The Portland daily press., 1868-06-17
Varieties.

"A French actress, more celebrated for her
beauty and her frankness than for her intelli-
gence or her virtue, was in the habit of attrib-
uting her Inconsistency to her bad luck. "The
moment become attached to anybody" she
used to say, 81 am certain to be introduced to
somebody else whom like better"
The Prussian infantry are. being trained to
attack railway cars while they are in motion,
to the surprise of travellers, who find their
train suddenly boarded by a dozen or more,
who go through the manual of arms in the pas
sage and then jump off,
Halt a dozen of mahogany chairs, from the
old Marigny mansion, in which Louis Phil
lippe, Lansat, the BourboDsPrinces and Lafay-
ette have sat, were recently sold at auction to
do duty in a New Orleans barber shop.
A gamblers telegraph has been captured
in Montreal den. 1t is an apparatus on the
bell pull system, by which confederate, look
ing through hole in the ceiling, can inform
the "scalper" what cards the visitor has in his
hand.
Europe corrupts our young Republicans.
Little Miss Storrs being presented to the En-
peror, he asked her first name "Helen," she
replied. 81 could wish, mademoiselle, that
were Paris" gallantly returned the sovereign.
"Impossible, sire, since you are Frarcep said
she with ready wit.
The PiL0ri, a French journal printed in
red characters, publishing the following adj
vertise ement: "Wanted, a manager who can
read and write for a literary journal. Double
pay while in prison"
"A Mr.. Kerr, of Edinburgh, has invented
a reflector for locomotive, by the means of
which the engineer is able to see the rear of
his train, the conductor and all who are either
getting ON or off, without moving from his seat.
1t eau be arranged FOR any length of train by
simply changing the angle of reflection.
Church property in Sicily is sold in Gu
rious way. The sales are by auction, and
when the limit is reached and the property
knocked down, it is put up again after the
lapse of several days to see if any one will bid
ten per cent more than on the first sale. If
so, it is again put up in the same way to allow
bids one-sixth higher than the second price,
and usually this third sale is successful.
The July number of Putnam's Magazine
will have an article called "The Last of the
Bourbon Story" 1t is by Rev. G. F. Robert
son, of Malone, N. Y, executor of the late
Eieazar Williams, and is the result of careful
examination of the papers left by Mr.. Will
liams.
The first edition-a large one-of the
"Spanish Gipsy," issued by Ticknor & Fields,
was exhausted in three days.
"A banquet was given by the New York
Press Club to the ladies of the Sorosis, at Del
monico's Saturday afternoon. About forty
gentlemen and the same number of ladies
speeches were made by VIM. ii. Burleigh,
WIN. Stuart, A. d. Richardson, A. j. Cum
mings, Thomas w. Knox, Oliver johnson, Mr..
LYMAN and Others The assemblage compris-
ed many of the distinguished literary ladies of
that city, including the Misses Carey Mrs. Gro
ly and Miss Rose Eytinge. The entertainment
was success, and may perhaps lead to fur-
ther reunions.
"A little boy lived for some time with a
penurious uncle. The latter was one day walk
ing out with the child by his side, when a
friend accompanied by greyhound, address
ed him. The little fellow, never having seen
n doc of 90 slight and slim texture, clasped
a., orooture round the neck with the impass-
;oned cry, "Oh, doggie, doggiel and do you
live wi your uncle, too, that you are so thinp'
| "A huge lndlanlan IN England, Delng pro-
| h.sely thanked for having rescued a lady from
the attack of a ferocious dog, which he seized
by the throat aud throttled, said, "Of course
was glad to help the gal; but what wanted
most was to give that condemned English cur
some adequate notion of the American eagleF
The repentance that is delayed until old
age but too often a regret for the inability to
| commit more sin.
Tho Now York Sun says "if the women
| could vote at the next eieotloh oonuSier "o'-
| fax would be chosen by mighty maJoriy'