The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-29
Varieties.

through Ireland, and mingling freely with the
people, speaks as follows: "Disaffection to the
English government is as deep and uide as
euer it tcds The mass of the people sympa-
thized with the French, sympathzed with the
Americans, sympathized with the Russians,
sympathized even with the Sepoys.
The anti-English feeling is such that no one
who has held Office has any chance with pop
ular Irish constituency. Religious an
imosity RACES more fiercely than ever"
The latest story about dog with a soul,
comes from Gloucester, Mass. An old family
favorite, infirm and useless, yet cherished for
memory's sake, was observed by a heartless =
wretch, who remarked, "That dog ought to be
killed; he is not good for any thing!" The ami
NAL looked mourhfully up into the speakers
face, then taking a wistful gaze around the
store, and at those present, deliberately walked
out of the door down to the railway, where be
plunged into the water and was drowned.
Talking of mist what is the difference be-
tween falling star and fog? One is missed
in heaven, and the other mist on earth.
Why did Adam bite the apple Eve gave
him? Because he had no knife.
When is a lawyer most like donkey?
w ueu urdWluR conveyance.
Some years ago, at an examination at West
Point, cadet was asked: "How would you
tell dog-wood tree?" By the bark, sir" was
the reply, TO the great disgust of Professor
NJ
-Wieliczka, the most magnificent salt mine
of Europe, is said 10 be most irretrievably
doomed. The walls intended to prevent the
further inroads of the water were nearly fn-
ished when it was suddenly observed that rills
already worked their way round them; and at
first feebly, but gathering strength, came pour
ing through, to the despair of the workmen,
who after little while abandoned all further
attempts to avert the danger. In brief space
it reached the height of seventy feet, and
about forty feet more, which by this time has
probably been filled up, were all that were re-
quired to complete the total immersion.
-Seasonable in these dangerous times is the
following method, given by the Journal of
Chemistry, for testing kerosene oil: "Take
quart bowl and fill it one third full of boiling
water; add little cold water until it stands
at ITO degrees. Stir in tablespoonful OF oil
and of course it will float upon the water
when settled; touch it with lighted paper and
if up to the standard it will not burn; if it
gnites it is dangerous and the seller Is liable
under the United States laws. Good oil will
not take fire from a lighted match applied to
| the tip of lamp with the cap off,"
The postmaster at Derby, Ct., has a letter
addressed "to the handsomest widow in Der
BY, He does not dare to deliver it to any
one.
"A scholar was turned out of one of the
district schools in Sutton, Mass, the other day,
because he was forty-eight years old, and had
family, including two or three small chill
dren. He said "his boys and gals had more
learning than he had, and he wanted to ketch
| up with EN-"
The late Emperor Maximilian's library,
| containing rare collection of ancient manu-
scripts and scientific works will be sold at
| Leipsic. The catalogue has been published.
AT Westerly, r. l., there is brisk rival
ry between the missionery OF the Christian
| Association and an advertiser of patent med
icines. The former painted on a fence,
| "What shall do to be saved!" and the latter
4 put nnder it, use - German bittersp'
| The missionary retaliated by printing in an
| other place, under "Use IS German Bit
ter" the text, prepare to meet thy Godr
"A tame deer in the city park at Charleston,
s. c., attends church regularly every Sunday.
Last Sunday he walked up the aisle in the
chapel in Queen Street. and took his place in
one of the pews beside lady.
Whenever European editors see an item
of news credited by New York papers to the
Homer Itidd of Louisiana, they invariably
take it as great joke-instead of being a very
serious fact. There is no accounting for tastes,
however, in newspaper titles, and our own
| 10 kAaA fa..x IL. =
ana by her Presque Isle Loyal Sunrise We al
ways thought the Bunker Hill Aurora of
Charlestown furnished a striking combina-
ton of ideas in Its name; but Loyal Sunrise"
goes ahead even of that in fehcitous sugges-
tions. Who shall say that Dickens newspaper
names in Martin Cinlzxleson are extravagant?
~. Y. Times.
-Almost one-ninth of the members lately
elected to the British House of Commons will
have 70 fight for their seats. The House con-
sists of 658 members, and the seats of II are
cOntested,-S Tories and "a Liberals. They
are all borough members.
"A Philadelphia lawyer boldly announces
that the crime eff murder has grown of late to
AZ enormous size"
Mr.. Parke Goodwin has nearly completed
the third volume of his "History of France"
Victor Hugo is to start new journal with
the title Of "The Advance Guard"
Two hundred stalwart men lately went in
to Westchester county, New York to hunt
wild ducks They were successful. The aver
age per hunter was one two-hundredth part Of
duck; time one day.
DIR. Chaplin says there are many Chris
tians who "heap Goals of fire on their enemy's
head in order to love him, but are very much
disappointed if the Goals do not scorch."
There is ''little story" told of Abraham
Lincoln, after his defeat in Illinois, by Douglas,
in the contest of 1859. He was asked by
sympathising friend if he was going to cry or
laugh over the loss of the United States sens-
torship. "As to that" he rejoined, u am in
the predcament of tall young fellow once
heard Of, who, while running up hill, STUN
blsd, fell, and hurt his toe quite badly. Some
one coming up, asked him whether he was 60
lug to cry or laugh about it. WALL said ths
tall youth, 1 suppose am too big to cry about
ie, but it hurts too a~fGl bad to laugh ?"