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New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
CARLYLE on HALTER SCOTT.
Erom C1rgyle's Journal

Sir Walter Scott died nine days ago. Goethe at
the spring equinox Scott at The autumn 4
gifted spirit then is wanting from among men.
Perhaps he died in good time far as his own
reputation is concerned. lie understood what his
tory meant this his chief intellectual merit.
AS Il thinker not tceble-stronS. rather, and
healthy, vet limited, almost mean and kieinstGdtisch;
never spoke with Scott had once some small
epistolary intercourse with him on the part of
Goethe in which he behaved not very courteously
| thought have hundred times seen HIM. from of
old. writing in the Courts or hobbling with stout
speed along the streets of Edinburgh; large man
pale shaggy face. fine, deep-browed gray eyes, an
and good hunor and. perhaps lin later years among
the wrinkles), of sadness weariness. A solid
well built. eiectual mind the merits OF which,
after all this derious exaggeratlOn Is done. and the
reaction thereof is also done, will not be forgotten.
lie has played hs part, and left none like or second
OF him. PGndiie!
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
THE FALL ~ TIE V4LUE OF MONEY.
From The LOndOR Giobe.


The complaint that money VIII not 90 so Tar In
our generation did a generation ago s frequent
enough although the cOmpensatlng truth that
money on the whole. is made more quickly nova
days than it was formerly is not so frequently dwet
upon. The general sinking OF the value OF money
was most instructivey and pleasantly illustrated
in "A paper read by NJ. Avenel Il few days agoin
Paris before the Academy of Sciences His subject
was confined to the period of Louis Alll.-l0lO TO
1913. A tOerably brilliant Housekeeping z. with ten
servants, could be easily managed, as NJ Ayenel
tells u.s. upon yearly income of 1000 francs
This is proved by the account books of Cardinal
Rlcheleu's niece. Madame de Pont Courbay. WHO
had exactly that income, and maintained HERSELF
her two daughters, and 10 fewer than sixteen ser
wants in the style corresponding to the high place
and power OF her eminent klnsmau.
A nobeman with revenue of 100000 francs was
held to be amazingly wealthy. This was inc
dupandge NJ. Ayenel says, of Castor, the Kings
brother, and also of the Due de Rohan. The Con
stable de Monmorenci, the richest nobleman III
France, gave his daughter only 100000 francs az
her dowry. Queen Henrietta Mana. the wife Oh
our Charles l.. only brought about 100000 francs
into her English home her wedding grant Inc
rents OF the most splendid houses IN Paris were eA
traordinary low-measured by the scale OF TWO
centuries later Then the English Ambassador 10
Paris only paid 1000 francs year for the hIre0i
his imposing hotel.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
ASTRONOMY IN TURKEY.
From The Lon don Globe

The capital of the Sultans is to have an observa-
tory hiied with an proper astronomical instru-
rowed from the most enligh ened academies of the
Gaour. According to tale told by the journal
deS Debdts, this is by no means the first time that
the Sultans have beel desirous of making Obserya-
tons upon the movements of the heavenly bodies
and testing for themselves the strange assertions
made by European scientists as TO tho planetary
and solar systems 1t is true that the descendants
of Othman have never attempted to rival the cats
of the ancient MahOmetan dynasty in Spain IN this
domain of science take the lead in any attempts
to read Mans destiny in the stars. But although
they did not aspire to originate discoveries, they
have shown at least desire to be instructed IN
such matters; and not many years ago delegation
of astronomers was brought to Constantinople with
O view to being established there.
Unfortunately the day OF their arrival was
marked by sudden and serious rmishap. One of
the ships lying in the Golden Horn. .ex ploded with
out apparent cause and the omen was too striking
TO be passed over in silence The incident was
ported to the divan for the opinion Of the Pachas
whose verdict was at once given in sense unfav-
orable 70 the strangers. A dilemma-fayorite log-
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
luntly told them he wanted to know who the boys

iuntly told them he wanted to know who the bovs
were going to support for Congress
AS the matter was delicate one and rather per
sonal, General Kusk got uneasy and remarked that
he would go and start up the machine and keep IL
going while the Doctor and the boys were makipS
negotiations. Mounting the platform the Viroqus
candidate told the driver to start up and he began
feeding in the grain bundles. The regular work
men thought General Rusk some machine agent
and they contrived TO put him through. II was
ten-horse po Ser thresher, and the driver whipped
the horses up. DR.. Anderson and the two gang
leaders looked on. Ii was an interesting sight
The Congressional candidate threw in the bundles
like an old hand, two grain stacks were tbreshed in
an incredibly short time. and the men at the end Of
the straw-carrier were buried beneath the aying
straw. When the job was done, the two leaders
who were negotiating with DR.. Anderson, yelled
out, Well go in for the fellow over there on tho
machine" General Rusk merely said he hadn,t
been threshing fifteen years for nothing With ths
help of the threshers, General Rusk captured the
River Falls delegates and with them the county.
The thre shng story spread through The district and
took immensely. General Rusk got thirty -four out
of the forty y-eight votes in the convention.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09

Though as q rule, our ancestors appear to haye y,
the " Chronicles of Croyland Abbey is an amusing
account of Il certain man. named Wulfoy who VIZ VIZ
so enamored of quiet life that he retired 70 tn0
fortunately he had not long taken up his aDoao
il this peaceful retreat when the alarm OF an er
pected Danish raid drove vast crowd OF Women
city of refuge" The clamor of the sfrigh;ed fust'
tiycs and the crying of the children drove the unio
tunate Wulfoy nearly frantic. "Stopping his ears ears
and tying bandage over his eyes, he caused niin,
self 10 be led TO Evesham, where he dwelt ~ a.
solitary CELL being weary Of his life by reason OF W.
clamor of the multitude The poor man was "a "a
ingly.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
POLITICS md IHRESHLNG.
Ernm IN, Milwaukee SentineL

good story is told OF Governor Rusk when he
was first u candidate for Congress in 1870 AT that
time he was opposed by VIM. T. Price. 1t was UNI
derstood around the district that tho resnlt would
depend upon Pierce County. whose four votes
would settle it as between Price and Rusk. IL vas
also believed, and such indeed proved to be the
fact that Mr. Price had fixed" Pierce County. and
General Rusk was advised by Dr. Anderson to go
up there with him ana if something couldn't be
done to change things They did so, and found that
the result depended upon getting the support of u
number OF men eYho were then threshng i'll tue
son drove out to tho field. The latter called the
leaders Of the threshing gang aside. aud very
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
BESSY IN THE STORM.

From The Boston Trdreiler.
"Why come We in with tresses wild,
With battling winds a-weary
All cold and damp, my bonny girl,
Ny deary I
"The sun not yet has ope'd his lids.
The clouds hold fast together;
Why stirred ye out this. angry morn,
And whitherW
90 mother mine mayhap / roso
To fetch the gillytlower.
Or soothe my sisters little son
An hour
"Or else led bleating lamb,
Straycd of from any other;
Or went to pray at break of day,
Sweet mother W
"My Bess. my lass, deceive me not;
So long it had not taken"
"Ono; ;On0 did for grief
Awaken.
My true love never You have seen
Down by the ships found him;
In all the gale, / held mine arms
Around him.
" He spake to me, and kissed me thrice,
And sailed the seas a-mournlng;
And then my tears rained with the rain,
Returning
L. l. Quincy
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
4 STORY or E4RLY STEM TRAVELLISG
From The London Telegraph

From The LOndJn Telegraph. ,
1t is related that an old country dame committe9
herself for the first time to railway carriage, anu
by a msadventure the train on arrival that yey
day run too quickly into the station SO thass
van or two became smashed. 7and the passengers
were much thrown about. The old lady in partcu.
lar was jerked under the seat upon the top of he'
meekly and patiently awaiting the opening OF tho
door Upon his exclaiming For goodness sake.
maam come out. there's been an accident sne
gently replied, "..Oh, sir. l thought you always
stoDDed like this"
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09

cal expedient with rho true believers-was soon
hit and utilized against the t;a eis
Either" said the wise men of the East. TINS mis-
fortune was foreseen by the European astronomers
or it was not. If it was not, they ar, obviously
incompetent, and ought not to be Kept here as use
less drones But if il was then they are still more
culpabe. Tor they gave MS no warning oil III, an9
cannot be expected in future to put us on our garu
against a similar or even worse catastropne 90
they were packed of at once about their business
and until the other day no scheme has been sane
toned for making new attempt.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09

sherry over the top TO run through the mixture. t
is as often served without the vine.
BANANAS AND CREAM.-Peel. and slice round the
fruit in thin pieces, and heap up IN lass dessert
dish. and serve raw with sugar and good cream.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
MENU.
Celery Soup.
iirook Trout

Sweetbreads with Mushrooms.
Saddle OF Lamb Green Peas. Bermuda Potatoes.
Snipe. Potatoes "a la Parisieunc.
MayOnnase OF Chicken.
Cheese. Snowflake Crackers. Guaya Jelly.
Velvet Cream AinbrOsia.
Nuts Kaslns. BOnbOn5.
Coil e.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03
The Land League Fund.

Some portion, how much is yet to be as
certained, of the funds of the Irish Land
League raised by American subscriptions,
has been lost by the failure of the French
speculative enterprise, the Union Generate.
The managers of the League are as reticent
as railway officials on the day of disaster,
and refuse to furnish the facts in the case
They have, however, from the first, assured
subscribers that the League funds were firm
ly and safely invested. 1t appears that they
were in error-and as over sanguine in
financial affairs as some believe them to be
in political matters
Irish-Americans have given literally of
their savings to the Land League, and in
many instances put themselves to privation
in order to aid their suffering kinsmen.
Their generosity has surprised the world.
They have had full faith in the custodians
of the fund and have angrily refused to lis
ten to any complaints of its misuse. Intima-
tions have many times been made that the
money SO lavishly given has been expended
in the support of professional agitators in
stead of in relief of the suffering tenantry
of Ireland. These reports have been indig-
nantly denied by the branches of the League
here. Very likely they are untrue. But
evidently there has been mismanagement
somewhere, and Irish-Americans will do
wisely to withhold contributions until the
books can be examined.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03
Spoopendyke
Strives to Open an Oyster.
brooklyn Eagle.l

brooklyn Eagle
"My DEAR queried Mr.. Spoopendyke, did
you put those oysters on the cellar floor with
the round shells down as 1 told you top
ST did most of 'em," replied Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke. "Some of 'em wouldn't stay that way.
They turned right over"
"Must have bsen extraordinary intelligent
oysters" muttered Mr.. Spoopendyke, cycling
her with suspicion. 'Didn't any of EN- stand
up on end and ask for the morning paper, did
they?"
"You know what 1 mean," fluttered Mrs.
Spoopendyke. They tipped over sideways,
aud so laid them on the fiat shell.
"That's right" grunted Mr.. Spoopendyke.
"You want to give an oyster his own way, or
you'll hurt his feelings. Suppose you bring up
some of those gifted oysters and an oyster
knife, and we'll eat 'em.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THERE is one feature of the De Freycinet
Cabinet which will not be regarded with
approval on the other side of the British
Channel. The portfolio of Commerce has
been given to M. Tirard, and that gentle
man is a thoroughgoing protectionist. This
will be the more annoying to England, as
M. Gambetta, if not free trader, was in
clined to lean that way, and the Anglo
French reciprocity treaty, which is about to
expire, would almost certainly have been
renewed if he had remained in office. In
deed it is understood that negotiations to
that end had been nearly concluded when
the Gambetta Ministry fell.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

The Augusta Chronicle, after making
diagnosis of the Independent movement in
Georgia, declares that cit is solely confined
to DR.. FELTON, and the seventh district" ,"
But isn't the seventh district, as Mrs. Part
ington would say, contagious to the rest
of the State? And isn't there danger that
the disease will spread?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

AN enterprising Leadville interviewer
went around to find how Mrs. Dunmire,
Guiteau's 'ex-wife," liked the verdict. She
was not well enough to see him, but Mr..
Dunmire brought word that she was "very
well pleased" only she thought Guiteau
should have been hanged before he assassi-
mated the President.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THE New York Tribune speaks of the
photograph of the Princess Beatrice as "the
picture of handsome young woman with
the heavy outlines and somewhat dull ex-
preston which Prince Albert brought from
his Hanoyerian cabbage garden
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

A BAR-RooM census was recently taken at
Bristol, England, with surprising results.
All persons entering the public houses on a
certain Saturday night between Z and II
o'clock were diligently counted, and it was
found that, out of population of 100000,
more than one-half, 1O5, 900, so entered, "a
O74 of them being men, 36,Se3 women, and
13,415 children. And Bristol is said to be
no worse than other English towns in this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THE Pennsylvania Supreme Court de-
cides that college professor is not an Off
Ger of the institution, no matter how long
he has held his professorship, but that he is
simply the trustees hired man and can be
discharged by them at any time and must
accent the situation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

BoTH branches of the Virginia Legisla-
ture have voted to submit to the people a
joint resolution striking out from the State
constitution the article requiring the pay
ment of poll tax as requisite qualifca-
ton for voting.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

RUFUS HATCH says that the London stock
market sis baby compared with ours"
and that the Continental houses make terri
BILE work trying to follow American methods
of stock speculation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THE Jersey weather prophet, De Voc,
said last month that February would be a
month long to be remembered on account
of its frequent and heavy snow storms and
sudden falls in temperature, and that more
snow will fall during the month than for
the past two years combined. The month
has set out very well to verify De Wees
prophecy and we shall see how he comes out
on the storms predicted for the 9TH, sth,
10th. 18th, 23d and 9th of the month.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

JUDGE James Smith of Canandaigua, n.
Y. Judge of the State Supreme Court, and
formerly law partner with Senator Lap
ham, is a candidate for Justice Hunts
place on the United States Supreme bench.
New York assumes that one of her citizens
will have the place, and there will be no
lack of candidates. Clarence A. Seward of
New York city is among the candidates sug-
rvartod
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

SOME of the Bourbons in Mississippi are
distressed over the fact that one of the
counties was named Sumner when the
State was under Republican control, and
want il changed to Webster.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS ia furnished
with q Card certificate signed by Stanley Puilen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubfca
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munjcations that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THE centenary of Thomas Fl. Benton's
birth comes on the fourteenth of March,
and St. Louis people are talking about
marking the day by celebration.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

HARPER's Weekly has the picture of an
esthetically clad monkey gazing, with PEN
sive and utter bitterness, at a sunfower.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

THE reported death of Taglioni was an err
ror. She is still alive and kicking.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03
514 Congress St,
PORTLAND, Nae.
I'm Insolvency,

I'm Insolvency.
Court of Insolvency for the County of Cumberland,
State of Maine January, 9th, A. ID. 1882.
In case of SAMUEL j. KINGsBURY, Insolvent
Debtor.
FEyHIS is to give notice that on the twenty
Il fifth day of January, A. D. 1882, a warrant in
insolvency issued by Henry G. Peabody, Judge of
the Court of Insolvency for said County of Cumber-
land, against the estate of said
SAMUEL j. KINGSBURY, of Portland,
in the said county of Cumberland, adjudged to be
insolvent debtor petition of said debtor, which
petition was filed on the twenty-fifth day of Janu-
ary, A. ID. 1882, to which date interest claims is
to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said deb
tor and the transfer and delivery of any property
by him are forbidden by law.
That meeting Of the creditors of said debtor to
prove their debts and choose or more assignees
of his estate will be held at Court of Insolvency
to be holden at Probate Court Room in said Port
land on the sixth day of February, A. d. 1882, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above written,
GEO. W. PARKER.
Deputy Sheriff. Messenger of the Court of Insol
vency for sal county of Cumberland.
jan27&feb3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

A. u. PENNELL,
VOICE, SINGING IN ALL BRANCHES
Tenor Soloist, 96 Park Street
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

II. KOTZSCHMAR,
PIANO, ORGAN AND HARMONY,
Stockbridge's Music Store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-03

ia II. MURRAY,
III PIANO AND ORGAN.
Stockbridge's Music Store
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-07
Sensations of a Blind Man.

An interesting account has been lately
furnished by NJ. Plateau, the eminent
Belgian physicist (who has been blind
nearly forty years., of the sensations he
experiences in his eyes He has no sense
of objective light even when directing
his eyes toward the sun. But his visual
field is always divided into spaces, some
of which are pretty bright, and others
sombre or nearly dark, and which merge
into each other. Their general tint al
ternates, in time, between gray and red
dish. The relative arrangement OF those
different spaces is always the. same, but
the intensity of their tints varies The
central space seems now rather. bright,
now very dark; above and below, and on
the left to the limits of the field, there Is
sometimes brightness, sometimes dark
ness, but on the right there is generally
a vertical band, nearly black, and be-
yond this a space which is nearly always
bright and reddish These appearances
follow all the movements of the eyes,
which probably do not participate in the
same way in the tints, but NJ. Plateau
cannot distinguish what belongs 10 one
from what belongs to the other. No
connection of the general tint with the
work of digestion is observed The AZ
thor states that he became blind through
looking fixedly at the sun for some time,
with a view to observing his after-zsnsa-
tons; it was not till about fourteen years
after this that tinflammation of the choroid
set in, destroying vision. but during the
interval he often saw colored and per
sistent halos round flames. ETC., and he
advises those who have such VISION to
consult an experienced oculist.-LOasolon
NdtsSre-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-07
Remarkable Results in the Red River
Valley.


. The magnificent. agricultural results
achieved in the Red River Valley il
Northwestern Minnesota and North.
eastern Dakota, have caused such a tide
of emigration to the favored re zion that
the Government lands which are availa-
BILE under the Presumption, Homestead
and Tree-cu1ture acts are nearly all oc
cupied. As an instance OF the immense
influx of settlers, the Grand Forks land
district, which covers Ill townships in
the northeastern portion of Dakota. was
established in 1889, and of the total 3
457, 40 sacres only 266. 262- acres re-
manned untaken on june l, 1882.
During the first year, 1880, there were
LOOP, 230 acres. taken up, and in 1881
there were 1, 12S, 949 acres entered upon.
Promising that. each settler took as
much land as he is entitled 10 under the
Government laws, an interesting caIcu-
lation of the increase in population can
be made.
Every settler has, a right to either a
pre-empfion and q tree culture claim,
or the latter in connection with a home,
stead. each combination amounting to
320 acres. But only one tree claim can
be taken in section, hence there were
3, 423 of such claims available and taken
in the district, each representing an i'm
dividual. The figures, however, indi-
cate but one-third of the new. comers,
as, after the fortunate settler has taken
his homestead or pre-emption and. tree
claim, there still remain two more quar-
ter sections procurable under the other
acts. Thus on the 2,101, ,17S acres, OF
3, 423 sections, entered through the
Grand Forks office, there must have
been no less than 10, 269 individuals, and,
allowing only three persons as the ave r
age number in a settlers family, it is
seen that 30,SQ7 people have found
homes in this prolific district, which
covers an area of only about forty two
by ninety miles. during the past two
seasons. Supposing that each of these
10, 269s freeholders has forty acres in
wheat, total of S.215,200 bushels
would be produced at twenty bushels
per acre. Surely it is time the Turtle
Mountain Indians made way for civilizs-
tion.--St. Paul Pioneer Press.