The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-16
Varieties.

national calamity Cincianafi Commercial
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AT the convention OF homeopathic physi-
clans at Boston, on Wednesday, some of the
doctors mentioned with great approval the use
Of the warm bath as . remedy for the sick
headache, and Of southernwood for imfiamma-
tory or common rheumatism, both of " hieh
uses are new. The President stated that but
three medicines had been thoroughly discuss
ed and tosted by the society during its twenty
seven years OF existence. ,. t 7.- alH
MIR. w. l.. Goggin, the able competitor OF
Governor Letcher, in 1860 in recent speech.
in alluding to the feeling between the servants
and their masters, said 81 recognize before me
three men who were once my property, and if
l needed a friend in trouble, who know would
stand by me, would call on no one sooner
than that colored man." pointing to a colored
man in the crowd, who responded =" You're
right bout that Mars William"
The English burial grounds around Sebas-
topOl extend over forty miles OF country, and
are one hundred and forty in number, but are
falling into decay The graveyards are said TO
be so overrun with weeds and brambles that
many tombs are no longer visible They are
under the superintendence of the British Con-
| sui at Kertch .tuntil.s u a flH
6 1t is stated that Rev j. T. Duryea. of New
York. declined the call Of Park street church.
Boston, solely because he considered the offer
of $1,000 and parsonage too high, and was
afraid he should be suspected of mercenary
motives. sai l1llali.ii ...s l.al
AS an old woman was lately walking
through one OF the streets of Montreal at mid
night, patrol called out, Who's there?" at
IS l, patrol, said she; don't he afraid"
At Swansea, England, there is a public
house quantity called the "Rest and bs Thank
ful' Inn
Advice to husbands "How to make home
happy"-Go off somewhere "'
The first deaths in Galveston, from yellow
fever, two in number, were reported ON the oath
Of July, from which time to September 2s, in
Guiding four deaths on that day, the total num-
Der of victims was 169
"A little boy, playing upon the carpet at
his mothers feet, broke the tail off his wooden
horse, and, unable to restore it to its primitive
position, inserted the stump in the pony's
mouth. Struck with this lndicrous reversal of
anatomical rule, he called the attention of his
! companion to the anomaly before him. "Mam-
ma" said he, "does God see everything?''
eyes dear" wen, then, guess he'll laugh
when he sees my ponyP
"A recent German paper remarks: ",rhe at
tention of the Prussian Government having
been called to the subject of Sunday observ-
ance, it has been ordered that after O'Clock ON
Sunday morning there shall be no trading;
and no publ work that can disturb rest shall
be undertaken on Sundays and holidays.
Shops are not to be opened; the doors must be
| closed and the windows covered. Chemists
shops, surgeries and bathing establishments
are exempt; also provision stoies and tobac-
| conists' shops, except during the hours of di-
| vine service, from to IL A. NJ, and 2 to4P.
NJ. During the hours Of divine worship no
concerts or public assemblies Of any kind are
to be permitted The owners of the public
gardens may Keep them open all day but are
not to suffer the playing Of any kind of games
nor any noisy amusements"
just as Sheridan arrived at the depot in
Taunton, Mass, where he was to take the cars
for Boston, he re cognizcd in the crowd Captain
j. Irving Ellis and wife, and Immediately left
bis carriage, and rendered them an invitation
to join his party. Captain Ellis was on Sher
| idan's staff at Winchester, and his wife (then
Miss Grifith) was one of the few intrepid
Union women in that place, and rendered es-
sential service to the Union cause -s
Is there not profound religious meaning
in this little oriental parable? "A woman
went through the streets Of Alexandria bear
| ing jar OF water and torch, and crying.
With this water will put out hell, and with
this torch will burn up heaven, that God may
be loved for himself alone" i'" ..'
--At the spot in Queretaro where Maximili-
| an was executed, three crosses have been
erected, before which candles are kept burning
and flowers arc strewn. This shows a sympa-
thy for Maximilian which was not generally
anticipated go. 491a ia riifuga ta af
The great bell of the University, at Notre
Dame, Indiana, lately arrived, and of which
the faculty and students are very proud, will
sound the bass note of chime of twenty
three bells, the rest of which were already
there. 1t was cast at Mons, in France, is seven
feet two inches high, and has cost, with trans
portation and duties, ten thousand dollars.
lit is said that Robert Collyer's sermon at
Buffalo ON the three lOaves was so pathetic,
playful, fervent, generous and brave, that no
] one can describe it but himself.
Henry Ward Beecher says when men go
to church and get nothing but cut straw, and
straw raised five hundred years ago and are
dissatisfied at that, and will not come again,
he honors them. AS long as human nature re-
mains true to what it is, he does not believe
the heads will refuse to come to the rack when
there is juicy fodder there; and if they do not
come it is because there is nothing to eat.
Two parties, one Of English army officers
and the other French engineers, are visiting
the Western plains for instruction and buffalo
| hunts. afrIt-ifrr .ds ana nts.- .t.
An old Indian chief, whose hatred for the
English is inextinguishhble, offers to joint the
Fenian army and bring 200 warriors with him.
| &. "A New York paper counts up the losses by
horse car accidents in one day last week. and
makes them out one killed and eight wounded,
three severely. The preceding day one was
| killed and one badly hurt,
| An Irish Judge tried two most notorious
| fellows for highway robbery. To the astonish-
| ,,o,,t of the Court as well as OF the prisoners
| themselves. they were found not guilty As
they were being removed from the bar, the
| Judge, addressing the jailor, said: "Mr Muir
ply, you would greatly ease my mind if you
! would keep these two respectable gentlemen
mean to set out at five, and should like to
have at least two hOuIs' start of them"
| "A man suffering from mania potu in
| Pittsburgh, tried to fly from the third story
window of his boarding house, and was nearly
| killed When he had somewhat revived, he
said he was trying to fly from the window, and
that he "iound the flying all right. but lit
wrong" ... aaI . Ua. l.. .4..4
| -"rhe King Of Good Livers" is the title of
drama in active rehearsal at a Paris theatre
Nothing could more come home to the heart
of Partisan than five acts of good living.
A single notice of death in Vermont pa
per includes the names OF whole family at
North runbridge--typhoidf fever
Mons. Coquerel says, in a happy sneer at
modern science, that the first work OF Adam
was to give names to all the animais,-and
that, SO far as he has observed the se'ent's'' oi
our, dgy, they are still engaged in the same
business.