National Republican., 1884-03-31

EDWARD PAYsoN WESTON has fallen upon
"halcyon and vocferous days" over in England,
Two medical men propose to raise 5000 for him
because OF his pluck and endurance In the 5000
mile walk he has lately accomplished.
A CONGRESS of the confederacy Of the six
Nations will be held upon the reintermeut of tho
bones Of Red Jacket, near Buffalo, N. Y. Twelve
other Indian chiefs will be buried at that time,
and as much money As possible will be raised.
Gov. Cleveland will be invited to speak on the 90
cason.
ITALIAN ordinary wines are pronounced BY
competent authority in Rome TO be not only
cheaper, but decidedly better than French.
Chant, at francs for the flask of two and half
bottles. is superior to Macon at francs in France
The Italian wine trade is going to become very
valuable.
AN ingenious Frenchman has patented an
elaborate process by means Of which there will be
shown in London all electric lighted ballet al
Easter time. Tho scene is TO be the new Empire
theatre in Leicester square, The opera to DO
adorned with the glowworm amazons is Herve's
"Chilperic" revised and altered to suit modern
tastes.
KEELY, the motor man, wears o magnifs
cent solitaire stud and n solitaire diamond on his
left little finger drives fast horse Is handsome
top buggy, has Jet black whisksrs and hair bright
iaultlessy. 1t is not stated how his stockholders
dress, but probably something after the fashion Of
the country editor.
In digging grave in a cemetery st
Plymouth, Mass, for interment OF the remains OF
Miss Judsou, sister of the famous missionary, tho
workmcn camo upon the foundation OF the old
Pilgrim watch tower erected in 1913, aud several
Of the bricks were quickly appropriated n souve.
Mrs. All the foundations of the tower remain,
even to the hearths,one.
MRS. MACKAY could scarcely have criti-
clsed her unfortunate portrait by Meissonier in
terms as iorcible those which the great Carlyle
did not hesitate to employ, when he describes
his own portrait by Lawrence as being almost
terrible to behold. 1t has the look of iotun, of
Scandinavian domon, grim, sad as the angel
OF death, aud the cooring Is SO brlckish, the fiji.
ishing 30 coarse 1t reminds you withal ofa layed
horses head"
THERE are 100000 persons employed in
coal mines In Great Britain, and of these IN 1878
no fewer than 1,4l3 wero killed, and within the
last ten years. since the passing of the mines act
the yearly average has been 100. or ono in every
thirty eight employed, as compared with one in
sevonty.h five OF British sailors lost at There
are many other accidents in mines not officially
recorded, and 1t is believed the total lives lost in
English mines is $500 every year, fortyeght every
week, or eight every day.
CELERY has been unusually cheap In the
city of New York during the past winter. 1t ap-
pears that certain parties have discovered that
this delicacy can be grown to great advantage in
the vicinity of Niles, Mich. where they have gono
into the celery cultivation on an extraordinary
scale. They found that the celery thrived there
especially, and was Of quality that kept after 1t
had matured. 1t Is that celery which has been
shipped to New York and to all the large citiei
and has brought down the price OF the local gar
deners
THE Evangelical alliance of the World
swill assemble in Stockholm Sweden, this year.
The subjects for consideration will be: Religious
indifference among various classes Of society, and
the best means for its removal; Sabbath observ-
ance; Sunday school work; Modern unbelief, and
the best means OF counteracting 1t; The harmony
of science and revelation; lntemperance; I'M.
morality; Home and foreign missions. The alli-
ance officials are already in possession of valua-
bio and interesting communications from all over
the world.
FYvIE COURT, one of the most picturesque
and romantic of the old historic castles OF Scot
| land. has, by the death of Capt. Gordon, become
the property of Sir Maurice Duff Gordon. Lord
Seton former owner of the castle. is said TO have
| concealed treasure in secret chamber when he
| followed the Stuarts to France, and 10 have in-
yoked malediction on the first person who should
enter the room The present owner does not in
tend to be deferred by the threat of this ancient
| laird from penetrating into tho chamber.
A WESTERN electrician says the big money
| has already been made in the electric light, and
hereafter the profits will be no more than those Of
any other business. The number of electric pat
ents being taken out, however, is wonderful
| thirty -one were issued last week for improve.
ments on the electric light alone. The new secret
in the telephone Is big thing, but Bell will be
able to fight 1t off for years. Inventors always
want fortune for the Pacific coast right but be-
| fore they end negotiations are willing to take a
| percentage Of the profits.
The heat in New South Wales in Decem
ber is reported to have exceeded anything known
for the last quarter OF a century. Not only were
stock dying in all directions from the effects of the
| intense heat aud the consequent drought, but the
| very birds of tho air were dropping dead from the
loafess branches OF the trees. At Bourke the thet
mometer OH jan registered 1909 F. in the shade
and in some places a temperature as high as l26'
| was recorded. Bush fires were frequent and the
air was laden with smoke, alternating with densC
clouds of dust The heat was so intense that 4
hardly needed the sparks from the railway engine
to set fire to pnrchod grass and grain. Empty bot
ties and pieces Of glass were enough TO focus tn
sums rays and cause coniasration.
The news of a remarkable natural phe.
nomenon is reported from Bona in Algeria. An
isolated mountain, the Dshebel Naibo, 800 feet
high is sinking into the earth. Round Its foot
there is deep hollow, aud before long the mouu-
tain will disappear. The district of Bona has
once before witnessed similar event. the Lake
Fezzara, of more than $4,000 hectares, did not ex.
list in the time Of the Romans. st. Augustine, who
lived at Bona, described the whole district with.
out once mentioning the lake, and researches in
1870 have resulted in the discovery of the ruins oi
Roman town at the bottom of the lake. As IN
Arabian writings there is nothing to be found
concerning the formation OF the lake, It is sup
posed that 1t has existed only for about 1000 years
The father of judah P. Benjamin, con
federae secretary OF state, and now one OF th'
foremost lawyers at the English bar, was darEeC
skinned Spanish jew who kept little fruit stor
in Charleston, g, G, Benjamin began life in thi
store, but never took to it kindly. He was edu
Gated by the Hebrew orphan society, and gradu
ated from the Charleston college. He WASH
exactly an orphan, his mother having cut loos
from his father and opened general store a
Beaufort on her own account where she mad
money and established good trade. The bo
always had, and has to this day, the creates
respect for the Hebrew religion, but was neve
identified with the church. 1t was with tn
semi Jewish class In London that he first fount
favor.
THE passage through He'll Gate, connecting
Long Island Sound with East river has alway
been dangerous the tides producing swift anC
powerful currents which are changed by tn
rocks into treacherous whirpools and eddie.
: For nearly fifteen years the work of removln