The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-17
GENERAL ITEMS.

=" do you know, sir, that am worth |
hundred thousand pounds" Yes"
was the reply, 81 do, and know that IL
is all yoW are worth"
This years gooseberries devastate San
Francisco. And the cherry trees around
Calistoga, in the same state, are burdened
with ripe fruit.
"A white whale took run into Prov
incetown harbor, on Tuesday, and two
| boats crew endeavored to ''interview"
him, but didn't succeed. ...-
| The soil in Nebraska froze to the
depth of eight feet. The potato bug--oh!
where was he? lie was nine feet down,
and is now coming out, gay and lively.
| MIR. Hoppin, of Providence, an ex-gov-
| ernor, has declined to run for alderman
this year. 1t made him Hoppin mad to
think any one should suppose him capable
of such come-down.
Why can't we bury man without
extoling him to the skies? There is no
reason to believe it will help the departed,
and it isn't putting compliments where
they will do the most good.-Boston
Herald. -.a
"A Wisconsin paper asserts that the
next campaign in that state will show con-
clusively whether the state of Wisconsin is
the chambermaid of the railroads, or
whether she is the madame that runs the
house.
) 1t is useless for physicians to argue
, against short-sleeved dresses. The consti-
tuition Of the United States says that "the
right to bear armsn shall not be interfered
with. #t f
tone loud yell" is to be punished il
Baltimore by fine of S., but one car
= utter two loud yells for 81. The liberia
+ discount will make double yells the mos
. popular.
) 1t is thought that the new Legislature
of Connecticut will re-enact a usury Law
: with the legal rate OF interest at seven pc
" cent, instead Of six, as in the old repeae'
statute.
Captain Jack, the Modoc chief, is
full-blooded Indian, aud about 35 year
!, old. He talks good English, and had unit
- recently about $500 deposited in the Yrek
!, bank. E.g B
!, The st. Louis Republican speaks il
70 mind very freely on the subject of editoris
w excursions, declaring that they are bring
: ing the newspaper profession into dsreput
IL | BECAUSE Jucy arc OltcutiIleS oCduuhlOuS d
60 fairs, where the parties are made up of tw
in or three exhausted editors and an outrage
no Gus disproportion of dead BEATS" Whe
no editors want to travel let them 60 quietl
40 off by themselves, singly or in pairs, ;
he when they aggregate, and accumulate, ar
r. "bunch" they are apt to become nu
We sances. ... .l.r- ..aia ]
at Common carriers, under new bill
| las, nf
in Legislature, and will probably become
re law, are forbidden to evade or lessen any
an their responsibility under the common la
Oh by any provisions or stipulatons print
ng on the receipts given for property they ma
pit take in charge for transportation. This bi
We if the report Of its provisions should pro-
n. correct, will enunciate wholesome doctril
ed in reference to freight transportation, whit
th will be very welcome to the community.
lily Inquiries having been made as to the il
DIV volatility of the postal cards, it is well
lot state for the information of the pub
he generally that the postoffice department 1
he CARDS them in this respect precisely
ore sealed letters. No postoffice Official b
Of any more right to inspect what is writ
on postal card than he would have
open sealed letter and acquaint hims
with its contents. After they are delivere
ad- if lett at public places, such as hote
the boarding-houses and stores, there is
ich course no way Of preventing dishonoral
me persons from peeping at them if 50 d
ne posed, unless put directly in the hands
of the party for whom intended. "a