Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-12


FLoaIDA has produced potato twenty-slE
lnches long.
TuE people In New Hampshire are now
revealing 10 Wild strawberries.
A FoND.DU.LAc MAN was Obliged 10 order
cradles for four ono day last week.
TINS mosquito crop In New jersey thls sea
sou il said 10 surpass the yield Of any previous
year known to the Oldest lnhabitant
A COUNTRY EDITOR IN Michigan prints hi
paper gu a WOODEN press Of his own manus
facturU
THB old james X. Polk mansion, In Ten
nessee, IA bolng remodeled into a splendid
modern residence.
THERE Is a greater run If salmon at the
Dalles, Oregon, this season than was ever be-
fore known.
Dunno the past four years the Eric rail-
way has carried ~, 900, 5000 gallo Of milk
TO New York city.
IT Is rumorcd that the Boston Coliseum
will o removed 10 Gloucester Mass, To be
used us a railroad depot.
HEARD COUNTY, GEORGIA, claims nine
days old infaut who can speak. Rather a
tough story that but they ought to know all
about the curiosity.
Mn. LoRiLLARD, Of New York, believes ln
tobacco chewing, because II enables him Ia
pay S3,OOO month rent lOr Newport cot
tage.
cisro cnr,nc bn,,se, no. L.,r sbsT,d IN ir,i,a.
| ZION of n lion. and Inc mn nm Inc lin M M
tall Is dyed beautiful piuk.
,ho Ia, - ~ ~, mIa ~
and ibat CiilmoSr g,ta noiSInv sn3 an ,boS
want testimonial for Patrick s. The result
OF the big spree TO business In Boston Is said
r. -, - s,,,,h i,,,.i., t.,
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n,s,,,s :; ~, ,al.,., ,.,,'
sISarstJ,, ~, ~ ~. IA ,,, ~, a you,
VIM wi:b IN mStc Tho Accent ~ ,hn bI,,hss,
mo1ptaIns in Tho world sbopid s,a,I ,nlcL
y ~.
IhE chinese pay about slOOOOO OOOa year
,Ot thG support OF thelr Religion. Lhey nave
lNtoy nu,il teulP'o " San rIshcIsSOl WIN
sSNeny-nlG g0uS in H. Two OF winch arc
oRuy loe' h'Hh'
Ton SCOTT has invested sl5O, 600 In saw
mills at AppalachlcOla, Fla, to get out cross
ties from cypress and juniper, which will be
| chemicAllEed In some way 10 be rendered fire.
PVN'' SUI 'u ''s In a'i' JIM
ADNICEs from farls auege mat the great
loan lntended 70 DC introduced ~ order TO
accelerate inc departure OF tue German
Troops ,I0ll ilo occupied departments, WI
I =
week OF August ana III London as wei as In
France
A MISSISSIPPI PAPER says THE Legisla.
turo ol Mississippi at its last session, took
an Important step toward encouraging man
uIhctuTes Wltnln her OoIucTs, Large sums
can DC prOhIaOly Invested IN thls branch OF
INDUSTRY mere, hnu oe ekeuipt from taxation
iOr tch years
An immense macKercI, probably one II not
| Al -. -
tured of Norfolk, Va, the other day. THIS
monster was thirty iuches In length, nine
teen In glrth, aud weighed sixteen pounds.
\ feature Of this nsh was that on each side
Of II was the perfect picture Of a mAckerel,
even TO the fns aud eyes, plainly imprinted
on each skin.
AT A LATE FUNERAL the undertaken ar
ranged for the husband and mOther-ln.law 10
Tide In the same carriage. Must l." said
tue broken-hearted man, must ride with
that awful wuman?" II think you will have
a. answered the undertaken We'll, II l
must, ! must said the stricken man, but TO
ride win her destroys oil my pleasure on this
OCCASION.
San FHAECIsCo has originated n uate nj
hod.carrleT, An ordinary ladder. with 4
piece Of timber on each side moTtIsed into
cross. beams, the top ons having two puIloyE,
over which passcg a ropo having nj each ,nd
NtANs w huAn NhhN ku0 lAuuNuN HihgNa us
hlled hOd and himself ascends the ladder.
When the bod Is empticd the man steps on
the descending cage, and his weight raises
| the bod In the opposite cage.
A French inventor has introduced the fol-
lowing expodient 10 act as Hre-damp alarm.
| A piece OF cotton saturated with saitpctre 4
placed within the wire gnuze Of the lamp,
| When Inc air becomes foul and tbe wirn
heated the cotton burns, and a lever being
which Rugs bell and gives warning to the
| miners.
| HERE Is paragraph from a foreign Jour.
nal, which goes tD eXI lain the effectiveness
Of the German army sixty young ofiicerI
have been dismissed from the Prussian army
They had obtained their commissions during
the war for bravery In the field, and without
having passed the ordinary examinations
They are now cashlered for not having cue