National Republican., 1877-04-11
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Win tNlt season, nhNlng nenrI that H~0-
mel is good chest protector.
The London General Omtibus Co,npspv
have offered prize Of 900 for a scheme TO pre-.
vent conductors from "knocking down" Schemes
may be presented TN May H.
The reaton why Detroit woman got OF
sbs saw her husband Walking with a good iaSs'
Ing widow, and she hadn't time for ceremonies,
Numbers OF orange groves, ranging from
LOO trees down to per centum of that number,
Of Pensacola (Fia.j waters within the last three
years
Young ladies are warned sgainst blue
stockings on the ground that they might pro.
@Sorrid sSoUTh, ~, bIue ysi ,re m sn..a,
for excessive noseel 80
What Is called ia sweet thing 10 funcr.
ais has Just been exhibited at Alton, III. The
Sorpse & ,ms wa, youns woman and the psiitearer,
wearing Grape sashes.
-Iu the bands Of serviA the bass drum is
drawn by dog. but is beaten by q man. Tho
c oGg haying no nnxess 70 stick 10 his ears 80
should be organized in Servia.
During the siege OF Paris 800 carrier
pigeons were sent out In balloons, Of which but
% rtturned. But that small number brought 10
dpsehe being an aysfsSo pHiS asa pel Bfs.s ts
result achieved by the aid Of mierop piotography.
Early in the century q rich Euslishman
,eis @ his daughters their weight in one pound
thousand three hundred and forty.four pounSs.
the handsomest pair Of paper.weigh,s on rscords
What do you think OF the telephone p,
.I.st mo f.nemSsr," isid Miss vesssrAiss; A,s,
th,ts IN, The Ec,urS: rsat to APhrod,.; o.. yss
.ssa % ss st az. 2 ne % e
you know" - - '-''
"A safety envelope to prevent tampering
has been devised. On the Gap the words .At.
tempt to open" .Ie printed with a douSis set of
gals and the second green vlirioi. ii Inc aap *
steamed or noIstened IN any way the msSio
printing viii appear. r.
Officers in the army OF sAxouy arc not
income Of about tsso per aInum, and, si,hcuss
they are expected to live In good style and 60
sen.sbie at court thought ~ to b. %S eSoSas &
Tor their comfortable support.
Captain Burnsby says that hawks arc
much used IN the chase BY the Khivans. TheJ
are are noTn Tn ., hs,ss or .sag.t, species q ante
strikes him between the eyes, aud the snImst
becoming bewildered, does not Know which WAY
to turn, and falls an easy victim to the hounds
The steppe Of Ervan is plain OF sand In
By Russian scientific expedition. Tho most in.
teresting TACT observed is the I'll ono that the
precisely the same as that OF the ground iiss,s
The fauna consisted chiefly Of aud ll,srds,
The cars on the line between Modane-A stsl
ifon on the Swi,s side OF tho Mount Cenis tunnel
tenn Devised BY NJ Snsrcn IN cSIsfof S Inc i.g s
ing department Of the Belgian lines who has for
many years spplied it to these latter with seIy
satisfactory results. Our railroads are sadly 10,
hind In this respect. s7I-
And shoso cool and practical,
Thus wrote she In repIy; Ets.
81 see you write about q kiss, HFfs
And lying down to die;
Battle IN hot water, love, your feet,
Crushed ice'put 10 yonr head: rs
And so right straight to bed" .
"A fashionable paper announces tina. In
Paris eyerything In female attire 10 worn jast
, nov With iraysd edges, making 4 dicult % DIS.
has been Gone. Z. is supposed. with benevolent
$oIsy; Tss most sipisprs,: soa%sai % seen s ' e
"A gentleman called last week at israe
atationsrs 70 order some note paper with . hsad.
grams, 10, No., he .,d II want sos :oS.sSi.s MSs
smpler-iust . aoxer, such as q nrset.me. notA
sSuns ss psrs ,Ss &c
prompt reply; lin . tailor, snd-,he paper d
The Emperor King OF Prussia has ordered
saiies to be immortailzed in q huge fresco In the
old kaisersaal at qoslar. annexed With Hanover
IN s iys; = but miracIs diets, this German subject
"Prussian" artists have been asked to coupete-
atrine which shows how Imperial Prussia un.
derstands "German' duties.
know Why the physician and surgeon OF the pr
ent day In England accept as on honorarium the
same amount IS was acceptei BY their Er.1',
their charges, and the cost Of houss and morse
has doubled or trebled. II can't be said that
their professional brethren In Washington have
shown Himil lv ia,
An ins enious Brooklynite has invented an
arrangement which he calls the American cat
teaser." " consists Of shoet OF tin with trfan-
angle remainiRs intact with the main sheet. I The i
giles ar. % cioss ,Ogethsr the cannot
ridge poles.
M. TissandIer has been examining various
air. and nnds that in ali oases and under All CIR
netic iron Tho same particles arc to % found n
from Mont Blanc, at a height Of 2Ii9 metres
above the level Of tho soa NJ. Tlssandier believes
and considers them to be remains OF metsoric
masses.
1t rarely happens that father and son FOL-
low so closely in q diplomatic career as the pres
The late Sir Edward graduated, as did his son, at
Cambridge, and, entering diplomatic service, was
LOT come time Brltish representative In Brazil,
sworn In 1915 priyy councillor, and nominated a
q. y. b. in l62. His son was Minister at Brazil
before coming to Washington, and, like him IS a
priyy councillor, and no doubt will before long be
gazetted q. ID. u, being at present X. q. u.
One Of the most notable trees OF the
Tuileries Garden In Paris Is an old horse.chest.
nut, called the chestnut OF the Goth Of March. It
blossomed at that date In 1894, tho day the arsI
Napoleon caused the Duke d Eng hien to be shot,
and during his reign the Loaitimlsts OF the city
of the execution The tree blossomed again On
Psris on his return from exile IN Elba and AFTER
wards became an object Of pilgrimage TO Bona.
paTtists during the reign5 Of Louis XVIII,
CHARLES X, and Louis Philippe.
The six Great Powers have nearly Eve
sxths Of Europe under their immediate depend.
ence, and their population may bo divided into
United Kingdom, Frauce and Italy, IS per cent;
Germany and Austris, % pertcent., and Russia al
per cent Next after the sig Great Powers come
Spain. with population Of lo.s0o,O0o; tho Otto
man Empire, $500, 900; Norway, 5,e5i 30I and Bel.
gium, 8, ,il36sj, while tho three smallest States
are the Principally of Liechtensteip, $3.50; the
Republic Of San Marino, 1900, and tho Princf-
paiity Of Monaco, $500.
"A German legend thus accounts for the
origin OF tho name OF tho house OF Mctternich
The Emperor Henry IL. bad tho greatest con-
nience In the captain OF his bod. guard, who was
named Meter, and thereby awakened the envy
OF certain couriiers, who, Initiating the favortes
handwriting, wrote treasonable letter, and Nar-
trved to let this ialas II BY ace lent Ia the EN-
peror's way, The strategem failed, for Henry