National Republican., 1877-07-11
MISCELLANY.

MISCELLANY.
A Duluth editor got even with q contem-
porary BY calling him "gourd headed bahcon."
A gypsy wedding took place near Pitts
went through that formaliy
If the serpent wanted to create dissension
more hastily in the Garden he should have pre-
| sented Eve with croquct set.
| An Atlanta man has invented machine
horse and promises that II Il will not carry . man
faster than any ordinary horse can, he will cat IL
cog.whcels and all
A young man from the West, visiting
Boston, carelcssly remarked that he didn't admire
| Emerson. He was Immediately arrested and fined
five dollars for profanity.
A gentleman was observed one day dis
when one friend remarked to another that 'thoec
calves must have been taken away too soon from
| their mother"
| A London paper prints the following notice:
The attendance at the wedding of Nh. smsrl and
Miss Jones Yesterday being so large, for the hcnct
| of the many friends unable IN gain admission the
ceremony will he repeated"
| A Turkish soldier buying a sword at Da-
mascus tried its temper by cutting of the head Of
| a Jew who happcnCd To bc passing. and the only
notice taken Of the occurrence by the authorities
was AN order to him to join his regiment
Nobody has yet bean able to tell how
many counties there are in Texas, but they claim
uNn lNtEt lllal lAh u
Sctts. ore rs lns;,c a. Connecticut, and two would
gcther make about forty Rhode ISLAND.
The long drawn-out ''ha" which a man
utcTS ai'cr hearty pail at b tLc Il not doSa in
of sc JnnII%ny i,GI,nh%y sSt s1 :. n mech ora & Willy
and el"qncnce In IL than In the nohlest Grafton of
Cicero.
Masked intruders near Boston have had
the andncity Ia gag minister Of the gOsIcl. Some
plan adopted by some 81 the clerical ren;lemans
parishioncrs to convey the hint that he preached
too long sermons
DIR. Schlicmann, after q close study of the
subject Of the wooden horse which presented
g. the conclusion that the soldiers who sccrct@d
themselves inside IL must have been warriors Of
| considerable cntc=prizc
| The man learning to play the aooordeon
acquaintance Of many, 1t is the. hut in the dark
hour OF calamity their sympathies would b- moct-
| cries, and their sorrow shaded brows the masks
| for gloatng hypocrisy and Joy.
Something scorched a space hundred
yards wide and six times as long Ia Western Texas.
In a recent storm. The residents generally think
remarkably broad flash Of lightning may have
done II, but there are superstitiuus persons who
| are SURF the devil did IL with his hot feet
A music-box which plays one huudrei and
thirtytwo tunes, and II A. large full-si1ed side
board has - recenily ssen @ made at Geneva for the
In arc the latest impruvcmcuts-a flute drum bells
and castHncts. The instrument cost about I,0o0.
The late period Of life at which youths
have recently gone to the English universities is ex-
| citing unfavonble comment. The average age OF
public schoolboys beginning residence al oxford Is
now about ls4 TO 1871 and the degree Is often not
| graduates went up To college at Id To Is
There's some mind in this boy Of yours, -
said the new pastor, stopping by the roadside and
stroking the curly pate of youngstcr whose
Gather, one Of the parishioners, was plowing in
tha t.lH And fhnrn ka
| the rustic, greatly uckled "and there he sir;
you'd Just ought To see how he can mind sheep
| Thunder showers from seven to ten O'Clock
beau nights IL Just what the sharp girls with an
| eye 10 business want II the favored is any
way backward II is the easiest and plessantcsa
thing In the world TO pretend fear Of the thunder
clapS and throw herself helplessly upon his bosom
| Obscrvant people In consequence now calculate
the marriage rate according to the severity Of the
lightning.
| Jacob Levin was committed for trial, in
Boston: on the charge Of shooting at his son. from
whom he had been estrangcd. The Son now CON
| ftsses that he conspired with companions 70
have his father Imprisoned The pistol was fired
SSs ei ss SsI Tsa n Wy h, aS SpGd Lad
a time when the son had Intentionally started a
quarrel.
I'm the Russian army there is only one
band To each division, and Il affords music al in
tsrvas, but the spirits of the men are cheered on
the way by their own snngs In which they give
vent To their enthusiasm with a goodwill and me
y
| the head Of each battalion are three drummer.
and in the van arc generally score or more of
not unpleasant air is listened To in silence and then
| the company In unison aud harmony take up the
chorus, the drummer joining ill., while the refrain
swells along the whole line In manner which Is
emphatically warlike and grand Sometimes
where the musical element Is strong and solo
singers rare a soldier with q clarioneI PLAYS the
solo, then all the others with the drums. take up
the chorus The songs oten very spirit stirring
and the heartncss with which they are rendered
| IL. Ia, .t..
stirred and the spirit in which they marching
! IN meet the enemy. The singing is maintained
through the march, and the effect is as pleasing as
| II Is inspirlting.
A correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press describes the use Of gold dust currency as
the greatest nuisance OF the Black Hills. Each
| man is provided with his buckskin sack. and no
matter what he buys be 1t plug OF tobacco for ten
cents or an outfit for several hundred dollars, he
must weigh the amount out in dust This is yeH-
atiOus process and Of course II cannot be often
peated without considerable percentage Of waste
Gold y taken at eighteen dollars in grecnbackS
Gnd M AZ f sh1pEsePeGrs % G GTe two prices movement
able percentage 10 the price Of goods sold for dust
and many OF the more sensible miners are begin
ming 10 sell their dust ~ they bring il in, and do
Their trading WIN paper money. Formerly there
was much risk In taking gold dust as II was mixed
with material that 4 was impossible to detect by
| the time to submit the dust TO that process Now
the dust Is comparatively clean and safe to handle
The world will end to-day" he said,
hnu kpIhng up ItOin MS nOlsieSs
"The world will end and will go
To wear my robes as white as snow"
And out upon the busy street
To every passerby he'd meet
| He said, Prepare at once to die,
The day Of Jubilee is nigh r.
Folks laughed and hade him hire hal,
But still he cried 10 one and all.
Make ready for the final shock
The world Will end at three oclock|
The village bell tolled one two, three
That gallant youth Oh. where was he.
A-standing by hucksters cart
Hard by mule Of heartleSs heart
Tho mule long wearied with his talk.
Commenced TO snort and rear and balk,
And reaching out his restless paw
He caught that person In the nav.
Upon the fasstOnes cold and gray
All doubled up he ghsping lay
lie saw the starr come shooting down
An earthquake seemed IN shake the town;
True 70 the last he fhinuy sighed:
81 told you 80" and straightway died
Upon that frAn, Misguided child