National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-27
ODDS AND ENDS.

A LONDON cigarette manufactures sava
that more ladies smoke in London tban any
one is aware Of The cigarette is becoming
popular with them, and they want the best
Evrpv war s;n,o ta,, h.lu,
hoor ,a,1 49,. 49, ioi' VAioeouo mas
well. who diod near Naalaon a. iaonia,,
SCI, 900 for the education or oo,n,v ornhans
with the above proviao
,.s.,'h ,, ~ nen "ro rei'erhtine tno po-
,aai I uea'n 10 qui'o p",uless, 10 'hr Us phys
tr'n,,,n, 'a'ion - ooncorneu. IL poneVeo that
rna, a' nuuionets; OF Ieeiins OF SINKING into
oS'' recs 'he nlnu OF rear.
MRS dERRICR, wife OF the rector OF the
episcopal church at Fortress Monroe, has
dressed 5000 dolls within the last two years,
wnlcn she sold at 81 each for various eccle-
si'S'icai aud charitable purposes,
The frenzied prediction by n woman
on Missouri railroad train that an avf,l az.
cident was impendipo mighf No, have sc.ro,
ANYBODY had sho No, irnmod,a,o,. a.a.,..s
fallen from her seat dead. Most of tho pas.
sengers quit the cars at the next station. but
nothing happened to those who continued
their journey.
The international baby show TO be
held shortly in Paris has already upon its
books the names of 800 infants of all nation
alities. An immense outpouring Of ladies ia
expected to gaze al this oollectjon of nearly
1000 babies. jury composed of doctors and
painters Is TO select the favored ones destined
10 receive the prizes.
FRENCH gentlemen have long sines
abjured their own tailors and have gone owe,
to English tailors or cutters for their clothes.
In 1915 there were only thirteen English tail.
ors In Paris, who did business amounting tn
100000 francs year. Now there are over
thirty nine English tailors I'm Paris WHOSE
business amounts 10 l3,5OoOOO francs an
'uaS
IHE Tobacco crop OF this country, which
In 1861 was but lo7,OOO,OOO pounds, promises in
1881 to be between 600OO0,000 and 7O0,00o,0O0
pounds or more than three times that of
twenty years ago. The acreage, which In 1854
was ,S26, has jumped up to nearly 100000
while the value Of the crop, which in 1864 was
s3O,OOOOOO, will probably reach $4,000 900 or
s50,0000OO in 1891.
ihEHh ID stagnant pool In Florida
forest particularly lonesome and secluded.
inir,y years ago a lover was shot and thrown
iii'o II ny inc iather OF MS sweetheart, who at
once drowned herself In the same water, and
the peilet Is held among the people OF that
region mat no visitor to the spot can avoid an
intense depression OF spirits, occasioned by
the proodlng ghosts ofthe pair.
THE English Language is not stud led in
France, on the assumption that the French
vernacular is destined TO become the universal
tongue. This, too, In srite of recently pub
lished figures proving that the number OF
French speaking people is declining and that
French ia not now spoken by more than
oo'oOV'oO0 whereas English is rapidly spread
ing and is already known TO upward Of
l5o,WOOOO
Mr.. ]. C. STEWART. chief of thu de.
partment at Ottawa IN a roce,t naner bot,ro
the British ASSOCIATION Mt Montreal sbowstbat
the system of postal savings banks in ontario
and oucnac wboro 4, hos hoon ,r,ea 49,,
proved a success, and has not realized anv Of
the predictions that were made against it, AL,
though the limit to deposits is as high as 81 900.
these banks have attracted mainly class of
depositors who would not have gone TO the
chartered banks.
Jr is , c,r;ors ro,t ,h,. ....,.
In tbc o,,ernoor , 1901 80 80 49, ~,
tornado hour Tbov move sro,, so,,,t,,na., -
northoost aonoroII,: ons, 49,, noo ..,', W
their linear ,novsman, 90 nrd,,a.,,,. A' , anu
thirty 70 forty m iIos q = horr Tornndao, .ao'. .
ON .,,,,,, L. 20 -, io."oes ooour
very high and the mir "a tborouehIy sotnratod
with moisture. Tornadoes occur when the
electrical conditions arc high. or when the mir
is highly charged with electricity.
p,ymnn,h' 5000 aauea.,.. 'ooh psaeo ~
smoIi i,ino 80 anu ., n. I'm mneh oainuei
lee, ,,ae ~ a., 49, n.'u ooionsihs W
ohsen,,;os ,,orn 1870 ~ s pun oeme'ory. ms
n,,n,har 80 s,,,,,,,as - ~ "n .Hti
n,airt ,s.,,s, 49, ~ " NV III 'ueif
Nos nor,ini,,, oaaa,, . me- no oeicinohy
,,,i,,ts,an 80 .,.,',ss, Nvnoolioiniss
tha E.tah,;ahad nhnno,, M; ny oiois' man y,
plaintive cries throughout the ceremony.
Small's widow now becomes queen of the
tribe
A SENSATIONAL French criminal casa
has recently been renorted In the newsnoners
which shows the sense of the doc in a nav,
light. The murderers doniod their griIt ana
the dog. who had seen the crime com nitted
was next produced II had been found bo,yI'
ing beside the corpse of its ,nistresq WHEN
the assassins were confronted with the moor
brute it got into a corner. bristled IN and on.
pressed violent animositv It's ottitude led N,
murd erers TO confess and to recriminote eaci
other, and the guillotine will be the fnis a
the story
WHEN tho zrl, yorr;ors ,ror. q,
don last year on exhibition at 81. James'a
hall, the late Duke OF Wellington was among
those seated in the front row of reserved seats.
When the Zulus were conducted about the hall
their interpreter, on reaching the duke. ex
planned to them his relationship to the con-
queror of NAPOLEON. The whole party there
upon suddenly Frustrated themselves at tho
dukes feet, which they devoutly kissed. They
also kissed his hands. He was quite unable to
understand this manifestation of reverence
until the interpreter told him 1t was due solely
to his being the son of 80 famous q warrior.
ROME n bu,drsd voors o,o ,yo, ,,,r,
whore ever, door,vo,, MAJ sa,uo ~. H., 1.s
n noss,h,e ,,idin,, ,,ooo Co.. ,S'o,, ~ ua, anu
- ~ -e P'ooe AZ. 'ne''s ny hish'i