The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-04
THE PRESS,
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 4, ,7s.
Gossip and Gleanings

Gossip and Gleanings.
1t don't follow because ladies are well lac
ed that they are stdid in their demeanor.
A seven-year-old in Jacksonville, ILL.,, snap
ped the mote out of his brothers eye with q
whiplash, but the eye came with it.
The latest definition of a gentleman is ga
man who can put on clean collar without
being conspicuous"
Young ladies are now wearing their sash
ribbons tied on the right side of the waist,
instead of at the back as heretofore
Chignons are growing higher every day.
Full dress structures on ladies' heads are ar
chitecturalg grand. Castles in the hair, in
fact.
Tight-ftting sleeveless jackets of velvet will
be much worn over street costumes of silk
during November.
Another mOnstrosity has been added to the
newspaper vocabulary. We now have "nup-
tiated' for married.
Wappato Dave, California Indian, i, ON
trial for killing his mother-in-law. ANY pre-
tence is good enough for prosecuting an In
dian.
A poor but honest young lady, who earns a
living by working on hoop-skirts, in reply to
an enquiry, stated that she had spent the
summer sat the springs"
New dictionary makers are wanted to in
vent names for the next popular disease be-
fore it comes, and thus save labor to the
weary telegraph editor, and sad local report
er.
A Wisconsin man achieved suicide and
cheated the heroes of the dissecting room by
building good fire, and then, assuming such
a position that he would fall into it, shooting
himself through the head.
A London girls lover found letter in her
purse beginning, "My dear George" that
being her name, and not relishing the idea Of
rival in her affections, told her he could see
her MOI more, which so grieved the poor girl
that she took poison.
One of the latest French fashions among
the ladies is to wear on the head wide tor
toise-shell band, something after the style oi
pictures seen of Greek ladies in olden times
They are ornamented with small gold ball;
or stars, and are very effective, particularly
for full dress.
About next Thursday political speakers will
begin to gather around them the few rags o
characters which the newspapers have left
them, and begin to make the miserable inter
rogatory: "What is all this worth ?" or those
other words of delusion and folly: 'Better
luck next time"
The award of the Geneva Convention hav-
ing been now given, Sir Alexander Cockburr
has, it is said, consented to receive peerage
although on two previous occasions he ha
declined the honor. By the way, there is nj
gentlehan's future title is to be Baron Re
suit.
The fashionable sets of ftlrs for the ap-
preaching winter will consist of long boa
and small round muff slightly larger thai
those worn last year. Fur collars are out o
style, but are occasionally ordered for elderl
ladies, and for country use where create
warmth is required. Cuffs are not to b
found at the furriers's. The favorite fu
cloak is saque of very simple shape; larg
capes and clumsy mantles of fur are seldoI
seen. There is little change in the prices
furs except in seal-skin, which is much NOR
expensive than formerly.
There are enterprising people in Baltimore
but some of them need little regulation q
to the direction which their business talent
| ed there which has one serious drawbacks
| The manager organizes force of small boy
and sends them about to different houses
tell the ladies thereof that their husband
have sent for their other clothes, those whiC
they have on being badly damaged. If tt
boy gets the clothes, the venture is qui
profitable, but the wives are finding out tf
"dodge," and there is likely to be falling O
in the profits. Therein is the drawback.
The Gardiner (Me.) Reporter editor is
victim of circumstances. Hear his tale {
sorrow: ssNearly freezing to death last weel
we induced one of our millmen to trust us ft
load of slab wood. Before we could get
man to carry it up stairs somebody stole on
third of it, and our worthy Street Commi
sioner notified us twice to move the balanc
Finally we succeeded in getting it carried U
by paying boy twice the price of the WOO
Before the job was finished, however, hea,
stick was dropped about six feet, striking
rectly on the form of this paper, and our al
vertising page was removed in peck baske
Thus far that two feet of wood has cost l
about $50 and isn't sawed up yet