National Republican., 1883-12-15

tioIb W pIONt lHhJ WluO power Is CHEAP, in the
very face of the fact that the extra session of tho
Pennsylvania legislature will cost over s5O0,0OO.
DETROIT man on visit to st. Louis lost
$4,000 in cash, and rewarded the finder with a
20 cent piece. In justice to Detroit IL should be
stated that tho man really thought It was % cents.
THE schooner Polly, built in 1904 and now
undergoing repairs at owls Head, Me- Is said to
be the Oldest vessel of the United States merchant
service now aAoat. Her condition warrants the
hope that Polly may live to see her one hundredth
birthday.
Miss JENNIE FLOOD, it appears, has made
up her mind that she will not repair the fortunes
OF apy broken-down English peer or German
baron. She will bestow her hand, heart, and her
fathers ducats on somo worthy American young
man. There arc lots of them.
HERE is a remarkable statement made by
an Oregon exchange: "a brakeman on the Oregon
Short line fell under the recently. Upon ex-
animation II was ascertained that, notwithstand-
ing four wheels of the car had passed over him,
no bones were broken. The man is now at Poca-
tella doing WELL"
EFFORTS arc being made by the Catholics
OF Denver, Col, to make that city the seat of the
largest Jesuit college in America. Twenty-Five
thousand dollars have already been subscribed
toward n fund for the erection of a necessary
building and much more is promised under cer-
tain conditions.
IT is q long march from Ell Obeid to Khars
toum, and another from Khartoum to Cairo. The
two make a stretch more than any prophet
whether true or false, can traverse in less than
four months. Neither the Khartoum nor Cairo
Egyptians need be in any hurry, therefore, TO re-
move their household furniture@-if they have
any.
MR.. A. AVERY, sR., of Bibbs county, Ala
bama, has hat that he assures people is ITO years
old, having been worn by his grandfather In l773.
1t is of very fine material and we'll preserved. Mr..
Avery's family have two other relics of ancient
date One, powder gourd used by their great
grandfather in the revolutionary war, and the
other chest over 100 years old.
TAYLOR, the wizard, got 500 house in
Paso del Norte, and then saying that he would
show the assemblage trick that would open their
eyes termed The Mystic Man, or the Disappear
anoe" he brought out large box and said: az
VIII now shut myself in this box the trick is to
find me-" Five minutes later everybody knew
that he had escaped from the rear with the re-
ceipts ofthe evening and coat belonging To an
empoye of the theater.
HERR KRUPP the great German gun
maker. whose works are said to have turned out
10000 cannon, is described as a tall and rather
stern-looking man, with soping shoulders a long
neck. and full white beard. He is delicate, ner-
vous, and intellectual. and looks like clergy
man. His only son and heir, Fritz Krupp, who
will succeed to an estate estimated at S40000000,
is an inventor of considerable ability, and Ia
thoroughly familiar with his fathers business.
A MAN of extraordinary honesty has
turned up in the Central depot at Fonda, N. Y,
recently. He approached Mr.. Fonda, the ticket
agent, with the statement that his name was John
Nicholson, of Gray, Herkimer county. and added
that short time ago he had travelled ON the cars
from Hudson to Fonda without paying fare. He
now wanted to square up with the company, and
asked, "What is the cost of a tcketg' Mr.. Fonda
replied: zone dollar aud fifty-iour cents" which
was promptly paid.
II is stated with some positiveness that
William H. Vanderbilt is the richest private citi-
zen in the world. Possibly he is, but we do not
see how any one can have absolute measures of
the purses of all the rich men In all quarters of
the earth There are plenty that even well in
formed people hardly ever hear Of Only a little
while ago one died in England that was hardly
known outside of his own country except among
bankers. This was Lord overstone, who left O
fortune of S6O,OOO,OOO
A NEW law governing the ringing of
churchbells in every parish of France provides
that hereafter IL shall be regulated in every de-
partment by an ordinance agreed upon by the
bishop and the perfect the ministre des cultes'
settling on appeal any point of difference between
them. The mayor and the priest will each have a
key to the church, and hereafter NJ. 10 Cure, If
he CnuuCc W Oc u IeuCLlOuHTy, Will NOT DO hDlo 10
prevent the ringing of the parish bell for the
festivals Of the republic.
A NOVEL way of aiding the needy has Just
been put into operation In Baltimore. 1t is the
"Provident' woodward, where men who are
willing 10 work can saw cord of wood for 90
cents. At present the place is far too small and
arrangements are making TO enlarge II. Strange
to say, not one tramp has yet put In an appear
ance for work The applicants are all residents Of
nil uhn hnUA hAAW. 20
employment. One of the applicants on Tuesday
was an old, gray-haired man, fully so years,
of age he was one Of the first to finish his assigned
labor and went Off rejoicing with his half dollar.
THE winter carnival at Montreal begins on
the fourth of February, and arrangements have
already been made with the railroad companies
TO special trains at reduced rates. New tobog.
gaming hills arc to be prepared; much more
beautiful and elaborate ice palace than that which
was SO much admired last year will be erected
the snow shoe clubs are arranging to hold grand
union torchlight professions, moonlight tramps,
races, and games there will be special competi-
tions by the curling clubs, aboriginal games by
the Indians, skating masquerades, tandem drives,
horse racing on the river. carnival ball, and vari-
Gus other attractions
JOHN BRIGHT makes notes and headings
of his speeches, and with great care writes down
and commits to memory all tho important pas
sages Gladstone merely jots down Nets and hg-
ures, and for expression trusts entirely to the
moment. The late Lord Derby, the Rupert Of
Debate" wrote down every word and committed
his speeches to memory. In one OF his letters he
says that all his principal speeches cost him two
sleepless nights-one in thinking what he would
say and the other in lamenting that he might
have said II better. Thiers was equally precise.
0'Connel and Gambetta spoke always on the in-
spiraton Of the moment.
WITHIN the past few years a good many
professional gamblers have found II 10 their ad-
vantage to travel on the steamers plying between
this country and Europe. These ganblera make
1t point to play with wealthy young Americans,
who are on their travels, and sometimes they fol-
low their victims all over Europe, One notorious
gambler carried roulette wheel in the top OF HIS
hat. For layout he carrleda large sheet of paper
in his pocket. AS general thing, however,
all faro and roulette games at sea are played
qnietly in u room. Men play poker for light
stakes in the smoking room, and ladies arc tre-
quently seen playing for small stakes in the din.
ing room.
WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs's dress Is thus de-
scrbed by an Albany reporter, who watched him
while he was arguing case in one OF the courts:
"Ho was dressed in what might be called the
style of the antique renaissance. His trousers
were continental in cut and modest in color; a
black vest was cut low enough TO display an ex-
papse of immaculate linen, and was ornameDted
| by plain gold watch chain, with horseshoe pen-
dant. His hat was black, of the Prince Albert