Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-15
VARIRTIEs.

A "down-E East butcher advertises for an
assistant "who can make both ends meat"
A Snowman tout Vest advertises for the
front tooth Of "biting frost"
Jack Leland wants the music of the
"March of Time" arranged for full band.
England has obtained the cession Of an ex-
tensive territory on the coast of Africa from
native king.
The twentieth and last volume of Theirs
History of the Consulate and Empire Of
France Under Napoleon is in press.
If petticoat government is not more op-
pTessive now than formerly, it is certainly
double in extent
The recent appointment of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, shows that ln-
diana has 10000 more boys than girls.
Henry S. (Hangmau) Foote is a candidate
for the rebel Congress in the Fifth District'of
Tennessee.
The refining of sulphur has been COM
menced as q business in Santa Barbara
County, California, where there are numer-
ous sulphur springs and deposits.
Captain Burton, the distinguished African
traveller, is preparing an account Of his jour
ney to the Great Salt Lake of Utah. The
book will be called The City Of the Saints.
When Queen Victoria travels by railroad
she pays seven shillings sterling Isl 6S) per
mile for the special train first class fares for
her attendants, and the usual fares for car
riages and horses.
The Gibraltar Chronicle tells of French
captain. who was recently fishing from his
vessel, when a large funny fish took the
hook, and dragged the captain, who had the
line fastened round his waist, overheard;
he was not seen afterward.
The London Times declares that while
steam navigation has been a scientific success,
it hes been pecuniary failure, inasmuch as
all the lines of ocean steamers require enor-
nous appropriations from the Government
to keep them afloat.
A banker on Hamilton Avenue, New York
City, opened barrel of -four few days ago,
and in the center oft discovered good sized
bombshell, all charged ready for use. For
what purpose it was placed there is involved
in mystery.
Mr.. Darwin, author of the work on The
Origin of Species is preparing sequel under
the title of On the Fertilization Of British Or
chids By Means of Insects. The Orchids, it
will be borne in mind, are species OF plants,
bearing flowers with a remarkable resem-
PA, will you answer me one question:"
Certainly, my boy" "Well, pa, is the
world round2' "Yes, of course" "Well,
then, pa, if the world is round, how can it
come to an end2" "There now, thatll do,
you can run out and play"
| Physical troubles have their compensations
A war correspondent of Western paper
writes thus: did you ever have the 'yailer
| H.
| an assorted stock to a small dealer. Better
get some, for dime looks like a quarter
eagle, which is pleasant delusion."
DR.. Yost, resident Of Western Virginia
makes a statement in the Wheeling IateLli
gencer to the effect that many of his friends
engaged in the rebel service are anxious tc
return to their allegiance, and that many
Western Virginians would come back anC
behave themselves if they dared.
The effects of the traitor BENJAMIN, O
Louisiana, taken for house rent at Washing
ton, were sold on Tuesday. Among these
effects were several portraits of Mrs Benja
min, marbleIbust of Benjamin himself and
strange to tell afull length portrait of Mons
Cellini, the person with whom Mrs. Benja
min eloped from New Orleans several year.
| ago.
1t is reported from Constantinople tha
two French artisans, on hunting excursion
near that city lately, discovered a most valu
able collection of ancient armor and weapons
with quantity of gold and silver coins, anc
some thirty or forty Greek and Latin manu-
scripts in perfect preservation. The treas
ures have been shipped to France.
The Capitol is nearly ready for Congress
New carpets have been laid in the Senat
and House halls, the rotunds and lobbie
have been repaired, and the approaches +
the building have been improved. The base
ment and area are still used by Lieutenan
Gate and his army-bakers, and the mai
building is redolent with yeasty odor, O
filed with smoke from the oven chimneyI
DR.. Glen, rich, misery old widowe
made proposition of marriage to your
girl. He promised her every thing sh
wanted, if she would have him. evil 20
let me keep my carriage" asked she. eyes,
was the reply. They were married, and
carriage was purchased. "Where's th
horses?' inquired the lady. "Thars MOI
than barganed for" said the stingy doc
tor; 81 promised that you might keep you
carriage. There it Isl keep it where 20
please, my dear"