National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-27

In the gay radiance ofthe morning hour,
In the warm broodiug glory ofthe noon,
When man and nature, in their prime OF power,
Win the days fnllnoss blend In eager tune,
The rush ollie forblds the pulse to move,
That now, in yearning passion, wants you, love.
Wants you to watch the crimson glow and fade,
Through the great branches OF the broadening
line;
Wants you to feel the soft, gray, quiet shade,
Lap the tired world in blessed eyentime;
Wants you to whispers Come your power to
prove,
The cleaning needs It's angel, como, my love-"
All The Year Round.
DURING last year 1GO manufacturing and
mining corporations were formed In Tennessee.
IN w. II. Vanderbilps drawing room ia n
scr cen Of ebony ana gold framo and white satin
panels inaid with pearls gold. II is OF curious
workmanship, and was secured in un accidental
way when W. H. Vanderbilt was last lin Europe,
No duplicate is known to exist.
A BEAN grows in Mexico known as tho
DEVILS bean or jumping seed. 1t ~ q small tri.
angular body, aud will jump several inches off
the ground or hand. When opened 1t is found to
contain lively beetle that has been Matched in.
side the seed, and is trying to jump out.
ABOUT $50 miles north of Missoula, Mont,
a region has been discovered by an exploring
feet in height, aud a true glacier with mile OF
frontage and 500 feet fall. 1t Is said to be a more
wonderful region than the Yellowstone.
THE Chattanooga Times says that city is
now really but nineteen years old. The war left
1t wreck. In 1867 1t had not Wholesale house.
Iron mills and furnaces began in 1871. In 1872
the population was 6,OOO now 240O0 manufacture
ing capital iu 1880. 27s9OOoi In 1884, g. 100000.
THE steamer San Pablo, which sailed
March 10 for China, carried some OF the latest
American improved agricultural implements and
samples Of WOODEN goods aud coItons for the exhi-
bnon 10 BIO held at Seoul the capital OF Korea.
She also had between 1000 and 10000 bales OF
cotton fabrics, tho largest shipment ever made
from here to China.
THERE arc five spirituslistic organs in
France. four iu Belgium, two in Holland, eight in
| Spain, two in Italy, and three in Germany In
addition to several journals devoted TO the cause
in England and the United States II has one organ
each in Australia, Russia, Mexico tho Antilles,
Chill, Brazil, Uruguay, tho Argentine Republic,
Australia, India and Cape Colony
| THERE are forty.ive women medical stu.
dents IN Paris, the majority Of whom are sclavs.
At Lioge says tho Gazette Medicdie, tho number has
| increased to twenty-six. At Geneva there are
seven, at Zurich thirty three, and at Berne
| twenty.eight. They arc tnirly well received In
France, but not over well treated in Switzerland.
THERE Is place in the Blue Ridge noun
tains, in West Virginia, where snow mels as fast
as 1t falls, and where the temperature OF the
ground nevor reaches the freezing point Vegeta-
! ton is alwaysa month ahead of the surrounding
sections There Is about Que acre in this warm
area. The state geoloSist is of the opinion that
there may be II volcano slumberlng few hun
dred feet below the suriaoe.
DOLORES RODRIGUEZ, wife of Gillian
yfxy ~ tl,ah vith
tho Petuvians, and saw her husband shot down In
| a charge. She rushed to him us he fell, and when
| she saw that he was dead, buckled his cartridge
belt around her own waist, snatched his rifle, and
rushed into the hottest OF the fight to avenge his
death She fought throughout the bloody action.
and was promoted to the position of sergeant, the
same hold by her husband.
| A NEW YORK woman has made practice
of bringing suits for damages against saloon-
keepers of whom her husband obtained his drink,
alleging that his capabilities for earning wages
had been reduced by his drunkenness from $50
per week TO So or "a, and stating the damages at
$1,000. In three or four cases she appears to have
allowed large discount for cash, settling the
matter for $780, In the latest case the defendant
wouldn't settle, and the jury gave her verdict
for $500.
YEARS ago John Q. Adams loved the
prettiest girl in Alabama, Her parents forced her
to marry man named Jackson wko took her to
Texas. where she became the mother Of nineteen
children. A year ago her husband died. Mean
while John Q. Adams, who ,had married early.
had not been idle. He acquired considerable
local renown by becoming the father of twenty.
one children. Recently his wife died. He has
gone to Texas to marry Mrs. Jackson, The fam
lilies will live on the cooperative plan.
WHILE the workmen at a shipbuilding
yard IN Rochester. England, were recently en-
gaged in saving portion of an old ships main
mast, formerly belonging to man.ofwar, at
Chatham a 81 FOUNDER iron shot was discovered
embodied in the mast, the aperture having been
plugged up. The mast In question had been lying
for a considerable time at Chatham dockyard, and
is believed TO have belonged TO Nelson's Victory
II is worthy Of note that 32-pounder shot was the
largest in use for naval warfare during Nelson's
time.
HARVEY, who discovered the circulation of
the blood in order to convince Charles II of the
truth of what he was teaching and to stop the
, clamor OF the superstitious to have his head
, chopped offbecause he was "a teacher of strange
doctrines" took the king TO d nobleman who had
u hole In his chest through which his heart could
be seen. The king touched tho throbbing organ
with his finger and was surprised that the noble.
man was not aware of 1t unless he saw his finger
, In the cavity. 1t Is not generally known THAI
none of the vital organs supplied with sensory
| nerves. Any sensations coming from them are
conveyed through the sympathetic system
, AN indianapolis mechanic, named Wooley.
has invented an electric locomotive headlight
which has been experimental with successfully,
{ an engine fitted with 1t on the Pan Handle road
5 having run 400 miles without going out. 1t Is
claimed for 1t that 1t will permit an obstruction
OH the track to be at distance of from 200
to 1880 feet, thus allowing train running at ffty
miles an hour time enough TO be brought to q
standstill. II is asserted also that the light pen
= etrales fog. An ordinary headlight illuminate.
the track for only 200 800 feet The first cost OF
the electric light is greater than that OF the ord-
nary headlight but the cost of maintenance is not
t greater, since the productive power is derived
o from the waste steam,
THE reluctance Of the late Prince Albert
to disburse money was only equaled by his en'
: gerness 10 obtain it, according to the London
. Truth. 1t isnot generally known that he held
a the nominal post now filled by Count Gleichen
+ for many years. and, although in receipt OF an
Il annual allowance Of 100000 he regularly drew
his salary of 81 200 governor ofWindsor Castle
1, down to the very last hour OF his life The value
ofhs estate has never yet transpired, nor have the
At provisions of the princes will ever boon made
"a public. 1t is not easy TO understand why Queen
|. Victoria should have made such a profound mys'
terry of the matter, but II is fact that the mos
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