Daily Republican., 1885-12-08


Goethe rarely passed day without
bringing out from the chimney corner
live snake which he kept there and
caressed.
A: American has been appointed by /
the King Of C6rea to be Chief Farmer,
with view to introducing our yeSe- J
tables into that country.
A pious citizen Of Buffalo proposes to
chain Bible to each telephone in the
country, so that, while waiting for rel
plies. the telephoners will have some
thing to read o. a nature to repress pro-
family.
A confectioner in indianapolis gives
customers the privilege of eating all
Tie candy they can get away with at
one time in his store for twenty-five
cents each, and declares that he makes
money on nine out of ten.
In Santa Clara county, CAL, there is
q rat, allied to the ground-nest making
species, which climbs small trees and
makes compact nest of twigs among
the branches, something after the man
ner of gray squirrel.
The Indian names of Boston, &C.
cording TO Prof. Horsford, arc Ac-
commoAlicus, meaning "Beyond-the-
| hill little -cove;'' Messatsoose Massa-
chusetts), Great kill MOUTH" Mos
kanwomuk, Canoe place, and Shaw
NUT, "Near the.neck.
A man gave himself up to the Ale
| gheny police authorities few days
ago and asserted that. having disposed
of stock of counterfeit money except
one lead dollar, which he had, not be-
cause he did not try 10 pass it, he was
now ready to suffer for the offence.
The painted rock of Santa Barbara
county, Cal, is 100 feet high, and up
on 1t are many color paintings in a
good state of preservation that are
thought to be work of Indianas. There
are two caves in this giant rock, one at
its base and another some sixty feet up,
and in each of these are pictures OF
animals.
1t has been hoped that a few OF the
gigantic ostrich-like birds (Epyornis)
of Madagascar, supposed to be the orr :
ginal of the tabled roc, might still be
living, but search of the deserts in
the interior of that island shows that
this hope is unfounded, though the
species no doubt existed within com
paratively recent times.
In some part, of the African coast the
shark is worshipped and offerings OF
poultry and goats are made. Once q
year child is sacrificed to propitiatc it
The little victim is bound to post in
the sands at low water, and, as the tide
rises, mingles its shrieks and screams
with those of its mother until it is de-
voured by sla..ks.
A Notice" worled as follows i;
said to appear on the door of a well
known business office The hours
of attendance in this office are Te
canvassers for church subscriptions, II
TO 2 book and insurance agents, . tc
d; commercial travellers, beggars and
advertising men, all day. We attend
to our own business at night"
1t is said on good authority tina
just before the outbreak of cholera ir
Toulon the swallows suddenly disap.
peared from the locality. An office
in the Bengal Cavalry said in reference
to this that during cholera epidemic
in India he had noticed that though
many of the dead remained unburied
all of the carbon eating birds had dis
appeared.
: An electric stud is the larges
novelty of this inventive age. The
diamond forming the stud has q cavity
in the centre. This forms the recep.
tacle tor a tiny lamp. Stored electricity
can be carried in the waistcoat pocket
and when switched on to the stut
lamp it greatly intensifies the brillianc,
of the diamond, producing "a splendid
effect.
DR.. Mazzotti tells of man who hat
a scorbutic affection, which he Sc
about to cure with whiskey. He 20
we'll OF this trouble, but became hare
drinker, and soon found himself tn
| victim ola rare disease called opistho
poria. This curious affection consist
, In inability to walk forward. Whel
the patient was told to advance, h
used every effort to do so, but coult
, only succeed in going backward, an,
he continued to do so until he died.
On the sides of the cave recently dis
covered in Calayeras county, Cali
fornia, are seen huge boulders, whicl
, seem about to fall upon and crush tn
invader of their grand domain.
} closer observation will show, how
|, ever, that the boulders which original
were displaced from the roof, hav
been caught in assure in the wal
where they have remained in the sam
: threatening attitude for centuries, as
shown by the depth of the calcareou
deposits which cover them.
n There is a pool in Utah only foe
' deep, and situated at a very high alt
tude, that refuses to freeze even in tn
severest winters. There is anothe
that mysteriously replenishes itse
J, with half grown trout. One stream
though clear as crystal to the eye an
tasteless, stains all the vegetation
4 flows over deep brown. A war;
IN spring near Salt Lake City is til
d strongest sulphur water in the worlt
~ A hot spring few miles off, wit
b waters so hot that you can hardly p,
your hand into them, and as bright {
N diamonds, is one of the most remarl
able combinations of chemicals ev'
y y analysed.