The Portland daily press., 1868-01-24
Varieties.


accountable, not merely in some far off future
but now and here. She taught that neglect OF
the gift was contempt OF the giver, ana that
the ignorance and imperfectiOn OF humanity
was owing in great measure to the sluggish
disregard aud disuse of Gods choicest gifts.
How much more truly wise is this kind Of
teaching than that which aims to convince
young girls that beauty is only snare and a
misfortune, or at best a thing of no value
They know botter all the time, for they can
see with their own eyes that 1t is power; then
why not teach them to prize and nse it Alright
The Athepeum gives the following criti-
cal counsel to the author of novel entitled
"Ediths Marriage: "We would suggest, in
the first place, to Mr.. Heath, that be should
occupy his time between this and the com
meneement OF another tale, in a course of con-
scientious study, commencing with the ele-
mentary rules OF English composition. This
he viii find of service to him in any future
work. We would not exclude punctuation
from this course, still less grammar
BY the first he will learn the value of placing
CT mmas in his sentences where the sense 1e-
quires them, as in numerous instances that we
coull quote; by the second, among others
that the past tense OF the verb to strive, is not
"striysd," as in the sentence where we are told
that the heroine struggled hard against her
feelings and strived, though unavailingly, to
forget the young baronet." We would next
note for his information, that vulgarity is not
humor, and that slang, even in its best phase
is but poor substitute for wit.
The Commercial Advertiser puts down
the total number of publishing firms in the
United States is one hundred and eighty, in
Guiding the Subscription houses" These
firms are all in twenty towns or cities, in
fourteen States The City of New York alone
contains eighty OF them; Philadelphia, thirty
one; Boston, twenty five; Hartford, eight ;
Cincinnati, five; Albany, four; Chicago, four;
Springfield, Mass, and San Francisco, each
two, and the following one apiece: Battle
Greek, Mich; Hallowell, Me-; Hinsdale, n. H;
Louisville, KY; New Haven, CT; North
hampton, Mass; POsland, Me-; st. Louis,
Mo-; Syracuse, N. "; Washington, d. c.;
namely the Goyernment); and Wilson, N. c.
As is easily seen, all but sixteen of these
firms are in seven places, and all but thirty
six OF them in tue three cities of New York.
Philadelphia, and Boston. New York has
about BIZ OF them all by number; Philade-
phia, s-l7; Boston, 5-34; more roughly still,
we lmay say, New York, IL; Philadelphia,
1-6; Bostsn IL. 4o.7.y tu19 2 --1
b-In the same hour that Judge William b .
Wright, Chief Justice of the New York Court
of Appeals, died at Albany, his son-in-law,
Lieut.. La Rue z. Adams, of the navy, died at
the family residence ia Kingston, n. Y. Mrs.
Adams, an only child, aged twenty-four, and
bat six weeks a bride, was with her father;
aud thus suddenly she was both widowed and
orphaned.
The Directors of the Woodstock (N.B)
sand dollars now TO complete the road. The
present state of the work is as follows: Ten
miles OF track laid, six Of which are ballasted;
to be completed in order to open the road, one
mile of track TO be laid, five to be ballasted,
and a small amount Of earth excavation to be
doue. They depend upon Carlton county to
furnish the sum required to finish the road.
The Saturday Review says of Mr.. Mot.
ley's book, 'Not the least of Mr.. Motley Is mer-
its is that he always writes, az an American
writing Of those times always should write, Ia
the spirit of an Englishman." The London
Times says Of it, that the authors hostility to
England makes partisan Of him. a
"A very delicate arrangement has been In
vented to determine with accuracy the color
of various stars. The question is regarded by
many astronomers as one of considerable i'm
portance. a.
Napoleon always endeavors to combine In
struetion with the pleasure of the Prince Im-
perial. On New Years day he gave the boy a
miniature railway, with engine and cars, the
track, five hundred yards long, being laid on
the terrace, running along the reserved gar
dens of the Tuileries. An engineer is In at
tendance to explain the engine and run spe-
cial trains for the Princes accommodation.
There is a report that Listz is coming to
this country in the spring. .#
The authorship of lhe remarkable article
on THE Conservative Surrender" in the last
Quarterly Review, is attributed to Lord Gran
burne. z1.s 1T vt
The new torpedo, recently exhibited at
Brest, is tar more destructive than any Amer
lean, Russian, or English internal machine.
The Grand Duke Nicholas, the heir TO the
Imperial crown of Russia, is very unpopular,
and it is thought if he should become Emper-
or, that he will be removed, very much as Paul
was. Odious autocrats in Russia are subsct
to very sudden, mysterious and fatal diseases.
Marian Evans George Elliot) is engaged
upon another story, said to be something like
Felix Holt' in its nature and characters.
"A few weeks ago the twenty three hum
dred years old tragedy of "Antigone" was per-
formed in Athens under the brow Of the
Acropolis, for the honor of the young King
and Queen of Greece.
An Augusta correspondent of the Bangor
Whig has been visiting the Insane Asylum,
and had talk with some of the patients. He
says:-"While waiting we were taken one side
by very gentlemanly-looking man, who stat
ed to us that he was the Creator, and that ii
we should call on him in a hundred years
from date, he would make us over again. We
thanked him very kindly, and promised to do
SO II We were in town. Then, pointing to the
sun, SAYS he, Il made that, and hung IL up
there-but Josh Stevens yellow balled il, and
spoiled it, d-n himr"
Salt Lake papers say the whole country
has been deluged with rain storms unparallel-
ed in its history.
Ice seven inches thick, of superior quality,
has been cut in the vicinity of Philadelphia,
and there is prospect of larger crop than
has been gathered for many years.
1t Is said the President will not have any
official connection with the Secretary Of War.
He is like Minstrel Bones in the sulks when a
eonundrum was proposed-"he wouldn't guese
1t, wouldn't give it up, and wouldn't have
muffin to do with it,"
There were great complaints made in Par
il OF the small amount of business done In
Christmas and New Years gifts.
Work will be commenced ON the Cologne
Cathedral next spring, after brief suspension
OF four centuries.
There are six manufactures Of toy brass
trumpets in Paris alone.
A valuable lead and silver mine has been
discovered in the vicinity Of the Quispamsis
Station, a short distance from st. John. New
Brunswick, and the proprietors intend very
shortly to open up and develop the property.
"A New Yorker, travelling in Texas, was
stripped by robbers. Proposing game oi
"seyeR-up, in which lie started with promis'
sorry note as stakes, he won back all his Valu
bles, and went on his way rejoicing
Mrs. Bayard Taylor writes that her hus,
| band has entirely recovered from the mala
rious fever with which he was so severely
sick.