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A Witty, Belle.

A good thing is told of Washington
belle, Miss L., noted for her wit. At a
dinner party the lady in question, who is
daughter Of distinguished judge, was
seated next to gentleman whom she had
not met before, and who was on a visit
to the city en- business which had brought
him in contact with the judge mention
ed, who had shortly before decided a case
against. At this dinner the gentleman,
who had not caught the name Of the
lady when introduced, took occasion to
vent his feelings and express his opinion
of the judge in terms anything but COM
plimentary. An awful pause in the con-
versation indicated something wrong,
and the gentleman took occasion to ex-
press to the LADY shis hope that the judge
was no relation of hers, to which, to the
infiuite amusement of all present, she
replied: 80 no; only connection Of
my mothers by marriage" A shout Of
laughter could not be prevented, and the
gentleman, after little reflection, came
slowly to the conclusion that the judges
family were too much for him,
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An Interesting Young Man.
The San Juan (Cal.) Times,

I; "A physician well known hereabouts
was recently called to see a lady who
was reported to be suffering with terrible
pain. The physician FASTENED to the
residence of the lady and found her in
bed. He felt Of her pulse, looked at her
tongue and commenced writing pre-
scription. She said to him: Doctor,
think you understand my case"
"Oh,g TesI do" said he, 81 understand
it very we" After a little while the
lady remarked to him again: !" Doctor,
I don't think you know what's the mat
ter with me; that you understand ny
condition" The doctor replied: !" Oh,
yes do, madame; [ have a patient up
town, q young man, just in your tx, suf-
fering with the same disease" An hour
afterwards the lady gave birth to . ten
pound boy. How the young man got
along our informant did not say.
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The Vagaries Of Suicide.

A recent curiosity of suicide was the
attempt of bride to drown herself in
Detroit. She and her husband were on
a honeymoon journey. In the railroad
station he petted a little child, and con-
versed with its mother: whereat the
young wife, became absurdly jealous,
went to the river and tried to jump in.
A less sudden suicidal resolve was made
by Henry Stevens, Of Skowhegan, Me-,
who long ago said that he would never
live to be more than seventy years old,
because he regarded that as the proper
limit set by the bible. So on his
SEVENTEEN birthday he drowned himself.
In Adrian, Mich, sixteen-year old girl
went home from social entertainment,
where she had been one of the gayest of
the party, and laughingly, in the pres
ence of her escort, ate an orange in
which she put some strychnine. : Her
brother, on learning of her death, shot
himself through the head. Mrs. Sn yder,
in Kenosha, Wis, instead of jumping
into we'll, carefully lowered helself
with rope into the water, and was
drowned. The cause of Deacon Phillips
suicide in Clinton, ILL.,, was the sale by
the sheriff of his property. He had al
ways been honored and prosperous, and
could not bear adversely. Nor could
Arthur Noyes, who poisoned himself in
st. Louis, although he had not been
honorable in his prosperity. AS book
keeper for an insurance company he had
been paid for perjury, and when the
money was gone he found himself pos
sessed of a character so bad that he could
not get employment. A more touching
excuse for wishing to die was given by a
vagabond boy in New Orleans, who had
lost both legs in railroad disaster, and
had become convinced that "this world
amt no place for cripples."
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"A FEW FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS
Not Found i'm the Bible, Shakespeare
- n gFg RUDe. Nor hudibras.

MOL EOUneL IN GnR BB1DuCs Su0 ADRCWEcs
y fErss Pope, Nor Audtbras.
T Music hath charms to soothe the saw
age breast.-Congreve's Mourning Bride.
He'll hath no fury like woman's
scorn.-B. .!.H &S5@' ~ aSttt y"
She walks the water like thing Of
life.-Byron's Corsair. tg s.me
How happy could I be with either,
were 'totber dear charmer away.-7he
Beggar's Opera. ''' 'FS''''' .@' .'.'.'" 81
Mans inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn.--Bwms. .s':
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm
Burns Tam OShanter. ,..D ,...,., .g,.,,3
IT'S sweet to hear, the watch-d dogs hon.
est bark bay deep-mouthed welcome as
we draw near home.-Byron's Don Juan.
Between two worlds life hovers like a
star upon the horizons verge.-b.
IT'S distance lends enchantment to the
view.-CampbtRs Pleasures Of Hope.
Like angels visits, few and far be-
tween.-Zb. -
His. back to the field and his feet to
the foe.-CampbeN. O."
Procrastination is the thief of time
Younq's Night Thoughts. ,.......-
A gilded halo lowering round decay.
-Byron's Giaour. l, u.
They also serve who only stand and
wait.-Milton. .@
The stern joy which warriors feel in
foemen worthy of their teel.-Scotfs. La
dy Of the Lake. .
A little round, fat, oily man of Cod
Womson's Castle Of Incidence.
His pity gave ere charity began
Goldsmith's Deserted Village.
Even his failings leaned to virtues
side.-I6. ..p
To party gave up what was meant for
mankind. Go1dsmiths Retaliation.
To point moral or adorn a tale
.]ohason's Vanity Of Human Wishes.
A little bench of needless bishops here,
and there a chancellor in embryo
Shenstone's Schoolmistress.
Made sun shine in a shady place.
Sponsors Faerie Queene.
Airy tongues that syllable mems
names.-Milton's Mask Of Conaus. ~
AS idle as painted ship upon paint
ed Coleridge's Ancient Mariner.
God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb.-Ste,me's Sentimental Journey.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Keats E'adymion.
A flower of. meekness on a stem of
grace. -Montgonery's World Before TIE
Flood
IT'S not in mortals to command sue
cess; Wen do more, deserve it.-Addi-
sons Cato.
Like Dead Sea fruit that tempts the
eye, but turns to ashes on the lips
Moore's Lalla Rookh.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore.-CdmpbeN.
All went merry as a marriage BELL
Byron's Childe Harold.
Where youth and pleasure meet to
chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
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GARTER BROTHERS, Publishers.
THE POET ANp THE NIGHT,
BY, THOMAS BRowER PEACOCK. D.,

T. j
The moon blooms like lovely lily
Far out upon the lucid lake: 'f... '
Like lesser flowers, Stars sweet and Silly,
On high, in golden glory wake!
A bard Of high and heavily mood.
A poet, hence mystery ,.s - &c
A being little understood
Here-this side eternity '."| +.s'
Stands dreaming, meath the summer heaven,
His heart In sympathy with all;
The poet feels in the lonely even
Death opes the gates Of III jasper wall.
The poet of the beautiful, 81 .,,. ...,
The poet OF the good and pure,
Hears rare, rich tones of sweet bulbul,
Like lovely voice Of angel wooer.,
A golden dream moves through the vale,
And down the mount,of zephyr comes:
A whisper lreathes through forest swale,
\ Where the pensive night-bird humss
That beauty; seen by poets eye,
Though hidto visions not % brjghtys
Enchanting loveliness-delight!
From ocean foam more stars arise
And join their sisters o: the night
On mystic wings. from Paradise,
A host Of angels pass IN sight
The poet feels the spell, like s!eep,
. The magic spell that dreams DER all;
Across immensity-vast deep
The spirits of the blessed CALI!
He feels, though strange, life's grand and fair
That beauty springs from the Unknown
And love; that we should not despair
OF hopes we deem forever flown.
- '-' ~ --' '''' -Kunsas city Times.
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the unavoidable wearing out caused by
even the smallest amount of friction, the
clock would run as long as the solid earth
endures. This clock is hung against a
board partition, with all the works ex-
posed, subject to the Earrings Of ma
chinery, and Instructions from dust set
thing upon it, yet, since March l, 1877, it
has been running continuously and uni
formIy, with only slight reported varia-
tions, as tested by transit observation
at noon. -..,-s,,.
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.et How is it that a man will bolt. . glass
Of whisky in just half the time it takes
him to bolt his bedroom door?-New
York Neaos. Probably because he bolts
the whisky first. Some men can't ever
find the bedroom door after holting
big glass Of whisky. So we've been in
formed. No7ristown Herald,
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= 'i't = ~ hIr!tA G%tti
Another Kentucky Cave.

10 The Paducah San tells of recently
discovered cave on the farm of MI. Hen
~ OBrien, Of Lyon county. The cave
is in the high bluffs that overlook the
Tennessee river. Mr.. VBrien and his
neighbors explored it the other day, and
they we're Mortified to find seven skele-
tons tenanting the darkness. The Sun
says that from their surroundings, and
the fact that the mouth Of the room in
which they were found had been almost
entirely INSTRUCTED by debris, which
must have been many years in accumu-
slating,git is probable that the bones are
those Of some early aborigines of the
Ohio and Tennessee valleys. The ap-
pearance Of two of the skeletons would
indicate that fearful tragedy had been
enacted in the gloomy recesses Of this
subterranean cavern, for one of them
lies across the other, and the .bony fin
gers Of both hands yet clutch the throat
Of the supposed victim. The walls Of
the room in which the bones were dis
covered are as smooth as if they had
been finished with chisel. Outside of
the ZONES, though, nota vesture of any
thing that would indicate that the cave
had ever been occupied by human beings
remains, sts' - -
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MrsrAKEN,.

The young man paced the parlors,
While she was cleaning her teeth; !
And he thought of the needed dollars H
Which the old man had to bcqueath.
The old man sat on the counter,
With his head between his hands,
And rejoiced that his girl had a lover
Who would help him meet his deman
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hoped so long had came at last. Margie
was intently watching the horses feet,
as the fog limited her range of vision,
and she would not look at Philip.
e eMargie, ! ~ ", 5-,,f-- .u
There was a sudden dash and whir],
which jerked the reins from Philips
hands and almost threw him from his
seat. The horses, which, for the mo-
ment, were loosely held, had come sud-
denly upon bit of glare ice, and in a
fright had completely whirled the cutter
out Of the road. Philips strong grasp
upon the reins soon reduced the fright
ened horses to a steadier gait, and he
turned them back toward the road; but
no road appeared. "A little vexed at his
own carelessness, Philip drove rapidly
back and forth, turning about rather
heedlessly and becoming more and more
'perplexed at the non-appearance Of the
road. Margie watched anxiously, but
said nothing. Finally Philip reined up
his horses. st IT. z, ~ an :
"Well," he said. .-z--.-. .-
"Well," echoed Margie, with little
futter of laugh that died out suddenly
as she looked up and saw Philips brows
contracted in a heavy frown, and an aIlx-
ious expression in his eyes. . ~. !,
g am afraid we cannot find the road
again. l think the better way will be to
strike off in the direction Of home, and
we.shall come upon the track by and BY"
Philip spoke easily, as if the home di-
rection must be known by intuition. In
point of fact, he had not the remotest
idea which way to turn, and there was
neither shore nor star to guide him; but
he had seen the sudden fear that had
come into Margie's face, and resolved to
keep his ignorance to himself. about
this, I think" giving rapid but hope
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WIZ SA4O" ~ Oh 8OvCAs2 ,ASo3 oNAS
piled, "all over the ground" He only
said: "It's snow jokin' matter" This
cutter little II ~ 80 b--Tseg goe u
A cLoTH1ER has excited public curl
osity by having large apple painted on
his sign. When asked for an explana-
ton. he inquired, eff it hadn't been for
an apple, where would the ready-made
clothing stores be to-day?' N
a A BROOKLYN paper, speaking OF
workman, in hat factory in that city,
who was SO unfortunate as to have his
entire beard torn off by being caught in
a revolving belt, says that it was mar
row escape. It was rather close shave,
thatsa fact..s D s5EJ0
LITTLE Alice's grandfather is almost
centenarian. One of her companions
one day asked her: I" How old is your
grandpa 2" :" Hush!" said she. "Don't
speak SO loud: believe God has forgot
ten him." 4 td5Sffa5i @G,T
"HAvE our city authorities any nos
trilsW asks correspondent who COM
plains Of nuisance. Well, we suppose
they have. You know the old adage that
g Corporations have nose-hoies.-N I.
Com. Adv. 800
=, You will observe" said the host, as
he showed visitor through the house,
you will observe that we. have Two
halls. Yes, said the guest-he wasa
book keeper am glad to see you i've
on the, double entry PLAN"
A GROUP Of people in New York were
discussing the new pope the other morn.
ing. Where does he get the name Oh
Leo?" said one. ooh! said another,
q citizen Of at least thirty-five years, ne
belongs to the Leo family-a very old
Italian family they are! And very long
lived, tool! !"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-19

"1he oery man OF all others aoho has the
deepest interest in a sound currency, and
acho suffers most by nsischtecous legislation ia
money matters, is the man aoho earns his dai-
ty bread By his daily toll. A deprecated cur.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
failing betaceen morning and noon, and fal.
Ting still toacer 6et,geen noon and night, these
things constitute the very harvest time Of spec
utators, and Of the ,ohole race of those ,oso are
at once idle and crafty. y y 4 disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
ecats 1t Hundermines the uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppixess.
IL 'cdrs against industry, tragalty and econ
orny, and it fosters the eul spirits of e1trac-
agdnce and speculation. Of all the contri-
odnces for cheating the laboring classes of
mankind, none has been more efectaal than
that achich deludes them with paper money.
This IS the most efectual Of Intentions to fer
tiHze the rich mans fields By the s,ceat of the
poor mans bro,o. Ordinary tyranny, oppres.
sion, ercessioe tdratioa, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared Nth
fraudulent cuYrencies and the robberies COM
nsStted By deprecated paper.n--=Dalaid
JFpbsfer
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Magazine Notices.

The Postal Guide for July has ju4 been pub
lished by Houghton, Osgood s. Co. Being re-
vised by authority of the Post Ofie Depart
ment, and issued under its special snction, it
has peculiar value not only to all posmasters.
but to all who have occasion to ust the post
office. 1t contains an alphabetical list OF Post
Offices in the United States, with the County,
State, and Salary; list Of all money-orter Of
fees in this country, and in other countries
that have money-order arrangements will this
country; the principal regulations of the Post
Office Department; instructions to the public,
and rulings that require special study; foreign
and domestic postage rates; and a variety Of
other information. The July number contains
the rulings of the Department from March to
June 1.
The opening article article of Harper's Maga-
zine for August by f. Keppel one of
tho most jadieieus- art -cnllectnrs in
this country, is devoid to The Golden
Age of Engraving. This paper is en-
belished with thirteen illustrations. represent
ing the great masters Of engraving-Gon
Durer, Rembrandt itwo of whose etchings are
reproduced) Schongauer, Edelinck, Visscher,
Willie, Drevet, Desnoyers, Bervic, and Sharp.
Life at the White Sulphur Springs is the SUBJ
iect of an interesting paper by John Esten
Cooke with twenty fine illustrations Of charac.
ter and scenery. Clara f. Morse, the author
OF Blush Roses, just published in Harper's
Library of American Fiction, contributes a
beautifully illustrated and entertaining
article on Tanbridge Wells, an Old.
fashioned Spa in Kent "the Garden
| of England. Among the illustrations
are fine pictures of Dornden-the residence Of
Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne
| Hever Castle, the residence of Anne Boleyn
and Penshurst, the home of the Sidneys
Nothing could be better suited to the midsum
mer season than Mrs. Conants paper on Bird
| and Plumage, with sixteen illustrations by Glib
son. The paper treats of birds whose feathers
| are used for ornamentation. 1t describes the
haunts and peculiar habits of the peacock, Tyre
| bird, various species of pheasants and birds o.
paradise, humming-bird, ibis, stork, toucan
parrot, ostrich, whidah-bird, trogan, grebs
eider.duck and egret-all of which are illus
trated. General Egbert L. Viele, in A Glimps
OF Nature from my Verandah, presents mid
summer in its scientific aspects, with illustra
| tions.
Three short stories are given, each of whic
has special interest. Jenny Grdley's Cor
cession is by the anonymous author of Justine
| Lovers. Aunt Eunice's Idea is q humorou
story by Miss FL. II. Holdich, with two illui
trations by Abbey. Manuel Menendez is fror
the Italian of De Amicis, by Professor Charlie
Carroll, illustrated by Pyle.
Thomas Knox contributes remarkable pi
per entitled John Comprador, giving an insId
view of Chinese mercantile life, not only /
J China, but also in other countries, and expo
, ing the methods by which the Chinese ha,
gained in the competition with foreign me
| chants
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TERMS: Eight Dollars a Year in advance.
mail subscribers Seven Dollars Year if paid in 8
vance.
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LNEVE Statesmen Immediately. Apply to
IL L. f. GRAVES, Adams Honse,
ga. M. to p. NJ.
ju13 diva
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LIVINGSTONE, the Crow Creek robber In
dian agent, recommended in his latest report
that Congress should at once extend the
authority ofthe United States courts over the
Indians, so that, ne said, "Indians should
understand that they could not commit
crime and go unpunished." The advice is
good, but let us first extend the authority OF
the United States courts over Livingstone.
He seems more in need of understanding
that he cannot commit crime and go un'
punished, than any Indian who has lived for
the last hundred years.
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REPUBLICAN
State Convention for 1878

tIhe Republicans of Maine, and all indepe ndent
voters who in favor OF preserving the credit Of
the National Government, and sound currency for
the people-equivalent to coin and redeemable in
coin-are requested to send delegates to State Con-
ventiOn to be held in the
City Hall at Portland, Tuesday, July 80,
ISIS, at III O'Clock A. WI.
Tor the purpose OF nominating candidate for Gov
enor, and transacting any other business that NAV
properly come before the Convention
Ihe basis OF representation will be as follows
Each city, town and plantation is entitled to one
delegate and one additional delegate tor every rs
votes given for the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor in 1876. fraction of forty votes over the
number which is entitled to one delegate. will be
accorded delegate.
The State Committee will be in session the evening
preceding, and at o'clock the morning of the Con.
vention, and will receive credentials of delegates
JAMES G. BLAINE. KENNEBEc, Chairman.
GEORGE G. WING, Androscoggin,
LEWIS B. JOHNSON, Aroostook.
FRED N. DOW, Cumberland.
D. G. BEAN, Franklin.
S. X. WHITING, Hancock,
ID. N. MORTLAND, Knox.
ANDREW LACY, Lincoln.
A. III. WALKER, Oxford,
G. A. BOUTELLE, Penobscot
Q. A. PACKARD. Piscataquis
JOHN s. ELLIOTT, Sagadahoc.
s. D. LINDSEY, Somerset,
w. HI. FOGLER, Waldo.
w. j. CORTHELL, Washington
JAMES M. ANDREWS, York.
j. 0. SMITH, Secretary
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FITzsnfMoNs, who was appointed United
States Marshal on the recommendation OF
Senator Gordon of Georgia, and who distin-
guished himself on taking Office by the declar-
alton that the presence of soldiers ''annoyed''
the men engaged in defrauding the govern
ment, is not remarkable success. Illicit
distillation is carried on openly and he finds it
impossible to collect the revenue. The plan
of conciliating illicit distillers is as great a
failure as some other plans of conciliation.
Senator Gordon thought revenue frauds
would be rendered impossible in three
months. The three months were up some
time ago.
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Fifth District Convention.

The Republicans of the Fifth Congressional Dis
trct are requested to send delegates TO Congress
sional Convention to be held at Belfast, on TUES
DAY, August 9Th, 1878, at 10 o'clock A. M, to
nominate candidate for Representative to Congress,
and attend to any other business that may come
before the convention.
Basis,-each city, town or plantation is entitled to
one delegate, and one additional delegate for every
seyenty-ive votes given for the Republican candi-
date for Governor in 1876, and one additional dele
gate for a. fraction of forty votes so cast.
JAMES A. MILLIKEN,
A. ID. BEAN,
ORREN LEARNED,
A. M. HOPKINS,
JAMES nj. BLAISDELL,
DAVIS TILSON,
July 4, 1878.
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JAMES BUCHANAN.

Such medium (irredeemable paper mon
ey,) has always been liable to f1uctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in-
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin
Gus speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and ."-Chief Justice Mar
ShnM
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THE Pennsylvania Greenback men, says an
exchange, have just discovered that Mr.. Mason
their candidate for Governor, is acting as
attorney for six railroad and two other cor
porations, and that on the subject of usury
the matter is absolutely appalling "as he fig
ures as defendant and defendants counsel in
nine-tenths of the suits that have been
brought for usorious INTEREST," in the county
where he lives.
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AS n very important source of Strength
ana security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving il is 10 nse II as
sparingly ms possible; avoiding occasions
OF expense by cuItivating peace, but re-
membering also that timely disburseme enfs
10 prepare for danger frequently Prevoni
much greaiter disburscs nents 10 repel II
avoiding likewise the accumulation Oi
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"A return TO specie payments mt the earli-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard to all interests concerned, should ever
be kept i'm view. Fluctuations i'm the value
of currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest pos
sibIe point will always be leading pur-
pose i'm wise Legislation. ConveFiibiIity,
prompt and certain convertibilify into
coin is acknowledged TO be the best and
suresr safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
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THE Nep Era in its latest issue publishes
a cartoon representing two men loafing
while third is moving field with scythe.
The cartoon presumably pictures the state of
affairs after the Western Socialists, misled by
the wild and revolutionary doctrines of emf
nent Greenbackers like Brick Pomeroy, have
destroyed all the moving machines and are
complacently looking on while the farmer is
driven back to the use of his old i'm 2lement