The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-28
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 2s.

perjury was believer in Theodore Tilton's
theory of brain food He was strict teeto-
taller, sometimes lectured upon temperance,
and promulgated the opinion that the best
stimulants to the intellect were tripe, onions
aud cheese.
California University rejoices over the NUM-
fcence of Fl. d. Bacon, wealthy San Francis
can, who proposes on easily met conditions to
give it his art collection and private library.
valued at $4,000 and $25, 600 in cash. A single
piece of statuary in the collection cost $15 900,
and the library is one of the best in the state.
A new witness in the Tichborne case has
turned up in the person of George Simonds of
Oakland, Cal, who has sent long commune
cation to England, saying that he had an inter-
view at Sydney, Australia, with Sir Roger, who
showed him documents proving his identity and
who was at that time destitute.
Chicago has temperance movement for the
suppression of the sale of liquor to minors,
which is rapidly gaining strenth and import
ance. The law as it stands is adequate for the
punishment and prevention of this gross crime
against the public morals, and the churches are
working up public sentiment to demand its
thorough enforcement.
popularity of the Texas winter, which
usually lasts from the first of December to the
middle of February, is the "Norther," peri
odicai wind unknown in other states, which oc-
cur on the average twice week and last a
couple of days. They are preceded by warm,
close, summersh atmosphere, and during their
continuance the temperature not unfrequently
touches II degrees The cold is extremely Sc
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searching, bitngldescription.
Mrs. Ralston's infatu alton for an aduenturer
named Chandon, has again drawn attention to
her intimacy with the artist Inman, in Europe,
during her husbands life, when the ''rich
American bankers wife, was the subject of
much gossip. Mr. Ralston honored her drafts
during her European visit to the amount of
$4,000. Upon her return to San Francisco
she brought with her sundry new purchases,
jewelry, works of art, ETC., worth in the aggre-
gate from $25. 900 to $35 600, which was all that
remained of the munifcent sum of $175 900.
A health resort for consumptives, now coming
into great fame, is Davos, an inland valley of
the Grison. in Switzerland, $3.50 feet above the
sea, about four miles long. In the winter the
atmosphere is so still, clear and sunshiny that
PssonsS jail spcuu great part OI noSI udyS
sitting out in the open air. The hotels are well
built aid warmed. Among the inhabitants no
lung lesion has ever, so far as is KNOWN passed
Into degenerative or phthisical stage. Davos
Is little known to English and Americans, but
hundreds of Germans and Swiss resort to it.
Very little medicine is given, bat red wine is
prescribed as of positive value.
DR.. Dyce Duckwortb, an eminent English
physician, discusses in recent number of the
British Medical Journal, the question of using
stimulants in disease and health. He concludes
that the medical faculty cannot do without
them, as they serve certain purposes which can
not be attained by other means and cannot be
dispensed with Regarding the use of stmu-
lants in health, he condemns the prevalent
drinking habits, but believes that a moderate
Sc Of imulants at proper times is beneficial
to very many persons who are not sufficiently
robust to derive all needed nutrition from food;
but they should be taken only with meals. DR..
Duckworth's position is claimed to be that of
the most learned of the medical faculty general
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