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The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
Senator Sherman ON the Presidential
Question,

NEW YORK, Feb Ex-senator Sherman.
who is in town, last night said he had no doub {
that Louisiana would be counted for the Repub-
licans, and the question was now being tried by
the Commission only on technical grounds
he says the whole Presidential question will
undoubtedly be SETTLED before the 4th of March.
Ii it unfortunately should not, he says the
Senate will, in accordance with the clearly LAID
down provisions of the Constitution, choose a
President. who will, tor the time being, act as
resident s until the whole question can go back
Gen. Grant expires on the Sd of March. and he
after that time. ''Ns'o no"'
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

LONDON, February 15-12.3 80 P. M-American Sc
curites-United States bonds, COS, 1867, at 1899
United States 10-4Os, 1883; New York Central So.
LIVERPOOL, February 15.-123O P. M.-Cotton-
market quiet; Middling uplands at sgd; do Orleans
at 15l6d sales of 900 bales including 1000 bales
TOR speculation and export; receipts to-day 500
bales, including 400 bales American
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

j. A. j. Cresswell, representing the Ci,;va,s,
National Bank, was fined in the Police Can't
of the District of Columbia yesterday for keen.
Ing an unlicensed bank under the laws of the
District of Columbia. The case was appealed
to the Supreme Court of the District.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
Chicago Cattle Market.

Providence Print Cloths Market
PROVIDENCE, Il. L., Febuarysl5 -Printing cloths
market quiet and prices steady at sic for best "a Ga
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

WOULD respectfully inform my former patrons
=, anu citlzens IN general who contemplate change
nlsh superior quality of pure milk at reaso able
rates; al orders let at s. WINSLoW s. cos, is
aahe' SQUARE, VIII receive prompt attention by me,
eakhS VIII De shown to those who wish 10 inyesti-
gate. snail employ no boys but deliver the milk in
person. CYRITS IOWEfI AGENT
dec25 0S H0 A' d1wstf
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

LIVERPOOL, ENG. Br Steamship Peruvian
157 packages merchandise to Canadian Express Co. 2
packages merchandise to Davis, Baxter & Co, and
merchandise for Canada.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
METEOx BIOLOGICAL.

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT rwENrv
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL,
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
Feb. 16, Il A. M.))
For New England.
Middle and Eastern States falling barometer.
southeast to southwest winds, partly CLOUDY
and warmer weather, followed by rain or snow
at northern stations.
Cautionary signals are ordered for Indianola
and Galveston
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

By water conveyance-1OO0 bush cornmeal to {
W. True g. Co.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

DUstUH SIOUX MHFK6ts
lSales at the Brokers' Board, Feb. 1871
20 Boston q Maine Railroad. .................. 81
200 Eastern Railroad. ..............,. .,,.,...
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
DEpARTURE OF sTEAmsuIPs
MARINE N EWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

Thursday, Feb. rs.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Peruvian, (Br) Richardson, Liverpool
passengers and mdse to III & A Allan.
Steamship tIanconia, Bragg, New York-pessen.
gers and mdse to Henry Fox.
Sch Ariel, fainter, Boothbay.
Sch Tiyan0, Palmer, Bristol,
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

WilbOr's Cod Liver Oil and Lime.
The great popularity Of this sale and eficaeious
preparation is alone attributable to its intrinsic
worth. In the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Scrofulous Humors,
and al Censumptive symptoms it has no superior,
disease, when an agent is thus at hand which viii
alleviate all complaints Of the Chest Lungs or Throat
Manufactured only by A. B. WILBUR, Chemist
Boston. Sold by all druggists. feb12sneod1w
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
ices.
special.

rnr h0 VpQpC the VEGETAl AIRY BAL
lUl JU luuin SAM VI Cutler. Boston
stands unrivalled for Coughs Con-
sum Stlon. ooiu In Portland by .ssries gen.
orally. fessn13w
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
FD REIGN PORTS

Sid I'm Calcutta 18th inst, snip City OF Philadelphia
Sid I'm Leghorn 9th inst, sch Albert W Smith,
Pinkham, New York.
Sid tim Port Elizabeth, CGH, Dec "a, ship Fannie
Thicker. Roberts. Qrom Cacutta) fol Boston.
At East London Dec 20, barque Bierstadt, Harri-
son. for Nautilus.
Boston.
Sid TN Liverpool 14th inst. ship H L Richardson
Morton, New York; brig Ellen M Mitchell, Eaton,
Havana,
Ar at London 18th inst ship Austria, Gilmore, I'm
Pabelon de Plea.
At Hull 18th inst. baroue Jonathan Chase, Curtis,
for Fayal, to load cargo of barque Old Dominion.
Ar at Queenstown 18th inst, brig Sibley, Col
Ar at Victoria, vi, barque W H Besse, Frost San
Francisco.
At Port Maria j. Jan "a, sch Idaho, Jameson, for
Ar at St Thomas Jan %, briggs Salista. Partridge,
Gibraltar, (and sailed Feb 2 for Sagua); 18th, Loeb
Lomond Barker, Cane Town, CGH, lst inst barque
Frank Marion, Eldridge, FIN Swansea for Savannah;
brig VIM Mason. Adams. Boston.
Ar at do Jan 18th, sch Elizabeth de Hart, Low,
New York.
inst. sch Cora. Reed, (rom Cephalona) for Phadel-
Ar at Barbados Jan 10th, schs W Perry, Look,
Island (and sailed 18th for st Martinsl; 10Th,
Quoddy, Young, Fernandina; 23d, barQue JAS Nc
Carty, Could Buenos Ayres for Boston, (and pro-
ceededo
Sid Jan 10, sch Ellen M Adams, Adams, Ruatan.
Ar at Havana 18th inst, barque Norena, Nichols,
New York, (Feb -
AL beTmuud OIL lusG, SCu5 WalueIudry fdrkeT, Im
Salt Cay, I'll, for New York, wig wind.
--latest by European sreamers.l
Cid at London Jan 9th, Rhine. Stetson, for New
York.
Ar at Liverpool Jan 80. H S Gregory, Anderson,
San Francisco; John e Chase Davis, Savannah.
Cid 25th Geo M Adams, Morrison, Rio Janeiro via
Cardiff; 30th Mohican, Berry, Singapore; Priscilla,
Cakes, Tybee; Hawthorn, Mason, SW Pass.
Oft Head of Kinsale Jan 9th, Pacto!us Colcord
from Liverpool for New York.
Of the Start 2sth, Nile, Newcomb, from Antwerp
for New York.
SPOKEN.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

New York Office, No. As William Street.
j. e. PULSF0RD Resident Manager.
ARTHUR PELL, Deputy Manager.
CHARLES SEwALL, Assistant Deputy Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
SPOKEN.

Jan 81, off Ryde, barque Limerick Lass, from Rot
terdam for New York.
Jan q. Oft Venture. barque Templar, from Hull fol
Delaware Breakwater.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16

(FRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED
Cid al Philadelphia l4th, sch Express, for Portland
Ar at Boston 18th, barque James McCarty, Gould,
Buenos Ayres.
Sch Fafragut, from Boothbay for Savannah, was
off Cape Elizabeth PM, 18th.
The Portland daily press., 1877-02-16
CLEARED.

Steamship Chesapeake, Mangum, New York
Henry Fox.
Sch VIM Pickering Fullerton, Norfolk and Rich-
mond-Isaac Berry.
SAILED Sch Della Hodgkins, for Virginia.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
The TwinIng Heartstrings.

They will and should twine around some
thing as naturally as the vine clings to the
trelis. Yea more-they, too, like the vine,
will reach and feel after support, il haply
they may find one. Failing in this, the
tendrils trail in the trench, burying their
embryo beauty in the soiing blackness
which would have nourished and stimulated
to higher growth had they but something to
hold to, or had they held to what they might.
Right here, you interpose with, =" Love not
the world nor the things OF the world" Nor
would we, overmuch. But we would 4" love
one another" and be content with such
things as we have, which is impossible un-
less we enlist our affections and interest in
people, places, and things about us. Chris.
tian labor goes limping unless we love it,
al don't care for anything" said young
woman. What more melancholy state than
that of supreme indifference Don't care u
is dreadful demon. Whatever he enters
into, be it child, church, or home, will be
destroyed unless he is speedily cast out Bet
ter mount a hobby and ride it to death than
not TO care. Don't care " has killed many
a Sunday school and paralyzed hundreds OF
prayermeetings, We must care. That is what
we are here for, We ought TO thank God that
we have anything to care for, but we never
fully feel the blessedness of this till the object
or the ability to care for it is taken away. Let
us love our homes. Then we will have the
heart to beautify them. What if they are moi
quite to our mind I What if we do have tc
leave them for some other here below, or lol
that Interchangeable one whose preparation
we should have assurance of alreadyY The
vines we have planted will give grateful
shade to other wayfarers; the fruit and
flowers which we have cultured will fulf
their mission of gladness when ours, per
chance, is ended Better care too mucl
than not at all. 1t has been said that 18th,
home we could leave without regret Il
scarcely worth having" Let us love wisely
not too well. When people hate place
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
A Bit of Married Experience.

| married my wife about thirty-fve years
ago. The ceremony was performed about
seven o'clock in the morning. Before retir-
ing that evening We had a good talk with
each other, and the result has sweetened our
entire lives. We agreed with each other
that each should always be watchful and
careful never, by word or act to hurt the
feelings of the other. We were both young.
both hot-tempered, both positive in our likes
and dislikes, and both somewhat exacting
and infexible-just the material for a life of
conjugal warfare. Well, for few years we
found it hard work to always live by our
agreement. Occasionally (not often) a word
or look would slip off the tongue or face
before it could be caught or suppressed; but
we never allowed 9" the sun to go down upon
our wrath Before retiring at night, on
such occasions, there was always confession
and forgiveness, and the culprit would be.
come more careful in future. Our tempers
and dispositions became gradually more
congenial, so that after a few years we came
to be one in reality, as the marital ceremony
had pronounced us nominally. In thinking
back we find that far more than twenty
years our little agreement has been un.
broken, and there has been no occasion for
confession or forgiveness. In business We
have had adversely and prosperity, failure
aud success. We have raised family OF
children, and now have our grandchildren
about us; and we are simple enough to be
lieve that we have better children, and bet
ter grandchildren, because of our little agree
ment. Under such contract, religiousll
kept, no ll-natured children will be reared
aud no boys will find the streets and bar
rooms more pleasant than home. To max,
agood wife or good husband requires tho
cooperation of both.-Seiected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
Woman a Lady.

Widness is thing which girls cannot af-
ford. Delicacy is thing wi ich cannot be
lost aud found. No art can restore to the
grape its bloom. Familiarity without love,
without confidence, without regard, is de-
structive to all that makes woman exalting
and ennobling.
The world is wide, these things are small;
They may be nothing, but they are all.
Nothing2 1t is the first duty of woman
to be a lady. Good breeding is good sense.
Bad manners in woman is immortality.
Awkwardness may be ineradicable. Bash
fulness is constitutional. Ignorance of eti-
quette is the result of circumstances. All
can be condoned, and do not Danish men "
women from the amenities of their kind.
But self-possessed, unshrinking and aggres-
sive coarseness of demeanor may be reckoned
as state prison 'ffence, aud certainly mer-
its that mild form of restraint called impris-
onment for life. 1t is a shame for women to
be lectured on their manners. II is bitter
shame that they need it. Women are the
umpres of society. 1t is they TO whom all
mooted points should be referred. To be a
lady is more than to be prince. A lady is
lways in her right inalienably worthy of re-
spect, To lady, prince and peasant alike
bow. Do not be restrained. Do not have
impulses that need restraint. Do not wish
to dance with the prince unsought; feel diff
ferently. BE sure you confer honor. Garry
yourself so loftily that men shall look up to
you for reward, not at you in rebuke. The
natural sentiment of man toward woman is
reverence. He loses large means of grace
when he is obliged to account her being to
be trained in propriety. A mans ideal is
la1 Faf1 ffN
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
Let Your NeighbOr Alone.

No people are such thorough nuisances as
those who are perpetually meddling with the
business of their neighbors-who are always
on the alert for anything uspicious-always
ready to believe the worst OF everybody.
Reader If you belong to that unfortunate
class, we pity you. As it is impossible that
you can find out anything that is going
on in your vicinity, you must be in state OF
continual torture. A prying mind needs
food, and without it suffers. Then try to
conquer the unhappy popularity. What is
it to you if your neighbor does bring home
brown paper package and acovered basket
You will live Just as long If you never know
what they contain 1t is none of your bust
ness. And if your fighty neighbor, Mrs.
Lightfoot, INDUCES herself in new bonnet
while her devoted husband wears patched
boots, you need not fret about it-he is the
only sufferer, not you. No need of making
hue and cry over her supposed extrava-
gance. The money did not come out of
your pocket, and consequently it is none of
your business. What il the minister does
call on Ann Smith twice week Why ex-
ercse your brain about it Suppose she
has an awful temper-and powders her face,
as you say she does-her temper will not
trouble you. Mind your own concerns.
W ndl ulHtGtnce uotS IL Indht 10 you IL DOlu
Maria cuts out " modest Mary? You need
not torture Mary by long stories of what
you have heard concerning the matter. 81
thought would tell you, my dear. | speak
for your good. Somebody should put you on
your guard against that treacherous girl"
As natural consequence modest Mary, her
womanly pride aroused, shrinks into the
background, leaving the field open to her
victorious rival So you crush good girls
heart because you will not mind your own
business. What if they do have three pairs
of stockings over at Squire IIill's2 Haven't
they got right to ? As long as you don't
do the washing it need not trouble you at all
What right have you to watch their clothes
line? Employ your time better. 1t may be
perfectly true that dashing Mrs. Gay signals
to young DIR. Wilde from her back windows
But who gave you the privilege OF watching
lady in her own home, where, If any place
her privacy should be sacred 2 Her dis
grace is nothing to you it is none Of YOU
business. II we had our way, meddler'
should be punished like any other offenders
against the rights of others.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
Indian Summer of Life.

In the life of the good man there is an
Indian summer more beautiful than that
of the seasons richer, SUMNER, and more
sublime than the most glorious Indian sum
mer the world ever knew-it is the Indian
summer of the soul. When the glow of
youth has departed, when warmth OF middle
age is gone, and the buds and blossoms of
spring are changing to the sere and yellow
leaf when the mind of the good man, still
ripe and vigorous relaxes its labors, and the
memories of a well-spent life gush forth from
their secret fountains, enriching, rejoicing
and fertilizing; then the trustful resignation
of the Christian sheds around sweet aud
holy warmth, and the soul, assuming heav-
enly lustre, is no longer restricted TO the mar
row confines Of business, but scars far be-
yond the winter of hoary age aud dwell'
peacefully and happily upon that bright
spring and summer which await him within
the gates of Paradise evermore. Let us
strive for and look trustingly forward to az
Indian summer like this.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
Tenths and 'Tis Butts"

"For We have the poor with you always,
and whatsoever We will We may do them
good" On my plate were turkey, potatoes,
and jelly; at one side stood coffee, and
bread and butter while on the sideboard
were pie and cake. The room was well car
peted; in the CRATE was blazing coal fire,
and on the wall hung pictures. Pleasant
was it not 2 Yes and yet, not the distance
of block from me might be some one with
ont even crust of bread, or warmth OF fire.
Shall this be so, and we who are Christians
do nothing2 In old Bible times they had
law about giving tenths, or tithes That
law does not seem TO be in force to-day and
still it seems as though the Lord would say,
"Give thy tenth to the poor. Help thine
unfortunate or suffering brother or sister"
People think that they cannot afford to give
this one-tenth of their income. Try it you
can. Once make it rule to consecrate one
tenth to the Lord and his poor, and you will
find that tine remaining nine-tenths have
acquired a certain elasticity, and stretch
over more ground than you had thought pos
sible. We know few earnest Christians
who have done this, and this is their testi-
mony-they have enough in the nine-tenths.
In giving to others and thinking for them,
we cease to be overanxious for ourselves.
We are blessed in giving. We ma our
selves living nearer to Christ, and growing
more like him in our lives. We cannot af-
ford to live for self alone, we cannot do with
out the comfort, the pleasure, the luxury, of
helping our brother man. Another way of
gaining money of the Lord is by keeping
"'Tis But" box. You have box marked
"'Tis But" Say you go shopping, and see
various articles--gloves, for instance. Here
is pair, dark and serviceable, that will last
twice as long as those delicate kids along
side. You take your choice. You can wear
the dark kids twice as long as the light ones,
and so save the price of pair. You take
the dark. 'Tis but the price of pair of
gloves but the saving can go in the "'Tis
But box, making fund from which to
buy bread or clothing or fuel for those who
need these things more than you do light
gloves. This is but one illustration you
know how to multiply. 1t is wonderful how
much people can contrive to do without (and
look just as welD if they choose. The plan
of the Ills But Box" was suggested in
the british Workman many years ago, for the
purpose of saving, but why can it not be
done for the purpose of giving Friends,
what think We of "Tenths and 'Tis Butts 2"
Christian JVeekiH
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
The Inspiration of Trouble.

Among the multitudes who frequent the
sanctuary you could rarely find person
who would not acknowledge the Importance
of religion, but they tell you that the great.
est difficulty they have in attending to re-
ligious concerns is that they cannot feel.
Many have been found in just this cond-
ton when afiliction smote them. At the
first stroke they doubted whether God was
really their Father, and perhaps unbelief.
like Jobs wife, said, Curse God and die. "
Seeing this world to be an unsatisfyimg
cheat they were led to look for something
better The world, and nature aud philos-
ophy could not satisfy. Then the holy
Spirit whispered, "rhere is mercy in
Christ" and the stricken soul exclaims,
"Al else has failed. | will try this Lord,
| believe help thou my unbelief.' The
hard vine only wanted trimming with "a
sharp knife to take the dead wood out of it,
and make it bring forth its clusters OF Chris
tian graces. This is the ministry of tears.
As some persons in natural sleep are so
soundly unconscious that you must shake
and shake them before they are aroused, so
there are many now wide awake it, the
Christian life, whose slumbers would never
have been broken had not some giant trouble
given them a harsh arousing. 1t needs
storm as well as sunshine to mature the
graces of the Spirit. Hyacinths, at the first
start, must be kept in dark room il you
would have them flourish, and it is often
that the Christian life begins to develop
itself in the thickest gloom. Sorrows
whether coming to the man of the world OF
the man of the church, are ordained and in
stalled to the ministry of making our hearts
| pliable Sorrows are not bats that at dusk
/ -
and without any seeming direction, bu
black ravens, that carry food from God t.
hungry Elijah. All our troubles are ethel
prophets to cry woe unto our sins, or apos
ties to preach unto us of the resurrection
The flowers of the ocean float shoreward, anC
persons of taste gather them ana dry then
and press them. Thus it is that the bright
hued promises of the gospel are tloated t
our souls from the great sea of trouble, anC
we press them between the leaves of our at
fection,-A Adodnce.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04

or "hate home" things go to rack and
ruin. But we are hidden to "b beware OF
idolatry' Stunning this Scylla, let us not
wreck ourselves on the Charybdis Of indif-
ference. There is no sin in appreciating
and heartily enjoying Gods gifts. 1t fos-
ters a spirit of contentment and gratitude
which must meet his approval. Let us be-
ware of lstless, se-jointed loving. It is
an outgrowth of reprehensible morbidity.
We must fasten our feelings around, love
and live for something, if the heart would be
in health and prosper. Ready ever to un-
twine our heartstrings when the Master in
wisdom would recall his gifts. Loving
fondly, but letting nothing come between us
and Christ Holding him nearest and dear
est, and ready when other props are swept
away, ioyfully to say, Simply to thy cross
| cling"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-04-04
" It's No Use."

al prayed for a man." said Elder Pike,
" fourteen days and fourteen nights in sue
cesson, as well as knew how, but he found
no peace. Il hope you will keep on praying
for me, he said. No. replied, Il shall
never pray for you again under the present
circumstances. The man went home much
depressed and told his wife of his trouble,
that Mr.. Pike had refused to pray for him
any more. He groaned and sighed for a
while, until at length he said Wife, it is
no use, must go and carry that money
back" "What is it 2" asked she. 81 made
trade the other day." said he. 81 suppose
it was legal, but | must go and carry that
money back" Back he went with the money
at eleven o'clock at night, woke the man up
and paid it over to him, and came home
shouting "Glory, hallelujah !" There was
one thing commendable about this mans
praying, and that was his sincere desire tc
be saved; but he might have prayed four
teen days, or fourteen years, and found NJ
peace until he was ready to right the wrong
which he had done. Perhaps some other
who have prayed for days and weeks anC
find no peace yet, might gain light on thu
path of duty and the way of blessing, by
pondering on the example of this man. !
is of no use to pray unless we are also will
ing to obey. "lf regard iniquity in M,
heart, the Lord will not hear me-"