The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-15

Jobnson" "Recent Publications." &c. On
last page, original postry-"Is it Strange? ?" and
pleasing Miscellany
RISE IN SHoEs.-The new tariff hin x,h;o,
passed in the closing hours of the Thrift
Ninth Congress, and which increased the dntv
upon woolehs and WOODEN goods, has material,
~ ihGreaseu tne price of hastings and serpes
shoes ~ ,ae ielahuiacture of ladies' boots and
sno1s, anu Oh course caused correspondino rise
Ia 5ne price Of those goods. The advance we
anaerstand Is already ten cents per pair with
prospect OF further increase, as the demand
is quite active.-Lynn Reporter. III l1-H'G :
Or. Mary Walker recently delivered lee
ture IN London ON her Capture and Four
nAohths Imprisonment with the Confederates.'
ehe was interrupted by secesh symathizers,
who were finally elected by the police.
"A Methodist minister, said to be only one
inch taller than General Tom Thumb, is
preaching very successfully in England. He
must belong to the loso Church party. F Y
The wicked paragraphist of the Boston
Post thinks "stufingD in this country developes
the fair as well as the fowl -i.'l t'@"vR
The new play written for Maggie Mitchell
is entitled "The Bride of the Whirlwind." It
is making quite breeze 1iaatd
When a few days since Petroleum V.
Nasty" was introduced to Postmaster Gener-
Randall, at Washington, the latter asked him
whether he was not one of those Southern
postmasters against whom there is an unpaid
balance charged at the Department."
@-Of267 country newspapers in France, on
ly 81 are independent of the Government.
Two Thousand five hundred working wo-
men held meeting to discuss the reduction
of the hours of labor in Lowell, Mass on
Thursday last. iiu3is8H- asBuI e. 9ID93s %
1.-The destiny of the majority of mankind"
said great German historian, '.isoblivion; and
a very happy destiny it isl 8 ,e v,.a.,,,..er
/, "A Swedish naturalist has discovered that
insects are tabricators of iron. They spin, like
slkworms, a kind offerruginous cocoons, which
constitute the mineral known as lake ore.
The Boston Transcript says the friends of
the Prohibitory Law have shown good taste
and good sense in obtaining the services Of a
courteous gentleman of the Essex County Bar
to manage their case at the State House.
| -Evil-minded persons have reported that
Rev. DR.. Stone, formerly of Park street church.
Boston, was living in ''princely style" in San
francisco, paying $4,000 rent and keeping sew
en- horses and three carriages 1t turns out
that he lives in house rented all furnished
the rent-$200 per months paid by his par
ish, and he owns three horses and two lvehi-
cles. fss 49, nj
80 The President has appointed Col. N. j.
Tavlor of East Tennessee, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, and sent the nomination to the
Senate. go '.' tH etiisb ,i5iiiRm h4t"
The Chronicle says a drunken Irishman in
portsmouth, was shouting election day in the
afternoon, that che was Democrat, the same
as even" when lady who was passing remark
ed, There was no need of his saying thatAit
was evident enough."lYo D9gIg4 oais enc
The organ in use in the Episcopal church,
Portsmouth, is said to be the Oldest on this con-
tinent. 1t was made in York, England, during
the times Of, Cromwell; but WAS in use in
Kings Chapel, Boston, and in church in New
buryport' before taken 81 t, TO Portsmouth, thirty
years ago.
"A single chunk of anthracite coal from
pennsylvania weighing six TONS has gone to
the Paris show -i'"aIl 9e'iis COED Hs'ieils
2 "A Cairo (ul) paper says If there were one
person for every two ratsin the city it would
be as populous as New York iu9!3ilib G va
The London Court Journal says that la
dies OF fashion are going to wear small silver
bells in the trimmings of their dresses, ia,
"A novel hymn book has lately been issued
in New York designed for the use of prisons
and penltentiaries and 'all places of worship
disconnected from any religious community
g. The Most Worthy Grand Sire of the Order
of Odd Fellows has set apart the 18th day of
April next as a day of Thanksgiving for the re-
turn of peace, and the preservation Of the Or
der during, the war, ''' ~ ~
DIR. Howe has sailed from Boston with the
New England contributions tor the sufferers
by the war in Crete.isp 40 y.lssa qfs DDS iigd
Judge Bowling of New York, has announc-
ed that he win in future imprison as well as
fine, all persons convicted under, the law for
the prevention of cruelty to animals. a,e',
one OF his late speeches, Mr.. Bright said
that one half of Scotland is owned by twelve
persons and one half of England by one hun
bred and fifty -, TX '' Z. q9tts -hl
:, Among the inventions is one to make trees
imbibe color while growing Wood beautifully
stained with various hues, in this way, has
been exhibited in London L 3 hli& 10
Loyal Leagues have been established in ev-
cry Southern State. In Alabama, the League
numbers eighteen thousand members, and in
Georgia thirty Thousand. Is III G9dw j aat.r
ID "A glow-worm with two lights, one the u.s.
ual phosphorescent green and the other a
glowing red, has been discovered in the Ar
gentine Republic ~. 49, ~ .oo
!, Only three daily newspapers now survive
of nine published in Boston in 1913. Oftwen-
ty-eight magazines, three only remain. OF
thirty-five week.-Mrs., all but twelve are gone
- "A member Of the Kansas Senate, who had
been sen, pretty strongly advocating female suf-
frage, got letter from his wife the other day.
Said his tender spouse" Sam, don't make a
fool of YOURSELF s11J anGs 9h3 dg. aDii
The editor of a Mississippi paper saw two
or three white boys the other day chopping
wood, and thereupon has hopes for the rising
generation. -f7FoAb 3dsslA
The North British Maa explains delay
in its publication by the occurrence of alcuri-
GUS accident. A cat in the pressroom found a
sleeping place in the large cylinder of Hoes
printing press, and was not, discovered until
the press was under full Roadway. In attempt
ing to escape, the animal was crushed and the
ioEHu was spOleu.
Mr.. Charles ii. Webb, the author of the
highly successful, burlesque, "Lifith Lank," is
about to publish volume Of "Mark Twain's"
humorous writings, and also work by him
self, which is to be called "Stwelvemo'' (12mo)
land is to be "a travesty of Miss Evans's sSt.
Elmo" 9dT How
6 IAN Australian paper notices the capture
OF the first white bear found in that colony
Its eyes are light blue.g .Q1I9 iglba.
1t is a curious fact in medical history, that
during the prevalence of cholera in Moscow,
different plans OF treatment were tried in the
various large hospitals, but in one hospital it
was agreed to employ no treatment whatever
The per centage of mortality was exactly the
same in all the hospitals, including that in
which no medicine was given. '1F h3f1Il
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6 The Journal says John I'll. Osgood has
purchased one-half of the Gardiner Hotel
property for $s00O.idiiDs ga raS, saRR
The Gardiner Journal says Portland kero-
sene stands ahead of all others. Will not the
Portland glass factory give us some chimneys