MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 694, 6 August 1875, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

-■*-<)— j Fritot a papor on “ Russian Porosis,’' we learn that their extent in the European portion tof the Empire is about- 442,807,500 acres, or forty per cent/ of the whole area. In Russia Wbtod the principal fuel used.- Wooden ve'JS&S, patters and spoons also takon'llio place of poltory and'metal in many districts, "it is estimated that from . thirty to forty million wooden spoons are afmually.made in* the - country 1 ’ The in-’ dnstry most dcstriSltivo to thd'forests is the stripping of bark for the purpose of making' mats, cordage,' andSJjoots. It is estimated that'4oo,ooo,ooo arc cut down et'ory year for shoes alone. ■'*»»■>' 1 Since the ghost broke out at 'Carthage, boys say it is much’ more pleasant escorting girls home from the literary Society. Allowance. “Can’t you, make any allowance for a man being drunk “Certainly,” said the judge, “I’ll allow you three days’imprisonment." An editor who is evidently a man of family sagely remarks that a boy who will yell like a jartar if a drop of water gets ton his shirt-band when his neck is being washed, will crawl through a sewer after a ball and think nothing of it. :! Stingy aunt,: ‘Well, Robin, have ypti enjoyed yourself ?’ Robin : ‘ Oh, yes aunt but I wish I hadn’t come. Brother Jim is sure to cry ‘ Halves !’ When I get home, and if I say you didua give me nothing, he’ll punch my head for a ‘ story.”