National Republican., 1883-11-27

UTTER IAbmEHB Already large Chicago
hotel is to be enlarged, and when the enlargement
is complete 1t will have 900 rooms
Mr.. IRvINe's receipts in New York were
as follows; First week, sl5772 second week. sls,.
7l4 third week, s1sSSO; fourth week, s22 a2l so;
total, SIS, ,6S750.
l.. M JOHNSON, for the last throe years
assistant to the president of the Pullman Palace
Car company, will be appointed general manager
of the Mexican National railway.
The largest observatory dome in the world
B Bnow being made In Cleveland for the Univer-
sity OF Virginia. It will weigh ten tons, and
measures forty-ave feet four inches at the base.
| LORD OvERsToNE who left fortune va
rously estimated at from 100000 900 to 500 ,OOO,-
600 to his daughter, wife of Col. Lloyd Lindsay,
was very pompous and so parsimonious that ho
would walk mile TO save penny. His daughter
is said to resemble him In the latter respect
In France there was sold by the state dur
ing the first six months of the current year no 10
than 1872 229 3i3 francs worth oftobacco The cigars
| manufactured in the country produced % 5000
francs; those imported from Haynna produced
| 7Sl096 francs, and the government cigarettes
brought in 077 francs.
The arena of Verona Italy, reports the
discovery, near San Brccio, where small fortress
is being built of more than 200 skeletons of very
large size, several OF them being over six feet in
height They were all laid out in regular rows,
and near them were found various arms of iron
and bronze richly ornamented earrings, pincers,
and other articles of bronze.
REcoLLEcTIoNs of the year 1853 are lust
now occupying the attention of Vienna people,
One of the most famous and popular of Austrian
| cavalry regiments has just celebrated there the
two hundredth anniversary of Prince Eugene's
assuming the command of that organization. He
was then very young man, who had given good
proofof his valor in the campaign that freed
Vienna from the Turks.
WILLIAM ROGERS, the owner of Washing
toms headquarters at Tappan. N. Y, has found it
necessary to remove the tiles the fireplace in
the parlor to preserve them from theft. The tiles
are Of the most delicate workmanship. They arc
| eighty-nine in number Tho subject of the first
| is the cruciixion Of Christ. Andres prison, in
another part of the old Dutch town, where WASH
| ington was this month a hundred years ago, is in
| ruins.
The Oldest university student in Berlin,
and probably In the world is 60 years of age After
passing his examination in theology in his youth
ne went to South Africa missionary, and there
married the daughter of rich Dutch farmer,
who inherited her fathers property. Having lost
his wife and children several years ago, he re-
turned to Germany, and isnow about to graduate
in medicine from the University Of Berlin. AS
soon as he has secured his diploma he will return
to the Transvaal.
BARTLEY Campbell, the American play
wright is reaping quite q harvest from his works
in Europe. The returns made to him by one agent
alone during the last four or five weeks amount
to upward of $1,000 (s8,000). Mr.. Campbell has
been producing with success his drama my
Partner" under the title Of " Mein Compan" at
the Residenz theater, at Berlin. and also his
Galley Slave" as "Der Galeeren Sclav," at the
National. He has further made arrangements for
l,lg
by Mr. Edmond Cartel, in Paris, probably at the
Ambigu Comique.
THE same christening robe of drap dargsnt
which was worn by the crown prince of Germany
has served for all the ohrstenings in his family.
AT the recent ceremony in the royal palace at
Potsdam, the Princess William of Prussia wore O
pale blue satin robe, with white lace overdress,
and the white lace capwhich it is the custom for
| the royal mother to wear ut christenings. The
little prince lay on while lace cushion, wrapped
In this historic baby dress, of which the long
train was held by two ladies Of the court, them,r
selves in court trains and which was embroid-
cred with the names, in gold letters. of all tho
royal babies who had been chrisened In II.
The owner of fashionable down town
restaurant IN New York thus discourses of Roscoe
Conkling: "The ex-senator seems to be growing
.. young True his hair has whitened rapidly OF
late years. but he has the fresh complexion of u
.
liberation that characterizes most all Of his move
, ments, aud 1t is evident that he enjoys what he
eats. He is not what you would call beef eater.
His preference TO be for nice little tidbits.
l am told that he relishes small game when cooked
to his taste, and usually no finds use for a small
bottle of claret Unlike Grant, If any dish is set
before him that he does not like, he speaks about
1t in unmistakable language. Mr., Conkling
likes his cup Of coffee and a good cigar after a
? meal"
JAPANESE funerals arc always conducted
at sunset, in accordance with superstition that
is rather beautiful than otherwise. The process
! sion is headed by priests and company Of musi-
, cians who play upon samisens and beat tom
toms. The coffin is q wooden tub in which the
deceased is squatng as he has lived with his feet
1 tucked under him. There is this difference, how
ever; The face of the dead man is looking toward
the north, whereas this position is religiously
:, avoided by the living Japanese. Indeed, the
, points of the compass are frequently marked on
a the ceilings of sleeping rooms, that the sleeper
may arrange his mats SO as TO avoid this unfavora-
: BILE position The wealthy class are buried In
earthen jars instead of wooden tubs, but the mode
, of ofarrangementi is the same.
r CHARITY is represented by a correspondent
l. as having become fashionable in New York city
Fifth avenue bellies are taking to II as diversion
In some instances II is merely Sunday schoo
class that serves as rich girls hobby. in which
case she both clothes and reigiously instructs he
y | pupils One heiress is fond of heading kind o.
= procession of twenty uniformly dressed little boy
!, from their place in a Sunday school room TO he
a | residence where a luncheon is served 10 them
- Another makes some tiny girls picturesque b!
n putting them into costumes of Mother Hubbard
/ cut. third has industrlously sought out handy
legged and knock -kneed youngsters Of impover
ished parentage, and out of her private purse
they are maintained in a hospital while recover
ing from operations which usually result IL
y Strengthening their members.
!. EUGENE FIELDS latest is as follows; Sena
l. tor Tom Bowen, of Colorado, says that when h
10 started from Del Norte for Denver last winter.
be elected United States senator he had Just sc II
his pocket. 1t was believed he was bonanL
king, and he did nothing to disabuse the publ
mind of this mistaken notion. After hiH election
y he was compelled TO borrow the money viii
Is which 10 pay his hotel bill and go to Washington
10 be sworn in as senator. His hotel bill for tn
II three weeks OF the senatorial canvass amounted
81, 100, of which sum over 500 was charged 70
liquors, and 65 cents for washing. The recent sal
Of mining properties in the San Juan country ha
put Bowen in affluant circumstances, and he take
. great pleasure In telling how cleverly he playe
u tho bonanza role while he was so hard up h
20 didn't know where to lay his hand for 800
70 In Armenia girls are married at twelve an
thirteen. II they arc len unmarried at sixteel
they are likely to remain old maids, but lhero
hope for them till the nineteenth birthday, Afte
that they are called "Lor' weed or usele'