National Republican., 1875-07-15
ALL SORTS,

A copy Of the first edition OF Thomas AquInas'
works brought $3.50 at recent London book sale.
The ancient city of Catobriga, In Portugal,
submerged by the sea, with all Its Inhabitants II
the fifth century Of our era is to be dIsentombed.
The specimens of ore collected for the Centen-
NAL by Messrs. Stewart and WhItehill, at Phoebe,
weigh 1,O75 pounds.
Deposits Of silver Of extraordinary richness are
said to have been discovered on Rifle river, Mich.
and the people propose to rife the earth Of Its
treasures.
Socialism Is on the decline in Germany, the
number Of its adherents having dwindled In q
few years from $4,000 to about 25.0o0.
A bachelor made his will, leaving all his prop
erty to the girls who had refused him. "For,n
said he, ITO them ] owe all nay earthly happi.
ness"
The people Of France now take their bathing
houses with them ifrom Paris to the seaside.
trunk.
Lydia Smith, who was Thaddeus Stevens
housekeeper, and was given 5000 by his will,
has sued the estate for six years pay at 500
month.
A negro highwsyman near Lexington bought
revolver Of man for s3, and then used the weapon
to rob him Of all his money, including the pur-
chase money.
There is hole at Warwick, Massachusetts,,
the ground that 1t has never been fsthomed. Hot
air constantly comes out Of 1t.
The Sultan has eight hundred wives and de-
votes to his own and their 900 out of the
1000 900 that constitute the whole income of the
Turkish Empire.
The Louvre has bought, for l2OOoL the statue
Of the Virgin recently discovered at Touraine.
1t is said to be tne example Of French art Of the
sixteenth century.
II Ia now thonobt that tba sk.la,on ro,,a ,-
the sewer Of the Dannemors prison was not that
of the express robber, John J. Filktns He Is be-
lieved to be in Canada.
1t is estimated that there are about 90 900 acres
under cultivation In vineyards in California, COM
prising Is, ,OO0,O 900 mission or common vines, and
100000 imported vines.
No Norwegian girl is allowed to have beau
until she can bake bread and knit stockings; and,
as q consequence, every girl can bake and knit
long before she can read or write.
Mr.. Henry q. Bowen celebrated the Fourth Of
July by giving picnic at Woodstock to 5000 per.
sons, followed in the evening by fireworks in the
town, Tor which he contributed $500.
A man in Paris wants to light the city by means
Of one big lamp suspended from q balloon. The
authorities have prejudice against the plan be-
cause the inventor boards in an insane asylum.
During the first half of the present year slO,-
10000 we're coined at the mint in San Francisco,
timated amount Of coin In the banks Of the state
Is sl3, 27l, $50.
Last week Pittsburg editor wrote, "The closer
people get TO Nature, the closer they are to God "
Then he obtained leave Of absence to go out into
the country, and was struck by lightning while
robbing an apple orchard.
A proclamation from English phiIanthropists
against the Peruvian coolie trade has been pub
lished and widely circulated in the Chinese Ian
guage as we'll as advertised in native newspapers
The Brownsville, Mo-, Herald, hearing that
Plymouth church has increased Beecher's salary
to $1,000 says that If be continues to improve
his opportunities he may hve years hence have o
salary Of half million.
Hair can be turned blonde Or In other words
killed, by washing in very weak solution Of
soda twice day. Two Of the leading bellies of
New York society owe their much admired golden
tresses to this simple recipe.
"Box and Cox" will be produced In London
ssOp with the following great cast: Box, salvini;
Cox, Rossi, and Mrs. Bouncer, Nine. Ristori.
This will be as ne as the prohibition Of Camille"
with Janauschek as the heroine.
An old lady in New York particularly desired
that certain cushion on which she sat in church
should be buried with her, and as there was Diff
icuty in getting IL into her cofin, II was proposed
to cut It, when several thousand dollars In green
backs were found inside.
Nashville negro woman hung her baby to
one Of the posts Of porch, and it was strangled
almost to death when discovered and rescued.
She had witnessed public execution few days
before, and the spectacle had unsettled her rea-
son.
Six months ago o supposed murderer named
Lloyd was hanged in Georgia, and 1t is now said
that he was innocent, the evidence against him
having been manufactured by detectives who de-
sired an offered reward. An Investigation is to
be made.
The sale of alcoholic Hqsor has been third
less during the past SIX months than usual.
Three reasons are given for this-the increasing
consumption Of lager beer, the large Quantity Of
cider made last fall, and the scarcity Of money.
Prof TyndaIl recently said that the shock from
a single Leyden jar was very unpleasant, but
heavier discharge, such as he once received from
battery Of fifteen jars, is painless; he felt moth
ing; but was simply extinguished for sensible
interval Of time.
The Pail MGH Gazette says Of compulsory edu-
cation in London: "The advantages of compulsory
ciated as yet by the poorer classes, and the very
name OF the London school board is fast becoming
q aterror instead OF household word"
The Fourth Of July is an especial holiday TO
the ScandinaVians Of America. July 4, 1875, the
first small colony Of Scandinavian emigrants set
sail for America, where their followers and de-
scendants now fern an element In the population
Of the United States at once numerous and impor-
tant.
The German artist, Gabriel Max, has q pecu-
llaT palnLlnS AZ lO1OOu II Is Tue lbCo Ol OQIisl.
At a distance the eyes seem closed, but on ap-
preaching they appear to open gradually until
the full mournful gaze is seen. Still nearer the
eyelids are partly shut In death. The effect is
marvellous.
Mrs. Burnham writes to the st. Louis RspubEi-
can that in her opinion Mr.. Beecher will not sur
viye the summer. 1t seems to rs that Mrs. Burn
ham Is needlessly alarming her readers. Wenever
saw MIR. Beecher In apparently better health than
he is now. He has q comfortable, sold corn-fed
look that would make q life insurance agent stapd
out In the wet all night for chance TO book him
There are ssventy-four long titled, gray headed
survivors Of Waterloo. Among them are the
Earl of Albermarle, lately appointed senior field
marshal, anc who has had seventy.four unoroken
years of service, entering at fifteen; Lieutenant
General Sir John Bloomfield, General q. Mac
Donald, General Lord Rokeby, General y. Yorke
and Surgeon W. H. Young.
In consequence of reports Of cruelty to coolies
from Cuba, China peremptorily refuses further
departures Of emigrants. China says Spain may
go to war II she chooses, but emigration shall not
be resumed except on the condition Of the recep-
ton OF Chinese consuls In Oubs for the protection
Of the laborers.
When Gov. Leslie and Gov. Harlan, rival can
didates for the Kentucky Goyernorship IN 1871,
were stumping together, they found at one place
only a single bed for the two. "Well," said Les
lie, as they got comfortably under its eomforta.
bles, zone thing is certain-the next Governor Of
Kentucky is lying In this bed"
Recently three young men came all the way
from Boston to Long Branch TO see Anna Louise
Gary In the surf They carried small Russia
leather carpet bags, wore plain black clothes,
with waistcosss oIttCned up 70 the throat, & an and
rowed By lines Of thought, PhosphoTsscent eyes,
and divided public opinion at the Branch as 70
whether they were disguised grasshopper SUI
ferers or theological students.
Archbishop McHaIe, of Tuam, ireland, writes
a letter to Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, as
uRIy dear Lord ~ and gives him the same title In