The Benton weekly record., 1881-01-07
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against patro:izing Milo. Sara Berahardt's
performances. ".
Professor Gray, Of telephone fame, has
accepted the chair of Dynamic Electricity
at 0bcrIin College.
Senator Thurman, ii is said, IL to.Eesitle
permanently i'll Washington, and sTi1l l,rac-
tico at the bar Of the supreme Court of the
United States.
why is i zulp bQllc like a prophet Of
old? Because ahe hasn't much on'e1, ia
her own country.
1t was u cruel joke on our venerable poet,
LonfelIow, to circulate a rumor that be
was TO sit to Bernhardt for bust, when
Sara declares that she never even heard of
him.
1t is said that Kate Glazton puts snow
on her neck when she plays the E'Two Or
phans,'' to make her shiver. We always
supposed the other orphan touched Kate
with her bare foo5 to make her shiyer. A
woman's bare foot beats snow bv thirty
degrees.
An Alabamian has been stabbed with
an umbrella. Nm umbrella recklessly in
serted in the diaphragm and spread is a
dangerous weapon.
Thomas Hughes has returned TO Eng
land and is giving glowing accounts Of
'.Rugby' and this country. 4 large num-
Dcr Of English artizans and farmers will
come over to the Tennessee colony in the
spri!:g.
Young man ut Il mceting:-s'I merely
throw out the idea" Old fellow :---'s Well,
think that is the best thing Won can do
with it"
The young lady who objected to being
embraced by her lover, was graveIy in
formed by him that she was putting q re-
straint upon the liberty of the press.
There are two day schools already es-
tablished at Rugby, the new English get
Element in Tennessee, by two Indiana la
dies. 4 boarding school is in course Of
erection.
A New York ma1 has just been relieved
of three lizards. he swallowed them While
drinking water. ibis is q horrible warn
ing.
At the general delivery department of
the New York City post-office, the inquirer
for mail speaks to the clerk through 81 short
tube inserted il the glass window and mail
is passed out through small self-elosing
wicket.
Two Italians were standing in front Of
the thermometer which was hung on the
street while the crowd was watching the
weather on it, and one Of them said, ''Hot
weather, go up macaroni stem; cold wealth
er, come down macaroni stem"
The young people bad just settled down
in their new house and had engaged very
capable servant. At the third breakfast
the husband said, my darling, Why are
all these b.tiis in the hash e., She replied,
pet, it is only q misplaced switch, 4
Nothing maddens y man more than to
come down to breakfast and have his wife
tell him he has been talking in his sleep
and rcfusc 10 give away what he said, MET
that his conscience troubles him; Oh, no!
tIe is only after psychological facts,--Lo1g-
Ell Citizen. ....-.
4 witness unler cross ss-ezanlioation, WHO
nad been tortured by 4 lawyer for ae5T2ra
hours, al last asked for glass Of water
tnrhero, said tha Judge, Il think You ha}
better let the witness go no7y, as you have
pumped him dry. .''-Trog Times,
SLOWING In tho wake Of her younger
and iaoro"".,,aous sister Sara, Mile. Jeanne
beflhafao arrives New York lately By
the French steamer Laor~,.>,, and pro
ceeded at once To Boston where 1sv... sis4a
is now playing. Mile. Jeanne said 81,
had been dreadfully sca-sick during th
voyage, but was delighted to be IN Americ
and very anxious to embrace her dear Sar
once more. The sisters are very muc
alike in personal appearance.
The Prince Of Wales celebrated his 39t
birthday at Sandrigham Palace on the ct
of November. He had select party, an
numerous costly presents were semitic him
One Of bis French friends forwarded
pocket-knife Of French manufacture Whic
contains 1871 different blades.
The Emperor Alexander, Of Russia, j
haunted by his fears Of the Nihilists,s II
hears them in The very walls, and.eTer
morning he asks If he shall be spared II
night. The Princess DoigoronM, whom Ii
recently married, possesses the charm 6
driving away his fits Of melancholy. Sh
is said TO be very fascinating. and the En-
peror is as infatuated since his marriage q
he was when he first met her. years age
They have four children.
1t is announced that i'll preparing th
Christmas number Of the London G9aphi
the work Of artists, cngraYers and author
who have taken part in the production
has costin our money $4,000, the pape
$40 900 and the printing and electro-typin
$4,000. The gross weight Of paper use
for the number is upwards of l2o tons, an
1000 is the number5of copies Issued.
The subject fcg conversation atan ever
ing entertainment was the intelligence {
animals, particularly dogs. Smith says
lsrhere arc dogs that haye more sense tina
their masters. = 'sJust %, = responds youn
Fitznoodle, f.I've got that kind Of . Dc
myself
You can excuse b man fo4' taking.
gloomy view Of life when he names 4 chi
for riell uncle ana tho uncle allows i
ana then tile ally after baptisSn goes int
bankruptcy.