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ST. DIDACCS.

ST. Didacns was born in Spain, in the
middle of the fifteenth century. He was
remarkable from childhood for his love of
solitude, and when youth retired and led
q hermit life, occupying himself with
weaving mats, like the fathers of the des-
ert. Aiming at still higher pertectlon, ne
entered the Order of st. Francis. His
want of learning and his humility would
not allowlhim to aspire to the priesthood,
aud he remained lay brother till his
death, perfect in his close observance of
the vows of poverty, chastity and obedi-
ence, and mortifying his will aud his senses
in every way that he could contrlve.
Through all his active employments and
duties it ia said of him that be never ceas-
ed from prayer during any part of the day.
The high spiritual knowledge that he thus
gained was such that learned doctors came
from afar to consult him. His works of
active charity were as remarkable, his low
ing care of the sick reaching to heroic
heights. At one time he was sent by his
superiors to the Canary Islands, whittier
he went joyfully, hoping to win the crown
of martyrdom. Such, however, was not
Gods will, andsafter making many conver-
sions by his example and holy words he
and painful illness, he finished his days
embracing the cross which he had 80 dearly
loved through his life. He died with the
words of the hymn ''Dulce liguum" on his
lips.
Although st. Didicus desired to live as
an humble lay brother, unknown and for
gotten, his light could not be hidden, and
men flocked to him to hear the words of
wisdom, which, as it were, could not help
falling from his lips. 1t is said that when
he was unable to give aims to beggar
craving charity, he spoke to him with
such tenderness and JUNCTION that the poor
man himself said that the brothers words
were of more value than other mems gold.
Wherever st. Didacus went, whether at
homo or among the heathen of the Canary
!alands, bic holy conversation drew souls
SERonlatfhiv- q. f3e.l
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PIO MONO COLLEGE,


CIAL COURSE.
The Institution is situated the heights surround
ing the city of Macon, at elevation OF nearly 600
feet above the level of the Tho surroundings are
beautiful and picturesque. Being below the snow
line the climate is exceedingly mild and free from ell
malaria; it especially recommended for students of
delicate constitutions, who wish to enjoy all the
advantages OF Florida without its distance and incon
veniences Macon s.2OO miles northwest Of Savannah,
and direct railroad and teegrsphio communication
with all parts of tho country. The various branches
of a complete college education are thoroughly impart
ed by & competent staff OF Professors and Tutors.
The domestic depart Is under the of the
Sisters Of Mercy.
Board and Tuition in all the College branches
per e23O 90
VIM. H, GROSS D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah, President.
NJ B.-CAtacgues with full particulars, forwarded
upon application. my26 4m
ST. MARY's DOMINICAN ACADEMY,
GREENvILLE,
Corner st. Charles and Broadway Streets
Now Orleans.
THIS academy, under the charge of the Dominican
Nuns occupies a beautiful site neAr New orleAnO-
The plan OF instruction uuites every advantage
which can contribute to ON education soid
and refined.
Board and Tuition, per AMMAN $500 "
Instrumental and Vocal Music Painting and Wax
work form extra charges
For particulars apply to the Convent. mhe4 If
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THE LoCQUET-LEROY
New Orleans Female Collegiate Institute
DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL.
$50. Camp Street .--.---- 26e
Between Calliope and Poeyfarrs.

The eighth soholastio year Of this frsLola,H and
well'known Institute with complete AMI abb. corps
Of {. achers will spen MONDAY, 18th SeEte ber.
1878 The entire of study embraces all chos
of a solid instruction, English and French.
Particular attention Is paid to the lpstruct'"r OF
Christian Doctrine, under the direction of Priest
designated by the Most Rev Archbishop Of New orleans
GhtIen pEGpaEaa- Communion With tho
most con nscientious care
The second sessiou Of the KINDEBG ARTEN, Will
open on Monday, September 3Oth, where children OF
both admitted.
Terms moderate for b ,th departments.
For catalogues OF the Institute and crcnlsra OF tho
Kindergarten apply to 2s0 Camp street the principal
Bookstores, or Rdd.eSs Box 1880, Pos,ofce New Or
leans. Au25 10 ly
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ST vINCENT'S SCHOOL, In connection with the
above, viii open on the same day. oc27 Istt
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TTRsULINE ACADEMY, ST. JOHN BAPTIST,

TUSCALOOSA. ALA.
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Situated on the Mssssippi River, six1y Miles abov
New Orleans.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THE Argus aided by the unreformed civil
service, or rather the unreformed civil
service through the medium of the Argus,
takes up again the use of the word "coin" in
the Maine Republican resolutions. To start
with the argus misrepresents. The PRESS
never called Secretary Sherman an Ohio
trickster or slippery demagogue, nor did it
use words that could bear that construction.
1t criticized his ambiguous use of the word
'coin'' in his Mansfield speech (Marshfield
the argus calls it-evidently the U. c. S.
did not see the proof because the whole con-
troversy at the West is over the meaning of
that word. In reply to the argus criticism
the PRESS said that the Republicans of
Maine understood "coin" to mean gold, so
that there was no ambiguity in their use of
the term. 1t says so now. The Re-
publlcans of Maine, whatever Mr.. Blaine's
position may be, hold that "coin,' as used
in the public acts, was meant to mean and
does mean gold. They hold that our bonds
are payable in and our greenbacks redeema-
BILE in gold, and gold alone.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
Washington News and Gossip.
ALLEGED CORRUPTION.

The Washington Post of Tuesday morning
contained long statement purporting to be-
compiled from copies OF papers made accessible
through the bankruptcy of John G. Fremont
and covering long list of persons, members
OF Congress and others, whose influence in
favor of the Kansas Pacific railroad is alleged
to have been secured by corrupt means.
BLOW AT THE LOBBYISTS.
If Speaker Randall enforces the rules of the
House concerning the admission of persons
not members to the aoor, as be has been point
edly instructed to do, there will be a marked
Improvement over the present condition of
things, which had become scandalou5 to the
last degree. The debate on the subject was
courteous for the most part, but it was easy to
see that there was much feeling concerning the
annoyance to which members have been sub
jected.
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
The House Committee on the District Of Col.
umbia is considering the question of a govern
ment and is likely to come to determination
soon. 1t was decided Tuesday that the national
government ought to pay half the expenses Of
governing the District One probability is that
the government of the District will be made
bureau of the national government with COM
missioners, appointed by the President and the
Senate, reporting to ths Treasury department,
which will embody the estimates for carrying
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

'T told her I'd never smoke another cigar" he
softly said, "snd won't. A pipes plenty good
enough for me"-and he gracefully drew
match over the largest part of his trowsers.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

SENATOR DAWES Of Massachusetts, made
an excellent speech against the silver bill
Tuesday. His close was very fiue. He
said:
The laws of currency and political economy,
on which this bill and kindred measures are
making war, are older than this debate and the
popular excitement which it feeds aud is in
turn fed by it, and will control business and
trade long after both shall have passed away
and been forgotten. They are not needed now,
but the time is sure to come when they will as
sert their dominion and exact the penalty in
separable from their infracton. Ears now deaf
to the voice of all history-will then be unseaed.
Eyes that will not now see the unmistakable
signs of the coming of that day will then be
opened. 1t must needs be that the hereses
and deluslons of the hour must come, but woe
unto them by whom they come. Every step
thus far taken in the great financial struggle of
this nation with itself to recover the ground
lost by its first departure from those laws has
its counterpart written in English history be-
fore resumption in 1921, and in that deplorable
record of the rise and fall and ruin of the French
assignats. Statesmen were then as now fright
ened OFT their feet by the hoarse cry of more,
more, more, which gamblers in the rise and fall
of values had lifted up demagogues to utter in
the ear of distressed and hungry credul-
ty. There was the speculator in green
backs then; the Wall street stock iobber was
born of the French dealer in assignats, and the
English infationist of 1S18 1919, 1920, has his
descendants on this side of the water making
corners in currency and coin. 1t is their craft
that is in danger of destruction by resumption
And the din and uproar heard above the voice
of reason, the teachings of history and the
warnings OF experience are not the complaint
of sober, earnest business, intelligent, enter
prising industry, nor of honorable, thrifty
labor, but that of those alone who profit for the
moment by playing with loaded dice the game
OF tossing values. But be assured, sir, the day
of these men is short The end will surely
come The chapter in their lives aud their
work yet to be written here is already recorded
in the ruin their prototypes in France and Eng
land brought upon their deluded followers. If
we will not heed the warnings of history we
will surely be taught the lessons of experience.
The laws which govern currency and trade, old
as civilization and commerce among nations
and individuals, cannot he set at naught with
impunity Over the popular delusion and
political frenzy Of the hour there reigns an in
exorable higher law, waiting on the footsteps
of all law breakers: The way of the trans-
pressor ia hard. -
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

pUBLIC notice is hereby given that Charles E.
l. Stevens, OF Portland, on the twenty-Jhird day
of April A. D., 1875, by his deed of that date re-
corded in Cumberland Registry OF Deeds, Book 42O,
page 25, mortgaged to George r. Davis, the parcel
of land situated lu Portland, IN the county of Cum
berland, described as follows: Beginning one hun
dred feet from the made by the northerly line
of Clark street and the southerly line of Summer
street; thence westerly by said line Of Summer
street, fty-one feet to land of Jeremiah Regan /;
thence northery at right angles with Summer street
one hundred feet, to land of persons unknown
thence easterly by said land of persons unknown for
ty-fye feet, to land formerly Of Hasty; thence
southerly by said Hasty land and land of Michael
Lynch one hundred feet. to the point begun at; to
secure the payment of twenty-three hundred dollars
and interest, according to the tenor of twelve prom
issory notes; that said mortgage was duly assigned
to Andrew Spring and Samuel e. Spring, copartners
under the style of A. & S. E. Spring; that the
period Of foreclosure of said mortgage by its terms is
year; that the conditions OF said mortgage have
been broken, and by of said condition broken
the subscriber, as surviving partner of said firm Of
A. 81 S. e. Spring, hereby claims foreclosure of said
mortgage, according to the said terms In year.
SAMUEL E. SPRING,
Surviving Partner of firm OF A. s. S. E. Spring.
Portland, January l, 1878. ja23dtf
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no Let.

FHyO Gentleman and Wife twthout children,) a
Il pleasant up stairs rent of four or five rooms on
New High st For particulars inquire of A. s. FER
NALD, up stairs, 237 Middle st. jan16d1m
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
no Let.

ID DOOMS in Harrington Block on Congress street
1O occupied by DIR. Tasker. Possession given
January 1. Inquire Of JOHN G. PROCTER,
SO Exchange street.
oc20 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
ST. NICHOLAS.
SCRIBNER's ILLUsTRATEDM MAGA
ZINE FOR
GIRLS AND BOYS.
FEBRUARY NUMBER NOW READY.

The LONDON ACADEMY, of December 22d,
1877, says: 'sI's ST. NICHOLAS aoe aoelcome
the best stamp Of Juvenile literature that ace
haze get seen. We haze no hesitation
In saying that both IN the letter-press and IN
the pictures this american magazine has no
riUdl.'
In ST. NICHOLAS for December, the Grand
Christmas Number, was begun charming
new SERIAL STORY BY MISS AL
COTF. "Under the Lilacs," illustrated by
MARY HALLocK FooTE, to continue during
the year. This same Christmas number, Of
which one hundred Thousand copies were
printed, contained the opening chapters of
A A.sROBENsON CRUsOE" STORY
for boys. "Tower Mountain" by GUsTAvUs
FRANKENsTEIN, also poems by LoNGFELLow
and BRYANT, a portrait of Miss Alcott, half
dozen short stories, pictures, poems, etc.,
etc. 1t is the handsomest number of
child's magazine ever issued.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
Current Commant.

Was the cry of Subsidized press" started
by the silver editor as "blinds"
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts and Mr.. Phelps
of Connecticut have the exclusive honor
among New England men Of voting for Mat
thews's ten per cent. repudiation resolution.
Come to think of it, Mcclellan was once
an Ohio man. His chance for the White
House brightens already.-CincinnaH En-
Quirer.
There has been no lunatic known in this
country for a number of years that has ex-
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

UNLESS France is careful what she does
the silver men will cease to use her as an
illustration in support of their folly. Her
Senate has unanimously approved the bill
renewing the temporary suspension of the
obligation of the French mint to coin any
silver taken thither. The American situa-
ton is one of the causes that lead to the re-
newal. France does not care to be flooded
with cheap silver.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
Foreclosure OF Mortgage.

soRIRNER & CO., s4s broadway, N.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

AMONG the papers of Theirs has been
found history of the financial negotiations
with Germany which resulted in the pay
ment of $1,000, 100000 in hard cash. by
France to that power. 1t will be published.
Perhaps those of our financiers who doubt
our ability to accumulate sufficient gold with
which to resume may learn something from
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THE following prophecy, purporting to
have been made in 1853, is again appearing
in the papers. 1t had an extensive circula-
ton during the Crimean war, and doesn't
seem to be cock-and-bull prophecy after all
In twice two hundred years the Bear
The Crescent shall assail;
But if the Cock and Bull shall pair
The Bear shall not prevail.
But look, in twice ten years again,
Let Islam know and fear
The Cross shall wax, the Crescent wane
Grow pale, and disappear.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

To Senator Hoar's mind the Republican
party is pledged to these four things: "The
vindication for all citizens of the country of
their equal rights; the preservation of the
public faith; the return to the use of honest
money of steady value; and purity of admin
istration." That exactly fills the bill.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

In the House II Republicans and 112 Dem
ocrats voted for the Matthews resolution, and
Sc Republicans and % Democrats against it.
In the Senate 10 Republicans and "a Demo-
Gratis voted for it and Is Republicans and I
Democrats against it.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersgned by Stanley T..
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
ourual.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
TO be Rented.

DHE house and stable No. 257 Oxford ST. House
Il contains rooms with gas and Sebago Stable
room for three horses. Apply at the premises or at
oc27dtf rs PORTLAND STREET.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
sT. NICHOLAS FOR Hs7s.

Besides the SERIAL STORIES above an
nounced, will have short serial story by the
author of IS THE SCHONBERG-
GOTTA FAMILY; and THREE SPLEN-
DID SERIALS FOR Boys, one of which,
"DRI TED INTO PORT" by EDWIN HoD-
DER, an English writer, will begin in March.
around the World i'm a Yacht,
BOys!" has been promised by brilliant
writer, now on the actual tour of the world
in his own yacht. There will be contribu-
tions by a daughter OF the famous
Peter Parley, and Letter to Young
Americans by
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 81.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
GEORGE MACDONALD.

The ''EfOyV' Series of instructive papers,
by various authors, will tell HOW to bind
your own books; HOW they mine coal ;
HOW to enjoy yourselves at home; HOW to
be an agreeable guest; HOW to entertain
company; HOW to be carpenter; HOW to
make an ice-boat; HOW TO build house
HOW India-rubber is gathered; HOW match
es are made; HOW 10 BE A PAR
LOR MAGICIAN HOW money is
made; HOW mackerel are caught; HOW
they laid the Atlantic cable; HOW they mine
in California; HOW they work in the tea
country. etc. There will be also a series OF
stories and sketches of Foreign Life.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THE report comes from Washington that
the silver men have raised a corruption fund.
Small aud weak newspapers n the East are
subsidized to declare for the reconciliation
of silver. This lets in food of light on
some things.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

The jury in the Returning Board cases has
apparently been organized to convict. There
is not a Republican in the whole panel of
forty-six names from which it is drawn. Its
verdict is foregone conclusion.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THE Secretary of War wishes to hasten the
publication of the records of the war. He
will find it difficult to get an appropriation
from this House.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THEY have gone and named the satellites
of Mars. Professor Newcomb of the Naval
Observatory did it with his little Homer.
The names are Deimos and Phobus, and are
found in the fifteenth book OF the Iliad,
where Mars is preparing to descend to the
earth to take part in the conflict before the
walls of Troy. Bryant renders the lines
thus:
"He spake and summoned Fear and Fright
To yoke his steeds and put his glorious armor on"
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

VIRGINIA thinks of sending Joe Johnston
to Congress from the Richmond district.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
Cap and Bells.

He sees the woodpile-sees the door;
"There's fun without" he mutters;
He hides his skates beneath his coat,
To try the frozen cutters.
The night has come; he steals in soft;
She meets him on the landing;
There comes pause-then frantic yell /;
He takes his meals now standing.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

THE House "went into roars of laughter"
at Ben Buffers biblical joke. There never
was a joke too stupid to excite the mirth of
Canorass
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

BEN BUTLER has again demonstrated that
the devil can quote Scripture for his purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

The chinchin-ambulation of the bellies, "Ob,
what horrid boDnetP' "My, she's a perfect
frightp'
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

Gold is getting so low that decent women no
longer desire to be compared with it.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

g. e.; =:
ments, Interferences, et.
promptly attended to. Inventions that have been
RET 4: :! e: +: e:
searches, and secure Pat
tents more promptly and wilh broader claims than
those who are remote from Washington.
TnTT STN n n N us a model or
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IN II iV Ill n vice; we make exam
III hi VII / nations free ofchdrge
AAl IL i " ~ ~ and advise as to pa
tentability. All cor
respondence strictly confidential. Prices low, AND
NO CgzARSsE UNLESS PATENT Hs
SECURED.
We refer to officials in the Patent Office, and to
inventors ia every State in the Union.
c. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, d. c.
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The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

"And what makes my little Johnny SO cross
this morning?s "Dot up s'urly."
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

cisms of each others attire. 1t makes all the
difference in the world whose dress is gored.
Great quantities of clothes-pins are shipped
from the United States to New Zealand. The
sluggish existence.
The Turkish Governor of Adrianople an
nounced the Muscovite occupation to his imper-
ial master in the following expressive telegram:
''Russ in urbs.''
"I told her I'd never smoke another cigar" he
softly said, Sand WON'T A pipes plenty good
enough for me"-and he gracefully drew a
match over the largest part of his trowsers.
According to st. Louis Journal, the wise
man saith in his heart, "I will HE me down to
read the evening paper" but the foolish man
arseth from his seat near the door and proffer-
eth it to the comely damsel
He slipped down in front of the post Office,
Thursday, and she could not help giggling a
little, and Sunday evening she wept alone in
the parlor, while he sat grimly in his room and
smoked cigars until his stomach felt as light as
his heart felt heavy.
"What is a veranda?" is now being discussed
by foreign architects. A veranda, gentlemen,
is place where, with the right kind of COM
panion, you'll find the moon shines brighter
and the hours fly swifter than in any other
spot on the earth's surface. Try it once.
"Ten dollars fine for driving over this bridSe
| faster than walk" "What does that mean2''
asked little indianapolis boy, who was riding
with his father. Father explains: "If we
whip up and go fast the policeman will stop
| US and take US to the mayor, and he will not
| let us go till we pay $10." Silence in the car
riage. Meditating boy speaks: "Papai if it
warn't for the policemans and for God what
| lots of fun we could have, couldn's weT'
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

Women are proverbially severe in their criti-
csms OF each others attire 1t makes all the
difference in the world whose dress is gored.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31

Suggestion by an egg eater-"Un eurs good
as FEAST"
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
Another NOVGlty---The 'SCrlbner Extra"

"Midwinter SoRIBNER," we have reprinted
the earlier chapters of "RoxY," DR.. Eggles-.
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ber 1877, and January, 1873 numbers of SCRIB-
NER, together with Mr. Frank r. Stockton's
capital ERUDDER GRANGE STORIES" with the
original illustrations (also continued in the
"Midwipter ScRIBNER"), in a ScRIBNER
EXTRA" which is sold by all Booksellers and
NeWsdealers Price Is cents
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The NEW YORK TRIBUNE says /:

s'ST. NICHOLAS has list of contributors
such as no other child's magazine, or few
publications of any sort, in the world, can
boast. 1t has caused the best writers in
America to turn their attention to the task
of giving delight and imparting culture to
children. In the avalanche of immoral lit
erature that threatens the children, some
strong, vitality wholesome, and really attrac-
tive magazine is required for them, and ST.
NICHOLAS has reached a higher platform,
and commands for this service wider resources
in art and letters, than any of its predeces-
sors or contemporaries"