National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-16
MISCELLANY.


press rs II Is, and the twspapor is run of with a
war map up TO the average
| 1t Is pleasant to read In an Italian paner
| mat 'the people OF the United States are going
to cmigrato to Australia" Next we shall mob.
ably hear that "that bourne from which no tray.
rlcr returns Is Melbourne"
Two ladies, well known In London 60.
10" y, recently shot pigeon match on tho lawn
10 mansion in the north of England. The
shooting was however. not very gGnd tho win.
ners score being hut three birds out Of seven at
distance OF eighteen yudl.
The San Francisco pound keeper, wish.
ing T. secure attic unregistered dogs he could
get, advertised iOr u dog. Over lCO men applied
with their finals, ui which only twenty were
found to have been licensed. Hence $50 doys
were Killed, Us the law directs.
Only ak women have been decorated with
the ribbon Of the French Legion d'Hopncur.
rbese are Rosa B,nheur. Lady PIpolt, who was
Ia grated by Pc crt 1h.E MademoiselIe
| kOcher, who has founded n hospital and three
Lady Surcriors Of Religious orders noted for
their charities.
A physician recently died ut Portsmouth,.
N. H., who graduated at Harvard and afterr,rs
studied in Paris, hut never had hut one paticnt
Tor whom he 'Htrste ! u tooth, receiving q fec Of
INVENT 1--we cents. lie was never married. and
lived to 10 nearly fUur.Tcorc years old, IeayInu,
! fortune OF sIVO0li
--"Mr. Blank appointed foreign minister.
eh' remarked old Mrs. e., as she glanced up
from the paper she was reading why he's no
minister! ll.'s only y lawyer, and they do saw
that hc can swear like pirate!" and she star, eli
reading to mediate upon the degencracy Of the
pulpit.
"A Chinaman In San Francisco was inter
viewed by ar'p'r'rr asto tho probable issuc {
inc conf Ct between hnodum and Mungol In San
francitcc. R'sult: "Allee tImn hpodlum blake
treaty. Bime.hy, mex yeah, Chin Uhlnaman he
c'me; bling p'enty men; heap ngh sbOotee; ki.I;
murdle! smashco huolum!m
-Pro'. Seth Abbott the fa' her Of Miss Emma
honott, says the Baiii uOre ImcricIli is q resi-.
u'ht OF that city, and has larIo Glass ofy,u,g
people under Instruction In musical elocu ion.
lie Is al present making arrang, M nts for the
production OF cantata of his own arranging in
which Miss abbott will take the leading part.
Mr.. George NJ. Land, a poor Young msp.
was married IN san Francisco on Monday to Miss
Mollie Day, IN heIrcss of great bcauly Tho
ladys friends wanted her to let Lsnd slide, but
sho wouldn't do IT, Arise ard sing:
Please omit the second line.
Bright, bright is bay.
We find the following in an exchange:
"Tho clo;c-httiug costumes are nett her graceful
nor becoming -Gcdcys for May" Is he's Well.
were TORY IL May doesn't find tho "close.f fitting
costumes" becoming: but we don't think MIR
dodey's personal prediction for any young vo-
man ought to affect the general question Of fash
ionable proprIety.
"A queer animal was seen on the seashors
at Atlantic City tho other day, ana II was tele-
grnPhod to the newspapers that the sea.mons,er
has again made his appearance, hut further in
Vtstigaiion has brought forth the fact that Il
was only patriarch mosquito, who had visited
inc place Tor the purpose OF making preparations
Tor the coming summer campaign.
Barrels made of pastehoard have been in
troduced this spring for tho packing away of
woolcns and furs. These are seamless and 70.
garded US moth proof The head, which fits down
snuGly, is the only available entrance for tho
moth, and directions are given to rnsto layer Of
brown paper over this almost invisible line when
the barrel is packed.
The cardinals rcd hat |, somo,birg mora
than mere article Of costume, made according
TO an ancient model. In the general council held
by innocent ", 1915, It was dccrced that hence
forth the cardinals, as special distirciion of
honor, should wear n red hat, OF the now well.
known form. the color being prescribed as a sym
Dol and constant remembrance TO them that they
wero at all times to be prepared TO shed their
blood In defense OF cccls sIastichl liberty.
An estimate has lately been made Of the
number OF camels IN tho world Algeria has $780,
600; lunis 5000, OF which 3O,OJl belong to tho
Bey; Egypt and Arahln arc believed to baye
nearly 200 900; spain Is credited with about 1000
most Of them being In tho Canary Islands Tho
central portion Of hsiatic Russia has $50 OOl: In
the Punlauh, India, there are l65 0 o: 600 arc
employed In the caravans between Bokhara ard
Russia; China and Mongolia have more than
1000, and Persia and Turkey nearly 2OOoU.
The latter. In common with Egypt, uses camel.
AM dr0meiartes largely for military purposes
The statistics of the Prcslytery of NV
York, just completed. show total OF Il O3s mem.
befs 10 connection with tho general assembly
This Is falling of s4] as compared with last
year. The decrease Is attributed to removals rs
1873 persons were added to the churches on OK.
: animation and 6ol by certificate. The expenses
OF the congregation for ministerial support &C.
were 1913 ~. The benevolent contributions
were TO the ICmc Mission board, S66,g5: to tho
Foreign Board, $50 SEQ, with large sums to Other
} churches
A certain mobile earl and priest llvcdupon
the same Irish estate. Both OF the gentlemen
. were thoroughly good.natured. bur, as they be-
longed to different creods, they considered It ncc
essary "to agree to differ" After n while they
met ut the house of mutual friend when IL vas
arranged that their aggressions upon each other
should be restricted to the narrowest limIts
They shook hands and separated on the best pos
sible terms, on the understanding that the prizes,
should denouncc the earl once q year from the
altar on Christmas Day, and that tho earl an.
nualy, on the anniversary of tho Boyne should
burn the priest In ciigy.
Official returns made to the Bureau ofStatis-
tics show that during tho month ended April 10,
ls7T, the exports of fresh beef from the United
States were s,Ilb, 80 pounds, valued ut ssh lsl
, During the same period l6g,Oi3 pounds Of fresh
mutton, valued at s,7,Cis were exported from the
port Of New York. OF the total expectation there
! wero shipped from New York COZ, Ols pounds,
s59S,iT2, Philadelphia, 2hjj,2OO pounds, t2i2 So;
: Portland 1850 pounds, 1884; Vermont, lSY pounds
so; and DctrClt IlIl pounds, sill. During the
fur months ended March 81, 1871, q O22 C35 pounds
OF fresh beef and 80 ',OO2 pounds Of mutton, pro-
( duced In Canada. were exported from Portland
. to England.
S The following acc punt Of al experiment
b with ozone may be Interesting to professional
: readers piece Of fresh sac; was cut Into two
: equal parts ono of which was placed In n stop
" percd bottle containing ordinary air, and the
other In similar bottle containing ozOnlzed air.
In hye days tho meat In the INST bottle was In
! full putrefactOn, while that In tho second bottle
lnln snl