National Republican., 1884-01-17

u WINTER, ruler Of tn inverted yearw
once sang an old.time poet; but well bet
lie meant TO say that Winter was upset;
For we believe that when old Winter crept
From out his den down In the frigid zone,
Upon sly banana skin he stepped.
Ana, with melancholy, freezing moan,
He topsy'turvoy, walked oil on his car.
-NeiO York Morning journal.
LAMARTINB's old home In Paris and tho
chalet presented TO him by the city in lSis are for
sale.
MRS. j. j. AsToR has sent 1868 homeless
children TO tho south and west In the last few
years. at an expense of nearly $4,000
A GEORGIA statistician has discovered that
the annual average of babies born in that state ID
$3.50, or 1919 per day, including Sundays.
! THE income Of tho London Trinity house,
which corporation manages all lighthouse affairs
| in England (but not IN Ireland and scotland) ia
ti,9l1,595. The total expenses OF tho board OF
management are $685. 900.
OVER 2I,0O0000 pounds of India rubber
were imported into this country last year, a fall
ing Off OF about 100000. The total consunp ption
ofthe world was 82,OOo,0OO pounds, and on jan
about 100000 represented the worlds supply on
hand.
THE work Of congress before the holidays
| is thus neatly summed up by q North Carolina
L
| three weeks and, while not much has been ac-
complished, considerable progress has been
| made"
FRESH water fish are reared in every jap
anoso farm where there ~ q pool or brook with
as much care as poultry arc in French cottage
yards. Girls go In the evenings with long wands
10 drive the fish into rooted tanks. whore they are
locked In for the night TO keep them from birds
| of prey.
Miss EDITH (sged 6)--" Mamma, thoy say
| the Gibbses have come into a lot of money. Ella
Stanford says they arc real common aud vulgar,
but think VIC had bcttor be very nice to them az
| there are two boys in the family about my age
aud when grow up something might come out OF
it you know"
ARTHUR ORION, alias Castro, the claimant
| of tho Tichbourhe estates, now serving a fourteen
years imprisonment, is about to be released, and
many Of his faithful followers whose stupid faith
in his cause makes curious chapter In the his
| tory OF impositlons, propose TO buy public inn
| and set him 10 earning living
1T is reported that snow obtained In Scot
land, Holland, and northern Germany has been
subjected to careful mioroscopical examination,
and there has resulted the detection of minute
| particles of volcanic dust similar results in
various sections Of this country would prove al
most beyond question the accuracy of the Java
theory of the afterglows.
PATRICK II. PEPPER, the noted blockade
runner, who died the other day, was 65 years of
age He went to Mobile In 1si7 and became rich.
| When the war broke out he fitted out the Cuba
and made several successful runs to the West In
dies for military supplies for the confederacy
| Whom his vessel was captured in the gulf he
blew II up but all the crew were made prisoners.
MONSIEUR DAUDET takes his note book
| everywhere, being we'll known among his friends
for this peculiarly. Once, itsis related he had
sentimental and dramatic scene with his wife.
concerning which he remarked: "This seems, my
dear, like chapter that had slipped out of a
novel," at IS more likely, Alphonse" was the
reply, ITO form chapter that will slip into q
novel;"
GEN. CHARLES GORDON, generally known
as "Chlnese Gordon" was only 30 years old when
placed In command Of q division of the Chinese
army. He always went unarmed in battle, even
when foremost In the breach, directing his troops
by waving little cane. As he was uniformly
victorious In his engagements, his Chinese so-
dieB considered this cane TO be o magic wand
which insured his protection and their triumph.
"YEs, sir; he was drunk all the time"
"How do you know that?" "oh, know" was
the reply; "hs face was red." "Please your
honor" interrupted the attorney for the claimant,
'if the color OF mans face be criterion, ther're
q good many bad drinkers in court to-day. And
! glancing around the room the judge saw that
even those who were not known as drunkards
were blushng, as the judge felt he was himself,
! and discharged the prisoner.
THE Throne of England, SO splendid when
covered with silk velvet and gold, is, in fact.
only ''old oak chair" over 900 years in use for
the same purpose. It's existence has been traced
back to the days OF Edward i. The wood is very
hard ana solid the back aud sides were formerly
painted in various colors, and the seat Is made Of
Il slab of rough docking sandstone 20 inches in
I la, fnIy
ness and in this stone lies the grand popularity
OF the chair
AT sale of rare coins in Now York q few
days ago the following prices were obtained
Silver dollar, date 1894, S57; silver dollar, dat
1874, bronze proof $3.50; half dime. date 1902 no
quite perfect which Is Of extraordinary rarity
and for which $500 has been paid. was sold 70
$40. The largest price paid for any one coin wa
s2l5. which was obtained for a quarter dollar
date 1897. of which not more than five six orgi
nal impressions are known. or this coin s227.5o
was paid in 1858.
A GENTLEMAN travelling in California was
astonished when he first saw corn thriving in tho
! dry aud seemingly barren soil Of Los Angeles
, county but the farmers explained that beneath
| these corn fields Is the subterranean outlet Of
some stream, and that they are watered from be-
low. BY digging down ten or twelve feet almost
anywhere over the bed you will find the river,
ferent beds some miles further down, and then
again sinks beneath the surface
q AROUND almost the entire island Of Cuba
four elevated coral reef terraces can be traced,
? marking as many ancient coast lines The long,
est reef terrace has height OF thirty feet, and
varies in width from few rods TO a mile; II waa
evidently at a comparatively recent period thu
fringing reef Of the shore, Behind this second
and older terrace of coral limestone rises 10 Il
height of from 200 to $50 feet. This 10 banked by
third, the elevation Of which Is 900 feet, and this
: y again by fourth which rises near the Yanulrl
river to height probably OF no less than 500 feet
i A FIRM in Hatton Garden, London, has in
: It's possession remarkable gold nugget that was
found recently at spitIkoff in the Transvaal. 1t
is nearly large al hens egg is very smooth OIL
= the surface from water ABRASION Ia FREQ from im-
purites and contains 800 parts OF pure gold to the
S 1000. 1t is valued at $40. says the London
I, Times: "If hnds Of this sort multiply It may be
safely predicted that the Beers will have 10 face
an invasion vastly more formidable than British
troops. Gold dust is arriving here from tho Trans
u yaal In increasing quantities, and the particles
IS ara larger and richer than they were at the
o outset"
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