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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

The CHRISTIANITY OF THE FUTURE.-The
last body has been racked, the last heart
broken for religious belief. The state demands
only peaceable citlzeus-the guilt of too much
belief or too little it leaves to be determined at
the bar of God. To what shape of Chris
tianity have we come? Not fully to any
form has our age come, but with slow
and sure footsteps it is drawing near a
religion of character. The pageantry of the
barbaric ages, the curious questions of the
schoolmen. the mysteries of the old creeds
rivaling the mysteries of Eleusis, the bloody
struggles for temporal power, have all been
turned aside or hurled into oblivion, that the
human heart might begin to see itself in the
great mirror of Jesus Christ. At last the
world draws near the truth that Christianity is
not an external architecture. or art. or scarlet
robe; is not speculation; is not a military
conquest; but it is washing white of self in
The words, BLESSED are they that do His COM
mandments, that they may have right to the
tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city," are words that betray the
genius OF the coming religion. II our hearts
are not too sanguine, we are standing upon the
borders of an age that will hold a religion of
principle, not of form, not of curious or COM
plex dogma, but of those deep principles that
make man. 1t is becoming daily more and
more evident that what God demanded all
through the Old and New Testaments was an
obedience of his law, the purity of human life /;
evident in all the reflections of reason, that
religion must lie in the inner life and now it
has become evident BY the condition of society,
that what is demanded is a religion of virtue
-DdUid SDinq
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
Political News.


According to the Chicago Times Bill Allen
is Ohio's favorite grandfather.
The New Orleans Picayune says that SEN
ator Bayard begins too loom up as candi-
date for the Presidential chair. .....
Congressman Williams has accepted the
Democratic nomination for Governor of In
diana. He says the platform is better than
he expected. What could he have expected?
One Democratic paper in Missouri wants
Horatio Seymour for President, and another
says it would about as soon urge Grant for
President as Tilden, seeing no practical diff
ference. ...
A Vallandigham Democrat writes to the
Cincinnati Enquirer that Vallandigham's
friends would oppose Mr.. Thurman as can
didate for the Presidency, being prepared to
repay political treachery at the proper time"
1t is stated that the first man to ask the
House Sergeantat-Arms for silver on
Wednesday was Hon. VIM. S. Holman of
Indiana, the persistent advocate of paper
currency. Consistency, thou art etc.
Indianapolis has a Democratic city govern
ment. and enjoys the experience of having
the most expensive and inefficient one it has
ever had. Democratic reform is whistle
that the people think is rather expensive.
According TO the Boston Globe, Secretary
Bristow remarked to government official
well known in Boston, recently; "If they
will cnly let me stay where am I shall be
satisfied. l have never sought the Presiden-
cy." .M rtsu r..t
In 1872 Judge Davis was for while the
nominee of the greenback labor reform party,
and some people are inclined to remember
that against him, now that his friends are
talking him up for the Democratic nomina-
ton at ST. Louis. h1
Judge Davis seems to be mostly Washing
ton candidate. Not single prominent DEM
ocratic newspaper favors his nomiu alton, and
the only state which develops any sentiment
for him is Illinois, where the majority Of the
Democratic State Committee is said to prefer
/ him. ..---
Congressman Cate, from Wisconsin, a
Democrat, will undoubtedly lose his seat.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has decided
that he was not elected, and that he obtained
his seat only through the most barefaced
fraud; and yet he is the immaculate Demo-
crat who would have Secretary Bristow in
vestigated.
The Democrats of the House have at last
become digusted with their secret commit
tees, and have decided to open doors. This
is somewhat late, but it will have tenden-
cy to prevent the dissemination of unfounded
scandals upon the testimony Of lunatics, as
in the case of General Meigs, or upon no
testimony at all, as in the latest attack upou
the President.
Nearly five months Of precious time has
been wasted by the Democratic reformers in
Congress, and yet not one word has been
said about investigating Mr.. Schumacher, who
disposed of some half million dollars of the
Pacific Mail corruption funds. With some
thirty investigating committees hunting for
frauds of all sorts, it is remarkable that Mr..
Schumacher should be overlooked. But great
is reform, and schumacher had its profits.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
News and Other Items.


In one of the recent storms the waves went
80 feet over the Minot's Ledge lighthouse.
California reports one county, Amador, where
the snow the past winter averaged thirty feet
deep.
Daniel Webster Eddy, the youngest of the
brothers who pretended to ''materialIze" spirits
in Chittenden, VT, was arrested in Rutland,
Vt, last Friday, on a criminal charge.
During his term of office it has cost Gov.
Smith of Georgia, seven thousand dollars more
than his salary to defray the expenses of off,
cial duties and courtesies.
Congressman Scales of North Carolina, puts
this tough conundrum to Congress- "What Is
the use of the 10000 pairs of elastic garters
sent to the Indian women, unaccompanied by
single pair of stockings?' We give it up.
unless they are used for Indian rings"
The wife of ex-chief clerk Avery Of the
Treasury Department, who was recently SEN
fenced TO the Missouri peuitentiary ior compli-
city in the whiskey frauds, is in Washington,
trying to secure his pardon; her troubles have
driven her almost crazy, and it is feared her
mind has really been shattered.
This year Louisiana will have the largest ba-
mana crop ever grown. The winter has been so
mild that the fruit continued TO grow through
out the season, and while the leaves were bad
ly burned by the ice. yet the fruit was entirely
uninjured, and large clusters of half-grown
bananas can be seen on many trees.
That trials by jury may arise from trials by
food, is evidenced by the fact that Worcester
man is gong to.sue another for the possession
of his house, which, since the disturbance in
the Lynde brook reservoir, stands on number
one s land. The latter says he found it there
and means to keep it,
1t is said that the Oldest church edi6ce in
America, except Ronish church in 81. Au-
gustine, IS St Luke's, Isle of Wight county,
Va, about five miles from Smithfeld. It was
built as early as 1886, and after being roohess
for century the present roof was put on
somewhere be stween 1880 aud 1885. 1t is now
used for worship, and the grounds around it
are used for burial. Its thick walls and high
tower are still strong
The only mandatory in the world where
they make hair-cloth by automatic machinery
is in Pawtucket, R. l. Horses tails furnish
the hair, and these are purchased in interior
Russia at the semi-aunual fairs. The tails
come from Siberia. About 100000 horses tails
are used every year. The length of the hair
ranges frcm 70 to 36 inches. The thrty-s:x
inches hair, however, is so scarce that no more
than three pieces of that width are made in
year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

The stories of fraudulent exposures in the
Treasury Department are old ones which
have been disproved again and again. They
have probably been revived by some one who
desires TO take trip to Washington at the
public expense. The Democrats are ready to
believe the yarns, for they think it easy to
steal vast amounts from the Treasury and
they cannot understand how any man can
possibly resist the temptation. The truth is
that under the system of checks and safe
guards in use it is impossible for fraud to con-
tinue without discovery any length Of time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

THE Democratic inquisitors have made
themselves a laughing stock for the who le
country. The committee on expenditures
in the Interior Department heard not long
since OF man who knew of wrong things
done by President Grant which would bring
upon him eternal infamy. The man was
summoned and the committee examined him
some hours before they discovered that he
was lunatic. Then they dismissed him in
haste. He is not the first lunatic who has
appeared before these investigating commit
tees, but he is the first one whose madness
they have rec 1gnized.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

charges and insinuations upon the chief exc
cutive officer OF the United States, with no
foundation for their libel, are brutes who
deserve to be excluded from decent society,"
Hartford Courant.
Let the man who refuses to do his part in
public affairs be regarded as one who has
abandoned the post of duty. Let children
in our schools be taught the elements of po-
liticac ethics, the laws of public morality,
the Importance of good government, the
rights and duties of citizen, the value and
danger OF parties, the virtue of patriotism,
and the honor of serving the state. Let
politics cease to be name of reproach, and
become badge of honor.-James freeman
GJ07Lp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

1t is a compound extracted from barks, roots and
less from any bad effect upon the stem 1t is nour-
ishing and strengthening 1t acts directly upon the
blood. 1t quiets the nervous system 1t gives you
our aged fathers and mothers. for it gives them
strength quiets their nerves. and gives them natures
sweet sleep-as has been proved by many an aged
person 1t is the great Blood Purifier 1t is sooth-
ing remedy for our children. 1t has relieved and
cured thousands. 1t is very pleasant to take every
child likes it, 1t relieves and cures all diseases orig
Give it fair trial for your complaints; then you will
say to your friend, neghbor and acquaintance sTry
it; it has cured me.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
The Medicine that Cures
Is
VEGETINE.

Taking into consideration the character of its
vouchers, the history of its cures and the immense
increasing demand, VEGETINE may be fairly en-
titled the leading medicine of the age.
For scrotula in the blood VEGETINE is an in
fallible remedy, and no person need suffer from
humors. ulcers and all diseases arising from impure
blood, If VEGETINE is used according to directions
There is not a case of scrofula in existence that
VEGFTINE will not cure, provided, however. the
vital functions have not lost their power of action
all that may be said to the contrary notwithstanding
VEGETINE is pleasant to the taste, mild in its in
uence, and absolute in its action disease as the
following unquestiOnable evidence will show.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
Current Notes,

The Great Unknown will have no chance
at Cincinnati. The Republicans will nomi-
nate not only representative man, but
man OF national reputation. They do not
propose to fight from behind cover. Besides,
there are so many Great Unknowns that 1t is
impossible for all of them to be accommodate
ed.-IndianGpolis Journal
As was anticipated the infamous attempt
to blacken the character of the President, in
order to make Democratic capital, has utterly
failed. A thorough investigation proved that
the money was lesitlmately expended, and
that no stain rests upon the president. The
men who deliberately made public the gross
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

THE CzAR GROWING MELANcHoLY.--The
rumor of Gar Alexander's sbdcaton, either
for a time or forever, which has been circulat-
ing all over Europe for week, is still uncon-
tradicted, and has probably, therefore, some
foundation. The czar has been reigning for q
years. and it is known that the constitutional
melancholy which is the cuvse OF his house,
and which has been further developed in his
own case by the repeated attacks upon his life,
has late increased until the burden of his posi-,
tion has become almost insufferable, and his
gloom affects the whole fabric of Russian gov
ernment. His deep, immovable sadness was
noticed in London in 1874, and indeed it is won.
derful that any czar of Russia can do his daily
work as this one has it and keep his reason
unimpaired. The unique loneliness of the
position-that of a man governing directly
vast empire on two Continents loaded at once
with the power of an ancient Cesar aud the
work OF a modern premier, and the sense of
responsibility generated by modern culture
must sooner or later overstrain any mind, and.
terrible as the thought is, it is probable no czar
of Russia since the death of Alexis Romanoff
has been throughout his life completely and
uninterruptedly sane. Czar Alexander. salts
fed with power and success-for, after all, he
carried the emancipation OF the serts aud still
llves-weary of labor that can never end while
he -relgns, and oppressed by climate which
intens'nes his melancholy, may we'll centem-
plate retirement in favor of his SOD; aud, il he
contemplates it seriously, ali Europe may be
profoundly affected BY the chaDge.-The Lon
don Spectator.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
anr12 -e1o-II--I
DOdge's Carpet Beating Establishment,
H3 UNION SvREHr

4 IAhFEIo beaten by new process. Beating
~ thrm with Flexible Vhios in the most
thorough manner tar superior to the old process of
beating with stiff, unyieldng sticks BY our new
process aH Moths and their eggs are conpIetely re-
housewife will appreciate.
TAPESTRY AND BRUSSELS CARPETS we
beat upon the backs, never the front All orders
answered promptly Orders may be left at Marrett,
Bailey & Co.'s, Middle ST., Wm 7. Kiborn's S, Free
ST., Geo C. Frye's Cor. Congress and Franklin SITS,
E Dana, Jr.'s, 313 Congress St., w. H. Sargent's,
Opp, North school, Thos Loring's Cor. Exchange
and Federal Sts., Timmons & Hawe's, Market
Square. mh31FM&W1m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials OF every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
How Two Great Composers Worked.

Gluck is said never to have put pen to paper
until the whole work which he was about to
write was completely finished and elaborated
in his own mind. This is also the case with M
Gounod, whose prodigious memory enables him
to retain a whole opera in his head without
making sketch or memorandum until every de-
tail is in its place and ready for committing to
paper. Bat to return to Gluck. 'He has Of
ten told me, says NJ Corenses, "that he began
by going mentally over each of his acts; after
ward he went over the entire piece; that he al
ways composed, imagining hi mself in the GEN.
ter of the pit; and that, his piece thus COM
bined and his airs characterized, he regarded
the work as finished, although he had written
nothing: but that this preparation usually cost
him an entire year, and most frequently seri-
Gus illness. This" said he, sis what great
number of people call making canzonets,'"
Miss Hawkins, in her Anecdotes, relates of
Handel that, being asked about his IDEAS and
feelings when composing the Hallelujah cho-
rus her eplied, 81 did think did see all heaven
before me, and the great God himself" He would
frequently burst into tears while writing, aud
is said to have been fou ad by visitor sobbng
nncontrollably when in act of setting the
words "He was despised" Shield tells us
that his servant, who brought his coffee in
the morning, often stood in the silent aston
ishment to see his masters tears mixing in the
ink, as he penned his divine notes" The sto-
ry OF Handel repeatedly leaving his guests at
the dinner table with the exclamation, 81
have one fought" and repairing to another
room to regale himself privately ever and anon,
with draughts of champagne from q dozen
which he had received as q present, may proba-
bly, be dismissed as unworthy of serious belief
opposed as it is to the genial aud hearty dIspo-
sition of the master, who would not be likely
to keep TO himself the enjoyment of any deli
cacy, especially when friends were dining at
his table. That he was large eater is highly
probable, If we consider the heavy amount of
both mental and bodily fatigue that he con-
antly endured and which must have made
proportionate supply of food necessary TO keep
up his health and energy to the normal pitch.
When be became olind, he grew depressed an 1
low-spirited, his appetite failed, and he not
long after died. Gluck. again-of who Ham
del said that he knew no more counterpoint
''as meIn eook"-''in order to warm bis imasi-
nation," says Carpapi, "and to transport him
self to Aus or Sparta, was accustomed to
place himself in the middle of beautiful
meadow. In this situation, with his piano be-
lore him, and bottle of champagne on each
side, he wrote in the open air his two 1phigeD-
las his 'Orpheus and his other works" +" This
reminds us of the famous bOn-mOt OF the witty
Sophie Arnould, who, one evening, when Mile.
Laguerre, more than half drunk, was PLAYING
10 "Iphgene en- Aulide" at the opera, said,
"TeDs-c'est lphigenie en- nchampagne"-Mac :
milldn's Magazine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
MUSIC, PORTLAND BAND,

A concert will be given by full Military Band one
n9uI ana a nau previous to commencement ofdancng.
ton. - : = ' oiS' va
Tickets admitting Gentleman aud two Ladies, So,
at the following places presentation Of
Loring, Short g. Harmon's, Dresser Meieiian <.
Co.'S Ira G: Stockbridges, Erederick F. Hale,s. i.
6reenleaf's. -fE- anrosdtd' ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

1t was the rural Hoosier editor-some 60
of him-that took Landers' scalp in the Indi
ana Democratic convention, the other day.
Hendricks stood around the corner, out Of
sight, and tiled not to look Extensively hap
nv .... 4...
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

The Boston Globe in its headlines 10 Mr..
Blaine's statement, drops into poetry in a
friendly way, and indulges in verse which is
as regards metre and harmony strongly sug-
gestive of our own Pat MCGEE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL. s6. '7e

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return OF reserve commu-
uications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

THOS. HANCOCK, Gray, Chairman.
j. w. BEATTY, Saco. Secretary.
j. M. MASON, Limerick.
E. N. PERRY, Cape Elizabeth.
CHAS. E. GIBBS, Bridgton.
JOHN WENTWORTH, Kittery.
TaOS. PENNELL, Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
Report from Practical Chemist and
ApOthecary.

BOSTON, Jan. 1, 1874,
Dear Sir: This is to certify that have sold at re-
tail 15i l-3 dozen 1852 bottles) of your VEGETINE
since April 12 1870 and truly that it has CIV
en- the best satisfaction of any remedy for the
plants for which it is recommended that sold.
Scarcely day passes without some of my customers
testfyng to its merits themselves their friends.
am perfectly cognizant ofseveral of scrofuous
Iumors being cured by VEGETINE alone in this yicn-
1ty. Very respectfully yours,
Al GILMAN, 46S Broadway.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
NOtica.

DERsoNS requiring work done please apply to
L Home" OF w. G. A., No. Is Spring St., plain
and family sewing dress-1naking, copying, embroid-
erng and fancy-work in woods, &C., &c. oc2sts
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26

LITERATURE.

ILL L HIOA- Il ~ IOH. 3.
NINE. r. e. MAssE, formerly of Boston,
AVA late of Philadelphia and New Jersey, pro-
poses to establish permanent French Institute in
Portland. She will commence her Spring term April
18th, 1876.
The course will consist of private French lessons
ana classes for who wishes to study the Ian
guage. She will form classes for advanced pupils
who desire only to converse.
She intends also to have matnees for Ladies, con-
slstng OF readings from the best French Authors and
Dramat1sts, and the conversation will be only in
French. The same lessons will he given twice week
In the evening for Ladies and Gentlemen. She will
Nine. will be assisted by Prot. Masse.
In the early part of June Madame expects an Ar
tlst who has been connected with her Institute in
Philadelphia This Lady is member of the Acad-
emy OF the Fine Arts in that CITY, She gives lessons
ID Drawing in all its branches, Oil Painting Pastel
Her Speciality during the summer will be Water
Color from nature. .-
For further information please call at No. 16 Free
street. Mime will be at her rooms from II A. M. un-
I'll Z. M and every evening.
Mime Masse is permitted to refer to the following
gentlemen: IL =
Rt. Rey Bishop James A. Healy, d. d,
Rt. Rev. Bishop H A. Neely, ID. ID.
Rev Thomas Hill d. D., l. d,
Rt. Rev. Bishop W. B. Stevens d. D., of FhiIadel-
phIa
Hon. Charles T. Libby, County Attorney.
Hon. Henry j. Murray, British Consul.
Ephraim Hunt, LII. D., Superintendent of Public
Schools of Portland.
Richard FL. Dana, Esq, of Boston.
george b. Emerson, Esq, of Boston. apr8tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-26
What is Vegetine !?

Q. NJ. sAVELs, Ashland, Mass.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-05-18

THE Judiciary Committee of the Senate
has reported favorably joint resolution
proposing new system of canvassing
the electoral votes for president and
ice-president. 1t contemplates sub
stitute for the twelfth article of the
amendments to the constitution, pro-
viding that the electors shall meet IL
their RESPECTIVE States and vote for presi-
dent and vise-president viva voce, and
transmit certified lists of all the votes to
the presiding justice of the Supreme
Court. ''The Supreme Court, at a time
and place to be fixed by law, shall pub
icly open and count the votes, and the
person having the greatest number of
votes for president, considered by the
Court to have been lawfully given and
certified, shall be the president, if such
number be a majority of the whole of
electors lawfully appointed; but the
Court shall, in these duties, disregard
errors of form and be governed by the
substantial right of the matter" Ii no
one of the candidates for president has
majority, the result is to be certified to
the House of Representatives, which
body shall proceed to elect substantially
in the manner now provided. Ii no per-
son has majority for vice president, the
fact is to be certified to the Senate, and
that body is to elect. Finally, it is pro-
vided that no person holding the office
OF e;ustice of the United States Supreme
Court shall be eligible for election as
president or vice president until the ex-
piration of two years next after he shall
have ceased to hold Office as member
of that Court. This amendment seems
to be a well-advised measure in all re-
spects. 1t will be impossible to secure
its ratification in time to go into effect
for the approaching election, but It is
none the less proper that it should be
passed and submitted to the States.