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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06

PORT OF P0RTLAND,


Tuesday, Feb. 5.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Elphinstone, (Br) Bea Liverpool Jan
10Th via Delaware Breakwater, to s Wnslow g. Co
to load grain for Europe.
Barque loyal Harrie, (Br) Young, Plymouth, E.
via New York, to Charles Merrill, to load grain for
Europe.
Sch Emma Crosby, Crosby, st John, NB for Ma
tauzas.
Sch Caressa, Ray, Observation-Disclosures to W f Mil
liken.
Sch Mary Pike, Good, Lubec for New York
Sch Sammy Ford, Allen, Eastport for New York.
Sch Carrie Nunan, from Cape Pornoise.
CLEARED.
=, Ship Lake Michigan. (Br) Boufer, for Glasgow
Thompson, Murray 81 Co.
Brig Annie w Goddard, Lewis, Matanzas-Nutter,
Kimball 81 Co.
Sch John Somes. from Mt Desert, which arrived
4th, is commanded by Capt Lyman, (not Mason)
After making necessary repairs, she will proceed to
West Indies and thence back to Southern port
with fruit.
IFRoM OUR CORRESPONDENCE
WISCASSET, Jan 80 Sid, sch Isaac Orbetop.
Crockett, Baltimore.
Jan 3l-Ar, schs Dreadnaught, Griffin, and Boxer,
Roberts, Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06
IMPORTANT SALE

Regular sale of Furniture and General aIerchan-
disc every Saturday. commencing at 10 O'Clock a. N.
Gonsignments solicited. Oc3dt5
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM AUGUSTA.

Report i'm Favor Of n Normal school Mt
Gorham-The Stale Tax.--Maiue Gene
raj Hospital-The Annual Reception
and Ball, etc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06

FREDK DE barry & CO.,
Al &43 WARREN STREET, New York
Sole AGENTS for United States and Canadas
FOR SALE RV DEALERS. GROCERs
AND DRUGGISTS.
Every genuine bottle bears the YELLOW label
augl7 sneodeowfy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06
Groceries and Store Fix
lures by Auction.

ON MONDAY, Feb. 18th, at 81 P. NJ, we shall
" sell at Store, 1872 Brackett Street, all the Stock
and Fixtures said Store, consisting in part OF
Molasses, Kerosene Oil, Vinegar, Soap, lea, Coffee,
Salt, Beans, Peas, Tobacco, Cigars, and general
assortment of Shelf Goods, Canned Goods and
Fancy Goods, Crockery, Marble Meat Bench, 2 Show
Cases, Patent Kerosene Oil Tank. Platform,
Counter and Spriug Scales, Desk. Safe, Tools,
Stoves, &c.
u. o. BAILEY 81 Co, Auctioneer-.
feh5 . dee
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06
UCTION SALES
a. RAaaEY q CD,

Auctiou IS ana Commission Merchants,
saiegrooros So axd - Exchange st.
e. o. BAILEY, O. W. ALLEN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06

The House committee on judiciary today
took vote on the proposition for 10th amend
ment to the constitution as presented and ad,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-02-06

Jan 10, off the Skerres, ship Gardiner Colby, from
Liverpool for New York.
Jan 10. off the Lizard, barque Samuel D Carlton,
from Havre for Cardiff
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24

A queercase came before a French
court II short time ago. 4 peasant
had agreed to pay 500 francs for "A
COW, aud had placed on u bench
twenty twenty-tranc coins and a
one hundred franc bill, when the
COW made q snatch at the latter
and swallowed it. The question
arose who was the rightful loser 7
and the judge decided that the
buyer, who had held the COW by
the halter when it devoured the
bill, had not taken proper precau.
tons and must pay over again.
suppose the only way to get
the money out of that cow would
De by the gilt.edged butter her
cream would make.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24

The Magnolia Herald has dis
carded its patent side, which is a
sensible move Success to it.
DEMoCRAT-STAR.
Right. We have found the that
the patent side only tends to make
the printer lazy, the editor trifing
and the reader Indifferent. The
'.other editor at Memphis relied on
the home editor, and the home
editor relied on him. Everything
got stale, and we soured!-Magao.
la Herald.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
New Orleans, La.

1t will be conducted by a Grand Prone
made Concert, for which the best musical
talent available in the country will be en-
gagged, and to which every holder of
n Coupon Ticket will be entitled to free
admission.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
POuluY.

Keep yOur birds tame says the
Poattry Journal. 80 they will come
to yon quickly ut the call, and eat
ont Of your hand without any sign
of fear or d%istrust, they will always
he quiet and content, aud will fat.
ten and thrive much better. This
matter ID well understood by breed
ers Of the larger kinds Of stock,
such as cattle, horses and sheep,
while there are q sensible few who
apply the same principle with
poultry.
Many a fine nest of eggs has been
destroyed by u wild and frightened
hen-a hen which had early learn
oil to fear her master OIL owner. 1t
uniform kindness and gentleness
had been resorted to, the hen would
suffer herself to be handled while
on the nest, and never once think
leaving it in such a hurry as to
endanger the eggs. If the poultry
Oh the farm is kept tame, it is not
Il very difficult matter to catch one
or more when wanted tor the table
OF other uses.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
Some Wool Statistics.
st. Louis Times.

st. Louis Times.
The United States produces 100,-
Doc, 600 pounds of wool II year, just
half of what Germany produces,
and 25,0O0,OOO pounds less than
either Russia or France. Great
Britain produces eco, 900, 900
pounds; Spain, Italy and Portugal
together produce no more than we
singly. Altogether, the world pro-
duces about 100, 900, 900 pounds
of wool, of which Europe gives
one-half. Wool is the principal
product of Australia, and it has
made her cities larger than New
Orleans. Ohio has $500, 900 sheep,
could all be grazed in Lara.
mic valley alone. Buenos Ayres
30, 100000 head of sheep. The
great plains of America will ulti-
nately supply the mass of wool for
,he world.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
- Il e

- L e
When you wait to purchase that You get
THE BEST, and you will find it THE
CHEAPEST. What
Does a person wantF A good reliable es-
Establishment where goods can he purchased
fairly, without any ~overcharge.
You can buy with MS:
Ladies' Foxed Button Boots at 81 80 a pair
Ladies' Serge Slippers ........ 50 q pair
Ladies' Leather Slippers. ..... 60 pair
Ladies' Leather Slippers...... Is a pair
Purchase the very finest shoes at our es-
Establishment. Our line of Button Boots.
Newport Ties, Caters, Slippers, is unsur-
passed here. Buy
Nothing but first-class shoes for your chill
dren. Our sales of common shoes are made
at q light advance, and all on consignment.
This enables us to underscl even whole
sale prices. The
one price system is n strict rule with us,
thus avoiding to customers the trouble of
asking for reduction. We deliver shoes
iree OF charge to any part of the city.
Only first class statesmen employed at the
RED STIR,
CORNER CUST0MH. & BOURBON STS.
one square from Canal Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Sept. %, 1877. 2o-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
Jenkins AnnihilatOr.
The Great Southern Remedy for
RHEUMATISM, GOVT & NEURALGIA.

hHEUMAIlSM, GOVT & NEURALGIA.
Those terrible enemies of human bappi-
ness, Rheun atism, Gout and Neuralgia,
heretofore seemingly unconquerable, have
indeed found their master in jenkins An
nihilator. We have the testimony of men
of the highest standing in Louisiana and
other States, that after suffering indescrib-
able pains for years, from which they
sought relief in vain by visiting the Hot
and Warm springs of Arkansas and Vir-
ginia, and by using dozens of remedies
more or less highly praised. when, in fact.
hope had almost died out, they have found
relief from pain by the use OF the Ami
hilator, and by continuing 1t for a short
time, have been perfectly cured. The An
nihilator is a preparation purely vegetable.
agreeable to the taste, and may be taken
without fear of any injurious results by
fhe delicate as well as the robust in con.
stitntion.
Ia Price Sl.00 per bottle. For sale by
all Druggists. Ask your Druggist for cir
cular containing certificates, or send to
n. JENKINS q CO., Proprietors,
New Orleans, La.
fINLAY d THOMPSON, Wholesale Drug
gists, New Orleans, La, Gen. Agents for
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama.
Arkansas and Florida.
March 9, 1878. 44-ly
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
PascagOula
Corn Z Grist Mill.
P0scasossfn, (Scranton P. o. Miss.

CORN, CORN FLOUR GRITS, MEAL
aud kRAN always on hand, or delivered 81
she depot, at prices ~ low as eau be any-
where obtained
All orders from points siOng the Rail
solicited. JOHN B. DELWAs
Proprietor.
Scranton april II. 1874, iG-tf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
Look at the Distribution!
EXTRAORDINARY DISTRIBUTION!
Tickets at $40 Each.
LIST OF PRIZES:

APPROXIMATION PRIZES:
100 Approximations of 500 each
for tho series OF fifty numbers
on zach side of the number
drawing the $4,000 Prize,ar $50, 600
100 Approximations of 800 each
for the series of fifty numbers
drawing the $4,000 Prize, are. 10000
100 Approximations -of S75 each
forthe series of fifty Numbers
drawing the so, 600 Prize, ARE. $500
II go Prizes, amounting o.. $685.. 500
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
Facts and Figures.

Tobacco will be raised in the north
western provinces of India, this year,
from seed taken from the United States.
England's Cleopatra's needle will he
erected on the top of the AdelPhi sters,
between Charing Gross and Waterloo
bridges.
1t is proposed to make Oakland the
capital of California, as Sacramento is
often rendered almost inaccessible by
freshets.
Several Paris papers print an order
every day in their advertising columns,
which, if cut out, viii admit the bearer
into certain theaters at half price.
The Mormon colonists from Utah are
utilizing the channels of the old Aztec
canals they find along the borders of the
valleys of Arizona, where they have set
tied. One writes that he IS satisfied the
canals found in one small district will,
by being repaired, supply an abundance
of water for the irrigation of farms capa-
BILE of sustaining 100000 persons.
There are in the United States 268
distilleries in operation. They use
81 1903 bushels of grain daily, making
223, ,555 gallons of highwines therefrom.
From this it is ascertained that about
20, 600, 600 bushels of corn, rye and wheat
are used for distilling, which makes about
8O,OOO,OOO gallons of liquor per year
Besides this, in the New England states
they make about 2,75O,OOO gallons Of
rum out of molasses.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
The Earnings of LObbists.

Does lobbying pay In some cases 1t
does in other cases it does not. There
are all grades of incomes Iamong lobby
men. The camp followers and occa-
sional amateurs may pick up from fifty
to FIVE hundred dollars in a session, but
the big lobbyists have frequently earned
thousands of dollars in a single session
One lobby member, man who is entitled
to wear the proud title OF Speaker of
the third house." has, in the course of a
decade snd half, earned over sixty-fve
thousand dollars. From the best infor-
nation obtainable it is doubtful if any
obbyist has earned over seven or eight
thousand dollars in a session.
How great the value of a lobbyists 9
services may be can be seen by single
instance. Once upon a time q certain
general law was proposed by a state COM
mission. The bill which embodied this
law was designed to be general in its
application, and was framed in entire
ignorance of how oppressively some of
its provisions would operate in a certain
case. The bill was being discussed in a
committe room, when it was discovered
by a lobbyist of brains and keen percep-
tions that a certain section of the bill
would compel a great corporation to
make an outlay of 81 100000 to comply
with its provisions. The corporation
was notified, and powerful influence
brought to bear on the committee. The
section was modified by special clause
inserted, and a vast sum of money saved.
Lobbyists are frequently retained by
corporations simply to keep lookout
for measures affecting their particular
interests, and if such measures are in
troduced the lobbyist notifies his en-
ployers. An ex-governor of this state
has said that his firm has to keep q man
at the state house to watch for dan~
gerous bills. Our shifting and frequent
legislation yearly imperils hundreds OF
important interests. The mere cost fo
running The legislative machinery is the
smallest part of the burden imposed bv
annual sessions.-[ Boston Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
DarkeyIsns.

'' What do you know about the pris-
oner?" asked the Judge. ." don't know
uethin' bout him, jedge, only he's big
oted." Bigotcd," said his honor.
" Yes, sab" What DO you mean by
bigoted ?" Well, jedge," explained the
witness, "he knows too much fob one
niggah and not nuf foh two"
The Rev. Or. McCosh, of Princeton
college, tells the story of negro who
prayed earnestly that he and his colored
brethren might be preserved from their
q n psettin' sinssg' Bfuddef, 2 sad .. :
of his friends at the close of the meeting,
you amt got de hang oh dat ar word.
It's besettin', not upsettin'." Brudder,
replied the other, if dat's so, its so but
1 was prayin' de Lord to save US fram de
sin ob 'texication, an eff dat amt an up
settin' sin dunno what am"
q Does eny of the gem'lem understan'
what ferlantropy means ?'' said Brudder
Gardner az he rose and folded bis arms
across his noble breast. 1t was a long
time before Fenix Smead lifted his body
and replied: % 'spects dat ferlanthe-
pist am a pussun dat feel heap sorry
for de poor and is alters wantin' to
better the condition of his nayburs. p
90 You Is mo- dan six-ffths kerect,"
continued the president. '' De ferlan-
therpist sits down befo' rousin' good
fire on cold day an wishes dat every
body else had such fire. He doan'
take money out'n his pocket to buy wood
an coal for de poor, but he figures up
some scheme by which all de money an
all de po' folks is to be divided up some
how, so dat ebery dollar will hab man
and cherry man dollar. If ne h'ars dat
any ore starved to death, he figures up
the amount oh de grain crop, divides the
bushels by de number o. .populashun. an
makes it plain dat ebery nusson is titled
to ober thirty Bushels OBJ wheat dis var
De ferlantherpist wishes dat the DO.
chilen had clothes, but he doan' buy 'em
eny. He wishes dat all de bad folks
would reform, but he dosn' walk 'rsun
among dem for fear of gittin' de shine
of7n his boot. He adverkates homes for
crippled, an aged, an unfortunate, an
mex day signs petishun to frow one
armed soldier outn posishun paying a
dollar day. Gem'iem, de culld race
am graded down even below de Turk,
but is OBJ de solum opiDyun dat good
square niger am forty rods ahed OF a
ferlantherpist, an a-gainin' at ebery
mp."- Detroit Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
The Transit of Mercury.

A transit of Mercury viii occur on the
9th of May, which is anticipated with
much interest in the astrouomicaI world,
It will be visible all ever the United
States, aud viii occupy about seven hours
and half in its passage. Translfs Of
Mercury are much more frequent than
these of Venus, the average interval
being less than ten years. Thus the
coming transit will be followed by Others
in 1881 and 1891, while after the transit
Of Venus in 1882 none viii occQ aatil
2004. No previous transit of Mes<hfy4
has ever. aroused the attention ea1 8 =
ers like the ono @SsIsose advent rs sssscen
anticipated, for it is hoped that its obserV-
alton will help in the solution Of several
important problems, especially in deter
mining the orbit of Mercury, in throw
ing more light on the question of an
intra- Mercurial planet, and in furnishing
daIa fer renewed estimates OF the suns
distance. Astronomers are already
making preparations for the observation
of the phenomenon. Two French sciens
fists are now on their way to the west to
be in readiness for its advent. They are
sent out officially. One of them is NJ.
Charles Adre, professor in the ebserva-
tory in the university of Lyons, and the
other is NJ. Angot, professor of physics
at the Lycee Fontanes in Paris. The
place of their destination is Ogden, Utah,
and the locality has been selected foI two
seasons. It is or an elevated ground,
nearly on the divide" of the continent,
very favorably situated for dryness of
climate and purity OF atmosphere, and
the center of the transit will take place
nearly at local noon.
Mercury is too small to be seen by the
naked eye in its passage across the sun,
but unscientifc observers, who have
access to good telescopes, will have no
difficulty in detecting the presence of the
slow moving black spot on the face of the
great lumiuary, while they are willing to
leave the delicate observations and calcu-
lations to practical eyes and mathemati-
cal brains.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
Personalities.

Mr.. Thomaa Mast is native of Bava~
ria, and is about forty years old. He is
a short, thick>set, selfNconfdent man,
but not Hayes republican.
Mr.. Thomas Mehon, botanist of the
board of agriculture of Pennsylvania,
has contributed $50 trees for the decora-
ton for the grounds of Vanderbilt
University.
The Hon. William Maxwell Evarts
was a Boston Latin school boy. He is a
man of almost phenomenal thinness, yet
he has very shrill voice, a tremendous
appetite, and is the father of eleven chill
dren.
Gen. John A. Dix il a small man, but
also very active one. Few sportsmen
can beat him in bringing down sniPe or
a duck, spite of his years. Gen. Dix
regularly draws his pension as a soldier
of the war of 1872.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor, our new minister
to Germsny, was, a quarter of century
ago, a slight man, but now, Whist with
beer and beef, he has grown heavy. He
must weigh over two hundred pounds.
He started in life SIS printer.
Mr.. james Gordep Bennett, if he takes
care of his health and money, ought to
become one of the richest men in the
country. he has some expensive tastes,
but he is not spendthrift by any means.
He is now verging on forty, and is un-
married.
Mr. Peter Cooper, the eccentric phil
anthropist, lives in large square house
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
An Irish BIunchausen.

An Irish Munehausen has turned up
at Boston restaurant in the humble
capacity Of waiter. a guest who has
been served with small lobster" Do
you call that lobster, Mike?" "Faix,
l believe they do be calm thin Holsters
here, sur. We call 'em crabs at home"
cob - said the diner, % you have Holsters
in Ireland ?'' " Is it Holsters? Begorra,
the creek is full of 'em. Many time
I've seen 'em when lepped over the
sthrames." How long do Holsters grow
in Ireland ?' "Wen," said Mike,
thoughtfully, "to sphake widin bounds,
sur, I'd say a matter of i've or six feet.
What Five or six feet? How do
they get around in these creeks ?''
'' Bedad, sur, the creeks in Ireland are
fifty or sixty feet wide" said the imper-
turable Mike. But" asked the guest,
you had seen them when you were
leaping over the streams, and Holsters
here live in the sea-" Sure, l did, sur
we're powerful leppers in Ireland. AS
for the say, sur, I've seen it red with 'em." "
But look here, my fine fellow" said the
guest, thinking ne had cornered Mike at
last, /" Holsters are not red until they are
boiled" "Don't l know that?' said
Mike, but there are bilin' springs in the
ould country, and they shwim through
em,s and come out all ready for We tc
crack open and ate 'em."
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
What they Eat in sweden.


The ordinary routine of dining seems
in Sweden to be in wild confusion.
Soup sometimes ends instead Of begin
ming the dinner. Iced soups and cold
fish are dainties to the Scandinavian
palate. Much of the soup is nauseously
sweet, favored with cherries, Iasbsrries
and gooseberries, often with macaroon
cakes and spikes of cinnamon floating
wildly about in it. This is eaten as
sort of desert, and is cold and often beau
tifully clear. If Heine bitterly reviled
the English for bringing vegetables on
the table an naiurel, there is no such
complaint to be made here. Everything
is eaten with sauce--sauces req, white,
blue. green, yellow and black--sauces
celestial and internal. Strong combina-
tions of ice-cream heaped over delicious
apple-tarts, or strange dishes of berry
iuice boiled down and mixed with farina,
sugar and almonds, then cooled, nodded
and turned out into basin of cream, to
he eaten with crushed sugar and wine
appear at the end Of dinner. The
Swedes share with the Danes and Arabs
a passionate fondness for sweet-meats.
Everything is slightly sweet; even green
Peas are sugared, as well as the innum-
erable tea and coffee cakes, so that long
before the unhappy tourist has finished
his tour he is hopeless dyspeptic or q
raging Swedophobe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19
A Pack of weasels Out Hunting

Weasels frequently hunt in couples,
and sometimes moro than two will work
together. We once saw five, and have
heard of eight. The FIVE we saw were
working a sandy bank drilled with holes,
from which the rabbits in wild alarm
were darting in all directions. The
weasels raced from hole to hole and along
the sides of the bank exactly like pack
of hounds, and seemed intensely excited.
Their manner of hunting resembles the
motions of ants; these insects run a little
way very swiftly, then stop, turn to the
right or left, make slight detour, and
afterward on again in stright line.
So the pack of weasels darted forward,
stopped. went from side to side, and
then on a yard or two, and repeated the
process To see their reddish heads
thrust for a moment from the holes, then
withdrawn to reappear at another, would
have been amusing had it not been ior
the reflection that their frisky tricks
would agsuredly end in death. They
ran their quarry out of the bank and into
the woods, where we lost eight OF them.
The pack OF eight were seen by lasoFer
returning down a woodland lane from
work one afternoon. He told US ne get
in the ditch. half from curiosity and hal
from fear-laughable as it may seem-iol
he lad heard the old people tell stories
of them in their days when the corn wa
kept for years in barns, and so bred hun
dreds OF rats, being attacked by thos'
vicious brutes. He said they made
noise, crying to each other in short
sharp, snaRpy sounds; but the PACK Q
five we ourselves saw hunted in silence
-TPall Mall Gazette.