The Portland daily press., 1868-11-17
Varieties.

An evening paper in Chicago scornfully
refers to a morning contemporary as "a paper
that claims superiority over some of its ADLER
neighbors, because it straggles out In the
morning in company with those who take An
easily nip"
Sidney Smith recommended as the best
system OF wooden pavements for London that
the aldermen should "lay their heads togsth-
er."
The Mormons look upon the recent Cali
fornia earthquakes as an accomplishment Of
some of the prophecies of their chief prophet
regarding the punishment that should be in
ficted upon different portions of this country
for the rejection of the Mormon religion. They
announce that all the great cities of the Union
will speedily be destroyed il they do not suffer
themselves to be converted to the faith reveal
ed by Joseph Smith.
ALL England is just now aghast at tha
prospect of a dire calamity with which it IL
Notwithstanding less than the loss of the
EPSON Derby for two years. A lot of land.
containing portion of the course, has fallen
into the hands of Mr.. Studd, who demands
$1,000 year for it. This the committee will
not give, and they cannot find another safe
The New York Philharmonic Society
will introduce new feature into their con-
certs this season. They have engaged Mr.. Ed
win Booth to read at the opening concert GER
tain lines from Byron's Manfred" before the
performance of Schumanns illustrative mu-
sic. The Evening Post says that Booth rath-
er than Schumann will prove to be the attrac-
ton on that eventful night"
The sophomore class of the Agricultural
College at Amherst recently put IN practice .
degree of agricultural science, by husking $50
bushels of corn in one afternoon.
1t is reported from Florence that the Ital-
ian sculptor Gaglardi has received a commits
sion from America to make grand monu-
ment to the late President Lincoln. The mon
ument is to be colossal, and surrounded by one
hundred subordinate statues.
"A Vienna woman recently appeared at q
medical clinic, bringing her infant daughter Of
a few weeks, whose left arm was covered with
brilliant, thick and glossy black fur. The
poor woman was in tears at the monstrosity,
and couldn't appreciate the assurance of the
doctors that it was remarkably fine case, of
which she ought to be proud, although they
could do nothing for her
An English paper says that Disraeli has
discovered q remarkable move in chess It
may be freely described as follows: "If you
find yourself hopelessly beaten, look your ad-
versary coolly in the face, turn the board
pieces appear to become yours, and say Mate
before he can protest"
"A correspondent of the Cleveland Herald.
writing from Wellsville, Ohio, tells the follow
ing yarn: about two weeks since Captain
Lacy, of Hammondsville, Ohio had some men
engaged in making an entry into his coal bank,
when a huge mass of coal fell down, disclosing
a large smooth slate wall, upon the surface of
which were plainly carved several lines of
heroglyphics. No one has yet been able to
tell in what language the words are written.
TIE letters are raised the first line contains
twenty-five. 1t is probable that they were cut
in the coal while in its vegetable state and
during its formation into coal. The matter
from which the slate is formed filled the Inn
preston and became solid, for since the remo-
val of the coal we find the letters upou the
slate apparently reversed. DR.. Hartshorn, Of
Mount Union College, has been sent for to
make an examination of this strange writing
soon be given regarding it."
Some one advertises "a drink" that will
cure any fever in few hours Ihere are
some drinks that will cure the fever called life
in few minutes
-Fou~ier states that, in the progress of the
world the ocean is to lose its saltness, and ac-
ou;re the taste of peculiarly favored lemon
ade.
An incident is related which befell DIR.
Harris, while Junior at college. Being in
great want of money to buy shirts or other
necessaries, and not knowing how to obtain it,
he set out on walk from Cambridge to Bos-
ton. On the way, he cut a stick, and, after
walking a short distance, perceived that some-
thing had become attached to the end of it. 1t
proved to be a gold ring, with the motto, "God
speed thee, friend"
Hawthorne said of bitter satirists like
Swift, that the person or thing on which their
satire fell shrivelled up as if the Devil had spit
on it.
"A very interesting artistic discovery has
been made in France-an original portrait Of
Maria de Medicis, bearing date "Marie Medi-
els, ammo 1902, etats 2s," The face is describ-
ed as lovely, and the dress "a halo of lace and
pearls" The painting is ascribed to Porbus the
younger.
Happiness in this world, when 1t comes
comes incidentally. Make it the object OF
pursuit, and it leads us wild-goose chase, aud
is never attained. Follow some other object,
and very possibly we may find that we have
caught happiness without dreaming of it; but
likely enough it is gone the moment we say to
ourselves, "Here it isl" like the chest of gold
that treasure seekers find.