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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

NAPoLEoN's INDIGESTION. = Commenting
on this defect in the character Of the French
Emperor, Kinglake, in his history of the Cri-
mean war, says;
I'm general men are prone to find out con-
sstency in the act OF rulers, and to imagine
that numberless acts, appearing to have differ
ent aspects, are the result of one steady do
sign; but these who love truth better than
symmetry will be able to believe that much of
the conduct of the French Emperor was rath-
er the effect of clashing purposes than of du-
plicity. There are philosophers who imagine
that the human mind corresponding in that
respect with the BRAIN has dual action, and
that the singeness of purpose observed in a
decided man is the result of close accord be-
tween the two engines of thought, and not of
actual unity. Certainly it would appear that
the Emperor Louis Napoleon, more than most
men, was accustomed to linger in doubt be-
tween two conflicting plans, and to delay his
final adoption of the one, and his final rejec
ton OF the other, for as long time as posi-
bic, in order to find out what might be best to
be ultimately done by carrying on expert
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

HER BADER while rusticating at Centre
Harbor last week, overheard quite an animated
discussion between lady and gentleman
upon the respective claims of France and
Prussia to American sympathy. The lady
for various reasons favored France, but the
gentleman let his sympathies "gush" for
Prussia, because "the Prussians are Angola
Saxons"
That is good enough for Harpers' Drdacer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16
BACHELORS Hair five

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in tho world:
the only true and perfect Dye harmless, reliable in
stantaneous; no disappointment no rliculou. tints:
remedies the ill effects ofbad dyes; invigorates and
leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown
Sold by all Drugsistsand Perfumers, and properly
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Cumberland County Convention.

The Republicans OF the several towns in Cumber-
land County, are hereby notified to choose their
Delegates to meet in Convention at the Reception
Room, City Hall, in Portland on Wednesday,
Aug. ~, 1870, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, to
nominate one candidate for County Attorney, one
for Sheriff, for County Commissioner, four
Senators and one for County Treasurer; to choose
County Committee for 1871, and to transact such
other business as may arise.
The basis OF representation will be the Republic
can vote for Governor in 1885, each town being en-
titled to one delegate, and to additional delegate
for every Is votes cast tor Joshua L. Chamberlain
or for traction Of 40 votes more. The apporton-
mept is as follows:
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st ate News.
YORK COUNTY.

The Decennial Reunion of the Alumni of
Limington Academy is to be holden on Tues.
day. the 3Oth day of August, 1870, at 8 O'clock
A. M. The following are to be the exercises :
At the Academy, Address of Welcome, Acad-
envy History, Sc; at the Congregational
Church, Grafton by Joel Marshall, Esq, Poem
Decennial Chronicles by Miss Jennie r.. Joy:
Speeches, Neurology, Sc, at the hall.
The Maine Dental Society holds its annual
meeting at Biddeford to-day. The session will
begin at o'clock p. NJ.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

HE COUNTY CoNvENTIoN.-The follow
ing delegates to the County Convention have
been selected in Cumberland: VIM. S. Dlanch-
ard, VIM. l.. Prince, VIM. Buxton
Falmouth-John Woodbury., Oliver Hardy
Thomas Ii. Richards, Jeremiah Hobbs. Town
Committee = Thomas b. Richards, John
Woodbury., Oliver Hardy.
Gray-W. II. Vinton, Henry Golf, G.. d.
Weeks. Town ommittee-Thomas Han
cock, Hezekiah Whitney, G.. W. Freeman,
Isaac BaeneIl, G. 7. Mayberry.
Bridgton-C. E. Gibbs, Luther Billings,
Geo. G. Wight, E. r. Brown, Thomas Il.
Mead, w. f. Fessenden. y
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Aug. Is, 1870.

THE Orthodox Church at East Hartford
VT, was organized in 1896, and during the ore
hundred and seventy-fve years since, has had
but seven pastors; only two during the fist
ninety-seven years.-ErchDnge.
The first Parish Church in Portland was
organized in 1927, and had but two pastors
during the first eighty-two years, and only four
during period of nearly hundred and forty
years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

A PORTLAND CORRESPONDENT of South
ern paper makes the following highly compli-
mentary remarks on our political affairs here
at the North:
Absorbed in their miserable little Mayors
elections, and local aid party questions, such
as the election of Port Collector or town
constable, they do not seem seriously to re-
fleet upon the larger affairs of government. l
tell you, that what with the spirit which an
lmates the Congress, and that which maniests
itself in the words and deeds oil the Knights
OF st. Crispin, and their fellows, all over this
country, nothing but the directlp shown pow
er OF God can keep the United States from
destruction even five years longer. And the
mischief of it is that the fools wiU still con-
slder us part of the United States, and it has
to go so. fear that we are not in the case of
the honest men who come by their owl when
the rogues fall out-though we possibly may
no -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

TIE publisher Of the New York Democrat
has sent us circular, proposing that we print
a business notice of about three squares in
our reading columns, and in return for the
courtesy he will send us a steelengraved por-
trait of Brick Pomeroy. We decline the offer.
We have not yet begun to collect for preserva-
ton the portraits of any of the leaders in the
rebellion, but when we do shall begin at the
top and hang up in our sanctum the heads of
Lee, Davis, Stonewall Jackson, &C., for they
represent the brains and courage of the lost
nauSn
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ments for many months together with two ri
val schemes of action"
Kinglake's dislike of the Emperor may have
biased his judgment but late events go far to
confirm his view.
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THE
Central Railr0ad
or IOWA.
$50 Wiles i'm Length.
Now Nearly Completed.

This Company are now pushing their work
forward with great rapidity, and the entire line
necessary to connect ST. Louis and ST. Paul is
graded and under contract to be finished this
season. The fact that this enterprise has been
undertaken by combination of leading bank
ers and railroad capitalists of well known
wealth, experience and ability, insures its early
completion and future success.
The road runs through the richest and most
thickly settled portion of Iowa, and is built
in the interests of the great Northern system
of roads which centre at St Paul. The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

THE police authorities of Baltimore propose
to enforce the Sunday law, violated by the
publishes of two ne rspapers by issuing Sun
day morning editions. Such a step in that
city is like straining at a gnat and swallowing
al
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

AN AMERICAN LADY NURSE IN THE
FRENCH CAMP.-A letter from Strasbourg, in
the Paris Steele, says:
Women are arriving here in large numbers
to act as infirmary nurses. They come from
all parts:i French. Italians, English, and even
Americans At Nancy, on the Place Stanis-
las, met the engraver OF an illustrated jour-
nal. "Will you come with me?" he sail; 81
am about to sketch young American lady
who has come here to nurse our wounded"
l followed him to the hotel where we found
her; she was young, pretty, according to re-
port, rich; certainly an amiable nurse to dis
tract the attention of her patients! For some
of these ladies, particularly for this American
to whom l refer, the idea of the picturesque
has had something to do with their determi-
nation. The latter is not averse to have her
portrait published, ard dressed for that pur-
pose in costume which reminds one more of
an amazon than an attendant on the sick-a
gray felt hat with white feather; black
tunic confined at the waist by belt in var
nished leather, with a silver buckle, loose
block trowsers fastened just below the knee,
and Hessian boots with white spurs. It must
be allowed that this costume would do capl-
tally for the Opera Comique. She also has
three horses-one for herself, another to carry
the medicines, and the third for her servant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

from the ncapacity of drunken pilot! From
the best information obtained at least thirty
persons were drowned. The crew of the
schooner did not remain on board their vessel
after the collision. Three of them, believing
they were about to 60 down, lowered small
boat, and they were afterwards Joined by the
captain, who, however, seeing that there was
no real danger, returned to his vessel and as
sisted in rescuing several persons ard taking
many ON board his schooner. They say the
screams of the women they can never forget.
One said as he moved along the street he
heard the cries still ringing in his ears. Moth
ing so terrible did he ever encounter before,
and he hopes that he may never witness such
a spectacle again. He did not see the Nor
folk till the vessels were close to each other.
Another says that he was not so much alarm
ed by the fear OF sinking as by the cry OF fire
which was raised few moments after the
collision, and this made many stout hearts
tremble. Many others feared "blow up
and all kinds of rumorS were afioat as to the
piercing of the boiler and the consequent es-
cape of steam through the hold, the scattering
of the fire on the bottom Of the Norwalk and
such other terror as the imagination conjured
I'D in those awful moments. One man states
that he has seen disasters on railroads, but
nothing so shocking as the scenes attendire
this collision did he ever before witness. He
was instrumental in preventing two young
ladies, who We're sisters, from jumping over
board in fit of frenzy.
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IPer steamer Samaria, at Boston.I
SPOKEN.

July %, lat II SO N, Ion ~ "a w, ship Ell Dorado
Woodside, from Ardrossan for San Francisco
Aug g. lat ~ A, lon 81 co. barque Ccphas Starrett
from Now Orleans for Providence.
Aug 10, In South Channel, barque Harriet Il Hus-
sey, Ulmer, from Boston for New Orleans.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16
DR.. Bicknell's Syrup

Cures Diarrhea, Dysentery. Cholera Morbus or In
fantum, Collie, Bowel or Summer Complaints gen.
eralv and is entirely safe and reliable and gives i'm
mediate relief, and never harms the most delicate
being purely vegetable without opiate ;does not pro
duce cOstveness. One third its bulk Is of the best
French brandy giving 1t pow erful tonic properties
No family should be without 1t for immediate use
Fail not to try it. Druggists sell 1t. jy27d3msI
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18th Maine

The Seventeenth Maine Regiment Association will
hold meeting at Head Quarters No. SO Middle
Members OF the Regiment WHITTIER officers or En-
listed en) in the city and vicinity are hereby in
vited be present and unite with the Association
in completing arrangements for the celebration Of the
Sth Anniversary on Thursday, the 18th instant.
If auy member has the Guidons belonging to the
iment he is particularly reqested to bring them in.
PER ORDER.
Portland, August 12th 1870. aul3d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

To remove Tan, Sunburn, Pimples, and Erup-
tons from the skin. use Schlot!e beck's Moth and
Freckle Lotion, prepared only by A. G. Schlotter-
beck G. Co, Apothecaries and Chemists, Portland
Me. For sale by all Druggists at 80 cents per bot
tie. may3 sntt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-16

CUSTOM Coat and Pant Makers to 60 to Massa-
.Ochusetts; steady work and goodpay. Applyato
G. G. DOWNES,
augt6 Sc 233 1-2 Congress st.
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PORT OF RTL A N d.

Menday, August IS.
Steamer New York, Winchester, Boston tor East
port and st John. NIB.
Sch Bramhall Hamilton Boston
Sch Helen Maria Prince. Camden.
Sch Magnum Bonum, Smith, Bangor for Anns-
Sch Jack Downing, Patterson Belfast i,r Boston.
Sch Kate Conner, Bath for Boston.
CLEARED.
Steamer Difigo, johnson, New York - Henry
Fox.
Sch Harris, (Br) Qainlan. st John. NB-F R
Barrett.
Sch Maracaibo, Henley New York.
Sch Smith, Bunker, Boston-Bunker Bros.
Sch Jas Lawrence, Richardson. Boston-Bunker
Sch Telegraph, Woodland, Ellsworth : Eastern
SAILED schs Maracaibo and Smith.
IRON OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Machas for Boston.
Boston.
Aug PAR. sch Advance. Leighton, from Mill
Aug is-Ar, sch Ripley Ropes, Wiley. Portland.
FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
. Sid TN Lisbon 2sth uIt. brig Clara M Goodrich
Look, Portland.
Sid I'm Havana 7th inst, baraue Ada Carter, Ken
Ar at Matan..s 7th. baraue Acacia. Boston; brig
Herald. Portland.
Ar at Cardenas It'll. brig Ocean Bell, Dizer, from
Portland.
Sid i'm sagua 18th inst. barqus Eliza White, Maho-
Ar at Philadelphia 18Th sch George Deering, Will
lard, Portland.
Al at New York 18th, sch Maria Holt, Portland.
Sch Flying Scud tnew) t06 TONS carpenters meas
ure,) built al Bath by Abbott 8 Sylvester, has been
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DOMESTIC PORTS

Sch Flying Scud, tnew) 100 TONS carpenters
ure) built al Bath by Abbott 8 Sylvester, has been
sold TO parties in Gloucester for $1,000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

CisTERN WATER.-Some time ago we gave
directions how the water should be preserved
pure and wholesome in rain water els
terms. 1t was by letting the supply pipC
connect at the bottom of the cistern. The
fresh water being then that already in the
cistern, will force the stale water to the top,
so that it can be used before it becomes Of
fensive. 1t is well known, however, that
cistern water becomes impure from the or
ganic matter it contains, and if this can be
got rid of by destroying its vitality and pre-
cipitating it to the bottom, it will leave the
water pure. 1t is claimed that there is moth
ing better to effect this than permaganate of
pOtassa, used in the proportion of half an
ounce to fifty gallons Of water. This causes
the organic matter to sink to the bottom, an
obnoxious sediment. But the permaganate
must be continued as long as the water has
a purplish appearance, indicating that the
offensive matter has not ell been precipitated.
Though this is net poisonous drug, and is,
we believe, in no way hurtful, still no more
should be used than necessary. Every drug
gist has it for sale. Care should be taken to
have the cIstern thoroughly cleaned out at
least twice year, as well as the troughs
upon the buildings supplying the water
Germantown Telegraph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

APPEARANCE or Coon AND Diseased MEAr.
food meat is neither of a pale plnklsh
color, nor of deep purple tint. The former
is indicative of disease, and the latter is a
sign that the animal has died from natural
causes. Good meat has a marked appear
ance from the ramifications of little veins OF
intercellular fat and the fat, especially OF
the internal organs, is hard and suety, ana IS
never wet; whereas that of diseased meat Is
soft and watery, often like Jelly or sodden
parchment. Again, the touch or feel OF
healthy meat is firm and elastic, and it hard
ly moistens the fingers, whereas that of dis
eased meat is soft and wet in fact, it is often
wet that serum runs from it, and then 1t
is technically called wet.
Good meat has but little odor, and this is
not disagreeable whereas diseased meat
smells faint and cadaverous, and often has
the odor of medicine. This is best observed
by cutting it and smelling the knife, or by
pouring little warm water upon it, Good
meat will bear cooking without shrinking.
and without losing very much in weight !;
but bad meat shrivels M. and often boils to
pieces. All these effects are due To the pres
ence Of a large proportion of serum in the
meat, and to the relatively large amount of
intercellular or gelatinous tissue for the fat
and true muscular substances are to a great
er or less degree deficient
1t is at times best to guard against the
possibility Of injury by having meat well
cooked. 1t should lie cooked so that the very
centre of the joint should be exposed for
some time to the temperature of 2I2 degrees
Fahrenheit. The instructions of Liebig in
this particular are hardly safe; for although
a temperature below that of boiling water
may coagulate albumen and develop the fla
vors of cooked meat, it may not insure the
destruction of dangerous parasites 1t is,
therefore, better to have meat little over
cooked than otherwise DR. LetHe5y'S Re-
port on The Cattle Plague.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

CLEAN MILK AND CLEAN MILKINu.-A dali
ryman writes on the subject as follows Hav-
ing recently commenced selling milk, find
it requires much care to keep the cows per-
iectly clean, and have adopted some new
measures which may be of some interest to
other mixers. Ia the first place the floor on
which the cows stand is raised that the
water " II run back into the trench, which
Is about six inches below the floor Before
begin 20 milk, l take a hoe and clean this
hoo.. . 5hen take bucket large enough TO
hold a cows bag, fll it with cold water,
with which | wash their bags thoroughly,
which not only makes them clean, but pre-
vents their teats from becoming sore. Saw
dust is then spread on the floor, and as | have
some cows which are inclined to brush my
face when milking, | take cord, pass it
over a pulley which is fastened overhead
behind the cows, attach weight TO one end
of the cord, slip-noose the other end around
the cows tail, which prevents her from
brushing dirt into the milk | then brush
the cows and begin to milk where | began to
wash ! milk into a wooden pail, turn it
into tin strainer pail, and then strain it
into tin can through cloth stralner, which
is attached to the TOP Of the can by wire ;
and we hear no complaint of dirty milk.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

LoSe WooLKD SHEEP. long wooled
sheep will bear close confinement. If no IN
jury is apparent before, it will soon show
when yeaning season comes, and tegs and
others of the flock not breeding will fall
away very much when it is continued for any
great length of me. Being shut up with
out exercise is altogether unnatural, and no
amount of good management and no quantl-
" of good living viii entirely compensate
for lack Of sun, air and daily motion. Con
triSe for them to 90 from their barn for two
or three hours at least every fine day. Let
them have a field of some kind where they
can range about, ard IL they get their noses
under the snow and pick here and there a
little heritage or find few twigs to bark or
small shoots of brush to eat, this browsing
will do good, and the food at home will be
eaten with two-fold avidity. 1t is silly talk
to say it will take away their appetites, for
it must be poor food they get if it does, and
the owner must be poor sheep master
" q. g." an Country Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

CONSTRUCTION OF Hoe ENs.-At recent
meeting Of the Rochester IN. ~ Farmers
Club, Mr.. Quimby's remarks are reported as
follows by one of the Rochester papers
" Mr.. Quimby descanted eloquently and
at length the virtues Of his friend, the hog
The pig-sty should be a building by itself,
with separate compartments for eating, sleep
ing, and for water-eloset. The trough
should be scrupulously clean, and divided
into compartments for each hog. A com
partment eighteen inches wide would give
plenty of room. This would allow fourteen
feeding places at trough twenty-one feet
long. There should be door behind the
trough, 20 that the hog can be shut from if
at pleasure. furnace should be provided
for steaming food This should be placed, it
possible, below the surface of the ground
thus leaving the top of the kettle about two
feet above the surface of the ground To do
this the ground should be wall drained.
This saves great deal of labor over the
plan of setting the arch on the surface of
the ground. lie found his hogs very neat
about their sleeping and feeding room. lie
had his pig-styes well Aoored He supplied
his pigs with earth, ashes and charcoal.
which kept them perfectly healthy lie did
not ring his hogs thoughtI it unhealthy for
the hog, and an imposition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28

MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.-W hatever plan il
adopted for a sheep barn, certain things are
indispensable 1t should stand on and be
surrounded by dry ground occupy an ele-
waited, airy position, but one as little exposed
as possible to prevailing winter winds, be of
easy access to water; possess ample capacity
for the number of sheep to be kept in it ;
and have means OF thorough ventilation
Strawing or littering sheep-yards in winter
is a matter Of prime Importance. If sheep
are compelled to stand or move about in wa
ter or mud whenever out of doors, the most
liberal feeding and good management in every
other particular will hardly preserve them in
the best condition. Where sheep are kept
exclusively on hay in our northern States
the Merino and grade Merino require about
one pound per diem, for every thirty pounds
Of their own live weight. Salt and sulphur
should be fed as often as once a week. Reg
ularity in feeling is one Of the utmost i'm
portance. All experienced flock masters
concur in the opinion that sheep fed with
perfect regularity as to time and amount,
viii be better on rather inferior keep, than
on the best without that regularity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-12-28
From The Little CORPORAL. Y
Chat about the Red Man.
BY MRS. MATTE L. HOLDEN.

What say you, my boys and girls, to q
talk about Indians to-day? Crossing the
plains, from Chicago to California, | have
seen lots of red men, and | think perb,ns
you would be interested in chat ahoppt
their manners and customs.
1 don't think you would be very much in
love with the poor, dirty things, and 7
rather imagine you would wonder how any,
body could ever have written poetry about
them, could you see them as they are.
The lower tribes, the Diggers and Paw
nees, don't live in houses at all. as ro,,
and | and all respectable paupers do
they borough holes in the ground, and live
as foxes. rabbits, or wolves are supposed
TO. They subsist on roots and acorns I
saw them make bread, one day. out If
acorn nuts, and l just wish l could 70.
member how they did it know it was
quite funny. OF course they have no