National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-20
ODDS AND ENDS.

loo births used to do.
TIE British drink bill for 1899 footaun
s62s $50, g75. The quantity aggregates 1o32.
l42, i5s gallons. This would make n lake n
mile long and milo WIDE with depth ofs5
feet or sufficient TO float men.of.war
MIsTREss-Jane, I read in tho news.
papers that very much of the candy now made
is decidedly bad for the hcnlth. You must be
very careful that dear little Fldo does not get
hold of any of tho ohlldren's candy
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CATION against farmers expired Jan, IA, and
any one Is free hereafter TO drive well ON
his own premises without foar of prosecution.
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hR. FRouDE is going round the WORLD
partly for.the sake of his health, and partly
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ALPHEUs FELCH, who in his span has
served the people of. Michigan as legislator,
auditor general judge of the supreme court,
governor anu anu oniteu states senator, enjoys the
y, nv az Gun nLDof, mnelo uu'il iusely
,,S'i 'ne isppNn pIo'e.av'snIp y, iaW, mr.
n.' - NV iou, sS'io' "uu iooAS AAo iioraoe
''ee'ey onoe iooAuu'
The camel has twice the carrying
| power of an OK. With an ordinary load OF 400
pounds he can travel twelve to fourteen days
without water, going fourteen miles o day.
They are fit to work at 8 years old, but their
strength begins TO decline at 20 although they
io 30 u SUI ui,til AZ. iney ure Ui'oh ia''ehed
~ % ior ioou, inc nesh tasting ike peei'
THE Black Sea Steam Navigation Come
pany has given orders for the building of
feet OF steamers in Sweden and England
Each steamer is to be fitted with petroleum
tanks, and TO have a capacity OF 500 tons.
The design is to compete with the American
petroleum trade. NJ. Trodet, q Russian con-
tractor, is preparing to send oil in bulk to
London from Liban' on the Baltic next spring.
AMONG the strange requests made in
the will Of bachelor who died in spottswood,
N. j., recently was one giving $500 TO a church,
providing that annually on the anniversary OF
his death the bell be tolled the same number
oftimes as he had attained years The residue
Of his estate he bequeathod to another church
on condition that the family burial plot DO
| hOpt III bOUu
FROM the record Of inundations yvb;ob
have for aces hoon Tho sco,,rao ., IIo,,a,s a.
would appear that during tho last thirteen
centuries one of the larger floods has occurred
on an average once in seven years. About 600
years ago the sea broke through Its restraining
dykes and $1,000 persons are said to have per-
ished. In single night In 1921 seventy.two
villages and 100000 human beings were swept
away.
WHEN n Chinese how IA one month Hold
his head ia shaved and n bladder IA drawn over
It, and as his head grows the bladder bursta
and the cue sprouts forth, The first shave "a
made the occasion of n magnificent banouet
and the guests are expected to make the host
handsome present In coin for the newly
shaved papy' Win whlch bank account is
started 10 MS credit ms Is the most pleas
ant feature LOT the DaDy, as the razor always
pulis anu ne cannot take part IN the FEAST.
AN evangelist named Earl recently held
a revival in Virginia City, New. He didn't
convert the people I'D to the standard usually
in force here, but he did very well consider.
ing. At ono of the meetings the wife of a
gambler arose to testify to the good effect he
was having on the community "Why," sho
said, before Brother Earl came here my hus-
Dahd USED 10 run a reg lar brace, but now,
thaiAs' o Dio'her Ha'i sohris'iah teacnlnB no
dealing as square game as there is In Virginia
Cl'y''
ONCE every two years tho Arkansaw
preachers have a chance of entering into a
political contest The chaplaincies Of both
houses of tho legislature are elective offices,
, and sometimes the struggle for success is at
tended by all the features of vigorous cam.
paign Look here" said the Rev Bograndle,
addressing a member of the house. ~ want
your vote. 1 amt much of n hand at singin',
but when 1t comes to prayin'-standin right
up an AKIN the LORD 10 bless legislator, wy