National Republican., 1883-12-01
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Abstmctedy doth overlook
He goeth to the junk man thence
His heart beats quick with hope and pride,
Returnoth with eleven cents
To spend at Christmas tide
The youth thinks, as he walks about,
Sweet Ethel wants bracelet new;
| How can get my ulster out,
Aud buy the glitterlng baube, too ?"
The husbands surplus wealth Is gone,
His Doodle is alas, anothors;
The horse he placed HIS savipgson
Pr eceded not the others
And 10 his wife he speaketh out
That business has been somewhat slack.
And therefore she must do without
The promised seal skin sacque,.
Whereat she weepeth long and loud,
And to escape her flowing tears
He hieth 70 the busy crowd,
And taketh many beers -E.ME
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OUR country's product of gold this year
will be about SS20O0,O0O, and OF silver about 49,
100000. r'a
THE late ex-Gov. Matt Head had 100000
insurance his life-S5 600 in regular companies
and $4,000 in relief associations.
A LADY in Cynthiana, Ky, has n picture
OF Abraham Lincoln woven in black and white
silk which was made In Lyons, France, at a cost
of $500
PROF. BELL, the electrician, says that there
are more than $4,000 telephones in use in the
United States. and that manufacturers are unable
to keep up with their orders.
The False Prophet of the Soudan is said to
have six fingers on each hand, and six toes on
each foot and be appears TO be using them all to
gather in the poor soldiers of the khedlve.
THE Salt Lake Tribune says that Joe Smith,
tho sherin.elect of Conejos county, Colorado, Sc
that he is a descendant OF their original prophet.
ENGLAND now mourns the loss of it's
matchmaking trade 10 this country The London
Times laments the fact that the total production
in England last year did not exceed 175,OOo while
single American house made over 100000
watches.
JEFFERSON probably pays higher salaries
than any star in the country Mrs. Drew draws
$3.50 week, and she is only in the cast of 1.-THE
Rivals; Frederic Robinson gets s250 a week, and
Rosa Rand $780, The other people are proportion
| ately well paid.
"NoV SADLY explained the eldest Miss
Culture of Boston; "no, could not reconcile my
| self to becoming the wife of a mamwho eats fried
sausage, cuts lettuce with a knife and turns up
his nose at baked beans. SO severed the matri
monial contract that existed between ns"
ISABELLA became queen of Spain on Sept.
90 1868 She fed from that throne and took refuge
in France on Sept 20, 1869. And her son. King
Alfonso, was hooted at by mob in the streets Of
Paris on Sept 20, 1883. There's encouragement for
people who believe in omens and fatal days
A COMPANY Of capitalists have just pur-
chased 800 acres of marble quarres in Piekens
county, Georgia, and will at once engage In ex-
tensively mining the stone. Experts pronounce
| the marble as superior to that obtained in Ver-
mont and equal to the average Italian marble.
BERLIoz's great "Te Deum" which was
produced at the church of st. Eustache, Paris, in
1855, under the direction of its composer and has
never been heard since, is to be performed in the
cathedral of Bordeaux on the fifth of December
next. The band and chorus are to number 1000.
GEN. LEWIS b. PARSONS, who in 1860 was
the democratic candidate for the lieutenant gov
ernorship of Illinois, recently sent from his farm.
near Flora, direct 50 the New York market, for
shipment to Europe, III steers from herd Of over
400 on his farm. The shipment yielded him nearly
$4,000 net profit.
A NUMBER of London capitalists have prom
ised NJ. o. Wilcox, of Mount Airy, Ga, 100000, to
be used In developing the gold fields in Lumpkin
and White counties. Georgia. In the southern part
of the gold territory several companies are mining
with hydraulic power but the costhss been greater
than the product
IT is thought that the earliest patent in
the United Statet was that granted by the COM
monwealth of Massachusetts, to Samuel Winslow,
who had o method ofmanufacturing salt. None
are to make this article" said the patent except
in manner different from his, provided ho set
up his works within ayear."
"WoNDER what's become of the revised
New Testament2 said Brown pon my word
haven't seen a copy of It for year" " "Havey you
seen copy of the old version within year2'
asked Deacon Textual, "By gracious" ex-
claimed Brown, it's funny, but come to think of
it, haven't"
PARIS policemen, who number over 5000,
receive yearly salary of about s3iO Vienna
patrolmen get $3.50 patrolmen of the Irish con-
stabulary get S2l2, after twenty years service;
Edinburg patrolmen get from $3.50 to $40 week,
and Glasgow patrolmen from SO 80 to $3.50. The
pay per day in Berlin is Sl.25; in st. Petersburg
. 60 cents, and in Constanstinople 40 cents.
SoUTn AMERICA is destined to be the next
great beef producing region of the world 1t Is
} estimated that in two years from now the number
of cattle in the Argentine Confederation will
number 2sOO0,000, against 1900 900 in 1877 The
enormous increase in the number of cattle has
brought down the price so that good fat steers
selling at Sc to SIS. ..sr.
AN electric light company in Liberty street,
New York, displays in one of its windows an in
terestng exhibition of the diverse uses of cleo
tricty miniature waterfall descends from the
top of the window and behind it CLEANS several
incandescent electric lights. The effect is bril-
liant. The electricity which pumps up the water
and furnishes the light is conveyed over the same
wires
COMPULSORY education has assumed q new
form in Sltka, Alaska. The Presbyterian board
of missions, assisted by the Indians Within few
years has opened schools there aud attendance
upon these schools Is compelled by the military
commandant. Every little Indian Is furnished
with tin tag. and If one Is found playing truaut
his number is noted, and his parents fined.
This method has proved successful in regulating
attendance. .H.
THE EconomiSte Franchise estimates the
4 wealth of some of the leading members of the
English aristocracy MS follows The Duke of Nor
folk s45OOO,OOO the Marquis OF Butte $50, 9,OOS0oO; |;
the Duke of Buccleugh, s3O,OOO0OO; the Duke of
Northumberland, s30,OOO0Oo; the Duke of Devon
shire S290OO0OO the Earl of Derby SOS OOO0 co. the
: Duke of Bedford. 50 100000; the Duke of HamiI- =
i ton s23OOO,OOO the Duke of Portland s23,OOOOOO I;
u the Earl OF FltzWllliam, S2200O,O0G the Duke Of
Sutherland, s21,0OO,OOO.
Ar this time II is Of interest to recall that
during the revolutionary war Now York furnished
17,7Sl soldiers 20 the continental army New
Hampshire, 12,9I1 Massachusetts, 67,907; Rhode
j Island 5,0Os; Connecticut, SlBs0; New Jersey.
t 1926: Pennsylvania, 25,67s; Delaware, 1856