National Republican., 1884-09-13

hhu Dleah III iOuuly llght'
Then take the cup pledge to thee,
Filled with a draught divine;
My soul lies trembling on the brim,
And every drop Is thine.
Is thine to take or to reject;
But If reject thou must,
Toss to the winds this worthless wine,
And crush the cup to dust
AN Experienced physician" is quoted
as saying that there is grave waiting not far
ahead for children who are "noyer hungry for
breakfast"
AN English scientist has discovered an
animal with 11,00O eyes. He thinks there is
no doubt 1t saw him before he saw 1t, but he
has not yet named IT,
GAsTRoNoMIc tastes, says Sir Henry
Thompson, necessarily differ, as races habits,
digestive force, and supplies of food also differ,
and 1t becomes no man to be dogmatic In treat
ing of these matters.
BosToN women at Swampscott take
their pet poodles into tho surf every day, and
then, drying the miserable little beasts on the
beach, give an exhibition that is not at all
consistent with culture or refinement.
A TRAVELLER once said that the stranger
in India could never see anything but the out
side of the Hindoo. Later travellers have as
serted that the coating Of real estate was so
thick that you rarely had chance to sec even
that outside.
ONE Of the first couples which took
advantage of the new French divorce law bore
| the name of Granville. The lady, who mar
ried at l6, obtained separation fifteen days
after the wedding, and had been awaiting her
divorce exactly iifty years.
SKELETON coral is produced by stepping
ordinary coral in dilute murlatic acid for a
long time. The lime is dissolved and deli
cate framework of silica left. Some of these
skeletons are SO delicate that they break in dry
ing. All should be kept under glass.
A YOUNG man in prison at Karlaus, Bo.
hemia, has constructed marvel of ingenuity
in the shape of a watch eight centimetres in
diameter and two in thickness, made from tho
only materials available to him-straw, thread,
two needles, and a small piece of paper as dial
| plate. 1t goes for six hours, and with little
more necessary material could be made to 20
for twelve
GEN. BUTLER opened speech some
yeors ago by saying II fear no one and lcvS
few" This Is certainly true OF his feeling for
newspapers. He went to Newfoundland two
or three summers ago A captain in the
queens navy told him there was not news
paper in the province. Ben clasped his hands,
seemed to close his eyes, and exclaimed de-
voutly, "Now, Lord, let thy servant depart in
peace"
Miss FLORENCE NiGHTINGALE says
that according to her experience in India
cholera is not directly communicable from
person TO person, but arises and spreads by the
pollution of earth, air. water, and buildings,
and the only preventive Is to put earth, air,
water, and buildings into healthy state by
scayenging, lime washing, and every kind of
sanitary work" 1t is sometimes better to DO
sensible than scientific.
JULES VERNE will soon have an oppor-
tunity to take tip of 10000 leagues under
the sea if he cares for 1t and nothing happens.
A new submarine boat has been invented
which is to be propelled by electricity, and
will carry compressed air reyivitied by eiec-
tricity The captain will wear II suit of sub
marine armor. but how he can steer in the
darkness of the deep ocean Jules Verne will
have to discover.
RlN the northeastern island of Terra
del Fuego, the Ua people, who intermarry fire.
quenty with the more southern Yahgans (as
they are frequently called by the English mis-
slonaries) are the tallest race on the globe ao-
cording to the report of the French mission to
Cape Horn, presented TO the Academy of Sci
ence, Paris, by DR.. Hahn. In stock and speech
these tall people appear closely related 10 the
Patagonans of the continent
The muniticence of Han. Qua, the great
Chinese millionaire banker draws attention
to the fact that in China nearly all the bankers
are also pawnbrokers, Goods are pledged at
from quarter TO half OF their market value
and MT tho and pf thre.. ynnra hppnrnn tho ,ron
erty of the banker. Legal interest in the
Flowery Kingdom is 20 per cent, or as much
thereundera as the lender will accept. Bankers
); interest runs as high as 50 per cent. per annum
( HOUSEHOLD cats and kittens have
}, hard time of it at the end of the season. II
the early summer, they are abandoned in th,
city; in the fall, in the still more desolat'
country. Over three hundred, and some sa!
five hundred, starving cats were left by thu
cottagers of Marblehead Neck last fall. Tn,
starving creatures became so wild and raven
Gus that men on the farms near the Neck wer
afraid TO encounter them without guns or pis
tolls AZ hand.
THE faces of Europeans, as q rule, ar
broader than those of Americans. The com
mon distance in this country between the cen
tiers of tho eyes is three and thyee-eighth
inches, but among foreigners II Is three inche
and half Sometimes this is increased fron
one to three-cighths of an inch more.
spectaces are worn with the frames too mai
row, the focus Of one eye conflicts with that Q
the other and an effect is produced very sim
liar to that of being cross-eyed.
n; WHEN Dumas's bootmaker went dow
to the Castle of Monte Cristo to collect tn
price of pair of boots, Dumas would welcom
him with delight order more boots send hin
into the gardens to watch the Arabans carvin
u Moorish pavilion, breakfast and dine hir
= on the choicest food, give him bouquets 70
'' his wife and fruits for his children, comIhan
a carriage to take him to the station, and sli
a Napoleon into his hand for railway fare. Al
this repeated many times for a debt ofsome So
"You never thou me as you do Others" tf
bootmaker complained. well, thou meaI
lend Inc iifty louis" was DuInas's reply,
WITH three exceptions, all China's news
papers are published at four of the treaty por
open to foreigners Shanghai has given birt
to fifteen; Ningo Foo Chow, land Annoy are a
swerable for the Others OF the three exec
tions two are published at Hankow, 700 mil'
from the mouth of the great river Yang'ts
Kiang-a waterway which, by opening con
munication with the seaports, has perhaI
tended to introduce this ephemeral literatur
Even Canton $50 near the British colony Hon
Kong, where emancipated Cinnamon attain
many enlarged ideas, and which publishes te
English and four Chinese papers,, with 4
population of !, 500, ,OOO has not one publicatiC
of any sort.
MR.. WALTON, lock- maker Great Rul
u, sell street, Birmingham, is about to exhibit
s'' the Wolyerhampton exhibition, In case 2i7,
master key which he claims is capable of ope
ing %, 900 patent lever locks, all the locks to