National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-13
MISCELLANY.

coated guardian OF the night.
The skin Of a monster grizzly bear lately
Killed In Calayeras county, Gal, is to be sent to
President Hayes. The beast, whom dressed,
weighed l,+s3 pounds. His head, back Of his ears,
was two feet ten and q half inches in oiroum.
ference after the skin had been removed.
Here's another warning. A man down
town refused to stay home after an carly supper
aud help his wife whltewash tho back yard fence,
and his black hair turned white In less than n
minute. HIS uife's painful nwkwardDess with
the whitewash brush caused tho sudden change.
"A native custom. house officer at Toxic,
Japan, recently referring TO Queen Victoria,
called her M O-the female king. This gflevou,
ouenso was made known to the British Minister,
who insisted that tho poor man should be sen.
fenced to thirty days In the chain gang; but tho
matter was finally compromised by the payment
Of fine.
Some Of the Spanish papers are advocating
tho suppression Of the bull fights, and are pub.
fishing an eloquent appeal to tho Cortos asking
that 1t may DO declared illegal to allow horses to
take part in them. There are one hundred bull
rings in spain and only twelve savings banks.
Several OF the towns which have recently built
rings have no schools.
"A fund is being raised for the erection Of
statue to the memory Of the poet Burns In XII.
marnock The Earl Of Eglinton, In reply to q
request for subscription, wrote, II have the bad
taste to neither appreciate Burns character nor
poems; so, under tho circumstances, must beg
to decline subscribing toward the proposed mon.
ument."
"A French machinist has discovered thai
by keeping his turning tools constantly wettee
with petroleum he was able to cut metals and
alloys with them, although when tho tools wer,
used without the oils their edges were turned
and dulled. Tho hardest steel eau be turned
easily IL the tools DO thus vet with mixture o
two parts OF petroleum with one part Of turpen
tine.
"A Pacific coast editor asks his readers Il
credit the story that q young man living on 8
farm at Bookara, Australia, recently foil ASLEEP
on sofa, got up in his sleep, passed through
several gates, carefully untying and refastenins
the complicated knots Of rope with which thcl
were secured, went to the sheep-fold, sharpenet
pair OF thears, caught u sheep and complotell
sheSrcd It before he was awakened by the com
panons. That editor wants a gold Ratchet.
-"The Society Of the Love of Jesus" Is the
name Of new religious guild In London. Ex
ceptinS the vicar, all are females between SIX.
teen and thirty years old. No member is per-
mitted to read any book which has not been sub
mittcd TO the Wear or lady warden; dress must
be simple, modest and not cxtravagant; no i'm
proper places Of amusement are to DO visited anc
no church attended which is not in communion
with the Church Of England.
John c. Bowrer, of Nevada, an expert
onced miner, writes to the Reno Gd=cHe from the
Black Hills: "a have visited nearly all the mines
within ten miles of this place. and, taken alto.
gether, do not think very favorably OF the conn
try. Tho gulch mues Will not prove very rlc :.
| extensive; but few of them will pay to
Some quartz mines show free gold and sor
the ore looks rich, but there defined leJy,s.
think this country is the poorest mining camp
that ever saw"
A patriotic Canadian has written na-
tional anthem, the last verse Of which Is as fol.
bws:
Tho beaver gaily climbs to the top
Or tho lofty maple tree,
AMI sounds aloud his clarion notes
Ia wild, triumphant slee.
In attitude erect and fierce
He dares the eagles benk
And Flaps his tail IN the summe. vreezo
with loud defiant shrek.
The English Jockey Club has ninety
| eight members. ircluiing two crowned heads,
| the kings OF belgium and Holland; three heirs te
| the throne, tho Prince OF wales, tho Czsrowiteh
| and the Prince OF Orange; five princes OF royal
| blood, the Dukes of Edinburgh, Connaught, and
| Cambridge, Prince Christian OF Schieswig- Hol.
stein, aud the Grand Duke Vladimir Of Russia
six dukes, i've mafqI sses, twenty earls, i've Wis
| COUNTS HNb DhTuNs uuu VI pcctr, tNtuNy.O
| untitled gentlemen. aud certain honorary mem.
| bGrs Of the French Jockey Club.
| Last week n gentleman Of New York had
occasion to write note OF recon mendatiOn for q
| certain party to u friend In another part OF the
city. Being In a hurry TO catch train he merely
scrubbed on . carl, Treat him like n trump
| and said that would insure every courtesy on the
part Of the friend. Tho bearer OF tho card called
that afternoon at the place Of business Of the
person addressed and presented the card. Tho
latter glanced over II, recognized the signature,
| and read the message as follows: "Trcat him like
n tramp" The next moment he had tho
astounded visitor by the back OF the neck, and,
| bsfOre the latter could say word he was bounced
clear out to tho curbStone, and the door wa,
banged in his face. There have since boon OK
plantations made all around.
The tortoise Is q safe weather prophet.
NJ. BOuohard, in paper read before the French
| Academy of Sciences at IT'S recent FessIop,
described the precautions taken by tortoIses
| against cold weather. ThTir instinct tells them
in the mildcr seasons when the thermometer II
likely to fall to freezing point; and. towards thu
end Of autumn, warns Il hem also OF the approach
Of wlnte-. In bothcases they take precauti ms to
screen themselves from cold, ard by CAREFUL,
observing them NJ. BOuchard has for years beci
enabled to regulate his dollhouse. At the end o
autumn, when the winter threatens to be severe
tOrtoiscs creep deep INTO Inc enrth, 50 as to con
ceal themselves completely from Wow. II, on tn,
contrary, tho winter promises to be mild, the,
scarcely go down IN inch or two. Just enough I,
protect the openings OF their shells. Once wheI
the Thermometer stood at 20 F., he saw tn,
tortoIscs creep into the ground, and that yer,
! nght the glass fell to 2s +. Another time, tn,
{ mercury being at 10 +. In the sun, ono Of the
tortoIscs hid Itself On the following mornlnI
there was hoar frost.
-GeOrge Edward Murray and Miss Hen.
shaw, boarjers In tho Berkeley House, Oakland,
I Cal, became engaged to DO married. They thor
uuarreled, and he released her. She accepted
another lover out OF pique, and @ wedding day
was hastily chosen. "a tho appoInted morning.,
n she was dressing for the ceremony, Murray
was carried dying into tho hotel, having been in
iured by q railroad &c llient. Tho San Francisco
Chron Gle finished tho narrative as follows: "Shc
rushed to the bedside OF tine dying man, and,
With eyes streaming with tears aud voice trsmu.
lous With emotion, brushed aside physicians and
attendants, and clnspnS her arms about the
| neck Of her former sweetheart, pressed his pail
lips 10 her own ald kissed him repeatedly, all
i tho while calling him by nlmo In terms the most
tender and pathetic. A faint smile OF recosni
ton beamcd over the pale face of tho wounded
man, and tho lovers parted forever she to fnIsl
her dressing Tor tho altar, and he to suler Tor
lew hours before passing over the river OF death.
A Tho gambling propensitics Of the Russian
n | n,.sihttl nrc ANN sInp ly illustrated in n Rtor