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The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
A Word of Warning

Town clerks and other town officers in
Maine should look carefully to election re-
turns this Fall. There are intimations that
Governor Plaisted is ambitious to attempt
the role which Governor Garcelen essayed
and in which he failed. Plaisted is shrewd
lawyer, great on technicalities and all the
devices of Toombs court shyster to defeat
justice, and will permit no conscientious
scruples to interfere with success. He has
behind him an organization that has been
educated to walk in crooked ways, and has
never hesitated in all its history to steal or
stuff ballot boxos or suppress or forge re-
turns. The Fusionists have great faith in
Plaisted's capabilities, have placed them
selves unreservedly in his hands, and are
glad to do his will. They believe in him and
cheer themselves with the thought that if
they lack ballots enough to elect their candi-
dates he will remedy the deficiency in the
council chamber.
If there is any chance for cheating, the
Fusionists will take that chance. They will
seize upon all the advantages that'may come
to them through the carelessness Of town
officers, and so if possible defeat the declar-
alton of the people at the polls, if that dec
laration be-as it undoubtedly will be-
against them. The chance to cheat must
not be given them. The returns must be
made with the most scrupulous care, so as
to afford no opening to Fusion chicanery.
We have to deal with opponents that are
willy and INSCRIPTIONS, who would rob a
grave yard if they could get away with the
plunder.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
The Georgia Cracker

If YOU never saw what is called Georgia
cracker" you have missed an exhibition worth
seeing. He is a poor white man. He is poor
because he is lazy. He is lazy because there is
no hard work about it. He has figured the bus
mess of existing on earth down to fine thing.
He can live cheaper in the country than in
town. He "squats' on somebody's land, or
redts it until elected, after years OF non-pay-
ment; and his house is not what troubles him.
ANYTHING with roof on it and chimney az
one end is a house and a home. 1t leaks, but
it only leaks when it rains, and the "cracker'
figures on about so much rain per year. The
walls are full of holes and creVices, but tney
let as much air out as they let IN, and SO 1t Is
an even thing. The chimney is built OF SUCKS
and mud, and he sees no particular reason why
a chimney should be plumb. LII the door VIII
swing he or some one else may shut 1t once IN
while, but if the hinges al o broken or the door
says, that ends that. The 'cracker" has a lam
lily. His wife is tall, raw-boned and slckly, and
she goes barefooted because it saves shoe leath-
er. The children never wear hats nor Shoes,
and are never washed nor combed unless there
is funeral or a wedding close by. The furni-
ture consists of straw beds, two or three chairs,
a nine table, two kettles, a few pieces OF crock
erv. two or three knives and forks and spoons,
and if the plates won't go round one eats Off
the table. The whole business can be loaded
into @ cart in few moments and drawn any
where in the world by a dying mule. The
few SEEDS aS Se nrodua oa
he owns a cart and a mule, or cart and a
spotted n OK, < an and if that OK can draw man and
cart and so cents worth of wood to market
there is no yearning after Vanderbilts millions
Thirty cents goes for plug tobacco and wniskey
and the other 20 for groceries or "hxlngs, ana
as YOU meet the noble duke on his homeward
journey she whoa's up his OK, shoves up MS
old straw hat and remarks: Stranger, calk,
erlate ye don't know of some good place whar,
hard-workin' pilgrim kin airn decent livin'
fur his distressed family,
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
Magazine Notices.

Harper's Magazine for August is brilliant
Number 1t opens with a fine frontispiece,
full-page illustration by Abbey, engraved by
Closson. We note especially two bright Sum-
mer articles-both finely illustrated-Some
Western Resorts, by John A. Butler, and
The Cruise of the "Name.ess" by Barnet Phil
lips. Col. L. w. Higginson contributes The
First Americans, an enterta ming and instruc-
tive historical psper-the first of series which
is to give continuous history OF the United
States down to the close of President Jack
sons Administration-profus illustrated.
There could be no more attractive Summer
holiday reading than Mr.. Lathfop's fourth pa
per of Spanish Vistas, in which he introduces
his readers to Andalusian delights and the
splendors of the. AlhaHlbra. Mr.. RenLart's
beautiful illustrations enhance the charms OF
this delightful Spanish sauntering. Some Wor-
thies of Old Norwich (Sir Thomas Browne,
Lord Nelson, John and Mrs. Opie, Mrs. Bar
bauld, Harriet Martineau, Sir William Beech
ey, Elizabeth Fry, and old John Crome) are
treated by Miss Alice Il. Hobbins in an inter
esting article, illustrated by views and por-
traits George M. Dawson contributes an in
teresting sketch of the Queen Charlotte Islands
and their native inhabitants, the Haida Indi-
ans, with illustrations. T E. Pendergast con-
tributes an article on the Canadian Pacific
Railway, and the wonderful region-the New
Northwest-which it is about to open to civili-
zation The article is illustrated with an ex-
cellent map. A very important article relat
ing to the perils of navigation in the North At
lantic-icebergs and fog-is contributed by ].
| W. Shackford, Captain of the Illinois. Thous-
ands of Magazine readers will give an eager
welcome to one of the Oldest contributors to
Harper, DR.. A. A. Lpscomb, and will read
with interest his able article on The Uses of
| Shakespeare off the Stage. The number con-
tains three strong short stories A Rebel, by
| Julian Hawthorne; Laquelle? by Mrs q. B.
| Gustafson and A st. Augustine Episode, by
| Miss A. r. Macfarlane. Poems are contribut-
| ed by Edgar Fawcett and William Winter.
| The Editorial Departments maintain their OLD
vigor. Among the contributors to the Drawer
are r. x. Munkittrick, j. M. Bailey, John
Goldman, G. 7. Lanigan and A. E. Sweet.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

THE British Medical Journal scoffs at DR..
w. A. Hammond's theory that Guiteau Of
fered typical instance Of reasoning ma
MAJ and tells him that thousands of cases
of sanctimonious and unscrupulous adVen-
turers as mad as Guiteau can be found at
short notice Guiteau's mad points, it says,
make specious show when gathered to-
gether. but they really prove nothing except
that he was abnormally vicious. They are
in no wise connected by signs of insanity, a
crucial test, and the Journal advises DR..
Hammond to call his new discovery Guiteau-
mania-a reasoning maniac" as DR.. Ham
mond defines him, being nothing but an
arrant rogue, according to the Journal,
whose opinion most sensible people will ap-
rr0Vp
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
Sumner
COMPLAINTS

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lost through lack of knowledge of a safe
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Read the following:
BASBRIDeE. n. Y. March z. 1881.
JOSEPH BURDITT.
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The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

THE United States Post Office is likely to
be quite as much interested as the French
in the discovery of M. Naguet that weak
solution of potash will wash stamp clean
American ingenuity has long been exercised
on the task of making a cancelling machine
which will not merely deface but destroy
the stamp, and the Department always
gives patient trial to new devices. So far
none has ever been found which destroys
the stamp without injuring the letter. Some
tear the stamp. One daring genius has pro-
posed gas-jet to burn it, and another
stamp made in two pieces, one Of which
could be torn out. All have failed, and the
loss to the Government from cleaned stamps
is unquestionably considerable.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

In his recent work, "Ants, Bees and
Wasps,' Sir John Lubbock establishes the
fact that the internal economy of the ant-hill
is similar to that of the bee hive, and that
the generation of ants is to some extent sim
liar to that of bees; that is, there is queen
ant, as there is queen bee, which is the
mother of the entire colony.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

For many years Mary Wade OF Gettys-
burg has petitioned Congress for pension
on the ground that she lost her daughter
and her whole support during the war of
the rebellion. The girl, who was but twelve
years of age, was in manner engaged in
the battle of Gettysburg. On the Sd of July
she was baking bread for the Union troops.
A rebel bullet struck her down. The Sen
ate committee on pensions has finally con-
cluded to report favorably upon her claim,
and she is now in fair way of getting on
the pension rolls for the remainder of her
lifetime.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

A CHIoKAsAw Indian convicted of mur-
der was recently turned loose on his parole
of honor while an appeal from the verdict
was being decided. He proved to be con-
scientious Indian, and while the case was
being argued was chopping wood within
hearing of the court room unguarded, with
out attempting to escape. He said if the
court decided that he must die he would do
so like an honorable Indian. He was cleared
through technicality.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

THE Indianapolis Journal pronounces the
Indiana Democracy in a state Of anarchy
and Generalization, and declares that ''nev-
er did the Republican party have a better
opportunity to defeat it thoroughly and GER
tainly than now"
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
A Lesson in Pol1teness.
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
The following act of politeness on the part of
John Quincy Adams, while he was President
is told by one who remembers the fine courtesy
of the old gentleman: Mr.. Adams was an ear.
ly riser, and was in the habit of walking be-
fore breakfast. One morning before sunrise
he was indulging in his customary walk when
he met one of the Foreign Ministers issuing
from low gambling house. Mr.. Adams gave
no sign of recognition, but passed him as
though he were perfect stranger, which, sai0
the foreign representative, twas to me great
relief" When the book on etiquette at the
White House is written, this anecdote should
be incorporated, SO that the Presidents to come
may know what to do lnder similar circum-
stances.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

EVERY regular attache OF the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley PulleD,
Editor, ALI railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon by demanding credentials
OF every person clsiming to represent journal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
CETY OFFAa1.

VEAyING been duly licensed to remove the city
Ff offal and having given bond for the satisfac,
tory performance of the work, wonld request all
persons having knowledge of any neglect on the
cart Of my drivers to Immediately inform me Of the
fact by telephone or otherwise. JOHN l.. BESI,
375 Commercial st. Telephone 502.
Portland June Il. 1882. JneI5eed5ln*
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
Reception Hall (City Building)
PORTLAND,
TuesdaY. InIv 25. 1882. at 10 a. n.

to nominate candidates for the following offices, to
wit: Four Senators, Sheriff, County Treasurer,
Register OF Deeds, County Attorney, Clerk Of
Courts, and two County Commissioners. Also to
elect County Committee for two years; commenc-
ing Jan 1, 1888
The basis of representation will be as follows:
one delegate for each city and town; and one in
addition for each seventyve votes for Governor in
1880 fraction of 40 votes will be entitled to an
additional delegate Cities and towns are entitled
tn delepates as folloWe:
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
CITY OFFAL.

nj .CE is hereby given that JOHN L. BEST has
~ been duly licensed to collect the City Ohal and
has ,Sen bond for the satisfactory performance of
tle @Y k. All persons collecting otfal without a
tscenI in violation of the City Ordinance will be
Draecc tied according to law.
G. X. BRIDGES,
vhi6dH City Marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

IT is said that Ia, 100000 bushels of sweet
potatoes will be raised in Georgia this sea-
son, and how to dispose of the crop is a
problem. Two attempts at solution are
mentioned in the Atlanta Constitution.
One is that freight rates can he made low
enough to make western shipments profit
able. The total crop weighs nearly half a
million tons, and to carry such freight
should be an object to any company which
could handle it and take it to market
where fair prices are sure to obtain. The
other solution is to use an evaporator and
dry the petato, by which operation only
about Is per cent. of the weight is lost.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
WaMfRss
FIFTY LABORERS WANTED.

CiAN makers and apprentices to make corn cans.
~ Apply, Winslow Packing Company, 311s Ex-
charge street, Portland NJ jy10dtf
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

10 work on Water Works mt Se-
bRgO lake, nae. Apply TO PORT
LAND WATER COMPANY, No. 33
Plum Street, Portland.
je29 diff
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
OPP BUGGY.

A 2nd HAND Top Box Buggy for sale, or will
N exchange for Concord or light Beach Wag,
on. This Buggy is Portland make, good style and
in good condition. Can be seen at j. f. COBB'S
Carriage shop Woodfor 3. Jyl3dlw~
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
ordinance Relating to Deposit oil
Waste Matter ON Streets.

NOTICE is hereby given that the deposit in the
In streets, Except in proper receptaces) of ash
es sweepings of Shops waste or dirty water, or any
animal, vegetable or offensive matter whatever, is
forbidden by the ordinances of the city. Attention
of shopkeepers and others is called to this matter
further violations of the ordinances will subject
them to prosecution.
fyi7dSfW&F1m G. K BRIDGES. City Marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
REAL ESTATE.
Cottage House and Three Acres Of
Land for Sale.

FN Cane Elizabeth, between Ocean House road
1 and the road leading to Cape Elizabeth Depot.
House contains seven rooms. Good stable connect-
GOOD water five minutes ride from Portland Bridge
Apply to 6. G. ROBINSON, on the premises or
WIN. H. JERRIS, Portland jyld3w*
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
WONAN'S TRIUMPH.
A severe Surgical Operation. II is Er-
dnred without taking Ether. ubJect,
NTrs. Edward Myers, of Rom

From the Correspondence of the Kingston, N. Y.
FTeenGn.)
The case of Mrs. Edward Myers, OF Rondout,
New York, furnishes an apt illustration of woman's
rover of endurance. This lady had been treated
for months in the usual way for Erysipelas of the
hand. without benefit. Not until her hand had
become mass of purified flesh did she turn to DIR.
Kennedy, proprietor of the "Fayorite Remedy, for
help.
He at once informed her that il was impossible to
save the hand--it must be amputated. She ereceived
this terrible intelligence quietly, declined to take
ether, stipulating merely to hold her husbands
hand during the operation, and underwent the pain
full process without moving muscle or uttering
groan. DR.. Kennedy then gave "Favorte Remedy
freely to cleanse the blood and prevent the return
of the disease, and Mrs. Myers now lives and re-
ioices in her great deliverance.
"Favorite Remedy is fast becoming a trusted
household friend in all cases Of Female Weakness
and diseases of the blood. One dollar bottle.
Your druggist has it, juu26Mw&w1y
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

THE Temperance movement is gaining
momentum in Michigan and Nebraska, and
majority of Republicans in both States are
reported as favoring popular vote on pro-
hibitory amendments.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
WANTS.
WANTED.

A MAN of successful experience in the agency
IA business, fully competent to manage tbs
sales of large subscription Book House for State.
Prefer young man from 20 to 80. First class ref
erences required as to character ability. A large
salary will be paid the right man. Give age, exper-
len in full and salary wanted.
iylSd3t* Address Books PRESS Ofhce
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
wanted.

1.-TWO adjoining furnished rooms with board for
Il lady and two children, aged one and three
years. Answer stating price, TO Box 109, FAIL
MOUTH HOTEL. jy1Sd3t*
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Partner Wanted.

4 HAVE several thousand dollars, and want a
Il good man with some money (not less than
$10O0D to join me in staple wholesale business.
large amount of money can be realized. Address
A PRACTICAL MAN, Press Office. jy13d1ws
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Wanted.

A New York Publishing Co. wish to procure 8 or
"A young men Who have had successful ex-
perience in the Subscription Book business to
81 and hire Agents for them. Give age, experience
in full and salary wanted. Address Publisher,
care or PBESS UFFIUE, PorJIanu. Jy1Td3J
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
PORTLAND, ME.
Republican County Convention

The Republicans of the several cities and towns In
Cumberland County requested to send Dele
gates to County Convention to be holden at
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19
Good News for the Afflicted
UNITED STATES HOTEL.

DIR. WILSON,
Author of the Guide for Physicians and popular
Lecturer, from Boston late of London,
England.
In his Parlors has successfully treated 255 pa
tients within the last month and pronounced incur
able 73 cases.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

SAMUEL DINGLEY.
NEWALL A. TRAFTON,
DIR. JOHN i. STURGESS, County
BENZ. TRUE,
GILES LORING, Coum ttee
HORACE f. MILLIKEN,
FRED III. HARTFORD,
ISAIAH S, WEBB, Chairman.
JOHN NJ. STEVENS, Secretary.
Portland, July 3, 1882.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-19

Introduced IN 1864. Jtoe gears prior to the IN
Production of any other NeaO England remedy
for the same diseases.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-30
SQUIRTING.

< .
1t is interesting to note the ridiculous
contortions Of the Republican, organs
throughout the country in their vain eff
forts to find plausible excuse for the
overwhelming defeat of the party. The
half-breeds blame the Conkling- Grant fac
ton, while the Stalwarts accuse Blaine Of
having used his best efforts to disrupt the
Republican organization. Others blame
the Prohibitionists, the Greenback ele-
ment, the female suffragists, but not one
has the candor and generosity to admit that
the growing power Of the Democracy has
at last asserted itself, and that the RepuD-
lican party is defeated.
A few papers profess great amazement
at the result, but in view Of the fact that
nearly all the leading journals throughout
the Union predicted the Republican de-
feat, the professed astonishment fthe few
can hardly be sincere. Hdrper's
Weekly, for example, in Its last issue, pre-
vious to the campaign, has the following
The Indignation and apathy and open
hostility in the Republican campaign IN
New York, the organized division OF the
party in Pennsylvania, the bitter dlscon-
tent In New Hampshire, and the trenchant
criticism everywhere, plainly indicate the
probability that the result in Ohio will be
repeated in other States, and that the
President will see general defeat OF his
party in the first year of his administra-
ton. But even success in New York and
Pennsylvania would uot heal the breach.
It is therefore most serious situation, and
in view OF the election OF 1884 the imme-
diate questions, whatever the result Of the
elections, would below the party could be
reorganized, OF whether disintegration
had gone too far.
Republican defeat would not be unin~
telligible. 1t could be traced directly 70
its chief cause, and that is the old cause
the abuse of patronage. This has become
the intolerable evil Of our politics. Moth
ing but this could have prevented Bepuo-
lican ascendency for many years.
The writer Of the above, howtr yer, takes
the ground that the defeat is due to At
thurs failure to carry out Garfield's de-
sign Of administration and because he has
conducted himself all the same as though
he had been elected President. A more
narrow-minded view of the stalWarts
could not well be taken by the egotistical
Blaine, himself. Butfurtller on, the same
writer says that Republican defeat would
mean simply Republican disgust, " which
is true enough and q. very candid admiss-
ion to come from Republican paper, but
here again itaims at Arthur, and sRepub-
lican disgust means disgust with the pres
ent administration. s@
Take it altogether, the Republicans are
badly whipped and they are afraid to cay
why they are whipped. But they know
and feel that their party is rotten to the
core, and that weak indeed must be the
opposing party that cannot anally crush
them in 1884.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-30
- -
ABOUT, HINES.

Late reports from the Barker District,
especially from the Wright e Edwards
mine are of such a favorable character that
we cannot refrain from again calling the
attention of our readers to the importance
Of this industry.
4 few years ago, in speaking Of the re-
sources ard industries os Norther Mon~
tana, mining was only mentioned as one
of the possible good things the future had
in store for us, and not by any means to
be regarded as q sure source Of revenue,
OF as the slightest illlucenlent to immi-
grafton. Referring ito the files Of the
RECORD for 1875 and 1876, we find num-
Der OF illusions 10 the possible wealth Of
the Belt, Bear Paw and Judith Mountains,
and also to the fact that gold and silver
were known to existin paying quantities
north OF the Boundary Line. our specu-
latfons were then based upon the stories Of
old timers who had prospected extensive
" through the mineral regions mentioned,
and made what they thought to be valu-
able discoveries. Many of. those men after
wards lostatheirali lives while iii searehEof
the precious metals, and the Indians final
w compelled them To abandon all hope Of
realizing the fortunes they deserved and
which they might have had but for the
unsettled state of the country. IT may be
well to state just here aatGmany of the
richest discoveries said toshave been made
by the early exploltsraa have. not yet been
found by the prospeetors Of the present
day, although it's believed they will even
tualIy turn up. Father Desmet, for ex-
ample, stated positively before his death
that he knew Of immense deposits Of gold
and silver not very far from, ifnot within, |
the present limits of Choteau County and
there are Indians living to-day who rnade
bullets Of gold and silver brought TO their
camps BY members Of their tribe. who
sould not5tell where sheanetal vac found.
These stories may or may not have any
but IL Is !. fact that the present