Year: 1872




respects far eXcels it.


The cultivation of the Chinese bam-
boo is attracting much attention in
California, which may yet be ruined
by Chinese cheap bamboo.


A New York belle told a suitor for her
hand that she would accept his offer in
six weeks, if Mr. So-and-so didn't make
similar offer in the meanwhile.


Two hundred colored men have offer
ed their services to the American Mis-
sionary Society for missionary work
among their kindred in Africa.


Japan is being gradually but surely
conquered by the civilizing forces of
the more enlightened nations. A
base ball club has been organized
there.


There are stores in New York
where glass eyes can be purchased
initiating those of all animals, from the
elephant down to the mouse.


With a razor Miss Zelma d. Rich
ardson of Barre, severed all earthly
ties on the 10Th inst. She had tarried
here % years, and, of course, was not
in her right mind when she used the
implement that is intended exclusive
| ly for the use of man.


''But, father, you know love makes
time fly said an enthusiastic daughter,
who was arguing in favor of a longer bri-
dial trip than usual.


Eyes, my dear, [ know it does at first;
but you will find that in the end, time
will make love fly


A young lady alighting from stage
coach, ribbon fell from her bonnet into
the bottom of the coach. You have
left your bow behind, remarked lady
passenger. NO | haven't; he's gone a
fishing this afternoon innocently re-
piled the damsel.


A blood thirsty individual named Gray
has introduced bill into the California
Legislature, providing that each city, at
its own expense, shall ''bury the indi-
gent SICK


The haunts Of happiness are varied
and rather unaccountable, but you will
oftener see her among little children
home fresides and country houses than
anywhere else.


A Delaware man proposes to anchor
balloons above the earth, and let the
world turn under them, by which means
he expects to sit still and travel a
thousand miles an hour. He does not
state what he proposes to anchor to, but
probably corner of the moon, or what
Archemedes sighed for when he said he
could move the world if he had proper
fulcrum.


A Syrian convert to Christianity was
urged by his employer to go to work on
Sunday, but declined But" said the
master, ''does not your Bible say that if
man has an OK or an ass that fall into
pit on the Sabbath day he may pull
him out?'' Yes answered the Syrian.
''but if an ass has habit of falling into
the same pit every Sabbath day then the
man should fill up the pit or sell the
ass


A young man in San Francisco owned
a dog, an excellent rat catcher, of which
he was justly proud. The other day,
being locked into a room above, he scent
ed out a rat and chased him vigorously,
breaking nearly everything in the room
breakable. At last both parties got on
the window-sill, there was a crash Of
glass and a yelp of pain as the dog went
through the window, and then an old
lady in the street below was astonished
to find herself suddenly seated on the
pavement with her umbrella smashed
over her eyes. The dog at last accounts
had not returned, and no one was look
ing for him.


A Western lady hasinvented con
trivance which effectually does away
with the annoyance produced by hel
husbands snoring = two tunnels o.
hard rubber connected by flexible
tube. One Of the tunnels is placed
over the snorer's mouth and the other
over one ear. The result is, all the
sound is confined and thesnorer hears
his own music intensely. 1t generally
wakes him up at the first note.


A civil engineer of Chicago, who
believes that rain can be produced by
artificial methods, has petitioned Con
gress to enable him to carry out hi:
proposed experiment. He wants tc
be furnished with nine hundred can
t non of not less than twenty-fou
/ pounds calibre each, and thirty thous
, and pounds of powder to fire them
l together with an electrical battery
l and other appliances, to enable hin
/ to discharge all the pieces simultane


ously.


The Probate Court of Cincinnati


has just decided that an attorney can


not receive compensation for partia
K or unfinished services; that he mus