National Republican., 1883-12-26


An de star stood still whar de folks had
to go.
An de angels few away aeln a-leat1n'
arter dem
A blaze road from Juda to do new Jcrusa.
| lem.
III.
Den pile on de lighpood en- set aroun' de FIRE,
(Crlsmus times is Gomez,
Rosum up dc ole bow en- chune the banjer higher,
(Crismus times is GOMEZ,
Dere's no mo coonin OBJ de log in de night
(Crismus times is Gomez,
| o, glory to de lam fur de hnyuyer light
(Crismus times is GOMEZ.
Dc Crismus possum am a-bakin' mighty
snug,
SO han aroun' de tumbler en- de little yal.
| Ter jug
Wild dc co ncob stopper, en- de honey in de
bowl,
An a.glory hallyluyor on a-bless yo' soul.
John Henry Boner, IN " Whispering Pines"
THREE turkey shippers in Paris, KY, have
thus far this season shipped 05OsO turkeys to Bos-
| ton and New York.
LEADv1LLE produced nearly S1s0o0000 in
bullion this year according to the latest estimates
| ouray will come TO the front next year with
quadrupled production.
MISS CLARA Morris expended over $1,000
shipped to friends In Now York and various parts
of the country. She Is as generous as wealthy.
DAHLoNEGA, Ga, is wild over the recent
| discovery Of q gold mine one and half miles
| from that town. The find is pronounced rich aud
| inexhaustbe. II Is said that double handful
| of ore panned out about q dessert spoonful Of
gold.
| GAMBETTA's friends propose to have q great
political demonstration at Nice on the 3lst instant
the anniversary Of his death, and one at Paris on
January 6. the day OF his funeral-providGd the
government feels strong enough to permit such
| proceedings.
ALL the foreign countries with which
Egypt trades received less from her and sold less
to her during 1882 than during 1881 Egypts ex-
ports to America IN 1881 were valued at E5l, ,2l0j
in 1882. f30,966. American imports amounted to
f14o,o9 in 1881, and fl16 6S1 in 1888
The Portland Oregonian warns immigrants
against coming to Oregon during the winter
less they are well provided for, and can afford to
remain idle until the spring, as the towns are now
thronged with men searching for work, and in
the country very little is being done.
I An 0swego genius has invented row boat
for on ice. 1t rests upon three steel runners,
and is propelled by round oars TO the ends of
| which spurs are attached As the boat advances
| the oars shorten at every stroke lengthening
| again before the next stroke by means OF spring
| inside.
The denial by Miss Jennie Flood, the
daughter of the California millionaire, that she In
engaged to marry an English peer recalls the tact
that she once refused New Yorker because, as
she contemptuously told him. he had not energy
| enough to spatter the mud on his trousers in
rainy weather.
ST. LOUIS proposes to try fire brick for
| street pavements A committee has reported that
fire brick show all the endurance Of granite,
make a smoo her. cleaner and less noisy street.
arc more easily repaired give better foothold to
horses are not effected by frost fire, and can be
| used at less than half the cost of granite.
MARY ANDERSON denies being engaged
either to the Duke of Portland or Mr. Henry
Abbey. She said to representative of a London
paper: 81 am welded to my profession alone, and
l authorize an emphatic denial of the published
stories about matrimonial engagements with the
Duke of Portland, Henry E. Abbey, or any other
person. Please send this denial SO that my
friends may know that l am and will remain
Mary Anderson.
ARELIc of the middle ages still exists, and
| moreover, hourishes in Germany, on the banks Of
the Elbe e,.where colony Of Flemings was founded
in the year 1900. The colonists from the very
first kept to themselves, and have never inter.
married with the Germans among whom they
live. All their old customs have been preserved;
they still speak the ancient Flemish; they wear
the Flemish costume of five centuries ago. and
primogeniture is still in force among them.
The earnings of the southern division Of
the Mexican railroad for the first week in Novem-
ber were S2S, ,292 al; the mileage completed is 406
miles, leaving rs miles yot to be built the
southern division. OF the northern division $50
miles have been completed and 100 miles remain
to be built. The gross earnings of the southern
Iav. 80 HI..f
and those of the northern division S249,0S6 o.
making together sl,b9i,Sl6 81 for the entire road
during the ten months of this year.
A ROBBERY under extraordinary circum-
stances was committed few nights ago in the
streets of Paris. Nj. soriano, Spanish prefect,was
beipg driven in cab from the hotel where he had
been staying TO the railway station. Among his
baggage ON the cab was trunk containing i'm
portant papers, 5000 francs in gold and Jewels and
objects of art to the value of $4,000 francs. About
half way to the station the driver was startled by
one of the trunks falling upon him, He pulled up
and was replacing 1t, when he saw that the strap
had been cut and that large trunk was missing.
This proved 10 be the one in which the treasure
was packed. So dexterously had 1t been alb
stracted that neither the driver nor his fare had
remarked anything until one of the other trunks
had fallen as described.
In the early part of the last century the
British parliament sought TO deal with the bac-
carat clubs Of that day. The fashionable games
were at the end Of the seventeenth century.
"gleek," primero," and "ln and in" To these
succeeded the lace of hearts" "faro," "basset -
and "hazard." In 1889 an act was passed making
all these games fraudulent and unlawful. and en-
acting that any person who played them in any
, place except where the king resided should for
J felt $50. The law was scarcely made when II waa
eluded by the invention OF other games, the prin-
cipal OF which was called passage" To prevent
this 1t was enacted the ensuing year that this and
, every other game invented or to be invented.
with one die or more, or any other instrument OF
! the same nature, with numbers thereon, should
be subject to similar penalty.
The auction sales Of offices in the new pro-
! produce exchange at New York has realized about
26,0O0. Out of 179 OF the offices In the building
all but 80 have been sold. The income of the new
building will be about 100000 for rents yearly
$4,000 for dues; call room, $4,000. and stands
SIS, ,00O making o total of $4,000. The current
expenses win be Sl45,O00. The representatives o
the various commercial bodies have decided Ia
form an alliance with the object of securing legs
lation needed by the commercial community
There were represented the maritime, cotton, real
estate, and traders, American, mining, stock dis
tilers, wines and spirits, and mining stock, and
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