National Republican., 1877-04-22
MISCELLANY.

The Grand Duke ceased TO love Aimee be-
cause his bull pup and the lady,s biack.an.tan
got fighting. Human nature 10 nsyer what 10
called sure thing during dog neht. ,tIN =
Some little dogs delight TO bite, .t
For 'tis their nature 90; ,.
But little spits alone have fits, rsfAt
Likewise tho hydropho.
How we pity the young minister who /,
got his lips and teeth and tongue 80 insxtricabiy
twisted with embarrassment that no gave out
his text, "Do men gather thorps or grains Or
thiEs OF htles?" 2g... tsr
The grasshopper's arrival at Omaha 10
rsportcdI He comes promptly with tho hrst
whispers OF Spring knocks boldly at tho fArmer's
front door and cooiy inquiries Tor the best wheat.
field
"A young lady at Holyoke who tried 10
cure sore throat recently BY wrapping II In raw
liver on going to bed was awakened In the night
BY huge rat that was iunching from the liver,
and she concluded that Of the two she preferred
sore throir. '.
"A Russian engineer named Peretiatko
has invented q sort OF land monitor, In which
artllerists sit In tower and drive about In bat.
tie, shooting s they 70. The contrivancs 10
moved by steam, and is about to bo tested by the
Government.
Prince Louis Napoleon is the frequent re-
oIpient Of monetary gins Thus, at FIorencs re.
GENTLY he received one morning through tho
mail $50 English sovereIgus from an anonymous
donor. Tho WAfehau Review says that many Of
the sums that como to him IN this way and which
arc regarded rs restitution money the Prince
distributes among tho poor.
The population Of British India, in round
numbers, consists OF 90 900 males and "
femsiss; Of whom 81, 200, 900 arc children under
II years Of age. and 12s,o 900 older persons.
There are In British India $4,000 900 Htndoos,
+l,oo),Ooo Mohammodans, 8,ooo, 900 Buddhlsts and
Jains, above l,ooo,oeo sikhs and 9oo, 900 Chris-
tisus. .." -f
The suhjoined figures, complied frym data
collected by tho Administration dss Douanes,
show the quantities Of garden produce exported
from France during tho yoar 1874 Oranges snd
lemons, s2s7 tons fruit fresh, t2,7oo fruit dried
and nattened, 1900; mutt preserved, conssrvss,
&C., 2,1aS; almonds, niborts and wainuts, 1900,
vegetables, dried, a, ,1ol; chsstnuts $500; potA.
tocs, lTS,laa' Total, 2so,coI tons fsll
Theodore Hook was clover man. "a
friend Of mine," ssyss IN author, 'has letter from
hin addressed TO wsll-known lady, stnce dead.
In this letter Theodore says, 'wfli your ladyship
bs % kind % to ask me to-day st dinner whether
will venture on an orasesf The question was
daily asked, on which Theodore pronptlv replied,
NO, ny lady, should be AFRAID Of fAlling on
Everybody laughed at the readiness Of the i'm.
promptu." o.. G
Victor Meyer Illustrates the increase Of
weight that appears In the combustion by means
Of q short candle balanced on q scale pan along
with the following accessories A small lamp
cylinder surrounds tho candle, % close that II
will nearly touch its nams. In the cylinder there
10 pisce Of wire cause, which supports several
pieces ofcaustio soda. Tho scale is evenly bal
snced whom the candle is lighted, but amer burn.
ing while the oxygen absorbed in the formation
OF sodium carbonate causes the scale to descend.
"A minister was once riding through = Sec
tisu Of the State Of South Oarolius where custom
forbade inu-tsepers to take pay from the clergy
who stayed with them. The minister IN question
took supper without prayer and ste his breakfast
without prayer or graoe, and was about to take
his .departure whom "miue host" presented his
bill "Ah, SIR" said he, ''I am . eisrgynaul"
"That may be-" responded Bonifacs, "bat you
came here, smoked like sinner, slept like sin.
ner, and ate and drank like . sinner; and now,
sir, you shall pay like . sinner"
He was . gentleman from the country,
and had onsoonosd bis "girl" and himself in tho
corner Of q tram. oar. As tho vehicle sped mp
Shawmut avenue his arm began to steal around
his oompauion's waist, and his head Inclined low
tngly towards her, unconscious OF observation by
the few remaining passengers Just a. the car
approached Sawyer street tho conductor thrust
his head inside tho car and yelled, "Saw-yerr In
close proximity to Haysosd's head. The latter,
hastily drawing himself "into FORM" Indignantly
remarked, you needn't er howled II through the
car, II you did. Ws're sagagsd;" and tho rest Of
the freight set their faces towards the driver and
grinned.' 40
An application was made to Sir John
Mantcl, at Salford Police Court England, tho
other day, for 0 summons to step . cock from
.. II. a .t.l.. r.
applicant said . cock began to crow at that un.
reasonable hour every morning, to tho great an.
noysnce Of himself and others, and he wanted
the magistrate to abate the nuisance. The latter
refused to accede 70 the request, observing that,
although there wars commandment that .thou
shalt not be awoke by the barking OF thy neigh.
boris dog" he did not know that the growing OF
. cook constituted IN onenss which could bo
brought under tho &C snisanoe Of the law. 90
Tho railway companies OF Algeria bad,
up to tho LIST or June, 1870, planted on the way
from Algiers to orau N,4oo fruit trees, %, 900
forest trees, and s+ 900 trees OF different Species
on the open plains and slopes, making In round
numbers tb7.soo trees. Since then the number
has been ssxtupled, the companies estimating
the number actually planted BY them on their
lines IS 4Ooo, ,ooe. II to these particular planta-
tions be added those which have been made In the
thres provinces By the prepristors, large and
small, such as the eucalyptus, the acscis, willow,
poplsrs, 80, II viii be seen that IN nfteen or
twenty years Algeria will be vastly improved.
"A mysterious clock has been shown in
London clookmakers' windows for some months.
This consists Of what appears to be an ordinary
French clock contained in . base. supporting .
bronze hgure with an outstretohed arm, from
which hangs tho pendulum. There seems to bs
no connection whatever between tho pendulum
and the works, and the question "How IL tho
pendulum kept IN motion 2" Was . pusEls that
bafied some Of the best mechanlcians and horolo.
gists OF the day. Many different theories were
advanced TO acoo unit for the eontinued
movement, such ~ tho application
OF blast Of air acting on the ball, electricity,
magnetism, &C., all Of which were denied By tho
inventor; but the real explanation 10 probably as
follows: Tho hgure itself, instead OF being sta
tionary on tho bssc, ~ II seems to be- 10 fxed on
the top OF q vertical shaft oonoeSied IN the base
and connected with the movement In such . MAD.
nsr % TO give the ngure turning motion sun
Client to swing the pendulum, but 80 snali as to
bo imperceptlble to an ordinary observer.
Tho statistics Of suicides In France for
the year 1875 have Just been printed. From the
hgures II appears that during the past year koi7
poesons put an end to their existence In that
country. or these 4,ts5 were males, and l,l32 f.
males. The methods employed for tho destruc-
tion Of life were, Of course, various. Hanging
| appears TO have been the most popular NO fewer
than a412 people having killed thsmsslyes by
means OF the rope. Drowning comes Iext on tn
list, numbering lbl+ victims; 500 destroyed them
selves by firearms, 4e1 by the fumes OF charcoal