The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
GENERAL.

AFTER living a century, Bridget King,
OF Cooperstown, N. Y, was burned to
death.
A ST. PAUL negro fell off building
thirty feet to The pavement, striking
squarely on his head. He was all right
in a day or two.
A MAN in a black mask entered St.
Xavier's Convent, Providence, Z. l.,
and tried to kiss a pretty nun. She
screamed, and help just came in time.
ONE of the natural peculiarities Of
Nevada is an alkali grass which takes
all the hair off of an animal. A horse
or COW that runs in it for month loses
every bit of its coat.
BY betting in gloves ladies have
great advantage. If they lose, they paw
in one-button pairs; if they win, they
are paid in eight to eighteen-button
pairs, according to the generosity of the
male victim.
A MAN in Chicago makes a living as a
searcher for lost things. He goes to
places of public resort, such as parks
where free concerts have been given,
before daylight every morning, looking
for accidentally dropped articles.
A BOY sank in a slough at Kearney,
Neb., and called piteously for help. His
two sisters understood the peril of ven
turing into the place, and tried to secure
the aid of neighbors; but, finding that
he was about to go down out of sight,
they bravely attempted rescue, and
all were lost.
JOHN HALvEY and Mrs. Anthony, of
Albion, Miss, made up their minds to
elope. Each had lawful consort and
four children. They decided to take
two of the young ones along, and drew
lots, the woman winning as to which
should make the choice. She took two
of her own, of course.
AN authority on Craftsmanship says
that it is folly for lady to put herself
into stays so tight that her figure is not
flexible while she is on horseback. A
stuffed doll, he says, should never be
put on horse, nor any woman who is
not so loosely dressed that she can lace
her own boots and put up her own back
hair. While the lady is on horseback
the circulation of her blood should
never be impeded.
HERR HENRY LUsTIG has left legacy
of thirty thousand forins to the City Of
Vienna, on the condition that the sum
should be placed at interest in the Ma
tional Bank of Austria, and that neither
interest nor capital shall be touched I'M
til it has accumulated to five millions OF
florins. 1t has been calculated that two
hundred and thirty years must elapse
before the money can be disposed of.
THE census in California indicates an
increase of 100000 in the aggregate
population of the State. The popula-
ton of San Francisco will be brought
far below the estimates of the directo-
ries. The number of Chinese in that
city has also been greatly overestimated.
Some of the interior towns, such as
Stockton, have receded in population
during the decade.
AN insect called neen, of the cocW
species, has been discovered in the Dis
trict of Yucatan, Central America, which
is capable of producing a species Of
India rubber. From the bodies of mems
an oil exudes which has high reputa-
ton for its curative properties. Exposed
to heat it volatilizes, leaving tough
wax, which, when burnt, produces
thick semi-fuid mass, like solution of
India rubber.
THE best engraved portrait ever made
of ex-Gov. William Allen, of Ohio, was
the one generally used in his last cam
paign in that State. 1t was cut on a
saw-blade, in the Ohio Penitentiary, by
Charles Ulrich, convict. Ulrich is
one of the most skillful engravers in the
country, but he has used his ability
mainly in the work of counterfeiting.
Having plenty of time to spare in
prison, he made this picture from pho
tograph.
THE Treasury Department recently
sent out 1000 interest checks for the
four per cent loan, being the entire
amount of checks. One check, which
goes to William H. Vanderbilt, repre-
sents the interest on one-thirtieth part
of the entire funded debt of the United
States, and represents one-eleventh part
of the registered loan. The other ten
elevenths are held by over $4,000 per-
sons.
AS sample of the past and present
in railroading the following shows how
much more perfect is the system in 1880
than that of 1866: In the latter year it
| IOOk pdSScuScl ufo uhyo W ~ liom
New Orleans to New York, making the
nine changes, and many of the changes
necessitated long walk from depot to
depot. In 1869 it took four days, with
two or three changes; in 1873, three
and half days, one change; in 1878,
three days, one change, and now, in
1880, you can 60 in sixty hours and
forty-fve minutes, one change. Quite
difference in time, not to mention the
difference in comfort also.
REPORTS from Standing Rock con-
corning the sun-dance held there re-
Gently are not creditable to Sioux civil
cation. One young warrior held out for
fifty-six hours, and then tainted. He
was hanging all that time by stick run
through the flesh of the back. He gave
out before the flesh gave way. He was
so grieved over his failure that he tried
to butcher himself. The women cut the
ears off the papooses and shaved their
own nails up to the points of the fingers.
This was the first sun-dance at Standing
Rock.
A TIMoRoUs lady in Providence, who