National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-05

Anne johnson IN Doson Transcript.
LEAP year Is knocking at the door, G.
And Sam or Jack OF Fred or Thomas
Can claim hearing on the floor
And sue the gals for reach Of promise.
SEMI-ANNuAL dividends to the amount ON
about slO,OoO0Oo will be paid in Philadelphia
this month.
GEORGE i. THOMAS, of London, Ont, au-
thor Of book on fast tyne setting, offers to bet
from $500 SO 81 900 that he can beat any composite
In America IN q match.
NJ M. BALLoU, of Boston, who has made
the fremont house, Of that city, his homo forY
many years, has paid that hotel $4,000 for board.
The hotel business pays sometimes.
The ancient cathedral ut Treves is to have
new roof and Its lofty spires are TO be renovated
fund Is being raised for the purpose, and thez
emperor has already subscribed $1,000.
In third-class hotel Traveller" isl
abominable. was devoured the whole night by
bugs" Landlord-"Ips very singular. NY
waiter and !, the night before you camo, kille p
over hundred in your chamber"
UNCLAIMED deposits to tho amount ON
S60,OOO0O0 have been reported by eight of Cons
necticuts savings banks, Of which there arc yet
forly-fy to be heard from. The average amount
due each depositor by these figures is sg7.97.
"CAN l go through to New York on this
train without changer asked the traveller. Most
assuredly," said tho oblging cond uctor. but when
he tried 10 collect the travellers fare and learned
that the man expected to ride free because bo waS%
without change, that same conductor put him of
A JAPANESE student at the University ON
Berlin has been appointedi assistant to the pro-
fessor of anatomy, and the minister Of public
worship has approved tho appointment. No
honor equivalent to this is said YET to haye
fallen oil Chinaman in any European institu-
ton,
THE first two drafts Of Longfellow's "Ex-
celsior" are now in the possession Of Harvard co.'s
lege, The first Of tho two IL inscribed upon the
back OF q note from Sumner to longfellow, and Ia
dated Sept %, 1871, $3.50 O'Clock. morning Now
in bed" Tho drafts show many variations and
erasures.
THE Rev. DR.. Backus, Of Union collegej
has had his sight restored after ten years blind
ness from cata act DIR. Backus's Joy on seeing
his family for the irst tino In a decade was iu-
describable. He had never seen his grandchilI
dren, and the faces OF many friends whose voices
were perfectly familiar We're entirely strange to
him.
The musk rats, wild turkeys and other
animals, except the moose deer, which Lord
Lorne has taken from Canada to Inverary, are do
ing we'll For the wild turkeys there is perhapS
the best prospect Last century several Aocks
were -four shing in Windsor forest, and during
the reign of George ii Richmond park contained
| over 1000
A PARAGRAPH has appeared in several (
papers lately to the effect tnat the schooner POLLY
| Anu, built In 1904, is the Oldest vessel in tho
United states. The United States ships of wai
Constellation aud Constitution, which are still I'M
active service, weri built in 1907 aud 1898, respect
lively, aud the.merchant bark True Love, also irl
| un fiNyaa ~ In anli In I'm
IL WISH, mamma" said little Johnnie
| Fzleton, that lived in South Africa" WHY
my sou, do you wish you lived in South Africa
"Why, the Inammas down there don't wear slip
pers, you know" YES my son, but you mus
also remember that the little boys in South Africa
| don't wear any pants. either" That's 3d." sal
Johnnie "its queer l never thought anything
about that" H.
| THE Pedestal Fund Art Loan exhibition
| at the National Academy OF Design closed Tues
day evening. During the twenty-nine days tina
| II was open 1t was visited by over 1900 people
and produced s2s,269, The expenses, according to
| an approximate estimate, amount to some 81, 900
and the net profit which will go to swell the fund
for the pedestal Of the statue Of Liberty. is, there
| lore, about $4,000.
The following item is going the rounds Of
the British journals: "a project for purchasing
Arab was seriously proposed to Lord Dufierin By
| Mr.. Bennett of the New York Herald and Mr.
barhum' Arab was ior year 10 De empioyeo
in writing for the Herald, and was afterward TO BIZ
exhibited by Barnun Two hundred and Ann
| thousand pounds was to be paid down, and ArabjN
was to be allowed 81 900 a year
| 1T costs large sums of money to get import
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