Daily Republican., 1883-12-13
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

Mason Long is one of the ten peranc,
preachers OF the west. He travels
through Indiana and Ohio In Wagon
drawn by a span Of handsome horses
like tooth.powder vendors, and is &C
coDpanied by -four singing students
two from Oberlin and two from Della.
ware College. At night the wagon is
lighted up with torches, and he ha.
rangues the listening multitudes in the
open air after the sing ng has brought
them together. He tells them that six
years ago he was drunken reprobate,
but little girl persuaded him 10 sign
the pledge, and since then he has been
happy man. His language Is inclined
TO be coarse, and his vocabulary il
limited, but he has powerful lungs, and
interests large audiences.
A pleasing novelty Is the new cleo
trio light apparatus for examining pa-
tents liver. The prong or tube con.
tanning the light Is inserted in the hu.
man tunnel the same AZ the sword in
the well, known sword -swal lowing trick.
At the end Is the electric light, "a swan
iDcandescent lamp The tube also
contains a small Photographic appara-
tus, which IL projected out of the tube
by a spring 1t Is then quickly return
ed into the tube, which IL drawn up
again through the aforesaid tunnel, and
the remaining process of securing the
photo is gone through. Every house
hold ought to have such pipe attached
10 it,
Dr. Prime ha. found On odd monu
msnt in northern New York, which had
been erected to the memory of q most
excellent woman. A good man had
lived happily with devoted wife until
they were well on in years, when
she died. He bethought him OF some
fitting memorial TO p ace over her grave,
and the happy thought struck Lin that
the square stove, by which they had
been comfortable through many long
winters, would be just what she would
like to have If she had a voice in the
matter. He had the stove taken TO the
graveyard and placed over the remains
OF his companion, who sleeps quietly
underneath 1t.
The veil worn by Mdlle Bueno on the
occasion of her marriage with the pope's |
nephew, Camille Pecchi, was of the
most valuable lace known. 1t was oil
ancient Spanish manufacture, and had
been bestowed by the great Queen Isa-
bella on one Of her ladies Of honor, an
OF the bride. At the nuptial 4
ceremony this veil was worn a Ia mono
Ia at the back of the head, falling
over the shoulders. but not covering the
face.
A prominent optican says that the
dotted wells worn by ladies do a great
deal of damage to the eyes. %You
would be surprised" said he, off l
should tell You that large part of my
practice is owing to the use of these
wells. A lady with perfectly healthy
eyes and strong optical nerves can
stand the strain Of them for q long DE-
riod-in fact, for years"
A prominent hotel man at Mauches.
ter, N. H., is the father Of an exceed.
ingly bright four-year.old boy, who
smokes cigars Of the strongest brands
with genuine relish, and, II denied his
customary smoke, grows peevish, losed
his appetite and shows signs of intense
physical suffering. Physicians have ad.
Tlsed that the child be given a regular
allowance of tobacco.
Two months ago an Englishman left
ZONE for, Switzerland. When hehad been
zone month he got letter dated from
lis own residence in London, from
gentleman who inquired whether he
would allow him to take the house for :
mother fortnight at a reduced rent.
"a ~ MT hoi lat hn t., ls,I
'bsence and pocketed the proceeds.
A man in Louisiana has a horned |
lorse The animal Is in all respects a I
two. year-old colt, without
he slightest regularity with the OK ep- :
ion of his horns, which are about ID 4
inches long, protruding from either side t
{ its forehead about two inches above '
he eyes, and curving back beautifully II
Ike Rocky Mountain goat. II
All the women smoke in Spain. In e
tally the like habit is general in Ger d
lany, Austria, and other parts of the r
ointment 1t il the fashion to smoke p
igars. In Turkey every female has d
er hookah, narghileh and chibouque. b
here is less lung disease in Turkey
ian In any other country, and the r
omen retain their teeth longer.
Carrier-pigeons in Germany are pro- c
'cted from the attacks of birds of prey j
y very ingenious arrangement. A a
lumber of light reeds are fastened to v
ieir tail feathers, and the air passing C
trough the reeds as the birds fly pro. c.
nces a shrill whistling sound, which l,
fectually scares away all winged enc r.
les. "A
The telephone is being put to good "
SO in Switzerland. Telephone COM r
has been established be- o.
.een A pnach and the hotel on Mount 81
ilatus, 80 that tourists may ascertain y,
10 state Of tho weather on the heights y,
0fore making an ascent p
A boy in Worcester, Mass, advertises
at the lady who gave him g.. 50goll Il,
installing it for a penny-for
'lding her horse can get $2.49 by ap-I
ying at the Spy office. .o
In welcoming friend after pro. W
nged absence, q native Of Japan says h.
1t is long time since your honorable Al
'rson has been hung up on my eye. Sd
Statistics show that in England men I'll
w live two years longer and women TT
rec and third longer than they did se
irty years ago. al
There is q. woman in Rosendale who "a
aims that she did not know it was un. th
wful to have tive husbands. al
Elmira claims to have more widows - -
an any other city Of its size in the "e
untry.
George Washington weighed 209
unds Mt the close of the revOlutinary -.
lr. ~
There were made in the United States ha
It year 100000 barrels Of beer. w
The game of tennis was introduced mi
to England from France In 1860 II
A Muskegon Mich youth has mar W. W.
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