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The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

81 lll6fbEbhh 40 OS huRp0c6 bAdt L NoHlu ILL
prove on the divine handiwork.
Pam AND DREAD attend the use of most Ca
tarrh remedies. Liquids and snuffs are un-
pleasant as well as dangerous. Ely's Cream
Balm is safe, pleasant, easily applied with the
finger, and a sure cure. It cleanses the nasal
passages aud heals the infamed membrane,
giving relief from the first application. 80
cents at druggists, 60 cts. by mail. Ely Bros,
Owego, N. Y.
HAVE been great sufferer Of dry catsrrh
for many years, and l tried many remedies
which helped me, but had none which did
ms SO much benefit as Ely's Cream Balm. it
completely cured me.-M. j. Lally, 80 Wood
ward Ave-, Boston Highlands, Mass.
HAVE bsen troubled with cstarrh from boy
hood, and had considered my case chronic nn-
til about three years ago 1 procured one bottle
of Ely's Cream Balm, and 1 count myself
sound to-day, all from the use OF one bottle
]. r. Cooley, Hardware Merchant, Mortrose,
Pa.
Somebody gave Gov St. John nice dia-
Dond shirt stud, but be refused to wear It M
til he was told that it was a diamond OF the
first water. Now he doesn't even take it off
nights.
sooTT's EMULSION OF PURE CoD LIVER OH
WITH HYPoPHosPsITEs, in acute Pulmonary
Troubles. DR. f. B STRICKLAND, New York,
says: II find yoar Emulsion very beneficial
after all acute pulmonary attacks in adults,
and IL Children
1t is said that the English farm laborer eats
four meals day. Probably oatmeal, rye
meal, Indian meal ard barley meal.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

have steady and firm market for anything that is
desirable but low price for all poor and defective.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL.

II AS been in general use foE over ten years and
M to a larger extent than all similar grades Of
oil combined. Its reputation is world wide and
Will not be questioned that for family use it is the
safest oil, as we'll as being In all other respeots
superior to any oil made for illuminating pur-
poses. The essential features Of the Astral, which
have made its reputation. Absolute Safety Per
feet Burning Qualities and freedom from Disa-
greeable 0dors' Names of parties having the genu-
me for sale furnished by us.
w. w. WHKPPLE b CO..
dec2o eod2m
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Nov a, lat S. Ion 81 W, brig Leonora Munroe
from New York for Maxatlan
No date. lat ~ &c. Ion SO so, barque Hawthtss-
from New York for Dunkirk.
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stock Nsarkes.
new Work stock and Money EIarxes.


NEW YORK, Dec 24.-Money at 1919 per cent
CALL closing offered at prime mercantile paper
414@6. Foreign Exchange steady at SO3s for
long and S41z for short sight Governments low
er. Stats bonds are quiet. Railroad bonds dull.
Stocks closed weak
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat.
ed 11S 793 shares.
ine following are tc-day's closing quotations Of
Government Securities:
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

rs Removed by the Use of COcOaine.
And it stimulates and promotes the growth
OF the hair,
Burnsts's FIavoring Extracts are the best.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

The greatest discovery OF the nineteenth CEN
tury is DR.. Leslie's Special Prescription for
sick headache, which is the discovery of an
eminent physician and used by him for over
thirty years before giving it to the public, and
1t stands to-day without rival. Read adyer-
tisement in another column.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

If you bave Sore throat, a Cough or a
Gold, try B. H. Douglass & Sons Capsicum
Cough Drops; they are pleasant to the taste,
perfectly harmless and will surely cure you.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25
APopular Eallacv.

Many people think thst Rheumatism cannot
be cured. 1t is caused by a bad state of the
blood which deposits poisonous matter in the
Joints and muscles, causing lsmeness, stiffness
and swelling of the joints and excruciating
pains. Kidney-Wort will certainly effect
cure. 1t acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bow
els, stimulating them to a healthy action, pu-
rifles and enriohes tho blood and eliminates
the poison from the system. Go to the nearest
druggist, buy Kidney Wort and be cured.
Dowaser, lamentiDg-It's been the worst
season can remember, Sir james. All tae
men seem TO have got married, but none Of the
girlsl
ER- KEEP THIS IN MIND. In the Diamond
Dyes more coloring is given than in any known
dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant
colors. 10 cents at all druggists Wells Rich
ardson & Co., BSrlington, Vt. Sample Gard,
80 colors, and book Of directions for &c. stamp.
Sententious Gent-Dspsnd upon it, my dear
Miss Sharpe, in most cases IGNORANCE is
bliss" Cruel Fair one-Why aren't you hap
pier, then?
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Eyipber price. for Rut,er.

The present weather tells the farmer who
has steers to shed to shed them now.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

The Congress Yeast Powder is nothing new.
For years it has been the most popular bak-
ing powder in the market. All grocers sell it.
Perfectly Pure.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

Coroners are for the purpose of saying Off
cially that a dead man is dead, in case one
dies without physiciau's aid.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

A Spaniard in the fgst psgss of his Eogllsh
grammar, desiring one evening at the table to
be helped to some boiled tongue, said, 81 will
thank you to pass me the language"
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FROM MERoHAET's EXCHANGED

ar at Nassau, Mp, 18th, sch Minnie Smith, Arey.
Bath.
ar at Sagua 18th, sch Iasae Carlton, Drisko, from
Philadelphia Elva Pettengilt, Dodge Portland.
Ar at Aspinwan -, sch Carrie Bonnell. Foster,
Pensacola; 18th, brig Caroline Gray, Pillsbury,
New York.
Cid 18th, sch Carrie Bailey. Barker Pensacola.
ar at Jereme 1st inst, sch Mary Douglas, Per-
kins New York.
Sid Dec 4, sch Lizzie Major, Foster. Gonaives, to
load logWood.
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MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. "a.
ArrSve.s.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. "a.
Arrived
Sch Alton, (Br) Day, st John, NB-lumber to M
P Emery.
Sch Alfred Keen, Greeley, Salem for Rockland.
Sch Imogene, Cousins, Bluehill.
Sch Sadis g. Lille, Atwster, Steuben.
Sch Mechanic, Stone, Boothbay.
Sen Jennie Howard, johnson, Harpswell for Bos-
ton --(see Mem.)
RETURNEDz Sch W Kinds, Hill. Calais
for Boston, (see Mem.)
Also returned. Br schr Champion from St John
for Newport. RI. with loss of part of deckload
Cleared.
Steamship Franconia, Bennett, New York; B
Coyle, ]r.
Sch Star. Dickson, Hopewel, NB-master.
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s'Now, my DEAR" said the teacher, "what is
memory?" The child answered after a me-
nent's pause, SIT is the thing you forget
with"
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"Ihave suffered everything but death from
rheumatism. Friday L took Athlophoros and
Monday was well and went to Boston" So
writes Rev. S. r. Dsnnen, D. D., of New Ha-
ven Conn,
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

AL dairymen who use Wells, Richardson &
Co.'S. Improved Butter Color agree that it in
creases the value of butter several cents a
pound. II is pure and harmless, convenient
for instant use, has no taste or odor and gives a
clear, golden richness to the butter. 1t is the
very bsst butter color obtainable, and ia not
expensive. In every state in the Union the
demand for it is increasing.
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The HARLEM RAILROAD.

Valuable Suggestion Of Interest to Men
Employed ON all RailFoads-Read IL.
If Eou Woaid bo Keneftfed.
No mau is better known along the line of the Har-
lem R. R. than Conductor Trowbridge. He writes
as follows:
CoNDUoToR's ROOM HARLEM DEPOT.
NEW York, Feb, 1884.
DEAR SIR: take pleasure in saying q good word
for DIR. KENNEDY'S FAVORTTE REMEDY.
have used it for two years for Dyspepsia and de-
rangement of the Liver, and can say with emphasis
that it always affords prompt and complete relief
FAVORITE REMEDY is pleasant to the taste
thorough in its effects producing the slightest
disagreeable or sickening sensation.
Yours, truly, B. c. TROWBRIDGE.
But Mr.. Trowbridge is not alone in his praise of
DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY.
FAVORITE REMEDY is positive cure for Mala-
ria as well as Indigestion Read the following from
r. A. Campbell, Foreman of the sorting room In the
Montgomery Paper Mills:
MONTGOMERY, ORANGE Co., N.Y.
March A, 1884.
DIR. Kennedy Rondoat, N. Y:
DEAR SIR: have used for some time your yalua-
Bile medicine, FAVOkIrE REMEDY, for Malaria
and it has proved an efectual cure. After having
tried great many other medicines for disorder Of
NEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY affords complete
satisfaction, and do heartily recommend it to all
VINO sutfe as did. r. A. CAMPBELL
DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY
1s positive cure for Malaria, Kidney and Liver
Diseases, and for all those ills peculiar to women
MATAwAN, ". j March 3, 1884.
DR.. Kennedy, If. d. Rondout, N. Y:
DEAR SIR: 1 have used your valuable medicine
FAVORITE REMEDY, in my family for Liver din.
cultes, and find it an excellent preparation worthy
of the Recommendation it bears.
declleod1mnrm MRS. MARGARET HAYES.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25

Railrsasl Rcceses :.

ST. JOHN, NIB. schr Alton LOO, 900 it boards
to M Emery.
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"Why, Hans you have the most feminine
cast OF oountenance l ever saw" "Yaw,
know de reason for dot-mine moder vas a
vomanl'
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25
THE PRESS.
thursday MORNING. DEC. s5.
Wit snd Wisdom.

Hell want you to nderstspd, Mics, that
you can't make fool OF me. She-I am not
so irreYerent as to suppose that could I'M
prove on the divine handiwork.
The Portland daily press., 1884-12-25
1 O3IDana
/ Coach.


NEF8 Ahts
New H Mxd Corn 64@65
I'm. .Corn,Gar lots57G56
No2 do, car lcts. 56457
Corn, bag lots, 67G58
Oats. ear lotg.. 37lUS3
Oats, bag lots. -. 38@40
Meal !" ......55G57
CottonSeed. car lots 20 10
QottonSeed, bag lotsS0 90
SackedBran car lot.
IT 75E1S 25
do baglots19 o0920 90
zgids, car lots. &20Q33 90
do bag let's 21@$24 90
asEnV{aSARpa
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EA1tAEu
Sup9rgne and
low grades. 2 6043 90
e Spring and
TX Spring. a 50G4 rs
Pstent Spring
Wheats .....5 C005 10
Michigan Win
ter Etraights4 2S,@ 4 90
Do roller - 1865 90
st. Louis Wiz
ter straight. 4 50@4 rs
Do roller. a 1895 90
Winter Wheat
atents.,.,..6 0OD5 75I
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24

New York coffee men are excited
over the alleged discovery made by
the Board of Health that coffee deal
ers in that city and Brooklyn are
supplying the market with unground
and unroasted coffee celored by the
use of arsenic. lead, Prussian blue,
lampblack. soap-stone and charcoal.
The President of the New York Cot
fee Exchanges is reported as saying
that sit was. perfectly well known
that coffee was colored and polished
for the purpose Of making it more sal
able, and possibly for purposes Of de-
ception," but that it would take Every
we'll supported evidence" to make
him believe that poisonous coloring
matter was used. And yet the
chemists of the Board of Health say
that the samples examined by them
contained so much poison that every
cup of coffee made from them would
contain one-sixtieth of q grain OF
arsenic, to say nothing of other for
eign substances. Fair damsels who
desire to beautify their compilations
will no doubt drink coffee the more
for its arsenical adulteration.-N. o.
Stafes
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United States notes are printed on
paper made in Dalton, . small town
in Massachusetts, and each blank
sheet of the peculiar paper used is
guarded almost as carefully az if it
were already printed and signed.
The mill in which it is made is one
of the oldest in the country, having
been established in colonial times,
The grsyish pulp. which is the en-
bryo Of the paper. passes between
heavy rollers, and, as it moves along,
bites of blue and red silk thread are
scattered over its surface. From the
pulp room to the vaults, in which it
is stored until it is sent to Washing
ton. it is jealously watched. 1t is
carried to Washington in small iron
safes, and some of it is kept in the
treasury vaults for years, until it is
needed. The mere possession OF
any of this paper by an unauthorized
person is a felony. More than q
thousand persons are employed in
the Bureau of printing and engrav-
ing at wetting, plate-printing. exam
lining, pressing, numbering, binding,
and engraving. The bank-note plates
and stamp-dies are kept in vaults
that can only be opened by the joint
labor of three men, and each open
ing occupies fifteen minutes. All
the Presidents except the present
one have been protrayed on the bank
notes, and three Vice. Presidents,
twenty-four Secretaries of the Treas
ury, ten Secretaries of State, six Sec
retaries of War and three Postmaster
Generals and Chief Justices, besides
twenty six Senators and Representa-
tives, and several persons distin-
guished in science and literature.
The highest value in national bark
notes is $1,000. The printing OF q
bank-note requires from twenty-five
to twenty-four days, and during the
process it passes through the hands
of fifty-two persons The highest
denomination for the legal-tender
notes is $4,000. There are also
$1,000, 81, 900 and $500 notes.
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.HN a
Tho following article will chow
how rapidly prohibition is gaining in
Georgia Let us hope that Louisia-
ma will follow suit. and that ere long
the greatest enemy and curse Of man.
kind will be banished from our
midst. May the good work go
bravely on is our earnest wish:
In many things Georgia is long
way behind its Northern neighbors,
but in many others it is long way
in advance of them. Georgia comes
very near to being q Prohibition
State
The experiment Of prohibition has
been tried aud found to work admir-
ably. The law enacted few years
ago provided that the counties might
vote upon the question as to whether
the sale OF liquor should be prohibit
ed or licensed. The license law was
very strict, bat there was demand
for something more than license.
Whisky was running Georgia, as it is
all other States where it is given free
course. The State was infested with
little cross-road doggeries, each one
a breeder of pauperism and crime.
The laborer receiving his months
wages was sure to be enticed into
one of these places and robbed OF it.
Drunkness made labor unreliable,
and, az the evil was increasing, some
thing had to be done to check it. An
attempt to prohibit the sale of liquor
! in the State was defeated, bat the
counties were given the power to pro
hibit it within their own borders by
popular vote.
One by one they fell into line, and
To- day 95 of the 1877 counties are
wellnigh free from curse. Every land
owner has an interest in the enforce
ment of the Law. every laborer desire,
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A Remarkable Parish.
IN. O. states.l

Jefferson parish, contiguous to the
city of New Orleans, ranks among
the most fertile in the State. It lies
on both sides OF the Mississippi river
and extends from Lake Pontchartrain
on the east bank, to the Gulf OF
Mexico, on the west bank, to the Gull
of Mexico, on the west embracing a
vast area of land. It's population is
over $4,000 souls, about 1854 Of
whom are white and 1891 colored.
Yet Jefferson parish has not DEM
ocratic lawyer within its limits, and
but one lawyer of any political party,
and it is almost as deficient in physi-
clans as in lawyers. It has neither q
telegraph nor a telephone through
out its territory. 1t contains but one
white protestant church. 1t has not
q single hotel or boarding house, ex-
cept the hotel at Grand Isle, open
only in summer. In the late election
there was one large police jury ward
in which only three Democratic votes
were cast. One of our esteemed
friends, who resides in this parish,
assures Us that the only public enter
prise that has been inaugurated there
in twenty-five years, and the only
sign of anything like civilization and
progress, that has ever been mani
tested in the parish. was the unsuc-
oessful movement made, over year
ago, to establish a spanish bull ring.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24

The Congregational Club of Bos.
ton has been discussing the question
how to win young men to Christian.
ty. The Rev. r. r. Meredith said
"The churches to-day do not get the
best and sharpest young men. They
get the goody- goody ones. easily
enough; bnt those who do the think.
ing are not brought into the church
in great numbers. You cannot reach
them by the Bible. How many did
Moody touch in this city during his
revival days? You can count them
on your fingers The man who
wants them cannot get them with
the Bible under his arm. He must
be like them, sharp. They cannot
be gathered by sentimentality. Il
you say to them, Come to Jesus,
very likely they will reply, Go tc
thunder. The thing to be done with
such man is to first get into BIZ
heart, and then lead him into saliva
ton before he knows il"
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he Comes to Town to Buy What He Ought
to Bring to Sell.
ATLANTA constitutional

EAtlanta constitutional
"How do you sell bacon 7"
"Fourteeu cents.
He looked anxiously into space, as
if thinking upon the hungry children
ut hume, ana the wan and work worn
wife
Again he veutured:
"How's corn 2
"a dollar ten"
And again the look Of anxious
thought overspread his face. A far
mer without meat, without corn, with
his patch Of cotton mortgaged to the
guano man, three maDgy, fierce dogs
ct home, five children almost nude, q
wife wearing three-year-old four
cent calico, he was indeed picture
to behold. Throwing out an ancient
looking sack he murmured:
"Half bushel."
The half bushel was filed, payment
was made in dirty, greasy nickels,
and the man with his smokehouse in
the West drove of. He wore suit
of clothes the material OF which wus
furnished by an Ohio ram, his half
starved mule was imported from
Kentucky and his fimsy wagon from
Indiana, bis hat from Massachusetts,
his brogans from Pennsylvania, bis
harness was from Cincinnati, his
corn was from St. Louis, his meat
was from-nowhere, because he did
| not have the money to buy it. What
was there about him that savored Of
Georgia. Nothing For he had
fed 80 long on Western substance. al
there ever had been in him of Geor-
gia was starved soul, and all there
now was of him was Missouriapl
Poor Georgia farmer! And how
much it would take to convert this
| pitiable object into a high spirited
self sustaining citizenl Appeal t.
your Georgia soil for your corn, feed
i. to your Georgia hogs, cultivate
your opportunities. avoid cotton and
you will master the situation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24

It is no wonder that Americans
take naturally to arithmetic We
love ciphering. because oil the tables
we compile reveal our great national
progress. The census shows that
while in 1870 we had 5,922,47l agri-
culturists, the number increased in
1880 to 10,710,000. In 1870 we had
2,707, All manufacturers, which num-
Der increased in 1870 TO $3.50. 900
The wages in our manufacturing es-
adjustments increased from $685.
S7S, $50 in 1860 to 81, 500, 900, 900 i'll
1880. Then look at the vast accu-
marathon of property in this country.
In 1900 the wealth of England was
estimated at $1,000. 00O, 900. while
the United States was but little over
81, 900, 100000. In 1880 the figures
stood: Great Britain, 50, 600, 000,-
900; the United States, sos, 500, 0O0,-
000 These are gigantic sums and
represent enormous growth. The
United States to-day is the richest
nation on the globe, and its accumu-
lations are the result not of es,ono-
my, bat of wise manipulation OF
the forces of nature. Vast as has
been the accumulation Of our wealth,
it is nothing to what the future GEN.
suses viii show. for if is not too ex-
travagant 10 hope that by 1850
the United states will not only be
the most populous nation in the
world, but that its wealth will be
greater than the accumulated riches
Of all Enrope. --Demorest's Monthly.
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Mrs. Piatt has written q poem TO
show that the only happy woman is .
dead woman. We don't know about
that. We never saw . dead woman
who appeared to be 50 tickled IS a
woman With new bonnet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-24

On May 9Th the first sale of lots OF
the new town of Sheffield Ala, took
place. One hundred and twenty.
four lots, covering about. IA acres,
brought SO, 200.
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Montgomery Academy.

The undersigned wi II open School Jan.
9TH, 1854, at the following rates of TUT
ton: Primary class, - per month; Sec
oDd class. 81 80; third class, SO.
Higher branches as per contract.
Instructions on Piano, 81 per month.
Vocal instruction, 81 extra.
Board can be had in private families at
lib eral rates.
w. j. CALVIT. Principal.
Mrs. JOSIE Raglan, Assistant.
Montgomery, La, Nov. Is, 1883. 3m
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A lace factory is to be started at
Wilkesbsrre. Pa, which viii lie the
only one Of its kind in the United
States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26

some Timely Hints about Christmas
Gifts.


\ fa-cinatur suitable for Christmas
present fora Voting lady i crochetcd out
of crcam-whitc splitzcphyr in the star
stitch. It ha, point for Tie front of the
head and three other points, being made
in square The side pieces are brought
about the nrr.. and tic loosely la the
bacn.
y handsome comb and british case has
just been completed fp" . Christmas pres
ent bya Brooklyn girl. she made il ont Of
4 long pa>te-huarL box. which she lined
with blue satin pleatei in, . half yard for
80 ceuts being used. lhr outside is cover
ed with biut plush and lied with blue sat
in ribbon. such bcN in Il store costs
s.. while hers cost only - and the time
spent in making H.
\ Christmas Gift for Il gentleman is
made by covering Il panel with velvet and
decorating witha delicate spray of flowers
in embroidery or painting, and AZ the up
per left haud corner Il thermometer. Al
.agau hoop of ribbon to thr back OF the
pruri IS, tAot il may hang upon the wall
\ pretty fancy, much appreciated by the
children, l., To work Il row Of Kate Green
away figures, in outline, upon Il hand
which ITO he put across the end of the
curtain, in the child'S room. The curtain
is presumably a Holland shade, and this
band may be stitched into place. |, the
aLmcs are disconnected, bars in keusing
tom stitch may he placed between groups OF
them.
Srrap-bookS are to most children Il
sou, r,, ,t ,rp,.ut t,lpps11Vp IhriY lpliplt il