The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-29

-Parepa Rosas maid has fallen heir to
quite property in England.
=" "A living church, like fire pur.ies itself;
like flowing water, keeps itself clean"
| There was nothing improper In the Prince
Of Wales's letter to Lady Mordaunt, except
the grammar.
denmark has population Of one and .
quarter millions, and paid Parliament with
universal suffrage.
Twenty theatres and pleees Of entertain
ment are now nightly open In London. Paris
has twenty one.
| - The canal through the Isthmus Of Cor
| inth Is to be commenced within q period of
eighteen months by French company.
Troops all along the Texas frontier have
been ordered on twenty days scouting expe-
!. n.ion against the Indians.
-Th.N Y. Sun learns Of lean mans AZ
soc,.,;on ON, - ;nsrsey, to which crawling
through key hole Is the rrss :. s"p.
One can subsist on bananas A a.
Leone for three cents a day. Bloated aristo-
Gratis pay eighteen cents day for board.
Twenty thousand pounds have been left
by an Englishman for giving pensions to per
sons in reduced circumstances in Sheffield.
- The value Of the catchings Of the whale
fishery imported into New Bedford during the
year 1850, was s4,O67, ,565.
Mr.. Burlingame's Chinese name was Poo
aucbew, and he was designated ip Chinese as
the Minister OF Heavy Responsibilities.
| buffalo has ghost, first wifs, who
comes around and tucks up her children every
night. The second wife is not very cordial to
her. .
New Orleans pick pockets send up host
of Indian rubber balloons, and while the crowd
gazes heavenward, go through their pockets.
"A saloon keeper at GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin
offers prize OF gold-headed cane to the man
who shall drink and pay for the most LIQUOR
during the present year. sal,-'
The largest Masonic funeral ever soIem-
nized in New York was that of Robert d.
Holmes in the city, last week, which over
10000 Masons in regalia attended.
The indianapolis journal states that they
put $40 worth of silver on the coffin OF Boone
County man who ate six dozen hard boiled
eggs on wager.
Over one hundred young women are at
present studying law in this country-many
in the universities, but m ore In lawyers off,
ces. where they pay their tuition fees by wri-
ting. --.
- Poultry street is said to be the busiest
avenue in London. Along the nine foot pave
ment of that street the passengers number one
hundred per minute! @ 9 .
The smaller the trouble the more we gen.
orally chate at it. A single mosquito has been
known to give rise to greater amount of
profanity than dozen Md dogs. -+
An exchange says that the only people
in Washington who mind their own business
are such young married pairs as happen to be
spending the honey moon at the hotels.
OF The four millions of persons of African
descent in the United States, it is estimated
that full 100000 are professors Of religion and
members OF Protestant churches. s-
"A fashionable clergyman in Chicago
warns the sinners of his congregation, that If
they don't repent they win go to the "plaes
Of eternal uneasiness." --
Five steamers of 1000 tons each are
being built on the Clyde to run between Hoi-
land and Java via the Suez Canal. '''As
will be made in thrty-fve days
-"No kind word Is quite lost we ao no'
tnow how mucb mower dwslls in gentle words
of help and sympathy. al 'us ie'ui's
not be known on earth. They are written IN
the annals Of eternity