The Portland daily press., 1874-02-13
THE PRESS,
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 1s. 1874
Gossip and Gleanings.

IhADA1 MVhNlNUs rEDs lOs 1919
Gossip and Gleanings.
Faith in our own ability is half ofevery bat
tie.
An Iowa farmer who has been married only
seven weeks and has had to buy wig, offers
to bet that his wife can whip panther.
The testimony ola st. Louis alderman should
De preserved. Said he: Horses Is fraider OF
dummies than street cars.
ine posltion OF usher in a country church
must DE slngular.y lucrative to permit the
holder to appear in new boots every Sunday
Ha'r-cutting is 81 in Prescott, Arizon,
by licensed BARRIERS. The Apaches charee
nothing, and make clean cut.
1.-The time has come the Walrus said,
TO talk of many things;
OF shoes-and ships-and sealing-wax-
OF cablages and kings!''
The last triumph of advertising. A sufferer
writes to the celebrated Dr. Pickemoff to ex-
press his gratitude, in these words, Il saw
your advertisement-and am well man."
A Mississippi paper says: 'Give negro
spawned mule, single-barrelled pistol aud a
brass watch, and you make him supremely
happy.
An advertiser of real estate in this vicinity
reports more weather to the acre, and al
cheaper rates, than can be found in any other
portion of the civilized globe.
Alas! now mary sorrows, SHARP thorns Of
trouble thar We Ghink the pierced hands OF
the bleeding feet can never be accustomed to,
have 70 be accepted as part of our daily
lives! lGIace Wyatt.
"Gentlemen, is there man in this House
who intends 10 vote against my bill?' said
Mississippi Representative. peeling off his
coat and vest and hanging them ON chair.
Every man voted ''aye."
One very common error misleads the opin-
ion OF ma"kiud, that, universally, authority i
pleasant, submission painful. In the general
course OF human aifairs, the very reverse oil
this is nearer the truth. Command Is anxi
ely; obedience, ease.-l Pascal.
New York Commercial: zone of our Health
officers recently reported that his ward was
tryubled with 'higinnies,' and being asked to
explain, said it was bad odor arising from
the cutters.
The gallant band OF females, led on by DR..
Dio Lewis, who have invaded the Boston
dram shops with prayer aid song, are doing
as well as could be expected. Crowds throne
to hear them, and hund eds who came to
scoff remain to drink.-Brooklyn Argus.
1t was a brilliant Fond du Lac boy who,
seeing dog with a muzzle on for the first
time, exclaimed: Mamma, mamma, / bet
five cents the dogs are going to wear hoop
skirts; there goes dog with one on his
nOse."
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who
Wouiu pTinS uOine Tue wealth. Vi the 1nuIes,
must carry the wealth of the Indies with
him," so it is in travelling; man must cal
| ry knowledge with him, if he would brins
home knowledge.
| A bright little girl of our city, not long
since, was urging her mother 20 go up stairs
and hear her say ber prayers before retiring.
Her mother not finding it convenient, told
bar hof
''But, MOTHER" responded the little doubter,
Jesus can't turn off the gas."-Nea0 Bed
ford Mercury. 1
Scientific men say that if pianos stand
north and south the tone of the instrument is
much improved. This is true-especially
when the piano is thumped by "a learner.
About one hundred and fifty miles north and