Daily Republican., 1883-10-25
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

Lt ltlDS' mum II til hht NiNil iuut-
tionaries of the French republic are
the naval cats. There are some hun
dreds Of them, and their Importance IS
duly recognized by the State, which sup
ports them in such comfort and dignity
as peiits heir Official position. The
French naval cal enters the service in
kittenhood. and spends the first year
or two OF his active career on board a
man of war, where he is berihed in the
hold and permitted TO dev0ur whatever
he can catch. Having TINS passed
through apprenticeship, he Is sent
ashore and quartered at one Of the hve
naval ports a. a terror 10 he rats ana
mice that swarm in the victualing yards
and store sheds. He is then enti led to
an allowance of five ccmtimes "a day,
and this sum is regularly paid on his
behalf to the director OF cats, who lays
IT out in horsetlesh for TIE use of his
forces.
The lately born Intante o. Spain,
Mary Y. abel, sleeps, wakes and cries
in cradle shaped like a cnnch. shell,
and lined with the paIest o pink satin.
Her tiny form is covered with point d..
Alencon lace, especially made from a
pattern designed 10y the Queen OF
Spain's mother, in which tn. arms Of
Spain and Austria are gracefully bl' MT
ed. She has a couvrtpied and tiny
pillow, on both Of which the Ii lies Of
the House of Bourbon and the Y of her
pretty name, YSahel, are facet and in.
terlaced. The other new royal baby,
the young Hereditary Prince OF weden,
has much less delicate cradle, AS be-
comes hardy young Norseman 1t is
shaped like swan, the wings coming
up, if Wished, and sheltering the little
prince, and is well provided with down.
stuffed accessories.
Among the passengers Of n crowded
steamboat was Il man with delirium
tremens. In the midst of his frigbtiul
visions and cries for help he turned TO
his attendants and begged riteollsly for
a Bible. One was carried to the state
room of the frantic sufferer, and eager
y seized by him. Then, laying il on
the bed above lis breast, with IA wild
laugh, he exclaimed: "There, devils,
you are beaten now you can't get over
that book" A strange calm came over
him as he lay with his wild eyes fixed
inten,ly on the book. The Congrega
ionaist tells This AS a true incident OF
travel on the sound.
The factory bells Of Lawrence have
always been notet for their harmony OF
tone and tune. This is the wor. OF
General Henry X. Oliver, who is an
accomplished musician, and who was
connected wi l. the manufacturing in
tertst Of the city in its infancy. He
selected all the bells with reference to
tbs slTe harmony. a h"ll has been
recently placed in nr" unli, which,
although musical in lta tone OI itselt, is,
however, a disCOrdant element when all
the bells ring together. The Lawrence
bells have Il particularly swe t aud
correct tone.
The Rev j. l., Zehriskie, Of Nyack,
records the discovery, from observa-
tionS OF pods which he was Keeping in
"A room, that the wistorsa pod has the
faculty Of exploding with a very
audible noise and throwing its beans
with force to considerable distance.
Two OF the pods n his room exploded
10 succession. One Of the beans was
| thrown ii stance If sixteen feet, and
| retOunding four feet If it had been
elrrttd tn the same force from the
position IN which 1t grew on its native
| vine it would have flown 1Ur distance
Of at least thirty feet.
| The cod fishermen Of the banks will
| hereafter endcavor 20 60 TO SEA provi-
de,i with liberal allowance OF oil with
which 10 calm troubled waters. There
is no doubt about its efficiency. The
plan was tried by many vessels Of the
Gloucester fleet during the recent heavy
gales, and probably saved many OF
| Them from being badly damaged, ii :ioI
entirely wrecked, by the terrible sedS
The effect is almost magical, rs the oil
drippin. INTO rAe water prevents tn,
SEA from breaking and III" vessel iscna
bed 10 ride safely on til" waves.
Several years ago Il minister in Ca--
| County, Missouri, wrote to Washington
~ behalf Of the residents oi IA growing
hamlet, asking that apOst-nfiG- be es'ab
| lished there. The request was favor
aby received, and he was asked by The
posr- office department 10 suggest Il name
thai would be acceptable to his neigh
bpvs He replica that they were not
| hard TO please, so long as tn name wa
peculiar. The department took him al
his word, and Peculiar is the name .
The post-otfice to this day.
| Although the prescriptions given ;
century or two ago by doctors in I'm
gland were very peculiar, they would
probably have to yield the palm, AS tal
AS querrn.sa Of composition is concern
ed, to the following Chinese medicines
which are known as the five poisOns
Dried snakes, plIveriztd, ] oz.; wasp
and their nests, 2 oz centipedes.3 oz.
scorpions, q o.; and toads, 10 oz. Thes
choice ingredients are ground into pow
. der, mixed up with honey, and mad
into pills.
The people of Brooklyn, Conn, deer
, their old oak the most brau,liu tree /
New England. A hnnhr- years az
its top was cut of TO use In " hushiu
: i'm hayseed, and the young tree the
put off many branches near the grnuu,
t of rixty feet, and are very large. I'll
, trunk is 10 l-2 feet in circumference
|. In Kingston, Ontario some gypsi.
:. drove 70 a minister's hOnse and r.
:, quested him to marry n young Coupi
When the young woman was askt
whether she would accept the man 81
suffered and stammered, and final
: ran out of the building On beir
e caught she was horsewhipped by h'
n father
= A butcher says that the housekeep
who asks for white veal encourag
law breaking and buys poor meat. III
whiteness is due simply to the loss
>, blood, the animal having bled twent
four hours before it was slaughtere
r The farmers do the bleeding becau
the meat commands better price.