Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-02-22

America. An agent recently sent down there 10
open a market for Anne rican cottons has had ad
nil able success. He reports the way clear for
a ivel, trade.
The japanese Minister at Washington has just
been Civ ng hs first reception, and did it in the
most civilized manner Ills graceful young Jap
ancse wife is very cultivated 10 her tastes-draws,
paints aud is a very clever musician.
An eminent New Ytsk physician, who has at
tended many cases of the peculiar fever resulting
from visiting he Centennial EAbib ton, expresses
his belief that the disease was caused ny the pres
of formtes in certain articles on exhibition
which were brought from some of the worst plague
spots on earth, and says he has fears that other
types of fevers, hitherto unknown to us, may fol-
low as a +, suit Of the e, hbton.
A Washington CORE pondent, describing the
recent reception at the British Minister'S, says ;
Sir Edward Thornton would take party in, see
that they served, and then pass through The
parlor looking on all sides for some lady who,
peradventure, WAS without an escort, and, when
found, conduct her to the banqnetng hall and
wait upon her lie made sure that one left his
house supperless This politeness is always prac-
THE MACHINES.
Harpers Magazine for March is beautiful
number. 1t opens with Mr.. S q w. Benjamin's
paper on "Conempoi Art in France" with
thirty two engravings. most of which are repro
ductions of the finest pictures of French artists.
"a Summer Cruise among the Atlantic Islands,
with ten illustrations, treats of the Azores and
Madeira Islands, with especial reference TO their
Climate and other features interesting to invalds.
The Cape Verbs and Csparies will be treated in
subsequent paper. DIR. John w. Draper contri-
butes the first Of an important series of papers,
giving popular exposition of some scientific ex
periments. The first paper treats of red hod
bodies, and illustrates the experiments upon which
were based DIR. Diapers remarkable memoir "On
the Production of Light by Heat" published in
lS47 and anticipating by thirteen years the results
deduced by NJ kirchoh in a memo that was at
the time (lS60) regarded the origin of spt ctral
analysis. This ucmber contains illustrated
Valentine story about Dolly" by Rose Terry
Cooke and an illustrated poem especially appro-
Pirate to the vseutne season, by G.. p Cranch.
The poet is also an artist, and the Illustration is
after drawing made by him. Edward Everett
Hale contr butes one of his Characteristic stories,
entitled Ideals" In mole humorous vein is
any Great Aunt's WIl''-a story by Elizabeth A.
Smith. The poetry of the number is unusually
striking, including some lines not hitherto pub
lishcd by "Bairy Cornwall" addressed to the Ia
d, W bo afterward be came Mis-. Pi octor; beauti
ful poe entitled "Estrargtd," by Philip Bourke
Maj stou and roclical Contributions by Anna
c. Bracket, Gail Sp' ncer Ellis Gray, and Mary
N. Pre-, colt. For sale at the periodical store of
j. F. Pierce.
The March nun Der of the Eclectic has for its
fronts eoe fIe steel erased portrait OF VIII
liam ID, au Howell- the popular esssyist, novelist
and editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Every i'm
porant d, par ment Of literature Is represented by
one or more articles in the table of contents,
which begins with a rambling and gosspy, but
really instructive paper, Eyes and Eye
glasses" by X. ii. Horne. This is followed by
"Tbe Ascent Of Map," sIiIiled protest against
certain tendencies Of Daiwini,m, by Prof Gold
win Smith; and this, in turn. by "Acec' otes of an
Epicure" (mesniDg Brillat Savalin); "Chsres
Kingsley an admin able critical study, by q. A.
SImcox; "Condition of the Larger Planets" by
r ichard A. Proctor b. A., F. II S.; "'Out of
the Mouth of Babes;" the opening chapters of a
new novel by Mis-. Oliphant, entitled 'Young
Musgrave;" "A Dog and His Doinss," by Msjor
W F. Butler; "Morbegno;" Automatism and
Ev olution," by Charles Elan. NJ. D.; Couture
and Modem Petty" Lost Stars" German
Students Chont;" brief editorial sketch of Mr..
W d. Howells; and well filled editorial depart
ments OF Literature, Scien and Art. The NAM
] ha, = nd 10 ms of
sterling mag azine.