National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-06

hucH huuucllIg MS ehBeT lecJ
Flew out from him. In vain he prances,
And soon lies level with the sleet,
And deep ohagrin his pain enhances.
"AlasW he cries, "My fate Is meet;
I'm now in Strengthened circumstancosr
--NeU York Morning Journal.
WHEN William b. Astor died he had 100
houses on his rent roll. Tho present number Of
Astor houses exceeds GOETHE whole estate be-
ing valued at s5o,OOO,0OO producing an ircome OF
5000 900 year.
mo-" SAID George Henry 81 didn't 60
there 10 court the girl-only called in OCCASION
ally to pass the time. you know-but first thing
know they had me up for breach of promise, and
so you see went to court at last"
II. l. KIMBALL, of hotel fame has n scheme
on hand for building suburban city near Atlanta
His idea is to get million of capital and spend
half OF 1t in paying for 400 acres of land and GER
rain improvements thereon $4,000 for park
s15O,O0O for a central stand pipe of waterworks,
electric light and heater, and to build fifteen
houses for $4,000 each.
A MAN was quietly munching q piece Of
pie in cafe when look Of distress suddenly dis
placed the serene expression on his face. Taking
something from between his teeth and looking at
| it, he cried to the waiter Here, you there's
stone found in this PIER The waiter took it,
glanced at 1t critically, and, handing 1t back,
New eruptions are reported from tho craters
| of Vatnaiokul, a large and mostly unknown terri
| tory in Iceland from which similar reports were
heard year ago. The recent eruptions were &C.
companed by earthquakes and the falling OF
| ashes 1t is suggested that an exploration of the
| unknown inields of this region might yield even
more satisfactory results than yielded by the
late expeditions into the inland regions of Green
| land
NJ. EUGENE RoUHER, who died in Paris on
Saturday, was a staunch Bonapartist, and one of
the strongest uphoders Of Napoleon III in the
| imperial legislature. Though he was leader of
| his party in France. NJ. Rouher is perhaps best
known to Americans for his support of the attempt
| of Napoleon to erect an empire in Mexico, which
| resulted in the death of the Austrian Archduke
| Macmillan and the insanity OF his unfortunate
consort, Carlotta.
| The total number of cut-offs which have
been made In the direction of the serpentine
course Of the lower Mississippi by the shifting of
its alluvial course at various times since 1869 arc
computed at no less than 1856 miles. The channel
is estimated to have been regularly changing for
ages ut the rate of two miles per year. 1t has
probably thus traversed the whole alluvial sur
face of the states of Louisiana and Mississippi,
particularly the delta of tlfe former, which is SO
low.
CORNELL university gets a particularly
fine Egyptian mummy from Mr.. Pomeroy, Ameri-
can consul general at Cairo. II Is something over
$500 years old and the covering of pasteboard
bears q host OF figures and inscriptions which arc
yet plain. II seems that the name of the man
was Penpi, and representation Of the sacred
emblem of the god Osiris has this invocation:
Prascyneme to Osiris, the god Of Amenti. the good
god, the ruler of Abydes, may he give good repose
to Penpi, the justified
A LOUISIANA convict escaped from the
H. At. i.
Guiding the officers until he was safely hidden in
a swamp. Fearing detection on reaching civil
ization by reason of his prison Clothes he sailed
forth at night and found shauty occupied by IL
white family. After convincing them that he
was circus performer. he had no trouble in
trading clothes with the head of the family, but
the latter found 1t difficult to persuade the Off.
cials the next day that he was not an escaped
convict.
SPAIN now has an annual yield of about
d0500 900 gallons of wine, which places her in the
fourth rank among wine growing countries,
being surpassed only by France, Italy. and AUS
tria: Hungary. She has a large export trade with
France, but 1t is not true that she has developed
this wholly or chiefly by the prevalence Of phyl-
loxera in the French vineyards, for in 1875, when
the phylloxerG had done comparatively little
harm, she exported wines 10 the amount of 151,-
900 O0OE, or third of her total exports pro-
, portion which was scarcely exceeded in 1879.
A LITTLE girls mother told her If she went
out of the gate she would have to whip her, and
in an hour the young one was picked up in tho
gutter, in the midst of mud pie-rnaking. ~
} thought told you if you went out that gate I'd
} whip YOU" said tho mother, angrily. But I
didn't do out dc date, mamma" replied the kid,
in whimper. "Yes you did, and you've been
out here in the street for an hour and look like
pig" "But, mamma, / didn't do out dc date"
ayes you did too, and Pm going to whip you"
81 didn't do out do date; tlum over g fence, an
90 tan't whip me is time, mamma"
DIR. MAcDUFF tells good story of DR..
Chalmers, "the simplicity Of whose character was
out OF accord with the rush and torrent of his
magnificent verblage." On one occasion the great
prayer meeting in remote Highland parish The
parochial minister begged as a personal favor that
the distinguished minister would speak down to
the intelligence OF his flock, and use only the
simplest words and sentences. Chalmers good
naturedly assented. and began with this easy and
unstudied sentence: MY friends have been spe-
cially asked in addressing you to- night to avoid
, technical nomenclature of scholastic theology"
"YEs" said the noted detective, 81 have
) seen great many queer things iu my expert
ence." discovered good many gigantic frauds.
| suppose?" ventured an admirer. well,
should say So" was the reply. But, between
you and me, the most complete piece OF deception
! ever was woman-young, pretty, ana
D would have sworn that she was an angel" "But
she wasn't?" al should say not. She has tenn
J per like whirlwind, and when she gets mad the
very earth seems TO shake" Good gracious and
D how did you manage 10 get down to her true
D character? ?" "Well, I-ahem-the fact is, mar
" ried her"
AFTER one of the frequent changes of gov
Z eminent in Il certain South American republic,
the new president summoned an artist, and
ordered from him new styles of official uniforms.
~ WISH" he said, "showy costumes, very snowy
; for tho people like TO see them So / have here
some designs that myself have made. Look
them over and adapt your designs to these ideas.
The artist looked over the album Of sketches
offered for his inspection by the president very
/, pretty, very pretty, indeed" he commented
"This Is evidently for the navy, and this for the
D army But If you please, what is this for-this
g one composed of great riding boots yellow dres:
9 coat turned up and trimmed with purple, and q
great plume on the three cornered hat?" 'ThatiI
for the secret police" grayely replied the chief OF
state.
THE proposed government telegraph bust
O ness in Canada has been financial failure, ac-
n cording to the annual report of the minister Of
!. public works The expenditures last year OK
ceeded the receipts over SO per cent, and the fail
ure extends not only TO the unfinished lines bI
n To the perfected systems, as for instance, that