National Republican., 1877-07-04
MfSrEJLaNY.

son to test the various fancy drinks made and sold
al The retail bars IN the city"
Even beyond the similarity of pronuncia-
ton there is but little difference between high
aud IL sgh-only the brief space that eiapscs he.
tween the throwing up of one and the heaying 'f
the other.
DIT Schlieman sold groceries for twenty
years, and thinks that had hc not been grocer he
could not have succeeded IN his discoveries This
Is undoubtedly time. Putting five pIntr of molasscs
in two.quurt pail develops a mani ingenuity In
the highest degree
A paragraph is going the rounds stating
that the exact spot Of Burvuyncs surrender is not
known 1t Is absolutely certain, however, that
when lie did surrender he had the most woe Bur
sUynC look Of any man who was present on that
memorable occasion.
--Wc can't just exactly explain where the
resemblance IL, bnt, somehow or other whenever
we rcad that within hFy,six hours after the rob
lcry of Wyoming stage company OF United
states cavalry started In pursuit oi the robbers
always puts us In mind Of the TcSlctuRng of
NicSic.
A Louisville woman was promised ten
dollar by single woman of her acquaintance, II
shc would induce certain Young man to marry
her She praised the young lady 50 much in hi
prCscnrc that he sought her hand IN marriage, and
" NttlllE IblONfu. INT NNlnhH Nllt'l Htl lNN
n,t the conrt would not allow 1t, So much for Ken
tucky justice.
james Russell Lowell tells good story
nhom his butcher one morning the InancSpati
ated upon the loveincsS Of the moonlight OF the
night before, aud Just ~ the poet was thinking
that he had done him injustice IN never having
given him credit for refinement Of soul, the
butcher said: Last night was fine jcst couldn't
Sleep, and had to get up md 20 to KILN"
1t was court week" IN country tavern,
and q late conner wns given one ~ n dozen cots
which had been put up temporarily In the parlo,.
There was a grand chorus Of snorCS from the
other cots. Amer nn hour or more ofthis upfoar,
one Of the most resonant snorcs brought up with
II snort. and was suddenly silent A French.
man, who occupied cot In an extreme cor.
ner of the room, exclaimed: Tank God, Won
ccs hcadw
john Bryant, prisoner for three years
and half at the Richmond rcnitcniiary, has male
with shoe knife an English castle Of f,ndAl timcs,
| with towers, battlcmcnt gateway, SC, Of hiW0
pieces Of wood each about iWl inches long and of
the width and thickness 'I u mall knifc.blalc.
Fhe wood Is from twenty ave different kinds Of
trees and to fashion each rl inter or Jack" II had
In he handled eight times. No nail screw, wedge
glue or other things Of the Kind arc used IN hold
Ing the material together,
bIlRlH VI lH' Nblu N
curiuus enough. The s,anInrds visited that
country previous to the French and made par
li'ulm search for gold and silver and, finding
none. they Often said among hcmNelves, "Aca
Tu,n''-IhCfc s nothing here. The indians, who
watched closely. learned the sentence anil its
meaning. rhc French arrived, and the Indinus
who wanted none OF their company and supposed
,hcy also were SpaniarlN come on the same crHnd.
were uxin,Is to inform them in the spanish sen.
t Aau IA la, Ia, Enn 1,SS
of Spanish than the Indians, supposed this inccs
| sanity recurring sound was the name Of the
country and gave Il the name Of Canada" which
II has borne ever since.
A correspondent, writing ahont the Greek
| Cathedral at Bucharest, says: One very choice
| subjcct--plRccd above the reach Of vandalism
struck me as something quite out Of the common.
Our Saviour, seated upon II bank OF clonds Is re-
cciving newcomers to heaven: the mode Of nrrcss
by pair Of ladders, one resting upon the ,n.r.
step OF q church, the other suspended over the
mouth Of a fiery dragon. Up the rounds Of the
ladder are clambering number of gentlemen in
long pink robcs In attitudes intended In repre-.
sent the extreme difficulty OF the ascent. which Is
still complicated by the assaults Of seven very
long legged little devils, who now and then are
successful in throwing sinner into the dragons
throat but who are, as q rule, rcpulsed by seven
| angels IN blue dresses, armed with tridents. The
work is morc than coarsely done, but Il is new
Tcihod oftrcating the subject ! have noticed Il
t 'ir benefit ofany of my readers who may be
: . tfsts H" r
A correspondent who has visited the ar
,enHl on the ,Iotcn Horn remarks that II is dAi
cult 10 comprehend that is in the chief aTscnal
Of great nation engaged in u, tremendous wGr
when one SECS the listcssness and apathy Of every
one concerned A few months ago there were 3tI
people there. but their numbers have been reduced
TO 1000 Enpp guns which should months agO
have been At tie DdTdanellesnndon on the Bosphorus
are peacefully slumbering, side by side with Other
guns looking ut them Several wooden nlgates and
corvcttcs are being fitted out hut the work on then
progresses very sluw'y fine iron clad Is In course
OF construction but II " impossible TO predict when
she will he flushed. Ia England she would re
quire go or 80 men TOR six or nino months hui
the Turks have only thitty men at work on her
anlthey wander about li'tcSsly as II the conscious
ness Of their utter nsclCssness weighed upon them
Very little material IA visible, tlIonph they are lie
leyed to be tolerably well supplied with H. and Tho
workshops, steam hammers, and 10 forth ore really
good sv."
-Karakal is a station on the X rajova brancl
Of the Roumanian railway. II is said to have leoi
, founded by CGracnln, and correspondent Of III,
Londan Standard, who dincd there carly in Jun,
with the staff of Gen Rndovitz thinks that the Fin
peroT must have been very wicked man. N,
words can do Justice To tho squaOr Of tho town
The entertainment took place under shcd, In
; meadow stream with old planks and broken bot
ties. The rcstraurant' keeper had only one Ian
torn which was irrayocably fastened IN u corner o
the she'd He had candles without cnndlesticks
which he tried to keep nlieht five seconds together
!, the attempt failed, aud the company sat liz
ghous and awaited the dinner shadowy dog
rOamed among them; bats and night birds lifted Il
and out What was given them TO eat In this oh
scnrity nobody could tell. II seemed to consist o
old rags and candle ends tied up In cabbage leave
aud vet nfoat In sour milk This dish was alto
gether too national for theeclectic gentlemen Of III
STAFF and, afer u few heroic efforts, they fell bac
on boiled eggs. ."'.. ..
Curious jew's.harps are madeb by the Japan
rse and Rijians. Those Of the former are twelv
: inches long made Of wood and have a reed tongue
i which Is vibratod by tho finger and tho sound
d given by the force OF the breath and modulacd b
the lips and cavity of the mouth These instr
mcnts are also used IN Bnrmah. The fijan jew
harp is of bamboo; the tongue Is made by leavin
5 vibratable slip when carving Longitudinal orel
y ing In the bamboo strip II Is about a foot lon
n The Kafirs and Tshitians have taken great fame
to the jews.harp Of the white man aud II is supc
b seding the Instruments OF native manufacture. Th
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