Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1659, 16 March 1886, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items.

Jtishard to produce anything new itf journalism^ but the Smiths Publishing. Company, of Kichmond, Mich., Ms Succedod ib doing so. They get . out a paper called ."The Smiths." Eyery article and item refers to the weirdly poetical name of Smilli. The $% ; "pa,ge ) story .is? . ■•?, Tom Smith's . G^urtßhip.'',, There are biographical notices of > Elizabeth? OakcsjSiniih; the ~ writer, and of Senator S. V; Shiithl. >r; A : 'couple oT' Smith stores from' 'the Free'Preiis are i, copied arid /JThej gireatr Napoleon was very ■ fond; pf ichesau and play ed m, ■ ; a sty le ■which left no doubt of his ability to attain the highest eminence m the . game, Had not histnind been so much/ occupied with strategy of a more iaaportant' order. At St. Helena his time was chiefly spent m reading, writ ting, chess, and billiards. lii chess he always preferred the attack. Indeed his conduct of chess-men, closely resembled his management of tri)oj)sv He relinquished the. defence at. 1 any cost, and threw his, forces rapidly; upon the hostile" intrench-, ments, sacrificing pieces and pawns wifeh ■:■.:. &: view to mate. Sonic specimens; of his play remain on .' records - ;: ••.'■■■ ' *•'.'• .' ' '"' John K. Welfley, of Morro, Sari .Louis Obispo, gives his I'emedu for .exterminating sorrel. He says; You can ■-. get rid of it by smothering it out' with hay or straw. You caunot kill b£_^ cultiyatiori, : for it nmaL be. s\viothered by' letting the straw remain until it rots and when % th'e .str:» w rots something else will appear instead of spirel. I have seen it tried m Pennsylvania and also m this S'.aie, and it never failed. In no ease put dirt on top of the straw. It isn't always safe to trust aper- ' son's self m an unknown language. A 'Detroit politician who sought the suflrages of the Poles got one who .-* knew; the commuted to memory. He didn't uuderstand a word of it, but unfortunately the Poles did, m spite of his pronunciation. <: Villains and sconndi*eis," he began, bowingpolitely under- the impression that he was bayiiig "chairman and gentlemen." "What are yon all standing gaping there about ? (Sensation) Whaa the old Nick do yow know about poiitica; aiihow ? (Murmuis of disapprobation.) I don't want the, votes of such Irtish as" you — " , Hereto the astonshment of. the ,new speaker of Polish, there was a rush. for him, and be thinb» to this day it was his accent they didn't He who cloth not smoke hath either known- ho great grief, or refuseth himself the MofteaL consolation, next to that which comes from heaven' "What, softer than woman V whisper* the young reader, Young reader/woman teases as well as con-, soles. Woman makes half the sorrows •which she boasts th« privilege to smooth Woman console, us, it is true, while we are young and handsome'; when wo -are old and ugly, woman scolds and snubs us. ,On . the whole, then, woman m this scale, the ween m that, Jupiter, hang out thy balance, and weigh 'them both ; and if thou give?t the preference to woman, all I can say is, the uext time Juno ruffles thee—O Jupiter! try the weed. A Germany legend says:—" First the Lord made man, then he made woman, then he felt sorry for the man and made tobacco*" — Exchange.