The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-27
Gossip
About Men and Women.

A gentleman saw recently copy of Voltaire
lying on the centre-table in Mr.. Robert G. In
gersoll's parlor in Washington. elbow much
did this book cost your" inquired the gentle
man. 1.-THE uovernorship of Illinois," was
Ingersolls laconic reply.
The recent carnival at Biarritz was very ami
mated. The quaintest effect of all was pro-
duced by a guileless young Frenchman who
threaded the mazes of the dance attired in
Highland costume. The dress was perfect in
all respects save that he had unfortunately re-
versed the order of the kilt and wore the phili-
beg behind instead of in front, while his stock
ings were tightly drawn up over his knees
This afforded much mirth to Lord Lovat and
Lord Strathmore's sons, who were there in
their own kits. Lord Lovat demonstrated in
simple terms: Man. why don't you turn down
your stockings and show your knees as do?''
To which the youth ENORMOUSLY replied that
that was impossible, ga cause de ses cdlecons. !"
His mother had insisted on his donning that
article of clothing beneath his chieftain IS
garb.
Mrs. Sackett of townsville, Delaware coun-
ty, slammed her door to and a gun standing be-
hind it fell to the floor, dscharging its contents
into her leg and making wound which me-
cessitated amputation. Moral Always shut a
family.-Troy Wing.
Miss Roseberry wanted to marry Mr.. Dep
uty at Seymour, Ind, but her father COM
pointed day for the wedding. On the even
ing before she secretly became Mrs. Deputy.
She was on hand for the other ceremony how
ever, and it proceeded smoothly as far as the
question whether anybody objected, when Mr.
Deputy remarked that he had an objection-a
trifing one, which he felt some reluctance
about mentioning-the lady was his wife.
Albany girls stand no fooling. One of them
was to have been married day or two since,
and the girl was all ready, the minister on
hand, and the feast spread, but still no bride
groom. "I'll wait for him Just ten minutes"
said the girl, land then I'm open to propo-
sails" Ten minutes flew like the wind, and
little red-haired fellow, with paper collar,
stepped up, proposed, was accepted, married
and scooped in the banquet.-New York Ex-
press So ~,
The choice some people make of matrimo-
NAL partners is hard to understand. A Young
Maine farmer married highly cultured Bos
ton girl, who didn't know thing about
housekeeping, but had devoted her youth to
the study of geology and mineralogy, and when
he took her home, instead of attending to
household duties, she went roaming about the
farm and soon discovered on her husbands
land gold mine worth $4,000. You can't
always tell how match will turn out.-Boston
Fost. 9s -
General Suffer, on whose land gold was first
discovered in California, is now citizen of
Pennsylvania, and resides at Litiz, Lancaster
county. At the time California was coded to
the United States he was the owner of an i'm
mense tract Of land which he had acquired
under grant from the Mexican Government.
He supposed that his title was valid under the
terms of the treaty with Mexico. One
of his hired men, while assisting in digging
mill race, picked up handful of yellow sand
which turned out to be gold. This was the
first discovery of the precious metal in Califor-
mia. Miners swarmed over Captain Suffers
estate, took possession of his lands and par
celled them out into "diggings'', without
the least regard to his rights in the premises.
He never was able to dispossess these squatters
owing tn technical defects in his title, and af-
ter spending all he was worth in trying to re-
cover his property, he gave up the contest and
appealed to Congress for some compensation
for his loss. The House Committee on claims
has agreed to report a bill appropriating $4,000
to pay him for property taken from him under
color Of authority from the United States.