The Portland daily press., 1868-09-08
Varieties.


The little French Prince Imperial 10 to
have a statue in Paris.
Prince Charles OF Roumania has become
fairly tired out with the dissensions among
his people, and wants to abdicate, but the King
of Prussia has persuaded him not to do so.
The only son of the King of the Belgians,
a boy OF ten years. is dying of consumption.
"A "cow-catcher" on an Iowa train literal
ly fulfilled its purpose by catching up a cow
and carrying her a mile without injury.
Black Astrachan muffs and collars, edged
with long white camel's hair, are going to be
fashionable.
"A boy of fifteen has been sent to pxson in
Hanover, for singing two lines of national
hymn.
Not long ago the State geologist Of Illinois
came to hotel at New Albany, Indiana, with
a carpet-bag heavily laden with the trophies
of days work in the woods, and vigilant
policeman took him for a burglar with his
tools and arrested him.
Two Louisiana gentlemen slept on the bal
cony of their house during the heated term,
and one night panther ate them.
"A pleasant old lady in Philadelphia has .
monomania for throwing her grandchildren
out of upper windows.
Fashions latest novelty Is necklace
made Of band of black velvet, fitting tightly
to the throat, and on which are seen small gold
or gilt bells.
Jennie June, a profound authority in
matters of fashion, says ssshss are bound to be
great feature of dressy winter attire. Inge-
nuity is exhausted in the efforts to arrange
bows and loops and ends and knots in novel
form. Winter sash ribbons, which are just
making their appearance at the importers, are
of enormous width and thickness and many of
shem superbly embroidered. Sleeves are
made smaller at the wrist and approach mcra
nearly to the fashion of the coat sleeve than
formerly.
Indian gratitude" writes a correspondent
who has opportunities for knowing, sis .
myth. Feed one of the imperturbable wretch
es to-day, and tomorrow he would add your
waterfall to his string Of hair with howl Of
joy. Turn your back to butter bread for him
to eat and he will, quick as fash, thrust
something belonging to you under his caps-
cious blanket. Coddlins rattlesnakes is about
as profitable US trying the kindness system
with an Indian"
In st. Paul, Mimi, curious formation Of
white clay has been discovered. 1t very much
resembles putty though rather whittier in color
Some experiments are being made with it to
ascertain whether it will stand heat or not
1t may prove a formation of some value for
manufacturing purposes.
"A blue heron was shot at West Beckett,
Miss, the other day, which measured mora
than six feet from tip to tip, and more than
five feet from its feet to its besk, and yet
weighed only four pounds.
-Girardin said, recently: "a newspaper
man should always watch those who attack
him with unnecessary bitterness. He should
keep file of their papers, brochures and
books, and when they least think of it, treat
them to extracts from their former writings
If he pursues this course some time, without
fiinchiDg, few hounds will dare to bark and
snap at his heels"
The Doyle.town Democrat relates that a
negro was lately swallowed BY an alligator, in
some Southern port, and adds the pious as
piration, LET us have more slligators."
"A new story of Robert Hall is going the
rounds of the English papers, to the effect that
one of his congregation took him to task for
not preaching more frequently ON predestinG-
ton. Hall was very indignant He looked
steadily at his censor for a moment and repli.
ed: "Sir, 1 perceive you are predestined to be
| an ass; and what is more, see that you are de-
termined to make your calling and election
| sure"
The hats worn by Brazilian gentlemen.
the wealthy and even the middle classes OF the
| Spanish Main and the West Indies, cost origi-
| nallv from one hundred dollars to six hundred
dollars ner dozen in the country where they
orc made Six hundred dollars in gold for
| tvelve hats, however, is not the extreme price,
for there are hats which cost in the valleys Of
the Andes eighty dollars in gold each.
| The new Duchess of Abercorn and her
children, and Lord Castlerosse, were on board
the mail train which lately met with such q
horrible accident in Wales. They all escaped,
but Lord and Lady Farnham and Sir Nicholas
Chimney were burned to death. Lord Farm
ham was a baron in the peerage of Ireland and
1 a renresentatiye peer of Ireland. He was s1-
| tv-nine wears old and leaves no issue. His
| brother. now sixty-fve years old, succeeds to
the title.
| Madame Victor Hugo, whose death has re-
Gently been announced, was the companion Of
Hugo from his earliest boyhood, being brought
up with him in Paris in the former Convent OF
the Feuillatines. A mutual attachment Sprang
up between the playmates which lasted
through life. As he was poor, permission to
marry the friend OF his youth was for some
time withheld. but the glory which was acquir-
ed by the publication of the Odes ct Ba1tadss
overcame all obstacles. The married h'e OF
Victor Hugo was one of great happiness his
wife being, in all the many vicissltudes which
awaited the poet, his most devoted TREND
While living with him in exile, she wrote, in
1868, a life of her husband undC' the till, VIC
tor H,.qo raconte par un teu'oin De "a vis.