National Republican., 1884-04-07
CURRENT GOSSIP.
NEVER TAIK nAcK

~ ''AV NVSs 'ho 'hlkln Al GIT WorSteu
every shotl
Never talk back to a feller that's abusn you-.
iest let him carry on. and rip and cuss and
swear;
And when he finds his lyin' and his damnin's
jest amusn you.
You've got him clean keraummixed, and you
wont TO hold him there
Never talk bacd, and wake UP the whole commu-
nifty,
And call a man liar, hovsomever that's his
fix;
You can lift and land him furder and with grace
fuller impunity
With one good jolt of silence than half dozen
kicks.
JONES Fhttccub Raev.
FRESNO, Cal reioices in double towering
peach tree. It's perfect Iamo Of crimson blos-
SONS. The flowers arc double like a rose and as
large over as have a dollar.
WHAT Sunday Is to Christians, Monday ID
to the Greeks, Tuesday to the Persians, wednes:
day to the Assyrlans Thursday TO the Egyptians,
Friday to the Turks, and Saturday to the Jews.
THE city Of Manchester, England, now has
water reservoirs covering sii acros whose mains
measure 6i3 miles, and they supply 20 900 900 gnls
Ions to 900 900 people daily The cost thus far hos
been E3,352O0O
AT a recent contest in o swimming school
at Manchester, England young girl swan 600
times around the bath house. or a distance Of
eight miles, while the best swimmer among the
boys made but 60i rounds,
GEN. CLUsEREr of commune notoriety, ID
living quietly in Constantinople, and has no de-
sire to participate in any more revolutions. He
still insists that he did all in his power to protect
the archbishop of Paris from murder.
Cr.
male population succeeds in drinking annually
fourteen gallons Of spirits per CAPITA drunkenness
has TO do with 81 per cent of the serious and 60
per cent. of the petty crimes committed
AMONG the things to be exhibited at the
meeting of the inventors in Cincinnati is the first
patent ever issued in the United States. 1t is
dated New York, July 81. 179O and is signed By
George Washington, president; Edmund Ran
dolph attorney general, and Thomas Jefersont
secretary.
WHEN Charles Dickens was in America for
the first time he dined at the house OF one of the
Harper brothers, the well-knowh publishers. A
little Harper came to the table. Dickens placed
him on his knee and said "You are q very fine
boy; you are very fuo boy, indeed; you are tho
son Of the greatest pirate ON earth"
EsTHETIc London is paying pilgrimage
to the bridal oress Of the future Mrs. Oscar Wilde.
The shrine where the nuptial garment is ex-
hibited is tho show room of a fashionable French
dressmaker In Regent street. The dress Is
saffron hued, the color worn by Greek madens on
their marriage day, and is adorned with pale violet
trimmings, which Hellenic brides would probably
hardly countenance.
THERE are in France 4,575 miles of navi-
gable rivers as against 4,lo0 miles In 1852, and
there are also 1900 miles of canals as against
2,4iO miles in 1852. This shows an increase in
ri nf ,glago to- al.
f6O miles But the increases were enormously ex-
pensive Between 1852 and 1873 the outlay for
them was nearly S70,00O.0O0 and since 1878 Il has
been about s55 100000 additional. Meanwhile the
quantity of freight carried by water has increased
only 1000, 900 tons.
MANY people doubtless wonder what has
become OF Jenny Lind the famous Swedish
Nightingale. The renowned singer is spending
the autumn Of her days in a charming home
which she purchased last year at Winds Point,
England. II is a romantic spot, and looks upon
the scene of the Tewksbury fight. Gloucester.
Cheltenham, shakspeare's Avon, the beacon
tower that gave forth Its lurd light to tell the
anxious parliament in London that Charles had
been defeated in the fight at Edgehill, and other
points of historic interest. 1t is ono OF tho most
notable homes In England.
TEA culture Is gradually attracting the
attention of enterprlsing farmers in the southern
states, and the success of those who have already
yentured Into the industry is quoted as proof that
1t can be made as profitable here as In any OF the
eastern countries. On one tea farm alone in
South Carolina there are over 1000 plants, oil
thriving and doing wol--despte the fact that the
government station at Somerville, s. g., has been
abandoned for want of success. Enthusiasts on
the subject of tea culture In this country point to
the rapid progress of India as an indication of the
vast possibilities of the industry, Tea was first
grown in India in 1913, though little was done
until 1858, when 1t took fresh start. To-day from
75,OOO0OO to 100000 pounds are annually ex-
ported, and tho tea companies declare dividends
of 20 per cent, and upward.
AMONG tho women stenographers who are
making 1t pay are Mrs ]. r. Palmer, Of Utica. who
gets from $1,000 to $1,000 year; Miss Jennie Bal
lantyne, OF Rochester, about S50O0 Miss Pulsifer,
| of Auburn, who makes as much as her father or
any of her four brothers, all OF VIII ON are report
! ers; Mrs, Sarah G. Crosby. of Watertown, Me-, who
| travels around the circuit with the court and
makes from $500 to $500 in each Of seventeen
counties. There may also be mentioned Miss Alice
| Mute, of Chicago, and Miss Mary McCalla, of
| Philadelphia, who are very successful. observa-
| tion does not confirm the statement that women
stenographers are innumerable and get as high
wages as men," but that they do receive much
| higher pay than women in many other skilled oc-
cupations is undisputed.
SAMUEL FRAZER, of Sebree, KY, gave his
boy silver quarter and sent him to town TO get
some nails and tobacco. When he handed the
coin TO the storekeeper it was as soft as wax and
could be rolled into ball. II was refused In pay
ment for the nails, and the boy tried to pass 1t at
| other places, but no one would take 1t, until
finally a clerk who knew him took 1t and gave
him two dimes in change He went back to get
the nails, but was Mortified to find the two coins
sticking together like pair of postage stamps.
He was given other pieces OF silver by way of ex-
pertinent, all OF which became soft lin his pocket
| In few minutes His pockets were carefully ex.
amned, but contained nothing but what is COM
mon to any boys pockets, By allowing coin to
remain half All hour it would become almost as
soft as molten metal.
"OLD PATCH" noted London burglar
and counterfeiter of long ago, allowed bimself to
| be captured once by an officer whom he knew to
be approachable with money. The oficer was
greatly elated when the noted outlaw confessed
that he was the man for whom the authorities had
offered a reward of $500. He then intimated to
the officer thot he could make more than that by
playing fine game, finally agreeing TO give him
G500 for his liberty, which the officer promptly
accepted. A El,o00 mole was offered in pay
ment, which the officer changed. and bid the
prisoner fee. When he went TO get the note
changed at the bank he found 1t to be one Of "old
Patch's" latest oouuterfeits Itwas estimated that
over 10000 900 of coin and notes OF his manufacture