National Republican., 1884-01-21


From Be.crshebi to Dan
"And the whylct of my griehet,
can tell you y. d. o.,
Twas the Pallet Of the girllot,
Who sought an interview.
"Whon the grille reached her homels
The old man met ~ late,
Aud his fDo1et in his buotlct
Caught me hanging on the gate"
CHARLES LANGHEtMER, better known rs
"Dicktuss Dutchmun," has left the pcnitcntiary
In Philadelphia aud gone bcggins. He is now 50
years old, ana has spent sixty years in prison
a MINE of tale, n substance which is used
for givins finish to wall and other fancy papers,
has been discovered at san Antonio. In Lower
Cali oruia. II has hitherto been imported from
China.
STATISTICS show that Iowa has moro
money invested in private banks than Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Dakota, ana Montana combined hav-
inE 3li banks Of this description, and 81 100000 Of
capital, with deposits ofsll,5SO,l2l.
THE Paris Figaro in a recent number CONF
mens on the extraordinary increase In suicide in
the gay capital, which it attributes to the tro-
mendous pace at which wo live. It estimates
thai in the past year over 1000 persons destroyed
Themselves in Paris alone
DURING 1888 American race horses won ST.
O7jG9j in prizes, of which 2.yeUr.olds won S21l,.
6Oi; 5-yearO Is, SjS6,O0. ana l-yearolds s16S547.
of the leading winners, tho flly Miss Woodlord
won slS60j; George Kinney, Sll,3l0; Barnes, Sl7-
llj; Drake Carter, 5l0,j15, and EoIo sl0,li7.
NJ. UMpHRY, who lives in u house in stef-
fonsvc, NO., once occupied by suicide, says ho
was visited Il few night, ago by ghost that re.
! vealed to him the hiding place ora valuable dia.
mond ring The ghosl told him, he says, to look
under the floor at the bottom of the stairway. He
looked there and found the diamond ring.
HARRY and Charlio-agcd and respect
ively-have just been seated at their NURSERY table
| for dinner. Harry sees that there is but ono
orange ON the table, and Immediately sets up Il
wailing that brings his mother to tho scene.
"Why, Harry, what arc you crying tor ?" sho
asks. Because there aln't any orange for
| Charlie"
SYSTEMATIC mining for gems ana precious
stones is carried only at Paris, Maine, and
! Stony Point, NJ c., but they are gathered on the
surface In many places, us sapphires in Montana
moss agate in Colorado, and agate at Lake SUI
| peror Some eighty eight different minerals oC-
cur in the United States which have been used as
gems. Twelve of these occur IN the United States
only.
CoL MAcoMB MASON, whom Baker Pasha
has appointed governor of MassowHh, is Il native
of Virginia aud graduate Of the United States
naval academy. lie went with his state into tho
| war and since then has been in the Egyptian ser
| vice. lie is an officer of ability and re olutiou,
with II long training in African warfare AMI
entire familiarity with the native tribes of tho
| Soudan.
TIE Russian minister of the interior has
decided tO abolish the central prisou in European
| Russia and to transfer the prisoners to Eastern
Siberia and sachalin island. In the course of the
present year nearly 1000 prisoners will be trans.
fcrred TO the latter place. by this measure
! cbout $4,000 rubles which have been spent in
| lighting, warming, ana provisioning the prisons
| Of European Russia will be saved.
SARAH BERNHARDT counts among her
New York presents Japanese doll about six feet
hign, very thin, hairpin studded with diamonds,
and at least one gold mounted riding whip. Mile.
Judic received ro less than thrty-seven sacs of
bon bons One of tho prcttcst presents was that
given to ROstG Maurl-"a japanese cage filed
with little silk birds with jaweled eyes, who all
cry 'cocotco' when spring Is touched"
ONE of the wild ideas OF tho famous
French writer, Balac, was to open a grocery
store on the BouGyar! des italiens, put up the
sign, "IIonoro de BllZac,' dress himself in
blouse and serve his customers, and have Gauticr
to roast the coffee, Gerard dc Nertal to sell mus.
tard AMI George sand to take the cash. This he
said would set all Paris agog. customers would
flock in by thousands, and he would make All
enormous fortune.
KING ALFONSO is very popular among tho
Spanish spor,smen. lie is himself crack shot
und u keen supporter of all ield sports. In this
respect his sisters resemble him, the Iufauta lsl,
bel, especially, never missing big battue. Even
the cXq-ueen, though in her SD year, Is OCCASION
| ally wheeled in her char to likely co ner, anu
pops away at tue red-Icgged par,ridges with con-
siderable effect During tho recent visit Of tho
crown prince some capital sport was forthcoming,
and bull fight, moreover, was provided Tor his
especial bchoof, though the ring is always closed
in the winter.
LAST autumn among the guests ut shoot
ing lodge in scotland was young and beautiful
Australian lady, with the additional attraction Of
$4,000 Al year of her own. She moved about u
good deal with the shooting parties, and IN doing
| 20 had many oppOrtunitlcs OF observing a rather
.old looking young gaguakeGper. Observation
begat fancy, and fancy love- We are told If thero
is one thing watch disl!ngulshes Austga,iuns from
; Americans and English it is decision of character
and pIomptnesS Ui action. So, when she realized
her feelings. She ut once took quick action, pro-
posed was accepted, and started in week for
Australia.
MILE. MARsY, tho most successful of tho
now Parsian actresses of the season. is thus rap
Z turously done up in u French journal; The de-
bUtaute is 10 years old, u blonde wi h black eyes,
beautiful features aud form, and, what is more,
! she has an elegant house in the Avenue Bugeaud,
an elegant coupe, all the accessories necessary for
her future two fold career, and, above ali won
derful mother WHO has been training her for
; years past, creating fine social relations for her
and preparing the way to the position OF come
dionne la mode, both as an act. esS and as u
: WOMAN"
; MEZZoFANTI's hitherto unique position
, among liuguists says tho Moscow Gu=citc is
, threatened by young Russian officer, who at the
age or2G years has mas cred the French, German,
/ Englisu, Danish, swedish, Ilalinl, Polish, Finn
sh, Serbian, Czech, Japanese Chinese, aud Ma
4 lay languages. Besides these he IS acquainted
with three different japanese, one South African,
f the two Chinese dialects, ana Is at present occu-
pied with the study OF Hebrew NJ. Pakovotch
has, with the exception Of French English, and
0 German, acquired the knowledge OF these lan-
I guuges without any help, after his own method,
o Me22 ,mnli lived till he WAS 10 and before he
s died he spoke hlty.eght tongues.
Portions of Central America are reported
. as being laid waste by an invasion Of rats. This
: Is Gu occurrence not uncommon in tropical cli-
= mates. In portions OF Brazil these incursions
. are periodical occurring aDOu. every twenty years
This Is sad 10 depend on the rlpening Of the seed
! OF the bamboo, which occurs ut the age OF about
5 90 year.. Seeding covers period Of four or five
{ years each bamboo producing about peck OF
seed During this period the rats in the forests