The national Republican., 1866-10-31

their staunchnsss BY that best Of all tests. Further
particulars In regard 10 this grsat match will be
made known In due time
Pen, Pencil, and Scissors.
A CHINESE family has genealogical table
reaching back four thousand years.
In the Duchy Of Nassau, no case Of capital
punishment has occurred since tho year 1s4s.
The wind carried fire-brands and leaves of
books from the great hre In Quebec fifteen miles
into the interior.
A HOPEFUL young lawyer says that any
young lady who possesses 900 acres Of land pre-.
ssnts sufficient grounds for attachment.
A SPLENDID new building, designed for
bagnio by . woman lost on the ill.fatsd steamer
Evening Star, is advertised for sale in New Orleans
The cod-fshing is good in the North Pa-
cihc. Three vessels at San Francisco, last week,
landed 127. 900 fish.
WHEN is IN old cheese like the American
dollar Of our Juvenile memory When II is all.
mitey'
The Pithole (Pa.) Record says that DR..
Frazier, Of that oeaginous locality. has fallen heir
to fortune Of fs5, 900, just turned up in Scotland
The Quebecians are being substantially
aided by the Gothsmites and Hubites. The sufferers
by the late FIRE are numerous but their friends arc
generous.
IT Is reported that in certain locality in
London the women sell their hair for drinks. In
some portions Of New York they sell them for
waterfalls.
Mr.. RICHARDS, Of Providence, R. l., has
invented q combination paper collar and bosom,
obtained q patent and sold 1t for the comfortable
sum of 100000.
SEVERAL officers Of the Italian Ecclesiasti-
cal Commission have received an order to start for
Palermo, charged to take immediate possession Of
the principal religious houses.
A COMPANY of rich men have recently
bought several acres Of land in the suburbs Of At
lsnta, Georgia, which they propose to sell to the
freedmen in building lots on . reasonable credit.
A FLEMISH newspaper actually bears the
naue Of the Rousseiersehnss'caodiging 1t
is expected that is foreign readers can wade
through the heading during the day.
The incense burned in the Chinese En-
pire in idol worship costs g. $50 900 year. It is
. wonder that the poor Of China do not get in.
oenssd at this idol worship.
An Englishman in Albany, on Thursday,
ate Ave hundred and seventy-ssven oysters, meas.
uring more than six quarts Of solid meats, at one
sitting. They cost $lI.54.
Mr.. GEoRaE ALFRED TOWNSEND, now in
Europe has recently become the father Of beauti.
full little girl. who has been poetically chrisened
Genevieve Almsdine.
"WmY, isn't my shirt clean?" quoth one
Bohemian to another. "Well, yes" was the an
swer otis clean for brown, but it's awful dirty for
white"
J. WARREN NEwooMB, the writer, who re-
Gently died at Burlington, N. j., was the youngest
male descendant Of Gen. Joseph Warren, and his
widow is the last female descendant Of Roger viii
| liams.
In the third century Of our era, at least
seven hundred years prior to the introduction o.
Of the compass in the European seas, Chinese yes
Mls navigatsd the Indian ocean with magnetic
needles pointing to tho south.
THE family of General DiX sailed in th'
steamer Arago from New York, on Saturday last
for Europe. It is understood that tho General vii
70 to France on Saturday next in the steame
Fulton.
A GENTLEMAN in Michigan asked q squay
II her papooss, which was quite white, was no
alf.brsedi whsrsupon she replied: "No. not
drop Of white blood about it-half Indian and hal
missionary"
Trinity CHURCH. New York. was one hur
drsd years old yesterday. The centennial aunivsl
sary was duly honored, the Rev. DR.. Higbee RI
peating the sermon preached by DR.. Auchmuty Q
the opening Of the church one hundred years ag'
PARIS boasts Of q canine hospital, wher
sick dogs arc boarded and nursed with the mo
afeetionate care. Large airy kennels are col
structsd for the big dogs, while the "lttle dog d
partment' Is said to DO perfect marvel Of cleanl
ness and ventilation.
A YOUNG Illinois lover procured lcen'
without consulting his inamorata. Explanati'
being made she grew very angry and told the youl
man "that the county clerk couldn't soil her for
dollar, neither could anybody elso." She remai
single.
The match for $500 between Mr.. F.
Brooks, formerly United States telegraph opsi
tor, and P. II. Bur ps, Of Worcester, the champi
| Telegraph operator OF NOW 1nBihho anu NOW hoi
Is arranged to take place in November, betws
Boston and Washington.
Some people would be astonished to lea
that the phrase. escaping with the skin of l
teeth" Is from the Bible. It occurs in Job, chapi
10, verse 20, and the correct reading is, my bo
clsaveth to my skin and to my aesh and am
, capped with the skin Of my teeth"
BY OUR last English exchanges We lea
that ssme time since q one-pound note on tho Ba
of Lo ndon was paid into Mr.. Gees bank, Cheln
ford England. 1t was dated in the year 1928, a
it Is calculated that the bank has been gamer
E7 los in the shape Of interest at per cent. on
non.circulation.
THE Boston papers state that Tennys
street, in that city, although the residents are
spectacle people. is little better than mud Pudd
and urge that this disgrace on the poet laure
Is should be removed, or else the name OF the str
should be changed. They have great respect
poetry at the Hub"
a A Fatal Accident II ON Kerosene.