The Portland daily press., 1870-04-02
'e'"s $500 per annun,, i,e adrance,
Gossip and GsIeauiup.


iope In buying Remington rlses
seems disposed to rely as much unon a.,.
ter as Saint Peter. '@'0P'-
The well-known Democratic Initials aK
K. K" are still In order at New York. bu,
this time they mean Kill Kenny Kats See
"Tammauy War;"
The Ordnance Department Is about To
discharge large number of its employees. The
guns have already been discharged.
New York elects judges of her State
Court of appeals and judges Of the courts of
common pleas in New York city, May II.
"A Philadelphia darkey boy was frishten-
ed almost to death by pistol In bis hand
going off. His playmate was, entirely.
The New York stock exchange vault con-
tains nightly S2OO,OOo.OO0 OF securities.
-Fechter gets $4,000 in gold tor weeks
at the New York Academy of Music.
-" Boz" has been to see Victoria, but he
was not invited to stay all night.-Louisville
Courier Journal.
Little four-year-old's inquiry on first al
tending church, and seeing the rector iu his
surplice-" Mamma, what does he wear hls
'nigty' for?"
"A Mobilian was in the habit of reading
In bed with his head near the candle. He
now wears wig.
The Rev. Il. w.p tsSSS, eiia%, will hold
discussion upon church topics in the columns
of the Christian Uaion and the Liberal Chris
tian.
An editor out West says: =" interviewing
Is very fashiunable just now. We shall In
terview' number o, our citizens next week
on the subject OF finance" 1t is not certain
that the result of these interviews will be
worth recording
"A prize has been founded In the Prince
ton Theological Seminary for the student " ho
shall sustain the best examination In certain
chapters of JOB.
Kentucky has its champion old man, "1l5
years Of age, and able to thread toe finest
needle" in eight different languages. .-Bostvn
Post.
Gen. c. c. Washburne publishes letter In
which he positively declines to be a candidate
for reelection to Congress from Wisconsin.
Miss Anthony says that women win
never accomplish anything till they stop cry
ing. ao17 .,sa0
AT the mines of the St. Mary's Coal Com
pany, in Pennsylvania, there is employed
young lady named Elizabeth Patton, whose
duty it is to weigh and keep an account of the
coal that comes down in the cars.
A young lady pupil in Western female
college thus closes letter to friend: But
must stop, Tor here comes a soph. who parts
his hair in the middle, and wears mustachs
that pricks dreadful" ba
lin China there Is a fruit called the lichl,
resembling the strawberry in size and color,
that has tough rind, inclosing semi. trans.
parent sweet, or semi-acid pulp, surrounding
asmall eliiptical seed. 1t grows on tree from
twenty-five TO forty feet high. rlm
Cleopatra is the name for new style of
arranging the hair. The hair should Le brush.
ed high off the forehead and braided low in the
neck, ,surmounted by large imitation snake,
which is coiled around the head. s9gs
Mr.. VIM. Waller died in Lynchburg, Va,
on Saturday last, aged forty-nine. Mr.. Wal
Ter was married in 1912, to daughter of tie
late Hon. John Tyler, then President of the
United STATES. This marriage is said to have
been the only one ever solemnized in the
White House. a.
"A dog, the owner of which Is absent In
Europe, has been boarded in family in New
port until the bill has reached over $40o, at 81
per week. The animal Is valued at $500.
The rules for punctuation should be care
fully observed, otherwise we fall into such a
mess as did the writer who, describing the
| last scene III OGncno, saIu. upon wu1cn
the Moor, seizing bolster full OF rage and
Jealousy, smothered Desdewonl."
1t is fixed tact that certain propensitlss
run in f.mlles, like red hair. A man who
was hung in Ohio for murder some years ago
left six sons, and every one of these childrea
is now medical practitioner. It's OF no use
trying to suppress these strong hereditary in
| stincts.
The Prince of Wales, having had his chat
acter whitewashed in the most approved style,
is now giving elegant dancing parties at MARI
boro House, whittier resort all the London
fair. 1t is evident that the Prince has deter.
mined to live henceforth good, sober, society
life.
The reason why Beecher so nobly declin-
ed the proposed advance of 5000 In his sala-
ry was that it was coupled with condition
requiring him to give up his lectures and
newspaper contributions. Tue apostle of
Plymouth very properly objected to rsinquish
bis connection with the pubic at large.
through "My Dear Mr.. Boomer" and other
approved media. sfa8flt
"A San Franciscan, speaking of the or
chestra in the Chinese theatre there, says:
Il tell you, you can go your bottom dollar
that you never heard anything Hike #; why,
when that band strikes up, it sounds like ten
thousand wash bllers tumbling of a five story
building on to brick sidewalk
Saida-ha, a Persian, has given a magnla-
cent ball at Paris. His lounges were covered
With cashmeres embroidered with gold, which
he gave away to the departing guests. One
''lady," not caring for cashmere, took away q
Persian carpet. Supper was served under q
gilded trellis, bearing ripe grapes, peaches and
cherries. The entertainment cost more than
| $4,000. -r11
Hon. W. F. De Saussure, an old and
highly esteemed lawyer of Columbia, 8. G.
died on Sunday last, aged seventy-nine. Mr..
De Saussure was an eminent lawyer, served
South Carolina both in the Legislature OF his
State and in the United States Congress; held
various offices OF trust, and in every position
occupied by him performed his part with grace
| and fidelity. . ls at f.r
The father-in-law of Charles Dickens, who
died recently at the age of IS. was Gs.1g~ 10
garth, in his day one OF the ms,s ls8ety tpyn-
cal critics of England; he b.
Gus times for the London kogpisg OF ~ yacts.
the Daily Ne,cs, Illustrai z sstcs. ana q
journals, besides books on .-..s..-zl sat,ssts;
aud he was friend Of Walter Scott, Prot.
Wilson, Lockhart, and Hogg, and is mention.
| ed in the 'Noctes Ambrosian@"
| The Revolution says that In connection
with the new firm Of Woodruff, Chafin &
Co., bank IS about to be established In New
York, and brokerage exchange for ladies, in
the upper part OF the city, where women can
buy and sell stocks, and do all the fnacial bus
iness which they have had heretofore TO trans
act through men, or run the gauntlet OF Wall
street.
| -ODonoyan Rosa hac again succeeded In
eluding the vigilence Of prison officials His