The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-04
VaI.ietieS.

Fashion has decreed that earrings are to
De worn very long and extremely slender One
was seen at New York theatre the other eve
hing' reaching to the shoulder, and made Of
SILVER, nearly as slender as a fine twine.
An old lady announced in court at Attain
ia that she had no counsel" that "God was
her lawyer" "My dear madam" replied the
Judge, "he does not practice in this court"
"A fellow who is now in Jail, in New York.
for having three wives, had the audaeity to ask
wife No. to wash white vest for him to wear
during the ceremony with the third woman.
AN old negro woman, terribly racked with
rheumatism, and despairing of relief at the
hands OF Cairo physicians, expressed an earn
est desire to see DR.. Monroe, as she believed he
was the only medicine man living who could
cure her. why, chile" persisted the innocent
old creature, 1--WE hearn of dat Monroe doc
trine' everywhar-even afore left de Carroll
mas; but If he ever doctored there it must have
been at very early period-I never seed
him" .a...- I.
1t Is curious, says the N. Y Post, to note
the distinctions of color as applied to disease.
There are the yellow fever, the black vomit,
the green sickness, the white swelling, the
scarlet fever, the yellow jaundiee, and, as Mrs
Partington says the "brown creeters" And
now we have, as climax, the "blue DEATH" on
board the hospital ship at Quarantine.
Some idea may be formed of the numbers
OF our baseball players by the fact that sin
gle mandatory in Lynn, Massachusetts,, has
made and sold thirty thousand pairs of shoes
for baseball players this season And vet
some Oery wise people turn up their noses at
newspaper reports of sport which interests
thousands in every community, and hundreds
OF thousands in the country at large.
An extraordinary rascal, named Decarnip.
died the other day in one of the prisons of
Lille, France, at the age of ninety-two wears
of which he had spent forty-fve in Jail He is
supposed to have committed during his ILL.,
spent life every description of misdeed. The
last OF the twenty-five sentences pronounced
against him was incurred six years ago byhis
swindling some one out Of large sum of mon
ey, and stealing horse and dogcart
"A letter from Fernandina, Florida. saws
the residence of ex-senator Yulee was recent
ly mobbed and seriously damaged
"A telescope for the examination of objects
situated under water is said to have been de-
vised in Paris, and to have been tested in one
of the French canals. 1t is reputed to have
enabled the observers to see pencil marks dis
tinctly at depth of more than five feet. Its
practical application will be to the examine
ton of the hulls of ships, without placing
them sin dock"
An explosive substance, whose effects are
somewhat like those of gunpowder, has been
discovered in France by NJ Pool. 1t is prepar-
ed by the action of chlorate and of nitrate of
potassa on ordinary glue Or isinglass
The Evening Mail says "the name of Chas.
Dana's new paper has not yet been decided
ON, all statements to the contrary notwith-
standing" As the paper is not yet born, nor
yet very confidently expected, we do not see
the necessity of christening it yet
Major General Doyle, formerly command
ant of Her Majesty's forces in North America,
and now Governor of New Brunswick, is de.
scribed by gossiping correspondent as "a
bachelor of fifty, who dresses with exquisite
care, paints his cheeks and when he travels
carries with him conservatory of flowers"
The N. Y. Express complains that the
little ragamufans in the street appear to have
caught the infection of base ball, and batter
and bang away at o piece of wood or a potato
with all the gusto of professional base baller
Windows, hats and noses are in danger, but
our ganain recks not of them; his ambition is
to join club and be one of the first nine
A few more broken heads or cheeks NAV, per-
haps, have the effect of abating this fever"
"A quiet, honest old colored man, named
Alex. White, went to church at Salem, Ind :,
on Sunday evening, and his preseLce was OBJ
Jected to by an ex-rebel ruffian, but the old
man stayed to the close of the services. On
his way home the ex-rebel waylaid and killed
him.
The Boston Transcript doubts the truth of
the report that Robert Browning will marry
Miss Ingelow, but adds if it should prove
true, what a mixing up of things poetical it
would causel The two Mrs. Brownings would
have to be classified as first and second, we
suppose, and what would become of Jean
Ingelows Poems? They certainly never
could be called Mrs. Browning's poems; but
would still retain the familiar household name
they have won"
The Prince of Wales appeared at the Ila-
den races dressed all in white from hat to boots,
and smoked white cigarette. Such is the
heir apparent to England's thronel
DIR. Bull Run Russell is not to go with the
Abyssinian expedition.
The closing of the Universal Exhibition re-
mains fixed for the S1st Of October
"A bold headline in an Omaha paper reads:
"Garibaldi, the Italian Brigand, Arrested in
Rome"
The poet Barthelemy, who died lately in
France, received some odd obituary notices.
Here is one from the Salus Publica, of Lyons:
"He served all parties, and took money from
all dynasties and governments of France. His
poetical talents were very inferior. The less
there is said about him the better"
The Czar's would-be assassin, Berezowski.
has Just arrived at TJulon, where he had to
exchange the grey and yellow garments of the
cellular prison for the red jacket of the foreat
aud the green cap of the condemned for lie.
and where also the chain was riveted to his
lett foot. During the whole operation Berez-
owski remained perfectly calm and composed,
and it was remarked that, with his intelligent
countenance and soft expression, he was very
unlike his companions, who, in their hideous
costume, looked more like halEsubdued wild
beasts than anything else. OF the wound in
his left hand, deep scar is the only trace that
remains. Berezowski is to be embarked in
month or so for New Caledonia.
The venerable Auber ten years older than
Rossini, has a new opera in rehearsal, which,
he SAYS, will be his last. 1t is to be called
"Un Jour de Bonheur" Ayoung drtiste, hith-
erto only heard at concerts, Madame Gre
mieux, will be intrusted with the prima dom
mas part
The authorities of Paris are said to have
under consideration aproject of throwing ioot-
bridges over the most crowded OF the many
crowded thoroughfares OF that city ms IS
becoming extremely necessary especially In
the boulevards The Figaro says that there
are every day from eight to fifteen persons
run over or knocked down by vehicles.
-people who advertise are smarter than
those who don't; better looking, too, nine in
ten. This is natural, if not logical Adyer-
tisihQ is an indication of intelligence, and in
teliigence is one of the leading elements of
good looks. At all events the world believes
in those who advertise, and 1t plants its dollar
in their pockets. Such are live people; and in
these live days nobody wants anything to do
with any but live men and women. Our ad-
vice to everybody-except in matrimony-is 20
advertise. 1t is sure to return largely, increase
your reputation as business man, make