The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-23
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line DOl1J Is Ludb LHOSb VI thCSc WISHES Wnlcn
are "not a dye" (that is, do not produce an in
Simultaneous darkening of the hair), contseh
sugar of lead, which, by uniting with the sui
phur of the hair, or with sulphur in the wash
itself, forms, when exposed to the atmos-
phere. a dark sulphuret of lead, which of
course coors the hair. The use OF these
lead washes frequently produces paraiy-
sis. Two cases are mentioned from tine
personal knowledge of the writer OF the
article, one being a paralysis OF the iei'
eyelid and tongue, the other beginning IN the
lift arm and extending gradually over nearly
the entire body. This is subject that de-
serves attention. The cases of partial or total
paralysis traeeablc to the use of these danger
oIs compounds are many, and growing
mere numerous. Ifpeople will dye their hair,
eS them ut least use no wash" until they
become satisfied by analysis that there is no
sugar of lead in it, The manufacture of these
insidiors, unlabelled poisons ought to be pro.
hbited by law.
"A retired English sea captain, who had
made the tour of Continental Europe and the
Holy Land, was asked how he was impressed
by his visit to Jerusalem. Jerusalem"
Sdlu 0c, lS tut iucduCSb ptstOC CNOA NASAtSN'
There is not a drop Of liquor in the whole town
e to drink"
The Hartford Courant begins short arti-
Gle: "'rhe attention of dogs is called to an ad-
vertisement in another column"
AT the little walled town of Genzano, fif-
teen or twenty miles from Rome, they have
Just had an odd fight, no less than giving battle
to the cholera with fire arms. From fear ofin-
lection, the citizens had prevented the entrance
within the walls of all persons coming from
| other towns A detachment of a hundred Pa
pal soldiers arriving at that station, the gates
were closed against them. The soldiers, deter
mined to enter, commenced an attack. The
| citisens defended their walls bravely and heat
back their beseigers. Fourteen OF the soldiers
were killed and large number wounded. The
account does not give the loss, if any, on the
other side.
Among the crowd which was admiring q
dwarf in Cincinnati, few days since, was
colonel of one of the Ohio regiments in the late
war. and an Irishlnan. Pat saluted the colonel
and asked "How would you like to have re-
giment of those fellows?" Quick as fash the
small man looked up and said: Colonel, how
would you like to have aregiment of Fenians
over in Canada?" Pat disappeared
We learn from the Congregationalist that
Rev. Drs. Anderson, Park and Beecher, as
committee, have awarded to Rev. Enoeh Pond,
DID,, OF Bangor, the prize Of 500, offered some
months since by the Congregational Board OF
Publication, for the best essay on Congrega-
tionalism There were excellences in others
which occasioned some hesitation, but this one
was thought, on the whole, most perfectly TO
secure the ends of the Board of Publication in
offering the premium.
"A German chemist has discovered that if
glue or gelantine be mixed with about one
quarter of its weight of glycerine it loses its
brittleness and becomes useful for many pur-
poses for which it is otherwise unfit, such as
dressing leather, giving elasticity to porcelain,
parchment, or enamelled paper and for book
binding.
M. Dupont has been extending his re-
searches in the Belgian bone caverns. AT
recent meeting of the Royal Academy at Bel
eium, he announced that in q cavern known as
the ou-Madame he found in the stratified
mud a series of human bones, remains OF pot
tery, bones of deer and other animals. Among
the human remains is a very perfect skull,
with its lower jaw, both being entire.
Among the dead of yellow fever inNew
Orleans we're man and wife who leave seven
children, all girls under ten years DID, in desti-
tute circumstances. BE was a jew, and the
children viii be cared for.
Countess Danner, the morganatic widow
| of the late King of Denmark, is said to be at
| present engaged on a very benevolent mission,
| that of training children for domestic service,
| and that she has turned her palace, called
| Jagersprus into complete asylum for children
of from two to four years of age, whom she Will
feed, clothe, lodge, and train up until they are
| of age to maintain themselves.
| Mrs. Mary Hewitt will soon publish new
Christmas book for the young. 1t will be en-
| titled ''Our Four-Footed Friends" and will be
largely illustrated by Mr.. Harrison Weir, the
best animal draughtsman in England.
Queen Victoria has nearly ready volume
of her own writing: the staple of which will be
an account of several journeys made by herself
and her husband in Scotland. tits said to con-
tain many pleasant references to her travelling
companions and servants, the too famous Brown
| figuring among the number
"A new burglar alarm is introduced. 1t
consists of series Of locks and bolts, attached
| by wires to a spring alarm, so that when door
or window is partly opened by a burglar, the
| spring sets off the alarm and locks the sash or
casing, and an indicator points to the apart
| ment attacked. The indicator resembles a
clock face, and is placed in the sleeping apart
ment of tue occupant of the house. The cost
of the apparatus and its attachments is about
seventy-five dollars.
| "A Berlin correspondent writes to the
| Temps: "In response 10 the Salzburg meeting
| there has been talk for two days past of meet
| ing between the kings of Prussia, Bavaria and
| Wurtemberg and the grand dukes OF Hesse
| Darmstadt and Baden This meeting will take
| place at Baden towards the 9th or Sth of Sep
tember." There was rumor at Paris that the
French Emperor would be present.
| -"There nowp cried little girl, while
| rummaging a drawer in a bureau. "Granpa
has gone toheaven without his spectacles"
M Raudelot has just discovered that fishes
are liable to a periodic moult like crustacea
and insects. He says that the tubercles which
accompany this moult, and which are only
temporary, have been from time to time re-
garded as permanent structures and have been
described as specific characters.
The wills of DIR. Jackson and DR.. Warren
have been admitted to probate in Boston. The
latter left 5000 to the Medical Benevolent So
ciety of Massachusetts, and ~ 900 to the Mass
achusetts General Hospital
| I'm the "good old times" when men were
imprisoned for debt, q debtor was held in dur
ance vile at the suit of creditor who of course,
had to pay the delinquent's board : $2.25 a
week. After q few months had passed, the
debtor sent for the creditor to come over to the
| Jail and "settle the affair."" and the latter inn
mediately went. "See here" said the debtor,
| ''you are paying 1925 week for my ooard
| here: now lust let me out and apply the S2.25
n week on your debt and I'll board myself till
it'sIpaid."
| "A bristol pick pocket, having had taste
n lupatic asylum, has declared his preference
| for jail
| The Now York Times celebrated its six
teenth birthday on Wednesday.
The following impressive paragraph ap-
pears in the Personal columns of the New
York World: "An awful warning! The Brook
lyn Press stole these paragraphs. The Brook
lyn Press is dead.'
The Prussian government proposes to
found special school to teach the army the
management of the telegraph.
The new magazine, to be edited by Mr.
| Anthony Throllope, and which is to appear on
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