National Republican., 1877-07-12
MISCELLANY.
"a ne~- attachment for bangles Is a golden
boot and SILVER spur. studded with rose diamord'.
ThAts enough 10 mnke hOrse lnugh.

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brings out the starr. Int II IS also true tu, the!
occasionally appear at ,lic matiucc,.
Yesterday he found in his dustcr pocket
nSrap Of paper on which wa writtcn July L
2-Don't 20 to Vienna BAKERY With Hannah any
more" "Reminiscences Of the CIntcnnial-and II
seems forty or my years ago.)
All of tho original manuscripts of Dickens
and "Schclas Nickieby." with his autograph cor.
]rcStons ] Of most Of the rroor,hccts, are now cX
| thcy were bcqucathed by Mr.. John Forster
The exploring party struck the store where
pram used to trade for his nu,lG and beans at My.
keng, the other day. and found the Trojan mon.
| behind by Any nine drNchmc. Dr. schlcmann
| turc.
"A st. Louis girl, employed in a paper-box
shook In her shoes, She had lots of room to shake
and improved her opportunities 10 yehcmcntly that
tor that the block put in peril by the arring of
| the mAchinery.-Chi paper.
MIR. Edmund Clarence Stedman, who read
hS rhi BGlS EIBra PSsG PSGm a" haryH,d selected
painfully Boston" way. There was no more spring
to II than to slab Of castiron and Y ran through
twenty long and unmuscnl stnnzas, filled with In
troverson, subjectyity, psychology and other Bos-
ton breakhsttable elements.
A few days ago Harvard man who meas.
| ured twcnty.nine and one quarter inches around
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ms" gazed complaccntly At sign over his train.
ing quarters. Inscribed mo reporters or loafers
wanted /" 4 few weeks hence that same Harvard
bnisd breath nj asking the city W editor to feed him
with the crumbs which fall from the assignment
In the stream nor the division Of university eight
| no more than spinster VIII point TO sign above
the door whcreon Is inscribed In letter. OF living
light: No loafers or Harvard graduates wanted"
| Some years ago the French Government
directed the Academy OF Medicine to inquire into
| the influence Of tobacco on tho human system,
The. report Of the commission appointed by the
academy states that large number Of the diseases
Of the nervous system and OF the heart noticed In
the cases of those affected with paralysis or insan.
sive indulgence in the use of this article and II is
| remarked that tobacco seems primarily to act
upon INC organiG nervous system depfssssS,ng ~ me
the circulation Of the blood aud the number Of red
corpusclcs in the blood. Attention is also called
to the bad Digestion bcnumbcd intelligence and
cloudcd memory Of those who use tobacco to
excess.
A lawyer In Richmond, KY, tells the fol-
| lowing RnccdOte of the war TO prove the herowor.
| C. brcckinridgc "Soon atcr the battle Of Shiloh
client came into his office and asked the news
Nothing 6eleyS replied s,,,I, ihe lawyer % Mhy Why
Shiloh ? Yes. We'll, how did We (rebels, come
outr. The rebels got the advantage the first day,
but the next day the Yankees were reinforced and
whipped the rebels, That amt the way we her n
y down our way Well, how did you hear II
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days in and two days out, and along late in the
evening Of the second day came John C. Brdcksn.
rdge and he ls asked fo the privilege of the field
for ffeen minutes, and they do say he slew hun.
dred thousand Of EN-.
A young student from the country who
finds It not unpleasant thing to sow his Wild oats
in Paris at the expense Of his family under the
hallucinstion that he is studying medicine receives
visit from his father after he has been Al the capt.
tai for eighteen months. Like dutifil son he
| pnrades the author OF his being cOnscientiously
| oh hp "a its
and architectural lions. Finally they halt before
huge and many pared building, surrounded by a
that iordiy piiei' said tho old man. "bumiino. .
replies the youth but there Is sergeant dc willie
crosses over to the officer aud puts the question
"That, gentlemen" says the municipal guardian
SCHOOL,
The Aylmer (Ontario) Times has the fol-
lowing account Of an extraordinary encounter with
moose: AS Mr., Flatters. Of this village, and Mr.
I. II. Kirby, Of Ottawa, were travelling In a canoe
on the Upper Gntinenu last week an occurrence
took place which might have had disastrous conse-
, quences for them. They had just rounded point
! when they found themselves confronted by huge
!, moose who, with two young ones was playing In
the water Instead OF taking to the bush, as 1t was
expected she would, the animal made at once fol
J the canoe, and attacked 1t with great fury Mr.
Kirby broke his paddle over the immense head OF
the brute and Mr.. flatters cut OF her foot with an
Seeing the impossibility Of escaping, they deter
,, mined to shoot the animal in order to save thcil
shots from the bailifs revolver ended one of the
, toughest fights which ever took place between
man and beast In that neighborhood; The two
young moose were aiterward captured"
All Sin was called to the bar Of q Phila.
delphia court on Saturday to answer the charge o
shooting Samuel WinsOw. with malice afOre
thought. In the thigh. and as his almond eyes wan
dcrcd over the court room they rested on his pretty
E Caucasian wife, who was waiting to bear witneS,
! against him, Amer winslow had given an accoun,
OF the ARRAY the Magistrate invited the Celestial tC
| AS-pN All
$ nccuser with the scornhll remark, "Melican man
teee big lie" and then listened to the testimony o
quired the Magistrate. All Sin was ready with tn,
oral" y go house: iollce wifee she no come.
Z chukee at headec. Then takee pistol and shootee
4 ] come home two time In the yea; year; and no fnde'
sWsT broke IN ths Magistrate and All sS meSsqet sS S
= his steps out OF the court
c The French Legion Of Honor on the Isl
January of the present year consisted Of 20 wear
ems Of the grand cross b67 grand officers lsl7 com
panions-in all 6Da0s members. Some Of these ar,
In receipt Of annual pay Al wcarers Of the CRANE
500 each; gS2 commanders receive S,O0 each; 81
officers receive 500 each There are In all &c on
s"Ss of hs q, TsN wSs ssys ,ssIs pay
S civilian membcrs who receive nothing, AS pay i
only granted to those who have served In the arm,
I or navy. Since the downfall Of the empire the In
n crease In the number Of members has been yer,
d considerable, for, between the publication of de
l. cree tONctntncnt OF NutlOnhl DeIenke 10
the exclusion Of civilians and July 1873 there wer
e nominated IL grand crnsses, II grand officers, 80
d commanders . il6 officers md 1870 cheyaliers
. The military medal which Is confined 10 non. com
Q mssioned officers and prvates, is worn by So 100
persons and entails an annual expenditure o
slOO0DOO.
One of the exquisite wonders of the sea |
= called the opclet and Is about large rs the Ger
i. man aster. looking. indeed. very much like one
Q Imagine very large double aster, with a grea
q many long petals Of light green color, glossy a
n satin, and each tipped with rose color. Thcs
!, lovely petals do not lie quietly in their places bi
wave about In tine water, while the opelet clings
il a rock. How innocent and lovely II looks on II
Z. rocky bed! Who would suspect that II would Ell
Ia anything grosser than dew or sunlight But thOS
/. beautiful waving arms as yon call them have
A. use besides looking pretty. They have TO provld
70 for large open mouth. which Is hidden dow
deep among thcm-sO hidden that one can seal eel
A. find 1t. Well do they perform their duty, fUl III
instant foolish little fish touches one of the Tns
tips he IL struck with poison fatal To him 4
lightning. lie Immediately becomes numb. and !
n moment stops struggling and then the Othe
n arms wrap thcmselye around him and he Is draw
a. into the huge, greedy mouth. and Is seen NOR
il Then the lovely arms unclose and wave again |
NJ the water.
9 The only son of a widowed mother 4