Mariposa Democrat., 1858-03-18

A little stealing is dangerous part.
ss But stealing largely ia noble art
'Tis mean to rob hen.roost of a hen,
But stealing millions makes us gentlemen.
H- AT the Museum in Leicester Square
London, there is now on exhibition the verita-
BILE ceremonial robe of that "Hindoo devil Of
a Nena Sahib, as the Bombay letters describe
him, which is daily inspected by immense
crowds. The shawl alone is said to be worth
a thousand pounds sterling, and is a most per-
feet specimen Of India workmanship.
H- Mr.. Bagnadoff, of st. Petersburg an
nounces that, by new method, he has sue
ceeded in extracting from birds feathers the
pigments which color them. These pigments
are, besides being organic matter, durable
enough to bear transportation from st. Peters
burg to Paris, without alteration or decompo-
sition.
20 H- The full requirements of printing
Office were lately sent from Paris to Egypt, for
the use of the ladies' in the harem of grand
Pacha. The fair Georgians and Circassians
are to set the types, do the press-work, and
ALL We wouldn't mind being the "devil in
that office.
tB-A number of ladies of the haut ton,
went upon the stage at the Havana opera
house, at the close of one of Madame Gozzan-
igas performances, and embraced that prima
donna. The next morning, they sent her a
golden crown worth 5000. Who wouldn't be
an opera-snger?
R- DIR. Brandreth the pill man, who re-
Gently purchased ruby for $3.50, at the sale
of smuggled jcwelry, by the United States
Marshal, in New York, has been offered $2700
for the same, as it proves to be an Oriental ruby
Of the first water.
B- A lake. covering an area of 1900 acres,
and with heavy stone wall built all round it,
has lately been discovered in Iowa. The wall
is believed to have been the work Of some
long unknown nation of aborigines
tR- The Medical Gazette of Lisbon asserts
that all the persons of that city who reside in
houses lighted by gas have escaped the yellow
cfever A rE N
H 1t is stated that Gen. Walker has flood
!, ed the South with bonds of one hundred dol
lars each, issued in his name, running twenty
years, payable in Nicaragua lands.
sB- The English Poet Laureate (Tennyson)
is, it is said, pruning his poetic wings for
fght-an epithalamium-on the approaching
marriage of the Princess Royal
DO you like novelist" asked Miss
Fitzgerald of her backwoods lover al can't
say" he replied; 81 never eat any, but tell
you I'm death on 'possum."
W- The Providence Post notices the fact
that not a single murder has been committed
in Rhode Island during the past year, notwith-
standing capital punishment is abolished.
H-S. K. Head, of Boston, has been ar
rested for the publication of a scurrilous and
obscene sheet called Life in Boston. This
sheet has long been curse to the city of Bos-
ton. U.lH .IIfl
sB An organized band of robbers which
hao us Signs, grips, PASSWORDS, etc, has lately
been broken up at Neosho, Dodge county, Wis
consin.
sB- machine for backing and polishing
boots has been invented. The patent is owned
by firm in Newark, N. j.
H- God hears the heart without words
but never hears words without the heart.
sB- A good person has a tender concern
for the happiness of others.
W-A man whistng at night is a safe com
panion to the lonely wayfarer.
h5S5- To he oood is IN he hnnnv