The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1881-06-07
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

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KTroHEEs ID South America have been
known to b furnished throughout with
utensils made of silver
ssVOLunnlos IrY ana sifunipotent'
are two new English words which have
Just appeared. The last il applied ~
spirituaIists iii Poll0ck's I. Spinoza. !,
Al nEW safety lamp for miners emits !
loud sound whenever an. explosive mix
| ture Of gas and ait enters it, thus giving
warning Of the presence of fire-damp.
TIN faEorite day for marriages Id Paris
is Saturday, on The morning Of which
there may be seen on the streets landaus
and barouches with white horses driven
with white reins.
IL girl has pretty teeth she laughs
often, Y she's got 4 pretty foot shell
wear short dress and if she's got neat
hand, she's fond of 3 game Of whist, and
i the reverse, she dislikes "a these small
affairs.
HIs related that q California pioneer,
seeing q Chinaman coolly draw g navy
six and shoot b white ruffian neatly
through the abdomen, exclaimed with
much earnest enthusiasm: & Them Chi
nese is takina on Christian ways surprisin'
fas3l'' Elr A Es
You've man, don't be afraid that hon
est, legitimate oyerwork will shorten
your days. It i better 10 wear out IN a
home. built up By your own efforts at
the age Of sixty five, than it Is TO rust ont
il the poor house Eve years later. -
Whitehdu Times. #
WHrrTIER says that the first money he
ever earned was paid for q copy Of
Shakespeare, and that it proved to b
the best Investment he ever made. The
long years since he adds. 'shave only
deepened my admiration Of the great
creative poet : q
tf Al MONTREAL thief had thrown bun
die of goods ont through the rear window
4of q store, and would have followed III
safety, had he not stopped to read . par
agraph which caught his eye id d news
Paper lying on the counter. The delay
caused his capture. s. 4ss
RALPH NICKLEBY was hard, cold,
selfish man, without grain Of generous
impulse. Newman Noggs was q kind
hearted man, without gram 81 self In
his composition. Nicklehy was rich;
Noggs, poor. The one was q wise man;
the other, q fool. Question for debate,
Which was the happier Of the two?
In CHINA literary property is on the
same footing as other property. "A per-
son printing and selling the works Of an
author without his permission is liable
to punishment Of 100 blows Of the bam-
boo and three years deportation. If he
has stopped short at printing and not
begun to sell, the penalty is fifty blows
together with the forfeiture of books
and blocks forswhich it Is intended to
print. E.e@ /. MD
OCEAN" BUCHANAN tells ii his CON
fession Of a fortune-teller in Philadel-
phia who reads destiny by the light Of q
candle made Of human fat, Of a doctor
who goes to Europe annually and brings
back love- powders, which he represents
are compounded at the shrine Of Cupid,
in Minerals temple. and Of concern
which sells the pulYerized gizzard of q
chicken as 9 compound to produce arti-
fetal digestion. |I#-I1 H... +
The site of an ancient campof Indians
at Cambridge, Mass !, has for many years
been occupied by Baptist Church. The
spirits of the red men haunt the spot,
because they cannot rest under the wrong
done them by the whites, and three times
they have burned the meeting house.
On each occasion an Indiah war-whoop
was heard, mingledwith the cracking Of
the flames. Old residents tell this story
with great solemnity. IN I'll