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The Portland daily press., 1880-09-29

The regular meetings of the City Council take
place the first Monday evening of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday
vening of each month.
MASONIC.
at Masonic Hall No. 95 Exchange Street.
YORK RIGHT.
BLUE LoDGE-Ancient Land-M first Wednes-
day; Portland, second Wednesday; Atlantic, third
Wednesday. Hiram, Tuesday, on or next before ev
cry full moon, at Masonic Hall, Town House, Cape
Elizabeth.
CHAPTERs-Greeneaf r. A. c., first Monday; Mt
Vernon, r. A. c., third Monday.
CoUNcIL-Portland C. r. & S. Masters, second
Monday.
CoMMANDERIEs OF K. T.-Portland, fourth Mon
day; st. Adams, second Thursday; Blanauefort, Sd
Thursday.
GRAND BoDIEs-Grand Lodge, first Tuesday in
May; Grand Chapter first Tuesday evening in May
Grand Council, Wednesday p. M; Grand Com
mandery, Wednesday evening.
MASONIC RELIEF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wcdnes-
day in every month.
PORTLAND SCHOOL OF Masonic INsTRUCTInN-
Second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
LoDaE-Yates Grand Lodge of Perfection, first
Friday.
sCoUNcIL-Portland Council: P. of j.. second Fri
day. AVAIL '''''' ''''''' : y 90 ''''''' : =
CHApTER-Duulap Chapter Rose Croix de H.
Third Friday.
CoNsIsToRY-Maine Consistory S. p RS, fourth
Friday in March. June, September and December.
/. o. q. +.
At Odd Psltops Hall, Farringtoa Block Congress
Street ~
RELIEF AssocIATIoN-Third Tuesday in the
month.
BENEFIT AssoCIATIoN-Board of Directors meet
third Monday evening of each month"; Association
meets third Monday evening of January.
LoDGFs-Maine, No. !, on Monday evenings; Bea..
ONION Tuesday evenings; Unity, No. 3, on Wednes.
QU Rrnfh
nings Ligonia on Friday evenings; Harmony, on
Saturday evenings; Ivy d. of R., second and fourth
Thursday of each month.
ENCAMPMENT-M achigonne, first and third We'd
Portland, first and third Friday; Falmouth, No. IL
first and third Tuesdays.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-29

From Boston direct every WEDNESDAY
md SATURDAY at 3 p. IN.
Freight forwarded from Norfolk to Washington and
Alexandria by steamer Lady of the Lake and
through rates given.
Freight forwarded to Petersburg, Richmond and all
Points South and Southwest via Va. and Tenn Air
Line. c. P Gather, AgentJ e4O Washington street.
yond via Atlantic Coast Line, John S. Daley, Agent
3O6 Washington Street.
And to all points in the West by Baltimore u Ohio
street.
Ship via Seaboard Air Line to Raleigh, Charlotte
Spartansburg, Greenville, Atlanta, the Carolinas
and Georgia Points. A. H. Torricelh, Agent, 290
Milk st. Through bills of lading given by the above
named agents.
Passage to Norfolk and Baltimore including
Berth and Meals, LIST Glass, $40. I'd Glass, 30.
Round "Trip, $40.
For freight or passage to Norfolk. Baltimore, Wash
ington, or other information apply to
E. SAMPSON, Agent,
no2dtf Central Wharf. Boston,
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CLYDE'S
Philadelphia 4 New
England
STEAMSHIP LINES
FIR o M 3 Q s TON

IN CONNECTION with 0LD COElONH EAIL.
ROAD.
BOSTON TO TILE SOUTH,
BCmi-Weekly Line, QuicB Time. Tow
Rates, Frequent Departures.
Freight received and forwarded daily to FALL
RIVER, there connecting with the Clyde Steam
ers, sailing every WEDNESDAY, and SATUR-
DAY to Philadelphia direct, connecting at
Philadelphia with Clyde Steam Lines to Charles
ton, .. O., Washington, ID. O., George
town, ID. G., Alexandria, Va, and all Raj
and Water Lines.
Through Rates named and Bills of Lading ivep
from any point in New England to PHILADELPHIA q.
For rates of Freight and other information apply
d. d. G. MINK, Agent,
1876 Washington Street, Boston, Mass
VIVA. P.sGlyde & Co., General Managers,
No. IL So. Delaware Ave, Philadelphia.
iph5
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Real Estate Agents.
saysN q. PROCTOR, No. S3 Exchange
street..
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Book Binders.
sVAk. a. QUINCY, Rooms III, Priniers'
Exchange No. s11 Exchange Street.
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". 81. GHLER, Sewing Machine Repair
-r, Mnric's Terrace. in the Rear Of280
Sougress Street. rhy24d1y
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To be Let.
To K.et.

nNE or two pleasant rooms suitable for ladies or
my19 diff
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4 YOUNG man and wife would like rent in a
"a desirable part of the city. Address 'sRENT,''
Press Ofhce sep23d9t*
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STATED MEETINGS.
CITY GOVERNMENT.

OII UOF I.
The regular meetings of the City Council take
place the first Monday evening Of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday
vening of each month.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-29

What They Soy of 81 old FAST Tobacco.
Boston, April II, 1880.
P. j. EATON, Esq. Dear Sir,-We have been
ing the Hold Fast lob accofor three mcnths, and
have found it to be as fine quality as any tobacco
VIC have ever sold at the price, 1t has invariably
given the most perfect satisfaction to our customers
Yours respectfully
ESrABROOK & EATON
Nos 222 and z"i Washington ST.. Boston
ap2l dtf
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TO LET.
TO Let.

Z IPSTAIRS tenument in new house, Ocean ST
u W0odfords Corner.
Sep25 div ALBION BLACKSTONE.
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WANTS.

A HOUSE containing twelve rooms arranged for
and will be ready in few days Being central would
make good house for boarding Kent low. Also
two small rents on Munjoy Hill. Apply to W. W.
CARR, No. 1877 Newbury St sep2S diff
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hnt They say OF Hold Fnei Tobncco.

SkOwEzEGAN.
TURNER HoUSE,--w. G. Heselto Proprietor
ELM HOUSE,-F. A. Dore, Propreto
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at Tempiars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Monday in each
month.
TEMpLE-Forest City, No. I, every Wednesday
evening.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
DIR. Tanners Long Fast.

Either Dr. Tanner, who set out in New
York to fast forty days and nights is act
ing out fraudulent deception for selfish
purposes of his own, or else he is putting
himself to a frightful torture with great
peril and many loathsOme surroundings,
in pursuit of an object by no means clearly
defined. AS a scientific experiment. DR..
Tanners fast does not seem to possess any
great value, as it can add comparatively
little valuable phenomena to the store of
physiological knowledge. There are cases
OH record of men having tasted forty days
and more though none very we'll establish
ed, it is believed, Of sane men having sue
ceeded in doing without food for just that
period. Many years ago there was q we'll
known German music teacher here in Bal
timore, who, when q youth, acting un1er
a strong religious impulse, attempted to
fast forty days. The result in his case
was paralysis of the facial muscles and
permanent loss of health. There are
cases of lunatics who have lived for fifty
and sixty days without other food than
water. The journal of political con-
vict who starved himself to death,
living nineteen days, and who kept
an accurate record of his sensations
up to the 18th day, has been pre-
served. 1t is a chronicle of bodily misery
and mental horrors which is simply shock
ing to read. Starvation, in fact, like any
other disease, is attended with pain, dis
tress, loss of functions and destruction of
tissue. 1t is marked by debility and an
exaggeration of the weaknesses Of poor
humanity. Where maniacal delirium does
not supervene there is almost sure to be
suspicion, mistrust and melancholy.
Acute diseases are engendered, snch rs
scurvy, diarrhGa and dysentery, with
alterations, desquamatiOns and ex-
foliations of the skin, and disgusting
odOrs. In fact the body feeds upon itself.
and in SO doing goes through a process
which is partially decomposition. The
organs are reduced in bulk, and their
functions are slpI ressed. The mucous
surface and Innings are consumed. All
the fats in the body are burnt up in the
effort to maintain the necessary degree of
animal heat. The blood loses three
fourths of its volume and force the
spleen is reduced 70 per cent. the
pancrease 64 per cent. the liver SO per
cent. the heart looses A per cent, the
intestines AZ per cent, and the voluntary
muscles AZ per cent. The vocal Or
gans are almost paralyzed, the voice be-
coming low, hoarse and harsh; the gait
feeble and tottering where locomotion is
possible at all, while the eye glares with
a wild metallic glitter that that is as pain
full to witness as the stare of the Chinese
opium-smoker. frequently the extremi-
ties slough away or are attacked by gan
creme, and the eyesiyht is often destroyed.
If Tanners experiment goes on and is
not actually vitiated by fraud, this is the
spectacle which the good people of New
York are invited to 60 and see-admission
25 cents, children half price.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15

. California retreat with . friend and
ordered fine lunch. The only walters On
hand were Chinaman. whom the landlord
did not wish to force upon his guests. A
young lady visitor at the hotel volunteered
as waitress without being known to Mis-
Nelson, who gave her a fee Of half a do
lar and thanked her. She was the daugh :
ter Of the wealthiest publisher in Cafifor-
MIA, and liked the fun.
In the session of the Americal philOlogi-
cal association in Philadelphia, yesterday,
Prof. S. S. HALDEMAN, Of Chiques, this
county, spoke upon Notes on the Inven-
ton of Words by Children. He pre-
faced his remarks by saying that it seemed
preposterous to him to hold the opinion
that man did not have sufficient intelli-
gence to invent a language or means OF
communicating ideas if it was not given to
him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
10 Need for Heat.


We stated the other day on the author
ity of the Harrisburg Patriot, that Sena-
tor Wallace was not candidate for the
craftsmanship Of the national committee
and would not accept it if rendered him.
We thought it almost necessarily true
that the senator was not candidate for
this place since he could not get it with
out asking Mr.. Scott to resign, who las
just been appointed on the committee
from Pennsylvania. But this being the
fact and everybody being satisfied with
the selection, there surely is 40 need for
the Patriot to show any temper at the
fOrty-seven Democrats - who are said
to have written to Mr.. Scott asking him
to retain place that the Patriot says its
patron did not want. We do not
know who these fOrty-seven were, or
any one of them, but surely it was
very proper for all Mr.. Scott's friends to
express their confidence in him and ad-
wise him what to do under the very em-
barr:,ssing situation in which he was
placed by the indiscreet friends of Sena-
ator Wallace, who urged him for a place
which was not vacant, but which Mr..
Scott filled and which Senator Wallace
declares he did not want. The move
ment seems to have been a wholly un-
warranted outrage upon Mr.. Scott. We
were glad to hear that Senator Wallace
had not authorized it. 1t would have
been in exceedingly bad taste, to use a
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
AVERY BRlnF.n .nONEYM0ON.
Recapt1re of the alxsssn-Year-Old Pair

Recapture of the alxessn-Year-Old Pair o9
EloPsrs.
At 6 o'clock Tuesday evening Detective
Short, Of the Fifth Precinct Brooklyn
police. visited the house No. 22O North
Eighth street and arrested Frederick J.
Kuriger, of No. 1913 Orchard street and
Louisa kempf Of No. 100 Orchard street,
the sixteen-year-olds who elOped from their
parents residences in New York on Sunday
last. Kuriser is u delicate looking Lad Of
low stature, and wears eyeglasses.
The girl has fair hair and blue eyes.
Young kuriger is employed with his
father in 4 photographic establishment in
Chatham street. The girl earned living
by worsted knitting. The acquaintance Of
the pair was formed about two months
ago, but their parents suspected nothing
until last Sunday, when Louisa left the
house, taking with her two SEQ gold pieces
the property Of her elder sister, and all her
clothing and jewelry. Young Kuriger
vanished at the same time, taking with
him 81 cents and q small revolver Moth
ing was heard Of the runaways until yes
terday morning, when Captain Woglom
received information that they had settled
in his precinct. Detectives learned that
the young runaways had bought s24
worth Of furniture in Broadway, Williams
burg, and Il quantity of crockery and
cooking utensils from r. Mcdonald, of
No. $40 Grand street. These goods were
traced to the house OH North Eighth
street. where Kuriger and the girl, under
the name of Mr. and Mrs. Ascher yester-
day morning hired the front basement and
two adjoining rooms. Mr.. Kempf was no.
titled, and ut 6 o'clock the detectives ell
tered the house and made the arrest. The
captives were apparently unconcerned, and
the girl, admitting that she had stolen $40
from her sister, said that Frank knew
nothing abou: it and was wholly innocent.
MIR. kempf, the girls father, made a
charge of grand larceny against his daugh-
ter and Kuriger. They were locked up.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
Conversational Nominations.

The Sixth congressional district conven-
ton Miss, renOminatcd J. Il. Chalmers
by acclamatiOn.
The Greenback convention of the Seventh
district of Missouri, nominated Judge T.
N. Rice for Congress. Judge Rice is a
Republican.
N. c. Deering, of Usage, Mitchell cour-
ty, was renOminated by the Republicans
of the Fourth Iowa district, at Mason city,
for congress.
Godlove S. Orth was nominated for Con-
gress by the Republican congressional con-
vention of the Ninth Indiana district on the
fOrty-second ballot.
1t was thought that Mr.. WitthOrne
would have a walk over in the Seventh
congressional district Democratic cOnven-
tiOn in Tennessee, but it was desperate
struggle clear around to the homestretch.
Though his strength was equal to both his
contestants they worried him all the way
through to the fiftieth ballot when one of
his opponents withdrew from the race and
enabled him by close vote to come in on
the fifty third ballot. His election is gen.
orally conceded. 1t is understood that he
will be opposed by Republican candidate
hereafter to be nominated.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15

While the writer does not pretend that
there is anything particularly phrophetic
in this, it is certainly singular coinci-
dence. If it needed any strengthening
might state that in 1876 was an editorial
writer on the Pittsburg Post, and taking
the names of Samuel J. Tilden and Ruth
erford B. Hayes and applying the same
rule as above it resulted: Tilden, 2O3 !;
Hayes, 166. The electoral vote was
divided between the two candidates
in exactly that proportion. The Re-
publican conspirators. visiting statesmen,
and to Electoral Commission. stole 8
votes in Louisiana, in South Carolina and
in Florida, so as to make the court stand
1S5 for Hayes and 1874 for Tildcn.
The figures appeared in the Post and
other papers in 1876, and we're extensively
republished. 1t remains to be seen
whether verification of the same singular
coincidence Of figures will follow in 1890
and whether the Republican leaders will
undertake to steal 81 electoral votes from
Hancock in 1880, rs they stole 10 from
Tilden in 1876.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The official census returns of Detroit
city show the population to be 116,O29.
The king Of Italy has accepted the
resignation of General BOnclli as Minis
ter Of war.
One hundred and forty Jcsuits from
Toulouse have settled ut CarriOn and
Marcia, in Spain.
L. 3. Roberst. Of Washington, d. c., a
special agent of the census bureau, drop
ped dead in Norfolk, Va, yesterday.
The National board of health has not
uee bOfficially advised of the yellow fever
among the sailors of the bark Excelsior at
at New Orleans.
The Ducal line steamer Duke Of Lam
caster, from Calcutta for London, has
been wrecked on the rocks in the Red sea.
No lives were lost.
Henri Rochefort's newspaper, L'Intron-
sigeant, was issued yesterday morning. It
declares bitter war against the supporters
of NJ. Gambetta.
In compliance with tho advice of the
king of Greece and the powers, Premier
Tricoupis has withdrawn the decree calling
out the reserve.
Baseball: At BuilalO-BuffalO ), Cincin-
natl 3. At BOston-WOrcester 6, Boston 5,
At Cleveland--Clcveland 4. Chicago 1.
At Albany-Rochester 10, Albany7. At
Troy-Providence Z, Troy City 2.
twenty-five delegates, representing over
5000 miners in Ohio, met yesterday in
Columbus and adopted resolutions favor
ing the eight-hour system and semi-mOnth-
ly payments.
Mrs. Richard Hope, the wife Of promi-
nent citizen of New Brunswick, n. j.,
while about to take bath at her home,
was seized with a fit, fell into the bath tub
and was drowned.
The French national fete WIS celebrated
yesterday with great rejoicings. Presi-
dent Grevy presented new flags to the
troops, who renewed their Oaths Of fidelity
to the republic.
One hundred and seventeen deaths were
reported in New York during the twenty
four hours ending yesterday noon, II of the
victims being children under one year.
Four fatal sunstrokes were reported yes
terday afternoon.
The Lake View Sunday school assembly
at CazenOvia Lake, n. Y, opened on Tues
day evening with good attendance. Gen
eral WoOdfOrd lectured to the assembly
yesterday on his Impressions of the South.
The Western nail association met yes
terday in Pittsburgh, and reafirmed the
order of May II fixing the card rate ut
$500 per keg. No action was taken in
regard to suspension. and it is understood
some of the mills will resume work.
The board of health of Tennessee has
prohibited, from this date, the importation
No~, 0rlo, NO ne ep11 1;cn IL
to transport the germs of yellow fever.
The health boards of Arkansas, Kentucky
and Mississippi are requested to cooperate
with this precautiOn.
The U. 8. circuit court in Atlanta, Ga,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-15

Justice swayns On GarAsSA's "Fss."
James A. Garfield, . member of the bar
in the state Of Ohio, was retained by .
contingent fee of q, 600 to procure tho ap-
preparation of d, ,241, 900 to pay tho con-
tracts which one Chittenden had obtained
from the authorities of the District of Col
umbia for paving. The price per foot
agreed upon was three dollars and fifty
cents, whilst the real value was one dollar
and fifty cents. Chittenden handed over
the contracts to Mcclellan and others (De
Golyer was one of them). The profits
were 100000, Chittenden to have
the third. The case of Chittenden
VS.. Mcclellan ct al, state Of Illinois,
Cook county circuit court, May, 1875, con-
tains the evidence in full. Defendants de-
clined to pay the third and demurred to
the pleadings. Judge Farwell sustained
the demurrer, because James A. Garfield
was chairman of the committee Oh apprO-
priations, and the evidence developed the
fact that Garfield was retained on that ac-
count.
This case, with i number Of others aris-
ing from those contracts, went to the su-
preme court of the United States, and
Judge Swayne, delivering the opinion of
the court in Burke vs.. Child, thus decid-
ing all the cases, says, inter alia
''The agreement with General Gar
field, member of Congress, to pay
him s., 600 as a contingent fee for pro
curing a contract, which was itself made
to depend upon future appropriation by
Congress, which appropriation could only
| come from committee of which he was
chairman, was sale of official intlue nee,
which no veilcan cover against the plainest
principals of public policy. Nocounsellor-
at-law while holding high Office (much less
a minister Of the Gospel. ETC., has right
to put himself in position of temptation,
and under pretense of making legal argu-
ment exert his official influence upon pb-
lie officers dependent upon his future action.
Certainly the courts OF justice will never
lend themselves to enforce contracts Oh.
tanned by such influence"
The above decision made known October,
1879, is therefore not yet in the books, but
No. 12,1S1 in the circuit court of Cook
county, state of Illinois, presents all the
| information.
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TANNERS PREDECESSOR,
The Maryland Mem Om mac Who TASTED
Forty Days and Then Went to His Grave.


About the II of July. 1870, John French,
town, Nd, induced by religious monOma-
nights, abstaining from food of all kinds,
but drinking freely of water and occasion
ally indulging in a smoke. He completed
the fast on August 81, at which time he
was reduced to skeleton. DR.. Fred
Dorsey was then called in, but in spite of
the most careful attention he died ten days
later-on the 1st of September.
For two or three years previously it had
been noticed that the young man had Pc
culiar views upon various subjects, and
especially religion and the future state :;
but it was not surmised that they were i'm
bedded very deeply, much less to such an
extent us to derange his mind. On the
contrary, being more than usually gifted
with intelligence and acuteness, credit was
given him for more than the average rea-
soning sense. He, however, became fond
of reading works on theoretical religion.
To such an extent did he became absorbed
in some of the mysticism that his mind
gave way, and while laboring under the
misfortune became impressed with the idea
that he had some special religious task to
perform which could not be accomplished
until after he had tasted forty days. Every
effort made during that time to induce him
to cat utterly failed, and those who we've
in close contact with him all the time
say that not mOuthful of food passed his
lips. Strategy, after persuasion had ex-
hausted itself, was resOrted to. Tempting
fruit and other things were placed in his
way and in such manner rs to leave the
impression that their presence was un-
known to all but himself, yet he refrained
from partaking of it in every instance. OF
course during this time he became very
much reduced, looking more like skele-
ton than living human being. Nature at
length could stand the strain no longerand
few days before the expiration of the
forty days he was compelled to take his
bed. After the forty days he was fed with
great care, but his system had sunk too
deeply to recuperate. There are very few
who do not believe that French did what
he professed to undertake, with the exccp-
ton of drinking freely of water and smok-
ing considerably. 1t was pronounced by
physicians to be one of the extremely few
cases of extended fasting that has come to
the knowledge of the world.
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PERSONAL,

Mr.. POTTER PALMER, of Chicago, has
joined Hancock and English club. As a
punishment the Republicans have removed
their headquarters to an opposition hotel.
Archbishop WOOD. who has been con-
fined to his bed for the last few days with
an attack of rheumatism, was considerably
improved last night.
The Rev. f. p. ADAMS, of Dunkirk, n.
Y, has been requested by the presbytery
of Buffalo to resign, because he has been
preaching sermons against the doctrine Of
eternal punishment.
A young American lady miss PERKINS,
of New York, has taken the black veil in
the Dominican convent on the Rue Laugier,
Paris. The ceremony took place, accord
ing to established usages behind double
grating.
Miss NELSON spent the fourth of July at