The Portland daily press., 1867-11-18
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND
Monday Mo- ming, November le. 1867.
The Raseai's Own Book.
CORTLAND.

ner, the French Zouave Jacob, and the
French Emperor, N apoleon Ill.,, Daniel Pratt,
Brick Pomeroy, the old physician "whose
sands, &c" Gen. Mcclellan, Miss Braddon,
and, for the sake of the climax, Andrew
johnson. Some of these individuals. or all
| Of them, fancy that they have carried char
latanry to Its last development, end made
humbugs honorable. They are mistaken.
Let them know their betters. There lives
one, whom we propose to introduce to an ad-
miring world, that can teach them the rudi-
ments of empiIicism. He has come In the
| spirit and power of Jeremy Diddler-a glori-
fed Jeremy, in good sooth, by whose divine
alchemy the baser forms of matter may be
changed into purest gems.
| His name is-but hold-such modesty as
his will not brook the publicity we should
give him by naming him here; but he lives
in-but that will not do, either,-'tis best he
should be given no local habitation or name
| further than may be indicated by saying that
the great State of New York claims bi N for
| her son. No doubt we are guilty OF self
| fattery in supposing that we are the sole de-
of bis fattering. preference. If so, we have
misconstrued the circular he has sent us, full
| of such trustful and generous expressions of
l personal regard and such evidences OF
| appreciation OF our character, as do infinite
| credit alike to the head and heart and prove
| the possession of rare powers of dis
elimination. But 1t may be that some
of our readers, too have received
few of his documents Ii SO,
we need not tell them of the little
sealsd saS elopes and the jewelry orders, BY
| oonjuring with which In some mysterious
way that We have not yet found time to ,stl,-
ON, one may obtain for two or three dollars
articles "marked" from one to five hundred
dollars. But this part of the business has
not the charm of originality. Other ph:lan-
thropists have lived and thrived greatly on
the same little "move." His highest claim to
the respect OF his fellow men will probably
rest on book which he offers to the public
for the very reasonable price-when you con-
sidef the amount of information 1t contains
OF one dollar per copy. The table of contents
fully justihes the publisher in what
might otherwise be regarded as tau
tolosy, when he describes it as con-
tanning "truly wonderful, marvellous
and mysterious disclosures of the great secrets
embraced in the various arts and sciences of
ancient and modern days" Such being the
encyclopedia character of the work. it con-
taiDs, ofcourse, information on medical sub
jects; and. II the circular is to be credited
this information must be the result of yery
deep reseaIch-very deep research indeed; in
TACT 1t 10 dfff1cult to conceive how it could
have been obtained without going deeper in
to the internal regions and staying longer that
either Aneas, Ulysses on Dante. But were
We so much as to hint at the revelations of
this department of the work, the reader would
require more than the Shakespearian pre-
scription ofan ounce of civet ito sweeten his
imagination" Wepass therefore to the depart
ment of miscellaneous information. Herein
are taught, as the author says, the following
arts and sciences among thousand others
not nece ssary to be enumerated:
1t teaches how the primitive elements may
be so combined as to produce the diamond, ru-
| Dy, topaz, emerald, sapphire, at very little ex-
L
that am led to believe they are real; at least.
| never could detect the difference
| 1t teaches how to put black spots on a horse;
also now to make them have white star on
their forebeads.
Gen. Grant ought TO have it.
1t teaches how to transfer all kinds of print
ed matter. whether engraved on steel or con-
per, wood cut or type, onto piece of zinc. and
print as many from 1t as you please, which will
look as perfect as the original. Any man NAV
make BOD living, if he uses this information
| only for honorable purposes.
The author adds with charming naipete,
that 1t cost great amount of money-this
| recipe"
| It teaohss great secret of the celebrated
Anstete, and never published in his works
U the naseam, London, during my rambles in
| Europe.
1t teaches the whole art OF courting, coquot-
rytsss
! 1t teaches how to live one hundred years
| 1t teaches how to discover anything lost, stol
| en-, buried or hidden.
| 1t teaches how to court women of all ma
| tionsli
| 1t teaches the new art of Potchiomani, or
| making imitation Chinese or Egyptian vases,
| which look and appear like those valuable rel
les OF antiquity, numbers of which have been
sold for $1,000. ANY man or woman can make
/
| capital is required.
| It tells the traits of hatred women,
| 1t tells the traits Of eoquette ll1
1t tells the kind Of diet and clothing to uear
| Here Ia book for Miss Flora McFlimsey,
of Aadisu Square-diet considered in the
| light Of wearing apparel is surely novelty
or does the rogue refer to the rats, grasshop-
pers and beetles which ladies are supposed to
| wear In their hair?
1t teaches all the new tricks EMPLOYED by
| gamblers in cheating at card games such az
esehre, whist, bluff old sledge, ecarte, pharo
9r faro, ETC.; how they throw the six spots with
dioe, together with full exposition of the pa
| tent safe game, by which SO many thousands of
dollars have been made. or-u lf4t,.3.rH
| Ten to one, John MorIissey and Ben.
Wood have each of them three or four copies
of this work. In fact, 1t may reasonably be
suspected that it has been in circulation for
years, and laid the foundation of the for
tunes OF many eminent men. 1t teaches
how any one may become handsome-E. K.
Smart must have habit in 1880; 1t teaches the
art of becoming an orators. s. Cox must
carry it about in his pocket; it explains all
that is mysterious in numbers-there is q
copy IN the sanctum of the Bangor Demo
Democrat, and 1t was used when the editor
| figured up a Democratic majority in the
United States Senate the other day; it
throws light upon "the money making lodges
Of the knowing ones In the fast age In which
we live'-Butler, Pendleton and Vallandg.
ham are now applying its financial canons in
national affairs. 1t does not teach how to be
| an honest man or a good citizen, from which
we infer that 1t has had wide circulation
and faithful perusal in the year of grace
1857. 80
TEE Copperhead Didymus Is more obstinate
ly and irreclaimably sceptical than his scrip
tural prototype. He wants the evidence of all
| his senses to convince him that Gen. Grant is
not Of his way of thinking. If Grant would
kiss "nigger baby"-the crucial test of politi-
cal hetsrodexy to the Conservative mind-the
Argus itself would perhaps come out with
| double loaded remuneration of its candidate
| But we are now promised that evidence little
short ofthis plenary confession of Republican
faith viii be furnished within three days after
the dsse milling Of Congress. 1t will come in the
shape of Grants testimony given before the
Judiciary Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives six months ago. If reports are true
this testimony will prove the final "staggerer'
| to the hopes of the Democratic siren that for
months has been trying to lure our not much
| oounseling Ulysses to his ruin by seductive
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