National Republican., 1877-10-06
NOTES AND RdNCIEs.

IT was savings bank whcreon tho wild
time grew.
THE latest form of theft in Doylcstown, Pa,
In stealing swill.
Four SETS Of triplots were born in Massa-
chusetts last fall.
WILD turkeys and squirrels are plentiful in
Perry county, Pa.
WHEN man is driven to his bier he may
be said to he malttrcated.
ONE Of the trout which Spinner caught, In
the Adrondncks had green back.
A Two.HEADED copperhead snake was re-
Gently killed in franklin county, Pa.
LANCASTER and Lebanon furnish most Of
the dairy cows sold In Chester county Ia.
THE daughter of Dayton farmer closed
the harvest by running away with rake.
THE exports of domestic produce from
Philadelphia, Pa. last week were 81 ,lib,i0l
Or THE 1907 foreign residents in China,
more than half are British and $50 American.
WHEN Red Cloud asked for that ovcrcoat we
are certain he must have had some Ulsterior mo-
tive IN view.
AND now most every man in Chicago Is
pointed out rs the assignee or receiver Of this or
that savings bank.
ABLE's opera house, Easton, Pa, which origi-
nally cost slsim0 was sold at assignee's sale on
WITHIN period Of two weeks twenty-seven
children died Of dphtheria in two townships In
Ciearfeld county, Pm.
JEFF DAVIS has nearly finished his memoirs,
In which Gen. Joe Johnston. Of Virginia, will be
handled without gloves.
PrTTsruRG has paper called the Y WdI,
Several ncwsboys have already dislocatcd their
jaws in attempting to cry H.
LYSCHBuRG has decided to have a tobacco
fair. Here's a chance for Virginia orators to take
the stump, II they'd Just as leaf
IMAGINE paper printed in Onancock, Ac.
conlack county. Va, aud then think how Sitting
null must yearn for Journal evidently printed in
his mother tongue.
ONE DAY last week, down in Missouri. a
man was struck by lightning while playing croquet,
Heavens Vengeance, though long delayed some
times. Is awfully certain.
GARIBALDI has written letter to prove
that.the brignnds Of his native land could bc put
down " the Government would give them bread
and good treatment instead Of lashes and torture.
AN ARTICLE entitled Snoring, and How to
Stop II. appears In the American Popular Science
| Monthly The Texas gentlcmans method of kill
ing the snorcr Is the most effective we have ever
| heard Of.
ARISTOTLE, said a Iamester, was no better
than thief This remark was made Just after
Aristotle hyi gone down from Athens to Cornithus
Thessalia.
OSTRICH farming In South Africa Is lu-
crativc. The feathers are sometimes clipped and
slmctimcs plucked, strong bird can be relieved
Of feathers three times in fourteen months. The
| feathers from the male bird are the handsomest
The bird Is easily tanned.
A LETTER in a Philadelphia paper speaks Of
the death # IAN artificial India.ruhber toy.
maker" This rather beats the steam man. and II
Is certainly pity that such arf extraordinary per.
son could not have hecn kept aliyc-Lonisrhic
tOurer,Journdt IL was certainly rather stretching
the facts rather far.
At this late day the Denver (Col.) NeTs saws
there wasn't particle Of truth in the story about
child having been deyoured by rats at the signal
station on Pixies Peak and the terrific cOmbA,
wngoh against the army OF rodents by the child's
parents. It expects It's denial to he accepted u,
final simply because there are no rats up0n Pixies
Peak, and there was no baby there for them to cat
MANAGER MCVIcKER, of Chicago after m
interval of many years felt that he would like tc
again play EdLhLF. Abaut half a dozen people
came to see HIN, with characteristic pertinaclt,
hc nut on the pnsters the following annOrnc emcnt:
| "ln consequence Of the fnct that nobody came las
evening 10 witness the above performance III,
nanaEcr @ takes pleasure In ni9rmlIg the public
did until he conquered an audience.
THE fishermen living on the lonely island
of Hittcren, off the coast of Norway. have had &
generations tradition that In shoals near the Isl
mud, over century ago large ship wreck ketl
Divers searched for the vessel this summer, hnt
easily found her. Since then portions Of the cargo
iuclud'ng ninety-siN cannon, twelve anchors, nnt
80 pnods of lead have been recovered The eau
non bear the date ZIG. It has been 'discovcrct
that the Inflated ship WAS Russian mnn-nf.war
nnd that while on Il voyage from CrOnstadt I,
Archargel in 1850 she was wrecked.
If boasts are ever made about old wines thai
have ticklcd tho palate, they had better not b,
made IN The presence of n FrenChman named Der
thclOt. He recently opCrcd Task Of Wine NOR,
than GO years old. The glass bottle holding The
precious liquid was found Theoretically sealed II
what was Roman burying.place near Aries
France. The wine was nf n brownlsh color ant
tasted as II It had been boiled in contact with som,
fntty substance, ArrhHoOglsts declare that III,
recullnrly.shaped bottle was made during the pc
rlod Of the first occupation Of Gaul by the Romans
ONE of the wicked Boulevard weeklies O
England tells an Amusing story about a lady de
sirous Of social distinction. She accompanied |
peeress to the review ofthc Life Guards IN Wind
sor Park, and imparts information llberally 10 he
companion. The standard bearer. with furlet
standard. followed by q man In blue uniform
trottcd by. who are they 2 queried lady b. 'Oh
that's tho doctor; they always wear dark uniforms
and that's his black flag before him. Delightful
man. the doctor. We're on visiting terms.'" Sale
an Officer near by; Pardon me. Madam but tn,
man In dark uniform is a horseshoer"
SUCH extraordinary cases of mistaken iden
tty have occurred Of late years that too great eau
tion cannot be exercised by coroners and other
engaged In investigations. lately, near Cam
bridge, England, an inquest was held upon bod,
found drowned, supposed to ne that Of Jane
Dazcley. AZ the inquiry before the coroner tw,
witnesses identified the body as that of JohI
Adams, OF ChestertOn, and the jury so returned
Upon the police officer making Inquiries at Chcs
tcIton he f,und Dlzcly IN the Union. and Adams
alive with his wife. The document for the inter
inent Of John Adams had been made out