The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-23
Varieties.

"A Brooklyn man has accomplished feat
in the way of bigamy. He courted for two
years, and finally married young woman re-
siding within a stones throw of the house
where he lived with his wife and family, and
sus stained the two establishments for some
time.
"A professor ip Europe has invented an ap.
paratus by means OF which the beatings of the
heart are not only registered, but photograph
ed. The pulsatoAs are made to act upon the
surface of bent tube containing mercury,
the fluctuations Of which are noted in the
same way as those of the Thermometer and
barometer are photographed.
MIR. Robert Bonner wishes to deny the
statement that proposal has been made by
him to General Giant to contribute to the
Ledger.
The New Orleans Picayune says that $50
long as whiskey maintains its present price,
and can be found at every cross road, there
should be no fear expressed as to starvation
One OF our exchanges gets off the follow
ing shot at Chicago: "Du Chaillu.i is a wonder.
ful man. He had scarcely gotten back FROM
his perilous explorations in Africa when he
went out to Chicago, and has once more re-
Henry Ward Beecher is writing Life OF
Christ. A contemporary observes: There is
an excellent history Of Christ in a work called
the New Testament which is not likely to be
improved upon" e+.-zH t-.Et4J
Mr.. Dickens has written to Mr. Childs, of
the Publishers Circular that his daughter Ia
not the author of Aunt Margaret's Trouble
and "Mabel's Progress" two novels which
have been repeatedly referred to as the pro-
ductions OF Miss Dickens. The Boston Tran
script asserts that the real author is Mrs. Troll
lope, the accomplished wife OF 7. Adolphus
Trollope. Mr.. Trolope, we hardly need to
say, is the author of many works illustrative
OF italian history and many novels showing a
minute knowledge of italian life.
Count California, writes San Francisco
correspondent, in your next estimates as tho
first wheat growing State in the Union. The
California wheat crop of 1861 did not fall much
short of twenty million bushels, If indeed II
did not exceed that amount, and, as it realized
fully 50 90 in gold per bushel, it follows that
the State is to-day $4,000 900 better of for 1t.
Add to that the value of four million GALLONS
of wine and brandy, and an almost incalcula-
BILE fruit crop, and you have some idea Of the
money realized by the farmers of California
this year.
"A midnight elopement in New York was
frustrated by cat, who frightened the young
lady into q tainting fit as she was going down
stains to meet the expected lover at the door.
The schoolmaster would seem to be abroad
in Worcester, Mass. A firm in that city re-
Gently received the following, which, as lu-
cid expression of ideas, is worthy of preserva-
ton: Gentlemen, have noticed your adver-
tisement of which induces me to address of
which the privilege of pleasure | am not de-
barred of for the immediate purpose for inior-
nation in regard to business success and
pleasure Of which appreciate very much, and
it good institution l am ready to take hold
of the business am al your service am
in search Of an onorable pleasant permanent
paying institution
The Commercial Advertiser says "Gen.
Grant is fortunate alike in his friends and In
his opponents. He is peculiarly fortunate in
losing the Herald and the Blairs."
Some time ago citizen of Nashville dis.
appeared. OF course a good many conflicting
theories were broached as to what had become
of him. Last week the mystery was solved.
In the words of Nashville newspaper: The
irrsfutable evidence of his lfeless remainS-a
weather-beaten, frost-locked corpse, stretched
in lonely nook upon which the searchers
came, as it were, by mere accident-was such
as to rudely dismiss all hope, and leave only
anguish and tears
| A good story is told by a Minnesota paper
| of a party OF Chicago sportsmen who went up
| that way on deer hunt The paper says the
party, after devious windings, much search,
and many throwing -back-ol- -the-neck," T.
nally got on the track of one of the antlered
monarchs, and followed it with all the ardor Of
veterans in the chase till the trail ended in a
hog pen. We understand that they formed
themselves into debating society, and are
discussing the problem how pork can be dear
and yet deer not be pork.
-Harpers Weekly says, keenly, that the
Democratic party in 1864 represented the spir-
| it of hatred of human rights, under the plea OF
State rights, and they maintain now tine o'a'o
right to destroy the equal rights OF citlZens.
An Irish sailor once visited city where
he said, 'they copper bottomea the tops OF
their houses with shset-lead.
A child once asked minister, do you
think my father will go to heaven?" "Yes,'
was the reply. "Well," returned the child, Iii
he don't have his own way there, he won't stay
long"
"A negro. undergoing his examination as a
witness, when asked if his master was a Chris
tian, replied, "So, Sir, he is a member Of Con-
gIess.
1T is asserted that Mr.. Parton smoked him'
sell nearly to death, while engaged IN tne COM
position of that remarkable diatrioe against
pipes and cigars, published in the last number
of the Atlantic Monthly. The smokers declare
that without the aid OF tobacco be never could
have written that paper, Does II Pay ~
smoke""