Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-04-13
singular if rrue.-and Capital if not True.

Singular if True..and Capital If not True. |
As a gentleman was passing along fifth |
street, he passed place where some boys
were playing marbles. One OF them. in |
shooting his marble, clevcrly put j, under |
the gentleman's foot. The gentleman slip /
ped and stumbled against lady also pas |
sing, precipita,ing her along with himself
upon large hog, who was examining the
gutter geoIogically for debris. The hog.
frightened out Of his proprie,y, boIted off
and ran between the legs Of another gen.
tIemnn. who in falling drew the string Of
a kite from the hands ola boy. The ki.c !
of course fell, and in FILLING frightened a
span Of horses attached 10 a wagon in an
alley near by. The horses ran down the
alley. a man who was building n IRE in
carpenter shop, by which they passed,
started up 10 sec what was tho matter,
and in SO doing dropped his Lighted match
among tho shnvings. A fro was the con-
sequence. The engines assembled, and
in the hurry consequent upon the alarm,
a man fell in the track of one Of them
and had his arm broko-which ended this
budget Of accidents for the day.
Qucre-Is the boy who shot the marble
responsible for all the consequent DANA
ges!-Cincinnati Herald.
fOur friend J. B. Hunnicutt, says: he "told the
boys not to be playing marbles on the side
walks, and that they'd better be fishing" Pal.
EASE OF MASNEGs.-A good why to
display easo and elegance III company, Is
to pull out your penknife and trim your
finger nails.
And another is. if lady sings, TO hum
music along With her; sho, as we'll as
every body else present, will be nstonlshed
at your knowledge Of harmony.
Wives who do not try to keep their hus-
bands will loso them. A man does the
counting before marriage, and the wife
must do it after marriage or some other
| woman will.
POPULATION OF FRANcE.-Tho Monitour
publishes IN official account of the census
Of 1916, from which it appears that the
population Of Franco then amounted 10
i5,4OO,4S6 souls. In 1871, when the pro-
vious census was taken, ii was only 3i.-
$50, IT'S, thus showing an increase III five
years Of III 1903. In 81 departments
there has been an increase in tho popula-
ton, and in ) decrease. The depart
ments in which tho increase has been tho
most remarkable are:-Tho Seine l6:'.-
600; Nord ~ coo; Rhone II 600; FinIs-
terre SO Dol. Bonches du Rhonc 3S, OO0;
Gironde $4,000; Loire Inferciure, Cote,
du Nord, Cher. lIauto Vienna. Morbihan
and the Hau,o Rim. The 5 departments
in which the population has decreased are
the Eure 1888; Lozere S13: Jura 1874
Mouse 662; and The Rhono 53l. At the
commencement. Of present century the pop
uIation Of tho French territory was p.
coo .OOO-tho increase in i5 years has
therefore, been 9,OO0,O2O.
THE "wARM-HEARTED IRIsH.''- A lee
ture was given in New York. some day
ago, in aid of the sufferers in ireland, ant
at its conclusion, Mr.. Philip Hone, alto
mentioning that three ships had that da,
sailed for Ireland, stated. for the purpos'
Of showing how VOL the Irish, in that city
had done their part, 'that tho books OF ;
Savings Institution exhibited tho unpro
ceden,ed fact that the drafts upon its funds
for tho quarter. far exceeded the deposl
!tes!-somc $4,000 having been with
draw by the Irish population to be sent /,
their starving friends abroad. Phil Z
S. Gaz.
nrThc President and his organ, tn
t Washington Union, have never boon abb
to make up their minds whether Santa An
ma was or was not in favor of prosecutin
the war against tho United States. )!
wonder if tho lato events at Buena Visit
, are calculated to onlghtcn thoir minds uE
} on that subject. DO ,hoy still incline
. tho opinion that tho return Of the treache
: rous and bloody minded Mexican chief I
his own country was favorable 10 peace
\ III Louisville Journal.
n o. Noah's Messenger saws: recentl
# eve saw a horse run away with n hears
1 It was like many Of our dissipated your
men-a living creature with an enbe
Of death after his heels, which keeps Il
k closer 10 i, tho faster it runs
, nrGoing to law tho Chinese call "wi
. ming calf to lose cow" A very SCI
sible comparison.
- O-"rhe las, link is broken TINT boul
~ me 10 thee" Us tho horse said. when
> kicked off the traces and ran away fro
- : tho plow.
HgMopERATE DRINKING. somebody 81!
n is somewhere be,wixt n glass and barr
81 Il proposal was made TO build ships
~ caoutchouc now that that substance IS a