Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-19
miscellaneous.

1t rs not cOnSiuefeu pOIltc III
China for two people of the same
name to marry.
A Wisconsin man bribed his son
with a counterfeit IS bill, to take a
dose of castor oil.
II is estimated that the United
States consume a million and a hall
iron q steel rails annually.
An organ grinder, with a stove
pipe hat and kid gloves, created Il
sensation in Boston recently.
When the waiter passed SPicer
some very old cheese at the nolei va
BILE, the other day, he responded
"Not 4 mite
r. ia officially announced that the
Russian Car has seriously enter
tanned de Lesseps' scheme for a Cen
trial AsiatIc railroad.
A South African company want
to sell their diamond mine for half a
billion dollars. There's q chance
TOT some pour Dol'
A return showing the number OF
hauer saloons in New York places
them at $500, and the total yearly
receipts at s32, sl2,9 70.
The Danbury philosopher observes
that the placidity OF expression
worn by a man who is "next" in a
full barber shop, a not be counter
feited.
The first railroad in India was
completed, and the first train of ears
started in 1852 Since that time
five thousand miles of railroad have
been built and put in operation.
An idea of the terrible nature OF
the Indian famine may be gathered
from the statement that rice is SELL
ing at four cents per pound, which
is exactly the price Of a laborer s
daily pay.
The following curious advertise
m~entrecently appeared in an English
religious journal: Wanted, a Sec
ond hand set of Commandments.
Old fashioned ones painted on wood
will do"
GA News: James Jack.
son. of Banks County, died recently
aged us. He leaves a wife aged
10, and several children. He never
took a dose of medicine in his life
The ladies of Amherst have or
ganized a plan for visiting all the
families in town and securing sigma
lures 10 the temperance pledge
451 signatures have been obtained
Weekly temperance meetings are 70
be held IN different parts Of the
town.
Charles Kingsley is rather severe
ly criticised by some of his hearers
in N. Y. City. He is said to be a
very poor speaker. with a dreadful
North of England brogue, so as, at
times, to be almost unintelligible; be
has the rising i~nfexion so offensive
IN English speakers.
A man living in the vicinity Of
San Diego, California, was recently
arrested for chopping down the tele.
graph poles. He admitted the
0ffense, and said that he had con.
selentious objections TO biography,
and thought it was his duty to pu,
an end to the business.
A granger says that where the
Welsh parson in Merry Wives o.
Windsor" exclaims:
s'But stay, | smell IA man of middle
EARTH"
the true reading is evidently:
"But stay, | smell a naiddIe-man of earth
He infers from this new reading
that William Shakespeare was famil
lar with the granger movement, and
held middle men in bad odor.
A peculiar property has been dis
covered in some Of the diamond.
found in South Africa. They are
liable to spontaneous explosion The
explosion takes place soon after they
are brought to light, though case:
are on record where it has taken
place three months afterward Gov
ering the stones with tallow, it j:
said, will prevent the trouble. bul
this means Of course can not be per,
m%anently employed.
'"lhens sand in sdno corpore'' is a tritC
motto, but it finds an apt illustra
lion in the remark of the London
Graphic, that out of the 100 mer
who have recently attained mathe
matlcal honors at Cambridge. anC
the 80 who distinguished themselves
in the law and history tripos, there
were 46 boating men, Is cricketers
10 football players, and Is who de
voted themselves to athletics proper
and some of them we're proficient In
more than one of these pastlmes.
In connection with the fact Of
Bishops obeying the temporal gov
eminent of their country, it is re.
lated that Henry ", having called
on 4 certain prelate for aid IN the
shape of troops, received an answer
to the effect that the Bishop could
only pray for his Majesty. The
monarch Immediately wrote bach
that, as praying and fasting gener
ally went together, he wonld stol
Monsiguor's pay and have all hi
revenues seized.
Hereafter no extension of a paten
will be granted by an act of Con
gress-the plan determined on b,
the Committee on Patents being il
m%eritorious cases TO recommend al
act to enable the applicant to go be
fore the Patent Office for officia
investigation and determination
This will nip q great many "exten
sion" schemes in the bud, there be
ing at present from so to 100 bill
before the committee, most of which
are extensions to old patents OF
which heavy sums a royalty hav,