The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-08
Varieties.

euO oVd oibuiu spare ncI anu Ou DodlhJ t'A~N
gentle waves and propitious winds wait her
swiftly to her haven i'll the "Central Flowery
Land"
Senator Fiarelli's workmen are constantly
unearthing new treasures at Pompei. One of
the most recent is a strong box. 1t was evi-
IDENTIFY covered with thin plates of iron. The
front is ornamented with bronze bas-reliefs
which are almost uninjured There are mans
head, from its grotesqueness supposed to be a
mask, two busts of women, two genii, and the
head of dog. Around these is a circle of
ivy-leaves. All are finely and carefully en-
graved. The genii are thought by some who
have seen them to equal Liberti's heads of an
gels ON the famous bronze doors of the Bap- .
tistery of Florence. The dog and the ivy of
course symbolic vigilance and fidelity. The
busts are thought to be family portraits.
The Nation thus settles rhetorical ques-
ton: .Invidious comparisons have, we see,
been made between Sheridans oratory and
that of Andrew johnson, but this is hardly
fair. Every man has his own style; Sheridans
is the dense and concise, and our Chief Magis-
trate's is the ornate and ditfuse. Some like
one and some the other. Mr.. johnson prefers
his own"
Mr.. Armenius Vambery has nearly ready
sketches of Central Asia: Additional Chap
ters ON My Travels, Adventures, and EthnolO-
Ky OF Central Asia"
-Coleridge's "Ancent Mariner has been
set to music by Mr.. +. j. Barnett, and is about
to be sung at Liverpool
The London Spectator, speaking of what
it calls "the Fenian mosquito" facetiously re-
marks: ave should not feel the cmallest sur
prise in hearing of a Fenian outrage at Van
eouver's Island or Hong Kong. That would
be just as wise and just as useful to the Fen
ian cause as attacks on Canada, ON Chester
Castle, or on Manchester police. 1t is just like
musquito bites. The bite is of no great i'm
portance, and so long as you ensconse yourself
in musquito curtain you are safe. But the
business of life cannot bo done enseonsed in a
musquito curtain"
Reporters are not admitted to the Pam
Anglican Synod, but the "being" who acts in
the place of them makes the announcement
that tie Lord Bishop Polk of Louisiana,
preached the sermon on the 14th of Septem-
ber. Now Polk departed this life in 1864, as
the result OF cannon ball collision, while
fighting at Pine Mountain, Georgia, which
makes the statement somewhat startling. The
actual preacher was DIR. Wilmers, the present
Diocesan of Louisiana.
-Putnam's Magazine will be launched in
December. A list of the contributors is being
made out, and in a few days will be made pub
lie. Mr.. Putnam intends to encourage young
writer's, and will accept manuscript upon its
own merits, without regard to the name of the
writer. The articles will appear in the maya
zine without the names of their authors.
The finest lot of furs ever exported from
st. Paul, Minnesota, were lately sent East.
rherc eex~e NuUdred saad eighty seven
bales of fine and valuable furs, weighing forty
seven thousand four hundred and nineteen
pounds, besides five thousand dollars worth of
other fine furs and tEirty-one thousand musk
rat skins.
The newspapers love to tell stories about
little worked girls-how many verses of
the Bible they can say; how many bed quilts
they have patched, etc. 1t is our painful duty
to record the following: Miss Clara e. Martin,
daughter of Alfred Martin, of jackson, N. Fl,
eight years old, wove with her own hands, in
patent loom, forty-five yards of good wool
cloth the past winter, and assisted in taking
care of an invalid sister and a sick mother. Ii
the little girl really did this it was either
work OF necessity or compulsion and in either
case is no credit to her parents.
The widow of Stephen A. Douglas appear
ed to great disadvantage in court claiming the
dover she had signed away. The widow OF
Abraham Lincoln makes pitiable figure in
the 'old clo' business"
A A. aIl Il.
Whately that he had been caught in the rain,
and was wet through. "Are You really wet
through?" said the Archbishop, II was never
wet through in my life, never further than my
skin"
Nicholas Hyman, Of Buffalo, the natural
guardian of Anna Hyman, little girl OF
twelve years, sues Ellen Burk, wife OF Will
liam Burk, for willfully cutting off two large
black curls from the said Anna's head, and
converting the same to her own use The suit
is in the Supreme Court, and the damages are
laid at $1,000.
An anecdote is told OF Velpau, the eminent
French surgeon, who died few years ago. He
had successfully performed, on little child
| five years old, most perilous operation. The
mother came TO him and said Monsieur, my
son is saved, and really know not how to eX-
press my gratitude; allow me, however, to pre-
sent you with this poeket-book. embroidered by
my own hands" "Ohl madame" replied Vel
pau sharply, "my art is not merely question
OF feeling. My life has its requirements, like
yours. Dress, even, which is luxury for you,
| is necessary for me. Allow me, therefore, to
refuse your charming little present, in ex-
change for more substantial remuneration
"But, monsieur, what remuneration do you de-
| sire? Fix the fee yourself" Five thousand
francs, madame" The lady very quietly OPEN
ed the pocket-bo which contained ten thoH-
sand franc notes, counted out five, and, after
politely handing them over to Velpau, retired.
An individual calling himself"Lord Walk
er" and pretending to be heir to large English
estate, has swindled the people of Kankakee,
ILL.,, out OF several hundred dollars, and consd-
erable Other property. He Is under arrest
The many friends of Mrs. Avonia Brooke,
better known by her professional name OF
Avonia Jones, will be panied to learn Of her
death, which occurred in New York, Friday
afternoon. She had been in ill health for sew
eral months, and was contemplating a sojourn
in Cuba during the winter, whom her disease,
consumption, developed itself with a rapid ana
| fatal result. This esteemed lady was ehe
| daughter of the somewhat noted count 1o-
| hannes. and widow of the actor 6ustaVus f.
| Brooke. who was lost on an Australian steam"
| or something like two years ago.
NJ -. of Western New York, came to
| aha limited states General Hospital at Fortress
Monroe. in search of the body of his son, which
| had been buried in the hospital cemetery. As
was usual in such cases, the remains were ex-
humed aud carefully removed from the coffin
to a strong box suitable for transportation, all
al Government expense. After getting safely
home he wrote to the executive officer as fol
lows: "The old coffin in which my son was
buried was left in the dead-house. Udnt 10
knolo ho,o much Government is going 10 allO,o
me for IL"
Among the members elected to the new
North German Diet are prince of the blood
(Albreeht), 2 dukes, princes, % counts, 10
barons, 75 lower nobility, ministers, gene
rails, 80 country gentlemen, GO government en-
ployees, 1S lawyers, 13 municipal officers, 4
clergymen,2 physicians, 6 professors, bank
ers, merchants, 3 shopkeepers, 1 teacher and
1 mechanic.
Mrs. Forbes Yelverton does not intend to
apply for divorce.
There are thirty three million sheep IN the
ITn;ted sta,aa exclusive of those in the hu-