The Portland daily press., 1868-10-20
arietieS.

"A young Illinoisian, who was prevented
from accomplishing his matrimonial inten-
tions, thought the next best thing was TO
shoot the girl who had rejected him, and then
to kill himself So he did it.
Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish
novelist, is coming to the United States In
February sext
The jeunesse dorse Of Paris calls veloci-
pede a "veloxi," and a velocipedis a"velox-
man."
In the English registration the name Of a
claimant was struck out because he described
himself as gentleman" when he was proved
to be lalor
"A Valparaiso paDer describes the election
OF patron saint for a church there. THE
Adorable Saviour of the World" had 10 9a6
votes; "Ths Most Holy V.rgiu," 4139; aud
suud,y odd saints had the balance Of 3s4 votes.
A lady who has recently vis'ted julia
Ebergenyi, the Austrian murderess, at the
Neudorf peniteLtisry, found her in a large
bal, engaged with great manv other oonviuts
In cleaning linen. She says that her appear
ance bad undergone very marked cbxugs.
Her skin looked livid and almost like leather,
but her eyes had more wicked expression
than ever. She is very unpopular with the
other convicts, ipasmGch a. she b.trays all
their little secrets in order 70 il. ratiate her
sell with the prison Off aals She prrtends TO
be exceedingly pous, bat she l. considered a
great hypocrite, aud tha prison uat-on said
she wa convinced that Julia was the worst
woman in the whole penitentary.
The Dublin Mail suggests the following
motto for George Francis Trains meetings in .
that city: "Cvis Americans sum pumpkin,"
-Wehi the pianist, has reoeiv d liberia Of
fers to visit this county the present season,
but has declined.
"A late Paris letter says: "In this city there
are seventy five maria brokers. They
charge five p.'r cent. in the tower o, rich YES,
and two per cent. whsn the fortune OF the
husband and wifi is squ.i. no ,x'ra charge
is made for procuring husbands with aristo-
cratic titles"
The Paris TEMPS says the French govern
ment wants a new nttional hymn. "P lrtant
pour la Syrie" has do duty long enough, aud
is worn out A the present Il uperor's moth
er, Queen Hortense, was its author, this may
be political slur.
1t IS well.established fact thar stars
| change taeir color. Sirius ~ described as a
Fl ny red star by the anci.ntS; so ne years ago
1t was pure white, while it is now becoming
of decided green color. Clpela was also
called Il red star by the ancienis; it was after
wards described as yellow star, and il now
blush. Many other instances of change Of
color, though less 'cidei, have en- .s'ctsd.
EdwIn Booth, IN his repr-sen atiou of
Richard Third, at the B 1ston rhaatre this sea-
son, wears u o-own of real gold, which was
manufactured f,r him at a cost OF 5000.
Some one calculates that toe ,xpense of
flags, banners, fireworks and other "necessi-
ties" of the campaign, if aggregated, would dc
more than ply off the national debt; which
causes exchange to remark that bankrupt
country could not stand such a drain Oh its re-
sources as tn yoIuasary expealituee in
/ clules-
| The latest house-furnishing vanity 10
golden keys in rosewood doors.
| There are now at Biarritz seveniy-hve
| American families; they occupy the best CT
tages, and spend more money than most OF
the French, G.rman and Russian families at
that fashionable Watering placs. The Eugllsh
families generally prefer Cannes and Luxon-
aux-b -bans to Barritx Biarritz is the m1st ex-
l
tells strangers must give references before they
are admitted. Most of the real estate in the
place is owned by leading Bonapartists. The
villa Eugenie belongs to the Imperial family,
and the two leading hotels nomiually own
ed by the Peieires. .. ~-.-
In Hunts volume on the Fourth Estate, "
we find the following very sensible paragraph:
The man who once becomes a journalist must
almost bid farewell to mental leisure. Ii he
fufils his duiies faithfully, his attention must
be ever awake TO what is passing in the world
and his whole MUD must b- devoted to the
constant examination and discussion aud re :
cord of events. He has little time TOR literary
labors on his shoulders. He has no days to
spend on catalogues or in dreary researches in
libraries. He has no months to cevote to the
exhaustion OF any one theme. What be has
to deal with must be taken up at moments
notice, be examined, tested, and dismissed at
once, and thus his mlnd IS ever kept occupied
with the mental pursuits OF the worlds pass
Ing hours" .ttf f,tr--
1.-The Nv York Mail say IA lady's water
all tell out Ut window down East, and mex,
MOI ning it was found that heu had taken
| possession and laid two eggs in it," We knew
that "down East" was a smart piaee; but Wee
not D. epared TO hear that oar hens lAid two
ggs in one night Srh, n the Mil says So
40 doubt it is true
The announcement that the Bishop Of Tar
ragona has pronounced against the new Span
lsh government, at the head OF 1000 men
| strikes people in this country as rather humOr
Gus thau serious. An exchange suggests thai
the Duke de la Tore, otherwise Serrauo
would order out the fire companies, and dis
perse the fanatical crowd with deluge. Tn,
days when Bishops were powerful enough Il
trouble statesmen and peoples have gone tc
join the days that were before the flood. It Is
only i'll Spain that they would have tde toil,
to think OF beating crooks into sWorus'
"A letter from Cnica-o servant gr TO her
friends n Cbristisna, Norway, sayiDR she wa;
J e.eiv,ng three dollars a week wages, aud had
. | .very nourisbing food, in a small family, pro
.Iuced regular stampede of servauts fui
America, to the great Inconvenience OF he
first families" OF the n rwegan city, where
wrnty-tve do lars a year are he usual wages
| fOr iemaie service.
Ms. Stanton, of the Il, volution, misun
,erstands the la,e speech o Fiauk Blair III,
Id not advocate woman -ufage, did not LAY
one word in favor OF it, but merely abused tht
Republicans for giving suffrage to negroes
while denying it to women, The Revolution
"A ALI wrong ON his matter; II the women evel
btsiu the suffr lge it will be through the Re
; pub leans. AT least, they will never get 1t o
' re Democrats.
, The name OF Miss Kellogg, the singer, 8
, p lied in the French p,pers K'iloch Kel
) ogue, X laugue and X ii OCH. The Londor
correspondent of the Revue Drama'que ay
{ bat Mile. I etiels was jealous of Ms u
I iogg aud threatened to leave Maoeson u n
shou insist on her singing any longer viii
Ms Kellogg.
The highest mine in thu world - the 70
= sosi silver mipe, which Is l1,Hs feet above IN
. level Of the sea; the deepest is salt mine Il
= ws.,nbslia, 9oCo feet below the surface Of tn
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