National Republican., 1884-05-17


THE inscription on Beaconsfelds bust in
Westminster Abbey is Lord BeacoGsneld, twico
Premier OF England"
THE names of 500 persons who sent wreaths
on the occasion of Prince Leopolds funeral have
been published "by authority"
Mr.. JOHN @. Emo took the wooden spoon
at Yale college few years ago, an honor gener.
ally accorded to the most popular man in the
| class.
The manufacture of perfumes from Florida
| flowers is becoming an important industry. It:is
said that process has recently been devised for
extracting the sweet flavor of the cassaya plant.
Miss Hu KING ENG is picturesque visitor
at the sessions OF the Philadelphia Methodist con-
ference She is a Chinese lady, is years Of ages
! and is to 60 back 10 her country as q medical
| missionary.
| The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says that he is authorized TO announce that
the morganatio marriage of the Grand Duke Louis
| of Hess. Darmstadt with Madame Kolamine has
| been legally dissolved.
| MEssRs BREITUNG AND HoUsEMAN, the
| two wealthy German representatives in congress-
from Michigan were born in the same town In
! Bavaria aud afterward were poor clerks in stores
| at Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.
Ex-GovERNoR BULLOCK became SO en-l
I
walking match at Atlanta, Ca, That he proposed
on the spoI to get up similar contest betweenl
| the ex-governors Of the state.
A LONDON bank has issued an order pro
| hibiting the wearing of boards or mustache,
| during business hours. 1t must be very annoying
for the clerks TO carry their boards In
| all day. They are liable TO get muksed up.
A FRENCH juryInan was fined recently
1000 francs for having written TO a newspaper to
hat n nnl to Atntra h,,
! the majority Of his colleagues. 1t appears that
| secrecy is enjoned upon French jurymen by the,
| code.
THERE are not q few lawyers who will,
| deny any originality IN the plan pursued by the
late Judah 7. Benjamin in making fee. "First,"I
he said, II charge retainer, then charge a res
minder, next l charge refresher. and then
charge finisher."
Miss BERTHA Won HILLERN, the artist,
| is much annoyed at being confounded with a.
| woman bicycle rider ofshe same name. She says
she never even desired to ride bicycle she Is an
enthusiastic pedestrian, however, and would
rather walk than paint, any day.
WILSON FLAGG, the naturalist, was so
years old when no died, and yet he never killed
a bird. Thousands Of young men with fowl ny |
pieces IN their hands will now rise up and laugh
the memory Of Wilson Flagg to seorn. What,
pray. can man know Of ornithology who h as n b!
slain his weight in bIrds2
WHEN "Chinese" Gordon FIRST visited the
Seychelles Islands, and saw the curious grove Of
palm trees there-whch grow in pairs, and IL one
is cut down its mate also dies-he AZ once indted
an ofnoial dispatch announcing that he had
discovered the original Garden OF Eden, in which
trees Of good and evil were still hourishing.
: Nor long ago big whale got stranded on
one OF the Shetland islands. A venturesome small
I boy thought he was dead, and sat down on his
snout. The whale showed that he objected to this
liberty by giving snort which sent the small boy
flying into the water fifty feet away. When he
swan ashore he knew moro about whales than ha
ever did before.
IT is said that during her latest visit to
America Patti pleced "crazy quilt" six feet
square, composed entirely OF bits OF plush aud
velvet. Of which no two were alike in color, aud
not ono larger than one OF her hands She took
1t home with her, "to line II with swans down
and then gave IL away to be rallied off at O swell
0 charity fair" Nicolini thought It should bring
1000 guineas, at least.
SOME amusement was created during the
ent,'dcts of recent oporatlc performance in
Paris by rather pretty lady, with very short hair
who was with party of friends in OF the first
. balcony boxes. She wore a large red poppy, in
the center of which famed from time to time a
brilliant electric spark, generated from a small
, | battery hidden somewhere about her. This flu
q minated poppy made quito sensation while in
n bloom.
, ALLOWING every benefit of doubt, the en>
i tire figure for the strictly native Christians in
India cannot be placed above 1900 000 which
represents less than onehalf of per cent, of the
@ | whole population of 100000. The number OF
native Christians in British India proper is7lS 002,
and the total of Christians OF all natonalities in
the native provinces which have the highest per-
: cenase of Christian population, 620,295 The 7lS,-
u 900 native Christians however, include half
breeds, who are Christian by accident the num-
:. ber of pare Indian converts being o95,SlS.
- RECENTLY four we'll dressed men entered q
l. London tavern and had dinner When the
moment came to pay they said they had no money
with them, but would leave a valuable diamond
:, ring. A few days later they called, settled the
y previous account had another dinner. talked to
s. the proprietor, and finally sold him the ring for
R g55. He considered that he had made good bar
gain because whilst It had been IN his possession
nc had taken II to jeweler, who pronounced II
10 TO be worth 800. The guests. however, had on
as their second visit substituted an imitation fac
= smile for the genuine ring.
B. "PREMIER GLADSTONE is probably more
lied about than any other person." writes q Lon'
don correspondent, 1.-THE last rumor is that he II
to out Of his mind. Strange to say, there is really
ss some excuse. though, Of course no foundation
SO for this gossip. Reporters have been hanging
70 about Coombe Warren like touts in the neighbor
bOod oil race course, enu they nhNe neulu MT
y. Gladstone carong tho songs of his youth like a
Bkylark in the strawberries. OF course, thi
seemed little eccentric, but 1t is explained BY
the fact that his physician had directed him L
~ exerci so his vocal powers in theopen air"
MT The window presented by Prince Bismarck
OBJ and his cousins TO the Germanic museum In
on Nuremberg was painted by the artist Bisgrube
of after a cartoon designed by Prof Wonderer, ant
iul Represents mighty oak tree, on either side o
he which in order to denote the wRrlike character
ut of tho members OF the Bismarck family, stands
ger man clad in the armor of the sixteenth century
Ier one of whom shows tho striking features of til
nd Iron Chancellor. These two warriors support tn
me family coat Of arms, above which, in the top
DIN the oak tree is the princely escutcheon, On ehp
side are tho armorial bearings of the COnnt o
Bismarck (Wurtemburg branch) and those Of th
Bismarck. Bohlen family, together with varlet
Try of military omblems, among them the arms an
gal equipments Of tho regiment OF cuirassiers,
ew which Prince Bismarck is the commander an
ALL those Of the regiment Of dragons, in which
nts members of the Bismarck family, including III
use chancellor's two sons have served. The inscriI
ted ton at the foot OF the oak reads: Presented
the the First Chancellor of the New German EmpiI
and by his agnates, 1883"