National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-28
ALL SORTS.

Habey, o candidate for Senator In Paris, was
nominated as Q representative Of poor working
men; but, mueh to the annoyance Of his support
eTs the discovery has been made that he owns
property worth $4,000 francs.
DE-. Hayford, Of Laramie, who drew up the
woman suffrage law for the Wyoming Legisla-
ture, says there are not twenty i've people In the
Territory who would now vote for its repeal.
Fights at the polls, street braNls and oar-room
rows never occur.
The Unitarians at West Roxbury, Mass, re-
Gently invited the Congrega tionalists to join them
marriage Rage Bell tili Il was announced that dane
ing would begin in q few minutes, when the Con-
gregationalists abandoned the hallin huff.
Mr.. spurgeon allowed his twin sons to freely
choose Their callings. One became clerk and the
other an engineers apprentice; but, after al,
ministerial work. II Is said that Chas Spargeon,
preacher" = =
In Maine ssgoWo are invested in porgy sac
tories, which employ "a men, 80 steamers, and
fsh were taken, and i,oo6,Ooo gallons Of oil and
1000 tons ofguapo were made. Fourteen steamers
were also added to the feet, and lseoe barrels Of
hsh were sold for bait. .r H..-
The Feughkeepsie Eagle says that divorced
husband recently met at the Hudson River Rail-
road depot in that city his wife and child, from
whom ne had been separated, and while the
three talking the second wife Of the divorced
ssSs & Is % sOodby ns and his
second wife into the car.
A San Antonio saloon keeper, hoping to scare
OF free lunch tiend, said: There's trichina in
them sausages." The fend took another mouth
tssss
Eyes, enough to kill bog" .'Well," chewing
vigorously, "that's what my-family-physicia
Rtyes-ne fora tonic when-I-haint got no
appetite"
A single manufacturer Of perfumery at Cannes,
France, uses annually 100000 pounds Of orange
blossoms, $4,000 pounds Of acacia flowers, 10000
pounds Of rose leaves 81 900 pounds Of volets 5000
pounds Of tuberoses, and rosemary. mint thyme,
lemons, and citrons in proportionate quantities.
Nice and cannes together consume annually over
20 tons Of violets, and Nice alone 100 tons Of
orange blossoms.
A Chinese doctor Gays that Americans boil tea,
and thereby lose the favor, while the Chinese
make 1t by infusion. They place o small quantity
OF tea-leaFes in bowl, pour boiling water upon
II, and then cover the bowl. The strength Of the
tea depends on the time the tea is allowed to draw
sion, do not boil the water hastily at first. MILK
or sugar should never be used with tea.''
A French farmer, near Bordeaux, to protect his
crops from the frost, recently placed four large
heaps Of wood and dried leaves saturated with Oil
duced thick black smoke, which hung over the
ground like mist, and the temperature became
two or three degrees higher than in adjoining
fields. The cost was estimated at cents an hour
. for each acre.
A discussion in England as to the influence Of
exercise on health gives rise to reference by the
Pail Nall Gazette to the Rev. William Davies,
vicar Of All Saints, Hereford, who died in 1870 at
the age of one hundred and i've years. He spent
the last thirty years Of his life almost wholly
indoors, never exercising more than by shutting
from room to room. He ate voraciously Of the
heartiest food and drank large quantities Of wine
In the new House of Deputies built at Versailles
there is a splendid bar-rcom for the convenience
of Deputies. It is called ia Buvette,'fs ele-
gantly furnished, sbundantly supplied with wines,
liquors, beers, cordials, lemonade, sugar and
water,n &C., waited on by servants in the State
livery, and, more than all, is scot free and for
nothing, though, Of course, reserved exclusively
for the use Of members Of the Assembly.
1.-TWO Of my neighbors, +" writes a correspondent
in South Carolina, ''are Col. r. G. Howard, and
TONY, formerly his slave who now goes by the
name of A. II. Howard. Both are members Of our
Legislature, where both sit with perfect equality
making laws. The former, of course, is q Demo-
crat, and the latter o Radical After adjourn
ment the Colonel superintends his farm and Tony
works for him as carpenter taking his meals in
the Kitchen with the cook"