Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30
| A Little Fun Now and Then.

The hard times are felt more in the
small German towns than in this
country. and it is estimated that 200,-
coo have of late gone into France aft
er work.
In no department of productive in
dustry has the general depression of
business been felt more severely than
in the manufacture of building ma
terialsgencrally, and of brick in par
ticular.
The Dutch have white elephant
on their hands in the shape of tur-
ret ship of great power which they
have just completed, but cannot get
down to the sea. She has been built
at Amsterdam, and the North Hol-
land canal is not deep enough to
float her.
The Vassar College girls won't
have to climb stairs any more, an cle-
vator having been put into the build
ing. The girls will ride up in this,
but coming down they will probably
prefer the old way-sliding down the
banisters.
The good old Methodist days are
passing away. A Baltimore woman
yells "Amen" so loud in church that
she gets arrested.
| Illinois leads Ohio on horses by
nearly two hundred thousand; on
mules by five to one on cattle over
four hundred thousand, and on hogs
by nearly million; but on sheep
Ohio beats Illinois nearly five to one,
or more than three millions. The
population of the two States is about
the same, but Illinois is onc-third
larger.
The Lake Superior Copper Mines
! after passing through all the phases
of speculative existence, during
which plethoric fortunes were los
and won through the sudden muta
: lions of the stock market, have FINAL!
settled down to work. and to earn, i
possible, dividend for their stock
holders.
| "My boy" said solemn visaget
G man to a boy who had just emerged
: from hair-pulling match with an
c other boy, "do you expect to row
t hereafter in land of pure delight !!
It "No," said the lad, give busted an
other button off my trowsers, and
: expect to git licked for it."
= A negro about dying was told b
3 his minister that he must forgive
:. certain darkey against whom h
: seemed to entertain very bitter feel
= ings. "Yes, sah," he replied, "If
dies I forgive dat nigga, but if ! &c
i well, dat nigga must take care"
o A young man in San Francisc
n found all old deacon he knew "buck
t. ing the tiger" in gambling hel
a "What !" he exclaimed, deacon, yo
3, hcre?" "Yes," was the reply, 81 al
IS bound to break down this evil inst
II tuition"
re The Turkish restaurants at Dime
e time are wonderful sight. Tll
'e guests squat round mat, the ho'
!. brings in whole sheep and tears
IL open with his hands, whereupOn tn
= guests seize upon the rice, with whic
|: the interior of the animal is stuffed
s. and, after kneading in their finger
G. into balls till it is quite brown, the
+ put it into their mouths the fiat CAKE
l. of horrible, indigestible maize brea'
$ supply the place-of napkins, and al
y then eaten.
- ir..
A. 1t is very noticeable how fast pipt
II and cigars are giving way to ciga
@ cites among the smoking popnlatio
o and the change is not wholly desir'
a BILE if we may believe the followin
Al from the New York Graphic: "Tl
II American youth arc getting into
n detestable habit of smoking cigarette
10 the papery smell Of which is offensi,
" to any we'll regulated nose. and whic
% produces cancer on the lip, and, |
;. the smoke is generally inhale
IL trouble the lungs and bronchial tube
II The race of Americans will run dow
" if the cigarette habit becomes firm
70 settled in this country"