National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-15

THE Moorish Jews evade the law which for
bids them to kindle fire on the Sabbath by put
ting their dinner in jar and setting It In not
oven Friday night The dinner consists OF sailed
locust, very often, but IL is hot.
ION, to think" said religious English
man to his gamekeeper, that / should have
called .you a. Internal fool I'm very sorry.
| To think that one Christian should use such
| language to another Heaven forgive me- But
it's Gods truth, all the same"
AMONG the interesting relics belonging to
the late Wendell Phillips was collection OF pixies
| and walking sticks. One pike had been carried
| by man who took part with John Brown in the
| attack on Harpers Ferry. or the canes one be-
onged to Daniel oConnell, the Irish agitator. and
another had been the property Of Charles Sum
ner.
M. V. DE LAURIERs, native of France, a
| practical silk grower, and formerly superintend-
| ent of the New York silk exchange, says North
| Carolina has the same climate and soil as SOUTH
ern France and Italy. He proposes to found in
| Richmond county. North Carolina, colony Of
| French people, who wish TO engage in silk cul-
ture
DOMINGO FREIRE, the Brazilian physician,
| well known among medical men because OF his
! theory of incubation as q preventive OF yellow
fever, writes from Rio Janero that all his expert
ments upon ia persons, including himself have
been successful. A decree has been issued by the
Brazilian government authorizing him To practice
| the vaccination.
ONE Anna L., who lives near Vienna, re-
Gently made certain remarks concord ing pet dog
| that were not in the nature of n compliment.
few days later one Of the Vienna papers printed
| the following statement over her name: 1T
hereby retract the insulting language used against
| Agar, the pet dog OF Baroness VonJ X, and de-
clare Aya- to be wei. behaved canine.
NJ. KoEcHLIN-ScHwA tho enthusiastic
| champion of cremation in France, has at last
| gained victory over his numerous opponents.
At the last meeting Of the society for the propaga.
| ton Of cremation, Of which he is president, he
stated that after receiving the report OF DR..
Brouardel the perfect Of the police will authorize
| all the human debris from the hospitals to be
burnt in a crematory, which is to bs erected in
Paris cemetery.
Miss KATE SANBoRN, formerly professor Of
English literature in Smith college, has designed
the most artistic valentine calendar Eet known.
1t is heart-shaped, delicately colored kn blue and
| gold, with Cupid carrying his arrow the whole
upheld by golden dart. Each day ~ the week
is accompanied by some appropriate love text
from the best authors. 1t is unqu lgift for any
season. especially for ST. Valentnefyvay and its
work exhibits great deal of skill aovgood TASTE
The Blue Posts in Cork street, London,
has been recently restored The port OF this house
| was capital and its Burton and Windsor ales also
| of great excellence, and some thirty years ago
there constantly assembled to cat the steaks and
| quaffed the foaming pewter many members of the
old Garrick club, Thackeray, Robert Boil Charles
Dance, Sir Charles Taylor, ana Lord Tenterden.
Nowhere in London could better company be
found than In its principal room upstairs.
THERE is in the Glasgow Western infirmary
Highland woman from the island Of Syke, who
has slept BEAUTIFULLY for eighteen months without
| once waking up. She is 35 years OF age, and the
mother of three children. She lies ON her back,
and never moves muscle save those which are
exercised in the act OF breathing. Her pulse is
eighty, her breathing fair, and she gets food three
times day by means OF the stomach pump an
paratus. 1t is believed that she will recover and
that the worst results from her long sleep win be
those arising from her unavoidable neglect Of her
| household duties,
A PHYSICIAN who recently took an OYER
dose of Indian hasheesh gives a terrifying &C.
count Of his sensations. At first he becam, SO
weak that he was obliged to seek his bed !but
everything in the room seemed to change its lpo-
sition, distance became magEihed, and the bed
seemed about mile distant. 1t apparently kok
hours to reach the bed, and when the sufferertay
down he found that he could no longer move his
| ne lObI uls NOlCb ana MS nehrt Seen6QtO
perform Its functions. Just when death seemed
imminent the victim suddenly regained lis
| strength and the possession Of all his facultts
The physician has made no further experiments
with hasheesh.
AN Englshman who has for some yeas
past been engaged in teaching English in RussiAl
schools wishing 10 publish a small English ped.
odical for the use Of boys learning English, A
Gently submitted tho first number for the censoA
approval. 1t contained nothing but short storlI
and essays from standard authors, couched IL
easy language, and among them a short account
of Hamlet and the Ghost. The censor objected al
"Hamle" as perniclous piece Of literature to pull
in the hands of respectable young people. Be-
sides this he took exception to several OF the most
ordinary English words and phrases, for which he
proposed TO use his own utterly inapplicable syno-
nyms.
In appearance Arab Pasha is a big, strong.
broad-shouldered, good natured fellah His fez
thrown we'll back displays a broad, massive fora.
head surmounting large. soft eyes, which have In
ordinary moods kindly, dreamy expression,
There is an undefnable something about the man
which impres'es favorably all who come in
contact with him, and for those who understand
his native Arabic the only language he can
speak, there is a singular charm In his converse.
ton. His stock Of useful aud theoretical knowl.
edge is. unfortunately, not at all In proportion to
his powers OF expression, so that his love of dis
coursing sometimes leads TO q lamentably display
of ignorance. Like all men liable to be intoxi-
Gated by the flow OF their own rhetoric he could
be wildly Inconsistent without being hypocrltical
dutiful son, good husband, a kind father and.
! on the whole. an upright, respectable man, he
was never the determined, stoical hero or tho
blind incorporating fanatic he has sometimes
been represented.
'IT is not generally known" says the st
. James Gdze'te, "that Gen, Gordon very narrowly
escaped death by drowning on his way from
Palestine TO Brussels When he received the
summons of the king Of the Belgians he set ou
: with characteristic prompttude in a boat from
l Palestine to Port Said The weather becam,
rough, the boat was driven hundred miles GU
of her course, and Gen. Gordon had very marrow
escape from sudden death. He reached Por
said however, in safety When he came Il
4 England he had no idea that the government
s would send him to the Soudan. He had neye
5 even been consulted by the ministers, and tn,
utmost favor he had expected at their hands wa
. o 90 to the Congo Even this at one time seemed
, likely to be denied him, when. suddenly. II
Difference to the unmlstakable demands of tn,
I whole country, the government dispatched thei
t ablest officers to paciiy the soudan. This is thu
simple truth, and the best thing that could harper
), now would be for the Mahdi to cut the telegraph
0 wires as soon as Gen. Gordon gets 10 Khartoum
so that the latter may be free to act the oircuu
o stances demand, without being hampered by iD
structions either from Cairo or from London"