The Portland daily press., 1869-04-13
Gleanings and Gossip. .

The increase of lunacy In Great Britain
calls out much anxious discussion in the pert
odicals of that country Between 1s49 and
1868, the number OF patients in the asylums
in England and Wales increased by 1900, and
in Scotland there has been an increase of 1244
in nine years. Ninety per cent. OF the pauper
inmates are regarded as incurable, but third
of these are quie and harmless. A
The Prince Imperial lately went to the
Opera Comique to hear La Dame Blanche
which amusement was the result Of an inno-
cent ruse. Having coDspired previously with
his companions, young Conneau and Espi-
nasse, they all struck up, before the Empress,
the pretty trio of "La Dame Blanche vous re-
garde." The E impress understood, accorded
the permission solicited in the song, and the
three friends were to be seen enjoying them
selves the next night at BoiIdieu's Opera.
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks that the first
step in the temperance reform must be the
suppression of the temperance refoimers.
AT certain district school not thousand
miles from here, a promising young shaver Of
five or six years, was reading his lesson at
school, one day, in the deliberate manner for
which urchins Of that age are remarkable As
he proceeded with the task, be came upon the
passage, Keep thy tongue irom evil, ard thy
lips from guile" Master Hopeful drawled
out. "Keep-thy-toDgus -evil-and-
hy-lips-from-cirls Shouts of laughter
from the surrounding pupils greeted this new
version OF good caution.
1t cost nearly million of francs to esiah.
lish the obelisk of Luxor in the Place de Il
Concorde at Paris, and now the English are
talking of spending some twenty thousand
pounds in bringing over the Cleopaira's Nee
die, which hes half buried in the sand near
Alexandria, and placing it somewhere on tha
noble embankmeDt lately finished by the riv,r
Thames. The Needle is GA feet long. weioha
2S4 tons, and has been considerably damaged
by the donkey boys, who chip pieces OF it a.
souvenirs for vandal travellers.
There were, it is sad, 80 900 foreigners In
Rome during the Easter fstes. American fam
lilies abounded, and numbers of them saw the
rope bless the golden rose in one chapel, and
pray at the tomb OF the Apostles Peter and
Paul in another.
An escaped lunatic tried to shoot himself
IN New York, Wednesday having received Or
ders from heaven to that effect through tho
spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
Miss Dorothy L. Dix, who has interested
herself for many years in the treatment OF the
insane, is about visiting California 10 ia'or Tor
their better care in that State, where large
class Of those uufortunatss are very . 'orly
provided for. She has been Instrumental In
procuring better hospitals for ths insane In
most of the Atlantic States.
We live in an age OF wonders. The Pope
is actually organizing corps Of reporters for
the proceedings in the Geumenical Council
The Able Ygidius Aarchsses, a Pisdmoutsse'
has been placed by the Hoy Father at the
head Of the shorthand writers.
A Southern newspaper used $1,000 bonds for
its mailing wrappers. They were Coufeder.
ate bonds, however.
The Salt Lake Reporter tells of a Mormon
Elder named Sloan who leaving his three lov-
ing wives repaired to house of i'll repute
with Gentle, and being found there hsd
from the Territory to sssass the wrath Of Brig
ham Young