The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-10-28
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if.s Htl. -. Varieties.
The Columbus OhiO) Journal says: "To-
NY Forsyth ESQ called because his name is
James A. who married Governor Dennison's
daughter is major and brevet Brgadier-Gen-
eral United States army, and chief-of-staff to
General Sheridan. He was class mate Of
Sherdan's at West Point, and belongs to thu
Toledo family, we believe. SANDY Forsyth,
$50 called because his name is George), is alsJ
ON Sheridan's staff, and is Major and blevet
Brigadier- General United States army. but be-
longs to New York family, and is no relation
TO Tony"
The horse ON which Sheridan rode from
"Winchester, twenty miles away" to Cedar
Mountain, is rusticating at Fort Leavenworth
AS the steamer Oregon was passing, a
newly arrived 1rshman belonging to the cele-
brated O'Regan family was heard to exclaim:
"O-r-e-g-o-n-OTie OH be jabersl only
four weeks in this country yet, and steam
boat chrstened after met" o aa
"A music book and boys schoolhouss trs
both full Of hims. 5000
An editor in Michigan, talking of corI,
processes to have couple of ears fifteen inches
long. Some people are remarkable for the
length of their two ears. .at
in the October number of Macmillan's
Magazine is an article entitled, "a Stroll
among the Saloons of New York." evidently
written by gentleman who was never in this
country.
Charles Dickens's Christmas Story for
1867 will appear In Every Saturday simultane-
ously with the publication Of the brochure in
London. The Christmas Story Of last year,
"Mugby Junction" reached a sale of nearly
one hundred thousand copies in this country.
The annual for thecomng holiday will probab-
ly have even greater success, being written en-
tirely by Mr.. Dickens and Mr.. Wilkie Collins.
Boston has resolved not to take any advan-
tage of the moon in future, but burn gas at all
times OF the night hereafter. This decision
will cost her $30,0OO additional
The gibbet, says a French wit, is a species
OF flattery to the human race. Three or four
persons are hung fIom time to time, for the
sake OF making the rest believe that they ale
virtuous. hH
Mr.. James Parton writes to the Tribune
that Mr.. Macmillan, the London publisher, re-
Gently assured a company OF American au-
thors and publishers that II there had been AN
international copyright treaty in force between
England and the United States during the
last twenty years, Mr.. Longfellow would have
received under it 100000, equivalent to more
than S25O,OOO of our present currency. Mr..
Parton adds: He made this statement delib
erately, and authorized me if ever made it
public, to support it with his name and author
ity." f.sa..5 b4.. ......5...
-Offenbach's carriage recently upset and
bruised little Italian, who was screaming
"V.ua Garibdldi" in the middle of the Boule-
ward Montmartre, in Paris. The composer got
out, picked up the child, examined his bruises,
gave him twenty francs, and handed him over
to the police to be healed.
The English papers say that Patti is in
the habit of eating two raw oysters every night
to improve her voice. If she keeps on, she will
be quite an oyster-Patti. Oh! vile.
The Bedouin Arabs entered the village of
DER Mimas recently at night and stole cattle
within stones throw of the summer residence
of the American missionaries.
The recent revival of Dumas's "Antony"
in Paris was made the occasion of a fervent
popular tribute to its venerable author. He
wept himself nearly blind but regained his
eyesight sufficiently TO write to the actor Du-
ished with these words: "Let us not despair Of
art, my dear child; with your future and my
past nothing is lost
"A monument is in process Of erection in
Dresden to the memory of the poet Koerner,
who tell in the war for freedom against Nape-
leon L., Aug. 26, 1913. He wrote the beautiful
battle prayer commencing Father, call to
Thee" .... af
In the Fortress Of Spandan near Berlin,
Prussia, the committee for the examination CT
firearms have lately tested new gun called
the Grenada gun, The inventor is Won Dreyse,
who also invented the famous needle gun.
Mime. sourkof has just received the degree
of Doctor Of Medicine from the University Of
Zurich. She Is Russian by birth, and studied
at st. Petersburg with great credit until the
Russian government forbade the comforting or
degrees in medicine upon women.
The Nations Paris correspondent tells this
story apropos of hair: "An English lady here
very handsome woman, with a magnificent
wealth Of glossy hair, the admiration of all her
friends-beipg invited to dinner party, sent
for fashionable hair-dresser, and sat down at
her toilet table to undergo one OF the beantify-
ing transformations for which he is famous
The artist, apparently supposing that her hair
was false, drew out the comb which held up
the mass of beautiful tresses, and they iell over
the lady's shoulders to the floor. Holding up
a handful of the hair he exclaimed In mingled
disgust and contempt: What do you think 1
can do with all this stuff? / thought of doing
your hair rEmpire or a Ia LanbalIs, but that
is out of the question. 1t must be cut off as it
is quite impossible to hide it, and how do you
expect me to fasten a handsome chignon over
such mass as this?' Miss D., not choosing
to have her hair cropped off in order to substi-
tute a BARRIERS chignon for the gift OF nature,
paid the man his fee and dismissed him, and
then twisted up her shining locks in her own
way and proceeded to the dinner party where
she amused herself and her friends with the
recital of her experiment"
The Emperor Napoleon H. as every one
knows, owns the chateau OF Areheno~ls' on
the Lake of Constance, In Switzerianu' III
- ,,,a, be lived in his youth, with his
-, 49,, ouaen Hortense. A late German
-, -, an historical article ON this chateau,
.s,,, that the Canton authorities in taking the
oansns in the locality, inscribed the name Of
I,ouis Napoleon Bonaparte and followed it
with this mention: "Absent fer the moment"
When Louis Napoleon found it necessary
to provide for his companion" Mrs. Howard,
the lady in question, as Mr.. John Hay would
say, demanded as part of her settlement the til
tie of Countess The Emperor sent an agent
to Italy, to purchase small estate with title
attached, and gave to him letter of introduc-
ton to Cayour. The italian minister, suppos-
ing that the agents mission related to great
international questions, had the go-between
dined and vined, in sumptuOus apartments,
and treated with distinguished consideration
Finally, Cavour sent for the agent and by di-
plomacy extracted the secret Of the mission
IL is unnecessary to paint the wrath ot t1e
great Italian when the thing came out.
When Artemus Ward lay on his deatb-bed
at Southampton, he turned to friend by his
bedside and murmured: "What have doIs
that | should die so young? l was never
guilty of burglary, nor ever committed the