National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-26


the population was 5000, now II Is 2i,OOO manu-
featuring capital in 1880. s2,7sy,OOo; in 1884,
s4,OOO00O.
WHEN Queen Pomare, of Tahiti. was in
Now York this week she went shopping, dressed
In n plain suit and brown veil, and rode TO Gem
trail park in the street cars attended only by the
stewardness Of the Labrador and sat for hours uD-
recognized on bench watching the equipsgos.
She promises 10 pay the United States another
visit next year.
CALEB DICKINSON, a queer old man, who
used to go through the streets OF Hatfield. Mass.
with his noddle surmounted by n womans plush
hat, decorated with stuffed bird, knew hawk
from handsaw, after all. Such method was
there in his madness that he left 500 900 to found
hospital for the INDECENT sick Of Northampton,
Hatfield, and Whatey.
THE Indian papers state that King The
baw, of Burmah, whose acts OF deepotic cruelty
were at one time so notorious, continues to ex-
hbt himself in the character of reformed
monarch" In addition to the recent improves
mens introduced by him into the administration
and laws, he has Just Issued q proclamation
nounchng important reforms In the financial sys-
tenn of his kingdom.
RECENT Roman Catholic statistics show
that In England the numerical strength OF that
church has nearly trebed during the last forty
years, while in America tho increase Is moro than
tenfold. The United States is. In fact, the moro
promising portion OF the pope's spiritual domain.
There are e,62s,17s Catholics this wear. against
e3s $50 in 1910. The largo aggregate includea ali
nominal Catholics and baptisod children.
Mr.. LLOYD G. WHEELER, one of the Chi
csgo delegates to the pittsbura colored conyen-
ton, says that that body will not touch the pres-
dental question. He thinks that the convention
will be made up Of the younger and better educated
colored men, and that its discussions will be
directed to bringing back the republican party to
first principles or the formation of a new orsani.
cation. He declares that the colored people had
| no hone of any good from the democratic party
FoRa considerable time the Belgian war
department has been testing a process of water.
| prooflng soldiers uniforms in which the cloth
| is soaked In solution of acetate of alumina The
medical authorities are said to have satisfied them
selves that the article of dress thus treated
| permit the perspiraton 10 pass of freely. and
| chemical analysis has proven that the solution
| does not inure the fabric or its color The cloth
| may be washed without affecting its waterproof
quality.
| uy,-,y w,,,,s of po+,,o Cuoolr :. .
Michigan De Lesseps in all except achievement.
| He Is so years old and has been at work four
years to get canal ll2 feet wide ana 10 feet deep.
| built from Lake Michigan to Lake Erie Such
canal, he says, would admit vessels Of 1000 tons
| burden, md II built whore he suggests would
| drain / OOe 900 acres of swamp land, making the
best of soil for cultivation. He is still confident
| that he will live to see boats crossing southern
Michigan.
Gown nro,io,. .,oLor,u,osor .,,;o. h..
,o,or hoon ros,orad ~ N,mss,In,a ,,nrshtr -, ,ho
British oyernment-turbans quilts, PRAYING
carpets, &c.-said to have belonged to NOLAN.
med, his daughter, and the prophets compan.
IONS They we're taken at the siege of Damascus
by Timour In liOl and passed through many
hands, till the British annexed the Punjab and
kept the relics in Fort Lahore, where pious
orientals had to get pass to pay their devotions
| 10 the sacred treasures
IrxDrp Tho law nossod NJ tho ,,s, sess;on ~
A., n,,,1i1,tsI , ,.', n,,s -. -
oro., rn,.or 49, hoh,,Sn, S,,,rtn,as 81 ,sh,os
to sor'o,,',, a. ~, a', aan .,a.,n So.
cellors arc given authority to declare who are
drunkerds appoint guardians for them and their
estates without ordering such drunkards into con-
fnement, or order them into confinement without
appointing guardians, or both guardians and
asylums may be prescribed by the chancelors,
and when confinement is prescribed 1t may be in
an asylum In or out of the state
ar Do,,,r +h;,, son.,,u;,, .. A..
80 o,aa. - Sop,""so 'a ,t 20 sIe
,Wps " 49, " ,.,,,, s,..a,, ,'as s"'.
.,vn1, T,;sn, n "D 80:
so'a 10 doronnra, ..'o,' ,s,ion ora oI'no',
getting up stories about Tilden. OF course, every
in life, but I'll he doggoned If you can cram 1t
down me that Tilden was ever septu-what do
you call u" "a septuagenarian." "Yes, sep
tuagenarian. No, sir; YOU can't stuff that down
me. Mr. Tlden, sir, Is not that kind of q man."
THE election of independent delepates from
Now yorL hy tho ala -, tho ,,oohino nh'bn,on
from Tho mctronolis recalls a GOOD story NJ Tbad
stevens The "6rst NJ The s,oIworts' was nscend.
inc the stems of the conitol nj Wosbinoton early
one morning after uclv NIGHT nj his tayori,e
game of cards, when he was waylaid by solicitor
Of contributions for building church for colored
people, Taking from his pocket the wad Of bills
representing his innings the grim old commoner
: handed It over, with the familiar quotation !"
"God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to
perform"
"WoMANu said old Mr.. Souapps. looking
I'm from his nopor and nIocidly smoothing the
shining surfOce ~ bis hnId heod vomen is strange
creature Tbcy'ra dinrerent from men. It's
almost imnossible IN reform EN- once they gets
down when n man fails from grace he soon gets
! upaqIn. but when woman falls It sorter stups
her like ana she don,t have no ambition TO rise
} ar,in, Yes. women rs strange crealurs," eyes"
,nil oia NJ ca,,.o. tr,l,y ne sha ir,ar-