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Year: 1879

The Republican candidates for Represen-
tatiyes to the Legislature from this city cam


not be too strongly commended to the voters
of Portland The ticket is one of great mer-
it, and its success should he sought for by
all our citizens. Without disparaging the
worthy gentlemen whom the Opposition
have nominated it can be sincerely said that
the Republican ticket is the stronger, and
the better framed 10 further the interests of
the city.


Certainly it is for the interest of the city
and of every property-holder in it that ex-
Mayor Butler should represent Portland in
the next Legislature, when the question OF
State Valuation comes up. His sagacity,
experience, and intimate acquaintance with
matters of valuation and taxation, will make
him indispensable there if the claims OF the
city are to be put in the clearest and most
convincing way. With him stands Mr..
Strout, whose legal ability, wide acquain-
tance throughout the State, and brilliant
qualities as an advocate, will make him of
very defective service. Messrs. Maxcy,
True and Redlon, representing the CONNER
cial and mechanical industries OF the city,
will be valuable allies.


1t should be borne in mind, too, that if
our delegation be in political sympathy with
the majority of the House its propositions
will be received with grea er favor and stand
better chance for acceptance. That ma
jority will be Republican. OF that no doubt
can now DE entertained. A Democratic
delegation from this city, no matter how
well made up, must inevitably fail to com
mand the attention and confidence which
would in the next Legislature be accorded
to Republican delegation. Our citizens
will do well to bear these considerations in
mind when they vote. 1t is for the interest
of all of them that Portland should have
the strongest representation possible.
Year: 1879

CITIZENS, who believe in hard money doc
trne, irrespective of partisan bias, and who
desire to record your votes on Monday in
vigorous protest against Greenback quack-
ery, remember that the vote you throw will
only aid in accomplishing that desirable end
by being polled for the Republican ticket.
See tn at it is registered there.
Year: 1879

SO it appears that Messrs. Pierce and Dana
have gone into trade, and are preparing to
sell out their Greenback colleagues on the
fusion ticket. We believed them incapable
of such conduct. But it is only the first
step that costs. For men who traded OFF
their hard-money principles for nomination
to office, who went into coalition, the
other party to which they in their hearts
detest, it has become easy to go further in
unprinciped and dishonorable political traf-
ficking-doubly dishonorablc, because in
order to promote their own success they
imperil The chances of their comrades on
the ticket. They are even ready to don the
Orange cockade
Year: 1879

Is the Argus so ashamed of its former
financial record that it dislikes to recall it?
Many of its readers are pr oud of tha
record. The record of which they are
ashamed is the record the Argus is now
,oaEipp
Year: 1879

THE fusion misrepresentation concerning
State expenditures have been again aud
again exposed. Bnt their authors shame
lessly repeat them. No campaign in this
State was ever characterized by so many, so
malicious, so shameful lies as have been put
forth by the fusionst organs and speakers
this year. We take this last opportunity to
present, on our local page, an admirable
answer to these falsehoods, made by the
Lewiston JouTndl--nOt in the belief that it
will shame the liars, but in the hope that it
will benefit honest men.
Year: 1879

| We do not read anonymous letters and commuih-


cations The name and address of the writer are III


all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubhca-
| ton but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mumcatlons that are not used
Year: 1879

THE Republicans of Cumberland county
have put into the field one of the best tickets S
they ever nominated. All the men whose
names appear on it are eminently fit for the
positions for which they are named. The
ticket should be voted as a whole by Repub-
licans, and they should not permit them
selves to be led to cut it by solicitations OF
Democratic candidates, no matter how
strong the personal liking they entertain for
those candidates. A voc for any man,
Democrat or Greenbacker, on the fusion
ticket, is vote in approval of the most cor
rupt and shameless coalition that ever dis
graced the politics of this State.
Year: 1879

Mr.. HUDSON of the Herald is grossly mis-
taken when he says:


All is said to be fair in time of war, but for
the Republicans to hire the nasty Blood and
the miserable little whipper-snapper, Fogg of
Lewiston to run bogus Greenback paper in
Auburn, and advocate free love and fiat mon
ey in order to break down the decent Green
hackers, is striking below the belt. That this
concern is supported by Republican money
have the best authority for asserting, and the
holy horror of the Republican newspapers is
cumulative evidence.


Mr.. Hudson is utterly mistaken as to the
character of his authority. The Republicans
would no more think of buying such truck
as Blood and Fogg than they would think OF
buying George Francis Train. There is not
an intelligent man in Maine who believes
the story If Mr.. Hudson's ''best authority
was an intelligent man he was lying to the
Herald correspondent. That is all there is
about it.
Year: 1879

day on the debt question. The
opponents of the Mccullough bill
to compromise claim to have a small
majority in each House. AS to all
matters conservative they are toll
erably evenly divided, "a Repub-
lican members holding the balance
of power and probably in position
to dictate terms. The indications
are that they will plan to name the
Senator in return for supporting
one or other wing as to State Offices
and judges.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. s.
Nothing has been received to-day
in relation to the Virginia election.
The latest information last night
shows that both sides claim to have
a small majority, but the indications
are that the debt.payers will have
the organization of the General
Assembly under their control.
Year: 1879

The New York Tribune, of Friday
morning, says:


1.-The result of the elections in New
York and New Jersey makes it plain
that the Republican party has the
power to elect the next President.
True it is clear that its opportunity
might vet be thrown away by uuwise
and unfaithful conduct, but the party
is better united and more wisely di-
rected now than it has been at any
time for eight or ten years. 1t has
wasted few opportunities since lo7o'
and can be trusted, we believe to make
excellent use of the favorable position
which i, now holds. With control of
the delegation from this State, and
with undoubted power to defeat any
Democratic candidate if he pleases in
the only important Northern State
which the Democrats can hope to
carry, Mr.. Tilden will probably fore
close his mortgage on the party with
little resistance. Men who do not
like him. men who know Ii at
he will be weak candidate,
will, nevertheless, say, as one South


ern journal already says, that his


nomination must be endured as pO-
Iittcal necessity. Western Democracy
has demonstrated its iIc4pacity. No
Southern candidate can b8 set up by
party controlled by the Solid South
without assurance of defeat TO pass
over New York, where it will be said
that the Democrats have some chance
of success, and to take a candidate
from some other State where that
party ha> no chance, would be most
hazardous experiment. The Repuoli-
cans ought not to take 1t for granted
that the Democratic division in this
State will be permanent. 1t has
caused much bitterness, it is true, but
there will be a strong effort made to
close the breach in some way before
the next election. With worthy and
strong candidate, the Republicans can
win in New York and in the country,
but they have no right to neglect any
duty, or to throw away opportunity
during the coming year."
Year: 1879

MEMPHIS, Nov. 8.-A house to
house inspection was begun yester>
day under the auspicies of the Ma
tlonal Board of Health, with a view
to ascertain what improvements
were necessary for each dwelling
within the corporate limits of the
CITY,
Year: 1879

THE Atlanta Constitution says the
Democratic party hasn't the leaders
that the Republicans have. This is
quite correct, for if they did have any
patriotic statesmen they would all
leave such a party without much
thought as to the manner of their
going.
Year: 1879

The Atlanta Constitution is lecturipg
every body and everything on account
of the fall of the drama. 1t seems to
be of the idea that it can elevate the
stage in the South so that all the bets
ter companies will take this circuit.
Year: 1879

wheFe in Connecticut, better than anywhere else in the country and then the further jnforma- ton which shall enable poor people or people of moderate means to follow the business of aericnltufes with reasonable proit?s 7 %

 1t costs the State some $5, GOO to $6, 900 to sustain this Board q include in this sum the amonnt appropriated for a state fairA and it is for tlie purpose of enabling more people to live in the State by agriculture and of enabling those who are here to live better. I'LL :

 The statute or usage makes the governor a member of the Board. sIn examining and re- flecting upon the work this Board has done in previous years, it has seemed to me they have not done this work as fully and as advanta- geOusy as they might. It seems to me they have taken a course that is altogether too high that it is above the great mass of the people who ought to be benefited by their labers. We have had brilliant state fairs and learned dis cussions and we have had reports published, in which there have been pictures of Mir. Sc nebody's handsome Berkshire pig or some other mans Jersey bull; but l confess that do not see how poor man up in the town of Union, with sick wife and large family, on a rocky farm, with big mortgage, gets very much good of it all. ~v -F ~~r-Ek 7v.s F. / Isay thisi in. no spirit of hostile criticism The Board of Agriculture has done and is do- ing much useful work. The experiment sta ton is valuable. The service of the Board in the prevention of contagious diseases among ; animals has. been of vast advantage The ve- " great majority of farming people in our state are poor or are in moderate circumstan- ces-they do not own their farms clear of in- debtedness; and it is these people and such as these whom the State of Connecticut desires mainly to aid and encourage, through it's Board of Agriculture. The State has no de- sire to take part Eiii the sale of fancy animals at speculative prices It does desire in every suitable way to promote the true interests of the practical farmer.
Year: 1879

When such giants as William Pitt and Dan iel Webster have taken too much port or bran dy-and-water and yet managed to carry it dis creetly they have inflicted incalculable damage upon long iine.of piginies who fail to profit by their example.

 Because men of immense intellectual force have sometimes contrived to do great things for their country and themselves in spite of their excesses, the rash conclusion is jumped at by men of no intellectual force at all that they can do ~ikewlse.e Now that the extra session of congress is over the time is a fitting one to consider this abuse and to measure the evil it entails. a

 It is disgraceful fact, but one that should be looked straight in the face, that large pro- portion of our legislators-and this applies to Albany as well as w Washington in state of muddIe from drink from the meeting of the bodies to which they belong until the close. Many of these legislators sit up all night to gamble and addle their slender wits by want of sleep as well as by fiery potations. Then they appear in their seats red-eyed and dishev- elled, witlf thick speech and trembling hands, to waste the public time and money in furious bickerings or idiotic platitudes. Every man who goes to Washington or Albany and has his eyes about him knows this to be true. He may know it by direct or indirect evidence, but he is sure of the fact.-N. y. E0ening POst
Year: 1879

If business men would dispatch their busi ness with one-half the alacrity they bolt their noontide meals, they would have more hours for recreation and less need for dyspepsia rem- edies.
Year: 1879



 From wlat we learn the Mexican mine has been sold Co a Chicago company, wno contemplate the cree 'ion of a ID | at once. The mine is among the best in the district. It has been worked for two years and the universal opinion of our mining men is that It will pay i's owners large dividends.

 The SroAewaIl mill, although 6u- Y running about five hours out of the tweuty-four in consequence of scarcity of water, is turning out bul- lion, as VIC are reliably informed at the rate of about s200 per hour. We thlnk it wlll not be long before a full supply of water will be obtained and as the ore is abundant the mill will then run on full tune. /
Year: 1879

TO mix different kinds Of tea is to bring
one or other up to given degree Of strength
or to endow 1t with OH aroma, or to impart
to it Il particular color, 50 as to render it
more marketable, and otherwise enhance
profit. Consequently it involves the distur-
banCc, and a very complete disturbance, of
the original package. "Give me only
something to work upon, short of decaycd
leaves without vitality" says the packer,


'and / will show you what my art can
accomplish in the way of bringing up an
inferior tea to Il higher grade and 50 setting
off the package that it shall appear to have
been undsturbcd, or in accommodating teas
to wrappers not their own."


With an introduction from the tea mcr.
chant, we make our way to the packers
establishment. The building is dlngy, its
style out of date, but it has broad, deep,
undivided floors.


On the ground floor, as we enter, we see
chests and half chests in blocks and rows,
and heaps of mating and China grass twine.
Ascending stair like ladder, we reach
the next floor. There the air is SO filed
with tea-dust that it is difficult to discern
an object foot in advance. Men arc NOV
ing hithcr and thithcr, some taking off chest
lids fastened by tiny iron clamps, or cutting
"
lcadcn sheathing, Or cmptying the contents
| of the chests in separate piles, or running
like mad with scoops from one pile to an
other, adding or subtracting, according to
the directions of the mixer, or ut the same
high bidding, throwing powder into and
stirring al iron pan, this last scene in a far
recess, the figures in the dusty gloom SEEM
ing like demons working hidden spells in
tho most approved style of theatrical witch
cs, with bony fingers plunged into caul-
dron. This is the famous "tiring,' or
rather no-iiring, though carried on without
any firing. The dust thrown in clings to
the leaves and gives to them natural bloom
not to be detected by the microscope
which brings them up to Il remarkable color
The scene is one of fraud in full activity
Supplies never seem to fail. So much for
mixing.


The actual packing, as distinct from mix
ing, is an extremely tiCklish and equally
unscrupulous job, for the tea returned to Il
chest is not the same as that taken from il.
Daintily is the tissue paper impingng on
the tea, disposed; the lead is so thin that
nothing less than Chinese art could solder
IL, so fine strips of paper are pasted over
the cut edges. The Chinese label has been
carefully replaced In rcfastening the lid,
the wrenchcd iron clamps must be left as
they were. Now comes the cumming Of
the disrupted outside paper; following which
is an examination of the chest to see that
there is no aperture from which the aroma
can escape. Any aperture found is closed.
There are chests which dcnoting high
grades, have not a particle of original tea
returned to them. Great, indeed, is the
metamorphosis, when oven superior grades
change appearance and character to suit the
market, or give way for mixing with other
grades to middling or lower.
Year: 1879

had seen the bear. No one had seen any
thing that looked like den. The sun was
almost down, but tried to help us by light
ing up the dense thickets as it threw slant
ing rays among them. Hope had almost
died out of Eliars face, when scream,
''There she is" came from one of the party.
All eyes turned aloft; and there on the limb
of tall pine at least twenty feet from the
ground sat Bruin with the unhurmed baby
Her back was leaning against the body Of a
tree, while with her right fore leg she held
the boy as tendcrly and carefully us would
its mother. We had cut her off from her
retreat; and the rough bark of the tree had
made it easy for her to climb-as she sup
posed out of our way.


What was to be donc2 Forty plans were
suggested in jiffy. One suggested one
thing; another something different. Ten
minutes went by before anything was de-
cided Oh. Elial's voice rose above the rest,
and we stopped and heard him. He said:


"Bcn Spcrry, you re the best shot IN
Clarcmont. We will all get under the tree;
you shoot the bear, and God willing, wen
catch the baby as he falls. There amt no
other way. tn soon be dark and then"
here his voice broke in sobs.


Quickly fifty pairs of stout arms arose,
| while looked at old smooth bore to see if
! she was all right. / tell you good folks,
I'vc stood up and been shot at in the war
of 1912, and would again if had chance,
and have shot many a wildcat and bear,
but never did my heart thump as it did when
| drew a bead on that crcetur


1t was as still as DEATH and not even the
breathngs of the anxious men and eager
boys could be heard as l drew my trusty
gun to bear on Bruins heart. Crack she
went, and first came the baby-safcy
caught, alive and well-and second after,
raking the bark with her outstrctchcd claws
tumbled the dying bear


You think you've heard men shout Well
you ought to have heard the yell that split
that stiffness as the sun set on Barnes
Swamp, while Elal huggcd me with tears
streaming down his check. The young fcl-
lers cut two saplings, sharpcned them, drove
them through old Bruln, fore and aft and
shoudering the load, marched into tho set
tlcmcnt amid the rejoicing, hurrahs and
general Publications of the whole town.
Year: 1879

The use Of food by different persons
should be regulated in quantity or
character, or In both, according to
their ages, their health and occupa-
tions, the seasons and the climate III
which they live. Milk is the only per-
feet food for infants. 1t is the best
food for children aad youth up to the
age of sixteen. Old people are weaker
in their digestive powers, partly be-
cause their whole systems are weaker,
and partly because of their diminished
muscular activity. Their food should
be less In quantity than that used by
younger persons, and Of easier diges-
tlon. In summer and in warm cli-
mates less food by one-third is needed,
the tone of the system being lowered,
and persons thus being unable either to
digest or to assimilate as much as in
winter or in colder latitudes. So also
fat, sugar and starch--the latter in.
cludes fine tlour-being mainly heat
making elements, should be but little
used in summer and in tropical regions
and largely used in winter and in cold
climates. Corn-bread, which contains
Il large per cent. Of fat, is better adapt
cd for food in winter than in summer.
Shoemakers, tsilors and people of Sc
dentary habits generally need less food.
and food that is more easily digested,
than the farmer and all persons who
work in the open air. Still every body
should have enough Of active exercise
to be able to digest generous diet. A
thinker needs good supply Of brain
food, such as is literally furnished in
oatmeal; but he must not use his brain
ut the expense Of vigorous muscles, for
1t is muscles that have to work not
only the stomach, but the lungs and
heart. The sick of course need food
carefully adapted to their particular
condition, and those who are not In
full health may greatly help themselves
by rejecting whatever they find injur-
i0us TO them. sI III ss @t
Menmay bend to virtue, but virtue
cannot bend to men.
Year: 1879

Having seen Il query as to the ar
rangement Of a herbarium. venture
to write few directions on this sub
ject, which have proved by my own
experience. The first thing to do Is to
collect the plants. They should be
carefully dug up with a trowel, 80 as
to preserve the root intact, as, to form
good specimen, it is necessary to have
the root, leaves, flowers and fruit. 1t
also adds to the value Of specimen If
the seeding is shown, the autumn tint
Of the leaves If parasite, the plant Oh
which 1t grows, etc. When going ona
collecting expedition, 1t Is good plan
to carry few sheets Of newspapers in
II portfolio, and to place the plants Hat
between the pages as soon as they are
dug up. If this Is not convenient, they
will keep fresh for some time If placed
in Il tin case or vasculum. TO dry
them, the surest way Is to lay them be-
tween good many sheets Of blottiug
or newspaper, with board at the top
AMI bottom of the pile, and heavy
weight placed on thetop Of all. Change
the papers every two or three days, and
take care tr keep the plants quite flat
and with good many sheets of paper
between them, or the thick stems will
crumble and bend the thinner ones.
The sheets of paper on which to mount
the plants must be rather stout, aud OF
Il uniform siZe-siXtecn and half
inches by ten and Il half inches is a USE
ful size; but of course, this must de-
pend OIL the taste of the collector.
Botnnists differ very mucn as to the
best method of attaching the speci-
mems to the paper. Some attach them
by means of strips Of paper secured
with pins, others gum or glue the spec
imens, others fnstcn them with gum
med straps of paper, or sow them with
Il needle and thread to the paper. The
bost plan however, Is to combine the
last three methods, and to secure plants
Of medium size, such as the butter
cup, with narrow gummed strips OF
paper; thick, woody plants, such as the
oak, with glue; and such delicate
plants rs ferns and grasses should be
tackled to the paper by means of
needle and thread rs much the color OF
the specimen rs possible. Weak gum
may be used for the large petals of flow
crs and for large fiat leaves; but when
1t is used the plants must be again laid
under heavy pressure to dry or they
will shrivel. The plan followed In
tor, ,ign herbaria, Is to lay the plants
between double sheet Of paper with
out fastening them to the paper ut all.
When managed in this way they arc
more easily examined; but the great
disadvantage of this plan Is that both
the plants and their labels are very apt
to become inserted In the wrong sheet
among specimens Of totally different
species. When fastening the plants to
the paper they should not all be ar
ranged precisely In the centre OF the
page, but should be fastened more at
the sides, otherwise when the plants
are laid one above the other, the packet
will not be nearly flat, but will be
higher in the middle than at the sides.
n 49,
Year: 1879

CorSclL confirmed the plan Of letting
ont the street cleaning to District Contract
ors, last night, the First Branch concur.
ring in the action taken by the Second on
Tuesday evening last. The result Of the
plau will be watched with a good deal Of
interest. There is as fine an opportunity
for the contractors to earn their money as
we ever remember seeing furnished to five
gentlemen engaged in the public service,
and we shall be glad to notetheir progress
from time to time. ats