National Republican., 1884-06-28
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

Lako Superior is said to contain 20 600,
islands. 'NSO
Louise Michel and Prince Krapotkino
Doth expect TO be pardoned by tho French
government on July IA, the OCCASION of
tho national fete.
The profits of tho Standard last vear nv.
ceeded 100000. This isa handsome in
come, but It Is far less than the revenue
annually derived from the Daily Telegran,.
"hlch vorges on o quarter Of millionl
A Now York leo cream manufacturers
claims TO bo able to make ice cream keep
year In just as good condition as when
ilrst made. II is in brick form, about q
by by . inches and wrapped up in white
paper.
A curious discovery has boon made
While excavating near Coventry of q lead
colin OF tho fourteenth century period.
1t is supposed that the ground must have
been the site Of an old church of tho
Franciscans.
Some statistics recently published by
the insurance companies show that nearly
per cent. OF the annual number of fires,
ana more than 3 por cent. of tho yearly
Ilre losses In tho country arc to be at
tributed to spontaneous combustion.
The Earl of Wilton has Just had his
tongue cut out. Ho bore the operation
well, ana 1t has been successful, at least
In saving his life. Hitherto cancer in tho
tongue has boen deemed fatal. The elder
Placide, Henry, died from it, and his
brother Thomas committed suicide under
the suffering which attends it.
Inhn
private letter, intends to resign his posi-
ton as minister to China, of which he has
grown very tired, aud resume journalism
IN this country. 1t is rumored that he
has had a very flattering offer from
Philadelphia whore he begun his news
paper work; but it is wholly probable he
will 60 back to New York.
There is general impression that tho
Empress Eugenie is poor. 1t can be- said
with certainty that she is rich. Beside
possessing large sums, we'll invested in
England, and tho whole of the Prince
lmperial's fortune, her majesty owns
immense tracts of pine forests in tho
Landes, from which she derives a very
substantial income. Then, she spends
nothing.
Inasmuch as ho owns Blenheim, and
bears tho namo of Churchill, people are
apt to regard the Duke Of Marlborough as
the only direct representative of the grea.
captain of tho last century; but Lord
Spencer stands in precisely similar re-
latiouship to him, aud Inherited much
moro of his money, while his personal
chattels are to large extent owned by
the Duke Of Bucclouch, who has, among
other interesting relics, tho sword that
Marlborough woro at Blenheim.
In Swansea, Wales, during u recent
bank scare, an old woman drew $3.50
from a savings bank and hid 1t in sack.
Not long after the sack was filled with
wheat and was taken to the mill. Then
she remembered that the gold was in the
bottom of 1t, and rushed frantically after
it, reaching the mill only in time to hear
the miller profanely wondering aloud
what allied the wheat that it clogged tho
stones so. The machinery was stopped
and all the gold recovered, though in
much battered state.
A distinguished officer of tho Austrian
navy recently offered to tho minister of
marine the secret ofa new torpedo boat
which he had invented, and for which
he demanded only 10000 florins, as that
sum would repay him for expenses ho
had incurred in making his experiments.
The minister refused the offer and gave
tho officer permission to sell his inven-
tion. 1t was at once purchased by Ger
many and tho price paid was 100000
florins. Tho minister is blamed for letting
tho invention slip out of his hands.
The Sanford, Fla, Journal has this of
q recent phenomenon on tho st. Johns
river: I'VE have been informed, by o
credible person. that during the last week
tho current of the st. Johns river was
observed flowing up stream and into Lake
Monroe. This is said to be tho result of
tho very low stage of the water, the slight
fall from Lake Monroe to tho bar and the
prevailing winds. We have heard it said
before that tho current of tho river had
been seen to flow southwark as high up
rs Lake George, but never into Lake
Monroe. This is very singular phenom-
enon."
The doctors have made life almost not
worth living with their precautions
against its being prematurely cut short.
The air is laden with germs, tho earth
cNude3 poison. the siXpences wo handle
contains the seed Of zymotic plaques, tho
very cat that we stroke may have passed
from typhus patients bedroom to bear
on its fur tho messenger of death next
door. And now we are told that we smell
o Goiro do Dion at our peril, and that
tho a2alea in our buttonhOle may in tho
course of half an hour impart hay fever
to q carriage full of railway travellers.
Tho Russian Gen. sofonowitch con-
ceived plan for enabling cavalry regi-
ments to cross rivers without making
bridges OF seeking fordable places. His
soldiers carried rubber bags, which were
attached to the saddles on each side aud
inflated as soon as the horses reached tho
water. Tho experiment resulted in u
queer discovery. Whom the horses found
themselves buoyed up, they refused to
mako use of their legs, and simply drifted
along with tho current. This was a
strike against kicking for which tho
general was totally unprepared. Now,
however, the rubber bags arc tied to-
pethor and used TO carry the saddles,
arms, &C.. which are hauled across, whilo
tho uuencumbored horses swim over
easily.
A southern army surgeon tell the fol.
lowing story of tho battle of Chioka-
mauga "Tho hottest part of the fight
was on Saturday and Sunday. On Satur-
day night we were expecting to renew
the fight the next day. turned to a
corporal to say Andrew, look in that
ambulance, you will find a two-gallon
lug. Take in down in yonder ravine and
bring It full of water, If any OF he boys
got hurt tomorrow they might suffer for
water He took the jug and went of,
aud neither heard nor saw any more Of
Andrew till Tuesday, after the fight was
over. He came up almost breathloss with
tho JUG of water. Doctor says he,
have found the water at last; L would
have brought II II it had taken mo three
weeks to 1nd itpn