The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-07-22
Varieties.

-Paris correspondents notice the remissness
of the Sultan in neglecting to offer his arm to
the Empress, and in mounting the platform in
advance of that lady at the Exposition ceremo-
mics on the day OF the prize presentations.
The Mayor of Utica has prohibited the
splitting of tobacco juice on the sidewalks.
Lit is estimated that the absolute money
value of the crops this year will be four hum
dred millions of dollars greater than in 1866.
d 1.-The Bishop of Nantes has addressed a pas
teral letter to his clergy, pointing out the daD-
ger of universal exhibitions, and forbidding
them to visit the Palace of the Champ de Mars.
IAN English tavern keeper recently illus
trated punctuality in this wise Speaking of
one of his customers, he said, "He is the most
regular man in Horwick, he comes and gets
drunk every Saturday, and has done so for
forty years, except when his mother died, and
at that time he came on Sunday. 1t is grand
thing to be punctual." a.. ..z.....,.
W +"Ifall the world were blind, what mel
aneholy sight it would be-" said an Irish
clergyman. l.r .......t ILL.,. ........
TA fellow was told at a tailor's shop that
three yards of cloth, by being wet, would shrink
one-quarter of yard. well, them" he in
quired, "if you should wet quarter of yard,
wonld there be any leftP'
"A country boy, who had readIof sailors
heaving up anchors, wanted to know fit was
sea sickness that made them do it.
+Ireland can't beat the following, from the
Holmesville Independent which, in noticing
the establishment of steam brewery at Mag
noiia, says: "we are always glad to see impor-
ted articles manufactured at home, at greatly
reduced prices
M. Rouher, Louis Napoleon's Prime Min
lister, has been defending, in the French Leg
islative body, the recent vast increase in the
ornaments Of France. He avows that the
cause of it was the battle Of Sadowa, which re-
vealed the vast superiority of Prussia 1t was
necessary, he contended, to make the nation
respected at home and abroad. One Of M.
Rouher's SMILES is more warlike than friendly
toward the reinvigorated neighbor of France
placing the hand on the hilt of the sword in
the midst ofprosperity and peace" Upon Prus-
siathe hint will not be lost.
Mr. Satyan Jayati, member of the Ceylon
branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, has pub
lished work called "The Song OF Songs,
Hebrew Pastoral Drama, not by King Solo
mon" accompanied by Oriental illustrations.
The author undertakes to prove that the So
called "Song of Solomon" is really of Hindu
origin, and he repudiates as simply ridiculous
the commonly y-received clerical Interpretation
of the work as typical of the Church and Je-
sus Christ. He regards in similar light much
of The religious poetry of his own country
men. sr,+. III
~ "A man named Perkins cut his throat and
fell dying in his barn-yard. A sensational
Jenkins thus describes the sad event: I'm this
condition he was found by one of the ladies of
the house. 'Ohl is this you, Henry Perkins?'
she exclaimed. He lifted his whiting eyes from
his weltering gore, and family, though meas
ureably replied: This is Henry Perkins, and
expired Immediately" ..........
IAN odd piece of Conservatism is reported
from China. Tho Imperial Government has
prohibited the printing of newspapers with
moveable types. 80
: Two men recently fought duel in Mil
waukee, aud the weapon used was lager beer.
After an hours drinking they loved each 9th
er hugely, hugging and kissing each other,
and declaring that there was no insult intend
ed Another hour and they were pummelling
each other, and in few minutes more they
were in the lock up. 4... .-.., ...l
Yale was victorious in both base bail
matches at Worcester. In the Freshman
match Yale scored SO to 1s for Harvard. The
sn,ho,,,ors match was very closely contested
tba Harvards having only three to make at
their last inning to tie and going out after two
runs s.oeossorn .o.. A. uoo.,
ofcorns by the aid of magnifying glass The
said roots are peg like spikes, in substance
sembling horn. After seeing them nobody
wonders at the suffering they cause.
The story that the King of Abyssinia had
shut up batch of Englshmen and threatened
their lives, because Queen Victoria had refus-
ed to marry him, is contradict, imprisoned
them because a letter which he wrote to Eng
land, asking for an envoy regularly accredited
to him, was allowed to lie for year and half
in the Foreign Office, unanswered.
-Of course the English press generally con-
denim the execution of the Austrian Arch
duke, and stigmatize Juarez as bloody butch
err. That was to be expected. An American
journal, also opposed to the execution, howev-
er, sensibly suggests that in view of their Sc
poy cruelties and treatment of Irish patriots
generally, Englishmen should be the last peo-
pie in the world to complain of Mexican bar
barities and cruelties. A people who uphold
and applaud Governor Eyre for shooting down
fifteen hundred innocent blacks in the Island
of Jamaica, should forever hold their peace so
lar as the hars hmeasures of other countries are
concerned.