The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-14
Gossip
About Men and Women.

Miss Kate Field is described as wearing
during her recitation at the Shakespeare
festival an evening dress of blue and white
MORE antique, trimmed with lace, dead gold
ornaments and blue feathers in her hair. At
the close of Much Ado About Nothing she
was called from the auditorium to sing "God
save the Queen" and going upon the stage
sang it with much applause
Quoth George w. Smalley, 'Coleridge said
of Junius that Horne Tooke and a long sentence
seem the only two antagonists that were too
much for him. Mr.. Gladstone's sentences are
often long and ill-handled; often full of con-
fused grittiness that sets ones teeth on edge.
1t is an effort to read him when he is at his
best; when he is at his worst it is impossible"
An Indiana paper has this interesting per-
sonal item concerning a versatile young lady:
miss Zoe Moore is the happy possessor of a
fine new piano. She now divides her time be-
tween the piano, the store and geology"
man has been fined and locked up in Alb
erdeen on. the strength of a proverb. James
Williams, deaf and dumb, on the 18th of April,
was brought up before Baillie Ross, at Aber-
deem, for having FUSED profane and abusive
language. He made signs to show that he
could not even speak. The "procurator-fscal
citedan old proverb that the "de'il helps dumb
man to swear" and maintained that Williams
had uttered incoherent cries equivalent to
profane speech. On which the worthy baillie
fined Williams one sovereign and sent him to
jail for fifteen days in default!
Says Mayfair, Give gentlemen were stand
ing in Rotten Row, when one of them ex-
claimed, 'Hullo, there's the prince of Wales
with another beauty. Who's the new favorite,
l wonder?" They all wondered. The prince
and his favorite cantered past, and then it was
seen that his royal highnesss new favorite'
was the princess of Wales"
1t is related that when L. Bradford Prince
had received his appointment as Chief Justice
of Mexico, about the first person he met in
Washington was young lady, who proved to
be the daughter of an ex-Chief Justice of the
Territory She was delightfully."- entertaining
young lady, and gave him much valuable in
formation. On his way to the Territory Mr..
Prince took q seat alongside of fne-looking
man, who also proved to be from New Mexico
the second New Mexican he had met. After
a long talk Mr.. Prince mentioned his meeting
with Miss Slough, the eX-Chief Justices daugh-
ter, and asked his companion if Col. Slough
We're living. "No" replied the stranger, II
killed him." And the information was found
by Judge Prince to be correct.
Tennyson is thus pictured in the Independence
Beige: 'Tall, rather stout round shouldered,
walking with stick, a long beard completely
burying his face, and pair of round, Chinese
looking spectacles." His attire: ga felt hat,
much the worse for wear, the brim large and
fiabby, drawn low over his forehead, trousers
too wide, shabby looking coat too tight, his left
hand in constant contact with his spectacles,
which have large gold rim that flashes i'll the
sun as he advances towards YOU"
The London World tells of q clever capture
by Russian Nihilists as follows: ga young
man, in the full uniform of Procurateur's
secretary, called last week, on the Governor
General of Charkow. Courteously saluting,
said he: M. the Procurateur begs your Excel
lency to be so good as to come at once to his of
fice.' Anything very important?' was the an
swer we are on the track of Prince Krapo-
tins murderer and your Excellency's presence
is most necessary Good! L will ring and
order the carriage Pray do not trouble to do
so; the Procurateur has sent his own carriage
for your Excellency that no time be lost; every
thing depends on eXpeditiousneSs' The Gov
ernor and the young man got into the carriage,
drove off, and have not since been seen The
Governor had himself fallen into the hands of
the NihilistS. The head of Police has since
got letter from the captured Governor, i'm
ploring him not to prosecute the search for
KrapOtin's assassin, success in this direction
would be followed by the loss of his 1.-THE Gov
ernor's] head, who is held as hostage"
Life in ST. Petersburg is anything but dull
Every day there is something new to talk
about One afternoon in April lady and gen.
tleman were walking arm in arm toward the
Vosnessesski Bridge, followed by another gen.
tleman. The lady looked round uneasily sew
eral times, and ON arriving at the bridge leaned
over the parapet to look at the canal In doing
this her hat fell off. Instantly she jumped in
after it, but was speedily reioined by her pur-
suer, who, after brief struggle brought her
on shore. 1t then appeared that the lady"
was young man in disguise, who belonged to
the Nihilist conspiracy, and that the man who
jumped after him was a member of the secret
police. The Gladys" companion was also ar
rested.
Though Mr.. Emerson-now in his seventy
sixth year--complains of failing memory he
has a good recollection of his early days, and
loves to live them over again in thought.
Recently he met with the Alumni of the old
Latin school in Boston where he had been
pupil, and told them much they did not know
or had forgotten. Among other things he re-
lated that their teacher, Mr. Gould, one day
informed the school that there was rumor
that the British Government was going to
send hostile fleet to Boston Harbor, and that
gentleman had desired that the boys of the
school should give one day to assist in throw
ing up defenses on Noddle Island, ana that all
who were ready and willing to go should be at
the bottom of Hanover street next day at
o'clock, when boat would be in waiting to
carry them to the island. "The whole school
went" added Mr.. Emerson;' L went, but
confess that cannot remember a stroke of
work which or my school-fellows accomp-
lished. Whether the news of this action ON
the part of the Latin school reached England
and decided the Government to sue for peace,
have never learned 1t is curious enough
that there should be Renaissance of that
kind in the memory of a man who has done so
nIlch 10 Inalln sI1ch incilents seem meli.nNal