National Republican., 1883-05-08

The nightngales warbled, the stars sweety shone,
And, though she will riso again never,
No sorrow was shown for the life which had
flown
For that cat is silent forever
Commercial Adpertise.
AN Iowa editor, being asked by CORE
spondent II hogs paid. has looked over his sub-
scrption list and decided that they do not.
EMERsoN's conduct ofLife,"" Behavior"
Couture" and Beauty" are proposed by Bos.
ton educators as winters work In morality
department to be established in the public
schools.
HORSE flesh Is sold in some parts Of Lon
don as beef It has the peculiarly rosy appear
ance which people like, and II must be proved 10
be "unnt for the food OF mar" before its sale can
be legally forbidden.
THE borers Of an artesian we'll In San Ber-
nardino, Cal, have Encountered at the depth Of
$50 feot tree which stands perpendicularly.
Great pieces of the wood, which appears 10 be
sycamore are brought up In the pipes.
THE new diamond mines in southern Bahia
are said to bo the richest in Brazil. The latest
reports from there tell of great sickness and NOR.
tality among the miners, OF superabundance Of
dirt, filth, and all the vices customary at such
places.
The newest tning In obituaries comes from
Vermont, where the proud boast IL made OF
man lately deceased that she had attended 167
funerals" This isn't much for resident Of
farming community, but until further noticed,
the deceased must be regarded as the champion.
AN Iowa chemist recently discovered an
explosive believed 10 be nineteen times as power.
ful as dynamite but, according 10 the truthful
scientist OF tho Boston Post, tho secret OF Its COM
position was lost at the time Of its discovery TO-
Rether with the chemist and most Of the glass In
town.
AT the Paris fete in the Grand opera house
for the benefit OF the Alsatian sufferers there were
many distinguished performers, but the hits Of
the evening were Judic leading the orchestra and
ballet girls selling champagne behind Bullets. A
nu mber Of ladies from the Faubourg St. Germain
appeared in the boxes dressed exactly alike.
A CUBIC inch of gold is worth $210; n cubic
foot 1878 $3.50; cubic yard, s0,797 762 This is valu-
ing II at SIS an ounce. AT the commencement Of
tho Christian era there was In the world s327,-
100000 In gold. This had diminished tolS570 100000
at the time America was discovered, when 1t be-
gan TO increase. Now the amount of gold in use
is estimated to be s6,OOO.oooOOo.
AN outgoing tenant illustrates the absurd
ity of some of the covenants in leases drawn in
the ancient form OF advertising in an English
paper for 500 rats and about ten times that mum.
ber of woeds in order 10 fulfill his covenant to
leave the promises in precisely the same condition
as that in which he found them. The rats. he
adds, must be able. bodied, and no crpples will be
received
A SYMPTOM very dangerous for the gov
ernment Is spreading in Russia IL Is an increas-
ing belief among the superstitous and ignorant
and there are many Of this class In Russia-who
many otherwise have no sympathy with the revo-
lutonsts that the Nhilist terror is q dovine judg-
ment for the sins OF the nation. This produces
an apathy and q feeling Of fatalism which add
new difficulties to detection and repression.
MRS. HOOPER should have given the nsme
OF the young lady, "a member of one Of the prom
inent families OF Pennsylvania, who, as she notes
In the Continental Gazeue. seized whip from
cab on a stand which she was passing and laid
the lash over the head and shoulders OF Paris
gallant who was pestering her, and who had been
following her about for days, whenever she ap-
peared on the streets unaccompanied. No wonder
the cabmen cheered and encouraged her in her
womanly act. Here is new character for Mr.
| Henry James, jr., and II any novelist wana now
| puppets Mr.. James docs.
ARCHIBALD Brown, who takes the place
Of his late brother in the queens household,
has been for many years personal valet to
1
does not seek TO hide its belief that the
queen layished too much sorrow over the
| death of Mr.. Brown, and 1t is written that
| when truly great men pass away their friends
| and admirers may be apt TO discount the honora
| Of royal wreaths," since they arc sent to the
funeral of q servant. Brown took little or no ex-
ereise and was a good liver; indeed, an epicure,
and lounged through his days
| DURING the performance of "The Hunch-
| back"-the second of the dramatic festival series
at Cinclnnati-a part Of the "Julius Cesar set OF
scenes came tumbling down from Its concealment
| in the flies, and struck the stage In uncomforably
close proximity to Mary Anderson. A little later,
when she faints and is shut out from view by
| lowered scene representing street, not only was
| a Roman forum scene substituted, but 1t was let
| down behind her, necesstating some impromptu
acting by which she was lined from tho chair and
led off, half supported, from the stage.
THE first elephant on exhibition in New
| England, and said to have been the first in the
| United States, was killed at Alfred, Me-. in the
| year 1917, about one mile west from the village,
| In piece of woods near the Round Pond, 80
called, on the old post road leading TO Dover, N.
II. man by the name Of Davis had an alterca-
ton with the proprietor Of the menagerie the day
previous, while on exhibition at Alfred. AMI
sought revenge by shooting the elephant. The
affair caused great sensation at the timo through.
out New England. The locality is known and
pointed out to this day as the spot whore the OLE
phant was killed.
RACING in Paris has become species OF
fashionable madpeSs With the multiplication Of
suburban race courses. horse racing has become n
colossal swindle like thimble rigging land card
harping, carried on by associations Of thieves
and blacklegs of all catagorles, and now, IN keep
up the variety Of the scene, the demi- i-monde ia
preparing TO cast limo In these troubled waters
In the person of tho blonde Comtesse Latischeh.
who has established racing stable, and chosen
as her colors blue striped with vieilor. The
Comtesse Latischeff is, OF couise, countess in
fun. Her equine profile has long been familiarin
the haunts of tho Royal Gommeux brigade.
Another tendresse who has become famous In
the same field, is announced 70 mako her debut
shortly at. the Hppodrome in haute ecole exer-
cises.
A BIcYcLIsT has recently discovered new
scene for his operations. This bold inventor.
having exhausted the roads adopted for thls
amusement In England and the continent, bo-
thought himself Of making an excursion on the
terra infrma OF the Goodwin sands. To carry ouI
his desires he was compelled TO walt for three
tides at Dover and on the fourth 10 leave the town
at o'clock In the morning. When, after sailing
for an hour and a half, he arrived on the sands
he was enabled 10 enjoy the luxury Of riding fol
, an hour where man had never ridden before Had
the pleasure of this hour compensated for the pre-
) yious exertions he would no doubt have found
numerous imitators, but as the sand was heavy
| and tha turning dinlcult he will probably be lef