National Republican., 1877-07-16
MISCELLANY.

ordinary laborcrs Work Is so scarce that men are
willing to engage for their board alone, the privi
cgc of travel being also an incentive.
"A Texas lady was recently bitten by q
pnlccat. The pulccat Is said TO be very pretty
animal hut It's propensity to bite will always keep
II from becoming pet among the ladies.
Boxes arc made in London direct from the
paper pulp. Four machines with the drying
without the employment ofsklllcd labor.
Teresa Williams, who was recently bap-
tlzed and admitted to church In Hartford proves
to lie a thoroughly trained thief She says: II
whoC psd In OH religion as a matter of biz"
A Phila lclphia druggist has issued cir.
iclnc OF ~ smallsizcd Jew or Hebrew" with "a
tiUthic nose" whom he mentions by name.
-"fo is man after my own heart, pa"
said Julia. rsvcrting to her Augustus "Nonsense"
nancy your uncle len you" And then all was
quiet
-Pcrsimmons grow In Japan, and we bo-
licve that man who dies without having looked
nDcn ,hG o. SmSToISnNTCa JSpanSS
half Of his life.
"A distinguished japanese traveller in this
country writes home: Tho chief branch of cdu.
cation of young men here is rowing. The people
have large lighthouses called colleges and the
principal OF these are Yale and lIaryard.i
The war in the East Is causing photogra-
ply to look up. Not only the Russians aud Turks
each have their corps of photographers. but
wear numbered medal, on tho reverse of which Is
a photograph OF tho wcarer, in order to put the
question OF identity beyond dispute.
Fashion in New York refuses to believe In
dull times, for the demand for lace mitts costing
from 81 % s9s per pair exceeds the supply. AsionE
| as such expensive goods are needing rc-cnfDrcc.
mcnt we may assume that the tide has turned, aud
now oil that is necessary Is to organize our indus
trial forces and go to producing again.
A famous old horse, owned by n gentle
man In the northwestern section Of Baltimore. kills
from three TO half dozen rats every night When
| the rodents come into his trough 10 eat the feed
| old equine Just seizes them by the back. gives
| u grip with his teeth opens his mouth, and they
fall dead at his hoos lie is worth half dozen
cats.
bones desperate. lie has become cannibal. Last
evening he informed us that he was so reduced In
circumstances that he had been living of his wife,
| relations will last Rattleboncs Is pretty good
sort nf person; and we should be sorry to sec him
| staryc.
-Dcadwood gambler to correspondent "I
| am blackleg, and you know 1t; but never take
advantage Of mani mean miner working for
u stake. Traders and merchants are my game, II
can bleeda freighter do without the least com.
punctiCn ! never resort TO violence-the knife.
pistol or blackjack. While I would rather steal
than receive the money as q gin, never leave a
man pcnnileSs.'
The keeper of candy and ice cream store
the keepers cat In business hours, and paid him at
the rate Of SO month, instead OF $40 as previously
court, pleading that he was no, particularly GSnd
Of cats, but that he consoled the one In question
ha"nnSc the employer had Just chopped of the
heads Of two OF hor progeny. He recovered his
rightntl wages. but the Justice decided that he
lawfully discharged.
-"Gander pulling" was the chief sport at a
recent church festival at Weco,l Texas; The sun
day school superintendent succeeded In catching
the bird and dragging OFF It's head. The game con
sists In riding on horseback under the gander
which Is securely tisd Sy ths ies A. syeh " heIgh
who reaches for the squrmihg head Of The poor
creature. The more the gandef writhes aud wrig
pie send up when the superintendent or any othc
man carries of the prize
A paper over In Nevada gives this deeply
interesting statement OF the qualities Of tho girls Ii
Vile girls are the dumpiest Truckee girls are tn
Souchicst Carson girls are tho greasiest. Daytor
girls are the dumbcst Virginia City girls arc The
girls The tallest frankiown gEi.are the green
ct Gold Hill girls are the longest liY6ed Gen1l
s .n' wsSSS IRIS nTS phned baSE n
tlghir>t Eureka girls Fave the bost appetite 10
bologna. Belmont girls arc the biggest around tn
o waist
a Capt. Tyson expects to sail nom New
u London for the Arctic seas carly as July %, Tn
y schnoncr Florence is now nearly fcady for s6a ant
y will be manned mainly By Connecticut sailors
course oS % But her headGGaftSls VIII be- on eapbsI ~
i land Island, where stock o. supplies ts . De eol
d slcIges arc TO be enlisted fof the expedition,
Stc colony another rEFsSi HFSssSi viii .eS haa Ne,
disco about August s. Then they wiii strife porti
If We shall stay there. SIR pntll we find the Mort
\ Pole" says Capt. Tyson to reporter.
o Tho following story is told by a CORE
IS spondent Of the Lohdon Time. at vernS 9TH
a pnpinaSs nf EuQiishmnu IL wall knONyn hiit
N mend Turk, The othsr day at station here
ri trucks ir Ichums. One Of tho tin cnscs got dam
N aged and some wiseaCre sent for a brazler to y
anT TnS nSoa The sa tSS wa
q was followed by score Of soldiers anxious to se
the fun lie was Just about to commence oper
l. him, and unccrcmonIousiy pitched him and Ii
hot iron on the platform, told he soldiers that the
responsible for the station, and nobody shoul
" blow that up while he was there.
70 A fow days ago n woman, frantic wit
Of grief CALLED on tho superintendent of police
ne New York to recover her pet dog lovely terrie
he reward OF my dollars for It's recovery went To Il
d. dog pound. searched among tho unhappy an
n. among The attendants, and besought them vii
n many tear, 70 look out for her lost darling, d
IN trbuted circulars containing printed dcscrpic
tendents OF the neighboring towns went withn,
dinner and drove about the streets in a cab, whi
Ting, ,.weeping and calling, and went into lOyo,
10 Mysteries when about dark the lost dog was r
vs. covered and went To sleep with 1t In her arms, al
,n II wasn't until breakfast time tho next mOrniI
~ she learnedlthat her little daughter, hreeycaS ol
IN had slept all might In down town police static
ly having been fodnd crying in the streets by
v? officer about two hours before the dog W
st lost. .'.y --.e,H4sS
~, an Miss Corisande was born only two yea
~ earlier than her brother Tom When Tom was I,
'of years old she gloricd because she was twey
nj When Tom was known to be fourteen, she co
nv fcSsed TO sweet siXteen When Tom proudly boast
~ Of eighteen, she tmdy acknowledges herself pa
on nineteen When he came home from college, wi
th a mustache and a vote, and had party In hon
of his twenty first birthday she said To her frent
,er What bOyish fellow he is who would think
'es was only year younger than l?' And when To
a., declared he was twenty-five years and old enouL
m to get married. she said to gentleman friend, II
Il you know feel sayagely jealous To think of To
ed getting married. But then suppose twins alwR
~ are attached to each other than other bTuhC
re- and sisters" And two years later, OF Toms we
" ding she said with girlish vyaCity. to the weddl
guests, Dear old Tom, TO see him married to.nig
and then think how. when he was only five yea
old, they brought him In TO sec me his baby Slst,
.o | wonder II he thinks of II tonight" You ha
$50 -, met Miss COrisande, probably. She lives in 20
70 70 town.-Lidi0keyf.
sos From the papers of the deceased Day
Oi Frederick Strauss his son has lust printed IN