The national Republican., 1866-08-11
Pen, Pencil, and sci.sors.

70 ST. Louis 70 enter upon the practice Of law.
II you want to make hit, you should
strike oil.
SEVERAL cook shops have been started in
Paris to serve up horse flesh. Tho proprietors are
all good chargers.
The German paper at Nashville places
the name Of General Thomas at the head Of its
columns as . candidate for the Presidency in 1868.
The lines addressed to the Atlantic cable
about as dull as the dispatches that have come
through 1t.
JuDaE @. G. SWAIN died at Dayton, Ohio,
Tuesday last, Of srysipelss. At the time Of his
death he was cashier Of the Dayton National Bank.
The Prussians levied upon the inhabitants
Of conquered provinces for each soldier eight cigars
per day. The war will not, however, end in smoke.
An exchange says "a man may have four
hands BY doubling his nsts." Very few mon, how.
ever, who were in the habit Of doubling thoir fists
have become "fors handed" although John Nor
rissey is an exception.
Tue Cologne Gazette says that the eight
thousand Bavarians who had been stationed at
schlsusingsn drank, during their two and half
days at that place. ninety thousand quarts Of beer
HARRIET HosxER writes from Rome to
deny that she spends her money fast as has been
alleged, or that she drives fast horses. She Is Q
talented sculptor and ought not to be chissllsd
out Of her reputation BY slandsrers.
TIE work on the Alexandria and Fred
sricksburg railroad was TO commence yesterday,
and is to be vigorously pushed to completion. Tho
services Of large number Of laborers have been
secured.
The titles of d. d. and L. d. are fast
losing in America, the dignity that was once nc.
corded to them --Erehange.
Tho dscadsncs Of these titles dates from the ap-
plicstion Of I'D. Z" to Forney. ..
Axoxa the recent inventions in France,
which have been brought to light BY the discus.
sion on the nssdls-gun, 10 one which fires twenty
balls minute and has . musical box In the butt,
thus doing away with the necessity Of regimsntal
bands.
A NEGRO WOMAN living near the -Four Mile
Station, Aiabama, gave birth, on Thursday last, to
four we'll formed chldren-two boys and two girls.
One Of the boys died after few hours. The re-
naming three children and the mother are alive
and doing remarkably we'll.
A MAN named Hart, superintendent Of an
oil we'll in Tideoute Pa, was descending the shaft
with lighted lantern, last Friday, when an ex.
piosion occurred and he was instantly killed. His
remains we're found terribly mutilated at the bot
tom Of the we'll. He was Q resident Of Reading.
Mass. whore he leaves wife and several children.
Hon. ANsoN BURLrSoAME and family ar
rived at Honolulu. juno 20, from San Francisco,
after favorable passage Of fourteen days in the
bark swallow. They would probably remain about
q week, sftsr which they would sail for Yokohama,
Japan, and thence would proceed to shanghe in
steamer.
A COMMUNICATION from the purser of the
steamship Baltic, accompanied by the certificate
Of the United Ststss Consular Agent, gives an &C.
count Of the seisure Of . seaman on the steamship
Baltic, in the port Of Bremerhaven, Prussia, by
the Prusssn authorities 1t Is not known whether
tho sailor was nAturaliIed or not, but he was on
the ships articles As having shipped from New
York. He Was surrendered BY our Consular Agent
at Bremsrhavsn, as = Prussian oitizen.
Dr.. WV. READ, City Physician Of Boston,
writes: "Ths city Of Boston Is entirely free from
Asiatic cholera, and has been throughout the sea.
son, with single exception-ths case Of soldier
who died here on his way from Hart's Island, N.
1.,t TO mhncnettor, ". IL. tnib Case tQe tnOrOuBu
eradication of all the sources Of oontagion, by
burning and otherwise disinfscting, prevented the
spread Of the dissassi and it is confidently hoped
that similar success may attend like precautions
in the future"
The proprietor Of restaurant in Phila-
delphia last Wednesday caught rat which was
running around the room with clam attached to
its tail The rat had been in box containing
clans under the counter and one Of thcm had
caught hold of II by the tail and would not let 60
The rat sndesvorsd in vain to crawl into its hole;
the clam WAS too big 10 enter the orice. Tho pro.
pretor called terrier, the rat dispatched,
and that was the c(a)lamitous end Of the rat.
A SAD accident occurred at Hamilton,
Canada West, on the I'd instant. by which Mrs.
Winckler, wife Of Mr.. Julius Winckler. q German,
Of that city, was instantly killed, and Mr.. wnck.
lsr himself and Captain Nicos the chief Of police,
seriously injured. Mr. +. J. RAstrick, architect,
and Mr.. Alderman Law were also hurt, but not Sc
riously. The party were in q cab coming home
from the contracto' picnic at tho Beach, and the
disaster happened in attempt to cross the Great
Western railway track while train was passing.
The Chicago Republican has been in ex-
istence fourteen months and has spent $22l 5OO of
which sum $35, 900 was paid for the Morning Post,
which was merged into the Republican, Dana 70.
ceived SO, 900 for the stock which the company
presented to him, and $500 for his years ser
vices. Part of the remainder Of the money was
Invested in q siI.oylindsr Hoe press and other
presses, bsi tho larger part Of the 1921, 500 was
absorbed in the acsruipg deficits that existed bs.
tween earnings and running" eapsrsss-Aibany
Evening Journal.
TIE European correspondent Of The Nation
says
"Ths safety Of the Johannisberg cellars Is con-
frmed, and Prince Mettsrnich Is able to sleep
without dreaming Of the havoc committed by
thirsty Prussians among his renowned casks. The
equally rsnoynsd vintage Of Rudssheim has also
escaped the forced contributions that its owner
feared would be laid upon IT, But the magistracy
Of Bremen have been less fortunatej and good
many bottles Of the fabulously costly 'Rosenwein'
kept in twelve great casks with silver hovps, in
what Is thence styled The Apostles Cellar, and
only drunk on rare occasions BY the municipal
fathers BY ths soversigns to whom they sometimes
present bottle, and by the sick citizens Of tho
town, who have Q prosoriptivs right to receive q
bottle gratis in case Of need. were disposed Of by
the Prussians Under no circumstance Is this pre-.