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Literary Notes.

Bret Harte has written poem on the late
Gen. W. f. Bartlett, which will appear in the
next number of Scr3ner.
Mr.. E. G. Stedman has lately written a
"Creole Lovers Song" which Mr.. Dudley
Buck has set to music for the April number of
the Atlantic Monthly. While there are un-
doubtedly more good baritone than tenor voices
it is curious fact that the majority of ssongs
written are adapted for tenors only, and MIR.
Buck has therefore arranged this for baritone
or contralto voice. Mr.. Stedman Is grea ly
pleased with the result, aud says that poet is
rarelys we'll understood and interpreted by at
musician as he has been by Mr.. Buck in this
instance
The critics in the Academy, Examiner and
Athenaum unite in calling Mr.. William Nor
ris' new poem, The Story of Sigurd, the3 Vol
sung and the fall of the Niblungs, the best po-
etical work which he has yet published. They
call special attention to the fitness of his
strong,yet musical style for this old Morse epic,
to the vigor of movement in the poem and to the
authors increased felicity in the use of archaic
words.
Mr.. Richard Scudder Of the Albany Journal
wrote the clever article on Elongated Classics
in the last Atlantics "Contribntor's Club
Mr.. T. Miles, of the firm of Roberts Broth
ers, is editing and managing the Literary
World during Mr.. S. r. Crocker's Illness or
until some other arrangement shall be made.
He has already arranged for the NJ arch
number, and seems determined there shall be
no diminution but rather an increase of value
in all its departments
And here comes the news from New York
that Martin Farquhar's daughters, the two of
them, have real talent, and while one writes
verse and sis pronounced by some to be an
undoubted genius the other ''is graceful
writer of young folks stories and an industri-
GUS translator from the Swedish" And wa
shall have a story from this Miss Tupper in a
Forthcoming st. Nicholas.
The autho's of the "No Name" novels are
said to be announced in advance of the publica
tion OF the books. The printers devil has been
leaky, and already it is whispered about that
Mr.. b. Ball (not B. W. has much to do with
THE Great Match" the next volume in the
series.
OF the Bible revision Methodist minister
told his brethren in New York, Monday, that
the revision was to % conducted in the most
conservative spirit: the alterations to be made
will be as few as possible. and it is thought
that when the new Bible is read 95 per cent of
the people will not know it from the present
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

THE japanese are enjoying the blessings of
Western civilization much more completely
and rapidly than it is usually given to other
nations. For a few years past, they have
been living in very expensive style, have
multiplied Offices, raised salaries, doled out
patronage, established sinecures, and lived in
gorgeous style. At last they were out of
money. Then they came to New York and
contracted for the printing of hundreds of
millions of irredeemable Japanese green
backs. So long as these lasted the Japs had
had splendid time, as the Turks did with
the money they got from England At last
their legaltenders gave out, and then they
commenced pling up the most oppressive
taxes upon the peasantry. This gave rise to
several civil wars, some of which came near
overthrowing the Government. Now they
have turned about and commenced to reform
by cutting down expenses, dismissing super
fuous officials, and inaugurating economy in
all departments. The story is nothing new.
Our own country has had the same expert
ences, but the japanese, being more expert
and Industrious than we, commenced and
finished their financial folly with more ex-
pedition
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
Art and Artists.

Mr. Frank Dillon is the first English artist
who ever visited Japan for the sole purpose of
painting the people and the country as he saw
them. He has been there eighteen months.
MIR. Holman Hunt is making good use OF
his newly built studio at Jerusalem in prepara
tons for the important picture which is TO
occupy all his energies,
A little tavern has been dug out at Pompeii.
1t contains table used by the drinkers, and
surrounded with mugs of earthenwsre. The
walls show representations of drinking scenes
in which the participants sit on wooden
benches, assuming all sorts of hilarious postures
and expressions. Several inscriptions describe
with suffi cient minuteness what is going on.
Mr. Leighton is too much occupied with his
large mural painting for the South Kensington
Museum to find time to get picture ready for
tbs forthcoming exhibition at the London
Royal Academy. 1t is expected, however, that
10 quote the Athen9um) he will be most hon.
oraby represented by statue entitled "An
Athlete Struggling with Serpent"
w. f. Norton is engaged on a marine view
which he calls Taking Pilot" the sky and
water being well expressed, and the barque
well drawn and placed in the water. Mr..
Norton will go to Europe in the spring for
long and possibly for permanent resldencs
abroad, making heightened stay in London,
where his chance to study fog effects in con-
nection with local characteristics W Ill offer him
an inviting field,
The Athen8um thinks that since China and
Japan began to work for European ignorance.
and thereby prostltuted their inheritance in art
India alone possesses an original mode OF dec
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
Books Received.


Anne Warwick. A Novel. By Georgana M.
Craik, author of "Mildred,'' &c. Paper, 104 pp.,
price so cents, New York: Harper g. Brothers.
Portland: Loring, Short q Harmon
Out of the Cage. An O'er True Tale. By George
W. Owen, author Of ''The Leech Club" SC.
Cloth, 279 PIP. New York: G. W. Carlton & Co.
Portland: Bailey & Noyes.
Weavers and Weft; or, Love that hath us in his
Net. By Miss Braddon, author of "Lady Audley g
Secret" &c. Paper, 81 pp., price 35 cents. New
York: Harper & Brothers. Portland: Loring
Short g. Harmon.
The Childhood of the English Nation; or,
the Beginnings of English History. By Ella S.
Armitage. Cloth, 247 pp., price S1.25. New York :
G. P, Putnam's Sons. Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmon.
Selections T. ON the Writings of Lord Ma
caulay. Edited with occasionalnotes by George
Otto Trevelyan. Cloth, 472 pp,, price $780, New
York: Harper 8 Blothers. Portland: Lorpg,
Short & Harmon.
Sir Roger De Coverly, Consisting of the ma
pers relating to Sir Roger, which were originally
published in the Spectator. With an Introductory
essay by John Habberton. Cloth, 100 pp., price ST.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & Harmon.
A Ride to Khiva: Travels apd adventures in
Central Asia. By Fred Burnaby. With maps and
an appendix, containing among other information
series of march routes, compiled from Russian
work. Cloth, 4O3 pp., price so. New York: Har.
per g. Brother. Portland: Loriug, Short & Har
mon.
The Annals of n BABY. How it was named
how it was nursed; how it was tyrant and how
its nose got out of joint Also few words about
its aunties, its grandfathers, grandmothers, and
other important relations. By one of its Slaves
Paper, 226 pp price so cents. New York; G. w.
Carlton & Co. Portland: Bailey g. Noyes.
Song Victories of the s'BIiss q sankey
Hymns,'' being collection of one hundred in
cidents in regard to the origin and power of the
hymns contained in Gospel Hymns and Sacred
Songs" With an introductory letter by the Rev
George f. Pentecost, and an appendix containing
biographical sketches of Mr.. Ira d. Sankey and
Mr.. p P. Bliss, Boards, 156 pp. price 50 cents
Boston: d. Lothrop & Co,
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

revision. Among the changes that have been
agreed upon are the following: The fourth
verse of John " will be excluded; the passage
in John i. concerning the three heavenly wit
nesses will be omitted; ''straining at guat'
Will be translated "straining gnat" Other
changes win be these: "Have ye received the
Holy Ghost since ye believed?" will be trans
lated did ye receive the Holy Ghost when ye
beleved?' "Bsptizing in the name" will bs
translated "Baptizing into the pame.', the
passage in Peter, chapter Ill, verses 5, add
to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge /"
will be changed to read "In your faith minister
virtue, and in your virtue knowledge" the refer
ence in John, chapter K, verse 16, "One fold,
one shepherd" will be corrected to "Oue flock,
one shepherd;'' "The love of money IS the root
of all evil will be changed to "The love of
money is a root Of all evil"
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

ONLY one case of smallpox has been
found among the Jews in London. The
same exemption from epidemic disease has
been noted in all countries, and it is attrib
uted to their mode of living. Bilious disease
is largely attributable,.i it is well known, to the
use of pork. But the Jews not only reject
pork from their dietary but they also, under
their religious laws, exercise extraordinary
care to secure the meat of animals that are in
perfectly sound and healthy condition when
killed. As rule, they deal only with GER
tain butchers, who provide them with meat
from animals selected and killed under the
conditions Of Jewish laws.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

No party ever deserved so much to be
beaten as the States rights Democrats who
have undertaken to override and trample
underfoot the constitutional rights of the
States to choose their Electors free of revision
or reversal by Cong ress. The Republicans
have been obliged to step forward and defend
the rights of the States against the centraliz-
ing assaults of the Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

A PHYSICIAN recommends as essential to
health the opening OF the windows of every
room in house for short time daily, that
the atmosphere may be purified and changed.
The want OF proper ventilation is one of the
prominent causes oftyphoid fever in connec-
ton with unclosed conduits to the sewer
drains in bed rooms.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
THE PRESS
SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. IL.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
tourpal
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

THE rinderpest is making havoc among the
cattle in England, and there will be in con.
sequence something OF a demand for Ameri-
can beef. More than three hundred tons
are now shipped to London from New York
every week, and the experiment has thus far
proved so successful that the enterprise is to
be prosecuted on a large scale. The refriger-
ators which are placed on steamers for the
purpose of transporting the beef have an
swered their purpose fully, and we may soon
expect the beef export to become an impor-
tant item in American commerce.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

We 40 not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are In
al cases Indispensable necessarily TOR publication
but as guaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
Cap and Bells.

Astonishing how quickly things travel now.
Away out in Oregon, Cronin is said to be erect
ing blue-glass conservatory over his nose.
A dealer advertises "a large stock Of bank
rupt pianos and organs" Now, who would
wish to purchase musical instruments whose
notes were not good?
Bald-headed gentleman in the parquet to
young lady in the dress-circle, during affecting
passage in the play: 81 respect your emotion,
Ma'am, but you are shedding tears on my
head"
The great English gun is pronouced cracked,
the reason being that it was not thoroughly
bored If it had been placed in an American
newspaper Office the result must have been
very different
The German word for lfe.insurance company
is ersicherungsgesellschaft 1t has the
great advantage that while the agent is pro-
nouncing it, the victim is fairly warned and has
an opportunity to climb over the fence and hide
under the barn.
A citizen of Eureka, having occasion to go
home rather unexpectedly night or two since,
caught gentleman acquaintance in the act of
kissing his wife. On relating the circumstance
to a friend he was asked if he punished the
guilty couple, and replied: "No, not exactly;
but they must have seen from the way
slammed the door that was not satisfied"
X. boasts that he is mighty hunter, but no
ona bao avor .oan him kill apothiuo Tnuikod
to make one of a hunting party, ne accepts
after long pressing, and at night returns, of
course, with an empty bag Pressed to explain
he replies: "It has been just like this these
last three years. 1t is useless for me 10 go out
hunting; not bird will show itself. My re-
nown precedes me everywhere"
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

THE retirement of Prince Gortchakoff
from the Russian Premiership closes bril-
liant and remarkable career. He was one of
that striking group of European statesmen
who began public life with their earliest man
hood, and continued to sway the sceptre with
undiminished power when far beyond the
allotted period of theee score and ten. Palm
erston 6ied in the harness at eighty-one.
Metternich, after an extraordinary ascen-
dency, was still Premier Of Austria at seventy
five, and though dethroDed by the Revolu-
tion of AS, continued to exercise great infu-
ence till he passed away at eighty-six. Theirs
is eighty, though he was President of France
but the other day, and is yet ready to mount
the tribune at any moment Nesselrode did
not relinquish the Premiership of Russia till
he was seventy-six, and Gortcbakoff who
succeeded him lays it down at seventy-nine.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
R,pard Wanted.
| A D IE S

WANTED. Ladies who desire to employ their
w leisure hours at home at beautiful style of
French Embossed needle work. send stamp direc-
tend envelope call personally for N @. NlTH
Circuiar, f0SS Washington street, Boston.
ia31 dim
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

AN incident has lately occurred in France
which has excited no little astonishment.
General Brialmont, one of the most distin-
guished Belgian officers, in the course of
preparation of work entitled "The Defense
of States and of Entrenched Camps" ad-
dressed the French Minister of War letter
soliciting the plans of the Notifications of
Paris. His request was refused on the
ground that they were State secrets that it
was not allowed to disclose. What did the
General do next? He went to Berlin, and
there he was furnished, without hesitation,
with the plans of the fortified places of Prussia
as well as those of France. Not only was he
favored with the plan of the finished works
around Paris, but also with description of
those projected and described in secret reports
to the Minister of War, and which were
known to only few of the chiefs of service.
This signal proof of the skill of the German
government in getting possession of State
secrets dismayed the French Minister to such
degree as to induce him to demand the
seizure of the book of General Brialmont in
France, apparently to prevent the Prussians
from reading in French the information they
had already given in German.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

70 Let.
a TENEMENT Of four or five rooms; two o
"A them connected; pleasantly situated, on 2O3
Cumberland Street, Gorner franklin Street; has
gas and Sebago water; flower garden in the rear
i3n24 diff
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WANTS..
Wanted.

FIyO sell, for a small bonus, dining room privi-
IL lege containing twenty-five good boarders in
central part of city, Responsible parties may adj
dress, for one week.
febi6d1ws M. M. NJ, this office.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
w anted.

Wanted.
100 Agents, both Male and Female, to sell our
kOO useful household articles. They will sell
to almost every house. Any one can sell them. We
have agents that sold anything before, making
from four to five dollars per day and expenses
Please call and examine the goods, every housekeep
er needs them and wants them We'have a large
variety. N. B.-Business chances bought and sold
here. Call, address with stamp, L. f. BOWE,
119! Exchange street, Portland. ja9dtf
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TO LET

FURNITURE FOR SALE.
FUyHE entire Furniture and Fixtures of the above
Il well known House, ,ssituated on Temple St.,
will be sold on reasonable terms Furniture mostly
new and in good order. For further information in
quire at House fe2dtf
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17

Astonishing how quickly things travel now.
Away out in Oregon, Cronin is said to be erect
ing blue-glass conservatory over his nose.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
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A dealer advertises "a large stock Of bank
rupt pianos and organs" Now, who would
wish to purchase musical instruments whose
notes were not good?
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-17
House Wanted.

House Wanted.
- A small family without children desire
E::: rent in the western part OF the city. House
@esk must contain from seven to nine rooms having
considerable direct sunlight, and be supplied with
gas and good water. Reference given. Address
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A. McCURDY, President,
A F. Secretary
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-08
LOUISIANA INDIoTMENTs

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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-08
A WARNING.

The New York Herald says: We
wish TO call the attention of honest
and respectable workingmen to an i'm
portant distinction which it docs not
become them 10 overlook. II is one
thing to sympathize with a strike and
to wish the strikers success; it is quite
another and very different thing to
wish success to a mob or to men who
engage in lawless actions.
An orderly strike may deserve the
sympathy of the whole community.
We believe il the train men who have
struck work had contented themselves
with this, and with presentation Of
their grievances TO the public and to
the stockholders Of the companies,
they could have carried tho sympathy
of the country with them, and un.
doubtedly public opinion would in such
case have been inclined TO force the
railroad managers To come TO an ami
cable arrangement with their people.
We repeat, therefore, our warning
to honest and respectable workingmen
not to let their sympathies 60 out to
wrong-doers, The men who are block.
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-08

AN EXCELLENT LAw.--An exchange
says; 'The total losses caused by the
mob in Pittsburgh, as stated by the
papers of that city, will probably reach
the sum Of slO,o0O,o0o, as near as il
can be estimated. This immense loss
will be borne by innocent taxpayers ol
Allegheny county, for under the laws
of Pennsylvania tho city and county
where losses have occurred from riot
are made responsible. The principle
upon which is based the doctrine that
the city in which riot takes place is
responsible for all losses, is that the
State owes the taxpayer and his prop
crty perfect protection, and If it fails
to accord that protection then the pub
lie treasury "a made responsible for the
losses, whatever they may be-"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-08

GoSE IS.-The Republican State
Committee Of Mississippi has resolved
to make no nominations, "for the rca.
son thatthe Presidents civil service lot
ter forbidding federal officials to en-.
gage in campaign work, loft thcm with.
out organization, the majority of the
Committee being ofiiccholders," and
has adjourned without day. This pro
cceding Is about equivalent to the dis'
abandonment of tho party in the State.
II shows upon what q slender yet cor
rupt base II rosted. The Democratic
party has been prescribed from non
elective federal Offices for seventeen
years, yet II Is to-day stronger than
ever in numbers and efficiency OF or.
ganixation. To bo sure II had a wealth
Of righteous principles; principles SO
sound indeed that the Republican Ad-
ministration was compelled TO faII back
on them to administer the government.
Pittsburgh Post.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-08
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