The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-30
PEN AND SCISSORS.

Tne best safety-valve TO boiler Is
sober engineer. t9,...-..
gD-Ths publication Of the Peoples Ress,
ct Nebraska City, has been suspended.
9B-TriAing precautions will often prevent
great nnischiefs; Al slight turn Of the wrist
pasriss mortal thrust. ns6
I@ The Germans say: "Evsry woman
would rather be Handsome than good;" and
they say truly. ~ -,.s
NAr The italian sistsrhood Justly complain
that "In men, every mortal Sin 10 venial; In
women, every vsnial sin 10 mortal" ,i'7 4
l9rA woman named Mrs. Harris, whose
husband had deserted her, committed suicide
in New Orleans last week, by taking laudanum.
gs- John M. Rice, of Sutton, VT, has a
ave-ysar old son that weighs one hundred and
six pounds. s-.-,75-
GpHiram Woodruff has bought q tame
moose at Bangor, which, "they say" can do q
mile in 2:l0. t f.-' =, ,''t..gtrIi g %
NSHsrsh words are like hailstones, which,
II melted, would fsrtilise the tender plants
they batter down.
N~ Mrs. Engel was burnt to death, In
Memphis, day or two since, by her clothes
taking Are from CRATE. 5.ie.ta l,i''.'g lg'
Ng- DR.. Morrow was shot in fracas by
vardeman Morris, in Jacksonville, Indiana,
night or two since. q
E"Where shall get q panel?" said the
sheriff to Judge. "Why, I suppose, sir, that
you can got enough panels out Of doors." -
l8- Another child named Margaret
Rodgers was accidentally burnt to death at
the residence Of her parents, in Baltimore, a
day or two ago.. q e.2.F
NB. Among the new inventions Is ono
that picks up pins from o confused heap,
turns them around with their heads up, and
then sticks them in papers in regular rows.
N&rA glass Of soda water was offered to
country ]ad, who rejected II with the greatest
indignation. "Do you think l.. am q sala-
mander," !" said be, "to drink water bling hotr''
As@say nothing respecting yourself, either
good, bad, or indifferent; nothing good, for
that IL vanity; nothing bad, for that is af-
fsctation; nothing Indifferent, for that is silly.
MSswe must look downward as well an
upward in human life. Though many have
passed you in the race, there are many you
have loft behind. 8lg
NCThere has been such heavy fall of
snow in Austria that the railroad communi-
cation between Vienna and Trieste is inter-
ruptsd. ss
1G0n Monday night the store Of Mr..
L'Hommedieu, OF Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was
broken opsn, and $500 worth ofjsweIry, gloves
and hosiery stolen. It+
MsrYoung jerome Patterson Bonaparte
was among the invited guests at Compiegne.
The Emperor and Empress treated the young
man with marked civility.
M@r"Ma, If you will give me an apple, I
will be good" "No, my child, you must not
be good for pcy--you ought to be good for
nothing" la 7A 'Nl
mr. A Russian nobleman, Michael Boso-
brasof, has been banished for presuming to
draw up . constitution for Russia and present
II to the 5zar. 81 i
&DWe never respect persons who aim
simply to annuse US. There is o vast differ
ence between those who call amusing men and
those we dsnominate entertaining; we laugh
with the former and reflect with the lsttsr.
M9rThs London Ne,os says that the United
States has been stationary for the last twenty
| Eve years. We think every man acquainted
with our history must admit that we have
gained ground in that time.
N@"How do you and your wife get along?"
"0h, rather badly; she gave me her hand
year sgo, and I thanked her, but she gives
! IL to me me now every time dare to speak,
and I'D thank her not to-" bo
9S-It appears from Parliamentary re-
turn that the total number of paupers relieved
In England and Wales, ss far as could be as
certained, on tho 31st Of October last, was
1888, ,39l, against Sl1 1894 at the same period
of 1858. s5.' ea,