The national Republican., 1867-09-17
Pen. Pencil ana Rrissers.

A WEDDING was postponed BY severe
rain storm in Missouri recently.
A DANGEROUS cHARAcrrR-the man who
stakes iifsn chssrfully.-PHneh. ID
The Dukr OF NoRrnumERIAsp has left
avs children, fifteen titles, and lots Of money.
BRIonAN YouSa's agent in England
urges his congregation to '1esve that land Of
ignorance and superstition"
ROCHESTER is surprised, but not graft
aed to discover that II cannot read It's title clear
to three Of lie public squares.
DR. TYSe's new church in New York Is
described as resembling . river steamboat in
gliding and gsudy Ornsmsntation.
The chicken cholera Is again reported
in Indiana The Asiatic pest is also prevalent
In some localities.
TIE son Of Mrs. Garter, Of Louisville,
somnambulist, iesped from window distance
Of twenty-five feet and was uninjured.
IT Is PROPOSED that the 1868 meeting Of
the American Board Of Foreign Missions be held
in Norwich, Conn.
TIE New Jersey State prison is To be
furnished with library Of moral " books BY
contributions from visitors.
"RErREScHNESr" has begun in Macon.
Eleven policemen were removed from duty on
Wednesday.
Az old lady in New York named q
favorite old hen Maoduff, because she wanted
her to clay on"
A NRw invention at Bonn is the art Of
casting In wood. The material becomes hard,
so hard that II Is capable Of being polished.
Dr.. w. D. HooPER, graduate Of Rich.
mond county, has obtained patent for self
acting cupping glass;" which II Is thought BY
scientific men will be 4 great blessing to the
medical profession.
An unscientifc Englishman who put
tightly -corked bottle Of water into the oven 10
warm, was somewhat surprised whom II exploded
and killed him.
IT TAKES nineteen men besides the cler
gymen to marry French army officer. The rcd
tspo in which he Is entangled |, enough to make
any man blue.
THE cashier Of the Exchange Bank,
Howell, Michigan, absconded the other day,
leaving tho bank funds minus SIC, 900 He Is
but eighteen years old.
RAILWAY accidents in England are not
frequent, but . recent number Of the London
Nsp, contains accounts Of three accidents, all
occurring within the--spacs Of twelve hours.
A sHIP recently sailed from Liverpool
with fly anxious and aimless" females for
Melbourne and market. Another cargo Is 10
bs transported in October.
The EDITOR Of the Kansas City Adper.
tiser has seen Q sweet potato about twelve inches
In length and eighteen inches In circumference,
weighing over Eve pounds It was grown near
that city.
A WISCONSIN HUSBAND, after knocking
his wife down and stamping upon her, picked her
up tenderly and asked her forgiveness. We are
pleased to learn that he then proceeded to hang
himself.
A SALT WATER lake, covering about forty
| acres, has been discovered among tho head
| waters Of the Yellowstone. 1t is always at the
boiling temperature. Meat thrown In was boiled
In forty minutes.
DR.. BEHM has issued at Gotha the first
of 4 series of geographical ANNALS. He esti.
mates the population Of the globe at thirteen
thousand and fifty millions, and gives apparently
good reasons for mis- opinion.
| An establishment in London, which has
been in the habit Of delivering circulars to ad-
vertisers through the city. has been closed by
the police, as this business is hold to be viola
tion Of the privileges Of Government.
The rats in Dayton, Ohio, store car
ried of the contents Of full -four barrel in one
night last week. Not being strictly vegetarian
In their diet, they came the next night and
carried home about one hundred pounds Bologna
sausages.
A FAMOUS Spanish bull fighter, named
Lagartijo, after having as he supposed killed his
Antagonist, turned to receive the applause Of the
spectators, when, with last effort, the bull rose
and drove his horn into tho mans shoulder, kill.
Ing him on the spot.
| A WRETCH at Hastings, Mimi, poured
kerosene oil over q couple Of horses last week,
and set Are TO thsm. The cries Of the animals
aroused the owners, who quickly sItinguished
tho nre, but not until one horse had been ruined
and the other seriously injured.
]. The Indians are now carrying on the
war with all the improvements. They have field
glasses. They come up like regiment Of cav
airy, and appear like regular regiment. The
chiefs stand with a mirror and throw reflections
as signals, which the men obey. They hav,
signal men all around.
| The Bishop OF OXFORD recently told ths
clergy In tho Isle Of Wight that religion did moi
consist in setting children on a hard bench
making horrid faces at them If they buzzsd, and
knocking them on tho hOad II they went tC
sleep.