The Portland daily press., 1873-04-08
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TUESDAY MORNING., APRIL s,1s7a

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL s,1s7a.
Gossip and Gleanings.
Contentment is natural wealth. luxury, ar.
tifcia poverty.-Socrates.
1t cost man in Green Bay, Wis, $4,000 to
speak of woman as ''that notorious woman"
A woman who tells fortunes from tea cup
is not necessarily sauceress.
Salvini, the great tragedian of Italy, is COM
ing over in August.
Never say, if you had not these sorrows,
'hat you would bear others better.-Richter.
characters never change. Opinions alter;
characters are only developed. d.-DisraeH
1eAas has undermined its constitution by
last living, aud wants a new one.
to New York from her western tour, May 12
Kerosene is down to 10 cents a gallon in
Auburn; which p aces suicide within the
reach of the poorest.
Do CRETE diligence (saith Salomon) in KEEP
ing of thy frendes, and of thy good name,
for it shall longer abide with thee than any tre-
sor, be it never so precious.
Mayfeld, KY, ladies are such accomplish
ed chin musicians that their tongues are f.e-
quently sunburned.
Boston thinks the British provinces want
to be annexed to that city, with the other
outlying territory.
At st. Paul, Minimize place whittier
they send people to be cured of catarrhal dis
eases-a man recently sneezed his spine out
of joint.
On hearing of Chaplain Newman's intend
ed trip round the world, the Courier-Journal
for the first time regrets the limited circum-
ference of this planet.
King Lunallo will visit this country soon !;
and we hasten to add, in order to allay ap-
prehension, that he will attire himself accord
ing to the American custom.
The Washington Chronicle thinks that ''Cor-
gressmen ought to feel their oats" They
most frequently give evidence, however, of
having been fooling around the juice of corn.
The services in an Ohio church few Sun
days ago were suspended while young lady
horse-whipped male member of the congre-
cation.
''Im SO thirstyr' said boy at work in the
corn-ield. ''Well, work away" said his in
dustrious father. ''You know the prophet
says, Hoe every one that thirsteth.'"
A woman in Indiana whose husband was
killed by lightning last summer is haunted by
his ghost whenever she rides out with her
HCN pa ieuCi III yOyS duu sOIIOWS.
The sraale browne wren, that has no arte to sing,
Upon the hedgerowe SITS the ivelong day,
Nor doth not greatlie file on vigorous wing,
As doe some fowles, but cleare chirpes away,
For faire contentment living in her hearte;
Nor woulde in the create worlde have anie parte.
A Louisville practical joker succeeded in
initiating canine growl so perfectly the 9TH
er night, that one of his most intimate friends
was "April fooled'' into perforating him with
a charge of buck shot
So conduct thyself in all thy actions and
thoughts as if thou vert to die this day. If
thou art not ready, to-day, how wilt thou be
SO, tomorrow? And how dost thou know
that tomorrow will exist for thee ?-Thon-
dS-G-Kempis.
The JOYOUS birds, hid under greenwood shade,
Sang merrie notes on every branch and bow;
The winde chat in the leaves and waters plaid)
Ceased the birds, the winde loud ansvere made
And while they sung it rumbled soft and low;
Thu Thus we're 1t happe or cunning, chance or art,
The w1nde In this straunge musicke bore bis part
-FdirSar.
1t is consoling to hear that Minister Ban
croft is not going to resign. 1t would be un-
pardOnable for man so advanced in years of
discretion to violate that rule of tenacious adj
herence to Office which is generally regarded
among all enlightened Americans as one of
the chief bulwarks of constitutional liberty
Commercial Advertiser.
One of the most encouraging evidences Of
advancing civilization in Omaha is the interest
manifested in the public school exhibition by
the adult residents who are in the habit OF
taking their whiskey with them and "making
night of it."
They live, they die, like as He doth ordaine,
Ne ever any asketh reason why.
The hills doe not the lowly dales disdane;
The dales doe not the lofty bills envi.
He maketh kings to sit in soverainty;
He maketh subjects to their powre obay;
He pulleth downe, He setteth up on by;
He gives to this, from that he taxes away:
For all we have is His: what He list do, He may