National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-13

very AWKWARD would be IL this were true
Awkward, perhaps and monotonous TOO.
What mystical charm therein doth lie
| what charm doth lie
| In your dark eye.
| So never shall know the reason why
traced my sigh to your dark eye,
Unless you tell me by aud BY
PETER MITCHELL was long noted at
Charlestown Ind, for keeping his expenditures
risid'y within 30 cents day. He has left $4,000.
ITALY is about to strengthen her coast de.
lenses with ten steel guns each ilty five feet long
weighing l2l tons, and capable of sending a pro.
jectile of more than 1000 pounds weight.
ASPHALT grows greatly in favor for street
pavement in Berlin. An immense quantity has
been put down in the last two years. At the end
Of 1882 the surface covered by II was 1876 900 square
metres.
WHY did you put that nickel with q ole
In II in the contribution box 2" asked one man OF
another Because couldn't put the hole In
without the nickel, aud had TO put in some
thing"
The election for members of the new legis.
lature in the Sandwich iSsnds resulted in the re-
turn of ten members favorable to the government
seventeen Of the opposition, and one doubtful
Tho influence Of Mr.. spreckels was thrown in
laNOI VI tuo BoNbruIneuL anu WuOlly against the
opposition.
one who has known Gen. Gordon for
thirty years says tnis OF him: "What In his men.
tai constitution had struck me most was the man.
ner-some people might even think the brutal
manner-in which he sees through and cracks
the crust of cant with which the world In general
likes to onvelop its dolngs'
LIVERPOOL, it is thought, is the greatest
shipping port of the world its annual tonnage be.
ing 26i73j2. London is the next port, with $780,
6ss TONS Glasgow ranks third, with tonnage OF
| l432,3ji. New York comes fourth on the list Of
shipping ports OF the world, with a tonnage OF
1,153,676.
The Grand Duke Alexis, OF Russia, in-
tends next May to visit England, Ostensibly for
| tho purpose OF making a family visit, but really
1t is said in order that he may inspect the English
dock yards and factories and make himself &C.
quainted with the latest improvements In naval
warfare. The grand duke is high admiral of the
Ru ssian navy.
A HORSE in Sayreville, Pa, has to haul
sixty-five loads of clay and load of coal dust
every day. He receives no ORDERS yet never fails
to go exactly the right number Of times to the
clay pit, aud then to the coal heap on the pior.
He has his own idea Of how much each load
ought 10 be, and rears aud kicks II too much is
put OH his cart
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church at Jesus Maria, n. NJ, recently, eight
skeletons were found. Careful inquiry revealed
the fact that a building used as lew dance house
had once stood there and that II was generally
believed number of murders had been COM
mitted by those who conducted tho place. 1t
finally got so bad that some of the good citizens
set fire to 1t and burned 1t down.
FRENCH statistician, NJ. Henri de Par
vile, has recently shown that while England con-
nNAn .fNpAa a.
sailed meats prepared in the United States as
France. there is no trichinosis in those countries
France takes annually from ten to fifteen thous-
and live hogs and more than one million klo
grammes of sailed meat from Germany, where
trichinosis is endemic, and yet no complaint is
raised against the trade.
The bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Simon
Bolivar, which is to be presented to the United
states by the government of Venezuela, has lust
been completed and set up at the Henry & Bon
nard bronze manu- factory, New York, Bolivar IN
represented mounted, in the heat of battle with
one hand refining In his horse and with this other,
In which he holds sword, directing the move.
ments of his troops. 1t Is expected that the statue
will be placed In Central park.
OUR neighbor in the north is not following
the good example set by this country in the way
of debt paying. While we have been rapidly ex
tinquishing our debt. Canada has been going on
increasi ng hers. From figures compiled by the
London BlAtonfS 1t appears that the total debt of
Canada has increased from S93,0i6,O5l on July /,
1867, to s205 1865 25l July l. 1882 an increase OF
over sl12OOOOOO, or 40 per cent. For the year
ended July ], 1883, there was decrease of SO 20O
000 the debt on that date being 5000, 1852 104, or
100000 more than in 1867.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's eldest son, who will
PROBABLY be made u lord as a back handed com.
pliment to his father 10 an extremely good, dull,
and commonplace young man. He has spoken
but once or twice during his ten years in parla.
ment, and the only remarkable thing about him
is that he always rushes from the house the mo-
ment his father rises TO make long speech. Her.
bert has also failed to realize the high hopes pro-
fessed by the seryile adherents of his father and
is now regarded as amiable rather than clever.
very obstinate. slightly shallow, and deplorably
indscreet
WRITING of the royal family Of Saxony, NJ.
Victor Tissot describes the queen as q model
housekeeper. She exces in the making of jam,
and In the autumn spends many days in the
kitchen, wearing big apron and with her sleeves
rolled up, making preserves. There are" says
M, Tissot "as many pots of jam in the cupboards
of that palace as there shells In the asenals
OF Berlin" Unhappily there are no children
there to reyel in the sweets The queen is frugal.
minded, keeps her own household accounts and
balances them every day, and will not permit two
, candles to be burned where one will suffice.
SOME of the friends of the late Gen. Kill
patrick have interested themselves in raising q
sufficient fund TO discharge a mortgage OF 5000
resting on his homestead in New Jersey. II il
expected that Mrs. Fitzpatrick will return from
Chilli to educate her daughters in this country, and
it is desirable that she should find here unin-
, numbered home. About twenty gentlemen have
already subscribed 800 each, and the Grand
, Army posts of the state have begun to move in
tho matter. Mr.. Theodore +. Margarum, executor
The generals estate and cashier OF the national
bank in DeckertoWn, N, j., will receive subscrip
, tons
A THIEF entered tho bedroom Of yonng
man in Denton, Texas, TO see If there was any.
thing worth taking. Seeing a nice suit that was
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