National Republican., 1877-07-14
MISCELLANY.

can be obtained by entering a wholesale planning
| mill In business hours
We are very willing the Navy Depart
ment should adopt the new signal light if II can be
lone without C1Non too much
A Boston soda. water dealer gives each Of
his customers ffesh pond my. This Is an improve
ment upon the chrome inRiction.
A Baltimore belle, Just from Yassar Col.
lege. when told by the waiter that they had no
gooseberries, exclaimed, what has happened to
-"Torquoses are very fashionable. The
legend Of this ,tone Is that II It's owner sckens II
turns green" Get the right ones, made Of blue
glass, and they won't do so.
When visitor enters the sanctum 1t is
see the editor, with beautiful air Of unconscious.
ness, slip all the lead pencils into drawer and pu,
| the penknife into his pocket.
The prisoners in a Louisiana Jail began to
sing hymns so vigorously few evenings ago that
suspicion was excited, and Al Investigation showed
that they had raised tho iron plating u tho nOOt
| and we're nearly ready To eScaps.
Tho largest hand 10 New Hampshire is a
| woman's. The owner Of this terrible weapon Is no
doubt one Of those American women To whom
| Julia Ward Howe refers when she says that you
can hear pin drop whenever they begin to speak.
Here is a sample Of the sort Of civilization
they have, in Boston. The poa says: AN owning
valuable dogs will be gratihe1 TO learn that through
the liberalty Of several wealthy gentlemen there
VII be dog show IN Music hall, commencing
I
The London circus arrived In Farming
ton, Me-, on Sunday. and church gocrs were much
disturbed In c9nsequenee one clergyman re-
| tended TO go to the show the next day 10 call on
him and get dismissal FIRST
Now come the charming days Of Sunday
school picncs when the hungry little boy eats four
plates Of sea bass ehowdeI. drinks gallon Of Ice
cold lemonade, then gives away his top, kite and
base ball club to his playmateS, and, notwthstand
ing that he is SO heavily loaded proceeds to climb
| the golden stairs
-Moyaux, tho Parislsn murderer, who
threw his little child into deep dry well and leil
her to perish Of wounds and hunger, while await:
ing transportation has written his confession and
/ memoirs, which begins with the ghastly remark
Truth, It has bean we'll observed, is to be found at
| the bottom 0fa we'll"
| The flag which doated over Fort Stanwix
during the Revolution. and was the standard Of the
% Soopt Is sd sim preseived % BY % he Cooneis grand
daughter. the wife of CORPORATION Counsel Abraham
lansing Of Albany, II Is Of blue silk. and bears
| the seal under consideration In l7IS.
| A new book In press is called 'The Devil
men who wear better ololhes and spend more
| money, on salary ut " Ter week, than man
TnG;s &. nSoms x s.s I sa sMsy Gs
| the feat hence "The Devil Puzzlers,"
The Queen Of Holland was not embalmed,
but was pnt into leaden coffin waddcd with
| white satin and filled with sromatics. The cofhn
was then deposited In one OF OAK, Then IN a mahOR
any one enriched with silver; There were twelve
handles Of massive silver and twelve screws OF sill
| yer in the form Of deaths heads.
Talk Of famous vintages going back to the
early part Of the century, or even OF the old and
are they then compared with the wine unenrthed
In Roman tomb near Aries by NJ Berthelot, the
famous French chemist 1t was heImetcnlly sealed
by fusion In glass tube OF the time OF the An.
TONNES. or say 800 years ago.
| A Ia,
Blatchington Battery, Sussex, England, during a
thunder storm. soldier was sitting In his room
with table knife which he had Just before been
using lying bofore him on the table, when the
S oSmPieiSy t !" two and threw the piece. about he
room, while the soldier though much frightened
remained unharmed
Amateur Misunderstanding man
docking to the left Of the STACEY "Ah, here comes
down the hill my kind and gentle father. See
what kindly look Is in his eyes. All; how hi'
face gladdens as he catches sight OF me, his long
absent son. will run TO meet him." As he run,
; my kind and gentle hther, comes in from III.
other side Of the stage Confusion among tho actor
and titterlng among the audience.
presence OF their beaux had better act the languit
way that would Indicate the probability Of shorti,
having tn interview an undertaken. Many CIR
has scared Oh irst.class lover by hitting the ball
3 whack with the mact that almost split them, II
half No man likes To face the possibility tina
even rs they had done unto them so would they d.
unto him.
The white whale exhibited at Cincinnati
died there of night, starvation and broken tuIn
+ bier on sunday last. Upon the Thursday nigh
l. Of the tent covering the tank in which the whal
n was swimming was,blown away; The whale was eyi
Ss4 sSa SS i %sns
bottom OF the tank, only to appear at the surfsc
Of the water a moment afterward and spout hgl
Y ments continued during the following day am
v night Saturday the attendant thought the whal
a. Ing the tank he began to rub the slime othe su sl
ing monster. He then steered the whale under
stream OF water and washed II. Fore few min
l. ules after the bath the whale appeared to hav
more life, but Afterwards spou,ed feebly and the
sunk TO tho bottom Of the tank and died In he
If stones The bottom OF a glass tumbier and sma
N piece of stick: It's believed the whale died {
The had ssl, SS hs ss5s xs
n were afterward unable to get live Ash.
" " There Is very little difference in fans; tn
ic latest are straight sticks instead Of curved In lac
9 fans, the newest combines lace with exquistel
,s lace lace % made With rs View 70 answer T as ifsme wor
Of for the p'urcS There T. generally one large on
,e in the centre and smaller in the len hand corne
~ One In COCOrO style was seen with wrought pea
y sticks The fan itself was kid, beautifully painted
This came as high as ssn sticks OF, opal pearl o.
year For ladies In lighter mourning smoked pea
NJ sticks covered with black lace except In the cent
:. and le0 side whicn contain exquisite paintngS q
" black gauze all the rngc. Albert the celebrate
M Mne French fan painter, now puts his name in u
as lower right or lon hand corner of the painting
imitation OF his brother artists larger scale;
course the penchant for everything a Ia Japanes
finds ready outlet In fans; the expensive ones
ivory, with raised gold or silver lacquer work, a
nc more attractive as an object OF beauty, though &
n their usefulness being rather heavy. The torto
cy shell in the same styles are very handsome, bl
n. expensive-nOne under slO0.
be Six months ago gentleman and his wi
at registered their names in the best hotel IN S0nOr
m. Cal. They made few acquaintAnces; they seem,
et To court seClusion; they wandered up and dow
the grassy hills occasionally they were seen sittiI
under tall pine, anon the man carried pick a.
rts on his shoulder and had the air Of miner vi
was hunting for pocket vein; they were eccen,r
and mysterious On June 30 they disappeare
~ aud after their fellow boarders had gosspped abo
az ~ them for day or two search was made for the,
e The queer couple were found on the top Of Ba
~ | Mountain not far from the town. They had be
Mne M outdoors about ninety hours; they had not u
s @ their way; they had gone out into The woods wi
me the deliberate purpose Of starving 10 DEATH; tn
.!o had eaten nothing they had four ounce bot
u y filed with water, with which they had molsten
s,, an their parched lips they were dying by INCH
Snn The ncghbors carried them to q cabin, and
me a' duced them To eat something. The husband "a
~ tn graduate Of Pennsylvania Medical College al
L.. n.,aa II.