The Portland daily press., 1881-11-11

Tutor in German-"Take the familiar SEN
tence, 4 will go before the faculty. would you
use wollen in translating?" Student-"No; be-
cause the sense of desire is entirely left out -
Yale Record.
Women that have been pronounced incura
BILE by the best physicians in the country, have
been completely cured of female weakness by
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Send to Mrs. Lydia e. Pinkham, 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
We notice in many an esteemed contempora-
ry's column an article entitled: "Bank Direc-
tors Duties" We should say, contrary to our
general free trade principles, that these duties
should be not " for revenue only, but for pro-
lection as well.-Detroit Free Press.
Is your scalp full of dry husky scales and lit
tie pimples? DR.. Benson's Silk Cure will
cleanse your scalp and remove all scales and
tenderness within days, try it. for it is the
best head dressing ever used. Sold by all drug
gists at 81. per package.
Here is Castle. 1t is the Home Of an Edi-
tor. 1t has Stained Glass windows and Mahog-
any stairways. In front of the Castle is
Park. Is it not sweet? The lady in the Park
is the editors wife She wears Costly robe
of Velvet trimmed with Gold Lace, and there
are Pearls and Rubies in her hair. The edi
tor sits on the front Stoop, smoking an Hava-
ma Cigar. His little Children are playing
with diamond Marbles on the Tesselated Floor,
The editor can afford to live in Style. He gets
Seventy Five Dollars a month Wages.-Den-
YER Trihune Primer.
NEW BLOOMFIELD, Miss, Jan. 2, $780,
wish to say to you that 1 have been suffering
for the last five years with a severe itching all
over. L have heard of Hop Bitters and have
tried it. I have used up four bottles, and it
has done NE more good than all the doctors
and medicines that they could use on or with
me. am old and poor but feel to bless you
for such relief by your medicine and from
torment of the doctors. have had fifteen
doctors at me. One gave me seven ounces of
solution of arsenic; another took four quarts of
blood from me. All they could tell was that it
was skin sickness. Now, after these fou bot
ties of your medicine, my skin is well, clean
and smooth as ever. HENRY KNocHE.
Boston has analyzed her drinking water, and
the Globe of that city prints map of the re-
suit, which is quite an interesting menagerie
Among the animalculB shown we recognize
the skeletons Of the megatherium, the gypto-
don, the icothyosaurus, the plesiosaurus, and
the pterodactyl, ali of which lived before the
f3ood The vegetable matter brought to light
by the microscope includes what appears to US
tc be a broken cart wheel, section of stove
pipe, prize beet, clOthes-horse and an old
saddle We are not surprised that the temper
ance party in Massachusetts is making pro
gress backward Norristown Herald.
Honorable Mention.
OF all the remedies on earth that we'll may
claim attention DIR. THOMAS EcLEcTR1c On
commands special mention. For wondrous
power to cure disease its fame there's none
can throttle. Its merits are not in the puff,
but are inside the bottle. Rheumatism, neu
ralgia, sore throat, asthma, bronchitis, diph-
liberia, etc., are all cured by Thomas Eclectric
oil.
"There," said Miss Dashie, as she sealed
letter addressed to her lover, "that isn't very
bright but it will do for him. Lovers are all
alike If yon only write them, they don't care
a straw what you say."-Boston Post.
1t is now believed that Cashier Baldwin was
getting ready to attend the Patti concerts
Chicago Tribune.
The same way your head is bent the girl in
clines-Illinois State Register.
A Jersey City policeman took his wife to
the station and charged her with disorderly
con duct for ask ing him for three dollars to buy
a.pair of shoes, and His Honor said that while
ii was serious case he would let her off for
that once.
When die let me be buried in the stove, to
SO that my ashes may mingle with the CRATE
Boston Star.