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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

The principal business of the metropoIi-
tan newspaper reporters just now seems to
be hunting after opium joints. If they really
find as many as they profess to it is about
time somebody started an opium prohibition
movement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

1t seems that colored cadets at West
Point have all passed creditable examina-
tlons, while much larger per cent. than
usual of the white cadets have failed. This
Is net, however, conclusive proof of the in
feriority of the white race.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

1t is now said to be settled that William
@. Whitney viii not be member Of Cieve-
lands cabinet. Father-in-law Payne's
speech at Columbus probably settled It,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

Gov. Hill OF New York recommends the
substitution of electricity for the gallows.
II murders in this State keep on increasing
we may be compelled to adopt electricity to
economic time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

MI. Vanderbilt has proved himself capa-
BILE Of doing an exceedingly generous and
graceful act. 1t is safe to say he will stand
better in public estimation hereafter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

O'Donovan Rosa tells a reporter that as
soon as he saw there was a prospect of a
fight in his office he went out. That was a
highly characteristic performance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

English journals are highly delighted at
the performance in Rossa's Office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

Mr.. Morton's friends want secret caucus.
Evidently some of the legislators intend to
misrepresent the wishes of their constitu-
ents if they can do so and not be found ont.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

We cannot here go into de-
tailed description of this immense
sale, but will simply say to cur
patrons and the public generally
that we have never before been
able to lay before them such
Wonderful Values for the money
as now. Many of the prices we
are now making are Simply Ruin.
GUS to the Importers and Manu-
factnrers, and we can hardly ex-
pect such low rates to continue.
We have bought an immense
quantity Of merchandise for Cash
at so cents ON dollar and now
offer our customers the full ben
eft.
We can't afford to sit down and
wait for s'Better Times" to come
to us, but prefer to make such Low
Prices on our goods as to entirely
drive away dull times.
We shall make such distribu-
ton of our specialties in this sale
as to give all a good chance to see
the goods and secure The best
bargains.
We recommend all who can TO
come early and avoid the rush.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

Chicago's army of Socialists foot up fifty
Minis men and three small boys. They make
noise enough for million.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
SPECIAL LOTS.

LOT L.
Astrachan trimmed Sacques 4 to-
IL years, 2 dollars.
LOT 2.---
Plush trimmed Newmarkets 10
to Is years 3 dollars.
LOT 3.---
Dark Brown NeWmarkets 10 to
IL years reduced to 400
LOT 4.---
Dark Brown Newmarkets 10 to
l6 years reduced from 10 dollars
to $50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

A Chicago yonngster is said to have pre-
pounded the following interrogatories: "Ma,
is the Devil the father of lies?" s'Yes, dear. ;,
4" And is lie an invention?" eyes, "Thep
net e'sity is the Devils wife, amt she, map
How do you make that out?' "Why, she's
the mother of invention"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

The plumbers can take heart again. A
cold wave is coming.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
Boots and shoes

HAVING taken the store No. 5 BRIDGE ST..
Ia occupied by E. I. Merrill, we shall contin-
usually kept in a frs. class boot and shoe store.
Please call and examine stock and prices before
purchasing.
Mr. Merrill may be found at his old place and
would be pleased to see his friends as usual
j. w. TURNER, No. Bridge St.,
jan1Od2Ws Saccarappa.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
Ladies Cotton
UNDERWEAR.

Preparatory to our annual sale
of Cotton Underwear we shall
close out a few ODD LOTS and
SOiIed Goods in this line at SeR-
satiOnaV Prices.
These will be shown in our Cloak
Rooms and viii well repay every
one in need of such goods to look
at them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13
TURKEY RID DEPT.

25 pieces Sc inch Turkey Red
Damask, fast coIOrs, at 25 cts.
yard; this is cheap at S5 cts.
s5 pieces Turkey Red Table Dam
ask, choice styles, warranted
fast cOlors, at 80 cts; worth As.
l case GO inch German Turkey Red
Table Damask at so cts.
| case 60 inch Cardinal Damask in
plain, black and white border
at65 CTS; regular 75c goods.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-13

Z. B. G B.
TOW ELS.
100 dozen all Linen Plaid Glass
Towels, 5 cts.
100 dOz. all Linen Stripe Memie
Towels, 5 cts.
5OdOz, all Linen Brown Huck Tow
els, 6 cty.
so d0z. all Linen Bleached Huck
Towels, is by "a inches, at s
cts; cheap at IL cts.
so doz. Brown Huck Towels at 10
cts; cheap at Is cts.
80 dOz. 20 by 40 inch Bleached
Damask Towels at I2 T.2 cts.
% d0z. Bleached Damask Towels,
KnOtted Fringe, is by 36, at
Is cts; worth % cts.
25 dOz. Brown Huck Towels, 20
by 46, at 20 cts.
rs dOz. Brown Huck Towels, "a by
AZ, at 25 cts; these are extra
heavy and never sold less than
So cts.
rs dOz. Satin Damask Towels, 20
by As, KnOtted Fringe, at 25c.
25 d0z. Double Satin Damask Tow
els, with Knotted Fringe, at
so cts.
20 dOz. Double Satin Damask Tow
els, extra size and quality, at
So I.2 cts.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
ELLSWORTH'S SWORD.

"Ellsworth's body lies moulding in
the Grave" was often sung to the tune
of John Browns body" and, indeed,
for time Ellsworths name was upon
everyone's lips. This is brought to
mind by a writer, who, in looking at
"Ellsworths relics in the State Capt.
tol at Albany, saw what passes for Ellis
worths sword. The Philadelphia Press
says: The sword worn by Ellsworth
at the time of his death is still worn
by Henry J. Winser, of Newark, who
was with his comrade at the time Ellis
worth, with Winser and few men,
were marching up the main street in
Alexandria, when they saw a rebel flag
flying from Jackson's Hotel. Ellis
worth called to a man who was enter
ing the hallway from the opposite side:
what flag is that over the roof?n The
answer was Il don't know anything
about it, l am only a boarder here.n
Without further parley, the Colonel
ran up the long winding stairs to the
topmost story, the others of the party
| following. 1t did not take long to find
the attic room, whence opened sky
light, which Ellsworth at once climbed.
The halyards had been fastened so
tightly that he was unable to undo the
knot. Seeing this, Mr.. Winser ran up
a few steps of the ladder and handed
Colonel bowie-knife, asking him to
cut the rope. This he did, and the
large flag was soon lying at their feet.
Winser passed it down to the men be-
low. Then they started down the
stairway when Jackson, the landlord.
shot Ellsworth dead. Hardly had he
done so when Brownell, a Union sol
dier, shot the assassin as he stood.
Tear ran down Mr.. Lincoln's wrinkled
cheeks when he heard of Ellsworth S
death, and Ellsworth passed as hero
into history.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

a correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Alta California relates that a
woman recently deceased in IL town
near Boston, before her death, in Or
der to keep her memory green in the
mind of her husband, wrote a number
of letters, which she post-dated, and
confided them on her deathbed to q
friend, with directions to post one to
him on the last day of every month.
In the springtime of his mourning the
husband, of course, was rather glad to
receive these pseudo communications
from the spirit world, but when time
had cooled the heart burnings of his
grief, and another woman presided at
his table, the postman's arrival with
posthumous letter at the ends of each
lunar revolution became very mala-
propos, and quite destroyed, with its
dismal memories, the pleasures of his
new honeymoon. His freshly-chosen
bride, too. became jealous of the mys-
terious missives, and threatened to
tear out the eyes of their author; but
upon being told who the author was
contented herself with burning the
epistolatory productions of her prede-
cessor as often as they came
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
FEEDING HORSES FOR HARD
DRIVING.

Anyone who thinks that horse hay-
ing had plenty of rest and full feed
! VIII naturally be we'll fitted for a
continuous drive, will find his mistake
i when he has driven for an hour or two.
For ordinary farm work or slow draft
of any kind, the practice referred TO
Will do, but it would be as sensible to
expect the heavy stone truck, with drv
axle, to fill the requirements of the
light, noiseless running road wagon.
Strict adaptability in the case of the
wagon, no matter what the use de-
signed for, has only been reached
through the mechanic adhering to rules
that cannot be safely ignored. The
morse at rest, or on occasional slow
work, can be maintained in very fair
condition on straw and the cheaper
Kinds OF mill feed, with, say one mod
crate feed of oats or corn per dav. This
Iced, however, would fail the horse en-
tlrely If he were to be pushed at fair
travelling gate for few hours. The
effect would be too much like what
would follow if the attempt were made
to keep up the power and speed of an
engine through burning straw in its
furnace. 1t might last fora short run.
bat would then come to a stop. To
secure great results we must discard
the less nutritious and adopt the more
concentrated foods, as through the aid
of the latter only such tissues be built
up as will stand the strain. and the
wear and tear put upon the parts in
volved in locOmotion when speed is re-
quired. The popular notion enter
tained by many, that the horse requires
considerable proportion of coarse
food, can beindulged in only as stated.
when the horse is given rest, or slow
work. The horses stomach is small,
as compared to that of the OK; and it
should be remembered that it is not
the fullness of the horse that we are to
depend upon as indications of ability
to work, but rather the amount of
food he digests and assimilates, ofthose
kinds that make the most muscle. at
the same time filling him the least
National Lire Stock Journal
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

A NEW OYSTER PEsT-In the vicin-
ity of Stratford and elsewhere along
the Connecticut shore of Long Island
Sound it is said that a new and very
destructive pest has made it's appear
ance, to the oystermen. 1t resembles
an insect, and mainly attacks the "seed
oysters" i. e.. those from one to two
years old. 1t builds on top of the oys-
ter shell cluster of brown cell-like
shells, which accumulate so rapidly
that the young bivalve is soon smoth-
cred. According to Mr.. Henry G.
Rowe, an experienced oyster grower,
nine-tenths of the many thousands of
bushels of seed oysters planted this
year have been destroyed. Others dis
pute this and seem to think there is
no ground of alarm. The matter has
been taken in hand by the Connecticut
Shell Fish Commission, by whom the
evil will be investigated. Scientific
american.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
BRAIN WORK.

1t is pretty generally admitted that a
moderate quantity of intellectual labor
strengthens the brain, rendering it less
liable to become abnormal in it's action
than does a life of mental idleness.
Such exercise of the thinking organ
develops the faculties, stimulates nu-
triton and increases the desire for
food, while excessive exertion in this
direction or worry has directly con-
trary effect, and in the case of a grow
ing child tends to MAIN and cripple
its organization, doing irreparable
structural mischief. Writing upon the
subject the Lancet remarks Tension
In work is not proof of strength, but
rather of weakness. A well-developed
and healthy brain does it's work with
out tension of any kind Possibly
Mr.. Gladstone may be cited as an in
stance. Until recently he was always
able to sleep at will even after the most
animated debate, q proof that his
speeches were made without any unus7
ual strain upon the mental organism.
The knit brow, strained eyes, and
fixed attention are not tokens of power,
but of effort. The true athlete does not
strain and pant when he puts forth his
strength. The intellectual man with a
strong mind does his brain work easily.
Tension is friction, and the moment
the toll of the brain becomes laborious
it should cease This is very good ad-
vice, but we fear that writer's would
not always be able to follow it. eve
are unfortunately, so accustomed to
see brain work done with effort that
we have come to associate effort with
work, and to regard tension as some
thing tolerable, if not natural As q
matter of fact no man should ever knit
his brows as he thinks, or in any way
evince effort as he works. The best
brain work is done easily, with calm
spirit, and equable temper and a ,iaunty
mood. All else is the toll of weak or
i'll developed brain straining to accom-
plish a task which is relatively too
great for it." 1t unfortunately hap
pens, however, that brain work has
often to be done perforce For exam
pie, an article has to be written when
the journalist is altogether iaded and
worn out. The thoughts must be forth
coming by some means or another, let
the constitutional results be what they
may. The brow must be knitted; the
effort must be made. In this stimu-
lants are not infrequently resorted to.
The utterly detected writer follows the
example of Hoods Tilted hero, and:
Seeks to keep his spirits up
By pouring spirits down.
which is about the worst remedy he
can resort to. Better by far, in such a
a case, to bring the brows close to-
gether by knitting them than to open
the mouth for the admission of alcohol.
which seldom or never finds relief, and
is almost certain to be followed by evil
consequences sooner OF later.-Mel-
bourne Federal australian.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

A pleasing countenance is silent
commendation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
SPECTACLES
WEST JERSEY RA/LROAD.
On and after June 9th, 1885.


For Philadelphia and Way Stations, at 625,
$40, IL SO a. M, and 3.05 p. m.
For Trenton and New York via Camden, 6.25
$40 a. M, and 305 p. IN.
For Sea Isle City and Ocean City, $40 a. III.
and 305 m.
For Atlantic City and Cape May, $40 a. m.,
and 3.05 p. m.
Sunday trains 80 a. m., and 610 D. M
RETURNING,
Leave Philadelphia 500 and II 40 a. m, $3.50
and 5.40p. m. On Sunday, 7.45 a. m., and 6.15
p. m.
Leave Salem 7.40 a. m. and 225pm.
CONNECTING RAILROADS.
Trains leave Vineland for Millville. 947 and
I0;0S, a: M. .45, 525 and 7.0S p. m. on Sunday
$50, 9.25 and $50 a. m., 7.41 p. M
For Cape May, leave Vineland zoos a. M, 4 .45
and 80 p. m. On Sunday, $50, 9.25 and $50
a. m.
A. o. DAYTON, Supt.
J.R. WOOD, GerI Pass. Agent
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Envy feeds upon the living; after
death it ceases; then every mans well
earned honors defend him against
calumny
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

The more believers love God the more
they love one another; as the lines of
a circle the nearer they come to a CEN
tire the nearer they come to each other.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

The seeds of love never grow but
under the warm and genial influence of
kind feelings and daffectionatem manners.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Right habit is like the thread on
which we string precious pearls-the
thread is perhaps of no great value,
but if it be broken, the pearls are lost.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

KUP Uns- ! J. B. MAYiE5H,' & Under Rr
Atnis treatment, cas-, IT once obtained
ately after treatment Examination free. Send
stamp torreply. Mann othce, S3l Arch St, Phil
adelphia. marchl-1y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04

MODERN REPUBLICANS spurn ana scorn
the cherished idea Of Charles Sumner, sub
stantiated though it be by the history of all
cations, that the only way to assure amlty
and good feeling among fellow citizens OF a
common country is by the oblivion of past
differences. Having nothing else to say
against General Lawton, now that he has
declined the Russian mission, the american
of Philadelphia, one of the mouth-pieces of
the republicans referred 10, says: but it
would have been more courteous to Russia
to have sent as our ambassad, democrat
who took the same side as the Gear did dur
ing the uppleasantness of 1861 s." And yet
there are republicans who talk about and
contemn the sectionallsm and malignity of
the South; and that, too, though every we'll
informed Southern man knows that all such
feelings have long since disappeared from
this entire section, and that the only part
of the country in which they continue to
exist is in that from which comes the disen-
genuous and conspicuous abuse of them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04

WHY WERE tho Jews forbidden to eat swine;
Was it because Of the uncleanliness Of the ami
NAL, or to avoid disease? The prevalence Of
trichinosis in our day. which has led Prince Bis
marck to forbid the importation of American
pork into Germany, suggests an explanation
And yet the Cretans would not eat pigs, not be.
cause they thought them unclean, but because
Jupiter WAS supposed TO have been sucked by a
sow. The ancient Egyptians and Phenicians,
the Syrians and the Arabans RETAINED from eat
ing pigs neither on sanitary nor on religious
grounds but simp because pigs were found
more useful as animated plows in turning up the
soil with their shouts. It's said that Pythagoras
who forbade the use of flesh meat in general,
would not have refused dish of roast pork so
likely were pigs considered to harbor the souls of
the departed, aud yet he could not possibly have
eaten beans with his bacon, because he conceived
ans to have had the same origin as man. Here
in be it noted, the old Greek seems to- have had
nkling of the theory which we are accustomed
to associate with Darwin, only Pythagoras found
the missing link between plants and animals
let us say, between beans and bacon--in the soul.
while the evolutionists of our time are still on
the hunt for it. Pythagoras, it may be remem-
bered also dsal]owed the use Of fish for food for
certain philosophical reasons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04

AN INDUSTRIOUS endeavor is being made
to produce the impression that the public
schools are being closed in consequence OF
democratic ascendancy in the State. The fact
is that in many OF the counties schools have
never been kept open longer than from FIVE
to six months. These schools are now clos
Ing for the year, as they have done at this
season for years past. The whole school
machinery of the State is still in the hands
of the Board of Education, Gov. Cameron,
Attorney General Blair and Supt. Farr.
Upon them still devolves the responsibility
of the success of the school system.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04
Loss of Life at a Fire.

CHICAGO, May An the Watershed
fire last night Martin Mulvey, a single man
and working with Truck No l, was caught
by volume Of crates, cases and barrels
which buried him six feet deep. Charles
Bird, married, was standing beside Mulvey
when the crash came, and he fell just beside
his comrade. When all the less injured
men had been extricated it was suddenly
discovered that two were missing. Fifty
men lost no time in clambering up the lad
ders, and with picks and hooks they dragged
away the debris until their two companions
were found. Both were dead. The weight
that had suddenly borne them down had
crushed their lives out
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04

The MooN.-The May moon fulls on the
2Sth at 3;3l o'clock in the evening. The
moon speeds on her course without meeting
single planet until the 10Th, when she is
in conjunction with Mars, being g 3 south.
She is i'll conjunction with Mercury 4 later,
passing % north. She is in conjunction
with Neptune on the 18th about three hours
before new moon, and with Venus OH the
same day three hours after new moon. On
the 10th she is at her nearest point to Sat
urn. on the Goth to Jupiter, and on the 23i
to Uranus, being 10 IL south. The close
conjunction with Mercury on The 18th is an
ocultaLion to observers more favorably stu
ated, and so is the injunction of Uranus
that takes place on the 23d an occultation
TO observers HI the right points in the far
south.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04

THE MISUNDERSTANDING were held through
out Utah, Idaho and Arizona on Saturday at all
the Mormon tabernaces, at which declaration
of grievances and protest, which had been formu-
lated at general conference of the Mormon
Church April 5, was read. The decl aration among
other things, says: 1--WE are unpopular with our
fellow countrymen. 1t is our religion which
makes us SO We are small minority in their
midst; but we have yet to learn that these are
grounds upon which to justify, in land of liber-
ty, the acts of oppression which we as people,
from the beginning of our history. have been
made to suffer-" The declaration concludes as
follows 1--WE respectfully ask for the ap-
pointment by the President of commission to
fairly and thoroughly investigate the Utah situa-
tion, and pending its report we solemuly protest
against the continuance of these merciless cru
ades."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-04
The United States Democrat, a week.,

The United States Democrat, weekly
paper started few weeks ago in Washing
ton, by NJ. NJ. Pomeroy, or "Brick" Pom
eroy, is already in difficulty. Mr.. Alexan-
der Hunter, associate editor, recently with
drew, and yesterdays issue contained q
denunciation of the business manager, John
A. Hervey. "The manager" said the edi-
torial, proved untruthful, incompetent
from the start. He made bombastic repre-
sensations to many persons, assumed pow
ers he did not possess, handled the funds Of
the company three weeks, kept no books,
made no correct account of receipts or ex-
penses, and was given a perpetual leave of
absence" Mr.. Hunter and Mr.. Hervey have
consulted counsel, and will, it is said, apply
for the appointment Of a receiver.