The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-06
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/ Rev. DR.. Robert S. Rowland, OF New York
has commissioned photographer to take a se-
ries sofpnotographlc Iesa.lves III the C.ltlcomDs
OF iSome, down unaer the surface ol the e:.rtl,
where dayl.g .gne has never ehedted. 1ne iIgnt
70 De 1urlisned by the combustion OF InagnesI-
um wire, wnIcn gives an Il.umi natl.n o1 !. very
nsniy actnic qualIty. 1he photographs are
intenaed as illustrations Tor u very elaborate
and carefully prepared work upon the C..ta-
combs. is aioH lt tai
The Gartenlaube, a political illustrated
weekly, is sand 10 be the most widely circulated
Journal IN Germany, beginning the New Year
with over 100000 subscribers. 1t is intensely
patriotic in tone.
"A number Of experiments in growing tea
have recently been made in the South, and in
dications are that the plant can be raised to u
very considerable extent. North Carolina
seems particularly adapted to it by the nature
Of its soil aud climate. Shrubs have been
raised there five feet in hight, and the leaves
have made tea, which has been decided to be
equal to the best imported article. Several
men OF liberal means design continuing these
experiments on a larger scale in the Carolinas,
~N%esSss&&&<t
of meeting with decided success in the course
of a few years.
The last person mentioned as the probable
author of Eece Homo, is Mr.. NJ ID. Conway.
The New York Evening Gazette referring to
the report, says the book gives no little evil
dence OF having been written by an American,
and the opinion that Mr.. Conway is its au-
thor may as well stand until some new man is
discovered to take his place.
-CharIvari offers design for a statue of
Peace for the Paris exhibition-a figure arm
ed to the teeth standing on platior m of can
non and shot. .r. .r ..
"A travelling Yankee having been asked his
opinion OF the Venus de Medici, said: "Waal,
stranger, guess don't care much for these
stone gals" t- 1850 -.t la
1.-Two Missisippians were playing poker for
q pot" of forty dollars, and got into f;obt
One was shot and fell apparently in the aeon-
les OF death. While some men were remov-
ipg him, he opened his eyes and said: "Teu
me boys, before 1 die, what became of that
darned pot" -,
"A traveller" wishes us to exnIain what
sense there Is just now in the term "railroad
securities, seeing there is no security on any
of the railroads.
An auctioneer exclaimed: "Why, really,
ladies' and gentlemen, 1 am giving these things
away" "Are you?" said an old lady present;
well I'll thank you for that silver pitcher you
have in your hand"
| "A traveller, writing from Indiana, states
| that in getting to the place of his destination.
1 Ln oil md of
| SIN the first place, he took o steamboat-in
the second, the railroad-third, mail coach
the fourth, rode on horseback-the fifth. went
| six miles on foot to Terre Haute-and f,nou,
rode out OF the village on q rail He saws bo
don't know which to prefer, ont Of tba si,,
but thinks the latter method is unouestionoblv
the cheapest, though its accommodations are
wretched" rsG.r -at r.- -
John g. Sake is going to Europe, as he
says, to "lecture and Loaf
The Working Man, London weekly. has
been compelled to cease publication. because
its conductors would not advocate manhood
suffrage" A significant fact.
"A new work, entitled "a Path to Heaven"
| is advertised in an English paper with the
| following testimonial from Bishop Strain, of
| Scotland; "Ihave looked through the rain TO
| Heayen, and find it very complete; I think
may say unprecedentedIy So 1 heartily ap-
prove of it, and recommend it to the patronage
! of the Catholic body" The Wording of this
document reminds the Pail Mall Gazetta
strongly of the style of Capt, Tyler, R. E., Cow
ernment Inspector of Railways, when certify
ing that new branch line sis very complete,
and to be recommended for public traffic"
Mr. Severn, the British consul at Rome,
mentioned in Mr. Primes letter in another col
umn, is an aged man, and an artist of some ee-
lebrity, and was a personal friend of Keats
| He has passed most of his life in Rome, and
seems to have imbibed thorough reverence
for Roman law, as manifested in 1867, and to
hive forgotten that he is an English subject,
and should be familiar with at least the first
principles ofEeliSious tolerance,