Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-04-16
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Men oil cOlOE-uJ
Dry g~oods--sslt fish,
Something on foot-a boot.
Constantly on hand-fngers.
A host in hiniself-s landlord.
Pennsylvania has $4,000 public
school teachers.
The travelling circus tells that sum-
mel is coming.
Fifteen hundred Americans wit
messed the carnival at Rome.
Tbs spring styles of base balls and
marbles show little change.
or the 3I7, 962 soldiers buried in
the national cemeteries the names Oh
147. 1923 are unknown.
A Danbury man has brought out a
new vermlfuge with the signincant
name of "The Early Bird"
If a stick of wood is too long for
tbe stove. kick it a few times with
vour heel. Then take it out and saw
it off.
..If you are counting q GIRL" says
a California paper, sstick to her, no
matter how large her fathers feet
are"
A Delaware mar willed his thirty
relatives Eve cents apiece, and his
funeral procession was brief, al
though he left $50, 1000 to a college
An exchange says it is about time
for those who contemplate visiting
Saratoga and the sea shore next
summer to begin to borrow, beg, or
steal.
The Arkansas bar is evidently i'm
proving. 1t has solemnly passed q
resolution c~ensuring the assassina
ton of Judge Fox by lawyer Aldridge
as unprofessional.
Prepay your postage. Bushels OF
printed matter, on which postage is
insuficiently paid, are every week
deposited in the general Postofice,
and there detained and ultimately de-
stroyed.
Experienced sheep men in differ
ent portions of California are Of the
opinion that the Losses of sheep this
winter have been so great that all the
increase by way OF lambs will be re-
quired 10 keep the numbers good.
England abolished slavery by act
of Parliament, which took effect
Aug. l, 1884. France abolished ii
in her colonies in 1848; Sweden in
1851; Denmark in 1913, and Hol-
land in 1860 Serfdom expired IN
Russia March 8, 1863.
A Zanzibar letter says that DR..
Livingstone's remains were exposed
to the sun for a month to dry, and
then packed in a followed tree,
wrapped round with cloth. and the
natives carrying it supposed it a bale
of cloth, or kaniki.
The island of Samos is fionrishing
under the government of the new
Prince, Adossidia Pacha. The Sam
ian wine is as precious As of old, and
it is sought for from all parts of the
world. The vintage in the islands
bids fair to be an excellent one.
81 fear" said a country minister
to his flock, "when l explained to
you in my last charity sermon that
philanthropy was the love of our
Species you must have understood
me to say SPECIE which may &C
count for the smallness of the col
lection"
A correspondent of the Boston
Traveller at Bath, Me-, says that from
forty to fifty sail of vessels will prob
ably be built there and In the neigh
borhood during the season. Among
these he says five or six large ships
and nine or ten schooners will be
built at Bath.
Boston papers recall the fact that
on the 9th of April, 1852. twenty
inches of snow fell there, and on the
18th of the same month ten inches
more. On the I'd of April. 1861,
there was q snow storm of thirty-six
hours duration, causing serious de-
lay to trains.
The question of color is begin
ming to be asked in Canadian poll
tics. One journal says that it hon.
ors the man who refuses to sit in the
jury box with a negro, and another
newspaper wants to know If the par
ty of union and progress intends to
prescribe everybody who is not
white.
If you wish to drown yourself,
kick and splash about as violently as
you can, and you will soon go to
the bottom. But if you remember
that you are lighter than water, and
If you calmly and steadily refrain
from drawing your breath while un-
der the water, keep your head raised,
and your arms under, you will soon
learn to float and swim like a duck.
Rather a keen piece of sarcasm is
INDUCED in by the author of "Eldors-
do" a new burlesque at the Strand
Theater, London. He makes the
con of one of the characters welcome
his father to Paris, and ask him if he
bad a pleasant railway journey.
"Oh, yes" says the parent, "capital;
we had a railway accident" "In.
deed! What was it2" says the son.
"We arrived safelyl"
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