National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-04


ready for sea service.
JAPANESE women have never seen and do
not know the use OF pins
A MAN is apt to fall into bad ways IL he
walks much about in unpaved, unclean streets.
An English syndicate, 1t is said, has been
formed with view of investing heavily in real
estate on the principal New York thoroughfares.
ENGLAND may not give a steamboat cap
tain's license to woman, but 1t allow 10000
women in the middle aud southern counties to
steer canal boats.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG prefers English
opera to Italian. but is undecided whether she
will sing in either. She will wait probably, until
next seasons rates for prma dome have been
fixed.
AT n Detroit wedding, one of the guests,
fooling with pistol, shot the bride. These
Northwestern weddings are nearly all unlucky.
Either somebody shoots the bride, or the BRIDE
groom makes his escape.
hEx-PREsIDENT GUzMAN BLANco, of Vene-
zucla, is now on his way to the United States. Ho
brings bis family to New York for the first time,
and will attend the ceremonies at the unwilling
of the Bolivar statue in Central park
MEXICO is not disposed to shut out tho
Chinaman. The immigration of Chinese coolies
is being encouraged az q powerful force in the
that is now taking full form and force.
CARRoLLToN, La, is literally overrun with
snakes. In tho space of two blocks nine snakes
were killed on Monday morning Tho preyslen
serpent is about three feet in length, very thick
through and of q beautiful crimson and black
In color.
THE pair of famous guns called 1.-THE Twin
Sisters" celebrated for the part they took In the
libera IN of Texas, are now supposed to be buried
on the site of an engine house at Galveston. There
will BIO q movement made TO secure them and
place them in the Alamo.
THE Boston Herald calls to mind tho fact
that the late Gardiner Colby devoted Si5l 900 to
educational and charitable bone factions and be-
quests. His son, Mr., Charles l.. Colby, whose rail-
road interests have made him a citizen of the
northwest, is manifesting an inherited strain Of
religious liberality.
Out of q total area of nearly 81 ,000,0
acres, the woods and copses of Ireland are now
cas- than $4,000 In great Britain, out Of
nearly 570000 900 acres, 100000 acres thus
returned. The forests of Europe are estimated to
cover 500 600 acres nearly 20 per cent of the
surface OF the continent
ON a concert bill recently circulated ap-
pears this first rate notice of one of the performers
on the occasion: She is Crichton In languages, a
Cath arine Hayes in melody n Parepa Rosa in
sacred song and an Arabella Goddard on the
| piano while she is cousin OF Rev. DR.. Herman,
ofst chariss Borromeo's college, Overlook, Pa.
HEINRICH HEINE's family arc a queer set.
One brother, Gustav, paid the poets widow PEN
sion condition that she should make no attempts
at biography. Another, Macmillan. got hold OF
! the manuscript Of the autobiography lately pub
lished and destroyed all which revealed the Jew
fish ancestry OF the family with no pretense to
| rank or station.
ACCORDING to the Chinese, cask making
has been known to them for many thousand years.
! They labored, however under this drawback, they
did not know how to give the final touch by which
the lid is fastened in tho only method that struck
them as feasible being to place boy inside while
the cooper frightened the hoops and secured the lid
in Its position. But how was the boy to get QUIT
This remained unsolved problem for 5000 years.
AN old woman named Gordon, in the north
ofscotand, was listening to the account given in
the Scriptures of Solomon's glory, which was read
to her by a little female grandchild. When the
little girl came to tell of the thousand camels that,
formed part of the Jewish sovereign's live stock,
"what!' cried the old woman, "a thousand
camels, say ye? The Campbels are an auld clan
sure eneuch, but look an ye dinna see the Cor
dons too"
THE literary world of Madrid have had q
good chuckle at the expense Of the government
The manager of EL Pro9veSo was arrested for pub
sidered by the ministry as an Indictment of civil
war; The culprit laughing in his sleeve, refused
to divulge the name of the writer and was sent to
prison, where he would probably be now had not
the government suddenly discovered that the
article In question was an extract from Macaulay,
OLD cowboy was driving
q steer through Norfolk, Neb., tho other day. 1t
got scared and dashed through the back door of
n saloon and out at the front on dead run, fol-
lowed by the daring boy on the pony. AS tho
steer passed through he jumped clear over a
, table, around which were four men engaged in
playing friendly game of whist When the men
saw the boy following the steer they lodged under
the table, which made the ponys passage easy in
{ leapIng over the table. Fortunately the doors
were wide enough in both rear and front to make
good place OF entrance and exit for the fright
} ened steer.
DURING q recent mission in the church OF
, San Maggorie, AT Naples SO the account goes. the
! preacher one evening chose for MS theme the
terrors of hell. The church was crowded Near
, the pulpit stood II figure of the Madonna, All al
once In the middle Of the Sermon the lights went
, out and the figure of the Madonna disappeared.
, The priest, striking the desk with an iron chain
cried out, owe arc falling into hell Look, the
, Madonna has fed Call on her; call, or woe 10
usl" The panic was UNIVERSAL women tainted
children screamed, and there was a rush to the
doors which were found to be carefully closed
At last the police appeared on the scene and go
: the doors opened, and the congregation escaped
into the open air without injury, beyond few
y bruises and the loss Of various articles OF wearing
. apparel
In 1879 party Of Zurich mon. moved by
% some very kindly feeling toward Strasburg, con
d riyed to reach that city in one day in light boat
o bringing with them huge iron poi. whose con
% teuts were smoking ON their arrival. Addressing
the strasburg authorities, who came to welcom,
: them the leader of the Zurich men said: "Yol
n are doubtless astonished TO us bring such
70 shabby gift as mess Of millett, but 1t is only
N symbol If ever, which God forbid, StrasburI
Z should be in distress, she has friends who will
T. come to her aid before dish of millet will haY
.. time to grow cold" This promise, made in 1876
TO was fulfilled in 1870 when Zurich fastened +
10 all the kindness she could to the unfortunate pee
y, pie OF Srasburg, and now a memorial is about Il
~ BIO raised in Zurich street. at Strasburg inscribed
o, 1870. To the descendants of the coniedeTates
W old time, who, 10 keep tho promise made by thei
~ ancestors, came with all speed TO the aid Of sta'
/. burg when she was overwhelmed with mislor