Daily Republican., 1886-12-13
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

ITO love is an active verb which can
not be conf aRated without an auxili.
ary. "-Matrimonisl Grammar
Emperor William has contributed the
muDificent sum CT $4,000 marks to the
fund for the erection of Luther monu
ment in Berlin.
OF the 1000, 900 larks which are said
to be killed annually In France, the
gonrmets Ut the metropolis are credited
with consurning about one-third.
The phrase OF the ancients, Gas rich
rs Cresus," has been changed by our
Legislators to as rich as q Camden
clergy man. Tins aud tho lie sisla;ure
change all things.-Csll.
The fourth animal message of Chief
BushJ head. of the Cherokee Nation,
closes with the wordJ, Let us all do
our best aud lose no time'-advloe that
shonld not be restricted to Lo.
The tallest tree in California, says
tho Alta California, Is known ns the
Father o! the Forest" al Ia 450 feet
high. The largest tiee Is in Iulare
County, oeipg 1873 feet around the
JIupk.
Singular AS 1t may seem, the Hart
foFi Times says, ice houses are olassed
ns ex:ra-hszardous risks by fire insur
aucB companies, and some of the laster
will Lot issue policies on them AZ any
rate.
A novel ornament OF q Chicago dairy
exhibit was monument OF salt, r. mos,
useful article OF butter.makiug, aud on
the top OF the monument WAS a repre-
sentation OF Lots wife turned into a
pillar of salt.
The race is not always to tie Swift
who failed In his candidacy for the
GoveIlorsbip of California. The Alta
| COL soles itself by pointing out TINT Mr..
Slow was beaten Tor the Legislature in
Tennessee district.
The man who Is said TO have iBvented
the fret washing machine sells shoe
strings on the curbstoue In Chicago. A
graduate Of Cornell University drives a
B!ue Island avenue car and a German
baron works in the Western avenue
street car stables.
The Postmaster General has directed
that the salary of q clerk in the ninth
division shall be reduced from $500 to
TO $500 per annum "for refusing to
obey the Instructions of and engaging
in personsl encounter with the clerk
in charge"
The leahess trees perhaps, or tie
cold wave dispatches, reminds the
RocL ester Post that the small boy will
| learn his Sunday school lessons from
nov on with an energy that is oniy
! born OF desire for Christm ss present.
The heavy feeding and deep drinking
| oharac eristios OF the English dinner OF
years ago is said to be rapidly disap-
psaring and with them much of the
govt and inc igestion that have been
regarded as national complaints. the
change is aAcribed to the impression
! made on the public of lats years by
/ hyeienis's schools of cooking aud eda.
caaion generally.
The greatest sale OF any book pei
annuDl IN Italy Is said 10 be that of he
| Holy Scriptures, without note or com.
ment. Sienor Nellie, the agent Of tic
British and Foreign Bible Society, in
his last report, states that in 1886 here
were cold in Italy a little over so, 00C
copies OF The Bible, the New Testament
aud single portions, such as the Gospels
and the Epistles.
A lsughsble incident of the election
al Rlvsrside, Gal WAS that OF u Repub-
licau who was bound to vote the straight
| Republican ticket, but was firm be.
| lever IL the right to ,ratoh. He CON.
menced by scratching eff every name
on the ticket and then filing In theiI
places with names from the Other
tickets. When fixed up to suit him he
| voted it, saying that be always voted
the straight Republican ticket aud al
ways intended 10.
| A young girl, daughter of coal
miner, living near Pittsburg, has re.
covered from trance that has lasted
SEVERAL weeks, and declares that, mean,
while, she had been spending the time
| In heaven, whittier she was escorted by
1.-TWO angels with wings aud cIowne)
one OF whom was lately deceased
aunt. and the other dead grandmother
| Her father says the whole story Of hel
celestial visit Is too holy for the columns
| of daily, aud he IL going to give it Il
n religions paper.
| The average duration of life has been
made the subject Of fresh investigation
by German statistician, who hnGs
that the lowest average Is for day labo I:
ers { 80 years., and the highest amopR
those who engage in manual toll Ii
among the gardenf rs, sailors ahd fiBh
erman, So years. The professional &C
cupations come even above regular
open-air occupations, as the averages
given show 40 years for physioians, b
for jurists, 81 for teachers and 81 fol
clergymen,