National Republican., 1884-05-14

While close drew her rounded, yielding form,
That thrilled my being in Its contact warm
Then bent-and told my love upon her llpsl
| Lee C. Hardy, In The Chicago Current
THE Brazilian government has Just spent
| Sl00O0,0OO upon the new water supply of Rio.
ROME celebrated the 2637th anniversary of
It's foundation by Romulus ON the 9th ultino.
| A DELAWARE paper asserts that If no frost
occurs at least 100000 baskets of peaches mny be
expected, exceeding the memorable yield Of 1875.
OIL speculation has gained such magnitude
that the sales in the different exchanges aggregate
5O,OOO00O dG.iy, and there are 36,0OO,OOO pipe line
certificates outstanding,
New York boasts q bootblack, partly In.
dian, partly negro In blood, who has saved twelve
lives. His latest exploit the rescue of drunken
| man from burning tenement house, cost him tht
sight of one eye.
Miss EVA CoPPAGE, of Barrett's Ferry,
near Maysvile, KY, who was accidentally shot in
the head, lived for forty days with the bullet i'm
bedded in the trout portion OF the brain. AT times
1t looked very much % though she were going to
get we'll.
NINE. GAUTEREAU now stands at the head
of the professional beauties of Paris, but reso-
luely refuses to be photographed for exposure
and sale in the shops. NJ Gautereau is an utterly
| Insignificant individual who Is known as "on,y
her husband" sssssA
SARA BERNuARDr was hissed vigorously
one night recently at the Porte Saint Martin, bo-
cause she kept her audience waiting half an hour.
| twas thought at one time that she would have
TO give UP for the evening, as tho audience would
| not, at first, listen to her
PERE HYACrNTHE has left Chicago and is
on his way to the east with money enough from
his lectures to lit the debt on his Paris chapel
Ha that tha
favorably recognize his missionary work. and that
he is assured of financial support in Paris.
The first spirit which appeared at n Texas
seance night last week surprised the au-
| dience and grieved the management by crying
| out, "Ouch ouch!" immediately after stepping
out Of the cabinet. Investigation developed the
fact that some unbeliever had thoughtfully dis
tributed about an ounce OF small carpet tacks
| just in front of tho cabinet
THERE are, it is said but two authorized
dynamite factories In France-onc at Banville,
the other at Honheur-and tho utmost supervision
| Is exercised over these establishments. The names
of the manufacturers have to be entered in q
special register, deposit of 10000 francs is res
qured OF them, and the formalitiel relating to the
sale or transmission Of the explosives are numer-
| Gus. "' ...a.
SIX political national conventions for the
| nomination of candidates for president and vice
| president are to be held-the anti. monopoly, in
Chicago. May IA; the greenbaok-labor, in In.
dianapolis May 2S; the republican, in Chicago,
| June 3 ; the American party in Chicago,
Juno 10; the democratic, In Chicago, July 8,
aud the. prohibition, in PitsbuTg, July 20, the
date of the last having been postponed from
May 81.
WOMEN who are contemplating life in the
westshould endenyor to settle in Washington or
Wyoming territory, where the law expressly
states "there shall be no discrimination with re-
| gard to sex in the pay ofany kind of work." aud
where, with the word "male' stricken out OF the
| constitution, they can enjoy the right of repre-
sentation and all the privileges accorded to men.
Where In short, women can make the best OF
their talents and ability with all legal disabilities
removed
AT the Blue Boars Head Inn, at Leicester,
there is still shown the four.post bed on which
Richard III slept the night Of Aug. 2l 1885, his
last on earth, for next day ho was defeated and
slain on BoSworth Field. In the reign of Eliza
beth the house was kept by man named Clark,
| whose wife one day observed gold coin roll from
the bed. This led to an investigation, when it
was found that the double bottom concealed q
large mass of gold, partly coined by Richard and
partly Of earlier date.
The conductor on one of the Connecticut
roads was about to put boy of the train because
| he had no money to pay bis fare. generous
| man came along who heard his story, to the effect
that ho was going to see his dying mother, and
was so moved by the pitlfu situation that he de-
| clared the boy should have his fare paid and
something more Ho started n collection by Civ.
ing s5 and the sum of 1880 was raised and
handed over to the boy to pay his faro and mako
his mother comfortable when he arrived home.
The man who proved TO be so kindhearted will be
rewarded for his act. He was the boys father.
MR. GiLTAY, of Sussex, England, has dis.
covered that goyod hand will do for receiv-
ing instrument when 1t is in u telephone circuit.
| He used an Alder miorophone the primary of an
induction coil being connected to It and to three
Bunsen cells. The secondary of the coil was in
circuit with ninecell Leclanche battery aud
the line, the ends Of the wires, wero held In the
naked hands Of two persons, standing in room
some distance away. On whistling or singing
near the microphone the sounds were distinctly
heard by one of the persons holding the line wire,
when the other pressed gloyed hand firmly
against his ear. In the case Of speech the sounds
were too feeble to enable more than a few words
to be understood.
THE origin Of the term "hoosier," as ap-
piled to the natives Of Indiana, is not clear One
authority says II came from the peculiar cry of
tho hog droyers as they urged their stock along
the road to market, which sounded something
like "hooie " or 'suiee." However. IL seems the
name was in use before there was much hog
trading In the state. About the time OF the treaty
of peace with the Indians in 1918, and when the
state was very sparsey settled, travel was at
| tended by great dangers, aud no man ever rode
away from home without his rife. As 4 common
precaution of safety, when traveller saw in the
distance the smoke from q camp or cabin fire, he
would call out, upon coming within hearing dis :
tance, Who's here" and from the response he
would know If he was among friends. From q
corruption Of this form OF salutation the people
of Indiana were called Hooslcrs Gen. Terrell
and GOV. Wright agree on 1t being q corruption OF
the expression " Whose here"
A SINGULAR stroke of irony has settled the
fate of the little town Of Sedan. 1t ranks high in
the list OF French fortified places. The late EN- :
peror took refuge within its walls as stronghold
that had tho reputation of being impregnable. A
short time ago the minister of war Issued list OF
all tho iortresses and strongholds OF the country
: and from this catalogue Sedan was absent. The
town was judged as being of no military impor
3 tanco whatsoever. II was not even worth while
D to retain the deienses it possessed. The great
keep, with It's loftw walls and subterrancan pass
ages. is in process OF demolition, and such fortih-
cations as remain are spared merely because they
are not worth destruction. The little cottage OH
8 the road TO Bazelles, where the emperor had his
( memorable interview with Prince Bismarck, and
= where the four gold pieces which he gave to bis
hostess as he left her roof sull hang framed
the chimney piece, will survive one OF the great
national stTongholds OF France,