The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-17
VARIETIES.

"A lawyer engaged in q case, torIneRted a
witness SO much with questions that the poor
fellow at last cried for water There" said the
judge, II thought you'd pump him dry"
B. NJ. Brown, the old man in DAYTON. Obio
who went without eating for many days, died
las week. He was eighty-four years old, and
eighty.four was the number OF days no lived
without food. a1a
The steamer Cimbria, of the Hamburg and
New York line, has just made the last of the
shortest passages on record" which are con-
tinually being announced. She lett Hamburg
on the End inst and arrived at New York in
the morning of the 18th. The Cimbria's run il
nearly equivalent to nine days passage from
Liverpool. e. 1l-.A 5.I
An Indian passing up the streets of Natoh-
ez, a few days since was asked the relative Do
sition OF white man, negro and Indian. Civ
ing the usuaf'Ughl" he said Fore the war fust
cum white man, den Injin, den dog. den MIG
ger now cum niger, den dog, den Iniin. den
white man"
"A Berlin newspaper publishes this card:
u hear Prussia is about to send to the Paris
Exhibition model school-house If Prussia
desires to complete the specimen by sending
at the same time a schoolmaster dying of hum
ger, 1 offer to represent to the lite that other
model for a very low rate of fpay-Baculus. q
schoolmaster with salary of $50 year."
An article on the subject of Ritualism
from the pen IF Rev. Morgan DIX, D. D., the
Rector OF Trinity Church, New York, viii ap-
pear in the Galaxy for July. Horace Greeley
will contribute to the same number an article
on "The Fruirs of the War;" and d. G. CroIv
Esq, the managing editor of the World. one
suggesting plan for securing a juster repre-
sentation for minorities than that allowed bv
our present system of elections.
Queen Victoria has resolved to dsv ote two
and a half millions Of dollars of her savings
during the last few years for the endowments
OF a convaescent hospital near London. The
Empress Eugenie recently gave up a beautiful
chateau near Lyons for purpose similar to
that which Queen Victoria is now promoting.
Miss Hardinge has been lecturing on Spir-
itualism at Worcester. The Spy says that she
seemed somewhat masculine in appearance.
She was attired in green silk dress, vandyke
collar, and liberal display of jewewlry, and
wore her hair cut short like a mans. But she
had spoken only a few minutes when her audi.
tors sat spel-bound by the witehery of her elo
quenee. r easflsdT
The favorite Chinese beverage in the Chi
nese cafe of the Universal Exhibition is The
Sherry -Cob-Bler. 1t is made of a wilma oalle5
Xeres in France, some lemon, sugar, and pow
dered ice. The mysteries of its brewing were
taught by Brigham to some Californian. who
taught some Chinaman, who taught some
Frenchman, and armed him with the neces-
sary straw.
The celebrated Doctor South, on one occa-
sion preached before the corporation of tailors
He took for his text the appropriate words
"a remnant shall be saved"
The wife of celebrated physician, one dav
casting her eye out of the window, observed
her husband in the funeral procession of one &C
his patients, at which she exclaimed: 81 do
wish my husband would keep away from such
processions-it appears too much like a tailor
carrying home his work"
While the Rev. DIR. Elliot of the Church ol
the Messiah, St Louis, was preaching on Sun
day last discourse on behalf of the famishing
people of the South, dove flew in at tho win
dow, perched for moment on tho gallery bal
ustrade, then spread its wings and lowered
over the minister's head, and finally seated IT.
self on the pulpit. Every face was radiant
1t seemed as if Providence smiled; and the
| minister referring to the messenger of peace,
asked and received liber al donation.