The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-16

1t is proposed to have the central eastern
portico to the Capitol "extended" forward,
until the steps shall be on a line with those of
the Senate aud che House wings. The room
between the new front and the present rotun-
dawill be for the use of the Court OF Claims,
and other convenienccs will be gained. tt is
proposed to build the new eastern portico Of
marble, like the extensions, the present esst-
ern portico being built of Virginia sandstone,
painted white The cost will be about $780,
COO ls -I. tuq ga.a aa a
"A commendable reform has taken place in
the Austrian army. Foul language is to be
no more addressed by superiors to interiors.
Everybody is to be polite to everybody. An
Imperial decree directs that officers are to adj
dress common soldiers as ''you" and not as
"thou;" the latter formula indicating either ex-
cessive intimacy OF contempt. Superiors ad-
dressing inferior officers, sub-officers, and sol
diers, are also in future to add to their names
the title of their rank.
IA Paris correspondent writes that il were
impossible to cxaggerate the unpopularity of
the announced invasion of the Roman States
in that city On the Bourse, in the streets, in
cafes, people throw up their hands, and, fear
less of spies, proclaim loudly that the Emper-
or is precipitating the ruin Of France. D
( ---General Cialdini had conversation in
Florence with Gen. Garibaldi. Garibaldi said
to him: s'My belief is that the bullet which
kills me will be useful TO Italy. 1 cannot
abandon the duty owe to my country. will
go to Rome or die" $500
Two little boys in Chicopee, Mass, aged
respectively fve.and eight years, strayed away
from home on Saturday, and were supposed
to be lost. The bells rang, anxious friends
searched, and arrangements were made to
drag the river, when they were brought home
safely, and gravely said, "they had been to
CRANKY. coon. hunting.
1t is alleged by old trappers and hunters
that the Indians who have lately signed treat
les with the Government, did so to gain time
for campaign early in the spring. The red
man is not prepared for war in the winter.
lie will be ready to fight in the summer.
. who has not been often annoyed, just be-
fore the close of some interesting lecture or
charming concert, by the rude tramp to the
door of persons who, having heard all they
wish to- are utterly Indifferent to the possible
desire of other people TO hear the end? We
have often thought it would be well if lectur-
ers and concert givers would take hint from
the course of the eccentric Lorenzo Dow un-
der similar circumstances. He had often been
annoyed in this way, and, on one occasion,
when large audience had collected to see and
hear him, he began his discourse by saying, 81
see here a great multitude OF persons gather
ed together from all ranks of society, high and
low, great and small, learned and ignorant, rich
and poor, rag-tag and bob-tail. Now, if any
one leaves before the services are closed,
Shall call him bob-tdil" tits needless to say
nobody left.
The Hartford Courant says: "Captain Da-
yid Hinkley died last Saturday morning, aged
one hundred and two years. He voted for
Washington for first President ond remem-
bered Benedict Aruold's expedition up the
Kennebec river in 1775."
1.-The Nation sarcasticaly says relative to
the recent attempt of Flaekwoods Magazine
tn depreciaie American securities in Europe;
sw,, Know OF only one remedy for difficulty
of this Kind, and that is to have Mr.. McCul
loob,s quarterly statement audited by special
euissary of Blackwood's Magazine, and pre-
sented to the public with his certificate attach
ed. If this does not gi5e confidence to the
pritisb investor in American securities, moth
ing VIII"
AN Irisimau, speaking of his children,
soi1 a.rbey are all well but the one born in
tbis country l must take him to the Green
Isle, for believe he ia languishng for his ma
live air that he never smelt at all"
Why do "birds in their little nests agree?"
Because they'd fall out If they didn't.
.-"Harry, ] was sorry TO hear you broke your
arm. l suppose it panied you awfnlly, didn't
it?" Harry with much ieelng): "It wasn't
the pain old boy Oh, ncl it was being de-
prved of carrying my hands in my pockets
" hich broke me down"
Black satin is the great fashion in Paris
now for all visiting robes. They are slightly
wadded when worn for walking costumes.
AT German weddings they have a heap of
blossoms, among which two, spries OF myrtle
are hidden. The two hands which find these
sprigs arc to join in the next marriage, it is
supposed.