The Portland daily press., 1868-08-26
Varieties.

There is said to be no truth in the rumor
that Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., is writing story for
the North American Review.
"A man at Birmingham, Conn, recently
fell from scaffolding distance of thirty feet
and struck upon his head, which penetrated
the ground as far as his ears, but he was not
mnch hurt by the accident
-Apprehensions are entertained at Vienna
that the recent attempt at rising against the
Turkish authority in Bulgaria will be renew
ed. The attention of the Austrian Govern
ernment has been called to the threatening
state of affairs by an unusual demand for fire.
arms from the other side of tie Danube, and
an order has been issued prohibiting the ex-
portation of arms or ammunition from Austri-
an territory into the Danubian principalities.
-"Chinook" is the name of language in
vented by the Hudson Bay Company to facili-
tate communication with the Indians 1t is
described as "a very judicious mixture of Eng
lish, French, Russian and several Indian
tongues" and is almost universally adopted by
the Indians of British Columbia and Hudson
Bay Territory
The Saturday Review keeps up its raid
upon women in the most venomous manner,
If that journal is to be believed, there is no be-
ing on earth SO degraded as the Englishwoman
of to-day.
MIR. Thurlow Weed is getting better. He
will leave London for Switzerland shortly, un-
der advice of his physicians
"A little boy who was praised for never
taking his eyes off the preacher, answered
with all simplicity, 81 wanted 70 see how near
he was to the end"
Why is a selfish friend like the letter P?
Because, though the first in pity, he is the last
in help.
The following is said to have transpired
during Mrs d. p. Bowers engagement at Vir-
gina City, Nevada: "a countryman watched
the great actress with an interest that appear
ed to absorb his every sense-he saw nothing
heard nothing, felt nothing but the Borgia.
At the end of the act he heaved great sigh as
he gazed at the green curtain. Turning to his
neipbbor. he asked: "Does Mrs. Bowers enjoy
GOOD health. do you know?" 81 believe 30,
wbv9" oueried the neighbor. swell. don't
know. but it somewhat struck me that wo-
man who is obliged to have SO many darned
bad SPELLS and has 'em SO natural, couldn't be
exactly right, you know, between whiles"
-Ticknor & Fields announce the Atlantic
Almanac for 1869, with list of original con-
tents, most valuable and interesting. 1t is to
be under the editorial supervision OF Ike Mar
vel donald G. Mitchell. ESQ.,, who will con-
tribute largely to its pages. Mrs H. b. Stowe,
j. R. Lowell, o. w. Holmes, Rev. DR.. Thomp-
son, E. E. Hale, and j. G. Whittier are among
the noted authors who contribute prose and
noetry TO the Almanac for next year.
Six thousand copies of the fourth number
of the Lanterne we're sent to tie newsdealers
of Rouen. The arrival ef such large supply
of the spicy opposition Journal greatly per-
picked the Prefect, who finally thought the
best thing he could do under the circumstan-
ces was to buy the whole six thousand copies.
Fancy his vexation when next morning six
thousand copies more arrived by the Paris
train. ...,
Already the Southern papers are noticing
the fact OF the large increase OF the corn crop
to the acre this year OF what IS planted an
acre now yields a much greater return than
heretofore. This is the first result OF free la
bor. Others will come in time.