Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-08

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If the harvest Of one year would sail,
nearly the whole human race would per-
ish,
FOrfy-fve pounds of salt are contained
IN one hundred pounds Of water from ihe
Dead Sea. r.
Air may be 50 rarefed by heat as to oc-
cupy five or SIX hundred times The space
II did before.
Water when converted into steam In
creases In bulk ] 800.
There are nearly three thousand'mus-
cles in the common grasshOpper o
"Please ex." as the printer said whsh
he offered has heart to a nice lirtle girl. 20
Afashionable mama, with SIX marr;-
geable daughters on hand, is ntw defined
to mean "a matchmaking macline.'' ''
"YOu are no gentleman, {" sid an angry
disputant TO his antagonist.
Are yOu?" quietly observed the 9TH
er.
YES! am, sir!
Then I am not" was the causic
reply. 7
Mrs. Partington took up '.Life Illus
trated, by Fowler & Wells,'' and read Il
Life Illustrated by Foul Air II Wen.''
We have the authority of her nelr friend
and scribe for this. 81, w
There are in the United States about
seventeen thousand lawyers, eighteen
thousand clergymen, and twelve thousand
physicians, exclusive of eight thousand
quacks.
In the manufacture of steel, single
article may be increased In value from
one TO two thousand dollars. "a
Law is like unto sieve-yon NAV see
through it, but you must be considerably
reduced before you can get through it.
A cOtempOrary of ours protests nest
earnestly that he is always as good as has
word. That may be, for his w0td is good
for nothing. i
The First" business in Lynn is the
manufacture of shoes. Thai, however,
is Intimately conuected with the slasr''
business.
The ladies' are oppressed 70 siolpinr Re
males on the SabbaiIh, tspeciilIv i6 the
evening, unless they sstPat tl1air homes.
Pitt Platt has been -..,.ai;r,.,d ,,os,,,..ll
ter at Plausburg. This ALTERATION Is
equal to Peter Piper, who picked the peck
of picked peppers.
ga woman is at the bottom of all mis-
chief" said Joe. "Yes," said Frank,
sand when used TO get into mischief,
my mother was at the bottom OF me-
An indolent boy being asked by his
teacher who came latest TO school re.
piled: Indeed sir cannot siiy, for did
not get here early enough tc see"
A lady at sea. in a gale of wind, being
full of apprehension, cried out: ave
shall 90 to the bOtton-mercy on us how
my head swims ~ Madam" said a
sailor, you'll never go TO the bottom
while your head swims!
If we are to live after death, why don't
} we have some certain knowledge Of il 90
: said a skeptic to a Clergyman. 'Why
don't we have some knowledge of this
! world before we come into il was the
: causIic reply.
The following question is before the
p Sand Lake debating society: Which dG
women like the best-to be hugged IN Q
polka, or squeezed in a sleigh!' VIZ
shall issue The decision m All extra.
: Mistress 'NOt going tc remain in {
situation any longer! Why, you foOIisE
thing WHIT are you going to DO then 90
: Eliza: "Why ma am voc see, cur fortuD'
teller says that two young noblemen i
going to marry us-sO there's no call q
: remain In no situation no more.
IS A clergyman was walking out one da,
q and passed two little boys, one Of whom
t. made a bow. As he walked away b
l. heard the following amusing conversation
y Why John. didA't you know that wa
g Parson May ?'' '-Of course / did 20 ''Wh
D didn't you make a bow?n why, m0the
Ot don't belong to his church,
Is A bailiff having been ordered BY Lad
h Hardwick TO procure SOW of the bree
S, and size she particularly described TO hiH
1y came one day into the dining room, whe
to full Of company, prOclaiming, with a bur
ed Of Joy he could not suppress: ''I haV
,ol been at Rovstan Fair, my lady, and got
en- SOW exactly Of your ladyship's size,
an A fast Irishman in the time Of a re1
ii val, joined the church, buI was found 81
pe ming grieviOusly not long afterwards
Nv +" Didn't you join the Methodists 90 ing'
ms red piOusly disposed person ''Faix a
or / did iined for six months, and beha
he ed so well that they let me out for three
If How TO Rave PLEAsANT 'DREAM Ms.
a. Just before going 10 bed, eat TWO Pa
o. feet and piece of oyster pie, wash do'
siin with a glass Of good, stiff brandy, and
- less than an hour yOu viii see q selma
= larger than haVseFr deTOuring eig
hIuehaired children, who Ead just escaP