The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-12

Sankev is the agent of somebody's sweet
toned organs, and is travelling through Eng
land, m ock-worshiping, TO advertise them: he
saws, but with the hacsneyed phrase, ~ as
sn;d'' Sankey sold $4,000 worth of those sweet
toned organs' in Birmingham, Working for
the Lord. and paid for it by American organ
Lnildersl'' 1 hope our American journals take
/ indlier notice of Mr. Varley. The English
Evangelist, who believe is in New York, al
though IN his hippodrome service, be went SO
far as 10 have an orchestral accompaniment
consisting of cornet, flute, and end men.
The latest work out from the pen of Victo-
rean Sardou, and which goes on to the shelf as
French literature is "Loude Sam" 1t Is full
of ISLANDERS against American young women,
100 gross and outrageous to provoke smile,
too mean and disgusting to publish. One OF
The worst statements is in the fiirta ton scene,
where one of the episodes is that of young Id
dy who, for charitable purposes, allows gentles.
men to kiss her bare shoulders at the rate Oh
ST. a kiss! The nearest approach to this scene
ia real life which have ever known IN Alneia
"a, was one which occurred in New YORK, yeaio
ago. A young and beautiful girl was presiuain55
at a table at one of the large fairs. Surrounueu
by group of admirers, she was dsposlhg rap
idly of the wares under her charge. one CIV
thusiastic gentleman finally offered 10 pay dj
price for ole of the long golden ringets 4, tnaV
swept her shoulders. "Fifty dollars MISS M a.
sixty-seventy-on hundred-two huhaae sa Ives
lars4'A smile and sigh blended themselves
y" s.Giye me the scissors" she cried II cannot
,as;st making such sum for the poor suffer-
;oo Frenchr' And the soft tress fell sacrl-
flee TO her enthusiastic sympathy Tor the coun'
trymen of Lafayette, and also alas! OF victorian
Sardou.
We are having glorious weather. The Their
Inometer on yesterday and day before, was
from 70 to Is in the shade over England, and
from here down to Marseilles it varied from 20
10 SO in the shade. The influx of strangers is
large ard the number of tourists promises to
be greater this season than ever before. give
Won below my usual list of Maine people regis
tered in the principal resorts abroad. 1t is m
teresting to note the eagerness with which
Americans abroad peruSe the newspaper re-
ports of the scandal trial. The reading rooms
of the hotels and the banking houses are pc
sieged with Americans anxious to CLEAN the
latest d articIlars of the trial in Brooklyn. LII
would appear now that the great preacher, Or
ator, philanthropist, would emerge from MS
trials and troubles completely indicated.
The following are the whereabouts of Maine
people abroad on April Goth.
Rome, A. Dyer, Miss Dyer, V, S. Wheeler,
Miss Ella Lewis, Portland, Maine,
Florence, Miss Prentiss, Maine, the Misses
Bartlett, Miss M. G. Gale, Mrs q. hayward,
Miss E. Porter, Miss Rosalne Steward, Fanny
Venice. Charles E. Page, Mrs. Page, Miss
Annie McKenstry, Bddeford.
Vienna, Olive Hayward, Bangor, E. White
house, Augusta, j. I'll. Bowler and wife, Ban
COR
HAYNES. Mrs. j. M Haynes, Augusta, Gen.
Strowbridge and family Portland.
Lausanne, G. B. Goodwin, Biddeford, Saml
Fiske, Miss NJ Fiske, Miss Lizzie Ii. Fiske,
Maine u.