National Republican., 1883-12-21

Let's drink parting bumper to that jolly suns
NOR girl.
The Century.
A LEADvILLE man named George wash-
ington Palmer, succeeded in assoing lonoss,
capturing her cub, and taking them safely to tho
Carbonate camp where they are on exhibition
BELT just made in Lowell, Mass, and
sent to western Touring mill, is 100 feet long 5s
inches WIDE, and "a OF an inch thick. It con-
tains 200 hides, weighs ton, and is valued at
$1,000
Two Now Workers, who are now in Jack
sonvlle, Fla, claim TO have discovered chemical
process that will preserve oranges and other fruits
for twelve months without impairlng the quality
Of the favor.
STATE FISH COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM,
OF California, reports that during the year ending
| Oct, 10 there were taken from the Sacramento
river and tributaries 7s0,4O5 salmon weighing
| 9,5S5, ,672 pounds.
A PAIR of knitted socks 1000 years old has
been discovered in an Egyptian tomb. They are
loosely knit of fine Sleeps wool, and the foot is
finished In two parts to allow the sandal strap to
pass between them.
VISITOR in st. Louis, looking out upon
the river, remarked that 1t was q e.looking
stream Of good rich looking water, and that ST.
Louis was the only place where he had to pick his
teeth after drinking.
DR.. BLISS, Of Constantinople, who sailed
from New York week ago, has distributed moro
than 100000 Bibles in the east during the quar-
ter of q century Of his superintendence of the
American Bible society's work in the Levant.
| SOME time ago the Marquis of Londonderry
| scandalized the high-up people of England by
going into the coal business. His excellent ex-
ample of earning an honest living has been fol-
lowed by Lord Sudley, who has gone into the busi-
ness OF selling jam.
| SHAKsPEARE's gloves, which were presented
by the mayor and corporation of Stratford to Gar
| rick In 1863, are now in the possession of Miss
| Florence Berson, of London. They are made Of
| substantial leather without any ornament, and
have seen much wear
"OH, it's all right" said the druggist of the
plumber at work for him; "Ive found little Job
for him TO do down cellar after he fixes the water
pipe, and he'll catch such O cold down there he'll
have to buy some medicine, aud the work he does
for me won't cost me much"
| THERE is Jewish penman in Vienna who
writes 400 Hebrew letters one grain of wheat.
In order to furnish the emperor with satisfactory
evidence of his extraordinary skill he has written
the Jewish prayer for tho imperial family on the
narrow edge of an ordinary visiting card.
LORD LoRNEs attempt to acclimatize tho
moose deer In Scotland likely to fall for of
| the pair sent by him from Canada a few weeks
ago, the female has died at Inverary, and tho
male does not appear as If 1t would thrive. II Is
the general opinion that the moist climate of
Argyllshire will never suit an animal accustomed
to the bracing air of Canada.
Mr.. HENRY WILLARD, notwi thstanding his
dash and energy, retains very peculiar superst-
tion. When he leaves his house in the morning
he is careful to avoid for the first five minutes all
cross eyed persons. If he meets man with an
obliquty Of vision within that time he goes back
to the house under pretense of having forgotten
something Tho greatest disaster of his life beiell
him on the day that he found cock. eyed man
standing on the steps of his boarding house when
he started to business.
WHEN Senator Vest told the Flathead In
dians that they had hitherto expressed desire
for an exchange to the tobacco plains country,
they replied "That was before the railroad came;
railroad pretty good thing we like to ailroad
go every day; all we want is good men on the rails
road let Ingin ride any time see COW on track 4
stop railroad; send man to drive COW of. We
want good men on railroad" And every moth-
er's son of them nodded assent. The locomotive,
II has often been stated Ii considered .'thing OF
beauty and a Joy forever by the Flatheads--
Chicago Rdiitoay Repie,e
Don MIGUEL WHITE, whom the Los
Angeles Herald calls the first Engish-speakng
settler in California, was born in Chiselhurst,
England in 1901. He landed In the Golden state
in 1917. His first venture was in q schooner, in
which he traded with the Sandwich islands until
the California revolution of 1880 diverted his en-
terprse to the coast trade. firing of the sea, he
resumed his trade of carpenteriug in Alta, CAL,
and later he settled on ranch in San Diego
county. Thence he moved in 1880 to Los Angeles,
where he and his wife are surrounded by their
, | grand children and great-grandohildren.
For the year 1s72-'73 the net profit from
} the British postoflce and telegraph department
was f1 100 $685. in 177576 1t had risen to 60 1856
in lS7S70 to 60 SS57 and in 1sS2'83 It reached
f22g5, ,ss7. The gross receipts from both depart
ments for the last financial year were e062S,4O
but of this e60SO0l7 is written off under the head
of charges for collection, and f2s2,505 as draw
backs and repayments, leaving the net product at
the figure stated. During the decade re-
fered to tho gross imperial revenue of the United
Kingdom derived from all sources, after deducting
the costof collection, rose nom E654l,iH TO G73-
4 5S3,83s.
/. JUDGE STORY once told friend that tho
, judges OF the supreme court were ascetics and
denied themselves wine except in wet weather.
Then, bethnking himself that his words were too
severe a tRxon human credulity, he added "What
say about the wine, sir, gives you our rule; but
/ Il does sometimes happen that the chief justice
will say to me, when the cloth is removed, Brother
. Story step to the window and see II II does not
look like rain.' And II tell him that the sun Is
o shining brightly, Judge Marshall viii sometimes
u reply: All the better, for Jurisdiction extends
over so large territory that the doctrine OF
chances makes 1t certain that 1t must be raining
somewhere"
q THE ragpickers of Paris are to be banished
from the city. and the work of removing the dust
q heaps will be done more quickly and thoroughly
= by regular street cleaners, The class known as
!, rngpickers with us are called in France "chno.
> niers." Men. women, and boys are engaged In
the work. They 90 ont at night with lanterns
bags, and hooked sticks with which to explore the
y rubbish. In Paris nothing seems wasted. Bones
Is broken glass and china, corks, castoff clothes
g and even bread crusts and vegetables half de-
"A cayed. are collected and used by the ingenious
Frenchmen. Instances of surprising honesty
among these degraded creatures are not rare. II
1858 the Empress Eugenie lost a diamond bracelet
}. which found by Gelastin Collet, chief of III,
~ ragpickers, The chlfioner carried the braeele
~ to police headquarters aud II was soon restored