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The Portland daily press., 1879-06-09
WASHINGTON.
The Appropriation Bills

WASHINGTON, June THE Committee on
Appropriations met to-day but did not conclude de-
the consideration of the appropriation bills.
On Monday it is expected by the members of
the committee that the legislative bill will be
finished and ordered reported to the House for
passage. No contest will arise on this measure.
there being no political legislation attached to
it. The army bill, containing the section a.
greed upon by the caucus prohibiting the use
of any moneys for transportation of troops to
elections, reported yesterday for printing and
recommital, as also the judicial expenses bill.
are nearly ready for reporting, and will prob,
ably be reported Monday OR Tuesday
The Portland daily press., 1879-06-09
Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, June THE following is the week
ly Bank statement ending to-day:
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n Faded Empress,

natl Enquirer, gives the following glimpse
of the Empress Eugenle aud the Prince
| went to the Waterloo station, to see
the last Of young Louis Napoleon, who Is
of TO the Cape TO have look at the ZuIus.
lie was accompanied by Eugenie as far as
Southampton. IL really gave me pang
to behold this once peerless beauty, to
whom | was presented In the days OF her
utmost splendor, both OF fortune and OF
tame. Her appearance was so pathetic
that L made the tears spring TO my eyes.
She was attred in a style which we ladies'
understand as halt-mourning, and carried
10 her beautifully modelled hand large
bouquet of early spring vioets, the chosen
emblem OF the Napoleonic dynasty, and
the odorous harbinger for US all OF lovely
days 10 come anon. Her hair is still the
beautiful blonde so inseparably connected
with her name, a1d this IS something that
puzzles me, unless | accept the explana-
tion which has been given by some observ-
ers, that she wears wig. Certainly there
Is not thread of gray visible Otherwise
she has aged indeed. She looked positively
haggard, pale as ghost, her dropping,
i2tigued eyes encrcled with the blue rings
OF care and anxiety. Her faded appear
ance formed great contrasG with that Of
her son, rosebud OF a young fellow, In
the first blush OF joyous youth, up to any
thing you like, you know; and evidently
iust buoblng over with pleasurable excite
meut at the thought of going out to the
seat of war with numbers of the greatest
"swelis" in the British army. One has
only to see these two relics of the imperial
shipwreck to fully understand what a fear
ful sacrifice it must be to Eugene to give
up her boy, even tor the short period Of
four months which Is supposed to be the
length of his stay in Africa. She is the
French mother 10 the very letter. quite 4
different being from An English or an
American maternal parent. She has no
sdagtroid with him; her eyes are inces-
sanity upon hun; idO,atry is legible in ev-
cry glance. Since his departure her con-
dition, hear, has been really alarming.
. Tears, sobs and fainting fits have sue
cseded each other almost uninterruptedly,
while cries Of 20, mon ills mon fts eheri p
have wruns the hearts of her listening at
teudauts.
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opened the kitchen door, and with her face
full Of wifely anxiety. and surrounded by
nightcap frill. and her mouth wide open,
she really looked like a saint or something,
but she was remarking "MurderI" at the
time, and her voice SO startled the hog that
he run over me before | could get out of
the suds. How he managed to step on me
thirty-two times In running over me once
Is q mystery both TO Maria Ann and my
self; but he did. for we counted the spots
his hoofs made
Amer running over me, he walked out
the front gate as solemnly as though he
were on his way to church, and il Is my So
lemn belief that he came into the yard on
purpose to run over me, aud tor nothing
else.
Maria Ann declares she wont wear that
polonaise any more. and | am tolerably
sure | shall net; not II know it.
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''And, s'pose." retorted Mira, you
never thought you was a-showin what kind
of teller you was, now did We? Look a.
here. Henry Pine. l always did despise a
tell-tale from the time was knee-high to
hop-toad; and a grown up tell-tale is the
worst of all!
"Oh. Lordy! Almiry Calkins! what dew
you mesne Why. want ye to marry me ,
Hain't | said IL out plain?''
"fou needn't never say IL no more" put
in Almira. with a noble disregard OF gram
mar in behalf OF impressiveness. II
wouldn't marry you ef you was the king
Of Siam"
"WelI. well! well." blubbered Henry.
81 never'd ha' thought you'd ha' gin me
the mit.en. seem what farm our folks
has got. an money In the bank, an stock,
an crops. | don't know how to b'lieve
it,"
Don't make me give ye pair o. nit
tens, said his enraged goddess; $50 wish
ye good night and better manners"-for
here they were at the door; and Aimira
slipped up stairs to bed. filed with loath-
Ing and rage. and thinking in her secret
soul that sam nerer never could have made
such fool of himself. No, indeed, Sam
was no fool. He became aware that Henry
was in drear and sore frame Of mind the
next day; and seeing that Mira was more
than usually snappy and alert. and went
about with hot color In her cheeks our
bedrid philosopher drew his own conclu-
sions. and when Mira came In after tea to
visit with him." he contrved TO coax the
story out OF her. IL was abominahle In
Mira to tell her discarded lovers secret;
but let us forgive her, for she had her own
reasons. Sans face grew bright as she
recounted with unaffected scorn Henry's
surprise at her contempt OF his money.
Hes a brute" said Sam curtly. and
then his voice softened. oh Mira. i'll
should ask you. with no sort o. temptation,
only jest that I'd like to kiss the top Of
your shoe, ! love yc so, should | get the
m,tten too?''
Mira looked down iu her lap very hard.
aud turning her face toward the door as IL
she heard somebody coming. said, SLOWLY.
II donno as 'twould hurt ye to try"
There was nightly expressive silence
for minute, and Mira's pretty head bent
so low that sam could lit himself To meet
1t before he spoke again, to say, with a
queer half laugh. Mother said my broken
leg was Jedyment, bat somehow Il seems
anything but that Jest now. donno's
ever should ha' got courage, Mira, without
Ia laid here an seen ye so dreadful good
an Kind to me"
'Mebbe you'll ilnd It's Judgment vet"
wiesedly retorted Mira.
We'll, ef lis" answered satisfied sam,
''iEs nightly tempered with mercy. as
mother used to say"
Aud 10 this day Squire Peters always
says nothing ever did him so much good as
his frst acknowledged Judgment. though it
took the form OF a broken leg 4 Hlryer,.
BISGr
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Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1865. No. II.
A Word Of Caution.

The hard times, and the comparatively
high wages Of teachers, bid fair to crowd
the profession with larger per cent. tina q
usual of candidates who are neither ntted
oy nature, nor qualified by experience or
mental training, for the difficult ard respon-
sible position Of teacher.
Already the number OF applicants for
schools is rapidly multiplying and school
committees, influential friends, and school
agents are being beseiged to secure school
for my daughter, or my son, or my niece
or nephew.
Now l would say that there is . reason
able extent to which all these appeals can
be made, but when they are pressed on the
score OF relationship, or simply on the
ground of being 4 resident OF the district
or town in which the agent lives, the mat.
ter becomes not simply amusing, but per-
nicious. The agent is sslemnly bound to
act for the highest interests OF the district.
and not to crafty his own wishes or feel
ings simply. and when he permits personal
feeling to bias his choice OF a teacher, he
proves himself unworthy the important
trust confided 10 him. Districts, however
Instead Of eondemning nepotism in the
agent have in many instances encouraged
1t by electing to the agency persons with
the assurance at least that they would em-
ploy some particular relative OF theirs. Ii
would be far better for district to express
its wish by vote, than to leave IL with the
agent TO draw n delicate inference, which
might encourage perniclous practice in
the selection Of teachers.
Our schools have suffered in many in.
stances from the feeling that there was
some needy person in the district who
ought to have the school, and who is not
sufficiently smart or successful to secure
school elsewhere, and to crafty this SYM
pathy the school funds have been often
worse than wasted
prearranged plan, is often Silently con-
cocted, TO shrewdly carry tn school meet
Ing against the unsuspecting majority, by
parties who have no interest In the school
funds, except what they can sponge out
-,
and in many Instances the intelligent and
really interested portion of the district
have only TO wake up and find that they
have been humbugged
This system OF abuse Is fraudulent and
wicked, ina'much as it Is cheating the In
nocent and helpless youth OF the land man
fold more than it IS benehtng any partlc-
ular individual, and deprIvlng nIne-tenths
OF them of the only Inheritance they will
ever enjoy, except /. be Industry and ma
tive intelligence
The only way 20 remedy this evil Is to
apply An Intelligent watchful public Inter
est to the affairs OF our school meetings,
AMI select for agents such only as are IN
terested In our public schools, and are rnen
OF shrewd Judgment. and sterling in.eg-
rIty. NJ.
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LITTLE ArTESIioNs.-How much we
might make of our family life, of our
friendships, IL every secret thought of love
blossomed into a deed, We are not nov
merely speaking of personal caresses.
These may not be the best language of AZ
fection. Many are endowed with deli
cacy. fastidiousness of physical organi-
zation, which shrinks always from too
much of these, repelled and overpowered.
But there are words and looks, and little
observances, thoughtfulness. watchful lit
tie attentions, which speak of love, which
make it genuinely manifest; and there Is
scarcely family that might not be richer
in heart wealth for more Of them. Il is
mistake TO suppose that relations, must, of
course, love each other because they are
relations, Love must be cultivated, and
can be increased by judicious culture, as
wild fruits may double their bearing under
the hands of a gardener; and love can
dwindle and die out by neglect, as choice
flower seeds planted in poor soil dwinde
and grow single.
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The Empress Of Austria WAS filled
with wonder Cd meeting Mr.. Kavanagh,
NJ. P. for County of Carlow, with the Kill
dare hounds. He was born without legs
or arms. In place of legs he has six inches
OF muscular thigh stumps, one being about
An inch shorter than its fellow; while his
arms are dwarfed to perhaps tour inches
OF the upper portion of these members,
and are uniurnished with any termination
approaching to hands. Yet be is q beauti-
iul caligraphist, dashing huntsman, an
artistic draughtsman, an unerring shot, an
expert yachtsman, and drives four-in-hand.
In writing, he holds the pen or pencil in
his mouth and guides its course by the aI m
stumps, which are sufficiently long to
| meet across the chest. When bunting he
sits 10 kind of saddle basket, and his
reins are managed with rarprising expert
/ ness and ease.
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4 Deadly Point Of Pronunciation.

At wedding in South Carolina, last
month, an incident occurred aptly il
Illustrating social life in the United
States. The bridegroom took exception
to the phraseolOgy OF the officiating cler-
gyman, and remarked, You shoUldn t
say those uns whom the lord hath jined
together, but them uns." The preacher,
who prided himself upon the "high-
toned quality OF his language, quietly
dropped his hand into the pocket of his
surplice and iDterpolated: You jist
paddle your own canoe, young feller, or
your tronble'il begin sune enuf. I'm
runnin, this tea party, | am-as | said
afore, my beloved hearers-those uns as
The Lord"-Just then the bridegroom
made a motion towards his hip, buI,
before he could draw, the minister fired
from his pocket, aud the young man
fell dead at his feet, Instantly the
whole church was filled with blazing
pistols. In less than five seconds the
only person left alive in the room was
the bride, who had ducked benind the
pulpit early in the action. The hall
married female gazed musingly around,
and remarked, as she started for home
"These self-cockins revolvers is play
ing the mischief round here, and that;
u tact."
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poetrp.
The Auction Block Again-Who Bidsg

The Auction-Block Again-Who Bids?
UNCLE SAM:
"who bids' Again the blacks are up at suc-
The man and babe and mo,her-who's the
bidder,
Perempiory-without regard 10 section
lmpartial-'tis our purpose TO consider
With favor the first guaran that comes,
OF fair play. freedom, peace and happy homes F!
"Ab gentlemenl This is happy session.
Come. Mississippi. Kansas and Kentucky.
Now speak upl Give US lively competition /;
The buyer of this labor will be lucky
Bid sharp. This is the crisis of your fate.
For work is wealth and underlies the State"
KENTUCKY:
81 bii-s home for every pick anlnny
Whose dad or mam'll earn it by their work.
o. fer the times we he'd In Ole virvinny
Wen pigs was nigs an white folks did the
shrkin'l
I'm good at shirkin, an I can't agree
Thet any Niger Is ez good ez me T"
UNCLE SAM:
You hear the bid-who goes q tribe better!
Who guarantees the ballot! Who proposes
To have the spelling g-book replace the feiter,
And wresthe this rugged suciion-block with
roses,
Who ofers to protect the rights OF men,
And turn the slave into the cilizenF'
MISSISSIPPI:
"riI make 'em free, The mandate OF the
Makeri
Men serve themselves the best, It stands to
reason;
And lsnd that's worth e. by the acre
I'll rent 'em for sl0 by the season.
I'll let EN- vote. II rife clubs use force
And say they sha'n't. why, then they can't. Of
course"
UNCLE SAM:
Too late by far! You promise no protection |
You make them free-but merely free To
suffer;
A voice rings hiihcr from another section;
'losr bid Is beaten by a better offer
Now raise II, Nissisp, or you are fai:
l hear = dozen bid. ss good as ihstr"
KANSAS:
Il bid,-A home for every man and woman.
A school for every child "a field TO labor;
The guarantee OF every right that's human;
Respect that sees In every man a neighbor;
The richest soil a farmer ever saw
And equal rights for all before the law"
UNCLE SAM:
DO hear morei This Is happy session,
Come. rally, Mississippi and Kentucky,
One! Two. Now going! l. there eompe,i-
iion'
jus, going o, the buyer will b, lucky,
Going! From where the iorrid fever ians us
Last call. A-soing going gone to Kan
sas!'
N Y. TribGne,
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ani R1owe1 seed fer le1O, rich 10 engrav-
iugs from original photographs. will be scot
FREE. to all who apply. Customers OF last seas
on need not write for Il. offer OF the largest
COLLECTIONS Of vegetable seed ever sent out by any
seed house In America. large portion OF winch
we're grown on my SIX seed farms. Printed a.,
rectious Tor cultivation on each package. All
seeds anted TO be both fresh and true 70 name
so far that should il prove Otherwise, will refill
The order gratis. The original tntroducer oi tne
Cabbages, Mexican Corn, and scores OF other
vegetables. invite the patronage OF all who are
er. fresh, true. and Of the very best strain.
NV vReEfADIGS SPeclAlIY.
yANISJ. II. GREGORY,
4vN Marblehead, MASS.
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The draft of negro laborers to Texas
has impelled the Legislatures of Alabama
and Georgia to impose license tax OF 800
upon every person soliciting people to en-
igrate from those States. They never miss
the negro till he has gone away Then
they begin to realize his usefulness.
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George, dear, don't you think it's
rather extravsgant of you to eat butter
with that delicious jamY "N0 love; eco
nomical. Same piece OF bread does for
BOTH
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

A ROPE WALKER DROPS A Boy
FIFTY FEET.-A few days ago the Her.
aid casually mentioned that an Ogden
tight-rope walker would undertake the
feat of breaking his neck if sufficient
collection could be raised to pay his flu
neral expenses. Though the intimation
did not prove true, it is rather matter
of regret, as one younger and proportion
ately more innocent suffers from the fool
hardy exhibition. Last night was the
set time for the feat, and in addition to
walking the rope at a great height,
Megginson, the rope professor, proposed
to carry q twelve.y year old boy on his
back across this rope, to stand on his
head upon it, to lie down on his face
balancing the pole over his back, and to
carry two pals of water from one build
ing to another. The rope was stretched
agross Main street. He commenced his
exhibition, and while endeavoring to car
ry the boy across he lost his balance and
dropped him to the pavement, nifty feet
below, after having walked within ten
feet of the end. The rope was on an in
Cllut vi dOOuI llico lCCt. Al oISPPin5 ou
this incline the professor seemed to lose
his balance, the pole swinging to per-
pendicular, and almost instantly after
the immense concourse of people who
had assembled to witness the affair
were Mortified to see the boy whirling
through the air, Striking his head with a
sickening thud. Megginson threw him
self over, catching the rope with one
hand in his fall, and after hanging few
seconds in midair, succeeded in gaining a
window, going hand over hand: The
boy, whose name is stated as William
Allen, is said to be son of the marshal
of Junction City, Kansas. 1t is alleged
that he ran away from home and was
taken up by the travelling performer,
many exhibitions having been given sue
cessfully. The boy struck the pavement on
the right shoulder and head, partially dis
locating the neck, and causing concus-
sion of the brain. He is still alive, but
no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
Megginson was arrcsted.-SaH Lake
Jtah) Herald, Sept. 9.
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nually increasing. Two railroads have
penetrated nearly through the Blue
Ridge, and are being pushed forward to
Asheville. Persons leaving Atlanta or
Charleston at or o'clock in the morn
ing are able to reach Asheville at 10 or
IL o'clock p. IN. of the same day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

As the Irishman played the fiddle by
"main strength" so many fancy the huge
drastic, cathartic pills operate. But this
is mistake, as can he proved by the use
of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei.
lets, which are sugar-coated and little
larger than mustard seeds, yet they are
positive and efficient cathartic, acting
gently on the liver and stomach, aiding
digestion, overcoming "biliousness," and
permanently curing constipation. VIM
ii. Manly, of Norfolk, Va, writes
"Your Pleasant Purgative Pellet give
perfect satisfaction.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

- The bell-punch law is shutting up
many saloons in Dallas.
- Texarkana, which lies in two States,
is about to become the county-seat of the
adjoining counties.
= Students who take the benefit of
the Texas State normal school are re-
qui.cl TO teach five years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

The ladies sing "in the sweet" "buy"
and "buy" we will meet "in the beautiful
store," and we certainly can raise no
objection. But remember the little ones
at home and do not leave the nurse
without q bottle Of DR.. Bulls Baby Syr.
up.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

There are forty-eight divorce cases
on file in Dallas, Texas.
- Hon. Sam McLin, ex-Secretary of
State of Florida, is dead.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09
GRAPE CULTURE IN AMERICA.

cessful Efort-What are the Constituents
in Grapes Necessary to the Production
of Wine-The Cost and Profit of Vine
Growing.
, 1879-03-08

bHAN-Wns mora active ind Nrmoe. Sales were
reported Of 20 inns at $40 ,1Ob TO- 1az per ton on
truck, ana $40. 80 free on boarl cars.
CoNH- MEAt-8aIe was made OF 10 tons city
gronna at s14. 10 per ton tses On board car and
200 hrlh Ut 81 10.
dlass at S1a.5o; 10 tona faod at 3lb. 60; and 10
tons WheAt screenings at $1b. .o0G1la.0 90 per ton
AIa sPNlSo ' IsEsr-wa. VI very aetiys and very
small patt Of tho scaa!on. i'ho market advanced
Ne, ioIl oa 5s.c aud cloaed :sIe aslow the lateat
generally ar.nsr, including tIe intsrior towns u
England and Franco. though London was qust.
yna. s Ga' dss . %so sna1r5 ;sn o.s o H.
tho .iny was selected 9y tho purity holding most OF
Thy No :. wheat now hsro a.a good Tins 10 se!l
The gentleman supposed 10 30 iiu Chicago rsprs: .
sentative Of the. owner enteted tho .naskot
.S. sst'Sy 9: IT,, .ells'' but ns o.sr'ag. wsta
ins y the othnr direction. Tho uaual way
ln wl.eta !eao!ng operator nnesas !. through
" aecouns. Till eausud = Eap!l dscns, undcf
which soMs thin ho!duts wsts obliged 10 Riya war,
homo uade being egualixed tho market ruacteG;
n1y snt By th!s t!ms ths nv. had reached ou!.as
seissraph II M n"ususi rate which csusel furthss
drop. There WAY fair shipping demand, but buy
r. Kept ModeIatu: the!E views q taitt d futures
jeetcd at 07a07s,e and No. :: Ut pa,;s.
be!loF Arril openod = D04c, sold up 10
NILS; fsll rapidly to iu'sS. ssacten to tAc. d..
clincd to n3Ac. sold up TO O:lTc, tell OIL to 4Oic
huctuated wildly between a1c aid VIC, and closed
Vt D94c. aegr May waa seFy lutsl, selling al Dila
que, Viii, nominal range at 3.i9tiltc aboys
April bolet the month WAS nomtnai at jDt qpDuc,
closng at D!fc. spot aales wero reported Of laU,.
oo0 BY Ne: at nl fIHIAc; y. 900 tu No. 4 7Dis
byealaple " a;a'atH2,;c: To.at. 1877, 900 hu.
WlSrsH WHEAr-sales weEs 400 bu No. 2 by
sAMplu vt y. o., and AGO bu Nc. . ut i'bc.
CuRN-Was actlyo anu weak. though not 10
heaYr ~ Whsat, tu synpathixe with which ths Do.
cll9s WAS chiefly duo. The MARKET rcce4ed hQ1hc
mud coaea 10 Nc below tho lstoAI pEsces Ut Tuf4.
1sy: Tho Asslan masksts wars quiet, With heavy
fesling IN csFgoes, while nuf receipts showed III
lueresss. though they wsrc not large. This move.
teusya irregular. ths relatively low price 0f
cVEu eRdtug 10 kasp that article more steady. Thrsa