Daily globe., 1879-05-18
Siftings.

Siftings.
If a lady meet a lady
| Coming dowu the street.
| Need q lady tell lady
That she looks $50 sweet?"
| For rwell she knows before she gets
| Fairly out of sight,
| She'll turn around and say aloud.
| What horrid frightw
A hen with clipped wing has defect
i've flew
Two Georgians have married each 9th
er's daughters.
| An Idaho town, having but one girl, is
called Onegirlia. How for is this from
Boise City?
The pea-nut-growers of Eastern North
Carolina have just held convention. Who
next?
| Chicago has a particularly wicked big
amist. He discarded his wife and married
his step daughter.
A Maryland horse is accused of killing
and eating sheep, in spite of frequent beat
ings when caught in the act.
The Toledo (Ohio) Commercial says
that more real estate in that city changed
hands for cash last month than for wear
previous.
A cooperative manufacturing CITY is
deemed feasible by Senator Rollins of
New Hampshire, who has bought Fort
George Island, on the Florida coast, as
the place for the experiment
A man at South Bend, Ind, buried his
] wife in nice style, but after the crowd had
dispersed from the grave he sold the sill
yer handles of the coffin back to the un-
dertaker at reduced rates.
A negro boy in Ella, Ga, disliked to
take care of the baby. His mother left it
with him, however, although he declared
that he would kill it, and when she re-
turned he had beaten it to death.
A woman started to carry her twin ba
bies five miles through the woods, in
Sand Hill, S. c., but lost her way, and
was found almost dead at the end of ten
days, with the infants lying lifeless be-
side her.
/ The Cincinnati Times remembers that
at first it was tsPike's Peak or bust" and
afterwards it was "Pike's Peak and bust >
So it will be with Leadville. AS it is hard
to get there, and much harder to get
away, the better policy is to stay at home
| Mr.. Ragsdale, treasurer of Jefferson
county, Ind, broke his engagement with
a poor girl to marry rich widow, and a
jury compelled him to pay 5000 damages
"Well," he said, as he handed over the
money, II am still about $4,000 ahead
by the change
The Art Association of San Francico
has voted that no man shall be admitted
to its receptions unless he wears a sWal-
low-tail coat The measure was not
adopted however, without violent oppo-
sition, and it was even charged that one
of It's members was in league with a
fashionable tailor.
| Slang is bad enough when uttered by
a man; but when it proceeds from the
rosy lips Of gentle women, it is unbear-
able. We heard young lady at the
table the other day say-and she said it
without blushing, too-"Oh, that is too
fresh!' Horrible, horrible! She referred
to the butter.
The Chestert on Md) Transcript state:
that, from careful estimates, the fact is
established that the number of peach
trees now growing on the peninsula is
less by about e-third than it was three
years ago, and that old orchards are an
nually being cxterminated in a create,
proportion than young ones are planted
Bicycle riding by swomen promises tt
become fashionable in Detroit. The ex-
ample was set by a wealthy and respect
able young lady. who at first rode in Sc.
cluded places, but afterward took to the
suburban roads. She uses the oridnar,
two wheeled machine, and sits astride
wearing very loose trousers, and is freqent
ly accompanied by half dozen female
companions.
| A wooden watch, said to be an excel
lent timekeeper, is the property of n. De
volt, of Bristol, Tenn. It weighs but
half an ounce. The dial plate is made
from the horn of buffalo killed by a loco
, motive on the Texas Pacific Railroad
; The outside is Of olive wood from Jerusa
lum. The works, except q few of thu
most important, are of boxwood. Ever
the stem and bow are of wood.
The firm of Garter & Gavin, sugar rein
ers in Osceola, KY, was dissolved by mu
tual consent. the partners had disagreed
in consequence Of Carters wife quitting
him and marrying Gavin, and the work o
settling up their accounts was accomplish
ed with difficulty. SIS everything salts
factory?' Gavin asked, when the book
had been closed. eyes, all that relates t.
: the business" Carter answered: "bu
there is an account still to be balanced
You've got my wife, and I'll take your lif
in payment and he shot Carter dead.
am inclined to think the following al
| excellent story. What do you say2
, ''Mrs. Muriel took great interest in par
ish affairs. Last year she promised to as
sist in decorating the parish church. On
$ illuminated text she thought would lool
9 we'll over the chancel serene, and she re
s quested her husband to bring it from town
| AS might have been expected, he forge
l the text, and wired to his wife for particu
l lars. To the surprise of all the telegraph
> clerks, this message came flashing owe
} the wires: Unto US child is born, min