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The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22
BOSTON 4 MAINE RAILROAD.

On and After Monday, July
- Z, ISIS, trains will LEAVE
@-A]at 6.15. S.45 q. M, Ito, $50 p. M, ar
irving at Boston 10.45 M, l.30, $40, 1880 p. m.
Returning leave Boston at $50 M, $3.50 $50, 90
p. arriving at Portland at $780, $780, SEQ, 1000 p.
m. For Scarborough Beach, Pine Point,
Old Orchard Beach, Sac0 and Biddeford
6.15, 8.45, 1000 a. mr. Ito, $780, $50 p. For Ken
nebunk, Wells, No. Berwick, Salmon Falls
Great Falls, Dover, Newmarket, Exeter,
Haverhill, North Andover, Lawrence,
And0ver and Lowell at 6.15, 8.45 a. m, LILO,
$50 p. m. For Rochester, Farm in gton, Al.
ton Bay and W0lfborOugh at e45 a. M, LILO
p. m. For Center Harb0r at S.45 a. m. For
Manchester and Concord (via Newmarket
Junction,) at 6.15 a. M, Ito p (via Lawrence) at
8.45 q. IA. Morning Trains will leave X en-
nehunk for Portland at 7.20 a. m. The ITO
p. m. train from Portland connects at Boston with
all Sound Line Steamers for New York. and all Rail
Lines for New York and the South and West
Through Tickets to all Points South
and West at lowest rates.
Trains on Boston d Maine road connect with
all steamers running between Portland and Ban
gor, Rockland, Mt. Desert, Macsias, Eastport,
Calais, st. John and Halifax. Also, connect with
Grand Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station, and
Maine Central and Portland s. Ogdensburg trains at
Transfer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
transfer Station, Exeter, Lawrence and Boston.
JAS. T. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
3. II. STEVENS. Gen. Agent, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22
TEMPLARs OF HONOR.

At Templars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Monday In each
month.
TEMpLE-Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22
Stated Meetings.
CITY GOVERNMENT

The regular meetings of the City Council take
lace the first Monday evening of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday
evening of each month.
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22

Advertisers will find it cheaper to get their JOB
PRINTING done where they get their Advertising
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I. o. o. F.

at Odd EeLlOa0S' Hall, Harrington Block, Congress
Street.
RELIEF AssocIATIoN-Third Tuesday in the
month.
LoDGEs-Maine, on Monday evenings; Ancieny
Brothers, on Thursday evenings; Lgonfa, on Friday
evenings; Beacon, on Tuesday evenings; Unity No.
8, on Wednesday evening; Ivy, d. off,, second and
fourth Saturday Of each month.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. first and third We'd
nesday; Eastern Star, second and fourth Wednes-
day; Portland first and third Friday; Falmouth,
No. II, first and third Tuesdays.
BENEFIT AssocIATIoN-Board of Directors meet
first Monday evening of each month. Association
meetsfrst Monday evening Of January, April, July
and October.
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22
RAILROADS.
MONDAY, JULY 1, ISIS.
For Lewiston and Auburn.

Passenger Trains leave at 1880 p. m. and $40
pm. The train leaving at Ills p. m, also has a
passenger car attached, connecting at Cumberland
junction with a Mixed Train for Lewiston, Au-
burn, Winthrop and Waterviile. The 1888
p. m. tram is the day train and the Ills p m.
train is the Night Express Train with Pullman
Sleeping Car attached; both make close connection
at Bangor for all stations on the e. q N. A.
Railway, and for 81. John and Halifax. The
Ills p. m. train makes close connection at Ban
gOr for all stations on bangor II Riscata-
quis R. r., HOulton, Woodstock, ST. An.
drews, 81. Stephen, Fredericton. Fort
Fairfield and Caribou. The 6l5 a. m. train
from Portland connects at ROckland, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays with str.
Chas. Houshton. forming day line to Mt.
Desert.
Passenger Trains arrive in Portland as
f0llows:-The morning trains from Augusta, Gar
diner, Bath, Brunswick and Lewiston at s.35 and
$40 a. m. The day trains from Bangor, Dexter,
Belfast, SkOwhegan, Pennington, X. & l.. r. R.,
and all intermediate stations at 1886 and 1888 p.
m. The afternoon train from Augusta, Bath, X, q
L, r. r. at 5.25 p. m. The night Pullman Express
train at 2.10 a. m.
PAYsON TUCKER, Sup't.
Portland July 1, 1878 je2S1tf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

bound mine more firmly to the tree. l then
took two or three turns of the rope around my
waist made knot and let myself cautiously
down.
had Just picked the flowers when, look
ing up, / saw Carmela's smiling face above
Instad Of showing the least fear, she pointed
to some similar flowers. growing quite out of
my reach, and said she would get them her
self. Before / could do anything to prevent
her she was scrambling down 10y the aid Of
the other rope. With horror / remembered
that l had undone its fastening and that it
was quite insecure. l tried to arrest Carmela
10y the most earnest gestures, but in vain
The danger was terrible. ! threw all my
VOWS Of silence to the winds and cried out
"Carnea, your rope is united. For Heavens
sake stop :"
l tried to say it, but not a sound came
Long dsuse Of my voice had made me indeed
dumb l started TO move toward her but be-
fore l had advanced n single step her rope
gave way. A piercing shrek rang through
the air, and there was the rushing sound of n
body falling. | let 60 my own hold on the
rocks and knew no more.
All that happened for many days afterward
was inextricably blended in my mind with the
delirious dreams Of brain fever. When at
last | came to myself again | was lying in a
cool and dark room My brother was sitting
by my bedside relating his adventures, and /
was talking to him with as good a voice as
ever. The shock l had received, it seems
had removed the temporary paralysis of the
vocal organs which my long silence had
brought on. Suddenly while l was half lis
tening to my brother, and half trying to re-
call the events which preceded my illness, the
memory Of that last fatal evening came back
TO me. And Carmela:' exclaimed what
of herr"
Ny brother pressed my hand tenderly and
whispered. They never found her. the wa
ter is deep there and the current strong
RoJtrt A. -HcLeod in LippiRc0tts for january.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

The MoDocs who were subdued at SO great
a cost in 1873, were removed, after their sur
render, as it will be remembered, to a reser-
walton set apart for them in the Indian terri
tory gentleman who has lately travelled
through that territory reports to a Texas pa
per that they have made good progress in CIV
ilization. They have four thousand acres Of
land, on which they have built pretty COM
Portable houses, and have fenced and in culti-
vation more than eight acres of land for each
person in the tribe. They raised this year
one hundred and seventy acres of corn and
one hundred and twenty acres of wheat, and
cut one hundred and forty tons of hay. They
have two hundred and thirty head of
cattle, besides hogs and poultry. Fifty-nine
of their children attend schools Up to this
time they have received some assistance from
the government. but hereafter they are ex-
pected TO maintain themselves They appear
to have done nearly as well as the same num-
ber of white people, equally destitute, forci-
bly, removed to n strange land, and required
to earn their living by labor TO which they
were unaccustomed, could have been expected
to do. These Modocs, however were not alb
solute savages. They had lived among or in
the neighborhood of white people for many
years, spoke English freely, and some of them
had earned comfortable living by work on
farms of their own, or as farm laborers, be-
fore they left California.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

RUTLAND Is ENJOYING BRILLIANT Hoax
on an enthusiastic sportsman of that town, in
the preparation of which the Forest and
Stream paper was badly sold. Last spring
Martin ]. Everts imported from Messina, Ita-
ly. two boxes of migratory quail They bred
and in the fall went South, being traced as
far as Eagle Bridge, n. Y. Some weeks after
their departure some friends of Mr.. Everts
procured one of their number at the South to
write long account of the appearance of a
flock of migratory quail near Cape Hatteras,
at which point they turned and flew over the
ocean. The Forest and Stream published
this letter with the headline, "Have we a
new Species of Bird in America z" although
they had previously published minute ac-
counts of Judge Evertss- importation The
Rutland Herald and Globe bit voraciously at
the bait laughed at the Forest and Stream for
the blunder in its headline, and accounted for
the birds putting to sea on the ground that in
their European migrations they had crossed
the Mediterranean; that the flight from Ver-
mont TO Cape Hatteras was the length of their
usual land fight, and that they mistook the
Atlantic for the Mediterranean, and were of
course lost. Judge Everts saw the article,
and vented his disappointment in the terse
remark They've all gone to HI now, any
way" The hoax, which was originated by
DR.. Goldsmith, Gen. Ripley, Lieut.. t.-Gov.
Proctor and others, has just leaked out, and
is costing the genial Judge heavily.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

LAND PIRATES ON THE NoRrH CAROLINA
COAST. An inquiry into the circumstances of
the loss of the U. $. steamer Huron on the
2ith of November, brings out very strongly
the fact that the coast of North Carolina is in
Tested with passive variety of land-pirate.
The people, as a rule did not exert them
selves to save the lives of those who were
wrecked on their deadly shore. They did not
hasten to warn the men at the lifc-saving sta
ton. They waited calmly for the bodies Of
the drowned to be washed up on the beach,
and then they proceeded TO rob the dead of
trinkets, money, and valuablos One good
man, Evan O'Neill, having seen the wreck
and heard the shrieks of the dying, drove
home with his ox-cart, ate his breakfast, and
sauntered down to the beach when he had
nothing else to do. lie had boat and, with
a full wind, could have sailed down the inlet
to the lhe-saving station and given the alarm.
lie contented himself with telling his neigh
bors the good news of the wreck and fortify-
ing himself for future operations with
breakfast. 1t is on this coast that the pros
porous "tar-heels" sometimes say, whiningly
Providence has been good to us and has sent
a power of wrecks ashore this Winter"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

The New SILVER DoLLARs.-The Advertis-
er's Washington correspondent says the new
specimens of silver dollars, Of which Senator
Jones presented two to President Hayes the
other day, are exceedingly perfect and beau
tiful pieces of workmanship, surprising in
sharpness and finish any coins ever struck,
either in this or any other country. Two dol
lars have been made, each of the same size,
and of the weight of 4l2t grains, and con-
forming in device and inscription to legal re-
quirements The most marked change from
the old dollar is the representation of ''Liber-
ty," which, instead of sitting figure, is a
large, sharply defined female head on one of
the coins wearing the hair confined in q circ-
let, on the front of which is the word ''Liber-
ty." and on the other wearing a loose cap,
wreathed with grain and flowers. Both bear
the legend, In God We trust" one in old, the
other in modern, English text. Upon the
other side of the coin is a spread eagle the
motto ''E pluribus unum," the thirteen stars
and the denomination of the coin. The ea-
giles hold arrows and olive branches in their
talons and wreath of oak and laurel encir-
cles the lower portion of the coin. Only a
very small number of the coins have been
struck. and these only as specimens, but the
demand for them from collectors is very great,
ten dollars having been refused for one. 1t is
not certain, should the pending measure for
initiating the silver coinage become a law, that
these designs will be finally approved, but
the indications are strong in that direction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11
Miscellany.
"Wben the Tide Goes Out"


Through the weary day on his couch he lay,
With the life-tide ebbing slowly away,
And the dew on bis cold brow gathering fast,
While the pendulum numbered moments passed II
Aud heard low voice whispering say:
''When the tide goes out ne will pass away.
Pray for a souls serene release
That a weary soul may rest in peace
When the tide goes OUT
when the tide goes out from the sea -girt land
II bears strange freight from the cleaning sand.
The white-winged ships that silent wait
For favoring wave and wind that's late,
The treasures cast on rocky shore
From the stranded ships that shall sail no more,
And hopes that follow the shining seas
oh the ocean wide shall win all thss
when the tide goes OUT
But, Of all drift from the shore TO the sea,
IL the human soul to eternity
Saddest, most solemn Of oil, "A soul
Passing where unknown waters roll,
Floating away from the silent shore,
Like a fated ship to return no more.
where shall the surging currents teud,
Slowly dividing friend from friend,
"When the tide goes out p
For one parting spirit pray. oh! pray,
While the tide Of life is chbing away,
That the soul may pass over summer seas
That clasped of old the Hesperides,
In a barque whose sails, by angel hands,
Shall be- furled on a strand of golden sands;
And the friends that stand on silent shore,
Knowing that we shall return no more,
Shall wish us Joy Of q voyage fair,
With calm, sweet skies and favounR air.
"when the tide goes out
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

WAsHISGroN's IDEAS OF THE C1v11 SERVICE
When Washington was called TO the presi-
dency in 1873 there were no regularly organ
ized parties, and there was no room for pat
ronage in partisan sense. and nothing could
exceed the justice of the rules by which he
was guided Called TO the executive chair
even against his wishes, he said he would go
to 1t under no pre-engagement of any kind or
nature whatever. but would hold himself alb
solutely at liberty to act while in Office with
sole reference to justice and the public good.
SO much depended on wisdom and impartial
ity in this matter that, in case of injudicious
or unpopular measures with regard to appoint
ments. the government itself would be in the
utmost danger Of being utterly subyerted.
My political conduct" he said ''in making
nominations must be exceedingly circum-
spect" Again Il do not intend to be sway
ed i'll the disposal of places by motives arising
from the ties of friendship and blood" All
this time it is not to be supposed there was
nobody to prevent his claims" Even be-
fore his Inauguration. Washington was greatly
annoyed by applications for appointments.
and invariably represented to such persons
the delicacy OF his situation, and the impro-
priety Of bringing such matters before him.
He apprehended what afterward proved true
that there would be a hundred competitors
for every Office of any importance but for a
long time ne would give no decisive answer TO
the applications of any candidates whatever,
and would only nominate such persons as in
his judgment were best qualified to discharge
the duties Of the departments to which they
were appointed. As between an intimate
friend and determined opponent, he gave a
lucrative Office which both had applied for to
the latter with the following explanation :;
My friend | receive with cordial welcome.
He Is welcome TO nv house and welcome to
my heart but with all his good qualities he
is not a man of business His opponent with
all his politics so hostile to me. is a man of
business. My private feelings have nothing
TO do in the case. am not George Washing
ton, but President Of the United States. As
George Washington, l would do this man any
kindness in my power. As President of the
United States, l can do nothing. -!Scr5Rer
ytor january
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11
NO. 2.
CURRENT NEWS PAnAGnAPHs.

The HoRRoBs OF WAN At PLEvNA.-The
correspondent Of the London Times, writing
of the scenes at Plevna Immediately after the
surrender. says that hundreds of Russian
skeletons lay gstening on the hill-sides where
they had fallen during the assault of Septe1n-
Der The bones were generally completely
bare. Those nearest TO the Turkish earth
work had been covered with few inches Of
earth, which had been washed off by the first
shower, and now they lay as naked as the
Others The Moslem outpost pits were
among these skeletons, many of them being
not more than yard distant Notwithstand-
ing the infectious neighborhood Of these hor-
rible human relics, not a shovelful of earth
had been thrown over them. Singular it
may seem, many of these skeletons had dis
tinct expressions, both in the attitude in which
they had fallen and in the position Of the
Aeshless jaws. As ] sat on my horse and gaz-
ed on the horrible spectacle, l could distin-
guish those who had fallen without suffering
from those who had died in agony, and the
effect was such as l shall never forget"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN.-Among the dis
coyeries made by Col. Rawlinson in the exca-
yations of Babylon, was Nebuchadnezzar's
hunting diary with notes. and here and there
portrait of his dogs, sketched by himself,
with his name under it. He mentions in it
his having been ill and while he was deliri-
Gus he thought he had been out to Craze like
the beasts of the field Is not this a wonder
full corroboration of Scripture? Rawlinson
also found a pot of preserves, in an excellent
state, and gave some to Queen Victoria to
taste. How little Nebuchadnezzar's cook
dreamed whe making them that, twenty-five
centuries aft the Queen of England would
eat some of tie identical preserves that fig
ured at his masters table
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

Coon MoRNING.-Don't forget to say Good
morning Say it to your parents, your broth
ers and sisters, your schoolmates, your teach
ers, your servants-and say it cheerfully, and
with a smile. There is a kind of inspiration
in every good morning heartily and smil-
ingly spoken, that helps to make home fresh
er and work lighter. 1t really seems TO make
the morning good, and to be prophecy of a
good day to come after it. And if this be
true of the good morning" it is also of all
kind, hearty greetings. They cheer the dis
couraged, rest the tired one, and somehow
make the wheels of life run smoothly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THISKISG.-Th
past year has been a very trying one to pub
fishers of every class, to the publishers of
books periodicals, and newspapers. A great
many persons. in order to maintain as far as
possible a certain style of living, have denied
themselves books. magazines, and papers.
When the pressure of the times came upon
them they decided that mental food was lux
ury that could be dispensed with without in
jury that a certain amount and kind of food
and clothing for the body, to which they had
become accustomed, We're necessities to be
obtained as far a. possible Beefsteak or
chops and rolls for breakfast; liberal lunch
at midday, aud n substantial array of meat
and vegetables for dinner, have been consid-
cred indispensable to the maintenance of
health and vigor of body and social position.
A certain quality and variety of clothing has
been regarded as equally Indispensable We
are tempted TO tell the results of our observa-
ton We have witnessed some domestic man.
agement that would be amusing if one could
forget the very sad side of it. These persons
have no hesitation in reducing their gifts TO
Christian charities, and seem to think it a
praiseworthy economy to refuse to buy a
book, to stop = newspaper or magazine. In
our judgment they are very much mistaken.
4 mans mind is quite important ms his
body. Every man and woman has place TO
fill in the world, and ought to know how to
do it. Every family has need of books, mag
aZlnes, and newspapers, as well as of food
and clothing. We have just been reading the
life of the famous and useful Rev. VIM Are
not He made his breakfast of oatmeal and
milk, his dinner of bread and milk, that he
might save money to be expended in forming
and cultivating his mind. For doing so he
was praiseworthy. Oatmeal and milk is by
no means to be despised as nutritious food.
For year past, ON many days, such has been
our principal meal. And We have the recon-
mendation of no less man than Mr. William
Cullen Bryant in favor of bread and milk.
Far too much attention is paid by the people
of these States TO what they will eat and drink
and wear There is a needless and unwhole-
some expenditure for these things. There is
no virtue in turning away from good book
or in stopping newspaper in order to crafty
a carnal appetite or to maintain fair and
vain show in the flesh Christian IHteHi9eh-
rep
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

1t is desirable to unite and perpetuate the
republican party, provided it can be united
for the accomplishment of good objects. II
it can be so united, it has future of useful
ness before it. If it cannot, the gentlemen
who prevent it from doing so are welcome to
all the raft they construct out of its timbers
till the sea engulfs them. They can never make
nor. Boston AdUertiser
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

The population of Turkey in Europe, Asia,
20, 500, 900 are divided between Egypt Tripo-
Ii, and Tunis, Asia having $4,000. The pop
ulation of the Russian Empire is estimated at
50, $50, 600 or 800, 900 over the population Of
1879. The population of the British Indies
numbers 2S0, ,OOO, 600, that of China 100000
900, and that of Japan 80, 299, ,0l5. London
has 3, 4s9, 42s souls, Paris 1851, 1872, New
York and Brooklyn 1886, ,G22, and Berlin J.
O45, OO.-Scieatifo Amerioaa.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-11

POPULATION OF THE WoRLD.-According to
recent careful computations the population
of the world is /, 423, 917, 900, or 2S persons
for every square mile. The following table
shows the populations of the great divisions
of the earth =
Europe. 800, ,17S,3 800 Australia, 4,14S,6 600
Asia, S2I, ,5lS 800 America, S5,5l9, 800
Africa l99, ,921 600
The combined populations of 1876 exceed
those of 1875 about 27,OOO,O00. The inhabi-
tants of different states Of Europe are divided
as follows -