, 1875-03-06
CURRENT ITEMS.

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Gaylordsville, Gonna fourteen-year
old girl who weighs 266 pOunds-
MY family is covered by my hat, i:
the latest way for an unmarried man tC
announce his single-blessedness.
The $4,000 heifer has up and dice
in Kentucky, just as the $4,000 COW did
she leaves daughter three months old
no insurance.
THIS seems to be 4 good year for ex
press robbers, and express robbers real
ize it fully as much as anyone. So dc
express companies.
\ BOsroN firm has q novel idea in ad
vertising; they offer 500 in gold to tht
person who can guess nearest the gros:
weight of their eighthor team.
If THOSE James brothers would only
surrender and be nicely hung until deaC
the public would cheerfully chip in fol
any little outlay in the shape CT head
stones.
AMERICAN silks are slowly but surely
gaining ground, and many ladies us'
them almost altogether, as they weal
well and are much cheaper than import
ed silks.
WHEN young man in Patagonia fall:
in love With a girl he lassoeS her, drags
6eJ 6o2oe 6eN5D8 his hogse, &nd e&aEs r.
t6e marriage cfyem0Dy necessary. nC
doesn't even have u buy the Iasso.
AMONG the Detroit victims of the re
cent cold snap WAS lot Of goldfish which
had been left swimming in a glass globe
over night. In the morning they were
found imbedded in a solid cake OF ice.
TIE Boston Journal is almost prepared
to say that America was discovered by 1
Bostonian. 1t compromises by attacking
The character of Ben Franklin, who Is
charged with drinking milk-punches.
BLUE waterproof cloth has almost en-
tirely taken the place of the black and
white mixed cloth of former years. 1t Is
verv becoming 10 almost every complex
ion, and when made up in appropriate
and becoming style Is very pretty as
well as useful garment, and one almost
necessary to every ladys wardrobe.
RECENTLY a Frenchman working IN
the shaft of HOOsac Tunnel lost his bal
ance. and falling about twenty feet
brought up on a platform, so near the
edge that his legs swung of. Being
asked why he didn't continue his down
/ ward Journey, distance of more than
500 feet he laconically replied: - had
no light"
! SINCE the adoption Of our new divorce
| laws widows are not as thick as tney
used TO be. Now and then, however,
one ropes in her victim IS ChadiZah
roned in MahGmet; for a while the vic
tim struggles frantlcally against his
! fate, then sinks into its depths with
bubblimg groan," and all again is still
BIO0klyA Argns.
4 BROOKLYN young woman sends this
valuable information TO New l oTk
paper: "All girls are pleased to have
| their attractions recognized in certain
J genteel WaV-1hc eyes lingering FOR an
instant on}y-but q prolonged stare from
a man. no matter how handsome he may
bc, eXcItcS nothing but a feeling Of an
noyance and disgust"
THE New York Legislature is regulat
! ing sleeping ear companies. 4 bill Is IN
! troduced relating to charges for sleeping
! car berthS, which are named as follows:
! 81 80 for any lower berth, 81 for any
upper berth, within the State; $3.50 for a
section, and s. for family state-room
! 81 for u lower berth and 59c for an upper
! for distance not exceeding lG0 miles
| 81 for seat in any palace car, and SEC
| for distance not exceeding 100 miles.
THE fashionable color for children in
| New York this winter is dark brown. II
! looked odd at first u see wee, toddling
things arrayed in this sOmbcr tint, but
! one soon becomes accustomed to pre-
vailing style, fortunately, and to see any
! other than brOWn-Clad infant is TO see
/ a sad, questionable sight Brown
velvet, Norman cap, fitting closely
around the lace and tied under with
| heavy brown ribbons, brown velvet OF
yelveteen cloak, reaching to the bottom
| of the dress and confined at the waist
with a sash, huge, rich and brown, OF
! course, and brown wooden or yelveteen
| leggings. Such is the only admissible
street toilet for the newest generation
". 7. Cor. Chicag0 Tribune.
A LOWER LAKE correspondent of the
! Napa (CalA Reporter has the following 70
say about Hiram Aliens daughter, who
is a remarkably good shot: II have
! often thought that would like TO give
| your readers sketch Of one of our Lake
/ County notables, Miss Molly Allen, q
| little maiden of some twelve or thirteen
years old, who has killed more game
| with her small telescope rifle than any
| other two hunters OF my acquaintance.
| She has made thirty dollars bounty on
! squirrel-tails alone the past summer
/ and if YOU choose to figure the thing UP
the tails being only five cents each
/ YOU will begin 10 have an idea OF her sue
/ cess in that line. At a shooting match
! last winter she took so many prizes
that her bearded opponents ruled hel
/ out Of the ring"
IL colors it is certain pink, both fer
| blondes and 5runettes, is destined to be
the favorite. Everything pertaining &c
red, however, is fashionable, from the
| delicate rose tints to the crimsOns. which
/ are so frequently combined with black
! The fashionable tints are still all deli
! cate, but of a more positive tone than
/ last season. Pink particularly shows 4
great variety of hues, the most fashion
/ able of which is known as fiesh-pink, and
/ is usually trimmed with white lace OF
/ tulle The new shades OF blue are also
very beautiful, but require the glare of
gas-light to bring out their silvery sheen
The greens are less in demand, but are
much admired by those who possess
compilations of sufficient purity and
! clearness TO wear them. The tea rose is
a favOrite shade, but is always associated
with brown or garnet. For street wear
the different browns, grays, invisible
( greens and black are the reigning ia.
vorites.-N. J. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
THE New York State Library has just
received a valuable relic. The relic con.
sIsts of map of 3S6f acres of land, stu
ated in Augusta County, Va, and Ger,
tificate setting forth that the same had
been surveyed. Both the map and the