The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-25
TIL E PR ESS.
MORNING, JAN. 25, 1873.
Gossip aud GIeanings.

Gossip aud GIeanings.
The Christian Union speaks of Ranch as
'the ablest German sculptor low living He
died in 1851
Mrs. Sumner is now living at Nice, and
those who have recently seen her say that she
still remains one of the most beautiful and at.
| tractive of women.
Rey. o. Ii. rockingham proposes poisons
as substitute for the ga[ows. No doubt
the galows is little behind the age. Judi
cial killing ought to make progress. Why
not try chloroform?
Inc traditional January thaw came rather
suddenly at the White Mountains last week.
In the morning the thermometer Indicated
twenty six degrees below zero. and before
| night it rained.
no" beautiful is the marriage ceremony of
Tue native Australian. He gets his eve ON
girl, knocks her down with club. and draos
her off to spend the honeymoon in COOKING
dogs, and feasting on the bones the old man
leaves.
Rev. I. K. Bcecher, in fit of dispust be.
cause a small pox panic prevented his keep
ing lecture engagement, says that "cleanly
| anu Vaccinated persons are in no more danger
OF small pox than they are of virtue without
an eff0rt.''
The jury have declared innocent. Jennie
Droz, the Cleveland girl who shot Mayor F,,k
two years ago. She has all along pleaded
guilty; but what is young girl supposed to
know about such au important matter conn
pared with the "twelve good men and true?n
1t is said that Chinaman In California
lately killed himself by examining newspa-
per up his nose. II some of the scurrilous
sheets which we wot of were to be used for
this purpose, we should think it would be one
of the surest modes Of death. They are ter
rlDle in decent nostrils even al a respectful
distance.-N. Y. Nail.
A Chinaman was summoned as witness
in New York, the other day, and, to ascertain
asked him what would be his punishment if
he should swear to lies. II shall never return
to China, but always remain in New York;
was the reply, and he was at once sworn.
Rank among the mandarins OF China has
long been indicated by the button, and we
have now in New York, 1T is said, an infalli-
BILE guide to the social grade OF the lady we
may be conversing with at party in the num-
Der of buttons with which her delicate kid
gloves are encountered.
The dog that enjoys coasting so much that .
he steals sleis and tugs them by his teeth to
the top OF the highest hills, sliding thence, is
filling brief engagement at Leavenworth.
That dog, however, cannot adequately enjoy
the fun like the boys. He cannot have the
supreme luxury of wearing out his new
trousers.
Does the much-enduring public remember
a certain Polish student, Glattstern, who fell
in love with Julia Bonnelle, an American
girl, anu because the mother said no, shot
the girl and then himself, some time last sum-
mer, and both recovering, shortly eloped to
Italy? Well, in the recent marriage of this
pair of fools at Lusanne, we sincerely hope
that we have done with them and can lay
them by on the shelf
Chicago Alderman heard somebody
reading about the approaching 'transit Of
Venus" just before the Council met the 9TH
er evening, and Immediately moved that the
meeting be adjourned one week, to permit
the city fathers to attend the show. He
thought 1t was something like the ''Black
Crook, or Lydia Thompson's anatomical ex
hibitions," though be 'had not seen the
small bills
A Democratic member Of the Indiana
Legislature has introduced q bill forbidding
the marriage of persons of different colors,
and declaring the issue of such marriage ille-
gitimate. 1t is difficult to find two persons of
precisely the same color, but we understand
the member declares it is not the intention Of
his bill to prevent to prevent the inter-marry-
ing of sallow complexioned men with fair
skinned women, or of blonde gentlemen with
brunette ladies'.
If a man has been rash enough to engage
himself to be married and allow the wedding
day to be set, he is paltroon and a craven il
he does not face all the horrors of the situa-
tion and plunge into matrimony like a man.
1t requires deal of courage, and it is no
wonder if poor human nature sometimes fails
under the trial. A Pittsburg coward lately
turned his back on the perils that he had
courted aud endeavored to escape by writing
a letter to his betrothed in another's name,
stating that he had been killed by a railroad
accident. 1t was disgraceful conduct, but,
poor man he deserves commiserat;on.
| Secretary Robson said a good thing the
other day. 1t was at the Presidents leyee
Wednesday evening. The Secretary, while
talking with cne lady, accidentally stepped on
| the train of another standing behind him.
The wearer of the latter, feeling herself to be
| fixed to the spot, turned to the Secretary,
and finding him immcvable, said, 81 beg
| pardon, Mr. Secretary, you are standing on
my train" Secretary Robeson turned instant-
ly, and replied. Though 1 may not have the
power to drawer mortal from the skies,
have pinned an angel to the EARTH" "Oh,
Mr.. Secretary" said the lady, ''please step or
my train again; want to be an angel, and
I'd rather not move.''
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