The Portland daily press., 1868-07-01
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There is man in Jersey City so mean
that he buttons his shirt with waters. He
looks at his money through magnifying-
glass. BY this means, be says, a ten-cent
stamp looks as big as thousand dollar gresn-
back.
The members OF the Chinese Embassy are
represented as intelligent AMI observing, and
express great qualification at the attentions
which are shown them. They appreciate every
act OF kindness. While making the trip from
Washington to New York recently they pass
ed through Baltimore, and a crowd of roughs
hailed them as Johnny Chinamen." Ore of
the boys having heard of their India ink au-
tographs passed in piece of paper and solc-
tied a rubric. One OF the Chinese interpret
ers took it and wrote in plain English: "Learn
poiteness," and handed il back to the rough
who read it aloud. The boys saw the point.
-Swendenborg's ingenious conceptions of
frightful punishment in the neither world are
completely outdone by the reality as revealed
to the mediums OF our day. The last number
Of the Banner OF Light contains a communica-
ton from young woman who died in Mary
land some years ago, and by her own account
has ever since been in an unprosperous search
for an anonymous spirit called Smith, from
Massachusetts,! She hasn't even the melan-
choly satisfaction of knowing that the first
part of his disguise is John.
Lady Franklin has been spending year
in India
The press teens with anecdotes of Ford
ham, the jockey, who won the French Derby
the other day on "Suzerain." They say that he
peculiarly distinguishes himself in match rid
ing, and that when two horses are finishing
neck-aDd-neck he possesses the extraordina-
ry knack of elevating the head of the ami
NAL he is riding and SO winning "by nose'
Fordham is said to have thus wrested the prize
last year from "Patrican" whilst riding Fer
vacquez." His earnings are estimated at
$4,000 year, aud he is said to be always ac-
companied in his professional excursions by
his ualet de chanabre.
The latest bone of contention between the
rigid Churchmen and the Voluntaryists, or
d ssenters, in England, is in reference to the
escape o. Prince Alfred from the Fenian bull
let in Australia. The Independents are laugh
ing at the men of the Establishment because
they cannot thank God for the safety of the
Duke of Edingurgh without waiting for prop
CT duIuOrlZdbiOn IWO country Seuticmcu
who have been guilty of permitting the sing
ing of a verse fthe National Anthem by their
congregations at the close of divine service, in
token of loyal thanksgiving, have been held up
by some of the Church journals as having
made themselves ''liabe to Episcopal censure,
or still graver consequences" aud the outsid-
ers are very naturally making themselves mer-
ry over 1t.
L. Prang & Co. have published chromo-
lithograph on large sheet representing spec
linens of all the best breeds of iarm-yard fowls.
1t will make a desirable companion to the
cheap books on poultry and prove invaluable
to regular breeders of fowls and to Amateurs.
An address ON spirtualism delivered
through medium by Thomas Gales Forster
in Boston last October, has just been publish
ed by VIM. White g. Co. 1t deals chiefly with
the manifestations of spiritual influence re-
corded in the Bible.
Richard B. Kimball's new novel; entitled
"Henry Powers, (Banker)" which G. w. Carl
ton & Co. will publish next week, has been
purchased by the Amsterdam firm of P. Van
Kampen, for translating and issuing in the
Mad Ristori's farewell to America occur
red Saturday at matinee, when she appear
ed in elizabeth At the close of the fourth
act, she was called before the curtain, when