The Portland daily press., 1869-03-06
SPECTATOR.
" arieties.

In New, York asprightly youth of 81 was
married to blooming maiden of sweet "a
on Tuesday.
will treat the world as the moon treats it,
Show it only one side of yourself, seldom
show yourself too much at time, and let what
you show be calm, cool and polished. But
look at every side Of the world"
ct would do anything to crafty you;
would go to the end of the world to please you,
said a fervent lover to the object of his affec-
tions. swell, sir, go there and stay, and shall
be pleased"
The European correspondent of a New
York paper tells of place in Germany where
wines are zone hundred per cent. cheaper than
in America" Don't they charge anything for
the bottles, either?
Says a shrewd modern writer: "The lon
ger a woman remains single, the more appre-
hensive will she be of entering into the state
of wedlock. At seventeen or eighteen, girl
will plunge into it, often without fear; at twen-
ty she will begin to think3 at twenty -four,
weigh and discriminate; at twenty-eight, will
be afraid of venturing; at thirty, will turn
about, and look down the hill she has ascended, :,
and sometimes rejoice, and sometimes repent
that she has attained that summit"
"A gorgeous reception was given to the
Prince and Princess of Wales ON their arrival
at Cairo. They were met by the Viceroy in
brilliant uniform, blazing with diamonds, and
conducted to carriage into which the Prince
stepped, taking his seat with his back to the
horses. The Princess of Wales followed
Then came the Viceroy, who insisted on the
Prince changing his place, and the Prince SIT
ting beside the Princess. His Royal highness
resisted little; but who can disobey Vice.
row in his own land? and so the carriage drove
off with the Prince and his wife facing the Pa
sba The English reporter seems to regard
this as a very striking and momentous circum-
stance. The newly built palace where the
royal visitors are domiciled is gorgeous. The
bedsteads of the Prince and Princess-great
four-posters ARE posts and all of silver, and
silver and gold are beaten and spread out all
over the furniture and the walls.
old Dicky s. is very wealthy but very
illiterate East India merchant and a member
of the Oriental Club of London. One day
Dicky took pair of compasses and set about
examining large map of India, the margin OF
which was illustrated with drawings OF the
wild and domestic animals Of the country
Suddenly Dioky dropped the compasses In
amazement. 'It cau't bel it amt in the nor
der of natur that it should bel Impossible!
ridiculousl" "wby, Dicky. what's the mat
ter? "wot's the matter? Wy, this Bengal til
ger is ninety miles long" Dicky had measur-
ed the tiger by the scale of the map.
The health of Mr.. Dickens is very poor,
and by the advice of his physician, he has
postponed the beginning of his farewell read
iugs in London to the 9th of April.
"A writer, who enjoys handling huge fig
ures, estimates the amount of human blood
wasted, up to date, by wars of the whole
world, at $4,000 pipes.
-Velocipedes, wherever they have appeared
in the streets, are voted an unmitigated nui-
sance. In Worcester, the other day. one o'
them ran over a hand-organ player seriously
injuring him and smashing his srgan' Oni'-
dren and old people are hurt by them almost
daily.