The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-05-18
Gleanings and Gossip .

AN exchange says "Henry Brown OF
Springfield lost $50 COW by leaving the
back door of his house open the other day.
The animal walked in, drank enough maple
syrup to make fifty pounds of sugar, and died
the next night Isn't that good deal of syrup
for one cow to drink?
-Pagliari, an Italian chemist, has invented
a kind of paper with which caobolic acid is so
thoroughly Incorporated that the paper when
used to pack animal substances preserves them
in perfectly fresh state, without salt or any
curing whatever.
Ernest Remains new book. "The Life of
st. Paul." which Carleton win publish trans
lation of this month, in connection with the
French editors, contains special map of the
travels of st. PaulP from the date of depart
ure on his first mission until his arrival at
Rome.
Carleton win publish, in few days, stimuli
taneously with the London publisher, carte
mus Wards Comic Lecture" delivered in
Egyptian Hall, and illustrated profusely with
drawings from the famous Showman's Pano-
rama, aud steel portrait of the author.
Bread is to be sold by weight in Philadsl-
phia, by an order from the select council, based
on an old State law passed in 1897.
The Sacramento Bee says that "the new
industry called sericulture promises to be quite
extensive and remunerativs this season. Many
large mulberry plantations have been set out
and there is supposed to be an abundance Of
silkworm eggs on hand for present needs"
Chicago lately received, in one week, a
weight of pork greater than the weight of the
81, 0f ~ IA
In Paris the young gentlemen dress in
black and wear lavender gloves. The style
will soon be introducen here.
The New York Mail says that groomsmen
are going out of fashion, on account of their
propensity to drink too much at the reception.
"A Hindoo physician at Bombay has cure
for leprosy, and the English doctors are quar-
relling with him about it. l5 81
"A negro woman in Athens, Ga, has been
arrested for stealing good clothes in which TO
be baptized. z.5 a6o IS
M. Lesbian reports to the French Acade-
my that last October he inoculated himself
with the gray matter from the lung Of con-
sumptive patient just dead at the hospital of
Gros- Gallon. The hazardous experiment was
made to satisfy himself and the profession
whether or not tuberculosis can be contracted
by incubation. He testifies that no unpleas-
ant consequences have as yet been expert
enced, six months having passed since the
operation was performed. n. ssl i a
Mrs. Cora L. ". Daniels, the spiritualist
and trance speaker, undiscouraged by her pre-
vious marital misfortunes. has again taken
a spouse-Col, S. +. Tappan, lately an Indian
peace commissioner.
-.rhe Empress Eugenie has been wearing
for some time past exceeding plain and mex
nensiye toilettes The Legtimist ladies' of the
Faubourg st. German sneeringly say that
"that woman" (cette danle)-the Empress) is
now wearing electoral toilettes.''
There is no more lndicrous sight than the
impressive dignity of the drunkard. Such a
one tell down flight of stairs at Bellows b alls,
VT, the other night, and passer-by, fearing
him seriously injured, ran to pick him up.
But the man majestically staggered to his feet,
and in response to the proffered aid, roared
out: NOW you jes lenme lone. Wan no
slobberin' round me. allns come down stairs
that wayr'
The San francisco Bulletin says the
spring grains are now in a forward and healthy
condition, after the late rains. Inc suriace oi
the country everywhere presents most beau
tiful appearance-softesti iverdure, intermin-
gled with patches Of flowers, covering the
earth. Even the bare hills about San Francis
co are carpeted to their submits with grass
and Towering shrubs. The growth of wild
oats, in regions little affected by pasturing, is
reported TO be very heavy, and promises fine
crop of hay from that source. The demand
for agricultural land continues unabated.
The London Spectator, in noticing the
new market recently built by Burdett Coutts,
says that "her spirit is not that of English, but
of old Italian or new American millioniares.
The young woman Of Bordeaux who
threw vitriol in the face of her betrayer, has
been convicted of the offence and hned one
franc