National Republican., 1884-05-09


THE poultry man in sore alarm
Now gathers eggs from all his pens"
And makes excursions to each farm
To buy few good settn hens"
-EUdnsvae Arou.
MRS. KATE CHASE SpRAGUE is giving
weekly receptions on Tuesday evenings at her
residence In Avenue du Bots dc Boulogne Paris.
In 1sA7 the late Thurlow Weed predicted
that In ten years from that date Chicago would be
larger city than Albany, and his friends in New
York thought him foolish.
DIR. JOHN II. BARRows, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, Chicago, was defeated for
school director In Kansas village few years
ago because he was "a descendant Of the witch
| burners"
II is the feminine fashion in London inst
now to go aud hear Moody aud sankey, but a
young lady writes to the Morning Post that Moody
SO shocked her and others by saying II guess
| Bartnieus was in hurry to get home to sec what
his wife was Ike that they have ceased going.
In a prairie fire at Valley Mills, Texas,
soven years ago, dwelling was burned that was
never rebuilt. In tearing away the old chimney
recently, gold aud silver amounting to $4,000 was
found under the hearthstone, aud many articles
OF Jewelry. They were wrapped in u newspaper
OF 1856.
| tOpNt WILCOX, inc NATURALIST, says
tho saw-fish found in such numbers in Florida,
use their saw much u carpenter does his and
| Tor the purpose of cutting things In two. 1t has
| always been supposed that II was used like the
sword of the sword-fsh, but such does not appear
to be the case
THE California congressional elections will
be hold this year for the first time under the new
arrangement of the districts. Tho legislature
which divided the state was democratic, and 1t
Al.
as possible. No nominations to congre have
been made as yet by either party.
IT is said that the inventor of the process
ofbleaching elephants, results of which are seen
In the menageries of Darnum and Forepaugh,
claims that 1t can be applied without injury to
colored people. and that it furnishes complete
answer to Jobs famous inquiry as to the possl-
bility ofwhitening an Ethiopian.
A BUST of Gen. Sheridan, by Howard
Krotschmar, the sculptor, was unveiled last Nom
day night at Central Music hall, Chicago, In tho
presence Of large audience composed ofthe gen,
erals friends and admirers. 1t is Of pure white
Italian marble, is something more than life size,
and Is said to be an excellent likeness.
! ALoUIsvILLE, A KY, man ran into Sohaefer's
, drug store at 10 O'Clock Friday night and
asked for court plaster. When questioned as to
} his wounds, he said :i"I live in Bible alley, and
my wife chased me out OF u second story window
with q revolver. fell on my face as Jumped,
Be quick, please for expect she is following my
trail"
Miss ELLA WHEELER. of Milwaukee, Wis,
and the authoress of "The Poems of Passion" was
married in that city last week TO Mr.. Robert NJ.
, Wilcox, of Connecticut. Tho bride is native Of
7 Wisconsin, and 80 years, of age. The groom is
, member Of an extensive silver plating firm and
very wealthy. The couple will permanently
side in the east.
CHARLES REApE wrote his own epitaph.
He describes himself as "dramatist, novelist,
journalist" thus marking in which branch of
letters his preferences If not his greatest success.
lay. His creed he thus confesses: ~ hope for
resurrection. not from any power In nature, but
| from the will of the Lord God omnipotent, who
made nature and me-"
Two HUNDRED thousand herring werc
landed at one haul on the Northeast river Vlr-
gnia on Wednesday last On the following day
the seine came in so full of fish that 1t could not
' be landed. and a portion of the catch had to be
liberated to secure the remainder Over 250,0Oo
herring and several hundred shad were landed,
: and perhaps as many got away.
A KEEN witted Chinaman surprised the
legal fraternity at Sacramento the other day while
= on the witness stand. He spoke excellent Eng
lish. and during the cross.examinatlon was asked,
"You are always attending cases of this kind are
you notT 10 which the witness responded:
:. "I'm like any other lawyer. When get case
Q / attend to It, and always demand my fee iu ad-
0 | vance,"
: The Isthmus of Corinth has been disturbed
from its sleep of centuries, and is not the scene of
very active engineering operations a new town,
called Ishma, of at least 200 houses and stores,
having risen on the shore OF the gulf of .Egina.
The dredging of the approaches Of the canal has
= been commenced on each side at the rate of some
" 5000 cubic meters Of sand and soil every twenty.
- four hours.
+ WE now make one fifth of the iron and ones
IS fourth OF the steel In the world, and furnish
Of the gold and one-half Of the silver Of
the worlds supply. Taking all the mining in'
dustres of the world the United States represents
n &c. Great Britain 49, and all other nations 81 per
n cent. of the total. Anglo.saxondom, therefore.
IS represents GO per cent Of the mining industry of
j. the earth.
!. Groom: "What arc you doing, my love ?'
Z. bride: Making you list of flower seed which
L. want you to order for our little garden" Oh,
yes; so see; but my love, you want the flowers
to blossom this summer, don't your why, Of
es ourse." "Well, those you have put down do not
y bloom until the second season." "oh that Is all
to right" "All right?" YES am getting the list
p from last years catalogue"
70 "MY first introduction" said Mr.. Matthew
~ Arnold to a friend while in this country, ito the
" poetry Of VIM. Cullen Bryant was in this way.
- One day-I was a boy then-Hartey ColeridgG
- rushed into my room with an open book, aud,
% ar pointing 10 poem, sat down and read 1t to me-
~ ~, When he had finished he remarked, That is the
~ finest poem in modern English. 1t was Mr.. Bry-
~ = ants ode to Water FowlP"
OF birds the greenfnch is the earlies
riser, as 1t pipes as early as 1880 in the morning
10 About 2 80 the blackcap begins. and the quai
IN wakes up half an hour later The sparrow oc
/. cupies nearly the last place the list The repu
N taton of the lark for carly rising is entirely
Of false one. That celebrated bird is sluggard an'
does not rise until number Of other birds hay
been up and about for some time.
he OF English doctors, Radcliffe made owe
n $4,000 year In the height of his fame; Mead
or OOO Baillie s450 0OOi Sir II. Halford S050O an
Sir b. Brodie, Ss5, 900 in the year but one beior
his retirement, the largest income known. Rad
clhe once received $1,000 asspecial fee for visiting
r Lord Albemarle at Namour, Granville 5000 AM
his travelling expenses for visit TO st. Petersburg
and recently Sir W. Gull $4,000 each for two visit
to Pau and $500 for travelling to Perthshire anC
remaining week with patient But the fee Q
fees was that received by Dr. Dnesdale in 1868 IL