Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-04-05
Miscellaneous Clippings.


Miscellaneous Clippings.
A young lawyer. VINO had long pail his
curt to lady without Dnch advancing his
ut, accused her one day Of being incensible
o the power of love. ." 1t does not follow, !"
he archly replied, "thst EN- so because I
I'm not to be won by the power Of Attorney
Forgive nc replied the sui;or, but you
should remember that al he vo,ar;es Of Cu-
pid are solicitors
'sHow doe. that look p said Mr. Cramp
holding ont bis brawny hand. THAT, said
Aro- "looks as though you were ort Of SOAP Z
When DR.. Franklius mo,her-in-aw discoy-
cred that the younng man was hankering
for her daughter, the good old lady said she
did not know so well about giving her daugh.
ter to printer-there were already two priut-
ing Offices in the United States, and she was
not certain the country would support them
Ii was plain that young Franklin would have
10 depeud OF the profits Of third and this
she thought a rather dobtfu! chance.
Tie ~ y. Trs5uas publishes the following
good hit
James aud Alfred we're two good boys who
had little shies. and James ship sailed over
the pond. Alfred was 50 glad that lie asked
James 10 dinner, and they had gingerbread
So James offered to give Alfred his little ship,
as proof that all James coantrymen were SO
Sslad Alfred had given him such nice jiuner.
Il 4 .Jpt to ~ ~. ho
cause it ives too good for him. and SO both
boys were glad ard hoped their families would
never quarrel. Fer further particulars see
cable dispatches.
The Es.lchaeht mine in kuttenburg, in Boz
hernia. now inaccessible, is he deepest mine
in the world, being 3..,s feet below the sur
| face. lts'depth is only l5o feet less than the
height of Mount yesuvious and i, is eight
times greater than the pyramid of Cteops.--
The bore of the salt works OF Minden' in Prus-
sia, is 523l feet deep and 1863 feet below the
| level of the sea. The mine Of Valenciana,s in
Mexico, is 1855 feet deep, and yet it is $500
| feet above the level Of the sea. The Tresavaen
copper mine in Englsn nd, is Pip feet in depth
| and 100 feet below the sea level. We
The politics of the Memphis Appeal are de-
cidedly % sfshy." Wesuppose that comes from
its having Pike for au editor.
Many person has seen pet canary or
other bird in state of perturbation, plucking
at himself continually, his feathers standing
all wrong In vain is his food changed, and
in vain is SAUCER Of clean water always
kept in his cage. The cause Of his wre'ched
ness has not been found out. If the owner Of
4 pet in such difficulties will take down the
cage and lock up to the roof thereof. there viii
mos. likely be seen mass Of stuff like red rust
That red rust is nothing more or less than
myriaas of parasites infesting The bird, and
for which water is no remedy.
BY procuring alighssd candle holding i,
under every particle of the top of the cage til
all chauce Of anything beiug left alive is gone
the remedy is complete. The pet will bright
en- up again after his warming
At . recent meeting oft Farmers Club O
the American Institute, y discussion took plac
on the best method Of destroying cuiculio o.
fruit trees, when gentleman stated that if I
hole was bored in the body Of the tree and tn
hole filled with sulphur, it would so infect h
tree that nc insect or worm would live upon j
Upon some doubt being expressed as to tn
efficacy Of the preventative, he said he hs'
tried the remedy, and he spoke from expert
cnce Tue chairman remarked that if this
a sure preventative it is worth millions to th
country, and we need never lack supply .
fruit in the future.
= In England, portable fre-escape has bss
e introduced for the use of travellers, which
e said TO be as safe and easy to use as . stall
' way. Within thin metallic case, inchs
IT in diameter, are coiled ON pulley thirty fe'
ot of light, strong and flexible steel wire-rop'
d passing out between rollers, which may 3
X adjusted by q handserew to any pressure, an
bt te, minating in hook that can bs fastened
Id vindOw seat A chair formed Of leei0s
40 straps is attached to the case, and pefse
r seated in the chair may regulate or arrest
pleasure the speed Of his descent BY means :
, ! the screw. This 6re>escapc can b esrr'so
Is any one in portmanteau.