MISCELLANEOUS.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1059, 1 April 1873, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Western paper bags an item briefly thus: —" Mrs John Baggs, of Omaha, has left Mr John Baggs, taking the money bags, and leaving John to hold the little empty Bags. An essayist gives the following maxim for the benefit of lady readers : ■' Never turn round in the street to see what another girl is wearing, because, if you do, you will always find her doing the same thing. The publication of some Sanscrit books is announced. Here are some of the titles:—"Swapanchaksharimahamantras totra," " Trigunatmikakalikrstotra," " Upangalalitavratodyapatana," and " Anantachaturdasivratakatha,"

A few days ago a man, apparently in distress, called at the house of a benevolent lady at Remuera, and implored temorary assistance, exclaiming that if she could not give him immediate aid he must resort to something too fearful to contemplate. The lady gave him half-a-crown, and compassion ately asked, " What is it, poor man, that I have saved you from ?" " Work, madam, work," was the emphatic and melancholy reply.—Auckland Star. A girl in Indianapolis, who has 200,000 dols., advertises for sealed proposals for marriage. The postmaster has decided to charge her double price for her box. as it keeps one clerk half his time filling it up with pink tinted envelopes, and the whole office is scented with musk and bergamot, like a perfumer's shop. In a police case in New York, lately, a boy being asked if he knew the nature of an oath, replied in the affirmative. When asked what they do to persons who swear to a lie, he replied, "They make policemen out of 'em." A woman in England lately attempted to commit suicide because she thought ' the devil hod got into her,' whereupon a malicious editor says: —"If women are going to kill themselves for a little thing like that, then they're going to be scarce !" A Gentle Snob. —He is a very genteel and amiable young man, but he is now insane. He parts his hair in the middle. The other day, in combing his hair, he chanced to get two more hairs on one sido than on the other. This destroyed the balance of his head, and overturned his brain. He makes a very gentle lunatic, however.

The coal miners' strike at "Woolongong continues.