Daily Republican., 1886-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ratify an agreement by bent coin.
II was once supposed that little
worms were bred in The fingers OF idle
servants.
Pilgrims were once called 'palmers'
from the staff or bough of palm they
were wont to carry.
Lulu Hurst, the Georgia girl, who
made many thousand dollars by exhib-
iting her alleged electric powers, Is
now student In Shorter Female Col
lege.
II was an old prejudice. which is NOT
quite extinct, that those who are de-
fective or deformed are marked by ma
ture as prone to mischief.
Sunday was once popular day. for
marriages. The brides of the Eliza
beth period were usually married on
the first day of the week.
In olden times drinking pots were
made with hoops, 80 that when two or
more drank out of the same tankard,
no one could drink more than his
share.
General Hancock was the only hon.
orary member of the Pickwick Club
of New Orleans. On one occasion the
club wanted to give the General a re-
ception, and, in order to make him
their guest, suspended the rules for
once. and elected him a member.
In managing live stock main thing
Is TO look TO the comfort of the animal.
No animal thrives at the same time
that it Is cold and uneasy, while a
quiet appearance Is sure indication
of thrift. When the observing farmer
sees a restless animal he may know
something is wrong; he will treat 1t to
remove the cause II he studies his best
interests.
President Cleveland was elected
Mayor Of Buffalo. Before thai he was
unknown outside his country. Then
elected Governor-then known to his
State. Then followed his election TO
the Prcsidency-all in succession. II
is one of the phenomenal events of our
history. Six years ago without name
IN the country-now its President.
History fails to give another such in
stance.
A writer in the Eastern Medical
| Journal says that the medical idea OF
teaspoonful is one fluid dram. This
Is, In fact, about the measurement of
that article used by our grandmothers.
But this and the dessert spoon are now
made so much larger than formerly
that they hold nearly two drains, and
people who measure medicine by them
overdose themselves. The tablespoon
remains as in the old days.
A Nevada paper tells of peculiar
breed OF fish ut Kinds Springs which
are all covered with beautiful little
shaggy coat OF hair instead of scales.
That, however, is nothing strange.
The writer of this has seen suckers in
Reese River with fine white wool all
over them except in spots along the
sides where the wool had been rubbed
off by contact with the river banks or
with each other in passing up and
down the narrow stream.
A clergyman in a village in New
York State VINO had sawed wood an
hour or two daily for the sake of the
exercise. finally abandoned that mode
of quickening his circulation, and COM
lnenced taking long walks instead.
When asked why lie made the change
his reply was: swell, saving wood
was well enough for a while, but after
some six months experience l found
that the scenery d a wood-shed be-
gan to grow somewhat depressing, and
hung up the Aw and commenced
walking.
A romantic marriage took place at
Blakely, Savannah, recently. Miss
Mamie Haddock, of Damascus, was
engaged to marry n popular young
society man of Arlington. EdN ard
S. Shepherd, former sweetheart OF
hers, paid call to offer his congratu.
lations. He laughingly said: Are
you not sorry you did not marry mep"
She replied YES" when he proposed
that they get married anyway. She
assented and in the morning bright
and early they slipped away and were
married.
Two wealthy English sects which
are reputed TO make no converts are
the Unitarians and the Quakers. The
: latter are believed to keep a closer
scrutiny as to members than any other
religious community, and estimate
their numbers In England at Ii, 900.
These include no poverty stricken per-
sons, although there are some TO whom
assistance is given from from the,
funds assigned for the purpose. The|
Quakers are perhaps the wealthiet
class in England. They are wdl
represented in the Legislature, hut
while Friends" have reached lhe
Privy Council and baronetage,a Quaker
peer has yet to be created. !
| While standing in the window oil
the fashionable Somerset Club ID Bos- |
ton, looking out upon the passers-by,
Thackeray said to a triend: "l haven't |
seen in this country any men the |
stamp of high social caa-suh men as
combine brains and blood inthe British
pferage. Have you no qch men in |
america" The Boston dub man re- |
flied that we had, and VS. going on to 4
Illustrate the subject wheTThackeray'sI
quick eye caught sight otwo dignified
land courtly looking getlemen walk
4 ing arm-in-arm on tn opposite side
walk. There" he aid, ''are the
sort of men ! mean. hey looly as if
they were born Dukes' The great
writer had seen two othe most demo-
cratic of Bostoniansb both of whom,
however, had more bAins and dignityI
than most wearers oforonets. They'll
were Edmund Quiny and Wendell