National Republican., 1883-12-06


dear?'
Farewell, o ye dreams
Atlanta Constitution.
SOUTH CAROLINA has debt of $6,513,290.
Tho state has increased In value s., 0l2 during
| the past year.
EAsTPoRT, Me- tried the standard time,
| but the villagers made fuss and the selectmen
yielded aud went back to the old time on Sunday.
| THE four buildings for tho Worlds Indus
| trial and Cotton Exposition in New Orleans are TO
have 100000 square feet OF exhibition space, and
are to cost in the aggregate only S225,0OO.
THE United States takes the second place
among the copper producing countries Of the
world Chill leads, with 42, 900 tons for 1882, and
the United States follows with $500 tons for the
| same period.
PRoF. McCREATH in his Mineral Wealth
| OF Virginia." estimates the cost of the manufac-
ture Of iron per ton at Buchanan at Sl2.94. The
average cost In the Pennsylvania mining regions
is from s1797 to s2o3S.
THERE has been an increase in the yield of
sugar In most parishes in Louisiana. Planters,
who some weeks ago were realizing from 1900 to
! 1900 pounds of sugar to tho acre. now obtain
from $500 to 5000 pounds.
EUGENE FIELD, of the Chicago Ne,rS, who
never misses opportunity for thrust at Clara
Louise Kellogg, says that when that lady heard Of
| the death of Sojourner Truth, she threw up her
hands and wildly exclaimed: GOOD heavensl
| Another one Of us goner'
THE Easton Express gives good lecture to
certain editors when II says the editor who is not
given to the perpetual scolding Of his neighbor is
likely to do better journalistic work than II he
spends his time going over his exchanges. with u
magnifying glass and grammar, to find faults
for comment.
NuUcII II natar haC Coid crni in af
his own poetic fancy. ~ would rather you were
a comet" she said In dreamy tone that made his
pulses quicken with hope. "And why?" he asked
| with suppressed anxiety "oh p she replied, in u
freezing tone, 'lf you were a comet you would
come 'ronnd once IN 1000 years" ~-
l -JuRfSG The two yvn.., ,sze.Sc AhsSe were
obtained from Kamtschatka the following mum.
ber of valuable skins: sables, 2,ss3: offers roo;
foxes, 100; ermines 500 glutton, "a seals, 2oO9S
walrus 10; Arctic foxes. 1O;%olvos. %, and about
900 skins of different wild anifals, not including
| 800 wild sheep skins.
THE paucity of marriages in Jamaica says
Sir Anthony Musgrave. In his recent official re-
port the condition Of that island, is much to be
deplored. In intimate connection" with this
| observation the governor notes the fact that the
annual proportion of illegltimate births is more
than fity-cight out of every 100 children born.
MRS BARNES, of "Our Summer Boarders"
/
| Alliance, Ohio, on Saturday, which ended In her
sapping his face An officer with warrant for
her arrest visited her room, but she concealed
herself in large trunk. After the officer took his
departure she emerged from her hiding place,
dressed herself in male ATTIRE came down stairs,
passed through the office where the policeman
was seated, and from there TO Union depot, where
she took the first train, and thus male good her
escape.
II Aur, NO than
were killed by snakes and wild animals in India.
Besides this record there 46,707 cattle killed.
For the previous year the numbers are 81 42 per-
sons and 4466o cattle, an increase in each case.
OF the human beings destroyed 2,606 were killed
by wild animals and 1850 by snakes. Out of the
total for wild animals 895 deaths were caused by
tigers 279 by wolves 2o7 by eopards, 359 by jacks
ais. and 2O2 by alligators. On the other hand 49,.
SOL wild animals were destroyed and 322421
snakes. For this work tn o government paid re-
wards.
On Fifth avenue, New York, recently, an
electric light pole was broken off by n hack with
which horse was running away, and the wire
was severed and fell into the street. little later
a horse stepped upon the broken wires and re-
ceiyed violent shock. The horse seemed TO
have become entangled In the wires after falling
| and to have become so charged with electricity
that 1t was unable to get up. The driver received
a shock from the horses body in attempting to
iift It, and was thrown violently to the ground.
Finally the electricity cut of from the circuit
at the supply office aud the horse was released. 1t
is believed the animal Will die.
A BROADWAY dealer in diamonds says
there are probably 200 ladies In New York who
have $500 worth OF personal jewelry, and he
names ten, like Mrs Vanderbilt and Mrs. Gould,
whose individual property In diamonds, sap.
phires, rubes, and emeralds exceeds 100000.
More than forty New York ladies' can each lay
claim to $4,000 worth Of Jewelry and plenty Of
them have sos 900 invested. "You can see how
readily woman of great wealth can accumulate
gems when tell you that VSnderbilts Christmas
bill at Tifany's last year was $4,000. / saw the
check for that amount drawn by the millionaire
in favor of the jeweler.
AT West Point once Gen. Sherman, ac-
/ companied by tho commandant of cadets, was
. making an inspection tour OF the barracks. He
4 wasn't looking for oontraband goods, but while
in one Of the rooms he got talking about his cadet
Q days, and When was a cadet" he said To tho
commAndant, 1--WE hid things In the chlnneys
during the summer months, l wonder II the boys
do so still" Ut was then in Junel SO saying, he
stepped TO the fireplace and reached up the chin
. ney. Rattling down ut his touch came board,
followed by a frying pan, bottle empty and a
suit OF citizens clothes. Tie faces OF the cadets
who occupied the room were a study. But the
general only laughed, and, turning TO the COM
mandant, said; "This is an exceptional case,
h colonel. No need Of reporting these young mon."
CONSIDERABLE interest has been excited
, throughout Austria by the proposed new marriage
/. law the debate on which began in the lower
house OF the Hungarian parliament Wednesday,
a The government bill authorizes marriages be-
s tween Jews and Christians, which have hitherto
= been unlawful. even II contracted abroad, II one
OF the parties Is Hungarian. 1t is proposed that
}, these marriages may in future bo celebrated be-
y fore a registrar. an ofice now for tho frst time
Il instituted in Hungary. The Austrian marriage
laws require Jews and Christians, or Christians
Il OF nonFecogniEed creed, when they intend to
n marry TO declare themselves 'confessionslos" or
o Of no religion aud II is only when this has been
4 done that tine registrar is empowered to perform
n the ceremony which In all other Is reserved
m tha ohurch