The Portland daily press., 1867-12-17
Varieties.

which he calls "Arabula; or the Divine Guest"
Here is a single sentence from it: "The uni
versal allegorization OF physical events, and
changes in the sun, moon, stars, and other
heavenly sgns-the early custom of clothing,
with oriental material splendors, the undefn-
able religious mysteries of BIRTH life, death,
immortality, rewards, punishments, God, Par
adlse, pandemonium, and spiritual communi-
cations-all was made plain to my exalted un-
deFstanding, even down to the very origin of
all religion among the earliest of earths inhab-
itants"
When Lord Castlereagh was stopping
once to change horses at some very poverty
stricken post-station in Iceland, his carriage
was surrounded with beggars. Taking no no.
tice of their appeals, he sat cold and unmoved
till the horses were ready to start, when a mis-
erable-looking fellow approached the carriage
| and said in a voice of persuasive entreaty. "One
sixpence, my lord-only one little sixuencs
and it will treat all your friends in Irelandp'
-Ameri has gained new source of inde-
pendence OF the Old World markets. Not
many people know that in New Jersey, that
foreign land" whence come so many of our
Paris hats, SO much of our champagne, Roman
and Partisan jewe ry, Vennese fancy goods,
&C., &C., there is now also an industry at
work by which we are enabled to buy LYONS
silks which have never seen the ocean. But it
is so. Moreover, in California the growing of
silk-worms has now been demonstrated to te
complete success; fine cocoons are produced
in abundance, and the manufacture of silks
has already commenced with great vigol and
encouraging results. At the late Santa Clara
County Fair specimens of fine watered silks
were exhibited, which, from mulberry leaf to
lustrous fabric, were of native production.
An instance of the ruling passion strong
in death is found in the last words of a
little Galveston newsboy, who died of yellow
fever last season: Here's your Bulletin!"
The editor of the Bay st. Louis Gaze tie
wants chain Of high mountains at the
north of that city to keep off the cold winds
Modest
An Illinois paper tells story of an Irish
man who fell into forty foot well while
smoking his pipe, aud on being drawn out
was found to be uninju sland having the pip
still lighted in his mouth.
-Rsnilis,,ncas OF fast walking in times
past, are starting up in every direction sine Q
We>ton's late feat. In 1922 Loved Andrews
aud VIM. Steadmin walked from Foxcroft to
Hebrou, ono huuhr od sal ton miles strong in
less than twenty-five hours. Mr.. A Phillip S,
Of Lewiston informs tn Journal that at sun
set on the 18th of March $780, he with tw
others started to walk from this city to Yar-
mouth on their way to Wayne. One of the
party obtained a chance to ride and left Mr.
Phillips with single companion. On arriv-
ing at Yarmouth, being in good spirits and not
fatigued these two concluded to keep on, and
they walked iu company until they reached
Greene; where Mr.. Phillips companion 5 top
| ped, being completely "used up" Phillips
continued his walk alone and at sunsise was
on Beech Hill" in Wayne-a distance of 60
miles. This distance was ompiished in
eleven hours over a rough road with snow on
the ground.
-"The Heart of the Great City," new play
by Mr.. Thaddeus Glover, has been brought out
at the Boweyy Theatre, in New York. 1t is
fearfully and wonderfully made. A live horse
figure. in it, together with gorilla, and faro
b'nk. In it also the Lime-kiln man finds his
long lost daughter; man swings from the
gallery to the stage, and another performs
"thaumaturgc" evolutions on paror-ska ties.
Louis Blanc, IN his letter to the Temps on
the Manchester executions, says: "You gave
up these three men to be strangied in order to
frighten others. Whereas, it is you yourselves
who are afraid. Infantry, cavalry, artillery,
an army of constables this is what you re-
quire to protect CAlcraft who protects you
People who kill reason very badly, it seems.
Oh, certainly in England as elsewhere the
penalty of death, so deserving of reprobation,
even when applied malefactors, is infamous
u.
is having fanatically loved their mother-their
country. And in England, as elsewhere, to
take away life in order to inspire respect for
life Is ferocious stupidity"
Foster Howell the celebrated pedestrian >,
was born in England in 1874. In 1894 he un-
dertook to walk fifty miles in seven hours,
which he accomplished in time. The first ten
miles he walked in one hour, although he was
eneumbered with great coat and leather
breechrs. A few years la'er he attempted to
run two miles in ten minutes, but lost the wa
ger by half a minute. In 1776 he walked
ssily one hundred miles inside twenty-three
AMI three fourth hours.
We commend TO notice the following obit-
Jury: "My husband is no more. He did not
W sh to live longer, and il he had it would
have made no difference, for gout entered his
stomach and was soon followed by death. 1
shall marry the doctor who SO kindly attend
ed my late husband; / learned then to trust
him. Soft rest the ashes of the departed one
whose wholesale liquor business shall con-
tnue at the old standP'
"A novel wedding took place in Columbia,
S. c., recently. The bridal party was to be mar
red and leave town on the next train. They
started for the clergyman's residence, having
but little time to spare, and met him on the
way In order that no time might be wasted,
it was proposed to have the marriage ceremo-
ny performed then and there-right in the
middle of the road. No objection being made
the minister did the business several people
meantime arriving as passers-Dy on tne road'
who were accepted as competent witnesses
The married couple got to the cars In ample
season to start on their tour.
-R,ff, 10 huntn : by railroad is new sem
satan The Leavenworth G Conservative of the
astb ult says that as the passenger train on
the Union Pacific railroad was going east ON
the 25th. 1t ran into herd of some ESQ buffa-
loes. The fireman stood on the engine and
killed cow at single shot. The train was
| halted and the carcass taken aboard.
| "A rebel guerilla, named Wells, insists up
| on it that he was not ha1gcd two years ago in
Kentucky, in spite of an official record of that
event in the bureau OF military justice.
| "A correspondent eff Savannah paper says
that many of the "old fimilies" of Beaufort,
S. c., have returned 10 that town, and are in o
destitute and starving condition.
Some weeks ago very large eagle made
a swoop at a goose in Cawoods gap, three
miles south of saltvile, Va, but not having
taken good sighi, as hunter would say, over
shot the goose and impalled himself upon
snag, prolusins immediate death. He meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip OF his wings.
"A Western paper has an article to prove
tha. ten years of Journalistic labor on daily
will break down the strongest constitution.
The New York Evening Post, alluding to,
the criticism on the statues by Powers and
strv. saws. by and b. the Bostonians will
be treating the Great Organ with disrespect