MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 513, 16 February 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

—o— The Ballarat Mining correspondent of the Australasian writes as follows ters have been very dull hero during the week, and though there has been as much known of the improved progress in mining affairs, as would a few years ago have eet our people in a highly excited state, it fails entirely to rouse them now. There seems to be no pluck loft in the people at all. Even those who have property do not seem to exert themselves to keep the population here, so that their houses may hot bo left desolate.’’ Jack Damyan and his wife have just started on their wedding tour. The lady’s chief attraction is her income. In this case Jack’s friends call the usual period of seclusion the moneymoon.—“Punch." Josh Billings gives the following advice to young doctors Hire an office on the main street of the village, and stay in the offiss. When you do go out, always go on the jump. Don t never talk much on enny subjek, but alwus look kussid mysterious. Seldom go tew Churchj but when you do, alwus leave before the Church dnz. .Charge everybody like thunder and litening. If you pholler these rules clusaly, and don’t suckceed, you kan knm tew the conclushun that the doktriue buzziness ain’t so good as it waz last year. We clip this odd advertisement , from a Canadian paper:—“ Buy your Clouds at Lawsons’—a now lot just.in. bought at less than half price. Special bargain in Blankets at Lawsons’. Cheap Cottons at Lawsons’, Prints forfij cents, Factory’s for 5 cents per yard.” Why people should want to buy Clouds we do not understand I Is there no Sunshine on hand at Lawsons,’ or is the sale depressed, and are the blankets alluded to wst enetfi

Some of the West Coast papers write in strong terms of the “ shabbiness ” of the banks. The recently published balance sheet of the Greymouth Brigade returns four banks, the New Zealand, New South Wales, Australia and Union, as subscribers to the maintenance fund at nil. The Herald. remarks upon this, that “it is a standing disgrace that corporations similar to these, the shareholders of which are reaping as a whole, immense profits out of the Colony, should be so contemptibly mean as to grudge a subscription towards at least such a necessary institution as a fire brigade. 1 * It wa£ Madame de Stael who remarked of a conceited acquaintance : | “ Whenever I see him I feel the same, pleasure that I receive from looking at a fond couple-he and his self love live so happily together.” Holloway’s Pills.— New facts.—Within the last few months many cures of surpassing interest and of the most marvellous character, have been accomplished by this all-potent remedy. We say, on unquestionable authority, that bilious complaints have been among the cases which have yielded most readily to their action. They seem to be specially adapted to the cure of those disorders of the stomach, liver, and bowels, most prevalent in this country, a