The Portland daily press., 1872-07-13
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 1s, 1872.
Gleanings and Gossip

Here is something either nosocomical, no
geographical, or nosological. Let the doctors
and photographers settle it between them:
The physicians of New York report an alarm
ing increase of cancer on the nose, caused by
the practice of wearing Eyeglasses that are
held to the bridge of the nose by spring.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson's cure is nearly COM
plete. He wears goggles during the day, but
takes them off at twilight to exercise his eyes.
His sight is saved, but it is still weak.
Notwithstanding the conspicuous position
which President Thiers occupies at the pres
ent time, it is said that less copies of his
works are sold now in France than at any
time during the past twenty-five years.
The less power a man has, the more he
likes to use it.
A social glass to which ladies are addicted
the mirror.
If the weather does not gro " cooler very
soon, Mr.. Fahrenheit, in Justice to his pat
rons, should at once add a second story with
mansard roof to his thermometer.
ratte Coarier-J0urndi.
The Graud Duke of Mechlenburg-Schwerin
has ordered his police to confiscate every
number OF certain German-American news
papers that have spoken disparagingly of him.
So the Teutonic editors of these Objectionable
Journals have concluded to amend their bad
language and do their "schwerin" without
manning no names, so no offence need be
took"
Researches in Chinese archives show that
the architect who designed and the engineer
who built the Great Wall were women. This
proves conclusively to the most unthinking
mind that "Woman's Rights" are of Celestial
origin.
The new anesthetic, chloral or. chlor-alco-
hol, has been successfully applied by DIR.
Relchardt at Riga, to the cure of Asiatic
cholera. In some cases, after small dose
(about ! ounce) the patients went off into
hypnotic state, by which the chloeraic crisis
was bridged over, as it were, and when they
awoke the symptoms rapidly abated, and re-
covery took place.
Rather hard on paterfamias, the novelist's
question, "Who could put into any fathers
face the mother-look of the Virgin Mary ?"
The Griggsville Gazette in speaking of some
measure which was carried through by an in
iuential citizen, says SIN this he had will as
is his Won't" The question naturally arises,
what is will "as is a won't?
An enthusiastic clergyman calls for a
worlds prayer meeting to be held in the
Coliseum for three days.
The painting executed by Thomas Moran,
representing the Grand Canon of the Yellow
stone, having been purchased by order of
Congress, is to be placed in the Senate wing
of the Capitol, at the head of the halffight
of stairs on the east side leading from the
Senate floor to the galleries. This is the first
work of art that has ever been purchased by
the Government strictly on its merits, all the
other paintings, statuary, ETC., about the
Capitol having been executed upon orders
before the work commenced-a fact which
makes the action of Congress doubly compli-
mentary to the artist.
An enterprising genius has started a whole
sale steam chicken factory at Elgin, Ill, His
experimental "set'' ofeggs consisting of sew
errl thousand, was laid in place recently, but
unfortunately the steam was turned on too
fast and the entire nest cooked instead of
Matched.
Japanesegirls are studying dress-making in
Paris.