The Portland daily press., 1868-04-07
one can imagine

one can imagine. ....r
Mr.. Algernon Swinburne is composing
poem on Tristram and Yseult; and is announc-
ed to write next year an essay on the Women
of Arthurian Romance, for the Early English
Text Soeiety's edition of Malory's "Morte
d'Arthur."
The people of Evansville, Ind, are run
ming ticket upon which are the names of
three crippled soldiers.
The elevation OF Mr.. Dsrael to the Pre-
miership has led to shilling edition of his
novels, of which there are ten. The publish
ers say they are unable to supply the demand
for these books, which has suddenly sprung
up.
The Pontiical army is losing in solidity
what it is gaining in numerical importance by
the arrival of re-eniorcements. Not fewer
than 112 desertions have taken place in the
Legion of Antilles, Zouaves, carbineers, or ar
tillery within the last twenty days.
The Chicago Post thinks the Democrats
ought to nominate Morrissey for President,
not because he is the most fit, but because he
has ''fit'' the most.
The Boston Advertiser gives the follow
ing as fact to be noted: Bills of exchange on
England made payable to the order of wo-
man are almost invariably returned if they are
indorsed with the prefix "Mrs., by the person
in whose favor they are drawn, it being the
law in England that provided the prefix MRS"
is used, it is not forgery for any one to attach
the name of q woman to note or bill of ex-
change Bills of exchange should not, there
FORE be drawn in the name OF the husband of
a married woman, with the prefix "Mrs, /" and
to leave off the "Mrs" would be to misdirect
the avails of the bill. The only way, there
fore, is obviously to use the husbands sirname
with the ladys maiden Christian name pre-
fixed, without any title.
Mr.. Matthew Arnold has just published
new W )rk, which we trust will soon be re-
printed. 1t is called "Schoos and Universi-
ties on the Continent"
The citizens of Pokeepsie were badly sold
on Wednesday by the Pokeepsie Eagle. A
pretended despatch from Cold Spring was pub
lished, stating that the "steam man" had ar
rived at that point on his walk to Albany, and
would reach Pokeepsie on Wednesday morn
ing, crossing the river there on the ferry boat
Thousands of the Pokeepsians thronged the
neghborhood of the ferry slip for some time,
and only left when they learned it was the
| first of April.
A new edition of Sir Walter SCOTS work
on "Demonology and Witchcraft," work not
| included in any English editions of his writ
ings, has lately been published in England,
with illustrations by George Cruikshank'
The Chicago Times asserts: "Not even the
| Democracy of Ohio is more heartily or unan'
imously for Mr.. Pendleton than the Democra-
cv of Illinois. Aud the sentiment is sponta-
neous.' o.,,,,..,- .o.u., -.
thought very highly of himself, had been pay
ing his addresses to pretty girl who, among
her other attractions, possessed q very luxuri-
| ant growth of red hair. The young lady gave
him 1.-The mitten." One evening after this,
thinking his time to get even had arrived, he
stationed himself in the aisle near the chapel
door, and seeing the young lady coming,
threw up his hands, pretending fright, and ex-
claimed; "Stand aside, boys, or you win take
fire. Here comes - (naming the LADY,.
she walked very leisurely to where the young
man was standing, stopped, and looked MIN IN
the face, saying: "You need not be aiaruieu,
Mr.-.you are entirely too green 10 purn'
The roar of laughter that greeteu 'ne s01Ns
| mon,s ooru 1ves more than he could relisn' anu
he beat hasty retreat. recentlv. a man for
-. o,d named David Connacher' residing
~ -" -, road, and who had been deaf and
III c.. more than thirtyfye years, was
uulnS Cor the third time with paralysis. Near
minutes before his death he rose up in
"a - and distinctly said, clearly and plainly,
80 Mary, Mary, MaryV
The forthcoming number of Tinsley ;
Magazine will contain an article on some OF
the late verses of Tennyson, entitled y" nat Ia
the Laureate About?"
"A large paper mill is now in opera'i9. ~ ,,' =
faw miles from Mobile, and the quality OF the
paper is 50 good that the Mobile Journals pro,
nose to substitute it for the northern product
posv tnsv have hitherto used That is good step
toward reconstruction