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GRAIN.
FLOUR.

FREIGHTS-Cubai reights quiet and there is lit
tie offering; coastwise dull. We note charters for
the week as follows: Brig Hattie s. Bishop, hence
to Cardenas, shocks 20c, empty hhds SOC. Schr Mar
tie A. Holmes. Boothbay to Philadelphia, ice SOC.
Schr Fannie A. Bailey, New York to Portland, coal
PIT. Schr Telumah, st. John, N. B., to Baltimore,
laths 5sc. Schr p. S. Lindsey, Rockland to New
York, lime 1sc. Schr Mahaska, Portland to New
York, lumber so. Schr j. j. Moore, Kennebec to
Philadelphia, ice e2sc. Schr George D. Loud, Port
tand to Norfolk, spars and powder pit. Schr David
Torrey, Musquash, N. B., to New York, spiling 2lc
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Portland Daily wholesale Market.

Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
TUESDAY, April 29.-Flour and Grain remains at
quotations. Fruit is dull with very moderate in
quiry Sugars steady at SIC for graduated and 75c
for Extra c. Oil is quoted at Isle for Ligonia 16c for
Kerosene and lie for Petroleum. Eggs are in good
supply at about lac. Butter. fancy, retails at ESQ.,
Dry Fish in fair demand at previous pricea.
The following are to-days quotations of Flour,
Grai, ID limit
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ASIA.
The Recent Earthquake in Persia.
Terrible Destruction of Life and
Property.

LONDON, April 29.-The official report to the Per-
sian government Of the earthquake at Mianch on
the ed Of March, says that 81 villages were totally
destroyed, and 922 persons. 1850 Sheep 1126 oxen,
12t horses and Sc camels were killed.
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MET GEOLOGICAL.

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNALl
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
April 80, l A. NJ.
For New England,
easterly winds, with rain on the immediate coast,
but in the interior cooler, north and west winds,
clearing weather, falling followed by rising
barometer,
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Rejoicing Over the Veto.
MINOR TELEG,RAMs.

CHICAGO, April 29.-Thirty-eg guns we're fred
10 token Of appreciation OF the Presidents veto Of the
army bill.
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New York Stock apd Money marke

NEW YORK, April 90 -Evening.--Money easy at
ing Exchange quiet at 4S6 for long and ASIA q 4S7s
for short. Governments firm and very large trans
another OF million and half at 1918. Railroad bonls
firm.
Transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregated
900 shares.
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Clearing House TRANSACTIONS.

The Clearing House of the Portland Banks report
the transaction OF business as follows to-day:
Gross Exchanges. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 72.479 rs
Net Balances. 1888 40
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Receipts Of Maine Central II. n.

PORTLAND.ApflZ
For Portland, % cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting loads 50 cars miscellaneous merchan-
disc.
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KEMPT, rs. Schr Bonetta-2 bbls meal, 2 do
flour, Is do superphosphate, I lot furniture.
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THE GREAT WONDER.
KINGLEY'S IRON T0NIC.

The Remedy for Dyspepsia, Debility, Loss of APP
petite, Weakness, Languor, Depression Of Spirits,
Want of Energy, and a multitude Of kindred all
ments incident to low, weak state OF the Blood, and
an impaired state Of the Digestive Organs Step in
to your druggists and get bottle. 1t will please
you and do you good.
feb4 eod1m&w3m9
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
BY water conveyance-1O0o bush corn meal. to g
w True s. Co.
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R0ston Stock Market.

tSalss of the Brokers Board, April POI.
First Call.
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A Radical and Dangerous Change.

To establish this principle Is to make a radicals
dangerous and unconstitutional change in the char
acter of tuons. The various departments
established by the Constitution by laws passed in
pursuance thereof. Their duties are clearly defined
and their support is carefully provided for by the
law. The money required for this purpose has been
collected from the people, and is now in the Treasu-
ry ready to be paid out as the appropriation
bills are passed. Whether appropriations are made
or not, the collection of the taxes will 60 on. The
pnblic money will accumulate in the Treasury. 1t
was not the intention of the trainers OF the Cousti
tuition that any single branch of the government
should have the power to dictate conditions upon
which this treasure should tie applied the purposes
for which it was collected. Any such intention, if
it had been entertained would have been plainly ex-
pressed in the Constitution. That majority of the
Senate now concurs in the claim of the House adds
to the gravity Of the situation but does not alter the
question at ISSUE The new doctrine, if entertained,
will result in consolidation placing unchecked and
despotic power In the House of Representatives.
A bare majority Of the House will become the gov.
eminent. The Executive will no longer be what the
trainers of the Constitution intended, equal and
independent branch Of the government. 1t is clearly
the constitutional duty of the President to exercise
his discretion aud judgment upon all bills presented
to him without constraint duress from any other
branch of the government.
Denial of the Executive Power.
To say that a majority of either or both OF the
Houses OF Congress may insist on the approval of
bill under the penalty of stopping all of the opera
lions of the government for want of the necessary
supplies is to denyto the Executive that share Of the
legislative power which is plainly conferred by the
second section of the seventh article of the Constitu
tion 1t strikes from the Constitution the qualified
of the Presidant II Is said that this shOud
be done becauseit is the peculiar function of the
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lions.
Two provisions of the Constitution authorize
legislation by Congress for the regulation of the
Congressional elections. Section of article of the
Constitution declares that the times, places and
manner of holding elections for Senators and Repre-
sentives shall be prescribed in each State by the
Legislature thereof, but Congress may at any
time by law make or alter such regulations, except
as to the places of choosing Senators.
1.-THE President here quotes the 18th amendment
to the Constitution forhdding the abridgng of the
right of suffrage account OF race, color or
previous condition of servitude; and empowering
Congress to pass lave to prevent such abrdgmentl
The Supreme Court has held that this amendment
forbids discrimination in the exercise of tho elective
franchise on account of race color or previous condi
ton Of seryitude. The power of Congress to pro-
tec this right by appropriate legislation is expressly
affirmed by the Court. National legislation to
provide safeguards for free and honest elections is
necessary as experience has shown not only to secure
the right to vote to the enfranchised race at the
South, but also to prevent fraudulent voting in the
large cities of the North Congress has, therefore,
exercised the power conferred by the Constitution
and has enacted certain laws to prevent dscimina-
lions on account of color or previous condi-
ton of servtude and to punish fraud, violence and
intimidation at Federal elections.
1.-THE Presi dent cites some of these laws and then
proceeds:
These are some of the laws this subject which it
is the duty OF the Executive Department of the gov
eminent to enforce. The intent and effect of the
sixth section of this bill is to prohibit all the civil
officers of the United States under penalty of fine and
imprisonment from employing any adequate civil
force for this purpose at the place where their en-
forcement is most necessary, namely, at TIE places
where the Congressional elections are held. Among
the most valuable enactments to which have refer
red are those which protect the Supervisors OF Fed
eral elections in the discharge of their duties at the
polls.
The National Government Rendered Pow
er1ess.
Ifthe proposed legislation should become the law
there will be power vested in any officer Of the
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Ia h
mead In the sand only showed the. species snJ
ha6lts OF the bird. (Lsughter.) on"
we neard the other day that tho l,,;o -.
eVenis had filled the Southern cities u;,b ~ a y,
banded together oy common historv and a
sage observation perhaps buldsd her,sr ths unas
knew. The same logic of sveuts, let me tel oil
Democratic Senator'S and the com,nittass he.
hind them, Is destined to bring frem the Nor,h
more united delegations.
read n newspaper that it was pronosed
tne othsf day IN another place to restore to the
at the nations cost and presented with the N a.
tiOas sword. drew that sword against the ma
tlons lie. In the pending bill is a provision
lot the retirement of officers now in the army
WITH advanced rank and exaggerated paw. This
may pe harmless, 1t may be kind. One SPAR
TOW proves uoe spring, but along with other
things suspicion will see in it an attemnt =
coax oncers nowln sne army to dismonnt ,
empty their saddles, in order that Others - ~ =
get on. Lay
So hue and cry is raised because eours IN
motion, for cause shown in open conrt have
llgnt to purge Juries in certain cas- 49, No
man 10 all the South under 80 years aft ACE "a n
be affected BY this provi.ion. becau az ev srv
such man was too young when the armies Of
the rebellion were recfu, ed to be snt iect to the
provision complained ri. AS to tb rest the
Isl. % whole some one. But even if it
ern So, iet me So in all kindness to South
of the ena.ors, ~ EIas not wise to make it part
gard to it. anu iaiSe ILLS upioar III re-
n remnr .nt Purpose, in part already exc cuted,
81 nemoss Ire old and faithful officers of the
nav h sVen Union soldiers that their places
1ar IS ~. f.slched by Others to overtnrn an or
..n O senate winch has existed for a quar-
ler OF century, in order to grasp all the betty
piaeeS here, seems to me unIyise. 1t il NOT
WISE, if you want to disarm sus picion that Won N
% meg aggrandizipg, gormandiztng, unreason-
viewing all these doings in the light of partv
auvant g., advantage to the party to which
ooeiong' could not deplore them; far from it:
out Wishing the rerose of the country, and ths
cal lasting, ultimate welfare of the South.
'uu wishing It from the bottom of my heart, i
,eneve they are fagrantly unwise, hurtfuiIy
!, what the South, needs is to heal, build, mend.
'iant' SOW. In short, 60 to work. Invite la
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-11-20
Five Silver DOnkeys.

A very wealthy man of the Hebrew
faith, finding himself near his end, call
ed his five sons to his bedside and pre-
scented each with silver donkey equip
ped with panniers, and said: "There
was a merchant travelling from Bassora
to Bagdad with a cargo of silk; but as
this however, was not Sufficient to fill
but one of the panniers, he balanced the
burden with stones. As he was journey
ing he was overtaken by wayfarer, who
fell into conversation with him and in
the course of it remarked, What a fool
you must bep Very probably was the
reply; but in what particular? Why
said the other, don't you see that If
you were to distribute your silk equally
between the two panniers and throw
away the stone would diminish your ASS
burden by one halt? Very true, rejoin-
ed the other; Il thank your wise coun-
sell And forthwith the silk merchant
thew his stones out on the road and dis
tributed the silk equally between the
two panniers. As, however they con-
tinued their journey, the merchant re-
marked: you are very clever and dis
corning person, but how is it that you
are in such evil case? your clothes are
soiled and threadbare, and you have
scarcely shoe to your foot The truth
is was the reply, L am an unfortunate
man, Then / will go back and pick up
my stones which he accordingly did
and replaced the silk in statu quo
1t happened that when he arrived at
Bagdad he found that the Caliph was
building new palace, but was brought
to a standstlll for want of stones. So the
merchant sold his stones for more than
he got for his silk, and returned rejoic-
ing. Now, my sons, in presenting you
each with silver donkey, wish to i'm
press upon you this maxim: Never take
the advice Of an unfortunate man.
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The Railway Up Mount vesn JUS.

The latest reports from Naples rep.
resent the railway destined to carry
tourists to the top Of Vesuvious as pro-
crossing fast toward completion and the
walls of the station which form its ter
minous are already rising above the
gr )und. The line is to. be laid along
the western slope of the mountain. and
will be rather less than 1000 yards in
length. The station itself, which stands
at the bottom of the volcanic cone, is
$500 feet above the level of the sea.
and the line rises rapidly from thence
to the verge of the crater, at an incline
which averages fifty-six feet in the 100
but reaches at its steepest part as
much as sixty-three in 100. the con-
struction of the railway has been a mat
ter for serious debate, and it is only
after long consideration that the pro-
Iectors determined upon the system
planned by the engineer Oliverie. Ac@
cording to the principle adopted in this
plan, the whole of the inclined plane,
from top to bottom, is covered with 8
thick platform of wood resting on the
lava and other crumbling soil, which
would of itself be much too unsteady
to form a proper bed for the sleepers,
Above the cinders and detritus, of which,
the mountain side is composed, the
platform which will be like a gigantic
raft and upon it the rails will be laid
with ease and regularity. The wheels
of the carriages are to be firmly attach
ed to the rails that they can never jump
of, and the trains are to be drawn up
by the means of two steel cables work
ed by steam engine stationed at the
bottom of the volcano. They will also
be provided with a brake so powerful
that even in the unlikely case of q
breakage of both cables they can be
brought to standstill very quickly,
even in an incline of fifty in 100. The
only other difficulty which faced the
projectors Of the new railway was that
of water supply, for it was calculated
that the expense of bringing from Res
ina enough water to supply the engine
would run away with more than all the
profits that could reasonably be expect
ed. In order to avoid this alternative
two large reservoirs are being construct
ed, which are expected, even under the
peculiar circumstances of the position.
never to run dry.-London Globe.
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Tie Highest House in the World.

DR.. E L. Bisseil, of New Haven, Con
necticut, writes as follows to the New
York Sun:
In your issue OF the San of the 10Th
inst, there is paragraph which states
that the "highest inhabited house IN the
world is believed to be the one erected
for the miners employed on Mount
Lincoln, in the main range ofthe Rocky
Mountains, Park county, Colorado. Ii
is 14,157 feet above the sea level"
l respectfully call your attention to
the fact that there is on the Callao, LII
ma and 0rova railroad, Peru, ninety
four miles from Lima on the very sum
NIT OF the Andes, small town called
Galera, or as the Peruvians style it,
tunnel de la Gina" This place is SIT"
uated on the western slope of the divid-
ing range of the great Anlean cham.
1855 feet above the level Of the sea-
and about 600 feet above the line OF
perpetual snow.
1t was founded in 1872 by an engi-
neer corps of the Oroya railroad, rep
resented by Martin Van Brocklin, now
sunerintendent of the Metropolitan
elevated railroad, New York, his broth.
er. Herman Van Brocklin, and ID. j.
Tobias. of Illinois. 1t derives its name
from tunnel or gallery, which is be
ing bored through the summit for the
Oroya railroad, and IS 1,173 meters. or
8 s47 feet in length. | make this state
ment from personal knowledge, having
been in the employ Of Henry Meiggs,
and compelled to live at that place for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-11-20
The Romance of a Hair.

The romance of hair comes from
Vienna A poor girl with beautiful
hair went to a barber to sell it. He tried
to make close bargain saying hair was
plentiful this year, and declared he
could only give her eight tiorlns. The
little maiden's eyes filled with tears, and
she hesitated moment while thread
ing her fingers through her chestnut
locks. Finally she threw herself into
a chair and Said "Then take If quick
ly." The barber was about to cut oil
the tresses, when gentleman sitting
in one of the chairs interrupted him,
and spoke to the girl. "My child" said
he, "why do you sell your beautiful
haif?" my mother mas been nearly five
months i'll. / cannot work enough to
support us. Everything has been sold
or pawned, and there is not penny in
the house." "No, 10 my child if that
is the case, will tuy your hair, aid
give you one hundred tlorins for 1t.
He gave the poor girl the note the
sight of which dried her tears, and he
took up the BARRIERS shears. Taxing
the locks in his hand, he selected the
longest hair, cut it off, and put it care
fully in his pocketbook, thus paying
one hundred forms for a single hair
He took the poor girls address. III case
he should want 10 buy another at the
same rate. This charitable gentleman
is mentioned as tine head OF large IN
dustrial establishment IN Vienna.
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necnnatian a Boon.

A western journalist, moralizing over
the recent suicide of two maiden ladies
who nailed up their house and then
hanged themselves, attributes their in
sanity to the fact that they were
beyond the need of engaging their
minds in any occupation, and thus had
nothing to do but brood over their I'M
agined wrongs until their reason be-
came dethroned and they committed
the sad deed which plunged their once
loved relatives and friends into misery.
it remarks: a man with a grievance
may keep himself in tolerable mental
health by keeping himself occupied.
But these women had nothing to do.
They were not even obliged to do their
own homework for they kepta servant.
They had no work to do-no real
anxiety on that point. Things had not
turned out as they hal hoped. They
were single, in moderate circumstances,
and comparatively unkRown. where
as they had hoped to be married,
rich and Inc observed of all Observers.
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CRIME.

PRESIDENT HAYES, on the 18th inst,
commuted to Is years iNprisonmenr tue
sentence Of Isaac Jacobson, the sailor
convicted of the murder of Charles ID.
Brooks, mate of the hip Sea King and
sentenced to be hanged January Both.
BURGLARS entered the house of Joseph
Hensley or Dekalb street, Chicago, on
the 18Th inst, and when cornered by
him fired three shots into his body, from
the effect OF which he soon died. No re-
liable clue to the murderers could be OBJ
tanned.
On the evening OF the 18th INST. Johnny
O'Toole, aged IA, and Paddy Emmett, a
cripple, aged IS, got into quarrel, at the
corner of Seventh street and Clark
avenue. st. Louis Emmett struck O'Toole
under the eve with a rock; whereupon
O'Toole whipped out knife and plunged
it into Emmet's left breast, iDfiicting a
wound from which be died while being
conveyed to the hospital.
A SERIES of tragedies recently oc-
CARED in the vicinity Of Red Cloud,
MINI. A dispatch of the 10Th inst says:
A family by the name of Coldale settled
in the town of Ward as neighbors OF John
and Michael Waldo In a short time
john Waldo succeeded in alternating the
affections of Coldale's wife, and she left
her husband, taking up with Waldo. To
show their resentment of this outrage,
the women in the neighborhood burned
Walde's house. Waldo laid the burning
to ColdaIe and subsequently the two
Walde's murdered aim together with
another man who happened to be STOP.
ping at Coldales. Waldo was arrested
Indicted. confessed the crime, and his
neighbors hung him. The same fate was
shared by Michael Waldo.
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tory of Smollett is the frequent gather
ing at his house of the wits of his day.
In a similar manner and in a later day,
he Bannatyne Club" made Walter
Scott It's center. Benjamin franklin
established social circle in Phlladel-
phia called the Junto," which was for
many years one of the leading institu-
tons of that city.
Our New York clubs, on the other
hand. have no central point, they are
simply horde of well-dressed men. VINO
come and 60 at their will, and who find
the club rooms a convenient place to
lounge. smoke, drink and read the pa
pers. Such clubs are unfavorable to
domestic life, and do much to encour-
age celibacv. On this account Robert
Southey refused to join one, though
earnestly invited by esteemed friends.
He writes thus to his publisher: 81
have declined being a member of
literary club to which have been elect
ed. | am happier at home than any
otner society can make me. Surely
man does not do his duty who leaves
his wife to evenings of solitude, and
feel duty and happiness to be INSOFAR
able" This was very sensible in
Southey, whose domestic lie was one OF
unbroken harmony. He married a
poor girl, but he found her worthy of
his best affection, and his greatest sor-
row was occasioned by her long and
painful illness, which eventually left
him a Widower