National Republican., 1873-05-06
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L,vESpER-coLoRED pigs are produced in New
Jersey.
BETTER to gaze upon bare walls than pictures
unpaid for.
CoxPLlNrs Of a drought and short crop Of
strawberries are made In South Carolina.
THE last one OF Byron's maids Of Athens Ia
still alive, and homeller than hedge fence.
Iris estimated that the tax levy in Chicago for
half millions Of dollars.
A SAN FRAsCIaco photographer Is said to have
succeeded In taking Photograph OF fast.trot-
ting horse at the top Of his speed.
CHICAGO has q new grief, for the Common
Council have passed an ordinance requiring sa-
looms to close an hour before midnight.
Two hundred dollars Is the minimum Of ex-
R 1s cstSo,e iuaerais he % frisnas pSy tSsIr own
carriage hire.
A LATELY deceased mlilloualre's estate in San
Francisco Ia claimed by four lawful widows al.
ready. lie was for many years an Invalid, but
frequently revived.
IT n DECLARED by the laws OF Iowa TO be q
mlsdemeanor for any owner, lessee or agent
having control Of any land, to allow any Canada
thstles 10 blossom or mature on It,
"vARtRTv wEDDtEGsr have been introduced
Into Rhode Island on the twelfth anniversary OF
tho marriage o. the parties. The name suggests
HOLLOWAY, the pnl man, Is 80 rich that even
the largest Of BArnums double-humped camels
can crawl through the eye OF darnng needle
twice before the latter can get through the
LADY PHILOSOPHER has arrived at the con-
clusion that, although woman ls justly blamed
with having tempted man TO eat forbidden things,
| he took TO drinking of his own accord.
Tun Golden Aes, having moved Its once TO
| new building, expects TO make even q better
paper than ever, as their arrangement, "leaye
| no lounging room for those bOrcs who infest
newspaper sanctumS like yawning tittlers In
country tavern"
MOST Of the teachers and all Of the pupils OF
! the Massachusetts, schools favor the movement
sion Of four hours rather than the present Toof
| slx hours.
YOUNG lady Of this city was recent strueE
with the uselessness OF her life, and Immediately
| went TO work with vlgor to learn plain sewing.
At latest dates she had hommsd one side OF
towel, which the proud parents have framed and
hung In conspicuous positlOn.-N. J.. Mail.
SPKAKRd OF the cotton crop OF this season
Southern papers say that the money paid for u
In lts nav state will not fall short Of 900
or this sum about SOS, 900, 900 will have gone 10
speouatoFs and the purchasers, leaving tlSo, ,Ooo-
| 600 to the producers.
AN Austrian sea-dredgng expedition In the
aeaTsS Of saImal life Al tSe greater depths, which
the naturalist under whom tho explorations have
been conducted attributes 70 the absence OF cur
| rents so far below the surface-tho maximum
depth reached being six hundred and thirty
fathoms.
AsrEAMER Is being built In England having slS
keels, placed at equal distances on her nat Dot.
tom, intended as a channel steamer, her sides
being perpendicular without any curvature
Being OF light draught, the keels being only two
! tact deep, and rolling under such circumstance
impossible, seaslckness will be obyiated.
4 An effort has lately been made to utilize III,
4 fund left by BENJAMIN Franklin for the benent o.
: young mechanicA OF boston Just setting up II
0 | business, but there seems to be no way In which
n that class can be benefited by the philosopher
5 printers gift, which amounts to flTo,OoO.
9 tue area Of the State OF Minnesota Is mucl
I larger than the States OF New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut com
D blned, and the area of land grants TO railroad
within her borders Ia equal IN extent TO the ter
. rtory OF Massachusetts,, Connecticut Rhod
Q Island and half Of New Hampshire, Il was II
1859 that the nrst mile OF railroad was complete,
q In the State, and there are now In operation
= within It's limits 1909 miles Of railway.
: NEW YoRx CITY, taking warning by tho exam
pie OF Boston and Chicago, Is about to take meas
y ures for "the more enectual eXtlngulshment o
= fires" bill now before the Legislature provide
7 for the appointment OF a corps OF sappers ant
! miners In the fire department OF that metropolis
soNn two months ago Georgia abolished he
| uSury laws, and even at this early date the peo
| pie profess to have experienced marked benefit
from it. They claim that there IA already an in
| crease In the supply OF money and q reduction
In the rate Of interest, at least az the trad
| centres.
THE scientific gentleman who, every sprini
rcsuTrectA q single toad from his bed OF soil
II rock, will have to take back seat now, for a
: Concord, N, H., man, digging up an old fenc
post the other day, discovered q colony Of II
! toads snuRiy slowed away At the bottom OF tn
n hole lie does include In his count one old toa
70 | tina. was thin and rheumatic.