National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-22

Noah want UT mhn Ter cat ON, Oh, no, bless yor
! soul
So hastcr compromise on de dompickcr hon.
-ArkansaW naUsler.
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THE lotus flower Of Egypt is naturalized
| on mill pond near Dover, Del, and the flower
! was in full bloom last summer near a lawn in the
charming Chester Valley in Pennsylvania.
CABLE traction for street cars is about to bs
introduced on Hlghgate hill in the suburbs of
| London, and considerable interest is felt ia the
result OF an experiment which II is said has ne yer
been made hitherto In Europe
/. COUGARS are making havoc among the
sheep in the Black river section, ia Washing
ton territory. The theory is that the late Severe
winter has driven the cougars down from the
mountainous districts in search of food.
THE Irish population OF the earth Is as fol-
lows: Al home 100000 in England, 2,5OoO0O;
in Scotland 10000 In Canada, 1000 00O In Aus.
trslia l,0O0,0OO in America, I25Oo.0oO; elsewhere
100000; total in round numbers OF 81, 100000.
TUE last two weeks of April will be busy
season for the republicans, no loss than twenty
| one state onyentions having been called TO meet
during that period to name delegates to the party
presidential convention. Eight of them will
meet on the last day of the month.
LIEUT.. DANENHowER Is reported to have
won his wife othello did, by his thrilling tales
| Of the most disastrous chances" He first met
her during his lecturlng tour and afterwsrd In
private narrated his adventures in the Arctic seas
and 80 gained her heart as well as ear.
CARDINAL HAssUN, the Armenian patri-
arch, died a few weeks ago lie Is the third car
dinal whose death has occurred within a short
| period, There is an old Roman superstition that
three cardinals always go together. Bllio and Do
Luca are the two other cardinals that died re-
| Gently.
WHALES were eaten by persons Of the upper
classes in Europe as late at least az the latter part
| of the thirteenth century. Tho tail and tongue
dressed with peas or roasted were priced choice
ielicacies The Princess Eleanor do Montfort
paid in 1856 the sum of 24s for 100 pieces of
whale to be used as food In her household.
The Dominion Cattle company, which hos
now nearly $1,000 cattle the 2S4 900 acres Of the
Cherokee eryation, which Is leased for two
cents an acre from the United States government,
has thus far proved decided success. Last year
Its capital stock, amounting to almost s95o,oOo
brought a net profit OF sl50,Oo0 out ofwhich q
| dividend OF 20 per cent. has been declared.
A RAT tanner says: "Take the most fero-
cious rat throw 1t into pail Of water, and leave
there until it becomes exhausted and ia about 10
drown Then take 1t out, roll 1t In wadding aud
put 1t in warm place. When the rat comes to
1t will evince the deepest gratitude. 1t will lick
| your hands and follow you about the house like o
dog and can DO taught number Of tricks"
TRIcYcLEs are being used in London for
the quick distribution of newspapers TO agents and
news stands within radius Of about mile from
tho office. They take tho place of light wagons
| drawn by horses and the service Ia much cheaper.
Each tricycle. arranged to carry about 800 copies
OF newsper, and on the smooth streets of London
the driver can make good timo in spite oihiB load
ENGLAND is losing many Of its cboicost
works Of art, and at the great sales foreign deal
| ers, many with American commissions. carry off
the best examples. Recently awell.known dealer
at foreign capital had magnificent Rembrandt
| in his rooms. on being asked where he found It
he replied, "In England" adding that he took
over modern works and brought away old mas
ters-an exchange of old lamps for new.
MRS WILCOX, sister of ex-United States
Treasurer Spinner is the victim OF a curious hal
| lucinaion. She thi nks that she has bought the
dwelling house Of Speaker Sheard, OF the New
York assembly, alleging that she paid $4,000 for
| 1t through her agent, Gov, Cleveland. She has
broken into the house on moro than one occa-
sion, and on Monday Mr.. Sheard found It neces-
sary to have her sent to tho asylum at Bling
hampton Her brother, now 81 years old, lives on
his plantation, in Florida.
THE Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says II never saw Prince Bismarck look
ing better. His strong voice, upright form, bright
eye, and elastic gait indicate that he is likely to
remain at his post for long time to come. He
| wore an undress curassior uniform. Prior 10 the
| sitting he had conference with the emperor and
arranged the subject Of his speech. Tho Lssker
discussion was dropped after the chancellor's
speech.
THE French are naturally close Observers
OF the advance of their great rivals on the sonu-
nent in naval as well as military affairs
ILLUSTRATION accordingly points out that Germany
has constructed twenty-five powerful vessels OF
war since 1874 only seven ofwhich are unfinished.
To emphasize still further the naval progress Of
Germany, the French journal says that the az
| tivity In Its dockyards has been so great that
cruisers have been completed in less than year
after they have been placed on the stocks.
WHAT 10 said to be the oldest clock in the
| world Is now In the possession of Boston under
taker. It is called the "NIycall clock" from tho
fact that II was taken TO America from England
by John Mycall, who settled in Cambridge, Mass,
In l7lO. He moved to Newburyport in 1903, aud
presented the clock to his intimate friend, Ben.
jamin Dearborn, the inventor OF the balance
scales, on condition that he would name his son
John MyCall Dearborn. The clock passed through
the hands Of successive generations and In 1881 it
was sold at auction to Lewis Jones, It's present
owner.
GUsrAvE DoREs last large picture, tho
Vale of Tears was intended to be rendering of
the verse, "Come unto Me all 20 that labor and
are heavy laden, and Il will give you rost," Tho
background represents a shadowy valley, hanked
by an enormous crag, vt the entrance TO which
Christ stands clothed in white, bearing a cross
HIS hand raised as II in invitation 20 the great
number OF sorrowful figures who fill the fore
ground representing almost every class OF human
suferers-the aged, sick, maimed' matt, ana
blnd-all looking toward Christ with the spirit
that animates the faces in the foreground Of
Raphaels TRANSPORTATION.
ONE bright Sunday morning in the spring
Of 1880 Deacon Demet, OF Leeds, England, few
into a passion at the sight OF his wifo's new hat
and in his wrath threw II into the fire, Only
being able to buy u hat once in two years, she was
In terrible way. Being expert at plating straw
for flower baskets, and one day while rolling up q
lot OF Il, sho bethought herself that she could
easily fashion steeple.crowned hat out Of IT, and
abe did and 1t not only attracted favorable atten-
ton from the common people, but ladies Of rank ad.
mired II SO much that Dame Demet was soon over
run with orders for duplicates oft, That was the
beginning of the age Of straw hats
THROUGHOUT the world in 1879 the total
amount OF pig iron produced was about II, 900 900
tons; in 1882 II was over 200OO00O tons, being an
increase of IS per cent. in six years. The produc.
ton OF steel In 1877 was under 100000 tons; in
1882 1t was over 900 tons, showing an increase
aaa. a., Al.