National Republican., 1877-05-01
MTgCRLLANY.

tho utnofNaes.
Tho oid-fashioned sivcr comb Is coming
into fashion again. Tho price ranges from u to
tso. Lst it comb.
What the Prince Of Wales remarked to
his Royal mother In regard to the Eastern qucs.
tion-"Oh! Mameluke."f ILIy
"A Chicago cotsmporary says Of . very
prominent militia general that "his sword was
never drawn bat ones-snd then In . rsfas."
The sensitive actor, who couldn't ait In
the same room with . atea-urn on account Of It's
hissisg, has ja't been killed with "bsrst Of ~.
Piause." S.r.
Oovper, has eighty three per cent OF It's wordsin
and Dickens ssventy.hve. alH..m
"A Philadslphis judge dcclles that ran
road company 10 not responsible for baggage FUR.
ther than to check It, pound It to pieces, and pre-
serve an ordinary watch over the trunk handles.
The hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rseks the world; I'D.
But the man thas wakes tho baby
WIN get his ear.locks euriod. lHlI.g
Specimen Southern Itcm-A Georgia negro
twisted mules tail to urge Il over fencc. Tho
small attendance 1t the funeral next day showed
that the people didn't carc ~ he did twist tho
mules tail.
Curious hsh are found In wallow's Lake,
California, which blood red In color, very fat
and arc superior In dslicacy TO salmon. There
are only four known lakes In the world whore
these nsh are found. m -r....a.
In England and Wales alone, the latest
statistics show there Is population Of ooo, ,ooo
and there ere but soooo,c0o Of acres Of srable
land. This allows but one acre and quarter TO
each person, and British thinkers arc startled at
the situation.
The Mohammedans say that co0ee was
special revelation OF the angel Gabriel to Ma
homet, . compensation provided for tho people
revsres coffee next to the water Of the well Zem-
rem, and Medina sips II around the prophets
tomb.
--"Prsy sir," SAID Lady Wallace TO David
Hume, II an often asked what age am; what
answer should maker" Mr. Hume, Immediately
guessing her ladyship's meaning, said, "Madam
when you are asked that question again, answer
that you are not yet come to the years Of discre-
ton
james Mckay has six buffaloes on his erax.
ing farm at Long Lake, In Manitoba. Two OF
these are calves brought from the West last fall
and the others are older, some Of them full
grown. They feed with cattle during tho winter,
accompany them to the river for water every day
and arc the nrst among tho herd to onter tho
warm stables for shelter at night. The bunaloes,
from natural instinct, are conscious Of an ap-
prosching storm some time before felt. and re.
tire to comfortable quarters In the stable some
times an hour or two before the storm arises.
The Pieife Medieii Journal, commenting
upon tho announcement that high heeis wero to
be adopted By ladies OF fashion, says A conven-
ton Of doctors In the interest Of their trade
could not devise q bettor scheme for good times.
Women whose pedals are solidi hed may escape
with only eorns, Of which We hope and pray they
may have Q full and tender crop. but thai
whole generation OF little girls should have
their toes iammed into the toes Of their boots to
do the work Of heels, and that their legs should
bs thrown out Of the natural balance and the
plant bone bent into semi i-cireles Is sacrifice to
fashion which would disgrace . nation Of Hot.
tentots.
A porter In . Nevada hotel tn US ad-
dressed one ofthe female boardsrG "Nadam,
hsSS been observing you closely for some weeks
past, and an led to believe that there 10 trouble
-trosbls Of . serious nAturs-gnawing at your
heart Toll me what that secret sorrow is"
"rhero is secret SORROW" rejoinsd tho lady,
and it weighs upon me like . niiistons. It Is
that haven't . steve poker heavy enough TO
break Jour silly pate. Bat such as It 10, how
ever"-- Here she grabbed the impiomest and
made rapid advance upon tho sympathetic
porter, Who broke for Z he door and got out Just
slowly enough to secure sharp clip alongside
the right ear.
Tho following translation from the agri-
cultural columns Of tho EsrfA Gsrman Aligs-
asias Zsifuns may be Of interest to some Of our
spieussan readers: "In order 10 fAtten young
pigeons quissly put them, on the tusntisth day,
or when they commence TO get feathers, into
basket with . son layer Of moss or hay on the
kns IN Nil -hl sAu.lf ~ ha liz
but excludes tho light. Feed the birds three
times daily, at intervals Of ave hosrs each, with
cooked maise, opening their beaks and making
them swallow successively thirty or forty grains
each. The maize should be warm, not hot. by
eontinuing this treatment ten or twelve days the
birds will become most tender and delicate"
"A flashing light that indicates the speed
and distance Of train, and shows whether It is at
rest or in motion. has been introduced as roar
light on freight trains 1t IL formed OF two lights
-ons red and ono white-aad designed to be
piascd one each side OF the rear (caboose) car,
90 that they may be In both directions on the
line. A simple device for hiding the lights at in
tervais is afiIed to each lamp SO that It may be
made TO .'nash" or alternately appear and disap-
pear. and by suitable gearing this Is connected
with ono OF the sxles Of the car. while the car
10 1t rest the lights are steadily visible, whsa the
train moves the lights dash once for each revolu.
ton OF the wheelB, and thus Its movement anu
actual speed can be easily estimated as far as the
lights can Be seen Another advantage results
from the met that the white light Is visible alta
greater distance than the red. Tho engineer Of
. following train may from this keep within the
limits Of safe distance By keeping the flashing
white light fally visible, and tho flashing red
light aim or quite obscure, and BY coming to
stop the moment the flashing runs slow or stops
and the lights become nxsd and steadily visible.
-"Clothss- moths,are always worse In sum
msr," writes the Rev. ]. q. Wood, "thsn In any
other period Of the year; but there Is one plsn by
which thsy may be bafnsd. II is simple, but uss-
fsl from lis vsry simplicity, and may be expressed
In two uords-'brown paper There 10 NO such
protection against the clothesmoth as brown
paper. Year, ago purchased an enormous rug
Of white wolf skin, which has been IN insstimsble
benent to the whole family. Every summer 1
wrap it up In brown paper, and not moth has
attacked It. Why the clothes-moth should have
90 great an aversion to brown paper i cannot
tsll but such Is the case. hnd that professional
furriers employ the sane plan, but donot disclose
that very simple secret Annually thousands OF
valuable sealskin jackets and other furs are
handed over to the dealers for preservation dur
ing the summer, and nothing is done except
urspping them up in brown paper and letting
them be until tho dawnins Of autumn. There arc
OF course instances where furs and other similar
articles must Of necessity be LETT exposed during
the summer time. Let every piece OF wool or fur
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