The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-09
Varieties.

The opposition to Prussian rule in the
Duchies of Schleswig- -Holstein is assuming
q new phase. The functions of clergyman
and schoolmaster cannot be fulfilled, especial
ly in the northern part, where the Danish Ian
guage is almost exclusively spoken. rn
AT negro baptizing in Crawford county,
Ga, the other day, colored preacher pulled
off his coat, vest and pants in order to keep
them from getting wet, and while officiating
in the water the garments were appropriated
by member of tina congregation on ths bank.
The disconsolate minister was LETT to make his
way home in this plight, distance of seven
or eight miles.
"A Kentuckian has invented wagon on
the perpetual motion idea. l. goes by q
spring which drives the vehicle up hill, and is
wound up again by the descent of the wagon
on the other side. On a road that is all down
hill it runs nicely; otherwise it runs down.
1t is noted as a rather curious coincidence
that the suit of Charles Reade againsl the
Round Table for an alleged libel in an old crit
icism upon Griffith Gaunt should have been
brought just at the time he has commenced
the publication of another serial story in this
country? Mr.. Reads is brilliant novelist, a
shrewd advertiser, and a friend of the Galaxy.
"Put yourself in His Place.
"A young man of Green Bay, Wisconsin,
lately married, treated his bride to tour on a
hand-sled, drawn by himself In this primi-
tive fashion they have started for Minnesota
to settle there. .gr
Mr.. Edmund Yates, the novelist, has just
given the lie to the old saying who breaks
novsn Mr. Yates is bankrupt, and doesn't
a., all His retirement from the post of
sd;,or TO Tinsley's Magazine is announced.
victor Hugos L,Homme QWi Rit still
HANGS fire. 1t was to have been published
oarly in January, but the day OF issue has
besn again and again postponed.
Speaking of the death of noted Oxford
boatman, the London Leader says: sour best
rowers and athletes almost invariably die of
heart disease, and die at the very moment
when the bodily system appears in superb or
der. Athletic science IS a very Moloch, whose
victims, were they told up, would frighten the
nervous into the opposite extreme,-that of
not undergoing sufficient exertion to keep the
physical system in good working order.
Christina Nilsson, the Swedish nightingale,
was born peasant girl at Wedersors, August
20, 1S43, and in her girlhood was wandering
minstrel, singing and playing her hute ana VI
olin, until at country fair, her matchless
voice attracted the attention of stranger,
who provided for her the education which led
to her subsequent fame.
london editors write their current politi-
cal leaders in the Parliamentary Chambers,
while listening to the debates.
"A little school girl in Norwich, Conn,
gave as the definition of the word happy; ITO
feel as if you wanted to give all your things to
your little sister,"
"A full-blooded quail, of dove color on the
back and tail, with wings approaching bright
yellow, ard breast which resembles that ot a
meadow lark, is among the natural cariosl'ies
of Grass Valley, California. Some persons
suppose it to be cross between aove "uu
quail; but old sportsmen scout the idsa' II Is
| genuine California quail