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Year: 1874

THE unnaturalized editor of the New York
Times, who tried few days ago to induce the
stockholders Of that sinking concern to make
him trustee, and failed because they had no
confidence In him, believes that General But
ler's popularity is on the decline. Why will
Jennings persist in writing about what he does
not nderstand-American politics2
Year: 1874

titled to final and immediate sdjustmentt
OF the questions raised by the Investigation.
\ 1t be bis desire that the criticisms upon


his course shall be shown TO have no JUS
uncation, no one can show it so well as
himself u u
Year: 1874

How He PROVED IT. - 1t is the
custom in Mexico for the clergy to
require foreigner, wishing to marry
a native, to bring proof that he is not
already married man. An Amer,
can, about to marry q senorlta OF
very good family, was required 70
furnish the proof Of his being bach
clor. Not finding any of his country,
men who'knew him sufficiently well
to testify to this fact, he determined
to supply the deficiency with the oath
of native.


Meeting q Mexican in the street
whom he had never seen before, our
countryman proposed to him that nc
should swear to his being unmarried
for the consideration Of FIVE dollars
The senior, after moments study
said to the Yankee:


"Gct down on your hands ano
knees and creep about"


Not exactly understanding what
he was at, our friend obeyed, much to
the detriment of his unmentionables


The other party then told him that
he was all right; that he would swear
that the American had not been mar
ried since he knew him, and that was
since the time he crawled. '"
Year: 1874

Will soon convince you of its wondesful merits In
curing this vile disorder; disease which when seat
ed. produces Consumption, from which there is no
esca e; one little box Of the German Snuff Will cure
YOUR Catarrh and then the foul matter will disappear
from your throat and you will again breathe with,
not till then, will you look like the followingJ
Year: 1874

No efforts viii be spared to make the MAINE STATE
Press more acceptable to It's patrons Indeed, the
Publishers will not relax their efforts 10 make the
paper necessity to those who have been accustomed
to read it. We pledge that during the year 1874 tbs
Weekly PRESS shall be more NEWSPAPER than
ever, that the family that thoroughly reads the
paper will have all the current events Of the day.
Year: 1874

Early yesterday morning, on their 1rst trip up,
there was collision between the opposition North
Shore line steamer Thomas Colyer and the Castle
ton OF the old line Shortly after the Collyer left
her dock at Elm Park, and while making her dock
at Port Richmond, which adjoins that Of the old
company, through some mismanagement the wind
with the CastetOn, which was still lying at her
dock, tearing away the starb0ard side or the Coll
yer, breaking stanchons, carrying away part Of
the wheelhouse and frames, and damaging the
port side Of the CastletOn so much that 1t became
necessary, alter making the first trip to lay her
up Tor repairs. The Collyer, which sustained the
most damage, was also towed up to the city for
repairs. which on both boats Will cost about 4l50Q
Year: 1874

A CHURCH at Newark, N. j., recently
tried with success new water motor in
the place of manual labor at the organ.
The plan is very simple, wheel of sheet
metal being placed in the lower part of
the building Immediately under the
organ, which is driven by stream of
water no larger than lead pencil, but
which furnishes all the air necessary for
the organ bellows with q pressure Of
forty pounds. 1t is said by the inventor
of the motor that it will, in addition, sup


ply the church constantly with fresh air
by having blower attached to force air
through the hot-air pipes from the fur.
mace. He claims that in this way it will
supply 1000 feet Of fresh air per minut~
Year: 1874

xAH r0A&D. u
THE farmer planted seed. (.
A little dry, black seed;
And OF he went to other work -
For the farmer was never known 70 ehirk-
And cared for what he had hsed.
The night came with ftsSfd5e
The cool and silent dew;
Thesdawn came, and the day,
And the farmer worked away
At labOrs not q few.
Home from his work one day
One glowing summer day
His children showed him perfect flower;
It had burst in bloom that very hour;
HoW, cannot say.
But know if the smallest eeed
In the soil of love be cast,
Both the day and night viii do their part;
And the sower who works with q trusting heart
Will find the flower ut last.


-Kone Guardian.
Year: 1874

a love-letter, took ticket in the raffle
for the large doll, and had his fortune
told, which promised him two wives
in succession and a prospect for the
third. Then he left in dismay 49,.


The Fair will be held this evening
and concluded tomorrow. There will
probably be large attendance on both
occasions, and we promise an enjoya-
BILE time to all who may be present.
Year: 1874

Us The tide ofimmgratiOn Is steadily set
ting in and the filst thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
com pariSon between the two. 21so
Year: 1874

Chignons are really of service to the wear
ers in Virginia. 1t was only the other day
that an eagle pounced down upon lady
there and fixed his talons in her head. Ali
the noble bird got was hair.
Year: 1874

Rochefort was enabled to escape from New
Caledonia through the assistance of many of
the colonists. The people of the United
States will cordially unite to aid Richardson
in his escape from the Treasury Department.
Year: 1874

The Christian Union summarizes the
short work Of President Hopkins on the
prayer gusge, indicating a readiness to
believe, IL not an actual belief in, the
Hopkins theory. The following are ex-
tracts:


II prayer be really answered physical
ly, it must be through the interaction of
will with fixed law in producing the
change. This brings US to the necessity
OF defining the three words, natural, su.
pernatural and miraculous. By what Is
natural, We mean the region Of fixed law;
the region where nothing begins TO be in
anything that is not caused by something
external to itself. by what is superna-
tural we mean notonly what God or other
beings superior to man can do, but Just
what the name implies, a region above
nature-a region In which action can be
originated, region oil will, choice,
and personality. A miracle is q
physical effect in which law
OF nature is overcome, or the ele-
ments Of nature are controlled by direct
act Of will. But can the will act thus
The physicist denies it. And yet 1t Is
evident that our wills do have such a
power over some OF the matter in our
bodies; and we have only to suppose that
the will OF God has some such relation TO
nature as that which our wills have to
this matter iu our bodies, and the power
Of miracle would follow, OF course. "Who
shall say that this Is not soH What do
we know Of the relation of the will Of
God 10 his universe ?" This is the essence
OF President Hopkins argument for pray.
er-it is the reasOnableness of supposing
that God, In response to our devout petit
tions, may exert in the Infinitely wider
sphere Of nature the infinitely greater
power OF his will, in precisely the same
way as our limited wills control and move
certain portions of matter in our own
bodies
Year: 1874

THEY are very romantic population
up about Franklin, in Pendleton county,
W. Va. We read in the correspondence
Of paper published in that region that


"The brick kiln for the Presbyterian
Church is in full blast, and many are the
beautiful forms and sweet faces seen at
eventide, promenading within the circle
of It's soft and witching light.
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which SpIke


again
Year: 1874

The princely and perpetual Civ
ing Of the late Deacon Stafford, of
Boston, led many to suppose he was
a millionaire; hut to the astonish>
ment even Of those who knew him
best, at his death, he left a little
less than $4,000. Under con-
stant sense of his responsibility a>
steward, be cheerfully honored all
the calls upon his benevolence and
was wont to acknowledge himself
under obligation to those who pre-
scnted appeals to his charity. We
want more men in our churches
after this type; then how maguif,
cent will be our offerings, and how
ample the resources of our various
societies Now and then We meet
with an exceptional case Of fidelity
in the use Of money, but 100 many
are Sclf>hly boarding What they
have 10 right to hold I.gtr> pray
for the day when the duty II giving
will come to be as characteristic Of
Christians as their present >or0.3
devotion to gain.-Baptst Wcekly.
Year: 1874

The hopelessness O. any ones
accomplishing anything without
pluck is illustrated by an old East
India fable. A mouse that dwelt
near the abode of a great magician
was kept in such constant distress
by its fear Of a cat, that the magi-
clan taking pity on it, turned it
into a cat itself. Immediately it
began to suffer from its fear of a
dog, so the magician turned it into
a dog. Then it began to suffer from
fear of a tiger, and the magician
turned it into tiger. Then it
began to suffer from its fear Of
huntsmen, and the magician in dis
gust, said, /" Be mouse again. As
you have only the heart of a mouse,
tits impossible to help you by Civ
ing you the body Of nobler
animal" And the poor creature
again became q mouse.
Year: 1874

The devotion of the Marechale Ba-
zaine to her unfortunate husband is
a rare and beautiful romance Of
these matter-oi-fact, prosy, modern
days. The troubled lady will receiee
the sympathy of true hearts IN every
land,
Year: 1874

FoUNDLINGs' HosPITAL.-:The late Dr.
Patrick Brown by bis will, made just before
his death, directed the bulk OF bis property
to be sold and invested in United States
bonds. The interest is to be drawn and paid
to certain of his relatives during their life.
time, and upon their death the principal is
to be placed in the hands of the Rev. Drs
Hoge and Peterkin to establish in this city a
hospital for white foundIings. In all proba'
billy it will be quite number Of years be-
fore any portion of the bequest for the char
ity- is available, but in the end the trustees
will receive for it between thirty and thirty
five thousand dollars.
Year: 1874

To The Editors Of the DYpatch: 1he numerous
friends Of this distinguished gentleman insist ant
demand thai he shall announce himself candidate
for Congress, and address the people In various por
uoHs of the district upon the important and vita
questions Of the day. The points In which Fedora
power touches the vast interests OF this city are
rninous as to call upon business men at once tc
be on the alert as to who shall reps them In the
Forty fourth Congress.


Judge Crunp cannot and must not lie allowet
10 decline this call. He is the for the occasion
Would do more for the district IN Congress thar
any other man in the State, aud can he elected
without the slightest difficulty. The Rad dicals would
hardly make nomination against him.


MANY VOTERS
Year: 1874

A SMALL PIECE OF BUSINESS. time
during Thursday night the new Howitzer
armory, which is 10 process of erection on
the City Spring lot, was visited by evil-dis-
posed persons, who pulled out the stone
bases upon which the brick pillars for the
rear doors are to rest, and turned them topsy-
turvy, thus bringing the unfinished side to
the front and the smooth side where the
rough ought TO be-. The stonemasons had


been bard at work on Thursday adjusting
this granite and cementing it, and now they
are forced to go over the WORK again, thus
delaying the completion of the building no
little. 70 say the least lit. this sort OF fun,
if the perpetrators consider it fun, is rather


b small piece OF business.
Year: 1874

A PLEASANT AFFAIR. The picnic given
by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Leigh
street Baptist Sunday-school at "Wilton' on
Wednesday was one Of the best of the sea-
son. Everything passed off in fine style, and
we have no hesitation in saying that every.
body enjoyed themselves. Thanks are due
to the committee in charge for the able
manner in which they discharged their
duties. AS there we're a good many who
could not attend this, they have, therefore,
decided to give another some time during
August, and the same committee will ne on
hand and will guarantee to all nice and
pleasant time
Year: 1874

SAYS the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in
the CEristian Unioa' at is not easy tc
realize that religion is losing It's hold upon
society, If one but observes the great
space given to reports Of religious dis.
course by our daily newspapers, and con-
siders also, that even fashion has begun
to pay tribute by inventing exquisite
praying costumes for ladies, wherein the
fair devotees can pray to the Lord and
make and elegant appearance in the sight
Of man at the same time"
Year: 1874

The Importance Of ventilating bed.
rooms is something in which everybody is
vitality interested, and which few properly
appreciate. 1.-two men are to occupy a
bedroom during a night, let them step
upon weighing scales as they retire, and
then again in the morning, and they will
find that their actual weight Is at least a
pound less in the morning. Frequently
there will be loss Of one or two pounds
and the average loss throughout the year
will be more than one pound; that is,
during the night there is a loss Of q pound
Of matter, which has gone of from their
bodies, partly from the lungs and partly
through the pores Of tho skin. The es-
capped material Is carbonic ACID and de-
cayed animal matter, or poisonous exha.
latiOna.
Year: 1874

The following cheering words are from
yesterdays Cincinnati Gazette, q cautious
and conservative paper, and one not &C
cuStomed to express itself irresponsibly
upon business matters:


"The lste rains and the near spprosoh
Of the adjournment Of Congress are most
encouraging features. At the moment
when crop prospects we're gloomy, in con.
sequence Of dry weather, rains fell In
abundance, and now the signs point to q
season Of great abundance. The dry
weather in May was most favorable to
wheat, and the June rains have set the
oats, grass, corn and potatoes to growing
finely. Besides all this, there Is evidence
Of an abundant yield of fruit. The
year 1874 is likely to be marked ns one Of
great abundance. This will prove far
better than currency initiation. The
financial centers are now glutted with
money. In New York capital Is obtain
able on call at 29S per cent per annum,
and In Cincinnati money was never more
plenty or cheap than at present. The
scarcity Of borrowers is evidence Of stag.
nation in business, ol course; but good
crops will start the machinery Of COM
msrce, and, money being plenty, the pro-
ducts Of the harvest will promptly be
moved, and those who do not get ready
for q lively autumn trade will make
a great mistake. Whatever the coun.
try may have done in the way
Of overtrading heretofore, 1t has been
undertaking since last October. It has
been taking account OF stock for eight
months, and settling up. Goods are con-
sequently in light supply everywhere.
Manufacturers have been on short time,
and consumers have used up their sup.
plies. At the same time speculators have
been idle. With the incoming Of the new
harvest this season Of inactivity must
end, and then we shall experience 70.
sumption Of active business. The pros.
poets arc that the next commercial year
will be one Of the most prosperous eyer
experienced in this country.
Year: 1874

SrRAYEO-A mall red and white COW
rather more fhite than red-with q
rope around hr horns. A liberal re-
ward will be pad for the return of said
COW, or for in ormation of where she
may be found on application at this
office.
Year: 1874

ACCIDENT Mr.. Charles Mcdonald,
was Kicked by vicious horse he was
attempting to shoe, and thrown upon a
knife which cut his hand in a shocking
manner. which will deprive him of its
use for some time if it does not perma-
nently impair its usefulness.
Year: 1874

Let man fail in business and what q
wonderful effect it has on his former
friends and creditors. Men who had
taken him by the arm, and chatted with
him by the hour, shrug up their shoul
ders and pass him by with chilling
"how do you do2" Every trihe of bill
is hunted up and presented that would
not have been seen for months to come
but for the debtors. If it is paid, well
and good; if not, the scowl Of the sheriff
meets him at the corner. A man that
has never failed knows but little of hu.
man nature. In prosperity he sails
along gently, waited by the favorite
smiles and kind words of everybody
He prides himself on his good name and
spotless character, and makes a boast
that he has not an enemy in the world
Alas the change. he looks upon the
world in different light when reverses
come upon him. He reads suspicion
in every brow. He hardly knows how to
move or whether to do this thing or the
otber-for there are spies about him and a
writ is ready for his back. To under
stand what kind of stuff the world is
made of, a person must be unfortunate
and stop payment once in his lifetime.
If he has kind friends then, they are
made manifest. A failure is a moral
seive; it brings out the wheat and leaves
the chaff. A man thus learns that words
and pretended goodwill do not con-
stitute real friendship.
Year: 1874

likeness that might be expected between
all monsters designed under the limited
experience of man. There was one
significant dragon which appeared very
lively and coming up to time in the com
bat with st. George. This dragon had
three heads, thus recalling the three
headed monster that guarded the gates
of the Greek hell. Another dragon had
with the conventional head the body of
a man with a tail and claws. These
ancient artists employed by the medi-
evsl church appear to have had con-
siderable genius for the hideous. A
large bassrelief representing human
forms at the resurrection borne to Par
adise on one hand, and driven into the
mouth of hell on the other-said mouth
being that of an enormous dragon
showed two as ingeniously ugly devils
as / ever saw. One of them had a
mouth something like an eagles beak,
with sharp pointed lips, and nose
curving over like scythe. He had hair
running aleng his knotted limbs, and his
belly was a supplementary face, which
with wide mouth seemed to express
delight the work going on. Neither
of this devils faces was lovely.
Year: 1874

the idea of allowing sheriff to enter
Paradise for few hours only. in order
to hasten the departure Of the lawyer.


"'That would be bad expedition,
replied he, you do not know lawyers.
Ours would find means to cavil upon
the legality of the summons. He would
plunge us into the troubled waters of the
laws, and finally he would not leave us.
After that l should find myself with q
lawyer and sheriff on my hands. The
first is enough And this is how there
came to be lawyer in Paradise"
Year: 1874

The Arabs, who have many good
proverbs, have one which is found truer
and truer the more experience we have
of life. "While the word is yet unspok-
en-, they say, "you are master Of it;
when once it is spoken, it Is master
of you" Ill luck and good luck both
know this proverb by heart, and,
though both quarrel with it, they know
well that their quarrel is hopeless.
30, stranger, what word has escaped
the fence of thy teeth!'' so often repeat
ed in Homer, has familiar sound as
we read it; for our hearts say it to our
hearts life long, from the day when the
heart has first voice.
Year: 1874

Owing to the storm no performances
was given by Maginley's circus compa-
ny ON Saturday afternoon, but in the
evening the tents were pretty well filled.
But it required some courage 70 attempt
the passage from Wethersfield avenue
across the marshy ground of the let to
the tents, and those who chose Alden
and Dean streets Jared best. The dis


play of animals, though not large, was


good, and the circus performances was


unusually good, and all of the perfor-
mers were heartily applauded.


The large elephant Empress" attact-
ed a crown of Spectators. She is indeed
a monster, and no doubt the statement
of the proprietor, that she is the ''lsrgest
elephant in captivity" is true. She de-
parted for Rockville last Sunday even,
ing. A courier left the grounds some
distance in advance and warned peo-
pie who were driving in the streets to
turn out, or their horses might be
frightened. A crowd of nearly thous-
and had assembled near the Great
Bridge. The proprietor, fearing that
the animal would not cross on that
structure, had taken the precaution to
have her skin oiled in the morning
several buckets OF neat's foot oil being
used in the operation-with view to
having her swim across. The small ell
ephant walked assuredly upon the
bridge, but the large one at first refused
to go upon it, and stood trumpeting on
the ground.


Suddenly she turned and made a
charge up Morgan street. The crown
quickly fled in all directions. She didn's
like the prospects Of plunge and
swim, but accepted the bridge. She
tested each plank before trust
ing to it; but she was in due time safe
on the other side.


The bridge company did not take toll
of the elephant-though they did of the
wagons of the circus-preferring to let
her owner take his own risk.


She weighs,it is said, nearly seven
tons. Elephants, however, of various
sizes have crossed this bridge, though
the larger ones, after feeling of it, dis
like to go, and some will not, and have
to swim for it.-Har.ford Times. ea!,