National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-07


Ben Davis.
THE word interest was first used in an act
of parliament of 1923, wherein It was made to
Signify lawful increase by way Of compensation
for the money lent.
EIGHT years ago apbor New York mechanic
invented glove fastener--a piece OF cord about
six inches long and dozen little hooks or but
tons. He now owns II block Of houses that would
sell for $4,000.
THE deep snow and bittor cold have driven
many eagles from the mountains OF Kentucky to
the settlements of the bluegrass region. num-
Der of these noble birds, OF both the gray and the
bald Species have been shot, some of them very
large specimens.
SOME New Hampshire women 5re as thrifty
! as the mon. II is charged that little party of
| them in a town in Stafford county have been
| founnd to have conspired to work up among their
heighbors surprise partieswit valuable presents,
| for one another.
An Iowa boy, aged Is, worked a month for
| the physician OF the neighborhood. and was
given, instead of the $40 which he expected, re.
| oeipted bill for professional services which the
doctor had rendered on the occasion OF his birth.
BoDENsTEDT supplies the following Rus
sian estimate of the relative smartness of nations
which has. passed into proverb there Two Jews
| are equal to one Russian, two Russians to one
Persian, two Persians 10 one American, two
| Americans to one Greek.
| THEY stood at the glass.blowing counter in
| Bowery museum. 'Oh, look herew cried the
lady; "here is ship with sails and spars all of
glass 1t is labeled a brig. Did you ever see q
glass brig before"' NO, my dear" said the gen.
| tleman; but l have seen good many glass
schooners."
MRS. QUINtY SHAW of Boston, spends
$50 500 annnnllv ont of her nriya,e income In SIM
| port OF thirty tindereartens and twenty nurseries
which she has established in that part Of the city
where the toughest and most squalid features
| reign. In addition TO this she spends $4,000
year In other charities.
| STATISTICS have been collected relative To
the Protestant com munities of England and Wales
outside The established church. and some OF the
| figures nre large The len prinoipal denomina
| tons ara shown to hive an aggregate of eos min
listers 70 900 places OF Worship and 500 600 church
| members who are estimated tn reoresent 5o0 ooo
persons out of /, total popui alton Of Is O6s oss
WHILE making INN rovemonts Mt CoJe,a
! Hill, near Plymouth Mass. last week. the work.
| men discovered the graves of n number of nil
| grims who came to America In the Mayaower. and
| no were buried during the first winter amer
| their arrival One of the eravos WINS onened ana
| contained the skeleton of A middle.ace man Ave
feet nine inches in height. These are the onlv
| graves of the first settlers which have been nosi
j Identified, tablets
location,
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"The queen has been pleased 10 direct letters
patent TO be passed under the great seal of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
granting the dignity of a baron of the said united
| Kingdom unto Alfred Tenuyson esq., and the
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by tho
name, style, and title of Baron Tennyson of AID
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The flesh of the kid resembles that of the deer,
and the goat subsists for the most part on leave,
and weeds, and very little on heritage relshed by
| other animals 1t can be reared with far less es
pense than any other domestic beast. Improved
stock is of course the most profitable.
ihE Sninoeo NJ" oia'iii W nave ihNenVou
nairpihs aiieging that .hey began 70 wear them OF
paihooo iu 'ne Sho" uyhasy' ii<@ d. " some ooo
years later, uhder the fortunate reign OF Slang
wang eighteenth emperor OF the Chang dynasty.
they were produced from ivory, ana under King
wang, Wenty-hltn OF the same line, those oil tor
toise smell were introduced Later SUM- ABOUT the
middle Oh Tue thira century, nairpins' either OF
SILVER OF eoiu, woie piuuRn' inVo use' anu having
carved heaas, oeihg All apparently OF the single
form, mace ike unto ph"hiN' were known as
ph@hS pms
THE draining and replanting of the Cam
! payne has been n favorite idea of the Italians
} since Rome became the capital OF United l'sly.
ana now the attempt Is going TO be made on
iafge seaie' a certaln amount OF uraihage WORK
mas Deeh maze compulsory on the uiiiereht lano'
owners ana no less tnan eishty irrigation COM
pahles uhuer government cohtrol nave Deeh SGT
on 1901 10 reclaim inc waste oil centuries ohe OF
TWO minor experiments nave peeh larry success
iul, ana among other things p,ahIa,ions Q, euoa'
; lyptus nave maae certain lohsuesertcu spo's
haDuaDie' notably ABOUT s'' Faui ou'siuo 'no
Walls
Col. DAsT, of Georgia, who was gallant
officer in the confederate army during the war of
the rebellion, tells the following amusing story
which has not heretofore appeared in print. ~
have always had" said he, "a great respect for the
valor of the Massachusetts troops, and there was
one regiment particularly, the Och, which fought
# us like tigers 1t happened that during several