Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-10-08
Brevities.

DEAD LocKs-Chignons.
A NEW SING-A cat serenade.
A MANTLE SHELF-A lady s should
ers.
Six. languages derived from the Lat
tin are now spoken. The most imports
ant is the French.
Queen Mary Stuart's Watch was
made in the shape of skull and adorn-
ed with precious stones.
The London Medical Press says that
tight boots are ascertained to have a
most injurious effect on the vision.
"Bcdad," said an Irishman, ''if
Yankee were cast away on desert ISL
and he'd begin selling maps to the in
habitants."
NJ
Law is like seiye, you may see
through it, but you must be considera>
bly, reduced before you can get through
it.
SauEEzEs. - There are $4,000, 600
sets of corsets imported into the u. S.
annually. paying $4,000. 900 of revenue
tax. Corsets are the main stay of the
| revenue.
TALL TREE.-Thc tallest tree yet
measured is an Australian, of the myr-
tie family. 1t is 480 feet high. but in
diameter it is inferior to the big trees of
California.
John Miller,a prominent farmer liy-
ing near New Albany, Ind is suffering
from peculiar disease Of throat that
| prevents him from swallowing anything
and he is slowly starving to death.
A wealthy citizen OF Lowell, Mass.
became insane, last week, in@>conse.-
| duence of the death of hisLwife, and
hacked his throat in a shocking way
| with razor.
The people of Harrison County, Ind
were excited few days since by the
discovery Of vein of eol !. by laborcrs.
who were engaged in sinking a well.
The excavations viii be coptinued.
A little boy 6 years old, and little
girl 8, were looking at the clouds one
beautiful summer evening, watching
their fantastic shapes, when the boy OK
claimed, 20, Minnie, | see dog 10 the
sky /" Well, Willie" replied the sis
ter, "It must be sky ierrier!"
1t is sanot what people eat, but what
they digest that makes them strong 1t
is not what they read, but what they re-
member, that makes them learned. 1t
is not what they profess, but what they
practice, that makes them righteous
"How heavy you walk exclaimed
Mrs. Mackwhack, on hearing her hus-
band tumbling up stairs the other night.
"Well, my dear" was the gruff response,
''if you can get barrel of whisky up
stairs with less noise, | should like to soc
you do it."
A man, who on being told by gen.
erous farmer that he would give him
barrel of cider asked if he would bring
il to his house. "Ccrtainly," replied the
farmer. with pleasure "Well," said
the grateful recipient, "what will yon
pay me for the barrel when the cider is
gomez"
The oldest man in 10 Daviess coun>
ty, ILL.,, according to the census which
nearly is completed, is Mr.. NJ. Hifcman,
of the town of wards Grove. aged 1O3
years. Mr.. Hileman is native of
Pennsylvania.
Somebody told Joe, before he went
out camping, that benzine would keep
off mosquitoes and black flies Joe
took bottle with him, and after sup
per covered his face and hands thor
oughly, not omitting his whiskers and
hair. He then filled his pipe and lit
match for good smoke Joe Is now
all covered with blisters and sores about
the head, and stays in the house.
A Quakcress, jealous of her husband,
watched his movements, and one morn
ing actually discovered the truant kiss
ing and hugging the servant girl. Broad>
brim wasnot long in discovering the face
of his wife as she peeped through the
half-open door, and raising with all the
GOODNESS Of general officer he thus ad.
dressed her: "Betsoy, thee had better
leave off pecping or thee will cause dis
turbance in the family"
They have..an oiseless street pavement
in London. A part of Holborn has
been laid with smooth, "patent as
phalt." over which the wheels of cabs
and wagons roll without clatter. The
Daily News demands that a fair trial
should be given to this pavement, aud
indulges in dreams Of the day when the |
traffic of London shall guide through
streets aas noiselessTy as the pondolas