The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-17
Varieties.

king Louis, of Bavaria, has an orchestra
Of seventy performers to play to him alone, no
others being admitted to the audience
AT literary anniversary in Detroit, the
toast was proposed, 'The man with the tight
est pants" Two gentlemen claimed the right
to respond, and, upon a careful examination
of their neither integuments, the claims of both
were allowed.
"A correspondent has hunted out the fol-
lowing epitaph on an old tombstone:
"Here lie the bones of Mistress Gym,
Who was so very pure within Ell. If.
She broke this earthly shell of sin,
And hatched herself cherubim."
The assertion that the Pope is Freema-
son is capped by the discovery that Napoleon
is canon of st. John Of Lateran. A Paris
paper suggests that he attend the Ecumenical
Council in his surplice
"A piratical craft has been captured on the
Ohio river. The pirates had murdered, robbed,
stolen wheat and sheep, and once fought off q
posse OF constables.
The unhappy ex-Empress of Mexico, Car
lotta is said to be suffering from another re-
lapse, and to be entirely paralyzed by the fear
of being poisoned She flies from everybody.
For whole days she remains sitting in a corner
of her room without motion; but when any
one approaches her she has paroxysm; she
runs away eagerly to save herself, and calls
with loud voice for help. Not only her men,
tai, but her bodily condition is seriously
changed, and gives rise to grave apprehen-
sons. M
Madame Meyerdoff, Polish exile, died in
Now York Sunday morning. She lost high
position in her native country by sending four
sons to battle for the freedom of Poland in the
revolution of 1868, and the youngest she lefs
an exile in Siberia when she came to America
| Just previous to her death, the Gar Alexan-
| der pardoned her son, it having been asked by
the President as a favor to the United States.
Young Prince Milan, just made ruler Of
Servia, hasn't got used to the situation yet.
He lately visited his old grandmother and
said to her, Grandmother, his Highness ID
hungry, and would like to have something to
eat" The old lady asked him if they did not
give him enough to eat at home. "Oh, you
see, grandmother" replied the lad, laughing,
whenever 1 iask for anything at the palace.
the servants immediately kiss my hand, and
| am about tired of that
The latest realistic sensation in London is
produced by running pack of fox-hounds, in
| full cry, across the stage. a
| "A few Sundays ago, quite crowd gather
ed in front of the large gate of the Tuileries,
over which are to be read the following words:
''The public is not admitted here" work
ingman elected much applause by drawing
stick of chalk from his pocket and adding W
those words, Sometimes it is.
IT is said. on good authority, that Spain at
| tb;s ,,on,ent possesses no less than eight hun
Ill oo,,,,onts with fifteen thousand nuns.
Thoro are fifty-fve bishops, Twenty-Five nun
III canons and abbots, eighteen hundred
Sreoular priests" twenty four thousand Wears,
SC. The budget for the Church is twice as
high in Spain as in France.
The vane on the Methodist Episcopal
Church at East Bridgeport, Ct, has been the
resort of scores of little birds during the sum
mer Recently one of the number got its leg
caught in fissure, and for number OF days
was seen vainly endeavoring to iiberate itself,
till at last it died. Since this accident the
nlace has been entirely avoided by others Of
| the tribe. - ,.. =,
superior virtues of cold water, remarked:
"When the world had become so corrupt that
the Lord could do nothing with it, he was
obliged to give it a thorough sousing in cold
water" "Yes," replied topper present, but
it killed every eritter on the face OF the earth
AT the late Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Associations, held at Woroo'-
ter, the question of woman's work IN onr's'.,n ,,
associations was brought up, dlseuSseU r.
half day, and disposed of by the Su0p''OA
this resolution: .,..,,-
Resoved That in the opinion nud 81 desirable se to
tion it is highly exPedleofS exPrs of the ASSOCIATIONS,
Sdtf'e with equal rights and privileges