National Republican., 1883-12-22
Eaa.No was invented in Virginia.


| great favor on its creditors.
WHEN recently asked to dino at tho royal
palace at Copenhagen, Mr.. Tennyson was unable
| 10 accept the invitation from the characteristic
| but sufficient reason that he had no dress coat
| with him.
SAMUEL l.. CLEMENTS Mark Twain), J..
Hammond Trumbull, the phiollogist. Charles
| Dudley Warner, and Mrs. stowe make Quite a
galaxy of celebrities when they arc ut home, in
| Hartford, Conn.
SPEAKING Of Tom Henry, tho Kontucky
supreme couIt clerk who never drinks water
the press of the state ruefully say
ut was no Cmsar laid him low:
Twas sour-mash whisky struck the blow"
JENNIE ADLER Dayton Jewess, return-
ing from visit to New York, met New Orleans
| merchant named Meyer on the train They were
mutually smitten. lie popped and she said
'y-e-s" and within half an hour after arriving
in the Dayton depot they were man and wife,
The natives of Madagascar have taken
cleyerly TO the manufacture of firearms. They
have accurately initiated the French mitrailleuse
| and call the German engineer. who has shown
| them how to make dynamite, Father Gun
powder"
THE statement is made that, as general
thing, the greatest bellies marry the homelest
men. When this item has been thoroughly circu-
lated you can have some iun bygoing up TO man
and asking him If his wife is not very handsome
woman.
AT the court opera at Vienna recently an
other use for electricity was illustrated by tho
simple eXpedient OF suspending tiny iucandescent
lamps by very fine swinging wires, through which
the effect of a swarm of fre-aies about tropical
forest scene was produced.
IT is proposed to drive tunnel into tho
crater of Popocalepeu in Mexico and to build from
a 10 a railI wi tn tyith
the lneroceanic railway, at Amecameca. The
mountain is higher than Mount Blanc. and more
difficult of ascent than the loiest pinnacle Of tho
Hips.
BARON RUPERTswooD, the richest man in
Australia, is worth 600 100000. His father, Mr..
Clako went to Now South Wales with few thou
sand pounds, and bought land where the city of
Melbourne afterward was built The little ball of
gold increased in size like the traditional snow
ball.
M. DE LEssEPs boasts that his family is
scotch that in Scotland there are Lesseps and
Lessels, but in France none of his own name be-
sides himself and his numerous family; and that
| the cathedral of Edinburgh constructed by an
architect named Lesseps, who was one of his an
| cestors.
| A MAN of the name of Colas, who had tho
monopoly of rat killing in Paris has just died.
He used to feed exclusively on the produce of his
| sport. Eight or ten times already he had nearly
died Of Indigestion; this time he expired after a
heavy meal of rats before the doctor could be
| called in.
THE Italian traveller, Count Antonelli, has
sent to the Geographical society OF Rome, among
| other interesting objects. seven elephant tusks,
which the African king. Menelek, presented to
the King of Italy. One Of these tusks measures
seven feet and weighs 115 pounds Its market
value in Alden is about SiO0
| A
was described the hanging of one of his fellow
countrymen at oroville, Cal, was much disguised
what for chokee lopez" cried he. "No good.
Chinaman he likee get him head cut of. Takee
one sord-z-z,w hip ?-you bet. Belly good that
way; lope too much chokee."
SPEAKER CARLISLE is said by the Hamil-
ton (Ohio) NetOs once to have challenged an exas-
| poratng litgant to fight duel. The latter ac-
cepted promptly, and, as was his right, selected
the place and weapons, which he chose to be- re-
spectivey Boston Common and clapboards. Mr..
Carlisle let the matter drop.
| EFFORTS are being made by tho Catholics
of Denver COL, to make that city the seat of the
largest Jesuist college in America. Twenty-Five
| thousand dollars have already been subscribed
| toward fund for the erection of the necessary
buildings. and much more is promised under
| certain conditions.
AMONG the prizes at the meet of Ohio
| Wneellneu III IlSNeluuu next august VIII Dc inc
Columbia prize cup, valued at 81, 500. The cup is
| offered by the Pope Manufacturing company Of
Boston. and was Withdrawn at the meet at SPRING
| field, Mass last September owing to conditions
imposed by the donors. The race is to be twenty
miles, with at least six entries.
GEN. ROBERT L. LEES statue, which is now
| being cast in bronze in New York, will be taken to
| New Orleans in February The date of its unveil-
| ing though has not yet been determined the COM
mittee in charge being divided between Feb. %,
| Washington's birthday and March 10, the ami
| yersary of the day when Gen. Lee took command
as chief of the armies of the coniederacy.
THOUGH northampton, where great po-
litcal meeting has just been held, is regarded as
the most radical borough in England and returns
such representatives of new ideas Messrs.
Labouchere and Bradaugh, it is full of memorials
of the old days. II has two Knight Templar
churches and Queen Eleanors cross, the most
perfect, with that OF Watham, of the many crosses
erected TO that sovereign.
EVERY five years Georgia pays money to
men who lost limbs in the late war, and the gov
ernor has just announced his readiness 10 receive
| applications for the states second payment.
There were, the Augusta Chrpncle says, between
$50 and 1000 applicants in 1878 There are four
classes OF applicants. Those who lost legs, ampu-
| tated above the knee, who are allowed 500; legs
cut of below the knee, S75; arms above the elbow,
S6O arms below the elbow $40. The aggregate
cost to the state is about S50,000 The money is to
enable the recipients TO buy artificial limbs.
KwANGsU, the present emperor Of China
was placed at the head OF the Manchu dynasty in
1915, at theage Of years, The mother and grand
mother Of the infant king have been empresses
egant. Two years ago the dowager empress died,
leaving the regency to be conducted by the en-
peror's mother. Kwangsu is now IL years old,
and is said to be very bright and studious. Chi
nese authorities prophesy that by the time he is
ofage 10 assume tue personal government Of his
domiulons the troubles of his country will have
ended the minority period Of twenty-five years
will have served TO restore TO China peace in her
home affairs, and Independence OF action in those
that affect her relations with the outside world.
THE failing of the Comstock mines brings
hopeless ruin upon Virginia City This place and
Gold Hill, which is practically part Of the same
town, had 700 inhabitants eight years ago, mer-
chants with 81 100000 capital score of more men
worth from 100000 TO s3OOOO,OOO each. private
homes that cost 100000, aud hotels and every
thing else to match, Now there are but 5000 in
habtanis, nearly all miners and gamblers tho
fine houses arc all carried away or abandonoi,
real estate cannot be sold for the amount OF the
taxes, nothing can be sold which is worth carry
lug away and in u little time tho gorgeous city
must entirely disappear.