The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-24
GENERAL ITEMS.

The Great American Bird-The bird
in the hand.
There is never man so bad, says a
celebrated writer, but some woman loves
him and has faith in him.
The face of nature in snow storm
and the human nature that has to face it;
the one sublime and the other otherwise.
Husband if an honest man is Gods
noblest work, what is an honest woman z"
"His rarest, dear." was the uncigil re-
ply. ..T
The taxes are so high in some towns
in Waseca county, MIMI, that the popu-
lar song of the taxpayer is, 'The dearest
spot on earth is holne."
They say that sixteen million dollars
are invested in asphalt pavement in Great
Britain. The Chicago Post says "There'll
be some money lost if it proves asphalty
as ours" ---..-.-.....- -
"A chap who rooms up above the
caves trough impertinently remarks that
although the naturallsts make no mention
of lnda-rubbcr birds, he has seen doves
that were gutter-perchers.
George Stewart, of Cohoes, is the pre-
sent champion fainter. When he falls OF
exhaustion he wants to be sprinkled with
brandy. When brandy is not at hand, the
but-end Of wagon-trace will bring MIN
to, quite as rapidly and at less expense.
The English Trinity is composed OF
Marlboro, Nelson and Wellington, Nelson
being the first person. At Windsor Castle,
in a room literally furnished with warllke
implements and wainscotted with naked
arms, they stand together like Brahma,
Vishnu and Siva-Nelson on pedestal OF
wood, a piece of the mast of his ship VIC
tory, the other two on brackets, each with
little flag over his head, which is renewed
on every anniversary OF Blenhelm ano
Waterloo.
The homeopathic doctors of Pennsyl
vania protest against being held responsible
henceiorth ''ior the indIscriminate use o.
Intoxicating liquors for medicines" They
declare that alcohol in its pure state serves
every useful purpose in medicine that it car
serve in any form, and that whiskey, bran
DIV. &C., ought not to be disposed of at al
's'tor medicinal purposes" They also con
denim all toncs, bitters, &C., which contain
more than enough alcohol to hold their &C
tive principles IN solution and preserve
them from chemical changes.
A correspondent of London Societ,
says, i KNOW IL Ieilaih dDly dUle dil'
fertile reviewer who told me that, though
over his midnight oil he can lucubrate arti
cles with certain sharpness and force
yet for quietly looking at subject al
round and doing justice to all its belongings
he wanted the quiet morning hours. Ian
celot Andrews says he is no true schola
who goes out of his house before u O'Clock
Similarly an editor once told me tina
though his town contributors sent him tn
brightest papers, he always detected pe
culiar mellowness and finish about tn
men who wrote in the country.
A teacher was talking to her scholar
regarding the order of the higher beings
1t was very profitable subject and one j
which the children took an uncommon il
terest. She told them that the angels cam
first in perfection; and when she aske
them who came next, and was readily al
swered by one boy "Man!" she felt el
couraged to ask "What comes next
man % And here little shaver, who WI
evidently smarting under defeat in ii
preceding question, Immediately distance
all competition by promptly shouting
His under shirt, ma'am!"