The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-07-13
Varieties.

The Turkish government has issued pro-
clamation prohibiting the importation of re-
volvers. However, such of those weapons as
were ordered before the 10th of June will be
admitted upon the production of proof of the
fact; all others viii be vigorously excluded.
AT recent distribution of prizes to the
cadets OF an English training ship the master
reported that the progress made by pupils in
English history was unsatisfactory, but Sir
John Pakington consoled the cadets by point
ing out that although knowledge of the his
tory of England is most important to an Eng
ish gentleman, it is of scarcely any impor-
tance at all TO an English sailor.
The frightful increase of what may be call
ed sensational OF romantic murders, has for
some time been matter of comment and
alarm in our better class Of journals. 1t is the
fashion to attribute this to the war, but the
Philadelphia Press thinks the really guilty par
ties are to be found in the writers for those
newspapers which in every way pander to the
most depraved tastes for the startling and re-
voting, and which, not content with describing
horrible homicides as they happened, dress up
the details in a fulsomely theatrical and exag-
gerated style, which has the worst possible
moral, or immoral, effect upon the young.
One of Thackeray's daughters-not the
one who writes the novels-has been married
lately to Mr. Leslie Stephen, man of mark in
London literary society. He was formerly
fellow Of his university; but his latitudinari-
anism led hini to give it up before the obstacle
of marriage could be brought against him' be
was formerly president of the Alpine club anu
has written spirited narratives of his Alpine
adventures. He was an intense sympathizer
with the North during the civil war, scud when
the end came, took q deal of trouble to cofi-
pile book showing the gross blunders, ma
lignancy and Inconsistency of the London
Times.
"A contemporary who seems to have forgo.-
ten the Southern Confederacy, calls the expe-
dition to Mexico "the most utter failure of the
century" 1t is a question whether the ina
ton" which Earl Russell said Jefferson Davis
had made of the South is not as striking
example of failure, but either of them is bad
enough. A report has been made to the
French legislative Ibody, giving the expendi-
lures of the Emperor's little diversion in Mex
leo. The combined expenditures in the war,
navy, and finance departments show a total of
263,155O00 francs, OF about ffty-two ana
half millions of dollars in gold, very dear Tor
so poor whistle.
Frances Power Cobbe, the English friend
of Theodore Parker, thus describes bisnop Co
la..o. arhe tirst impression he gave was that of
,,ost co,rteous and high-bred gentleman ithe
.ocond that of a man powerful physically and
Inv strength of will; the third that of extreme
sincerity simplicity and sweetness of character.
A tall, strong man, some six feet one or two
inches in height, with gray eyes s,iron-gray hair,
regular features, and jaw, not coarse, but 50
strong and firm as to suggest to every behold
er the idea of indomitable resolution; man
who could wrestle with marauding Caffre OF
contend with an archbishop of Canterbury,
equally readily at at any time
The novels. Aunt Margarets Trouble
and Mabel,s Hopes" that have been attribu-
,ed to Charles Dickens's daughter, are now
said TO have been written by one of that un-
countable if not unaccountable literary family,
the Trollopes, to wit, the present and second
wife of Thomas A. Trollope. His first wife
was also book writer; and to be Trellope,
either by blood or marriage, seems to be an
unfailing recipe for authorship.
| Louis Napoleon's stables contain three
hundred horses, of which two hundred are
carriage. seventy saddle, and thirty post
horses. Hundreds OF men are employed III
taking care of these stables, all ruled oy
ouartermaster. The stalls for the horses are
mode of carved oak The floor is made OF
resistant bitumen, designed in lozenges and
each stamped with spread eagle