The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-03
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r, VIM. W. Story, the sculptor, is about
to publish new volume of poems in England.
| II VIII probably comprise the series written by
nun % during the last two years for Blackwood's
e. ~ tae silver wedding OF Mr.. and Mrs.
'''' 'hs'ner, OF Hartford, last week, it was
| given ont mat Il" presents were desired or ex-
| pectel.
"A young lady went 10 photopranb artist
day or two since, and wanted him to take
her with IN expression Us If composing a
| poem.
Three gentlemon have planted two hun.
dred thousand peach trees on two thousand
acres of land at Ridgwsy, n. c., which they
claim 10 be the largest orchard Of the kind, if
not Of any kind in the world.
The tower in Che Circular Church in
Charleston, S. c., has been haunted by ghosts
| for three years past Three brave men insti-
| tuted an investigation Of the apartments of
| the perturbed spirits aud found that they were
| owls.
-"Mother," said little boy The other day,
"why are orphans the happiest children on
| earth|' They are not; why do you ask?"
Because they have no mothers to whi1 them"
"A happy definition of the minority vote
men go into parliament in the name of con-
| stituency which is not willing to send them
| there"
| Not long since an old church in Edn-
burgh was torn down, and there were found
deposited beneath its pulpit twenty-four skel-
etons of heads of horses, for what purpose
placed there it is impossible to divine; perhaps
ii might he from some idea that the neighbor-
hn1I I,f4 h.. Il.
the speakers voice.
Don Carlos of Bourbon says in his mani
iesto tha., should "God and circumstances"
call him to the throne Of Spain, he will be
model of constitutional monarchs. Whereup-
on Vanity Fair is reminded of an inscription
| in the cathedral at Granada, which sets forth
that whoever is found flirting with ladies in
these aisles will be fined two douros and ex-
| communicated"
-Children'S Ssympathies are quick, but they
| sometimes take an unexpected direction. There
isa story of little girl who was affected to tears
on being shown the picture of Daniel in the
den of lions. On being told that she need not
cry for the prophet was not devoured, it turn
ed out that she was distressed for fear that one
little lion in the corner would not get any
thing to eat, Daniel being evidently too small
to so round!
"A spiritual medium in Chicago, Miss Clair
Dc Ve1e, is revealing the secrets of Masonry,
by means of spiritual information from her de-
funct Masonic progenitor, "Sir Stephen De
We're"
Puritan Boston lately arrested man Just
for opening store on Washington street. He
used jimmy.
"A French paper reports the discovery in
Swabia, in the archives Of an ancient monas-
| terry, of a number of theological dissertations,
| dating from A. D. 1890. Any one is at liberty
to doubt both the discovery and the nature of
the discussions alleged to have been found. 1t
is said, however, that among the grave ques-
tions which engaged monkish talent at that
day were the following: "What was the shape
of the wings of the archangel Gabriel? Did
| PLATE soap when he washed his hands?
| How much wine did they drink at the mar
riage in Cana? Did David play allegro or
dddgto before Saul? Are there any angels
with baritone voices? Could Christ have
changed himself into devil, or into pump
kin? What effect would the host have, if
eaten by a rat?" etc., etc
-Alphonse karr, the popular French novel;
ist, received notes for twelve hundred francs
for his first story, but got neither the face of
| the notes nor his expenses in having them pro-
| tested.
-"Glycorim" is the name CT a substance
newly invented by the doctors for healing
wounds. 1t covers them with kind OF var
nish, which protects them from the air, and is
made by adding five parts of glycerinc to four
OF yolk of egg. The mixture has the consis-
tency of honey, has a salve-like feeling and is
unaltered by exposure to air.
"A singular mode oi dressing wounds has
been introduced in Belgium A sheet of lead
one fifth of an inch in thickness is applied to
the seat of injury, and made to assume its
shape by pressure. By means of strips of ad-
hesive plaster the lead is secured, aud cur
rent of fresh water is poured over the surface
| of the flesh once or twice day.
Brazil is anxious to divert to herself the
tide of emigration flowing so steadily toward
the United States. The Diario De Rio de ia
metro contains an urgent appeal to people of
other countries to come and settle in that
| country. 1t asserts that Brazil has a climate
much superior to any in the Northern hemi-
sphere, soil that far surpasses in richness
and depth any of the famous prairie sections,
and capable of producing all the serials, every
kind of vegetable and fruit produced in every
quarter of the globe. 1t has rich mines of gold
silver, and precious stones, an extent of arabic
land greater than that of the United States,
and score of mighty rivers intersecting the
country in all directions, and furnishing nat
ural highways of communication by which the
remotest regions can be reached
"A clergyman in Bristol county, Mass, who
is evidently not posted in maritime matters,
some time since preached to his congregation
on the subject OF hope being like an anchor to
the soul, Sc, and gave the following explapa-
ton: my friends, suppose you all know
what an anchor is. It is kind Of a thing to
| get ship under good headway with"
Mamma, mamma" cried a little boy,
when she sun set gorgeously red one Christ
mas eve, "see how hot heaven is over there.
Santa Clans is baking 1 guess" Another
small natural philosopher, hearing man dump
coal in the bin one day, with a terrible rum
bling, shouted; "Oh, mother, now / know
what makes thunder. 1t is,God putting coal
on" ..
| In the early days of the sttlement OF Cali
| fornia, where nearly the whole population
were adult males, a baby began to cry just as
she orchestra was tuning up for the opening of
performance at San Francisco theatre. A
| man in the pit cried out, "stop those fddles
| and let the baby cry. rhaven' heard such q
sound for ten years. The audience applaud-
ed this sentiment, the orchestra stopped, and
the baby continued its performance amid un-
bounded enthusiasm.
Marrying second wife is defined by n
lawyer "as moving for a new trial"
-Ellis,!in speaking of the Esquimaux, saws;
Their snow eyes, as they very properly call
them, are proof of their sagacity. These are
little pieces of wood, bone or ivory, formed to
cover the eyes, and tied on behind the head
They have two Sits of the exact length of the
eyes, but very narrow. This invention pre-
serves the eyes from snow blindness. a very
dangerous and powerful malady, caused by the
action of the light reflected from the snow
The use oi these eyes considerably strength
ems the sight, and the Esquimaux so ac-
customed to them, that when they have
mind to view distant objects, they commonly
use them instead of spy-glasses."
Mr.. Wentworth Dixie, in his recent book
| of travels called "Greater Britain" thus des-
| cribes n street scene in Ceylon: "Once seated
| in the piazza of the Oriental Company's Ho-
| tel, the best managed in the East, / had be-
fore me curious scene. Along the streets
were pouring silent crowds Of tall and grace
full girls, as we at the first glance supposed,