The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-08-25

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clear that you can see right through it.
GD-Socrates, seeing scolding wife who
had hung herself on an olive tree, exclaimed:
ooh, that all trees should bear such fruit"
G1-A correspondent at Newport gives an
account of an entirely new kind Of woman in
| that city-girls "aN unconscious Of their
| charms" 7...--....
Ng- Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, has
become almost totally blind. His general
health is, however, good, and his vigorous
mental faculties are unimpaired.
N1~ The Mckinney (Texas) Messenger NOM
mates Hon. Sam. Houston as the Union
Candidate" for the next Presidency, "subjsct
| to the Convention of the people at the ballot
box"
BThe following laconic epistle may be
seen in the window of q London coffee-shOp:
"Stolen, from this window, China cup and
saucer; the set being now incomplete, the
thief may have the remainder at a bargain"
FANATIcIsM.-An American lady is living in
Jerusalem under the impression that she is one
of the two witnesses spoken Of in Revelation,
who is to suffer death In the streets Of Jerusa-
| lem. This is her fourth visit to the "Holy
City" which she styles "SOdom in Egypt"
A Coon CRor. "A crop of seven thousand
bushels of prime wheat has been gathere
from one plantation in Davidson County, N.
C. An offer of ninety cents per bushel was
made for the entire crop, at Lexington, N.
G., but it was refused.
To PURIFY RANCID Om.-Sweet spirits of
nitre added to rancid oil, and then warmed !,
will restore its taste and odor. If a few drops
| oe vi nf ,,itra ha oddnI IN oil Y,ra
serve it long time.--,Sch,oeis Zeitschr, j.
Pharm.
A FAST MAN.-There is q man at Oxford,
England, who lives so fast that he is now ab-
solutely older than his father, and it is
thought he will soon overtake his grand father.
His mother, quite elderly lady, he has left
behind long ago, as well as two old maiden
aunts.
The ARMSTRONG GuNs.-The London Athe-
neum speaks of q new Armstrong gun killing
flock Of geese six miles and seven furlongs
from the English shore. A coast defended by
batteries Of such range and accuracy, none but
geese would attempt to invade:
Mg- Faxon, of the Buffalo Republic, says
that "women are called the "softer sex" be-
cause they are so easily humbugged. Out of
one hundred girls, ninety-fve would prefer
ostentation to happiness dandy husband to
q mechanic"
AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The receipts of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions for July, were
SCOOPS So. This is the largest sum received
during any one month since the Board was
organized. The receipts for the month Of
June and July amounted to about 500, 900.
Ms-For some cause or other, weddings are
very bad for the eyes. The moment the knot
is tied, the BRIDES two aunts and mother
rush into the "hall bedroom" and have ga
good cry" for hours together. Why poor
fellows promise to pay ga young woman s
board-bill" should operate thus on tho "fner
feelings Of our nature" puzzles us to divine.
LARCENY OF THE IRON Crown OF LoMBARDY.
It appears, according to a correspondent Of
the London Morning Star, that the Iron
Crown of Lombardy, for which the people
feel great veneration, has been stolen from
the Cathedral of Mona, Milan, its place Of
deposit, and can not now be found, though
several of the clergy have been arrested.
In BAD HEALTH.-A complimentary dinner
was given the Hon. Alexander H. Stevens
County, Ga. About one thousand persons
|
: had only spoken forty minutes, when he
came near fainting, and was obliged to desst
THAT CABLE.-Freight room has just beer
engaged by Morgan's line o. packets to Londor
for forty-pine miles (about ifty-two tuns) o.
the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, which was taker
out Of the steam-frigate Niagara 1t did no
pay to cut it up into specimens, the sale having
been stopped by the suspension of communica
ton on the part of the cable which was sub
merged.
MISSIONARIES FOR JApAN.-Ths North Caro-.
lima Christian Advocate states that five mission
aries from the Southern Methodist Church will
sail for Japan in November, including Rev
M. L. Wood, of the North Carolina Conference
Rev. Mr.. Allen, of the Georgia Conference
Rev. Mr.. Stewart, of the Tennessee Conference
any two ministers from the Memphis Confer
enco.
Ms"The following is said to be an excellen
cure for the dysentery: Take Indian corn
roasted and ground in the manner Of coffee
Y or coarse meal browned--and boil in sufi
y cient quantity of water to produce stronl
!, liquid-like coffee, and drink tea.cup full
3 warm, two or three times day. One day
Q practice, it is said, will ordinarily effect cure
a 1t is, at least, simple and harmless.
LAUDANUM IN WEAK VISION OF THE AGED
Prof. Nascar, of Naples, says, that in th'
case of aged persons, whose sight is becom
ing enfeebled, and requires the aid of conve.
glasses, great advantage is derived, supposinl
no nervous lesion exists, from painting ever,
evening the eyelids and brow with laudanum
G and allowing this to remain on all night
Presse Beige, No. 27.
To DETECT ADULrERATIoN OF FLoUR.-Tak
~ large test tube, put some -four in it, ant
add chloroform. Shake it we'll, and then al
D low it TO settle. After some time the pur
= -four will float on the chloroform, and if
contains any mineral substances they will b
found at the bottom. DecaDt the flour an,
9 chloroform, and the mineral matter can b
Z examined more particularly. = Wiltstein'
i Vert. ,.
i. Ng-A barefooted youngster was fishing OF
}. the bank Of pond out in York State, whel
. . q monster pickerel grabbed the hook so sud
/. denly as to jerk the little fellow into tn
!. "drink." He was rescued, with some diff
q Guilty, by an older companion, the fish, il
70 the mean time, having cleared himself from
the hook and darted away. AS the little fel
., lows head came above the water, he at ono
:, saw the situation Of affairs, and gasped out
% his eyes "sticking out about FOOT" "Catcl
g me another grasshopper, and I'll get hin
y next time"
70 NsS- A cubic inch Of gold is worth one hun
: dred and forty-six dollars; cubic foot, tw
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