The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
Washington News.

WdSuAuStou NCWSs
A resident of Kentucky is 115 years old
He is an orphan.
.Floyers aro in Lloom in the Capitol
grounds at Washington. n
The Iowa Senate has refused to abolish
capital punishment by vote of II to 81.
A female student in Indiana has been pre-
sented with a gold.headed cane by her male
classmates. Hr i,-. '....s
With the exception of carmine or rcd ink
the use Of violet and all the various colored
inks has been forbidden in the army.
Why is the earth like blackboard? Be-
cause the children of men multiply upon
the face of it. -r-- .
The Pope in buying Remington rifles
seems as much disposed to rely as much up
on salt petre as Saint Peter. u
For drunkenness, drink cold water; for
health, rise early; to be happy, be honest |;
tn please all, mind your own business. ts
"Hans, where do you live q "Across der
river nit ter turnpikes by der school as
you go up nit your right hand on der odder
side. Hs i" ..-' sia q
The New York Mail says that the new
fashioned parasols are so large that only one
lady can pass under an awning on Broad
way at a time. They have the appearance
of perambulating skylights, XXI
Work is to be resumed in the Avon dale
mines on Monday next, the first time since
the fire in September. Improvements have
been made in the mine, and precautions for
safety adopted. t.f'I -is .i''d
The importation of shawls into this
country in 1866 was $3,S32 sos, which was
the Paris cos: price. In 1869 wooden goods
Including shawls, dress goods. and carpets,
constituted eight per cent. of the total val
uation of our importations. ..F ,...
AMAN in Missouri noticing ago purchased
an old trunk at an Express auction sale.
The trunk proved to contain only old clothes.
He took it home and used it for a wood
box. Afew days ago he broke it up Tor kin
ding wood, and found between the Zinc and
wooden bottom $3,085. 49,,
The white fish of the lakes, 50 much ads
mired, are in danger of extinction, through
the recklessness of fishermen, who catch
them in great numbers during the spawn
ing season. The Canadian authorities, we
are glad to learn, have instituted measures
to arrest this wanton destruction, and Mich
igan will follow suit. * b. eiefs,a,3 l,ct5.
Over 100000 pounds of Goldfish have
been landed at the wharf at Portsmouth,
N. H., during the winter. In and about
the harbor there is now sunk over 63
miles of troll y on which are hung over
$4,000 hooks. The hooks are bated mostly
with herring, and sometimes, with clans.
The cost Of one batting SO miles Of stroll"
is about $3.50. -
The Secretary Of The Massachusetts, Inland
Fishery Commission announces his intention
to stock one or more large ponds in each
county of the State with black bass This
is good idea. Black bass can lie success
fully propagated in any large pond, and
will grow from six to fur pounds each. OF
course they must be protected for three or
four years, and after that will take care of
themselves. pa
An imitator Of Traupmann, living in the
South of France, killed a farmer SO years
old with pickaxe, buried him. in a grave
dug in advance, planted a young walnut
tree over it, and sodded it, SO that the dis
turbance Of the soil might escape notice.
On discovering that his victims purse con-.
tanned but franc and 40 confines (about
35 cents,) he was seized with remorse, de-
livered himself up to the police, and made a
full confession.
The Queen of Belgium has so grieved at
the loss of her eldest son, the little Crown
Prince, that her hair has turned premature
" gray, and hardly any traces Of her former
beauty remain Before the death of the lit
tie Prince the Queen was exceedingly fond
Of riding on horseback, and she prided her.
self on being the most skilful equestriennc
in the kingdom; but since that mournful
event, which she took so much to heart, she
has never been in the saddle. I'd .0 IL,
On attempting to saw the PROSTATE trunk
at about II feet frnm the butt, day before
yesturday, some very hard substance inter
Tered with the work after, it had been half
done. So the trunk was rolled over and
the saving was completed, from the ,oppo-
side. The singular part of the story remains
tn be told. When the parts had been sepa-
rated the workmeD were surprised to lind
that the obstacle was an iron tube, supposed
to be- gun barrel, which was solidly i'm
bedded longitudinally in the centre OF the
trunk, d r.