The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-06
GENERAL ITEMS.

The Georgia papers are calling for the
repeal Of the usury laws of that state.
-Pawnbrokers prefer customers who
are without any redeeming qualities.
An Alabama woman has just gained
her case in court by arguing it
herself.
-"None but farmers for legislators is
the motto of a strong rural organization in
Iowa.
Senator Wilson will resign his place in
the Senate next week, as soon as he re-
ceives notice of the official count for Vice
President.
Gentlemen are expected to remove
their tall hats at places of public resort.
Why should not ladies who wear tall hats
do the same?
Editing a newspaper is very much like
raking the ~fire-every one thinks he can
perform the operation better than the man
who holds the poker.
"A sagacious German writer, complain
ing of the difficulties in the pronunciation Of
the English language, cites the word Boz,
which he says is pronounced Dickens.
"A Bangor school marin, while her
school is closed on account of the small
pox, has gone into a printing office to learn
the trade; then she wont care whether
school keeps or not.
1t may interest those who are anxious
to know how the truly good are clothed to
learn that Mr.. Tweed undergoes his present
trials in a white silk cravat, large diamond
pin and third-sized diamond cuff buttons.
Mr.. Emerson says, " Life is hardly
respectable if it has 10 generous task, no
duties or affections that constitute a neces-
sity OF existing. Every mans task is his
llfe-preserver."
john II. Selwyn, s~tage-manager Of the
C~hestnut-street theatre, died yesterday
morning, after a brief illness. He was for
several years stage-manager of Wallack's
in New York.
-"How does that look, Ell {" said a
big-fisted Wall-street man TO a friend,
holding up one of his brawny hands.
''That," said his friend, ''looks as though
you'd gone short on your soap.
Calling guns, that fire four hundred
shots per minute, with a range of over one
thousand yards, and which weigh only one
hundred and twenty-five pounds, are now
being made at Colts Armory, Hartford,
Conn.
You say" said a judge to a witness,
''that the plaintiff resorted to an ingenious
use of circumstantial evidence; state just
exactly what you mean by that" "Well,"
said the witness, ''my exact meaning is
that he lied"
"A leading patron of husbandry in
Madison county informs The Madisonian
that during the six months preceding Sep
TENDER /, 1872, the members of that order
in the State of Iowa saved on shipments
and purchases $500 900.
"A female shoplifter, who was caught
in the act of secreting some valuable lace
in a New York dry-goods store, the other
day, stated that she was unconscious of
what she had done that she had taken it
in q ft-of abstraction.
"A colored woman, aged 107 years,
has Just died near Louisville, who, on her
death-bcd, confessed that she never knew
Washington, nor nursed any of the distin-
guished men of ancient times. She deserves
a statue in black marble.
"A political orator, speaking of a GER
tain general whom he admired, said he
was always on the field of battle, where
the bullets were the thickest. where
was that ?o asked an auditor. ''ln the
ammunition wagon" responded another.
Ice in the fanges is one of the risks
of railroads at this season. There cannot
be too much caution exercised, and a con-
ductor was right when, %grumbled at for
being half an hour late because he was
slow, replied, 81 mean to be late as long
as there is danger from full speed"
Boston has decided finally to open its
public library on Sunday. The old board
of aldermen voted down the project. The
new board has passed the order, with but
one dissenting vote. Now for Washington
the Congress library and the Young
Mems Christian Association library.
"A Rutland man set q good example.
AS he, his wife and baby were crossing
a street a passing horse, carelessly driven,
knocked woman and child down, injuring
them slightly. The husband seized the
driver instantly, gave him a severe chas-
tisement and let him loose.