The daily gazette., 1877-10-17
WOMAN'S KINGDOM.

People learn zrisdOms by sexperianoes
A man never wakes up his second baby
to see it laugh.s ffESH N4gF af1t4
A Young lady who was recently mar
ried In Ohio gave up the name Of "Pet
Shanks," and took another.
To see pretty girl putting on post
age stamp makes fellow wish he was
the Father Of his Country, or even Ben
Franklin.
Oliver Wendell Holmes declares that
"a hysterical woman Is a vampire who
seeks the blood Of the healthy people
about her"
A noted English surgeon says the rea-
son women can't throw stones as accura-
tely es men, is because their shoulder
blades ars.set too far forward.
Vermont Judge sentenced and fined .
young lady in that state for receiving
stolen kisses, on the principle that "the
partaker Is ss bad as the thief
There are reputable lady physicians In
p Philadelphia who have an annual in
come for their practice OF from SID, 900
to SO, 900. They are liked especially by
ladies and children.
Mr.. Agassiz says that in certain Anna
zonian tribes, on the day of his marriage,
while the wedding festivities are going on
the bridegroom's hands are tied up In
paper bag with fire ants. If he bears this
torture smiliugly and unmoved, he is
considered fit for the trials Of matrimony.
A granger at Amherst, Mass, offered q
young lady bushel Of potatoes If she
would wheel them home through the
street at noon when the college students
were all out. She accepted the challenge,
wheeled the potatoes home like little
man, and told the granger she was ready
for another bushel.
The new reformatory prison for wo
men in Massachusetts in built on an i'm
proved plan. 1t is divided into three
sections, one for women with infants,
another for ordinary prisoners, and
who are too hardened and depraved 70
put with the rest, must work alone.
''The fat woman of Milwaukee," Mrs.
Russell, died while ON exhibition at a
fair recently. She weighed 700, aud the
cause of her death was the accummula-
ton of fat about her heart. The crowd
at the fair pressed closely around her,
andin the momentary excitement of get
ting away from it she dropped dead.
Bishop Swedenborg, father of the
founder of the new church. knew well
how TO combine business and religion.
He gave this advice TO his son: "You
write well, you reckon well, and thank
God you are not married. See that you
get good wife, aud something her.
Pray God to lead you in His holy way"
L woman in Canada, last fall, plowed
seventeen acres of land. This season she
swung a scythe for six days, raked ten
acres of hay, broke three-year-old colt
to harness, hauled all the lime and sand
for a new house, tsok general care of the
farm and discharged all her household
duties besi des. And still she didn't COM
plain.
The movement to opena school in Lon
don under the direction of Miss Lucretia
P. Hale, Mrs. James T. Fields, Mrs X.
G. Wells, Miss f. E. Ware, Mr.. Edward
Cabot, Mr.. W. p. P. Longfellow and Mr..
Claiming Whitaker, for teaching girls
and women carving and modelling in
plaster, clay and wood, is progressing
auspiciously. 10 securely establish the
school about $4,000 are necessary, and
Of this sum nearly $1,000 have been
pledged.
One of the new and curious objects of
the Japanese capital is a gigantic image
of woman, made of wood and plaster,
and dedicated to Hachiman. the god of
war. In height it measures tifty-four
feet, the head alone, which is reached
by winding staircase in the interior of
the figure, being capable Of holding about
twenty persons with comfort A sword
is held IN the right hand and huge ball
In the left. Internally, the novelty con-
siEts Of an extraordinary anatomical
model A fine view of the surrounding
district is obtained by looking through
one Of the eyes, and the price of admis-
slOn iR only two