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The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15

The man who tries to stop another's hat
which has blown off generally "puts his foot in
it"-Wit and Wisdom.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15

European Ticket Office.
Cabin and Steersge Tickets by the
Cunard, Allan, Inman, White Star and
Anchor Lines of European Steamers
sailing weekly from Boston and New York. Fer
further particulars call on or address
Il. p. MCGOWAN, Bookseller,
n 419 CONGRESS- STREET, dt
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15

FANTASIES for our Princess Needle CaskeS
~ Just from Europe; Goods staple and sell 90
sight. Also general agent wanted. Circular anf
terms free. London Needle Co., New Bedford.
Mass novI3 d6t
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15
WANTED.

TDOY, abont II or Is years Of age, wantsA %
ID clerk in q grocery store. One living In central
or eastern part of city preferred. Address @. o.
this Office, giving age etc. pov1sdf
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15
FOR SALE
WANTS.
WANTED.
BOY WANTED.

A COOK. One capable of taking charge Of her
"A work. References required. Inquire Of Ms,
GAY IS Spring st. nov14-d9ss
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15
8. R. NILES.

TREMONT ST., BOSTON
Contracts for Advertisements In Newspapers in 81
ties aad towns Of the United States, Canada and
ciitish Provinces.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15

WILL take 10 or ~ Horses on the Gerry Farm
w in Deering Apply to CHARLES d. Nc
DONALD, On the premises, or to JOHN G. GERRY
157 High ST., Portland oct22du
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-15

Nothing can say in praise of it as health pro-
noting exc else is beyond the measure of its great
deserving 1t supplies with wonderful perfection a
necessity long felt by physicians.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
A WISE MApMAN.

Arab literature is full of anecdotes of
wise and sober men who have reproved
their dissolute "betters :" here is one of
the kind. A certain king went to visit a
mad-house, and found there an intelligent:
looking youth, who, after replying sensibly
to number of questions put to him by the
sovereign, at length addressed the latter,
saying
You have asked me many things
will now ask you one. At what period does
a sleeper enjoy his sleep most?"
The king reflected while, and then
said "While he is actually sleeping"
"That cannot be" said the man, :" for
he has no perception while asleep"
"Then before he goes to sleep, said the
king;
the madman, before it comes ?"
"Then, said the king, " after he has
been asleep"
May" said the mailman, ga man can
not be said to enjoy thing that has passed
away"
SO pleased was the king with the othe->s
wit that he determined to make CON-
panion Of him, had table set in front Of
the window of the mad-house, and bade
his attendants hand cup of wine to him
self and one to his mad friend. You
drink your cup" said the latter, that
you may become like me, but, II drink
mine, whom shall be like ?"
The king, on hearing this speech, threw
away his cup, and remained total ab-
stainer forevermore.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

tract at the request of the young American,
since she is said to be beautiful, rich, and
accomplished. brave and heroic, by actual
test in the presence of danger.
All observing anglers will admit that
among the most prominent of the natural
laws governing fishing the following are in
controvertible That the biggest fish
always bites on the hook of the biggest
duffer. That you have arrived just when
the fish have stopped eating for the season.
That there is a good place for fishing about
five miles further up the road. That when
you go there, you Will hear of a better
place five miles further. That you could
cross the continent on just such informa-
| tion if your money held out. That the
guides will convince you that you have
neglected to provide appropriate tackle,
and that they have got just what you need,
| to sell at a fabulous price. That it will
rain and blow, and be too dry and too
warm, and that the water will be too high,
and too low, and too muddy, and too clear,
everywhere you go. That the largest fish
will be the one you lose just at the top
of the water. The fishing amt what it used
to be.
1hC bWO bCSl Fci lpi puppies al z
areca-nut and santonine. The latter, in
its crystallized form, is an excellent
remedy for worms in dogs. and about two
grains in butter cannot be surpassed as a
vermifuge for puppies of seven or eight
weeks old, whose parents weigh from forty
to sixty pounds weight. II too strong a
dose is given, santonine has tendency to
affect the brain and cause fits, so caution
must be exercised in administering this
medicine. The chief difficulty in the use
of areca nuts lies in getting it freshly
grated, as if allowed to become stale it
loses its virtue as an anthelminic. To
avoid this the nut should be grated on an
ordinary nutmeg CRATER, and given i'm
mediately in butter or lard. The ordinary
dose is two grains for every pound the dog
weighs, but more than two drachms should
never be given. Spratt's worm powders
are also excellent remedies, if an owner
has to clear his pets of these pests, and are
easily procured OF any chemist. tt Forest
and Stream.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
Kew TangIes.

HSH 4dnE4SS.
1l75. Square, containing four letters
only, by Hattie Heath
Ancient name of Persia; imperfect; CLASSY
bead classical name.
ll76. Beheadings and curtailings, by
Quest
Bebead and curtail an outcast and find song
fruitfuness, and find loan a spectacle and find a
mans name; a solid obtained from the ashes of
seaweed and find fabulous deity; figure Of equal
angles, and find an article OF food.
ll77. Beheaded word, by Quiz
Whole is ruinous in his bills;
Beheaded many an attic fills y;
Again, tbs of iron an ore;
A bird which wades along the shore,
And fish, found in fresh water rills.
IT'S. Beheadings, by Quiz:
Whole in a bird which sings;
a shrub which roughly clings;
Behead, and carelessly rove;
Again-I affectionately move.
1l79 Diamonds, by Pat A. Coma
A letter crowned man in game of draughts !;
a station; from head to foot; stupid person con-
traction; a letter.
l1SO Charade. by Augusta Blake tdedi-
Gated to Silver KING:
When the storm is loudly raging
And the first is madly tossed,
All the second is bewailing,
Fearing lest the last be lost.
First and second, Joined together
In bond Of union fast
Surely mrst possess the whole
Ger the first to guide the last.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
LYDIA 6. PENKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Is a Positive Cure

for all those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
socommon to our best female population.
1t will cure entirely the worst form Of Female Com
plaints all ovarian troubles Inflammation and Ulcera-
ton Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adapted to the
Change Of Life.
It will dissolve and eIpel tumors from the uterus IN
an early stage of development. The tendency to can
cerous hurnors there checked veryspeedy BY its use
It removes faintness atlency, destroys all craving
for stimuants and relieves weakness ofthe stomach
1t cures Floating, Headaches Nervous Prostrution,
General Debility, sleepessness, Depression and lndi-
gestion.
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight
and bnckache is always permanently cured byi use
1t will at all times and under ell circumstances act IN
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the of Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed
LYDIA z. PINKHAyI's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDS prepared at 2ss and 255 Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass Price 81. Six bottlesfor g. Sent by mail
in the form of pills also in form Of lozenges, on
receipt of price, 81 per box for either Mrs Pnkhatn
freely answers all letters Of inquiry Send for paInph
let Address as above. Mention this Rdper.
No family should be without LYDIA E PINKHAM's
LIVER PILLS They cure constipation, bliousnsHAs
and torpidlty Of the liver. 25 cents per box.
RJ Sold by all Druggists. a. =
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

ELEcTRoPHoNE. "A o.called electro
phone, the invention of NJ. Maiche, was
exhibited in Paris recently. It is, in fact,
telephone which not only transmits the
voice to a distance hitherto unattainable,
but neutralizes the noise made by other
telegraphic wires during the passage of
message. This noise is so loud as fre-
quently to render inaudible message sent
through wire which is in the immediate
neighborhood of others. NJ. Maiche has
invented some contrivance which, as far
as he showed lately, completely does away
with this confused murmur, thus enabling
his telephone to be worked on a railway
line to any distance. He processes to be
able to talk with New York as easily as
with Versailles, between which place and
Paris, distance of more than ten miles,
the apparatus has been tried with success.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

Fg THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION. The
Rev. DR.. Henry A. Nelson, an eminent
Presbyterian minister, formerly of st.
Louis, writing of the Westminster Comics
sion, evidently fayors rewriting Of that
venerable document, of which the distinc..
tive doctrines are no longer taught in the
pulpit. He says: SIS the time now, or
is it near, when the Church can hang up
some of her iron and brazen armor in her
historic halls, and clothe herself in gar
ments more plant to her members, in
which she can run more swiftly and work
more deftly in which, too, she will look
more comely to the eyes of her children and
be more likely to win wanderers into her
holy home?
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
MUSICAL NOTES.

A new composer of uncommon merit
named Smetana has arisen at Prague.
Vieuxtemps died rich. He was mill
ionaire at his decease, resembling Paganini
in this respect.
"Carmen" was received with much favor
at its first representation at Wiesbaden.
"Belisario" has made failure in Flor
ence, although splendidly mounted and
prepared.
troupe, has decided to devote herself to
Italian opera after the present season.
The Lotus Glee Club is the name of a
Boston vocal quartet. which includes
| Nat. NJ. Brigham, G.. Frank Hunting,
Arthur B. Hitchcock and John King
Berry.
George Henschel has completed the
library of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He has selected 81 symphonies, So over
lures, y concertos and l26 miscellaneous
pieces-275 scores in all.
Madame Adelina Patti has, it is said
received an invitation from Beiruth to un-
dertake the part of Kundry in the grand
production of Wagners last opera, Par
| SlIdl, III Gfle TSStlNdi IucdIcls
She gayly seized the kerosene
To stimulate the fire;
| And the tenor who had loved her,
At the funeral led the choir.
Remenyi, since his arrival in America,
has performed in 442 cities and towns OF
the United States and the Canadas, and
travelled nearly 40, 600 miles. Before the
end of his present engagement at Roster
& BiaPs, in New York. he will have been
heard in upward of lC0 pieces.
The new and handsome Tabor Opera
House at Denver was opened by the Emma
Abbott Opera Company September 9TH.
The troupe receives a guarantee of $50. 900
and railway fares for ffty-eight persons
from New York to Denver and return, for
a season of two weeks.
New York is soon to employ bugler to
give signals at fires. In Boston we are
more cultured than that. We are to have
one of our numerous symphony orchestras
play an Allegro Fuocoso, while an eminent
vocalist sings the commands somewhat as
follows
You gentlemen of engine nine,
May of you require
That now the nozzle you incline,
That now the nozzle you incline,
Yes, now incline (repeat fugue moyemenD,
And squirt upon the fire.
This will undoubtedly educate our fire.
men, although it may be necessary to
shorten the fugue somewhat. tt Musical
Herald.
The Bale Opera Company is the name
of an organization which includes Miss
May Mule, Miss Ida Mule, A. NJ. Bell,
Charles I. Dolan and Charles F. Hallam.
1t will present the Sleeping Queen and
"Spoiling the Broth
Beauty may boast OF her eyes and her cheeks,
But Love from the lips his true archery wings;
And she who but feathers the dart when she speaks
At once sends it home to the heart when she sings
Henri Provost, the tenor, is said to have
been secured by Mapleson for his Ameri-
can tours at monthly salary of 1000
francs for the first year, $4,000 francs for
the second year and 10000 francs for the
third wear,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
THE QUIET HOUR.
answers to september 1oth.

Il65. Long live my native land
ll66. Chills and fever; reversed-fever
and chills; behead-ever chills. Ia miser
having seized a poor widow for gathering
fagots from his hedge, she raised her hands
and prayed he might never know warmth.
He never did.
ll67. Gila monster.
ll6S. l) Tom tom; mot mot. (2)
Sin1e5 Tennis.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Prof A. Steiner and DR.. III. Schulze, of
Freiberg, have, according to the Oest.
Zeitschritt FIR Berg md Hutteneesen, been
making series of microscopic and chemical
inves LEGATIONS of the mutfies taken out of
zinc distllling furnaces after four to six
weeks campaign. They find the mass,
which has blush color and coarsely
fibrous structure, to be mixture of zinc
spinel and tridymite.
The Swan electric light, which closely
resembles the Edison incandescent lamp, is
in process of introduction at the Earnock
Colliery, near Hamilton, North Britain.
There are now sixteen stationary lamps
and six are "portable.
Inventors appear to be turning much at.
tention to the utilization of electricity for
running drills for mining and quarrying.
At the Paris Electrical Exhibition, a
Taverdon diamond drill and a percussion
drill, by NJ. Chenot, Jr., is shown. There
can be little doubt that there is much
promise of success in this direction, and
that, under special circumstances, electric
ity may prove a welcome substitute for
steam or compressed air Engineering
Journal.
Among the recent Improvements intro
duced in England in building large steam
ships are hollow steel shafts, which are
chiefly manufactured by Sir Joseph Whit.
worth & Co. On this system, l0.inch
shaft has hole inches in diameter, re-
ducing the weight l6 per cent, while the
strength is only diminished by 2.56 per
cent. With 5-inch central hole, these
figures would be % and 4. 25 per cent. re-
spectively.
For number of years, Spanish pyrites
has been imported by chemical manufact-
urers in Germany, some of whom sold it,
after roasting it, to English copper-w works,
as there was only one establishment in
Germany, at Duisburg, which could work
the pyrites. The Zeitschrif reports that
the second works is about to be built near
Hamburg, for the purpose of extracting
the copper from the material which hitherto
brought only low figures in England.
According to the Complies Rendus, Haute.
feuille and Cailletet have determined the
density of liquid oxygen, nitrogen and n.y.
drogen by liquefyipg them mixed with
carbonic acid and nitrous oxide, and basing
their calculations on the assumption that
the mixed liquids are without action upon
one another. For oxygen, 0.5S and 065
were found at degree O., the former from
experiments with carbonic acid, and the
latter with nitrous oxide. Liquid nitrogen
has density of 0.37 and hydrogen OPS.
The growing Importance of magnesia in
the manufacture of cements, artificial
stones and fre-proof brick and other re.
fractory materials has led to number of
attempts to produce it from chloride of
magnesium, found in such abundance at
Stassfurt, Germany, and elsewhere. NJ
Closson, of Paris, has recently introduced
the treatment of chloride of magnesium
lyes with burnt dolomite, and has thus
produced very pure magnesia. At Leo
poldshall, where the process has been in
troduced on working scale, magnesia
bricks have been made, which, according
to the Chemical Ne,cs, have resisted even
the fame of the oxy-hydrogen blast.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
IEasiIy Proven.

It is easily proven that malarial fevers,
constil alton, torpidity of the liver and
kidneys, general debility, nervousness and
neuralgia ailments yield readily to this great
disease conqueror, Hop Bitters. 1t repairs
the ravages of disease by converting the food
into rich blood, and it gives new life and
vigor to the aged and infirm always.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

NoIsE.-Noise may be deadened by a
number of simple contrivances. Rubber
cushions under the legs of work bench
are an effective method of deadening noise,
it being found, as stated, that in certain
factory the hammering of fifty copper
smiths was scarcely audible in the room
below, their benches having under each leg
a rubber cushion. Kegs of sand or saw-
dust, applied in the same way, afford SIM
liar immunity. A few inches of sand or
sawdust being first poured into each keg,
there is laid on it board or block upon
which the leg rests, and around the leg and
block is poured fine, dry sand or sawdust.
By this simple means it is said, not only all
noise, but all vibration and shock are SO
completely prevented that an ordinary
anvil thus mounted may be used even in
dwelling house, without annoying its oc.
cupants.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

King Kalakaua's army consists of ex-
actly sixty men. Well, if that is the case,
we don't wonder at his wanting TO sell his
kingdom. He might trade his army for
our navy, then swop the navy for dog,
shoot the canine and finally die happy
roll City Derrick.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

A cantata is poem adapted to music,
the words of which may or may not be
sacred. Like an oratorio, cantata is
given without scenery or costumes.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
LOVELY
COMPLEXEoNS
POSSIBLE 70 AL

What Nature denies to many
Art secures to all. Hagan1s
Magnolia Balm dispels every
blemish, Overc0mes Redness,
Freckles, SallOWness, Rough
ness, Tan, Eruptions and
Blotches, and removes all evil
dences of heat and excitement,
The Magnolia Balm imparts
the most delicate and natural
cOmpIexional tints-no detec-
ton being possible to the clos-
est observation.
Under these circumstances o
faulty complexi0nis little short
of a crime. Magnolia Balm
sold everywhere. Costs only
Is cents, with full directions,
Ess 2; slsIhslsss9
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

FAITH must be backed up by works. Hsva
faith to try Kidney-Wort. and it will do the
work,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
STYLISH WOMAN.

STYLISH MOOAN,
With one exception, have seen in many
long day. She was not pretty, and yet she
was you have seen such women, perhaps.
She was striking, she would stand out
prominently against background of 500
others grouped ON purpose to kill her style.
But the 500 couldn't accomplish it. She
was dressed in dark-green cashmere,
draped toward pointed effect and pa.
neered about the hips. Her arm and wrist
were melted together they were SO round
and plump, and she had one tinkling bangle
on her left arm. But the scarf she wore
about her neck was arranged with touch
that was the perfection of art. It was of
soft, thin white muslin, very long, and
heavily embroidered on the ends. 1t
seemed to have been swept carelessly
toward the left as If to be out of harm way,
and was caught together with long fancy
pin. For the rest she had heavy masses
of natural blonde hair and very gracious
manner, which all helped to make up the
impression. The other woman was young,
scarce more than girl, and she gave me
the idea that she was Just what I'd like to
be-that is, if couldn't be the other one
don't know which I'd choose. She was
swathed-yes, swathed, wound closely
about. bound in folds of old-fashioned plain
black silk, which fit her so beautifully and
made her seem so lissome and slender.
She had long, pearl-colored kids, her lovely
young face grew upon me with its startled,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24

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The daily gazette., 1881-05-19

GRANT FAvoRs CoNKLINa.-Gen.
Grant has written q letter in which
he takes open ground in favor of Sena-
tor, Conkling. The letter was written
to Senator Jones, Of Nevada, who has
given it to the public. It win be
found elsewhere, and read with inter
est The President is for "war to
the knife" and the battle In to be con-
tinued to the t'bitter end" It is also
: said that Grant has written TO Gar
,fsld. But his letters have all come
too late. The work has been done.
The anti.third term cohorts have
crossed the Rubioon, and they cannot
retreat II they would. The letter OF
the ex-P PRESIDENT and certain remarks
that have fallen from the factions at
Albany show pretty sonclusively that
the breach that has been made over
the appointment Of Robertson Ii emily
the beginning OF the struggle for the
Presidency in 1884. It is Grants
battle over again for the Third Terra
.Conkiing is only doing Grants work
now s#
The daily gazette., 1881-05-19
TO CONTRACTOR.

SEALED PROPOSALS. win be receiv-
ed By the COMMITTEES appointed by The
Levy Court OF New Castle County, for the
eonstructisn OF Q PILED BRIDGE ON the
S.S M,S6 q ,ns me- ola S5lass -
structed with white OAK piles, caps istring
ers and plank. Tae railing 70 b Of either
white oak orwhite pine. Length OF
bridge about 2400 leet, width 10 feet, 70 be
ieet; each Q length Of 90 feet. The work
20 be braced and bolted IN o good and
substantial manner, the piles driven 20 3
solid foundation.
TOR the construction Of ~ earth road ON
the same site, TO be OF . width mot less
than thirty feet on the top. the gifies 70
have q slope OF at least hify degrees, and
when finished 70 be &C lest hfieen fset
seyonty feet In length and twenty fees In
width across st. Augustine creek, con.
structed oA piles Of white OAK, nve piles
70 q bents the bents TO be eight feet apart,
and plank 70 be OF white oak, railing %
pc OF white pine with wooden cribbed
abutments, ave feet OF the top Of which
TO be good white pine faced timber.
Proposals wiz alse be Eeceived at the
| OF the same work and In the same E an.
ner, parity in wood and partly In earth.
specifications can be seen on appIica
ton 70 Wm. Polk. odessa. Del,
MlLLIAA POLK, Levy Court Room
Wilmington Delaware, and delivered OF
or before 10 o'clock, q. m, on Monday
2Srd day OF May, 1851.
ject any or all bids.
WILLIAM POLK,
| SHRisTI4E FEAbGEH. COMMITTEES
WILLIAM h. BRIGHT.
May Is, l881.-7t
The daily gazette., 1881-05-19


THE CONFIRMATION OF RoBRRTsoN
by the Senate yesterday, with only
four votes in the negative could not
have bsen pleasant news to Mr.. Conk-
ling. The votss in the negative were
Msssrs. Cameron, Ingalls,, Farley and
Jones, Of Nevada, all Republicans.
No Democrat voted against Robert.
sons confirmation. Even David DAVIS
and Malone were unwilling to throw
away their manhood. and show such
trucking TO the New York Senator.
y The news was immediately tsle.
grsphed TO Albany and carried to the
State Senate, which took recess o.
Ave minutes to have the telegram read
1t created . scene of wild excitement
and amid clapping Of hands andchser
Mr.. Robertson, who is the Prssiden
Of the senate, came IN, when thre'
heartya cheers were given for him ans
three more for Garfield. But not /.
cheer was given for Conkling ant
Plast.
The daily gazette., 1881-05-19

ADvIcR TO DAwns.-The Philadel
phia Times gives advice to Dawes that
he would benefit his country BY adopt
ing. 1t is as follows;
Suppose that Mr.. Dawes should
resign and 20 home and ask Massa-
chusetts what she thinks of man who
has disgraced the whole country by
trying to elect Gorham and Riddle
berger to Senate officers, in the belief
that 1t was great constitutional Ques-
tion, SO ignorant ia he of what such
question really is, while all the while
he was the mere tool of Conkltng, who
used him for his own purposes and
then showed what he thought of the
great question by making it impossi-
BILE for poor Dawes to have it decided.
Let Mr.. Dawes fling himself into the
arms Of his constituents. They will
never let him escape again"