The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-31
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The tomb OF Adah Isaacs Menken bears
as an epitaph, chosen by herself, two words
only, Thou Knowest" Surely, no one could
read these words without kindlier thoughts
for the woman who sleeps below than she was
accustomed to awaken in her life. Who shall
pretend to sound the depths of that inner con-
sciousness,-to gauge the good and evil ele-
ments of o soul Of which we know so little?
AT the time of her death the Menken had
nearly ready for publication volume of poems
to which she had affixed the suggestive title,
'Infelicia." In Cne of these poems, called
judith" with passage from Revelations un-
derits title, the following passage occurs:
Stand back, ye Philstnesl ssrnr s.sz
Practice what We preach to me; r4,, A
heed ye not, for know ye all. .t.-7
Ye are living burning lies. and PROCLAMATION to
the garments in which with stately steps
-@ ye sweep your marble palaces. ~ faH
am nc Magdelene waiting to kiss the hem Of
your garment
AS ameans of cleansing the hair, nothing
is better than solution of borax in water It
leaves the scalp in most cleanly condition,
and the hair is just sufficiently stiffened to re-
tain its place. This stiffness, however, can be
readily removed, if Objectionable, by washing
with water. ,F ...l.-r ~
Thomas Hood died with pun on his lips.
He is said to have remarked that he was dy-
ing out of charity to the undertaken who
wished to urn huety Hood. o. ssT2
DIR. Russell--'Bull Run Russell"-is max
ing an effort to get into PARLIAMENT. He is of
fering himself to the electors of one of the
boroughs created under the new Reform bill
the borough of Chelsea. He comes forward,
he says, "as Conservative on Independent
Liberal principles" This may not be "bull,'
but it looks very like one. -
"A valuable discovery in telegraphing is an
nounced, which does away with all the jars
and fluids heretofore used in telegraph offices,
and current of electricity sufficiently strong
for all purposes, is drown from the earth by
means of one sheet of copper and one sheet of
zinc buried in the earth to the depth of two
feet. -ag- -i4la
Grapes are said to do best when planted
among rocks, because the heat of the sun is re-
tanned and radiated in the night, giving an
equable temperature. VOLTA -.Hg-rq4 rT
Mrs Stoves next book is to be called
"Old Town Talk" 'iet
"A lady correspondent, who knows Parish
an etiquette thoroughly, denies pont-blank
that it is maurais ton to handle the fork with
the right hand. .l - ~. ~, .o
English art is in such a low condition that
Disraeh confessed in Parliament that England
had no sculptor or architect who could be
trusted to execute a monument which would
not be an insult to the memory of Lord
Brougham. Would that our American Con-
gress had the discrimination of the English
Premier They have not yet discovered the
condition of American art. 'pa .el..ear
"A Cincinnati artist went few miles into
Kentucky to make painting. He stopped ut
a small hotel, where his life was endangered
simply because he was from Ohio. One man
swore he would kill the d-d Dutch artist from
Ohio, and that if he could not find him then
he would have him Ku-Ktured An amiable
old gray haired woman iniorme1 him that she
would like to scrub her floor with Yankee
blood. Mr.. Kemper went to Kentucky Sey-
mour man. He is now converted. -.
Mile. Nilsson will not come to this coun-
try at present. She is engaged at the Italiens,
in Paris, until the time when she has agreed
to appear in London. f.,-
"A Milanese is forming company to irri-
| gate the Desert of Sahara by artesian wells,
and make it blossom as the rose"
"A paper in Hannibal, Mo-, says there are
two breweries in operation in that town, but
third one is needed to supply the local de-
mand for lager beer 81. ....t
| Fred. Douglass says if you want to know
where the rebel army is, look in the ranks Of
| Seymour and Blair. "The slavet olding rebels,
struck down by Gen. Grant as by thunder
bolt, scarcely recover from the terrific shock
before they stagger off to the Democratic par
~. There they go-stricken generals of the
! rebel army Henry A. Wise and Wade Hamp-
ton, Toombs and Cobb, Forrest and Beaure-
gard The evil spirits cast out of the man
among the tombs take refuge in the herd of
swine. We shall see with what consequences
| to the poor animals in November, and to
themselves" .sas- 81. ,-rl.t,s-.l ...,-J
in the London Stars report Of Mr.. Adder
| ly's speech on the Nova Scotia question, re-
| GENTLY delivered in the House of Commons
that journal made it appear that the speaker
threatened to use force to keep Nova Scotia in
the Union. Mr. A. has written to the Star,
showing that this was incorrect, and declaring
that his whole argument was against our IN
reference" The Star readily corrects the ef-
ror. Nova Scotia papers take this as an au-
tboritative declaration that force will not Oo
employed to keep them in the Union =. ,o,.
rho charleston Mercury contains tne ~.
,vb;cb NAV not be wholly new put
nS;cb M Is very good:-"we beg to explain - ,s.s
'.n wn,0~ anbscriSer who complains that his paper
is frequently too damp ior H." IU
aanso tbsre is so much due ." =,
cause The seSas nsw French cable will have instead
o. u .ne : cover covering of New Zealand fax
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