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Foreign Intelligence.

1t is rumored in Japan that notifica-
tion will shortly be issued ordering the
adoption OF the foreign style of clothing
by all officials of Imperial or Govern
ment appointment in daVO kvan and
department of the imperial household.
1t Is likely that this order will also be
extended to al government depart
ments.
Much alarm has been created at Mos
COW by the appearance of the Siberian
plague. One day a laundress at the
university, who was suspected of having
died from it; was subjected to a post
mortem examination, with the result
that the suspicious of the authorities
were confirmed. Since then several
other persons have succumbed to the
same lnalady, which is more disastrous
than either smallpox or cholera, and the
police are now taking energetic meas
ures TO prevent the disease from spread
ing. 1t is believed that the seeds of the
plague were brought from Tifis either
by Turkish prisoners or Russian IN
va,ids.
1t is stated on authority which cannot
be questioned that 100000 human
beings are now starving in the famine
stricken provinces of north China. Imsg.
ination fails to cope with SO gigantic 8
calamity. The London Times says we
cannot doubt that if the Chinese have
found their way to America from the
comparatively prosperous eastern pro-
vinces by thousand, they will pour forth
in myriads from the famine stricken dis.
tricts of the nsrth as soon as a way is
opened to them. The Chinese difficulty
may speedily become a greater menace to
the future of the United States than the
negro difficulty was at its worst. Negro
immigration was never voluntary, and
ceased with the abolition of the slave
trade, while il the Chinese tide begins to
how in force, it is difficult to see where
and when it will stop.
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ESTABLISHED 1859.

branded as heinous in the extreme, is not
SO innocent after all. It's moaning, sad
( sounding voice is a mockery and a cheat;
| its soft, dark eyes are sham it's sober,
! Quaker gsrb is calculated to deceive its
timid movements are not to be trusted.
When once it has been insulted or injured
by one of its kind, the dove becomes as
cruel and outrageously heartless as any
murderer can be. Some years ago I Wit
messed fight between two female moan
ing doves which for utter barbarousness
could not be exceeded. was anglingi in
brook for sun perch, half prone on a
grassy bank, lost in a brown study, with
cigar between my lips, when I hap
pened to see dove slight on a gnsrled
bough of plane tree a few yards distant.
Immediately it began 10 coo in that
dolefully plaintive strain 50 well known
to every lover OF nature, and was soOn
joined by a male, who perched himself
within a foot or two of her. I espied
their nest, not yet finished, in the fork
of an iron-WoOd trse near by. The
birds made very expressive signs to each
other with their heads by "a series-oI
bows mods and sidewise motions, of which |
l understood enough to know that some
intruder was near-perhaps they meant
me. The fish were not biting any too
well, but the shade was pleasant and the
grass fragrant, the sound OF the water
very soothing and the flow of the WIND
steady and cooling, so did not care to
move just to humor the whimofa pair Of
billing doves. 1t proved, however, after
all, that was not the cause of alarm.
Another female dove presently dropped
like hawk from a dark, dense Of leaves
above the pair, and struck the first on the
back With beak and wings. A fight en-
sued, witnessed with calm interest by
myself and the male dove. At fret the
combatants struggled desperately to-
gether on the bough, fercely beating
each other with their wings, and plucking
out the feathers from breast and neck,
all the time altering low, querulous
notes, different from anything had ever
before heard. Pretty soon they fell of
the bough, and came whirling down upon
tAe ground, where they continued the
battle with constantly increasing fury,
their eyes fairly flashing fire, and cutting
and thrusting with their beaks like
swordsmen. Blood began to show itself
about their heads, and in places
tteir necks were quite bare Of feathers.
When at last one Of them became so
exhausted that urther struggle was
the other proceeded to take
its stand upon its helpless opponent, and
would have quickly made an end of it
had I not interfered. The vanquished
bird was minus on eye, and was IN
able to fly for some minutes. The secret
If the bsttle was jealousy. The male
'at by and watched in nonchalant way ,,
until it was all over, when he very
ovingly strutted up to the victorious d,
love and began cooling in a low, soothing
one. From that day to this I have
epudiated the figure innocent as a
ove," and, Whenever opportunity Of
cred, have sped a twoounce arrow full y
t the breast of the bird, widow or no
widow. When properly cooked by par
,oiling, stufiing and baking, a dove is
choice bit fof the table.
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From Washington.

The officers of the postoffice depart
'ment estimate that the revenues of the
department are now suffering not less
than a quarter of a million dollars a
month by the food of stamps by post
masters at small country offices at a
discount for use in cities and towns.
The postmaster at st. Louis alone shows
his Office Is defrauded of revenue to the
amount of $4,000 per annum this in
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UNTO ME-

A sweeter song than e'er was sung
By poet, priest, OF sages;
A song which thTo' all Heaven has Iuua
And down thrO' all the ages.
A precious strain Of sweet accord,
a note OF cher from Christ our Lord
List as il vtbratts full and z &c.
q grieYing heart, Come unto Me-"
o wise provision, sweet command,
VoueAsafed the weak and weary
friend TO ind on either hand
A light to prospect dreSry.
4 friend who knows our bitter need,
OF each eudsa vor taking heed
Who calls 10 everv soul oppTest:
"Come unto Ne, III give you rest"
"C.me unto Me-" The ways not long.
His hands are stretched to meet thee.
Now still thy sobbIng list the song
Which everywhere shall greet thee.
Here at His feet your burden lay,
Why ath II bend another day,
Since one so loving calls 10 thee.
Ol ! heavy laden. come 10 AeY'
\ sweeter song than e'er was sung
BY poet. priest CT sages;
A song which thro' ali Heaven has ruug
And down through all the ages.
How can we turn from such a strain,
Or longer walt to ease our pain2
Oh draw US closer. Lord. that We
May hud our sweetest rest in Thee.
- Eleanor Kirk.
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High.toned artists nowadays woI

High-toned artists nowadays won't
take a subjects "full face" for the
reason that q full-front picture looks
awkward, strained and countryfed.
The full-front style of posing a subject
is called Chinese fashion," because for
petty offenses in China the right or left
ear is cut off, and the Chinese are always
particular to have both ears we'll displayed
in their photographs in order that their
friends may see that they have not suf
tered the penalty of crime.
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Result Of a Descent JpcH q Gam.
bling-HOuae.


The police sent a spotter in,o the
gambling house, No. ~ eouth Tiith
street, yesterday afternoon, ard then
raided the place. Henry vider, w,o y az
dealing, passed the faro bO- % another
man, who tried to secret It. Tho police
man, however. seized him and rtruyglo
wnfcha aeSenthsainaIeAa sts.-er'a
hands, though not until the Top had been
tern loose. The box was tsf~a 20 the
Central street station, and l. Wss G.. the
hog" variety, or the hind rp~i ip deal-
ing brace games. Sergeant Fruehta took
advantage Of its broken condition 10 in
spect its internal arrangements. IN dsals
ing faro the caIds are put iato I'll
yer box, fsce upward, and ere slip-
ped out one at a time through a
slit I'm the side. From an honestly
constructed box only one card csn be
drawn out at time, but "hog" ooz is
70 constructed that the dealer can draw
one or two at a time as he likes, ,Gn1 thus
manipulate the game 81 that it, amounts
to robbery. The machinery by hioh
this is accomplished is very pretty and
perfect. This lever can be plainly en-
by one who takes the box in his hand.
but its motion is so inhnitesimolly SNAIL
that one would suppose it fixed inmov.
ably unless his attention weTs sP'cisl'y
directed to it. The side OF -, box
through which the cards are t,ken Ia
made false, and between its twowsll are
a perfect little combination of s2yings
and levers by which the slit CT be
widened Just enough TO permit th- pss-
sage of two cards or narrowed 70 the
thickness Of one card at will. The ma
chinery was admired by a number of
people who had often heard fabulous
tales of the intricacy of such an appa-
ratus. II is chiefly notable for - per
feet simplicity.-[St Louis Republican.
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extreme simplicity and detestation of all
display is illustrated in the remark made
to his family after it was apparent to him
that his death was near at hand and they
had entered his room to take final leave
of him: "Don't let US have any parade
now, nor hereafter
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1t is related that once when pub
fisher said TO the late Samuel Bowles.
81 like your gumption' as newspaper
man, but ! don't always agree with the
Republicans opinions" the editor an
swered: "ohl that's all right; 1 don't
agree with them myself" His love Of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-03-08

Nerve is a grand thing; it indicates
reserve force, and the man who can sit in
a rocking>chair and rock back on the
small end of n dog without springlng 10
his feet and gasping for breath, can con-
quer the world if he tries Burlington
Hawkeye.
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The Cruel Turtle Dove.

That trim, gentle-looking, drab- colored
bird, erroneously called turtle-dove by
dwellers in the United States, and gen.
orally deemed so innocent and pure that
to kill 1t for the table or any other use is
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There are some things harder 70 te)


There are some things harder 10 ke/
thap diary, eveu-a So pocket 10"
for instance.
.."Now, Johnny" says srsndnt
want you to sit still as a fouse.
"Mouses don't sit still, grandms'
Does it seem the correct thing Or Z
glee club TO sing under lsdy's wira,@
as serenade, Darling you 90 growing
old"
:. Ladies in fsvor Of a second matri-
monial rnortgage wear little buDches Of
yiolets on their dresses. A pretty con-
ceit and signfdcant design. --
Whats honor?" asked Falstaff.
That's easy. Any woman who ats
behind another woman in church can
tell what's on her in two minutes.
"A young lady in Winnecome, wis
consin, refused an offer Of marriage
recently, on the ground that her father
was not able TO support larger family.
Some wide-awake fellow should jump Al the chance
10 build up fortune IN selling tea plantst
Make his own importations direct IRON Hong
Kong
when tea feTeT'h started Just send 10 OolonF--
Very soon the young ladies = singing viii oei
" Oh, what foe h-what splendid Bohes ."
az The bright lexicon of youth" In
which "there is no such word "a fall
does not seem 70 Be a very popular
dictionary in the mercantile community
just now.
Truth lies at the bottem of we'll"
We have often verified this by looking
down into a well and seeing Truths
honest countenance in the smooth waters.
i Worcester Press.
Philosophers cay that closing the
eyes makes the sense of hesri-T moro
acute. A wag suggests that t'is ac-
counts for the many eyes that clcgc in
our churches on Sundays.
If you put two persons IN tFs aamo
bedroom, one Of whom hes IT, tooth
ache, while the other il in lo-e. you will
find that the person who hrs ,ho tooth
ache will 90 to sleep frrt.
Queen Victoria got tired cs seeing
King Humbert 90 around With T. tock.
ings dangling about his snElel, 50 she
conferred the order of the sar;sr on him.
And he's garter wear It, too, or there'l
be muss
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"A lady that would please herself in
marrying was warned that her intended
although a good sort of q man, was very
singular. Well" replied the lady
"if he is very much unlike other men,
he is much more likely 70 be good
husband.''
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Newton did not labor half 30 bard
with hand and brain, 70 discover the
principle of gravitation. ae the 'nge ion'
and ambitious composisor lsbors III
oyerspacing to get fat paragraph.
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The man with stomach as nncom,
Portable as a tenement house Will be gao
to learn that popcorn will cure dyspepsia
II don't take over five hundred or six
hundred bushels for the most STUBBORN
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"A movement is on foot among the
church people of Chicago to lure the
youth of that city from their wicked
ways, by establishing billiard snd bow
ling alleys and shooting galleries under
Christian auspices.
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:. The fooI-killer seems to have hard
time in cornering the man who eats
quail day fer thirty days.
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A woman never 50 fully realizes ner
dependence upon man az when Ane
undertakes TO zharpen Lead pencil
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WAITS AND. wHTMs I'i,''''



Old Jennson Jones was aunotfrs 49,. =,
ana jim wa on hia kneo !. f-pN +
Iho iather gave his mouth = -.
And kissed bis darling wee.
story yer wants an I'm n. h...,.,,.,
cried lively Jefferson Jonen-
nov speak UD quick an fl~n "a, 49,.
FerDHd mus res bis bones. y
Ins old man straight Va. brou,h, A -.
his 1oy spoke up and ont ~'-"s
Well, Dad" said he, - thai gr..t -. -
south an North-vhat usI't abcst ~
ois JsGarson scratch q his Rrinal, hoaa.
ana gase4 Into the fire. -'~i
Ahen tilted bis chair against The bod
And mentally tuned his lyre.
speak, Dad" The eager nrchin ori.s
an tel me til the story.
Describe the Haw its pa~lup an rvtt.
An All lie Other - lory
" WAL, boy" saia Jones e. We ft.p s,,,
An tout an C. Ike crime;
An the wav-it vus beyon A adouis
po~iui skefry time'
1he veteran psussd an closed his eve.-.
Anon here came q sD0ref
" Bat Dad " spoks jim IN blank sornr..
ain thar Q leetls more -
WAL. yass," Oh Joaes replied. ath. -
In story an IN rhyme,
Sonn's mignfy Fran': but We urcesv
"A pow ful skeery tine"
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05
CONVENTION OF REFORM CLUBS

The Quarterly convention of the Reform Clubs Of
the State of Maine will be held at
Augusta ON Wednesday ard Thursday
March and =, 1S7S.
1t is earnestly hoped that every club in the State
will be represented at this session, that full and
complete report can be obtained.
The Reform work is spreading like ''Wid Fire" all
over the West and South, and let us and re-
new our interest in this good work. and have grand
and glorious Revival in the State of Maine, ALWAYS
keeping in mind our notices. eve Dare to do Right''
"Charity to all, malice towards none.''
One and one third fare on Maine Central e, r. and
its branches.
Per Order State Committee,
FRANK KENDRICK, Pres't,
GEO. W. MURCH, Sec'y.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

ENGLAND is going to get good. start for
her leap into the Russian empire. She is 60
ing to start in the Dominion. There will of
course be immense enthusiasm in Canada.
Its distance from the scene of combat is high
ly favorable to that sort of thing. The Cana
dians are valiant men when there is a war in
Europe, but let a stray Irishman happen over
their border and they fall to trembling,
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05
The City Election.

Our citizens are to be congratulated upon
the choice of municipal officers made yester-
day. The Republicans have elected their
candidate for mayor, and have secured the
usual majority in both branches of the City
Council. For the year to come the city will
be as is proper, under Republican control.
1t is especial matter for rejoicing that Mayor
Butler has been reelected. That reelection
is not only just recognition OF the merits of
faithful public servant, but a duty as well
which the city owed to itself.
Yet the Republican candidate for the chief
municipal office came near defeat, and this
too in city which is really Republican by
many hundreds of votes The cause for this
surprising result is not far to seek. The
"citizens' movement" which on first view
seemed an element of strength to Mayor
Butler was in reality source of weakness.
1t led Republicans to believe that he would
be elected without struggle and so to relax
their customary efforts. OF course they sut-
fered because of their confidence. The scit-
izens." as usual, were but men in buckram.
Not fifty Democratic votes probably were cast
for Mr.. Butler. These movements outside of
the regular party organizations are huge in
promise but puny in performance, aud the
party that trusts to them finds itself the VIC
tim of misplaced confidence. Had it not
been for the labors of those who through
hard experience have learned to justly esti-
mate the weakness of these no.party move.
ments we should have Democratic mayor.
No wonder that Mr.. Louis Jennings, who
was editor of the New York Times when
that journal made its famous assault on the
Tweed ring, is trifle astonished at the turn
affairs have taken, and writes from London
to the New York World thus: I for one
cannot understand how it is that all nv old
acquaintance OF the Tammany ring are turn
ing up again in New York, including Harry
Genet, Prince of Harlem, whose escape so
staggered us four years or so ago. What did
they run away for, and why have they come
back? Has anybody been put in prison yet
for publishing wicked libels about them?
What have they done with their big diamonds
and fast horses and palatial mansions? Have
any more carpets been laid down in the new
court house lately, and how does the plumb
ing-work get on? Are chairs and table as
dear as ever, and does plastering work cost
as much as it used to do? Where is the
New York Printing Company, which once
received 81, ,673.SS0 from the city in single
year, and where is 'smy Gratz?" All these
things are mysteries to me, and indeed
cannot decide whether the circumstances to
which they relate happened two years ago or
ten, or whether they really happened at all,
but are not the mere recollections of dsor-
dered dream.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

WHAT an idea to name volcano for a
ship, the imperishable for the perishable, a
work of nature for work of art Think too
of the confusion in geographical nomencla-
ture if our men of war are permitted to cruise
about and give their names to every new
spot they find. The world will become like
Oxford County.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

THE Shoe end Leather Reporter has a
good word to say for the National Bank sys-
tenn: "EVery holder of National Bank bill
is now absolutely secured; every business
man can tell exactly how much money of
every kind is in circulation, and any man or
any number of men, on complying with the
conditions, and desirous of so investing his
capital, can go into the business of banking.
These institutions, in fact. have performed
and are performing, for the government of
the United States, services similar to those
discharged by the Bank of England and the.
Bank of France for their respective govern.
ments. Aud their work has been more COM
prehensive, for they have, within period OF
fifteen years, entirely driven out vicious
paper circulation, and substituted therefor
one of undoubted security, accepted without
question in any part of the country. and re-
deemable on demand, while the taxes i'm
posed on the business have returned large
revenue to the Government
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

THE Irish World devotes double num-
ber To- Robert Emmet's centennial and
gives striking account of the death of the
heroic young patriot and the struggle for
Irish liberty at the close of the last century.
The World by the way is guilty of delight-
ful Hiberncism in calling the attention of its
exchanges to the sketch. 1t sends them pos
tai cards marked "private."
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

RUSSIA has met a worthy antagonist at
last. Servia is organizing artillery reserves
and is firmly resolved not to surrender to the
Gear the territory which the Russians won
from the Turk and turned over to the care OF
Prince Milan. Great things may be ex-
pected. 1t is hoped however that Russia will
yield to Servia's wishes. II she don't weld
look out for gore.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

CONGRESSMAN Cox has been asked by
Speaker Randall to consent TO the elmina-
tion from the pages of the Record of the
words that the veto message on the silver bill
was ga charge of fraud by fraud" Cox re-
fuses. He is having a long one this time.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS IS furnished
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. ALI railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
ournaI.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

COLUMBIA, the South American Republic,
knave. 1t is her proud boast that the mo-
ment captured rascal sets foot on her soil
the fetters fall from his limbs. The latest act
of liberation by her is that of one Scrofferd,
who forged school bonds in Kansas and fed
to Peru. The Peruvans surrendered him,
but the Columbians captured him from the
officer as the two went over Columbian terri
tory-something as pawn is captured in
chess. en- Ddssont
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH s.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

TN BANKRuPTCY.-Ds Court of the
l. United States, District of Maine. In the
matter of Francis W. Smith, Bankrupt.
This is to give notice that petition has been
presented to the Court this twentyninth day OF Jan
uary. by Francis w. Smith, of Portland, Bankrupt,
praying that he may be decreed to have full dis
charge from all his debts, and upon reading said Pc
tition,
It is ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same, on the Sixth day of May, A. d.
1875 before the Court in Portland, in said District
at 10 O'Clock A. M, and that notice thereof be pub
lished in the Portland Advertiser and the Port
land Press, newspapers printed in said District,
once week for three successive weeks, and once in
the weekly Advertiser and Press, the last publica-
tion to be thirty days at least before the day of
hearing. and that all creditors who have proved
their debts and other persons in interest may appear
at said time and place, and show cause if any they
have why the prayer OF said Petition should not be
granted. VIM, p PREBLE,
Clerk Of District Court, for said District.
fe25 d1aw3wM&w1w9
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

Now that the grasshopper has gone there
is great rush of immigrants to Kansas.
The next census will show a notable increase
in the population of that State.
The Portland daily press., 1878-03-05

IT is difficult TO see why Roumania objects
to exchanging Bessarabia for the Dobrudja. In
territory and population the new province is
twice as large as Bessarabia, yields four times
as much revenue, and has two good seaports.