Richland beacon., 1873-11-08
QLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

QLEANINas AND GOSSIP.
The Chicago Times thinks the
iron infant can run alone after seventy
wears of nourishment ut the public ex-
pense.
The Detroit Free Press says Tho
New York World discourages baby
shows, probably having cross-eyed in"
FAINT on its hands" - . ses~-
Surgeon Duvall, OF the navy. has
been sentenced to suspension OF three
years for shooting two marines plcflng
black kberries in the enclosure OF the
Annapolis academy.
The cause of Wilkie Collins sck-
ness is said to be the statement OF one
of his American acquaintances. IN his
presence, that he looked like the >o-
ture on fifty-oent scrip.
A man in blOuse-scene Paris Of
course-presents bottle OF perfum to
his beloved, saying: when you sell
this you will regret that your Crefor
did not make you all nose.
The courts of Illinois arc repored
TO have already over 5000 divorce cses
on their dockets, with accessions Of nw
applications at the rate OF $4,000 lr
annum.
Mrs. Cady Stanton is reported
announcing that "When physical mo.
strosities are born, the physician thini
it is perfectly just to put them out
the world"
"A baby was born or street rsilwa
car in st. Louis. If it's boy 1t ougt
to be christened H'os-car.- World. Bu
as it's girl the mother has determine,
to name it Car'line.
ANY man who raises hens in Boston
is On aericulturist. They take him into
the Grange" right away, and that CT
ables the members 70 get eggs ut half
price.--BroOkEya Eagle.
Reading in his morning paper that
Thalberg had been embalmed by his
widow, Muggins remarked that he
knew several married men who werr
kept alive in pickle by their wives.
Mrs. Louisa Chandler says that
"ehe who rocks the cradle rules. Let
the strong minded sisterhood beware.
then. how they surrender the privilige
of rocking the cradle to their miserable
husbands.
The Lacon Home Journal man has
made this nerve-quieting discovery
IF anybody sees row OF buttons com
ing down street, let him preserve his
equilibrium and think not OF supernatu
raj agencies. There's woman behind
them"
An Alternative female letteI-vrlter
saws that, if she could diyest herself OF
her troubles and petticoats and be a Kan
for twelve.month. she would chooss
for that space to occupy the pulpit
pantaloons and perquisities OK henry
Ward Beecher.
Iwsnt 70 be q granger,
And with tho graneersstand.
horny headed farmer,
With haystack In my hsnc-
Beneath the tail tomato tres
I'll swing the glittoring hoe.
And snite the wild lotste-hug
A. he skips DER the snow.
I've bought myself Durham ram
AAd gray slpsca COW,
lock-stitch Usage orange hedge,
And Q patent-lea;her Plow.
-Genl Custar was listener at Du-
luth to q lecture on how to save the
Indians. He admitted that the lectur-
er's doctrines were good for the interior
Of a church, but insisted that man
could not practice them upon the plains
and save his hair.
The people of Chicago are getting
more from their great lake tunnel than
anticipated. II not only supplies them
with water, but the Tribune saws that
people "spoOn fish ont of their coffee
and catch small eels in their mustaches
as they quaff the sparkling water.
In Hot Springs, those who are not
prosperous express it in this wise: I'm
+. Cooked; I'm Tuckered; I'm City
Scripped; I'm Graphicised; I'm jim
iammed. bursted, suspended, played
out. financially the worst treated and
most unfortunate cuss of the csn't-pay
class in the country"
A young lady in Fon du Lac, while
out walking with her lover, was attacked
by O savage dog, who seized her by the
breast and tore it from her body. Tho
lover tainted with horror at the sight,
but the young lady, mnch mortified,
went for the dog with picket, remark
ing that "That ere cost dollar and a
half. and want made for no dog Ia
chaw up."
DIR. Neal, while in Vienna. asked
the waiter If there were any Baptists in
the city, and he WAS referred TO the
"head cook" This reminds us OF the
fur-trader out west who, after buying
skins OF the woman, in the absence Of
her husband, asked if there were any
Presbyterians about there. II guess
not, }" was the reply; "my husband
never shot any,"
-Soms idea Of the California wine
and grape trade may be formed from
the fact that this year there will be pro
duoed there twelve million gallons of
wine, two million pounds of grapes for
table use, and two hundred and iftv
thousand pounds of raisins, besides the
brandy of which We have no statistics.
Forty thousand acres are In vineyard.
and the area is constantly increasing.
Pheasant shooting is now in season
in England, and the woods abound with
that favorite game, but true western
hunter, who has been accustomed tn hit
deer running, or prairie chicken Oh
the wing, will be disgusted to read that
many indolent English sportsmen are
in the habit of shooting from arm
chairs, with two or three loaded guns
near, an attendant 10 hand them 70 him,
and several other attendants to drive
the game past his coign of vantage,