The Portland daily press., 1868-04-01
Varieties.

In the course of little work he has iust
issued, treating Of the reorganization OF OK
ford University, Mr.. Goodwin Smith condemns
the representation in Parliament of the un-
versities. In the case of Oxford. he says, Tbs
privilege has drawn men devoted 10 education
from their proper duties, and the proper oh.
jeets of their ambition, to the occupations Of
electioneering and place-hunting, and famil.
iarized them with practices in which, once
embarked, "they sometimes leave ordinary
electioneering agents behind"
"A Western editor says that in smoky
Pittsburg men kiss each others wives, and are
able to tell which is their own ony by the
taste.
Educational piano io-tes" are advertised.
Punch thinks the most appropriate piece for
performance upon them would be the "marsh
Of intellect"
"A Nashville paper, unwilling to commit
itself, heads . city item about man commit
ted for attempted poisoning, Probable
Fiendp'
"A letter from Pesth says that the daugh-
ter of q man employed on the roads near that
city, and who resided in a cottage between
Alt-Ofen and Uer@m, has just confessed, In
ft Of remorse, that in concert with her father
ders during the last ten years, for the purpose
of robbing their victims. Seven skeletons had
already been discovered by the authorities.
"A story of Theodore Hook is told by Cor
nelius ODowd in his last essay to the effect
that at some civic banquet, on the appearance
of ith course of dainties, Hood laid down
his knife and fork, and declared that he would
"take the rest ont in money"
In Kingston, Ont, cat. which has ona
little kitten, took very kindly to a large rat,
which previously was seen about the house.
and is nurturing and bringing it up as one Of
her own young. Ths rat is extremely tame,
and will bear caressing like kitten. It has
never shown the least is ar Of anything.
"A miner who lately came from Virginia
City says that vegetation is so scarce in that
region that ''two mullen stalks and q bunch Of
thistles is called a grove"
"A little Swedish girl was walking VITA
her father one night, under the starry sky, iu-
tently meditsting upon the glories Of Heavss.
At last, looking up to the sky, she said: "Fs-
ther, have been thinking if the wrong sido
of Heaven is so beautiful, what will the rights
side bel"
The religious press in Chicago are AGAIN
agitating the question of street cars on SuR>
day, and violently oppose THEN running. Ire
secular press are equally emphatic on the OH
er side.
No better illustration of political ups ssd
| downs was ever afforded than by the vist ot
Jefferson Davis to Washington 10 attend the
trial OF President johnson.
Madame De Stael cordially hated Tare9e
rand, and in her story OF "Delphine" was sup
posed TO have painted herself in the person Of
her heroine, and Tslleyrand in that OF gar
| rulous old woman. On their first meeting, the
wit pleasantly remarked, "They tell me that
| we are both of us in your novel, in ths dis
| guise of women" ,
Every new magazine, when it Is becoming
| a valued medium for contributions, evinces no
surer sign of it than the necessity 1t feels for
reading its contributors lecture on ileE ~
manuscripts and the great superabundanes OF
"copy" sbowered upon it. Putnam for April
shows this card, and the fair inference ia 1t ID
making its way cheeringly.
"A little girl, just past her NTH year, whils
chattering about the beaux that visited two Of
the sex in the same house, Of more mature
age, being asked, "What do you mean BY
beaux, Annie?' replied, why, nean nsa
that have not got much sense:
Dubuque Qowa) papers speak OF "a
warmth there at this early season, linen coats
being frequently met with. Dubuque is N
the same latitude with Boston.
The ships which arrive from Europe dxS-
ing the next few days may be expected d
hiring accounts of great icebergs and helds Of
ice in the Atlantic ocean. The cold and chilly
northeast winds of last week are an unmistsk-
able indication of these visitors from the poiar
regions.
The New York Commercial thinks tnes
In our public school system too little Ai'sA''~@
is paid TO tho manuers of the pupils
-Bya strange coincidence peace lss" ~
after all the greatest "arny contractor p 'ss
world.