National Republican., 1884-05-12

covering 22O,OOO square Feet
HENRY WARD BEEcHER confesses that il
all the chestnuts he stole when boy should rise
up before him on judgment day there would be a
wormy time
Two cases have been reported to an Eng
lish medical society In which the elect TO magnet
has been successfully used for removing pieces of
| iro n from the eye.
NJ. WADpINGToN, French ombassador to
England, never goes anywhere, It is said, unless
accompanied by his wife, who is an American
lady, and who is both his secretary and treasurer.
THE mules used in Salt Lake City street
cars rejoice in pet names given them by the d ri.
vers. One pair is known as Moody aud sankey
two others are called Molasses and Cream, and two
Others as Sin and Misery.
JOSEPH Cook has a pen made from tele-
graph pole rdded by tho bullets from the Calling
| gun at the time of the Cincinnati riots, which he
uses as an illustration of the perils of America in
| his lectures OH that subject.
WILLIAM FIsHBAcK, of Cincinnati became
| despondent at the time of the floods in that city
| nearly three months ago, and hung himself in the
cellar, but his body was not found until last
| We ednesday, when his mother was looking for u
clothes prop.
Miss CLARA BARTON, president of the
| American Red Cross association, has returned
| from tho south and taken up headquarters at
Evansville, Ind, whore she will remain until she
is ready TO start for the Red Cross congress In
Paris in the fall.
Col. MAPLEsoN has been 80 mixed up in
| his statements as to how much money he carried
away from San Francisco that the Call comes to
his assistance, and says all his stories untrue.
and his net profits were not less than S60000 al
| lowing 100000 for expenses
Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN JACOB AsToR sail for
Europe the latter part of this month, Mrs. Aston
to take the baths and waters of Sehwalbaoh fol
the more complete restoration of her health, and
Mr.. Astor to go through his annual Kur at Carts,
bad. Their house at Newport WILL therefore, re-
main closed during the summer.
JOHN B. COUGH, now g. years old, came
from England to this country in 1920 learned the
! bookblnders' trade, and first attained public
notorlety by getting glorously drunk singing
| songs, and giving rectauoHs. IndB4o he 'swore
of" and became q temperance advocate, making
his first speech in the old Broadway tabernacle.
New York.
| Two Boston girls met in street car after
being separated for thirteen hours, and Of course
they had much to talkabout. "oh. said one. "he
\ sent me such q perfectly lovely bouquet. 1t was
all tuberoses In the center, with mignonete round
that and light pink outside Oh, 1t was perfectly
lovely, and kept 1t awhole week, and then put
| 1t on mothers grave"
~ SEE by the paper,", said Mrs. Brown to
| her husband "that your friend Jones has had o.
handsome bulldog presented to him by his admir-
ing friends" GOOD gracious is 1t possible" ex-
!, claimed Mr.. Brown, show injudicious! why that
will ruin him." Ruin him; why so?" Why the
man has four rnarriageabe daughters that he Is
trying to get of his hands"
DION BoUcIcAULT calculates that there aro
in the United States 1852 thestors worth Sll5oOo,
0O), and that they pay 100000 year for sos 0O0,
| 600 worth Of insurance. With this estimate as a
basis ho proposes the establishment of theater
| fire insurance company. Managers and represent.
ativcs of the insurance interests will hold meet
| ing to consider his scheme on May 10.
THE rope that was used to hang Toney
James (colored) OH the Goth of last June is now in
| the possession OF Capt. Bourke Spalding, ofSa-
pelo, says the Darien (Ga) Gazette. 1t is used on
one of his boats, and is a good watchmau to him,
| as no negro will dare go near 1t. Heretofore his
| ropes have all been stolen, but not one of them
| will 60 near tho rope that "choked" Toney James.
PRINCE BISMARCK, who was once admon-
ished for whistling on the Sabbath day in Scotland
has never forgotten it, and will not be in the least
surprised when he hears as he will with grim
satisfaction, that Mr. Gray, a member of the
Helensburg United Presbyterian church, who
had been elected to the office of elder, has just
been refused ordination by the session on the
ground that he "took walk in the country Sab
bath afternoon"
The emancipation Of the slaves in Cuba
began in 1879, when all above the age of 55 we're
freed. The emancipation act provided that slaves
from 30 to 80 should be liberated in September,
1851: those between 40 and 30 in September. 1882.
those between 40 and 40 in September, 1884, those
| between % and 40 in September, 1855; those be-
tween so and 85 in September 1855, and those un-
der 80 years of age in 1890 There remain now
| less than 100000 slaves on the island.
A COUPLE of little girls were locked in the
school building at Coldwater, Mich, the other
day. Shut up all alone they did not know what
to do, but concluded they would pray. After
| praying they climbed to a window and screamed
until they attracted the attention of passer by.
| who secured their release One Of the girls in
telling about 1t, said she did not think 1t was
because they prayed that they got out, for her
playmate prayed for rain and everything else
but to get out.
PROFESSOR CHARLES +. RIECHEL, of
Bridgeport, Conn, the inventorand constructor OF
the famous flying machine exhibited in 1878, has
been named as one of the executors for the dis
bursement Of 900 for the benefit ofhis own
machine left by Mr.. Maxwell the millionaire
brewer of Milwaukee. Mr.. Maxwell left e5, 100000
to be devoted TO experiments in aerial nayiga-
tion. Arrangements on a large scale win be made
Immediately, and with thisprincey bequest great
and astounding results are promised.
MRS. s. w. WALLER, of Franklin, KY, has
ioWs that lay eggs eggs aCty the shape OF lne nest
egg, IL matters not how peculiar the shape of the
latter She placed dancing gourd in chickens
nest for q nest egg, and in a few days the fowl
produced an egg exactly the shape Of the gourd.
She then put the gourd in turkeys nest, and the
turkey also laid an egg exactly the shape OF 1t.
The preacher that circuit youches for the truth
Of the story, and the editor Of tho county paper
has seen specimens of these funny eggs.
THE superstitions of '13 at table, and
"spilling the salt both took their origin from the
Last Supper At that feast there were thirteen,
of whom shortly afterward suffered, and there Is
a tradition that Judas Iscariot spilled the salt In
handing 1t TO Jesus. The origin OF Friday being
an unlucky day may be traced TO the fact that on
that day our Savior is said TO have been crucaed,
and until quito lately 1t used tc be known as
"haugmans day owing to maleiactos being
generally executed on Friday.
A ST. LOUIS man busted himself latoly In
testing the question regarding the objections Of
city ladies to the exercise of walking. He posted
himself on a pleasant street one fine day and
watched for two hours with the following result
in his notebook; Going west-elghty- six street,
cars carried 6l6 young lady passengersj number
walking west during the same time, 1888. Going
st-eightysx street cars conveyed 7s9 young lady
passengers number walking east during the same
time, l59. Total riding 1905 total walking 297