National Republican., 1884-02-29

lHB new directory OF Jacksonville Fla.
claims population Of 1870 for tho city.
DURING the past year no less than 1s,0ss
| homesteads have been entered In Florida.
she sang, 81 want to be an angcl,n and he
DECLARED that she was one already. 10 this she
blushingly demurrcd. Then he married her. De-
murTcr sustained.
RUSSIA produces annually about 81, ,000,0
worth ofhoney, or over 1900 ions, besides 5000
pounds of wax, worth S2,OJO,000 II Is nearly ull
consumed in the empire.
ENGLISH railroads aro adopting cars ia
which there are boxes fitted up inside with India
rubber panelng aud floor. covering for the trans
portation of valuable race horses,
"WifAT arc you going to do when you arc
man| asked gentleman OF a Jur.ygar.od
tuddler. After moment of deep thought "Wel
| guess will be the father OF some other little
boy"
rs YOUR wife acquainted with the dead
languages" asked the professor OF Newman
man. Maybe she is' was tne reply, " but the
language she uses Is entirely too warm to have
been dead very long"
lr is proposed by the New York fire COM
| missioners to ace u handsome card In every
building In that city, showing at glance the 10.
cation OF the nearest fire alarm box. In fats and
| tenement houses card will BIZ placed in the hall
ON each floor. 1t Is estimated that ut least 10000
cards will be required to carry out this plan
| IT is believed by many good men that
every human being is attended by a guardian
angel. Some of the latter seem at least inatteu-
tive. detective in Cleveland followed his man
out OF third story window. The bad man fell
the thirty Ieet aud escaped, and the good detec-
i've who was doing his duty, sustained fatal in-
juries.
A FOURTEEN year old girl In Brooklyn last
har .,l,sI..
dry, and n sui against the laundry owner under
the statute making II a nsdemeanor to employ q
minor at work which endangers life aud limb, re-
suited in verdict for the girl of 1850. An appeal
was taken, and the higher court sustains the de-
cision.
YES" said the boy, 81 had beautiful
dream last night. / dreamed that saw big
monkey plaguing cat. He'd take her by the tail
and swing her; then he'd CRIB her by the scruff
of the neck and hold her over the fire, and then
he'd clinch her by the small of the back and
squeeze her. The cat yelled awfully. Oh, it was
IL bully dream"
Mrs. MACKAY's new Worth dress is to be
ornamented by 200 or 300 wings Of redbreasts, and
the tips of her shoes to be finished with tiny
robins. This may do in Paris. but If Mrs. Mackay
were TO come to New York she might be in serious
danger of being interferred with by Henry Bergh
behalf Of the association for the prevention Of
cruelty TO animals.
IT is stated that dark-haired women are
preferred to blondes by marrying men. To up
hold this theory aJChicago physician has recently
published statistics showing that in the area COW
cred by his researches blondes are generally ad-
mired by poets aud painters, but brunettes more
frequently capture the wedding ring than do their
light-haired sisters.
IT is said that the plow in general use in
Mexico nowadays is the same the Egyptians used
5000 years ago. 1t consists Of crooked stick
with an iron point nailed to II or tied to 1t with n
piece of rawhide small handle for the plowman
to steer with, and pole to hitch yoke Of oxen
TO. This so-Called plOw will scratch furrow in
the soil three inches deep.
AN old-time clergyman, of Eastern Con-
necIicut, was very quick at repartee. Once, when
on an exchange, he was annoyed to find tho
room so dark, aud, beckoning to Il person near the
pulpit, he asked him to open the blinds and let
in more light 1--WE expect light from you"
exclaimed the gentleman. "But / must get it
from heaven first" was the quick renindGr.
VERMoNT's canvass will be Of peculiar i'm
portance this year. Besides governor and a leg
isature that will choose Senator Justin S. Morrllrs
successor, II secretary ofstate and an auditor will
be elected the lest two Offices being filled for the
first time by theipopular vote. There Is no presi-
dental boom Tor Edmunds IN the state, there be-
ing no necessity for one, as the party is unani-
mously in his favor,
THE proprietor Of Chicago hair store, in
advertising for boys girls TO assist in his busl
ness, always adds: "Red-h haired preferred To n
curious reporter the merchant stated that he al
ways found red-haired boys the smartes md most
energetic. They are proud and respectful and not
given to playing pranks us much as other boys.
: All the girls in his factory have auburn" hair.
, and they do their work conscentiousy and in
' dustrousy, and do not equirc overseeing.
: A HARTFORD Comm lad is making money
t by betting on n "sure thing" He has bought
several boxes OF safety matches with two igniting
e strips on each box. He tears off one strip and
pins 1t upon his trousers, and the subsequent pro-
d ceedings he tells this way: Then l bets the boys
$ they can't light the matches except on the box.
4 and wins. Then / bets them can. and reaches
y down where that is pinned and strikes 1t on my
clothes and lights It,"
y THE new Kimball hotel ut Atlanta prom
ises TO rise rapidly from the ashes of the old.
About $50 men are engaged on the foundation and
walls, which are going up rapidly. Almost all
n the contracts for material have been made, and
the contractors readily take threefourths of the
amount of their contract in stock of the hotel.
The entire building will be ireproof and II is In
t tended that the interior shall equal that of any
o hotel In the country. The board Of management
think they will get portion OF the structure un-
der roof by May. The hotel will be seven stories
in height,
NOT less than the largest sum of S3O,000,'
t. 900 is asked by the budget of the present ministry
of public instruction IN France. lialfthis amount
is to be devoted to the primary and infant schools
y The grant in aid for astronomy and meteorology
is 100000 and this exclusive of local credits voted
by Marsellles, Toulouse Bordeaux, and Lyons fol
their astronomical obseryatories Besanoon, Cluer-
! mont. Paris and Midi, and Montsouris meteoro
logical establishments, The national library o
Paris gets Sl50OO0; other libraries in the capital
l 1000, and the national archives, $4,000. The
donations 10 learned men also amount 10 si000O
] THE presence in Washington of Mr.. Eugene
o Il cid author OF "The Bread Winners" and Au'
a fora QllO correspondent of the New York Ameri.
a kantr, gives rise to the suspicion that he is afte
material for the great politico social novel which
he has been threatening to produce for some time
His actions since his arrival have been mysteri'
GUS He haunts the galleries of house and senate
ID Several statesmen have complained bitterly tina
" during bursts OF impasSioned oraIory they have
n been struck with dull, sickeniug shyer, anC
r have been irresstbly and mysteriously compelled
at to look toward the gallery, Then they have oh
10 served that the basilsk eye OF tho noted autho
Il was upon them, and have known the malign In
10 Auence which broke them all up, These thing
N and Others tend 10 prove that Mr.. Eugene FlelC
is taking mental notes of political celebrities