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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 566, 2 September 1869, Page 2

An advertisement appearing in a Californian paper about a new earthquake coffin, combining the advantages of durability* cleanliness, and cheapness, the editor, in a paragraphic puff, remarks "that anyone having once used this coffin would use no other !" An " Employer of Women," writes to the Chicago Evening Post that it takes about fifteen good female type-setters to do the work of twelve good men. Five women, he says, require as much overseeing as ten men. He cannot get extra female- help, he says, as he can male help, by sending to the nearest drinking saloon. Lastly, he complains that he cannot swear at the women. A Scotch clergyman said one day to a brother-minister, who,* like himself, was blessed with a foolish youth for a son, "D'ye ken, sir, you and I are wiser than Solomon?" " Ho\v can that be, man?" inquired the startled clergyman. " Oh, ye see," was the reply, "'Solomon didna ken whether his son was tp be a fool or a wise man ? but baith you and I areqijitesuiethat* pur sons are. fools !"