Daily Republican., 1886-09-16

1t is estimated that since 1850 the
ocean has encroached upon the shore
at Long Branch an eighth of mile.
South Bend, Indiana, is supplied
with water from sixteen artesian wells,
with capacity of 10000, 600 gallons
daily.
We are to have Charles Dickens, the
less, here next fall He will accept as
many American dollars as we like to
|give for readings from "Boz,"
In clearing out public well in an
Illinois town an old hat, grab hook,
bottle of whiskey, several barrels of
|dirt and eighteen old we'll buckets
we're found.
Southern ountries-Italy, Spain,
Greece-have the largest number OF
revolutions; northern Countries Rus
sia, Sweden, Norway-have the least.
In Springfield, Mass there are forty
nine liquor clubs, having a member
ship Of 1880, organized for the sole
purpose of evading the license law.
There are sixty licensed places in the
city.
Nine. Catalina, the most famous
|singer of her time. gave concerts in
Madrid in 1905 and 1906, at which
four ounces of gold of the value of
|S105, was charged as the price of ad-
mission. Some of the modern warbers
are not so far ahead of the times after
,all.
One gets striking idea of the mag
nitude of this country from the state
ment of Rev. DR.. Barrows. that if the
ent re population of the globe. esti-
mated at /, 400, 100000. were divided
into families of five, the State of Texas
Ialone could give each family half an
acre OF land to live upon.
In 1143 Miss Lucas brought to
Charleston, S. c., some Indigo seeds
from the West Indies, which were used
as an experiment This proved so
satisfactory that several Carolina plan
tiers turned their attention to the cul-
tivation of Indigo, and studied the art
OF extracting the dye.
In the reign OF Dunstan of England
a great deal was made OF lucky and
,unlucky days. There were certain
days when it would be dangerous to
bleed people; others when it would be
bad to SOW seed or to tame animals or
to begin any business, and other days
when it was fortunate to do any of
these things. 1t may be fairly said
that these supersttious have not en-
tirely died out in our day.
Mosaics of broken glass, with putty
surrounding each piece and initiating
lead lines, is the newest device for
windows. 1t requires time, and if we
attempt to produce any design it also
requires taste and skill, but the indo-
lent content themselves with blending
colors, crazy quilt fashion. The result
is prettier than he paper limitations Of
stained glass, and the work is rather
amusing.
The Prince of Wales has declined to
accept testimonial of plate valued at
$l2, 800 from the Commission of the
Colonial Exhibition. Artemus Ward
reported that when he was in London
they offered him ducal cosonet; 81
declined to accept it," added Artemus.
III told them TO give it to the poor. Z"
Whether or not the Prince of Wales
requested that similar disposition
might be made OF the testimonial of
plate is not stated.
Spontaneous combustion is alleged
in connection with new and plausible
Explanation of the destructive fires oc-
curing in pine forests. The pine resin
,eXuding firm the trees is often of lens
shape, and before 1t thoroughly hardens
frequently of crystalized clearness. 1t
! is surmised that while in that condi-
ton a resin lens may focus the suns
rays upon some light twig or resnous
point, and so start blaze that quickly
cats up a forest.
DR., William c. Winslow, vice -presi
dent of the Egypt Exploration Fund,
writes that DR.. Reginald S. Poole OF
the British Museum has succeeded IN
obtaining for the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts very valuable colossus of
ltameses II. The colossus is of gran
lite thirteen feet high, is in excellent
preservation and richly inscribed. It's
transportation awaits the ri ing OF the
Nile, and it cannot be shipped before
February.
A strange chain of causes recently
brought about the death OF little boy.
The poor child ate during the day a
Quantity of sorrel which he found near
his fathers house. In the night feel
ing thirsty, he drank freely of some
soapy water which stood near his bed
Iside, Next day he died, and an in
lquest being held, the medical evidence
was to the effect that the alkali of the
soap acting upon the sorrel had formed
oxalic acid, poisonous compound, by
which the boy had been killed
There isn't such thing as stove
or fireplace in all Mexico. The tenn
perature remains at about sixty de-
grees the year round, and, while the
stranger will complain OF being chilly
at first, he will soon become accus-
toned to the atmosphere and not suffer
provided he wears flannel undercloth-
ing and puts on light overcoat if he
goes out after shutdown. The cooking
is all done in Dutch ovens with char
coal, and ranges were never heard of
there. Coal is imported from England,
and costs twenty five dollars ton;
wood is brought down from the noun
tains on the backs OF men and DON
keys, and is worth twenty dollars a
cord.