Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-09
Wise and otherwise.

paint much more.
The Mikado Of Japan has recently
imported piano from Austria-the
first ever seen in the Empire.
According to the Paris Figaro, there
was great festivity at the paptism of
daughter of Mr. Stebbins, New York
archi>miUioaaire.
A clergyman in Hartford is going to
preach on chignons from the text, 1.-The
glory of woman is her hair"
A Cincinnati man mistook four hun
dred dollars in greenbacks for lump
of chalk and is surprised to find himself
in Jail.
The Louisville Courier says Mark
Twain's next work will be called "The
Innocents at Home" The edition will
be limited.
Boston has heretofore made her pub
lie school children buy their own books.
The city is now to buy them.
When a woman wins a generous,
virtuous husband she makes lucky hit,
and is herself a lucky Miss.
There is no death penalty in Michi-
gan, and the peniten.iary now holds
eighty murderers, thirty of whom are
women.
Richmond, Va, is trying the poul>
tice pavement. Wait till next July,
and they can go swimming in it.
Poor Mark Twain! 1t turns out
that his new wife is only worth $780,
900. And he so young and cunning.
\ man in Polk county, Iowa, has at
length invented perpetual motion
machine, after study ing twenty. three
years. IF there is one fanlt with it, it
is about its stopping sometimes.
An elopement in Hannibal, Mo-,
was frustrated the other day by cruel
parent, who disguised himself and Off
ciated, as hackman to the pair, driving
them home instead of to the railroad
station.
A man named Harris, of Eristol,
Tennessee, supposed to have been killed
at Gettysburg, and whose remains
were obtained and buried by his broth
er, few nights ago astonished the
latter by walking into his house, alto
gether to lively for corpse. The
black bottle was passed round freely.
All reports from southwestern part
of the State are of the most encouraging
character for the success of the Repub-
lican ticket. A recent correspondent
says: sThe Republicans of Curry
county are stirring and intend to mains
tain the title of "Banner County"
The New York Sun is rather severe
on the young men at Cambridge, Mass
achusetts. In describing new hotel,
it says: .The walters are of ineffable
elegance and of an intelligent cast Of
countenance. They look like gradua-
tes of Harvard College"
A Minnesota paper has introduced a
new feature, 1t being report from two
prominent physicians of its town of the
condition OF their patients, their names,
diseases, ETC. All are reported to be
"improving," convalescing, conva,
lesccnt," t" gaining" doing WELL" oil
getting better"
This is the effect that common
hand-organ bad upon Nashville re
porter: "What heart has not thrilled
to the silvery silence which succeeds
sweet music, when the delicate harmo
nies that had ceased to vibra'e on the
ear were repeated, and each share oi
mclodious meaning translated to tn,
inner sense y
A person travelling from Taunton t.
Hartford, recently, over the Fishkil
route, hearing the conductor sing GU
Willimantic !" asked in surprise
"Conductor, have you called out th'
names of all the stations we've pass
ed {" "Yes, sir" was the reply
well, them" rejoined the traveller, q
must have been asleep. didn neai
you call Rhode Island"
AS this column is intended to be
useful as well as ornamental, we vii
give recipe for curing the toothache
Bind a roasted onion on the pulse at th'
wrist, and it will knock thes spots on
of the able bodiest toothache in shor
meter. There is no extra charge TO
this,
IF the above recipe should fail t
bring relief, we will give, for the ben
eft of those afflicted with toothache
two or three recipes, as follows: 1st-
| If the tooth is hollow, fill the cavit,
with powder, taking due precaution no
to let the tongue como in contact will
the powder SO that it will gather moist
ure, then, touch slow match-ant NJ
then-rua. 2d--If this fails, fill th'
mouth with water, build hot fire il
the stove, take a seat on the top of th'
stove and remain intact until the waite
has boiled at least five minutes. Thj
| o.,ra nc IL effnak