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

Miss Hosmer the sculptor, has sent home
for publication in in the American papers q
sharp letter addressed by her to the Master Of
the Roman Hounds, in which she boldly main
tains that the American members of the Hunt
shall have due courtesy extended to them.
Miss Hosmer was one of the three who origin
ated the Hunt, and it has been largely main
tanned by American subscriptions. and the la
dy complains that invidious distinctions are
constantly made against American and in fa-
vor of Italian riders.
The Russian Government is pushing on
with vigor the project of railway from the
Black Sea to the Caspian; and in the course
of very few years travellers may 60 from
Charing Cross to Balhurosh, on the southern
shore of the Caspian Sea, throu n Austria and
Odessa, and by steamer across the Black Sea,
in six days. The Russian Government fur
ther intends to continue the line to India,
which win then be within eight days of Lon
don. Yet England, which is vitality interested
in the matter of speedy communication with
her own Indian possessions, is strangely apa-
thetic, allowing another government to estab-
lish that communication which would bs
available for Russia, but unavailable for Great
Britain in time of war. and neglecting the
splendid opportunity which the Euphrates
Valley offers.
"A new posthumous volume from the pen
of Heine has just been published in Paris. It
contains four or Eve satirical pieces: on Po-
land, on Louis Marcus, and on Victor Cousin,
also long and interesting account of the rise
and fall of the friendship between Heine and
Borne. The satire on Cousin is described in
a letter from Paris as "unmitgatedly savage
from beginning to end. Heine maintains that
NJ. Cousin has never really studied Kant's
Critiques OF Pure Reason, and that on account
of three circumstances: First-the book was
written in German. Second-it was necessary
to understand German in order TO read 10,
Third-M. Cousin has never understood Ger.
man.
"A recent police case Ia London brought
out the fact that before the passover ssts In
the Chief Raboi visits all the prisons. and
makes arrangements iot the Jewish prisonsrs
TO have passover cake. fried Ash and OIL
"A letter IRON the Mont Gems states that
the Summit Railway Il 10 b. epsned IN Msy.
Every arrangement has heen msde, and thsrs
seems NO reason 10 isar further postpoos-
rneut Of ths iong-crpectsd event
"A writer in the Londsa Tlmes. uho sizns
himself Radical : thiHks shst ne slowaues
Of eio0uoo psr snuum enjoyed b. tts Prinos
of waiss. = not sunicisnt II thsss sxrsa.ivs
days sior a coustifuiionai mauarch's sldest
soa.- and szyrs.-ss Ne hops thsf ~ -rsprs-
ssntatiyss q fls psops- vin taks 40 lhs as.
lsf. and provide fhs vsry ussfai yeuus nas
viih sneush 20 use en-.
A reo4 story d told. thMf an EaEi Al 90
Ger. whu nanaged ~ rsunAia 81 lhs aatsas 81 be
rsEimsnt, IN KaSiAad. aarla1 sa.s wasls eftas
Cfimeau ~af, has iatsiy sbfs.urd "a meuths'
isase u Abssnos 10 a. aaa risai D. EraFss q
his brother oGhosrs whs disd aaflng sas ~af.
--Joseph FRASER wsltss 70 ~ tswa nons-
stead tbaf hs 49, bssa saeessslsl n saFine
IA anna. tr... froua ghs esnkss wefu ~ Pat-
tin, 1..1,..s 81 eottoa taftlag afuaua Ne
a. A.. h..f,r, ths uiBrtss ienals moths c0m-
- r.naiax. Aner bssinE banaagsd al
| -. -. be VISITED thsm svsry morning Coz
49,. ,urp,-s oi destroy az such aoths as we're
c.avbt IN tbe b.tung. Sometimes he ioand a.
ua.ny a twcuty-eight moths on enc hAndAgs.
wben the moths had erased running. the
bandages were taken OF and scaldej, and The
trunk washed with soap-suds lie found soms
few eggs deposited in the forks Of the large
limbs; these were washed OF with soap-suda
By these means the females and their eggs
were so cleaned out that there were not worms
enough for the birds.
Paris Il to have the most agn'n-eut Ioun-
tain in the world. 1t viii be composed ot four
waterfalls, eight lions spouting water and i'm
uense candslabra to light up the whole ut
night.