Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The New York (Sun, in mentioning the death of the Hathaway twins, makes the astonishing statement that “ both were born in Newark.” John Fork lent a stranger a dollar at Richmond in 1856, and the other day the stranger paid him back SBO,OOO. Step this way, strangers. —Detroit Press. A citizen of Connecticut, recently introduced to a newly-married man, congratulated him warmly, and said: “Ah, these Litchfield County girls make clever* wives; I’ve had three of ’em.” “What is Heaven’s best gift to man?” asked a young lady the other night, smiling sweetly on a pleasant-looking young man. “A horse!” replied the young man, with great prudence. , The polonaise will continue fashionable indefinitely. They, will not be ma terially altered. Anew idea is that of pleating the back from the neck to the edge in the flat pleats. It is of French origin. It is altogether too absurd to say that “man is not perfect.” Who is there who ha£ not met with many who were perfect strangers and some who were perfect rascals, and not a few who were perfect fools? A Washington belle has forty-eight pairs of shoes. Borne curious wretch calculates that if they were arranged, heel and toe, in a straight line, the shortest possible length would be a fraction over 110 feet. —Williamsport Register. It is strange, but nevertheless true, that the old-fashioned cloak —the regular affair, reaching to and sometimes below the knees—is to be revived in all its ancient and modern glory. They are made of quilted silk, cashmere and velvet. The Springfield Republican calls upon Massachusetts to believe that it knows a black-and-tau terrier that, being troubled by another dog, summoned a canine f rieud to his assistance, hid him behind a tree, and then enticed the enemy up to be killed. Forestv ille, Chuatauqua County, N. Y., has a sensation in the shape of a child three weeks old, whose heart is located in the middle of its breast and covered only by a thin membrane, so that it is plainly visible, and capable of Jieing lifted by the hand outside. of cash in hand was never so near omnipotent in Europe as in the current season. Tons of silks, laces, shawls and everything^Jiave thus come into American purchasers’ hands at prices which will prove a great temptation even to those who have not a fortune to spend in dress. / ..a •: A German jeweler named Consalk, of Norwich, Conn., has invented a clock of which the whole discernible mechanism is a transparent dial-plate and a pair of black walnut hands. The latter turn loosely on a pivot, and if whirled in different directions will immediately readjust themselves to the exact time. Indeed, they may be taken off altogether for hours, and upon restoration point the true hour and minute as before. There is a smart young widow, in Lane County, Oregon, who last winter plowed between seventy and eighty acres of ground for her father, and harrowed the most of it in. She then turned out her team and went and got a certificate as a teacher, took up a school and taught until haying and commenced, when she dropped the “ birch” and again took up the reins and cut her father’s and uncle’s grain, and then cut the grain for the neighbors. Dyspepsia arises from a great variety of causes, and different persons are relieved by different remedies, according to the nature of the disease and condition of the stomach. We know of a lady who has derived great benefit from drinking a tumbler of sweet milk—the richer and fresher the better —whenever a burning sensation is experienced in the stomach. An elderly gentleman of our acquaintance, who was afflicted for many years with great distress after eating, has effected a cure by mixing a tablespoonful of wheat bran in half a tumbler of water, and drinkitfg it half an hour after his meals. It is necessary to stir quickly and drink immediately, or the bran will adhere to the glass and become pasty. Coffee and tobacco are probably the worst substances dyspeptics can