National Republican., 1875-07-12
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San Francisco consumes one third more liquor
than Chicago.
The several British settlements In South Africa
are to be formed inte confederation, after the
model Of the Dominion Of Canada.
A Missouri land company has just resumed the
survey Of some bottom lands near New Madrid,
which was interrupted By the earthquake in
1s11.
Most Of the twenty-cent pieces coined by the
San Francisco mint have gone into the hands Of
the brokers, who retail them to the public ct the
very low price Of Is cents each.
The total number of post ofices in the entire
Russian empire, both In Europe and ASIA, is
$500. In Lendon alone there are $50, and.in Eng
land and Wales there are e,2so
By decree of the Italian Government no
foreign ship in italian waters Is permitted to use
the potatoes it has en- board, unless the whole
supply is washed under the supervision Of the
The plesdings In the trial OF the murderer Of
Editor Sonzogno, at Rome, will commence on the
9Th Of July. The trial is very exciting topic in
the Eternal City, and tickets to the courtroom
are much sought after.
Salt Lake City Mormon gives to the world
the following remedy: "If you have children
with red hair. give them warm, fresh milk from
Texas cow. 1t will cure It for certain to black"
If somebody will lend us q Texas cow and baby
with red hair, we should like to try 1t.
An old bachelor geologist was boasting that
every rock was as familiar to him as the alpha
bet. A lady declared that she knew q rock OF
which ne was ignorant. "Name 1t, madam, !" said
he. "Rock the cradle, sir, replied tue lady.
man in Portland, Oregon, thought he recog-
nized an old friend, and proceeded to slap him
heartily on the back and excaIm, ''Hello, old fell
found out that it wasn't his friend, but the Rev.
Z. Payson Hammond, the revivalist.
King Oscar Of Sweden has been enjoying roya
high cockalorum time at Berlin. The faithful,
imperial vssssls couldn't do too much for him. A
are Protestant and both famed for a conquering
hero-Charles XII. and Fred. ii. AS Swedes and
Sanarcs are sess o she same ace
be tied tighter and shorter. The day may come
fer It.
The Bishop of Verdun, in France is of opinion
that there have been a sufficient number of ap-
pearances Of the Holy Virgin. An spparition was
and 1t was followed by the usual miraculous
cuses; but the Bishop has abruptly interfered,
apparition of the Virgin has by no means been
proved. I'd. The miraculous cures are pare IN
TO- 1e Ssys gons Sm s1 IL 5aT taese
blind credulity. The Bishop OF Verdun in article
being mindful perhaps of what happen in the case
of Mansignor De Bonald, who, when the miracle
Of La Salette was hrst noised abroad, condemned
A traveller gives the following as the only cor
rect mode Of eating oranges: You must cut the
yellow skin off carefully at night, leaving the
white pocket inside whole. Cut of the head sf
the orange, leaving small raw SPOT exposed.
Set the oranges out Of doors, so that the dew may
fall on them, and in the morning the white skin
will be tough and juice tight. At the breakfast
table grasp your orange with napkin as you
would newly boiled egg, and as you eat an egg
through its broken she'll press the juice of your
orange through Its outer rind. Squeeze every
drop into the mouth. Serve another orange, and
still another, in the same way. And so keep on
squeezing and sucking, and sucking and squeeZ-
ing. The mere orange juice you swallow the bet
ter for the stomach, the blood and the entire
man. No one need be afraid to thus dispose Of o
dozen oranges before breakfast.
The present wide prevalence of plague on the
Lower Euphrates is the continuation Of an out
break which, beginning at the close of 1873, had
not ended at the close of1sT4. Last year the dis
Hillah and Dwianieh; this year 1t has become
prevalent over the extensive district lying south
of Dwianieh, between the sea of Nedjef and the
Shatel-Hie. South Of Hillah, the country Oor-
dering the Euphrstes on each side as far down as
the junction of Shat-elHie, is occupied by extern
sive marshes, and during the annual overflow Of
the river becomes q vast tnundaton. In the midst
Of these marshes. numerous Arab communities
live, occupying reed huts, cultivating rice, and
maintaining communication with each other by
boats. They are often at feud, and among the
more southern state Of savage lawlessness ap.
pears to exist which makes intercourse with them
difficult and dangerous. Part of the district
which is the scene of the present outbreak of
plague seems to be q veritable Alsatia, for the
marshes in the vicinity Of Lamlum are said to be
others who have fed from the Turkish authori-
ties