Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-12-18
ROSEBURG REVIEW
FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is. 1885.
YARIETIES.


Never contract friendship with a
man that is not better than thyself =
Confucins.
Living on hope IL like lifting on wind
IS good way tew git phuIl, but a poor
way tew git phat.-Josh Billings.
1t is reported from Paris that Pass
teur has succeeded in curing boy 10
the advanced stage of hydrophobia.
A man who has tastes like mine but
III greater power, will rule me any day,
and makeme love my Emerson.
Canada wants the state Of Maine.
In case of annexation, some miscreant
wants to know if it would include
Blame.
Gods laws were never designed to be
like cobwebs, which catch the little flies
but suffer the large ones to break
through.
Cleanlynesz is certainly sekond
among the virtews, and the rarest ov
all kdrakters is dirty Christian
Josh Billings
An insult from certain sources is a
compliment. When an ass kicks at
you he does so because he recognizes
you are unlike him.
A Washington correspondent says
President is being urged to recommend
absolute free trade with Mexico and
all South American nations
Never put much confidence in such
as put no confidence in others. A man
prone to suspect evil is mostly looking
in his neighbor for what he sees in
himself.
A Buffalo man has invented cross
country aerial balloon and cars travel
ing on cable from one aerial station
to another. He thinks it must super
sede the elevated railroad system.
In Belgium 200 freight trains which
formerly ran on Sunday have been
stopped. Nearly 5000 workmen who
were employed in the Government
workshops have been set free on Sun
days.
Little CharleY-"Papa, will you buy
me a drumq' Fond father-''Ah, but
my boy, you will disturb me very
much if | do" Charley--,O no, papa
I won't drum except when you're
asleep. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
A deposit of sal ammonia has beel
discovered at Churchill, Cal. It cover
several acres. Sal ammonia is val
liable article Of commerce, aud was frs
discovered in the sands of Africa. |
is worth in It's crude state about $40(
per ston.
1fthere is anything under the brigh
silver moon, that will make angel
turn red under the eyes, seeing an oil
maid, near-sighted, trying to thread
: fine-eyed needle, when she sees som
old Bach coming her way, will do il
What is said to be the largest gu
in world is being constructed in Jerse,
City. It is breech-loading, sixty fee
long. The propelling power will b
compressed air, which will discharge
l50-pound dynamite cartridge five fee
long.
There is always q presumption tha
pure-hearted will be right minde
man; and it is delightful to see such
one stand up before the ambitious s.
phist, and dart on his ingenuities
clear ray of conscience that scatte'
them like mist. The divine light OF
good mind is too much for the myst
tications of guilt.-Martineau.
e:That is buckshot dose," said
druggist yesterday as he finished
prescription. "What is bucksh
doseq" sNThen'a doctor don't kno
exactly what to give patient, he c
ders half-dozen things put into Ii
prescription, hoping that one Of the
may reach the right spot. We call
buckshot prescription, because me-
loads his gun to the muzzle on Il
same principle. Atlanta Constit
ton.
Wife Ito husband "A boy at Il
door Just left this note. It's address,
to you and marked "present." Hu
band ''present?" 1 don't know wi
could be sending me present d
the boy bring anything elsel Wi
(excitedly)-No. perhaps the preser
is in the note. Maybe it's a chec
Husband Opening the note)-no SUI
luck as that HIM. "Please pay bt
amount due" This amt no presen
Tell the boy I'm out.-Harper's Baza
Her affections center upon dt
whose name-the longest her tong
could frame at the time it was |
stowed--is Elizabeth. For some m
demeanor ofunusual gravity this youl
lady was sent to bed at an early ho
and in the woe attending the inhicti'
of this punishment to take with h
the cherished Elizabeth TO share h
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