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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23
The Bank of England.

A correspondent asks US for information con.
corning the meaning of the often quoted rate of
discount Of the Bank of England. The matter is
very plain one. The Bank of England is al
lowed to issue notes upon Government bond Sc.
curities held BY it up to a certain amount say
$4,000 200. The bank is also allowed to issue
notes. pound for pound, to the amount of all the
gold it has in its possession 1t holds the greater
pam Of the available gold in Great Britain. When
. demand is made for gold for expectation, the
Bank of England notes are returned to the bank
Ind the gold is withdrawn. This reduces the
amount of the circulation of the bank. The bank
! net only discounts commercial paper itself bnt il
does large business 10 re discounting the COM
merciRl paper discounted by all the other British
banks. To draw largely on its gold is to reduce
the amount OF its own bank notes, and hence the
bank projects itself in such emergency by rails
ing the rate of discount commercial paper
Thus, If the rate of interest on commercial paper
is per cent. andsll ifs bank notes are in cicula
ton, demand for w, 0OO, 900 in gold compels it
to retire that sum OF its own notes. The bank at
once raises its rate of discount to T. or or per
cent, or whatever rate will attract gold to Lon
don to be loaned out; this gold rapidly finds its
way iato the Bank of England. When the bank
fases its rate OF interest or discount all the other
banks advance theirs. II continues the high rate
until such time rs the market is readjusted by the
receipt Of gold 10 take the place of that sent out
The moment the rate of interest on bank loans
di:c0ents Of Commercial and business paper-is
raised 10 London above the rates Of interest in
fars, Berlin, frankfort. Amsterdam or the other
European markets, gold is Withdrawn from those
points where interest is low, and sent to London
where II can comtnsnd the higher rate. AZ the
Bank OF England holds the reserves Of nearly ali
the British banks. private joint stock and proyin
csi, It's condition IL Of deep concern to the whole
British commercial community, and q reduction
Of ts reserves by the withdrawal of large sums of
gold has an instant effect upon the public mind,
Of interest on borrowed money in England
higher thsd h ssked for IN France, Germany or
Holland, 1t once attrscts the gold to London,
wbess u fnds its way to the Bank Of England.
Hany Greenbscker assumes thst the Bank of
England discounts lie own bank notes, and that
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Ast0nisht nag Success,

Ii is the duty of every person who has used
Boschee's German Syrup to let its wonderful quail.
ties be known to their friends in curing consump.
ion, severe coughs, Group, asthma, pneumonia, ,
and in fact all throat and lung diseases. No per-
son can use it without immediate relief Three
doses will relieve any case, and consider it the
duty of all druggists to recommend it to the poor
dying consumptlve, at least to try one bottle. as
10000 dozen bottles were sold last year, and nc
one case where it failed was reported. Such q
medicine as the German Syrup cannot be too
widely known. Ask your druggist about 1t. Sam
PIE bottles 70 try sold At 10 cents. Regular size
20 cents. For sale by druggists.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23
THE MAGAZINES.

The November Atlantic is full of good things.
The Queen of Sheba, by Mr.. Aldricb, ends in the
most charming and satisfactory manner. r. w.
| Raymond has q very complete and instructive ar
ticle on The American Iron Masters Work. There
is an account of Portugal and the Portuguese, by
S. G. w. Benjamin. Chapter VII Of Crude and
Curious Inventions at the Centennial Exhibition,
by Edward ii. Knight, gives numerous illustrs-
tons of japanese methods Of making sugar, Oil,
lacquer and curing tea. Kathern, by Fearn Gray,
is Southern story, we'll told, simple and touch.
ing. In Some Aspects of De Quincy, by George
| Parsons Lathrop, the admirers Of that brilliant
essay list will find very satisfactory vndcation of
him and his habits. Mark Twain, in the second
| tslment Of his Rambling Notes of an Idle Ex-
| curson, spins dozen good yarns. 7. r. Louns-
bury criticises the Fictitious Lives Of Chsncer,
and gives the real facts of his life and loves.
There is an article on Carlo Godoni, by w. ID.
Howels. The members of the Contributors Club
discuss q variety of topics. The poems, by c. p.
Cranch. Alice Williams Brotherton. Mrs. S. M. j.
Piatt, the autumnal cluster by Edgar Fawcet,,
Mary Townley and G. p. cleveland; and the
Characteristic one, In the Old South Church, Bos-
ton, 1877, by Mr.. Whittier, will afford unusual
pleasure TO all lovers of good verse. Critical no.
tees of a large amount of recent literature, and
full and interesting account of the methods and
aims of the Harvard examinations for women,
complete an exceedingly good number.
Lippincots Magazine Tor November presents an
unusually attractive table of contents. Henry
James, Jr, writes in his best vein of "London at
Midsummer" depicting with keen observation
and delicate humor some of those traits in Eng
lish life and manners which puzzle and amuse the
foreigner. Different in style, but not less enjoya-
BILE, is sketch of American rural life, The
Doings and Goings-on Of Hired Girls" by Mary
Dean. W. A. Bae- CT Gilman, author of well
known work on the Tyrol, contributes an interest
| ing historical paper, The Flight of Princess"
| based on documents recently discovered in the
Austrian archives; and Hugh Craig describes the
| celebrated church or mosque of Saint Sophia, at
Constantinople, and the remarkabls events of
which it has been the scene. The illustrated pa
pers, "Chester and the De-" and Baden aud
Alerheiligen." are by Lady Blanche Murphy and
T. Adophus Trollope. The new serial, "For
Perciva," is also illustrated. Mis-. Davis story,
"A Law unto Herself" is brought to a conclusion.
The shorter stories are by Will Wallace Harvey
and Virginia W. johnson; and the poetry by
EPes Sargent, Oscar Lsighton and G. Resell.
'Russian and Turkish Music" in the "Monthly
Gossip" is a lively paper and "The Literature of
the Day" comprises notices of Mr.. Psrkinsons
new work, Daudet's Jack and other recent publ
cations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

The Instruction in Cuba has continued
more than pine years, and after all these
years of contest Spain has been unable to
put down the rebels and the patriots like
wise have been unable to establish their
independence. More than one hundred
and fifty thousand Spanish soldiers have
been sacrificed in the attempt to subdue
the rebellion, and Spain has contracted a
debt of two hundred million dollars in the
same direction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

that is what is meant by raising the bank rate of
discount, be is sadly mistaken. The notes of that
bank are redeemable on demand in gold, and the
institution must have the gold in the bank before
il issue the notes, except to the limited extent
which it is authorized to issue notes secured by
deposit of national bonds. For nearly half GEN.
tury the Bank of England has never refused or
failed to redeem its notes in gold on Demand
[Chicago Tribune,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

Miss Maria Mitchell thinks women can
be found to teach Greek to the young la
dies of Boston who wish to pursue prep
aratory course for college. She says:
Now, any Massachusetts, school man who has
taken the pains to carefully investigate this subject
knows very truly that there are, at the present
time, at least dozen lady teachers, in Maine and
Massachusetts. who, unaided by the Boston Latin
School, and unaded by Harvard College, have at
tanned by the sweat of their own brains such pro-
fciency in the Greek and Latin languages that
either one of them is more likely to fit girls for
college, systematically and thoroughly, than the
average Harvard graduate. For my part, have
yet to see the young man fresh from Harvard Col
lege whocan tprHthe prose of Plato or the poetry
of Pindsr, Of Eschy lus and Eurpides into ee-
giant English with facility and readiness equal
ling that Of the young woman whom met last
year among the pines Of Northern Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23
General News.

Six students in American colleges have commit
ted suicide in the past six months.
BENJAMIN Vests birthplace, at West Dale, is
still standing, and is excelleniy preserved. Its
Quaker owners have utterly refused to demolish
the old dwelling.
A bridge across the Bosph orus is to be Captain
James b. Eadss next attempt. 1t will cost 49,
OO0, OOO and be of iron and masonry, 100 fett
wide and 5000 long, with fifteen spans, the cen
trail one Of $50 feet.
The total nominal capital in all the railways Of
the United Kingdom at the end of last year was
cess, 900 600. which is about $4,000 per mile of
railway opened. More than f38 900 of capital re-
ceived no dividend.
stree peddler of tooth powder has been ar
rested in Philadelphia for cruelty to children. 1t
is alleged that be applied to the teeth of boot
blacks and other small boys substance which
whitened the teeth but quickly destroyed the en-
amel.
Edinburgh has two veterans, Tom Hardie, aged
ninety -one, who was on the Victory at Trafalgar
when Nelson was killed, was one Of the crew Of
the Shannon during the fight with the Chesapeake
and was aboard the Bellerophon when Napoleon
surrendered to her, and Jonathan Alexander who
was one of the guards over Napoleon at St. Hele'
ma.
"Rover." beloved dog of Good WIN Fire Com
pany. of Harrisburg, Penn. died on Sunday last.
lie was white Newfoundland, above the average
size of the breed, and had greatly endeared him
self to the members of the company by lis faith
full attendance at fires and parades and his affec
tionate disposition After death he lay in state
for several hours in the engine house. He was
placed in neat pine box upon bed of fresh myr-
tie leaves. Flowers and geranium leaves were
strewn over the body and small flags were placed
about the box. At nightfall when nearly 1000
persons had visited the engine house, the dog was
buried in the yard surrounding the building, and
the fre-bel was tolled in b is honor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23
Boston Stock List.
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, October %. 1877.
FLOUR-Extra spring 81 25s5 80.
WHEAT-No. . spring, l09--a- cash; l0sha
100 October .l0i1lil05 November; No.3 l0o-a
. O00-; rejected, 10 "A.
CORN-No. mixed, 49,: sash AZ: Oct, a.;
Nov 49,.
OATS at1c sash: 23.c Oct; 49,. Nov.
RYE-N0. Z, 53hc.
BARLEY-No.z spring, a59Ic.
PORK = Cash IA i2hal4 IL. Nov, 1865
Oct IA 90.
LARD Cash s.45-- cash; sl7--as TX, Oct.
Nov. 81 AKA.
BULK MEATS-Shouders, 6Zan &c; short rit
sides, SIa &C.; short clear rib, So" g.
WHISkEY-Western, l O5-.
FREIGHrS-Corn to Buffalo, 4kc.; wheat do.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

Baltimore has city election to-day.
The democrats support FIX Marshal Kane,
and the Workingmen's ticket is headed
by Joseph Thompson, blacksmith, and
q man of considerable ability. The col
ored voters having been ignored by the
supporters of Thompson. many OF them
will not go 10 the polls. The democrats ex-
pect an easy victory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

Goou Domesuc sulphur Bath can be Instant
ly prepared by taking cake of Glenn's Sulphur
Soap into the bath-tub Such an expedent will,
to use a slang phrase, "knock the spots Off any
victim Of cutaneous blemishes. Sold by all drug
gists. Hills Hair and Whisker Dye Black or
Brown, so cents. sep26 .tSwlmo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23

Gen Grant recently made some state
ments censuring the course of Charles
Sumner in regard to the San Domingo
treaty, the proposed annexation of that is
land and other matters. Wendell Phillips,
in lecture recently delivered, indignant
lya denied the charges made, and made
counter charges against Grant and ex'
Secretary Fish. Now Mr.. Fish comes to
the front and denies Phillips charges and
confirms Gen. Grants statement in refer
ence to Summers deiraying action in re-
gard to the San Domingo treaty, and al
leging that Sumner favored the scheme
till he found j. N. Ashley was not to be
a commissioner to San Domingo, and then
opposed it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-23
The Louisiana Senators.

The cases OF the claimants for the Lou
isiana seats in the Senate having been re-
ferred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections will not probably be long
DELAYED in the committee room. When
they again appear before the Senate there
is likely to be debate of an interesting
character. On the attitude of the Presi-
dent regarding these and the South Caro-
lima case the New York Times remarks !:
eli wise the President will stand
aloof. question is not one which
properly concerns him. and we can mag
inc nothing more unfortunate than any
word or act which may seem TO connect
his policy, of paciteation with the admis-
sion of the democratic claimants to the
Senatorial seats. Especially as against
Spofford, the republican judgment is de-
cided, and any recognition OF his preten-
sIons will virtually falsiGy the republican
record. The republican party has right
to demand just judgment in all these
cases, regardless of the effect upon the
attitude OF democratic Senators toward
the Administration in regard to appoint
ments? Possibilities is not one that can
enter into the calculations of the party or
that should sway the conduct of the Presi-
dent. The alternative before him is too
clear to be mistaken. He must act inde-
pendently of democratic Senators or dis
regard party obligations altogether, and
with them the conditions involved in the
attitude now assumed by the republicans
in Congress. He cannot negotiate terms
with democrats without becoming their
bdndman. o One concession will necessi-
ate another. and the honorable purpose
manifested by the leaders of his own party
will be frustrated. The contingency should
not be allowed to remain among the pos
sibiIities. A republican Administration
must not rely upon the republican party,
or the outlook will not be pleasant.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
The Curiosity Of a Fly.

Talk about the curiosity Of q womau!
We will back 1y against any woman.
Just watch him as he traverses bald
mars craDium, halls on the cyelid. and
taking curiosity glance around him,
waltzcs over the end OF the nose. peeps
up one postril, and having satisfied his
curiosity there, curverttes over the other
lip and takes a glance up the other.
With satisfactory smile at hauipg seen
all there is TO be seen there he makes .
bee-line for his chin, stopping mo-
uent to explore the cavity formed by
the closed lips. Arriving at tho chin,
ne takes notion to creep down under
the shirt collar. but suddenly besitating
be turns around as if he had forgotten
something. and proceeds to an explora-
tion Of tho ears. This cancluded, he
carries out his original intention, and
disappear between the neck and shirt
collar, emerging; after lapse Of some
minutes, with on air seeming to say be
performed bis duty. What Dlatters the
frantic attempts to catch him, the en-.
ragged gestures, and profsne language?
They disturb his equanamity not a mo-
uicut. Driven from one spot he alights
on another; be has got duty to perform
and be does it.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
A Mean Man.

Some gentleman were talking about
rfeanness, yesterday, writes aEli Per-
kins," when one said he knew = man on
Lexington avenue who wastLe msauest
man in New York.
"How mean ia that 7" I asked.
"Why. Eli" he said, "he is go mean
that be keeps five cent piece with .
string tied to it to give to beggars. and
then when their backs are turned he
jerks it out Of their pockets.
"Why, this man is so confounded
mean," continued the gentleman, "that
he gives his children ten cents apiece
every night for going to bed without
their supper. but during the pight,
when they were asleep. he went up
stairs, took the money out Of their
clothes, and then whipped them in the
morning f,r losing i'll"
"Does he do anything else 7"
"Yes, the other day I dinea with
him and l noticed the poor little servant
Girl whistled nll the way up stais with
the desert, and when 1 asked the mean
old scamp what made her whistle 30
happily, h1laid;
"Why, Keep her whistling 20 she
can't eat the raisius out ofthe cake"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
Rich Without Money,

Many man is rich without money.
Thousands Of men with nothing in their
pockets, and thousands without even a
pocket, are rich. A man born with a
good sound constitution, good stom-
ach, good heart, and good limbs and q
pretty good headpiece, is rich. Good
bones are better than gold; tough mus
cles than silver; and nerves that fash
fire and carry energy to every function,
are better than houses and land. 1t is
better than landed estate to have the
right kind of father and mother.
Good breeds and bad breeds exist among
men as really as among herds and hor-
ses. Education may do much to check
evil tendencies or to develop good ones;
but it is a great thing to inherit the
right::proportiou of faculties to start
with. The man is rich who has good
disposition-who is naturally kind, pa
,ient, cheerful, hopeful, aud who has
a flavor Of wit and fun in his compose
ton.
The hardest thing to get on with il
this life is a mans own self. A cross
selfish fellow-a desponding and com
planning fellow-a timid and care bur
dened man-these are all born deformet
on the inside. They do not limp, bu
their thoughts do.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
Be sociable.

Men who isolate themselves from So
ciety, and have no near and dear family
ties, are the most uncomfortable of hu.
man beings. Byron says that "happi-
Dess is born twin" but the phrase,
though pretty and poetic, docs not 60
far enough. We are too gregarious.
and are intended to march through life
either in single or double file. The man
who cares for nobody, for whom nobody
cares, has little to live for. You must
have heap of cmbers to make glow
ing fire. Scatter them apart, and they
will become dry and cold. So to have
a brisk, vigorous life, you must have
group OLIVES to keep each other warm, to
afford mental encouragement, confidence
aud support. If you wish to live the
life of a man, and not Of a fungus, bs
sociable, be brotherly, be charitable, be
sympathetic, and labor earnestly and
patiently for the good Of your kind.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
Singular Story of a weasel.

The following story was told to us as
being positive fact, the narrator pro-
Tossing to be one of the workmen who
witnessed the performance of tho said
weasel: A party of men we're prying
stone in field, and found under largo
rock a nest containing four young wsa.
scls, which they captured aud put to
one side. Upon the return of the old
weasel, quite scene ensued' She be-
came very excited and angry, and at
unce set off, but soon returned, aud go
ing to the little pail containing the
drinking water for the men, she spit
something in it, and was about to 60 off
a second time, when she discovered her
nest and her young, all alive and no.
harmed. She Immediately returned to
the pail, and continued jumping and
pushing at it until it was overturned,
thus saving the lives Of the men she
evidently meant to punish for the do
struction of her offspring.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
Cheerful Women.

In marrying, men should seek happy
women. They make terrible mistake
when they marry for beauty, or for
talent. or for style; the sweetest are
those who possess the magic secret Of
being happy under any and every cir
cumstance. Rich or poor, high or
low, it makes no difference, the bright
little fountain bubbles up just as mu-
sically in their hearts. Nothing ever
goes wrong with them-no tronble is
too serious for them 10 make the best Of
it. Was ever the stream Of calamity 80
dark and so deep that the sunlight Of a
happy face falling across its turbid
tides would not make an answering
CLEAN? Why, then, joyous tempered
people don't know half tho good they
do. No matter how cross and grabbed
you feel, no matter if your brain is full
of meditation on "aAlicting dispensa-
liona," and your stomache with medi-
cincs, pills aud tonics; just set one of
these CHEEKY little women talking to
you, and we arc not afraid to wager
anything she can euro you. The long
drawn line about the movth will relax
the cloud of settled gloom will vanish
nobody knows where, and the first
thing you know, you will be laughing
All. what blessings are these happy
women! How often their little hands
guide the pouderous machine Of life,
with almost an invisible touch ! How
we look forward through the weary day
to their fireside smiles No one knows,
no one viii ever know until the day Of
judgement reveals, how much We owe
to these helpful, hopeful, uncomplain'
ing, happy women!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
The Capture of Hyenas.

The following mode of tying hyenai
in their den, as practioed in Afghanis
tan, is given by Arthur Connolly, in
his Overland journal, in the words Of
an Afghan chief, tho Shirkaroe Synd
Daond F:
"When you have tracked the beast
to his den you take rope with two slip
nots upon it in your right hand, and
with your left holding felt cloak be-
fare you, you go boldly but quietly in.
Tho animal does not know the nature
of the danger, and, therefore, retires
to the back OF the den. but you hay
always tell where his head is by the
glare of his eyes. You keep moving
gradually toward him on your knees,
aud when you are withio distance throw
the cloak over his head, close with him
aud take care he does not free himself.
The beast is so frightened that he
covers back, and though he may bite
the felt, he cannot turn his neck round
to hurt you, so quietly feel for his fore
legs, slip the knots over them, and then
with one strong pull draw them tight
up to the back Of his neck and tie them
there. The beast is now your own, and
you can DO what youlike with him. We
generally take those we catch home TO
the krail, and hunt them on the plain
with brides In their mouths, that our
dogs may be taught not to fear the
brutes when they meet them wild"
Hyenas are also taken alive By the
Arabs by very similar method, except
that wooden gag is used instead of q
felt cloak The similarity in the mode
Of capture in two such distant countries
as Algeria and Afghanistan, and by
two races 20 different, is remarkable.
From tho fact that the Afgbans con-
slider that the feat requires great pres
ence of mind, and an instance being
given Of man having died Of bite IN
clumsy attempt, We nay infer that the
Afghan hyeua is more powerful or fero.
cious than his African congener.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1877-11-20
A Hunters Prayer.

An Arkansas man was out hunting,
and having fred away all of his ammu-
milton but one charge. he espied large
bear coming. Knowing that it would
90 hard with him if he missed, ho took
deliberate aim and fired, but did not hit
the bear. Iu this position, not knowing
what to do, be bethought himself Of
prayer, and he commenced; ooh, Lord,
i've never asked anything Of you be:
fore, and if you'll only help me out of
this scrape I'll never trouble you again;
now, do help me this once. I know
I've been an awful sinner; I've fought
and drank, and lied and cursed but if
I've been so wicked that you cant help
me, oh, lord, don't help the bear; just
hold off ard keep dark, and III show
you the d-test bear fight TINT you
| ever bsheld."