National Republican., 1883-11-28

II was Judge Hoadly who gave to Gin
cinnati the soubriquot of the " Paris of America"
JAMES GORDON BENNETT will probably be
elected commodore of the New York Yacht club
| next spring
THE sultan of Turkey has presented the
| empress of Austria with palace valued at $780,
| OO0 Not an unpleasant international courtesy.
| THE Crown Prince Rudolph, of Austria
| has purchased the well known sporting estate of
Rothenhaus, Bohemia, from the Countess Thun,
| for f2i0,000.
A PARTY of Mormon missionaries have
been working actively for the last six months in
the western counties Of England, and have gained
many converts.
| PRINCESS LOUISE and Lord Lorno took
home with them rare and beautiful collection Of
| Canadian birds. There are eight cases, contain
lug about 100 varieties
Your father is worth at least half a mil
lion, said no TO his jealous sweetheart. "That is
true" she murmured "And yet you doubt my
love-" he replied, in an injured tone.
AFTER all these years somebody has dis
covered that Gen. Sherman is bow-legged. He
may 20 on the stage, was reported some time
| ago, but he will never do for the ballet,
BUsHEL Of timothy contains 55 100000 Of
seeds. The cockroach has 5000 teeth. There are
100000 molecules in an ants brain. All this does
| not speak well for the economy of nature.
| In the revolutionary era Great Britain was
1 able to maintain an army in New York for seven
years. 1t would bankruptthe British treasury to
keep 1t in that city days in these luxurious
times.
THE woman suffrage movement is making
moro rapid progress In the far west than ia the
east. Women are 80 scarce out there that hardly
any Inducements that will bring them are consid-
cred too great u sacrifice
LEO DAFT, inventor of the electric motor
which has just come into notice, was born In Eng
land about forty years ago, and was trained In
science under the late 81 William Siemens. He
has lived in this country about eighteen years.
FRED ARCHER, tho famous English jockey
up to Nov. had 591 mounts. He lost S72 and won
210 races, again heading the list Of the thirty two
leading English jockeys. Mr.. c. Wood, who won
l7S, had 57S mounts Mr. G. Fordham had 26O
mounts and won rs races.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG sang "Home,
Sweet Home" to the convicts in an eastern prison
and 1t so worked upon them that seven of them
escapedsand struck out for the parental roof-tree
the same night. Nothing can work upon the ten
der sensibilites of the heart like recollectons Of
> home
THE Dwyer Bros, with their three crack
, three-year-old Miss Woodiord, Barnes, and
? George Kinney have won this season no less than
1921 ,050 divided follows: Miss Woodford, S60.-
,
The two former are by Billet and the latter by
Bonnie Scotland.
THIEF was running away from police
man in Pittsburg the other day. when the cork
3 came out of bottle of whisky he had in his coat
; pocket along with box of matches. The liquor
became ignited from the matches, and as he ran
blue flame was streaming up his back. He was
, not much hurt though.
JOHN HUNTINGTON, of Cleveland, cannot
0 be blamed If he favors monopolies. Some years
ago he put s26 900 into the Standard Oil company,
Q and has drawn large dividends ever since. The
1 other day in New York he was offered 100000
4 for his interest, and sold it. He came home with
Q a deed for 100000 house In one pocket, and
9 drafts for 100000 in the other.
: NEW ORLEANS Picdyune: "Maggie Mitchell
Y has strawberry mark on her left arm. An un-
= known woman has appeared who wants to be her
sister The easiest thing for Maggie to do is to let
}. the woman be her sister. 1t needn't cost her
IS cent" There is dramatic precedent for this. Joe
Emmett has poor sister in ST, Louis, and 1t Is
understood she never cost him cent.
=. IT has just leaked out that Gen. Grant
. made another memorable speech on his trip with
the Willard party. While crossing that wonder ful
tresue otit on the west end he looked out of the
: window into the fearful depths below, and turn.
; lug to Evarts touchingly remarked: "Goddlemity,
Ev., that's higher than the price of coal In Decem
: berl' And Eyarts softly replied "Damftaint,
y Useless p'-Btsmarck Tribune.
t ALEXANDER III, says q writer in Berlin
journal, is mystic figure to the Russian people
IL a masked form, which now and then appears for
10 one short moment, then disappears in the dark
T. ness OF remote residence, deult OF access and
II invisible TO the outside world. AT time, when
y Alexander AleXandrovitch resided as heiI-appar-
n ent in the Auitchkof palace he sought for popu-
larity with youthful ZEAL but all that seems to be
8 past. The burden of the crown keeps down his
energies, and the fear of revolution banishes him
70 from society. Nobody knows what he wants, and
u perhaps he does not know 1t himself.
d WoRKMEN, while repairing the old Whit
man hotel, at Snithtown, L. l., ON Saturday last,
discovered in upper attic what the original
d slave pen Of Smithtown before the revolutionary
% war The room was lighted by only one window.
about twenty inches square, alonside of the old
> fashioned chimney, structure four feet square.
10 as IL came out of the roof 1t was partuoned Il
by means of slat doors, the stats being of iron
!, while the rafters overhead were thickly studded
y with sharp-pointed nails. Under the caves were
~ found two old muskets and some old-fashioned
- iron implements, such as were used in the fire
a place.
IT "a PRETTY little storyis told" says the
Newport correspondent of the Boston Journal, Z" o.
the Earl and Countess of Roseberywh were here
q short time since. A day or two before their wed
in dug took place Miss Rothschild asked the young
H. earl what he would like for wedding present
al from her Oh, he replied, suppose you give me Q
,aI box of gloves, The box OF gloves was sent en-
closed in an elegant inlaid case on opening thI
box the earl discovered an envelope addressed h
him in a well known hand. He expected II con-
tanned dainty little note. 1t did, but notthe sor
nd Of note he imagined. The contents Of the enyel-
M ope was a check written out and signed by Mis-
al Rothsehilds and in favor of the earl and was fo
, n tho modest little sum Of 100000"
IN 1T is almost invariably tho ase that wheI
a cashier robs, or clerk steals, treasurer de
faults in any part OF the country, he begs off b!
declaring that he speculated in Wall street and
iT lost says the Wall Street News 1t is therefor
really refreshing to learn of case in which Wal
ed street not to blame, 1t occurred in town IL
nm Ohio the other day. The owner of private banl
let discovered shortage Of $1,000 and rushed for hi
cashier. "Yes, took the money" was tho cain
reply. "what for9" '"ro speculate in Wall street.
"And you lost it all7" Not much am just sl2.
900 ahead after paying you back. The money will
md be here by express at noon" by Georgel bu
ers you a keener Joe--just too sharp and shrew
red for anything, Put in $4,000 and become par
neri you are chap eau count on"