National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-10
MTSCELLANY.

If that Dreaming Ioianthe in butter
kept on exhibition tho rest Of the season It will DO
what the phrenologists would call an exception.
ally strong hs I'D.
"A st. Louis newspaper establishment Is so
heavily mortgaged thst the only thing lcil for tho
sheriff 70 levy on 10 the pswspoesr iNssi6 As edi.
tisns are relied off the press the Aeputies sci 4,
them and hawk the papers on the streets.
Charles, piayfully: "How much really
did that hat cost, Jennier" JENNA, arohly: ali
you really want to inspect the bills for my dry
goods, Charles, there is way to do IT," And
what else could Charlie, do but propose on tho
spot?
--Garncts stood the ST. Louis fire better
than any other precious stones, while ametbysts
lost their color entirely and became like opais.
pearls were entirely ruined, diamonds crumbied
to dust and canoes became as soft and brittle as
chalk.
-Ex President Grant, on his arrival In
London, viii have q special audience with Queen
Victoria, and be tho guest Of Mr.. DisraeiI and
other eminent mon. II is said that In deisrencs
to the high ofiioe he has iilod the Queen will pay
him q visit.
According to the latest French estimates
the Turkish army is composed In Europe OF GOT
battaitons and 81 cavalry corps comprising ISL,
900 men and tos cannons. In Asia 1875 battalions
mons. Tho fleet In the Black son embraces 10
iron.ciads. ~
English people In humble life set thoir
superiors In position an excellent example as re.
CARDS simplicity In marriage. In Lec Is, Derby
and other places tho artisans often work up TO
breakfast time, get married between breakfast
and dinner, and amer their last-named meai 70
back to their labor for the rest OF the day.
"A balloon ascent WAS made at Toulouse
recently. Inc @ronaut, M. blanchard, rose to d
ao I,s ., s~o meues, ana aiisht' on the road
,1 oona''es, 10" miles from the starting point.
ns ny n"., no"erei, ScAIcey reaoh7i the ground
s. ~" ,"o poSs.as. Nho nad peon Watching tho
'',,,, susneu .tne Ga, and plundered II OF
w ''n"s ~ oon'"'nea-ea barometer, thermomo'
Wi ""''o'' ''P's' "ao e'ch 'ho oaBs OF paiisst.
-, "A man VINO wa recently sitting on the
ssa,N VI noe.casuc river, hehtucky, quietly
...s =, "nu "'n NJ ouo near, was nearly irgnts
H ,. W u'"sn W 'ne suuuen appearance OF
20 u.s.. nan, WIN heaa o. enormous size, coming
=, .n. ., .no "a,cr q, ne Grew In MS line.
~ s.s s.ss ~ 70 ING pody o. an itanan
""' n'u wv" uf'"neaa 10" Gays before.
= ooi. 'ouuer, VINO died recently at Hyeres,
u. ,,aa.e' va l"s miashipmsn on tho ship
.sss'e.'s' slAuoned ~ MILO, In the Meditcrra.
nsAn, sna was present wnon several peasants dis
ns s,I'eu tne "o,idamed statue Oh the venice Of
.an, w. IN .ne gsnei'es OF the Louvre. He
s %a o. INC discovery TO the French
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AN iron-ciad war steamer for the Japan
Csc Government has been launched In London.
Inc Japanese Minister was present, and chris.
tened IL rou SO, rom mountain In Japan. At
the accompanying lunch tho Chinese Minister
proposed toast to the success Of tho Japanese
marine. The vessel is go feet long, and has an
"'',. A''' 'no"'' '"''H
Horace barnes, OF Point Morris. Me-, con-
tracted In 1853 torecovcr the OF treasure
Of the frigate Hussar, which sank ninety.sH
years ago near He'll Gate; but, after I'VE years
labor and an expense OF more than 10000, no
gave II up. He has now, however, secured tho
aid Of Sidney Cook, OF Presque Isle, Nd, noted
diver, and will resume work ut once.
"A kentucky dentist undertook to plug one
oil the back teeth OF a favoritc mule. He bored
and bored until the drill struck something that
seemed to lin the animals soul right oil Its
hinges, That's the way tho coroner explained
II, and since then wild mule has been galioping
up and down tho country, seeking for fresh
worlds to conquer.
The widow of Judge Louis Dent. n sIster.
ip.lav of MIS- aran, bs. racaI,.a .so 900 h., ~.
successful termination Of suit in regard to on
cid spanish claim, placed In her husbands hands
several years before his death, and afterwsrd
taken py Calsb Cushing ~ an act OF friendship
TO the widow OF his old friend.
DIR. Derby. of Bostop. bas inst distrthptsd
among ths ofsesrs Of .,d CoIi.~. ~. ..no-,
Of results Of a, eIa,op Alton or ne .,.. or ,hs
freshman class which he conducted Ia M Januarv
Out Of IN men, thirty Per cent were iound to DO
ar.sighted, and twenty-five per cent. Of this
number did not before the examination kasw Of
their short sight. .r.
In Russia, when A newly enriched mer
chant IA bent on organising n res,lv briIIi,n, an.
tertainment be spends thousands a. ranni.. -,
the sumner. tho mu,Ic and tbs d.csr.t,on. All
than 10 vtvs an air a, ,,r. d,.,,,,t,on d, ~. g..
bargains for tbe nt,cns,nce NJ 4 $1,000 r.,a.a,
Who uuder,tands n Ia bo . n.r, AZ nj. \. sr.,n ~
anpear IN mil uniform mn Al, bi, c,o,'s. ~
decoratIons -''
n.
rAau ihhnu'acturer mas received an
.h,r,s mo, .h,.h .,,,..,. &C., az 49, y, "n'.o
be prInted In DIV bIuo i.,t.r. Iroon a nnmno, =,
vbite volleu undsr,bi,ts h. IA ha .t.mn.d M.
,l9nature Of Mohnmmed Tbs artIcI., A., In
tended for dIstribution 10 rurti,h soldier vhsn
upon especially dangerous dutv 10 s,,mn,,ta
their courage under the Imnres,,on tha, thov 90
talI,mans, "'N
10 maue III osn FRANCISCO rom saw
aus' "I hno ruoo'sn, such rs rags, OLD leather,
pones-in iso'' everything that Is usually throws
eWay-in ths pfoporuoas OF 70 per cent. tar, tho
same pssoentsge OF saWdust and 20 per cent Of