Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-05-18

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that the negro does not belong to the human
family.
The French papers state that q zinc ship,
recently built at Nantes, has made D trial
trip, and proved an excellent sea-boat. She
is quite strong, and the metal did not affect
her compass .2 M
Why cannot gentleman legally possess
short walking stick !? Because it can never
be-LoNG to him.
There has not been an execution in Quebec
in eighteen years. ~
"a letter writer in Melbourne, Australia,
says, that wells are universally worn by both
sexes, as protection against the fine dust
which is blown in from the Great Desert. Isl .
1t is said that the last words of Henry
Clay were, .MY MoTHER-MorHER-MorH. )
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Sir 7. Brown says that "Sleep is Deaths
younger brother; and so, like him, 1 dare not
trust him without my prayers" s2 iiseag
Russia became possessed Of her territory
in North America by right Of discovery, in
the sixteenth century. 'is4 A'
From the adoption Of. the. Federal Consti-
tuition to the present time. it is computed
that the cost of keeping up the war estab-
lishment of the United States has been over
$2,OOO,OOO, 900, more than seven times as
much as was set apart by the Governmen
during the same period for all other purpQss
/ whatever.
It's said that the Prussian Prayer 9ok
enjoins that the whole of the seryie
ing the sermon, shall not exec AN hour il
length. y.
CUvIER.-It was remark of thiscelekrated
4 sayant, that " mankind is composed Of ham
mers and anvils, and that it is much better to
be hammer than an anvil
A hunter in Missouri went out recently,
and in the course of seven hours, killed nine
deer, two pheasants, aHdozen qnails, and fif-
teen squirrels it was not good day for
/ hunting. either. ass be- Hsi -
j Among the new natents announced, is one
to Adolphus Theodore Wagner of Berlin, in
the kingdom of Prussia, professor of music,
for the invention of "psychograph, or ap-
paratus for indicating persons thoughts by
the agency of nervous electricity" l 7'7a'
A letter-writer. in Canada West says =
'FYou can't knock down farmer in the whole
country, and find less than two hundred lbs
in his pocket?"
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1t is generally allowed that there is more
of what is called chiselled beauty in America
than in Europe. ~ aeia9s2rT a2a1 sT,d a'
1t is said that forty-eight hours abstinence
from liquids of all kinds, will kill cold COM
pletely." Z ..+.e = - ..e''
.'In short-ladies and gentlemen" said an
overpowered orator. 81 can only say beg
leave to add desire to assure you-that I
wish had window in my bosom that you
might see the emotion of my heart" (Yull7
gar boy from the gallery)-"Wouldnf
pane in your stomach do this time ?"
The three dollar gold coin, authorized by
Congress, will be issued as soon as the dies
now in progress are completed. aT8siF
"Mother, cant I go and have my daguer-
reotype takenY" No, my child, guess it isn't
worth while.'' ''Wen, then, you might let
me have a tooth pulled never go any
where" II s'8'a
T fgvra hag Is v43a1g8 iIsm 3 beWo
EDUcAT1oN.-The power by which all OBJ
stacles may be overcome, and all triumphs
M,,oso Eno,,, eEQorponi -
CIVIL AND REL1G1oUs LIBERTY. The strong
basis upon which rests the power and strength
of America. Il" StA Spdng1ed Banner"
At a late trial, the defendant, who was not
familiar with the multitude of words which
the law employs tomake trifing charge, af-
ter listening a while to the reading of the in
dictment, jumped up and said, HThem ERE
allegations is false, and that ERE alligator
knows itr s,t-f y
The woman who undertook to "scour the
country gaYeup the job on account of the
high price of soap. IS sais a l'a1 4
I The last cause Of jealousy is that of a lady
VINO dlScarueu Her 1OVeT, q sea CdPeain, Oo
cause, in speaking of one of his voyages, be
said he hatgged the shore.
The man who was driven to destruction
had to walk back. 4fess
s A friend of ours, who was few miles nj esl IN
the country yesterday, relates the 1olio"lns
A mile or SO from town he met boy on
horseback, crying NTH cold.
why don't you get down and lead the
horse !, said our friend, 'that's the way to
keep warm.' .,s,.~
IT'S b-borrowsd horse, and I'll ride him
if freeze