Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-12-07


TIE little girls in almost all the pub
"" schools of Garmany are engaged in
Emitting stockings for the German soIdi-
ors.
very large and beautiful cave has
haen discovered near Eberfeld. in Ger
MANY, which is being visited BY hosts
~ curious persons from all parts Of
Europe. ..-.
KRUPP, the PrussIaR cannon, king,
has given more than fifty Thousand dol
lars IN the German wounded. hasiies
fitting out and supporting a large private
hospital.
ONE Of the gentler sex says that the
heaven Of the strong-minded woman Is
"where buttons grow in their proper
places, and where men ceased bother
ing and needles are at rest.U -r-
PHGBE W. COUSINS begins to despair
of the won5an's cause in this country,
and makes the prediction "that not
until those grand Elizabeth
/ Cady Stanton and Susan 3. Anthony
once more assume the leadership, and
the wings are fuse5 into one grand army
fighting for a common cause, will there
be permanent success or marching on
to victory.
A YOUNG man from the country was
supping with some city acquaintance
chiefly females. Thinking to have fun
at his expense, one of the girls said to
him. "You country folks. don't often
drink genuine tea, and perhaps you
would prefer the adulterated stuff. Now,
what kind would you like?n "I will
take little civili-tea, mixed with mod
est-tea-a combination see you have
not got"
A little reconstructed Southern Ffri.
five years old, asked a coIOred servant,
in the course of theological examina-
ton, what the fifteenth commandment
was. The reply that there was only
ten commandments was .seoFnfulIy re-
ceived, and the child grsvely annOune-
ed that the fifteenth commandment was
that cOlored people should vote.
IN Jacksonville, H., some months
ago, the building in which the eoIored
ed to the ground. Of course a large
crowd collected, and the usual talk in
dulged in as to how it had occur ed, &C.
One little cOlored boy, after watching
the FIRE antil the novelty Of the thing
had ceased, started down the street,
saying, 'GOlly, I's glad the things
burned; didn't have my jOg'fry lesson,
nohowv
BALL playing in England has its ami
mated features. In a report OF a cricket
match, an English paper observes: "The
wounds and blows were fOrtunate telv1 not
sufficiently serious to place any batter
bOTs de combat, although one batSman
was caught out after having received 8
severe abdominal eonrussiOn, partial
confusion of the upper arm, and splint-
ing dental oioatTice through the tnunge,
the last resulting from a quiek rising
hlll striking him on the C1in while he
was RervlUslv confronting the th~eaten-
ei missile" And we read elSpwhere
that ''an E gishman killed another by
nudging him with his elbow in a game
n fnOt ball, the other day"
THE wife and mother Of "a P-usSian
officer who had been killed and hurria1
beferp Metz, arrived there the other dav
with the urgent request for the b0dy OF
the fallen officer. a friend 4 their, also
an officer, undertook 10 fnlf'ltheir wish.
The grave was discovered hv him W
was reopened and the corp-e in Question
recognized with good deal Of djfieul-
". But the spectacle Of the many al
most decOmposed bodies was 50 horrible
md it affected the friend in such q ulhIl-s
ler that he lost his mind at the grave.
Physicians have given up his case. rs in
,ureble.
THE German troops around ST. Cloud
made the utmost efforts to put out the
IRE I'm that place after the French guns
lad ignited Il. They saved a good many
IT., the valuable objects Of art from that
historical chateau, and also many hlstO-
ical relics. Among the latter is the Ia
Dle on which Napoleon III signed tbs
declaration OF war TO Prussia. The
Irown Prince has acquired this table, as
veil as the inkstaud used on that Occa-
ion, and has sent them to Berlin where
hey will match with the chair on which
Napoleon III sat down at the German
headquarters after he had surrendered
It Sedan,
\ Conference preacher one day went
n to the house of q Wesleyan refOrmeE
md saw, suspended on the wallis, the
portraits of three expelled m ministers.
what said he, you have them
hree%
o yes they are there, was the ans
But one is wanted to complets the
et.'
pray, what is that@ ...4.
why, the devil, to be sure
'Ah,' said the reformer, 'he is not yet
xpelled from the eOnference.'