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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-18

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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-18

DR. KLINE'B GREAT NERVE Rk
~ storer 10 the wonder Of the age 3yAn
aerve diseases. All Ats stopped ffOs. bsha
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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-18
- BIC SALE.

VIII be sold NJ Public Sale, at tho lmte resi-
'ieras II VIM W. stewart, deceased. neal
kirkwood, Del, on
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
Pioneer Women in JournaIism.


The first daily newspaper printed in the
world was established and edited by woman
Elizabeth Mallet, in London, 1702-almost
two hundred years ago. In her salutatory she
said she had established newspaper "to spare
the public half the ,mpertinencies which the
ordinary lpapers contain" Womaniike, her
paper was reformatory.
The first newspaper published in America of
which We have any record was in Massaehu-
sets. 1t was called the Massachusetts Gazette
and Newsletter. After the death of the edi-
tor, the widow edited it in the most spirited
manner for two or three Years. 1t was the
only paper that did not suspend publication
when Boston was bes'eged by the British.
The widows name was Margaret raper.
In 1852 Rhode Island issued first news
paper. 1t was owned and edited by Anna
Franklin. She and her two daughters did the
printing, and their servants worked the print
ing press. History tells us that for her quick
ness and correctness she was appointed printer
TO the colony, supplying pamphlets, etc., to
the colonial officers. She also printed an edi.
ton of the Colonial Laws" of $40 pages.
In l776 Sarah Goddsrd printed paper in
Newport, Rhode Island, ably conducting it,,
atterward associating with her John Carter.
The firm was announced Sarah Goddard & Co.,
taking the partnership precedence as was
proper and right.
In 1772 Cementine Reid published paper
in Virginia favoring the colonial cause, and
greatly offending the Royalists; and two years
after another paper was started in the interests
OF the Grown by Mrs. II. Boyle, borrowing the
name of Mrs. Reid's paper, which was the Vir.
glnia Gazette, but which was sh1rt-lived. Both
of the papers were published in the town of
Williamsburg. The colonial paper was the
first newspaper in which the Declaration of In
dependence was printed.
In 1878 Elizabeth Timothy published and ed
tied paper in Charleston, S. G. After the
Revolution, Anne Timothy became its editor,
and was appointed State printer; which posi-
ton she held seventeen years. Mary Crouch
published a paper in Charleston about the
same time, in special oppt sition TO the stamp
act. She afterward removed her paper to Sa-
lem. Mass., and continued its publication there
for years alter.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
How Rat Shut off Electric Light.


A peculiar incident occurred on Saturday
night at the store of Willoughby, Hill & Co.
The firm use large number of electric lights
in their building, and on Saturday night it has
always been their custom to close at precisely
II o'clock when the electric lights are turned
off simultaneously by the stopping of the on
CINE. Saturday preceding Christmas the house
at nearly II o'clock was crowded with custom
ers, and it was determined to keep open little
later than usual. However, precisely at II
O'Clock, when the store was crowded with peo-
pie, the light was suddenly turned off and all
were left in utter darkness AS rapidly as pos
slble the gas-iets were lighted and everybody
looked surprised none more so than the mem
bers OF the firm. One asked the other if he
had ordered the lights turned off, but no one
In authority had given such an order. The
engine was running as rauidly as usual, and
the dynamos were working elegantly when an
investigation was made, still no electric light
was visible above. A stencil of burning flesh
came up near the machinery, but no one SEEM
ed to be able to trace its origin.
Finally, in looking under the dynamo, there
stood rat, with one leg raised up as il about
to take another step, motionless. The rat was
dead and rooted to the spot He had leaped
or stepped first on one of the copper conduc.
tors underneath the brush, and In stepping on
the other closed the current so that it passed
through his body, killing him instantly,
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

The first case under the New York code
which makes attempted suicide crime has
resulted 10 a verdict of acquittal. The evil
dence did not appear TO be that way at all,
but the jury probably thought that killing
ones self was a branch of personal liberty
which should not be interfered with, and so
acquitted the culprit, who is now at liberty
to try again. The criminal was German,
who closed up all the crevices of his room
and tried to asphyxiate himself with burn
ing charcoal, and on being rescued expressed
his regret that his rescuer came SO Soon.
The oath to bring in yerdicts according to
the evidence does not seem to prevent julies
from doing as they please.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

Doctor BLISS, the National Republican
states, drew the $1,000 allowed him by the
Garfield Board of Audit very soon after the
award was made. The widespread appre-
hension that the money would be turned
over to the Treasury as unclaimed funds
and become an annoyance to the Govern
ment is thus happily relieved.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

the rat remaining nailed to the spot. while
the entire current from a forty.light Brush
machine passed through him and prevented it
stopped, the rat taken off, and then everything
was all right again, for when the machinery
was again started the lights burned as well az
nRnal
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

Mr.. J. NJ. BEGoLE, the most distinguished
Greenback- Democrat i'll Michigan, left his
private residence in Flint on Monday morn
ing week and travelled alone to Lansing. He
found a private carriage awaiting him at the
station, but he said quietly that he preferred
to walk, and set out on foot for the capitol
where he arrived in time to be inaugurated
Governor of Michigan
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

ACCORDING to the insurance companies,
victims of ideally industries are workers
in brass and copper. lapidaries, steel grind
ers, manufacturers of paint and white lead,
IRON moulders. makers of grindstones, saw
yers and lead-pencil makers.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
CASCn NATIONAL RANK.

F5yhE annual meeting of The Stockholders of .e
Casco National Bank of Portland for the
choice Of Directors and transaction such 9TH
er business may legally come before them, will be
hel at their bank ng house. Tuesday the 9th day
of January, 1858 at 10 o'clock ~ m.
WILLIAM A. WlNSHIP, Cashier.
December s, 1882. did
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND, ME.

F5NHE annual meeting of the stockholders of this
\ Bank will BE- held at their banking rooms IN
TUESDAY, January ninth, 1883, at ten o'c ock in
the forenoon for the choice of directors; If
the stockholders will amend article seventh of the
articles of association of the Bank and
any other business hat may legally come before
them. Per order of the Directors
WILLIAM Il. G 0ULD Cashier.
P6lrtr % ahnrQ Il
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

LOUIS BLANC left a fortune of less than
$4,000. OF this he bequeathed $4,000 to
his nephew, Simon Groh, who is now in this
country, and $4,000 each to Charles Ed
mond and NJ. Jastiot. For savings bank
fund for the inmates of the Founding Hos
pital he left $4,000, and to the Fifth Arron-
basement of Paris his valuable library. OF
the widow of Charles Blanc no mention is
made in his will.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
NOTICE.

FEvHE Annual Meeting of che Union Mutual Life
A. Insurance Company will be held at the Compa-
nys Office at Portland Me-, on the 22nd day OF Jan
uary 1883 at o'clock p m. for the purpose Of
eecDg four directors in the place OF those whose
term OF Office expires
BY order of Directors.
NICHOLAS DE GROOT
Portland, Me-, Dec. %, 1882 Acting Secv
dec25 dtjan22
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
PORTLAND s. OGDENsBURG r. R. co.
Notice.

TNHE annual meeting of the stockholders of the
i Portland & Ogdensburg r. r. Co. viii be held
at the office of the con pAny No. SO Exchange St.,
Portland Me-, on Tuesday, the sixteenth day of
January current. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, to
choose directors for the ensuing year and TO tram
sac any other bushes that may legally come before
the meeting CHAS. H FOYE, Clerk.
Portland January l. 1888. dtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
Annual Meeting.

tstHE annual meeting of the Todd Non-Freezing
a Hydrant Co. will be held at the office of . X.
Gerrish Centennial Block, s3 Exchange street, on
Tuesday Jan. 8, at 10 o'clock m, for choice of
officers for ensuing year. and any other business
that may legally come before said meeting.
JOHN j. GERkISH, secretary.
Portland, Jan. /, 1888. diw&
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
NATIONAL TRADERS BANK.

FEIHE shareholders of The National Traders Bank
nusl meeting will be held It their Banking Room
on I UESDAY, the ninth day of january KIT at
IL o'clock A. NJ to choose five Directors for the
ensuing year, and to act on any other business that
may legally come before them.
EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
Dec. 8, 1882 decsdtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
CANAL NATIONAL BANK.

V,HE annual meeting of.the Stockholders of THE
Il Canal National Bank of Portland for the
election of seven directors and for the transaction
of any other business that may legally before
them, will be held at their banking house TUES
DAY, the ointh nay Of January, 1858. at eleven
o'clock, a. M.
b. c. SOMERBY, Cashier,
naa 1890
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

BNHE stockholders CT the Merchants National
Bank of Portland, are hereby notified teat
their annual meeting for the choice of Directors for
the ensuing year. and The transaction of such other
business may legally be brought before them will
be held at the bank on Tuesday January 8, 1888 at
10 O'Clock A. Nj.
CHAS. PAYSON, Cashier
Dec. q 1892 decQdfd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

THE Secretary of the Treasury informs
Congress that the rebate on spirits and to-
bacco if the tax be abolished would take
more than tbirty-six millions from the Trea-
sury. This ought to end all talk of the abo-
lition of these taxes.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

E1HE annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
IL Cumberland National Bank of Portland will
be held at their banking rooms on Tuesd Y the
ninth day of January 1873 at ten O'Clock A. Nj. for
the choice of Directors and the transaction of any
other business that may legally come before hem.
WILLIAM IL. SOULE Cashier
Portland, Dec. Sth. 1882. de9dtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
MORNING, JANUARY Q.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
sAtions. The name and address of the writ are In
Al cases Indispensable, not necessarily for ubhca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
aunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

THE first white child in the Yellowstone
valley arrived there in 1877, when the val
ley had only few frontiersmen for inhabi-
tants. he is now attending graded school,
with $50 other children.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

THE Detroit Post and Tribune calls upon
Senator Ferry of Michigan to withdraw from
the Senatorial contest in the interest of par
ty harmony. 1t declares that he has used
undue means to procure reelection, and
will cause trouble if he remains in the race.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

RED CLOUD has filed claim against the
Government for the value of lot of horses
taken from his tribe ten years ago by Gener-
al Crook. The savage leader hasn't been in
Washington very long, but it is plain enough
that he is getting pretty tight grip upon
the spirit of our glorious institutions.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
MEETINGS
Annual Meeting.

YHyHE annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Il American Turning Company will be held at the
Office of Thompson & Bacon. No 2 12 Union Wharf
on the second Tuesday of January, (Jan 81 1885,
at O'Clock p. M, for the election of officers and
the transaction of such other business as may legal
" come before them. GEORGE f. Bird
ianldtd Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

DURING the past two months, at Cape
town, 5000 negroes have been sick with
smallpox. OF this number, 24OO died. The
negroes are skeptical over vaccination and
will not submit to the operation.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
Eagle sugar Refinery.

FESHE Stockholders of this corporation are hereby
il notified that the Annual Meeting for choice of
that NAV come before them, will be held at the Re-
finery Office Fore street. Tuesday, the 9th day of
January, 1888, at 3 O'Clock, =. M
JOS. P. THOMPSON,
; daOQdtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

SIMULTANEOUSLY with the announcement
that the Gear proposes making another at
tempt at coronation in April comes the
significant statement that letter OF
threatening character has been found in
his bedroom The writer's demand certain
reforms, and intimate that they have power
to command attention to their wishes. As
they appear to have dangerous facilities for
intruding into the most private apartments
without detection, it is just possible that
this is something more than an empty boast.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
Annual Meeting.

TIME Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the
n Pondeherry Co.. will be held 1T thei office in
Bridgton, Maine on Tuesday, January 9Th 8S3,
at o'clock p. M, for the election of officers and
transaction of any other business that may be-
fore them. o. B. GIBBS Clerk.
New York, ian. 5, 1883 jan8dtd
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

THE Philadelphia American, as at presen
advised, believes that the census of 1880 did
not do justice to Philadelphia industries: but
it does not see in this fact occasion or ex
cuse for abuse of Francis a. Walker. eve
decidedly dissent" says the American,
.'from tie language used by few of our
newspapers with reference to Gen. Walker,
and in that dissent we are sustained by the
great body of the city's newspapers. we
think Gen. Walker capable, of course, of
errors of Judgment. but quite incapable 6f
anything unworthy of his public position and
his standing as gentleman and statist.'
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09

REV. DR.. Hoyt of Nashville, opening the
proceedings of the Tennessee House of Rep
resentatives with prayer, excited the wrath
of the majority of that body by asking God
''to preserve Tennessee from the shame and
disgrace of reputation.
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
PORTLAND RAILROAD COMPANY.
An,suas Meeting.

FEyHE Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the
Il Portland Railroad Company will be held in the
Library Rooms Mechanics Hal Portland, on
Monday, Jan 10, 1888 at O'Clock, p. m, for tie
choice of Directors and the transaction of any 9TH
er business that may legally come before them.
T.. A. NEWMAN, Secretary.
Portland Jan. 8, 1888. did
The Portland daily press., 1883-01-09
EDUCATIONAL.
WESTBROOK SEMINARY
AND
FEMALE COLLEGE.

An Institution of Learning for both Sexes.
Experienced teachers. good accommodations low
prices: Winter Term, begins Tuesday, Jan. Q, S83
ends Friday. March Q. Spring Term. begins Mon
day. March 26 eads Friday, Juue 20. For circulars
address j. P. WESTON, President.
LEO i3w Westbrook Seminary, Deering, Me.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
How to Rest and Sleep.

DR.. Sergeant discussed the oues-
ton of the importance of rest and
sleep for men in training for stu
dents. A distinction should be
made, said the lecturer, between
rest and what is usually called
sleep. Recreation, in the sense of
building anew, is rest. So often a
mere change in local condition is
better for man than complete rest
or sleep, a change of activity is rest
in itself. The Indians, when tir-
ed of walking, rest themselves by
running. This principle is too often
disregarded by students and by
men who are training for any par
ticular object. Boating men many
times fail to recognize the import
ance of general training, but think
their whole duty lies in the direct
exercise of rowing or in absolute
rest.
The value of indirect training is
not to be over estimated. 1t is no
ticed that men who do not devote
themselves exclusively to one branch
of training, but aim at a general
physical developement, often excel
in their own specialties men who
only train for one branch of athlet-
les. The best examples for such
facts, said DR.. Sergeant, were to be
seen in the superior physical condi-
ton of the men now in training for
the general excellence prize. The
same rule holds good in matters of
the intellect. Variety of studies is
an excellent thing. The man who
devotes himself to only one or two
subjects can hardly be said to be
worthy of college degree. As to
the matter of sleeplessness-muscu-
lar exertion, if not excessive, induces
sleep. Thus it is often good plan
for men troubled with sleeplessness
to exercise in the evening before re-
tiring. Men should be warned
against the use of drugs to cure
sieeplessness. The sleep thereby in
duced is not a genuine sleep. After
any violent or unusual exercise a
warm bath is to be highly recon-
mended before retiring. The prac-
tice OF bathing the feet alone is a
doubtful one, however. 1t is in gen.
eral, best not to be dependent upon
an artificial condition to secure sleep.
One should aim at a complete mas
terry over himself in such matters, so
that he can command sleep at will
and thus econornize time and force.
BY such a course the usual average
of his sleep can be reduced to seven
or six and half hours with safety.
The habit of reading ones self to
sleep is to be deprecated, since it
may become a troublesome one and
interiors sadly with serious study. 1t
is doubtful whether the sleep gain
ed before II o'clock is of any more
value than that afterward. The con-
ditions favorable to sleep are then
not usually so many.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
John c. Calhoun.

Mr.. Calhoun spoke like college
professor demonstrating to his class.
His position was stationary, and he
used no gesticulation. His pale and
livid countenance indicated the
cloister. His voice was silyery and
attractive, but very earnest. His
eyes indicated quick perception.
Starting with the most plausible
premises, he would carry you ire
sistibly along with more plausible
reasoning until you would be puzzled
to know how much back track it was
indispensably necessary for you to
take to avoid conclusions which
would make it difficult to tell the
difference between your views and
those of a South Carolina secession
ist. After having heard all the SEN
ators speak, if a stranger should Sc
lect the one, irrespective OF doctrine,
who came nearest saint, he would
select Mr.. Calhoun, and such he is
held to be throughout most OF the
South to this day.
College professors in the South
were his great admirers, and taught
his doctrines to their students. Ed
ucated clergymen and all fashiona-
BILE society there lost no opportuni-
ties of manifesting their admiration
of him. "Have you seen Mr.. Cal
houn ?" "Do you think of leaving
without seeing Mr.. Calhoun ?" were
questions invariably asked by south
ern Congressman of their constitu-
ents visiting Washington. And Mr..
Calhoun's prestige was so worked up
that southern visitors, both gentle
men and ladies, were as much ex-
pected to call upon him as upon the
President.
At the time of his death he was
gaining a strong foothold among the
scholars of the north, who seemed
incapable of resisting the seductive
reasoning of his perceptive, compre
hensive and analytic mind. Senator
John P. Hale, OF New Hampshire,
once came to my seat and said: Il
am going to astonish you. Mr..
Calhoun has just brought to me
letter, which he said he had Just re-
ceived from President Nathan Lord,
of Dartmouth College, and asked me
great many questions about him
and the college. He left me, assert
ing that President Lord was one of
the ablest thinkers and profoundest
reasoners in the country" At that
time President Lord was not only the
head of the college. but of the Con-
gregational denomination in New
England. With a bravery worthy
of better cause he followed Mr..
Calhoun's doctrines to their natural
sequences, and had to give up his
position.
No man ever exerted the influence
upon this country that Mr.. Calhoun
did. All the calamities of the late
war were the legitimate outgrowth
of doctrines of which he was the
father, and to which the sincerity of
his devotion Wxs manifessUds ~ Ms
advocacy of them in his dying
hour.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
As when She wa. Young.

II have used Parkers' Hair BAL
sam and like it better than any
similar preparation l know Of"
writes Mrs. Ellen Perry, wife Of
Rev. P. Perry, of Coldbrook Springs,
Mass. My hair was almost entirely
gray, but dollar bottle of the Bal
sam has restored the softness, and
the brown color it had when l was
young-not single gray hair left.
Since / began applying the Balsam
my hair has stopped falling out, and
/ find that it is a perfectly harmless
and agreeable dressing"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06

A gentleman had his boots black
ed by one of two boys, and gave the
sinner $2bill to get changed. After
waiting for some time he said to the
other boy: Where is your part
ner?' 3Oh," )" said the youth with .
grin, 4he's busted up, and I'm his
assignee"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
ALMOST AS BAD.
Hop Bittsrs Co., Toronto.

Hop Buffers Co., TORONTO.
/ have been sick for the past six
years, suffering from dyspepsia and
general weakness. / have used
three bottles OF Hop Bitters, and they
have done wonders for me. / am
well and able to work, and eat and
sleep well. / cannot say too much
for Hop Bitters.-Simon Robbins.
Dydia E. Pinkham began business
by manufacturing medicine in tea
kettle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06

While a great elevator was being
built in Kingston. New York, day
or two ago, remarkable exhibition
of GOODNESS and presence of mind
was given by one of the workmen.
He was standing on a scaffolding
about sixty feet high, when one Of
his companions thoughtlessly
removed stone at the foot of the
structure. The whole thing gave
way, and the workman twas
only saved from being dashed to the
ground by seizing projecting plank.
While hanging suspended in the air
he did not grow frantic and let go,
he simply remarked to a friend
below:
"Jim, you'll find ladder on the
end of the wharf"
And he waited for the ladder to be
brought. Then he said he would
take it as a personal favor if his fellow
workman and companion would re-
frain from removing the foundations
Of the scaffolding again while he was
aloft.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
70 Ami. W.11.c.

Miss Annie Wallace, pretty
blonde, aged 16 years, who has re-
Gently been an active worker in the
Salvation Army at Easton, was mar
ried on Monday to coal -blsck negro
named Henry Jones, who was'a new
recruit in the army.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06

In San Antonio, Texas, a 10000
saloon il being fitted up, "of which
the mirrors alone will cost 81, 600"
The glassware on the snowy bosoms
of .he bar tenders'probably accounts
for the balance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-06
P a T E N 7 S

A a Blood Pun
iier-this medicine
Is highly recon-
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manner of chronic
or Id standing
complaints, Erup-
tiens Of the skin,
such as P;mples,
B lotch b o 8 and
X . s b e S. Ring
Worms. T etter,
Sal Rhcum, Scald
Head, Scroiula or
X N e q Evil,
X h e u N q I ism,
Pain in the Bones,
Side and Head,
and all diseases
arising foss i'm
urity of the
blood. With this
rare medicine In
your house y on