National Republican., 1877-07-07
MISCELLANY.

"A frcnchman Is making barometers IN
the shape Of bOqucts which are very pretty aud
also servlccablc. When exposed /, the sun and
dry air the leaves become deep blue; when the air
Is moist they turn pink.
With many women the slender, fragile form
tending like reed in the trecso' is the most al
mired, and fortune could give 10 more welcome
boon than death the day one of them is compelled,
from constant acCrctions Of aliposc, to button her
CATERS with the poker.
The woods which are heavier than water
are the Dutch box, Indian cedar, ebony, lgnnm.
vitn, mahogany, heart Of oak, pomcEranitc, vine.
Lignumvitie Is one third heavier, pomcgrantc
rather more; cork, one fourth Of pound, 0.2i
poplar, O.3s3 arc the lightcSt woody products.
A st. Louis newspaper man has been to
Chicago and writes a letter about H. the character
Of which can he Judged nom these headlines:
Notes Of Days stroll In a povcrty.strickcn City |
How Greedy Ambition Completely OverlcRpcd its
Mark. DilapidHtion Ruin and Decay Amid Mag
nifcencc. Impressions Gathered In a shabby
Gcntcel CITY" Now Just wait till q Chicago news
paper man writes up st. Louis again.
While Cardinal Howard was walking the |
other day through the galleries Of Rome in which |
are displayed offerings To the Pope on his Golden |
Jubilee he and q certain prclatc reached the wine
section: "Ah!" said the Cardinal, we have wine |
cellar; wcll furnished too Then his eyes fell on
a table on which delightful Bologna sansagcs were
heaped And buffet rs we'll" he murmured.
Then the prelatr with him soothingly said, in a
low voice, And twenty minutes for refreshments"
A medical restaurant has lately been estab-
lishcd In London the principle that diseases can
generally be cured by special system of diet and
that they arc caused chiefly by improper food. On
the entrance Of visitor n physician asks him re.
gurding his ailments His meal Is then prescribed
and he Is allowed to cat no more than Is presented
to him. At tho close he Is dismissed to smoke a
mcdicaicd cigar and to sip coffee camomic tea
or whatever other beverage may be considered ad.
visGblc. .-'.
A Confederate Colonel was introduced to
Gen. Grant nj reception In London. This gentle.
man. having taken Gen. Grants hand. remarked
General II Il a long time since We met" "lIave
met YOU befDrGP' asked Grant, scrritiniying the
virginian's face. Yes was the reply, "and un.
der very different circumstances from these. II
will he fifteen years the "a Of July next" Grants
eyes ranged round the room, then over the ceiling,
then they came back illuminated by memory, and
he exclaimed "Nicksburg!" That was III" place,
sir" said the Colonel; "on the heights met YOU,
and stood By Pcmbcrton when he surrendered"
A health magazine says: "Ifa wcll-madc
man he extended on the ground his arms at right
angles with the body, circle, making his shirt.
flap the centre will just take In the head the
to do when you meet stranger the street and
wish to ascertain whether he Il ~ wcll.mNde man.
But before you undertake To extend him on the
ground you'd better ask his permission. Some
men queer and take 50 little interest IN
scientific experiments that II might prove very
unhealthy to try the experiment without the mans
consent
Of the discovery of vaccination the Lon
don Hdic0' Pro-, and Circular says: "Dr. Huillct,
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avhlCI himself Of soIourn there to verify the
truth Gs to whether vaccination was praCticed In
India IN very remote periods, and he has found the
mention Of variola and cow.poX In work attrib-
utcd to Dnarwantari, who lived many years before
IIippocrates. william Bruce, consul at Bushira,
believes that vaccination was for long time prac.
| ticed In Persia and Humboldt says that for mum.
her Of years the inhabitants Of the Corilicras had
noticed the prescrvative effects of vaccine. with.
out doubt the ancient author Of sataya Grantham
Is entitled to priority, but It was q Frenchman,
| Rabaut Ponnincr, brother Of Rabaut 81. Etienne,
| Protestant minister ut MaSsilargues, near Lunel
| who discovered III 17S that incubation from the
teat Of COW was preventative against smallpox.
lie communicated his idea to two Englishnen, Ire.
land and Pugh, who spoke of Il to Jenner. Mr.
Ireland subsequently wrote to NJ. Rabaut who, ac'
cording to the Journal dc Therdpeldiquc for May
1877, declared himself satisfied"
-Iu Friedrichsfeldc, near Berlin, there /.
no secure place to keep prisoners over night. In
order to prevent their escaping, the quiCk.wtted
policemen hit upon All original idea They neither
chained nor bound their unwilling guests-nothinl
ofthe kind They put them to bed OH a straw
tick and covered them with a woolen spread, aflci
they hal removed every stich of clothing from
their bodies. Tuesday lRborcr was imprisoned
for then. at night he was secured in his camp In
the customary manner, but he knew how to hell
III. IL. ~ -
arose. empted all the straw out of the sack, GU
three holes In one end for his head and arms, two
IN the other end through which hc stuck his legs
fastened II around his waist with grille Of straw
took the wooden cover for his plaid, broke opei
| the door and started for Berlin. CnmoIcsted n
reached the IAngc strasse. when q wideawnk
policeman captured the strange apparitiou. too
him To the watch house, where, with the help o
his comrades, he peeled the straw sack froia thI
, new Adam.
There Is a very generally received bu
erroneous notion that the torpedo Is quite recer
invention and that during the present hostilitlC
In the East Il has been the frst time employed |
actual warfare. That Of late years torpedocs hay
been greatly improved is undoubtedly fact. br
! none the less Is II true that the advantages to i
gained by judicions employment Of subinlrin
, weapons of war have long been fully recognize
and, further, that these latter have been Nlrcad
largely used, ana that with great elect, both f
the defense Of harbors, rivers roadstcad, &C.. an
. also for more actively offensive operations.
: long ago as the 18th of August, III, a boat VI
/ blown to pieces, aud nearly all Its crew killed
! the accidental explosion Of torpedo which Ia
been used In an attempt made by the American
|, against the English man.ofwar Cercbus. In iSl
I brig which had been anchored off Deal for II
G purpose OF experiment in submarine explosion
. was destroyed in the presence Of Mr.. Pitt and
r large concourse Of spectators by u torpedo CO.
n tanning one hundred and seventy pounds of po
4 der. Previously, in 1877, machine had been d
e signed by which, To use the inventors own word
= he proposed to "impart to earcasses Of gunpowd'
/. | II progressive motion under water 10 given poi
i and there explode them" which, therefore, CO.
u taIned the germ OF the present locomotive or fl
torpedo.
The Cossack cavalrymen are all compar
a lively young men and have young wives. whe
a ever they set out on a campaign they buy q VIII
scarf or handkerchicfto to take with them. At 4
close Of their period of service they return to thu
villages, and are met by the whole populatio
n Now wife who has been unfaithful to her 10
4 kncels down before him In the road puts her fa
n IN the dust, and places her husbands foot upon
y neck This Is confession of guilt and at I