National Republican., 1877-06-30
MISCELLlNT.


den, with a two-qunrt pail, the bottom OF which he
had Just covcrcc. He arranged the matter by pay.
ing the owner s0-the highest price paid for straw.
berries this summer
Time was when the college boating man
was trained" until his teeth showed through his
lips and there wasn't flesh enough on his ribs TO
But that time has passed away; the boating man
now lives like an epicure and rivals Nlcsics In the
frequency with which he Is revictualed.
Tho Savannah Neus believes that the lands
81 nSIhen SsI Ss "rf IN SN,ed
ega the other day, directly after the falling Of n
heavy shower Of rain, little barefoot street ur.
in about half gallon Of cafth scrapcd up In font
Of the courthouse door.
La RepHbliquc Frdncdisc writes that among
the little religious images and pictures circulated
sents the Pope chained in the Vatican lie wears
crown Of martyrdOm, and Is bound 10 the floor Of
q prison whose doors arc fastened with nadlocks
sign is distributed in many OF the churches IN
Pals.
Monday, June 4, was George Heriot's
Day" at Edinburgh that is the 3lith anniycrsary Of
ling Gcorde,". who followed the fortunes Of hi,
master to London, where he accumulated I2',01N, q
vast sum in those days, which he bequeaihcdt 10
found famous school IN his native city. The
property l. now worth f20,OOO year. Besides sup
porting lDl boys In what Is cal led the hospital nee
education Is given to 5000 day and loo night
scholars.
The bands IN the Vile Rcalo Of Naples
have been accustomed 10 play the Royal March
whenever the Mayor was known To have entered
that public garden. The Mayor thought II good
Joke, II was humOrOuSly commented Oh by the city
officials reached the court circles and n6lly came
70 the Kings ears. some time later whcn Victor
Emmanuel was requested 10 recommend Il petition
% The Council OF Naples he addressed IL 'To lii
Majesty the Mayor Of Naples
ooh, why was born ~ said Ne, "why did
they ysnk me by the hair out Of eternal nothing.
ness into concrete existence, TO buffet the storms of
this rude world with no postponcment on account
Of the weather? What then, is this problem Of
human destiny with which Science has impotcntly
him, ali the same, that there was no base ball ior
him that afternoon; and II he didn't get the
kindlns split before his father came home, thered
bc some wrestling that would make Science open
her eyes when she struck that wood she'd
Mr.. Benson was out in his garden Monday
dnubinBa coat Of tar on the trunk ofn choice
cherry tree, when his ncxt.door nelrhbor, with
induStriously set To work mailing lah between the
picker on the line fence. Il thought that Id fix
this tree SO that your dog wouldn't be able to S, gS!
observed Benson as the work went on, "Ics,
see" was the reply "nnd II reminds me that IL the
space was reduced your cat couldn't reach through
and pick my raspberres" A deep and profound
silence followed
Mr.. Gladstone in recent lecture on
ceramic art said he considered WcdgwOOd the most
extraordinary man whuse name IL recorded IN the
history OF the commercial world nS .e completely
rcvolutioniZcd the character OF the fabrics mudo in
England recalled into existence the spirit Of Greek
which is not porcelain To by far the highest point
II has ever attained in amy country IN the world.
The crowning triumph he achieved was thtsJlhGt m
works aud the Royal factory OF Scvrcs directly i'm
| itacl them, but Seyrcs wcdgwood is not equal 10
! the genuine work of Josiah WcdgwOod.
The Dublin Metropolitan police in the
year ending December 81, 1879, consisted of com
missioncrs .supcrintcndcnts, % inspectors, ii9
scrgcants 9ll consables and ~ detectives; total,
l,l6n The cost Of the commissioners. their supc.
rior officers, clerks, &C. was 80 OF the police
force s615oO0 The same number ofmen would In
New York, at the lowest salary paid patrolmen
in Begins GINS al $40 week he cot S Of living q RaTS R
is about half that Of New York The Dublin po
lice arc as magnificent body Of men as can be
found In the world. .- --
Cowper in Westminster Abbey, given by Mr.
George W. Childs, 4. NJ, OF Philadelphia Is thu
described by Dean Stanley: "In the window Her
by his church porch, and the lines underneath arc
taken from the introduction TO his poems, and III
reference TO the Baptlsery or the entrance TO ih'
Cowper the other side, is In his well known car
and dressingguwn, I'm the neghborhood Of olncy
with his hares In the garden looking at his Mother
Picture from which poem are taken the lines
aG arc to S sSdSa
sent their respective familics-bOth, as II happens
great In the English aristocracy."
Aimee Lacaton, a girl of eighteen, in An
goulcme, France, was found running frantcall!
through the streets besmearcd with blood, and sooi
teen, teen % with whose parents she was servant % wa "a
found to be the murderer. lie snid that he wa
alone in the house with the girl, and that he scae'
| himself In the dining room tO write q Latin eNer
else. The girl came 10 light the fire when he be
came seized with an irresistible desire 10 murde
her. He aScendcd To his fathers room. took dag
ger from the closet, and, on his return, plunged
into the girls back ns she was on her knees at tn
,, fireplace. She Iofe with scream and rnu ou
while he rushed to the window to throw himsel
out, but did not dare to jump, lie then strucl
!, himself several times with knife and dram
ether, but without succeeding in killing himself
The boy was OF II forbidding aspect, and deformet
and had heavy upper lip, which, being paraly ned
hung over the other. His eyes were suhken, an
he ,quintcd. He was condemned TO imprisonmef
' until his twentieth year.
y An article in the Gdldry on dreams, by Nj
I. Lewis, presents some novel theories. The result
y of great number OF experiments are held to su
!. tain the following faets Speaking in low, mono
c Invariably cause him to dream of terrible adyei
= lures on water, sueh ns shipwreck and drowning
o Singing OF playin on musical instruments induce
o dreams Of dead friends, funerals and the lik
h Worrisome dreams are ofcn caused by slccpin
with the arms over tho head. Mr., Lewis does M
| believe that sOmnanbuism II Oien caused
weight Of trouble on the mind, and he combats q
that any great lT%poriCn of dreams arc q
raen,s Si annypg ,Ha ,boy Srr % @ eashes scr
d ihe brain: While one watched II sleeper and al
c other the clock, third loudly slammed the bin
~ Of q window about tel feet away. The effect WI
" instantaneous. The man sprsng up al the sOun
n, looked around In alarm, aud then exclaime
dreamed Of hcnp on n crowded street in front Of
building which the crowd declared unsafe, b
stl fingered near II. The dreamer tried 10 cbo
M his way along but the people lcered and laughC
r ut him umd held him theic. He begged and G
Ia treated, cuaxcd and threatened. but they held hi
IN there aud the building topplcd over OIL him. u
~ shock breaking his dream. IL seemed certain to
y, | that he had dreamed the entire dream In secon
h while the time seemed long half hour to him; b
" II place the question beyond dispute we indulg
~ IN seven or eight different experiments. sometim
we let u weight fall on the hoOr, or struck n chi
with n stick, and again we slammed the blind.
every Instance the sleeper dreamed OF some sta
n, ling adventure and awOkc with a start; and
~, 81 dream lasted over minute"
+! The Khedive would have much prefcrr
at to have kept out OF the war between Turkey Al
II. Russia. He has always been oil friendly teri
Of with the latter and he Is such frcethinker In
Nv igiOuS matters that the appeal OF the talph OF
o. Faithful for aid affects him very slightly Ed
Gated At Paris, and mingling In the society OF q
ghy capital, he seems TO look on Mohammcdanis
thing of such transcendRnt Importance that
q ought TO be propagated BY lire and sword. lic
- infinitely more tolerant and liberal than sol
lg Christian rulers Of higher pIetencc 10 intclllGc
IN and to advanced ideas. Oflen in conversation W
he him have been struck with the wide scope of
lis information aud his liberal views on the qucstio
as of the day. Ills familiarity with French cnhb
rd him TO hold intercourse with all the distinguish
At strangers who arc received at the palace, aud
III read the French journals. Few heads of Cove
he en are better posted than Is the Khediyc on q
mr.. | lem poraTy events the policy of States and