The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-13
GENERAL ITEMS.

A committee appointed two years ago
by the London Dialectical Society to in
vestigate the subject Of spiritualism, have
recently made their report, which is to the
effect that there IS something in the phe-
nomena not to be explained by any natural
laws known to them.
Our bellies ought to cultivate the new
style of bow. There are three in vogue
now, equally unpleasant. The first is the
"superbly Indifferent" consisting Of a
slight elevation of the eyebrows and a curl
of the upper lip. A second style is the
"mildly melancholy" which gives the inn
preston that the young lady has just lost
her dearest friend, or dropped ice cream on
the front breadth of her new silk the
third is the consciously guilty." hurried
through as if the young lady were ashamed
to be seen bowling to you. s6
IS. R.,'' of the New York Tribune
we suppose Scion Robinson-writes to that
paper from Jacksonville, Florida, that the
rains and winds in that region have been
as destructive as the fires in the Northwest.
He thinks there will be much suffering in
portions of Florida. He says the ''ne-
groes, notoriously improvident, and the
white "piney woods people," will be sure
to suffer. Not so fast, SIS. r." The ''ne-
groes" will not starve, no matter how flip
PANTY you may refer to them, and the poor
white folks you speak of have felt rains and
winds before. rs. R.'' is of opinion that
Florida is badly governed.
Prentice Mulford, who is lecturing on
the looming woman" at San Francisco,
says: 1.-The coming collectress of this
port will own the best yacht in the club,
and as she sits in her office, in the female
maritime costume Of the period, will COM
mand the respect and attention of all around
her. She will be the object of political
cabals and intrigues, and will fight fire with
fire. The coming woman will aim at posi-
ton, and perhaps wealth, but will never be
contented as the simple, unnoticed martial
appendage of man. She will be muscular,
and will take her part against the street.
corner loafers who now molest and offend
her."
"A correspondent who witnessed the
sorting and counting at the Treasury De-
partment of the burnt money from the Chi
cago ruins, gives this word Of warning :
Anybody is liable to be burned out any
fire-proof safe is subject to being brought
under the test of extreme heat and its con-
tents roasted, so that all persons having
notes, bonds, or postage stamps put away
for safekceping should take the precaution
to keep them spread out their full size, one
placed neatly over the other, and in case OF
an accident or calamity such as that at
Chicago very little will be lost in the pro-
cess redemption. All notes whose value
can be made out are redeemed at full value.
There is no discount on burned money, as
there is on mutilated money.
m. Figuier, the distinguished French
writer, whose scientific books have won so
much praise in England and here, has writ
ten book protesting against the material
istic theories which are SO generally con-
nected with scientific research, especially
on the continent. He contends that all the
planets have the same habitable conditions
as the earth, and, therefore, they are all
inhabited; after death we are transformed
into superhuman beings, and We pass
through series of existence, each more
perfect than the preceding one, and con-
sttuting kind of hierarchy which at last
qualities us for communion with God. He
says the sun is to be the final abode of all
the blessed, and the rays Of the sun are
merely the emanations of discmbodicd
spirits which have already reached a state
of perfection.