Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-11-22
GENERAL BREyITIES.

AN Evansville NOllldn NNi-hSN
when alive over four hundred pounds, and
when dead door had to be enlarged III
order TO permit the exit of her coffin.
Mrs. LrvERMoRE is authority for the
statement that thousands of women are
married to men for whom they don't care
a copper, that they may get home.
ABOUT five hundred Chinese left San
Francisco recently on the steamer Colora-
do for their native country, amongst them
twenty-seyen women recently imported.
A TwELvE-YEAR old son OF Judge
Brown, of Kalamazoo, Mich, who ran
away from home several weeks ago, has
been foundat Cleveland, Ohio, engaged in
the beot-blacking business.
AUGUSTA, GA. is clamoring for public
laundry because the coiored washerwomen
charge exorbitant prices and wear and
lend to their relatives, for Sunday outings.
the clothes oftheir customers.
FoRT YUMA used to be called the hottest
place in North America. It has been ex-
celled this season by Fort Mohave, higher
zap the Colorado, where for many DAYS the
mercury rose in the shade to l22 degrees.
TIE amount of live stock weighed i'm
the Union Cattle Yards Of Chicago. during
the past seven years, exceeds the avoirdu-
pois of all the human beings In North and
South America by 10000, 900 pounds.
lT is proposed to have the greatest tea
party ever seen in Philadelphia, or
elsewhere, on the 10th of next December.
with the young ladies dressed a la Martha
Washington, each with her own table,
ready to entertain her visitors.
A MILWAUKEE servant girl has aban-
doned her place because for six whole
weeks she never went to but three circus
es, four prayer meetings, seven picnics
and two steamboat excursions. She says
she wants to have little time to herself.
From an examination of the census sta
tistics of Austria, Russia, Turkey, Ger
many, England. France, and the United
States, writer in the Medico Record has
ascertained that the mean average duration
of life among Jews exceeds that of Chris
dans by about five years.
liz Troy. the other day, bunch of
shingles fell from wagon on the ferry
boat and struck fairly on the bead of
colored woman, who exclaimed ~ ought
erer b'shame 20 muss cullud womans
har dat way. wish the shingles fell ovih-
board.r
A NEWCASTLE, Ind, youngster put in a
good days work on recent Sunday pick
ing up hickory nuts. By dint of industry
he bagged six bushels. AT the close of the
exercise the owner of the trees came on the
scene and took charge of the proceeds.
The feelings of that boy may be imagined.
THERE Is said to be can of nitro-gly-
cerine buried in the Capitol Square ut RAJ
leigh. N. c., where it was secreted Just be-
fore the surrender, but the exact place OF
concealment has been lost, and no one dare
dig for it, as the blow of pick might send
the digger skyward.
AFTER the conclusion of the perform
ance OF Richard Ill. at the Boston Thea
ter, the other evening, a lady from the
country was heard to remark that - The
play was splendid. but it was too bad that
they couldn't get anybody but hump
backed man TO take the part of Richard"
The Sacramento Record of a late date
says: An odd entry for premium was
made at the Pavilion. Mrs. j. Il. Walters
entered the hair. upon her head. Four
years ago she cut off her hair, shingling it
close to her head, and now it is five feet
long, reaching within eight inches of the
ground when she Is erect The hair is
fine, strong, thick, and of dark brown
color.
liz ever there was good excuse for not
getting paper out on time, it is that Of
fered by the Panama Star and Herald The
editor says that the Government troops
We're keeping up a continuous fire on the
door OF his sitting-room, and half dozen
shots did not vary three. feet in striking.
|" TO this annoyance" he says, '.we must.
attribute our delay in getting out this edi-
uon, Tor tits difficult to persuade men to
work under steady and dangerous fire.
THERE may be some men who are base
enough to believe this item. which we
clip from an exchange, but we desire it to
no nicfipatlx- rr.H hot
doubts about it: "Last summera gentle
man from Sioux City received an Indian
scalp from up river. The other day he
wanted to show il to some friends who
had never seen anything of the kind. He
asked his wife for it, and found she had
woven it in with her own hair for a front
SWITCH"
Ii has lately been asserted that the old
est person living was found to be a woman
in Brazil. This may be so but according
TO the Los Angeles Erpress. California
contains the next oldest inhabitant. She
is a Mexican lady, and resides at San Ga
briel. She has reached one hundred and
thirty-four years, and was always an in
veterate smoker, or, it is argued, might
have preserved more youth in her appear
ance, and perhaps added to the years of
her life, though there are as yet no signs
IN ici Sdcc vi ti1lntuisitc ulSSOiutlOn.
In the course of certain observations ON
the muscular power of insects, the Able
Piessis made the following interesting ex-
pertinent: In light paper box, fastened
to the back of a large horned beetle, he
placed weights to the total amount of two
aud one-quarter pounds. Though this
load represented weight three hundred
and fifteen times that of the beetles body.
yet the brave little insect was able to move
1t steadily along over the smooth surface
of a plank.
AT a meeting held recently by several of
the leading merchant tailors of Boston it
was resolved to publish in two of the daily
papers list giving the names and resi-
dences of such customers as are dilatory i'm
paying for the goods furnished them. This
measure on the part of the tailors win
doubtless cut out some Of the heavy Boston
swells from circulating freely in society
the coming winter. 1t is not stated wheth-
er the resolution has a selvage with refer
ence 10 having bv installments