National Republican., 1883-11-30

| Nobody owns him aud nobody cares
Another dead "Tom," and who mourns for that,
| hes only city cat
-Provtdence Press
TUE hotels of Florida arc not equal to the
influx of visitors.
THE late Moses Taylor's estate will, il Is
estimated, amount to S70O0O.0O0.
ELLEN TERRY has several children, the
Oldest of whom is now fitting for college.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS says Staten
Island is precious stone set in silver seas, tho
the most resplendent gem of the imperial crown
| of the great metropolis.
THE director of q matrimonial agency in
Paris says the young girls ask only "who is he %
| the young widows, "What is his position 2" tho
old widows, where is hep"
PERSON who was sent to prison for mar.
| rying two wives excused himself by saying that
when he had one she fought him, but when he
had two they fought each other.
Mr.. ALFRED MACE son of the celebrated
Jem Mace, the champion pugillst of the world, is
at present giving series of evangelical lectures
at Newcastle upon-Tyne, and draws crowded
houses.
A FEMALE cowboy (?) is one of the in
teresting features in Las Vegas, New Mexico So
ciety, She can throw the lariat and rope" an
animal as well us any Of the male experts Of that
| Irofession.
ANTON RUBINsTEIN, the famous Russian
pianist has 1t is stated, received an offer of $685.
600 for series of 150 concerts in the United States
1t is not yet known whether NJ. Rubinstein will
accept the proposal.
THE gypsum beds in the corner of Hemp
stead Pike and Howard counties, Arkansas, arc
| to be vigorously worked. small railroad is to
built to them from some poiut on the Arkansas
| and Louisiana railroad.
"THREE years elapse before the heroine
again appears" read II countryman between acts
| i'll one of the uptown theaters ut a recent matt
nee, and, rising and yawning, he put on his coat
| ond started out, saying, 81 don't believe have
time to wait"
AT Hannibal, No., wedding % few days
since the bridal march was played on o harmon
lea. the groom was attlred in a hickory stripe
shirt and copperas colored pants, while the bride
wore calico dress made in tho latest Mother
Hubbard style.
Mr.. JIM JONES, of Jimjonesville, who is
very rich aud lives now in New York, has sent an
agent to England to examine Tennysons library
with view to reproducing 1t in his own house III
furniture, style, and arrangement This is the
latest in "socinl enterprise"
OF Mary Anderson the London Times says:
Despite highly cultivated and finished style she
never gets at the heart of her audience, but re-
huluS uu SlOQucnb hho uucClSu young
lady, with ready disposition to invite applause
and to repay 1t with smile.
ACCORDING to the Wytheville (Va) Enter
prise, Miss Willie Withers, daughter of EX-SENATOR
Withers, of that state, can handle shotgun with
ali accuracy of aim that exceeds that of many pre-
tentious sportsmen, and many birds are brought
down on the wing by her seldom-erring sight
The nearest collateral descendants Of
Washington are said to be two cousins, who keep
up the old family place in Eastern Virginia. Miss
Margaret Washington is great grandniece of the
pater patrie, and is vigorous old lady Of 20.
These two have more OF the Washington blood in
their veins than any other persons living,
THE Richmond Industrial South asserts that
Virginia furnaces are at no noteworthy advantage
as to rates of transportation for their products
when compared with the output of Pennsylvania
furnaces, from which it is argued that Virginia
is to-day the most inviting field on the continent
for the establishment of iron industries"
HERR HILF, former town musician at the
German watering place Elsler. Is pro badly about
the Oldest musician now alive. He celebrated
few weeks ago his one hundredth birthday. His
sons and grandsons have inherited his taste for
music, and the old gentleman may now and then
be seen with them taking part in the town
orchestra.
The chrysanthemum craze has gone 30 far
in Boston that splendid yellow specimen which
took prize at a show figured at dinner party
given expressly in Its honor. The Objectionable
earthcn pot was draped with ruby plush, the only
5 bit of contrasting color permitted at table tina
, reminded tho guests of Mr.. Whisters arranges
J ment of white and yellow in New York. The
T. noble flower had its health drunk standing.
; Ii HUNG CHANG, the famous Chinaman,
has been busy man. He is 60 years old, and has
been the chief dscplinarian of the Chinese army +,
governor of Thiang-Sn u suppressor OF a great
rebellion, viceroy of the two Thiang districts
minister plenipotentiary, something tho Colestials
call commissary of imperial. grand cha ncellor Of
the empire, and viceroy ofthe Cheli He has car
ried on extensive diplomatic negotiations with
foreign powers.
FISH culturists will be interested in an
enormous eel pond-the largest in America-on a
farm in the town of Riyerhead. Mass. 1t covers
five acres, About two thousand dozen eels were
put into the pond five years ago, and their num-
d Der has now increased to millions, They are fed
s regularly every third day on "horse- feet" n
peculiar shell fish, and OF meal time crack from
i their owners whip will bring thousands of them
to the surface.
ON the facade of tho Palace Carignano, at
}. Turin colossal bronze tablet is about 10 DO fixed,
the largest ever made in Italy. being thirteen feet
: wide by thirty three feet long. 1t bears the in-
= scrpuon, Qui adcque WttOrie Emdnuee IL. (Here
q Victor Emanuel III was born). The letters arc
IT are the colossal arms of Savoy with the roya'
IS crown in gilt bronze.
s. THE prohibitionists in Ohio claim that they
really carried their amendment at the October
election, but were counted out" In one pre-
cinct of Columbus. where no votes were returned
> for IT, recount shows III affirmative ballots In
n the box, and some sanguine people think that
" enough mistakes of the same sort, accidental or
intentional, might he found by general recount
to change the result. They propose to probe the
matter to the bottom.
:, WILKIE COLLINS, when working regularly,
- writes about 200 words day, covering with them
n three large pages OF letter paper. He writes
= slowly, aud cuts and scratches, and rewrites and
interlines, and adds sentences in the margin, and
sprinkles blots everywhere, until the manuscript
looks like Chinese puzzle in nightmare
Nearing the end of the book he geh excited, aud
Of scribles away like madman. writing for twelve
g. or fourteen hours ut q stretch without stopping
AZ | save now and then 10 iump around ON the fiool