The Portland daily press., 1869-03-05
Z Varieties.

Rev. Robert Collyer, at the Woman's Con-
vention at Chicago, said "it seemed to him
that every man got out of the Bible just what
he wanted. The Bible, in fact, with all due
reverence, is like pasture into which all an
imals can be turned. First, the horse goes in
and takes what he wants and leaves the rest
for the cow, and then the COW goes in and
takes what she wants and leaves the rest for
the sheep, and then the sheep 60 in, and then
the goat and last of all the donkey, who eats
the thistles loud Laughter.] The hopeful
man takes the hopeful passage, the despond-
ing man the Responding passage, and he didn't
envy the donkey who took the thistles."
Recently Henry Carr, of Middlesex, VT,
found hollow maple while chopping in the
woods, and in it found swarm of bees which
had filled space five feet and ten inches long
and one foot in diameter with nice honey. He
cut off the log, and carried the bees and honey
home, intending to keep the swarm.
The Duke of SAKE Coburg Gotha has es-
tablished a new Order of Womans Courage,
to be given to women whose deeds reflect cred
| it upon their sex.
The custom of giving thanks at meals
originated among heathen nations, by offering
to their gods part of what they were about
to eat or drink
French correspondents are busy telling
what was found in the royal apartments at
Madrid after the flight of the Queen. They
say that the inventory shows that neither Isa-
bella nor Francis owned book except
prayer books, and that the king possessed no
weapon except toy pistol, with which he prac-
tised at historical painting of Goni. The
of bon-bons, and the Queen had pasted por-
traits of the nun Patrocinio over the magnif-
cent Murillos and the immense Venetian mirr
rors in her apartments. Don Francis's artis-
| tic tendency was shown in collection of ques-
tionable photographs.
| The river Don has this year presented an
| unusual phenomenon. After having broken
up its ice twice, it froze over for the third time
| and ON this last occasion grave accident oc-
| CURED. The bridge of boats at Rostow no.
having been Withdrawn, mass Of ice accu
mulated, inclosing a large number of steam
ers and other vessels, and the pressure becom-
ing at length too great, the structure gave
way, and immense damage was done to the
shipping.
"A vein Of silver yielding forty-seveu per
| cent. Of pure metal has been found in Ken
tucky, ON the Cumberland river.
The bench at Passy, whsrs Rossini used to
sit has been nearly whittsed to pieces BY van
dal relic-hunters.
In the present session Of the British Par
lament the question Of voting by ballot Is TO
be brought forward by Sir Henry Bulwer; and
there is now a better prospect Of the
ballot passing into law than at any pre-
1 a..
cussion. The London Review says that the
ballot has "passed from the category Of things
that cannot be to the category Of things that
must be-" and though it viii be strongly op-
posed by the Tories, the Liberals feel assured
| of its success under Gladstone.s administra-
| ton. .U
"A Chicago woman began a suit for adul-
terry against her husband last week, only to
have a decree of divorce, dated five months
| ago, Aourished before her astonished eyes.
sit is a standing rule in my church, said
one clergyman to another, "for the sexton to
wake up any man that he sees asleep" II
| think" replied the other, shat it would be
better for the sexton, whenever o man goes to
sleep under your preaching, to wake you up"
Mrs. Cheney. widow of the well-known
Boston artist Cheney, read the last address in
the series of Sunday afternoon lectures at Hor-
| tieultural Hall, Boston. Her subject was
work and Art,"-art being, as she defined it,
| only work become beautiful. Mrs. Cheney's
| address is spoken of in warm terms of COM
mendation by those who heard it. 1t seems to
have made quite as strong an impression as
that of Mrs Julia Ward Howe a few weeks
ago. ...
Hiram Grimm, the translator and cores
pondent of Emerson, the biographsr Of MI
chael tAngelo, and one Of the most giitea OF
German novelsts, has been appointed reader
to Princess Alice of Hesse, daughter OF queen
| Victoria DIR. Grimm is the son OF one OF the
.Rrothers Grimm" so well known a. phiiolo-
c;sts and literary men, and the son-in-law Of
Rett;pa- Goethe's Btttine, who married Won
The new book Of Mr.. w. e. H. Lscky,
promised next month, is called "A History Of
European Morals from Augustus 10 Charlie
magne," AT the first glance the period COW
cred by it seems singular, but il will be mo-
ticed that 1t includes the whole era Of the
death struggle Of classical Paganism, and the
introduction and establishment OF Christian
ity.
In Albany, lazy Italians hire MANNED sol
piers to work at organ grinding, paying them
81 80 per day, and gather many dollars each
day, as profit on their speculation upon the
sympathies of the public.
| "A man has just been condemned at ven
ma to three months imprisonment ior 0nsu
siye language against the Empress Marla Ane-
resa who died in $780, Ajournal asks "nat
sort of satisfaction the august deceased can
have received from the punishment
THE rivers of Scotland are said to be
crowded with salmon this year. One as heavy
as s;xty pounds, and another wsighing forty
mounds, have been taken from the Tweed re.
| Gently.
"A wife wanted her husband to sympathize
with her in feminine quarrel; but he refused,
saying: "Pve lived long enough to learn that
one woman is just as good as another, il not
better" Sand l." retorted the exasperated
wife, shave lived long enough to know that
one man is just as bad as another, II nos
worse" s.s5- .A.,a
Immense quantities Of wheat are ys' nsiu
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