National Republican., 1877-07-13


capture mockng bird, except OIL his own ptcr:
six years to come.
"A little girl In North Carolina was stunV
IN the arm by locust n short time ago and has
hoen compelled TO suffer smputation OF the mem
Ler In consequence.
-"Them's bride and bridegroom" says the
imitation Modoc to his associate at Niagara Let
!O'ccnt article Is sold for si76.
Now Is the time to watch the bathers at
the sea side. The average young girl looks like
needle IN pilow.cHsc while lead pencil In Al
young ran.
The history of beer date, back to the time
OF the old Egyptians. but II is not recorded thai
any old Egyptian ever drank fourteen 'schooners
a. one siting In order that thirteen other old Egyp
tians might have the pleasure of treating around
Soak" Is the only Japanese equivalent OF
"baptiEe,' and the Japanese Bible consequently
read. according to a religious paper, the iRtanet
In those days came John, the soaker preaching
the soaking Of repentance. Repent and be soaked
every one Of you"
If Rogers, the SC ilptor, had only been
able " cn,un aud transinle into marble the pose
The billiard cue and cSIcllStss @ dIcait ri w hot he
would not have looked on the Greek Slave as
his most glorious work
One Of the old landmarks of Baltimore,
the City Hall on Holiday street is soon TO be torn
down II was built by Rembrandt pcale In 1873,
as museum and was popular place Of resort for
nearly seventeen year, when y was purchased by
the city that was lighted with eas-Mr Peaie charg.
ing small fee in 1si6 for the exhibition OF car
buietted hydrogen gas
oh! All! Just so. Reports from st. Pc
tersburg finally reveal the true cause of the Rus:
sian defeat In Armenia After we have waited and
wondered for Gays the candid Czsr comes TO our
relief with the information that the Russians were
may have been H. but why hasn't somebody
solved the problem before. Tho Russians were too
wcak,-nnd we have all been laboring under the
delusion that Il was because the Turks were too
strong.
-"0h, dear" said She sweeping away with
| her broom. what shall | do? Here II Is eleven
o'clock and haven't this room swept, the beds are
washed. Oh dear, was ever woman 50 much
pressed for time as amr Then she suddenly
stopped, leaned on her broom, and listened for al,
hour ttying 10 catch the points of quarrel which
was going on between married couple in the next.
d"ol house The study OF feminine character is
| hard one.
AT certain Paris restaurants the custom Is
to pay the ladies who attract customers a certain
commission on the bill of themselves aud com.
paniolis. The other day newly.married couple
visited this rcs'aurant, and the groom ordered.
costly dinner for two In private supper. room. In
due course the bill is called for and settled and
The waiter ndroity slipsn fivefranc piece into the
pride hand, and whispers to her: From the boss
lets of en-"
Mr.. William Allen Butler has in his
country house on the Hudson a very charming
impress whoever looks at Il with the belief that It
i picture. There Is beautiful view OF the water
rom this window and framed, as the easement Is
~ gilt and furnished with a shadow board one Is
deceived for moment into the Idea that II Is the
work Of art and not natures self There Is simi.
larry illusiye window In house Of somo historic
note In Calais.
-"SOrrer," says \ phonetic aud philosophic
Railroads kill fewer folks than vehicles. In is7t
there were slain BY locomotives IN England 30
persons OF whom 100 were respasslng on thu track
while lhes were run over By or fatally injured
while leaping from carriages Reduced L. neutc.
traveller should spenS aeS S0Ihu ho"is SH Si m " Es
lish rai,road trains with an ayerage hourly speed
| turn to be killed came round.
"A thunderstorm story from Danvile.
Conn: suddenly Smith heard the noise OF thun
der and became unconscious. The man also
hoard the noise but neither Of them saw any fash
OF lightning. The man went to Smith, aud In about
twenty minutes he was restored TO consciousness
Then attention was given TO the horses. one OF
them was s,anding erect, with one foot lined 1T
with his nose In the earth. and both were stone
dead, aud retained their positions until they were
The electricity went from the earth to the sky"
| A capitalist Is just about leaving Paris for
pocket. book containing 10000 franca He cannot
| afford to lose an hour, and so with agony goes on
|
TO the prefecture Of police details his loss, and
JOY Learns that his wallet Is a the bureau of lost
objects; Thither he flies, obtains 1t and with
trembling fingers and enger spectacies counts It,
contents, makes hurried calculation and his Jaw
falls, Well says the clerk, isn't 1t ali right p
much What don't you lind there r' 9Th "Tho years
| interest"
A FrenGhman, who has perhaps travelled
In America and viewed some of our works Of art
comments In this wise upon the statue Of Lord BY
| ron soon To b. erected in London: I'VE shall nov
| very soon sec Lord Byron sitting on a little rock
fonhlng with one hand big Newfoundland dog
while with the other no writes on piece of papel
| resting upon his knee. Is this attitude q nht,iIa
une? In any case II must be little unco fortnbu
particularly on the seaside. The sntelnb,c OF III,
zee only ths dog, Which Is perhaps a mistake il y,
monument meant 10 perpotnaie tho memory OF
great poet"
A peculiar industry Of California Is threat
ened with great loss namely, tho wholesale honey
the fields are covered with wild towering plan
upon which bees gTeediy feed, and ll their poichc
to empty into the hive board The residents OF th,
arms, and many persons obtain their livelihood b,
taking care Of the bees The profits of the busnes
Which a" Re honey s was sS removed om ,he eonS
| and the wax cells were restored TO the despoiet
bees. Owing to a severe drouth this Towering
plant has died In the fields.
Thirty students Of the Columbia Colley,
| ScDOOl OF mines are 10 nave pfuctical instruction
In mining coal this summer IN tho mines al Drif
ton Ia. rough frame house has been leased o.
a sleeping place and a cook engaged To accompsn,
| them and provide them with food Tho students vi
bo divided Into parties OF four each and pul Il
charge Of miner, whose duty II will To iIistruc
them In the method OF extracting coal Tho Goa
mined by them will bo subject 10 the same sever,
examination as that dug by the miners credi
being given for clean coal and credit for inpuri
ties. Ike slate. The parties will work for foul
hours eyory day with pick and shovel
"A clever swindler recently purchased SON,
valuable diamonds ofa Birmingham Eng jewe eler
rendering In payment some shares In the Eberhard
Tunnel Company. To prove the value Of his share
he showed, In the market column OF n IoudVr
paper. the hgire at which "Ebcrlntdts" were sell
Ing In the open market On this, avidenCe and for
titled by The evidence Of two local firms that b,
could not be wrong IN accepting the shares, III,
jeweler concluded the bargain, giving his diamonds
In return for the EberlaTdt shares. by and by ht
wanted To turn the shares into money and then ht
discovered that they were worthless. The sharr4
quoted from the London paper by tho ingenious
purchaser were those OF the Eberhardt and Auroff
mine; the worthless shares which he gave IN pay
ment fpr the diamonds were those OF ihe Eberhard
Tunnel Company.
The French butcher separates the bon @,
from his steaks, and places them where they will
do the most good The housewife orders Just
enough for each person, and no more. II chance
vsitoi drops ln somebody quietly retires, and The