The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-04-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


AT the opening of the Wayne coun.
ty circuit court in Lyons, ~ V. Jndgo
Adams instructed the grand jury to in
dict all persons who allo we'd nickel in
the-slot machines to be operated upon
their premises: also church members
and all Others who conducted for what
ever purpose lotteries and drawings
The colossal figure of Progress
witch is to surmount the dome of the
city hall at San Francisco. three hun
dred feet above the street, will be
twenty-five and one-half feet in
height. and represents female figure
holding aloft torch. The model has
been completed by Marion Wells, the
sculptor, and will soon be east.
March 10 bears several different
dates with the different peoples repre-
scented in the population of New York
city. To Russians it is Mendo :, to
strict Israelites it is Adav - of the
year 5655; to the few New York Mo.
hammedans, whether natives of the
east or converts of ex-ConSul Webb. it
is Ramadan % of the year l3ls. while il
there are among New Workers any gem
uine French red republicans Il il the
2Sth day of the month Ncntose in the
l03d year of the republican era.
Common salt il one 81 the most val
liable remedial agents the world con-
talns. Used as tooth powder. alone
or with a little prepared chalk. it
whitens the teeth and makes the gums
hard and rosy. 1t is a good gargle for
sore throat. and if taken in time will
benefit. if not cure. diphtheria It will
stop bleeding of the mouth, and in
warm weather is "A good emetic and
remedy against several poisons. There
Is nothing better for sore feet and
hands than salt and water, and for
ordinary sore eyes. though painful
application, will often effect "a com
plete cure.
"A looker-on in Washington saws
that poker is all the rage Just now
among the younger element of society
women in Washington; but. of course.
1t is played under the rose. and only
those in the swim are permitted to sit
at the green cloth and daily with the
seductive chips The ladies play like
men-that is, they put their money up
before they sit down, and cash their
chips at the end of the game, accord
ing to the rules and regulations pro-
vided There has been a good deal of
comment and gossip recently about
the stiff games played by some of these
women. and it is predicted that if the
practice keeps up scandal of huge
proportions will be the result.
New York refuses to be baked OF
her own peculiar architectural methods
ard takes ugly revenge on those that
attempt to balll her. The condition of
block in East Twenty-ninth street
illustrates this Part of perhaps all,
the houses on one side of the block were
built distance back from the street
so as TO give each a deep door-yard
Since then nearly all have been turned
into yard houses by the erection of
tall tenements on the vacant ground
in front. The newer houses front on
the street. while the older ones front
on narrow alley. Half dozen houses
still have in front of them the original
yards, now robbed of their fences and
presenting an unsightly desert of mud.
Washington belongs not with the
conquerors-with Alexander, Caesar.
Napoleon, but with the great unselfish
patriots-with Timoleon and Epami-
nondas, with Cincinnatus and the
Catos, with liampden and William of
Orange. 1t is useless to compare him
with Napoleon. Ii were better to con-
trast them. The great Corsican and
the great Nirginian were entirely dis
similar. They belonged to different
races, and Sere cast in different molds.
The physical men were wide apart in
appearance. Washington was tall.
straight and commanding, with the
large bone the tlorid face and the blue
eyes of the Anglo-Saxon. Napoleon
was short, and in his later years corpu-
lent and dumpy, small of hand and
bone, with the sallow, olive complex
ion and dark, piercing eyes of the Latin
race. Washington was slow, retiring
and dignified; deliberate and calm in
speech and action. Napoleon was
quick and restless of movement, i'm
petuous of speech and sometimes I'M
dignified in manner