National Republican., 1883-11-13

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AN ox-congrcssman has just opened saloon
in Boston. Let us hope that his reformation is
complete.
A CHICAGO paper says the girls of that city
are anxious and willing to give themselves away,
bnt 1t isn't at al necessary. The newspapers haye
5s>n giving them away for years.
Two YEARS have now elapsed since Anna
Dickinson announced that she would give the
newspaper Gond tit for tat, but up to the present
writing swap has not been effected.
| A SAVANNAH woman has pet alligator
| which seems TO be very ailectionate 1t will show
its love for her some day by indulging in noon
tide lunch from portion Of her shapely anatomy.
! A CINCINNATI street car company has just
given eleven conductors, who have acted as such
| for one year, 500 each as reward for faithful
! and efficient services, in accordance with con-
| tract mado between them and the company.
II was at the close oftho wedding breakfast.
| One of the guests arose and, glass in hand, said
| ~ drink to the health ofthe groom-may he sec
many days like this" The intention was good
! but the bride looked as II something had dis
| pleased her.
THE attempt that is making to educate the
| Indians is meeting with considerable success At
u school in New Mexico the Utes and Apachcs
take kindly TO instruction. and some Of them have
even gone so far as to learn put their shirts on
over their heads.
MOSES WAssERMAN, who is sort of COM
missary general for the Panama Canal company.
| is in San Francisco for q few days. He says that
| the canal will be finished in 1889 There are now
5000 men at work, and 6,00O japanese laborers are
TO be added on Dec. l.
On Friday at Salt Lake City the main walls
OF the Mormon temple were completed. They are
ten feet thick. Of solid granite, and eighty-iye
nt. TIa IasA
years ago. The cost to the present time si,5oO-
600 1t will take six years more to complete It,
MRS. SHoDDY to shopman "show me q
thermomoter-one of your best" Shopman;
"Ths, ma'am, is one of our finest-N enetiau glass
and the best quicksilver" Mrs. Shoddy: "Silyer.
Thatwould be nice for the kitching, but want
one for my boodore. Haven't you one with quick
gold ?''-Montredt Witness.
MISSISSIPPI has $7,O0O,O 900 invested in man
ufacturlng industries, a gain of 100 per cent. in
five years, and Alabama has So 700 600 in the iron
| production. The late South Carolina Legislature
chartered nine new cotton factories with an ag-
gregate capital of g. 725 900, and in three years
| 2721S9 spindles have been added to the manufac
turing capacity Of the Carolinas, Alabama, and
Georgia.
THE railway hospital at Fort Worth. which
has just been completed, is said to fill long-felt
want 1t is supported by an assessment all the
Texas and Pacific, and the International aud
Great Southern roads, as follows: Those receiving
$50 per month are assessed 35 cents monthly; on
salaries above $50, so cents u month. The patient
is under no expense whatever while in the hos
pital.
NOT long since two Albany young men saw
approaching them in the dusk of the evening an
old negro riding sober and steady-lookng mule.
AS they neared him they saw the negro take q
sudden leap from his back, while the mule
stretched himself out in the road and 10y appar-
emily dead. To their surprise tho old darkey did
not appear to be the least disconnected, but TAX
ing hold of the bride, he calmly seated himself
upon convenient stump. When asked the cause
of his mules unaceountable behavior he drawed
out: "Dcre amt nothin at all de matter wild dis
here mule, boss. He am only little fitted.
JOSE LEPoG, a Mexican, who has half
brother with Jeronimos band of Apaches, asserts
= that Chief Juh is no more dead than he Is. Hc
opened communication with the hostiles at the
instance of G. d. Fitch, of Colorado for the pur-
pose of discovering the particulars of the death Of
the prospector, Patrick Finn, who was killed last
|, March. He says that Juh gave out the report Of
his death, and by this means succeeded in getting
! his party in the rear of the Mexican troops and
!, is now committing depredations in southern Chi
: huahua 1t seems that the Indians were expect
ing ammunition and recruits from San Carlos, but
as they did not arrive the entire band Of 200 broke
Il
1t is now said was killed the retreat from New
@ Mexico.
IT being against the laws of Missouri to
o engage in prize fights or sparring matches, the
h police notified theatrical manager of st. Louis
that he would arrest him If he permitted Sullivan
# and slade 10 appear in a boxing match on the
Y stage of his theater, as advertised. That man
ager said 'all right" and then had little piece
o written, in which the two sluggers appear as
L rival lovers and in order to settle dispute, sail
in and punch each others heads. This, 1t Ii
claimed, is not fght-only representation oi
one. Not long since the courts Of that city de
cided that poker playing must be stopped. II was
stopped by forming clubs which the law does moi
/" reach. So st. Louis must be given the palm fol
devising ways and means for meeting emergen'
a | ces. -PecRs SUM-
l. LIFE in the Arctic regions, as described by
4 | one of Prot. Nordenskjold's companions in his
4 late expedition, presents somewhat different ex
perlences from the usual pictures of existence IL
these latitudes. Some of the expedition stopped
. ut Waigatz Island, and Dr. Nathorst tells how they
u walked about in their shirt sleeves on the slopes
g covered with plants and shrubs, with butterflies
IL and bees swarming around. Sometimes the hea
y was so great that one would have been satisfied
with less in many summer at home. We rchl!
l. enjoyed bath in the spring. The mosquitoes
. were very annoying, so that we had to use botl
y netting and gloves. Every day brought US q rich
, |
~ lgs, plantains, magnolias, &C., and while at worl
n on the slopes wo could feast our eyes on the in
"A Vulnerable icebergs around US of every variety
IL shape"
), THE municipality Of Buenos Ayres has re
" ceived a singular proposition from two German
mechanical engineers, 1amed W. Burnhofer an'
John Fluckigen. The! offer TO cover the cit!
with huge umbrella, {, base of which is to b
al 60 feet In diameter, the Aeght 1900 feet ribs
co cast iron, 81 inches in circumference and fee
mt apart and lining of wrought iron, ~ inche
or thick The great thing will hoist upward upo
10. tho system OF Harsihentnsburg, and when raise
IT. will be ono mile and II half wide. Around II wi
he be a canal communicating with the Platte Tiyel
" TO carry away the water that might overflow tn
or city The work Is estimated at the modest sum o
is So, 100000 Should Buenos Ayres indulge in thi
little Injury It is not probable that she will loa
m her umbrella to any of her neighbors 1t may b
p necessary however to have Especial police fore
US always on hand to protect It.
"a, The foundation of Jay Gould's mausoleur
l. IN Woodlawn cemetery, now approaching com
hc pletion is mass Of concrete that makes 1t praC
Of tlcally single stone eight feet in thickness
of thirty-six or more in length and twenty-eight
of width. The structure is wholly Of finely han
n. mered Westerly granite, without n single band {
nauel or other surfaCe that is polibhed. Thirt