The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-21
PEN, PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

PEN. PENCIL AND SCISSORS.
A oookSsr suggests that the (b)sat Of the
dsy must be at meal time. Il.
The highest peak 10 Colorado IL Mount
Lincoln, 1900 feet high. at s7
I CANADIAN lsborers refuse to take their
wages 10 American silver unless at . discount
Of 10 per cent. .--g.- .F-fr CIR
THK boarding OF gold By the agents Of
foreign bankers has carried up the price the
past week. ..... d.,
ArARrsR, named Hssweil, In Hoosac Falls
Village, Vermont, lost 90 sheep, last Sunday
night, by their being worried BY dogs.
THE Northeast and Southeast Alabama
railroad, with its appurtenanoss, 10 to be- sold
ct Montgomery, September 10. ...
The individual who goes into cold water
while heated dshss and courts death at tho
same time.
TIE leading business men Of St. Paul, Min.
nesots, are oonoerting measures to resist the
srorbitant rates charged for insurance.
THs President has restored" tho midship.
men Of the Naval Academy who were dis.
missed for incapscity or for misconduct.
TIE yield Of corn and potatoes In Kansas
will surpass that OF any previous year. The
wheat crop is all harvested In fue condition,
and the yield Is unusually largo.
President JOHNSON Is reported to have
compared tho New York nominations to the
smsll-poI-liabie to kill, hard to cure, and
harder to endure.
Hon. MEssRs Hows, Armand, Troop, and
II. W. Smith, tho delegates appointed by
Nova Scotia to visit England and obtain, II
possible, the release Of that province from the
confederation act, have returned home.
The European farms which have been cult.
waited for two thousand years have had their
fertility renewed BY lying idle every few
years on account Of war.
A nor entered o stationery store the other
day and asked the proprietor what kind Of
pens he sold. eau kinds" was the reply.
well, then, IN take three oeI ts' worth Of
pig pens"
The Boston directory for tho present year
contains so, 25l names, an increase Of III, 1870
over last year. Roxbury Is included in the
new volume, which makes formidable book
Of about eleven hundred pages.
AocousTs from the crops In Ohio arc very
favorable. Wheat has been secured in excel.
lent order, and the supply Is q full average.
may be said Of all the other crops.
UsoEn the new tax bill relating to spirits,
q distiller must own his distillery In fee sim.
pie, or the holder Of a mortgage on the prem.
ises must give his sssent to the United States
taking precedence in case Of forfeiture.
"A VETERAN publisher asked his fast boy In
college to interpret "guo,gue tandem a5uteye'
10 the specimen books. Young hopeful rem.
dored 1t, 1.-THE horse We had tandem wa,
abused" Veteran was satisfied.
A BENEVOLENT gentleman OF Massachusetts
erected church at his own expense and CAV,
1t to society with the single restriction that
Christianity should never DO assailed in III
pulpit.
THE counsel Of Andrews, the Kingston muir
derer, have left him for good cause, and h,
has selected Charles @. Davis, Of Plymouth
to defend him at his trial-Bo,ton Tran
se,ipt.
TuE New York Sun, In describing tn,
effects Of the heat, stays: On overy side va
see limpsey, lsnguid, spiritioss throng,
dragging their dripping bodies slowly and
painfully along the shady sides Of the streets,
and looking the very picture Of despair" =
The Manchester Examiner alludos to ,
recent meeting Of the Society Of Arts held t,
discuss the best means OF dealing will
"roughs." Rev. II. Solly maintained tina
five things are necessary to humanizs til,
trough" element In modern society, viz: en-
pioyment, amusement, education, supervision
Tn n,h,,, h.,,. T.. u~,
and hors. mi .h0nnd " ~ W, are ,oi maj MAJ
country. Al ChanuIten.o a d,sn tanL 4. ,ur
piled with purest water ont of tbe Mil an,
there are private ,wimminv hath, bo,ides
There are no less than four pool, nj ono s.tab
lishment on the Paseo BaeaneIi' Tor msn
women, children and horses
Tn. ,o,.,...,h
| tion Of thu United Statns has haan rati6s al
anu M Us NO" part OF the organic law. tn
pemociauo party who are SO loud 10 thei
proisshons Oh attaohment and ailsgianos Il