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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-29

moved to have it put upon its passage.
MIR. Conger OF Michigan, made the point that
it must first be considered in committee of the
whole. The point was sustained and the bill
referred.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the military appropriation BILL The
Clerk read the bill by sections for amendment,
and Mr. Hamilton moved to amend the clause
dition to rations," and substituting the words
sat $780,"
Mr. Hale of Maine, moved to amend the
amendment by substituting $500. He proceed
ed to argue in support of his amendment.
Mr. Randall of Pennsylvania, Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations, opposed Mr..
Hale's amendment, and said the fact was none
of the money went into the pockets of the ca
diets, but was in fact an appropriation made for
their support and it was believed that $40 was
sufficient for that purpose. He said the COM
mittee had decided on uniform reduction
through all departments. That reduction was
to be 10 per cent, and was to be further carried
out by reducing the number of employees 20 per
cent. and by increasing the hours of service
from six to eight
Mr.. Hale asked Mr.. Randall whether he did
not propose to make any exceptions to that
rule.
Mr.. Randall replied that there were excep-
tiOns to all rules, so the committee had made
important exceptions to this rule. 1t had ex-
cepted for instance the Vice President, the Lii
brarian of Congress- and they should continue
to make exceptions in cases of mertorious end
useful officers of the government but the policy
of the gentleman from Maine (Hae) seemed 10
indicate determined purpose on the part of
the other side of the House to obstruct the com
mittee in its economical reform movement.
He hoped the members on his side of the House
would march forward to the support of the
Committee on Appropriations, for be declared
to the House and to the people that in no par
tIcular did that committee mean to do Injustice
in the least degree.
Mr.. Durham of Kentucky, spoke against a
reduction OF the pay of cadets. He said he
was in favor of legitimate reductions, but he
would not be led into reduction by any marty
or leaders of party. Applause on the Repub-
lican side.)
Mr.. Atkins of Tennessee asked Mr.. Dur-
ham whether he was an independent Demo-
GRAFT.
Mr.. Durham replied that he was as Good a
Democrat as any man on the floor, but he was
not going to vote for an unjust reduction to
please, any party. (Applause on the Republi-
can side.)
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-29

NNTTIEI LORING'S VEGETA-
tAIIIMh BILE ASTHMA CURE
II \IHVIV completely supersedes the
0l1IIIII1 n use of Pastiles, Smoke of
AANA LA4iAAl Salt Petre, Stramonium,
&c. I'm case of purely
AsthmRtic character has il failed 10 give
relief, 1t is worthy the confidence of suf-
ferers. Price 81 90.
LORING, Proprietor, Cor. Exchange
and Federal SITS. jan26sntf
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ssIlaLa, .,

tHM
The prevalence in the English Lao.
suags Of the uncouth syllable ugh.
is forcibly shown in the following com.
positinn ; ....
Hugh Cough, Of Boroughbridge.
was rough soldier on furlough, but
q man of doughty deeds in war,
though before he fought Tor his count
ry he was a thorough dough faced
ploughman. His horse having been
houghed 10 an engagement with the
enemy, Hugh was taken prisoner, and.
I ought to add. was kept on = short
enough clough of food. and suffered
from hunger. Having on his return
home. drunk too large draught Of
usquebaugh, he became intoxicated.
and laughing, coughing and hiccoughing
by trough, against which he sought
to steady himself. There he was ac-
costed by another rough. who showed
him q enough which he had caught on
a cloush near. also the sloaehr Of a
snake, which he had at the end. of a
tough bough of eugh tree. and which
his shaggy slough had found and had
brought to him from the entrance to a
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A Bsamti/.i rhsushf.

When I gaze into the stars they
look down upon me with pity from
their serene and silent spaces. like
eyes glistening with tears over the
little lot Of man. Thousands Of gen.
erations, all as noisy.as our own. have
been swallowed by time, and there re-
mains no record Of them any more |;
yet Arcturus and Orion. Sirius and
thu Plsiades, are still shining in the
courses, clear aud yOungas when their
Sheperd first noted them from the plain
Of Shinsr. What shadows We are,
aui MIA, shadows We pursue.
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CamaaW Farnser.

II n young farmer is such a fool a.
to marry a "fine lady" instead of look.
ing out q farmers daughter. who. from
being brought up on a farm, knows
how 10. manage . farmers house.
nothing better than running into
debt. and having to mortgage. and
then lose his farm. is to be expected,
and serves him right. Isay he has
no one TO blanc but himself. As for
Scotch farmers. however poor thsy
may bs when they. with their wivss,
cmigrate to Canada. they are pretty
sure TO succeed. because their wives
know how 10 save what their husbands
earn-which they would hardly do if
they were fine ladies'" Occasionally
a "fne lady" il brought up in the old
country. may do well when she. with
her husband, emigrates to Canada |;
but this is the exception. not the rule;
and, in all countries and every station
in life, some sensible women are to I've
found. and happy is the man who may
have the luck to secure a sensible
woman as partner TOR life.
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Haass that ,ssrs EsssI.

h, occurred Isst might. = Perkins
discarded one and drew. Tomlius
did The same. Both locked a. their
hands di.sppointedly. and then ra.ed
.sdly a, each other. The chips repre-
sentsd twenty.6ys cent? sach. AGO
won on. ON What pve rot" ssid Perl.
con,smptuoasly. .Raiss you a ecu.
-. on M. -, ant. ..;d Toml;n.
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a w"rwsss 10 Sri~esrsssss.

That insigni6caat nouentisy, the
bridegroom, is, Of course. Of no 40
count whatever during the wedding
ceremony. Nobody looks at him, no.
body thinks Of him; there are no
tears for his immoIstion, no smelling.
bottlcs for his agitation. He Is for
the time a black.costcd background to
: picture Of radiant beauty. What
n he that he should interrupt with his
foolish nervousness the even course Of
the ceremony which fixes hi, fate for.
everf No censurr, therefore, can IL
too harsh for that wretched msn who,
being married the other day. put the
wedding-ring in his mouth when tho
service began, that he might find 1t at
the proper moment The moment ar.
rived. The minister motioned for the
ring. The trembling bridegroom gave
An obedient start. q sudden gulP, and
The ring had disappeared down his un.
lucky throat
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Dspffsine . Murderer.

Burr Bexgarly. the Wilson county
murderer. was baptised BY Rev. Nsr
son Merry yesterday afternoon, in the
jail yard. A few friends Of the con.
demnsd man and some members Of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion were witnesses of the scene. The
officiating minister said it was a SOL
smn occasion upon which they had
assembled. The man befors them
had resolved that the brief remainder
of his life would be spent in trying to
undo the sinful life Of the past. The
hymn ALAS, and did my Savior
bleed" was given out. and just As the
setting Of the sun threw the Jail yard
into shadow, Burr stepped into the
pool which had been provided. asd
was baptized. Immediately after
,oming out Of the water, Beggariy be-
gan shouting with = great deal Of fer
vor, and this was taken up BY his
friends. He exclaimed-"Oh, If you
want to find me when am dead, come
up; don't 60 down tsre. This body
has got to be hung. and the worms
will eat the flesh. but they can't hurt
my soul. Thank God, I've found
Him, and I amt afraid Of death now
He then shook hands with all his
friends. His spiritual adviser seemed
to be very much pleased, and on ask.
ing Beggarly if he was perfectly salts
fed was answered in the affirmative.
Beggarly will DO taken. before long.
to Lebanon. where he will be hung on
May 2Gth.-[Nashville American.
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A rovEL suggsstiss h made in h.
half Of the 6re Insurance companies
that .here shall Be . Ore coroner elect
cd or appointed inevery cssnty. whose
duty II shall be to hold an inquest 10
every case Of Gre occurring within he
county. The plan. u Is claimed.
would have the following results: Ev-
cry Ere would b investigated and much
valuable light would b ahrewn up
on the origin Of fires gsnsrsily; and
the honest man. % well a I'D Amid
man. BY having the facts developed.
would Be relieved from suspiciiee;
while the would-bs inccndisry, kisd&
ing that his Ere would b officially 4
vestisatsd. would b deferred fios,
committing the crime. The objscsiel
which exists now against an efficiaI
investigation ON account Of the suspi-
cion il carries with il would net sxiss
under the plap suggested. because al
weuld Be served alike. Or
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Ths'latest matrimonial romance Of
the stage is rather more romantic than
the average run Of these sHaires de
ceur the leading partner ola well.
known and very wealthy firm Of L,n-
don solicitors while enjoying an even.
ing at theater was smitten with the
charms Of a certain lady Of the corps
de ballet, Something happened. The
rich lawyer, not over young himself,
but with intentions strictly honorable,
obtained an introduction to hef, and
very soon the scquaintance ended 10
marriage, he over sixty, che, under
twenty. The handsome girl, belonged
to humble family Of eleven children,
and by one Of shose outbreaks Of gen
erosity which elderly solicitors 10 rare
ly commit. he has undertaken to cup
port the whole batch Of them. The
new wife, too. mus. be fitted for a po-
,ition unto which she vas not born"
and the doting husband has according.
|y engaged masters If "all the accom-.
plshments" to give her lessons. Mr.. |
NJ. occupies a splendid mansiou'in the
West End, and employs a bslfs- dosen |
servants to minister to his wants. On
certain days, I am told, the ex.l,allet
girl, seated in her carriage. drives her |
pair of ponies far away from the
West End to her mothers abode in |
. street, m event which produces
no small sensation among the gossips |
in that humble neishborhood. From |
what l learn the lady is worthy the
good fortune which has 20 uuex pect-
IDLY fallen 10 her lot.--(London Cor.
-
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Real life often furnishes the materi.
ais for first'class novel. Here is q
story which 10 true. A benevolent
lady became interested in an unfortu.
nate girl who became a mother ere
che was q wife, and kindly offered her
4 place in her own family as = seam.
stress. and she thus secured q pleas.
ant home for herself and child. She
was becoming reconciled TO Life and
Was learning 70 be happy. when the
son of her benefactrsss was brought
homo to die. he having been stricken
with fatal attack OF fever. The Ia
dy idolized her son, and had always
spoken Of him to Alice n . model of
wha, . young man .shssnilbs in
manner. habits and character. Alice
entered his room as 4 nurse and rec.
ognised in him-her betrayer. He
bad become, acquainted with her I'M
der an assumed name. as now appear
cd. She had, therefore. entered una
were under his mothers roof; He
recognized her, aud with the calmnes
which Is always the accompaniment Of
approaching dissolution; babe her sit
down. and tell her story. She ended
by saying that the child o. their sin
was with her, but by no word of hers
should his mother even suspect the
la1i parentage. Then. said he. 81
will tell her myself. Go out, Alice.
and send my mother to me-" The re-
suit was that clergyman was sent for
and marriage mended the broken
promise Thss,hassana soon died,
and Alice REMAINS 81 dSsshtsr In the
mansion she catered % seamstrsss, and
is both loved and respected by the no.
BILE wonan whom she now calls moth
err. II is never too late to win back
los. honor'aud position. v-
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pvhNf's . Prinser.

l As- old typo gives the following
"a printer Is the most curious being
living. He may have q bank snd
"quoins' and not be WORTH a cent;
have "snnall caps" and have neither
wife nor children. Others may run
fast, he gets along swifter BY ''sctting'
fast He may BE- making empress
ions without eloqueuce; may use the
"lye" without offending, and stiIl tell
the Truth; while others cannot stand
while they sit. he can "set' standing,
and do both at the same time; may
have-to use furniture" and yet have
no dwelling; may make and put away
"Pi1 and never see . pie. much les
eat ,one, during his whole life; be Q
human being aud x"rst" At the same
time; may pres good DEAL and
not ask n favor; may handle a "shoot.
ing iron and know nothing about a
cannon, gun, or pistol; he may move
the clever that moves the world, and
yet be as far from the morning globe
as frog under a. mole-hill; spread
sheets" without being a housewife; he
may lay his form in "bed" and yet
be obliged to sleep on the floor; he
may use the dagger" without shed.
ding blood, and from the earth handle
stars" he may be Of . trolling" dis.
position. and still never have desire to
travel; he en- have . "sheep's foot"
and never be deformed; never with.
out q ''case," and know kno,hing about
law or phy.ic; b always correcting
his ''errors," and be growing worse
every day; have embrace" without
ever having the arms Of lass thrown
around him; have his form locked
up" and at the same time be far from
the jul, watch-housc. or any other
confinement; he might be plagued by |
the devil and yet be . Chrisiiaa Of
the boet kind.
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On each million Of children born |

Or each million Of children born in
England 263, 900 die before reaching
the age Of five. $4,000 are carried of
during the Eve following years. and
5000 are carried between ten and
fifteen yean. Only 643.os5 attain
the age OF Is, and but 42i, lis that Of
IS. Out Of the whole million only D.
1853 reach the age of IS: 22s.livs to
centeuarians. and only one atisihs the
losth year. The lssesf statistics con-
firm the statement that females live
longer than males and married people
longer than single ones. and il also
appears tina. Jsss live longer than
Christians. 49,
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Centennial Corressemdsmee

We want Centennial correspond.
ent-want him bad-wanl her bad
and would like to rcciesc about TIA.
900 more propositions from the imps-
cunious idiots who are expecting to
make something by their stupid efii-
sions this year. None oflhe few hun.
bred thousand offers already made suit
US. and none of the others will. but we
want them all to write to us. 50 that
We may know how many fools Of that
Kind there arc. --(R,shville (Va.l
Jacksonian.
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RleeaIMa at the More.

/ 1hen arstve lirfie srssriesF which
supply the Whole hcs with bicod. one
on each side; these branch of from
do main arteries Oh each side Of the
-indpips. and running upward to-
IL. the eyes, pass over the outside
=. ,he jsw-bone. about two-thirds Of
ths,xaY back from the chin to the an,
gh Of lho jaw, under the ear. Each
Of these arteries, Of course, supplies
just one half of the face. the nose be,
ing the dividing line; ,ks left uostril
is supplied with Z .o,c{Sy thslsit ar
terry, aud the rigs, - S,Stril by the right
artery. Nov, sSppose your nose
bleeds by the right nOstril, with the
end of the foreingcr feel along the
outer edge Of the right jaw until you
feel the beating Of the artery directly
under your Eager the same as the
pulse in your wrist; then press the
finger hard upon ii, thus getting the
little fellow in tight place between
your finger and the jaw, bone. The
result will b that not drop Of blood
goss into that eide Of the face while
the pressure continues; hence the nose
instantly stops bleeding tor want Of
blood to flow; and the ruptured yes.
sells in the nose will probably by that
time. contract. 20 that when you let
the blood into them they will not
bleed. Bleeding irsn CIV, or wound
any where about the face may be stop,
E.ed in the same way. The Creator
Probably placed these arteries as they
sW, that they might be controlled.
thoso 10 the hack Of the head. arms,
md legs, ere all arranged very convs'
pisptly for being controlled in like
mauuef9r
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Coed vyhifesrasIs.

Slack the lime in the usual way.
Mix one gill -four with a little cold
water, taking care to beat out all the
Jumps; then pour on II boiling water
enough to thicken to the consistency
Of common starch when boiled for use.
Pour 1t. while hot. into q bucket Of
Stacked lime. and add one pound Of
whiting. Stir all well together. A
little blue water. made by squeezing
the indigo mixed with water. i'm,
proves u. .tr 500. =
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II the Spring there Is tendency Ia
bilious complaints. We do net IN.
ds,tand bow 10 vary our food with
the changing ssassns. or. II We do
understand, Ne are not willisg to do
Il. and The result Is biliossssx, which
makes one reel that life p = burden.
II, when mild weather approaches, We
would content ourselves with . very
moderate supply Of hearty food. but
eat freely Of fresh fruit. such Is sran-
sss and lemons, the good results
would be apparent. In particular.
lemons are recommended rs excellent
for those inclined to bilious troubles.
There is no doubt but that the way 10
keep in good health is to know what
tssstand tosat It'll Harpsris Weekly.
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A U'ensan's vvSIes.


Female pickpockets select their vic.
tins at a glance. and the selr-satis6sd,
vain gentleman starss danger in the
face most innocently when he returns
the smile Of fascinating neighbor in
the horse car. These girls generally
work in threes; while one Of then en-
cages the unsuspectins strangers at
tention, another relieves him Of his
supertiuous cash. The moment this 10
accomplished. our female operators
discover that they have passed the
place where they intended to get Of,
and hastily leave the car. much 70 the
disgust Of the man. Who wished to 20
deeper into the filtration. While he
is chewing the bitter cud Of regret, he
is most Intensely Disguised to discover
his loss. Hs vSsy rarely ascribes il
to the fascinating being who recently
sat at hhaide. If he does, il IL too
late. for they are Oft and. away. If
the loss is discesered before before they
have left the car and thsy are arrested.
nothing Is found on them, for iastant-
ly the plumber was taken 1t was passed
to a confederate female, got up as an
old woman with bundle. or a shop
girl neatly aud modestly dressed--ths
last one the uninitiated would suspect.
As piekpockeis. women succeed but
too well, for a very simple reason;
their victims are generally men, and
they know very we'll that their surest
road to success lies through mans
vanity. ID
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The makers of so-called lovcSmstch
e are generally very young. Lave,
a. his called h thsn simply propin.
guilty. He'or she who Is nearest be.
comes The target Of Cupids arrow.
Love tender and pure burns IN their
souls, declare Paul and Clara; they
cannot live without each other; IL not
allowed to marry thsy may do worse
(be not doubtful; for there is . worsei)
il allowed, they are sure TO BE- wretch.
ed. Can they be induced to wait
meanwhile privileges. with certain re.
stricticns, 70 see all they wish Of one
asother, their cure is pretty certain.
Nothing 20 much infames them, moth
ing they 80 much covet as opposition.
They long to be placed ia the most ro-
mantle Of situations. they are mad for
some pretext for rsving about cruel
destiny, hard hearted parents, bitter
hostility to the union Of two kin
dred souls already Joined by Heaven.
But let them have full liberty to see
each other day after day, week in and
week out, and their keen appetite for
violating the interdicts is dulled at
once. Many an unhappy marriage has
thus been prevented. A young COUP
lie resolved To make fools Of them.
eelves, not without liberal assistance
from nature, however, lose their reso-
luton when they have no obstacles to
overcome. Patient waiting solves
most ofthe problems that perrlex US,
the matrimonial problem among 9th.
ers, especially for the young.s Il Is
doubtful Il more than half the maria
ges founded on mutual inclination
would have been consumated had
time enough been taken for the lovers
to get well acquainted with each 9TH
RS faults and foibles. Il
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How MANY common figura.ivs =,

How many common 6gura:ivs ex-
pressions in our language are borrow.
ed from the art Of carpentry may BE-
seen from the follo~iag sentence
The lawyer who filed bill. shaved q
note, cut an sequa!ntanee. split . hair.
made an entry. got up case. framed
an indictment. impanasled jury. pas
them into . boz, bailed . witness.
hammered . Judge, and bored a whole
court. oil in Que day, has siacs,,aid
down law anil ,uruel o,rp-a'er. : 4
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Fermsny dsys says IL Char,
lottesvills (va.) JedsYoaian. We have
so,;eei a. old colored woman plod-
ding her way to the Post Ofiics, never
.issing . day, esd isvariably return
ing a. she caus, without any mail.
She had imbibsd the idea prevalent
among tsese people that q the Post
Once rAls goysssusns isssitution.
she had I right 10 exercise her new
privilege Of "quirin' dar fur letter"
Is,ss though sss ssPscisd noshinssod
With . persistencs that vas commend
able. her face appeared at the general
delivery - regularly As the mail was
opsnsd. Some person getting ,issd Fl
s,sing her ftsitles attempts to accom-
plish her desires. fixed up letter in
hieroglyphics, signed il Teens Hig,
gins. stanpei Il, and and len it to
await her coming. She was there on
tins. Wien The olsrk banded cut
shs pissivs sht mad NJ ides X vas IN:
tended for her. and looked oil around
at The CROWD. xho ara usually At the
windows. expecting some Of them to
take il; but when the clerk insisted
,sAsfh ~S wSbll Brown it We
y asdy for 4 hysiogomi't To sss.ths'
variety ofsxprcssions that her c"un-
tsuance usderwsst. Shs took hold Of
the precious thing and exclaimed
"pses d Laudl" and A. she baked
sst Of the crowd. with the letter high
above her head, her countenancs open
frsn ear 70 ear. she ejacula,ed-"I'ss
get III Bres de Laudl ] knowsd de
0evsssnsas mas ssius ~ .ginns .
letter fore long. Fseed dat letter last
night on dc candle-dat I did," and
she wsddled of down the street. hunt
for ssmg enc 70 r,sa jrbehsr. shs
finally ct q seatlsnsA. u open It. bat
As the writing was entirely unin,elIisl'
bic. he could do nothing but tell the
writer's name. She pondered long
time oyer .hs name, trying to remcm.
hrwho Items Higyius' vs, and
where she had known him. She tried
several other gentlemen. but oil failed
to cipher the hisroglyphies. At last
d nid~rWsll. plss jams Hxyips
nus - { aigAsy sasrt young cuissd
pu,ssn 70 write = letter whaT dec
vhie gee sens can't rsad Dpssg Z
ssas . dss ginruls 10 Dc array, Who
kuewea ne whsa was . gal. And
he Vsabus poor old Polly yit." And
shsappaned such a sis Of dxity y
to naksit sxeruclating to look It hsr.
She took her letter and went home.
She comes To the Office no more now