The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-16
Gossip and GIeanings. Z.


--Hub-bub-A Boston boy. @
The way for beaux-Galawa.
I Passing the time--Going by clock.
--Patence-Faith waiting for q nibble.
"A race of sculptors-The Chip-a-ways
Mot miss-A rich, handsome widow.
"A loan-some place--A pawnbroker's office.
--Pillers of the Constitution-Q Quack Doc
tors. 'f lii1I.i- -EiiHs
Current literature in the running
brooks. i-raH -HU
-Galloping consumption n-Elting at rail-
road station
Working for bare life-Making clothes for
young baby.
p. Il. Barnum has no son to inherit his pc
cularities. But he has two sons-in-law to in
he1it his fortune isa. lIH
Austria is to spend 100000 forms more
than she did last year upon the army.
The Poles expect to be liberty poles next
year. sils1 .4Hlaia
i st. Louis has ordered floating fire-engine
for use on the river. ft
Except the odd seventy who graduated the
other day at Annapolis, the navy is almost
without midshipmen. 'fitl -tI n.-0..a
| "A man is always enthusiastic over his
rheumatism. He feels it in his bones ..i
Rats and mice seek secluded habitations.
They love dark nests rather thanlight, because
their deeds are evil. '..
just the pudding for Crieketers-a. good
batter. ..... -1f W 4. 4sr.l .aI
1t must be a happy thought TO Jersey
lover that his blood and that of his sweetheart
mingle in the same mesquite. .ar
The N. Y. Sun says: "The iavorite wick
edness at present is safe breaking" This ras-
cality is performed by those who have 30 par
ticular business, but are best known as Jack
of vault raids. .iso 800 ,I .
The fashionable season is now drawing to
close. Five hundred and ninety-ive balls
have been given during the winter. s.
Spain is in a sad financial condition. She
cannot raise even a crown. .|l.f
I'VE fear that if the Republicans take up
the cry Of 'sWar with England" as a means of
party success, the Democrats will far outcry
| them in that direction. al
Two young princes, the sons OF Archduke
Charles of Austria, had warm dispute in the
presence of no less person than that of the
august Emperor himself. Greatly excited,
one said to the other, "You are the greatest ass
in venicel" Highly offended at a quarrel in
his presence, the Emperor interrupted them,
saying, with indignation, Come, come, young
gentlemen, you forget that am present"
-"You ought to marry 'Never." ''But,
perhaps, -pshawi-you don't know her.
She is young" Then she is sly" "Beauti-
full" ''The more dangerous" "Of good fam-
iIy." 1Then she is jealous" "She has tai
cnts." "To kill me-" "And one hundred
thousand dollars" 81 will take her. r'e'
Mr.. Mullins, of Tennessee, says Of one of
the Arkansas carpet-baggers, out of whom
another carpet bagger let the life: 'He sank
to death in the soliloquy of his own blood; we
shall view him no more till the chaotic torch
of Gabriel wakes to living consciousness the
universal dome, and we shall see ourselves as
others see US in that bourne whence no travel
| ler returns"
SAKE is responsible for tho following para
| phrase from Martial
| your nose and eyes your father gave, you say, W
Your mouth your grandslre; and your mother
Your tine expression; tell me now pray,
Where in the name of Heaven, you got your
m cheek? -.. t f.I'i .... I ..
Further revelations in turf matters are
looked for in England. Sporting readers are
mysteriously informed that the little plung-
or is gone at last which is explained by
another journal as meaning that certain
noble duke" having been unfortunate on the
turf, has sold his stud and retired The young
Duke of Newcastle is alluded to. 4
The editor of the Commercial Advertiser
vouches for the truth of the following singular
exhibition of superstitious belief; "A friend
| of ours keeps faithful house-dog, that a few
days 400 hit boy that had entered the kitch-
a., in tha ohsence Of the domestics, and was
| ov,,.,n;,g its arrangements with greater free
5e,,, tban was proper in the estimation Of the
ssaino watcher. The father of the boy imme-
lately applied to have the dog shot, as the
,hast hast preventive of hydrophobia.' To this our
| friend would not consent, and after being rea-
| soned with, the applicant abridged his request
toahalfa-dozen hairs from the dogs tail, to
spread upon plaster to put over the wound,
which. with good -Datured smile, our friend
supplied to him. Ull .Ut -..lll
in Scotland where such simple ideas as to
what constitutes marriage contract exist,
women are admitted as burgesses. A good la
| DIV. anxious to have her husband vote for her,
endeavored 10 induce the Common Council of
Ed;nburob to place his name on the burgess
ron In the course of the investigation it ives
shown that she had right to vote, lot toe
women of Edinburg who hold "stob and stalk
have of right, by ancient charter, the power TO
record their vote personally and not through
their husbands. ...f
Arrangements for laying the French caoie
,ro hs;ng pushed very fast, and the Great East
arm is getting ready for the expedition.
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