The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-14
Varieties.

Milton must have known that favorite
American drink the "mint julep." To what
else could he have referred in the following
lines: laau3i -..a' ~ aa9-a.
"And first behold this cordial julep here,
That flames and dances in its Nstal bounds,
With spirits of balm and fragrant syrupJ
mixed" .r. ......-r. Ia
-Rouher recently expressed to Eugene bis
pain at the attacks of the Opposition upon the
Emperor. "1t must indeed have been very
disagree cable to you" replied her Majesty, "for
we are such near neigbbors that when stones
are thrown in our garden good many of them
must fan in yours" ..r . ,.s..-
A school teacher who remembers his own
boyhood advertises the reopening OF his insti-
tuition thus:-"Dear boys: Trouble begins
Sept. 15."
"A thick cloud of white butterflies de-
scended recently on Port Louis (dorbihan,
France,) from across the Bay of Gavres. They
were SO numerous that they resembled a
heavy fall of snow, and for some minutes the
town and fields were quite white. A strong
wind at last blew them into the roadsted,
where they were drowned.
-Ex- Governor Eyre, of Jamaica woman
whipping fame, is talke1 of as the successor Of
Lord Monck in Canada. Perhaps they think
he would be the right man to put down the
Nova Scotia rebellion.
"A correspondent of the Chicago Times
writes that at Mackinaw a Chicago man is
known the moment he arrives He goes down
to the landing, and halloos up to the people on
the boat, What was wheat doin'?" The next
day, when the Chicago man comes down to
breakfast, he inquiries of the first man he
meets, "What is corn goin' to do?' .
The Prussian Government has informed
the municipality of Altoona that it intends to
establish regulations for the fisheries in the
North Sea, and that it purposes to commence
negotiations on this subject with various for
eign Cabinets, and especially that of London.
The Toronto Council hove resolved to pur-
chase the McGill Square property for public
park. Five thousand dollars are to be paid
down; a Grand Trunk mortgage for $4,000 is
to be handed over to the Bank of Montreal,
and the balance is to be made up from Walks
and Gardens property The property is CEN
trail, and its acquisition now will enable the
city to dispose of the present City Hall and
grounds upon advantageous terms.
A boy of thirteen and his stepfather were
both arrested in Utah the other day. They
were lying in wait for each other, the one with
a double -barrelled shotgun and the other with
horse-pistol.
With regard to the German expedition IN
search eff the North Pole, we are told that DR..
Peterman has received news from the expedi-
ton. dated the 10th of June. The highest lat
;tpde reached by them was 75 deg 20 min,
from which point Greenland was in sight. The
crew were in good health and spirits, and the
ship in good condition. -...
The entire restoration of the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, commenced twenty years ago, is
at this moment being terminated by fixing a
railing all around it to protect the structure
throughout its extent. This is the last opera
ton of the whole works undertaken to give
this magnificent building the physiognomy
which it possessed when first erected In 1447.
The plans and maps of the Canada Cen
trail Railway, from Ottawa to Carlton Place.
have been sent into the Public Works Depart
ment.
The Ladies' Club, or "Sorosis" of Chica-
go, has had the social evil under discussion at
several of its meetings, according to an ac-
count given by the Chicago Republican. AT
ter the subject had been announced, the ladies
proceeded to give their opinion as to the best
manner and means of reaching and reforming
those members of their sex leading lives OF SIN
and shame. The discussion was earnest ou'
moderate, and the views ELECTED excitea r"uon
interest.
Mr.. Disraelis political prefermens mas
helped the sale of his books more tnan ono
hundred thousand copies oil wnleh nave oee"
sold since he became Prime Minister.