The Portland daily press., 1884-04-24
Nuts and Ralsins.


A three-year,o'd Hartford youngster Wis,
in Boston on seeing Highland car, exclai
ed "There goes gingham horse car"
Jay Gould's income is 50 a minute. +
consequently lost about S135 by the chan
from solar to standard time. Poor Jay-Lo
ell Citizen.
"There are eight circuses in Rome" saysA
ancient history. And do you know VII
FOrepaugh came out aud said that bis
one of them, Barnum came right after
and said that his was the other seven.-J
lington Hawkeye.
Warm water is taken now, regularly
tween meals, like q medicine. Any WI
rinse the body out and dilute and worb
refuse matter is in order. Half the mel
spring and warm weather is that they set
working, sweating, breathing and drin
freely. To the unaccustomed these are pc
full medicines and should be taken In moC
ton to begin with.
Esthetic London is paying pilgrimage
the bridal dress Of the future Mrs. Csc
Wilde. The shrine where the nuptial gal
ment is exhibited is the show room OF
ionable French dressmaker in Regent ct
The dress is saffron hued, the color worn
Greek maidens on their marriage day, ant
adorned with pale violet trimmings,
Hellenic brides would probably hardly
tenance. Miss Lloyds headgear will b
sunhowers.
A curious fete is to be held at Pompe
the becinning OF May. The first day it Is
posed there is a visit from the Emper
Rome to Pompeii; there will be circus ga
chariot races, procession, and numb
shops will be decked out as they would
appeared eighteen hundred years ago. Or
second day will be a marriage and fun
with their respective rites. The third day
promised gladiatofial games, and gladiat
fete.
A wealthy Scandinavian from BismsS
Oak, arrived Ia st. Paul, MIMI, one day a
said he wanted q wife. At the depot he N
for the first time man to whom he offers
$500 II he would find him wife on short
tice, The man took him to his own house al
introduced him to his daughter. The bargd
was quickly made, aud, as q guarantee Of GOO
faith, the man from Dakota transferred $40
600 worth Of Bismark property to his inten6
bride. The marriage took place within
days.
Mr. Irving related in Boston that once, tn
cling in Scotland, near Balmoral, he me
old Scotch woman, with whom he spoke OF !,
Queen. 1.-THE Queens a good woman
said. 81 suppose she's guide enough, but &
are things l Gamma bear" what do
mean?" asked Mr.. Irving. We'll, tn
there are things which even tho Queen ha-
recht to do. For one thinS, she goes ros
tiA1- ching 70 le.ii-TRat gaz kaous tha
tells us" 81 knaw," she interrupted angr
ly, "I've read the Bible since was so high
an 1 knaw ev'ry word int. knaw ABBOTT tn
Soonday fishing and a. the other things th
good Lord did, but want ye TO kuaw, to-
that don't think any the more, cen Of him
for adoin it,
Here is Fanny Davenport's recipe for n
ducing ones avoirdupois: "When went I
Italy, where 1 stayed three months With m
sister, 1 weighed $50 pounds. Today weig
1873 pounds. 1 had a paradise Of tint
though / worked hard. / walked IL mil
every day, and dieted mGself; no candy-th
broke my heart; no sugar in anything, al
nothing with sugar in it; no vegetables Of a.
kind except sliced tomatoes and others
which vinegar can be used, and not par
Of bread. Now eat only dry toast, Il
crackers, and little meat of some kind.
drink claret, and will have my cup OF coffe
in the morning, although ought not to tax
it. exercise. That is what has made n
what am. determined to do it, and hav
done it. I never felt better in my life. l fe'
strong and well, equal to any task. / beliey
that feshiness is disease anyhow, and ~
very fat people are never we'll"