, 1873-11-13

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VThe auction rooms of Mr.. A, J
Littlejohn were broken into Thursda,
night. and goods abstracted to th,
amount of some sixty dollars. No clu'
to the act has yet been obtained. Co,uie
T The Patrons of Husbandry have
made it rule never to go to law, but L
settle all their disputes by arbitration
the jury to consist of mutual friends o
the parties.
a A parent writes that he is an
noyed and pained by his son staying out
at night. and asks a remedy for thi,
rapidly growing evil. There are sew.
eral remedies. The most effectual is tc
compel him to wear patched clothing.
u 1t Is told of one of the "supes u
who removes chairs from tho stage of /,
Troy theatre with great effect. that on
the death Of Edwin Forrest being an.
nouncsd to him, while standing on ho-
tel stoop, he exclaimed with dramatic
gesture: "Great God another one si
US gone y
TIn Yakima county-which covers
an area of sixty or seventy miles square,
there are about fifteen hundred people.
besides the population OF the whole
Yakima Indian Reservation. The SET
tiers are most-part from Oregon and
Puget Sound, though there are repre-.
sentatives from almost every State.
Y A Henasha young lady, name
not given. recently failed to keep her
engagement to marry, and made known
her change in mind while standing be,
fore the minister who was to unite them.
The young man of course was greatly
shocked, and all / resent were wonder
fully amazed, but the young lady was
nexorable.
g There was deplorabls accident
November 9Th, in the River Jordan.
Utah. John Mullett and VIM. Flint
were out duck shooting. Az Film, was
in the act of firing, Muilett. who wss
sitting with his back to Flint, suddenly
rose up and received the whole charge
in!his. head. killing him instantly.
q A Boston letter remarks that the
financial panic. which began like fever
with alternate hot and cold fits, has set.
tied down into q steady agus. mild but
inccssant. which grows little better
from week to week. but has weakened
the patieat good deal, and will keep
him reduced in strength for months to
come.
II By means of a combination of
ropes and pnlleys, and nuts and bolts.
and hooks and staples, and levers, etc.,
a cradle, rocking chair and churn
are kept going at the same time. Mad
am, gently rocking in her chair, % the
ropes in motion which are attachsc to
the cradle and the churn, while her
hands are at liberty to darn stockings
or hold a novel.
n A recent post-ofice decision is
that if post-master knows that letter
addressed to his Office is intended for q
person living within the delivery of an.
othsr Office, it is his duty to forward
such letter (if it has been properly pre-
pAid) without waiting for a request to
do SO and without additional charge OF
postage.
y The Shah declared that European
rulers are not kings at all, because they
consult the will of the people, and have
no power over the lives of their subjects.
They cannot make money when they
want it, and are kings only in name
An Eastern monarch can do as he likes
be is not bound to please any one; and
comes and goes o. he will.
q The International Coinage Con-
ference. at Vienna. which was held un-
der the patronage # the Archduke
Rainier, having pronounced in favor of
the adoption As an international unit of
the etrieal dollar of 1H gramme fine
gold used in the United States, the I'm
perial Mint is engaged with the coinage
of specimens of TX prammes.
r. An old miser, who was excesd-
ingly parsimonious, was obliged reluc-
family to consult physician. What
shall 1 do with MY head p asked the
man. "It is so dizzy, I seem to see
double" Tne doctor wrote a rrescrip-
ton. and retired, saying: "When you
see double, you will find relief if you
count your money"
n Seriously, even solemnly. if we
may be permitted, the particular friends
of the President should take him in out
of the wet on questions of finance. His
ignorance could be forgiven if it were
not for his amazing coucsit. He has
been fattered by the squad about him
until satisfied that he is universal &C.
Comercial Republican.
n One could take down book from
the shelf ten times more wise and witty
than almost any mans conversation
Bacon is wiser. Swift more humorous.
than any person one is likely to meet
with; but they cannot chime in with
the exact frame of thought in which We