Show BLACK LEAD the lead from which pen eil til points are made comes from the principal plumbago 0 mine in the world at borrowdale Borro wdale udale cumberland england it is situated in a hill and instead of a being worked constantly like other mines it is i opened only once a year jeer when a sufficient quantity is taken to apply the world for a year to come and it is is again afratis closed with strong doors bars and icks icis until the next anoai annual supply is re I 1 ired from the tle time elizabeth it is said that all the fine pencils in the world have been made of the black lead of this mine A man named hogg being tried for a capital offense offence before the celebrated lord bacon was asked by his lordship if hogg was as his proper name replied gyes jes yes I 1 am a relation of your lordship no replied the judge that cannot be for hogg is never rever bacon till it is hung it is said by travellers trav ellers that california is blessed abundantly with fleas lice and bedbugs but deseret can boast of bedbugs bed bugs enly only aly except as our neighbors bring us a few lice occasionally the forests of deseret are perfectly congenial to bedbugs bed bugs and the timbers of the houses furnish them ample scope for their midnight gambols but let such ag as I 1 are not particularly attached to their society and biting propensities saturate all the joints crevices and of their bedsteads bed with soft soap of a hardish texture rubbing ncy ncr a little round ane posts near the foot and keeping in their beds away orom from the walls of the house and we will venture a yankee guess drat diat if the sleeper gets gels a bite it will bo be be cause the bu bus bugs 3 drop down from above the doctor advises the afflicted to try a little soft soap and a particular friend in whom wilom we have much confidence says it will certainly cure |