The national Republican., 1867-01-04
Pen, Pencil, end Scissors.

WHISKY is still corn, but what OF that
The consumption of cheese in England
amounts to the amazing quantity Of s2l $50, 900
pounds year.
The Boston Evening Commercial has sus-
are souy-over the left.
SOME Of the marriage bellies nowadays
are "all sound and fury, signifying nothing" On
the other hand, some arc not sound.
The attic Of public house in Newport
was burned on Sunday morning There was mol
enough attic salt in the house 70 save 1t
WHAT TO do with the National debt. Leave
IL q loan.-EE.
The fellow who made that joke ought to pay for II,
AT the moment Of putting our paper to
press this morning ere was raging In London
We will give the particulars Of the oOnaasratiOn
In due time.
A POLITICIAN, in his attempts to enjoy the
holidays the other day, proposed this sentiment
"ons country, one Constitution one destiny" !" tths
drunkArd's grAvs.)
JAS. RArCLIFF, one Of the pensioners OF
the London police fund, has come into possession
Of funded property to the amount Of fl25 900, be-
sides an estate which rsAlIea fS, 900 per annum.
RETURNS from twenty three Conferences Of
the Southern Methodist Church show that the
proposition to change its name 10 defeated, and
also Indicate the probable defeat Of the lay dale.
cation proposition.
A SINGULAR innovation was made at q fu.
neral in Paris the other day. Instead Of . lauda-
tory discourse in honor Of the individual Inferred
one of his friends read extracts from 4 Newspaper
article in his praise.
A BUsHY head Of hair saved the life Of a
man who fell from house in Springfield and struck
upon his hsad.-Er. Papp.
A bushy head Of hair didnt save Absaiom from
the penalty Of high rss'-OH.
The longest English sentences are believed
to be the British Enlistment Act 900 words ant
the three in Choate's sulogy on Webster, contain
ing $50, $50, and 2a3 words, respectively. y.--Er
change.
Some Of the American sentences last during life
In long article upon the ocean yach
race the Boston Journal says 1--WE must look bs
low the surface II We would fully understand ~h,
the recent race across the Atlantic Of the New
York yachts has produced so general and 50 marked
an impression among tho English people"
THE large estates in the county Of Schmal
kAlden. in Hesss, which the King Of Prussia has
lately made q present Of to the Duke Of Coburg.
GOthA, in acknowledgement Of his friendly policy,
are estimated at $4,000, 900. Tho yearly revenue
Is $l0s,75O.
THE cattle plague appears tn hs making
dreadful ravagss In Holland. The number Of fatal
cases do not cease in increase and IL the progress
observed to have been made BY tho disease since
the end of November continues, the losses Of the
Dutch farmers will soon exceed those Of the
English cattle owners at the time when the plague
was most violent.
The explosion Of Cowles & Leet's oil re-
hnery, in New Haven, involved a Pecuniary loss Of
only about $lO 900. It is said to have been caused
by some arrangement Of the refining machinery
The death Of Frederick Thompson, the assistant
superintendent Of the establishment, was terrible
one. The Palladium says that . laborsr who was
loading his cart in the street, near the building
heard the explosion, and looking up saw the body
Of the unfortunate man descending in the air,
AblaEs with fre The body fell on the snow in the
street In front Of the building and blazsd there
some minutes. 1t had been hurled up into tho air
through the roof Of the building, full fifty feet
Whsn taken up II was so terribly Scorchsd as to
bO Aimost unrsoogniEAbs. He must have bssn in.
atantlV killOd