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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-19
NIachigonne Encampmont.

At regular meeting OF Machigonne En-
campment, No. 1, /. o. o. f., last evening, tho
following officers were elected:
Chief Patriaroh-Stephen ID. Brown.
High Priest-George E. Kenworthy, Jr.
Senior Wsrden-Arthur Graham.
Junior Warden-Thomas Paine
Recording Scribe-Charles f. Plummer.
Treasurer-Stsphen X. Dyer
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FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, June Is.
After reading of the journal which contained an
allusion to the Fitz John Porter bill Mr. Conger
said there was doubt in the minds of some as to
whether provisions relating to pay secured the OBJ
ject in view which to give pay from the date
of Porters dismissal till the date of his reappoint
ment by the President and confirmation by the
Senate under the present bill. He did not think
this bill would prevent Porter from getting such
pay.
Mr.. Sherman entered his caveat against the con-
structon put upon these words by the Senator from
Michigan. The language, he said was as clear as it
could be made. Gen. Porter under this act could
not receive any pay except under a new appoint
ment by the President and conf rmation by the
Senate.
HOUSE.
In the House today, further conference was Or
dered on the post Office appropriation bill and a
committee appointed.
Mr. Miller of Pennsylvania offered as a question
of privilege resolution declaring James r. Chal-
mers entitled to seat from the second district OF
Mississippi. The House refused to consider it at
that time. Yeas SO. nays 1863.
The House then refused to consider the Ohio con-
tested election case of Campbell and Morey
1.-THE House then proceeded to the consideration of
the Pacific railroad bill, known as the Thurman
amendment bill.
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Facts and Run,ers.

The First Comptroller of the Treasury has
nearly completed the settlement of the &C.
counts of Col. j. o. P. Burnside, late disburs-
ing clerk of the post office department So
far as ascertuined, his defalcation amounts to
$4,000, the great bulk of which was taken
from the contingent fnnd.
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THE OLD TRICK.
How the Democrats Conducted Their
Primaries i'm ChicagO-The UsurI Trick
of Ballot Box Stuning Inttmafed.


CHICAGO, June 18.-Primaries for the election of
delegates to the First, Second, Third and Fourth
Congressional Districts Democratic Conventions
were held here last evening, and resulted in the
choice of men who will send delegates to the State
Democratic Convention, favoring Mayor Harrison's
nomination for Governor and his choice of
the delegates-at large to the National Democratic
Convention The four District Conventions will al
so choose district delegates to the national Conven
ton, but it cannot be said from the results of the
primaries last night, what instructions, If any,
those conventions will give to the Presidential
nominee. AS the voting was about to begin at one
of the polls in the First District, where there
two factions several men of one faction rushed into
the ROOM seized the ballot box and threw it to the
floor, the ballot box bursting open. At the same
time four or five hundred tickets were scattered on
the floor. EThe attacking party claim that the box
was stuffed The judges claim that the tickets were
thrown upon the floor by one of the intruders. The
box was taken to the police station. What gives
the matter sensational character is the fact that
j. c. Mackin the Democratic organizer of the city,
was one of the judges, and that the leader of the
invaders was Alderman Whelrn of the First Ward.
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THE OLD WORLD.
The Queens Statue.

BELFAST, Ire, juno 19.-Earl Spencer, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, performed the ceremony OF
nnveiling the Queens portrait this morning. More
decorations were displayed in the streets along
which the procession passed than were seen yester
day, but silence was preserved along the whole
route. On reaching the Town hall the Lord Lieut..
was greeted with mingled cheers and groans.
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NEW YORK.
President Rish i'm Cour,.

NEW YORK, June 18.-Jamss d. Fish, late
president of the suspended Marine National
Bank, appeared before the United States
Court today, to answer to the Indictment found
against him yesterday charging him with mis-
application. Fish pleaded not guilty, and
was released on his original bail.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.


WASHINGTON, june 10.
The indications for New England today are
fair weather Sin Southern portions; partly
cloudy weather and local rains in Northern
portion; Southwesterly winds, with no change
in temperature.
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Portland Reds. ......O IA 3 KS
Biddefords. .....,..0 5 5 1 3-1S
SUMMARY.
Two-base hits-Small, Gowen, Grenier.
Struck out-Rods f. Biddefords 10.
Base on balls, Reds 4. Biddefords 2.
Passed balls Soule 8, Laid 4.
Wild pitchesd-Small 1, Leonard /,
Tme-2 hour and 20 minutes.
Umpire-Barton
Scorer-Mitchell. S.
Base Ball.
Go the Associated Press.)
AT PROVIDENCE.
Providence. 0 3 0 0 o 6-15
New Yorks.. o o 0 O. o
AT CLEVELAND.
Clevelands. .........0 o O 2 o 2 o.
Ohlcagos. ...........O y o 0 2 o o. 2
AT BUFFALO.
Buffalo 2 Ill I 6 4 Ole
Detroits 30 o o 0 1 O. 8
AT BOSTON.
Bostons. o o o o 2 j I'll
Philadelphia 40 0 1 i o. 2
Other Games.
At Providence-Harvards1 II; Browns 3.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

Published every day Sundays excepted by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
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WASHINGTON.

Organization of the Maine Republican
Association.
Special to the Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 18-The Maine Repub-
lican Association held meeting last evening,
and organized for the coming campaign. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Messrs. Reed, Bou-
telle, Milliken, Frye, and others. The meet
ing was very earnest and enthusiastic one.
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Rishop simpson Dend.
GENERAL NEWS.

PHILADELPHIA, June 49, Bishop Simpson died
at $50 o'clock this morning.
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COlIege-Prizes Awarded-COm-
mencement Parts-PersOnal and Other
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Colby commencement.

The following is the programme for com.
meneement week at Colby UniYarsitY:
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Original goetry.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
MAY AND DECEMBER.
BY INGOMAR.

Come listen, young maidens, give ear to my song,
And what now say pray remember,
And dream not that roses and flushes of May
Can rest in the lap of December.
I know there are some who Will talk or the DllSS
That jewels and dresses impart,
That tits better be darling of doting old man
And silence fond cravings of heart
Than to live in cottage with some poor young
Who cannot afford them fine dresses,
But to true woman's heart nor jewels nor dress
Can please like young mans caresses.
Do frosts of December or cold winter SHOWS
Woo roses or flowers into bloom?
Or the cold chilling blast of weird winter wind
Cause song birds to sing sweet tune?
Can the heart that is chilled with the frosts OF OLD
age
Beat time to the throbs of your own?
Or can it pulsate to the thrills Of your touch?
Believe me twill yield but moan
Like the last lingering echoes of hickering love
Which now burns low in its socket,
And when you would sip Of the sweet cup OF love
Your effort this echo will mock it.
Twill but tremble and sigh as you touch its old
chords,
Like harp that has seen it's best day,
And brush it and tune it, young maid as you will,
A sweet tune on it's chords you can't play.
woman who's worthy the sweet name OF Wife
For money will not sell her charms,
Nor will she bestow her kisses and smiles
Where they can but awake loves alarms
Butshe II seek young mate VINO alarms can sIlll,
And she'll sink to sweet sleep on his breast,
And while she thus dreams her young life away,
Believe me she'll ever be blest.
But the young wife who rests in the arms of old
age
Will find that her hearts brightest jewel
VIII rust from disuse, for her hoary old mate
Can at best but add flame to her fuel:
cold, sickly blast o er loves emhers he'll blow,
Just enough to alarm-then veX,-
For old age can't subdue the flames that arise
In the breast Of the dear female sex:
So heed not the nonsense of doting old men,
And what now say pray remember,
That roses and fiushes of bouncing young May
Can't rest in the lap of December.
CoL,f,nbiu s. C<
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-31

FORTUNES IN DoGs.-Among the $780,
600 worth of dogs exhibited at the New
York show, were some worthy of note.
Two were $4,000 dogs. One isa deer-hound
and the other pointer. OF course no one
would pay 900 for either, but that's the
value placed on each by their respective
owners. There are several dogs supposed
to be worth from $4,000 to $1,000. The $1O,-
600 pointer (Ieteor took the prize for dogs
of that breed. His competitor was an Eng.
lish dog (Beaufort), and the international
at the walking match. The large English
contingent present maintained that the
English dog should get the first prize, and
the Americans held that the American dog
was entitled to it. Many bets were made
as to which would geI it, and when the
judge decided in favor of the American dog,
about $1,000 changed hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-31
THE LITTLENESS OF FAME.

Rev. DIR. Deems has written 4 very bright
and sparkling sermon on the littleness of
fame. He adverts to the fact that but very
few of the earth's myriads Of millions Of in
habitants escape oblivion or indifference,
and that the surviving remnants, in the ma
jority of cases, grow microscopically small
or unappreciated. The gifted and learned
Doctor cites numerous examples OF this de-
clining prominence, and how it is typitied
by different editions of cyclop9dias that
either as they progress, cause the once pop
ular biography to shrink or altogether dis
appear. We do not understand our learned
friend to discountenance ambition or to sup
press what is called "the great discomfort of
noble minds" On the contrary, it is not
within the power Of any mortal to eXtin-
guish the aspiration Of man for fame or to
quench that fiery particle, the human mind,
which burns to be remembered.
This very unrest is the handspring of the
whole machine of human progress, and the
Its paralysis would have stayed the march
of Alexander, crushed the spirit of Colum-
bus and chilled the ardor of the missioDa-
ries who were the pioneers of our Western
civilization, and who smiled at death when
it came to them in martyrdom, for thu sake
of Him who suffered for us all. DR.. Deems
would have men to discriminate between
the feverish, morbid, semi-maniacal aspira-
ton for mere human praise and the unself
ish performance Of duty, irrespective of eu-
logy or criticism. And itso happens, in not
a few cases, that those who abandoned
crowns, luxury, wealth, martial glory and
all the circumstances and pomps that are
ordinarily held SO desirable by the concu
piscent, have gained much more glorious
and more pervading reputation, even on
/ IL: .I<,1>n 81 Co f1,p
joys or rewards ofHeaven so that the plaudits
of the admiring and tickle crowd could ring
for moment in their intoxicated hearing.
The lives Of the saints show that where any
man or woman Of exalted virtue forsook all
else to follow Christ, this very fame they
became careless of was vouchsafed them i'm
while no record remains of
thousands of worldings who were notorious
and renowned in their day. So, wise in a
material sense, sanctity is also profitable.
Not only does the crown of immortality in
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FORMS OF SLEEpLEssNEss.-The London
Lancet is authority for saying that there are
more than a score and half of known
causes or forms of sleeplessness, each one re-
quiring direct and specific treatment, and
yet, as by common consent, the profession
and bromide as ''poisoned sleeps producers
No medical man is justified in undertaking
the treatment of his own maladies. 1t is
impossible that he should so far step out of
himself as to be able to form reasonable
judgment of his case effectively; and no
practitioner has the justification of science
for the recourse of narcotics as remedies for
sleeplessness except when an exceptional
pain is the accidental disturber of sleep
function, or habit of wakefulness may be
broken by an occasional dose of the stupefer.
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EX-PREsIDENT PIERCE AND THE Egg
THROwER.-The first session Of the Thirty
third Congress was prolonged until August
7, 1854. Two days before its close, President
Pierce, accompanied by his private secreta-
ry, Sidney Webster, had passed several
hours signing bills in his chamber at the
capitol, and left on the adjournment of the
Senate, going out at the east door of the
capitol. Mr.. Webster went for the Presi-
dents carriage, and while he was gone,
three young men came up, one of whom
said: "This is the President, l presume?"
The President replied in the affirmative,
when the young man expressed pleasure at
seeing him, shaking hands, remarked that he
had been taking wine with some gentlemen
whom he named, and invited the president
to go and join them. The President polite
ly declined, saying: 81 don't do anything
of that kind" Just then the Presidents
carriage drove up, and before he could en-
ter it the young man threw hard boiled
egg, which knocked his hat off. There was
some little confusion, and the President
dove away, after which the young man who
threw the egg was arrested and locked up.
He was then taken before magistrate, but
before the testimony was heard Attorney
General Cushing appeared and informed the
justice that President Pierce wished the
young man released and all further proceed
ings discontinued. This was accordingly
done-Ben. Perley POOre.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-31

PICTURE HANGING hanging pictures
there is nothing more provoking than to
drive nail and not hit timber. Plaster
walls are laid on laths nailed horizontally,
about quarter of an inch apart, on vertical
joists which are generally sixteen inches
apart. In trying to hit a ioist, which is but
two or three inches wide, so spaced, the
chances are six to eight that it will not be
hit. On the other hand, since the laths are
two inches wide and but a quarter of an
inch apart, the chances are that random
shot at one will hit. TO avoid spelling
walls or temper, it is best to aim at lath 4;
and since nails can be driven into Il spring
ing lath only with difficulty and with risk
of loosening the plaster, it is better to use
screws. Decide, as nearly as possible, the
proper point from which to suspend the pic
ture, and with a fine aWl carefully drill a
hole through the plaster. The chances are
three to one that lath will be hit; and if
it is missed no great harm will be done to
the wall, for the awl will make but a small
hole. When a lath has been fOundand pen
etrated, enlarge the hole in the plaster and
insert round headed screw (of brass or
steeD, and drive it until there is only room
left for the cord between the head and the
plaster. An inch and quarter screw, thus
carefully set in the lath, will hold anything
but the heaviest pictures, cabinets and the
like.-Puinter's Journal.
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Paradise shine on the brows of those conse-
Grated individuals, but their relics blossom
in the dust and their names ascend like in
cense from every altar in every cline. The
desire of mere human fame is therefore q
little thing indeed to the majority of NOR
tabs ending as it often does in disapPolnt-
ment, hallucination, madness and eclipse.
The only noble aspiration, as DR.. Deems
teaches, is to serve the Lord, to seek first
His kingdom, and then to await what prov
idence shall determine for the future. 1t is
a small matter what becomes of our bodies
or our productions or our titles to human re-
spect. So we be gathered to the company
of the saints, no care need remain as to
what the multitude think OF us in praise or
blame. What will it profit the mightiest
conqueror, the most melOdiOus poet, the
most celebrated statesman, the most flatter-
ed politician, the greatest king, the most
absolute emperor, the most learned scholar,
if his name, resonant on earth, shall not be
recorded favorably in the Book of Life?
BEING A BoY.-One of the best things to
be, says Charles Dudley Warner, is boy.
He was one himself once, and he ought to
know. He says that it requires no eXpe-
rience, though it needs some practice to be
a good one The disadvantage of the posi-
tiOn is that it does not last long enough. 1t
is soon over. Just as you get used to being
a boy, you have to be something else, with
good deal more work to do, and not
half so much fun. And yet, every boy is
anxious to be q man, and is very uneasy
with the restrictions that are put upon him
as boy.
There are so many bright spots in the life
of farm boy that l sometimes think
should like to live the life over again. |
should almost be willing to be a girl If it
were not for the chores. There is a great
comfort to boy in the amount of work he
can get rid ofdoing. 1t is sometimes aston
haps he could not explain himself Why
when he is sent to the neighbOrs after yeast
he stops to stone frogs. He is not exactly
cruel, but he wants to see if he can hit 'em.
1t is curious fact about boys that two will
be q great deal slower in doing anything
than one. Boys have great power OF help
ing each other do nothing.
But say what you will about the general
usefulness of boys, a farm without boy
would very soon come to grief. He is al
ways in demand. In the first place, he is to
do all the errands, go to the store, the post
Office, and to carry all sorts OF messages
He would like to have as many legs as a
wheel has spokes, and rotate about in the
same way. This he sometimes tries to do,
and people who have seen him turning
cart Whe lis" along the side of the road, have
supposed he was amusing himself and idling
his time. He was only trying to invent a
new mode of locomotion, so that he could
economize his legs, and do his errands with
greater dispatch. Leap frog is one of his
methods OF getting over ground quickly.
He has natural genius for combining
pleasure with business. Christian ut Work.
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ssg Some inventive genius has produced
machine that will darn stockings. One
by one the few remaining inducements for
men to marry are being withdrawn, and it
is not surprising that women are casting
about for new spheres.
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;fureigu Correspondence.
LETTER FROM EDINBURGH.
A TRIP ACROSS SCOTLAND.

adjournment of the Pam n-PresJyterian Council-Hs
York and Hhatit may Accomplished Scoth Irish
Reunion Glasgow, Its Churches-A Noted Cathe-
dral Converted into a Presbyterian House of Wor-
ship-Ship Building.
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ADORATION OF MONEY.-The poor, hOn-i
est man sees his richer brother courted and
petted by everybody, while he is unnoticed.
therefore he resorts to low, petty means to
body cares how, every one suddenly re-
members him and makes him the grandest
of bows, while some, bolder, come up to
him, press his hand in the warmest friend
ship and beg him to come and visit them
he really must not be so strange. l should
not be surprised, should his wealth be great,
that, according to Chinese custom, they
claim cousinship with him simply because
they were born in the same place. But
should the reverse happen-to you, that is,
you are rich to-day but suddenly lose all
you possess-people seeing you in the street
have only time to nod to you business is so
pressing they really have no time to stop
and shake hands, still less to speak to you.
next time they do not see you, their minds
are so occupied. And, of course, after that
you are entirely forgotten. But what can
you expect of strangers when relatives turn
their backs upon you? / heard once veal
thy aunt, when asked why she did not visit
her niece, who had large family and was in
middling circumstances, answer: "Well,
you see, if visit her we will become nee
essarily intimate, and if she were in need 1
could not do otherwise than help her. So
think it is best to stay away" There's
a profound philosophy for you.
DO not think this falsity is alone applica-
BILE to women, but to men also. And if
such a trait lowers women in the estima-
tion of the righteous, how much more des-
picable is it in the lords of creation. And
the children brought up in this perfdious
what kind of men will they
make? What can we expect of the COM
ing generation? For truly, as Joubert says,
children have more need of models than Of
critics. But all are not hypocrites. Many
have this fCr their motto:
mo adulation; tbs the death of virtue;
Who natters is Of all mankind the lowest.
Save he who courts the tiattery."
Others still are too frank And in closing
I would recall to their minds what Tally
rand says: '"There are many vices which
do not deprive us Of friends; there are
many virtues which prevent us having
any," Now, too much frankness is one Of
these virtues San Francisco Examiner.
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Ray" Good nature is the very air of good
mind, the sign of a large and prosperous
soul, and the peculiar soil in which virtue
prOspers. - Goodman.