The Portland daily press., 1879-12-10
Gossip
About Men and Women.

A womans safeguard is to keep a mans
hands off her. If you need his assistance in
walking, take his arm instead of allowing him
to take yours. Just tell him in plain English
to "hands off, He may not like 1t at first,
hut he will respect you in the future ten-fold.
Olive Logan
Miss Rogers, cousin of Richard Golden,
has just been distinguishing herself greatly at
Oxford, where her examinations have been the
wonder of the university. 1t is said she writes
Latin prose "as brilliantly any Don in the
Varsity" and her Greek prose is also admir-
able. The young lady has just been appointed
lecturer at Somerville Hail.
The reason why express search has been or
dered to be made in Zululand for the Prince
Imperial's watch is that, attached to the chain,
his Highness wore that relic "a fragment of the
true cross) which belonged to Charlemagne,
came into the hands of the first Napoleon, and
was al ways worn by the late Emperor, who re-
garded it as species OF talisman.
The Boston Sunday Courier is responsible for
this: A popular clergyman was greatly bored
by lady who admired him without reserve.
'Ohi my dear Mr.. -" said she last Sunday
afternoon; 'there isn't any harm in ones low
ing ones pastor, is there?" "Certainly not,
madam" replied the worthy cleric; 'not the
least in the world, so long as the teellpg Is not
reciprOcated."
There is a sect in Russia called the Chlysty,
who bid fair to rival the American Adventists
in their zeal and taste for human sacrifices. a
certain woman, named Prascovia Koshemkoff,
has become leader among them, and like the
poor fanatic in Massachusetts, who offered up
his child the other day was convinced that
Christ called for victim in order to raise him
up again. She ordered her followers to seize
.-.s,, nYrA rglnr hnf
which they did. Prascovia drove her cart over
the body two or three times, and then proceeded
to bring it to life; failing in which she was BAN
ished to Siberia for eighteen years.
Speaking of honest counts, Judge Brady re-
lates that on one occasion some years ago, at
hearing before him in disputed election case,
after considerable squabbling between the law
yers the judge himself interposed with well,
gentlemen, let us get to the merits of the case.
l suppose that all that either party desires III
this matter is an honest count" At which
there rose before the judge on the instant a
wild and strange figure, not unfamiliar to the
courts nor yet to the footlights, which, with
hand upon its heart, bowed low, and uttered
in sepulchral tones: "May it please the col-rt.
Ecce homoi" 1t was the Count Joannes.-
New York Tribune.
A very rich old man had married a young
wife, and died suddenly, on which the widow
raved like q maniac, and exclaimed to the doc
tor, who stood by the bedside of the deceased:
"Oh, I'll not believe that my dear partner is
dead; he could not die, and leave mel No, no!
he's alive-Im sure he's alvel Tell me, doc
tor, don't you think so? "Madam," replied
the medical man, with much gravity Il con-
fess that it is possible that he may be revived.
will apply the galyanc battery" "Oh, no,
no!'' cried the grief-stricken widow. lizard as
it is to bear my fate. will have no oexperiment
against the law of nature; let him rest in
peace"
Mrs. Lucy H. Hooper writes that during the
late cold bright weather in Paris Madame
Christine Nilsson "might have been met daily,
walking at a pace that would have rendered it
difficult for most men to keep up with her,
along the Rue de la Paix. She is looking very
well, though her beauty has lost that exquisite
semi-angeic character that used to lend such
charm to her impersonations; she looks now
like healthy, handsome Scandinavian wonl-
an, with high cheek bones, and bright COM
plexlon, and not like stray seraph as she
used to do. M. Rouzeaud her husband, who
has been dabbling in stocks OF late, will not ac-
company his fair wife to Madrid, but will fol-
low her later-that is to say, as soon as the
Bourse has stopped oscilating like the ends oil
q see saw"
There is pleasant anecdote of the present
Belgian Prime Minister, Frere-Orban. His
family name was Frere, and while a poor law
student he fell in love with the daughter of a
rich arstocratic family named Orban The girl
returned his love, but her parents refused to
encourage it, As the day for his examination
drew near she said to him: "If you succeed
come in the evening to the box at the opera in
which shall be with my parents and some of
their friends" ''But win they admit me?'
asked the poor student. 81 will take care of
that replied the girl. Frere passed the ex-
animation with great credit, and presented
himself at the box. His sweetheart rose as he
entered, and kissed him in the presence of the
whole company. After that there was moth
ing for the parents to do but to announce an
engagement between them. When the marri-
age took place. he added by their request,
their aristocratic name to his more plebeian
one,