The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-03
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The Spanish Government has deprived
the Infante Don Henry, brother Of the King
Consort, Of all his privileges and decorations,
and stopped his pension. His misdemeanor
was an offensive letter to the queen. 10U
The rumor that Secretary Seward has
bought Saturn's ring, Jupiter's moons, and o
half a dozen asteroids is contradicted. bass
Rev. W. l.. Gage was installed pastor of
tho Pearl street Church, in Hartford, on We'd
nesday last evening. gl rr aa
Stealing is so common in some parts OF
of the South that one gentleman has hit upon
the expedient of announcing that he has
charged every fourth stick In his wood pile
with powder, and poisoned one fourth of his
his fruit. He now invites his attentive neigh.
bors to call upon him.
Professor Blot has had a blow out with
the managers of the proposed eating club in
New York, and declines all connection with
the concern. fs.E..t..L ..,r
The author of "Charlie Thornhill" ap-
pears in the English papers warning hippoph-
agists against dining off glandered horses.
"A merchant of Macon. Ca, disdaining tho
bankrupt act, hung piece of Grape ON the
door Of his store and cleared out. After day
or two of absence, the landlord broke in to fird
there had been death, but only of his hopess
of rent. .r rt..r.. ........... ..t r, --.tt.f-.--
Some scoundrels at Acton, Ind, stripped
anidiot boy aud nailed him up In box, send
ing him off by freight as live stock. He was
discovered and released by the express agent
in time to save him from suffocation. e
Mrs. Golden announces in the Manchester
Examiner that she proposes to arrange, with
aview to publication, collection Of Mr.. Cob
den's letters on public questions, commencing
with those on national education.
Ottawa, Canada, papers report that many
men and teams are returning from the lum-
bering region in consequence of the Iimited
operations of the season coming to conclu-
sion. @ a.f e.4G-
"A man who left his wife in New York and
went to Chicago, narrates that as soon as be
reached the city, and before he was fairly out of
the depot, he was attacked by score Of small
boys who pressed upon him the cards of
various lawyers, and assaulted him with shouts
of "Want divorce, mister7' Here you are,
divorce you in fifteen minutesr and sue likeh
astounding cries. .f. aa- .rs.f
Horace Vernet's original sketch of the
great painting LA Smalah," was sold last
week at Paris. The subject of this gigantic
work is the Due d'Aumale, at the head of a
handful of men. surprising the whole Of ADD
el-Kader's household. That prince went one
day to pay yerset visit in his atelier, and
while looking at this identical sketch accid-
emily let his cigar fall. The slight scorca pro-
dueed rather enhances the historic value of
the drawing. -.-. f.s.1 ,..-,,
-"Flirt" is derived from tle customs of the
gallants of Louis Fourteenth's time, who used
to address their girlish friends as "ma
fleurette," or "my little flower" The noun
feurette finally grew into a verb, and the
term "heuretter.une demoiselIs" was used in
speak, of terms of attention paid to beau
ty. After the Importation of .heurester" to
England it degenerated into "fs utter" and
finally to "flirt." SO say the authorities
What next? A man in Chicago recently
attempted to swallow common billiard BAH
on bet. By covering i. with sweet oil he sue
ceeded in getting it in his mouth but that was
all. He couldn't swallow it, nor could he get
it out Of his mouth. Surgical aid was called,
and after long and painful operation the de-
licate morsel was removed. The ball was evi
IDENTIFY in the wrong pocket" --
The Saturday review says there is always
a Coburg or q Bourbon ready for whatever
happens to be uppermost. a3 szat
-Pennsylvania has one very considerate
legislator. He recently bea an his speech with
the remark that as debate cost the State one
thousand dollars an hour he would be brief
The largest organ in the world is credited
to the little city Of Freiburg, Switzerland.
When in full play it pours forth tempest Of
sounds through forest Of pipes seven thou
sand eight hundred in number, shaking the
walls and the foundations Of the old St.
Nicholas Church in which it stands. I
"A new steam life boat cutter, with fixed
engines, aud weighing when completely equip
cd only three tons, has been experimental on
at Portsmouth, England, and it proved quite
practicable to hoist and suspend her in the
usual way of ships boats, and by the ordinary
agency. While under steam the boat made q
speed of seven knots.
The announcer ent that the London Roy
al Academy of Music was about TO stop its
operations is confirmed. For half n centlr ~ 1t
has striven to support itself on the voluntary
principle, and at length Is about to rclinguish
the effort. This looks badly for the cause of
music in England.
Tho Westminster Review, in highly ap-
preciative notice OF Professor Whtney's Lee
ture on Language, says: ST the Americans go
on writing SO many excellent treatises on phil
ology, we shall soon have to call the English
the American language" 2"
"A New York paper announces with edit
orial gravity that "Mrs. Kemble wears still the
same nobly-fOrmed head which was so much
admired when she made her first appearance
at the Covent Garden Theatre, Oct 10, 1929"
1t is gratifying to know, that amid all the VI
cissitudes of life, the disappoinm ,nts, joys and
absences of fo'ty years, this lady has not lost
her head. 1t is more than can be said of some
other persons in public station.
AN editor in Indiana observes that it al
ways gives him pleasure to publish maria.
notices, but suggests that they should be sent
for insertion as soon as practicable after the
ceremony, as divorces had been granted In
some cases before the marriages were an-
nounced and the notices were somewhat
spoiled in consequence.
The commission on the selection of a plan
one, and will erect a four-story marble struc-
ture, with mansard roof and dome. The plan
is now awaiting the approval of Congress.
-Frugality is one of the virtues in Yer.
mont. An old settler, eighty years of age, in
a country town, who had not been to the
"shire town" for forty years, lately walked
there, twenty miles, looked about the town,
dined ON two cents worth Of crackers, and
then walked back the same day.
Under new arrangement, just concluded
between the Post Office Department of the
United States and of the Dominion of Canada
the single rate OF postage on international let
ters will be reduced on and after Il Q 1st day
OF April, 1853, from ten to six cents, if pr Il
at the ofice of mailing in either country; but
ifposted unpaid or in insuficiently prepaid,
they will be subject to postage charge of ten
cents per single rate in the country OF dest'-
nation. The authorized weight OF 81 g .
letter will be fifteen grammes by the meti'ai
scale, and half an onuce in the Dominion OF
Canada Postmasters will levy postage &c
cordingly, on ead after the LIST OF April, 1853