The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-28
News and Other Items,


An immense crop of rice has been raised in
Louisiana this year.
The jute growing interest promises to be-
come very great one in South Carolina.
"Was not her death quite sudden?" asked
condoling friend of a bereaved widower.
swell, yes, rather, for her."
Two hundred and eighty of the pupils who
attended Vassar College last year have re-
turned, and nearly 16O new ones have been
registered.
A petrifed plug of tobacco, lately found in
Colorado, is thought by some antiquaries to
show the habits of primeval man. Others es.
chew this belief.
Mr.. Disrae is reported to have recently said
that he owed what literary reputation he had
largely to the people of the United States, and
that he had for them the kindest feelings
new style of kid glove is striped from the
ends of the fingers to the wrist; some of them
are declared to be hideous, as for example
those combining yellow and slate colors with
black stripes; those in two shades of lawn are
considered the best combinations.
Lit Condor, in charge of the English survey
of Palestine, thinks he has found the Veritable
city and cave of Adullam. 1t is at place in
the low country of Judah called Aydel Mich.
1t is between Gath and Bethlehem, in the up
per part of the Wady Sur.
A lady in Paris is introducing a new fashion
in regard to furniture. She is having all her
chairs, sofas, and even her carriages stuffed
with aromatic herbs, which fill the air with an
agreeable but not too powerful perfume. The
fashion is derived from the eastern nations AMI
prevails extensively over considerable part of
Asia.
The New York Commercial asserts that all
the European steamship lines have steadily
lost money for the past two or three years, ow.
ing chiefly to lack of freight. One or two
lines have narrowly escaped bankruptcy.
One line has sunk 81, 900 in two years, and
another 100000 the past year, and the COM
bned losses of all run up large into the mil
lions
Shot guns are going out of fashion in Texas.
A little while ago citizen was challenged by
the Mayor of Harrisburg to mortal combat, but
declined the challenge, whereupon the mayor
went forth with his trusty shot gun to murder
him informally. They met; the mayors shot
and chastsed him with the ramrod TIL be 1bM eff.
lowed for mercy. The sad event has cast
gloom over the community.
About one mile from Fredonia, KY, is spot
of ground about eight or ten feet square where
nothing will grow, and where salt can be scraped
Up by the teacupful at almost any time. If a
sick is laid down there at nighttall, the next
morning it will be covered by thick coating
of salt; cattle turned in the field will 90 to
this spot and lick the dirt for the salt as they
would salt barrel. There is doubtless a stream
OF srong salt water Immediately under the
spotand not very far under the surface.
ioted negro, Jack Cambell by name, has
just ded at Madison, Ga, aged So years. HIS
reputation as a broad humorist extended
Throughout the state of Georgia and lasted for
many vars. File was a slave owned by an inn
keeper.h Madison, and brought great prosper
ity to theestabiishment with which he was
connected His name appears in the ''Statls-
tics of Ge,rga.' and "Major Jones's Court
ship" andmany of his jokes and witty say.
iDgs have appeared in the publications of the
Harpers. 1t one time Mr.. P. T. Barnum Of
Ie.ad the owner of Jack the sum of $4,000 for
him.
A., an emineh lawyer of this city tells one of
sne Dess l3Ke ESQ q the season, which is at the
young sprg entered Unsle Benjamin's Office
and was requested by Benja,Ain to be seated.
Inc request was complied with, and the Young
man was asked to state his business. well.
Mr. B., what would be the first thing for be
to DO in order to learn the prefesson?" INCL.
Benjamin fixed his weather eye upon the mob
by-dressed young man, and surveyed him from
his fiashy necktie to his highly polished boots.
and exclaimed:-"The first thing you had bet.
ter do would be to go and roll 10 a BARNARD. %
An answer came as quick as the suggestion in
the following terse language: "If l should
come aud study two years q your office would
mt it do just as wellY'- Boston Herald.