National Republican., 1883-12-05
CURRENT GOSSIP.

| The Harpers spont SlO,OUO on the lllustra-
tions for the current number Of their magazine
A SCIENTIST says the reason kissing is so
pleasant is because the teeth jaw bones, and lips
are full Of nerves. and when thS lips meet an cleo
| trio current is generated.
NINE. PAULINE LUccA is to receive $1,000
| for singing al three concerts which are TO be
given at Moscow next month by the Philhar-
monte society Of that city.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE is known as tho
queens London home Yet, according to Mr.
Labouchero, she has only slept beneath its roof
100 nights during the last twenty years.
DIR. WERNER StEMANs has demonstrated
by experiment that intensely hot gasses do not
emit light, and that consequently all light given
| by heated gas must come from solid impurities,
aud not from the gas itself.
IT is reported that tho Winchester Arms
company, of New Haven; the Union Metallic
Cartridge company, Of Bridgeport, and cartridge
| company in Lowell have formed a combination
which will control the manufacture of cartridges
| In this country.
| NINE. PAULINE VIARDoT's claims as the
sole heiress Of Turgeneffs property in Paris. and
| Bongival have been promptly recognized by the
Russian authorities. The lands in Russia how
ever, in which he had share, remain the propO
erty Of Turgoniefrs family.
AT whatever hour person dies in Mexico
~ appoint the lunoral JUST twenty
four hours later, and as the mortality sgreatest all
over the world at night tho most Of the funeral
ceremonies In Mexico arc performed at night, no
women being permitted to attend.
The Penobscot Indians who have been n
part Of the history of Maine for 800 years. have
intermarricd until they have become almost
white. Oldtown. the seat of their mission, has
decreased from population OF 5000 in 1925 TO
mere hamlet of few hundred souls in 1883.
Mr.. RALPH COPELAND, during tho first half
of this year. saw at La Puz, in Bolivia, at an ele
walton of 1900 feet, with the full moon in the
sky ten stars in the Pleades with the naked eye
and also two stars In the head Of the Bull which
are not in Argelanders "Uranometria Nova"
A TRIBE of Indians having tails from six
to eight inches in length is said to have been dis
covered In Paraguay. Should this announcement
prove true, the Journal Of Science protests in ad-
vance against their being paraded as "the missing
link since the anthropoid apes have no tabs.
AN inventor in Brussels claims to have
contrived a perpetual clock. TWAS started in the
latter city about one year ago. and up to a recent
date Is said to have been running perfectly. An
up draught is obtained in a tube SHAFT by ex-
posing 1t to the sun. This draught turns fan,
which winds up the weight of the clock.
IT is said that Prussia has the most COM
pete system of state forestry in the world Iii this
branch ofscrvice she has several thousand officials
and, Notwithstanding the cost of the maintenance
OF this large staff, the revenue accruing from the
sale of timber not only meets all expenses but re-
turns annually large revenue to the state.
DECORATIONS of the Java eruption of Aug.
q were distinctly heard throughout the Philip
pine islands. NJ. Raphael Perulta states that the
sounds were so loud that gunboats were sent out
by the authorities at Manila, under the impress
sion that either vessel was firing signals of dis
tress or that there was fighting going on in Java.
UNDER the direction of DIR. julius Fried
lander, the Royal Numsmatc Cabinet in Berlin
has in the course of the last forty-fve years. in
creased from 26500 ancient and 10000 madeval
and modern coins to $1,000 Greek, 5000 Roman,
22.5OO oriental, and 5000 media@val and modern
coins, including large number Of unique speci-
mems.
, For several years past the Swedish govern
ment employed an entomologist to assist the farm
ers In distinguishing aud destroying insects that
prove hurtful to the crops. The demand for his
services has been so very great, and the work he
has done has been useful that tho office of gov
ernment entomologist is to be made u permanent
| one.
0 Two YOUNG married French ladies were
n talking about their husbands said one of them:
, "Do you really think your Jules went shooting
yesterdayT "Well, don't think he tried to de-
) ceive me yesterdays but am inclined to think he
went" "But he didn't bring back any game %
o "Thats what makes me feel sure he did gop was
: the wifes reply.
o A FEMALE miser, SO years of age, was found
Il dead in London a few days ago. She owned sew
eral houses 100 acres of land and $4,000 in cash.
0 She had written the Lords Prayer on both posts
5 of the garden gate, as charm against thieves.
SO afraid was she of burglars, that when she had
occasion to go away from home for n day or two
she carried her scanty furniture with her, even
= tho kitchen utensils. She died Of cold and
u hunger.
q Kissing means different things according
to where you happen to be at the time. In west
Africa the natives his when they are astonished;
in the New Hebrides when they see anything
f beautiful. The Basutos applaud popular orator
d in their assemblies by Kissing at him. The
/ Japanese again show their reverence by hiss
!, which was probably somewhat the force of the
"hush" with which we command silence.
= THE cooking classes at Ogontz seminary,
!. made up from among the young woman boarders,
n are a great success. AS one class finishes
course of instruction over the range another is
Q ready to begin. Parents win be apt TO appreciate
: this kind of practical education. The young girls
are said TO look exceedingly pretty in their white
J. aprons aud French caps MS they stand about the
table and sove aud carry out literally all the in.
IS structions of the teacher.
M. DE BLowITz thus describes Bernhardts
, seen greater tragcal power on the French stage.
y q Sara Bernhardt, in her white flowing garments
. her body seemingly emaoiated with remorse, her
!; features distorted with horror and anguish, in
powerful tones that made the blood run cold, dee
claimed the scene from beginning t) end with ex-
n traordinary forcs. She showed in the passage u
, dramatic insight uneXampled at this moment on
y the French stage and the repeated aud enthusias
tic plaudits Of full and select house were a just
tribute TO such wonderful talents"
PEOPLE who insist upon wearing silk will
probably have pay higher prices for their luxury
B. as great decline In the yield Of silk In China il
70 reported. The importation of raw silk into thi
country has been rather larger thus far this yea
T., than 1t was in 1889, but the British imports have
-. declined surprisingly of late-in October us mucl
u as A per cent. in comparison with the previou
O. year. The stock of raw silk in Great Britain 4
1t also much smaller than 1t was year ago-s, so
r instead of 900 bales The report is that owinC
n to disease of the sikworm like that which ha
:, proved so destructive in Europe, the quantity fl
20 for export from China this year will fall off abou
"s one-half.
- A QUESTION has just been decided in tn,
'o county court at Portsmouth, England involving
~ not only husband aud wife, but indirectly tina
NO rp1Oubtable A mother iii