The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-22
THE PR ESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY s,,7s.
News, Gossip and Editorial Notes.

NOWos UOSSIp anu EuItOTtdI NOJtb.
The entire continent of North America, ac-
cording to Sir Charles Lyel, will be washed
into the ocean in 4.50O, 900 years. We take
very little interest in the matter, however
We wouldn't wait that long to see the finest
sensation that ever was.
A prominent Democrat wore his white hat
to church last Sunday, the first time for the
season, but he took care to put a card in the
band, Subject to the approval of the Demo
cratic national convention. .'-Ne,o Britain
Record.
In recent 'lecture room talk'' Beecher
said ga man who would hurt neighbor;
a man who would do harm to a soul for
whom Christ died; man who can not re-
strain the bitterness of the gall that is in him
do not tell me about his songs, or his
prayers, or his visions Prayers do not save
men; hymns do not not save men;
visions do not save men. 1t is the
spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ in men that
makes them salvable, and nothing else does"
L once knew an Industrious boy whose par
ents were poor but honest. He had wart
ON his nose and a sore foot; but, nothing
daunted, he worked with a determination
and a will, backed by perseverance and ener-
gy, and nobly fought his way along, sur
mounting every obstacle. Mark the result.
Last week met him for the first time in ten
year, and that little boy who began life only
ten short years ago without a cent, hasn't
got darned cent yet.
An exchange says: SIT is not true that the
proprietor of the New York Sun Is about to
go upon the stage; the foundation for such a
rumor is the fact that so many of his SANDER
Gus conspiracies have fall in ruins about him
recently that he must have assumed the role
of the melancholy Dana bout this time"
''Can you change two dollar bill?" said
an inpecunious drinker to the bartender.
"Yes." ''Well, wien get two dollar bill
I'll bring it in.''
Evening firtations out of door have COM
menced. 1t is trife early in the season,
but he spreads his overcoat for seat, and
she lends him half of her shawl, which with a
pound of peppermint drops, serves to keep
them warm, and "wakes to ectasy the living
liaf''
There are now $50 men engaged on the
Coliseum at Boston, and all doubt that the
building will be finished by the 17th of June
is removed. In order to reassure the most
incredulous, however, Mayor Castor has
written a note, which is published in the
Boston papers, stating that the completion is
a sure thing.
'sDull times" it is said, "are the best for
advertisers" Because when money is tight
and people are forced to economize, they al
ways read the advertisements to ascertain
who sells the cheapest and where they can
trade to the best advantage.
A Washington paper makes the following
personal enquiry: Why don't the lady who
is employed in the Treasury Department
oblige her husband who is a big, strong,
healthy and idle man, to go to work at some
thing for support, instead of ''playing GRO
quet' every evening in the East Capitol
grounds!
Boston follows hard after New York in the
sensational line. The s'Dark Friday is ad-
vertis ed by one theatre.
To old time Republicans the Tribune, has
just now rather curious way of looking at
the political situation. Every Republican
convention is denounced in unmeasured
terms, and every Democratic success is hailed
as Greel> victory. sae, aHs 81
In one of the suburban schools of Dover,
N. H., the committee man put out the word
''psalter'' to class in spelling. 1t was a
poser to all till it reached the foot of the class,
when curly-headed little fellow spelled it
correctly, and being asked to define it, shout
edout "more SALT
The Boston Traueller's poet has not mused
in vain on the situation, and adds to the gen.
eral fund the following effort, entitled DIR.
Watts on the Cincinnati nominee:
How doth the busy Horace G.
Improve each shining hour;
And look for office every day
In every partys power
How skillfully he builds his sells,
How neat he spreads the soap;
And when pig iron will not avail
Takes free trade as his hope.