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Administrators Notice.

II ETTERS of Administration hav-
- Ing been granted 20 the undersigned the estate
Of PHILIP kREYD.R, decreased. late OF the township
sf Miles, Centre county, ell persons indebted TO sid
deceased requested 70 make immediate payment,
and I'll persons having claims against said decreased
will present them duly authenticated fos payment
bets DANIEL BRUM0ARD. AdmInIatfnlor.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
Polygamy as an Investment.
[Corr. San Francisco Chronicle.]

We halted at way station for dinner. A
occupied the chair next to me. ga resident
of the country?" asked. ooh, yes; for TWEEN.
ty-five years. "Married?" "Some." More
than ono wife?" 'I think so. I've got a few
scattered about here and there" "Believe in
polygamy, presumed" Certainly. I'd nev-
er have made living if hadn't" ''How's
that?" "Well, you see, stranger, used to
think a good deal as you do. had 160 acres
of land and one wife, but didn't make much
headway. There was too much work for one
man to attend to. Finally froze to a second
wife She took her share Of the burden like
brick, and affairs moved on in better shape.
Then got to thinking that il two wives were
better than one, three would be better than
two; Consequent I took third aud my at
fairs imdroyed still more. L mapped out the
business of the rancho and gave No. her part
and gave a part to No. 3, and a part to No. 3,
and took part myself. Everything went on
like clockWork. Our little community was
thoroughly organized. Finally | concluded
that a third wife would be quite an advantage
and | looked around and secured her. | found
that the more wives l had the more land l
could work, L now operate 240 acres of one
kind and another, and things so ssystematized
down that everything goes on quite lovely, and
l don't have much to do myself. Polygamy is
great institution, my friend, and you'll never
succeed in the world until you marry few
times. Sometimes one of my wives gets a lit
tic offish like, but instead OF making great
row about it and getting a divorce as you
would do in California, l simply stay away
from her for q day or two, and then when do
happen around, she smiles all over her face
and loves ne in desperate fashion. Oh, yes,
/ NAV marry several times vet before die and
the more women l marry, the richer I expect
to get" This talk was by no means sophistry,
as I afterwards ascertained. A large portion
of the women ofUtah are slaves.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
President Garfield.
A Visit the Faculty and Students OF
Oberlin.

Seven hundred of the faculty and students
of Oberlin College visited Mentor Wednesday,
beingIthe first deputation to congratulate Gen.
Garfield. who said to them:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, This
spontaneous visit is much more agreeable
than prepared one. 1t comes more directly
from the hearts of the people who participate,
and l receive it as a greater compliment
for that reason. l do not wish to be unduly
impressible or superstitious, but though we
have outlived the days of the augurs, L think
we have right to think of some events as
omens, and greet this as happy and aus
picious omen that the first general greeting
since the event OF yesterday is rendered to me
by this venerable institution of learning. The
thought has been abroad in the world a good
deal, and with reason, that there is a divorce
between scholarship and politics. Oberlin, L
believe, has never advocated that divorce, but
there has been sort of cloistered scholarship
i'll the United States that has stood aloof from
active participation in public aft airs, and am
glad to be greeted here today by the active,
live scholarship of Ohio, and / know of no
place where scholarship has touched upon the
nerve centre of the public so effectually as
Oberlin. For this reason l am especially
grateful for this greeting from the faculty an
students of Oberlin College and it's venerable
president. | thank you, ladies and gentlemen
for this visit. Whatever the significance of
yesterdays event may be, it will be all the
more significant for being Immediately in
dorsed.by the scholarship and culture of my
State Fthank you, ladies and gentlemen,
and l thank your president for coming here.
You are cordially welcome.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

BcsTcN JOURNAL: When Mr.. William
scio:ssness, and collects his faculties to reflect
upon the situation, it is very likely that it
may dawn upon him that SANDER and false
hood are rot methods of conducting a can
vass which most commend themselves to
the American peple. Howling about De
Golyer contracts and Credit Mobilier COM
plications, chalking 329 upon dead walls
and door-steps, and putting out forged let
ters backed by audacious lies were pretty
much all the tissues" which Mr.. Barnum
thought it necessary to present. to the peo-
pie. All the changes have been persistently
rung upon them from the afternoon of Gen.
Garfield's nomination to the very day of the
election. Precisely what the people think
of them Mr. Barnum will learn from a care
full scrutiny of the returns. Likewise he
will learn what the people think of him and
his methods and from certain plain speak
ing to which he is likely to have to listen
from Democratic journals, he will gain some
idea of the estimate in which his own party
holds him. The cartoon in the Graphic of
Monday, representing Mr.. Barnum with a
long Chinese queue, and his pockets drop
ping all manner of forged letters and lying
dispatches, being propelled down stairs by
kick from muscular leg labelled ''Public
Contempt" represents Mr.. Barnum's situa-
tion pretty accurately, and with very little
exaggeration.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
The Polite Actor.

The Louisville Courier-Journal tells this
story: Attached to the theatres of Philadel-
phia was Charles Webb, an excellent actor
and a man of geod principles, although given
to occasional excess in drinking. 1t was re-
markable that when under the influence of
liquor this gentleman was rigidly exact and
formal in his department and enunciation.
Miss Tree was performing in the old Chestnut
street theatre. The play was "The Gamester,"
Miss Tree playing the devoted wife, one of
those performances which few of her admirers
can ever forget. Mr.. Webb was playing
Stukely, the villain, and in one of the most
interesting scenes, in consequence of taking
too much sherry at his dinner, he was some
what oblivious of the language of the part.
Miss Tree gave him, as it is termed, "the
word" several times, which Webb took up
with so much politeness and formality as to
render the scene ridiculous, considering the
stern villainy of the character and his hateful
relation to Mrs. Beverly. Finally, the audi
ence became aware of the true state of the
case, and, as usual, in spite of their respect
for the lady, began to litter while some hissed.
Miss Tree was compelled at last to walk up
the stage and take seat with her back to Mr..
Webb By this time Webb had begun to feel
how matters stood, and, thoroughly polite
man under any circumstances, he was now
overwhelmingly punctilious, and with as
sumed sobriety of tone, though hesitating in
articulation and rather unsteady in his walk,
he approached the footlights with low bow
and said: Ladies' and gentlemen, l am anx-
ious to remove from your minds an evident
misunderstanding concerning the true state
of affairs existing on this stage. see-indeed
/ feel-I may say very sensibly realize the
fact that you perceive the fact that somebody
here is iLtox-intoxica-; that is, in palmer
allow me to say that justice compels me to as
sure you, for fear your impressions may lead
you to an erroneous conclusion-to assure
you, say, that whoever is guilty of the un-
pardonable improperly 1 have alluded to, on
the honor of a gentleman, believe me, the Of
Tending party is not Miss Ellen Tree"
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
Mark Twain's Funeral Grafton.

Hartford Republicans held a great meeting
OF rejoicing Tuesday night, and Mark Twain
delivered the following funeral oration:
There are occasions which are so solemn, so
weighted with the deep concerns of life, that
then even the licensed jester must lay aside
his cap and bells and remember that he is
man, and mortal, that even his light butter
fy career OF folly has its serious seasons, and
he cannot flee them or ignore them. Such a
time, my friends is this. For we are in the
near presence of the one who is passing from
this llfe--one whom We have known long and
well, but shall know no more forever. About
the couch OF him who lies stricken are gather
ed those who hold him dear, and who await
the oncoming of q great sorrow. His breath
ing is faint, and grows fainter; his voice is be-
come a whisper; his pulses scarcely record the
languishing ebb and How of the wasted currents
OF his life but his lips are pallid and the froth
OF dissolution gathers upon them; his face is
drawn, his cheeks are sunken, the roses are
gone from them and ashes are in their place.
his form is STILL his feet are ice, his eyes are
vacant, the beaded sweat is on his brow he
picks at the coyerlet with unconscious fingers,
he "babbles o. green fields" the death-rattle
in his throat, his time is at hand. Every
breeze that comes to us out of the distances,
near and lar, and from every segment of the
wide horizon, is heavy with the voice of
mourning for the sorrow that is impending,
for that sorrow accomplished And the bur
den OF the mourning is, "The aged and
stricken Democratic party is dying" and the
burden of the lamentations will be, "The
mighty is fallen, the Democratic party IS
dead"
And who and what is he that is dying, and
will presently be dead? A footsore political
wanderer, q hoary political tramp, an in
tlnerant poor actor, familiar with many dis
guises, a butcher OF many parts. In the north
he played Protection" and Hard Money"
IN the west he played Protection" Free
Trade, Hard Money" and "Soft Money"
changing disguises and parts according to the
exigencies and the occasion; in the south he
played Tariff for Revenue Only" in the
north and west he played the "Opostle of
Freedom;" i'll the south he played the "Assas-
sin Jf Freedom" F" and mouthed the sacred shib-
boleths OF Liberty with cruel and bloody lips.
His latest and nnal appearance upon the
nations stage was in piece entitled Forgery
"a Farce i'll which he was assisted by the
whole strength of the company; it was a poor
piece; it was indifferently played; SO it failed,
and no was hissed and abused by the audience
But he lies low, now, and blame and praise
are one to him-the charitable will spare the
one, the iudicious will reserve the other O.
friends, this Is not time for Jest and levity;
but time for bended forms and uncovered
heads; for We stand i'll the near presC nee Of a
majestic death-a momentous and memorable
death--a grisly and awful death; for it is
death from which there is resurrection.
Heaven bless us, one and all-heaven temper
the blow to the afflicted family-Heaven
grant them change of heart aud better life,
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
New YORK Times: It can hardly. be nee

| NEW YORK Times: 1t can hardly be nee
essary to point out that with its return to
complete control of the national govern
ment, the Republican party will take upon
itself great responsibilities. No party has
ever been more signally, more completely
trusted, and to every trust there are two
parties. The momentous issues of the
past are decided. They will, in the natural
course of things, give place to others, per-
haps not so well defined, and of a less stir
ring nature, but, in their turn, important
and imperative. Yesterdays election puts
the entire country on the same footing. 1t
makes sure the disappearance of sectional
questions by the triumph Of national prin-
ciples. 1t will remain for the Republican
party to administer the government for the
whole nation.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
The Election.

The latest returns do not materially affect
the result of the election as first declared.
Gen. Garfield has certainly fifty-seven ma
jority in the electoral college, and may have
addition the six votes Of California. New
Jersey and Nevada are undoubtedly Demo
cratic.
Appearances now are that the Democrats
have saved the Tennessee Legislature. If
they have, the next Senate will have Dem
ocratic majority of one-if Davis of Illinois
and Malone of Virginia act with the oppo-
sition. The probabilities still are strong
that the Republicans will control the House
by good working majority. The popular
majority for Garfield grows rather than les
sens -.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

The Boston Post is willing to be forgiven,
and makes the following jocose apology:
The campaign is over. The fight is finished,
and we embrace this opportunity to make
a few corrections. If anything we have
said has led anybody to believe that the
Concord Monitor man is wild-eyed, fiery
and untamed ink-spatterer, and man
whom it wouldn't be desirable to meet in
dark alley we hasten to state that such is
not the case. He is a gentleman with
whom it is perfectly safe to play poker with
out insisting that he tie up his sleeves. We
have spoken of the gallant Col. Men and
Things of the Herald as sitting upon the
fence and kicking his feet out on both sides.
We wish to state that he got up there in
order to get better view of the field. If
we have persuaded ANYBODY that they had
better lock up their hens when they saw
Commodore Jottings of the Journal about,
ftwas because he is such genial and at
tractive cuss that the hens would follow
him away of their own accord.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
The Amazon of the German Pres

The Amazon of the German Press
The most extraordinary influence in the
German politics of America, writes Gath from
New York, is the wife of Oswald Ottendorfer,
editor of the Staats-Zeitung. 1t was her faith
er, believe, who founded that paper, which
his widow was once almost tempted to sell for
about 100000. 1t is probably worth about
100000 to-day, besides its real estate, and is
the most engaging newspaper office in New
York. Mrs. Ottendorfer, it is said, goes into
the Office or has the proofs sent to her, cuts out
editorial matter, alters positions the paper has
taken, and is the Amazon Of the German press,
because the Staats-Zeitung is more copied rela.
lively, than any paper in the conntry-not SO
much by the English press as by the country
German papers. l asked German holding
high civic position last night if Mr.. Ottendorf
ef. had arrived home from Europe. 81 don't
know" said this gentleman; but 1t don't
make any difference. Mrs Ottendorfer is at
home. She is about equal to three Ottendorf-
ers. She knows all about the politics of the
city, and what to prescribe for it"
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
monk" Lewis.

A curious experiment was made in the
Spring of tho year at one of the London the
atres, when certain loug-forgotten plays were
revived, as it seemed, for the particular pur-
pose of ridiculing them, aud through them
the men who wrote them, the players who
played them, and the public who applauded.
For some cause the whole affair was so fool
ish that it is not worth while to inquire for
what cause.-the contemplated series Of reyiv-
ais came to.a premature end. Two plays on
ly were produced, the George Barnwell" of
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
Solon Chase.
He Pays the Rockland Courier Visit.

''This is Solon Chase with his new cowhide
boots on" said j. r. Richardson, by way of
introduction, as he came into the Courier Of
flee, one morning last week, with shrewd
looking farmer.
We gripped the horny hand Of the father of
the Greenback party, and murmured some
thing about being glad to meet him. A medi-
um sized man, dressed in dark plain suit Of
mixed goods; a kindly and intelligent face,
irlnged with a light growth of iron-gray whis-
kers, and lighted by a pair of sharp and twink
ling eyes that impaired an air of great shrewd-
ness and character to the whole person; the
general appearance, in short, of an active, in
telligent, independent New England farmer, d.
the resemblance being rendered still more
striking by aglittering tear drop depending
from the nose-the inevitable cold day accom-
paniment of the horny-6sted granger. This
was ~ ncle Solon" as the Greenbackers de-
lighted to call him. He had called for the
purpose of having his party votes printed for
the state, contract which we closed With
pleasure, receiving payment in advance in the
hated hard money of the national banks,
which Solon drew forth from an ancient
wallet
Have you seen Fogg's latest on fusion?"
we asked him.
"No-what is it?" he replied with interest.
We showed him Fogg's statement to the effect
that Solon had solemnly promised at Chicago
that II the Maine delegation would support
him unitedly for president, he would not op-
pose fusion.
"Oh, thunder!'' he scornfully calculated as
he finished reading the chargeS:~S.I never did
any such thing. They wanted me to, but
absolutely refused to hear of fusion in any way
and told em so in that. caucus, and made
rattling speech agin it the next day in conven-
tion. You see, these fellows want me to take
some notice of this piece, but shan't do it.
not bit They can't fool Uncle Solon. Not
much"
How many votes will your party poll-the
straight Greenbackers?" we enquired as he was
going out of the door.
But Solon was too sharp to commit himself
Never you mind" he replied turning with
an artful wink; call we ask of you is to print
'em. Never you mind about how many we
throw
And having been honestly paid for the work
: we concluded to act upon the Greenback Faith
er's advice.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

THE election has brought peace to the dis
tracted Democracy of Portland. There are
no longer quarrels about the distribution of
Federal patronage, and men, who month
ago scowled at each other when they met at
the post office, ow, gravely and condoling
shake hands and mingle tears over their
common defeat.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

REPUBLICANS can take solid comfort for
some weeks to come in reading Southern
Democratic papers. Those papers are going
to indulge in the luxury of telling the truth
a liberty Northern Democrats do not dare to
tal,
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

If boy blows penny whistle or dis
charges toy cannon on the streets these
days some enthusiastic Democrat rushes
out and wants to bet on New York. Even
the cries of the charcoal men are mistaken
for cheers for Hancock
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

THAT suppressed edition of the Argus is
in great demand, and bids fair to take
rank with the scarce copies of famous books.
We congratulate our esteemed contempo-
rary on the notorety it has achieved at a
single bound.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5.

We dc not read anonymous letters and communi-
oatiohs The name and address of the writer are in
all esses Indispensable not necessarily for publiea
tion aut as guaranty Of good faith.
vs cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munseatlons tnat are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS furnished
with q Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
viii confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

The New York city vote for Mayor ought
to show Irishmen in what regard they are
held by the Democracy. Democrats look
upon them as handy fellows to have round
election day but entirely unworthy of official
trnct
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

THIS campaign has done one good thing:
1t has taught the Bangor Commercial to
spell Union with big U. Another cam
.paign may teach it to spell Nation with
.hip N
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
Es sealtEa lis Wealth +!

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each order received by us for six boxes, accountant
led with fve dollars win send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money if the treat
all druggists in Portland and everywhere
Joa . " PERKINS & CO., General Agents,
sep6deow&weow1y 9rtisnd
The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05

JOSH HART's testimony about the Philip
forgery shows that the Democratic commit
tee is implicated in the crime.