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The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01
How Motley aud Bismarck Scared Eu.
rope.

Mr.. Sumner was In the habit of telling with
much humor, one amusing incident in Motlsy's
diplomatic career In Vienna. After the close
of the joint war of Prussia and Austria against
Denmark on the question of the Duchies, Bis
marck came to Vienna to settle the terms of
peace with the emperor. He arrived too late
to 60 to the Office of the minister Of foreign
affairs, and remembering that hist old universi-
ty chum, Motley, was American Minister, he
drove directly to his house, and found Motley
Just retiring from the modest family dinner,
with nothing but the remains of the dessert on
the table, The cid friends cordially joined
hands and hearts, fresh viands were furnished
from Motlsy's kitchen and fresh Burgundy
from his cellar, and for hour after hour the old
collegians went over their stndeut experiences
and frolics at the university Of Berlin, without
speaking word about politics. After crack
ing his last walnut and swallowing his last
glass OF wine, Bismarck, long after midnight
sauntered away to his hotel with an immense
internal satisfaction at the entertainments he
had derived from his first nights ex xperience at
Vienna. But the eyes OF Europe were all this
time on the terrible man of "blood and iron "
The foreign embassies were in an uproar. Was
il possible that there was to be an alliance be-
tween Prussia and the United States?
1t was known that New York was,
in respect to its German population,
the third or fourth German city In the world.
What meant this mysterious visit to the Amer
ican minister-the first visit the dreaded Prus-
sian minister made on entering Vienna? Tele-
grams few to London, Paris, Turin and st.
Petersburg. The ingenuity of diplomatists was
taxed to account for what was unaccountable.
Sumner himself, as chairman of foreign affairs,
received private letters from eminent persons
abroad earnestly inquiring whether the United
States had resolved to depart from non inter-
ence with the affairs of Europe as recommended
by the immortal Washington. stc.,-absurd
letters, at which Sumner, who knew Motley's
early associations with Bismarck, exhibited his
teeth in the most genial and humorous of
smiles. He laughed with Motley over the oc-
currence some years sf.erward when the affair
was explained to him just as he bad diviued It.
1t is pity that this one humorous incident IN
the whole dreary correspondence OF the Ameri-
can department of state with It's ministers
abroad is not recorde In any state paper. But
il is certain that for q day or two 1t seriously
5istnrbed the consultations Of every cabinet In
Europe.-E. P. Wbipols, in IL mrs for May.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01
The Negro Migration to Kansas.

The Rev. Richard Cardley, writing from
Emporia, X ansas, cncerning the strange imm-
grafton into that State of southern negroes,
possible effects of this surprising movement and
shows also that northern aid for the immigrants
will be worthily bestowed. he says:
A few days since met very intelligent
coored maD, who formerly lived in this State,
but has since bee In almost every Southern
State, and is we'll Informed as to the the con.
diton of things there. as far as his own peo-
Pile are concerned. He told me he had Just come
from Louisiana and brought with him seventy
five of the immigrants OF whom the papers
have been saying so much.
SIS it true" asked him, "that they are de-
luded b., promises of land and money and
mules?'
"No; they are not dsluded. They know
what they are about perfectly. They expect
no transportation, nor money, nor mules. But
there IS reign Of terror in the Gulf States, and
no colored man feels safe who is at all inde-
pendent. IL is not matter of bread and meat
with as; it Is q matter OF life and death"
"Bnt wha. do they e, expect to do, and how do
they expect to live?"
"rhey understand the United States home
stead laws, and they know that any citizen
can take up one hundred and sixty acres of
land. and by living on it five years can own
it. They propose to take advantage of these
rights under that law, and secure them home
steads on the frontier"
learned from him that the movement Is not
new, but has been going on at a slower rate for
three or four years. There are already two
large settlements of colored people in the west
ern part of Kansas. They have taken home
steads, opened farms apd started q village.
They call their village ''Nicodemus." They
think it time to wake the old gentleman from
his sleep by the "Old Gum Tree" In this viii
lage they have stores, and shops, and markets,
and two churches. Many of the farms are
already quite valuable. One man. he named,
had bullt good house, employed a number of
hands, had large quantity of stock, and was
worth eight or ten Thousand dollars. Not all
do as well, but they are making a living
These new comers expect to DO the same thing.
They do not intend TO remain in the cities, or
to be ohareeable to charity. They expect to
work and make their way. They will take up
homesteads. Some of them have a little
money, and they can buy teams aud tools 10
open farm. Others have no money, but they
can make them dug out" and on this rich
soil they can cultivate enough with a spade
and hoe to furnish them bread, and by degrees
they can advance to better things.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

THERE is good deal of levity shown at
funerals in California. The officiating clergy
man at one had got along so far in his dis
course the other day as to say, "We shall
miss his cheerful presence in our midst" when
the corpse rose and shouted "And so will his
sisters and his cousins and his aunts." The
funeral broke up in confusion; but so lax are
Californian laws no arrests were made.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

The Paris correspondent of the London
Times believes that the rejection of the
Radical, Blanqui, as Deputy from Bordeaux
by the Chamber, at the demand of the OPP
portunitist Ministry, will be followed by tre-
mendous agitation, as he thinks that every
Radical constituency will put him up as
candidate
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01
Confederate Democratic opinion.
[0kolOna lMlrs,) States.l

Down with the damnsble amendmpntsl
The next thing to reach for Is fair, SQUARE
Southern representation in the United States
army. We want to see man like Jo johnson
in command of the soldiers and for,s of this
country. We join the Charleston Is. O.) News
in remarkiog that I'VE must have all our rights
or noue. A half loaf Is not enough"
Revolutions nevei 60 backward, thank Godi
We have captured Ne Capitol; we have begun
to repeal your blaces bloody and brutal laws,
and we will never pause or postpone until we
have purified the statutsibooks Of "the last yes-
tige OF your war measures"
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

A "tidal wave," five feet high, has lately
been observed 10 Lake Erie. There was very
little wind at the time, and the lake was almost
calm. Such phenomena have occurred very
frequently, both on Lake Erie and the other
great lakes. They were seldom accompanied
though they were often followed, by storms.
No satisfactory explanation has yet been given.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

The New York Sun is trying to push ex-
Gov. Palmer's fortunes. 1t suggests that he
will make good Democratic candidate for
the Presidency and gives him an eight column
send-off. he has one qualification-he is
used to defeat.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

The Khedive of Egypt is paying off the
officers of his army in wives from his own
surplus stock. The ungrateful fellows are
grumbling at this new form of legal-tender.
Perhaps they think the goods are shop-worn.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01
THE PRESS
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1.

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
put as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

THE louisiana constitutional convention
is inviting the creditors of the State to ''com-
promise" That is, it wants to know to how
much swindling they will submit without
making an outcry.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

New York Herald: An exchange says that
Napoleon " is always poring over books. He
never reigns, but he pores.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is FURNISHED
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, 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., 1879-05-01

Boston Transcript: Some people are so con-
sttnted as to be unable to see anything beauti-
ful in this life-not even in mirror.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01
Cap and Bells.

Pretty Jennie came to me, NksaJ
Earnest, seeking information:
Cousin, darling, will you show
What is meant by osculation?
What could mortal man as
DO In such situation?
Father. mother, no one nigh,
Liberal views-a great temptation!
Jennie is my cousin, too;
50, to please my young relation
Ahl you horrid thing, there, now!
Ireterred to occula,ion.
Yale Record
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

GERMAN papers are significantly asking
what right England has to Gibraltar. Her
occupation of it is a clear case of robbery.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Cincinnati Saturday Night: 1t is when q
school girl first puts an to the word Low that
the spell begins to work.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Philadelphia Chronicle: A Western paper
reports the discovery of rich vein of lead in
Kentucky. In the body of one CT Kentucky's
judges, probably.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

APRIL went out like crocodile, her eyes
full of tears.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Harvard Advocate; Smart sophomore-
What fruit would you resemble riding on
jackass?" Innocent looking freshman-"Give
it up" S. S.-"A beautiful pear" 1. l.. F.
"Ah right; come outside and try it.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

New York Express: The rolicking MOSQUITO
is mapping out his summer campaign.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Toledo Commercial: Miss Penney was
saved from drowning by Jonathan Smith.
In equity she belongs to Smith from this time
hereafter, because Penney saved is Penney
earned
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Cincinnati Euquirer: Isaac V. Green was
locked up in the station house last night ON
a charge of drunkenness. When the reporters
called at the station in their nightly rounds,
Mr.. Greene was reclining on the floor of his
cell, gaily singing Dickens lines: "On,a rare
old plant is the l. V. Green" SC.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Danbury News: Somebody's child is dying
dying with the flash of hope on his young
face and an findescribable yearning to live
and take an honest place in the world beside
the companions of his youth
For sale by all druggists.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

French Servants. s.-Baptiste, afootman, makes
present to Mile. Jenny, femme de chambre, of
rather handsome gold medallion. Mile. Jenny
(reproachfully)-''Still more expenses, my
friend?" 'No, my child; trifle which I
found in. Madame's room." "How lucky"
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Paris Figaro: Monsieur Prudbomme, with
gravity to his son: my son, ALLOW me to say
to you that think you ara quite Indifferent,
oh, very Indifferent toward your fancee." 4"
"What do you waut me to do? She says moth
ing to me and l fiud her too small" Monsieur
Prudhomme, sententiously, "You might at
least love her in proportion to her sizs."
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

New Haven Register: 1t ism. the frail del
icate girl with the soft gazelle-lke eye that the
sflatus of spring poetry rests upon. Not at
all. The genius of rhyme and rhythm is more
often found in the robust and somewhat wrn-
kled maiden of forty summers, with q good
appetite and superb digestion. Young man,
beware of the rhymng female. She is the
most expensive kind to feed.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Boston Post: ~ don't think much of news
paper men, and never take any stock in what
the papers say" he said. And then everybody
knew that he had done something he was
ashamed OF, and the papers had published an
account of it.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-01

Specimen of Paris conversation-"What do
you say about yesterdays play?" "And you?''
"After you: go on" "Well, we are of the
same opinion" "Ab, how severe you are up
on our pOof friend" /"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07

1t is no exaggeration to say that 1t is
doubtful whether at this moment collie
giate training can be made to tell on pub
lie life in any way except through journal
ism. Here we do believe there is field
for those who wish to exert powerful in
fuence on public affairs in the United
States, which men of wealth and educa-
ton have thus far strangely neglected, ,and
which offers immense opportunities for
shaping the thought of the country. 1t is
field which thus far, in spite of the great
number of newspapers, has been very
little worked by the kind of men whom
Mr.. White seeks 10 prepare for public life,
and yet it is field in which we feel sure
they must labor a good deal before they
can hope to labor in any other.
So great has been their abstinence of
late years from all attempts to influence
public opinion on any but philanthropic
questions, that they have almost, in the
popular eyes, lost their right to be listened
TO with anything but indulgence. What
ever they have 20 say against existing
practices has come to wear the air of thco-
ry, which in the average Politician
mouth means plan which is incapable
of execution in this world; and the list OF
things in politics which are only practical
Bile in heaven is every year enlarged.
There are, too, now regular strata OF
politicians, each considering itself truly
"practical," and the one above it merely
"theorctical." To the city hall politician
Conkling is "theorist, because he makes
no money out of his patronage and never
calls for a "divy." When we get down to
the man who sells his vote for a quart OF
whisky, we find that to him all of the rest
Of ne political world is a mass of vision
aries, whose heads are filled with imprac'
ticable schemes, little suited to plain de-
mocracy like ours, which is after all a
government Of "the boys"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07
A Beautiful Gift to LongfellOw.
IROstOn Traveller

1t was announced not long ago, that the
poet Longlellow was to be made the re-
cipient of a unique pen, made of bit of
iron from the chain Of the prisoner of
Chillon, with pen.stock from fragment
Of the lrigafe Constitution. This splinter
as if proud of its destination took polish
that rivaled ebony
In heavy band Of gold encircling it
we're set three rare stones, red, yellow and
white-a tourmaline, zicson and phen-
acite. On May ~, this pen was present.
ed to Prof Longfellow by Miss Helen
Hamilton, of Bangor, Me, and the poet
gave a reception to her teachers and
schoolmates on the same occasion. lie
met his young guests on the threshold of
his home with cordial welcome, and con-
Quoted them into the study Here,among
other things they were interested in see
ing the manuscript of "lliawatha," writ
ten with pencil in clear and legal hand.
Here also were portraits of his chosen
friends Hawthorne, FELTON,, Charles
Sumner and Ralph Waldo Emerson-not
the faces that we have known later, but
with the tender grace of youth looking
wistfully into the unknown years. lie
called attention with evident qualification
to the carved arm chair the gift of the
children of Cambridge. "The old clock
on the stairs" chanted anew for its "For
ever, never; never forever" though if the
listeners had not remembered the poem i
would scarcely have had SO solemn re
frain for youthful ears. Next came tht
room where Lady Washington received
her guests in days of yore, and large
parlor where officers, civil and military
used to wait upon Gen. Washington.
Then the genial host led his visitors in
to the grounds, where refreshments wer
served under the thick shade of trees witt
a vista of gay flower beds Frightening
through the grass The walk ended a
the old willow with its eighteen trunks
a tribal tree, vegetable Fourrierite.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07
Oyerwork.

Perhaps the overworked man does not
perform an immense amount of labor but
he works after his strength has been re-
duced. This is like keeping a mill going
when the stream is low, or when the wa
ter in the dam is nearly out.
In the care Of the muscles avoid colds
and rheumatisms. They pake people
stiff and lame, They take away the nat
ural elasticity which always gives SO
much pleasure, and substitutes a worn
out, tired and exhausted feeling, which
borders on pain and is often more difficult
to bear. How very careful the owner of
fine horse is that it shall not take cold |!
He knows that if it does it will founder,
and after this ii will never be good step
per.
This whole country is full of foundered
men and women, who are stiff, lame,
rheumatic, old in feeling, inelastic. Most
of them might have preserved their elias
tcity to old age if they had taken proper
care of themselves. AS a rule people do
not bathe as much as they should. The
daily bath is quite as important as any
other duty. 1t requires but few mo.
ments to take it, and when followed by
friction it fortifies the skin against colds
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07

orally as widely advertised as their vocal
victories. Even the soothing, artistic
melodies that flow from hand-organs have
been known to irritate the mildest tenn
pers and draw down anathemas upon the
heads of those men who grind out music
for the million. In the orchestra 81
Hooley's Thcater at Chicago are two nd
dlers who charmed sweet sounds from
two fiddles made by the same man after
the same pattern. Lately upon taking
their seats in the orchestra, ap-
plying the rosin to their bows and
smiling serenely upon the audience, they
discovered that one of the twin viollns
was deficient in tone. 1t failed to re-
spond in the full, sonorous voice OF It's
brother, and straigntway there arose dis
cord between the fiddles and dis1ension
among the fddlers. He of inbarmonious
instrument declared that the tiddIes had
been mixed up, after the manner OF the
babies in "Pinafore," and that somebody
had given him the wrong fiddle. He in,
stituted replevin suit in court, and
many noted musical and theatrical people
have been summoned to testify as pro-
fessionals. In the meantime the fiddle
of dulcet strains is locked up in charge
of the court officers, while its humble
brother lies uncalled for and uncared fol
in the property room at the theater.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07
Jenny Lind in Old Age.


[London Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph
And before l quit the theme of song
and of singers, let me mention glimpse
that caught before leaving London of
one of the celebrities of the past
On leaving the home of Nine. Albani
| crossed the street TO look at the dwelling
Of Jenny Lind. The house stands back
from the street, and garden that must in
summer be very bouquet of flowers and
verdure, extends in front Of it. A bust
of the great singer, life size and in marble,
stands in the large bay window that fronts
the garden. And beside the bust sat an
elderly lady in white mob cap and white
cashmere shawl engaged in partaking Of
the afternoon cup of tea that forms so
prominent a feature in English social life
She was talking to some one in the room,
and as she turned to the window ! saw
again the face that had last looked upon,
crowned with roses and lighted with in
spiration on the stage of Tripler hall
twenty eight long years ago.
Under the disfguring cap, the fair hair,
now plentifully streaked with gray, was
seen rolled back in precisely the same
fashion as that which set all the girls in
America to twisting back their tresses in
those by gone years.
In other respects Jennie Lind has
greatly changed. Few could have recog-
nized in the pale, wcrn lineaments of the
elderly lady the well nigh angelic countc-
nance OF the greatest singer of our day
and generation. | permitted myself but
a look the sanctity Of that tranquil home,
] am told that Madame Lind -Goldschmidt,
as she styles herself is very eccentric and
peculiar, She still interests herself in
music, being the leader of the Bach choir,
private association, to which some OF
the first ladies of London belong and Sc
severe is she in her requirements, and Sc
strict in demanding their fulillment, that
her high.bor pupils are often tempted &c
rebel. Her eldest daughter had an ex'
tremely pleasing voice, and it is said that
Jenny Lind for time cherished the hope
of seeing her own artistic glories revived
in the person of her child. But unfortu
natcly, the Young lady had neither inner
tied her mothers genius nor her ardent
passion for the art. She was indoicnt
and would not study, so that hope is at ar
end. Probably it is as well. From al
that | could hear, it appeared that her
voice was in nowise one of exCeptiona
power or beauty. And TO have been the
daughter of Jenny Lind and to achieve
: only a moderate success would have beer
a result by no means enviablc.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-07
AWaiter Girl ssnrOness.

At 7 o'clock last evening five carriages
drew up in front of Justice Peter Guen-
theirs Office on Griswold street. A little
round-faced German, with a black mus
tache, dressed in a neat black suit,
stepped out of the first carriage and as
sisted the bride to alight. She was a
comely woman, attired in ashes of roses
silk. over which fell the bridal veil, and
her head was adorned with orange bios
SONS. The bride was Anna Schoenith, a
niece of mother" Theresa Curtis, and
for several months past a waiter girl in
the re ,taurant at 3 Jefferson avenue. The
bridegroom was Arthur J. Rittinger, a
bartender in the saloon next to Engine
House No. l, on Larned street west The
second carriage contained Mrs. Curtis,
| known throughout the city as "Mother'
Curtis, and the wealthy Californian to
whom she was recently married. Mrs
Curtis was elaborateIy dressed in wine
colored silk. The occupants of the three
other carriages were friends and compan
ions Of the bride, all gorgeously attired
| for the occasion.
The Justice, after the marriage cere.
mony, with the bride and bridegroom,
repaired to the consultation room to fill
out the marriage certificate, certified
copy of which the husband desired sent
to his relatives in Germany. There the
newly married man disclosed himself al
a German baron, and produced docu
ments which proved beyond doubt that
he had a full right to the distinguishing
title. The wedding cards bore the sim
pie name of Arthur j. Rittinger. The
directory of the city has it "Rittinger
Arthur +. ", bartender G. Handlosers
BIDS "A Larned w." but the marriage Ger
tifcate which goes back to Fatherland
and which makes Anna Schoenith ,
baroness, bears the full name and title o
Baron Arthur Justus Won Rittinger
Klingen, or, more properly, Baron Kiln
gen.