National Republican., 1877-04-23
MISCELLANY.

MLsCELLASY.
"A Baltimore editor says RS wsarying TO
the patient soul Of the most devout Christian 70
cit I'm church behind woman with . spring bon
net on the summit OF . turrst Of hair like the
tower Of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus
-Princess Fredericka, daughter Of the King
Of Hanover, is certainly going to be married to
the Duks Of Oonnaught, In spite Of reports 70
the contrary. She is very lovely ysuns woman,
not pretty, bat Of . sweet nature and very ss-
oomplished. b.at. -.
"A duel was fought ut Little Rock The
other day, but, By . singular coins1Asnoe, both
the seconds were dentists, and they oouid not re-
sist the Temptation TO draw the ballsts before
handing the pls>ois 10 their prtnsipals and %
beth parties SIM nvs 70 ornsnsus soasty.
Burning OF gas IN this country dsarss,
in Ashland, Pa, whore aie per thouSasd fsst 10
charged, and the lowest price 10 % esnts IN De
| troit, whore there ID contest between ave con.
psniss. Boston's rate 10 a Is, and Phliadeiphia
e2so. The average in London 10 less than .And
In Paris el.so. -
The hobby Of Boston profsssor 10 70 TO
construct the week. giving 10 euiy nss days sAlisd
Oneday, Twodsy, Threedsy, FouSdsy and 0sd-
day, or the Sabbath. The shortening b intsndsd
to make more days OF rest, and the shsngsisf
names 10 for the purpose Of dissArdlng those Of
hsathsn origin. t'ai. -'rs Lts
-Indignsnt boardsrl 10 hh lsudlsdy,
MADAM, II you expect 6ef buckwhsat eakss TO
20 into nve persons and leave any remainder,
| allow me to Uy that you are decidedly out ia
your srithmsticai sAlssIAtions, for they wont do
It. IN trouble you .ies nat plate OF hot ones
you've got concealed bsAiAd Oh sugar bowi"Hs
got 'sn. 's.s'1i
--Aecopding to the ,sesoarcss Of Herr r.
Masaeh, ear earth hes o. sast tine q otAsr been
Inhabited BY $4,000 kisds Of aainals, Of which
5000 are extinct, vhiis the other iss,oos ~ nm
with rs. Among thsvssevivors ere 1900 vasistiss
sf msmmslia, loo Nfs birds, l,too a ersspinE
thnss," ssoo Of nsh, lee.ooo Of insects, Aooo n.
data, asoo polypifsEa, i,$eo infssoris, and Hen
Muench himsslg 't.i..s a'1
Tho 6rst caissou for the Poushks ksspsie
bridge was towed out into the centre fths river.
AID from there noatsd up the stream in tts posi-.
ton, about 800 feet out from the wsst shore, On
Monday sfternooa One hsur and thirty minstss
was occupis< in seeompiishing the task. Tho
vsrk OF mixing the concrete And alling the Gals.
sen will be commenced Immediately. The second
caisson will be ready for lausching next Monday.
"A poor eIcuse Is worse than none. A
lady sass sah % Sheridan, "rhs weather has
I
yeu." ne Jvss . bt pushed. but soon replied,
"SaAAu, the weather hes cleared up enough for
sds, bat not enough for two," and went out for
stroll By himsslf II u always better vsathe,
for OURSELVES whom W want 70 DO apything thsh
q IL for another when ys Do mot Nant him u do
Il. It rains ysry hsFd II We want 70 stay st home,
but II is nothing but Light shower Il w vlns %
20 out. = r1-s..
Tho Royal Commission on historical MSS.
lately unesrthsd at Spencer house, 81. James,
London, copy ofths following spitaph by soams
Jenyns on DR.. johnson:
Here lies poor johnson, reader, have care;
Tread lightly, lest you rouse . sleeping bear.
Religioss, neral. generous and humane
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WIN ,sii ycu p. 10 wrote and tsit,a And
-shbenburgsp, 10 Hungary, q aHotAsr
0rstua Green, which Roman Catholic couples
visit to be married aftsr one or both have been
separated By process Of law from their previous
partners. The Roman Catholic Church dsalss
divorce, and the candidates for removed mstr!.
mony embrace tho qfssk ffitA, aSs'd dfYttss% hy
the Greek Church, and thon welded. Rymer il
Pesth, Hungsry. 1t last seeounts stated thai
Adslina Patti and Nicolini, who were siaging
there, contemplated availing themselves OF sis.
benburgsn aftsrthsAsparstiono OF hs.formsr from
her husband has been pronounced. 4. j. -
The various slavouian countries of Europe
have neither the same history, nor the saas Ian.
suage, nor the sans national chsraeteristies, nor
the same religion, nor the same degree Of eivtlsa.
tion. They do not even lie togethsr Ia geo;
graphical sense, but are separated By 8on.
Slavonio countries like RopnspIa, HpngarY, and,
II might almost be added, Poland, which, thopgh
Slsvonic BY Fses, has always shoyu itself on.
posed to Slayonlo unions. Whether eS Q geuoEsl 3,
ofa partial kind, and cannot theref,re be oogatsd
among Slayonian countries having . tendency "a
come together.
Tho number Of geometrical figures made
BY crystals Of snow is very considerable, though
all are formed according to the same iuads.
mental angle Of o0o. n. Landrin made careful
observations Of snow crystals In Paris In the win
ter oflsIs-Is. He states that snow isil seventeen
times; that the prevailing forms wsyo the heIe
gou.of fern btssthsa snd ths hssAaSn gf fslth
cred branches; that the very small crystals Hsri
observed several unss With comparatively taiid
temperatures t-s' o.N thst several ,osusvhisl
have been thought peculiar to Arctic rsgionl
are produced In our iatitudes; lastly, that fails
snow sometimes occur composed offour branches
crystals, the arrangement OF which seems quit,
foreign to the system Of heIahedrio orystailiza
tiol.
The following statistics show remarkabl,
increase in the supply OF certain fsvcrits RENE
dies since 1865, In that yeir the central phaY
uaceuticsl establishns snt OF tho Eari,ian HostI
tai furnished 2s2 pounds Of chloroform In 1stb Ii,
quantity had risen u sls popnas. Ths tnersas,
of ohlorsl IRON 1850 10 1875 vas from 10 pounds h
To pounds. Bromide Of potassium, Q. pounds Il
1855, was l,e0o pounds In 1875, morphius, j pount
. ounces IN lsjs, was % POUNDS In 1915 Tn,
progress Of alcohol, considered ~ thsrapeutical
sEsat, 10 especially worthy Of notice. Between
1885 and 1878 hsoousumption Of aloshol IN ths
hospitals increased from l,2To to 10000 quarts
Brandy does not appear on the list until 1854
when four quarts were supplied. In 1875 tn,
quantity had risen to t,los quarts. n
Saying sharp things does not pay. It ma,
crafty your spite At nrst but It is better TO hav
friends than enemiss, and, II you cannot max
people happy, AZ least refrain fr6m addfhE y
their misery. What n this woman is not you
! IDEAL Of womanly perfection, or that man you
! model mani Your mission on eatsh 10 not 10 70
mind theu ofthe fact. Each OF gs has faults D
his own or Of her own in correcting en- VI Vhal
ind ample occupation, A ''stihs'i OF 'idigl
never did any good-never holpsd any one to b.
better. Ono who falls Into the habit Of givin,
them soon looks ill-natured. II 10 not Away
possible to Join the Mutual Adniration Society
and be good member, but at least one can hoi,
ones tongue. r.. .-.-rI
: Tho French papers describe an inyentiou
: for driving horses BY electrieity. rhe eosehmsi
10 TO have under his scat an elsotro. sRnstic or