Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-14
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competing CAiV6b Anu CDllA 10 llS ] u
filth or on damp floors or bedding Ii
the poorest kind of economy. 1t not
only prevents the growth of the AMI
mails, but Ia sure 10 result in some form
OF disease if persisted in.
The Prince Of Naples, King Hum
beris' heir, q lad OF Is, IL weak IN Ill .,d
aud body. His parents are hrs, cousins.
II Is greatest accomplishment ~ talk'"e
English, which he learned from Eng
lish nurses and governesses.
There IL said TO be bell 10 au cd Iii &c
before the great temple of Buddha nj
Ysdio that IL four times greater than
the great bell of Moscow and fifrv-six
times larger than the great bell Of
Wettm mister, England. 1t weighs
!, zoo, 600 pounds.
An epidemic OF consumption, In a
village near Weimar, Germany, has
been traced to the food supply. A
flock of chickens had access tc the mat.
Ter expect0rated by q consumptive pa
tient aud became diseased, impartipg
the affection TO several persons eating
their flesh
Two peasants asleep III the garrett of
a rickety house At Catania, being
otOueOu Wy . honN FuVCh w Vol VI llAhOy
jumped up and slid IRON the roof by
means of . rope into an adjoining back
yard, where they we're attacked by q
ferocious dog and 30 msngled that they
died next morning.
Tho Supreme Court of Massac usetts
has de cided that the act giving married
| women the right to make wills does
not have the effect to CONFIRM wills made
by married women before marriage
1t remains as under the common law
that the marriage of y woman revokes
q will made by her " hen single.
The Chinese never dream of ,'ewing
their tea. They do not dr,wn :. with
milk OF cream, or alter Its tasie with
sugar, but lightly pour boiling wat l
on small potion Of the leaves. 1t
then INSTANTLY poured IN again, by
which the Cninaman obtains only til,
more voia lie and stimu ating portion
of its principle.
Believing that the stories told b,
travellers about the wonders performe,
by East Indian maSiciaus were true
an american imported one OF them
The suit was disappointment. Tn
famous basket feat. NJ of'eD described
proves 10 be no clumsy that the pei
, former. instead OF becoming a valuabl
celebrity, is bsIeis tnerated in th
dime museums.
A book.worm of the paper eatin
, sort Is a creature seldom seen, despii
its exteusl,. and most destructive bo
ngs ancHg book treasures. 1t is d,
scr be. a, white, wax like grui
!, exartly resem bling the little whit
!, Dsfeols OF cheese. Three specimen
v.i. alely found IN the act OF hume
!. ing through bundle of paper in
, London establishment.
Big houses and small families seem
70 be the rule In FiftieIh avenue. W. Il
n Vanderbilt aud wife occupy a g., OOO, 0C
palace Mrs. X. l.. Stuart and Mrs.
T. Stewart, both childless widows, ais
each has q palace. Harri.t Leno,
, sister Of James Lenox, never marie,
but keeps house in aspacious dwel!iu
| which James erected forty years ag'
. and in ich he passed ais last day
' Mrs. L. ID. Morgan is another instanc
III The two tailed rats which Ut. ~
V hihited at museums are the result OF
v neat surgical trick, aud not lus,
nature. The tail of n healthy rat
Y Gu, of, and immt diately inserted i'll
IA V shape cut in the nose OF o secon'
e Dressings are applied and the animal
is | legs tied down D small frame
u prevent scratching at the new membe
: The second tail sets in twenty foI
If hours, and In four days nervous co
2 nection Is En- ablshed. After this :!
e rodent guards its front tail as Jealous
as the other.
i when both parents have .yes of Il
J. Same color, eighty eisht per cent. of tl
II children follow their parents in I'll
"a feature, and of the twelve per cent. boz
ct with eyes other than the parental coll
part must be attributed to Intern,
d tent hsrediiy. More females tina
1T males hav" black or brown eyes in Il
y proportion OF forty nine 10 forty tiv
IN With different colored eyes iu the "
&c parents fifty-t per cent. of u
he children follow the fathers in beiI
n dark eyed, aud sixty per cent. folio
At their mother in being dark eyed.