East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-05-17

ilhSeu uSuiu.
EE Sheridan was once staying at
the house of an elderly maiden lady,
in the country, who wanted more of
his company than he was willing to
give. Proposing one day to take a
stroll with him, he excused himself on
account of the badness of the weather.
Shortly afterwards she met him sneak
ing out alone. $50, Mr.. Sheridan"
said she, ait has cleared up" Just
little, ma'am, enough for one but not
enough for two"
EE Several of the Paris journals
speak against the extremely dicolletts
style of dress which the ladies have
adopted at the balls this season in the
French capitol. "What remains at
the present day Of women's dress"
says M. +. Texier, in the Steele, els
so small that it is hardly worth talking
about. Ladies are almost attired like
the natives of South America
nothing but necklace"
EEThe following delightful spec
linen of mixed metaphor is taken from
the Washington Star:-"The apple of
discord is now fairly in our midst, and
if not nipped in the bud it will burst
forth in conlagration which will
deluge the sea of politics with an
earthquake of heresies."
CHEESE OMELET.--Butter the sides
of deep dish, cover the bottom with
thin slices of cheese, place upon this
very thin slices of bread, well butter
ed, little red pepper and mustard,
another layer of cheese, and just be-
fore putting in the oven, beat the yelll
of an egg in cup Of cream and pour
into the dish. Bake for about half
an hour, or until nicely Drowned
EE In one of CHAINS sketches, in
the Paris Charirdri, John Bull is rep
resented, in an attitude of abject terror,
leaning against a post inscribed
Canada" and staring in alright at
the burly Yankee malefactor who is
throttling q man on the ground
When he is done with him he'll
come and rob men is the despairing
cry of the helpless, fat, and timid
victim.
EE The gun-cotton committee,
says the A,my and Nary Gazette, have
been trying further experiments with
this highly explosive material, and
there seems to be every hope of its
being used instead of powder as a
bursting charge for shells, and also as
mine in the torpedoes and other
similar vessels, which are expected to
be largely employed in any future
naval war.
S.E The late Archbishop of Dub
lin once inquired of q physician,
"Why does the operation of hanging
kill n man" Because inspiration is
checked, circulation stopped, and blood
suffuses and congests the BRAIN
Boshl" replied his grace, it is be-
cause the rope is not long enough to
lot his feet touch the ground"
IL The emigration from Irish
ports during the year 1864 amounted
10 114,903 persons, of whom 81, 125
were males and 53,77S females, being
decrease of 2,9I7 compared with
the previous year. Since the first Of
May, 1851, no less than 1,516,026
emigrants have left Ireland.
Frederick the Great wrote to one Of
his generals: ct send you with Co.
600 men against the enemy" On
numbering the troops, it was found
there were but $4,000. The officer
expressed his surprise at such a mis-
take on the part Of his sovereign
Frederick's reply was, 81 counted you
for 10000 men"
BRITIsH PEARLS --Tacitus says they
wero common in his time. They may
still occasionally be met with, though
Sare. The best kinds area good
wife, thorough cob, bottle Of forty
port and q perfect beefsteak.
E[ A pugnacieus editor of the
allopatic school explains the homo-
pathic theory of smiilia smil,Jw cur
aatw, by saying, "If patient has a
broken head, hit him again with
brickbat"
THY punish people queerly in
China. For robbing peddler, per-
son was lately put into mortar
(cannon) andfired against astone wall.
20 Douglas Jerrold once said to
an ardent young gentleman, who was
DESTROYS of seeing his name in print,
" be advised by mo, young man; don't
take down the shutters before there is
something in the window"
EE 1t is predicted that in the
course of tiiao il will be possible to
illuminate street mile long at the
ratio Of ono cent an hour by means Of
the newly discovered "maghosiumi'
light.