The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-10
Orixinal and Selected.

Children are queer creatures. Walking
along Casco street the other day we met two
little girls of about six years old, just coming
out of school. "How much does your mothers
baby weigh?" asked one of the other. This
was a domestic mystery which the little maid
en- addressed had evidently not investigated
81 don't know" she answered, with rehectNe
gravity. sour baby weighs ten pounds ana
half!' responded the first speaker triumphant
ly, beaming all over with exnltant pride as II
she had been the actual mother Of that ten
pound and half baby
"A letter from Chicago says that the con-
duct of the rioters last Thursday and FRIDAY
has laid out the eight-hOur law cold. A reac-
ton inpublic sentiment has taken place which
has been more effectual in Frustrating the sys-
tenn than the small demagogues who upheldlt.
had in any way expected.
"A Concord, N. H., correspondent OF the
Boston Herald, says prominent topic before
the Legislature will be the rival claims of Man
chester and Nashua for an Independent Trunk
Railroad connection with Portland, en- route
for New York-whether the proposed road from
Portland to Rochester shall cross the Ports
mouth and Concord at Epping and thence d.
rect to Nashua, Groton junction, Sc, or in
tersect with it at Camden, farther north, pass
ing through Manchester. ..,,,.
-CrinOline dies hard. The ladies in Paris
are about equally divided as to its continued
use. .. 3D.. .,-f,s.
Returning to hard currency-paying for
new territory with iron-clads. rs CO.. q
The Gar of Russia will visit Warsaw this
month for the first time in seven years.
Emigration from Ireland has set in on a
large SCALE. In the second week of April one
thousand emigrants left Queenstown for the
United States, and thirteen hundred mole had
secured passage. T., tx ei7
"A new book is announced in New York by
the author of the "New Gospel of Peace" bia
An exquisite divine put the finishing
touch to a marriage ceremony, when he con-
cluded by saying, II now pronounce you hus-
band and lady" .....sf-,7 2, ~, a.
An ingenious and philanthropic person at
Hartford, Conn, has invented a contrivance to
burn water, and the flame, which is of wonder
full intensity, can be produced in three min
utes, governed by a thumb screw, and be APP
piled to any purpose as easily as any fire. zg
Mrs. Williams, late the widow of Stephen A.
Douglas, has brought suit against the agent
employed to settle the estate of her first hus-
band She alleges that he charged the heirs
with the full amount of claims, on which he
had obtained considerable deductions, and APP
propriated the difference to his own behoof.
BY recent law the exterior of all the
houses of Paris is cleaned once in five years.
As the process of scrubbing by hand was very
laborious and costly, very ingenious machine
has been contrived to do the work. In front
of the house to be cleaned a movable steam
boiler is placed, with length of hose sufficient
to reach to the upper story. By this means
jets of hot water and steam are propelled by
high-pressure against the walls and ornament
tai stonework, removing almost instantane-
ousl. the dust and dirt of years, without inju
ry to the sculptures.
SS-"Ik Marvel" has new book in the press OF
Scribner & Co. Its title is Rural Studies,
with Practical Hints for Country Places; il
Illustrated by the author" The same publishers
announce Mr.. Cages biography of Carl Ritter,
the geographer. eshs
"A boy and girl, aged only six and eight
years, who had come alone all the way from
Shasta, California, made their appearance at
hotel in Troy, few evenings since, where they
stayed over night, en- route for New Hamp-
shire. 81
The Portsmouth Chronicle recounlS a Gu
rious case of bank-robbery in that city: "a
deficiency ip the cash account on Tuesday, in
the First National Bank of this city, led to in
vestigations, which reculted in finding the
nest of mouse, composed OF five fifty dollar
greeabacks, with a layer of fine stuff made by
tearing up some smaller bills" The money
was all recovered, but the robber is still at
large.