The Portland daily press., 1873-06-06
IHE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1873

IHE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 6, 1878
"ossip and Gleanings.
pa "pner requested that his sion.
"Taken from life" should be his er;ta,,, gu
Garibaldi's history of his sCamn,;on :.
Italy during 1S60,' is to be published simnl.
taneously in England and the United States
Indiana claims to have discovered the re-
mains of a whale ana argues that she was
once an island in the mid-ocean.
An elderly person named Laing having re-
Sumed business and opened shop in an interi-
or town the local paper is reminded thereby
of "Auld Laing's sgn."
The Fort Worth Standard fondles the idea
that Texas will lone day loom up in great
ness, and at last dwarfthe old States of the
Atlantic seaboard."
An agricuturist of Dodge County, Wis,
has hit upon the felicitous dodge of raising
potatoes from the hills that flesh is heir TO in
the village graveyard.
Is it unjust that the mother should suffer
for the inexperience of the child? That doc
trine would turn every cradle upside down.
To suffer :Or others is the highest mark of
herosm and nobleness.-Beecher.
Before falling eight feet upon pile of
stones, always take reef in your tongue. If
Mr.. Seller of Louisville had taken this simple
precaution, he would not have bitten off that
useful member.
The French custom of drinking water with
a little sugar put in to soften it is beginning
to find favor here, thorgh not to such an ex-
tent yet as to interfere with the custom of
bars.
A Memphis jury, having convicted man
OF murder, now finds that the supposed mur-
dered man is living. The question is wheth-
er the verdict shall be rescinded or the man
allowed to murder his victim.
kind of bat that chirps has lately been
OBSERVE about the roofs and chimneys of
some houses in tie upper part of the city
On account of its chirping, the discoverer of
it surmises that it may be cricket bat.
In olden times, an essential part OF brides
outfit was sand for securing her kitchen inn
plements. Nowadays they don't trouble
about the sand; all that is required from IA
ther is that he shall ''down with the dust"
The setting of great hope is like the set
ting of the sun. The brightness OF our life is
gone, shadows of The evening fall around us,
and the world seems but dim reflection
ltself-a broader shadow. We look forward
into the coming lonely night; the soul with
draws itself. Then stars arise, and the night
is holy.-LonUetloac
''Oh. Mr.. Butcher. what a quantity of
bone there was in that piece of meat we had
from you," said lady, very Indignantly.
"Was there, ma'am? But howsomever, the
first fat bullock kill without any bone, I'll
let yon have one joint for nothng.'
An English reviewer points out the fact
that at the present time it is the novel, and
not the ballad, that forms the nation, and
that tn. school of sensational writers, who
almost monopolize the popular reading of two
countries, are doing the English language a
mischief that can hardly be cured.
''Men say you cannot conduct business ac-
cording to stiaight rule. There must be
equivocation.' That is between you and the
ju gment-day. My business is not to CLOSE
over these things. l believe that truth and
fair-dealing are in the long run the best, and
that any business which cannot be conducted
on that ground ought not to be conducted at
all. man who cannot prosper in that way
ought not to prosper. ."-Beecher.
fountains of health that run root beer
of various kinds are now in full operation.
These concerns, however. do not appear to
interfere with the custom of the regular bars
over which alcoholic beverages are dispensed.
With most people draught Of root beer does
not count, and is only taken to assuage thirst
between tue serious business drinks of each