National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-19
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In newspaper once IN Austrane there was ~
one time . tablet informing visitors that the ed
itor could only be spoken to during business
hours By purchasing tickets Of admission at the
door: The price was ten shillings for half an
hours talk.
certain hystericaI woman is intensely hated
BY hotel-keepers, nverymen and others ut New
port. She is wealthy, and her request that the
comm anders Of vessels should not IRE salutes
there has been complied WITH Consequently the
harbor Ia no longer rendezvous for Tachtsmen.
The death is published Of Mr.. Edward Adams,
of Stratford. upon-Avon, On amiable gentleman,
was always kind and communicating. MI. Adams
was an antiquarian, and well acquainted with the
sssocia atoms Of Shakspeare,s birthplace He died
July 10, aged sixty-three.
Al family In Clinton, Gal, believed that some OF
their enemies In the neighborhood turned them
selves into cats and annoyed them. Acting upon
this theory Of the sons shot II cat and, miss
the rest Of the family were arrested and In court
they swore with apparent sincerity TO their hsllu-
elnation. They win probably DO sentt to an insane
asylum. s-a.| d . -A- ...- -
Messrs. Baumgrass, wsyl and Caudlip start
next week for Q sketching trip along the line Of
the W ashington and Ohio railroad. The scenery
on the route is said TO be very beautiful, espe-
cially in the yicinage Of Bears Den, Beaver
companied BY Mr.. Jarvis, the photographer. We
shah expect to see good results in the shape OF
hne pictures and photos In their studios this fall
Paris is delighted with its new American tram
ways which aro well pstronIzed by people Of all
classes. The most successful Of the new lines is
that on the Boulevard Malesherbes, its cars being
well filed at all hours OF the day. The cars used
in Paris are smaller than those in use here, and
one respect they possess an advantage over ours,
and that is, in never being overcrowded-only as
many persons being permitted to enter as can
find seats.
The e1-Emperor Ferdinand Of Austria kept
after his sbdication the family estate and the
large private fortune left to him by the Emperor
Francis Owing to his retired mode Of life the for
tune left by him has been considerably increased.
the present Emperor's father, as the next in sue
cession of the reignipg branch Of the family. The
msSe 9ss sPS % ~ ws
the bulk of 1t goes to the present Emperor.
A boy tried his first pipe the other day. When
his father came home to dinner he found him
braeed against Q barrel, with his legs spread
apart, his hands and lower jaw dropping list
lessly, and q deathly pallor overspreading his
face. "what is the matter with you ~ inquired
the amazed parent. my teachers - sick"
s6opt it, Tommy" said the father kindly. iShs
will get well again, without doubt" And then,
stepping into the house, he observed to bis wife
that that was the most sympathetic boy he ever
saw.
A farmers wife in o Yorkshire town was as
saulted by her husband in q field lately, where
there was q cow that the woman had greatly
petted. On seeing the man beating his wife,
her, the cow came charging up the field and at
tackled the man with such ferocity that he was
glad to retreat. The COW then took up defen-
sive position by the woman's side and stood per-
fectly still while the latter struggled TO her feet
and supported itself By leaning against lis hank,
from her husband In flight.
BY the inundations in France the grain crops
of that country have been seriously curtafled,
and 1t must consequently be q heavy buyer in
foreign markets. Already Q number Of orders
have been forwarded by cable, and the West is
preparing 70 90 neS part aignI en @ 50
years. that that section 10 able to keep constantly
on hand for any emergency elsewhere an ample
soTs and other STITCHES GO wes GaoS you lHF
France, and swap of your Varnish for sub
stantials.
A queer question appeared In the Irish local
administration bill, introduced BY Mr.. U'Shaugh-
messy and Mr.. Butt, Q. o., and lately defeated
in Parliament. This section, after providing for
the proceedings to be taken in order to obtain
compensation for malicious injury, states, that
"such claim must In all cases be lodged within
three months after the injury, crime or outrage
from which the claim is said to have arisen, If
death Of the person alleged 70 be murdered, and
shall be accompanied BY an afidavit duly sworn
before any justice of the peace for the county,
that the applicant believes such claim TO be
founded on the truth"
Dr. G. Bloede, Of Brooklyn, declares that Katie
King is materializing regularly at sesnces given
privately by Mrs. Holmes in Philadelphia. He
says he attended one Of these occurrences recent
ly, adding, "Katie King not only appeared at the
aperture, but came out In full form three or four
times Besides her, Swabian woman, not recog-
mixed, It seems, by any one Of those present, ma
terialiZed herself and proved her genuineness by
taking in the Swabian dialect OF the German
language, which, as we may presume without ap-
70 Katie King or Mrs. Holmes. BESIDES, this
strange form appeared to all to be at least two
heads taller than Katie"
There is little girl living at North Beverly,
Mass, whose brief life Of three years has been an
eyentful one. She was born on board ship in the
Pacific ocean. Before she was three days old her
mother died. Before she was seven days old the
ship was wrecked and sank. The babe was
saii6Is paid every attention to her and Kept her
alive with biscuit soaked in water, and were
hardly less attentive to the little ones wants than
her father. Ten days after the wreck they were
picked up by an English vessel and taken to
Liverpool. Thence they came to this country,
and the little one hiss been brought up at the
house Of her grandparents.
A member Of the class Of 1875, OF Harvard COL
lege, returned from the seashore to his home in
the suburbs Of Boston q night or two ago, and
while be was enjoying the pleasure OF the home
circle his father stole unobserYed from the room,
and taking his position under one Of the windows,
proceeded to play upon borrowed cornet the
well-known air SO dear to the hearts Of all Har-
var I'm men Va. tu1nsS me ySpenarions ~
ton begun, and an abundant welcome extempor.
lied for the supposed company Of classmates who
were secreted about the grounds. A vigilant
search for them, however was unsuccessful, and
the paternal impostor was at length detected lust
as he had begun serenade number two.
The trustees Of the John Hopkins bequest Of
Baltimore are carefully carrying out the wishes
of the donor. They have purchased twenty-four
acres of land for the purposes Of the colored or
phan asylum. The erection OF the buildings will
be commenced within the next two years. The
aHlrRk Nhwaa
from the hospital, which is to be located in the
eastern section of the city. The university, which
is to be erected on the clifton estate, as we'll as
the other great objects Of Mr.. Hopkins bounty,
engages the most careful consideration Of the trus
tees. President Gilman Is now In Europe gath
eripg Information to be OF use in the establishment
and development Of the great school. He has
been through England, Scotland and Ireland
and is now on the continent, converting and cor
responding with the learned, and examining the
systems Of education of the Old World. He will
return this fall and pursue his further labors here