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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21
McMahOn'S Manifesto.

The remarkable manifesto of the President
of the French Republic has caused terrible
excitement in France. 1t IS in effect a
threat, threat which isidangerous because
halfmillion of armed men may be used to car
ry it out. President MacMahon virtually saws
that he shall disregard the will of the new
Chamber of Deputies if it conflicts with his
own will. He stands like a highwayman,
with weapon leveled at the heart of France,
and grimly tells his victim that unconditional
submission will save all trouble. ssHostie
elections" he says in phrase which courte-
ously expresses his determination to retain
power at all hazards, would aggravate
conflict between the public powers" and he
s'could not obey the mandates of the dema-
gogues"-that is of the people in whom, un-
der the parliamentary system upon which
the constitution is based, the control of the
government is vested. He twill energetical-
ly protect faithful pablc servants who at a
difficult moment have not allowed themselves
to be intimidated by vain threats'' is
he will retain his ministers in office against
will of the country. If France declares
against him, so much the worse for her; her
blood be upon her own head. He recognizes
devotion to his person as the only test of 10y
atty and patriotism, and his own opinion as
the only allowable measure of policy. Those
who differ with him are not only wrong in
judgment but traitors at heart, and must be
treated as enemies of the public welfare.
The effect of the manifesto upon the elec-
tions cannot be predicted, but judging from
the temper of the majority of the French
people it will exasperate rather than intimi-
date them. A few timid ones may by the
fear of disturbance and civil war be induced
to cease their opposition; but the chiefs of
the Republican party will strive to make the
vote Of condemnation so emphatic that Mac
Mahon shall be frightened from his avowed
purpose. There is strong reason to believe
that they will carry the country by great
majority. What will happen in that case no
man can tell. If MacMahon is supported by
the army, he can establish a dictatorship.
There is little reason, however, to believe
that the army will follow him. In every case
but two it has put itself in opposition to the
government, and MacMahon possesses none
of the advantages which made the two cases
exceptional. He is not the greatest soldier Of
his age, as was the first Napoleon, nor the
inheritor of glorious name, as was the
third. The probabilities are that the army
will turn against the Marshal President and
to the people, as it turned against Louis XVI
and Charles X, and Louis Philippe.
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News and Other Items.

Charles O'Conor has written letter to Gen.
Robert Toombs commencing the Georgia con-
stituton.
Moody and Sankey will spend October in
Vermont, engaged in revival work.
a leading colored preacher is out in vehe-
ment opposition to the proposed negro emigra-
ton to Liberia. He says Africa is ''the place
where the yell of the heather warrior usurps
the realm of the minister, the battle-axe SUPER
sedes in glory the sewing machine, nakedness
stands in the room of civilized life and modesty,
the salamander is Deity, and the nod of the
head is hell"
William A. Stewart, Republican nominee
for associate judge in Lawrence county, Penn.
is a colored man of good education, who has
studied law and been admitted to the bar. His
color, however, stood in the way of successful
practice, and he has spent many years in the
business of barber. He is the only colored
man ever nominated to county office in Penn
sylvania, and it is said that his chance of elec-
ton is good.
The American Board did not get the $50, 900
needed to save it from increasing its debt but it
raised enough to reduce the increase to $17 600.
The debt at the close of the financial year was
about S4S,000.
John f. Lewis, colored man living near Ell.
mira, N. Y, stopped, at the imminent peril of
his own life, runaway team and so saved Mrs.
c. j. Langdon, her child and nurse, who were
returning from visit to "Mark TwaiD." The
rescued lady's husband gave him $1,000, the
holder of $500 mortgage on his farm cancelled
1T, another gentleman gave him S25 and 'Mark
Twain gave him $50 and a complete set of his
works.
As an indication of popular feeling in Eng
land, it is mentioned that at recent concert in
Agricultural Hail. London. number of for
eign airs were played by representative nation
al bands, the audience cheered the Marseilaise
enthusiastically, blessed the German band un-
til its music was almost lost, booted the Rus
sian airs, and burst into wild applause over the
Turkish music. The audience is described
as an ordinary representative one, and its con-
duct is said to be good reflection of London
sentiment.
The United States Congress, and especially
Senator Morrill of Vermont, Chairman of the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds Of
the Senate, has been made the victim of rather
an ingenious swindle. An appropriation was
made last winter for the purchase of the Bar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21

The long-expected paragraph English Bi-
BILE, prepared by Canon Grdleton, is passing
through the press of the British and Foreign
Bible Society. The prose portions appear in
paragraphs according to the sense, while the
poetic ones are arranged as is usual with
modern poetry. The Psalms are divided in
to strophes and stanzas, and where they are
acrostc or alphabetical the fact is indicated
bv the Hebrew initials,
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Current Comment.

The ''fraud party" will "bounce" Mr.. Wat
terson if he. doesn't put less soul into his
rhetoric.
Milton Saylor has mounted the stump in
Ohio, but the largest kind of a telephone
fails to catch any allusion to subsidies. He is
uncommonly fond of the Dollar of the Dad
dies, though.
Wouldn't it be magnanimous in Bro. Pills
bury, in view of the result of the election,
to let Mr.. Williams have his chance for the
Bath Custom House ?-Bangor Commercial.
President MacMahon resembles Presiden
Hayes in that he!permits only his friends and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21

The visit of the Ethan Allen Fire Comp
any of Burlington to this city has introduced
to our people model organization. The
appearance of its members in the street has
been an occasion of delight to all who saw
them, and their courteous demeanor and
gentlemanly carriage have won The cordial
esteem of their hosts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21

THE city of Paris owes a debt that might
put New York or any other American city
to shame. On the first of January last it
was $3.50, 100000, consisting of nine separate
loans, five of which, amounting to 5000, ,000,-
600, were negotiated under the Imperial re-
gme the remainder, $3.50, 100000 has been
contracted since the German war. The pay
ments for interest and into the sinking fund
that the debt calls for are $21 ,OOO,OOO per an
mum, aud the total taxes collected from the
people are S., ,OOO, 900 year.
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EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal,
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ANNGAE MEETING,

yKyHE Stockholders of the Portland g. Rochester
IL Railroad Company are hereby notified that the
annual meeting will be held at the office Of the Com
pany, at the Depot in Portland, on WEDNESDAY,
the third day OF October next at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, to act upon the following business, viz:
Article 1st.-To hear the reports OF Directors.
Article 2i-To choose eleven Directors for the en-
suing year.
Article 3d.-To act upon any other business that
may legally come before them.
W. III. C0NANT, Clerk.
Portland, Sept. ls, 1877. sep19i2w
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 81.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations, The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
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On and after Sept. 2OtEa., steamer
henrietta VIII leave from Custom
mouse Wharf former landing of
heVehsie Cutter. see advertise.
sepl9 da4
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Caution,

TEyHE public are hereby cautioned against parties
who are canvassiDg this city at the present
time pretending to sell the Ellis Gas Burner The
Nav Ie 1874 G. l.. MARSTON,
sons Gen. Agent for Maine.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
z q IL N | Z U IL z |
= A @ II $

All in need of Fine Medium Common FURNIFURE will
find stock far Extensive Superior i'm Styles
quality than at other Store in Portland, and not exceed
England
departments containing novelties
city. Our facilities manufacturing
produce goods employ hands than other
SHALL BE AS Low AS TIL LOWEST compared Portland
Boston New York markets.
extended WarrOOms Factory and
of goods before purchasing elsewhere.
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COAL YARD FOB SALE.

nNE halt OF the whole of a Coal Yard which IS
~ now doing good business. Address Box 9l6
| Portland Me. my11dn
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nissolution Of Copartnership.

The C0partnership heretofore existing
between the subscribers under the style
OF NELSON & GOULD is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. ALI debts
due said firm are to be paid to L. A.
Gould, who will pay all debts of said
firm, and will carry ON the business at
the old stand under the style of l. A.
GOULD & co.
Portland, August 20, 1877.
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Parties wishing for a nice
Mantel will please bear i'm
mind that we are selling
these goods as low as they
can be bought i'm Boston or
New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21

For the same money
there is nothing that will
add to the beauty of a
room so much as one of
our ManteIs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-21
Nutter Bros. & Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
MarbIeized
ManteIs.

We once more call the
attention Of the public to
our large assortment OF
MantelS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
King Cotton Threatened.

A remarkable discovery has been
made in Egypt by Signor Giacomo
Russi, the Austrian Consular Agent at
Alexandria. He has found a new cot
ton plant which is so wonderfully pro-
life that it may prove dangerous enc
my to the American cotton-growing in
terests. Signor Russi has just pub
lished an interesting report of his dis
covery. He says that about two years
ago he accidentally came across the
new plant on the property of Copt in
the Menutia district, who collected the
seed and sold it to his aeighbors at
twelve old, the price obtainable for the
ordinary kind. The plant has long
stem, and, being without branches,
much space is saved. 1t bears an av-
erage of 50 pods on each bush, while
the usual yield of the plant is about 80.
1t yields from S95 to 675 pounds per
feddan, thus doubling the crop. A
smaller quantity of soil is needed; but
the great draw back in Egypt is that it
requires much more water, which ne
cessitates the alternating of the crops
with grain and vegetables. In the sea
islands of the Atlantic coast or along
the Lower Mississippi it would prove
wonderfully prolific. The Herald's
correspondent at Alexandria thinks that
the discovery will create revolution in
the cotton-growing interests of Egypt.
-NeaC York Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01

mystery of his disappearance on that
eventful night.
Maddened by passion, after striking
Thomas Midway down, he set off to
walk to a neishboring seaport, resoly-
ing never to place foot in the rectory
again.
A vessel, when he arrived, was on the
point of starting for Norway place
he had long desired to visit-and he
took passage in her, hoping by travel
to find distraction from his misery.
In Norway he had remained until a
week back, when chance had thrown
into his hands an old newspaper con-
tanning Thomas 'Mildmay's trial.
Shocked and overwhelmed with re-
morse, he had not lost moment in
returning to Scotland by the first ship
that sailed, which, by singular chain
of circumstances, happened to be
wrecked on the very portion of the
coast he wished to reach.
"You have saved my life, Tom,"
said he, warmly pressing his friends
palm, "and am here to prove your
innocence. Forgive the past, and,"
taking Mays hand, and himself plae-
ing it in the others, 81 pray you may
be happy. Ifyour guilt was not proven,
your devotion is, and fully merits the
reward of May Westleigh's love. -
Eaqlfsh Mdqaz inc.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
A California Lunatic.

Mrs. Biber's house was built upon
reclaimed marsh below Center Station,
Oakland, Cal, and her husband was i'll
a cold, wet graveyard. Her heart was
true to him and to the four cherubs he
had left behind him-the Oldest II,
and the youngest in the cradle. A
white card outside the door proclaimed
that the widows property was for sale.
On Jan. 25th gOod-leokjng man Of
pleasant address, attired in a coarse
check shirt and canvas pantaloons, q
rough coat and army brogans, called
and offered to buy the house. He said
he was miner who had begun digging
as a son of toll Oh the arid plains of
Arizona and now was worth 800, 900
He was lonely and solitary and wanted
TO settle down and have home. She
sighed, made touching reference to
the wet cemetery and to the four
cherubs, said that she, too, was lonely
and solitary, and sighed again. He
said he would buy the house, and then
went out to get his supper. In the
evening he returned, and she en-
tertained him with fathomless signs
and desultory conversation after the
manner of Mrs. Nickleby. He asked
her to marry him, and she said she
would. The next day-it was Wednes-
day-they went TO San Francisco and
we're married. For two days she was
happy, notwithstanding the ominiOus
remark of one of the cheruhs who had
surreptiously examined his stepfather's
pockets. "He amt dot no dold in
'em." On Friday her brother-in-law
discovered that her husband was lu-
natic from the Napa Insane Asylum,
who had q wife in Fruit Vale, and
whose Arizona mines were the inflated
currency of diseased imagination.
| She turned him out. On the next day
the lady from Fruit Vale called to say
| that Mrs. Biber was the fourth widow
with landed property who had been de-
ceived by the crazy miner. Mrs. BIZ
Der sits in the parlor over the reclaimed
marsh, sits by the window, and counts
the pools of water on the 1noorland
sits by the hour and thinks Of the moist
cemetery, sits, and weeps, and scoldi
the cherubs.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
A Test of Brute Endurance.


How long may dog subsist without
either food or water? is question like
ly to arise after reading the following:
On the Sd of January last a gentleman
resident on Elm Street lost q valuable
dog of the spaniel breed. The animal
was seen last by the owners children,
with whom it went out. Some days af-
ter the dog was missed the loss was adj
vertised in the daily papers, but moth
ing was heard of the missing spaniel
until Saturday last. In the forenoon
of that day the owners children went
into an empty house near by to amuse
themselves. In the course of play one
of them opened the door of back
room, when the missing dog was found
lying in one corner of the apartment
apparently dead. On q closer inspec-
ton, b wever, it was found that the
poor animal was still alive, although re-
duced to little else than skin and bone.
Without delay the children had their
favorite-which was not able to crawl
even-carried home, after which some
nourishment was given to it, and be-
fore many hours it had so far recovered
as to be able to crawl. The disappear
ance of the dog is now accounted for.
On the day when it was lost the chill
dren happened to be playing in the
same empty house, and they must in
leaving have accidentally shut him in
and gone and left him. From that day
till Saturday nobody had been in the
empty house, and there the dog has
been for thirty-eight days without either
food or water. To make sure that
there was no source from which the
animal could have had sustenance, the
owner paid a visit to the house, and
satisfied himself, after careful scru-
tiny, that there had been no food or
water within reach. At the time the
dog was imprisoned it was very fat,
which had no doubt much to do with
the fact of its having lived so long
Toronto Globe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

FARMERS FRUIT CAKE.-Soak cups
of dried apples over night; chop slight
ly in the morning; then simmer 2 hours
in 2 cups of molasses; add eggs,
cup sugar, cup sweet milk, cup but
ter, 2 teaspoons soda, -four to make
stiff batter, spice to suit the taste; bake
in q moderate oven.
BOILED HoMTNY.-Get the fine hon.
my of your grocer. Soak cup of
hominy in 5 cups of water, with salt to
taste. In the morning turn il into q
quart pail, then put the pail into a ket-
tie Of boiling water, cover tightly, and
steam / hour; then add 1 teacdp of
sweet milk and boil Is minutes after
stirring the milk in.
INDIAN PUDDNG.-Put a quart OF
milk on the stove to scald; beat up 5
eggs, tsblespoonfuls of sugar, 3 of
corn-meal, and little salt. If it needs
wetting more, add a little cold milk.
When the milk nearly boils, pour in the
mixture, and stir till it boils. Then set
it in the oven and bake about an hour.
Eat with butter and little more sugar
if you wish.
FRENCH ToAsT.-Take slices of stale
bread, and, having heated a piece of
lard the size of an egg in your fry
ing-pan, dip them in the following bat
ter and cook in the lard as quickly as
possible. Batter: 1 cup of sweet milk,
egg, and -four enough to make bat
ter as for pancakes. Add salt. Eat for
breakfast, with meat gravy or with
sirup. For dessert use cream and
sugar.
PRESERVED APPLEs.-Pare and cut
~ large apples; cut each into eighths;
make a sirup of 1 pound of sugar and !
pint of water, and boil; put in as much
apple as can be cooked without break
ing; remove them carefully when
tender; after all are done, add to the
liquid cup of sugar, and boil 10 min
utes slowly; flavor with lemon, and pour
over the apples, or CRATE nutmeg upon
them instead.
SCHOOL CAKE egg, l cup white
sugar, cup sweet milk, a piece of but
ter the size of an egg, pint of -four,
into which has been well sifted 2 tea
spoons powder. Work togeth-
er with butter, sugar and yelk of the
egg till it is light and foamy; add next
the milk and flour; then the beaten
white of the egg; butter a piece Of
white paper, and lay in the bottom of
the baking-tin; pour in the cake, and
bake in a pretty hot oven. II is done
when a broom splinter can be inserted
and withdrawn clean. All cake should
be so made.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
A Scotch Hymn.

There are blossoms that hae buadeu' Deeh
biiched l. the caulds
An lammies tina, hae persisted. because they
left the fauld;
But cover We in anncath Ills wings wha died
upon the tree,
An gathers in his bosom helpless weans Ike
you and me.
In the war; there's tribulaton. in tie warl there
is wac;
Bat the war; il is bonnie, for our father made it
sac;
Then brighten up yer armor. an be happy as ye
gang,
Though your sky be aften clOuded. it Wilma be
for lang.
-WIliiam Mitchell, in Scottish american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
Selling Tramps.

A Hartford paper tells how lady of
that city "plays it" on tramps, through
the agency of the bogus money known
as advertising greenbacks," and
which to the casual observer appear
genuine. The lady with studied care
lessness puts a bill of this kind under
the mat at the back-door, and waits the
approach of the innOcents. Up to the
door comes trampy, and his greedy
eyes at once alight on the money In
a dash it is transferred to his pocket,
and without stopping to knock and beg,
as he intended to do, he hurries out OF
sight, radiant with the JOY of one who
Unexpectedly strikes good luck. When
at a safe distance he looks at the bill,
and as the extent of the terrible decep-
ton dawns upon him he clutches his
hair, and with a wild, despairing cry
of " Sold, by Jerusalemi" crawls into
a convenient rat hole and dies.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
March.

Month which the warning ancients strangely
styled
The month Of war-as il in theiE fierce ways
We're any month Of peacei lin thy rough dave,
find no war in nature, though the wild
Winds clash and clang, and broken boughs arc
piled
Al feet OF writing trees. The violets raise
Their heads without alright, or look Of maze,
AEd sleep through all the din, as sleeps child
And he who watches well. will well discern
Sweet expectation in each living thing.
Like pregnant mother, the sweet earth doth
yearn;
In secret Joy makes ready for the spring;
And hidden. sacred, in her breast doth bear
AnnunciRton lilies for the year.
II. r., ia ScTibner for March.
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CHAPTER III.

Not proven. That was the verdict.
John Westmacott, there was good
reason to believe, had been murdered,
and by Thomas Mildmay. The two
young men had quilted the rectory to-
gether, each bound for the village.
Only one, however, Thomas Mildmay,
had arrived at the inn, his clothes in
disorder, his manner agitated, his
shirt-front blood-stsined. The next
morning John Westmscott was miss,
ing.
Search was made, and not only indi.