The Portland daily press., 1868-06-16
Varieties.

"A western editor in one of his papers says:
"For the effects of intemperance see our in.
side" sa
"A Justice in California recently fined a
man $50, with the alternative of one months
imprisonment, for throwing stones at Chinese
women. The same Justice had previously pun
ished a prisoner severely for knocking down
Cinnamon in the street-a favorite amusement
with old Californians. Punishment for such
offences has been unusual that the instances
mentioned are noted at length in California
papers.
An English author has in the press a work
that ought to be unusually interesting. the
''lives of the English Cardinals, from Nicholas
Breakspear, afterwards Pope Adrian ~, to
Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Legate, and Prime
minister of Henry VIII" Of these "princes
of the church" the records are generally slight
and few. a.saE
"A new paper, to be called the Present AGE,
and to advocate the doctrines and philosophy
of Spiritualism is soon to be started in Michi-
gar. 1t will be published at Lyons, Ionia
county, and will be under the control of the
State Association of Spiritualists.
Seven Episcopal clergymen of Newark,
Conference of Chicago, requesting that body
to appoint commission which should meet
similar commission appointed by the Episco-
pal General Convention, to consider the feast
bility of an organic union between the two
bodies. This is in the line of a similar though
abortive attempt, which has been made in
England
Undue self-conceit makes a man detesta-
BILE no matter what gracious traits he may
have. Sidney Smith once said to the brilliant
jeffrey: "If you could be surprised into the
semblance of modesty, you would charm ev-
erybody."
In the State Prison at Thomaston some of
the inmates are allowed to amuse their leisur-
time in painting and sketching, if they have
a taste in that direction. A recent visitor
there was shown a picture of a scriptural
scene in which the Savior was represented at
tired in the uniform of a Brigadier Generall
One of our State exchanges, in noticing
the Northern Monthly for June, speaks of it
as "live magazine" As that once sprightly
periodical deceased some weeks since, our con-
temporaIys choice of adjectives is particularly
good.
Mr.. Dickens will give his ultimate course
went over to Paris to see the first perform
ance of the French version "L,Abime'' o. his
mo Thoroughfare."
During the reception of the Chinese En-
bassy in the National House of Representa-
tives the delegate from Utah was introduced
to one of the interpreters-Teh. "Utahp said
Teh, mechanically, bringing his hands togeth-
er; "Utah Heap of wivesr The remark
gave rise to a universal laugh in the vicinity
and indicated singular familiarity with Amer
lean affairs
The progress of hippophagy is shown in
the statement that the first shop for the sale
OF horsetiesh was opened in Paris on July 9,
1866, and already there are seventeen such
shops in different parts of the city.
The Hartford Post is responsible for the
stony of a conductor on a road not thousand
miles from Hartford, who had agreed, in the
kindness of his heart, to pass poor penniless
fellow on his train. An officer of the road, sit
ting in the same car with the man, observed
that the conductor and called him to account
for it. why do you pass that man?" asked
the treasurer. "Oh, he's conductor on the
-Railroad." "He's conductor, wbv what
makes him dress so shabbily?", Oh, he's trv
ing to live on his salaryl" was the quick reply
MIR. Treasurer saw the point and dropped the
subject.
10 clear aroom of mosquitoes, take Of gum
camphor piece of about one-third the size OF
an egg, and evaporate it by placing it in tin
vessel, and holding it over lamp or candle
taking care that it does not ignite. The smoke
will soon fill the room and expel the mosqui-
| toes
| Professor Seeley, the author of Ecce Ho-
mo-" has started new magazine, The London
! Student.