The Portland daily press., 1873-05-16
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY IS. 1878.
Gossip and Gleanings.

FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1873.
Gossip and Gleanings.
;. A wounded conscience is able to unpara-
use paradise iself.-Fuller.
Boston says that hant will revive its Ma
N'''ieht splendor this summer.
onotbnn n.an was ever so much deceived by
""o'ner as by himself-ILord GreviIIe
Experience is an excenept uo,
but he does charge such dreadfpl -.
''Bummerhavenr is the epnbor;o,,.
name bestowed by tie Western press upop
Dayton, o., on account of its $50 bar-rooms
The Spectator compares Charles D. Warner
anthor of "My Summer in Garden. to
Charles Lamb and Arthur Helps -
A mind too active and vigorous wears
away the body, as the finest jewels do soonest
wear their settings.
Among he-sprng fashions are announced,
medium textures.' Are these to be worn
at seances for ''spirit photographer"
Inc latest bonnet is trife higher than
freight on the railroads, and as graceful in
proportion.
An oregon paper refers 70 new editor ON
a rival sheet as "a young gentleman of frugal
mental capacity"
Why is a tooth in greater danger before it
decays than afterwards? Because in the for
mer case it is in pre-carious condition.
Inc New York Times says the first thought
of any one on reading ola railway COLLISIONS is
the wild hope that prize-package boy has
been killed.
Have greatness of soul enough to relish i'm.
mortality, and at the same time moderation
enough 10 enjoy the transitory blessings
heaven has bestowed upon you-Socrates
In one thing, at least, America can beat ef-
fete Europe. Our Lava Beds surround the
meanest 'craters" in the world; they are
nastier than Vesuvius.
| Generosity during life is a very different
thing from generosity in the hour of death;
| one proceeds from genuine liberality and be-
nevolence, the other from pride or fear.-Hor-
| ace Mann.
Success in life is very apt to make us forget
the time when we weren't much. II is Just
so with frog on jump-he can't remember
when he was tadpole-but other folks
| can.
The "Girl of the PERIOD" equipped with
broad leather belt and club-handled parasol
attached, is suspected of copying the police
mems uniform on account of the 'taking
way" they have.
A little girl was one day reading the His
tory of England with her governess, and COM
ing to the statement that Henry I. never
laughed after the death of his son, she look
ed up and said, "what did he do when he
| was tickled?"
| Some lively girls in Pittsburg, with malice
aforethought, placed the efiey of woman
in young mans bed, and strewed the room
with hoopskirts, false hair, etc He hid
| the false hair, and the lively girls
stayed at home from church, next day.
Lapland, famous hitherto for nothing save
reindeer, sledges, furs and perennial sleighing
now comes to the fore as an Ell Dorado.
There is said to be gold in abundance under
the almost everlasting snowJ. Russians ard
Norwegians are hocking to the new Claims
Different people take compliments in differ
ent manners. 1t will be remembered that
the king of Denmark recently thanked Pro-
fessor Watson of Michigan University for 81
naming bran new asteroid after his daugh-
ter, Thyra, but Mr.. Smith of Roche-ter, N.
T., has severely punished canal mariner for
calling mud scow 'Nancy," after his daugh-
| ter.
There is no period in mans life when he
can wrestle with such learned subjects as
when be graduates from college. Among the
| topics which The seniors of Dartmouth are
| going to demolish at the coming commence.
ment are, "the Law of Growth and Decay in
the Material Universe;' "The Intentional
Theory; ''the Union of Statesmanship and
Philosophy" and such like. The intellectu-
al daring Of these fellows would put Newton
and Bacon to shame.
The wild man has been taking a long va
| cation, but has returned at last to his ancient
occupation of soaring country people out of
| their wits. He is in Florida this time, and
has popularity which we never
heard of before that of ''raneing
apparently from five to sevea feet in
height" This having range of two feet in
his stature must be satisfaction to a wild
man, especially as he wears nothing but
| "long whtish hair of bristly Stiffness and it
does not multiply his tailors bills.
Dumas the elder was very proud of the
| large sums paid for his writings. One even
In the salon OF rich financier the CONVERSE
ton turned on the remuneration of letters.
i, said Dumas, sam certainly the best
paid. L receive thirty sous line." en-
deed, monsieur" said a bystander. 81 have
never worked for less than million line.
What do you think of thlt?' ''You are jok-
ing" 'Not at ALL" ''What are you then ?''
Contractor of railways The author
laughed, but was little vexed, neverthe-
| less. 90
This is Western editors description of
the Maine farm upon which he passed his
happy boyhood: SIT was one of thuse mag
nifcent Maine farms with solid granite
foundation, slate roof, chinked in with mig
ger heads and ornamented with young noun
tains two or three rods apart Spree gum
was our only sure crop, and we used 70 raise
a few of the large red horse potatoes common
to New England SOIL These potatoes, with
Goldfish, are the staple commodities on the
! Coast of Maine The manner of cultivating