The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-25
GENERAL ITEMS.

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"A handsome Georgia girl has accom-
plshed the feat of riding mule eighty-one
miles in one day. Il
Talk about the modern falling off of
home affections! Our wives are becoming
dcarer every day.
An Indiana papa has got as far as
Rhode Island innaming his children after the
Eastern states.
Keep your temper if your dinner isn't
done. This is better than "gving it" to
your wife or cook.
-''Is dem bells rlngin' for fire. Tbe-
RUS" "No sir, dey got plenty o. fire
dem bells is ringin' for waterW ag
AT an exhibition of tableaux wants
in London, recently, a little girl wore gems
wore half a million.
| Since the Minnesota snow began to
tone down little several railroad trains
have come in, two months and half behind
time.
"A young lady tainted when told that
over 800, 600 men died last year, but was
revived by the information that there was
100000 left.
| Three ladies' have been chosen on the
board of directors of the Massachusetts
society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals.
Wisconsin has organized over hum
dred oranges of the Patrons of Husbandry,
nearly all since the middle Of December
last. r.s.e ~
Colonel r. L. Maury left Lexington a
few days since for Europe, where he goes
on business relating to his fathers, Commo-
dore Maury's, estate.
"A colored man has sued the proprietor
of the theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, for So
600 damages, for refusing to admit him to a
seat in the dress circle after he had obtain
ed ticket.
An Irish paper concludes biography
of Robespierre with the following sentence:
"This extraordinary man left no children
except his brother, who was killed at the
same time" - s,
Let a person begin life by lodging,
and he must run gauntlet to the end, as
a rule. Let him face the world squarely,
and if his success in overcoming is slow,
depend upon it, it will be sure.
A Louisville newspaper notes the fact
that since the Indiana Sunday liquor law
went into operation the larger share of the
female population of New Albany attend
morning service on the Kentucky side Of
the river.
Mr.. j. F. Winsow, of Poughkeepsie,
New York, and his brother from Cincin-
natti, and Mr.. John Means, of Ashland,
Kentucky, have been spending six or eight
days in examing the iron formation and de-
posts in Augusta, Rockbridge, Allegha-
ny, &c.
Some of our exchanges have been
taken ID" by the Southside Virginian's
yarn-the Virginian worse than all-about
a lady, destitute of hair and teeth and una
BILE to tell the tale of her suffering, who
was found in cave short time ago.
doctor" said sick man, ''what is
the matter with me?' 'sCerebro-spinal
meningitis said the doctor, solemnly.
, "Ah!" cried the patient with sigh,
: and instantly fell back and expired. No
man could be expected to hold out against
such disease as that. He died of die
, tionary.
1t rained the other evening, and there
was an entertainment. A young gentle
) man said to young lady: "May have
the pleasure of protecting you with my
umbrella" And said she, with her round,
expressive eyes looking full in his face,
; Put up your rag" We like to see people
=, socable.
The celebrated Henderson, the actor,
i was seldom known to be in passion.
When at Oxford he was one day debating
> with fellow-student, who, not keeping
, his temper, threw glass of wine in his
! face. Mr.. Henderson took out his hand
kerchief, wiped his face, and coolly said !:
"That, sir, was depression, now for the
argument. l
The commissioner of internal revenue
instructs western collector that he is not
only authorized but that he is specially in
structed to seize all wooden packages of
! tobacco where the stamps are found not to
have been cancelled by the government
die, which has been prepared for the pur-
pose, and furnished free of expense to
every tobacco manufacturer required to
use such die.
"A Newark lady gave her little girl a
toy cat and mouse connected by spiral
spring, to play with. In two minutes the
child had the spiral spring down its throat
and was in an advanced state of strangula-
ton. The spring could not be pulled out,
so the very wise and consderate mother
pushed it down. The child was in terri
BILE agony next day, and it is feared the
spring will cause intestinal discord. VS.
"A respectable young man in Worcester
e has been inhumanlY treated by his land
lady, and finally elected from her house,
J where he had all the refining influences of
, home for three dollars and a half week,
, merely because at the breakfast table the
/ other morning he advised her, in the pres
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