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1000 Ladies and Children

to call and examine his stock, and If they do
not buy it will not be his fault. As an evidence
of bis taste in selecting goods aud cheap prices
he has sold out three complete stocks TINS
summer, having sold over sixteen Thousand
yarns prints, selling as high as five hundred
yards IN single day. There are no wines or
liquors of any kind kept at this store, as we
wish to make it
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OWING to bad weather on the regular
" monthly meeting night of the S,evedore's
Benevolent Association the meeting was adj.
iourned to meet on SATURDAY EVENING
10th inst, at 8 o'clock, when all the members
are requested TO attend.
by order of the President.
X. G.. RYDER, Secretary.
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of the whole county. As we sell exclusively
for Gosh we can afford to sell at lowest prices
having no bad debts 10 charge up s.ainst the
stock. NJ a. DEES.
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Notice.

XEIHEREAS, my wife. Charlotte Clark.
w without just cause or provocation, and
without my sanction or leqnest, has left my
house, bed and beard This is to give notice
to all concerned that l will in nowise be re.
sponsible or held liable for any debt incurred
or contra It entered by her from the date OF
her SO ab ,ndoning my home.
Jan. l6, 1877, n5-lm Il. CLARK.
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All the ladies know they can rely on his se-
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The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
The EAGLE and the Wren.

The following is an extract from the address
of Charles O'Conor to the Historical Society of
New York on the hundredth anniversary of the
adoption of the State constitution. Mr.. O'Conor
said of the presidency:
If We may judge the future BY much of the
past, no man inspired by laudab BILE ambition
should regret the removal of this glittering
bauble from his sight. Save in the rarely re-
curing cases in which military renown has
captivated the public mind, those to whom
natural gifts and laborious effort attracted lust
admiration have not been permitted to attain
this exalted office. Witness the fortune of our
great popular idols, Clay and Webster. The
msnipulators of the convention or the ballot
box invariably set them aside and aw arded
the seat to persons comparatively little distin-
guished.
Though an efficient bulwark of peace and
union, and the foremost champion of his party
and admired throughout the civilized world,
Webster never could obtain even a nomlna-
tion ia the chair of state. His betrayers found
their precedent in an ancient legend. 1t was in
the beginning of time that the feathered tribes
assembled,to choose ruler; and he was to re-
ceve the diadem who could attain the greatest
height The majestic eagle when his wing had
tired beheld far beneath him exhausted and de-
scending to earth the host of his vanquished
rivals. He was about to pour forth his tri-
umphant clarion, but 10! the little wren who
until that moment had sat quietly and unfelt
upon his bosom, now sprang aloft and with
tiny cry announced himself the victor. Thus
was elected the king of all birds. BY some
crafty device of this sort the politicians will
ever set aside the magnates. Those who from
their shining talents and their public services
might justly claim a preference, and who, if
the people controlled, would receive it, will be
apt to fail in future contests. If this regal emf
nence, the quadrennial presidency with its vast
power and patronage must remain elective, the
paltry little wrens of faction, not the lordly
eagles of the land, will almost invariably win
and wear the purple
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
,ERMs $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

In the war that is raging both parties ap-
pear to have had plenty of money so far.
Large armies cannot be modified, massed,
moved, clothed, fed and armed without
heavy expenditure. The subsistence of such
forces is very costly. Now it is known that
the Sultan is in an almost insolvent state.
The British government may give him any
amount of sympathy but has no pecuniary
resources with which to help him, and the
moneyed class, to whom he owes$1 ,0O0, 100000
on which no interest has been paid since Oc-
tober, 1875, would not help him if it could.
As for Russia, the European press more than
hints, in fact positively affirms, that the EN-
perors of Germany and Austria are helping
the Czar-Germany lending money to pay
the interest on his national debt and to avoid
loan, and Austria also backing up his credit,
If SO both Emperors will expect to profit by
II bv.and-bv.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
News and Other Items.

Over 10000 visitors at The Permanent exhibi-
ton Saturday.
The grasshoppers are busy in Nebraska, but
the accounts from Iowa, Kansas and Minneso-
ia are favorable to the farmers.
Ex-Congressman II. o. Pratt of Iowa, has
left politics and the law and become a Metho-
dist minister.
Secretary Thompson is booked for an old
fashioned possum hunt with his old friends in
Culpepper county, Va (his native heath) some
time during the autumn.
The peach growers had big convention at
Middetown, Del, Saturday, to tell each other
how dreadfully slim the peach crop is going to
be.
mysterious disease is killing off the horses
and mules in east Mississippi. They are at
tackled with something like collie, and die with
in four hours.
The 102d anniversary of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence was celebrated
at Charlotte, N. o., Monday, by the firing of
salutes, review of the military and an address
by Gov. Vance.
As the fruits of recent temperance work in
central and northern New York, statistics in
13 cities and towns show that 1S453 persons
have signed the pledge.
Some enterprising burglars who carried off
large iron safe from the depot at Cheraw, S.
c., on hand car, the other night, found plum
der in it amounting to the snug sum of $780,
000-Confederate notes.
In the year 1928 the Russians lost &c, 900 men
by sickness alone in Bulgaria. In the follow
ing year they lost $4,000 between the Pruth
and Aurinople; whilst out of 10000 men, not
over COCO ever recrossed the Russian frontier
alive.
To double assurance of the enforcement of
a new liquor law in Nebraska the measure pro-
vides that the justice who tries a case, if he
fails to perform his duty, shall pay the whole
amount of fine and costs, and be committed to
the common Jail until the sum is paid.
The birthday of Stephen Girard was cele,
bratsd at the college that. bears his name in
Philadelphia on Monday. There are about $50
students connected with the institution at
present, the graduates numbering about 1900.
The college has an annual income of $750,000,
while the running expenses are about $250000
The course of instruction extends over eight
years, and the ''family system" is now being
tried, that is, placing about 80 boys in a class
and under certain instructors, where they re-
main throughout the course
Prof. Barton of the College of the city of
New York, who recently committed suicidew
the fifth of his family to die by their own hand.
His grandfather shot himself in Lancaster
county, Pa, his father, who was a merchant,
drowned himself on account of financial em-
barrassment, his brother, Samuel w. Barton,
drowned himself in San Francisco bay, and
another brother, printer. shot himself. Prof.
Barton, several years ago, made AN attempt to
end his life by jumping from Brooklyn ferry
boat.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

Two Important bands of Indians, the
Northern Cheyennes and the Poncas, are
about to be transferred to the Indian Terri
tory, where it is to be hoped they will find
peaceable and permanent homes. The period
is apparently near at hand when the entire
Indian problem will be solved to such an ex-
tent that it will be impossible for any of the
aborignes to excite serious uneasiness or to
interpose dangerous obstacles to American
progress. The Indian Territory furnishes an
ample area for the. maintenance of all the
surviving savages east of the Rocky Noun
tans, and eventually the Sioux will proba-
bly, bs induced to seek an asylum in the last
refuge of the remnants of many tribes.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

THE Washington Star endeavors to soothe
Gen. Sheridan by telling him he need not
mind his twins being girls, since they will
certainly marry officers if they live long
enough, ''In fact" continues the Washing
ton writer, "lhere isn't any danger that the
succession in the army and navy will die out
while affairs are manipulated as they now are
and as they have been for years past. Those
branches Of the public service constitute the
favored and privileged classes in this country
and if the policy of intermarrying and hand
ing down commissions from father to son is
carried out little while longer, we shall soon
have shoulder-strap and brass-button aris.
.ocracy in America as offensive in form and
as anti-Repub)ican in tone and feeling as the
military establishments of the pettiest little
principality in Europe" Why is 1t, then,
that more of our young men do not long to
be aristccrats on the frontier with pay of
$1,000 per annum? The Washington writer
needs to be soothed more than Gen. Sherl-
dan does.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
Current Comment.

The Sultan says he has POS, 900 men on the
beautiful blue Danube, and the Car has just
sent down an impartial commission of 300, 900
| to see fair count.
Mrs. Hayes reiterates her determination to
abolish wine from the White House dinners.
| She says she made an exception in the case
of the Russian grand dukes because their
folks were in trouble.-Danbury Ne,us.
We have no desire to obtrude advice where
it may not be wanted, but if MacMahon's
head is level he will refer his little difficulty
| with the Assembly to COMMISSIONS to I.
Globe Democrat.
Opinion seems to be pretty evenly bal
anced on the subject of split in the South
ern Democratic party, with the odds little
in favor of the negative side. 1t will be safer
to reserve all bets on the subject for six
months or a year.
The Chicago Times (Democratic) has very
little sympathy or admiration for those Dem
ocrats who refused to attend the New York
Chamber of Commerce dinner. 1t saws: "The
behavior of these incoIrigible relics of the
silurian party was ridiculous and contemptI-
ble.''
''An enemy hath done this" 1t is an
nounced that the stirring bugle blasts which
have been attributed to John G. Thompson
of Ohio were not composed by him, but by
an humble individual by the name of Martin.
This is the most melancholy discovery since
the revelation that Bacon wrote Shakes
peare.
A Washington dispatch says ;-"It appears
that the Illinois silver law is of much greater
interest to eastern capitalists than was at
first supposed, and will eventually result in
extensive and expensive litigation. The text
of the law, it seems, is not limited to con-
tracts made, or debts incurred after the pas
sage of the act, but applies to all debts which
become due after its passage, irrespective
of the time when these debts were incurred.
This must necessarily raise the question as to
all eastern mortgages. whether, when ninety
three cents in gold were loaned on every
dollar, the legislature of illinois can declare
that only eighty-fve cents in gold can be de-
manded in payment
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

The Cologne Gazette distributes the Turk
ish forces in Europe as follows: At Widdin.
$4,000 men between Rahova and Nikopolis,
opposite the Valley. of the Aluta, 10000: !:
along the Danube from Rustchuk to Turtukai
10000; between Silistria and Rassova, 25,-
900; in the Dobrudscha, 10000; at Varna,
$4,000; at Bazardschik. $4,000; and between
Schumla and Rasgrad, $4,000. A reserve
corps at present in course of formation at
'ramboi and Sagra numbers eight battaons
and two batteries; second, also in a state of
formation at Tirnowa, comprises seven bat
talions and two batteries; third, between
Sofia and Nisch, includes sixteen battalions,
six batteries and regiment of cavalry. This
would make a total of little over 100000
men in European Turkey,
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

IRON ties, said to be more durable than
wooden ties, and to afford better support to
the rails, have been tried with satisfaction on
the Pacific Railroad. They are rather expen-
sive, however, and their general adoption is
not very probable until the tests have been
made more thorough. The old objection to
the use of iron ties has been overcome in this
case by the introduction of an elastic SUBJ
stance beneath the rails and in the joint of
cross-bar which unites the bed-plates.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

GENERAL CRTTTENDEN, whose son fell in
the Custer fight, objects to the proposed re-
moving of the remains of the gallant band,
and has written letter asking that they be
permitted to rest where they are now in
tered. In this letter he says: "There can
be no filter resting place for the true soldier
than the spot which his blood has hallowed.
1t would be vandalism to dig up and scatter
widely the bones of those men who have been
buried, as they died, shoulder to shoulder.
They all perished together, fighting without
hope, and the comradeship thus cemented
should never be sundered.''
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

THE best comment on the work of the last
session of Congress will be found in the pay
vouchers after July !, which will bear the
following Endorsement from the Paymaster: {:
"The within amount is believed to be cor
rect, and would be paid by me if had Gov
ernment funds available for the purpose.''
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

FUNDING operations of the Government
are still progressing very favorably and ac-
lively, and the sale of bonds for gold to the
extent of 81, 100000 per month, for the pur-
pose of gradually accommodating fund for the
redemption of legal tenders after January 1,
1879, will, in the absence of unexpected diff
culties, probably become the settled policy of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
CRAFTSMANSHIP at the South seems to h

DIAIEoHaNnHIF dI tuO oUUCH hteIlS 10 De
a mighty easy thing, once you know the
trick of it; at present it consists mainly in
repudiating the legal Indebtedness of the sew
eral states. Considering the ease with which
this is done, and with which amendments to
the Constitution are adopted prohibiting the
Legislatures from ever paying the honest
debts of those states, it seems as if great
deal.of unnecessary abuse has been wasted
on the carpet.baggers who issued the bonds.
If the Democrats never meant to pay the
bonds, why did they make such fuss about
themp
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

TODAY local elections will be held in Vir-
ginia under the new election law, which pro-
vides that no voter shall cast ballot who
has not ''paid to the state before the day of
election the capitation tax required by law
for the preceding year." This is a measure
which is likely to reduce the colored vote of
the State
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

Is it not about time to hear something
from those economists who confidently fore
told that this war in Europe would bring our
currency to par, and also from those who
prophesied that it would send up the price of
gold? 1t is true that thus far there has not
been much of a war; but at least the war has
been more perceptible than the influence on
the gold quotations.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

RoUMANIA has formally decided to aban.
don every vestige of neutrality and to de-
clare open war against Turkey, with the un-
derstandng that her military operations shall
as far as possible, be of defensive nature.
Russia thus secures beyond doubt or ques-
ton, an effective ally, that cannot be de-
tached from or rendered Indifferent to the
interests of the Gar by diplomatic intrigues,
hope of reward or fear of punishment.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

A FEEBLE suggestion was made some time
ago in Mississippi in favor ofputting colored
man on the next Democratic state ticket, but
the roar which the Bourbon sent up when
he heard of it seems to have discouraged the
movers.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

ONE million two hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars have now been paid to the
United States Treasury on account of the
Centennial appropriation by Congress, leav-
ing balance Of $275, 900 yet to be paid.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

St. Louis has been struck by one of the big
waves of grain speculation, and one day last
week had the second largest sale in the history
of the.market, amounting to 100000 bushels.
The figures ruled an eighth of cent above
those of Chicago, and the st. Louis papers,
noting the fact, tells the farmers 10 bring their
grain where they can get the most money for
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all eases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatio Us that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley 7.
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., 1877-05-24

THE Democratic papers are busy quoting
from each other to show that the Republican
party is splitting in pieces. A lie never be-
Comes the truth by being reprinted.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

Some of these farmers who are advertising
summer board must have been in New York AT
the unveiling of the Halleck statue. The New
York papers in describing the statue say, sat
the back of the chair is a rustic lyre."
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

MT Samuel Bowes did not attend the festivi-
ties In New York, Charles Francis Adams not
having been named for King of the Carnival.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
Cap and Bells.

Mother may go play base ball?"
"Yes my yalorous pitcher,
But put your wire mask over your mug,
And don't let that league ball hit YER
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

This is about the time of year the ice men be-
gin to circulate reports that their crop of ice
was ruined by the late frosts,
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

BROWN UNIVERSITY has given up rowing,
considering it an improper amusement for
college students.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

Ihls is good time to lean on the front gate
ana talk European war, while your wife mows
the yard with her scissors.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

Yet a few more days and the earliest green
apples will be doubling up the first rash boy.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

This travelling with circus on the cars looks
70 boy like an under-handed attempt to get
the best OF him. There is no fun in walk
ing ten miles out of town at daylight ito
meet train of freight cars.
The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24
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The Portland daily press., 1877-05-24

ties in New York, Charles Francis Adams NOT
having been named for King of the Carnival.
This is about the time of year the ice men be-
gin to circulate reports that their crop of ice
was ruined by the late frosts,
This is good time to lean on the front oate
and talk European war, while your wife nova
the yard with her scissors.
Some of these farmers who are advertising
summer board must have been in New York AZ
the unveiling of the Halleck statue The New
YORK papers in describing the statue say, "at
the back of the chair is rustic lyre."
This travelling with circus on the cars looks
to boy like an under-handed attempt to get
the best of him. There is no fun in walk
ing ten miles out of town at daylight Ito
meet train of freight cars
The question now in the male juvenile mind
IS whether to wait around for his hair to dry. or
to walk boldly into the house and risk his
mother finding out that he has been in SWIM
ming
Not one of the war maps shows any trees for
the officers to crawl behind, and that makes
the anticipated battle ground look strange and
unnatural. Ask any old soldier if this isn't
80.
George Francis Train says he finds Boston
''corroded with the midnight livery of unuttera-
BILE gloom," condition we have ourselves
noted, but omitted to mention, having rela-
tives there.
Spring is here. Every morning the painter
who agreed to have your house all painted by
the tenth of May comes around and sits in the
front yard and holds paint pot between his
knees and stirs paint till oclock in the after
noon, and then says he believes he will 90
down to the shop and get brush and see IL
there is ladder there.
The other day one of the editors of the Hawk
eye cut out of an Eastern paper map of the
Russian war and hung it on a hook for refer
ence One of the compositors, prowling about
for copy, got hold OF it, thought it was an edi-
torial article, and set up column and half on
"a new plan for funding the national debt be-
fore theiforeman discovered what he was at and
killed him.
Brooklyn women seek divorce on a very
slight pretext. Mrs. Pratt of that city asks a
legal separation from her husband because he
flung pitcher at her, hit her with lighted
kerosene lamp, drew knife across her neck
and threatened to cut her throat, threw glass
bottles at her, stuck fork in her leg, poured
L. - SoN
bootjack, and refused to give her money to go
to circus. OF course Pratt evinced a very
niggardly and cruel disposition in refusing his
wife circus funds, but don't let us judge him
too hastily. Perhaps he was afraid the lions
would get loose and tear Mrs. Pratt to pieces,
or that she might elope with the man who
stands around pulling his moustache and
swearing at the men putting up the circus tent.