The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-13
Varieties.


-somei.s.ly uho pfsteu.ls D. kasa s1rs =
ben has The capseity of iayiaz "a haadrsd
sgEs-asd no more. Usually they ~ = faw
the fr-i year; irsn three hun.lrsl anl twenty
10 three hutdred aud .syeuty 10 tas usxt lhrrs
years; and the fest frsm the hfb 30 the ninth
year Inc usive. The tras esonsmy therefore.
i viii BE- seen, Is not % keep hens aGsr their
fourth year.
The general order issued by thc Hon. John
A. Llgan, commander in-chief of the Grand
Army oi the Republic. designating the Oath Of
Nay for the purpose Of strewing with floa ers
or Otherwise decorating the graves OF their
comrades slain In the wa, has already been
reported in our telegraphic columns. We
think the observance suggested will strike ev-
cry one as NEST fit and appropriate. General
Logan in his order says that il is his wish to
inauguraie this observance with the hope that
it will be kept up from year TO year, while a
survivor ol the war remains to honor the
memory of his departed comrades. lie adds:
All that the eonsecrated wealth and taste of
the nation can add to their adornment and Sc.
curity, is but fitting tribute TO the memory
of her slain defenders Let no wanton foot
tread rudely on such hallUwed grounds. Let
pleasant paths invite the coming aud going of
reverent visitors and IOnd mourners. Let no
vandalism OF ayarice or neglect, no rayages of
time testify to the present OF to the coming
generations, that we have torg jtten as peo-
pie the cost of free and undivided Republic.
Let us, then. at the time appointed, gather
around their sacred remains and garland the
passIonlesS mounds above them with the
choicest flowers OF spriDg-time; let US raise
above them tho dear old fIg they saved from
dishonor; let MS, IN this solemn presence, re-
new our pledges to aid and assist those whom
they have left among us as sacred charge up
on nations gratitude, the soldiers and
sailors widow and orphan.
Among the ashes of the Erie railroad
wreck was found a body and on it an accident
insurance policy of $4,000 -around which the
fire had burned everything away, but leaving
this and thus identifying the charred remains.
Mrs. and Miss Spotted Tail, of the most
aristocratic aboriginal circles, are boarding at
one of the palatial hotels of Cheyenne, and a
communicative waiter of the establishment
informs the editor of a local paper that recent
ly they demolished sixteen plates of soup be-
tween them at dinner.
The Commercial Advertiser records a mot
that may be described as nautico.bucolcal.
A drover was striving to get his drove around
corner. One young OK wouldn't turn de-
spite force and persuasion. At last, the en-
ragged drover seized the obstinate OK by the
tail, and so twisted that appendage as tocbring
the creatures course in conformity with the
droJer'S desire. Sailor Jack had been a close
observer of these maneuvres. When the OK
was mastered, he gave q hitch to his breeches
and roll to his quid, and sagely said, We'll,
that's the queerest kind Of lCild steering ever
see."
The following is John Paul's account of
his sanitary state, in recent letter to the
Springfield Republican: II had a cold in my
Lumber region, probably owing to having had
my head shingled."
Stout Cook with con nscious blu es)-"As
to the perliceman and no followers allowed,
mum, you might recollect as you've been sim
gle yourself; and a girl as is tolerably snowy
in fgger can't well 'elp 'em coming about"
"A young widow who had married an old
man was forever speaking of my fl st hus-
band" The second husband at first gently
demonstrated. II guess" said the wife, pout-
ing, you'll want me to RENE mber you when
you're dead and gone"
"A retail shopkeeper in Boston already
calls upon the population to prepare to meet
their doom, by printed placard in the win
dow bearing the legend: "Skeeta Netting"
"A letter from San Francisco notes the
death in that city of Mexican named Manu-
el Ochoa, at the age of one hundred and four
years, and adds: "The longevity of the Span
ish Americans is something remarkable. The
old Spanish soldier, Cimone Avalos, who car
ried a musket in Spain more than hundred
wears ago and was one of the military guard
OF the Padre JanIpero Sierra, when he raised
the cross in Alta California at San Diego,
ninety EIGHT years since, still lives and enjoys
good health and memory, at Todos Santos,
Lower California"
"A specimen of of Southern literature dur
ing the war has been presented to the city Ii
brary of Springfield, Mass 1t is novel of
the "Dck Turpin" stamp, written by Sally
Rochester Ford, and printed on wallpaper, at
Mobile, in 1861 On an advertising leaf the
publisher announces works of more value, aud
asks for immediate orders, as the scarcity OF
materials compels limited edition.
The new patent bill for the Dominion Will
only allow citizens of Clnadi TO take ou' pat
ents The denartment viii decide in all cases
whether patent shall issue or not
Tho beautiful giraffe that was rescued
p,rnum's burning museum died from in
:,,,;as then received, at Bridgeport on Mon
Sa,, and Van Amburgh has lost $4,000.
An English clergyman alvertises his liv-
inc for exchange, adding that it is "a most de-
sir,ble position for a delicate man; no Dis
senters in the parish"
Since the Legislature of Iowa passed
law authorizing cities and towns to aid rail-
roads, there has been great activity IN many
OF the interior counties relative to the matter
Prince George of Prussia, COUSIN OF tne
K;rg hos written tragedy which is very well
received m by both critics and public. 1t is call
~ o.p,saIran . and has been repeatedly per-
su f"rmad % at the Royal Theatre in Berlin. .. :,
"Mr Tupper is about to publish Half
t.1Iads about a King for Canada"