National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-12


her husband nome late at night recently at the
e e " Sno'su"' Aho HUSBAND mas now re-
iO'niou'
A INDUSTRIOUS meteor passed over the town
OF Clarksvilie, Tex one night last week, oxplod.
ing with sound equal to u battery of heavy guns,
anu elnl'Iing hght brighter than thesun.
THE first state election In this presidential
year will occur In Rhode Island April q. That of
Oregon comes next, June 2. But the first real test
VIII be the Maine state election In September.
A SINGULAR coincidence in connection with
the late cyclone in Alabama is that one occurred
years ago I'm tina satne month and on ,ba
same date and very nearly the same hour In n
part of the recently afflicted section twas much
more severe this time however
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:, 'n mas ior i's ouJecS
sao Vi tho n'sV ioi pleuon Vi promise
that their influence is demoralizing and the ius.
tice obtained by the action has become insignih.
cant In comparison with its demoralzlng results
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~ appoiuCins u Nhtis'iah governor lor
oieso nv nus 'aAeu tne lnss NECESSARY step
'O"H'u n"i'u'ns 'uV isl"nu oVel W uieeoe, 10
Which :. plopeiy oeionss' anu win wnicn the
,"'' y. ',o pUopie Vi 'he islahu WISH 10
D'ooiuo eo',noo'eu' inc government Oh the place
nus uoSs 'ho poI'e ilole tnan IL couiu Dy any
noaiS eA"o' iroii 'ne peopie III inc way Oh TAXA
oon'
FRENCH GUIANA, about one-fourth the
SIZE Oh france hau Dut 2L,V1O population IN 1867,
ohu i" 1921 this nau uwinuleu uoWn 10 lSoop, ex-
ciusiVe Oh convicIs ana garrison inc area culti'
'u'eu stoaully uinilllshes, Out III 1851 golu was
mined 70 inc amount OF sl'lSS,OoO. Neither Brit
ISL nor Dulcn 1ulana is hourshing, out they are
more 80 tnah Frehch Guiana capital ana LABOR
are ootn cohspleuousiy absent IN the last
A BARKEEPER in Washington territory
| was tried before a Jury of seven women and five
| men on q charge of keeping disorderly house.
| The female end of the Jury was solid for conyic.
| ton and the other for acquittal They would have
Deen mere YET II tne court had not peremptorily
.n,nI T,i 'io Jul! anu si@n; gu lie nan u new
G. ~ "t. soy ny NM" "neio W ii.u
49,, $500. ,,s III 80. -. $3.50 =, anN nc
nun aeoihlo tney wiz enlBra'e seiore 'hey Will
's''S VA "N0''''' A''A'u jury
THE refusal of the British government to
permit the cultivation of tobacco for sale in the
| British isles will work mainly against Ireland.
Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the cultivation of
the Tweed" and the murphy" at the same time
| into that country Both Aourished there and at
one time tho Irish did a large trade in tobacco
| with France and Spain. II was largely contra.
| band. however, and it was suppressed and the
| cultivation forbidden, The only reason for OBJ
ec.'s 70 ,io cut..sa.,on now .ha! .ne outiva-
inc Tho ra,nn,,o opportunities 'oi '"ea'-
| e
AN arcniteoturai novelty In New York city
is the duplex apartment house. Its popularity
consists IN having twice as many stories In front,
so lar as the arran cement of the different fats Is
| concerned, as 1t has at the back. This device
gives very high ceilings for the parlors and dining
rooms and economies space by means of low ones
for the kitchen aud sleeping rooms But this in.
wolves some eccentrcity as to levels. Each suite
OF apartments has half OF the houses 'front.' while
the rears OF each pair overlap. One family has to
go down nall story to get into the bed rooms or
Kitchen whiie the next go short flight up stairs
IHE zinc mines at Pulaski, va, are in &C.
| i've operation ana are doing as well as ever
before seventy hands are employed In the fur
mace ana about the same number at the mines.
rms company recently SOLD TO the Russian and
french governments eech SIX tons OF pure spelter
atsl4o per ton. rms was trial order, and II the
metal gives satisfaction large orders WILL follow.
that VIII Jake the ehtre prouuct OF the thirty new
furnaces TO be erected II certain negotiations now
pending are completed Inc zinc is used for car
ridges Under the regulations OF these govern
meht eacn soloier iS required 70 reload Shell ten
times before u Is considered worthless ana 1t Is
tnought 'ha' 'he Aihc from INC bertha WORKS arc
WY 3N''O' '' '''p ''''
IN nineteen private galleries in New York
the most costly single collection. He has 40
paintings forming the finest collection of modern
European paintings IN this country. His costliest
works are Information ts3O0O0), the "Ordi-
nance" (S2o,OOO), all by Meissonier; Gerome 5
| "Sword Dance" (Sl50O0) and Louis XIV and tho
Grand Conde' (Sl2,oOO; Alma Tadema's "Sculp-
ture Gallery" Sl5,0O0, "Picture Gallery" (s15 900,
and "Down to the River $4,000; Jean Francois
| Mllets water Carrier" (s10,000) and "Sower'
(s9000) Turner'S Fountain of Incidence (slS O0O):
Fortuny's "Arab Fantasia at TanGiers' $4,000,
Vibert's COMMITTEE on Moral Books" $50 OOO), and
| Millai's bride OF Lammermoor" (S25O0O).
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seen a statuette which formerly belonged to the
Chapter of Metz, and which represents Charlie
magne. According to qualified Judgment tho
figure was made during the lifetime of this
monarch, or Immediately after his death, Il Ia
otherwise affirmed to have been cast at AK la.
Chapelle Until the year 1862 special parsonage s
only had their figures cast in bronze, and the
statuette in question was shown on the twenty.
eighth of January the anniversary of Charlie.
magne every year, In the Cathedral of Metz, for
thirty-six hours, surrounded by lighted tapers.
The German government possesses several dupli-
Gates of this statue, the original type now belong.
ing to Paris.
w,,,ri. holio,,od 30 ho +bo oIdost nrbl;o
,,,ain', ~ ,So ITnI,o1 s,.,os "a now ofr.red Gor
sale In KINGSTON n Y. by frederick y, West