, 1868-01-24
NUMBER q.
General Items.

Goethe called architecture frozen music
The expression was truer perhaps than he
suspected. DIR. Hay some years ago broach>
ed a theory of harmony and form, in which
there was wonderful conjunction of mathe-
matics and poetry, and the Parthenon was
made out to be literally frozen music, and
its proportions discovered to have been regu-
lated by relative proportions Of the diatonic
scale.
A comical book is announced. 1t is calle d
The Lovers Dictionary and it is a 'poet
cal treasury of lovers thoughts, fancies--
and dilemmas 1t is indexed with nearly
ten thousand references as a dictionary of
compliments and guide to the study Of the
tender science, and will therefore be extrem>
ely handy for bashful gentleman who con-
template sealing their fates this winter, but
really don't know what to say, you know
The term of 81 United States Senators will
expire on the 4th of March, 1869, of whom
IA are Republicans and 7 Democrats. The
Democrats have so far gained one in Ohio
and another in California, but have lost one
in Tennessee, Governor Brownlow having
been elected over Patterson. The Ohio aud
California Senators have not yet been chosen
Brigham Young has one daughter who
refuses to be the wife of polygamist, Brig
ham expostulated and made some alusion to
the licentiousness of eastern cities. 'Oh,
what's that to our city, replied the daughter;
take and fence in Salt Lake City, and roof
it, and it would be nothing but great broth>
el.'
A Louisville paper states that court plas-
ter patches, or beauty spots are seen on the
| lips, cheeks or chins of the beautiful Louis
vile ladies, some even putting them on a
little white hand They are worn to call
attention to some prettiness-a dimple, dain.
ty curve, &C., or TO make the fairness seem
faire..
John Paul. c. H. Webb, the versatile
correspondent of the Springfield Republican
says: Amid all the safeguards of the domes>
tic hearth, about which so much has been
written, l know of none quite so sure as to
marry an ugly woman. One can then bind
his brow with the sweet garlands of peace
security and leave his wife behind him for
two or three days, with the serene confidence
which christian feels in four aces Com
siderable truth in his remarks.
A man near Jacksonville, H., reprimand-
ed teacher severely for telling his little
girl that the earth was round and that it
revolved, and that it was smaller than the
sun. He said to the teacher, What is the
use of lying to the child?'
Sambo had been whipped for stealing his
masters onions One day he brought in a
skunk in his arms. Says he, 'Massa, here's
| 4 l.. I'll 10 Uborr cr,oll
| him brefn
A person was boasting that he was sprung
from high family. yes, said bystander,
Il have seen some of the same family so high
that their feet could not touch the ground.
A learned lady, the other evening, aston
ished the company by asking for the loan of
a diminutive argentine truncated cone, can
vex on its summit, and semi perforated with
symmetrical indentations' She wanted
thimble.
What happiness it must be to live in Germ
any, where, for thirty years, since the rail-
way system was established, not one persons
has been killed by railroad disaster.
In Germany, when paper says anything
witty, they kill the editor, and not one edi-
| LOE has U6Gu klllSu buClO lOA ~OO
The Sugar Wedding thirty days after
marriage, is the latest method OF making
matrimonial presents.
Timber in France is colOred by liquid dyes
poured upon the roots of the trees
The London Times often pays 94O $4,000
for one of its leading editorials.
An ingenious Frenchman has patented an
Illuminated cane for those who return home
late at night II is to be used exclusively
by bachelors.
A sailor, unaccustomed to society, said to
his partner after waltz, 'let me take you
back to your supercargo.'
An intelligent farmer being asked if his
horses were well matched, replied, 'Yes,
they are matched first rate; one of them is
willing to do all the work, and the other is
willing he should
An old bachelor who asked woman what
she held on the woman question, was sur
prised to hear her say, Sir, hold my tom
guc.'
johnson is the name of the man of giant
intellect at Pttsburg who fastened brIstles
to the tail of rat and sold the reconstructed
animal for squirrel.
A good sermon is like kiss-it requires
but two heads and an application.
A man who sharpens saws in Boston an
nounces himself on a sign as saw DENTIST
working for dear life is defined to be
making clothes for new baby
A French writer calls dyspepsia the IN
gratitude Of the stomach
PAr's EcoNoMY.-Pat.-We're atther
stove yer honor. Biddy an myself, have
yez ANYTHING to plase the likes of US?
Shopman Here's one l think will suit