National Republican., 1884-01-15


When we've given the town the slip.
-E6- Country Ed,tor.
BREATHEs there man with soul so dead
Who never rode big bob sledr'
lfyou'rc that one, go make your will,
Then seek some steep aud Sippry hill.
High though your station, great your fame,
You'll sweep thro space US swift us fame
Aud, II you reach the foot unaung,
Loud praise Will leap from heart and tongue
~ THE baby republic" of the world is San
Marlno in Italy. 1t has an army of iVrty men all
iold, and its total public debt is u 0SJ
THE awards of the international indemnity
commission ~ Alexandria have reached the
amount OF G2,TiOOOO, distributed among 6,s9i
claimants.
A LONDON journal asserts tho truth Of the
story that lady oi wealth, veil known in New
York. sent for Italian artists tO paint pictures to
match her carpets.
:. HARRY, you'd ought to know better at
your Time of life, Oglng ut ali tile girls you meet"
Fact is, do know better" said Harry, but then
'tsn't good taste, you know, for a fellow to bo
parading his knowledge in public"
Mr.. TYLER, the Zulumissionary, says that
when he first went to South Africa, thirty four
years ago, the people wore nothing but the skins
of COWS and other animals. Now few Of them ap-
pear in town without civilized dress.
RICHARD NEUsMAN, of Preston, England,
who recently died. left to that town his entire
collection Of pictures, porcelain, and bronzes
1t is said that the pictures alone, ten years
ago were valued ut between 100000 and S35O,OOO
ACCORDING to the highest and latest
authority II is still doubtful whether the queen
will hold any drawing rooms this year. and II is
probable the Princess of Wales will be deputed to
hor al tl,a t,,n gnl, a. A.A Aatl
fore caster.
WIFE I say. what in thunder are you
opening all the doors for2 I'm darned near
frozenP "oh. James, it's so cold out doorsl And
there are so many poor people exposed ON the
streetsl thought would just let out a little
warm air to the poor thingsW
DIR. MORTIMER GRANVILLE, of London,
says that the man who thinks he has caught cold
should take a large pinch of pnngent snuff. like
the rapee or fine Scotch, and wrap his coat around
him, while he has big fit Of sneezing This. he
says, Is natures remedy for chill.
us 1T truo as certain newspapers have al
legged, that you have your plays written In an in
sane asylum" a writer for the Dramatic NeVs
asked John T. Raymond. 81 do better than that
the genial eccentric replied promptly. ~ write
them myself. III match you for the drinks"
CHINA is perhaps, tho only civilized coun.
try in the world which has not resorted to gas as
| means of lighting, and even among the rich the
methods of Illuminating are primitive in the ex-
treme, though kerosene oil is now rapidly coming
into use within considerable radius OF the treaty
| ports.
SAN FRANCISCO invested $5,261,6S0 in
| building improvements last year, the largest
| amount In u single twelvemonth for q long time
Tho total for the past four years is S14,703O68 A
| curious feature of her building record is that
| about 70 per cent. of the values are In frame
| structures.
A LETTER and postal card addressed to the
| Times. Democrat and postmarked Yokohama,
| Japan, Dec. 10, 1888, reached New Orleans Tues
day, via San Francisco, Jan. 2. This Is very fast
time between the two points, which are little
less than II 900 miles apart, almost half tho dis.
| tance around the world
| A SAN Francisco man advertised for
" 500 rcd. headed girls; must be good looking"
and not one response was received. A few days
later he advertised for 1920 golden-haired beau.
ties" and before the paper was out two hours the
street in front of his office was crowded with Just
the style of beauty he desired.
THERE were 55,760 patients in the lunasio
| asylums Of France last year. of whom about 81
600 were men and 81 900 women, showing that
females are the most liable to insanity. That they
are less influenced by treatment is shown by the
| luCL tnht tue average Oh treatment Tor
men is 276 days, while for women II is 295 days.
Col. j. N. BROWNING, of the Texas legisla-
ture represents district, popularly known as the
Jumbo district, which is made up of sixty-seven
counties and comprises about Ga 900 square miles
or nearly one. fourth of the state. His friends
claim for him that he is as big man as his dis
trict, If brain and heart may be measured by the
acre.
The story comes from Paris that lady
who visited four churches in ono day missed her
umbrella on returning home. She Immediately
revisited all four churches and found her UNI
brella in the last one. When the umbrella was
handed TO her she thankfully said 10 the sexton
1.-THE people at this church are much more honest
than those at the Others"
"I AM told" writes the "man about town {"
in the Brooklyn Eagle, "that 1t is probable that
Thomas Mast, tho cartoonist, will institute suit
: against the HRrpers AS the case now stands Mr..
Mast is receiving $4,000 year from the Harpers
on condition that he will draw a cartoon for
them every week and work for no other periodi-
> cal. He holds that the nonpublication of his
work is great injury to him"
THE report of Mr.. Paterson, British consul
, for Iceland at Copenhagen, predicts n rather
gloomy future for tho island. Since 1880 famine
| epidemcs and emigration have reduced the popu
lation, and affairs now in such critical state
that, should the present winter prove n severe
one, another appeal TO the charity of the world
will have to be made. The loelanders are turn
, ing their attention more aud more toward emil
. grafton but the emigrants are naturally those
/ whose withdrawal adds to the burden of those
who remain.
; ACCORDING to Chicago paper Manager
Abbey engaged Henry Irving on such terms as "a
make the latter partner in all the profits Of the
season without involving him In any possibilities
of loss, Mr.. Irving only agreeing to furnish the
company, exclusive Of Miss Terry, who was en-
gagged independently, Mt salary of 81 900 week
In the company are seventy people, at an expense
I Of not less than $500 week. That, however,
must be paid by MIR. Irving. Mr.. Abbey's expen "a
Q account will exceed an average of 5000 week
+ during the time Of his contract.
a THE Pennsylvania Railroad company hai
been experimentng recently with patent which
v is to do away with the bell rope on pGssenge
q trains. The experiments are being conducted OIL
the Plttsburg division, and the patent is the pro
duclion of the Westinghouse Air Brake company
II consists Of a communication by air pressur,
q | with n small whistle IN tho cab of the engineer
The hose through which the air is conducted will
. be independent of that communication with tn
A | brakes The connection between the passenge
car and the air tube Is from the Of the coach
= | near the closet, where there Is button, which 4
a pressed by the conductor when he desires to sigma
i the engineer.
NEAR Carystos, on the Island of Eubea, al
interesting discovery of ancient coins was 70
Gently made. over 70 Athenian tetradrachmas O
- pre- Roman times, Athenian drachmas and