The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-16
Gveulng State yul1rnal.
BREvITIEs.


ponted a dentist for that institution, and
instructed him to examine the teeth OF all
the young ladies in attendance upon 1t
once week.
A lady was recently looking at the
chrome Of "The Birthplace of Whittier"
when bystander remarked that 1t was
painted by Thomas Hill. "Oh, yes" said
she she painted the Yo Cemeteriesp
A Swiss journal, published at Geneva,
saws only six wofnen--thrse English, two
German and one American--had climbed
to the summit Of Mont Blanc since Jacques
Balmat first made the ascent in 1856.
Moved by the bad spirit manifestly
existing between the Harvard and Yale
class crews, Boston paper remarks that
both crews are more in need of the aid OF
professors of decorum and etiquette than
of athletics.
The St Adams (Yt) Messenger says
that there is in that town a herso whose
upper lip bears heavy moustache, fully
three inches in length, which parts in the
middle and gracefully curls out on either
side in the most approved fashion.
Among the effects left by the late Samuel
II. Parsons, OF Middletown, is costly din
ner service of china ware, of the most ELF
CANT workmanship, which formerly te-
louged to Louis Philippe, and which Mr..
Parsons purchased in Paris during one of
his visits to that city.
The Marion Commonwealth furnishes us
with the following marriage notice, which
is somewhat stony: "Married-At Flint
stone, by the Rev. Mr.. Windstone, Mr..
Nehemiah Sandstone and Miss Wilhemina
out for birthstone next.
Mrs. Bella French, in her new Western
Progress, in giving an account of her visit
to st. Paul and her lecture, says: "Seve-
raj of the first ladies of st. Paul met us at
the close of the lecture, kissed us, and babe
us God speed in the good work. We al
SO received flattering congratulations from
number of gentlemen, who looked as If
they wished to kiss US, but were to besh-
ful !"
Inc fact of the baptism of Lo.ta, the
actress, in New Orleans church, has al
ready been mentioned. One of the papers
says she had on black silk boddie and
skirt, over which she wore bretelles Of
light blue, in Christ Church, New Orleans,
a week or SO ago. She performed the
same Sunday, in the evening, at the st.
Charles Theatre, as Sam with song and
dance) in the Ticket-of Leave Man.
Mild winters in Northern cline are
not new invention, as witnesseth this
extract from the diary of the Apostle Eliot,
under date Of 1916: "This winter was
r 4 la1
all winter, long nor sharp weather, but
they had long foods at Connecticut which
was much spoyle to yr corne in the mea-
dows, we never had bad day to 60
preach to the Indians all this winter,
praised be the Lord
Erie, Pennsylvania, reports that one of
its citizens, wishing some Brooklyn lawyer
to take testimony in q certain case, and
not knowing any lawyer there, sent tele-
gram requesting the telegraph manager to
"ask reliable young lawyer if he can take
testimony, March l." and the answer
came back ''Reliable Young not known
here"
This is about as good journalistic joke
as we have heard of for long time: A
copy of the Fairfield (Towa) Ledger, by
some mistake, was sent to the Bloomfield
Iowa) Democrat, with but one side printed.
The Democrat printed its edition on the
other side and sent it back--radical Re-
publican on one side. and intensely Demo-
cratic on the other.
Virginia University has received the
first instalment of the Duke of Argyle's
gift to the university. The gift is to con-
,;at &c y.a,,u of oil tho y>ro1,vctc nd
manufactures of India. Foreigners seem
to take quite an interest in the institution.
Bismarck not long ago presented to the
school of engineering collection of scien-
ti6c drawings and models valued at
$1,000.
1t is said that process has been in
vented by which castor oil is made palat-
able, and can be eaten on bread like honey.
What advantages the youth of the present
day do enjoy, which were denied us.
Twenty years ago stroke of lightning
would have been hailed with delight in
preference to dose of castor oil.
A Missouri girl has not spoken to her
parents for FIVE years. When she wants
money or anything she writes it down on a
slate and hands it to her father, and begins
to load revolver. He never failed to
"come down" yet; SO they don't know
really whether she would shoot or not.
She is getting to be an old maid, because
no young man dares to take the chances.
There is trouble with the female jurors
of Wyoming. They are too hard on men.
A man was brought before female jury
there charged with DESERVING woman he
had showed signs of wanting to marry.
What did this jury do, after hearing the
testimony, but bring in verdict of murder
in the first degree, and recommend that the
man be hung? Surely this is carrying
hatred of men to far.
GOLD IN WAsHINGToN.-Abo week
ago some school boys picked up some
pieces of white quartz in the rear Of the
large colored school building on the corner
of Ninth and Estreets, South Washington,
containing gold in quantities sufficiently
marked to give the chunks value to
jewellers as specimens, and there has.been
demand in consequence that has given
quite spur to prospecting" by the juven-
lies Of the neighborhood. The point where
these gold rocks are found is near an old
rubbish heap in the rear of an clubhouse,
II Al IL hol a.