New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-04
MIsCELLANEOUs ITEMS.
Three Young Men.

Shook hands and parted to seek their rest,
And each to live as to him seemed best.
The first caroused with cards and whit
Decked his mistress with jewels fine,
And laughed as he tossed his glass on high,
Nor recked, God help him, he mad to die.
The second did nothing but groan and pray,
Groan through the night and through the
day.
He lived in fear God help him, say /,
And ouly thought that he had to die.
The third enjoyed the goods he had;
Laughed with the gay and wept with the
sad
Nor even forgot, God bless him, say l,
That he had to live and he had to die.
General Abbott, OF North Carolina, now
heads the roil-call of the United States Sen
ate. Senator Anthony is thus released in
some degree from paying closer attention
to the public business than his fellow Sen
ators. For about ten years be has been
virtual leader Of the Republican Senators
on account OF his place on the roll. Gen
eral Abbott was at one time editor Of the
Boston AtldS and Senator Anthony is ed
itor Of the Providence journal.
A small boy stepped into bookstore
and inquired the price Of a spelling book.
On being told that they were twelve ceuts
apiece, aRd being possessed OF but nine
cents, he was completely nonplussed. At
length an idea seemed to have struck him.
Says he:
Mister, can't you end me one that is
torn that you will let me have for nine
cents ~
The clerk looked in vain. The boy was
| dispirited. At length another idea seemed
to strike him.
please, Mister, can't you tear one"
This is the season TO abstain from meat.
In large quantities it is a pestilent breeder
I of SUN strokes and ievers. A distinguished
physician restricts the members oil his
family from May to September, 10 i've
onnCes OF animal food per day. He has
kept record for twenty years, and has
found the I'aths in the meateating iami-
hes four times greater than in the vege.
table-eatiEg.
The wind, on Friday last, performed
curious freak by taking up four cocks of
hay from the field OF Mrs. Pierce, in Spring
teld,sAlass. They were takenup as gently
as balloon ascends, aud went over the
city to the northeast until out Of sight, not
q eestige Of hay remaining where they
stood
A gentleman in Albany was arrested on
Thursday for following a lady on the street.
Ite claimed that man had right to ad-
mire handsome woman, let him meet her
where he might. The court and the lady
herself agreed to this, and the gentleman
was discharged.
The stock of the cotton factories at Fall
River, Massachusetts,, is owned blythe capi-
tslisis OF the city, while those of Lowell are
controlled by Boston capitalists. The new
Merchants Mill, in Fall River, IS owned by
one hundred and fifty stockholders. includ-
ing clerks, mechanics, and Others Of small
means.
The London S.aT says "Cba-le7 Dickens
is said to 5e indebted 10 the postUtllee di-
rectory for most Of those ey.raordiuary
names Of ladies and gentlemen which OF
themselves give no little character to his
creations. lie might have searched long
there without finding name more extraor-
dinary than that Of GustaVus Adolphus
Whalebone, the owner of which, a cab
driver, appeared yesterday before Mr. Ar
mold IN answer to a summons"
A beggar in Portland asked aims on The
street for the purpose OF getting something
to eat, saying that he had tasted over TWEEN
ty-iour hours, and was in a starving coudi-
ton. A benevolent individual took him TO
aa eating house and invited him 10 "sail
in The starving man -astonished his
wonldbe beneiactor by calling for plate
4 ofsardines and glass OF wine.
Seneca lake in New York has a tradition.
A remarkable living tree, called The
Wandering jew" is said TO float through
the water IN perpendicular position. It's
roots being probably loaded with earth
and stones. Tradition says that the boat
which touches The Wandering Jew9 is
doomed.
A fair lady, dressed in deep black, mys-
terlously appears to belighted pedestrians
in Monmouth, Illinois. She makes utter
ance Of only a single word, Domino" and
who she is, and how she is, is a question
unsettled. Some gentlemen who have un-
dertaken to capture the sOmbre beauty
have concluded to give up the business on
iinding themselves running against the nose
of a revolver.
Traction engines, for drawing heavys
wagons over common roads, have been i'm.
ported into Canada from England. They
are found to answer admirably. and to be
perfectly manageable. They work MP and
down hill and turn corners Just as readily
as an ordinary team. The annoyance to
horses is found to be very trifing. and it is
probable that number of similar engines
will shortly be built in Canada.
A number of backguards have been
amusing themselves by throwing mud at
well dressed people frequenting one of the
most fashionable thoFoughfares of the
Hague. The patience of the Dutch is.pro-
verbal, but the persons aggrieved at last
entered q complaint with the Superintend-
ent Of Police. The official, after due de.
liberation, issued the following notice
"Certain evil disposed persons having in
suited respectable citizens by throwing
mud at them, the latter are recommended 10
wear their shabbiest.garments in order to
remove all oause of ofense.g The result
Of this ludicrous compromise is not an
nouneed.
1.-The other night man was found living
among the charred timbers of the recent
fire in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The prop.
er officer was Informed, when a inry was
impanelled who Immediately proceeded TO
the spot To- view. the body, followed by
large crowd. While the Jury and crowd
were standing around the remains. and as
the oath was about to be administered the
supposed defunct one raised his head coy-
cred with charcoal dust, aud Inquired what
they were doing. Verdict-drunk.
A youth stopping at village inn during
thunder storm, probably Esarprised that a
new country Should, have reached a Der-
lection IN the meteerologic sianutacmres.
SAID TO bystander sW nv ynu have q