The Portland daily press., 1868-05-29
Varieties.

-Ticknor & Fields have in press and will
publish simultaneously with its appearance in
London, "The Spanish Gypsy" narrative
and dramatic poem by the famous George
Elliot" the first of English female novelists
Mr.. Thomas Hughes has been i'll from
overwork.
When you hear a man say "Life is but
dream" tread ON his corns and wake him up
Life is real.
1t being rumored that Girardin was to
buy his old paper and unite with the Liberts
under the title of the Presse and Liberte, Char
ivari remarks that the name won't do, as the
press and liberty are incompatible terms in
Paris.
"A story is told of the late Lord Brougham
and his mother. The old lady's servant inva-
riably, when accused of breaking anything, re-
piled, "Sure, ma'am, it was crackit before;"
and one day, when little Harry iell down stairs
and his mother shouted, "Oh, boy, is your
head broke?" "Na, ma, mother" said the
young genius, it was crackit before"
The Italian Garrino says that Napoleon
has spies at Washington, as well as in two
other American cities and the European capi-
tails, in the persons of "ladies" of the demi-
monde, whose fashionable and wicked estab-
lishments are maintained out of the Emperor's
private purse.
The bill permitting the British Govern
ment to acquire the various telegraph lines has
been withdrawn from Parliament.
Some of the stories told about "Plan-
chette" are as extraordinary as they can be
made, Said possessor of "Planchette" to q
friend: "Planchette has been slandering you
again, this morning" Replied the friend
Just like her, What did she say?" Said the
friend: IL asked her, What is your enemy,
Smith, doing now?' She replied, He is mend
ing his boots with a poker" Quoth Smith,
Il always said Planchette was a demon. This
morning, when put on my overshoes, found
hole in the India rubber soles, cut in scrap
ing the mud from them. So heated the po-
ker and cured the hole by actual cautery."
AN interesting correspondence has just
been printed in the London papers relative to
a thorough, scientific investigation of modern
Spiritualsm. A letter of the late Professor
Faraday, written June ID, 1861, in which he
specified the conditions upon which he would
attend one or more sceances Of Mr.. d. ID.
Home, the noted medium, has been printed at
the instance of Professor Tyndall. who de-
cares himself willing to investigate the So
called spiritual manifestations ON similar con-
ditiOns. In reply Mr.. Home prints in the Pail
Mall Gazette note, the pith of which is con-
tanned in the following paragraph:
1t will give me the same pleasure to meet
Professor Tyndall and any two gentlemen he
shall designate. On my side will have at
least two gentlemen whose names and posi-
ton place them above the suspicion of aiding
or abetting fraud. L will meet Professor
Tyndall and these gentlemen when and where
they please, and under such circumstances as
they may decide on. l must only crave their
patience if nothing should occur at the hrst or
even the second SeedHce. A patient and can
did investigation is all ask
1t is to be hoped that Professor Tyndall will
accept Mr.. Homes proposition, and investi-
gate the strange phenomena of modern Spirit
ualism with scientific thOroughness. Spiritu-
alism either is or is not what is claimed for it
by those who believe in it. The manifesta-
tions connected with it being capable of scien-
tifc examination, it is of the highest impor.
tance that such examination should be made
by men whose reputation tor integrity and
scientific attainments is such as to secure con-
fidence in the decision which they may rem
uCi' II ~ " " uOiuoloh, tuOSc WIN Pus 'NAa
in it cannot be undeceived moment too soon;
if it be what is claimed for it, the world should
know that at once.
"A beet-root sugar company has bought 4So
acres of Illinois land for raising the sacchar-
inous root.
The staircase of Niagara Falls, descending
to the path leading under Table Rock, tum-
bled down a few days ago. A number of per-
.ons had PASSED up and down the day previ-
| Gus.
THE editor of the Cynthiana (Ky.) News.
in making an appeal to his subscribers who
are in arrears to pay up, says: ave hope they
will settle without delay. Not that we want
the money-Oh, no! Our ink is given to us,
we steal our paper, and we win our printers
wages at seven up So it costs us nothing 10
carry on business. Nevertheless, as matter
of accommodation, and to ease their con-
sciences, we will take what they owe u.s. IL
they will send it immediately
In bowling about the expenses OF the inn
naacbment trial it is to be hoped that
the Democrats will not forget that Gen
Pousseau's witness fees and mileage amount
to six thousand dollars.