The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-26
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Among the new men coming forward In
England to claim seat in tho House of Cvm-
mons is Captain Sherard Osborn, the dai ing
and somewhat distinguished traveller. He Is
out with ringing address to tee electors of
Birkenhead; and he takes ground for alvapc-
ed liberalism, such as the ballot, the overthrow
Of the Irish Establishment, a complete sys.
trm of public schools, and the removal of all
theological restraints upon university educa-
ton.
Simmons is to make statue Of Roger
Williams for the Capitol at Washington.
1t is stated that rags, as a material for pa
per making, have been so far superseded by Es-
parto grass that seven-tenths of the British
paper is now made from it. The London
Times is printed on paper made OF this mate
RIAL as Ia also the fns, thin paper on which
the circular conveying this information is
printed. Already fdy thousand tons are an
nually exported from Spain aud Portugal TO
England, at q cost OF about thirty.6ve dollars
a ton.
-Ofenbach's new piece, La Psrichole,-
has been produced in Paris with ony mode
rate success. The plot bears some resem-
biance 10 that OF "Don Cesar de BAsAn." A
poor street singer is Induced to de ssrt her
lover by the glttering brib . offsed by the
Viceioy of Lima. To make her eligible for q
position among his "ma.ds Of hvnor,- she .
must be nominally married; aud the man Sc
lected to go through this emp,y ceremony with
a We led bride Is her deserted lower. 5ne pres.
ently IepeDts, however, returns tue rich Tempt
sr his gold, and goes back TO vir, uous poverty
with her conrade OF the streets. Toe music is
sentimental. Schneider pays the chief part.
"A gentleman travelling in New Jersey ask
e his landladl it there was high school in
the town. The lady hesitatngly replied, as IL
she did not know what he meant, an u very"
But seeing by the expression OF her guests
face that something was wrong in her answer,
added, "The school tnat our Ton goes TO Is
pretty high
Says Mr.. Parton in a recent paper: IF
you 10 * into the early years OF truly helpful
men, those who make lie easier or nool,r TO
those who come after them, you will almost
invariably e lad that they lived purely in he
days OF their youth. Iu cary lite the brain,
though abounulng in vigor, Is sensitive aud
very susceptible to injury and this TO such a
degree, that comparatively brief and mOd>r-
ate indulgence in vicious pleasures appears 10
lower the tone and impair both the deicacy
and The efficiency OF the brain to- lif.. This
is not preaching, boys-it is simple truth ot
| science"
la the general convention of the e oisco.
pal church at New York, on Thnrsday, the
amendment to the twelfth canon, permitting
| clergyman 10 go into another parish to minis
to his own parishoners, but not to read prayers
or preach to regular Congregation, was lost
| bya vote of 123 60 7S. This is a defeat of the
Tying party. The "Hngh Davy Evans" canon
ON marriage and divorce was referred to the
| committee on cLnons.
The business men of ST. Paul are agitating
| the question Of bui.d ding bridge across the
| Mississippi at thai place. They estimate that
| the structure will cOst 500 900.
OF the large fish rtcsntly caught at East.
port, Professor Bard, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, writes: "rhe shark exh bited at Calais
is known to naturalists the Cetorhinus mar
linus or Selache naa1inus-the basking shark.
1t is probably the same as the wellknown Eu-
ropean species. 1t is very sluggish, and de.
rives its name of basking shark from resting
on the surface of the water 1t feeds on small
| fishes and other animals, ED has never been
known to attack man. 1t is captured for It's
oil, and is found more or less abundantly over
the whole North Atlantic"
In Providence few evenings since, cit
zen was passing down a street, when he no.
ticed the skirt OF lady's dress 10 flames. He
at once .xtinguisLed the fe, burning his
hands severe y. The lady bad just passed a
man with lighted cigar from which the dress
caught.
AT Cambridge, Mass, last week, the Re.
publican Boys in Blue. marching TO Gag.
raising foui their torches q led with poor
naammable article, VIII ch took FIRE, and near.
ly hundred torches were rendered useless,
A committee from the Democratic club waited
upon them and offered the use Of theirs, and
the offer was gratefully accepted. ln these
times Of bitter partzan animosity, u Is pleas
| ant to chronicle such an instance OF good feel'
, ing. N,ah.;r.,. h.. r-;,.., .
latte, copraining some excellent suggestions
ro.,.e citing W m ms labor. Her visws are em
inentl, practical, aud so plainly expressed
that her sisters can have no faculty in under-
standing them. She says to women: "Qlali.
fly yourselves as a man does for his work. Don't
|
are called to a mans work. do not exact wo.
mans Lrlvilages-the privileges OF iuaceuracyl
of weakness, ye muddIeheads Submit your
selves to the rules of business as men do, By
which alone you can make Gods business sue
coed" There is good, strong common sense ID
sucb advice. 1t presents in practical way
t,e man want of women now, which is moi
work, but opportunities to learn to work
: When young women make up their minds
that the vocation upon which they propose Il
enter is to b. the business OF their lives, theJ
will bring thereto the same earnestness anC
the same preparation which make men sue
CO ,slul, and which give Them better wages
than women earn, because they are, as BODY
be er qualified and do better work.
The remains OF tho armies of the oumo'r'
land, Tepnessee. Ohio aud G' o'gaw u hold
reu ion at Chicago, December 10 and ls. al
|, un;oh sherman, Thomas, ssboheld, and