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The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
Paragrapher Burdette Surprised.
burlington Hawkeye, ]


While was at Elkhorn, under the protecting
wings of Mr.. Henry Tubbs and Mr.. Stratton. a
man from Michigan, who was selling three
horse clevis to the farmers, said to me: "May
ask you question, and will you answer it?'
I said he might and 1 would. 1 always an.
swered questions. 1 might not always tell the
truth, but would answer. Then the man said:
''Did you know a merchant in Burlington
named Cyrus j. Staplston?"
"Oh, yes" said, eyes indeed, knew Sta
pleton ever so WE'LL" L had never heard of
such man, but what is the use of going around
disappointing people when they ask after their
friends Yes, know all about Stapeton.
'I visited at his house oDce," the man said;
81 used to have some business dealings with
bim." 81 think l have heard him speak of
you Is his daughter married" "Yes," said
[, wishing the map would talk about the presi-
dents policy, 'Oh yes, she's married. Nettie
was a very pretty girl
L KIDD of thought Nettie Stapleton would
sound ablut right, and now did try to think
who under the sun Stapleton was. The man
said, eyes, she was very pretty GIRL" though
he never knew what her first name was. He
said. 'Stapleton had very beautiful home"
'sYes,' / said, ''he bsd' Then my evil
genius prompted me 70 make fool of myself
ard go into details, and L went on, "It bad such
a beautiful view If the river"
Yes the man SAID, ''of the lake. you
mean?'
"No," I said, "river.. us big enough for a
lake, but it's the river"
"Whg, no." he exclaimed, with look of
surprise. certainly it's the lake"
No." persisted, I'VE have no lakes about
Burlington. The only water there is the Mis-
slssippi river"
"Mississippi river" the man yelled. "Good
land! Burlington amt within Thousand
miles of the Mississippi river"
'Man alive" | exclaimed, "whst are you
dreaming of? us right on the Mississippi
rivasr'
The man gave snort of contempt and
amsz7ment that nesrlY lifted the top of his head
off. "Why.' he shouted, 'its right on Lake
Champlain!'
1 began to feel ill and, in BILE kind of
way, said guessed he must bs talking of Bur-
ling,on, Vermont
The man said, rather grufflY, "What was you
thinking of?'
l said, Burlington, Iowa.
The man looked incredulous and regarded me
n Silence for a moment.
"Hub!' he exclaimed, II never heard of such
place."
I naaspd.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
Living by Literature.
The Hardest and Worst Paid Work
There 10.

lRose Terry Cooke in Sunday Afternoon FOR jan
uary1
Then there Is another trouble in literary
work; it is very poorly paid. do not mean
that the money is not paid in proportion 10 the
work, for think tits, especially to a popular
writer; but the trouble is the long waiting for
that which you have earned, and the uecer-
tainty of psyment which DE- pends on the time
of printing the manuscript. There are but
two firms 10 this country who hsbltually pay
on acceptance; elsewhere the writer must wait
any uncertain length Of time FOR an uncertain
result. have myself been put of two years
aud half in cne instance; frequently year.
Tbis makes writing q precarious mode Of get
ting living indeed; it involves an author in
necessary debt, aud life Is q et-ady "gubd''
when we dread TO meet our fellow creatnrss,
and have a sinking heart to see them pass the
house because We owe them for the very nec-
esssrIes Of life, and canDot pay our bills till ID
peases this magazine or that paper TO print
the article which means to US shoes, or po'a-
to.s, OF douti To be at liberty TO do the b 80
work an author should have some regular in
come beside that which he earns; but now few
havet
1t follows, of course, that those publishers
who pay for manuscript have their cnoiee Of
the best, and next to them come those weekly
last know Of only one which Is regular IN 10
payments-every article being paid for the
week after printing; the rest delay and lipgsr,
aud possibly have to be dunDed-a N sss dis
tasteful necessity to a lsdy-before they pay
such dests. One paper, edited by two clergy
meo, have long ceased to write for, because 1
could not afford to wait in every instsnve there
for my money. To have a regular salary such
as a teacher, or a seamstress, or a hou-ek-epsr
or a servant receives would be delightful COM
pared with this constant work aud constant
debt; for though checks delay, hunger aud
cold and the thousand needs OF daily life will
not: and living on nothing while you wait Tor
publication is poof experiment
Then, again, you need health and strength TO
write, for it is hard work. Nothing exnsusu
so utterly as day Of writing; and how is 10
with weeks and months2 You feel that .
clergyman earns large salary who writes two
sermons of perhaps $500 words each week; aud
generally write sbou' 5000 and have written
ss many as 1900 words 10 five days, and at
ended 10 my house aud the needs Of al inva-
lid beside; yet l have never made a Thousand
dollars in any year.
"When you Write," said my physician to me,
you draw from the very source Of your vitality
not from its distributed energies; no wonder
you are exhausted and have felt the truth
of his words in the aching head and crsmped
fingers and weary irritablty that will 10 low
mental exertiop, even in such good health as
happily possess. Mol there Is no royal road 70
literary work any more than to washing and
ironing; it is poor pay for the exhsussing labor,
and it is work never done, and very hard work
at that; all the harder because of its slow and
uncertain reward.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
A Southern Election Comp romise.

Senator Blaine relates to Mr.. Smalley, Of the
Cleveland Herald, the following interesting
story of an election in q small town of Ala
bama: a Boston commercial traveller was
stopping in the town election day, and out Of
curiosity went to the polls quite early in the
morning. He found III It about 100 whites aud
500 blacks had assembled near the polls The
blacks were by themselves in pubic square,
and negotiations were going on between the
two parties as to the order of the voting. FIual-
ly it was stated that compronise had been
made by which white man was TO vote hrss
then a black man, aud so whites and blacks
were to alternate during the day. rh1 hrss
negro to offer his vote was challenged and
about ten minutes were consumed. Then q
white man voted and after him a negro. The
third negro was challenged aud much time va
spent in hunting up authorities Occasionally
q white man was challenged 10 give the appear
ance of fairness; but sufficient number OF
negroes were challenged duriag the day 10
delay the voting, so that the last white man
was perm tied to vote just before the polls
closed. The corresponding black man was not
permitted to deposit bis ballot. When the
traveller visited the polls toward night, hun
dred white men and ninety-nine negroes bad
voted, and the Democrats had just one major
ity at the poll, while 401 negroes were disfrsn-
chised. The plan worked beautifully. Ii Was
compromise, and no violence was employed.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
Mems Names.

The Study Of Mems Names is as curious As
it is Interesting. Arbitrary as they seem to-
day, they all had their source evidently in some
fitting fact. Many Eugsh surnamss express
the county, estate. or residence Of their original
bearers; as Burgoyne, from Burgundy: Cor
nell or CORVALLIS, from Cornwall; Fleming.
from Flanders; Gaskin and Gascoyne, from
Gascony; Hanway, from Hsiuault; Polsck,
from Poland; Welsh, Walsh and Wallis, from
Wales; Coombs, Compton, Clayton, Sutton,
Preston, Washington, from towns in the county
of Sussex, England. Camden, the sntiquary.
says every village in Normandy has surnAmsd
some English family. Dale, Forest, Hill,
Wood, and the like are derived from the char
acter or situation of those who hrst bore the
names. The prefix atte or at, softeped TO . or
an has helped to form number Of names.
Thus, IL man lived on moor, be weuld call
himself Afternoon In Atmoor; If near . gate,
Attegate or Agate. John atte the Oaks was in
due time shortened into. John Noass; pster at
tue Seven Oaks into Peter SnoQss. b field,
Byford, Underhiil and Understood Indicated
residence originally. 10 old Rlish, apple
garth meant orchard; whence Applegats and
Appleton; chase forest; Give, cliff; eloaeh,
a ravine; cobb, harbor; whence thsse Damss.
The root OF the ubiquitous Smith is the A. elo-
Saxon smitaD, to smite. Ii was sppued prm-
mssons, ard smters or strikers 10 general
Baker, Taylor, Butler, Coleman (coalmsn,)
Draper, Cowper (cOoper,) Cutler, Muller, Aoa
the rest plainly denote occupations. Larner
IS from latiDer, writer of Latin. Lorimer 10
maker of spuls and bride BITS; Ark wright, q
maker of chests Lander, contracted from Law
andier, a WashermsD; B.nister, the keeper Of q
BATH; Kidder, buckster; Wait. minst el;
Crocker, a potter. Such names as Baxter and
Bsgster are the feminine of BAKER, Webster Of
We bbar or weaver, which shows that thee
trades we're first followed BY women, and tbss
when men began to take them up Ih-y for
,one t,u g kept the feminine pames. Steward,
5 ewart or Stuart, Aboo', Knight, Lord, BIS
hop, Prior, CHAMBERLAIN, Falconer, L-eeett
(rgate, either sig nfied what the perssos 80
styled were, or they were gwen them IN j-st or
derisioD, like the names King, Primer, and
Pope. The termination word indicates . keeper
ss Durward, doorkeeDer; Hayward, keeper Of
the town cattle; Wood ward, forest keeper.
Read, Reed or Reid is az old form Of spelling
red, and was bestowed. as White, Brown and
Black were, to denote the color worn or the
complexion had. Hogsrth, rom the D1tcb,
means generous, higb-nstured; Rash is suste;
Browne, ready; Bonner, KIND gracious; FL
bridge, wild, gh .stly. Many Welsh psmes.
naturalized in Eoglish, ara from personal
traits, as More. great; Daft, black; Vaughan,
little; Lane, slender; Mole, bald; Goush b, red.
Surnames now apparently meaningless bad
meaning in old Euglish and provincial dis ects-
Brock. for instance, signifies badger; Talbot.
mastiff: Todd, fox; Culver, pigeon; Hen.hAw,
young heron; Coke, cook.-lNew YORK Times.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
New York Express.l
Disadvantages Ia Life.

Cultivatipg beard.
Sitting at the foot OF boarding house table.
Wearing tight boots with big wad Of cotton
darning in the heel.
Walking through a crowded ferryboat with
year-o baby in your arms.
Passing the club or billiard room without
dropping in to see who's there"
Having bad cold in the head, and no hand
kerchief within hailing distance.
Being asked what time II Is when your uncle
is keeping your watch to suit his time.
Endeavoring to persuade a tailor that the
longer your bill goes over the soouer will the
sun of resumption rise like forty-cens sky
rocket.
Carrying scuttle of coal up stairs while the
partner of your joys stands IN the hall aud
yells, 20 HenrSl what dirt you're making
on my new carpelp
For the first time In ones life asking q girl
II she "@ouItn't Ike to go out some eveuiug
uext week." aud have her eoldly say, mo,
you mustn't keep late hoursl"
TskiJg off ones shoes 10 the lower ball to
walk up stairs noiselessly, and Just as the TOD
IS reached TO drop one shoe. aud bear Il 20
rattling TO the bottom like the gong of eter-
nil
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

CoNcEDING the ability, honesty and finan-
cial soundness of Senator Bayard, the Provi-
dence Journal declares him no whit the
superior of any man the Republicans are
likely to nominate tor the presidency in those
respects, while be is thoroughly aud earnestly
in favor of all that the s'solid south" demands,
and therein he antagonzes the great majority
of the north. 1t says:
The one all-absorbing question in the next
presidential Campaign will pe, assuming that
resumption is to bs q success, whether the
Union is to be one of legal and clearly defined,
and duly executed rights, or whether 10 is to
subsist upon sufferance upon the scquieseenc-
of the north 10 the notification of the constitu-
ton in the south. The south forces the ISSUE
Ii has not, it avows that it will not, yield obe-
dience to the law of suffrage. 1t maintains, by
its acts as we'll as words, an entire disregard of
the authority by VIII ch it's political power has
been increased. 1t acc pts the additional rep
resebtation, and deprives the voters, through
whom it is bestowed, of all their political
rights. Senator Baysrd sustaiDs the south,
The south relies upon the Demo cratic party to
Continue 1T In a safe rebellion. The north will
arouse in time and force 10 put down, it is to be
hop1d forever, this sectional and rebellious
narty
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
Grant aad Castelar,.

Correspondence of the New York Herald.1
There were officers in high grade who
awaited the coming of Gea. Grant. They
came directly from the king, who was at Vito
ria, some hours distant. Orders hal been sent
TO receive our ex-President as a captain-genersl
of be Spanish army. Tas question of how to
receive an ex-President of the United States
has been the source Of tribulstion in most Eu-
ropean cabinets, and its history may make an
interesting chapter some day. Spain solved
it by awarding the ex-president the highest
military houors. More interesting by far than
th vas the meeting with Mr.. CASTELAR,, the ex-
President of Spain Mr.. CASTELAR, was in our
train and on bis way to San Sebastian. AS
-oop as Gen Grant learned that he was among
the group that gathered on the platform he
sent word that he would like to know him
Mr.. CASTELAR, was presented to he gen
eral and there was brief aud rapid
conversation. The general thanked Mr..
CASTELAR, for all that he had done for the
United States, for the many eloquent
and noble words he had spoken for the North,
and said be would have been very much dlsaD-
pointed to have visited Spain and not met him;
that there was no man in Spain he was more
anxious to meet CASTELAR, is still a young man.
He has large dome-like head, with an archlne
brow that recalls with its outline the brow Of
Shakespeare Ha is under the average hight,
and his face has 20 covering bat rbrck, drvop-
ing moustache. You note the Andausian type,
swar,hy, mobile and glowing ewes that seem to
bura with the sun Of the Mediterranean. Caste
lars presidency was tempest with Carlism in
the north and communism in the south, and
the monarchy everywhere. How he held it
was marvel, for he had no friend IN the fam
ily of nations but America, aud that was cold
friendship But he kept Spain free and exc
cuted the laws and vndicated the national
sovereignty, and set on foot By his incom ara
BILE eloQuence the spirit which pervades Spain
to-day, and which, sooner or later, will make
itself an authority which even the cannon OF
Gen Pavia cannot challenge 1t was picture,
not without instructive features, this of Caste
lar, the orator aud ex. president of Spain, con-
versing on the platform of the frontier railway
station with Grant, the soldier and ex-pfesident
Of the United States "When reach Madrid,'
said the general, Il want to see you " II will
come at any time," said CASTELAR,. The only
man in Spain who received such message
from Gen. Grant was e Milo CASTELAR,.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
10 let

DRICK House. CENTRALLY located, 10 rooms, gas,
ID bath room. furnace Price $500. Apply to
N. S. GARDINER, K. Agent,
de24dtf Centennia Block.
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ProYoAing CkirosrapaY.

Professor s., VII $50 loss rs deeply le.
mented in the scholastic circles of New York,
was at one time highly valued contrib Itor TO
tue journal of which he sfterward took chargs,
greeted W tn every expression of cordlalIty sld
respect lt was a great pleasure 10 meet one
whose learning aud services had bee0, Ito,
etc. "Bu +, Professor" ADDED the editos, Iu'u-
log upou ID, aud selzIng his hand wih sudden
earnestuess, aud with solemniy y IN bis face, "I
hope You pray for INV printers
The Professor replied that h. was verv happy
to offer bis prayers In behalf Of any ~hl were
IN need OF Gh-@; bat what was the special ur-
geUcs 10 this c.se?
"Ahp aus wered he editor, shaking his hssl
inpres-ively, 'ff you cbuld but hrar .hsa
swear when they gss 10 work On yssr nens-
seupt!"-[ darper's
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

THE California convention for revising the
State Constitution has adopted memorial to
to Congress denouncing Chinese immigration,
and asking for relief. The objections made to
the Chinese are: First, that the country is
already so well stocked with vigorous and
civilized people that there is no need of inm-
grafton for the increase of the population;
secoud that the character of the Chinese is
such that they do not assimilate with the
people of this country, but that their coming
presents the question whether this country
shall be ultimately given up to Mongolians
or preserved for CaucasiaDs; third, that in
consequence of the famine in China there is
danger of greatly increased immigration in
the near future; and fourth. that the Chinese
bring with them unclean and demorallziDg
habits, that they are destitute of moral prin-
ciple, incapable of patriotism, and untitled
for citizenship. We doubt very much If
there is a Mongoian in California more un-
fitted Tor citizenship and more destitute of
moral principle than Denuis Kearney. Ger
tainly there is none halt so capable for mis-
chief.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

HOUSES and Tenements, Stores and Ohifes in
III all parts of the city. Two Furnished Houses,
also Rents in Deering, for particulars apply to
N. S. GARDINER, r e. Agt,
de21eod1m Centennial Block.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

A capital joke is told here of Miss Eva Davis
sales wo man, at Table Rock Museum, Canada
sidel. A visitor was inspecting the curiosities
aud seemed taken with the "Derbyshire spar
work., which MISS Eva said was msnafac-
tursd fiom "rabe RJck" stone, which state
ment be was Incinrd to question: but this
sweet, bsck-e5ed merchant assured him it was
all she represented, and furthermore, they nov
had sixteen artists in back room engaged in
making the same kind of ware. She handed
HIM . piece of genuiue English spar for scru-
toy. swell" said tho Innocent Stranger
splease show me into this room where the six
teen artists are SC work, and will bslieve what
you saw Is a fact "Ob, no. iDdeedp' quoth nis
fair vis-s-vis "thst would not DO; us agaioss
our ru rs; we never give anybody the 'opeu
sesame 10 This secret CHAMBER which contains
our wealth. "Alas," says the gent, 'Lben
please set all these kicsshaws back on the
,helf (51.50) aud do accept this $50 bill as a
FAINT token of my regard. Why" said she
"whAt do you mesn?' "Well. Miss DAVIS,
mos. Iell you a fact My name is Samuel
Bowers; live in De byshire, E Elel.ud, wh're
manufacInre this spar work. Fur he more,
your fsther is one of my bsst Customers. and
you, Miss Eva, hls dsuRhtsr, are the 'bcis
saleeman.'"
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
City Hall, Bangor, Jan. 2 and 8.

Opening at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, Thursday, an clos
ing Friday evening. A dresses will be given by
prominent Temperance Ikers of this Stare and by
PROF. GEORGE FOs1E Err, Of the University of n eN,
Brunswick.
A most cordial invita- ion is extended by the tenn
perance women of Bangor to their sisters enga ed in
this work throughout the State, to assemble at tue
opening OF the new year. TO discuss those vital ques-
tions pertaining to the interests of the cause it is
earnestly desired that all auxiliary unions and aid
societies be fully represented at this meetns Enter
tainment will be furnished in the hosptable homes of
the city to women attending the convention Free
return tickets If solicited will be given at all the sta
tions of the M. G. R.. and the same reduction NAV
be expected on the other roads.
Women of Maine. let Us gather In large numbers,
houghttuy TO consi the necessities Of the cause
in wuich we labor, invoking the divine blessing to
crown our efforts with success
MRS. l.. M. N. STEVENS,
Prest Me. w. G. T. U,
MRS. G. HUNT Cor. Sec.
Augusta, Dec 18th, 1873.
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LOST AND FOUND.
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TO LET.
Tss LET

TEyHE Store in Harrington Block now occupied by
Il Collins g. Buxton. They will remove their
stock of mnsic, and continue business at d. II.
Young's, 266 MIDDLE Street. de30dtf
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

a upper tenement No. 260 State street; very
N pleasant, with modern improvements. Small
family preferred. Call at the house. de7dtf
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AT iss EXCHANGE sT., PORTLAND.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

The members of the committee on appro-
priations now believe that all their bills will
be reported to the House by the 1st of Feb
ruary instead OF the 18th, and they expect to
have work enough ready upon the assemb
ling OF Congress to engage the House for all
the time it can spare for the appropriation
bills up to the time of reporting the last one.
The object of the committee will be to crowd
all the business aside which is not of vital
Importance, until their particular work is SO
far advanced as to prevent the recurrence Of
the confusion and errors which marked the
work of the enrolling of bills at the close of
the last session. While formal vote has
not been taken, owing to the absence of sew
eral members, it is the intention of those
now in Washington to oppose the PROPOSE
ton of the friends of the army bill to attach
it to one of the appropriation bills. The
members of the army commission have been
trying to induce the committee to accept the
entire bill as an amendment. This move
ment is regarded as virtual confession that
this measure cannot pass as an independent
proposition. The army appropriation bill is
now in an advanced stage, and will be COM
pleted upon the basis of the present organiza-
tion and laws as they now exist.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
N 0 It TO e

AVE members OF the Cumberland County Agricul-
L tuEa Society are ne'eby potiied, that an ad-
1nurned meeting OF this society will be bed in the
y mmon Council Rooms, City Blu lding, Portland,
SAlUkDAY, Jan. 3, 1919 at 10 O'Clock a N Ali
members are requested to be present officers the
society and member of the STATE Board OF Agricul-
ture are TO be elected. SAMUEL DIN6LEY, Sec.
sebsgo Lake Dec. 27, 1878. de2ssodtd
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

EVERY regular attache OF the PREss fs furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley II.
Puen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Ourual
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
Cumberland National Bank.

THNHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Il Cumberland National Bank will be helu at their
Backing Room. in Portland on TUESDAY, the 14th
day of January 1879, at o'clock p for the choice
OF Directors for the ensuing year, and for the
sacion OF any other business that may then be-
fore them W. H, SOULE,
Portland, Dec. 18th 1878. Cashier.
de14 I'd
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN, 2.

We do not read anonymous letters and commum
cations. The name and address OF the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as q guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
manications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02

TIE Potter Committee is econ onomizing.
In order to save fare and hotel bills of anoth-
er Democrat Mr.. Potter has been empow-
cred to cast two votes to Mr.. Cox's one on ali
questions having political bearing that may
arise before the subcommittee,
The Portland daily press., 1879-01-02
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
EAGLE SUGAR REFINING co.

TNHE stockholders of this COMPANY are hereby
Il titled that the Annual Meeiing for choice of Di-
rectors and action upon any other business hat ray
come before them, will be held at the Refinery Office
on tuesday, the l4th day of January 1879 O'Clock
p m JOS, p. THOMPSON,
de31dtd Clerk.