The Portland daily press., 1868-04-24
Varieties.

The English are trying twenty-inch
smooth bores with one hundred-pound
charges, and have fred one gun over one thou
sand times. They say that armor for ships Is
played out, and talk OF building swift vessels
with little or no armor.
Some young ladies were discussing how
they should get rid OF lot of thefr old hoop
skirts, when a three year old girl suggested,
"Gib 'em to me, and I'll throw 'em down into
Uncle Wobbert's we'll"
"A caustic critic say that the modern
school of poetry, which mistakes violence for
intensity, seems to catch its breath when it
finds itself on the verge of natural expression,
and to say to itself, "Good heavensl had al
most forgotten was inspired?'
Relic hunters are paying $40 each for the
play-bills used at Ford's theatre on the night
of President Lincoln's assassination.
Three boys under the lead of reckless
little fellow of fourteen named Briggs, stole a
locomotive from the engine house at Freehold,
N. j., the other night, and rode like the wind
to Jamesburg, distance eleven miles, where
the steam gave out and they had to stop. The
engine was found there on the track the next
morning, the tender in flames, the boiler near
ly red hot, and in barn close by the little en-
gineer was discovered fast asleep with Ian
tern by his side.
Prentice advises that if bull, dilemma,
and glass of whiskey are placed before you,
you try not to take either horn.
The secret of being abe to sleep at will is
the power to fix the attention upon the breath
ing. The person must depict to himself that
he sees the breath passing from his nostrils in
anA fhn av.k
that he brings his mind to conceive this, apart
from all other ideas, CONSCIOUSNESS and memo
ry depart; imagination slumbers; fancy be-
comes dormant, thought subdued; the sentient
faculties lose their susceptibility; the vital or
gapglionic system assumes the sovereignty,
and he no longer wakes, but sleeps.
Gen. Butler tells the following good story:
While he was in command in New Orleans, a
native Louisianian was observed one day by
wag, reading staring pacard on a wall in
public street, buy your shirts at Moody'S'
| The reader inquired OF the wag what that
meant. "Oh" said the Joker in solemn
tone. "that is one of the edicts of the tyranni-
cal Butler" The Louisianian remarked, But
don't want any shirts" "Well," said the
wag, "you'd better buy a few. 1t is the safest
course to comply with the order, for Butler Is
perfect despot, you know" So the frighten-
ed Creole sought out Moody, and bought
quarter dozen shirts. In due time Paris pa
per arrived at New Orleans, in which the facts
were narrated, as proving that Butler was botn
tyrannical and mean; using his power TO COM
no, c;tizans To buy shirts of one Moody, who
was undoubtedly his partner.
Same persons who "can't G it," can often
d. it very strong
A clergyman of Rochester has applied to
his parishoners for an assistant or horse-hs
did not care which.
"A portion of the Palatine Hill has been
purchased by the Emperor of France from the
ex-King OF Naples. 1t is mine of artistic
wealth, teaming with statues, affairs, orna-
ments, and rich marbles. Sgnor Rosa, to
whom the excavations ON this site are intrust-
ed, has just discovered large altar, bearing
an inscription stating that it was erected oy
Cneius Domitius Calvinus, twice Vice Consul
B. G. SO and 40. He largely decorated tne
Palatine with treasures, granted to MN py tue
Senate after the suppression OF the ioe''"i' ~
| surrection. The altar is supposeu W
| stood before the statue of Jupiter Nlo'oL III
| the temple of that name
| An old lady, seventy-seven years oio' 70
.,aon,arv w fell from train on the Rome and
I w..ar,own IN. W railroad, a few weels ago,
W. ~ was in unusually rapid motion, and
VII VIZ in a snow bank, with no injury what
ar She was soon missed, the train stopped,
md a party going back along the track, With
lanterns, discovered the old lady quietly sit
ting on one OF the ties, waiting Development
| New marvels in connection with Mads'
,noisells Planchette are constantly 6e ~ a.
veloped. A party who were amusing 'lS
selves the other evening, with her my y.ts'ioV-
powers, were somewhat startled Ai'st ", ~, H..
tormances were over to discover sI-s ~ -
Of their finger. ,msllsd strongly Of ''i~''0A''
What should that msanF us.,,s
-aoome gentle spring ,sssrla. ', w .,,s..ss -
come" Spring hs. .G, come; ss.,, h's'fiA' I-~A''