National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-09


I'm the pride OF Dongoa, forocous Ell Mahdi'
Miss ANNIE Crow Doc is the name Of q
pupil in tho Carlisle Indian school.
COLORADO ranchmen own nearly 100000
sheep aud half as many head Of cattle
THE Eamo of draw poker was invented
about 1916 or iSi7 by a noted Tennessee turfman
name kirkman.
ARAB PAsHA says that his greatest am
bitlon now is TO speak English huently. He
studies diligently, and is said to be making good
progress.
At Fresno, Cal, the other day, q couple
were married for the third time, having been
twice divorced from each other They are 81 to
70 years old respectively
ALDEN SpEARE, of Boston, has given the
Boston university $4,000 to endow n chair Of
liberal arts, to bo named, in memory of a
daughter, THE Emma spcare Huntington Pro.
icssorship."
JACOB MILLIRES, grand old man.
among his neiRhbors, at Dunstan's Corner, near
Saco. Me-, was 100 years old a fow days ago. His
first vote was cast for Mr.. jefferson for president,
Mr.. Millikcn is ms lively az a June cricket.
IN lecture delivered at Manchester, Eng
land, the other day, Mr.. Leo Grindon estimated
that out Of the 100000 known species of Towering
plants, 10000 are of direct service to man, and
5000 are more or less poisonous or hurtful.
A COMPANY of twelve Viennese swords
women, who are said to be as remarkable for
their beauty as their skill, will shortly arrive IN
Paris to give a series of entertainments, and try
their strength with some of the leading French
amateurs.
Mrs. HOPKINS, of Michigan, wishes to
sell the sword of Ethan Allen to the state of Yer
mont for $1,000 This seems rather high when
Sword n for n nil
| of dollar in any music store. Perhaps Ethan
| was bigger man than Bunker Hill though.
CAPTAIN ARTHUR SPRING, merchant Of
Callao Peru, about three years ago left fortune
of 81, 500 900 to his cousin John Spring. Inquiries
were set on foot for the latter but he was not dis
covered till three weeks before his death, which
happened at Virginia City, New, a few days ago.
The japanese porsimmon is being success
fully cultivated in all parts of California. Tho
| tree is highly ornamental, prolific bearer as
| hardy as the pear and fruits carly. The fruit is
| delicious, and often weighs pound. It's season
| is from october 10 March when other fruits ara
scarce.
A NOVEL suit for damages has been brought
by waiter in one OF the hotels on the Rhine He
| attempted some time ago to hang himself, but a
guest of the hotel cut him down in time to save
his life. The migrate brings suit for undue inter-
| ference and for damages sustained by the unau-
thorizcd cutting Of the rope, which happened to
= be n new one.
Mr.. JOHN SHIRLEY, one of the largest
land owners in Australia, has Just purchased from
the Southern Pacific railroad all the camels used
by that company In carrying goods and freight
across the dese-ts OF Arizona There are about
500 animals now living. Mr.. Shirley intends
shipping them to Australia. where he will use
them for carrying purposes on his cattle ranches.
A FRENCH meteorological has, in the ex-
posed court of his house. two bars of iron planted
In the earth, 10 each of which Is fixed conductor
of coated wire, terminating in telephone re-
ceiver His practice is to consult the apparatus
twice or thrice every day, and 1t never fails,
through its indications Of earth currents. to give
notice Of the approach Of storm twelve to fifteen
| hours ahead.
II seems to be only in Anglo-Saxondom
that lotteries are tabooed. The Prussian lotteries
yield the state an income Of sl,0O0,000 In the
Ian dtag motion has been made TO do away with
the prohibition put upon the sale of foreign lot
terry tickets, in order to satisfy the Legitimate"
desire for lottery playing and thus to increase tho
revenue from that item This will be glad It'd
ings in New orleans and Kentucky.
BISMARCK has carried his point in the
matter of having the Manual OF the empire for
the year 1888 printed In Gothic type instead of
German. What is more, his example has been
followed by the ministers Of war and the navy III
their annual reports and rank lists. Some sharp
comment has ensued upon the fact that the head
of the interior department adheres to the old
custom of printing in Gcrmap typ.
THIS years sales of petroleum at New
York, Oil City, and Bradford amounted to 4,249 =
$50 900 barres-more than II hundred times the
entire supply Of oil in the world. During the last
three months the sales have been 800 900 900 bar.
rels at New York and 7s0,000O00 at OIL City and
| fnr1 ad ohasa md yoIa
, as these need no comment. good authority In
New York says that the banks of the country have
s346 600 600 loaned out for speculation In stocks
and products.
Mr.. MATTHEW ARNOLD is said to have
: been much pleased with his visit to Richmond,
finding society in the Virginia capital very agree
able. Philadelphia, too. impressed him com.
Portable and charming town. Evidently he prefers
the mild quiet climate of inland regions to that
of the northern seaboard, for II is said that he has
described Boston as a hill covered with granite
bouders with bleak sea wind always bowling
among them-a condition of affairs not pleasing
10 his taste.
OF all the classic Venuses known to us in
modern times, this Venus of Milo is certainly the
most popular. It is calculated that every year
some 90 900 reproductions Of II in marble plaster
. terra Gotta, &c., are sold III Europe while for lis
, | photographs 1t can claim greater sale than even
|
Of her fame, In the recent inventory Of state
property made by the French government THU
2 matchless statue was computed to DO worth 100,
100000 francs, or 100000.
Q THE dukedom of st. Adams Is less than zoe
If years old The founder OF the house, and ances.
tor of the present duke, was the ilegitmatc sol
1, OF Charles III and the famous Nell Gwynn whC
was born In a cellar in the Goal Yard" DruTy
lane, London, was reared in the lowest haunts o.
vice, peddled oranges and sang songs from tavern
% to tavern, went on the stage and became the mis-
10 tress of Lord Buckhurst, who sold her to Charle
"a IL Tor u political preierment. Several Of thu
~ "noble" families in England have similar be-
n ginnngs.
/. On New Years eve Miss Rose Coghlan
while stepping into her carriage, which stool
awaiting her at the stage door Of Wallack's thea
Ter dropped her gold watch and chem, which
l. hnd become loosened from her bodice in SOM
n manner Attached TO the chain was tiny gol'
II pencil The jewelry fell noiselessly in the snow
:. al the curb, aud Miss Coghlan rode home withou
knowing of her loss. The watch lay unnotice'
until early New Years morning. when the watch
man at the tAeater saw a colored man stoop down
It pick II up ana walk away.
"a THE quarterly return Of marriages, births
le and deaths in England, Guiding September 1885,
shows tho resident population OF the Unite
Kingdom to be 81, $50 060 persons, that OF Engan
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