National Republican., 1877-04-25
MISCELLlNY.

worn BY tho aldermen Of Yonkers, NY.
-Flogging Is still permitted in the British
navy, but in 1875 thcre wwe only fourteen In.
stances
-1n.soles saturated with salicylic acid haya
been introduced s remedy for perspiration OF
the feet. - II.rs
"A BIT OF cotton put Into BIRDS cage over
night Will attract the insects Tho cotton may
bo removed In the morainE and burstf
There are now but two Field Marshais In
the British army, the Prince Of Wales and tho
Duke OF Cambridge, oommAnder.tn-chisf. no.
Cleveland young women write comments
20 the margins Of the library novels they read.
One emotional creature writes, "Ths ranj<s Of
love ars crate. have ben there myself"
mo, ma" she ssid, "Charles can never
be anything TO mo moro. He caue out this spring
In his last fall overcoat, and Oh, ma II II only
matched my new dress wouldn't care 90 much,
but II doesn't, and we have parted" .sf ......'.
-Irrigating the dry lands of Colorado from
wells BY windmill power has besn recently found
practicable BY o farmer, near Evsns, IN TINT
State. With one small mill a. acrs Of vegetables
was watered, aud the thirst OF . hcrd Of eighty
head OF cattle, horsdh, aad sheep. was quenohed.
A distressed night editor, whom he say
the reports Of . Turoo- Russian war, took down
the map, glanced calmly over the hsid, saw what
manner Of names he would have TO read proof OF
this summer, and went out and shot himself dead
lin the neck.
1t 10 said that persistent use Of the te,e-
scope 10 certain to lengthen the visual focus.
msa who look much through telescopes, II 10 re.
marked, without trying their eyes In any other
Way-suoh ~ oeastGuards, signalmsn, 40,
nearly ell have to take to esnver spectaeies
pretty early. .n.r. n.F .r"sH."rI' Som on
Mrs. L. NJ. Follett, OF Richmond, Wis.
alleging that gunpswdsr was sure cure for
salt-rheum In the hands, ,appiied eight wunpsvder
bandages To her ~ many fingers, and thon in.
cautiously poked tho nre. Rssuit-fier nnger.
coverings won't OF one aftsr the other like
bunch Of nrssrackers. and she was burned so
badly that she will have to lose several digits
-Bismarck's hours arc those of q news
paper man, and he Is au incessant worker. Ne
works All night, rarely retiring before daybresk
At nssn he gets up, takes single CUP Of tea, and
thea attends to dispatches untiitwo O'Clock, whom
he receives Cabinet Ministers and Ambassadors.
Between three and four he drives 10 the Parlia-
mont House, whore he oseasloaaiiy takes part ia
debate. About slx hs secs the Emperor, and
then dimes. a.-ra a.. tfsf..sr Pr. rFrr..'r. ~
Tho seed Of soIa hispida, known as "soy
bean" or "Japan pea,r 10 the most concentrated
vegetable food known. It contains forty DOR cont.
OF slbuminoids and eighteen per cent. Of oil. Tho
sofa Crews IN the Himalsyas, but is principally
cultivated in the north Of China, whence II is
largely exported to the southern districts. Tho
seed is pressed for It's oil. and the cake, mixed
with substances less rich In heterogeneous matter,
used ~ food for man and beast.
1T s we'll known that In many plscss
springs Of iresh water arise from tho bottom OF
the ssa. N. Toseili proposssto make uso Of them,
THAR uUhA throu n a n s,,h a
st the surface BY suitable buoys, would furnish
ships with supplies ofwater they are Omen In nosd
Of M. Tosolli appears 70 have studied the ques.
tion carefully, and provided for the preservation
OF his apparatus In tho face Of storms. rpn o.
"A brass eagle from the tip Of United
States nsxstsf was recently picked up on the
Chichamsuga battlefield. II belonged to . rsxi.
nsnt In the Twsaty.sixth army eorps-probably
from Ohlo-asd was lost In the stubborn fight Of
Sunday, vhsn the whole Federal army was
nasssd under Thomas. Seven skulls were found
within few feet Of where the eagle was picked
ap, showing that the colsr guard around that
s.sd mred badly. :
Tho reconciliation OF Primes jerome Ma
poleoa with the e. Empress Eussne and her son
70 reported. Paul dc Cassagnao, one Of tho
stanchsst French Imperiahsts, says that how.
ever II may be with the widow and the son Of tho
late Emperor the Imperial party will never be
rsconciled TO his cousin. Their hatred may wear
away, bat their contempt 10 irremovabls. He did
al In his power to destroy tho Empire, and aith.
ful servants Of the imperial dynasty have taken
him BY the shoulders and put him out Of the
house.
The company that published the cata-
loRues OF the Centennial Exhibition lost el3o 90
In tho enterprise, and have susd tho Osntsnnia
for that sum, basing the claim on violation Of
contract. The stockholders IN the Globe Hotel
and Opera House Company lost about a quarter
Of their investment, and most Of the other great
hotel ventures near the grounds were equally ur-
fortunate. The restaurants within the grounds
tho city theatres and the regularly established
hotels came out or the Centennial season With
pronts. '" ..' ..'
Sig. Francesca Botta, Of Genoa, has In.
vented terrible engine OF war, with which ono
Or moro ships can be instantly destroyed. Tho
italian journals say that tho experiments al
ready made with the missile have yielded tho
most brilliant results, and assert that even Q
whole neet can be Immediately shattered into
by tho extraordinary invention. Sig.
Botta communicated with the American consul
1t Genoa, but the consul advised the inventor to
negotiate with the United States
Secretary OF the Navy II he desired TO offer tho
great missile for sale 10 this nation.
Tho London Pail Nall 6azstts, possibly
melted to supreme euaeAyor by stories from
America about meat showers and sea serpcnts,
.ells the following: sOue night last week a
party we're returning from Dudley to Lower
9omal, whom they were alarmed by tho spec
,sclo Of host Of snakes and lizards advancing
llong the road, which literally swsrmsd with
.hsm for distance OF more than ten yards. IL
8 supposed that they came from the Run part
" which has boon on nre for years, owing to old
'oliery workings being there, and that ths heat
aas at last become % unendurabls that both
makes and lisards have been compelled to re-
'reat and hnd now home" boz.
Tho crate fight liz fust for bread, then
batter 90 tho bread, and then sugar on the but
'sr. Ths CRATE secret ov popularity IL to mako
'vsry one satisnsd with himself nrst, and after
Yards satisfied with yu. The unhappinsss Of
his life seems principally to koasist In citing
,verythiug We kan and wanting everything wo
aain't got. have finally cum to the konklu-
lion that the best epitaf emmy man kan hav, for
III prakttkal purposes, 10 . good bank account.
Paupers suffer less then mixers do-the man who
ion't know whar hc il going to get his next din
Ter suffers less then tho one who II anxious to
tho how much II 10 going 70 kost him.
Tho manager OF . certain theatre 10
sdy. and she plays Juliet herself She some
ime back engaged star Romeo for time, and
Vhen the term was over he was 10 20. In the
asst scene, In an interval Of the business, she
aid, II am sorry, dear Montague, that you are
soing." He replied. "If you will re-engage me,