National Republican., 1884-03-21

pcrienoe is that, so far, no physiological antdote
to snake virus is known, and that when the full
effect of the respiratory centers is produced
edies are Of little, If any, avail, albeit When the
poison has entered in smaller quantities treat
ment may be OF service on general principles"
THE great fast mail between Now York
and Chicago, of which we have heard bo much,
has record Of about So miles an hour. The Ely.
| ing Dntchman," broad gauge train Of England,
regularly makes 1887 miles at the rate of 45.6
miles an hour and the Flying Scotchman,' mar
row gauge train, ls0 miles at the rate of is2 miles
an hour. The great fast mail is two hours and
| FIVE minutes slower than the limited express on
the Pennsylvania road.
| RUssIA-thatis, the czar-is frequently en-.
tortainng project to extend n compole system
OF $4,000 miles OF rail communication Though the
distant parts of tho empire. With al annual ex.
pcndituro of about s3S,0OO0OO, extending over u
period Of twenty years, It is proposed u carry ON
gigantic railroad contraction that will connect
| st. Petersburg with the remote cities OF Siberia,
! the region Of the Amoor river and China, and the
centers Of Persia, Afgh anistan, Turkestan, ana
| India.
FRANCIS RADoux, Of Portland, N. H.,
claims t. have boen q member of company q,
Nth regiment OF France, at the time Of the battle
| OF Waterloo. lie was, with his command, en-
route to the scene of the conflict, when word came
that Napoleon had been whipped. Ho was once
taken prisoner while serving in the French navy,
but won his freedom by jumping overheard ana
saving the life Of an English officer. lilo then
came to this country and became o halter and
taught dancing.
IT will be recollected that q few years ago
the daughter OF Gov. Hubbard, OF Connecticut,
married her fathers cuachman, and that the
governor refused to see or communicate with her
thereafter Later divorce was obtained; and a
short time ago the governor died, and no man has
died In years who was spoken more highly OF by
| the eastern press. But he seems never to have
forgiven his favorito daughter as he makes no
mention of her in his will, and her share Of tho
estate, about 100000 goes TO the other members
of the family.
SAMUEL II. FARRow, esq, of Charlotte,
n. c. had one of his dogs out on the hrm with
him the other day 1t chased a rabbi into the
timber, to which he paid no attention, Is 1t was a
common occurrence. Days passed and still the
dog did not return and he had about concluded
that some negro had captured it, Last Sunday
morning colored boy came dragging the dog
home more dead than alive He said he had
found 1t with its head fast between the roots Of
the tree under which the rabbit had its den.
Being unable to get out the rabbit had starved to
death.
A FEW minutes before the dynamite ex-
plosion at Victoria station. London recently, T.
d. Sullivan and Nicholas Lynch. two Parnellits
members of parliament, were In one of the wait
ing rooms of the building. Had the clockwork
machinery worked as It was intended the two
gentlemen would have been blown TO atoms. 1t
Is perhaps an illustration of the eccentrcites of
Irish politics that Mr.. t. d. Sullivan, mentioned
above, is the author of the song God Save Ire-
land, with which all the recent Sheridan-dyna-
mite meetings in this country wound up.
A PARAGUAYAN horseman found babe
lying under palm leaf on the banks of Guazu-
eau river, which led him to suspect that some.
| thing was going wrong. Riding to the edge of the
high bank, he saw q huge glbolia in the act Of
swallowing nude woman. Tying his two lassoes
together he fastened them around the fainng, half
swallowed form of the woman and ragged II tquy-
erng and palpitating from the mouth OF the mon
ster. The woman had gone to the river to take
her morning bath, and had just disrobed herself
when she felt herself tightly folded in the cold,
relentless embrace of this terror of the forest,
AN English gentleman noticed in the win-
dow OF New York book store four books bear
ing the gift prize mark of the famous Ely gram
mar school of Cambrldgeshre England Upon
making inquiry in regard to them he learned that
n young man who had won all of them at his
graduation had sold them In order to raise
money TO take him west having found that he
could get no employment in the city that suited
him. He had cut his name out of tho fly leaves
and left no trace by which he could be identified.
make an effort to discover the talented young man
and restore his cherished prizes.
A Boston hackman the other evening
charged passenger dollar more than the law
ful fare. The passenger paid 1t, quietly took note
ofthe drivers number, and then said ~ would
like to have you come to my office at noon to-
morrow" IAN right" said tho hackman, "who
are you, and where's your ofiice?" "Iou will
find me at the city hall. am Mayor Martin" re-
IGal 4,
} house and shut the door When his honor reached
the city hall next morning-several hours before
, noon-he found the hackman waiting for MIN
with anxiety in his face an abject apology on his
, lips, and the oxtorted dollar in his hand.
WHEN Secretary Seward was studying law
in Auburn, he and colorcd servant drove into
the Owasco creek 10 wash carriage. a sudden
turn Of the horses upset tho vehicle and both
occupants were thrown into the water. Seward
not being able TO swim was in fair way 10 drown,
the negro having all he could do to save himself.
a young lady seeing him from her bed chamber.
ran out, seized board waded into the stream
until she could push 1t within his reach, thus say.
ing his life, This act led to fast friendship be-
tween the two, and had she not been several
years his seinor 1t might have ended In matrmony.
, she married Mr.. Grover, of springwater, and
, lived to the age Of 81 years.
A FRENCH paper relates that Alboni, on
one occasion finding herself near Como, and
learning that Pasta had villa on the lake. pro
S ceeded to pay her visit. dreadful looking old
slOtternly hag came TO the door, recalling in her
, appearance the compagnonne in "Ruy Bias" who
conducted the visitor TO parlor and said the
sgnora would presently be there. In few mo-
ments she made her appearance, and Alboni was
startled to recognize in her tho old slattern she
4 had seen, now somewhat fixed up" Reading her
y visitors thoughts, she said: "You are saying 10
youaelG Can this be Pasta? Well, the TACT is, I
have q horror Of morconRries, and prefer to wait
: upon myself Still. there are hours when the old
fro lights up in me, and then ] abandon whila
garden and housework," She had opened the
piano, her fingers began to wander over the keys
una moment later Il delicious air from "Tan.
credI filed the common little room. and as she
4 sang youth SCENE to come back to the old woman
, LIEUT.. HARDER, who went to Eastern
+ Siberia TO bring home the remains of the De
Long marty, thus describes the marriage customs
! of that region: There is but little known of re.
/, lIgion aud this little is gathered from the priest
of the Greek church who visits the interior viii
lages once year TO perform the marriage cere-
monies. All the girls are sold by their fathers as
wives TO the young men who court them If a
young native desires to marry he goes to the father
Of the girl of his choice and price agreed upon,
0 one half of which is then paid down. The pros.