The Portland daily press., 1873-10-06
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 6, 1878.
Gossip and Gleanings.

Gossip and Gleanings.
Olive brown. olive green and navy blue
particularly the last, are the popular colors in
dress goods now.
The failure of the Tennessee peanut crop
is announced-an inevitable result, probably,
Of the late panic.
While witnessing game of base ball out
West boy was struck on the back of his
head, the bawl coming out of his mouth.
The royal line in Hawaii expires with the
death OF King Lunalio; and we announce
with the most poignant grief that he has been
eating green apples again.
. Brother Talmage says that if he could roll
"Old Hundred" through Wall street the pan
ic would end; and if that's all he knows of
figures he had. better stick to his pulpit,
There is a flight of stairs at the Chicago
exposition which is warranted never to
squeak when the gentleman of the house re-
turns home late.
Pittsburg boasts of woman who supports
drunken husband and seven children COM
fortably by selling ginger beer. Which shows
she is determined TO make pop support the
family.
Eli Perkins, who is having a new snit of
clothes constructed on long time, will soon
deliver series of lectures in London, by
special request of the Queen, who leaves
town during their delivery.
A Missouri clergyman was lately called up
on to marry fourteen couples in one day, and
his fees amounted to fifty pounds of dried ap-
pies and duebill for eighteen bushels of
huckwheat.
DIR. Thoms delivered lecture in this city
last evening on ''Why we do not live to be
Hundred Years Old?'' The reason why
most of us do not, is because we don't have
the chance. He says that Arabs of the Des-
ert often live to be 200 years old, which we
don't believe.-N. Y. Mail
New York is overland to Wilkie Collins.
Its receptions take too much of his time, and
he has gone with Charles Fechter to the lat
ters farm, not to return till he shall have
made his debut in some Of the provincial cit
les.
About one-fourth of the members elect of
the Nebraska Legislature, it is understood,
have invested in buckskin suits and heavy,
long rifles. no longer cut their hair or boards,
ard are applicants for situations with Ned
Buntlin, as wild scouts, rangers, desperadoes,
etc., of the plains.
The death of the great painter, Landseer,
recalls the anecdote relating to Sidney Smith,
who, being asked to sit for his portrait to the
delineator of the canine race, replied, SIS
thy servant dog that he should do this
thing?" This was both s'Digpity and I'M
pudence."
DR.. Wood of Bellevue hospital, New York,
has in his possession the skeleton OF the horse
which Napoleon rode at Waterloo. He paid
| $4,000 for it, though, as must be apparent
| even to him, the animal is not of the slightest
use to anybody, except, perhaps, to draw Wis
itors to the hospital.
= aIt will De gratifying, ne doubty 10 the ias
dies to learn that the prospect for the next
| winter is that there will be plentiful supply
| of furs for their use. The news from the
hyperborean regions in that the trapping OF
wild animals, the skins of which will keep
many an American belle warm hereafter, has
been unusually successful.
The Connecticut lady has substituted fol
the tar and feathers formerly popular coat
ing of soft soap literally covered with -four
and she visits it upon her unconscious hus
band whenever he happens to be dead drunk
The affection is in some respects better than
the old one, for the cleansing purpose is NOR
easily performed, and the lady, without work
ing herself to death, may do entire justice t
the unhappy man she washups.