National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-19
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iOrk stage ueAt Wlnter.
A GENEVA organ grinder has loft q
fortune of $4,000 to his heirs.
The new creed Is not being rapidly
adopted by the Congregational church
SHRINKAGE Of values appears whom
man finds himself not so rich as he thought he
was
Tucson, A. r., tuclts on $50 per quarter
to the other hardships Of the commercial mis-
sionmy.
THE visiting Maori king while in par
Lament the other day, becoming warm, took
OFF most of his clothing and went to sleep.
A WALLA WALLA, w. T., man claims
to have picked over 5000 pounds Of strawber-
ries from less than two acres of vines this
| season.
MoRAvIAN missionaries in Greenland
complain that the introduction of coffee into
that island is hurting the missions. They
don't say why.
The now Cunarder Umbria measures
5000 tons, and her sister ship, the Etruria,
identical with her In every respect, Is in pro-
cess Of construction.
VELVET dog collars are the latest agony.
A dog with velvet collar will enjoy himself
much more rolling In barn yard than his
poor collarless brethren.
A LITTLE Albany girl, spending the
summer in the country wrote TO her father,
PLEASE bring me q new toothbrush; mine is
moulting.-Harpcrs Bd1dr.
A COMPANY has been formed in Now
England for the purpose Of converting water
into fuel. 1t will do well to look for Its raw
material TO Mr.. Jay Gould's stocks.
| Turn orap mn trao "a
the Great Constable" is noarly 500 years old.
1t was planted In 1922 by Eleanor of Carlisle,
wife of Charles III, King of Navarro.
MRS. FERDINAND WARD owns the
Champion house, at East Haddam a fine Con-
necticut summer resort, so that young Ward
will not be homeless when he regains his free
dom.
A SAN FRANcIsco paper advertises for
"a minister Of tho Gospel who can preach two
strictly original sermons every sabbath-one
in the morning for saints, and one In tho even
ing for sinners"
DIR. SCHLIENANN has returned to Ath-
ems from his excavations at Tiryns. The Greek
government talks Of continuing the work. Tho
ornaments found strongly resemble those dis
covered at Mycono.
A MAN In Arizona Is suing local
paper because II announced that he was the
father of thieving boy week old. The edi-
tor meant to say 'thriving," but fate and tho
type setter ordered otherwise.
CITADEL, the sire of our famous racer
and sire, imported Glenelg, after having
reached che age of 25 years and taken innun-
cradle prizes at agricultural shows, was lately
sold at Tattersalls for Is guineas.
LoTTA's purchase OF heavy price of
"Nitouche' for America is likely to BIO the
cause of some difficulty The authors claim
the right to sell 1t also to Maurice Grau to DO
played by his French company In America.
INDIA pays 100000 each summer for
the purpose of keeping her officials from melt
ing under the fervid heat. When the hot sea-
son approaches the government Is moved bag
/ and baggage to the cooler uplands Of the coun-
try.
SOME of the watering place hotels en-
ploy public entertainers. These are women Of
talent, who play on the piano, sing, and in
every way make the time pass pleasantly to
the guests for the compensation of the board
and small salary.
A New York dealer says he last year
sold 100000 canary birds, most of which came
from the Hartz mountains, In Germany. A
good canary Is sold for So; choice specimens
sometimes bring si0 hooking birds sell for
sos and upward. Parrots are worth from $50
to 500.
MIR. 7. B. ALDRIcH, in Difference to the
prevailing Boston Anglomania, Is now abroad
to secure British writers for the Atlantic
Monthly while, per contra, the London World
especially praises the current American mag
azines because they arc more American than
| usual.
THE advertising expenses Of famous
soap firm in London are from $4,000 Gao, 600
year. Last year 1t sent out through the
mails fifteen tons of handbills inserted In the
magazines. For years the house has sent
shillingcake of Its soap to each one of the
babies whose birth is announced In the Times
A LADY resident of East Poughkeepsie
liz in great tribulation and refuses to be COM
forted. A parrot for which she would not have
taken $50 was ruthlessly torn from her few
days ago. 1t was sitting on a shed near the
dwelling, and at one fell swoop an eagle car
ried 1t of, the bird making the air vocal with
"Poor poll poor poll |" as It assembled In its
captors talons
The bishop of Chester remarked on Q
Late occasion that he was quite sure there were
more good books written In German than in
any other language To which the Pail Nal
Gazette adds: There arc probably more reada-
BILE books written in French than In any other
Language; and as for ourselves-well, there Is
probably more trash written in English than
in any other language.
In Toulon, though with more reason,
the panic continues, as 1t does here. 1t ID
diversified, however, by some amusing Incl
dents. Thus friend writes 10 me that he was
sitting In cafe when some men passed with
oh In al...ee, ~
they were thirsty, for they put down the shut
ter and went into neghboring liquor shop.
Meanwhile the patient recovered, got up,
looked round, and then took to his heels. The
men gave chase. but the siok man redoubled
his pace and soon disappeared. -AarseiAes OR
resp0adence.
FATHER doErz, Of Dayton, Ohio, 10
agitating a plan Of enrolling the members Of
the archepiscopal diocese OF Cincinnati In an
organization to pay the $1,000, 900 debt lon by
Archbishop Purcell. The design Is TO have q
list Of all merchants who will give rebate
tickets for per cent. of the value of all pur-
chases made OF them by members OF the aEso-
citation. These tickets are 10 be forwarded 10
a central office where they viii be cashed and
the money applied TO the payment OF the debt
He thinks the debt can be paid in this way In
one year.
A COMPANY has just been organized in
New York, Of which Gen. George b. McClel-
Ian Is a member, for the purpose Of Organizing
an immense rancho In the southwest corner Of
New Mexico. The oompanys property Is q
combination OF q number Of ranches along
the ella river and the streams and springs In
that vicinity. Their range Is about forty miles
nom east TO west aud sixty miles nom north
TO south, and comprises over 100000 acres Of
grazing land, at an altitude OF nom 5000 10
5000 feet The stock consists Of $50 horses,