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The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

CHICAGO, April 5-Hogs-receipts 49, 600 bead ship
ments $500 heads all sold early opening weak closing
tirmer; Mixed rough at As q g.; light at 81 q
3 IS; heavy at 8 20 (dl 90.
Cattle-receipts 200 head; shipments $500 head !;
supply moderate and in good demand; inferior to
medium shipping at 80 a %; fair to good 40 q
60: choice to fancy at 81 % 20; good feeders at
4 90; stockers active at 8 90 "a 4 90.
Sheep-receipts $40 head; shipments 100 head (;
shipping demand strong; sales inferior to fancy at
z 75 IA 90.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6.

men in GermaDy-to do anything about it.
Let Baden beware how it Drovokes an Amer-
eau girl with its Old World pett,shness This
thing must b. met at the outset Else wa shall
have the heir of England getting out 40 ininnc.
iion on Mr.. Salem q. Wales and the Bishop
OF Ely tbunderiog anathemas at our worthy
msyor.-N. Y World
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
An Express Train R.bbea

NEW ORLEANS, April "a Galveston spec.
lsl says through express train on the Texas
Pacific wac stopped and robbed last night at
Eagle Ford station. The express messe niger
and mail agents surrendered without resist
ance. Passengers were not molested
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

WOULD YOU BE FREE FROM the tormentng pains
caused by Kidney Disease, use HUNTS REMEDY,
the great Kidney Medicine. Kidney Diseases, Drop
~, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, are
cured by HUNTS REMEDY. One trial will con-
vince you.
CkARK's ToorHAoHE DROPS cure Instantly.
apHlo eOdStH1W
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
SHOT DEAD.


Reckless Daring Of a Professional
Marksman.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., April "a variety COM
pany from Mozarts Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y,
has been playing this week at the Opera House
at Pawtucket. Oae feat is shooting an aople
from the head or hand of a performer. Tonight
Mile VOllante, trapeze performer, held the
apple on her head, and Mrs. Jennie Fowler.
known on the stage as Franklin, was to shoot
the apple. With uncommon recklessness the
shooter stood with her back to the mark, taking
aim BY the reflection in the mirror The rifle
was discharged and Mlle Volante fell dead on
the stage, shot through the forehead. Mrs.
Franklin was taken into custody by the police
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
METEOROLOGICAL,

INDICATIONS FOB THH NEXT TwENTY-EouR
hours.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIaNALI
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
April 6, l A. MY
For New England
Cloudy and rainy weather, colder northeast to
northwest winds and rising barometer.
Cautionary signals continue at New Haven,
New London, Newport Woods hole, Boston,
Thatcher's Island, Portland and Eastport.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
ITALY.
Foreign ReIations OF Che Vatican.

ROME, April lit is stated that England
will raise no obstacles to the establishment of
relations with the Vatican but reserves her
right to indicate the basis thereof. The Vatican
has instructed the German archbishop to do
nothing to prejudice negotiations for reestab.
fishing relations between Berlin and the Vati-
can,
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
Fereixn Exports.

AYR, SCOT. Schr S Hume-3l5.771 # lumber.
HAVANA. Brig j Brown-424s shocks and
heads, 1876 hoops, II empty casks, rs drums fish,
boxes do.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
Foreign Notes,

A Calcutta despatch says that in consequence
of political crisis the Indian government is con-
sidering certain precautionary measures.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
Boston Stock Market.
[Sales at the Brokers Board, April 81

% Bates Manufacturing Co..................... 50
20 Eastern Railroad ..ssss.....s......,. VI
Boston q Name Railroad 7s....,........ = "a Ill
Eastern Railroad bonds). ............. = a 623
Boston q Maine Railroad .......,,,,,,., "a 1868
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-100o bush corn meal 10 @
W True q Co,
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

.
AR at New York 5th, ships Ne Plus Ultra, Borden,
London; Jos Spnney jordan, Liverpool.
At st Thomas Mich Esd, sch st Crox, Leland, from
United States, disg.
At ProviIcetown 9Th, sch Hart, Kelley. from
Wilmington for Portland; M Chadwick, Norris,
Kennebec for Baltimore.
Huaniilos.
ar at Genoa 4th. barque Evanell, Colcord, from
New York.
ar at Liverpool Sd. paraue viii W Chase, Dermott,
Bristol, Mel ship Sterling Baker, San Francisco.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
MEMORANDA.

Brig Abbie Titcomb recently wrecked on Ane-
zada Reef. bad previ 'usly experienced heavy gales
and lost OF her sails and spaIs No trace of the
wreck could be found shortly after she struck. Capt
Kepney took the steamer Hadji for New York.
Sch Jos Farwell, recently sold at New York under
attachment for salvage, was bought in by the owners
and has been lowed to Rockland for repairs. Her
spars all gone except mainmast; the hull is only
lightly damaged.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Chicago Cattle Marke,.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 5-The Printing cloths
market is still Inactive. There were few sales of Ga
6s at 5-16c less l. but free offers OF SIC gener-
ally declined.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
MARINE NEWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Friday, April 5.

Friday, April D.
ARRIVED.
Ship Jersey, (of Bangor) Small, Liverpool, %
days. in ballast. to Ryan q Kelsey, tor orders.
Sch Emma w Day, -, Boston for Bristol
Sch Ruin G Thomas, Thorndike, Kennebec for
Baltimore.
Sch Reno Ackley. Kennebec for New York.
Sch e Q Gates, Freeman. Calais tor Providence
Sch Susan Frances Smi'h Lamoine for Boston.
Sch Pemaquid, Elliott, Bristol for Boston.
CLEARED.
Brig j Brown, Foster, Havana-Nutter, Kim.
ball q Co. ,
Sch Hume. Diggns, AYR. (ScotEBerlin Mills.
Sch City of Ellsworth, Grant. Ellsworth-Chase
Bros.
Ship Richard McManus, $40 tons. built at Bdde-
ford 1855 and owned at Brunswick, has been sold
at Batavia.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
MARRIED.

In Brunswick, March 10. William Pierce and Miss
Lena C. Allen.
In Wiscasset, March 81, Chas. II. Ames and Mrs
Annie j. Albee
In Belfast, March %, j. W. Collins and Miss Rosa
E. Jackson.
At swans Isle, March 10, Lewis A. Staples and
Miss Agenora Bridges.
In ISiddeford, March 20, Leonard Knox and Miss
Lucy A. Cleaves.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

OISHfHHK Huust IEHuBacIIOns.
PORTLAND, April 5.
The Clearing House Of the Portland Banks report
the transaction Of business as follows to-day:
Gross Exchanges. S134, S41 II
Net Balances. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1898 ~
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
DIED..

In this city, April 4, Mary E., wife of j. H. Coffin,
aged s. years.
fNolice of funeral hereatter.l
in this city, April s. Edward Greeley. infant son of
jam 5 and May Greeley, aged 16 months II days
in Brunswick, March Is, Mis-. Sybil Abbott, aged
is years,
76 years.
years months.
In Bath. April 2, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, aged "a yrs.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

California M ming Stocks,
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5-The following are tho
closing official prices OF mining stocks TODAY COM
pared with those of yesterday:
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

In North Boothbay. April 8, Mrs. Catharne Slower,
aged 81 years months.
In Gardiner, March 20, Lucy, wife of Edw. Hatch,
aged about IS years.
In Bremen. March "a, Annah, wife Of John Genth-
ner, aged 70 years months.
In Augusta. March q, William B. Pierce, aged 76
years months.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Notice.

vFyHE annual meeting of GCRHAn saw
Il ING> BASk Will be he'd at the office Of
the Treasu or, in Gorham, on SATURDAY, the
sixth day of April next, at half past three oeock In
the afternoon for the choice Of Trustees tor the en-
suing year and the transaction OF any other business
which may be lawfully attended to.
JOHN A. WATERMAN,
Clerk and Treas.
Gorham, March 25, 1873. mar26endlw'
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Havana Market.
HAVANA. April 5.-Sugars are weak aud tending
downward.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

pleu Dy Russia.
BERLIN, April 5-One of the minor Journal
today published an extra stating that prepare
tions are making for modifying the German
army and also containing other alarming state.
ments.
In the German Parliament the Minister of
War declared that the statements were untrue.
A Suggestion to England.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 5.-The Agence
Russo has an article today which after stating
that the government learned through Ignatieff' s
mission what were Austrla's objections to the
treaty, regrets England did not make known
her proposals as well as her objections. and
says if England should state what she proposes
then her proposals and those of the cAbiaet at
Vienna might have q way for common under
standing.
The Bessarabian Question.
LONDON, April Official dispatches about
the Russo Roumanian imoroglio throw no new
light on the reported disposition Of the Rou-
msnIan cabinet to consent to the cesson of
Bessarabia to Russia. Because the Roum anian
agents at st. Petersburg and Vienna belong to
the national party and oppose the cession OF
Bessarabia the cabinet would, therefore, be
unlikely TO hold other than patriotic language
IN communicating with them. But the fact is
pointed to as significant that Bretano, Rou-
maulan premier, made a special mission to
Vienna during lgnstieff's presence there and
curing MS absence no sessions of the Chambers
were intended to be held, probably with the
purpose OF preventing Irritating speeches and
action on the part of the members towards Rus
sia Modify ing statements also begin to come
from Bucharest, such as more sober minded
RoamaoIaos and foreigners living 10 Bucha-
rest think there has been unnecessary and inn
polite excitement over the Bessarabian ones,ion
the decision of which cannot be practically af-
fec ed by feverisb patriotic speeches and news
p per articles against the prop 'sed change of
territory. In the light of suspicious thrown on
l. d.. nhneI
Prince Gortschakoff's undIplomaticl language
to the Roumanisn agent at st. Petersburg may
have been Intended to help the government to
bring the country round to their view. 1t Is
now regarded 10 Bucharest extremely i'm
probable that a protest will be sent to
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

Ths species of Vegetables vs aou cub
tivass have bsra raissd and eaten for cent
uries- Esen before the Cnristiaa err
many Of them were In use.
Lettuce HIS bsea used st the table for
thou.aDds Of Year,. Hsrodotus tells u
that il was served ct the royal table cent
uries before the Christian ere, and one Of
the noble families Of Rome derived it,
name from this plant.
Spinach, asparagus, and celery have
been cultivated and eaten among the
Eastern nations thousands Of years.
Jesus took the mustard seed a. the ex-
ponent Of parable, showing that it was
esteemed among the Jews.
Radishes were known and grown by
the Greeks, and we're offered ct Apollo's
shrine, wrought in precious metals.
Parsnips were raised and brought from
the Rhine to add to the Injuries Of
Tiberius' table. ll
Beets were very highly esteemed cent.
uries ago, and carrots were in such repute
in Queen Elixabeth's reign that tho ladies
of her court adorned their huge struct-
ures of false hair with their feathery
plumes.
Peas, at Elizabeth's court, were very
rare, and were imported from Holland ~
. great delicscy.
Fruits, also, were in great reputs
among the ancients.
The currant was cultivated centuries
ago in European gardens, and WAS called
the Corinthian grape.
Evelyn, in his charming diary, speaks
of bis berries - Corinths; hence the
name of currants.
The damson plum was extensively cul.
tivated at Damascus, whence it, name.
Tho cherry came from Cosus, . city of
Pontus, and the delicious peach, king of
fruits, was first known in Persia.
Tho ounce WAS holy fruit, dedicated
to the goddess of love, and was called
Cydonian apple.
Pears are as ancient a. apples, and are
mentioned among tho Paradisal fruits.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

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fA<rxsz- fsr r4e Lord Cod Almsxhsy ma
'hs tenpAe AZ H. As6 The CITY ka4 10
noed 81 TIE Gun. n<ifher az tss moon %
.aise in it,Ssr TIE glory of Ged did I,ghs<.
H. IL WAS a szPerience Of . lifetime
After vide travel over the globe, and With
many opportunitso Of viewing natural
pheoooens and The woodsrful works Of
God, ! hsvs never seen anything to par
lllel the phosphorescent spisndoFs which
fuT hour were dashin1 tn M ont of the
1arkness.-Bostoa Transcripts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12
Business in Ancient POmpeii.

One Of tho most interesting discover.
les in recent years At Pompeii was made
in 1875, when . wooden chest was brought
to light, containing the business receipts
of l.. Cecillius Jucundus. The chest
crumbled to dust on exposure to the air,
but the tablets upon which the receipts
were written have at length proved legi-
bic in many instances, and the result Of q
careful study of these tablets by Nomm-
sen and others has been to clear up sew.
eral points in what was among the. Ro.
mans matter of great consequence, viz. :
the position of middlemsn in tho affairs
of business. There WAS not among the
Romans the Same extensive system Of
shops as with ~, supplying every posi-
BILE article Of necessity or luxury, and for
this reason there arose innumersble occa.
sions Of private persons desiring to dis
pose of this or that article, a. for instance
. surplus Of agricultural produce, old
carts, old ploughs or even old or invalid
slaves, a. Cato recommends tho land.
owner to do. The tablets are dated &C.
cordiDg to tho custom, by giving tho
names Of the consuls for the year. The
greater part of the dates fall between A. D..
$500. A few are a. carly ~ ~ and 81.
Since there il no more recent date than
SO, it becomes highly probable that the
tablets of Jucundus had been overwhelmed
in the earlier eruptions of Vesuvius. The
majority of the tablets are triptychs, and
were written partly with letters on
wax spread on tho tablet, and partly in
ink on the bare wood. Among them
there 10 only one which gives the amount
of the commission which he received, and
that proves to DO two per cent, which IL
known from other sources to be the gen.
eral rate. Usually he merely says "ninus
the commission" The person to whom
this expense fell was the buyer.-LssIis's
Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

THE OLD ROMAN's BhIDaR.-The
events now transpiriDg in the neighbor-
hood of the Danube bring into curious
prominence the name of the Emperor
Trajan, the buttresses of whose bridge
still stand on opposite banks of the Dan
ube, and whose famous wall seems to be
tho line along which the tide of war 10
rapidly rolling. The bridge thrown over
the Danube BY this great monarch was,
in some respects at least the most re-;
markable of all tho structures that sue
cessive belligerents have erected for tho
passage of their troops. It was not .
mere floating bridge, but q permanent
structure, carried on piers $50 feet high
and 90 feet wide, and it comprised 20
arches, extending altogether over span
OF 4,77O Roman feet. This giant struc-
ture, than which history records nothing
of the kind equal to it, seems to have
been intended as . fortress q we'll - 4
bridge. Standing eighty feet above the
water, it il supposed to have Afforded the
command Of the Danube navigation, .
garrison posted on it being, Of course,
able to damage or destroy vessels passing
under, while they would b above The
reach Of Tetaliation. It Was destroyed
BY Hadriap, and it, precise locality has
been the subject Of some dispute. Rains.
which evidentiy might have formed The
buttrssses Of bridge, occsrring on the
line of IN old Roman road, however,
seem n leave little room for doubt
Lcstea Glsts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12
The NagniAcence Of Moscow.

This 10 one of the richest and most
beautiful cities in the world. It seems 60.
pecially 90 as you approach it in the dis
lance. Standing on elevated ground, it
10 seen from afar in every direction. It's
numerous towers-every church having
several, besides the steeples-with hun
dred Of domes and cupolas, either gid.
cd or painted green and spangled with
stars, together with many gardens and
trees intermixed with the houses, give it
quite an oriental appearance, and oil the
traveller with wonder and admiration
when it first breaks upon his view. The
river Moskva flows to the base of tho hill
on which the Kremlin 10 built. The
Kremlin is q vast citadel, or city, within
q city, enclosed by Q wall from twelve to
sixteen feet thick, and from thirty to fifty
feet high, with many towe1 embattle-
ments and beautiful gates. It contains
also many magnificent churches, also the
Large Palace and the Little Palace. We
entered with uncovered head, ~ every
one is required to do, from the highest Of
fetal to the lowest serf, through the
Gate of the Redeemer, over which hangs
. picture of tho Savior. would like to
tell you of the cathedrals, and the great
bell, which weighs 10000 pools or &c.,.
600 pounds English, now standing With
its broken piece on pedestal. placed there
by the Emperor Nicholas, tho Romanof
Place with it, ancient obelisk; the crook
cd streets and mixed houses, elegant gov.
ernment Offices in close contact with huts
and cottages; the tolerably wide street,
three miles long, leading from the walls
of the Kreml;n to the st. Petersburg gate
and thence to the park or review ground;
also to the treasury, tho public museum
and library, together with modern i'm
provements in gas-pipes, letter boxes, etc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12

BLUNT BUT TRUH.-There 10 said to b
. young man in the Missouri penitentiary
whose parents, at their death, left him q
fortune of $4,000. There il where his
parents made fatal mistake. If they
had taken the precsution to invest that
sum in . small dog, and shot him, and
then had simply left the young man q
jack.plane or . wood. saw, with printed
instructions how to use it, the chances
are that, instead of being in the peniten-
tiary, he would to day have been grsdu-
ally but surely working his way up to q
handsome competency and an honorable
old ago. But ever since the days Of
Adam and Eve parents have made 1t
point 10 toll and struggle oil their lives
in order to realize . sufficient sum Of
money to purchase, when they arc dead
and gone, their sons sach Q drst-class
through ticket to The devil, and IL b Doe
much 70 b wondered q that % many a
their soes, reared in vios asd idlessss. -
too Macy Of them oftsa ere, Asvs 10
higher ambitioa than 10 invest thsis in
heritapce In just that sort Of tzsnsportf-
tioa-