National Republican., 1884-04-02

lis meet when tn street s a sheet OF seet,
To heat the feet with peat
Aaron F7edoer.
MRS. A. II. ALLEN heads tho list of mill
honaires in st. Louis, paying tax on 81, ,107, 800.
Henry Shaw is put down as worth 81, ,l761 $780, the
heirs Of Jesse G. Lndcll, q, Ills, 400, and Miss
Bernlce Morrison, 1904 900.
PROF. DRAPER tells us that the average
rainfall for tho three months OF this year has been
1891 inches while Of last year 1t was only 1850
aud for tho past forty.seveu years S.Sl inches.
Yet for all this he thinks we are in Il decreasing
cycle OF rainfalls.
IMPROVEMENT for debt is still lawful in
New York. one man has been confined ia Lud-
low street jail for five years. through some clause
OF an old statute that had been forgotten by most
lawyers. The present legislature is urged to re-
peal the law at once under which debtors are in-
carcerated in prison.
"IT is," says the London Lancet, ian in
teresting and noteworthy f. ct that both the COM
mandcrs in the soudan ore the sons of medical
men. Sir William Hewett Is the sou of the late
W. W. Heweit who practiced Mt Brighton, and
Sir Gerald Graham Is the son OF Dr. Graham. of
Eden Brows, Cumberland"
This country makes one.ifth Of the iron
and one.iourth Of the steel in the world, and fur
nishos one half of the gold and onehaf the silver
of The worlds supply Taking all the mining In
dustrles of the world, the United States represent
Sc; Great Britain 80, and all other nations 81 per
cent. OF the total. Anglo.Saxondom, therefore,
represents 60 per cent of the mining industry Of
the earth.
SAYS 1smail Pasha, the dethroned .khedivo
of Egypt " The days of the Turk are numbered
in moral, material, and martial power. $The
great event Of the near future is the coming Arab
nationality. Where will 1t bo initiated At
N will IN nj T,n,,-
stantinople? Germany; Austria. Russia will
never come again as near to the Golden Horn as
she did q few years ago."
EMPEROR Dom PEDRO, of Brazil, has
reigned longer than Emperor william, although
he will be only SO years old in April. But he
assembled the throne when he was years old,
while Emperor William did not get his crown
until he was 50. The good Dom Pedro has
reigned hty-three years. or longer than any other
living sovereign. Queen Victoria will complete
the forty seventh year Of her reign on June 20.
SARAH ALTHEA HILL, who sues Senator
Sharon for divorce, is under-slzed, but COM
pactly built The face is shapely and oval, the
features are regular, the mouth is we'll cut. the
lips are rather full, and are the most expressive
feature. The nose is cast on the Roman model,
and is large. The eyes lack the expression of
truthfulness. Their color is gray blue. and some-
times a little brown. Her hair is auburn and of
| luxuriant growth.
GILLIAN genius has broken open new
| way to breaG-winning by women. Young women
| were advertised for some months ago by the mani
| ayers of horse railroad company in Valparaiso,
and from alnong the applicants sufficient mum.
ber Of tho fairest and most vigorous selected
| and placed i'll the conductors positions on the
cars. They prove honest and accurate, and
''spotters" are unknown, since their reports are
SO exact as 10 silence any suspicion of false re-
| turns.
ERNEST WHITEHEAD captured young
seal near Anacapa Island. CAL, recently, and
took 1t on board his sloop. As the vessel started
| the mother seal was noticed swimming about,
| bowling piteously. The little captive barked re-
sponsively, After reaching the wharf at Santa
Barbara the captive was tied up in jute sack and
| left loose on the deck. Soon after coming 10 an.
chor the seal responded to its mothers calls by
casting itself overheard all tied UP 1t In the
sack. The mother seized the sack, and with her
sharp teeth toreit open. She had followed the
sloop eighty miles.
AN interesting ceremony took place at
Birmingham, England, recently on the occasion
of the homecoming of man named Hall after
| twenty years penal servitude for wife murder.
Thousands of people, II is stated. met Hall at tho
railway station and gave him enthusiastic re-
cepton, greeting him with loud cheers until he
was driven of in cab with his relatives. These
tokens of sympathy and esteem must have some-
what surprised Hall. Wife murder was, twenty
years ago. looked upon as rather serious offense,
even when, as in the case of Hall, 1t was COM
mitted under circumstances of extreme proyoca-
tion.
The Indians of Chilli have great faith in
praying and getting drunk When they want II to
| rain they plant sacred tree or sapling brought
from the forest, and place sorceress in its
branches. The others present begin dancing
around it, the bowling growing more dismal every
minute. They are served with an Intoxicating
drink which places them beyond the reach of
thirst for while at least If. when they get sober,
they find there has been no rain they get drunk
again, thus continuing 1t until the rain comes.
Then they get up a feast and join in the most ex-
travagant homage to the rain god for having con.
descended to answer their petitions.
A STRANGE discovery was made the other
day by family at Farmingdale, Monmouth
county, N. j. Miss Lucy sheppard, a well known
young lady living in that place, lost a valuable
diamond earring about six months ago. Search
was made and every nook and corner in the
house examined. Carpets were turned up and
the sweepings turned over time and again until
the family tiring OF the search, abandoned 1t al
together. The jewel was given up for lost Miss
Sheppard forgot about the earring in the course
OF few months subsequently she was taken
sick and died. Alter the funeral, and while prep.
arations were being made to dine the mourners,
the lost earring was found inside Of chicken
which was being prepared for the table.
WHILE Mr.. ]. r. Green was sick upon tho
shores OF the Mediterranean, striving to snatch
from death a few days in which to round to a hur
ried close his " Conquest OF England" Mr.. Alex
ander Macmillan, the head Of the great London
publishing house OF Macmillan & Co. and the pub
Usher of Mr.. Green's books, received letter from
Mrs Green saying her husband had but few
days TO live and had expressed strong desire "a
see him once more. Mr.. aud Mrs Macmillan both
of whom were personal friends, at once packed
their trunks and obeyod the summons. Mr.. Green
was delighted to see them and so rallied that he
, lived seven weeks longer, during which time Mr.
and Mrs Macmillan who had expected to be alb
sent from home only few days remained with
his devoted wife, watching over his failing
strength.
DURING the calvarly combat at FL Teb the
English troopers found that their swords were NJ
match in temper for the spears OF the Arabs Tn,
weapons Of even the British officers in some case
bent when blows were delivered, while those o
l and wiry opponents, who threw themselves from
r their own horses when charged upon, and en-
deavored, by sheltering behind hillocks anc
bushes, to get behind their assaiants and haIa
string their animals. One naval captain, who wa
: in one of the squares, saw that a gap had beel
l made in one of the faces, into which the enem!
1 were crowding He threw himself into the open
4 inc sword bpnt the blnw ha