The Portland daily press., 1884-05-21
Nuts and Ralsins.

Sir Lefiel Griffin has published his views of
the United States
Most of Charles Reade's property, which
amounts to to about 100000, goes to his
grandson
The finest Masonic temple in the world, and
the only one in this country entirely set apart
for Masonic uses, is that in Philadelphia.
At Edinburgh, in 177S, leather cannon was
fred three times and pronounced good.
The Hindoo swears his witnesses by the
sacred waters of the Ganges.
In 1S49, the kindergarten system was intro
duced into Germany.
The Rothschilds own S4OO, ,oO0, 900 of United
States bonds. Evidently they do not consider
bondage loathsome.
The fashionable European flower is at pres
ent the narcissus.
John B. Cough is to spend the three coming
months on the Pacific coast He is announced
to lecture in Denver for the first time.
VIM. H. Vanderbilt has gone on a four
weeks trip to Europe.
Novels, says Walter Besant, constitute nine
tenths Of the books read in England aud nine
teen-twentieths of the books read in the
world.
Postmaster General Gresham is visiting Bos-
ton to see what can be done to improve the
mail service between Boston and the West.
The latest in dress-lining is known as the
"1VCoum ana Is pEl0G6O Wltu bC6u6b ITOm
"Romeo aud Juliet" the Merchant of Ven-
ice" and portraits Of Irving and Miss Terry. 1t
comes fromthe Manchester, Eng. print works.
A little girl attired in Mother Hubbard cos
tune, holding tray. is the latest in card re-
ceivers 1t comes in bronze, genuine and
imitation and is about two feet high.
A peacock belonging to Lord Beaconsfield,
died at about the same time as its master. 1t
was given away and the fellow who received it
ia said to be making fortune by selling the
feathers from the tail. The supply seems in
exhaustible.
The latest announcements concerning Theo-
dore Thomas are that he will conduct the
open-air concert at Long Beach, and will sail
for Europe in July.
Real Grape borders for mourning paper are
becoming common with those who take delight
in making an exhibition of their woe.
A feature at Manhattan Beach this season
will be descriptive frework stories of the
Egyptian war. They are to be directed by
Mr.. Paine Of London.
The "Sto1y of Bad Boy" by Mr.. Aldrich,
has, by the authors consent, been translated
into French by Tn. Benton, and receives the
title of "Un Ecolier Americain."
The library of the Earl of Gosford, recently
sold at auction in London, contained perfect
copy of the first folio Shakespeare and the first
volume of the Mazarin Bible.
Mr.. Ingram will soon bring out new edition
of Poe, comprising four volumes, to be en-.
titled "Tales of Imagination" Tales OF
Hunor," "Arthur Gordon Pym, and other
Tales" and miscellaneous Tales and Poems"
4 portrait of Poe, newly etched from a
ldaguerreotype, andfourteen original etchiDgs,
will be comprised in the illustrations.
A new edition of Mr.. David Laing's "Select
Remains of the Ancient Popular Poetry of
Scotland" is nearly ready for publication. The
first edition, Published more than sixty years
ago. consisted of 108 copies and has long been
out of print.
Among those invited to the recent celebra-
ton in Paris of the sixtieth anniversary Of
Greek independence was Victor Hugo, who
excused himself in the following letter: t'I
will be with you in heart at the celebration of
Greek deliverance. | celebrated formerly
that event in verses, line of which occurs to
me to this effect. 1t is that Italy is the mother
and Greece the grandmother of our civiliza-
ton"