The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-02

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SERMONS before Napoleon and Eugenie with
n,ueh success, has been appointed cure Of the
iuleries, m place of the Able Laine, who re-
, ni'''iis chief aimoncr of the palace.
Inc Tour sisters of DUFFY the Irish Icar;an
VINO were turned out of their situations in tho
National Schools Immediately after his cam
mitment, are in New York, seeking in Ameri-
ca that means of employment of which tbev
were deprived in Ireland. ''i '
Much excitement prevails at Goderich.
Canada, over the success of salt well lust
sunk there In many respects one is remind
ed by it Of the oil fever t''
Even the railway cars in Prussia are con
structed with view to possible utility in
some future war. They are so arranged that
by a very trifing alteration they can be con-
yerted into moving hospitals for the wounded.
| Tho experiment of small farms. to be cul-
tivated by the lessees the emse Ives is to be tried
near Yazoo, Miss, to contrast il with the plan
tation system
"A comical book is announced. 1t is called
the Lovers Dictionary" and it is "poetical
treasury" of lovers thoughts fancies-and di-
| lemmas. 1t is indexed with nearly ten thou
sand references as dictionary of compliments
and guide TO the study of the tender science,
asd win therefore be extremely handy for
bashful young gentlemen who contemplate
sealing their fates this winter, but really "don't
know what to say, You know, i. 'r-,-T
| Fond Mother-Do you not think, my dear.
that our Adolphus has great talent for say
ing things which nobody else ever says?"
| Unfeeling Fathor-Yes, and also for saying
things which nobody ever ought to say.
| "A man who was great stickler tor eti-
| quette, having married widow before her pc
| riod of mourning had expired, soon after made
| his appearance with a weed ON his hat. On
being spoken to on such singular conduct, he
remarked that he considered it more than
the handsome thing toWard his Lanented prede-
/ cessOr. H.9..l.N - , Tll .H
"A married lady living in Utica, N. Y,
wanted fashionable autumn outfit which
her husband wouldn't get for her. So she
| wrote him note in a disguised female hand
| expressing great admiration and asking the
| favor of a personal interview at a certain time
and place. The unsuspeeting husband kept
the appointment, dressed in his best, and when
| the Strange LADY, lifted her veil, he beheld
| the features "of his own dear wife" who that
very day was rejoicing in the possession of a
bran new dress, cloak, bonnet, and other little
| affairs Of the kind, ,..
| AItis rumored in New Orleans that all the
members Of an opera troupe, over twenty in
all, have been murdered in Mexico.
"A son who had been cut of with the his
| torie shilling by his father, recently became
aware that his parent was to give a great din
| ner in consequence of some successful specu-
lations on Change. As the guests sat down
| to dinner cook after cook arrived with various
| prepared joints of veal. To these succeeded
tailor after tailor with their newest styles. In
vain the father protested he did not order these
things, which cooks and tailors admitted, but
said his son had. Later in the evening the
4 son presented himself, and said he anticipated
his father would forgive his prodigal son, and
| 20 save trouble he had ordered the fatted calf
and raimept in advance. Cooks and talorswere
compensated, and the prodigal forgiven.
l. The Montreal News gives portion of the
score Of remarkable game of billiards be-
i tween the brothers Dion. Joseph in four con
secutive runs nude 1910 points, and made the
i game OF 1900 points in twenty yfiye innings,
having an average Of 20. Cyrille in the same
game made an average Of 33l-2.
The London Spectator has an exhaustive
article on boards. While it admits that radi-
calism is the cause OF the display of these hir-
suite appendages it asserts that the effect Of
beard on the mind of the weaFer is, so far as ie
goes, conservative. A beard illustrates tina
grave constitutional theory that ii is possible
to destroy in a moment what you may repent
at your leisure, and cannot reconstruct with
out painful and protracted sufferings. Against
the beard may be urged its Inconvenience at
| meal times. Particles of food dropped from
the fork, instead OF falling TO the floor as in
the case of the beardless, are caught ON the
| boards surface and unless a man be frequent
and ready with his napkin, there those parti-
cles remain, to the disgust of all beholders, a
disgust aggravated when the deposit is liquid,
say of soup. A beard also diminishes by ono
half the refreshment derived by wellregu-
lated mind from the act of washing the face
Another French journalist has been sent
to prison. M. Peyat of the AUenir National
was sentenced to one months Imprisonment
and ] 000f fine for article which appeared
in that journal on the subject of the interven-
tion of France in the Roman question.
Walt Whitman thinketh small beer of the
bards of America: "Do you call those genteel
little creatures American poets?" he scornful-
ly asks. sii .9sliiaG % L .Tsa
| France is playing bold game for the con-
troll of the commerce of Western China. Ii is
her object to shut the door of that country in
the face of England; to divert a rich trade
which now goes to Rsngoon, 60 Saigon, and to
make the latter one of the great commercial
entrepots of the world. fsE
"A fac-simile of the autograph of John
Milton, in the album of Charles Sumner, was
recently shown to an English shopkeeper in
Chicago, by a gentleman, who remarked
'sThis is an interesting memento of your i'm
, mortal countrymanl" The shopkeeper looked
bewildered, but finally exclaimed, "Yes, be-
lieve he was an Englishmanl" Such is fame
The nephew of Ehrenberg the celebrated
German naturalist and microscopes himself
man of large attainments in the same line
lis expected in this country soon, to take
charge of the Cabinet Of Natural History, in
Cambridge. .t .U .I.r f....
The other day, an Irish town-erier took in
charge lost child, and proceeded to hunt up
his parents. On being asked by lady what
| the matter was, he replied, Heres an orphan
child, madam, and I'm trying to find its par
! ents." .. ....
"A gentlemen's furnishing firm in Brook
lyn announce themselves as "hosiers, goyers
aud shirters." This outdoes John Smith,
halter and capper," and paves the way for
"Hans Sachs, shoer and booter."
!, Sir Stafford Northcote recently made a
speech in Bristol, England, before a Working
Mems Conservative Association. The emf
nent speaker, thought the experiment was
now about to be tried whether England could
/ combine the strength which belongs to a mon
: archy with the freedom which it is said be
: longs only to a democracy. The Spectator
!, | thinks the sentiment would have been equally
, | strong aud true if it had attributed the Iree-
/ dom TO the monarchy and the strength TO tue
] democracy, aid says very aptly, that tn'cno se
, are not great fountains of strength, any
Q dom sometimes fails TO flow from au'"''' ~
"A certain New York evening Pape'' a'-
| nir;ng 10 be the gan OF upper mas
!, ia,.I''.a,.a. 10 the habit oi puDiishnng tne
v '"'iy "'A9 Iii known ladies and gentlemen IN
i names =, no ar,, or are thonght to he, en-
soc'osy A more wanton and culpable inva-
an of the sanctities of private life has never
y saen attempted in a civilized country. In
! one instance the offence was especially aggra-
waited. The names of a lady AMI gentleman
said to be betrothed, We're published at the
same time that the marriage OF the gentleman
to another lady was announced in the papers
IMAGINE the feelings of the lady reported to
| Ia G,no,,.d" There ought to be some way