The Portland daily press., 1868-08-29
Varieties.

f -GoelheS s mother once sail of herself: "Or-
der and quiet are my characteristics. des-
patch at once what have to do, the most dis
agreeable always first, and I gup down the
devil without looking at him. / always seek
out what is good in people, and leave what is
bad to Him who made mankind and knows
how to round off the angles"
"A lady parting from her husband in the
cars, says the Boston Traveller, got off the fol-
lowing in one breath: Goodbye, Will; write
to me every day, won't you? I'll expect let
ter three times week, anyway. Take good
care of my Sunday school class, for III want
it when 1 come back. If Mrs. Smith calls,
don't give her more than fifty cents for we
have to support our own church. you know.
Don't forget to bring my silk dress and my
other shoes. Come as soon as you can. Good
by. Don't forget your cane, and let your
moustache grow" ...--..y .y .....
During the whole of july" says Ma
pies correspondent, Mount Vesuvius has
been in state of greater or less eruption and
has exhibited most magnificent spectacle.
For four months. within a few days, it has
been continuously pouring forth lava, in spite
OF the predictions OF the learned that the end
was drawing near" ,..-,.. .....,t sif7.g
San Francisco has q matrimonial agency,
sin charge of lady of discretion, mature
years, and conscientious Christian principles"
Fee, five dollars.
"A Chicagoan attempted suicide in the
lake last Sunday. A friend rescued him. and
in doing so tore the suicides pantaloons;
whereupon he thrashed the friend for his care
lessness.
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that she intended to go to ball, and have her
dress trimmed with bugles, innocently inquir-
ed if the bugles would blow while she danced.
"Oh, no" said the mother, "your father will do
that when he discovers have bought them"
-Dessicated Goldfish, canned, is now az ar
tcle of sale. 1t is freed from all skin and bone,
and one Philadelphia concern puts up three
tons daily.
| More than forty bears were penned in'the
Caledonia Swamp, Canada, by the recent fire
in the bush, and destroyed.
"A Montgomery (Ala) paper has this curl
Gus statement: ave saw yesterday, at Pow
ellis shop, a hack, the bottom of which had to
be torn up to get rid of the rats iniesting it.
They were born and raised, lived in the hack,
and have had many a free ride. They lived
/
under the seat to feed his team at dinner
time" @4
The Italie of Florence makes the an
nouncement that MIR. Marsh, the American
minister, being absent on leave, Colonel 7.
Bigelow Lawrence, consul general Of the
United States for Italy, has been appointed by
the Government at Washington Charge d AT
faires at that Court.
The German doctors have lately been
playing their leeches droll Matchmaking
one worm do the work of many. When about
to release his bite, he is tapped A small in
cision is made in his side that serves as an out
let for the bloods and he goes on sucking in
happy ignorance of the cause of his abnormal
| appetite, as long as the doctor pleases. He
does not die under the operation, but with
proper treatment is soon healed, and may be
iucised over and over again. .aaasg g.a
The Chicago Tribune asserts that there
exists in that city the headquarters of an
extraordinary association of men and wo-
men, who deem their great mission to be the
formation IF new empire, to be governed by
women, the headquarters of the association to
be- of course, Chicago. 1t is based on the
"Dvine Order" of Lord the Mother" "God
the Father" "Christ the Son." and "Soul the
Daughter" Its form is Church and State,
theocratic and democratic; woman represent
ing the Church and man representing the
State; the turch to control the state. Inc
present head of the new government is Miss
Sonhronia A. .Kilbourn. She informed a re-
norter that the new government was based
nnon the interior power of women. "Women"
she said "are perfect they are the purest of
Gods creatures; they have an interior power
that is calculated to set all things right. Our
Government is to inaugurate a reign of peace.
AT present the most perfect life was that of
the Quakers, who never quarreled, because in
their religion and government the women
were the equal of men," But this she thought
was not enongh; "women should be the supe-
riors of men," weIl-well. We should think :,
ON the whole, the best thing for the male ami
NAL to do Is to subside. He is a failure.
A well-informed writer from Rome reports
that the Papal negotiations with the Court of
the Tuileries have resulted happily. Not only
does the most perfect accord exist between
the French Government and the Papal Court,
but both the Emperor and his Foreign Minis
ter have renewed their pledge that France
will defend and uphold the Pope in every
eveutuality At the same time the ltahan
Government is laboring hard to get the g0oa
will of France, and to induce the Emperor l"
adopt policy more favorable to ltaiian inter-
ests. tat.ttf sa aaaH aT av
-Baron Bsust has bought the old castle on
.ho nonor where Ceur de Lion was impris-
oned in the 18th century