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On Reading Hume.

After sleeping yourself in his life and essays
if you have the art of entering for the time into
the spirit OF your author, you come out decid-
edly tepid-a kindly cync--an easy-going Con-
servative-a skeptic who likes to sacrifice to
the dscencies-a utilitarian who defers to the
high authority of custom. moderate epicure
who is as proud Of his cook as he is of his mod
GRAFTON, scorner of popular passion, careful
apologist for intelligent despotism, with a lik-
ing for studious temper, for agreeable vanity.
for profound inquisitiveness, and for simisbls
and complscent incredibly. Doctor" Hume
said to his physician during his last illness,
when that gentleman proposed to tell friend
that his patient was recovering, "as I believe
you would not choose to tell anythiug but the
truth, you had better tell him that am diving
as fast as my enemies, If have any, could
wish, and as easily and cheerfullyias m, bast
friends could desire" He pleased himself in
MS last illness With suggesting the excuses be
might oner to Chsron for delaying the last voy-
age, and Chsron replies: 81 thought might
say to him, Good Charou, have b-en oorrect-
Ing my works for . new edition. A low me
little time TO see how the pubic receiyes nv al
terations.' But Charon would answer, When
you have seen the effect of them, you will be
for making other alterations. There will be
no end of such excuses, 40, honest friend.
please step into the bat Bat / might
urge, Have little patience, gooi Chsron,
have been endeavoring to open the
eyes OF the public. II L live few
years longer 1 may have the satisfaction of
seeing the downfall of the prevailing systems
of superstition But Cnsron would then lose
all temper aud decency-'You lettering rogue,
that will not happen these many hundred
years. Do you fancy will or ant Won a leave
for so lOng time? Get into the boat this IN
sGsnt, you lazy, loiteriog rogue" Tnis wa (,
within week or two of Hams's dsatn. whsa
he was as certain of the approach Of the snd as
every sign of it could make one whose !ntelll.
hopes.-The Spectator
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25
THE fear Of the plague which is raging in

THE fear OF the plague which is raging in
Russia has extended pretty much all over
the Turkish provinces and Servia. Along
the entire German border which joins Russia
and throughout Hungary and Austria the
alarm is far from being abated. France,
England, Portugal and Spain are as yet not
much disturbed by the alarm. The degree
of fear which exists in Germany is shown by
the official decree published in Berlin, which
ordains that, until further notice, travellers
from Russia will only be permitted to cross
the frontier on producing passport endorsed
by the German Ambassador at St. Peters
burg, or by some German Consular authority
in Russia, the same only to be granted on
the traveller showing that for twenty days
previously he has not resided in any district
affected or suspected of the pest. In addition
the travelling effects and clothing of those
who belong to affected districts will have to
be subjected to process of disinfection by
the fumes of sulphur before they ar per-
mitted to cross the border into Germany.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

A CoRREsP oNDENT of the New York Her
aid, who ha, recently interviewed Mr.. McCul-
lagh of the st. Louis Globe Democrat, finds
abundant belief that General Grant will have
very strong support from the press and pee
pie of the Western States, if he is nominated
for third term. Mr.. McCullagh says he re-
CARDS Grants nomination as certainty, il
he is alive; and that no other man can be
selected by the Republican party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

LIGHT FOR. THE SrcK-RooM "A kerosene
lamp is not Suitable light fJr the sick-roOm
for it should never be turned down low, on ac-
count of the d,ssgreeable odor which results
scientific man ice said, "rhere is nothing
in the world that will produce diphtheris sooner
than bad kerosene lamp" Be that as it may, a,
il your kerosene lamp emits disagree bic
oil may be of an interior quality. the burner
may be poor, or 1t is clogged up, or the wick
needs TO be be evenly trimmed. -Harper's $
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THE PRESS
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY s5.

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni
cations The name and address OF the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
out as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve COM
munications chat are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

THE Utica Observer has interviewed ex-
Governor Horatio Seymour, and found him
warmly opposed to Chinese immigration, on
moral, material, legal, political and vital
grounds. He holds that if the question Of
its prohibition be not settled peaceably now
it will necessarily be settled forcibly here
aftnr
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vE ought to be very grateful for the solic

WE ought to be very grateful for the solicit
tude expressed by the argus. 1t is always
moaning because the PRESS has made some
grievous mistakes in policy, or said some low
thing, and is, just now, in danger of worry
ing itself sick. 1t should be careful how it
lets its sympathies get the better of Its dis
cretion. Above all it should not fatigue it
SELF 1t has not been robust of late years, and
any great exertion is liable to result in
serious con sequences.
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CITY ADVERTIS EMENTS,
TO CONTRACTORS.

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
- Mayors Office City BUILDING, SATURDAY
n EXT, lor plasteriDg the new Pine Street school
HOu q.
proposals will also be received for furnishing and
putting up quantity Of galvanized iron ventiIating
pipe. All information in regard to the work and ma
tefias can be obtained at the Office of F. H. Fassett
Architect
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
M. M. BUTLER,
Chairman Committee on Public Buildings.
dIx.r
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A Santa Fe, New Mexico, special .saysi that
there is trouble in Lincoln county. 81. l..
Chaupman, lawyer, the head OF the Nc
Sweeney faction was shot and insts Intly killed
in front of the court house at Lincoln, on the
10Th.
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Monday. the third day Of March next, at
ten o'clock In the forenoon,

then and there to give in their votes for Mayor one
Alderman. three Common CounciImen, Warden,
intending school Committee in Wards Two, Five,
Six and Seven, residents of said Wards tor the en-
suing year. rbe polls on such day of election to
they shall be closed.
The Aldermen of said city will be in open session at
the Aldermen's Room 10 City Building, from nine
to twelve O'Clock in the forenoon. and from two to
five O'Clock in the afternoon each of the four secu-
lar days next preceding such day OF election. for the
purpose OF receiving evidence of the qualification OF
voters whose names have not been entered on the
sts of qualified voters, in and for the several Wards,
and for correcting said lists.
Per order II. l. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
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MR.. GLOVER, the Great Investigator, has
introduced new method of examining wit
nesses. He clutches them by the throat, and
calls upon them to stand and deliver their
testimony.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

"PRo bono publico" would elevate his
standard considerably by signing his commu-
nications. The man who is ashamed of his
own name must have fearful record.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS Is furnished
with Gard certificate couDtersgned by Stanley L.
Pullen. Editor. An railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent ON
onrnal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

ONE of the sweetest things in literature is
the ardent pursuit of the Greenback vote by
the Argus. In the warmth of its wooing il
displays more than the usual lavishnesss of
lovers, and stoops very low indeed to conquer.
Its unfortunate passion is likely to get it into
trouble, for some of its subscribers who pride
themselves on being Democrats. complain
bitterly of its 'sspooning" and characterize
its course in language which is certainly
forcible if not polite-language indeed which
is 100 broad for the columns even of the
Arqus.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

ANOTHER planet mas just been discovered.
Polisa, of Berlin, is the detective this time
that is to be credited with the honor Of
bringing to light aud to catalogue body
which has hitherto managed to keep out OF
the way OF the keenest telescope. 1t is of the
eleventh magnitude, and is situated in Leo.
This completes list of 1872 known asteroids
between Mars and Jupiter. When so were
found reward was offered for the discovery
OF the next one. According to the Rochester
Union, Professor Swift, of that city, the well
known star-gazer and star-hunter, expects
that reward will now be offered for the dis
covery OF the one that will fill out the num-
her to 200
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

NOTICE Is hereby given that the above-named
IN streets have, by order OF the City Iouncil been
remembered according plans in the City civil en-
eineers office, and al parties interested are hereby
notified hat the numbers so designated must be af-
fixed to the buildings before the trst day Of
March next Per Order, H. 1. ROBINSON,
Jan. 10, 1879. City Clerk,
iaIl ord
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

THE present industrial distress in England
is almost without parallel in former years.
Not even during the Crimean war was there
the distress among the people of Birmingham
that there is now. At the middle of Jauua-
ry out of a population OF 800 900, $4,000 were
receiving assistance from town fund raised
by voluntary subscription. One cause for the
destitution and suffering is the unusually Sc
we're weather. For more than a month the
extreme cold has stopped almost all outdoor
work. In places near Birmingham, as at
Wolverhampton and Manchester, the gener-
al distress is much worse, and it seems as if
many must perish before the return of better
times. While destitution and suffering are
spreading elsewhere, these are $4,000 laborers
on strike in Liverpool. The Lord Provost
of Glasgow reported three weeks ago that
25,000 persons in that city were destitute.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25

WHITE women receiving charity from
Cinnamon was the singular spectacle wit
messed in San Francisco the recent Chinese
New Years Day. 1t is custom with the
Cinnamon on that holiday to show their
liberality and win favor with their gods by
wrapping five and ten cent coins in red paper
and giving them to the poor who solicit help.
A number of Italian women, becoming
aware of this custom, made complete tours
of Chinatown on New ears Day, and called
at every Monaghan shop in the quarter.
They reaped bountiful harvest.
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HE KUkGLAND DAILY FkESSs
Published every day Sundays exceptsdD by the
PORTLAND PUS LhSHRNG CO.
AT 1Os EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
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g<Ss THE MAINE STATE PRESS
is published every THURsDAY MORNING at $3.50 .
year, il paid in advance at $500 year.
RATES OF ADvERTIsIEG: One inch Of space, the
length of column, constitutes square"
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week after; three insertions or less $100 continu-
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Halt square, three Insertions OF less 70 cents; ono
week, S1.00; so cents per week after.
SPeCIAL NOTICES, one third additional.
Under bead OF "AMUSEMENTs" and "AUCTIoN
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PRESS" (which has a large circulation in every part
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and 30 per square for each subsequent insertion
Address all communications to
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THERE has been no severer indictment of
Tilden's fitness for the high office which he
SO fervently declared before God and the
country he had lost through fraud than the
following from the Utica Herald: "We
cannot escape from the fact that he declared
before the Potter subcommittee, while de-
Ginning to justify the conduct of his nephew
Pelton, that 'his error was excusahIe.' Mr..
Tilden was burning with Indignation over
frauds he imagined and declared to have been
committed on the other side; but when
pressed by the committee to say whether he
had any personal knowledge of the frauds he
alleged, he was compelled to admit that he
had none. Thus denouncing imagined
frauds, he declared in the same breath that
the glaring attempts to buy electors, proved
and confessed and spread before the country
in every naked detail, were excusable."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25
CITY OF PORTLAND.

To Owners or Occupants of Il Buildin2s and
Lot ON st John, BramhaI', Walnut and
willis Streets.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-25
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Portland Mutual Fishing Hnsur
ance Ompany.

FTsHE annual meeting of the Portland Mutual
Fishing Insu' auce Co. will be held SATUR-
DAY, February 2Sh a. D. M, at the office OF e. G..
Willard, Commercial wharf,. Business-EIection Of
officers Per order, GEO W. RICH
feb'S S-d2W Secretary.
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If the Union was worth fighting for il is
worth paying for.
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FOR SALE!
The Engine, Boiler and Machinery
% Court Street. RostOr

of twenty by twenty inch Tow Boat with Conden-
ser and independent air and Circulating Pumps;
use; also, all the Sea Cocks Valves Condenser
steel Crank Shaft and Pin also. Pusey q Jones
w Mneei SIX feet eight inches in diameter; also, Deck
Plates, Bunker Covers, and Bit Heads. Every
thing in hrst class order just from the repair shop.
Condenser with attachments alone cost 81 600 when
put into Boat. ALI the above named Machinery
ready to be put into instant use Will be sold low
Tor cash. For further particulars communicate with
JAMES NJ ANDREWS.
1oVldC Bi~deford, Maine.
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STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City of Portland.

pURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor and AL
Il dermen of the city of Portland the duly quail
fled Electors OF said CITY hereby notified to meet
in their respective Ward rooms, on
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OCTAVE CHORUSES.

OLIVER DITSON & co, Boston.
no24 eod&yW1y
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Piano for Sale.
Vaults Cleaned and Ashes Renewed

AT SATISFACTORY PRICES. All orders
"A promptly attended to by calling at or address
dX
&c dtf r. GIBSON, 5ss Congress st.
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CaswelPs slippery Elm Lozengc,

OhuiCht " IN
em.Alwaysj
your bedsi ie Il
taken wben /
will stopyOu,I
idlts are they|
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them to sick-l
death ariihl
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PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET.
Congress Hall :::::: ::E!:t s;s'':;: s:s f: ::

Dances: Parties. Lectures &c, by applying to e. A.
SAWYER. l61 Commercial st. or JAS. A. WHIT.
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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

CYAN amusing coloquy came off at a
supper table on board of one CT our Mis-.
sissippi steamboats, between n Chicas
exquisite, recking III oil and cologne,
who was cursing tho walters, assuming
very consequential airs, and raw Jona-
than seated by his side dressed in home
spun. Turning to his vulgar friend, the
former pointed his jcweled finger and
said: "Butter, sah"'
eyes, I see it is," coolly replied grceny.
"Butter, sab, say" fercely repeated
the dandy.
eyes, sir, know livery good and
first rate r,icle.
butter, tell you" thundered the dan
DIV, in a still louder voice, as it he would
annihilate him. -,
"VVell gosh all Jerusalem, what Of it !"
now yelled the down-easter, getting his
duuder up in turns "you don't think
took it for lard, do yous Yoa must be
an everlasting darn fool, drat you, and if
Won dou't shut up your jaw, I'll butter
nv fists and cram them down your infer
nal throat. If you don't hush, I'll get
mad, do you hear ~
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

ryTho Cincinnati Commercial has
taken the pains to find out the number of
not only Confederate Brigadiers" in the
present Congress, but also the number Of
Federal Brigadiers, aud the following is
the result OF it's investigation: Union
soldiers in the Senate, 4; ditto in the
House, 81 total in both branches, 55. In
the Senate there are 10 Confederate sol.
diers, and in the House So; total in both
houses, II. This gives % moro Confede-
rates in the Congress than Federals, a
discrepancy not nearly so great as it has
been represented. AS it.was not 50 easy
for able bodied men in the South to put
substitutes in the army as it was in the
North, it has not beer quite so easy to
find men fit for Congressman who have
not smelt powder in the South, as it is in
the North where any sharp man could
easily keep a whole skin by hiring Il sub
stitute among the poor negroes in the
South.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

F~Upon tho question Of taking cold
nigh authority says: "When ii person
begins to shiver, tho blood is receding
from the surface; congestion, to a great
er or less extent. has taken place, and
tn . patient has already taken cold, to be
followed by fever, inflammation of the
lungs, neuralgia, rheumatism, etc. All
these evils can be avoided and the cold
expelled by walking, or in some exercise
that will produce n prompt and decided
reaction in the system. The exercise
should be sufficient to produce pcrspira-
tion. If you are so situated that you can
get a glass of hot water to drink, it will
materially aid the perspiration, and in
every way assist nature in her efforts to
remove the cold. This course followed,
your cold is at an end, AMI whatever dis
ease it would ultimate in is avoided !;
your sufferings are prevented and your
doctors bills saved"
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

HONOR FROM EUR,PE. 1t is conceded
on all sides that DR.. Ayers Pills are above
comparison with other medicines. Unit
ing the best elements known to the chem
lists they are particularly effective against
the numerous stomachic disorders for
which they are recommended as cure.
These Pills are so mild, yet searching,
that they are often prescribed by doctors
who otherwise do not favor patent medi.
cines. Indeed, with the fruits of DR..
Ayers genius in the shape of Pills, Sar-
saparila, Ague Cure and Cherry Pcctor.
all one might with impnnity travel
through the swamps of tropical America,
or follow Stanley on his travels through
tho interior OF Africa.-Amsterdam
Nieuws van den Dag.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
eyThe Hartford Times says: eff the

eyThe Hartford Times says: eff the
gentlemen who are supposed to bo engi-
neering events so as insure the nomina-
tion of Gen. Grant for President in 1880
are wise, they will sit down with
their utmost ponderosity upon the
absurd project of a travelling mass con-
vention of $4,000 people to meet The
General at San Francisco and escort him
across the continent. There are multi
tude OF good reasons which might be of
fered, but the scheme is so manifcstly i'll
advised that it is hardly worth while to
treat it as anything else than the inven-
tion of q few rail road sharpers.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

eyTho following from the New Or
leans Democrat, explains why Chandler
hates jeff. Davis so badly: During that
period of joint service in the senate by
the Mississippian and tho Michigand +,
which was referred to by the latter, it
happened on one occasion that Mr.. Davis,
while speaking, was subjected to series
of maudlin and meaningless Interrupt
tions from Mr.. Chandler. After patient
ly enduring them for time, the Senator
from Mississippi finally put a peremptory
stop to them by plainly telling tho Sena-
tor from Michigan that he was ''imperti-
nent." The atfront was not noticed at
the time, but how gallantly and faithfully
its memory has been treasured for {: IA
vorable opportunity to avenge it, is
shown by the late exhibition of long
range firing in the senate.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

sTA most extraordinary death is re-
ported to have occurred at Ii. tie Rock,
Ark, few days since: A farmer living
about ten miles from that city predicted
that he would die on a certain day. His
friends and family demonstrated with
him conccrnining this phantasmatical
idea, which was uppermost in his mind.
He, however, disregarded their cntreat-
les but for time he laid aside his Pc
culiar notion and his friends thought no
moro about the prophesy. The fated day
came at last, and with his acc ustomed
regularity, he went to work as usual
No change had occurred IN his physical
condition to warrant the fultillment of
the fatal prediction. About eleven o'clock
he quit his work and went to his home,
and remarked to his wife that his feet
were cool and that he felt sick. Pulling
Oft his shoes he sat by the fire and held
out his feet. Turning around to his wife
he said, "I am going to die just as told
YOU" A few moments later, he said, 81
am dying now. death has begun at my
feet and Is creeping towards my head"
His wife assist ed him to bed, and while
she was going to get fuel to start q fire,
he died; thus fulfilling a prediction
made many days before the eventful
timC.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
Written for the Feliciana Sentinel.
YOUR IMAGE IN MY HEART.

'Tis now that leave you, to so far away,
But promise I'll make ere I go,
Whenever Remembran her gifts shall
display,
Or Memory her bounties bestow;
When Vision shall visit my slumb' ring
hours,
1t pleasures and joys toimpart,
Ono face I'll recall and that will be yours,
For your image is fixed in my heart.
1t grieves me to leave you and makes my
heart sore,
When think of tho days that have
passed.
Perhaps in the future we may meet never
My happiness was too great to last.
Though I'm far away, and 'rnong strang-
ers dwell,
And tho hopes of my youth shall dep art,
will never forget how I loved you so
we'll,
And your image will 1.-Two in my heart.
H.E.C.