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FURNITURE.

SPRlNG STYLES IN FURNITURE. m
- In PARLOR, CHAMBER, and DINlNOpA
SETS our stock IL complete, aud viii compare NJ
with any nrst. class house In the ciiy as to~N'
prices and quality OF good. You Will save poises
by examining our stock before buying. Easy .erns
OF PAYMENT r.. GATHRIGiiT 4 SON.
NH Z3-3m 10 Governor siyctf
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9itllmond 1ispatth.
WEDNEsDAY......... MARCH 80, 1881.

Es- THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
IS LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRCU.
LATIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS
PAPERS OF THE CITY.
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MOZARTERS. please take notice that I. WHIT
LOCK makes The " Mozart Cigars; selected Havana
filters guaranteed. Price only &C.
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GEORGE G. JEFFERSON,
VI FIRE-IN>UHANCE AGENT
OFFICE. No. : PIEDMONT AND ARLINGrCN
BtILDING,
CORNER NINTH AND MAIN STREETS,
RICHMOND, Va.
Insurance effected Al moderate rates b. ~ ~
WELL.E>IABLlSilED and PROMPT GONNA
MES.
CAREFUL attention given To all business euiru.i-
ed tO me.
The patronage Il my friends and the pubic ge-
slcctfulN solicited. NH 30 v
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GIVE THE MODEL" CIGAR puf-the best
lOc brand on the market. +. WHuTLoCK' manu-
facturer, liij east Main street, city.
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FAMILY RoE-HERRINGs, CLIPPED BEEF-best
I'm the city-at CHRISTIAN & WHITES.
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FRESH INVOICE OF KEY WEST CIGARS JrsI
received by W.D. BLAIR& co.
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FANCY GOODS. &c.

STENENS
. MAKES STILL FURTHER REDUCTfOSS
AND CUTS.
ELEGANT FRENCii-CALF ALBUMS from slsG
to -.
NORGC - ALBUMS, card and cabinel.oven iDEs 4.
from ~ 10 IL 80.
MOROCC 90 ALBUMS, card aud cablnet-opeDilEz
from 1913 90 ~.
MOROCCO ABB NJ. catd- and cabinet-OpeD tosssp
from ~ 30 to ~.
These goods IN perfect condition and Goos
,olirrs AZ the old prices.
4 few UMS, "A lille shos-wOrn, REDUCED 20 IT,
About FIFTY VOLUMES OF POETRY hHIE
PROSE, including portions Of the work ~
Dickens, Walter scott, Byron, &C.. reduced -
75c. They are wor hy your attentiOn.
Among the new goods in,t IN are handsOne II HhF-
ALBUMS; elegant Al AITOGRAPH.ALbiIN - {;
new shapes ~ FRENCH-PLArErTA rTAND.h f-
RORS; tLD( X. warranted IN Blscs-N Alt2t
tase. At 81; JAPANESE Si'kOLI>: JhfA-
NESE GRAPE PICTURES al &c, t1r 1idf't tn~
tres. Window I.ambr,qnins,. aud Nan 81 aAiH-
brequins; japanese Decorating Fans JAM
uesc Tcte a-Jcte sets.
have aways in stoch the largest 1nibest--cfctet
variety OF FIN SETS DrcOritrd Cnamb-r sets, cAte
Boxes. Tea-Trays. Table. Mats, and Househt cpsrE
Good, generally 1t BOftom prices tisb. iu! sAort-
ment Of White Granite American thint ana = ls.st-
| ware fge cases OF new Frames. among Which ~ .
seven new styles which offer as The best iaiue Ia
town as they are unequaed IN the beauty Of ,S ag
and ELEGANCE OF BnisA. New goods and EOysiIlts
are being constantly added and II viii ray you -
call at SnfN ~.
Carrla aye whips in great variety. NH -
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CROCKERY. GLASSWARE. &c.
DYEING, CLEANING, &c.

MEMS. YOUTHS. AND BOYS CLO-
MI THING CLEANED, however much soiled or
f,dad / aDIssi DRESS ES whole or taken apart !.
SUAWIs IOAKs, SACQUES, MOURNING
GooDs' CARFs, SAsHF5, Wells &C., CL FAMED
OR DYED. WHITE FEAIHEhs DlhD Iun ir
81 oVFS cIFANED AND DYED BLACK.
COATS. PANTS, VESTS, &c. DYED or CLEAN
en- sn.ri,llty, Also, agent for The New York
I'm, Company. GRAPE Wells rendered beautl-
fnlly black and mpsryous TO dampness or sail
water. n. .. = tst.,h
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over 20 style. OF NIX GOODS al 20 per cent less
ihsn th,y we're opcstd on The isi oi March
A.so. g .p.c,sl grades oi BROWN DRESS LIN
r\S rurcbssed az Watson, Armstrong & Co ;
,r,,t linen .latl2% lat l6'., and at zoe.
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WILLIAM l.. ROYALL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR At LAW,
Nos. 80 AND 81 LIBERTY STREET,
no 7.6m NEW YORK CITY.
MILLINERY.
IRON. STEEL. NAILs.LEAD, ZINC, &c.

IRON, STEEL. NAILS. LEAD, ZINC, &c.
JAMES GORDON. WATKINS, COTTRELL & co.
TAMES GORDON Il CO.,
DEALERS ~
BAR. ROD, BAND. Hoop, HORSESHOE
SWEDES. aud NORWAY SHEET and PLATE
IRON;
CAST. TIRE, and BLISTERFD STEEL
TIN-PLATE. BAR and Pf6.TlN;
SOLDtE, SHEEP ZINC
SPELTER. COPPER, WIRE;
PIC and BAR LEAD;
IRON AXLES;
WAGON and CART-BOXES;
THlMBLE SKEINS:
HOR SKSHOEs and HORSESHOENAlLS;
CUT.NAILS;
NOVA SCOTIA GRISDsTONES. &C.
NOS q AND FOURTEENTH STREET.
NH 30 Richmond. Va.
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INDIAN RIVER FLOPfDA ORANGEs-sweetest
orange grown-just receivedb by
CHRISTIAN 4 WHITE.
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DRESS GOODS in all styles and prices;
BLACK CAsHMERES at great reduction oi
former prices.
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Entered at the Pos'-Ofice at Richmond, Va, az
second-class matter.I
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DON'T GO TO KEY WEST for a good Cigar, but
smoke WHITLoCK's Key West-ihe old standard
brand; only 80.
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An IMPORTANT ADVANCE in the manufacture OF
Toilet Soaps was the Introduction Of gycerlne. The
transparent Soaps of j. 4 f.. ATKINSON really con-
tain a large percentage OF this valuable Ingredient
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FULCHER's AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va WHIskhi'
three years old at $3.50 per gaon-a very superior
article; MONTROsE Kentucky Rye Whi'key' four
years old at SO per gallon. W. ID. BLAIR 90
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SMOKED SALMON at
CHRISTIAN & WHITES.
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- BEAUTIFUL. STYLISH, AND
CHEAP.

Tia, excellent assortment Of new shades Of
DRESS GOODS
..,,ed ii,: wccs in New York ri the great sale
hy The Arlington MINIS.
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RATIyE WEEKLY MORTALITY.
March ~. March 20, Mch. l9, Men. 26,
1879. 1850. 1881: 1881:
hs. - IS is l2 20 Is 8 lG 3

March ~. March 20, Mch. I9, Mch 90
1879. ,lssC. 1881; 1881;
Total deaths...l2 l3 Is ~ 20 Is Is
SuiI-born..... o 2
Mean Temperature for week ending March
18Th, so 0O>; mean temperature Tor week
ending March 19lb, so ~.
Amount OF rainfall for week ending
March 18th, 0.,G inches; amount OF Lainiail
for week ending March 2Gth, O.45 inches.
Rate: Population, as per census lSSO-
| White, 1891; colored, 2G,699-tolal, Oh
G-0.t Rate OF mortality Of whole popuia-
lion was $50 per 1000 per annum. Rale
of mortality OF white population was II -
per .0O0 per annum. Rate OF mortality OF
coIored population was 25.22 per l'Ooo per
annum. ,r,...o %
Fi0ures used in this report-White, u.s.
900. coIored, 2G,s00-total, 6j.0OO.'
| sTb. s3o added to population as per census IS
| considered a ineagre allowance Tor tue ho"'ihk
our city.
RRgF LOcAL.-The directors OF TIE Ma
,jonal Bank OF Virginia are having .htIl
safety.yault finely reftted with new dool'
and facipgs, together with combustion ioch
II will thus be rendeged proof against nre
and burglars. ,n, ,ho
The scales which we're stolen from the
tanning establishment OF o. Ii. Chalkley q
Co. on Cary street, were recovered py De'
tectiye John Wren and returned 10 Tue o"h'
STs.
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GS-THE GREAT SALE
OF THE SEASON.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GODS
FROM THE GREAT FIRE SALE
STILL ON HAND.
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MEETINGS..

OFFICE or THE BRIGHTHoPE RAILWAY
COMPANY.
RICHMOND, VA, March 2j, 1881.
DY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DI.
~ kECTORS, general meeting of the stockhod-
ers OF this company will be heldat No. l5 Fifteenth
street. Richmond Va, on WEDNESDAY tie 27th
day OF April. 1881. at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
NH 27-d JAMES III. YOUNG. President.
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OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS
BOUGHT AT FORCED AUCTION SALES.
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NEW PARASOLS, NEW PARASOLS.
a new line Just rccciyed-ali the late styles ana
cry low ITicts.
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HORSES. uELES, dc.

HOhaE FOR cALE.-Bay with |Nl~
- - on white: xix years (aiid only six);ZCZS
@ @Du Was lex ia hIs HE; never had bnt the pfesehN
rsSds j. last enough 80 warrant basnIlngi cAe
- utNeiFe miles an hour easT; cares DOthhK ioi
~. ,w|lyes. noises. bSpds Of music, &C. - DlE
nyegh Tor garage -hOrse: WAY 6ired by nalof DOS.
80 ~ IS1r- -iD..er Abd-el-kAder. horse cOinOnlng
20 - qualities is seld0In placed on ibe man.et' ana
,,nf hUn with reiucianee. To a party meaning
"-s'bt,s gill give q weeks uiafo prove aII tHls,
.l ~ VIII take note al ibree mjnus Tor stfo 10,
.le noIse. If sou don't wsnt Suol q horse, d0n'i
ngtbe me. III fOu DO, address Do" care POST
ulee Box 83s NH 80 ~
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THE SECRET or RECRUITING rHEylrAL PRIN-
cipLE Is discovered I'm TUFTS PILLS. In Liver
Affections Dizziness. Headache, C0styeness, Dys-
pepsia. Fevers of all Kinds, Dysen,cry. Fiatulence,
Heartburn, Eruptions Of the SKIN, Nervousness
Bilious Collie. Loss Of Appetite and all troubles Of
the bowels their curative effects are marvellous.
They are truly the afiiicted's friend
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GRAND picnic" aud always in season.
WuTIoC ks sc. Cigar.
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SPRING STOC l
FULL FXHIBIr OF ALL THE STYLES.
ACArTIoN TO ORR READERS.

ALL THE HOSPITAL NURSES highly endorse MEL
Inns FOOD for inyalids and infants.
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EOEN. HAY, AND SiUCkS WAN TED.
~ with 10 buy CORN, nay. ard S,itCN~. ia
load lots. or ess on either the Chesapeake ana
ohio. the Ecnmond ana Dsnyile. the fichnuuo
aud Allegheny. the Richmond and York River, flff
Virginia Midland, Richmond Frederick ,Durg ana
Potomac. and the Atllnic ana Mississippi rsi road
lnes or upon any nayig1ble stream Bigs fugnifsel
fiee and payment made i'm cash per railroad weights.
CORE spOndence solicited.
CHARLES l.. TODD.
e y NO. 1915 Cary street, Richmond, Nh.
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OF DOLLARS WORTH or GOODS
BOUGHT At PRICES LOWER THAN
EVER KNOWN BEFORE.
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I'D. & L. MITTELDORFER,
527 BROAD STREET,
WILL OPEN ON MONDAY
ALARGE STOCK OF
NEW SPRING GOODS,
bough, direct from the agents and al auc'"n'

bought direct from the agents and al auction
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22
The Wound Of Robespierre.

Almost all historians of tho French Revolu-
tion have represented the famous wound Of
Robespierre as self-inficted. Most of them
state that the bullet he aimed at his own head
broke the jaw bone, and thus made it impossi-
BILE for him to speak. NJ. Theirs, however,
makes lighter of the wound, and says, "Robes-
pierre drew pistol upon himself, but the ball,
striking beneath the lip, only pierced the
cheek and inflicted severe, though not dan
gerous wound" This version is now in proc
ess of being altogether upset by an account Of
the circumstances given in the pages Of La
France. This journal reproduces deposition
made by the gendarme Media or Merida, after
ward colonel in the army and a baron of the
Empire, and some other papers which support
the story contained in it. The gendarme says:
II knew the elder Robespierre; he was sit
ting In an arm-chair-this was near the hall
OF the Hotel de Ville-having his elbows on
his knees and his head leaning on his left
hand. made a rush at him, and presenting
my sword to his heart, said to him. Yield,
traitor He raised his head and answered,
1T Is you who are traitor, and will have
you shot AT these words took one of my
pistols in my left hand, and stepping one pace
the heart but the ball struck his chin and
broke his left jaw" This story is confirmed
by an engraving of the period representing
Media in the act of discharging the pistol, and
by the fact that Media was shortly afterward
presented to the Convention and warmly conn
plimented by the President upon having COM
mltted the assault The other story is sup
posed TO rest chiefly on the authority of Bar
ras, and it has probably no such grounds to
back it as the tale of the gendarme, who is ad-
who first broke in upon the "conspiratorla' at
the Hotel de Vile.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22
"Wild Bill"

The surrender of Sitting Bull recalls one of
the genuine Indian scouts Of General Gus.
ter. He was fellow of the most singular
temperament, and was known on the plains as
Wild Bill, albeit his actual name was James
Hickok. Wild Bill, under circumstances Of
particular aegravation, shot and killed a des-
perado in Missouri. Years afterward "Bill"
became a member of Buffalo Bills droll theat-
rical company, and, in compliance with the
story of the play, had to repeat every night up
on the stage the killing which, as reality,
had made him famous. "Bill" watched the
first rehearsal patiently, then he went to the
stage manager. ~ can't kill that thar chap,
no how" quoth Bill. "Why not?" inquired
the manager. "Well," said Bill, TRANQUILITY,
"Buffalo slings him around in the first act,
and Maeder clips him in the ear in the second
act, and Mrs, Maeder drives him out of the
rancho with broom in the third act. Then
I've got to kill him after all in the fourth act.
Why, never killed such a coyote as that In
my life! It's all wrong, pardnerl It's all
wrong making him out such squaw man as
that! By goll, sir, he was the biggest gentle
man l ever shot!''
Although he carried dozen bullets. more
or less deeply imbedded in his flesh. "WiId
Bill" never sustained an internal wound. He
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22
Mr.. Arthur sand the Presidency.
A Certain Policy in an Uncertain Contin-
gency.
New York Herald.1

If Mr.. Arth ur should become President. we
believe he will make no changes in the Ad-
ministration; will make no removals from dllce
at large except for cause; will attempt no
change in the policy or in the personnel Of the
present Administration; for to do or to attempt
to do any of these thinge would be to invite
ruin upon his own head. We believe he will
quietly take up the reins as they fall from Gen.
eral Garfeld's hands. No doubt the present
Cabinet and probably some of the other i'm
portant officers Of the Government, will offer
him their designations. This would be q
proper course for them to pursue. But we
are equally certain that Mr.. Arthur will at
once ask them to continue in office, and 1t will
be their highest duty to the country to do so.
If Mr. Garfield should, unhappily, die,
there will be no extra session of Congress;
there will be no Cabinet changes there will
be no new policies attempted, cut the country
will 60 on and the public business will 90 on
just as before. There is no occasion for alarm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22
The Officer Who Never Drank.


In the early part of the lato war, when Gen.
Grant was in command of the army before
Vicksburg, a number of officers were gathered
at its headquarters, having pleasant social
time. One of them invited the party to join in
social glass; all but one accepted. He asked
to be excused, saying that he "never drank
The hour passed, and each went his way to
his respective command.
A few days after this the officer who declined
to drink received note from Gen. Grant to
report at headquarters. He obeyed the order,
and was soon in the presence of the general
Grant said to him, "You are the officer, be.
lieve," for their acquaintance was slight, "who
remarked the other day that you never drank?''
The officer modestly answered that he was.
"Then," continued the general, "you are the
man have been looking for to take charge of
the commissary department, and 1 order that
you be detailed to that duty" He served his
country faithfully to the close of the war, and
was honorably discharged. Years passed and
Grant had come to be President The officer
had settled down to the duties of private life,
and the little incident was cherished as pleas
ant memory.
The trouble on the border between Texas
and Mexico along the Rio Grande attracted
tne attentlon OF congress, and COMMISSION
was ordered to ascertain the facts and report.
Again President Grant remembered the man
who ''never drank" and appointed him chair
man of the board. The place was accepted,
and he entered faithfully upon the work; the
report submitted shows the thoroughness with
which the duty was discharged.
While engaged in his work he made the ac-
quaintance of a gentleman who owned an ex-
tensive cattle ranch in southern Texas. The
acquaintance inspired confidence, and years af-
ter, when the Texas gentleman decided to sell
his rancho, he placed it in the hands of the
man who never drank" and during the last
month he has effected sale to an English
company OF the ranch of 100000 acres of land
and several thousand head of cattle for an ev-
en- million dollars; out of which he gets a COM
mission that will be snug fortune in these
hard times. The company that bought will en-
ter largely upon packing beef for foreign
markets, slaughtering their meat on their
ranch from their own herds The superinten-
dence of their business has been rendered to
and accepted by the man who ''never drank !"
and he goes in few days to his new field of
labor. This takes from Chicago one of her
most esteemed and honorable citizens, but it
gives one to Texas who will always be found
on the side OF order and good government.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

EMORY SroRRs goes about as far as the
people will follow anybody when he says on
the subject Of civil service reform: 81 be.
lieve we must have fixed tenure for these
Offices" he says, ''but would not fix that
tenure for life. 1 would appoint for merit
and promote for merit 1 would prefer for
tions are like my own, for am confident in
the opinion that there are enough honest,
capable, faithful and intelligent Republicans
in this country to fill all the offices and faith
fully perform all the duties of all those Of
fcoo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

THERE are ILL., 1897 illiterate persons in
Maryland. Of this number 9O,172 are col.
ored. The State has 1920 elementary
schools, and 800 schools for colored children
these schools are conducted by 1902 white
teachers and $50 colored ones. The average
salary paid is $3.50, and the average mum.
Der of months during which the teachers are
employed is SIP. In the past year 122, ,60I
white pnpils and 26,533 colored ones were in
attendance. The total receipts from all
sources were $1,379, ,59O.76, and the expen.
ditures were 81, ,2S4, 1850.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

JAMES PARTON, although one of the most
thorough of Americans in all his feelings
and sympathies, is by birth an Englishman.
He was born in the old cathed raj town of
Canterbury, whence he was brought to this
country at the tender age of four. He was
school teacher from 10 to 25, and began
journalism on the New York Home Journal,
under Willis and Morris.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

DETRoIT Post: Col. Clough, who distrib-
uted stamps for the Irish law courts, had a
life tenure of Office, and yet it didn't prevent
him from defrauding the government out of
10000. It. very certain that a prolonged
tenure of office will not make an honest man
of rascal, nor will the shorter American
term make a rascal of an honest man.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

THE long-haired Western orators, who
have been in the habit of saying things
about the "bloated Yankee .bondholders," )"
are respectfully invited by the Hartford
Courant to mediate upon the fact that only
II per cent. of the registered bonds are held
in the six New England States.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

CAPTAIN Edward Trelawney, the biogra-
pher of Shelley and Byron, is still living in
England at the age of about 90 years. For
fifty-six years he has carried in his body a
musket-ball which was fred at him from be-
hind, entering between the shoulders and
lodging under the breast bone.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

TIE 3S states of the Union contain 1926
counties. Texas leads..off, having Isl coun-
ties, followed closely by Georgia's 1877. AT.
ter Georgia in the table comes Kentucky
with III counties; Missouri, s115; Virginia
105; Illinois, 102; Iowa, 100; Tennessee and
North Carolina, each "a; and Indiana, 92.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

The increase of exports from the United
States to the port of Bremen during the
year 1880 over the preceding year was
S6,670,6S1. The most notable increase was
n cotton, 81, ,497, ,110. Next folio wed Indi.
IAN corn, 81 ,4O7,216. The increase in lard
W 7,741. This last article is an impor
tant item in the export trade.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22
OF civil service reform on ''business prin
ciples the Philadelnhia Press saws.


This latter is common watchword with the
reformers, but they seem to use it without
much consideration. No business firm, no
great corporation selects its employees by exam
ination. They rely very generally on (D per-
conduct and ability shown during a term of
probation. Few of them are above being in
fuenced in their selections by considerations
which have nothing to do with the applicants
efficiency. They take the child of dead kins-
man or an old sweetheart in preference to an
other who has not this recommendation. And
they secure faithful service by having their
employees understand Q) that so long as they do
cured to them, and (2) that they will get pro-
motion as fast as vacancies occur. Those are
the principles which would govern the appli-
cation of business methods to the civil service.
But they are not the principles most favored
by those who talk most of the necessity of man.
aging the government business as any OF her
business would be managed,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

THE Cincinnati Commercial wants gold
coined in half eagles, so that it will ''fow
into the pockets of the people," The Cleve-
/ land Herald adds: "By all means let it flow
Give us half eagles, quarter eagles, or even
a wing or bit of the white me at.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

JOE PULITZER, the fighting editor of the
Democratic ST. Louis Post-Dispatch, has
taken survey of the political field, and
makes this report: "The Republican party
is stronger than ever before.''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-22

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publca-
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