The Portland daily press., 1868-03-23
Varieties,

| aEAeD2eS.
"A lazy farmer is virtually daad and nj
farm wears weeds in mourning for him.
There is little town in Vermont vher.
the people have considerable fun with thai,
fence viewers" One of the officers weigh,
three hundred pounds, another is six feet eight
inches tall, and the third is extremely small
1t was recently voted that all fences on which
the fat man could sit, which the tall man
couldn't straddle, nor the little one crawl
through, should be deemed legal fences
The Pope has added six prelates to the
College Of Cardinals. They are Monseigneurs
Lucien Bonaparte, Gonella. Barili, Berardi,
Moreno. and Cafratt. The Pope has made q
polite selection; Monseigneur Lucien Bona
parte having been chosen to please the French
Emperor, and secure his support. At one
time two French cardinals were talked of.
Monseigneur Moreno is chosen to please the
Queen of Spain; and the other selections are
Italian, to conciliate the people of Italy.
The Grand Council of the Canton Of FRI
bourg, in Switzerland, has re-established the
penalty of death. which was abolished twenty
years ago.
Cardinal Autone!li threatens to retire
He has been the Pope's main adviser and SEQ
retary OF state for many years; during which,
with his brother, he has amassed little for
tune of $12,OOO,O00 in gold.
Gen. Howard, who has himself lost his
right arm, thus gracefully addresses left
handed soldier who has taken prize for pen-
manship: my sympathies are always enlisted
in behalf of all left-handed soldiers. 1 think
we can demonstrate that the right hand is not
indispensable, though L confess the loss of It
is often remarkably inconvenient; and, with
good feet and legs, we surely can outstrip
those who go on crutches, or with wooden ap-
pendages, in the race of life. If your crippled
arm ever gives you trouble on account Of
changes in the weather, Indigestion, or from
over exercise, or too much care, you must inn
mediately begin by counting up your mercies
to allay the first symptoms Of discomfort, put
ting your trust in that Strong Arm WHICH can
supplement every weakness"
Facts familiar to us sound strange in for
eigD ears. Newman Hall, in late speech In
Exeter Hall, described the working of the
school system in America. HE was in a school
IN Portland, where he saw a number of lads
and, as they called them there, misses" One
OF the girls was the daughter of famous gen.
eral, another the granddaughter of distin-
guished author, another q colored girl. He
asked the gentleman who was with them why
children of that class were sent to the school.
He said: First, because the school is the best
in the town; second, because the girls fathers
pay the heavy school rates, and wish to have
the worth of their money. In a country where
the poorest artisan may become President.
couId possibly be no harm
in allowing children of all classes to be edu-
Gated together, under proper supervision
"A disease with horrible name, the "bun.
ger-typhus," is very prevalent in Berlin, and
in some localities epidemic. 1t is no longer
possible for the Government to deny its exist
ence, for physician, DR.. Stamm, sent out un-
der the auspices of the Queen to search into
the real merits of the case, has published a
report, in which he describes the disease and
its symptoms, and says that under especially
favorable conditions its virus is more readily
communicated than that Of any disease with
which he is acquainted. 1t is the result Of
destitution among the poor. One of its last
victims is the Countess Won Stolberg- werin-
gerone, deaconess of Bethany hospital. She
had gone to work for the suffering, but becom-
ing i'll, returned to Berlin to die of the fever.
Almost the entire Royal family, and most Of
the members of the Herren-Haus. were pres
ent at her funeral
The heirs of Robert Evans, one Of the
founders of Evansville, Ind, are making ar
rangements for contesting the title to large
tract of the land on which that city now
do A ~ IA -.
Main street stands upon lots which formerly
belonged to the Evans estate. 1t is claimed
that fraudulent conveyance was the cause
OF the defect in the title.
The editor and publisher of the radical
papers in Pesth, Hungary, which published
Kossuth's letter to the electors Of Waitzsn,
have been condemned by the jury to one years
imprisonment and fine of 1000 forms.
The Boston g. Albany Railroad are about
to substitute spermaceti candles and lard oil
lamps, in place of kerosene, for Illuminating
their cars. In case of accident, the terrible
dangers of explosion will not be risked.
George Francis Train offered himself
three or four times to the officers of the crown
as juryman, in the recent trial of the Fenian
Nagle at Sligo, Ireland, but his services were
not wanted Conviction, not justice. was what
the Britishers wanted, but they would fail OF
both with Train on the jury.
"A firm of Philadelphia builders are now
erecting hotel at Kane, Pennsylvania, In
which thick, strong paper is used to form the
walls and ceilings, in lieu of lath and plaster
the paper being put upon a backing Of COM
mon hemlock boarding. By this method, all
tho xvolta and cai1in0a af al
can be put up in very short time, as well In
the winter as in summer, no drying being
required. Besides, the paper walls and cell
ings are much cheaper than the lath and plas-
ter. A further improvement has been intro
duced to supercsde the paper walls and cell
ings, viz: Panels or wainscoting made Of d.
brous slabs or composition boards, composed
OF fibre mixed with clay, cement. or plaster Of
Paris, or other similar substance, and rosir,
size, or other adhesive matter, the sheets being
passed under hot cylinder rolls, whereby the
materials are compressed together in solid
form, aud the sheets are pressed to 9 hard,
smooth, finished surface. The fibrous slabs ara
| made to fit close together, the whole being
| covered with ornamental wall papers. These
slabs being incombustible, houses thus finish
| ed would be nearly fire-proof
| ON Saturday last the farmers, and those
| fond of hunting, who live in Lake County
Illinois, and in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
turned out in great numbers for ths purposs
of uniting in a grand effort to exterminat,
the wolves which, for several years, have mad,
many depredations upon the sheep and othe,
stock in the section referred to. Ever siuc.
the period Of their earliest settlement, th,
northern portion of Illinois, and much o
Wisconsin, have been infested by wolves, Tn,
nuisance had become unbearable, and it wa
resolved to make vigorous onslaught upo,
the prowling enemies. Five hundred me,
assembled, hunted all day, got a,distant sho
at one wolf, and killed-one. skunk, thre
rabbits and prairie chickeni
The woods in the neighborhood Of ecetts
vile, Macoupin County, Ill. were set on Or
last fall, and among the other eombustibls
in the way of the devouring element was a,
old tree, whose roots extended into a vein
coal ten or twelve inches in thickness and I,
ing near the surface. This seam took a,
from the burning roots of the tree, and hi
been in state of combustion ever sine
emitting smoke and melting snow for q col
siderable distance around.
The Arizona Miner, at Prescott, declare
that for richness of soil the valleys Of 10
: Colorado and Gila, Salt and Verde rivs''' y
that Territory, cannot be surpassed; ann land
cotton would. if planted In the p.nS po.,oIS a.
of those rivers, and properly r,' s,etas IN
we'll as in any of the oohie 20 A.. nrodnc
climate being highly