Arizona miner., 1867-08-17
Groupings.

is responsible for the following: Several re-
spectacle ladies of Marysyille as we learn
from the Appeai, are preparing to defy awk-
ward custom, which obliges them to be stuck
up against the side of horse like a flowing
circus poster, when riding. They are ma
king Turkish trousers, and propose TO wear
them-on horseback. The old style is bad
for the women as well as the horse We
see no good reason why women should not
consult their comfort and ride the same as a
man or clothes-pn
a REAARRABLg FROG.-There i att Nash
vile brewery mammoth frog, weighing
twelve pounds, which is supposed to have
attained his enormous size from the nourish-
ment received from the health giving beyer-
age manufactured at that establishment He
is kept in the cellar, with no companions
but his own thoughts, and drinks his regular
allowance of lager with all the apparent
satisfaction and relish OF a portly Mynheer
OF the olden time
EARLY LIFE or LrNcoLS-Mr. John
Hanks, of Macon County, ILL.,, is preparing
"Personal recolIections Of Araham Lncoln's
Early Life" for publication. Mr.. Hanks is
q cousin OF Mr.. Lincoln, and was his com
panion from childhood up 10 MS entrance
upon public life. He accompanied him as
fiatboatmsn, was with him in the campaign
Of the Black Hawk war, and is as familiar with
the early history Of Lincoln as it is possible
fosA one man TO be with that Of another.
~ record thereof, therefore, will be most
reIiabies Mr Lincoln, during the latter years
of his lie, always spoke Of his relative and
friend Ha2ks with great cordiality
SENSIBLE Horace Greeley says that while
he would advise blaeks and whites alike 70
marry companions and have children Of their
own color, he prefers, if man is determined
TO be the father of colored children, that he
should marry their mother.
A Coon Methodist minister out West. who
lived on very small salary, was greatly
troubled at one time to get his quarterly in
stalment He called on his steward a num-
Der of times, but at each time had been put
of with some excuse. His wants at length
became urgent, and he went to the steward
and told him he must have the money, as
his family were suffering for the necessaries
of life.
Money" replied the steward, you preach
for money, | thought you preached for the
good Of souls"
"Souls p replied the minister, " can't
eat souls, and if | could it would take
thousand such as yours to make single
NEAL
UscLE SANS LETTER CARRYING-There
were in the service Of the Post Office depart
ment on the Both Of June, 1866, GOO con-
tractors for the transportation Of the mails
OF mail routes in operation there were $3.50 :;
aggregate length, 1902 miles; aggregate
annual transportation, II, 857 ,9l4 miles az
gregate annual cost, 7,630,474 including the
compensation Of route agents, mail messen-
gers, postal railway clerks and baggage mas
ters in charge Of mails, viz S779,7lO, the
aggregate annual cost was SS,4l0,l84.
HAY.-In explanation Of the fact that
team can draw ton Of hay easier than the
same weight Of wood, coal, or iron, on the
same wagon, over the same road, Professor
Tillman says the only explanation that can
be given is that the hay does not rest a.
iron does, dead weight upon the axles.
The loose hay acts in the same way that
springs under a wagon would act. The elias
ITCHY buoys up and floats the loads over OBJ
structions.
SPANISH PEoyERBs.-Water that has run
by will turn no mill.
Love, horse, and money, carry man
through the world.
Three things kill man hot sun, supper
and trouble.
To shave an ass Is a waste Of lather.
II the gossip Is not In Der own house, il IS /
in somebody else's.
Don't speak i'll Of the year ill il lie over.