Daily Republican., 1886-01-11


The man who receives the most letters
AdAy In Washington II not the Presiden
or any mem Der Of his Cabinet, but o
pen sion attorney, whose daily mail fire.
Qusntly numbers 800 letters.
For fifty eight years past some per.
son has found IL worth his or her while
IN pay the annual interest on Q green
um bTella pledged in the Paris Mont de.
Piete for tho sum OF 3fr. or fifty cents.
The physicians OF Sanford, Florida,
have slRnod An agreement not 10 visit
any patient who will not pay their bills
on the first or each month. Those fail
ing will not DO attended until the bill
10 settled.
Ordinary army signalling, by waving
flags or torches, can transmit only ten
words or 30 minute, spelled out by
letters; but an adaptation Of the Morse
|telesrsphic alphabet, now generally
employed. has more than double this
rate Of speed.
An object Of public curiosity, near
New Philadelphia, Ohio, II q man who
never shears this wool from hts sheep, or
plucks his geese, or rings" his swine.
He says IL 10 sinful TO interfere with
nature. His own hair and beard are
never shorn, nor are his nails cut.
Every uteRsil about his farm is home
made.
The Medical Summary thinks that
/ III. atricAl people are 800 much inclined
70 drink absinth the, and considers the
tssto especially unfortunate. as thedip-
eomAniA resulting from IL is very violent
and almost incurAble The imitation
article drank In the United States IL
said 70 be made from n mixture OF
essential oils and indigo.
The Cloaca Maxima Is we'll known %
the great common sewer OF ancient
Rome. u 10 OF EtruscAn architecture,
and still serving its original purpose 10
~ we'll rs when ITS foundations were
laid. IL Was built at least 2,400 years
ago, ard Ia one OF the few monuments
OF Rome whose antiquity has never
| been assaulted.
When a chief dies In sltka his wives
pass To his next heir, and unless these
relic's purchase their freedom with
blankets they are united TO their grand
son or nephew ~ matter OF course.
High-strunR young 6iwashes sometimes
scorD these legacies, aud then there 10
war, all the widows resulting such an
outraae on established etiquette.
During the last thirty years the con.
sumption Of malt liquor, which had
been very uncomfortable and confined
TO few localities, has greatly increas-
ed In Ireland. Brewing In the last
century was In some parts very
fourishing industry, but when the
dut, es on q barrel Of corn brewed into
ale became nearly double the duties on
tho same quantity dist lied into whis'
key the latter became tho popular
Triple.
* hospital physician says that pa
tieDt lying OF exhaustion 10 generally
IdyinR Of starvation. We give him
beef tea. calf's foot jelly, alcohol, self
zer, and milk that 10, Q small quaint
~ Of sugar OF milk and some fat. But
lth0 Jelly 10 the poorest sort OF food, ant
tho beef tea Is mere stimulant Tit
popular belief that beef tea contAiDi
the very strength OF tho meat is TOR
rible error IL has NO food value"
Tho frat ship which sailed from En-
gland In 1852, under Sir John Hawkiui
on the diabolical errand Of buying hu
man beings In Africa, and selling theu
In the West Indies bore the sacred NAM
Iof Jesus. For q century and half AZ
ter Great Britain led In that mos
shameless traffic, the plundering OF on,
continent OF human beings to sell then
a. slaves in another, Queen Elizabetl
, IkniRhted HaWkins for his successes
, and is crest became . mauacled negro
This was one way Of proving that
; woman Was q witch in the Olden slime
i6he WAS placed upon . chair or stoo
with her legs tied crOss, that all tn
: weight Of her body might rest upon he
. seat, and by that means, after SOM
time, tho circulation OF the blood woul(
be much stopped. She was obliged Il
} remain In this position for twenty fou
hours, without either sleep or food. II
erder 70 freq herself from this torture l
10 no wonder that she was willing Il
cont ess that she praoticed witchcraft.
From time i'm memorial picked cab
baRe has been denounced by doctors q
OutraReously indigestible. OF late
, however, that dietetio preparation hal
Z grown 70 be quiet respectable. IL hai
l. risen in the dignity OF an alkoloid pro
lducer. M. TuyapoRn has isolated The
substance, and finds that IL suppresse
the delirum due 10 prolonged use o
aloohol. 30 the whiskey seller, II
Iplacing picked cabbage upon his luncl
table, has been for years unconsciousl,
engaged In providing his guests will
scientific treatment
In receiving visitors the Presiden
has peculiar habits In the management
OF his arms and hands. When he 4
pleased or contented to listen he hold
his hands about six inches apart, wit
the back part Of his haod against hi
coat. The fingers generally are quiet
. but II they begin 10 work OF contrat
he 10 growing tired. Then he will shil
from one foot TO the other. II the ma
Il he. H.. 81 L.. a -,
ward. The novels gradual. but If tn
infiic,ien continues the hands fall to Oh
side, thum bs In. 1t still the visitor pei
sists in staying, tho arms 60 out an
r the thumbs heat against his side. The
: lit is time to go