The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-16
GENERAL.

GERsTER's baby is sung to sleep with
$1,000 songs.
FORTY years ago woman deposited
$16 in the Middletown, VT, savings
bank, and now eight children receive
1886 each as the product of that well
laid nest-egg.
THE car of Juggernaut was not
drawn through the streets this year, on
account, the natives say, of the negli-
gence of government officials, and the
omission defers its next appearance for
twelve years.
THE minis of France belong to pri-
vate corporations, but coin money I'M
der the supervision of the national au-
thorities. Any one possessing silver or
gold can have it coined. The five-franc
piece in silver is the only standard ma
tional silver money, the other pieces
being mere bullion for market conVen-
ience.
In Deaf Mutes' Convention at Bos-
ton there was q pantomimic row over
the charge of their President that solicit
Ing agents had kept back 40 per cent.
of 81, 500 collected for the proposed
home. The scene was a strange one
400 persons earnestly and eXcitedly ges-
ticulating at each other without an audi
BILE word.
THE famous dry-goods establishment
of the Louvre, Paris, is heavy loser by
shoplifters, who conduct their opera
tons with such skill as to generally defy
detection. A fortnight ago, however,
twentv-siX articles were found in possess
sion of young woman who proved to
be the keeper of small dry-goods store.
AN eccentric Englishman, long resi-
dent of Paris, has Just committed sui
eide, after having devoted twenty years
to strange mama. Every six months
ne had coffin made for himself Each
was too long, too short, or uncomforta-
BILE in some way, until the last proved
perfect. Having no further object in
life, he killed himself.
In some foreign countries certain
bridges and monuments, if not conse-
Grated to suicide, are largely used for
that purpose; and similar setting apart
rs evidently sought by some people for
Niagara Falls. Mr.. Knapp, of Utica,
who both shot himself and plunged over
Che Falls, took needless precautions, for
ne could not have survived the plunge
alone.
Gas the American" says the Rev.
David Swing of Chicago, scan out-chew
and out-spit and out-talk the rest of the
world, so can he out-swear the residue
of humanity. Sitting behind two gentle
men for day, as our train glided along
from st. Paul toward Chicago, the words
|bv God came back to me 700 times,
when bedtime made me quit counting"
AN old English miser named Rhodes,
who began making money as rubbish
gatherer, and lived and died in squalor,
has bequeathed 100000 between the
Royal Free Hospital, London, and the
National Lifeboat Institution, leaving
his relations penniless. The will stands, |
but the Charities have given the five
next of kin S5,250.
DALYE-LAMA, the earthly god of
Thibet, lately became seriously i'll. The
priest applied to the Emperor for the
appointment of new divinity. The |
candidate has TO present himself to the
dying Dalye-Lama, who transmits to
him his divine soul, which has thus been
passed down from the founder of the
Thibet religion, Dzon-Epa. The yearly
income of the deity of Thibet is said to
be over 81 100000. He occupies pal
ace, in which are more than hundred
golden idols.
A NOVEL election bet is reported as
having been made by Hartford political
opponents. The loser is to black boots
at a designated corner for two hours on
a given day, the proceeds of his work to
60 to the orphan asylum. The agree
ment also provides that all moneys col |
leaed shall be given to the asylum; that
no change shall in any case be given to
the party paying for the shine; and that
the one who does the work shall provide
himself with bottle of dressing with !
which to black ladies' boots.
"THE milk is the white blood,'' say
the Cinnamon, and on this ground they |
abhor using milk and all the products of |
the dairy. In some stores of the largest |
Chinese cities there is milk for sale, but |
it is not the milk of beasts and is used |
for babes and old persons. Those of the |
European residents who insist upon get
ting milk for their coffee, commonly get
that of swine. ga Frenchman,' says a
French magazine, "who lived in China
with his family kept his own COW. His
servant, Chinaman, stole the milk in
order to sell it to Europeans. At last
his thefts were discovered, and he was
forced to drink the cows milk. That
was the most dreadful punishment to
which Chinaman could be subjected,
and that servant never dared to steal the |
milk afterward."