MISCELIANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 592, 22 August 1873, Page 3

MISCELIANEOUS.

— o~ “ Let the toast be, dev woqian !”as the man said to his wife, when he wanted to eat it all himself. A widow was. recently sent to a Lunatic asylum in England, the delusion she labored under was that she could not eat because the devil was in her throat, and she wanted a knife to cut him out. During a recent debate in the Tasmanian Parliament respecting the abolition of a prison, one of the speakers recommended hon. members to spend a month in gaol, in order to gain some practical experience before coming to a decision. Perhaps some of our legislators might advantageously take the hint before disposing of the “ little Bill ” about Prisons that the Minister of Justice did read. National Debt—mortgaging the property, of our posterity that we may be better cabled to destroy our contemporaries.The “ America Newspaper Reporter ” says :--You may dig potatoes all day and all night, but you cannot look over the advertising columns of your local paper with" out finding the names of the m ost enterprising men in your place. And" you can* not look them over without finding something that youVant. If you lose a watch, a dog, of a child, or if you desire people not to trust your wife, you rush to your local paper, ktlowing that everyone will read the advertisement. But you will plod along in business year after year without calculating how much you are losing by not advertising it. The slow men of business who fear to risk a dollar in advertising should be reminded that it is in no way inimical to life, has never been known to poison anybody, and would not’harm the youngest child. Life is like a theatre. During the play we take higher and’lower scats ; hut when it is over we mingle in tho common stream and go home.—Beecher. The drunkard is the most pitiable object in the creation. Losing by intemperance bis natural spirits, he flics to artificial stimulants to recruit them. Each dose, like a slow poison, brings him nearer his end ; while the folly that has taken possession of him still draws him, with the fascinating power of the rattlesnake, along the fatal path, till the sure follower of intemperanc;—an untimely death—carries him off scarcely lamented by his nearest connections. Ho leaves the world in which he has been useless, almost and as ignorant as he entered it. One of the clerks in a prominent*bn n^'n S house having had a hint that it was proposed to dispense with his services, boldly entered the manager’s private room, and said, “ Mr. , I have, made up my mind that thejintereats of this bank require that either you or myself should leave its sirvice. As you are the leading man of the bank, and have a largo family to sup port, 1 have concluded to leave you in your position, and retire myself.” Fcience and art.— , A striking instance of the immense value a small piece of steel may acquire by the great power of skilled mechanical labor is the balance spring of a watch. From its extreme fineness and delicacy four thousand weigh not more than one ounce, and exceed in value £I,OOO. A most interesting little work, describing the rise and progress of watchmaking, has been published by J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, and the City Steam Factory, 5S and CO. Ludgate. hill, London. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices. Mr. Benson, who holds the appointment to the Prince of Wales, has also published a pamphlet on Artistic Gold Jewellery, illustrated with beautiful designs of Bracelets, Broaches, Ear-rings, Lockets, &c., suitable for wedding,birthday and other presents. The phamplets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they cannot be too strongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in the country' or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require, and have it forwarded with perfect safety. Dr. Bright’s Piiosfhodyne• Multitudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose oases admit of a permanent cure by the new remedy—Phosphodyne (Ozonic Oxygon)— which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing maladies. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers throughout the Colonies from whom Pamphlets, containing testimonials, may be obtained. Caution.—Be particular to ask for Dr. Bright’s Phosphodyne, as imitations are abroad ; and avoid purchasing single bottles.[the genuine article being sold in cases only'.