The Portland daily press., 1870-04-09
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Only 25O French soldiers now survive Wa
terloo.
The last thing man should bo out Of
Temper.
Riches gained by deceit cheat no man so
much as the gamer.
Gamblers and prize-fghters live almost ex-
clusively on steaks.
Waistcoats made from towel crash are to be
the correct thing this summer.
There is no real use in riches, except it be
in the distribution; the rest is but conceit.
Wallingford, Conu., celebrates its two hun
dredth anniversary in September next. ....
God warns the earth with snow; can be
not also warm the soul with grief?
Vicksburg announces that she can spare
some burglars for less amply supplied cities.
The diocese of Toronto has been constitu-
ted an arch-episcopal see, by a recent Papal
bull, and Bishop Lynch Is made Archbishop.
There is no salvation of the soul, no hope Of
everlasting life but in the Cross.
London is getting ready for an epidemic of
burlesques. Seven new ones are preparing.
1t is said that there is no holier spot of
ground than petroleum-oil district.
A Boston lady was recently observed trying
to regulate her time-piece by marine com
pass in the window OF nautical instrument
store. .
The following summary of the proposed
dogma Of infallfbility is going the rounds of
Italy: Jesus Christ, who was God, made
himself man to save the world Plus TX, who
is man, makes himself God to damn it," ~.
The Bible, so little in bulk, like the five
barley loaves and two fishes, what thousands
upon thousands in every age it has fedl And
what multitudes it will feed in every land of
Christendom, till the end of time. -
Of the new Texas Senator, Morgan C..
Hamilton, it is said that he Lever smoked
or cigar took drink; and yet he claims to
represent Texas. .r -eIlL
Mr.. Greeley says that the solution of the
question whether woman is equal to man de-
pends upon who the woman is, and who the
man is. r, ~
Professor Griscom is astounding the scien-
tidc world Of New York by illustrating with
the aid OF doll, glass case, rubber tube
and bellows, how 1.-THE first breath was fore
ed into the first man, ADAM" a.. 81
The Dublin papers announce that night af-
ter night the hills of Tyrone and Fermapagh
are covered with bonfires, and that these are
believed to be signals and demonstrations by
the dsaffected peasantry, who are known by
no other name than that OF Fenians,
During the past ten years, April has been a
tack on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the
long civil war occurred on the 10th of April
hicnmond and Petersburg were evacuated by
the rebels on the Sd OF April; Lee surrender
ed on 9th; Abraham Lincoln was shot on the
l4th and died on the 18th, little past seven
O'Clock; ). Wilkes Booth, the murderer. was
snot by Boston Corbett on the Oath, and on
Z1th johnson surrendered his army to Shsr-
man.
"Haw exclaimed an imaginative preacher,
In the midst of an overwrought sermon des-
criptive OF Heaven, ''methinks hear whis-
per" "Sir," rejoined deacon, rising In his
seat close to the pulpit, Il presume it's the
boys in the gallery"
The Cork Constitution states that about a
fortnight ago. two cases, one of them sup
posed to contain thirty stands of rifles. and
the other dag fifty were landed at Cork, from
Liverpool. They were addressed ito order.v
and they contained. also, 100 rounds OF car
fridge and caps. They were seized by the
revenue aod handed over TO the police.
1t is said that the late NJ. de Moutaemlbert
lett behind him, in tolerably complete g. ate,
series Of historical notes on contemporary
subjects, and especially on the coup d etat of
1851. This latter event occupied the last
months OF the authors life, and the manu-
script was written out at his dictation.
A gentleman of the name oil Cobb, residing
on Fourteenth street, is to be married in the
Baick Church early in May, to Miss Webb.
We have had wood, tin, crystal, silver and
golden weddings, but this is the first cobweb
wedding on nrecord.-Telegram.
This is called Colorado romance; Seven
miners, exploring the mountains, found an
enormous chunk OF gold. They fought ior J.
| possession till all were killed but one IL wa,
too heavy for him to carry of, 50 he sat down
| beside it and starved to death. ON;
The Pail Mall Gazette applauds sable mti and
vier's attempt to restore the com,orrt onrt circles
virtuous bigh-necked dress to tns women for
having 10 shiyer, J, aa,i,na5sa e. James 81 palace on
lne Oh Garplasd nIs's day, and then to wait in the
SfawnSsqo cSv and draushty corridors till
their turns come