National Republican., 1884-05-16

mOst OF winch goes 10 Charles LiSton, his godsOn.
WILLIAM SHORE, of Pittsburg, who was an
abolitionst when there wero only half dozen In
that city, died on Monday evening, aged II years.
In juno next contracts are to be given out
at Rome for the supply Of 100000 of kilogrsmmes
OF Virginia tobaccO leaf and 100000 klos OF Ken
lucky leaf
THE great work OF lighting the Paris opera
by incandoscent light has already begun Tho
whole house will require G,0OO lamps at PRESENT
400 lamps are used.
LOUISE MICHEL, the communist, is soacing
the ennui of her prison life ut Clermont by the
compilation Of small school manual for the usage
OF children of tender years.
A CALIFORNIA druggist advertses a prize
OF fifty soda tickets to the person who will form
the greatest number of dictionary words out of tho
letters in the word Accidental"
Mr.. LABoUcHERE says that men In marry
ing nowadays in England generally look to tho
main chance aud 80 on the principle that rsady
cash is better than mother iil-law.
THE ox.Rev. Adirondack and alphabetical
W. II. II. Murray is now said to be serving tho
inner man in new capacity and is accused of
kcepiiig second rate restaurant In Montreal.
AMONG tho college walters at the Nantasket
hotel this summer will DO II Sioux Indian fnm
Dartmouth college. Thus do the dusky savases
catch on" TO the ideas OF modern civilization.
A DOWN east jury had to be provided with
a dozen copies Of David Copperield," recently,
in order to estimate, in libel suit the amount of
damages the plaintiff had sustained In being COLI
pared to Uriah Heep.
ALGERNoN WEBB, tho heir to Byronb
mansion of Newstead Abbey, lately committed
suicide ut Cambridge. Eng. The estate passed Int
his fathers hands from those of Col. Wildman, to
whom 1t was sold by Byron.
ENGLAND's nobility are gradually becoming
patrons OF the new art of "wheeling." Earl Gram
vile may oe seen almost any day riding his tri-
cycle from Walmer castle to Deal, aud the Prince
of Wales makes occasion nj journeys on bicycle.
A VESSEL reports falling in with a mass of
spiders floating in the air oif Para. The rigging
and rails were covered with the web. the long
threads Of which formed the balloon for the tiny
aeronauts. The spider swarm continued for sew.
cral miles.
The Rev. hr. Savage Of Boston, says that
many men think 1t is monstrous for a woman
TO attend clinical lectures; aud yet they think II
is perfectly proper for her to recline q lounge
and get the facts of the clinical lecture out of o
French novel;"
HUMILITY and children go together In
Germany. The usual formula for advertising
births In tho papers is as follows: I'VE most hum
oiy uhhouhSu thc piIth VI huIuy wv
most humbly announce the birth Of q fine boy
and lively girl
MR.. CILLEY, of Nottingham, N. H., say
that no reasonably hopes to live to the age q
100 years. At 90 he is in good health aud enjoy
life, taking particular pleasure In reading the rel
ports OF the proceedings in the United State,
senate, of which he once was q member \
The color effects in tho Willard house, New I
York, says n correspondent are even more beaut
ful than the details are magnificent. To go from
the spacious hall lined with Sienna marbles into
the drawing room suite is like walking through
yelled sunshine into u bath Of Strawberries ant
cream.
THE chimes Of the little Episcopal churcI
Of Gambler. o., are Sweet bells tangled out d
tune,' 30 far as the Inhabitants are concerned
They say they are willing to endure their share d
bell ringing, but when it comes to striking the
quarters, or giving l,ll6 strokes day, they kick
and they ever will kick.
AT Monte Carlo it Is the custum to fill th
pockets Of suicides with bunk notes, 80 that ID
may be seen that they did not kill themselves or
account Of losses, They tried this trick a pre-
sumably dead lrishman short tlme ago. but hi
was not dead at all, and skipped Off with tho
money in the most lively style.
IN u recently published STUDENTS History
of Georgia." 1t is recorded that the first steamsh
| to cross the Atlantic was owned by u company IN
| Savannah, was called the Savannah, and saileS
from. Savannah in May. 1919 for Liverpool, Eng
| land, thence to ST. Petersburg, in Russia, an,
| back TO Savannah in fifty days
THE Spanish government recently arrested
| the manager Of Il newspaper in Madrid for pub!
| fishing soditious article. The manager laughed
in his sleeve and went to prison. In a few day
the government discovered that the offensive
| article was an extract from Macnulay's IL istory
and the newspaper man WAS let out
A. II. ANDREWS, of Chicago, has beon com.
missioned 10 make the gayel that shall be used al
the June convention ut Chicago. He has sent 4
| every state and territory for pieces of wood to b,
| used in making the gavel. Rock maple from
| Maine, birds oye from Vermont, aud beech from
New Hampshire have already been received.
Ir is often said that ours is government
by lawyers but Prof, Brewer, Of Yale college, CALI
attention to the fact that fifteen OF twentyond
presidents farmers or tho sous OF farmers, and
he thinks II mot too much to say that up to the
present time the men educated in childhood OF
youth on farms have had the leading part in max
ing the this nation what II is
Four large cold-storage warehouses ara
now in operation in New York city and 1t ls said
that the time is not far distant when cold air will
be served in pipes throughout the city just us gai
aud water arc now. One fthe novel features OF
the new Washington market, now being con-
structed, is network OF pipes running through
the building through which frozen air will be
! furnished to the different meat stands.
Mr.. HENRY CASE, of Oil City, Pa, has
lust completed the smallest locomotive ever made
II being but eight inches long and weighing but u
pound and Il half Three years have been de,
voted to It's construction. There are 5S5 screws
in the enging. The steam gauge is but q Of an
inch in diamter, the check valves in the pump
are 10 of an iuch in diameter, the headlight is
only I5 an inch in width, II Of an inch high, and
n of an inch long, The fire is kindled by using
gill of alcohol, which runs the engine for hall
an hour
! A CORRESPONDENT writing from Denver
Col, has this to say of Pixies Peak: "Immedately ely
in the foreground we see huge piles, which seem
high indeed, but which ara all below timber inc
and not even specked with snow. These rise Jus
behind Cameron's cone and its associates snow
crowned and lofty aud nil reaching above the
timber line, and then behind them all rises the
grand old monster that perpetuates tho name O.
the daring old pioneer who first opened up these
rocky Businesses and mines of wealthito won,
derng world, Snow, snow covers him every
where, and round his grand old head soft oloudl
aud yapors float, reminding me Of the patrlarcht
with flowing white locks resting like glory Oh
their beautiful aud noble brows, The trail 70 tue
summit Is twenty-sN miles, and only eight OF the
new railroads are competed.