The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-25
Varieties.

-Parepa is to sail for California about the
first of June.
The Banner of Light gives a list of 189
lecturers in the field ON the subject of Spirit
ualism
Thrice in each week Jean Ingelow eiyes a
enarity dinner to poor children, largely sup
Piled from her own means. This she calls her
copyright dinner" In her own language,
privately given, but worthy of publicity. she
says: Il find it one Of the great pleasures of
writing that it gives me more money for such
purposes (charity) than falls to the lot of most
women"
The Uniyersalsts of Indiana are about to
establish a denominational school in that
State.
In accordance with resolution adonted
at the last Convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in Illinois, the diocese has been
divided into seven districts, over each of which
rural dean will preside. This is novelty
in ecclesiastical government in America.
though common enough in England.
-Innumerable June bugs have made their
appearance in portions of Berkshire county.
Mass, thus early in the season. Thousands of
dead ones were seen in the streets OF Pitts
field ON Monday.
-Messrs. d. Lothrop and N. P Kemp pro-
| pose to issue on the first of June, and monthly
| thereafter, journal devoted to the interests
of the book trade and general literature, to he
| called 1.-THE Cornhill Monthly and Literary
Recorder" 1t is designed to be a sort of book
advertising medium, and purveyor of general
literary intelligence.
"A Southern exchange SAYS the seventeen
year locusts are appearing in various parts of
Maryland. A number of hogs have died, it is
said, from eating locusts Why these crea-
lures whose advent is annually announced by
the newspapers, should be called Seventeen
year loeusts,' is more than we can under
stand.
Tho last number of Putnam's MONTHLY
las careful critique by our townsman. John
Neal, OF Mr.. j. G. Heywood's dramatic poem
OF "Salome." Mr.. Neal puts Justly high es-
innate upon Mr.. Heywood's poems, and trusts
the time will come when the public will do
them Justice. His hope is vain. The public
never will. Mr.. Haywood does not write for
the million, and the million takes it revenge
by not reading him. Such as he must content
themselves with the eft audience though few"
| OF the cultivated and thoughtful.
"A penitent on his death-bed recently sent
one dollar to man in Swanton, Vermont, to
pay for half pint of brandy, with sugar, sto-
len twenty years ago. Poverty and poor
health were the causes of the theft.
| The number of homeopathic pills used by
Pittsfield (Mass.) physician in his practice of
twenty five years, has been approximately as
certained. He has made 10000 prescriptions,
and at six pills each the product is 1OSOOOO.
The authorization of the Holy Synod of
the Greek Church has been given for the ad
mission into Russia of partial translation of
the Bible, with the Hebrew text, published
at Berlin 1862. The Gazette de Moscow is of
oplnionthat measures of this kind will be par
ucuiarly favorable to the progress OF the Rus
sian element in the population of the western
part of the Empire
| Exciting competition in the paper collar
! trade in North Bridgewater, Mass, carried the
price dawn to one cent box, and all the IL
censed dogs wore them.
1t is said that club is about to be estab-
lished in the new Avenue Napoleon, Paris
under the title of the Foreigners Club
where gambling and roulette ard trente ct
quarante will be again sanctioned by authori.
| ty.
The Berlin correspondent OF the London
Times writes: "After many experiments, we
are gwen to understand, the Prussian military
chemists have succeeded in precipitatiRg the
explosive liquid known as nitro-glyeerine, and
reducing it to a solid. The advantage OF this
transformation is that its cOmbustibility is con-
siderably diminished, while its force remains
unimpaired"
Lord Brougham's longevity is attributed
| to his having been preserved in Cannes.