traveller passes by but turns aside to
look. Lovers come from aiar to worship
here, to pray for true loves union or 70
deck anew the triple tomb. Nor DO the
rustic folks Of the country side cease TO
grieve, and many pair of lovers plight
their vows here. TIE piled up stones
that mark the sacred spot, renewed from
generation to generation, will keep alive
her memory Until the sailing white clondt
shall forever vanish fom the sky