National Republican., 1884-02-25


think he loves me--nay, 1 know.
Sweet, sweet oh, sweet melodious bellsi
They call me, sister; let us go.
--Hdrpers Bds1r.
THE late Lord Hertford was one Of the few
persons privileged to make jokes in the queens
presence, and he oiten caused her to indulge In u
hearty laugh.
GIVE the silver men their duo. Our ex-
ports and imports Of specie seem to be almost en-
tirely in silver OF e. 2272O0O sent abroad to date
this year s2,153, 900 was in silver.
CELIA, the daughter of Garibaldi, Is to be
| married to Prof Griziardel, of the International
college at Turin. The professor made the young
lady's acquaintance through his pupil, Manlio
Garibaldi.
AN account book, seized by the police Of
st. Louis in poker room raded by them a few
days ago, showed that the clear profit over ex.
penses to the proprietor from the percentage on
| the games played in tho month Of January was
| s1,367.
ONE of tho best Greek scholars in this
country, during recent lecture on the benefits OF
o classical education stated that there does not
exist graduate of an American college who can
properly afix the accents TO a page of printed
| Greek.
Mrs. G. G. CoNGER, the young American
artist, who has made name for herself In Lon
| don as a portrait painter, has gone to Paris to
study for the lyric STAGE She has fine mezzo-
soprano voice. and her friends are confident that
she will succeed.
The Nashville american states that the
handsome sum Of SIC, 900 is invested in manu-
featuring in the four principal cities OF Tennessee.
Nashville has 81 $4,000; Memphis, So 69i 0O0 Chat
tanooga, s2,0T9OO0, and Knoxville, s1,102,500. 1t
is probable these figures will be doubled In less
than five years.
SIX little stowaways ranging in age from
| z to ID years, were landed at San Francisco re-
Gently, having been brought over from Liver
pool on a sailing vessel. They professed to be
orphans, and wanted to come to the states TO
earn n fortune as bootblacks." They have started
in the business.
MALE education and female education in
India when compared with each other present
q striking contrast The total female population
is 81, 500 0O0 and the total male population 103-
100000, but only $4,000 females are under in-
struction at school, against 2,5l7629 males. In
one case the percentage ut school is 81, and In
the other 1t is 1928.
POKER is said to have become firmly estab-
lished in French clubs. In fact 1t is more popu-
lar IN France, If anything than in England. The
GauIots says 1t has rejuvenated hundreds OF worn
out baccarat players, who spend night after night
in the intoXicaion of fulls, hushes, and stralghts
| The paper ADDS: "Baccarat has worn us out TO the
core and annoys us beside. Poker infuses new
life into u.s. Welcome, then, TO thee, Poker, the
liberator, hero of the new world"
IT is said by we'll posted parties that the
best tobacco does not come from Cuba. There is
Just as much poor tobacco raised in Cuba as In
this country. Our tobacco is as good rs any in
the world, only with this difierence-Cuba raises
idea among Americans that u good cigar cannot
good tobacco in larger quantities. There is false
be obtained unless high price is paid for It,
This is all error. With good selection of homo
tobacco cigars can be produced that will deceive
an expert.
IT will be remembered that when the Bank
of Glasgow failed, while the immense losses were
paid by the stockholders, most of them were re-
duced to absolute want by the enforced payments.
Comparatively wealthy people who held only one
share each in this bank stock were bankrupted by
the assessment. 10 relieve this unfortunate class
a fund was accumulated, amounting to nearly
S2,0000O0 all of which, except about s50O0 has
been collected and discussed, as the report Of tho
trustees shows.
Two PROMINENT shipbuilding firms Of
Bath, Me-, have united with some capitalists OF
that city in forming joint stock company, with
Il capital of s5000OO, with the intention OF carry
ing on the business Of shipbuilding there on q
larger scale than ever. They already have con-
tracts to the amount of more than S300000, and
they expect to be able to secure sufficient capital
for the equipment OF an iron shipyard, and thus
inaugurate new era in building on the banks Of
the Kennebec.
, Col. MAPLEsoN told Chicago reporter tho
following story: MAX strakosch at one time had
f a number of big people with him. He had paid
everybody. Just before a matinee, ,.one afternoon,
he was stricken with paralysis, Que of his singers
heard of II, and Immediately refused to sing.
But he is very bad and is paralyzed, they told
her. 'Whatside Of him is paralyzed| she asked.
The left side,' they said. Then he can sign a
.ta, .l,n IgnI Il
he actually had to do 1t before she would sing"
Miss TIP SANDERS, the artist, offers to sell
the state of Kentucky portrait OF Simon Kenton
copied from the original by Jouett, the only one
known TO be in existence. 1t was taken in 1872,
when Kenton came to Frankfort to get his taxes
remtted and in the suit OF clothes the citizens Of
Frankfort presented him with. DR.. c. G. Graham,
who has hunted with him and knew him we'll.
says the portrait is most excellent Likeness and
gave certificate 20 that effect which is on ile In
the archives of the senate.
The proprietor of a Chicago saloon said, on
his honor; IT have seen party of politicians
come in here and in four hours get away with
forty drinks of whisky, but they only took very
little at a time. They were working some point
out of the person they were talking to. and did
not drink for the sake of the whisky. but to fur
. ther their object. have known plenty of men to
: swallow thirty good drinks a day. Some OF the
. hardest drinkers have ever known were bar.
i. keepers. They would take quart of whisky each
day for, say, year, but they never lasted long"
The supreme court of Kansas, "all the
justices conourrng," has decided that the circua'
tion Of an offensive article about candidate fol
= office is "privileged" proceeding "even though
. the principal matters co. aimed in the article are
~ untrue and derogatory'--provided that such arti
. Gle be circulated "only among voters" mar
must be careful out there II follows, about read
ing or sending libelous articles to aliens or to c
: zens who have not resided in the township long
II enough to be entitled TO votei otherwise he may
bang away at the candidates to his hearts content
THE parties searching along Winthrop
=. Highlands, Mass, for Capt. Kidd's treasure art
II being fairly rewarded coins 10 the value OF s9OI
having been found, representing the species O.
l. various nations, including Spanish Portuguese
English, Dutch. and American. The children o
J. Rev. Mr.. Gafheld. of Beachmont, have found
coins valued at $50, and sold several atsums vary
ing from SIS to sl5. The most valuable fnd ye
was that by Charles Eredericks, OF Beachmont
IT who disco vered Spanish coin Sunday, dated
1927. weighing nineteen and one-half penny
weights and Of twenty four carat gold for which
1t he has been offered s2s Tuesday he found al
English guinea datod 1887. The coins found thus
It far were within space OF seventy feet square
and about 100 feet below high water mark
PUBLISHED tables show that out of 13'