National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-08
MISCELLANY.


aid the artist $1,000 for II.
An express train in Russia, carrying
0oo00O rouhlcS, not only failed the other day
each its destination hut has altogether disnI-
cared without leaving the slightest traces afford
Ing clue as to what has become Of ii.
"A woman In England read notice in n
newspaper that her husband from whom shc had
rCcn separated for seventeen years, lying III
IN San Francisco hospital. she hnstcncd thithcf.
md found that he had been discharged She con
''""d the search, found him, and they were recon.
ciled
Edward Lee who was convicted on two
charges Of rOpc committed suicide In the jail at
saltwater. MINI, the other day. His body was
Owen to the doctors, who examined the BRAIN and
Iftcr splitting out about thousand technical terms
sClntng to the condition Of the mans bruin, came
to the conclusion that his brain weighed forty eight
unccs, and was perfectly formal, while his organ
II Rmatiycncss was rather under the average and
no trace Of insanity could be found.
A Frcnchman named Buvcrt has invented
what seems to be II highly successful dress for de
Tying fire. II Is believed To bc chiefly formed of
sponge which Is soaked before Use The portion
which covers the head s sufficiently large 10 con.
lain the air necessary for breathing while the opci-
ator Is at work. VI. Blvcrt rolled over rcd.hot
Oal without apparently experiencing any incOn.
vcncnce, and IL Is believed that the dress might h.
| Of great value in enabling the wenrcrs to save val
uabcs at fires.
The students Of Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn, have had wTanglc over the college color.
On Thursday green and white were voted down
| and blue aud silver gray were adopted. On the
next day blue anh silver gray were east off and
| green and white were PIT on. 1t was understood
that the young ladies of the city had objected :"
| the wearing of the green, but their preferences
were not considered. II was issue between the
secret societies; the color line had appeared incol
| lcge politics, and gnllantry went to the wall.
Priests of the Greek Church are believed
| in Russia to be able to exercise evil spirits and
| traveller In Moscow was surprised to find in the
Church Of 81. Ivan stout woman on her face, he.
| fore the shrine of a saint barking like dog. The
priests voice IN singing Mass wNsncnIly drowned
| by her noise, Aud yet the crowd of people VIII"
| stood around the altar bowling and crossing them
selves constantly did not seem nj all surprised
| deacon handed round tray for contributions and
| the woman was then told that the evil spirit hud
departed and to cease her noise. Probably In fl'l
| 0ith she acqucsrCd
At q theatrical dinner in Edinburgh, Sir
| Daniel Micncc said that many people went to the
| theatre TO have their feelings narrowed. II was
| peculiar pleasure he supposed. For himself he
rather like T. bc amused lie felt little like that
| old couple that went to Dublin theatre tn have
i
playing Mn. Hallcr and the poor bodies were kept
| crying ali the evening. At length in one of the
| scenes where the great lady came In with her
handkerchief again at her eyes, the old man could
stand II no longer and, starting To his feet cried
out, "Ic lonEno,cl thGif sc call this diyarshun"
| The Hndo,s are cndcavoring to intro
| ancc their religion into Australia, and llindOo
missionaries have been for year laboring In that
country. One of thcm, Kabu sursjec reports to
l Ia Ia
| which he finds the Australians. The things he
particularly notices are that drunkenness and pro-
| family are irghtfnlly common that Hhlcct poverty
and deep ignorance are the leading characteristics
OF the people, and that as he thinks, the Christian
| religion dcgra,ics instead of ClcvGteS lie adds
| severely, that not much can he expected Of a re-
| liguu the founder of which drank wine when on
| earth, and the priests Of which relate stories Of
| improbable miracles.
| William Matthews, professcd spiritist
medium, is on trial in San Francisco, on charge
| of swindling by giving fraudulent scances. Sew
| crnl reputable witnesses testify that they attended
| one Of Matthews exhibitions. He entered cabi-
net closed the doors and In few minutes exposed
himself firmly tied tn seat. Spirits had done IT,
| he said. Then the doors were shut again, and II
variety Of faces were shown at an aperture. sud
| denly spectator wrcnchcd the cabinet open, an
other turned on the gas, and Matthews seen
with mask over his face. False whiskcrS and
| other things tn disguise with were on the floor
| The jury convicted him, but he has not yet been
sentenced.
Two daughters of farmer in st Law
renee county, y. Y, desired to pay the debt on
their homestead but they preferred not TO do II by
hard work. They hit upon an idea that suited
their purpose, and have made enough money IN re-
move the debt They had a large quantity of por-
Gus stone sawed into small pieces and thoroughly
soaked In an odorous preparation, which impaired
to them durable scent These they have ped
died throughout the state at twenty-five cents each
representing that they Were cut from the rock Of
wonderful pcriumCd cave in South America. The
girls :nio demure and pretty, and tell their lie
with such an appearance of simplicity, that the
sales arc very large. They have just put fresh
lot Of stone In soak, preparatory to an extended
Western tour.
The large Rodman gun which was cast in
Boston last week with two exceptions the larges
piece Of ordnance ever made in the United States
Ninety tons Of metal were melted In the three fur
naces In which the monster was east. The tube
which Is to be placed within the bore Is about q.
inches long and y inches In diameter 1t will bC
. received from England at an carly day The di
ametcr at the widest part will be ~ inches and tho
casing will he 20 inches for depth of or inches; Al
the muzzlc the external diameter will be % lnChe
the length of the gun will he 263 inches Rbou
p feet; 1t will carry 7OOpound conical ball. III,
ordinary charge Of powder will he 1O1 pounds and
the weight Of the ordnance will be about Is tons
' The special feature of this gun Is brass ring
i which, when the piece Is discharged, expand,
, against the bore of the gun and prevents any In
jury from the passage Of gas This gun big II Is
Is toy In comparison with the wrought-iron ant
cast, steel ordnance which has recently been manu-
0 featured abroad. The sl-ton Fraser gun, will
; which the British engineers have been expert
! : mcnting at Shucburyncss takes charge of "a
90. H.. a liz.