The Portland daily press., 1878-04-20
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smooth, well-preserved face, and large express
sive eyes," He stands the wear and tear Of diDlo-
macy better than Bismarck
Rhoda Broughton lives in the beautiful val
ley OF Choyd; she is "about' 30, spiritual in
expression with light, quick inpatient man
ner and good figure. She is Of about the
average height
The health OF the czaris said TO be increas-
ingly bad, a state Of things much aggravated
by his own superstitious fears. His sixtieth
birth6 az will come on April 20, and as no
czar has ever attained that age, and there is
tradition that none ever will, he is constant.
ly oppressed by gloomy forebodings. His dis
quietude is the more increased by the fact that
his sister who died few months ago, warned
him that he would quickly follow her. AS the
mind oftentimes has great influence over the
body, this prophecy is not unlikely to fulfil it,
self.
Some years ago-lt was in 1867-the elder
Mr.. Bennett, Ct the Herald, sent for one of his
editorial writers, and in q great rage scolded
him for repeatedly using the prefix "Mr"
when speaking of Horace Greeley, whom the
Herald was then urging on the Legislature as
candidate for United States Senator. He
illustrated his meaning by asking the ques-
ton. "You wouldn't speak Of Mr.. Socrates,
would you? Greeley's a greater philosopher
than Socrates ever was" The abashed editor
promised never to repeat the offence.
"At eighty" says writer in Harper's Mag
azine, "a gentleman in New York city COM
menced trying to walk up the stairs of the
Evening Post Bnilding, and there are eleven
flights of them, of which there ara nine from
the street to his Office. Any of the elevator
men will tell you that when the elevator is at
all full, off he will go cheerily, up all the nine
flights, seemingly none the worse for it. With
in year, he also told the writer that he still
continued dumb-bell and club-work before
breakfast daily" Long may Mr.. Bryant keep
up these exercises.
Major j. S. Campion has published in Lon
don his adventures in South America, and he
gives some curious facts about the vices and
virtues of the Red Indians, Amongst the Mo-
jave tribe we find polyandry is prevalent
practice. though all the neighboring Indian
tribes practice polygamy. 1t is certainly Curl
ous to read of an old Indian Chief Captain Con-
nor, who was both Methodist convert and
even brought up for the ministry, as well as
monogamist By practice. arguing as he does
with Major Campion on the advantages of a
plurality of wives, which we give in the ipsiss,-
ma Uer6d: IF mans one wife is QUARREL
some, contradictory or aggravsting-my expert
ence is some women are so-why, she quarrels
With, contradcts, and aggravates her husband
there is no ore else for it; while, il he has
two or more wives they can have it out with
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content, and leave him in peace and comfort.
Besides, where there are more wives than one.
there always is more or less jealousy, which
works very well. Each wife wants to be the
favorite, get the best dresses, and so on and of
course to do this has to make herself agreeable.
SO that there is contest of amiability always
going on, to the great gain in comfort to all
parties" "But this" adds our author, with
charming simplicity, twas subject he never
entered upon in the presence of Mrs Connor."
A San Francisco paper thus describes the
party of blue-bloods from the Sandwich Islands
who have recently arrived in that city on
brief visit. The chief members Of the party
are Governor Dominis Of Oahu, and his wife,
Princess Lilinokaiani, heiress to the throne of
the islands, and Mrs. O. b. Wilson, a half
blood native. The ladies, all of whom are
quite young. have never before been away
from the islands. Mrs. Dominis and the prin-
cess are excellent types Of the beauty of the
patrician classes of the Islands, which has
been praised by all travellers thereto. They
have the olive complexion, large, lustrous eyes,
black, waving hair, and symmetrically devel-
oped figures of the original people of the
Islands. Mrs. Wilson is more the type of an
American lady. All were costumed in as cor.
rectly late fashion as any Of the San Fran
cisco ladies who throng Kesrney street of a
Saturday afternoon. They all speak English
as perfectly and fluently as the great majority
of American young ladies who have duly grad
uated from fashionable and emotional finishing
schools. and vivacity which is all their own,
makes an hours conversation with them
pleasure to be long remembered. The governor
comes here upon no diplomatic or International
business whatever, but solely for the bsnefit of
his wife's health, and in pursuance of the ad-
vice Of her physicians The visit of the party
will be confined to California exclusively. The
ladies would like to make the.overland trip, but
as the Hawaiian Legislature will meet in May,
it will be necessary for the governor to return
early in that mon th.