The Portland daily press., 1869-04-22

Just before the battle, Mother one of
our war songs, long since dead, is now meet
ing with great success at the London Minstrel
Halls. l - Nl
Will asked old "ten-per-cent" what he
wanted to accumulate so much money for
Says he: "You can't take it with you when
you de, and if you could it ,OOuld melt"
The Louisville Journal thinks it would be
folly for Spain to quarrel with US because
chaplain prayed the other day in Congress for
Cuban independence She is at perfect liber-
ty to set all her chaplains to praying for Gu
ban subjugation. If she were to do so, the
preponderanee Of influence going up into the
air would of course be vastly on her side.
-Gen. Prim could not find, in the year 1867,
in Paris or in Brussels publisher willing to
issue his yet unpublished work on the Spanish
insurrection.
Emily Flygare Carlen, the very popular
Swedish novelist, has written seventy-nine
volumes Of novels in thirty years.
Miss Evans, author of "St. Elmo" has
finished new novel for which she is said to
have been offered $4,000. 1t contains pic
turssque summary of all the cyclopedias sx-
| tant
-Bijorson, the Norwegian poet and novel;
ist, is delighted with the favorable reception
with which his books have met in the United
| States. He is anxious to make trip to
| America $3.50 fla a1s4-.isial
| An exchange says: "0ur iails hold no
prisoners nowadays. They are all inmates" ("
| Frederick Law Omstead will probably be
called to fill the chair of rural architecture
and landscape gardening at Cornell Universi-
| ty. If he accepts he win make it his life work
to lay out the college grounds. Iu that case,
| Cornell Campus will compaae favorably with
| the most beautiful in America.
| "A lawyer was once pleading q case that
brought tears into the jurors eyes, and every
one gave up the case as gone for the plaintiff
But the opposing counsel arose and said:-
"May il please the Court, I do not propose in
this case to bore for ,oater but" Here the
tears were suddenly dried, laughter ensued,
the righteousness of the case was exposed,
and the defendant got clear.
Among the court files at Taunton, Mass.
is the finding of coroner's jury, which con-
cludes that "the said-came to his death by
the visitation of the aforesaid God"
"A sshool-boy being asked by his teacher,
| OI Wuab II the 0tfilhH GACb SVASsteOtC0s 10
piled, 'Sour krout, schnapps, lager beer, and
nix cum arouse"
| Perhaps one of the most delicious pieces
of diplomatic affestation record is the letter
OF introduction given by the Spanish sover-
eigns to Columbus, to be delivered to the no.
tentates of the world he was going to discover.
1t runs as follows:
FERDINAND and ISABELLA to KrNG-.
The sovereigns have heard that he and his
subjects entertain great love for them and for
spain. They are, moreover, inf6rmed that he
and his subjects very much wish to hear news
from Spain, and send, therefore, their admiral.
Oh. Columbus, who will tell them that they
are IN good health and perfect prosperity.
GRANADA, Apra 30, 1492.
The art of starching, though known to the
manufacturers of Flanders, did not reach
England till 1864, when Queen Elizabeth first
set up coach. Her coachman, named Baer-
nan, was a Dutchman; his wife understood the
art of starchng, secret she seems exclusive
lv to have possed, and of which the Queen
ayailed herself for those wonderful ruins OF
hers.
-aCome back, sir, that's not the road" said
Lord Eglinton to trespasser IN ms park
"Do We KEN" says the offender, "whaur I'm
paunY' "No,'' replies his lordship. "Weel
hoo the dell do ye ken whether this be the
road or mop
Hans Christian Andersen is said to be the
best linguist in Denmark. He speaks fouS
languages fuently, and reads tour more.
There u girl in Lynn county, Iowa, six
teen years old, of whom the following story is
told: For six weeks of the coolest weather OF
last winter, during the sickness of her father
and mother, she attended carefully and well
forty-eight sheep, seven head of horses tweiVe
head of cattle and two calves, beside mixing
three cows, driving the cattle quar'er VI
mile every day to water, cleaning 'ne morse
stable doing the housework, and taxing care
of her sick parents