The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-09
Gossip and Gleanings.


Pat Malloy says that his son Mike is the
best boy he has got, because he never hits him
when he is down.
"A Chicago lady who edits law Journal
there, is about to be admitted to the bar, and
will practice law in partnership with her hus-
band.
Why not be merciful TO Mrs. Stowe, and
believed that she was afflicted with temporary
insanity it is too much to suppose that a wo-
man could retain such a secret so long, and
keep sane.
ing the payment of a $4,000 policy to second
wife, on the ground that it was made out to
the first wife, and on the remarriage of the de-
ceased, no change was made in the name.
"A brace of horse chestnuts in the breech-
es pockets are said to have power to keep away
the rheumatism. The homoopathsts have re-
Gently introduced an extract from the horse
chestnut into use as cure for rheumatism.
'-Low-necked shirts are pronounced the
latest "style" for nice young men. Let our
readers imagine a sweet looking youth, with
his hair parted in the middle, sky blue tie, .
brass headed cane and low-necked shirt. Oh,
you dear little creature! t..
Alexander Won Humbolt whose birthday was
recently celebrated began to write his great
work Cosmos at the age of seventy-6ve. He
spont the day in reading, and the evening
with King Frederick William. He then wrote
from II to o'clock. Such powers of endur-
ance are rare.
The sapient woman critic of the Satusdsv
i'll k,s1 1otn La ii
the Oldest points of difference between man
and woman that woman has no First Love.
The long alphabet of her affections is without
any distinct end or beginning; she mounts by
lnsensible gradatons from dolls and kittens
and pet brothers to the zenith of passion, TO
descend by the same insensible grsdaiions
from the zenith of passion through pet BROTH
ers to tabby cats. ....- ......
"A young lady in ore of the rural towns of
New Hampshire was desirous OF teaching
school in a neighboring village, and applied 10
Che chairman OF the board Of selectmen for Q
| certificate of good character, which in due
time was turni, he'd, as follows: This is to
| certify that Tamar Noyes stauds on a medium
with other girls of her age and sex, and for
what know is as good as folks in general"
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Lady obtained the school.
-Dr. Shelton Mackenzie says that ByIon's
autobiography, which Moore burned, "will yet
see he light" In an edsion of mo ;tes Am
brosIana,'' published in IS g. with DR.. Mac
kenzr's notes, on page 426 of vol /, he says
that ByroD's autobiography was copied Tor the
Countess of Westmoreland. and he adds: ''Of
the copy sent to her have heard copy was
made and retained. LAZY Bessington had
the autobiography in her possession Tor weeks,
and confessed to having Transcribed every line
Of it. Moore demonstrated, and Lady B. COM
mitted her manuscript 10 the flames, but she
did not tell him that her sister, Mrs. Home
Purvs, had also made copy Of it. From the
quantity of copy which have seen su mise
that at leass half dozen copies were made,
and that i've of these are yet in existence
Why, after all, your wonderful modern
'Planehette" is as old as the hills. The Chi
nese know all about it. When they want to
consult joss" they set before the image
platter of sand, and two men grasp one leg
each of V-shaped piece of wood, the point Of
which rests on the sand. The spirit of the god
descends and wriggles the marker, and tho
scrawl it makes in the sand is translated into
an oracular answerl Talk OF Davenport
brothersl the sorcerers of Greenland have
done their trick, with the dark seance" ac-
compartments for centuries, and the Ojbway
conjurors and the SHERMAN shamus do it
STILL Your table-turning and air-foating, too,
are of all peoples and all time. All this, and
much more OF the same thing is told by Mr..
Taylor in lecture lately delivered before the
Royal Institute, London.
"A correspondent Of the Providence Jour
nal tells this story illustrative OF the value OF
money in the early days of California. rive
| per cent month was low rate OF in'ersss
at that time. In 1s49 a gentleman haa 'oia
piece of property half cash and the o. A.oe on
twelve months credit. He offered the note 10.
discount in the banking room OF bureoyne
20 Mr. Plumb the gentiemah'y iesosns
n.r,r.r informed his customer tnat tney
par'ne,, ,,..onnt il at the regular rate. "what
u" wou,a r.te?" asked the holder OF the note.
"r"n ner cent per month, sir" was the reply.
.asr aourins for a moment, the gentleman
exclaimed "why. there will be something
coming to you; guess won't trade" and he
didn't.