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The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

THE Philadelphia Press believes il to be
tolerably certain that Tiden will capture
the Pennsylvania delegation to Cincinnati.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

The Life of John Sherman; by Rev S. A.
Bronson (H. w. Derby & Co.: Columbus,
Ohio is one of the campaign biographies
which the coming election calls forth As
literary work it is not particularly meritorious,
indeed it may fairly be said to be very poorly
written. But it gives the history of the ca
reer, up to the present time of man whose
political and financial record has been re-
markable one, crowned by his honest and pow
erful action upon the resumption of specie pay
ments. Mr.. Sherman's great Portland speech
is included in the volume
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

munds supporters are not acting in bad
faith. OF course many delegates in the
Massachusetts convention supported him
because they desired and expected his NOM
ination, but that they all did is exceedingly
dou btful
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

FoGG while Councillor fcathered his nest
pretty well. Like Parker he received ;,3 so
per day and expenses for committee work
at the same time that he was drawing 81 a
day and mileage for attendance on the ses
sions Of the Council. While he dres pay
for eighty days attendance outside of the
Legislative session, he was actually present,
as shown by the records, but forty-five days.
Fogg will have to write another "scatbing''
reply.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

The Boston Post tardily admits tkat
wrongs were done at Augusta.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

SECRETARY SHERMAN seems to have got
the better of Mr.. Medill, the editor of the
Chicago Tribune. It will be remembered
that it was charged by the Secretary's
friends that Mr.. Medlps hostility to Mr..
Sherman's candidacy was inspired by per-
sonal malice, and in support of this accusa-
ton they narrated a conversation which was
reported to have occurred between the Sec
retary and Mr. Medill about a year before
resumption, in which the latter demanded
that there should be no attempt to carry out
the provisions of the resumption act because
he was involved in debt and the enforce
ment of this act would break him up; and
would do everything in his power to break
him down. Mr. Medil denounced the al
legged conversation as q falsehood, claiming
not only that it never took place, but also
that it could not have taken place because
he and his paper were in substantial accord
with Mr.. Sherman's resumption policy. A
letter has just been sent out by the Sherman
bureau in Washington, inspired, doubtless,
by the Secretary himself, in which arc
large number of quotations from articles
published in the Chicago Tribune at about
the time of the alleged conversation by
which it is conclusively shown that Mr..
MedilPs paper at the time referred to was
opposed, and somewhat violently, to the en-
forcement of resumption, giving as reason
the same which Mr.. Medil is alleged to have
given to the Secretary personally, viz: that
it would prove disastrous to business. One
quotation taken from the is .;e of October 2,
1877, which fairly represents the spirit Of all
of them reads as follows: eff the Secretary
expects miraculous interpositions to enable
him to resume specie payments in January.
1879, he may be fully warranted in his
hopes; but the country is hardly prepared to
rush on to ruin from which miracle alone
can save it,
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

enough oil themselves to prove the aptitude of
the coiored people to enjoy and profit by the
rights which Abraham Lincoln secured to
them at the moment when he signed the Act
of Emancipation A number of the Jubilee
songs are to be found appended to the history
these are exceedingly interesting as specimens
OF untaught and instructive composition, and
afford material for thought to musicians in the
admirable effects produced by their original
treatment OF measure and their melodc scale.
in wlfch the fourth and seventh are usually
scale which resembles that on
which Scottish melodies are founded. and also
is similar to some of the ancient modes.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

TIE British training ship, Atalanta, CON
ceFning whose fate much anxiety is felt, had
on board more than three hundred Young
men in training, and eleven officers. She
was last seen at Bermuda on the 20th of
january. She was due in England some
weeks ago. Her sister ship, the Eurydice.
went down in a squall off the Isle of Wight.
and all on board but two, some three huR-
dred and twenty-five young men, were
drOMne1
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

The Story of the Jubilee Singers. By j. B.
I. Marsh Boston. Houghton & Osgood; Port
land; Loring, Short & Harmony consists in
part of an abridgment of the two histories al
ready published, of these remarkable people
and their successes; and an account of the tour
in Germany where the Singers received warm
approval and admiration from the most exact
ing of musical critics. 1t seemed a hopeless
task for this little band of freed men and wo-
men to wander forth in the hope of earning
$4,000 for the school in which they were stu
dents. In three years, however, they had
earned 100000, and returned to Fisk Uniyer-
sity with the money and with the
added treasures of singularly varied
and gratifying experience. Their sing
ing and the character of their music are too
recent in memory to need description; and this
volume OF their history contains many inter-
esting particulars of their difficulties and sue
cesses. The unexampled favor with which
their singing was received, the energy and
propriety with which they worked, their pow
er OF conquering untoward circumstances, are
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

A Search for Winter Sunbeams (New York:
ID. Appleton & Co.; Portland: Bailey &
Noyes) is Hon. Samuel S. Cox's account of his
tour in Southern Italy, Africa and Spain.
The gorgeous peroration which gained for Mr..
Cox his so5riquet of "Sunset" still trails its
clouds OF glory about him, and he sets forth
upon this narrative of q journey in the lands
OF the sun with ardor and liveliness of color
suited to the occasion. Health, happiness, life
itself, Mr.. Cox believes-and not unwsely-
are to be derived from the benefcent rays of
the sun; and after a fanciful and original ex-
position of his theory, he gives pleasant ac-
count of his travels. His work is not elegant,
not high in literary merit; but it is a clear and,
for the most, unaffected account of foreign
scenes as they might appear to the average
American.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

Lamartine and His Friends, is the title of a
volume OF enthusiastic "reminiscences by NJ.
Henri de Lacretelle (New York: G.. p. Put
nams Sons; Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon) 1t is an entertaining volume enough,
but the curious pose of the great sentimental
ist is not in harmony with American ideas of
the way in which man should stand before
the world. The whole memoir appears even a
little laughable; Lamartine's selishness, rude
ness, morbid sentimentality are as greatly ad-
mired by his biographer as the elegance of
thought and expression which gave him his
merited fame in literature. The translation
by Mrs Maria Odell is of fair degree of accu-
racy and spirit.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

Among recent reprints of valuable works are
two pamphlet volumes of the Standard Series
Il. X. Funk & Co., New York) containing
Canon Farrars thoughtful and effective COM
ments upon the Life and Work of St. Paul:
Rev. Sylvester Judd's Richard Edney, pub
lished by Messrs. Roberts of Boston cortland:
Loring, Short & Harmony and the fifth and
last volume of Rev. III. III. Milman's edi
ton of Gibbons Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire, with notes and index,
published in the cheap and excellent Acme
series OF the American Book Exchange of New
York. Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

Irish Life, is the title of series of exceed
ingly interesting and picturesque sketches by
Mr.. W. Stuart Trench Boston: Roberts Broth
ers; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony. Mr..
Trench has had unusual opportunities, as agent
of some large landholders in Ireland, to OBJ
serve the troubles of the country and their
any tffccrreS as TO etfe4esf grew
ances that exist there. 1t is in facts that he
prefers to deal; and by giving truthful and
graphic pictures of Irish life to suggest rather
than prescribe measures. Mr.. Trench writes
with fairmindedness and much sympathy, and
his sketches are valuable and entertaining.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

Two new volumes of Messrs. Appleton's New
Handy Volume Series are Victor Cherbuliozs
brilliant and ingenious story, A Stroke of Dip
lomacy; and tragic tale of modern Egypt, The
Return of the Princess, which gives many de-
tails of the strange standardization of the
East, and is written ty Jacques Vincent.
portland; Bailey & Noyes).
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

The PRESS is much indebted to the kind at
tention of Messrs. Scribner of New York from
whom has been received the bound volume of
Scribner's Magazine including the numbers
November 1S79-April 1880. None of our
American lies-acknowledged to be the
best in the world-exceed Scribner's in variety
and value of literary matter, effectiveness of
illustration, and enterprise and suitability in
arrangement of contents to please the best pub
lie taste in literature. Every departments is in
competent hands; and the large circulation OF
the magazine attests its worth. portland:
Hoyt, Fogg, & Donham.)
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

Ceremonial Institutions. BY Herbert Spen-
Ger. New York: d. Appleton & Coz. Her.
bert Spencer appears in this volume to much
better advantage than in those in which he
ventures upon metaphysical and psychological
discussions There are few instances in
which he betrays his absurd prejudice against
theolegians a few in which he leans on un-
trustworthy witnesses and few in which he
pushes his theory further than it will bear; but
taken as whole the volume is very interest
ing and ingenious. He begins with dogs. as
cends to savages, and finally to civilized men;
and shows that ceremonial Institutions wheth-
er in society, church, or state, began in fear
and submission to authority; they flourish un-
der despotism and tyranny, and decay under
liberty; while fashions, although partly due to
the same source, come mainly from the asser-
tion of equality with the great, and tend to lib
erty and individual vanity The volume closes
with warning that all changes in these re-
spects should be gradual; coinciding, apparent
ly, with Carey's view that in the social machin-
cry, as in machines of less value, it is of prime
importance that all the movements should be
regular and not pushed internationally to any
undue velocity. T. III.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

line Crayflsh. An Introduction to the Study
of Zoology. By I. II. Huxley, f. r. s. ID.
Appleton & Coz Prof. Huxley takes up the
common English crawfish and gives some
what thorough description of its anatomy, ply
siology, mode of growth, &c. All this should
be carefully studied with specimens of the ami
NAL in hand, to compare details. For students
in this country our own crawfishes will answer,
or even Holsters approach sufficiently near to
be far better than mere drawings can be. A
sketch is then given'of the geological relation
ship of crawfish, shrimps, Holsters, crabs, &C.;
and ingenious speculations follow concerning
the origin of the various species of crayfish and
their very peculiar distribution in the world.
The whole forms an excellent Introduction to
the study of zoology in general There are but
one or two sentences that detract from its val
ue, When Huxley says that the theory of
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11
More Wife than Country.

THE other night, soon after ward
meeting had opened, on of the elect
Ors present began edging for the door
as if he meant to leave the place. He
was soon stopped by friend, who said:
don't leave us now, l want you to
hear what that speaker is saying. Hear
that! He saws We must triumph or the
country is doomed"
"Yes, know. but I've got to edge
along towards home" was the reply.
Home? Great heavens! How can
you talk of going home until he has
finished that speech? There he goes
again! He asks if you want to see
grass growing in the streets of our
cities-our fertile farms returned to the
wilderness-ou families crowding the
poor-houses until there is no longer
room to receive anOtherr'
mo. don't know as 1 would, but l
guess I'll sort o work my way out"
"Wait fifteen minutes-ten-tive-
wait until he finishes. There it is
again! He asks whether you are free
man or slave? He wants to know if
you have forgotten the patriotic prin-
ciples defended by the blood of your
grandsires-if you have forgotten the
sound Of liberty bell?"
Il don't know as have. but must
gO-really must.''
Hear that-hear that! He says
your country will bless you.'
II can't say as to that" replied the
man. as he crowded along; "but I'm
dead sure that the old woman will if I
don't git home in time to put this cod
fish to soak for breakfastm
"Great guns! but do you prefer cod
fish to liberty?" exclaimed the other.
81 don't know as l do, but git more
of it."
And you will see this country ruin
ed-see her go to destruction?'
I'D be kinder sorry to see her go
down HILL" slowly observed the delin-
quent, as he reached the door, .'but if
you had a wife who could begin jawing
at ten O'Clock and not lose a minute
until daylight, and then end up with a
grand smash of crockery and fit OF
Mysteries, you'd kinder stand off as do
and let this glorious old Republic
squeeze through some mighty fine knot
holes. "-DetroE Free Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11
Pioneer Experiences ON the Ohio and
Mississippi.

The brave old warrior, General Will
lam o. Butler. who died last Friday at
the advanced age of e;ghty-seven, was
something more than soldier. He
was a poet, and had at times given I'M
doubted evidence OF possessing the d.
vine afflatus. His poem commencing
40 boatman. wind that horn again,
For never did the listening air
Upon its lambert bosom bear
So wild, SO soft, so sweet a strain
will long hold its place among the gems
of American poetry. But the days
when the only means of transportation
on our great Western rivers was the
flat-boat have passed away. 1t may al
most be said to be a thing of the past,
and hence the fine flavor of General
Buffers poem is lost to great degree
to a generation who only know of it by
tradition.
A voyage from Pittsburgh to New
Orleans by fiatbOat was an enterprise
once of greater peril than tour around
the world is now. 1t was certain to be
full of adventure. 1t required months
for its accomplishment. A shot from
the shore by some Indian or reckless
desperate might terminate abruptly the
voyage and the lives of the navigators
in blood. A moments neglect Of the
steersman might wreck the unshapely
craft and all the hopes of its owners
hundreds of miles from home and in an
inhospitable wilderness. There was
danger everywhere-in the currents,
eddies, whirlpOols, bayous and snags of
the tortuous Father of Waters; but
there was no less danger from the half
civilized dwellers on the banks. The
outlawed criminals and the desperate
Adventures from civilization skulked
about the shores or provided with light
canoes among the bayous and creeks.
watching for chances to plumber, even
if murder was necessary TO aid them
A flatboat voyage down the great rivers
was perilous enough from natural
causes, even if mans inhumanity to
man had not increased the peril In
those days the Government had not
thought of snagboats, and the Missis-
sippi was full OF half-h hidden dangers.
The current was constantly changing.
1t was easy to be deceived into an old
channel from which there was no re-
turn. Bayous were often traps-watery
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11
Palestine.

The progress which has been made
in Palestine during the last twenty-five
years is especially evident in the erec-
ton of many new buildings. In Jeru-
salem, inside the town, ruined houses
have been restored or rebuilt. Outside
the old town are entirely new suburbs,
the extension being made especially
toward the west. The Jews have
formed among themselves building So
cieties. which have erected long bar
rack-like buildings adapted for several
families. The number of dwellings
during the last twenty-five years has
been trebled. Bethlehem conveys the
impression of a newly-built town. In
Jatfa the town wall has been demolished,
the ditch filled up and number of new
houses and magazines, even palatial
buildings, have been erected. So also
in the gardens of Jaffa many new houses
have been erected, and to the south and
north of the town complete Arabic sub
urbs. mostly by settlers from Egypt.
In Ramleh, also, new houses are seen.
still more in Kaifa. Nazareth has in
creased in size, and looks as if it had
been rebuilt. Tiberias also has its new
houses; in Jenin a new military arsenal
has been erected, as also in Nablus,
along with a fine new barrack. In the
latter place the once lonely valley
toward the east has assumed quite a
homely aspect, and in the town are
many new private buildings and also a
new khan; there are also the new school.
the Roman monastery and the buildings
of the Protestant Mission. In Bethle-
hem s new barrack and arsenal have
been erected. Through the schools and
the increasing trade the working people
have acquired greater style and taste,
and the newer houses are thus mostly
a great improvement on the old-not
the Oldest, which. as a rule, are well
built. Nearly all the houses have now
glass windows, rare thing twenty
years ago.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11

culs- de-sac-leading nowhere but tn
ruin. The organized river pirates and
wreckers were always on the lookout
for unwary vOyagers, SO that a slight
mishap generally ended in complete
disaster. If, under such circumstances.
the flatboat man reached his distant
home, footsore and weary but penni-
less, months after leaving it, be was
lucky.
In the early days of flatboating a safe
return, even when the venture had not
proved financially profitable, was a
grand event and the occasion of tumul-
tuous joy. The business bred a certain
class who sought it for its adventure
and dangers as much as for its profits.
The river pirates met in the flat-boat-
men of that early day a class ready,
eager and willing for the fray a class
which, like the rancheros of the plains,
accounted trip tame and spiritless il
unattended with danger. They were
rough and ready, careless and care
free. Dreamily floating down the
Ohio. they whiled away with song and
dance the lazy hours. The boatman's
horn walked the echoes from distant
hills more musical than steamboat
whistle or that ear-distracting horror,
the calliope. 1t was a romantic life,
befitting the grand scenery and rude
time. Ninety days on a slow-moving
flat-boat, the scenery constantly chang
ing but ever wild and beautiful, was q
thing never to be forgotten. The spice
of danger in it gave it zest. An occa-
sional adventure with river sharks only
relieved monotony and added interest.
1t is difficult for one looking on the
Ohio River to realize that once flat
boats, broad-horns. the queerest craft
that ever fioated, did all the Transports
ton business from its head-waters to
New Orleans. A fat-boat, scarce
moving, with rude arrangements for
cooking on deck, almost under water,
with long oars awkwardly attached to
the sides, is type of its time almost as
grotesque and odd as the Viking ship
recently dug up in Norway. Perhaps
one day it will excite as much archeo-
logical wonder, for it already recalls a
time we fail to understands condition
of society and of our country we can
scarcely appreciate. The leisure-loving,
deliberate, slOw-mOving fiat-boat was
fast enough for its day and people.
There was luck in its leisure. But the
fiat-boat has passed away, and the boat
man never will wind his horn again.
He sleeps as soundly as the warrior
poet. and his ear is as dead to the sad,
sweet music of the boatman's horn
indianapolis Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11
OTHER FELLOWS THINK so, TOO

THERE'S just one thing a man can have
In all this world OF woe and strife.
That makes the business not too bad,
And that one things an easy wife.
Dost fancy that love my girl
For rosy cheeks OF raven hair?
She holds my heart because she laughs
Because she laughs, and doesn't care.
put my boots just where IL suits,
And find them where put them, too;
That is thing, you must allow,
chap can very seldom do.
leave my papers on my desk:
She never dusts them in u heap.
Or trkes To light the kitchen stove
The very one want to keep
On winter nights NV COY dame
Will warm her toes before the fire;
She never scolds about the lamp.
Or wants the wick n trif'e higher.
On Sundays she is not so fine
But what her riIffics | can hug:
light my pipe just where please,
And spill the ashes on the rug.
The bed is never filed with ''shams"-
A thing some women Wiley plan
To worry servants half to death.
And spoil the temper OF 4 man.
She lets me sleep to any hour,
Nor raises any horrid din
II il just happens, now and then,
To be quite late when come in.
tell you. Jack. IL you would wed.
Just get n girl who lets things run:
She'll keep her temper like lamb,
And help you on 10 lots of fun
Don't look for money, style. or show,
Or blushing beauty. ripe and rare;
Just take the one who laughs AT fate
Who laughs, and shows she doesn't care.
You think, perhaps, our household ways
Are just perchance little mixed;
oh, when they get too horrid bad.
We stir about and get things fixed.
What compensation has a man
Who earns his bread by sweat of brow,
IL home Is made battle-ground.
And life one long, eternal row.
-Hdrper's Magazine.