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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06
House for Sale. Cheap

A II STORY House; 10 finished rooms. cellar,
IA &c., pleasantly situated in the western part of
the city; can be purchased for $780, A large por
ton of the purchase money remain on mortgage.
Apply to
r. G. PATTERSON, Real Estate and Mortgage
Broker, Cor Congress and Brown Sts. my3d2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06
EDUCATIONAL.
Notice.

Notice.
TENHE Summer Term at Gorham Seminary will
IL commence on Tuesday, May 18th, and continue
ten weeks with usual Board OF Instruction.
apr5d1w c. NJ. BODICE, A. NJ, Principal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06

An eccentric old fellow, who lives along
side of a graveyard, was asked if it was not an
unpleasant location. NO." said he. 81
never jined places in all my life with a set of
neighbors that minded their own business so
steady as they do.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06
House Lots ON Elln Street for Sale.
Hotel Property for Sale !

IN NORTIIBORO MASS.
ElHE Assabet House, beautifully situated on public
L square in center of the village, on Railroad %
miles from Boston. House is new and of modern
style, and contains 3S rooms, dance hail. lizards Sc.
Large stable, 30 stalls Will be sold at great bar
gain; owner wishes to retire from business. Apply
20 d. C. PAGE, Northboro, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06

The Supreme Court Of the United States
has decided that when lfe-insurance policy
has been assigned to cover debt, the party
to whom it is assigned has no right, in Gaze
of death to the insured, to the money derived
from the policy in excess of the amour. nee
essary to make good the debt it was intended
to cover
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-06

The Hartford Courant says, "Most people,
we venture to say, get up in the morning
when they feel that they need more sleep
all their system Graves it. They force their
nerves into activity. The tired brain has to
be reused before it has rested, and it is some
time hours before i. can be worged up
to the activity required. This is exactly like
working delicate machinery without oiling 1t,
and it is no wonder it so often creaks and so
often breaks down. We daily, for lack OF
sleep, draw upon our reserved capital, and
spend the principal before the interest ma
tlresn
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
The Effect Of Light upon the Intellect.

We would ask II te Do observed how
great al influence light has on the system
ef the intellectual fliHpti6ns, The soul
finds IN u the least deeeiying Of the e6hs6=
lati6as u seeks for tho eternal sadness 6i
our destlhy-the bitter melancholy VI life.
Thought, fettefed and dumb In n dark
place, springs into freedom and spirit at
evening. In y room brilliant with lisht.
We cannot shun the sad moods caused by
gloomy and rainy weather, nor resist the
impulse Of Joy given by the spectacle of
brilliant day. Here we must confess our
slavery-yeta slavery to be welcomed, that
yields only delights. And why should
we not join In the chorus of all animate
and inaninate things, which, at the touch
of light, qulver. and thrill, and betray In
n athousand languages the magical, raptur-
Gus stimulus of that contact? BY In
stlnct, and spontaneously, we seek ft ev-
erywhere, always happiest when 1t IL
found. In some sort 1t sufiices us. And
what part 1t plays, what charm it
gives, In works of poetry and art
This Is not the place TO unfold that at
traotiye and hardly-Opened chapter of
@sthetics-tO demonstrate the relation
between the atmosphere and art, by inter-
r0gating the climates of the globe and the
great masters OF all ages, not following a
system Of empirical anal0gies and far
fetched suggestions, but led by strict phys
iolOgy and rigid optic laws, A charming
picture would unfold IN tracing the count
less and cheerful aspects OF the sky, and
sli the eapFiees ef light and air IN their
Influence over the moral and physical nas
tife ~ painters, poets, and musicians,
The eyefy-vafyiRg faee of the sun, the
flfes ~ dawn ahd sunset, The epaiesaent
play NJ air, The simmer ef twilight, tho
blue, green, shifting hues and ifideseehl
gleaths ef sea ~ hi6untaln=all these
Things ilnd A destined answer IN the In.
most end iiheoBeloiis 6hgfowhgs Of life,
as IN the soiil ~ one who looks unders
stahdihgly at Natures works. In lt they
reveal and transform themselves BY sub.
tlest thrills=tender and creative. lie
who shall detect these-shall link. range
and embrace them In their wonderfully
complex inlty--will render o great SER
vice to science and to art. lie will not
make the artist an automatoD, nor prove
man the copy Of plant, drawing all Its
virtues from the soil II springs In, but he
will lay his hand upon the mechanism, as
yet scarcely gues sed, moving n whole sys-
TEN of mighty combinations of energy
Revue des Deur Mondss.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
Health and Talent.

IL Is no exaggeration to say that health
Is large ingredient In what the world
calls talent. A man without It NAV be a
giant In intellect, but his deeds will be the
deeds OF a dwarf. On the contrary. let
him have a quick circulation, a good d.
gestion, the bulk, thews and sinews of A
man, and the alacrity, the unthinking
confidence inspired by these, and, though
having but a thimbleful of brains, he win
either blunder upon success or set failure
at defiance. 1t is true, especially In this
country, that the number of centaurs In
every community-of men in whom hero
ic intellects are allied with bodily consli-
tutions as tough as those of horse-is
small that, In general, man has reason
to think himself well off In the lottery OF
life II he draws prizs of healthy stom-
ach without mind, or the prize OF fine
intellect with a crazy stomach. But of
the two a weak mind In Herculean frame
is better than giant mind In crazy con-
stitution. A pound Of energy, with an
ounce Of talent, will achieve greater re-
suits than a pound of talent with an ounce
of energy. The first requisite to success
In life is to be good animal. In any of
the learned professions, vigorous consti-
tuition Is equal to at least fifty per cent.
more train. Wit, Judgment, Imagination,
eloquence, all the qualities of mind, attain
thereby force and splendor to which
they could never approach without It.
But intellect in n weak body Is ''like gold
In spent swimmers pocket" A me.
chanic may have tools Of the sharpest
edge and highest polish but what are
these without vigorous arm and hand?
OF what use Is it that your mind has be-
come vast granary of knowledge, II you
have not strength to turn the key ?-For-
seys Press.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
Female Toilets.

The first principles of good toilet are
perfectly-fitting gloves and shoes after
that . fit; !" then, unless you are very
sure of yourself and the occasion, O color
or shade that will not commit itself or you,
and will not attract attention; then a spe-
cial avoidance of everything that makes
the woman and the lady OF less impor-
tance than her dress, and converts her
into walking advertisement for her
dress maker, like those men who 90 about
In white tOgas, or cone-shaped frames,
with Buy somebody's rat or roach DOW
der" painted all over them. Too many
OF our ladies walk contentedly through the
streets supposing they are exhibiting
themselves to advantage, whereas they
are quite lost In the glaring recommends
tion OF their toilet 10 Ego to Madam Ju-
pon's," That Is precisely what all this
elaborate ornament means, and Ii pleases
nobody with brains) but the dress-maker.
Therefore, use as little OF ID as you please,
none ut all II you prefer,
Next, II female toilets on the canvass
are ~ Do believed, the real subtlety and
witehefy Of 4 toilet lies In ite smaller ads
luhets a square cut neck, and ffiii, a
dainty Ifehg, aa artificial bow, the escape
" certain curling locks, n velvet bound
about the hair, n Jewel at the throat, and
the blending contrast Of e6lefs. These
are what give character, and suggest the
woman. They require little money, but
much study OF effects and artistic feeling,
md will never be achieved by those ladies'
who walk through life with an evident
impression that all eyes are upon them,
and who consequently never look about
them.--dyietons Journal.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
Nerve Tuning.

An interesting discovery has, II Is stat
ed, been made lately by an Italian. He
has hit upon a method by which nerves
may be tuned like harp-strings, and
brought into harmony with each other.
His theory Is that nervous systems, like
musical Instruments, are all liable TO
change of tone, and this change Is of lit
tie Importance If all the nerves change
together, as by attention to diet and tenn
perature the evil may be corrected en-
mdsse; but when, owing TO accident or ln
even wear, the general harmony Of the
nerves Is destroyed, disconnected action
Is the result, and special mode of treat
ment required, OF which he processes to
possess the key. He calls himself a nerve
tuner" and contracts to keep nerves in
order by the month or year. There seems
to be no reason why people should not
take lessons In 'nerye-tunng," and, like
violin performers, acquire themselves the
tuning art. Some nerves, like fiddles,
want tuning each time they are used, and
II every man aud woman could screw up
bis or her nerve fibers as they become re-
laxed, the world would be saved a vast
amount Of trouble, for Il cannot be de-
MED that the principal sufferers from ner-
y0us disorders are not those who immedl-
ately labor under them, but their iriehds
aud aequaintanees.-Eg,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

again to catch him, but he springs to his
feet and starts off on gallop. At the gate
he stops, looks back, and calls me-"
SEALS you ?" .g.
"Yes, Iassure you, calls me. cry out
to the men to let him go, jumping into
nv chaise and follow him over roads not
originally intended for carriages; but no
matter-I arrive, and find you."
Just as Madame de Noriolis had finished
her narrative. the chaise received fearful
shock from the rear, and the next mo-
ment we saw Brutus' head towering
proudly above and behind us. He
and Bob had been following close be-
hind, when seeing the grOom's seat
vacant, he had availed himself of the
opportunity thus offered to make fur
ther exhibition to his new master of his
accomplishments. He had reared up, and
placed his fore-feet on the vacant seat !;
and now, with Bob clinging for dear life
to his name and the pommel of the sad
die, he was trotting along on his hind
feet only with all the nonchalance in the
world.
AS for Madame de Noriolis. she was so
terrified that she dropped the reins and
threw herself into my arms-dear, adora-
BILE Madame de Noriolis land rested her
little head against my shoulder. With
the left hand caught up the reins, and
with the right supported Madame de
Neriolis. My leg hurt me most fearfully;
still bore 1t without a murmur, and con-
tinued to support my lovely burden.
1t was thus that Madame de Noriolis
made her first visit to La Roche-Targe.
When she returned about midnight,
some six weeks afterward, having during
the day become Madame de La Roche
large, she said to me:
What strange thing life is, my dear
Nothing Of all this would have been but
or the trumpeter's horse.''-Applston's
Journal
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
A Royal Forger.

A few days since the public of ST Pot
ersburg saw standing before the bar of a
81: petersburg. Court of Justice, Prince
Michael Lusignan, descendant of the
former Kings Of Cyprus, Jerusalem and
Armenia. The family of the .Lusignans.
Is one of the Oldest of royal origin, and
goes back to the twelfth century. 1t is.
therefore, not to be wondered at that
when Prince Lusignan appeared before
the Court to answer a charge of forgery.
large audience had gathered together 10
witness the event.
Among those present in the Court was
the father of the accused, Prince Louis
Lusignan, bent down with age and sor.
row. 1t was sad to look upon the old
man. reduced from great wealth to ex.
treme penury, and condemned to witness
the disgrace of his family In the person of
his only son.
The personal history of this old man is
so full OF interest that we cannot refrain
from giving few of its main Incidents
Prince Louis Lusignan was born in Cy-
prus, April 10, 1908, and received from his
father an inheritance which amounted to
about six million pounds, mostly in
money. This fortune had been placed
for safe keeping in the hands of his uncle
on the mothers side, Athanasius, Metro
politan OF Nicomedia. On Easter SUNDAY,
ISL, Athanasius was arrested by the
Turkish government, and together with
the Patriarch OF Constantinople, put to
death. The enti e fortune of Prince Louis
was contiscated and he himself barely
escaped with his life, owing to the exer-
tions OF the Spanish Minister in Constan-
tinople and the good offices of some men,
bers Of the British Bible Society then in
Turkey. After wandering about for
nearly year, Prince Lusignan went to
Athens and entered the Greek service.
In the year 1928 he came to st Peters
burg and offered his services to the Rus
sian government on the following condi.
ticns:
ton for his services.
Second--Sot to become Russian subject
The conditions were accepted, and
Prince Lusignan was assigned to serve in
one ofthe regiments with the i,ank of Cap
tain. Since entering services the Prince
took part in nearly every campaign made
by the Russian army. BY degrees his
means of living became well nigh exhaust
ed, and his efforts for re ,oveting his lost
fortune from the Turkish government met
with continual obstacles till few weeks
D~&OAN eatN wa bCbWCCh OtT-
many, when Napoleon Ill, through one
OF his ministers, offered to use ali his in |
huence to recover the property 6 Lusig-
nan on condition OF receiving 10,000,O 900 |
francs for his services in case OF success.
Prince Lusignan on this occasion received
an autograph letter from Napoleon, in
which the above mentioned conditions are
to. The war with Prussia, how
ever, gave the hero of Sedan something
else to think OF besides saving the proper
~ of the Lusignans.
Failing fortune and money embarrass-
nents prompted his son to commit the
crime OF forgery, He has been found
guilty and condemned TO exile In the Ural
country. The decision OF the court will
De submitted TO His Majesty the Gar, and
'ome mitigation of the punishment is
ooked for'=st. fstsrsburg liilssia) Ep-
ihaags Gazette,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
Venus Fly.trap.

An exceedingly remarkable instance of
occurs In the case OF the
" Venus Fly-trap'' of North Carolina
Dionoa musoiputa). The mid-rib of each
leaf serves as a kind Of hinge. When the
inside OF the blade of the leaf, or the fine
bristles which grow on Its surface, are
touched by any foreign substance, the
hinge suddenly closes, and II the intrlidinR
substance be a fly or other small object, II
Is Immediately imprisoned, the teeth ON
the margin OF the leaf closing firmly upon
one another like u steel trap, the sides of
the trap then fiatten down and press firm
ly upon the victim, and 1t now requires q
very considerable force TO open the trap,
II nothing is caught the trap presently re-
opens OF Itself ana Is ready for another
attempt, With regard 10 tho object VI
this strange proceeding, there can be no
doubt thai tho inject ID retained until the
setter parts ef tho body afe completely
dissolved IN Tho thick HileoHs hpid' which
u ekilded by the leaves and Professor
Asa Gray considers that The evidences II
nearly complete that the animal matter u
actually absorbed IN Tho leaf Itself, n Ia
even stated that pieces ~ raw beef are d.
gesteI BY the leaf IN the same manhef
seelhg, however, that II is now generally
admitted by psychologists that even pure
water Il not absorbed through the pores
Of leaves, which serve only for the exhala-
tlon Of vapor, this explanation ID very
hard of belief. The 81 pltchers'' Of the
Nepenthes, or pltcher-plant, act also az fy-
traps, large numbers of ins ects being EN-.
ticed Into them by the fluid they secrete,
and are then unable TO extricate them
selves'-Pop. Scienct Monthly for January.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
Pepsin.

The pepsin of commerce is obtained
from the stomach of the pig, by scraping
the mucous membrane OF the fresh stom-
ach with dull instrument after 1t has
been roughly cleaned Of Its contents the
resulting mixture Is mucous and gastric
juice which being dried and pulyerized
constitutes pepsin.
tits said that The pigs are kept tor some
time without food, until their appetites
are rayenous, when they are placed where
The most sayory meal Is steaming under
thelr, snGuts, but are prevented by me-
ehanieai instructions from getting at IL.
Not only do their "mouths water, |" but u
secretion Of gastric jules takes place In con.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22
miscellaneous Selections.
OUTWARD BOUND.
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.

.ievous day OF wrathfal winds,
u low-hung clouds which send and 1y,
ana drop cold rains, then Lift and show
suilen realm oi upper sky. t
Inc sea Is biack as night, IL roars
rom ups aloam with cruel spray,
Lke some nerce, many throated pack
vi wolves, which scent and chase prey.
Cronched In my little wind-swept nook,
near the menacing voices call,
Ana shudder as above the deck
ioppies and swings the weltering wall.
~.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

sequence of the mental impression, and It
is during this condition that they are
killed. The gastric Juice being free from
TODD, is thus obtained in purer state and,
it may be, in larger quantity than If taken
from a stomach containing food.
Pepsin is not poison, but good arti-
Gle, and may be considered hygienic or
Physiological remedy, pepsin being really
the principal agent in stomach digestion.
Herald of Health.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

There are bard-ale" shops In Edin-
burgh, where customers get drunk on
twopence halfpenny-one penny's worth
OF hard ale" followed by three halfpen-
MES worth Of spirits, this combination
speedily taking the veriest old topper of his
legs. Fifteen hundred and eleven men
and seven hundred and sixty.nlne women
were counted one day recently entering
one of these shOps,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

I'm no city In the world are "strikes"
Of wOrking-men more prevalent than In
Berlin. In 1871 no fewer than one hun
dred and seventeen of them took place
there, and, up To the 18th of November,
1877, nearly two hundred more had oc-
eurred.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-22

Colonel Albert w. johnson, the new
Chief 81 fLouihyille (ky.) Police, Ii broth
or OF the Gait House manager.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-20

County SCHOOL surER1NTEYDENrs AP-
PoINTED.-At meeting Of the State Board
or Education, held yesterday evening, the
following county school superintendenk
were appointed, to begin their duties on the
lst Of January: Accomac, James C. Weaver;
Albemarle, W. P. Powers Alexandra
county. Richard L. Carne; Allegheny and
Craig, Paris W. Jones Amherst, T. c..
Christian; Appof1attox. Chapman As Chill.
ton; Bath and Highland, j. Kenney Camp.
bell; Botetourt, Rev. g. Gray; Carroll, D.
B: Brown; Charlotte, William w. Read !;
Chesterfield. B. A. Hancock Cumberland;
Richard T. Walton; Dinwiddie; Roger P.
Atkinson; Elizabeth City and Warwick,
George NJ. Peek; Floyd, c. III. stigleman
Gloucester, William E. Watt; Goochland,
y. w. Kean; Grayson, Fielding R. Cornett !;
Greene and Madison. William A. Hill ;
Hanover, J. B. Brown; Henrico, Daniel E..
Gardner; Henry, G. T. Griggs; James City
and York, James II. Allen King and Queen
and Middlesex, j. Mason Evans; Lee, Will
liam A. Orr Loudoun, John W. Wildman !;
Louisa, L. j. Haley; LuRenburg, Robert NJ.
Williams; Mecklenburg, Edward L. Bap-
tist; Nelson, Patrick H.. Cabell, Nottoway,
Thomas W. Sydnor; Pittsylvania, George
W. Dame; Powhatan, p. S. Dance; Prince
Edward, b. NJ. Smith; Princess Anne, Edgar
B. Macon; Rappahannock, Henry Turner
Rockbridge, j. l.. Campbell; Russell, Z. D.
Miller; Smyth, D. C. Miller; Southampton,
James F. Bryant Spotsylvania, John Howl.
son; Tazewell, Jonathan Lyons; Warren,
NJ. P. Marshall; Washingto ton, A. L. Hogs
head; Wise, William Wolfe; Wythe, James
d. Thomas.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-20

LECTURE BY Rev. DR.. WITHERsPooN.-The
hall of the House of Delegates was well
filled last night with most appreciative au,
dience, assembled to hear this distinguished
lecturer tell the story Of his prison life at
Fort McHenry. 1t was chaste and elegant
lecture, filled with vivid and amusing pic
lures of prison life and abounding with fine
rhetorical passages, and seemed to deeply in
terest the audience. He did not go into a
recital of the suferings of Confederate pri.
soners in Federal prisons, but, by way OF
application, ably made these points: ;,
i. The suffering Of Federal prisoners hello
by us was not as great as that of our men II
their prisons.
2. Our authorities gave prisoners thu
same ratioDs which our soldiers had, and tn
Federal authorities did not.
8. 1t was the fault Of the Federal Govern
ment that there acere any prisoners on
either side, as we were anxious to exchange,
and they refused.
The series of lectures before the Histori
cal Society was thus admirably opened, ant
the executive committee hope to sustain j
through the season.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-20

Babcock, P, c. Westeott, j. B. Sands, and
Joseph Walker as bondsnen.
lin yesterdays report your reporter stated
that Margaret Wells testified to having seen
the prisoner sprinkle something on the eel.
cry in the back porch. It should have been
that she saw some white man.
CHURCH NorEs.--Meade Memorial, Right
Rev. Bishop Whittle. at II 4. Nj.
Methodist church, Rev. D. P. Wills, pre-
siding elder, II a. d. and a P. NJ.
The pastors at the Baptist and Presbyte-
rian churches morning and night.
foung Mems Missionary Society at Bap.
tist church at 81 Pm.
Union prayer-meeting at Belle Isle at 81
T. NJ. Sabbath school at 2 O'Clock P. N.
TIE CHARTER CoMA1frEE.-The Council
Of Ten on the town charter appointed at the
late peoples meeting met on Thursday
night and organized, with Dir. a. Monteiro
as chairman and A. C.. Atkisson secretary.
After examining the copy Of the charter
submitted by the Trustees committee they
mittee:
LAND SALEs.-Messrs. Moody & Royal
report sale of two lots in Buck Hill to Will
liam Evans; also, two lots on Decatur street
at private sale at good prices.
MINOR TorIcs.-Ferguson and Jackson,
charged with attempting to steal derrick,
were discharged yesterday morning.
Grandson Burnett, one of the Oldest and
most respected colored men of the town, is
dead.
The funeral of Ida Baugh, from the CO.
lored Baptist church, was one of the largest
ever witnessed in the town.