Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-08
ITEMS OF IHTEREsr.

Wei. digRers in Dakota hunt for ant
hills. The wise insects always locate
over vein OF water.
There are in North America only
three species Of poisonous snakes-the
rattlesnake, the copperhead or mocoasin
and the coral.
The cabwen In London drove their
empty vehicles in the funeral procession
OF popular comrade two abreast to the
extent Of q mile and q half
On an island Of Msravo, at the mouth
o. the Amazon, there is q four footed
bird. In It's growth one pair of legs
change into wings by q process similar
to that of the tadpo.e into the frog.
The batrothed bride of o Springfield
man objects to marrying while In
mourning for the death OF . relative,
and he has waited thirty Ave years for
an interval in her grief, 80 close to
gether have been the bereAvemeuts
An Alabama merchant, with many
debtors among the planters. white and
black, prOclaims that he keeps an agent
riding through the State to discover
idlers, whom he will promptly disoredit.
Only by industry can you and
thrive together" he explains.
The Practical Photographer suggests
that In these days Of convenient photo
graphing appliances, those who visit
In any official capacity scenes of muir
der, wreck or riot should apply the
camera before anything is disturbed,
- the evidence thus gained, being in
controveftible might possess incAlcn.
liable value.
A cheese dealer states that much of
the so-called English cheese 10 made in
this country and shipped TO England,
whence 1t IL returned, enhanced in
value by the sea voyage. Sometimes
cheeses are shipped back ward and for.
ward two or three times, each yaga
adding to the richness of their flavor.
The embalming OF Lincoln's and
Garfield's RENAME failed. some Of the
most successful embalmers maintain
that 1t 10 Impossible to preserve . body
for any length Of time unless the
method adopted by the Egyptians ia
followed, which requires primarily the
removal Of the entire internal organ
ism.
After a severe illness an Englishman
shaved off his whiskers and otherw wis.,
disguised himself. He then went to hil
doctor and SAID he was brother Of thu
sick man, who, he asserted, was now
dead. He thus obtained o certi6 cate Of
his own death, had his own deceAs,
Registered, drew the burial money from
his lodge ana decsmped.
BArnum says that those who thinl
J the world Ia going to ruin through run
would sec their error IL they could looi
back fifty years at the drinking habit
Iof New England. He drank freely
until 1877, and was then converted u
total abstinence bv sBeech Of Chap
ms; and in 1860 Willard Parke
scared him 80 about tobacco that b.
has never sm0ked aimee.
Il In former times there was but on
u salt cellar upon the table, o large piec'
! Of plate much ornamented. The table
Ibeing long, tho salt was placed abou
: tho IN iddle and served Is boundAr,
= 70 the different quality of the gueste
IThose Of distinction we're ranked above
, 1.-THE space below being assigned to th
, ldependents, in ferior relations of tn
Imsster, etc.
or the de vicea mt in use bv actors I
keen from smiKnp. tho simplest an
most effective ia to put 9 small woode
hinton in the mouth and bite down O
lit every time the impulse to lang
makes itself manifest. Some grit thei
teeth. or cripQe their toes, and ii uQhe
IDougherty, the famous minstrel, r,
lsorted to the scheme of sticking pi
lin his thigh.
some curious details regarding IL
lcoT mnnion services IN oldep times Al
lsu.ri.bad nv Andrev Edsar. One n,
lsissable tbing vas the quantity Of ola
let and burgundy consumed. In Is!
There were used at the first commune
IL puncheon and nine gallons and at Il
second o puDcheon and six and ha
gallons. The total cost was $50.
1866 the corporation OF Glasgow pa