National Republican., 1883-02-19

As IL sinks beneath the moonl
IT is said that the chief characteristic Of
New zealanders is their fondness forchildren.
THERE is a little village in Canada called
Wigglnsville, from which people are moving
| away.
| AN exchange says that Minnie Hauk
| washes her own stockings. One would scarcely
expect great prima donna to wash somebody
elses stockings.
How blessed is the lot Of the civil justicei
He can sit all day and hear people lie about each
| other, himself tranquil and Indifferent and get
| well paid for the fun beside.
| A New YORK exchange declares that dead
| oyster will poison whole stew If It were live
oyster now suitable punishment could be meted
out to it, but in the presence of death even the law
| is powerless.
ONE reason why so few travellers lose their
lives at the burning Of hotels says the Detroit Fes
Press is that the great majority of them stay out
nights until It is too late for an incendiary bar
keeper to burn hotel.
NEAR Metz q tame bear was walking in the
woods and suddenly came upon an Alsatian
hunter, who pointed his gun to fire, when the
bear stood on his hind legs and danced. The
hunter thought 1t was the devil and fled.
THIRTY million dollars are annually paid
over the bars Of Chicago for drinks. The United
States spend 5000 900 year for their alcoholic
drinks. 1t is estimated that more than 100000
people are engaged In selling that amount Of
poison.
A PHILADELPHIA plumber drilled hole
through the pipe which he was repairing. and
was suffoCated by the sewer gas In connection
| with this event II might be suggested that tho
United States has too few national holidays
Rochester Post Express.
THE Italians have prayer which reads:
| az pray that may never be married. But II
marry, pray that may not be deceived. But II
I am deceived, pray that may not know Of IT.
But II know II, 1 pray that may be able to
laugh at the whole Affair.""
PERSONS who tell Of the marvellous speed Of
railway trains should bear in mind that an en-
glne moving at the rate OF sixty miles an hour
passes over eighty eight feet of ground each
second. horse trottIng at speed of 2l0 covers
more than forty feet per second.
THE scheme of reclaiming land by filling in
the Back bay Of Boston has provad profitable
enterprise for the state The receipts from the
sale of lots amounts TO s4,757000, and the outlay
has been only sl,6i0.OO0. Besides this profit fifty
acres have been added to the deep water area OF
the harbor.
A COMMITTEE of the Indiana legislature Ia
considering novel amendment to tho law gov.
| eTnlnB inc teTln VI lnpTlsOuuleut. Iub
idea is to substitute a term Of years representing
an average life. and allow the prisoner commuta-
ton from this for good conduct, as is the
in lighter sentences.
THE owners of claims adjoining the famous
Bassick mine, at Roslta, COL, have brought suit
against the Bassick company to So 600 600,
said to have been taken In ore from veins outside
the lines defining the Bassick mine territory. Tho
suit promises to be one of the greatest pieces Of
mining litigation over known.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago q clergyman in an
Alabama town prayed ono Sunday that the Lord
would send wind and blow the tenpin alley
down. The next Wednesday wind visited the
town, blowing down the tenpin alley, and moth
ing else in the whole village. There has never
been q tenpin alley there since.
IT is stated as fact that at least $4,000 OF
the people of Glasgow. Scotland, go to bed glori-
ously drunk every Saturday night of the year. II
this statement be true 1t is because there is in
Scotland law prohibiting the sale ofliquor on
the Lords day, and the brawny Scot imbibes
enough on Saturday TO last him until Monday
morning.
| AT Balxu, Russia, process has been success
fully tried by which kerosene oil is solidihed to
look like tallow and can be CAUSED to revert To Its
natural liquid state. Other oils are said to be
treated in the same way. The kerosene is to be
made into candles. and the oil kings. Nobe
Brothers, expect to undesell the candle dealers
throughout the continent.
THE champion mean man Of Boston was
seen in horse car few days ago. Noticing that
his neighbor, evidently n Woodworking, poor
woman, was about to pay her fare with six cents.
he proposed to her to use one Of his tickets and
give him the money, remarking that he might al
| well make the profit as allow the company to
make 1t. And the most remarkable part OF the In
cident was that the woman accepted the offer.
IT is announced that the sculptor Gerard,
who obtained medal at the last salon In Paris,
for his "Tobie ct rAnge," has just, without any
premonitory symptoms, lost his reason. He was
working in his studio and giving the last touches
TO remarkable group called Maternity" when
he suddenly went mad. His friends succeeded In
getting him into cab under the pretext OF a
drive, but the vehicle deposited the unfortunate
man at the Asylum sainte Anne.
CINCINNATI consumes 150000,000 gallons
of water per day, arfd the Oil City Blizzard man
says he Is fairly wild TO know what they use II
for. Under ordinary circumstances we would
permit this TO pass without notice, but when an
oil country citizen shows desire to know some'
thing about water It is the duty Of everybody
who makes specially of that subject to loose his
GOOD gates of information. This water is used In
Cincinnati for washing beer glasses.-Rochesier
/ Post Express
THE gamblers of Boston are having run
of bad luck. Their games win about as usual, but
the losers have fallen into habit of demanding
their money back. This has been especially true
of a faro bank in fremont street, said TO be the
handsomest gaming establishment in the country.
! II was frequented by Harvard students and when
ever President Eliot heard Of a loss he compelled
restitution. Several merchants pursued the same
course as TO their clerks and in one instance the
: gamblers had to give up $500 Following these
> setbacks comes so strong movement TO close the
hells altogether that the police deem 1t best Ia
enforce the law
FoR the first time within the memory Oi
| the oldest inhabitant navigation on Lake Michi-
| gan Is completely closed. In many places the
urface Of the lake Is covered with ice several feel
L thick as far out twenty-five miles from the
# shore Along the east shore ice has piled up In
many places to depth Of thirty or forty feet, and
s the amount crowded far on the shore is simply
i wonderful. The sight Is one Of grea
a beauty The dangers Of winter navigation
/. have become so great the last few years thai
!. the large propelers are gradually being taken ou
4" OF the service. Old lake men assert that in
% half dozen years winter navigation will bI
b entirely abandoned on the northern lakes. TherI
are hundreds OF boats frozen in along the northern
70 shores Of the lakes, and when breakup comes :
great loss oflife and property may be expected