The Portland daily press., 1867-06-10
VAR EIETHES.

"A Chicago critic who has Just seen Mr..
Booth play remarks that Hamlet is no ordi-
nary man" and that 'his passions are as the
troubled waters of the whirlpool, that, ever
boiling and bubbling and seething in fury, so
far counteract the influence each of the other
that they remain rooted to the battle for ever"
"A Paris letter speaks of an invention of
the Emperor's engineer for the cleansing of the
frontage of houses and monuments, as well as
statues, by means of jets of steam, with which
is am algamated certain chemical preparation
The economy of the use of the machine is recl.-
oned at fifty per cent. s q a -ee7
The largest topaz known has been deposit
ed in the Bank of France. 1t is of Brazilian
origin, and measures seven and one-auarter
inches in length, by four and three-fourths
inches in width, and about the same in thick
ness. 1t weighs more than three and one-half
pounds. However valuable this stone may be
from its brilliancy and size, it is still more so
from its artistic merit, as on one face is en-
graved halflength Christ breaking bread at
the Last Supper. This composition was exc
cuted with the BURN and diamond dust by the
owner Of the gem, Andre Coriello, formerly di-
rector of the Naples Mint. ,...t
-"AIy opinion is," said a phlosophic old la
dy of much experience and observation, "that
any man as dies on washing day does it out of
pure spite" I
"A young couple went to Rev. Paul Davis
to get married. Mr.. D. is wag, and by an in
nocent mistake began to read from the prayer
book as follows: "Man that is born of woman
is full Of trouble, and hath but short time to
live" The astonished bridegroom suddenly
exclaimed: "Sir, you mistake; we came to be
married" "Well," replied Davis, "if you in
sist, will marry you; but believe me my
friend, you had better be buried"
After much training of quite youngster
TO keep him still at table long enough for "the
blessing" he sat very quietly one day till near
the close of the service, his mother beginning
inwardly to congratulate herself that for once
be had kept still, when he suddenly called out,
"'at'll do. papa; pass plates now"
"A scared individual who was lodging an
infuriated bull behind tree, exclaimed, you
ungrateful beast, you wouldn't toss vegeta-
rian, who never ate beet in his life, wouiu you
Is that the return you maker
The English Admiralty have just issued
an order prohibiting officers IRON wearing
| yvb;slors "of such inordinate size and length
| 90 70 resemble boards" The Lords do not state
at what point of size and length the whlsker
oeesos to be a whisler and becomes beard.
--"Do you believe in the appearance of spir-
Cts. tather?" asked rather fast young man of
his jndulgent sire. mo, Tom, but believe in
their disappearance, since l missed my bottle
of Boulb bon, last night" said the old gentle
man.
Three men left the New York Battery
Tuesday, to cross the oceanon alife-raft, TWEEN
ty.five feet long and half as wide, drawing six
| inches of W ter, fitted with five sails, and !
| canvass tent for cabin. They will be hkel,
4 TO meet the fate Of the other three "wise mel
1 of Gotham" H.l ...
4 Tx Marvel says country house withou
| a porch is like man without an eyebrow.
4 The Salt Lake Daily Telegraph notice
! the return of president Young" rom IL
Southern trip" amid "a general ueIno a.
ton of rejoicing" Many banners we.e ~.
! PLAYED, and among others the ioiio" r's ~
seriptious: "Long Live Brigham Aouhs'
s'The Lion of the Lord"
"A Chicago correspondent OF a 81. faui pa
mar characterizes Parepa-Rosa as petit
J plump, and pretty"