The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-29
Hnmor and Sentiment.
Is the "singing'' ofa cat involGntaf


Is the "sjnging" ofa cat invulGntafy
or is Il done to Pdrr puss'
TEuL.--Tho only backhiters tha. haze
done good in this wofd--seeches.
"iSJ-patentajn said a solemn lecturer,
"you may have children, or, ii-rot; your
daughters may have
OSJ-"Thc British Empire, sir" cxclaim.
cd an orator. ais one on which the sun
never sets" "And onc,' replied an
auditor, ain WHICH the tax. gatherer ncy-
ct goes TO bed"
SOMETHING FOR SLEEPY iIkAps.-Yoa
never should place so much confidence
in your minister as to sleep duting tho
sermon.
0JrIus,oad Of. "poHrug oil on the
troubled waters" the fccent gtcat food
has, 10 the petroleum regions, poured q
great deal OF troubled water on the oil.
QUICK WonK. -dTom tell the biggest
lilo you ever told. and III give you big
glass of beer" "a lirl | never told q
lie in my lifc." "Draw the beer boy"
OcTSlnlc ono. in speaking OF certain
post.mdstcr, says II ho attended TO his
mails rs he does to the females, he will
make very ctliciout officer.
rtSAyctAL. Smith asked Jones what
the high price Of meat was owing to-
"A considerable part OF i,l5 owing {,
my butcher said Jones "for. it is two
months since have paid him"
| or Judge PayH> ofIIartford was fond
of qu zzing, and one day he tried his hand
on Prince, u smart negro, who was about
the Court room "Prince" said tho
'udge, "did you know thc devil was
deadf' "No, SSbw rcprlicd Prince, "but
knew h, was III piiu.'
| 0eJ-FrcschtOtionS arc getting common.
a Captain OF n canal boat out west has
Just been presented with service Of f;yo
years in the psnltentiaty; in considera-
ton Of the distinguished ability with
which he plundcreda passenger, and then
kicked him overheard
0c-An officer who commanded rcgi-
men. very ill.clothcd, seeing part Of tho
enemy adva ncing, who appeared newly
equipped, hc said to his soldiers, in order
10 rally them on 10 gloty, "rhoro, my
brave fellows, so in aud clothc yout-
se YES"
otrThc Navy DepcrtmeE; has taken
possession OF the old Naval School al
hnnopo,is. Tie building, grounds, &C.
arc to be put in the best order, aud the
Naval School will be removed there ia
September.
Crit ia estimated that upwards ol
1900 steam engines, for oil wells and
other purposes; have passed over tho At
lantic and Great Western Railroad, int
Pennsylvania Oildom, Ten engine
builders have certainly "slruck ile."
or Since the 3Ist ult., when the grea
movement Of troops bomeward commenc
cd, the total number Of soldiers who have
len Washington amount to $4,000 men
with ncarly $4,000 horses and nearly
two millions of pounds of baggage.
0J-Itis gratifying to observe how
uenrrallv thc'redpced, modest. sized hoops
are being worn by the ladies'. They
look much less like walking tunnels now
than formerly. During the ragq OF the
awfl'ly exaggerated crnolinc. no man
could.
Trust the seeming size
or vile orr
ANY other woman.
0J-rne new constitution adopted bv
Maryland was the first TO provide speci.
tically that in cases of conflict with tho
national authorities, allegiance was duo
to tho latter. She thus set an example
which is worthy of imitation. and she
deserves great credit for her prompt
emancipation Of her slaves. and her gen.
eral conduct through the war. Her his
tory during tho last four years, notwith
standing tho secession PROG livities ol
some of her cilizsns, shows that an old
slnycholding commonwealth may become
loyal.
CAsMoLIcIsM IN GREAT BRIrAIs--Ac-
cording 10 recently published statistics
the Ryman Catholic futh is making
greut progress in the Kingdom Of Grea
Britain. One Archbishop and sxtocr
Bishops In England, four Bishops il
Scotland, four Archoishops and twenty
four Bishops in Ireland, with six Arch
, bishops and fioy-three Bishops in tn,
colonies, mako up grand total OF on,
hundred and eight Roman Catholic pre-
iates. Ii also appears that there ar,
about 100 Roman Catholic Churches
and chupels in Great Britain, o0 NAL
comwunities, l93 converts, IS colleges
and II other educational establishments
- is affirmed, however, by the LondoI
Times. that the number of adherents L
he Catholic Church by no means cores
ponds with the increase of clergy, church
cs and establishments, but that, on, lh'
contrary, tho get Of the Popaiut tide 1
the othes way.