National Republican., 1876-01-28
ALI. SORTS.

In the line OF "Hou 10 Bring up PARENTS is
| the speech Of little boy, who said, "Father, !
think you should give up swearing or family
prayers" vHr
The tonnage employed in the whale fishery OF
the United States is IS, $50, and the number Of
vessels 16e, against Cos vessels with tonnage Of
| 20s, $50 in 1854.
The Chinese In this country are already out
growing their superstitions. The body Of one
who died recently in North Adams, MASS, was
| not sent home for burial.
"A monster diamond, weighing sOI csrats, has
been found at Old De Beers, Cape Town. An
old digger by the name of Phillips recently found
. superb stone at De Toit's Pan, which weighed
1o3 carats. He Immediately sold 1t for f3,55o
California's wine product in 1875 is stated at
eight millions ofgallons. The supply is greater
than the demand. The makers have, in conyen-
ably made into brandy if the Government would
reduce the tax.
Chinaman ip California, whose life was in
sured for large amount, was seriously hurt BY
falling from a wagon. There was some doubt or
his ever getting better, and at length ons OF his
friends wrote to the insurance company, Charley
half dead; like half money"
The Queen of Madagascar whose name is al
| most as long as that Of Dir. Bergh's society, is
enforcing an order to free all slaves imported
during the past nine years: But certain cStefs
defed her emisssries, and killed some of them
who interiered with the slave tratic.
Alvin and Charity Haywood, husband and
vile, lived together in extreme poverty in San
Francisco for many years. Mining speculation
has enriched them TO the extent OF ten millions,
and now, when both are over sixty years old, they
have decided that they will be hsppfer spsrt.
tween them by mutual agreement, and he is to
allow her to get divorce on the grourd Of de-
sertton.A .Aass-
John Z. Owens once desired to reward a porter
who had been unusually quick of performing an
GRAND, and mechanically put his hand in his
pocket and drew out quarter. He held it OUT
10 the porter, but thinking he deserved some
thing more than quarter for so much intelli-
gence and celebrity, drew IL back and said: "No,
I'll give you seats for Yourself and wife tonight
John" "NO, thank you, Mr. Owens" said John,
I'D rather have the quarter"
During the past year ls9, ,SO7 tons Of ore have
been extracted from all the levels Of the Consol-
dated Virginia mine, and 16e, ,O9i tons have been
reduced, which yieloed SI6,73l, ,653 in bullion.
There are now in the ore-house and at the mills
2,9ss tons, valued by assay at siTS,0s0. This ore
has been taken from the LOO 1900, l. 400 and
iaOo loot levels, incluiiDg small quantity which
has Deen gathered in the explorations which had
oeen made on the $50 loot level.
The new counties of Nebraska, uutaught by
the experience Of Missouri and Illinois, are in
curing heavy railroad debts. Dakota and Dixon
counties have Just ssddled themselves with
500, eco Of bonds to aid railroad to the Black
Hills, and other districts are about to do the
same. When the interest falls due, about year
from now, the Nebraska papers will be full Of
denunciations Of the bioated Eastern bondhoIders
trying 10 squeeze ten per cent. out OF honest
grangers.
TIE msrgled body of q boy was found by
party of hunters in the woods near WATSON,
Miss, life being barely extinct. The hunters
supposed that the murderer would return to hide
the corpse, and they hid near by. negro soon
came, and, when accused, confessed that he had
shot the boys dog, and then killed the boy for
fear that the death Of the dog might get him into
trouble. The hunters decided unanimously by
ballot that he ought TO die, and at once hanged
him to a tree.