National Republican., 1884-03-05

An angel then is She
Her love SO pure, 10 true, so kind
In all It's beauty rare,
That heaven and enrth both look with 10y
On beauty that's so fair.
A FAC SMILE of the diamond necklace of
Lady Dudley, of England has been made by a
New York jeweer for lady Of that city, 1t is
worth over $4,000.
A SERIES of prehistoric mica mines hayo
recently becn discovered In Louisiana. The sur
rounding vegetation shows that at least 500 years
have elapsed since they wore abandoned.
As AN evidence of the recent remarkable
growth of Texas, 1t is stated that the state has
now sixty-four organized counties in which no
vote was polled at the last presidential cleo.
tion.
The state chemist Of North Carolina re-
ports to the board of agriculture the existence OF
very large and extremely rich beds of phos.
phate rocks in the southeastern portion Of the
state.
TRANSLATED from the Omnibus; She-"Dear-
est husband. dear Otto, love thee indeed too
much; there hast thou kiss" hc-"Very fine,
Marie! But now at the last of the month cannot
for thee new seal sacque buy"
OF the 10000 bronze articles which have
been found among the remains Of the Swiss lake
dwellers, about 80 per cent rings, IL per cont
bracelets, per cent knives, 3 per cent. needles,
o4 per cent hammers, and o.2 per cent. hbulm,
AN item from st. Petersburg gives the in
formation that 10000 photographs of Col. sudei-
kins murderer have been circulated throughout
the country. reward 10000 roubles is offered
for his capture. and 5000 roubles is offered for iu-
formation leading to his arrest.
ONE of the reasons given by James p.
fnlyp NfE IL.
for an absolute divorce from his wife, Is that
she prays God daily that he may die, and, as
he Is firm believer in tho efficacy of prayer,
he Is afraid that her appeal may be answered.
EMP ERoR WILLIAM has O French cook
named Dubois, TO whom he pays a large salary.
lie is relieved every other month by an assistant
and goes to Phris regularly during his vacation
For twenty-five years he has held this position,
and he now holds the rank OF commandant in
the army, with pension.
THERE arc groans over the prodiglous ex.
pense Of the London school board. 1t has cost
SOS oO0,oOO to provide school buildings for 2s67s
pupils, and even now large proportion OF the
poorest children have not been reached. About
6oOO parents have been summoned to police courts
annually for not sending their children to school,
ANNA GORDON of Bluffton, s. c., Is Ill
years of age. In ull this time she has never ssed
attending communion service, and never rode TO
church but once and that was when she was mar
ried, eighty-seven years ago. The church which
she now attends Is four miles from where she
lives, yet she is usually in her seat before the bell
rings.
THE manufacture of perfumeries from
Forldagrown flowers bids fair to become an OK.
tensve industry in that state. One firm at Jack
sonvllle is already at work. 1t is reported that
gentleman from south Florida has patented pgo
cess for the utilization Of the bloom OF the man
grove and the sapodilla, and to extract the sweet
fragrance from the cassaya plant as well.
SPEAKING of the church attendance in New
York, the author Of the annual report OF tho New
| York Missionary society says: Below Fourteenth
street there is a population OF 54l926, with Ill
Protestant churches. Above Fourteenth street
there are 2s5 Protestant churches, with popula-
ton Of 66457a It Is supposed hat the p Piotes,ant
population OF the city is from $4,000 to 100000.
AwHALE was recently blown ashore on the
Scottish coast during violent storm. As soon as
| the waters receded II was opened and found to
contain man who still showed signs ollie. He
was taken out and given u sea bath, but his
breath would not come back. The digestive Juices
In the whales stomach had begun to act on his
skin large portions of which had become soft and
slmy.
JOHN CoYNE, OF Denver, has ordered q
gold mounted collar for his dog One night not
|
light affair, was being rapidly swallowed up.
Being heavy sleeper he did not hear the crack
ing flames, and would soon have been cremated
had not his dog burst his kennel open, rushed
into his masters room, and scratched him in the
face until he wakened up. So narrow was his
escape that he had not even time to get his
pocketbook from his pillow.
IT is said that the waste OF valuable timber
in eastern Tennessee is almost inconceyable
| Tla ma Of and aha
used for fence rails, fire wood. and similar pur-
poses. Since the government survey Of the coun-
try there has been change in this respect, aud
the people are beginning to appreciate the value
OF the timber Another result Is that the
mineral resources are becoming known, and In.
vestments both in timber and In mineral property
are now made where but q short time ago they
would have been considered Improbable.
In tho matter of powder.makng Pennsyl-
yania leads all other states In the union, with
New York and Ohio competing for second place.
Cunously enough, much more powder Is burned
in times OF peace than in time OF war The aver
age daily consumption OF powder IN the United
States is 100 tons. In battle in which 10000 men
fired forty rounds each, less than one-quarter Of an
ordinary days quota of powder would be used
In the construction OF the Hoosac tunnel moro
powder was exploded than in the war of the
rebellion, and single large coal mine will use
almost as much. The coal trade consumes more
powder than any other single Interest guam
tity is exported and the rest is used in civil en-
Rineering, In the manufacture of pyroechnics. for
sporting and military purposes and by the gov
ernment in firing signals and salutes.
In tho far west Of British Guiana a lofty
tableland rises high above the Savanna, itself ut
that point 5000 feet above the sea. This is
Roraina, reported TO be the home Of tribes that
have long dwelt in complete isolation On the
side that has been examined the cliffs rise per.
pendicularly 1000 feet above the plain, and no
white man has as yet succeeded in reaching the
top. Mr.. Thurin whose travels in British Guiana
have recently been published, suggests path as
yet unlrled, by which he believes the secret Of
Roraima may be penetrated. No one has been
around the foot of the plateau, so 1t is possible
that the cliffs upon the iurthest side may be less
perpendicular. rich harvest will doubtless re-
ward the botanist on naturalist who first pene-
trates this unexplored district, but tho way is
! difficult aud the expedition one not to DO lightly
undertaken,