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The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
The Glorious Exam ole of Frauce.

The financial experience of France is often
mentioned by the greenbackers as an illustra-
tion of the good effects of the use of paper
money. 1t is in reality an Illustration of the
good effects of getting rid Of paper money as
rapidly as possible. The facts in the case are
not correctly given by the infationists. Had
we but followed "the glorious example of
France" as some of the Greenbackers incau-
tousiy and with insufficient knowledge have
advised US to do, we should be on specie
basis by this time.
What is the example of France? That
country under stress of war like US suspended
specie payments. Its great financial agent,
the Bank of France, was authorized to in
crease the issues of paper or representative
money. From the conclusion of peace with
Germany up to October 1873, paper money
was issued, and at the later date the amount
had reached the sum of $614, 100000. That
amount the Bank resolutely refused to in
crease, and from 1878 began the process of
contraction. 1t succeeded in keeping its
notes at nearly par by giving pledge that
they should be rcdeemabe in specie on the
first of January, 1878. That pledge it has
carried out. The policy of contraction, en-
tered upon in 1873 has been vigorously pro-
secuted. In some years the currency was
contracted $4,000 900 year. From Jauua-
ry to September of last year the contraction
reached $73,000,000. The consequence of
this course Is that specie payments have been
resumed in France with no disturbance to
Industry and little hardship to the people.
OF course the process of paying the debt has
not been an easy one-it never can be-but
the country had the honesty and good sense
to discharge its obligations as fast as it could,
and did not yield to the temptation to dis
charge debts, Mcawber-like, by incurring
others. 1t has already reduced its paper cur
rency one-third in amount, and is prepared
to redeem the remainder whenever it is pre-
sented. II has in its vaults sufficient
amount of coin to meet all demands. But
since it announced its willingness to resume
January last it has been called upon to pay
out only $14 100000 in specie Its notes are
thom for metal. That is the GLORIOUS exam
pie of France" which we are called upon to
follow and which we ought to follow France
has resumed specie payments eight years
after her great and costly war, and has Sc
cured that result by five years of steady con-
traction Of her paper currency. She ''turned
her disaster into opportunity" set time at
which she would pay her notes, and then
kept the pledge. Instead of crying for "more
that is for more promises to pay,
she set herself to work to redeem the prom
ises she had already made. Instead of follow
ing that ''glorious example, we have con-
Iinued an irredeemabe currency in use fif-
teen years, and our Greenbackers are now
clamoring for an indefinite increase of it.
Meanwhile our national credit has declined,
and we are still suffering from the effects of
an inflated currency and fuctuating currency.
Which is the wiser course, our course or that
Of France?
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
Books Received.

Leola. Cloth, 25i pp.. $3.50. Boston; Lee s.
Shepherd. Portland: Hall Davis.
The Hissoricai Sfudeus's Manual. BY AL
fred Waites. Cloth. 16 pp., rs cents. Boston:
Lee & Shepard. Portland: Hall L. Davis.
Fantasy and Passioa. By Edgar Fawcett.
Cloth, 1871 PIP. $1.25, Boston: Roberts Bros Port
land: Lofing, Short g. Harmon.
G ssoiogy. A Satire. By John Donkey With n
portrait of the author. Paper, 50 pp 25 cents
Philadelphia: John Donkey q Co. New York
American News Co.
rhe buried Treasure: or, Old ,Jordan,s
Haunt" By Harry Ca, tlemon, author of srhs
Frank Nelson Series" SC. Cloth, illustrated oo1
81 25 Philadelphia: Porter q Coates. Portland
Dresser, Mcclellan q Co.
The Cadet Baton. A Novel of American Ar.
my Lie. By Frederick Whitaker, author of
Lille OF Gen. Custer" &c Clolh, 35i pp., 81 so
New York: Sheldon 81 Co. Portland: Dresser,
Mcclellan & Co.
The Lawrence "BHoih.r Goose" A Delight
fui Evenings Entertainment. With explicit pfac-
tica instruc ons for carving ut successful pro-
gramme. by E ID. *, Boards, 81 pp. u certs.
Boston: Lee q Shepard. Portland; Hal L. Da-
Wis.
Voyage of the Paper Caaoej Geographical
Journey Of 25oO miles from Quebec to the Cult OF
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

some people, nowadays, attribute the hard
times under which this country has been
suffering to lack of abundance in the circu-
lating medium. How do they account for
the situation in Buenos Ayres, large coun-
try which produces vast quantities of cattle,
horses, sheep, hides, wool and many other
things for expectation, and which has suf
fered and is suffering far harder things than
this country9 Buenos Ayres is blessed -
from the Greenback standpoint with gov
ernment notes in such abundance that dol
lar note is worth only four cents in the money
OF the world; and yet they are not happy.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Reasons Why ALI Should Use The
Reactj0nary Health Lift.

1t makes strong appeals to the common sense o.
every man or woman in every walk OF life. Ii
furnishes exercise which may aud should be in
troduced into every house; which may be practiced
at all seasons, in all kinds Of weather, by persons
both sexes all ages, and degrees of streogtb OF
murb in praise of it, and no afford to dc
without it. All who invesiga thoroughly, use it,
and consider it invaiu ibe and indispensable 1t is
the safest, simplest, cheapest and most efficient
medicine discovered No claim is set up Ter it
which is unscientific or impracticable.
Genes al. 1t the best of rest. 1t is perfectly
safe. No BARN ever came from its use. II strains
to the affected parts By its use the health is easily
maintained. The purchase OF a Reactlonarv Litter
is the hest kind of economy. The convenience of
having one in the house is very great.
Mind and Brain 1t invigorates and
strengthens the bran and renders IL more active
and efficient in all its operations
s,eep.-it is the simplest and safest narcotic. It
is the most natural and probably the best means of
inducing sound and refreshing sleep.
Nerves.-It is a wonderful tonic to the whole
nervous system. 1t is most eficaeous remedy in
paralysis, if taken in lime.
s.oo2s Throat aud Voice. 1t gives special
expansion and greater mobility to the chest; en-
ton, and briogs the voice fully under control.
As preventive and cure of lung diseases it has no
equal.
Exprcise-Itis is the most perfect exercise for man
or woman, furnishing the best form of physical
cUlture and development IN the SAFEST easiest.
most thorough ami expeditions manner. 1t is
better than the gymnasium, aod free from its
than boating and infinitely better Than drugs in a
majotiiv OF chronic diseases 1t rouOds and hardens
tn. muscles, and educates them into ever ready,
faithful and efficient servants of the will.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Comparative Psychology, by John Bascom
New York: Putnam; Portl aud Loring, Short
& Harmony is 800 page duodecimo, taking
the sids of Intuitionsl Philosophy against the
Empirical Philosophers He says that Mr.
Lewes's explanations ''add new perplexites
and leave old ones 10 full force" which seems
clear statement of the effect of all these books
OF psychology on the miods of ordinary read
ers. The result of this diligent search for the
soul seems much like that of Kiog Coles pre-
mier, who was hidden to find out the secret of
masonry. After a most dIligent and dusty
search in the roval library he reported,
"Unless am mistaken,
lis cabbage syre aud bacon,
You're foOe said his majestie.''
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Mr.. GLOVER has made another startling
discovery while prosecuting his work OF in
vestigation, and has caught a culprit this
time. He had clerk from the Treasury on
the stand, and asked him If he knew of any
instances of an officer of the Government
drawing double salary. The clerk said he
did know one, and when Mr.. Cover pressed
MIN Tor the name and circumstance, he said
that paper in the Treasury showed that
Gen. Banning once 1rew pay as an officer
twice for the same time. Gen. Banning is
The Democratic chairman of the military
committee.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
Bertha Won Hlllern.
Amely BOlte. writing from C.rlsruhs to the
Womac's journal, saws:

Womsc's journal, says:
You often have reports of tie pedestrian
eSpioi's OF lady called Bertha Won Hile H." he
anthuress OF ''Ualy Girl" Frau Wilhe nine Won
H'llen. wife Of the CbambsilLin of the Grand
Duke ot B4den, not aware of he busnan havi. z
nameslke ia America feels big ly indi 20 ant az
such anuse OF her name and begs o. you to nquiIe
IN how tar the la1s who goes by that nam Is en-
titled bssr IL ami to Disgrace 1t by nolofiety iar
from fatteTiDg to her.
Dear women, is not this coming 1t a tile too
sroDg? Tne respectable name Of Won Hiilern
sounds IN American ears very much like the
honorable titles Of Van rwiller aud Van Bum
mel. aud whea one labors for the equality of
women with men, one must not only not omit
the sntec dent right Of suy womao duls born
or MARI ed to bs Vac rwlller or a Van Bum
mel or Won hi lsrn, but must Include her
right to be sprinkled without disgrace with
olympic dust like men, Besides # Miss B-r-
tha. who is good deal Of a girl bg all
accounts, 10 not 50 fOItunate as e. have been
born to the family oame of the ch.oc-llJr of
The gr,od duchess Of b ,den or To oe sog way
scion OF that family Except obviously, that
she is "Ualy Grp') there IS DOT legislature
10 the thirty eiSns states that would not eudow
her with the name upon her petition and
defy Baden-sye, and BAdsn-Badea and BruLe
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

THE educating force of political primaries
is not manifest in the case of Thomas Nc
Comb, who left a caucus and went home and
attempted to murder his family. He prob
ably voted for the defeated candidate, and
left under the impression that his sisters
head was slate which be must smash.
ONLY twenty five Princeton students
carry pistols. that is, when the College is on
peace footing. When war breaks out be-
tween the classes there is arming in hot
haste.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

Mr.. HALE made strong point in his re-
marks on the removal of Doorkeeper Polk.
He showed that the Democrats had urged
and advised Polk to the violation of law and
argued that what they have done is a fair in
'dication of what might be expected should
they get control of other departments of the
Government.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

The interest-bearing debt of the United
States has been reduced by the sum of $780,
4O9,249 since 1865. Keep these figures in
mind when the Greenbackers tell you the
debt has been increased. In Thursdays
issue of the PRESS figure dropped out in
this statement, making the reduction in the
debt read 566 thousand instead of 566 mill
lion
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

The rejected lover has found new way of
revenge. 1t is to set fire to the house of the
hard hearted one and burn her and her fami-
ly. Edward Baker of Lynn is the first lover
to put this plan into practice. He failed in
his object 1t is true, but all the credit of the
attempt belongs to him.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

MONTGOMERY BLAIR has evidently gone
mad. He really expects to Gust President
Hayes and put Mr.. Tilden into the White
House. His friends should keep watch on
Mr.. Blair. He is harmless now, but his lu-
macy may take violent form.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
CITY ADVERTIS EN- ENTS
TO PRINTERS.

@ EALED proposals for printing and binding the
- Auditors Aunual Report and Municipal Regis
ter may be addresses to Ch irn an of Commltee and
left with he Auditor previous to four O'clock p M,
MONDAY. the SLh inst. Contract and sample OF
work may be seen at Auditors office, City Building
apr4dld Per oroer of Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

IHE Parisians prefer to kill their goose, uot
being Content TO rob its nest Of tue golden
eggs. Perhaps the bird, now 1t is acquaint, d
with the programme will not 70 to Paris.
But being goose 1t probably will,
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

FAST DAY, APRIL m, 1878.
Every club is invited to send delegate. and it is
earnestly hoped that large number will be present,
as it is desired to make this OF the mcst beneti-
cent mass meetings ever held 10 the State, and give
new impetus to the reform work in Bruus wick
The usual reduction on the railroads will be made,
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06
City of Portland.
En the Year One Thousand Right Hun
dred and Seveaty y-Eisht.
An Ordinance Relating to Dogs.

TOE it ordained by the Mayor. Aldermen, and Com
Id mon council of The City of Portland, in City
Comet assembled as follows:
Section 1St-Every owner or keeper of dog shall
annually it to be Ie.iseje1 described. and IL
ceDsed for year in The ofre OF tue CITY CLERK, by
paying therefor to said clerk the OF tHenLv five
cents. and shall cause it to arouod its peck
collar dlstiuctlV marked with The owners name and
registered number, and shall pay into the City Treas.
ury tor such license ooe dollar
Section I'd -Wh ever keeps dog contrary TO the
PROVISIONS of this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars
to be recovered oD complaint for the city.
Section 3d-All fines and penalties provided in the
prece ing sections may be recove ed on complaint
be'ore any court of competent Jurisdiction in this
city.
Section 4th-An other ordinances relating to IL
Genes for dogs are hereby epeaied
Section 5H-Tbis ordinance shall take effect on
after its ap nroval.
Approved March 80, 1878. apr3d1m
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

IT is now rumored that Madame Restell is
not dead, and that the reported suicide is a
hoax. This is good story to dsbelieve.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

1T is iDtimated that the new Pope will not
live long. His health is good to be sure, but
be is doing away with too many abuses at
Rome.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

The voyage of the Paper Canoe, by Nathaniel
FL. Bishop, (Lee & Shepard, Boston; Hall L.
Davis, POrtland) is a description of the su-
thor's journey in SIX IF from Quebec to the
Cult of Mexico in 1874 5. His route was 40
the st. Lawrence, down tho Hudson. along the
coast to Florida and across that peninsula by
way Of the St. Mary's aud Suwanee rivers to
Cedar Keys on the Gulf. He discourse. very
pleasantly of what he saw and the people he
met upon his journey, but the discomfoets OF
that way of travelling are evidently enough to
overweight the attractions of most people. In
December, 1875 he made another canoe voyage
from Pittsburg down the Ohio and Mississippi
AMI along the Gulf of Mexico to Cedar Keys.
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The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

The Historical Students Manual by Alfred
Waites (Bostou: Les & Shepard; Portland:
Hall L.. Davis) is a brief historical chart, CIV
ing in SIX pages a list Of English monarchs
from William the Conqueror to Victoria, with
their reigning contemporaries in France, Ger
mauy and the Papal See. A slender list Of
celebrated persons aud events is included.
Historical charts are exceedingly useful, and
this is good 50 far as it goes.
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BLACK HAWK,
TOM 3. PATCH E N

~ With fastest Record of any stallion
Tl-~> owned in Maine. Five years old record,
IAyQ 2:b2. Six year old record, 2:2e4. ION
AZ b. Pacben sired by the Churchill
H rss. he bv Young Black Hawk, he by Chieftain,
(Rix Holse,) he by Hills Vermont Black Hawk.
Horse, be by sir Coarles. Pedigree recorded IN
Wallace's lrotiug Register, Vol 3, ami approved by
the ceusors of .Sational breeders Assnca ION. Tom
B was foaled in 1871, is back with STRIP in fee and
white hind ankles. aod Is hsnds ! inch in height
He has been ro ted but two sea'ons on the tnrt in
both OF which he has been vers success u, having
defeated miuy good borse3 among them KING Will
ian. Phil Sheri an Knox Boz, Bark Pilot, oomer-
set Knox aud Menocket The horse will stand Tor
the Of S7S at the stables Of Ills owner, Milk
street. Portland, trom pTil lst, to July 1st, 1873
Terms-r~enty I've dollars the season, thiftS-
five dollars 10 warrant. Mares disposed of before
toAln O will con, ideied put to warrant. For
particulars apply to H. B. SHAW, 26 Market ST.
mars colin
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

SECRETARY SHERMAN in his latest con-
ference with the House committee on bank
ing and currency, held Thursday, argued
strongly that the Treasury will be able to re-
sumo specie payments in January next. He
thinks there will be no difficulty in getting
the additional $50,000,00O of coin necessary
for reserve. He anticipates no drain OF
gold from the Treasury, arguing that with no
outstanding liabilities that are no. covered
by actual cash on hand, except the $3O0,O0O,-
900 of legal tender notes, the drain upon the
government for gold could not be so great as
to exhaust the reserve of $120,000,000. His
argument is based not upon the idea that the
S120,0OO,O00 would pay $3OO.OO0,OOO but
upon the fact that it is impossible to gather
together United States notes and to pre-
sent them in such mass and ia such
continuous stream, and that the very
effort to do so would raise the value Of
United States notes. Their convenience is
so great and the necessity for them is so ap-
parent that such an effort would at once
bring them up to par in gold. He thinks
drain of five, ten, fifteen or twenty millions
would at once tend to bring up the value of
greenbscks until they were at par in gold,
and then there would be no object at all in
bringing them out.
SENATOR VOORHEES, in proclaiming his
belief that both houses Of Congress will be
Democratic after the 4th of next March says
that he aud his party are not afraid to meet
the responsibility. To this the indianapolis
journal makes reply: "Of course not.
There is just where the danger comes In.
Then every demand made on Government
from the South will be grained. Then every
demand looking to reputation of the Gov
ernments obligations, which Senator Voor-
hees said twelve years ago were worthless,
will be complied With, and no fears enter
tanned as to the responsibility. No one who
knows the history of Senator Voorhees, and
his party in Indiana will doubt their willing
ness to "meet the responsibility" They are
bodlng birds of evil omen. 1t is their mis-
sion to destroy, not 10 build up. The borer
in the tree of the forest, the worm in the
heart of the flower, the wolf in the farmers
sheepfold, the tiger in the travellers eneamp
ment by night-they pursue their track of
destruction and mark their career with
rnin1
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6.
STATE OF MAINE.

A p r o Q l. A M A TT ION,
BY THE GUVERNOR.
The Portland daily press., 1878-04-06

In accordance with long established custom. and
By the advice Of the Executive Council do hereby
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

In yssIeFdayS HERALD We made .
suggestion to The Legislature IN regard
10 the carrying Of OOBeesIed weapons.
The right 10 carry weapons is gnar-
1nlsed BY the Constitution, bat our
lawmakers have the right TO prescribe
bow they shall be carried. And this 10
what We suggested should be done.
As we now have another suggestion to
make, we hope the LFgiTlsIure will &C.
eepI them AS they are OGered-in good
spirit for the benefit OF the people.
While the Legislature Is supposed to
represent the people, Ibe press Is sup.
posed 10 speak for the people, and We
hope our lawmakers vii: regard what
We cay, 10 a certain extent, IS an indi-
cation Of public sentiment.
There Is u general demand for some
cheaper aud more Elective mode Of
Furnishing petty cTiminAls. We have
shown instances heretofore In these
columns where II cost the counties ouI
Of all reason TO punish ver.-inPfeetual'
ly petty thieves. TheleasI ObserVant err
son must know that lhi' Glass Of our
population IL increasing rather than d.
minishing, and 1t Is evident that our
lawmakers must do something. We
are In favor of making 1t compulsory
on the B ard of Supervisors Of the dif'
ferent counties to provide for working
this class Of Law. breakers on the pub.
lie roads. This would answer well for
this county, certainly.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

Bsb lngsEBsll's NStlsas Sfa Pee
amF8 Han98s
From tha Washlagtoa PoatI
A Post reporter dropped IL on Col.
Bob IngeFsOll, With the inquest that be
would shed q lIiils light % the great
question Of life aRd death. The
Colonel, though quite busy, ooussuiea
to be interrupted. aad WhesllHg bis
ohairTOaBd said Fire SWay RiIh year
question:" ....-..t
According to yonr Views, what
disposition iS made Of man AsleE
desih7 p
Upon that Sblpsl I know nothing.
Il 10 no more wonderful that maa
should live again than that he BOW
lives; upon thai question / knOW OfnO
evidence. The doctrine Of immortality
rests upon human affection. We love,
therefore we wish ~ live"
"Then you would not undertake
10 cay what becomes Of man after
death :"
"If | told or pretended 10 know what
beenmeS OF man after death, ] would
be a. dogmaIie 10 are IheOlOgians upon
this question. The difference between
them and m, Il, l AIn honest. admlt
that do not know.
"No one Can control HE own OpIn.
Ion or his own belief My belief ives
ioToed upon me by surroundings. l
am the product If ell circumstances
that have 10 any way touched me /
believe In this world. ! have no con-
6denCe In any religion promising & Joys
In another world ct the expense OF
liberty and happiness 10 ihis. At the
same time wish TO give 10 others ell
rights claim for my yselI." .-.
"WbAi punishment, then, is inAlcted
upon man for crimes aud WTOngs CON-
miti0d In this lifel
"TheFs ls no such thing e an intel
leeluAl crime. No man can commit .
mental crime. To become . crime Il
must 90 beyond thought"
"Wbat punishment is there for physi.
can erlmei" ... I,..
"Snch punishment % is necessary 10
project society end for the reformation
Of the criminal" p
III there is only puBiShm0nt 10 this
world, will not some escape pnnish-
meDi9"
"I admit that all do not seem 10 b
punished 90 they deserve. ] also admit
that ell do not sesm 10 be rev arded q
they deserve ;and there 10 in this world
app arenlly, % great . failure In lhC
matter OF punishmeni. II there L
another life, q man will be happier
there Tor having aeled according 10 BIZ
highest ideal In this. But i do no
discern IN nature any effort TO do jos
tice." .. ...