National Republican., 1877-07-03
uIsCELLAyY.

firm In this city with quarter of million dom
inocs andk showing his worries accordingly. |
1t was just after Buttcrcups had been to
see hisgirl and been hoistci down the mont seIs
by the old man, that he defined "The chief end Of
man as the end with the boots,
The Kurds must be the cream Of the
Turkish forces in Asia. The accounts of the
whey they fight fairly makes ones blood
HURDLE
Imagine a young lady wearing upon her
arm, attached to one bracelet n fish. drum, horse
shoe Jockeys cap, minute glass tambourne, cow
bell harp, tcncent piece and turtle, while Ara
minta, who sits behind her wears on her arm. at
tachcd TO her bracelet, an anchor palette crab,
wreath, boat, WHISTLE sailors cap she'll saddle and
lizard and, as they interchange VOWS offricndship
It's instructive to note the little devices by which
one cndeavor to impress upon the other sense
| Of the superiority OF her trinkets.
The late James Baird, who died in Scot
land. leaving an estate worth G3OOO0O built him.
| s,lf q magnificent house, and in II was a large
| library The latter, however, contained no books.
A friend advised Mr.. Baird to make tho place com
plc,e But the wealthy Scot knew very little about
books and he therefore placed himself In the hands
OF bookseller, who made large selection for him.
Tho question Of binding was not however so easily
| settled. Would Mr.. Baird have them bound in
| calf In Russia, or in morocco "No," was the pa
s3otic reply, he would just ha 'cm bound In Gias.
gow."
Cards (ssys Inces), which were invented
at the close Of the fourteenth century, they
| drawn and PAINTED by the hand, were proportion
| ably dear, and were not In general until the
reign Of Edward ". The price Of single pack
was Is. 3d., very considerable sum In those days.
They were originally very different from those In
| use at present. In shape they were square, and
instead OF suites OF spades, clubs hearts, and dia
monds, their marks were rabbits. pinks. roses aud
| flowers Of columbinc. The figured cards were very
pretttly deyised-e queen riding on horseback with
a rabbit beside her, marked the queen Of rabbits or
| OF clubs. rustic looking man. grotcsquely
dressed. and standing In strange attitude, with
pink beside him. signihcd the knsye Of pinks, or
/ diamonds.
A mountain at Saint Foy, In the depart.
mcnt Of fsavoe France. has fallen Some days pre-.
vious indications Of the state OF the mountain were
observed by the inhabitants OF the district but be.
fore they had time to retreat the first crash took
place. destroying several hillside hamlets. Amer
the frst disastrous movement of earth series OF
landslips took place totally burying several other
small Villages. The number Of hamlcts which have
disappeared in ruins is about ten and the rumbing
noise with which each additional fall Is accompa-
MED Is heard at distance Of eight miles. The In
habtans have been able To escape with their lives
hut the loss ofproperty has been enormous.
Regent street, the great shopping ground
| OF fashionable London, Is haunted now by new
| variety OF ingenious and audacious thieves. Good
| looking, well.got up fIOtmen. sometimes in one
livery aud sometimes In another, watch carriages
hs they stand about fomc fayorite shop. and while
the coachman has gone little way for glass, and
the footman Is gosdping with his fellows round the
shop door, walk boldly up open the carriage door
| and make on with any available article If caught
at the door Of the carriage there Is the ready excuse
Of having been sent to Lady soandsos carriage for
some parcel aud ready apology for the mistake
| The makeup Of these thieves Is perfect and as
| varied as that Of detective.
A German military paper gives the follow
Ing list Of long rides which have been lately ac.
complshed for bets by German officers: On the
18th Of July, 1876 Count August Stolbcrg lieu
tenant In the Fourth regiment Of cuiraSsiers rode
from Munster 10 Hanover distance OF 20 German
miles. or nearly los English miles Ia II hours 35
minutes, On the 18th Of October 1876. Lieutenant
Won Kotze, OF the Eleventh regiment hlans rode
on the same horse. from Perleburg to Berlin dis.
lance OF IA kiomctcrs about IS miles, In 2, hours
1.-THE 2ist ofOctobcr 1876. Lieutenant Won schutter
OF the Sixth dragons. rode on horse carrying q
: load OF L5 pounds from Kembcrg TO Frankfort, a
distance Of 557 kOlOmcters, or $40 miles, In l1
hours. The much longer ride OF the Austrian
lieutenant, Herr Won Zubovics who rode one horse
| from Vienna TO Paris In II days, average % Ger.
man, or nearly 60 English miles a day, Is well
!, known as Is also the feat performed by the same
ofiicer on the e5th Of February last when he swan
his horse across the Danube, between 0fen and
pesth, in 81 minutes the Temperature Of the water
being only two degrees above the freezing point.
ii "A California millionaire, whose daughter
= will shortly marry French count, b 10 pay the
c : groom $4,000 down before the ceremony take.
4 place, that being the price demanded by the con
descending foreigner for consenting to share hi
y title with an American born young woman. Tht
l. figure seems high, but the investment may no
prove to be such bad speculation after ALL A
Il good many OF these European counts turn out u
he very clever cooks or stylish hair rdressers ant
should the ambitious papas mine incontinentl,
peter out, or he get swamped at the stock board
irsi.cass foreign artist in yictuas or hair will b,
: found mighty handy to have about the house
e Such fellows command fabulous salaries in saI
c Francisco when times are flush, and they are al
J. ways able to make pretty good living when the.
4 are willing to set about 1t. They little ",
/ much given to beating their wives however, wheI
Is the day Of adversely comes TO make desirable
in'law as general rule.
The Arabs claim that Ewes tomb Is al
Jiddah, the seaport of Mecca The temple with
: palm growing out of Its centre Is supposed I,
ii marx the place where Ewes head rests. According
to the Arabs, the lady measured about 900 feet II
height but, Judging by the dimensions OF he
tomb 1t would seem that the Ismaeltes much un
derrate her real length. Arabs, however, are YER
Y bad Judges Of distance and nearly always have
ii horror Of telling the truth The saered ground
D which is pretty thickly studded with tombstone
of departed shcikhs and other worthless Is enclose,
N by high white wall few small shrubs and alo
plants struggle for existence among the grave
stones. and close to the domed mosque Is a ire,
growing over some great mans grave which I
10 surrounded by railings There are many legend
/. and superstitions concerning this celebrated
ID place. II Is visited by numerous pilgrims
"Backsheesh," OF course Is IN great request by tn
= we'll dressed Arab as well as the ragged. Jddah
ht a clean, 1ne.lo0king town, ut distance: but On
n nearer approach the illusion will DO dspeled
many aromas tnot Of ambergris or burned sanda
woody powerful q soap factory, assail the nose
This gets worse one lands, but there's no tint
al To waste thinking OF such trhie fora sharp wacl
e has to be kept on the NANCY, ophihsmc dogs
y. who amuse themselves by barking aud snappinI
s. at the legs OF any who makes use Of soap anC
water. At night 1t Is necessary To carry light an
good stick a well.planted blow from the latte
doing wonders In warning of dogs.
Several characteristic stories are Just nov
=, told in London society circles that affect our init
lc ~ .,ralty aud dinlnnn all nve