Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-08-05

A nice figure-sl00, 600.
In-cents-Copper.
Sets things rigiit-Tne hen.
The ties that bind-Adyertise.
Free of charge-.An empty gun.
Copper peSaies were first coined in
1897.
Those who jump at conclusions Leaf
into decisions.
Rhode Island has population OF
276, ,710.
Bad buy words-"Charge it TO me. ~
Marathon Independent.
Switzerland has no army, no navy
and no foreign policy.
The population of California Is o0, ,OOl
less than that of Phiiadelphis.
The man who lost his balance was
out of his weigh.
The constitution as they understand
1t is what the rebel Brigadiers want.
The fee male whose advice Is oftenesi
asked is the lawyer.-l -lPhiladelphis
Chronicle.
The Republican boom Is gaining In
force and size every day, while the
dStS bOOtl
A man may he doing dnty on the
tented field aud do nothing but drive q
circus wagon.
He is wise man who can tell on
which side his bread Is buttered In these
days of oleomargarine.-New Orleans
Times.
A Brookffeld man Is raising a COW
with three tails. How can he milk her
in fly time?-ISpringflcld Republican.
In the poorhouse at Milwaukee is one
Joseph DAVIS, who before the war was
reputed worth over s3,0OO,OOO.
A Colorado girl lost leg. and her
gallant lover had a pocketbook made OF
a piece of tanned skin from the ampu-
tated part.
The official returns of the Census
Supervisor give Boston population OF
363, ,565, an increase of II ,066 in ten
years.
Enormous natural cayerns, one 600
feet long. have lately been found near
Wells, Somerset, England.
According to the calculations Of Pc
terman the population of the whole
world is ,424 ,0S0, 900.
1t is announced that General Ewing
is going to Colorado next month on a
mine inspecting tour.
While o I.eadyille lawyer was in the
act of cross-examining woman, who
was on the witness-stand last week, she
exclaimed: ''I'm lady, and by thun-
der, don't you forget It'll"
A parish in New England has par
son who rings the bell, plays the organ,
leads the singing, and in winter cuts
the wood. He Is. also his own sexton.
The amusement of visitors to st.
Johns, Newfoundland, this month, is
to stand on the seashorc in their winter
clothing, and watch the icebergs sail
by. riasE
Young man, don't try to forget your
identity and become somebody else; for
the other chap is almost sure to be an
inferior person.
Secretary Evart will take an active
part In the Presidential campaign. His
first speech will be in New York early
in September.
Reports from Florida indicate en-
thusiasm in the Republican ranks, and
a fair prospect for success in the State
and National elections.
There is not even fighting chance
for the Democracy of Ohio this year.
They will be beaten in October and
routed in November.
'sHole on dar," said colored man,
bailing an acquaintance. "Does yer
cross de street cherry time yer see me
ter keep frum payin' dat bill ?" "No,
I doesn't" ''What fur, den?', "Ter
keep from bein' aXed fur it."-( Little
Rock Gazette.
The ex-Empress Eugene visited st.
Helena on her return from Africa, and
inspected the tomb in which the re-
mains of Napoleon /. were deposited
and the house in which he died.
$780," said a lady recently 10 mer-
chant, syour pretty daughter has mar
ried rich husband?" SWELL" slowly
replied the father, 81 believe she has
married a rich man, but l understand
he is very poor husband"
A Tennessee suitor wrote to his
sweetheart as follows: "Your father
kicked me last night, and forbade me
the house. If whipped him would it
lessen your love for me?' She replied
that it wouldn't and the parent was
soundly thrashed.
A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department gives interesting statistics
of the decrease of the Democratic war
debt. The total reduction since August,
1866, Is 1887, l04 1923. During the half
year ending July /, 1880, it was.l
$67,779, ,S03.
A shrewd little fellow lived with an
uncle, who barely afforded him the
necessaries of life. One day the two
were out walking together aud saw a |
very thin Greyhound. and the man
asked his nephew what made the dog
so poor. 81 expect he lives with his |
uncle," said the boy.--The Nation.
Chow are you coming on with sea-
bathing?" asked gentleman OF an IN
valid. "Splendidl L bathe three times
a day." 'How' do you like 1t t?'' s"The
doctor says | must take toddy after each
bath to restore the observation-disclosures |
how like itv'
"What did the Puritans come to this
country for?" asked a Massachusetts
teacher of his class. 'sTo worship in
their own way and make other people
do the same" was the reply.
"A piece of court-plaster OH pretty
girls cheek is not very much out of
place; but it improves matters when her
stupid beau goes home at eleven O'Clock
with 1t on one end of his nose.
swell I should er thought he'd er
taken the old line instead of the new
one" exclaimed a Kentucky woman
when she found her husband hanging
In the barn.-Boston Tracscript.
Many men who go through women's
with fine-tooth comb to dis
cover one fault, could find hundred