National Republican., 1884-04-04

Ono Vi Tvs Ieatutes - CLOCK tower Wnlch is 10 bo
$3.50 feet high.
ONE of the sights of Quijotoa, Ariz., is the
Papago hay train. Upward OF twenty squaws
arrived every morning between the hours of9
and 10 o'clock with their backs loaded with bun
dies of grnmma hay. II furnishes the bucks with
quite revenue,
THERE were more persons killed at the
Macready riot in New York, which lasted only a
few hours, than have been killed at the Cincin.
natl riots, which continued for three days II tho
7th regiment mad fired blank cartridges at first
the riot in New York would have continued all
night
THE use of green and rod seems universal
In Atlanta. Negro shanties, as well as the more
princely dwellings, are colored in this way. There
is a regular craze for fancy paints. All sorts of
novel and even grotesque effects are sought. One
citizen has put his fine house in blood-red garb
with Jet black trimmings, aud the effect is no
by any means disagreeable to the eye.
LONDON Truth names the following pecu
larities OF certain British speakers; "Mr Glad
stone generally scratches the back of'his heaG
with his thumb. Sir Stafford Northcote flaps hid
hands like talking fish. Lord Randolph
Churchill worries his musaohe whilo many
other of our public speakers make no movement,
but content themselves with worrying their
hearers"
KAISER WILHELM wears civilian dress only
while at Ems. As soon as he leaves 1t he puts on
his uniform. and he always appears before his
people in brass buttons and military cap. Even
at home In Berlin he dresses in uniform. and his
palace is filled with military relics. The portraits
on the walls arc those of princes in uniform, aud
In the reception salon there is series OF shelves
covered with models OF cannons rifles, and shells.
CLARET drinking has greatly gone out in
Dublin since Grattan uttered his famous aphorJ
ism. "Cod mutton, provided l have plenty Of
claret with It," Barton and Sneyd were the great
| claret merchants OF Ireland. OF the latter 1t Is
told that one nightwhen he entertained the Duke
Of Richmond, the lord lieutenant he drank so
much claret that he fell under the table, sneyd
was lifed up and replaced on his chair on which
somebody said ~ believe this is the first instance
| of Protestant lord lieutenant being present st
| the elevation OF the host" Representatives OF
| both Barton and Sneyd survive, and are OF great
wealth.
MR.. WHITELAw REID is persistent and
practical He built the tall Tribune building
against much protest and some ridicule. and 1t
has justified his expectation. Now he makes
ready to carry out his original plan in full by the
purchase of the sun building, whose continuance
| in other hands than his defeated his cherished
project of extending the new Tribune building the
entire front of the block on which it stands. The
price paid is sS75OOO. This will allow the exten.
sion OF the Tribune building, which will have the
| finest property Of any newspaper In the world.
| The Sun goes into new Office in the new Potter
| building.
In the old days no woman was allowed to
| desecrate the monastery at san Augustin. Mexico,
| by SO much as putting her foot within its walls.
A noble lady of Spain. wife of the reignng vice.
roy, was bent on visiting It, Nothing could stop
her. and in she came. But she found only empty
cloisters, for each virtuous monk locked himself
securely in his cell, and afterward every stone In
the floor which her sacrilegious feet had touched
was carefully replaced by new ones fresh from the
mountain top before the pollution of her presence
was considered removed. But times are sadly
| changed, and the house has been turned into q
common hostelry.
&THE widow of Salm Morse is keeping q
candy store in San Francisco for school children.
According to her he was never nearer the Holy
Land than Smyrna, where he acted as clerk for
her father, and wooed and won her. All the time
he claimed to have been in monastery or In
Jerusalem getting inspiration for the Passion he
was running a ranch in California. As for the
Passion itself he got the idea from an article in
an Edinburgh magazine which she gave him to
read when he made a trip to San Domingo His
stories about service In the English army, ac-
quaintanceship and collaboration with Dickens.
and so on, she denounces as lies
THAT'S my uncle over there" said fast
young man to his fast companions we're pretty
near broke, and I'll strike him for raise. He
won't go back on me. Bet you the drinks I'll
strike him for ten and get It," The bet was made
and the young man ''struck" his uncle. A long
conversation ensued. Finally the young man
returned, his face flushed with triumph and some
bills in his hand. 81 told you I'd make It," he
said; "maybe we can make a hit on roulette with
this" Then his companion looked at the bills,
and there were only two 81 notes. "But you didn't
get $40, did you?" he inquired. 'Yes did" re-
piled the nephew, as his tone changed to one OF
n
good advice"
LORD CoLERIDGE is delighting his English
friends with stories of his American visit, and
among them with this He was at Mount Vernon
with Mr.. Evarts and, talking about Washington,
said ~ have heard that he was a very strong
man physically, and that, standing on the lawn
here, he could throw dollar right across the
river onto the other bank" Mr.. Evarts paused a
moment to measure the breadth of the river with
his eye. 1t seemed rather tail" story, but 1t
was not for him to bellte the Father of his Coung
try In the eyes of foreigner. Don't you be-
lieve it?' asked Lord Colerdge. Yes" Mr..
Eyarts replied, ~ think It's very likely to be
true. You know dollar would go farther in
those days than II does now"
In 1si3 Mary Poythrcs, tho handsomeSt
young lady in Sylvania county, Georgia, became
engaged to John Gross, the son off wealthy PLAN
tation owner. He went to New Orleans on some
business and from there wandered away to Texas,
and did not return for one year. He fully ex-
pected to find her married, but not so. Although
she had not heard word from him all this time.
she remained true to him. They renewed their
engagement again, and once more became es-
ranged Recently he returned to celebrate his60th
birthday on the old homestead, ana was surprised
TO find Mary waiting for him. This time he got
a minister and they had the ceremony performed
! before he had an opportunity of getting away 1t
I Is said that no less than three of those who had
sued for her hand and were refused on account Of
her love for Gross were afterward members of con-
gress, one was in the senate, and one was elected
governor.
CRIMINALS sentenced to death under the
native princes Of Hindostan are usually executed
by one of the rajah's elephants, which is specially
trained for the service, The victim is bound hand
and foot and laid on his back on the ground. At
al given signal from the chief officer in charge OF
: the royal herd the huge beast marches slowly up
to the PROSTATE culprit places one of its massive
fore feet on his breast, and then swings its body
| forward, throwing its entire weight onto IL,
O crunching the bones and MASKING the heart and
S lungs into shapeess mass, The elephant seems
to like the job and goes at 1t with evident delight
It is recorded that occasion when the beast
t had its foot in position It suddenly stopped,
{ backed of, and began caressngIthe body. This
4 was taken as an evidence OF the culprits inno-
b cence and the raiah pardoned him. II was ailer :
ward learned that 1t was he who trained this So.