The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-04-10
Men and Women

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ever uttered, Calhoun?" said Daniel Webster.
"This." said Calhoun, quickly: "Shor-lived
indeed was Irish independence. sat by her
cradle-I followed her hearse."
Says London Truth: If any one wants to
know what Cruikshank looked like he has
only to turn to one of the illustrations Of Oliver
Twist. The artist was sitting meditating how
he should portray Fagin. He saw his own
shadow reflected on the wall, and it became
Fagin.
Thackeray has sai,s that a man must be either
very obscure or very devoid of all the positive
qualities of manly elogus2ce who can be sure
of getting into club after thirty; and the re-
jected of the Athenaum NAV borrow what
consolation he can from a proposition that Ii
profoundly true.-L0ndon World.
Writing of those who scrawl their names In
Egypt John Russell Young says: 1.-THE greatest
donkey OF the tribe-the monumental donkey
Of the age-is Powell Tucker of New York.
If Powell Tocker reads these lines he will learn
that his name is the theme of repeated execra-
tions throughout Egypt. Powell, as the story
goes, did not content himself with carving his
name on the walls-that perhaps would have
been too much trouble. So he carried sailor
with him and this sailor had pot of black
paint and brush. Whenever Powell came to
monument the sailor painted in large black
letters Powell Tucker, New York, 1870.
Sometimes it is only p. T. but the tracks are
here and there all over Egypt The authorities
in charge Of the antiquities have tried to rub
out this and other marks OF vandalism, but
Powel's sailor painted deep"
Major Campion. an Englishman, in his book
of adventures, says of our Indians, it is great
misapprehensi0n that the wives are cruelty
treated by their husbands. They have to do
all the work to be sure, but none of it is labor.
rous, and eff they did not dawdle, sing or
gossip over it and take as long as possible to do
as little as may be-" their time would hang
heavily on their hands. ''The buck does all
the hunting, fighting and stealing" AS to
wife beating, he never heard of such thing.
Among the thousands of squaws that he saw,
he saw none "with the mark of mans hand
upon her, most sincerely wish could say
the same regarding my countrywomen" Mr..
Campion believes there are more wives struck
or kicked by their husbands every night in
London than there have been squaws struck
by their savage husbands since the landing of
Columbus.
Among the culiosities of the tirst part of the
Almanach de Gotha may be noted the names
and surnames of the present king of Portugal.
His Anglicised name is Dom Lewis, Philip,
Mary, Ferdinand, Peter of Alcantara, An
thony, Michael. Raphael, Gabriel, Gonzaga,
Xavier, Francis of Assist, John, Julius, Au-
gustus, Volfando of Bragsnza, Bourbon, SAKE
Coburg and Gotha. If he has a superfuty of
kba mi. - ksr~ oe
pie and their kinsmen of Rsuss-Sheiz- -Kastritz
have but one name. "Henry," among them,
and are distinguished, according to their birth.
by numerals; the regniug prince of the elder
line being Henry XXI, of the Junior line
denry XIV, while others are numbered nm TO
LAAiV. and beyond it. The rule is that each
successive son in each line takes the numersl
next highest to that assigned to the son of his
own line born before him until Henry XCIX.
has been reached, when tho next new conner
appears as Henry 1. Among quaint titles are
those OF the emperor of Austria, who calls
himself king of Jerusalem. title once borne
BY the late King Victor Emmanuel, who, be-
fore he assumed the crown of United Italy,
was king of Sardinia, Cyprus and Jerusalem;
those Of the Grand Dake of Oldenbsrg, who
Is calleu helr Vi norway, anu tnoSe OF Rrince
Hohenzollern, who is "burgrave Of Nurem.
berg. "The king Of Denmark Is also king of the
"Vandals and Goths;" the king of Sweden is
king of the Goths aud Wsnds;" the duke of
Mechlenberg 'prince of the wends," and the
king OF Bavaria, count palatine Of the Rhine,
to which, indeed, he has substantial claim, as
the palatinate is now included In his kingdom.
At the recent first appearance of Matthew
Arnold at the Royal Institution the brillians
essayist had very large and distinguished
audience to witness his debut as a lecturer.
Dean Stanley, his warm admirer, Goldwin
Smith and DR.. Martineau, his trenchsnt critics,
were present. Speeding, Rae, Tyndall, Frank
land; a-good many clergymen, high and broad;