National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-02
AL SORTS.

At the recent fair In Norwich, Conn.,, Roman
coin OF the era Of Marc Antony was exhibited as
gentle hint Of the durable value Of hard money.
A big crop Of oysters Is set down for the New
Jersey coast this year. four million bushels being
the estimate. The oystermen are already In .
Marshal MacMahonis income as President Of
France is sl2o 900 per snnum, besides which he is
allowed s7s,o0o for household and reception eI-
penses.
The increase Of the number Of books In the
Public Library Of Boston averages 800 per
month, and there are now 2so,s34 volumes on the
shelves.
Manufactured for every man, women and child In
the United States. Forty years ago two was the
allowance.
On Oct. 23d monument will be erected.in the
Richmond cemetery to the memory Of John X.
Thompson, memorable as the only poet ever
grown in Virginia.
In consequences OF the destruction Of forests in
Southern Russia, the climate ofthe Empire is be-
coming colder in winter and drier in summer
every year.
Mrs E. H. Tubman has presented to the Camp
bellite Society Of Augusta, Ga, q magnificent
church edifce, having the tallest spire in the
South, and costing her nearly $4,000.
A Buffalo physician asserts that iron at
white heat produces merely q tickling sensation
on the flesh, and therefore Clara Morris could not
have suffered the excessive torture reported.
In case the countrys fathers little Ratchet can
not be found no effort should be spared to secure
for the Centennial one Of the double ecptlc brass
pens with which the country's poet writes ooitu-
aries.
Mamma, Ito her Oldest son)-"My dear George,
where are your manners7 You should always
say Thank you when anything is handed to
you" George-"Ob, bother having to say thanks
every time ma! Can't fellow have season
ticket?"
The board Of visitors Of the Baltimore jail have
decided to try the experiment on the professional
bummers OF mixing whisky with every article OF
food and drink issued to them, in the hope that
their thirst for liquor may be permanently salts
fed.
Mr.. Disraeli, if q recentIeport is true, has made
a graceful acknowledgment that would become
more than one English author. He said he owed
what literary reputation he had largely to the
people of the United States, and that be had Tor
them the kindest feelings.
friend called on the historian Ranke in Ber-
lin lately, and observed, "Well, Professor, sup
pose you work as hard as ever in your old age 2"
''Yes, ;" replied veteran, tenderly, my VILE Is
dead now, you see, and nave less annoyance,
and can accomplish more"
The Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragus OBJ
serves els hty-two fast days. Estimating the
laborpg population at 1900, and wages at thirty
cents per day, the country sustaips an annual
u
tion in its agricultural products
There exists in St. Marks library, at Venice,
manuscript.iD:.the- handwriting Of John Locke,
cUnsisting of notes on medical subjects, which Is
the more curious II, as has been said, Locke
was ayerse from allowing 1t to be known that ne
once intended TO practice medicine.
The Emperor of Brazil is coming to the Gen.
tennial Fair, and he might as we'll bring along
few diamonds for exhibition; good business
might also be done in monkeys King Kalakaua,
however, conscientiously declines, for fear OF
again subjecting American cities TO the footing
Of his hotel bills.
Mr. G. W. Smith has been directed by the
trustees Of the British Museum to resume his ex-
cavstions at Nineyeh. and he expects to start
soon for the East. His new book on the "Chal-
dean Account of Genesis, )" which contains his re-
cent discoveries, is now in the press, and will
shortly be published.
A deaf and dumb man entered the house Of a
Texan farmer to stay all night, and not making
himself understood he put his hand in his pocket
farmer thinking he was drawing some weapon on
him fred at him, and inflicted wound which
may prove fatal.
While journeylng ty the London and North
western railway from Liverpool to London on
September II, young American woman named
Wyatt, aged seventeen, gave birth to child in
the train. The mother and the infant both died
soon afterward, and at an inquest the verdict was
that death had been accelerated by sea-siekness
and travelling.
uyhat's all this talk about the courrency and
the Te-twinties and the sivin.thrties that hears
about, Mixer" "WhY, bliss your sowl, don't ye
know, PATTI 1t names that the Government wants
TO make the labOrin' min to work from nve-twinty
in the mornin' till stvin-thirty In the avening."
"Och, the spalpeens! May the diVil choke thim!',
What mystery Is coBcealed in this piece Of In
teIlIgence? "The trouble between the Univer-
salist church at Bridgeport and Its pastor, the
Rev. Olympia Brown Willis, came up again last
week at the annual convention of Universalists
held in that city, but after long discussion, and
the bling of q motion generating her OF any
charges Of unministerial conduct, the whole mat
ter was indefinitely postponed"
The Scientific american says If q bottle Of the
oil of pennyroyal is left uncorked in q room at
will be found there in the morning. Mix potash
with powdered meal and throw into the rat-holes
OF a cellar, and the rats will depart. If rat or
mouse gets into your pantry, stuff into his hole a
rag saturated with a solution Of Cayenne pepper,
and no rat mouse will touch the rag for the
purpose Of opening communication with depot
OF supplies.
The largest piece Of ordnance in the world the
new Sl-toH gun, has Just been placed in the
Wcolwich dock yard, in England. II has been
constructed from the designs and under the per-
uty assistant superintendent of the royal gun
factories. Mr.. Frsser's plan is IN important
modification OF Sir W. Armstrong;, from which
it differs principally in building up gun with
few long double triple COILS instead of several
short single ones, and o forged breechpiece.
There is less material, less labor and less fine
working, and consequently less expense required
for the Fraser" or present service construction.
Ofthe detailed proportions Of the gun It will suf
fec to say that It weighs with the carriage some
thing over 81 tens the carriage bringing the
dead weight up to 40 tons. 1t is nearly q feet
long, the length Of the bore being "a feet. 1t is
two feet IN alsmete1 ano ~ PTesent Ine pore viii
It is intended that the gun shall ultimately have
q bore Of 10 inches.