Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Fall down in the mud.
MARRYING woman for beauty is like
eating bird for its sweet singing.
NEVER undertake to fasten door with
lock from your own head.
A LITTLE girl who was asked to define
reading said: 'It's hearing with the eyes
instead of with the ears"
No WONDER stolen kisses get buzzed
about they always travel from mouth to
mouth.
W. B. AsToR lives in mortal terror of
Nathan's fate, and takes all reasonable
precautions to avert it.
A PARTY hearing of dog after Land
seer, wanted to know what he was after
him for.
THE coal fields of China are said to
cover an area of upward of 40O, 600 square
miles.
BosToN bellies, it is said, are easily rec
ognized by the heavy boots they wear
and their fondness for boiled onions and
corn on the cob.
AMERICAN green corn is sent during
the season in large quantities to Liver
pool by Atlantic steamers.
"No COWS, no cream" was the way an
intelligent compositor set up the words
mo cross, no crown"
A ATENDER-HEARTED Chicago bus driver
says he hates to run over mamie
thinks it hurts the springs. Boston Id
certiser.
A CUBIC INCH of gold is worth $3.50. A
million dollars in gold, according to the
figures at the mint, weigh just about two
tons.
4 NEW temperance organ is advertised
it is called "a first glass paper" Surely,
there must be mistake somewhere.
A DELAWARE widow has been foul
times married, and each time to the Pres
ident of bank.
PRoGREss of an operator in the wheat
corner in Chicago, is summed up thus:
First stage: plenty money, no wheat
Second stage: plenty wheat, no money.
Third stage: no wheat, no money"
A SHARP old gentleman, travelling ou
West, got seat beside his wife in &
crowded railroad Car by requesting thu
young man who sat by her to pleas'
watch that woman while he went int
another car, as she had fits.
A GENTLEMAN addicted to scientific in
quiry. has discovered that thirty-thre'
days complete the cycle of the potato bug
generation; that seven hundred of tn,
critters are the average product of on,
female, from which the family grows in
the second generation to 245,0 ,000, and il
the third to IS, ,700,000
A CALIFORNIA man has patented de
vice for the purpose of effecting on the
stages of theaters the rising, sinking, roll
ing and pitching motions of vessels at sea
| Soperfect is the imitation that, in connec
tion with sheet-iron thunder, saltpetel
/ 1iuhtpipo apI ha1lOxuc u-ip1 tho actors orr
made seasick.
AMONG the many rich towns, cities anC
villages of Rhode Island, Newport, 9th,
city by the sea-" shows wealth to tht
amount of twenty-five millions, which
does not, of course, include transien
wealth. There are two of her citizen:
who can almost write theirs with sil
oughts," but fail by few thousands.
IT is reported that a man in Cincin
natl fell from the top of a four-story
| building, the other day, to the stone side
walk beneath, without being injured in
| the least. He was an insurance agent
and struck on his cheek. At the time OF
his fall he was leaning on the edge of the
roof, showing his papers at a painter
whom he had treed on a swinging scaffolt
underneath.
THE loss of nose may be painful, bu
| it is not fatal catastrophe in the present
state of science. This is the way to make
a new nose: A small place is opened
upon the arm between the elbow and
shoulder. The arm is then brought VI
to the stump of the nose, which is insert
ed in the cavity previously made. Tn,
arm is next tied to the head, and allowed
to remain in that position until the nos'
and arms grow together, which ordinarily
occurs in less than a month. Anothel
amputation then takes place, which
leaves plenty of good flesh sticking t.
the nose; and this, when trimmed, is a
nose as good as-better, sometimes, il
point of symmetry and beauty than-tht
individual ever possessed before.
THE Japanese carry their manufactur,
| of paper to a high degree of perfection
| and apply the product to many uses fol
for which our article is unavailable.
principal reason for their superiority il
this respect is found in the qualities o
some plants indigenous to Japan, whicl
furnish very excellent fiber. The on,
most in use is a species of mulberry, anC
is extensively cultivated. The plants ar
annually cut down to the root until tn
fifth year, by which treatment the WOO
becomes dense and strong. From tn
q
cesses, which is mixed with paste mad
from the root of the tororo, plant re
sembling the cotton plant. From thi
mixed substance very superior articl
of paper is made.
The following is the law of Illinoi
concerning betting on elections: 'Sec
ton s5. Whoever bets or wager
any money, property, or other valu
able thing upon the result of al
election which may be held under tn
constitution or laws of this State; or bet
or wagers money, property, or other valu
able thing upon the number of votes whicl
may be given to any person at an election
or upon who will receive the creates
number of votes at an election; or agree
to pay any other person any money
property, or other valuable thing, in III
event that an election shall result in on
way; or in the event that any persol
shall, or shall not, be elected, or shall IT
ceive a greater number of votes tha
others, upon conviction thereof he shal
be fined in a sum not exceeding on
thousand dollars, or imprisoned in tn
county Jail not exceeding one year, o
both, in the discretion of the court"
THE manufacture of news seems I
have been reduced to science in Ell
gland, long ago, if we may trust lette
recently published in the Birmingham
Gazette. In 1857, carpet-bag, containin
human remains, was found inthe Thames
Its discovery and the resulting police il
vestigations formed a staple of news fo
very many days. Public attention ha
lately been recalled to il by the announce
ment that a soldier in India had confesse
to throwing the bag into the river. A
ex-editor shows, in the GGsette, that thi
confession is merely a shrewd scheme I
get free and speedy passageto England
He tells the real story of the affair.
penny-a-liner, at his wits ends for a
item and the resulting supper, got bod
and bag from a dissecting-roOm, thre'
them into the river, Immediately disco0
cred them, and supported himself con